Ada News Weekly overview pets livestock feature
The Ada Weekly News recaps broad animal keeping trends in Pontotoc County. It lists diverse breeders and pets from cattle and buffalos to midget mules, chinchillas, nutria, fish, birds, rabbits, dogs, cats, and even exotic pets like alligators, coyotes, and owls, highlighting local interest in animals and small farming ventures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc County
W. L. Knickmeyer
Tut Roberts
Jack McPherridge
Frank Vincent
Brown Mackin
Alfred
Abbotts
Union Valley
Vernon Shipley
Is this the age of leisure in America
The piece argues leisure varies by person and era, noting longer workdays, vacations, and rising incomes. It contrasts past fishing trips with modern convenience, stating leisure differs among individuals and that easier travel and better machines shape how we spend time. It ends by urging a comparison between today and forty years ago to gauge available leisure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Bureau of the Census
Inner peace as pathway to world peace and faith
The essay argues world peace hinges on inner harmony within individuals, not only external relations. It cites Isaiah’s prophecies, contrasts war with internal struggles, references Stevenson’s Jekyll and Hyde, Freud, Adler, and Menninger, and concludes Christianity through Jesus Christ offers true peace. It ends with a remark on alcohol as a socially accepted tranquilizer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Louis Stevenson
DR. Jekyll
MR. Hyde
Freud
Adler
Karl Menninger
Jesus Christ
State schedules special teachers workshop on campus
The State Department of Education will run a special workshop for teachers and aides serving economically or educationally deprived children on the East Central campus June 14 16. Dr Leslie Fisher state superintendent of public instruction said Ada workshop is one of four scheduled on state campuses under the direction of Raymond Willingham Title I administrator. State personnel will conduct the program with no East Central faculty involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department of Education
East Central
Leslie Fisher
Ada
Raymond Willingham
State Department
Local Project Approved For Bid Opening On SH 99
The State Highway Commission approved 17 construction projects for the July 27 bid opening in Oklahoma City, totaling an estimated 11,712,870 dollars. The Pontotoc County project alone is priced at 2,112,200 dollars, including 2.20 miles of grading drainage bridge and an interchange with Research Rd beginning at Stadium. About 90 percent of the world's molybdenum is mined in Climax Colorado.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stadium Rd
Research Rd
State Highway Commission
Commission
Oklahoma City
Pontotoc County
Stadium
Climax
Colo
Back In Jail Back In Jail
Ada man Robert Lee Wilson, age 60, was arrested for public drunkenness last Saturday. In Municipal Court he paid a 20 fine and received a 30 day suspended sentence. hours later he was re arrested, fined 20 again, and his suspended sentence revoked. He remained in the city jail today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adaman
Wilson
The Master Is Coming and a Lesson on Charity
A devotional poem narrates a house prepared for a revered guest who never appears, while a distressing visitor seeks aid. The speaker's failure to assist three times leads to a divine rebuke that blessing was lost for neglecting even the least. The piece blends scripture and moral reflection with a string of quips and observations on life.
Union Hill area notes high church attendance and obituaries
Local residents share visits at Union Hill and surrounding homes amid church services at Union Hill Baptist Church. The passage notes many names, travels, and health updates, plus the death of Mrs. Nora Roper, a Walnut Grove resident for 79 years, with burial at Memorial Park Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Hill Church of God
Etta Gar
Earnest Mathrett
Myra
Glory
Ernie
David Roach
Jamie
Lou Farmer
Denver
Colo
al Sanders
Stonewall
Etta Garrett
Hershall Sanders
Mary Long
Tommy
Ada
Weyme
McAnally
Horace Golden
Teresa
Carol
J.C. Carroll
Moore
Linda Carroll
Union Hill
J. C. Carroll
Paul Henderson
Westview
Carel Golden
Lisa Carroll
Freddie Holman
Wilson
Freddie Duncan
Oil Center
Platt National Park
Randy
Sonny Golden
Murray Golden
Q. Jones
Benny Jones
Kenny
Kevin
Atta
Lena Cochran
Dewayne Coffey
Heather
iLaffayette
Ind
Don Newby
Kathy
Stephen
Sybil Collins
Roy Foster
David Coots
Nora Roper
Valley View Hospital
Union Hill Baptist Church
Memorial Park Cemetery
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ADA Times-Democrat
W. D. Little
Don Cook
Oklahoma
Ada Weekly Democrat
Pantotee County Enterprise
Ada Star- Democrat
Pontotoc
ADA Evering
Dial
Whitey Wilburn
Thomas Ranch
Jimmy Thomas
Nutria
Israel
Isaiah
Soviet Union
Red China
Middle East
South
Viet Nam
Imen
The
Irish Dental Association
Robert Lee Wilson
Connie Nelson
Emma A. Lent
Lotter
F. L. Dun- Golden
Ningham
Mrs. Lavona Jones
Daniel Franklin
Paul Golden
Kimberly Archer
Patsy Heamy
Lahoma City
Georgia Willyerd
F. L. Cunningham
Donna Chaddick
Laverene
Shad
McAlester
Ruby Horton
Barbara
William
Vernon McCurdy
Glen Horton
Jimmy Jennings
John Detozier
Rogers, Stone
Sybil Collns
Bobby Joe
Roy’ Foster
E. . Crawley
Billy Joe Adams
Joni
Rhonda
Pamela
Joel
Lavona Jones
Helen Jacquess
Pickett
Norman Bolin
Ola Fraley
Robert Golden
Callieeee
Paul
Fitzhugh
Reient
Earl pRose
Alvin McAnally
Bobby Woods
Kim
Whhita
Kan
Hazel Henson
Lela’ Johnson
Josephine McAnally
Donna Rhynes
California
Hartman Rhynes
Earnest Rhynes
San Bernadino
Calif
Evylene iRhynes
Lois Rhynes
Verna Tatum
Walter McAnally
Colonial Estates
Bill
Alvin
Gary
Wayne McAnally
Vernia Tatum
al Rhynes
Evylene
Earnest Lancaster
Harold Long
Billie
Lee Keeling
Lonnie East
Oakman
Lela Morrison
Center
Emmett Archer
Minnie Selers
Chickasha
George Smith
Callie East
Seminole
Charles Coplen
Lula Keeling
Lonnie Hast
Oairman
Lula Morrison
Loy Little
Harold Haines
Clive Roberson
Cora Cassady
Galey
Barbara Newby
And
Mack Welch
Ina Haines
Ray Kemp
V. Q. Layne
Rolf
Mary Cook
Daisy Binion
Alice Binion
Walter Floyd
Roxie Golden
Dink Binion
Helen Coffey
Laffayette
James Rhynes Sr
Don Allison
Phil Rhynes
James Rhynes Jr
Calvin
Kevin Jones
Latta
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