Organization against organizations declares own paradox
The writer muses on the proliferation of groups and clubs, noting how organizations form around almost any interest from horses to political campaigns. He observes that once formed, groups persist, often losing their original purpose, and jokes about founding an organization opposed to organizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
German American Trade Association
German-American Chamber of Commerce
Pie Filling Institute
Western Growers Association
Vegetables and Melon Industry
California
Arizona
Oklahoma Association of Dry Cleaners
Oklahoma Council of Churches
Kappa Alpha Theta
National Livestock and Meat Board
Episcopal Churchmen For
South Africa
U. S. Dept. of Labor
National
4-H Service Committee Inc
France Actuelle
Ford Foundation
Film Estimate Board of National
Question of Message on Hog Farm Advertising
A reader describes a meat packing firm commercial showing fat hogs in a feedlot. The piece argues the ad to urge consumption but finds hogs filthy and unappetizing, noting the smell of hog lots and questioning the influence on eating choices.
Freshmen Flood EC Campus for Summer Session Start
East Central State College opened the summer term at 7 am with a larger freshman cohort, 20 to 30 percent above last year. Enrollment continued steadily through Monday as undergraduates lined up in the morning and graduates and new freshmen in the afternoon. Officials expect final figures later. Dr. E. W. James notes broader curricular balance. Social activities begin tonight with the Wesley Foundation and Baptist Student Union hosting 6:30 pm gatherings for summer students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Central State College
E. W. James
Wesley Methodist Foundation
Baptist Student Union
Traffic Dominates JP Docket In Local Court
A light docket on Wednesday featured several traffic offenses. Carroll Stringfellow of Oklahoma City faced speeding charges, Don Lee Austin of Atoka cited for improper exhaust, John William Trealek of Caldwell Texas charged with improper parking, and Garland Bay Reed south of Ada charged with driving without a license. The sole non traffic case involved a charge of carrying a firearm after a felony conviction against Hagen Greenwood of Ada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Lee Austin
Atoka
John William Trealek
Well, Tex
Garland Bay Reed
Ada
Hagen Greenwood
Road safety and summer scenes in rustic reflections
An Ol Buzz column blends rural driving cautions with summer pastimes. It notes highway hazards from pasture habits, urges shift to alert highway driving, and contrasts aging convenience trends like air conditioning and dishwashers with impact on youth and lawn care equipment.
4-H Leaders Attend Camp Across Regions
Area 4-H LaCrone Karen Enis Toi Ann Townsend Marjorie Hunter and Sharlet Shope as leaders attended the camp. Mr and Mrs Wen del Gurley Fitzhugh club leaders and Miss Jean Stonecipher McLish club leader also participated.
Services for Lenna Anna Stewart Held Friday
Lenna Anna Stewart 90 died Wednesday. Services conducted at 2 p.m. Friday in Criswell Funeral Home chapel with Elder Clyde A. Moore officiating. Burial in Rosedale Cemetery. Survivors include daughter Stella Conley Ada sister Ollie Lathrop Bethany four grandchildren 12 great grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. Born September 20 1873 in Missouri she moved to Ada in 1893 and married William Preston Stewart. She joined the reorganized Church of Latter Day Saints in 1914.
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Senna Anna Stewart
Lenna Anna Stewart
Reorganized
Church of Latter Day Saints
Stella Conley
Ada
Ollie Lathrop
Bethany
Ada to bid on elaborate traffic signal project
The Oklahoma state highway commission will accept bids June 26 for an Ada traffic signal system of 14 interconnected signals. The $75,000 project, about 40 percent funded by the state, links signals along SH 399 and SH 12 with one engineering bid. Intersections include Mississippi at Tenth Main Fourteenth Sixteenth Oak Townsend Constant Broadway 10th 12th 13th 14th and 12th at Constant and Townsend.
