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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1967
Page
4
A satirical piece on reunions highlights the humor and awkwardness of high school class gatherings. The narrator recalls attending one reunion with his wife, noting faded appearances, familiar faces, and a comic misidentity as "Joe" that sparked laughter and embarrassment.
An overview of how courts define teacher incompetence in performance, conduct, cooperation, and conditions. It covers failing subject knowledge, inability to explain, classroom discipline, cooperation with administrators, handling funds, and even deafness or minor habits. It notes popularity with pupils is not sole proof of competence.
A fragmented report describes Ur Junction as a lonely station in the Iraq Delta. It is portrayed as the final living remnant of the ancient Ur capital and its once vast civilization.
The Antioch church grows as Gentiles join, challenging Jerusalem’s traditions. Persecution spurred escape to Phoenicia Cyprus and Antioch, revealing a Gentile majority faith. Barnabas welcomes change, while questions of inclusivity test the church's future. Are you committed to God’s will?
The piece argues outsiders missee Oklahoma as a dry plain and urges Oklahomans to study and teach their land. It notes varied terrain from timbered regions to short grass plains, mentions the Dust Bowl and Grapes of Wrath, and calls for pride and awareness to reshape how we view and present Oklahoma.
The English magistrate labeled the Society of Friends as Quakers after George Fox urged the magistrate to tremble at the name. Fox, founder of the movement, emphasized reverence to the lord when the term was spoken.
Randel A. Patty among 89 graduates from OU School of Medicine Sunday afternoon at Holmberg Hall Norman. He will intern at Wilford Hall U S Air Force Hospital Lackland AFB Texas. Commencement speaker Dr Merlin K Duval of University of Arizona urged graduates welcomed by OU leaders and Alumni Association.
Two Ada youths suffered minor cuts and abrasions in a motorcycle bicycle accident Wednesday at 5 15 p m on East 30th Injured were Stephen Rogers 17 and Robert D Smith 10 Both boys were treated and released at Valley View Trooper John Smith investigated the crash noting Rogers toped a hill and struck the bicycle ridden by Smith while two other riders Mark Summers and Kevin Ledford were uninjured.
George G. Calvert 56, mathematics teacher at Ada Junior High for nine years, died today at Valley View Hospital. Born January 18, 1911 in First View Colorado, he served in the U S Army and earned a BS from East Central State College. Survived by wife Theda. Criswell Funeral Home to announce arrangements.
Grace Norma Adams died at 3 45 p m Wednesday in a local Frederick hospital at age 59 after two weeks illness Funeral services are pending through Gish Funeral Home of Frederick Criswell's in charge of local arrangements She was born in Frederick February 28 1908 and later lived in Ada since May She married Orr Adams in Tipton July 4 1927 and was a Baptist Church member Survivors include two daughters Norma Dugas Lafayette Louisiana Oma Lee Trivett Ada six grandchildren two brothers P W Murr and Wilson Murr Frederick three sisters Opal Sawyer Los Banos California Ethel Henshaw Hart Texas Myrtle Paramount California
A new 210 foot wide antenna built at Goldstone California by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration will enable tracking of spacecraft up to 2.7 billion miles away. The facility enhances deep space communication and navigation capabilities for interplanetary missions.
Editor laments empty mailbox and missing articles as Ada Weekly News lacks submissions. Vision of becoming AP Weekly or blank front page fuels alarm. calls for readers to send homegrown stories via any message method.
Total receipts reached 1,300 as the market stayed steady to one dollar higher for stocker and feeder cattle. Prices ranged from 13 to 18.50 for cows, 20 to 23.50 for bulls, 25 to 32 for good to choice steers, 23 to 27 for good to choice heifers, and 160 to 230 for stock cows with calves. fleshy feeder steers traded 22 to 24.50 while light and dairy calves sold around 35 and 22 to 25 respectively.
USDA cattle 5 400 calves 400 auction at Oklahoma City with feeder cattle dominant. Early prices see utility and commercial bulls 22.50 to 24.00, 300 600 lb slaughter calves 22.50 to 24.50, some 25.00. Feeder steers 500 650 lb 26.75 to 29.00, yearling heifers 24.00 to 25.65, 300 500 lb calves 29.50 to 31.80, 368 lb lots 32.90, hogs 700 head uneven with weights 190 to 245 lb steady to down, sows 16.50 to 19.25, feeder pigs 18.00 to 21.00.
A collection of quotes and verses including poetry about love and life by Connie Nelson Esther Decker Oliver Wendell Holmes and others. The piece combines reflections on love humor and social observations with brief anecdotes and proverbs.
A poem reflects on how small hurts become sources of value when life is built with gratitude. The speaker notes grief and pain as gates that yield a meaningful life, contrasting wastefulness with constructive growth.
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