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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1964
Page
4
A long, fragmentary reminiscence traces Ada area newspapers from The Ada Evening News to the Ada Weekly News, noting consolidations with The Ada Times-Democrat and other titles, and then shifts to a reflective personal essay on quitting cigarettes, smoking pipes, cigars, and chewed tobacco, with home-front objections to cigar smoke and humorous self observation.
The Ada Artists Association held its annual outdoor show on Sunday followed by a Monday auction. The piece praises Ada's amateur arts groups, noting Ada Community Theatre, the college choir and orchestra, and other societies. It praises their labor and community impact.
About 500 people attended the Stonewall reunion on a sunny day with participants from Tennessee Louisiana Texas New Mexico Arizona California Kansas and Oklahoma. The event featured baskets of food coffee and iced tea served by locals. Joe Dani resident led the day earning praise. Officers elected for the coming year include Talmadge Loman president and Anna Young secretary who was reelected. Rev Holland gave the invocation.
The Vanoss Alumni Banquet is set for 7 p.m. June 27 at the Vanoss auditorium with James Danley as president. The theme is Oriental Hootenanny. Final planning meeting is June 23 at Center School 7:30 p.m. Reservations due by June 22 to J. T. Murphy or Mrs. Warren Cunningham. Special invite for Vaness high school alumni. Banquet tickets are 1.50.
Fire destroyed a south Fittstown residence shortly after new town fire truck responded. Neighbors reported the blaze delaying restoration of service after tele phone wires burned. John Brent home was fully engulfed. a storage shed with a stocked deep freeze and washing machine also burned. The Brents were away at the time.
The Pontotoc County Disabled American Veterans Chapter No 40 elected officers led by Jessie C. Fike as commander and Davad French as adjutant. Other posts include Erval L. Landis service officer Jhonnie Miller and Jessie H. Younts as vice, Edgar Biggs chaplain George W. Archer sergeant at arms and James A. Baldwin officer of the day.
A native New Yorker visiting Ada, Oklahoma reflects on southern Oklahoma’s lush spring scenery and the role of roads in shaping impressions of the region. The piece contrasts verdant landscapes with concerns about air quality in restaurants, highway expansion, and the societal pull of automobile travel.
A collage of humor, quotes, and anecdotes from a domestic scene to workplace and news items. The piece blends wry maxims, flirtatious dialogue, and a bulldozer repair explanation with brief vignettes about daily life, marriage, prayer, and media satire.
Flood control efforts failed to stop water flow from a 00foot structure, forming a six foot wide crater by Monday afternoon. A second hole appeared 15 feet to the side, while the downstream site, larger than the first dam, captured runoff and overwhelmed the emergency spillway.
Hopkins touts a brush hog method that handles varied sprouts and uprooted stumps, with windrowed brush burning and quick, inexpensive work. He claims about an acre cleared per hour at 7.15 dollars per acre, while Biffle seeks a final solution to avoid relying on beavers.
The Associated Press reports two men died in a single car crash four miles south of Claremore on Route 66. Victims were John Clement Bush, 37, Tulsa, and Henry McCarley, 21, Pryor. Bash reportedly drove off the road, striking a culvert. Bush died after arrival at Claremore Health Center, McCarley at arrival. The state's 1964 traffic toll rises to 24 versus 207 last year at this time.
Obituary for Mrs Idus P Willingham 68 of Stonewall Oklahoma who died Tuesday night at home. Survived by husband Idus P Willingham two sons Thomas D Willingham Arthur P Willingham three daughters Mary E Cannon Frances Staff Elsie Goodman and several grandchildren and a great grandchild. Funeral services scheduled Friday at First Baptist Church Stonewall with Rev Mack Caffey officiating. Interment in Memorial Park Ada Oklahoma. Trade in Colonial Virginia tobacco boosted by settlers who planted in unpaved streets and markets.
Oklahoma City AP state Supreme Court reviews a petition by Arb Griffith challenging the Payne County House race result. 13 Republican ballots in a Democratic contest were questioned. Sparks leads Griffith by two votes after sample ballots were counted. Griffith seeks to discount or void votes.
Bill Martin Weatherly aged 24 of Wewoka marries Carryl June Rolen aged 18 of Wewoka. Also notes carnivorous plants thriving in acid bogs by consuming insects to obtain nitrogen.
Industry voices blame beef overabundance and imports for low prices. Ned Biffle notes registered cattle markets collapse, with bulls down 50 percent and females 25-30 percent. Everett Reeves urges cutting imports to boost demand and jobs, while Harmon Ebey faults supermarkets for price setting as they own feedlots. Local feeders like Dub Story stress cycle repeats every seven to nine years, forecasting more sales as producers cope with increased supply and changing markets.
Judith McDaniels divorces Doug las McDaniels and Betty L Davis divorces Donald C Davis. In Burma rice cakes are called monde-bway meaning whirkwind cake. The thin sheets are feather-light and filled with air bubbles.
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