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State Highway Commission
J. B. Davidson
Highway Commission
Ada
Mississippi
Tenth
Main
Oak
Townsend
Constant
Broadway
Arlington
Giant Kinabalu Flower Tops Borneo Flora
The world’s largest blooms grow on Mount Kinabalu in Borneo. A parasite of the Rafflesia genus, the leathery reddish flowers can reach about a yard in diameter as the mountain’s geology shifts with volcanoes and earthquakes shaping rivers lakes and even sinking or rising coastlines.
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Borneo
Mount
Kinabalu
Bellmon Urges Farmers To Stockpile Feed For Droughts
Oklahoma Governor Henry Bellmon, writing in his weekly column, said recent rains eased drought fears but dry weather will return. He urged livestock producers to build a feed bank by stockpiling hay and silage rather than rely on drought relief programs, which he has opposed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Henry Bellmon
Oklahoma
Bellman
Two Injured in Little League Collision at Kiwanis Park
Two 11 and 12 year old players suffered injuries in a Kiwanis Park game. Billy Keith Gray, 11, broke his leg near the ankle after colliding with Sammy Cooper, 12, who had a deep cut requiring 12 stitches. Both were treated at Valley View Hospital. Gray was cast.
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Kiwanis Park
Billy Keith Gray
Walter Gray
Susan Avenue
Sammy Cooper
L. C. Cooper
Stockton
Cooper
Gray
Coca- Cola Orioles
Valley View Hospital
When a horse sleeps a muscular lock sets leg joints
A horse sleeping triggers a reflex muscular contraction that locks the leg joints in place, preventing movement. Researchers describe this sleep paralysis-like mechanism as a protective stabilization during rest. The phenomenon highlights how voluntary motion is halted in deep sleep stages for safety.
East Central College Names 14 on President's Honor Roll
East Central State College lists 14 students on the spring President's Honor Roll for earning 15 or more hours of straight A grades. The honorees come from all four undergraduate levels plus one postgraduate student, following the new measure that high grades qualify.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Central
East Central State College
Iran
Ada stocker steer calves lead weekly cattle sale gains
Ada Livestock Auction posted 900 cattle and 50 hogs on Tuesday. Stockers dominated with steers $15-$20 and steer calves $17-$23, while hogs brought $14-$15.25 for butcher barrows and gilts. Buyers noted steady to $1 higher across other classes and calves rising from last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
Oklahoma Prices Paid to Local Farmers Report
State Board of Agriculture lists cash wheat prices by city with statewide ranges from 1.35 to 1.52 per bushel. Egg prices per dozen range 16 to 30 cents by size. fowl prices steady under and over six pounds. butterfat price 50 to 60 cents, mostly 52 to 56.
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Oklahoma City
State Board of Agriculture Today
Manchester
Alva
Beaver
Perryton
Tex
Enid
Medford
Clinton
Kingfisher
Reno
Okeene
Vici
Watonga
Yukon
Hobart
Frederick
Feeder cattle auction notes and hog prices
USDA sale reports 2,200 cattle and 400 calves with feeder cattle dominant. Bulls up to 1.00 higher. cows steady, other classes scarce. Prices list by weight and class for utility, commercial, feeder steers and heifers, plus feeder pigs and hogs with barrows gilts and sows ranges.
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Oklahoma City
USDA
New York Stocks Edge Higher in Light Trade
The market extended its third straight session of gains with fractional advances across key issues. Airlines were soft while steels, motors, rails, oils and building materials led small moves as the Associated Press average rose 0.5 to 303.6 at noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Associated Press
Flood control aids county roads paving and easement progress
Flood control projects would improve county roads by stopping washouts and enabling paving plans. The Fittstown-Frisco road, once repeatedly washed out, will be paved, and heavy rains no longer push Clear Boggy out of its banks. Easement signings cover 138 of 138 sites in Sandy Creek and 186 of 262 in Upper Clear Boggy with dozens remaining. Farmland access increases as flood prone cropland and pasture become usable for ranchers and farmers.
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Fittstown-Frisco
Sandy Creek
Upper Clear
News Classified Ads Offer Buy Sell Trade
Classified notices invite readers to buy sell and trade items through News Classified Ads by calling FE 2-4433 for details and placement.
Trains and humor mix in scattered lines and wry quotes
A collage of verses and quips portrays trains as cheerful yet crying at night. Interleaved are light jokes about domestic life and everyday folly from diverse voices, including Augusta Towner Reid and Marcel Achard, plus a quip on weekend accidents.
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Augusta Towner Reid
Mind Your P and Q and Pets in a Jest of Jumbled Lines
A collage of wry quips and riddles threads through humorous observations about timing, manners, and cautionary notes. Betty Billup offers a playful limerick like line about a four legged gray creature with a trunk and a pun filled exchange about mowing. The tone blends streetwise wit with pet and plant cautions.
Morning Reflections on Small Daily Graces
A brief meditation on how simple daily routines shape mood and productivity. The piece contrasts small actions with larger life goals, emphasizing consistency over grand gestures and the quiet power of ordinary beginnings.
Burgess Defends Skunk as National Symbol
Thornton W. Burgess laments that the skunk was not chosen as the national symbol. He argues the skunk is defensive, independent, diligent, and nonconfrontational, contrasting it with the eagle.
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Thornton W. Burgess
Quotes on time, age, and life from Dizzy Dean Hugh Garner and Howard Bell
A collection of quips on turning points in life. Dizzy Dean notes two chances to win with an umpire and one. Hugh Garner contrasts youth, middle age, and old age with forward looking. Howard Bell offers a playful Sultan style line about bread wine and a game.
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Dizzy Dean
Show Girl Sees Rich Beau Not So Wealthy After All
A show girl quips to a friend that her new lover is not as rich as he appears noting his Rolls Royce has a phone but shares a party line. The joke hinges on a social contrast and a portable luxury framed by an old technology stereotype.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rascal
Day's Work Coffee Firm Delivers Local Grind
A town coffee firm promotes its Day's Work blend amid steady demand. The note hints at late hours and sleep impact from work routines, reflecting local labor rhythms and a nod to vacation money references through a personal remark by Elinor K. Rose.
Troubles Grow as I Tell Them Aloud
A writer recalls that sharing troubles aloud only seems to amplify them as the more they are spoken, the heavier their burden feels and the worries multiply with each confession.
Mischief and Mockery in a Fractured Riddle
A playful fragment hints at a comic trio with quirky pairings. Sitting Bull’s dough, a hairdresser’s bleach, a psychiatrist’s wits, and sarcasm described as barbed by a clever Thingle girl create a mosaic of wordplay and character contrasts.
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Rofs High School
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Herbert Cooper
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Broken Arrow
Paul Alford
Carroll Stringfellow
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Rasslin
Bellmon
Patricia Blevins
Rosemary Cundiff
Guy Logsdon
Richard Goodrich
Robert Short
Paula Stroud
Allen
Muriel Borders
Stonewall
Patricia George
Elmore City
Tommy Hewett
Sharon Neal
Duncan Leann Payne
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McAlester
Lucy Blum
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Sharon Clark
Jerry Henderson
Marilyn Motes
Charles R. Smith
Sue Smith
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Ardmore
Katheryn Brooks
Coalgate
Kay Lou Bills
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Konawa
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Barbara Langley
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Linda Donnell
Roff
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Jackie Medlock
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Janice Stutz
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Ben Crockett
Sylva Crump
Joe Diffie
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Carol Timmons
Janice Borders
Bowlegs
Carol Kil
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June Cobb
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Alma Jo Conway
Shirley Deaton
Sharon Huling
Susan Johnson
Jon Krause
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Earlsboro
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Maysville
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Mill Creek
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Ninnekah
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Jill Madole
Tony Jaronek
Pauls Valley
Patricia Daniels
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Robert Jones
Alfred Murr
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Marcel Achard
Betty Billup
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Sultan
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