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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1951
Page
3
Camp Adaka at Lake Murr opens Saturday June 17 with a full day of activities. Campers choose morning crafts swimming music drama horsemanship and more then enjoy lunch and letters. Afternoon offers hobby hour shopping and planning followed by an Evening program and lights out at taps.
Union Valley News lists children attending WY BS Lovelady Mission: Jeannie Angelly Wanda Weldon and James Crawford Wyneil and Wendell Wiles Roberta Fred and Terry Welch Rita Mae and Geraldine Rothell Neila Stringer Wanda Stevens of Stonewall and Jeanene Horton. Visitors at J T Anelly home include Alvin Ray Wainright Canadian Texas Mr and Mrs Burel Darnell Borger Texas Mr and Mrs Louis Dooley Fitts town. Mrs Dooley and Mrs Merry Darnell are nieces of Mrs Angel ly. Angelly accompanied his niece on a fishing trip to Bengali returning via Boswell to visit his brother Henry Angelys. Mr and Mrs Mick Scott and Mr and Mrs J M Stephens D W Matey attended Stratford Canadian Singing Convention. Mrs Rosia Faber weekend in Ada visiting Mrs Charles Auld Mrs T B Hatcher and Mrs W B Smith. Mrs Falter leaves Friday for ten day visit with sister in Russellville Ark.
Ada Rounduppers will join Pauls Valley rodeo activities with an 8 rodeo parade and grand entry on opening night. Horres leaves the Ada Round Up club barn at 11 30 am Thursday and arrives in Pauls Valley for the parade. After the parade a free feed for Roundup Club members and guests follows, then the Ada Mounted Quadrille practices and the grand entry. This marks the first event since placing third at Sulphur Hereford Heaven Stampede.
Konawa special report states James Taylor has been named supervisor of the city park recreation program by city manager Jasper Freeman. He replaces Chiles Martin as director of the swimming pool and skating rink. assistant is Bobby Johnson. Taylor, a graduate in 1951, attended East Central State College Ade and lives in Tishonings.
Geneva Moore divorces W C Moore, Lynonia Horton divorces Sherman Berton, and Juandine Grail separates from Frank Ar ther Grail. The article notes Britannica cites Magellan’s 1521 Philippines voyage as the start of missionary work in the Pacific.
The Ada Public Library held a Tuesday morning Story Hour with a full audience of children. Lib rary Science students from East Central State College performed pantomimes and used film strips and records. many children earned dots for books read, led by Norma and Bobby Williams with 12 dots each, while numerous students from Hayes and Willard collected two to twelve dots as part of the Reading Unter the Big Top program.
A friendly four month old setter mix wandered into Central Airlines office at the airport administration building. He appeared thin from his recent uncertainty but was playful and accustomed to human interaction. Call 383 or visit CA offices to adopt.
The Associated Press reports four more highway fatalities in Oklahoma, lifting the June death toll to 251 for the year, up from 213 at the same point last year. Victims include Al Vandergift of Chouteau, Ralph Atwell of Clinton, and Georgia Ruth Crouch, 47, of Buffalo, who died in a Harper County two track collision. Crouch’s daughter Ethel, 19, drove the truck. Tina Woods, 64, remained in critical condition.
Kin of Adans in Disastrous Wreck reports a Tulsa area crash on U. S. 66 that killed James Marion Updike and Grace Updike and critically injured Mrs. Ja Marion Updike and Dr. James Elmer Williams. Mrs. Updike progressed to slight improvement after treatment for multiple injuries at a Sapulpa clinic.
Oklahoma's draft quota for August is set at 70. Col Clive Murray, state selective service director, said the figure may lead to no inductees from many draft boards for a second straight month. July draft plans call for 60 men. A stray quote from Joan Blondell about acting was included in the text.
Local Latta notices report community gatherings and family visits across Latta and nearby areas. Mentions include Sunshine Saturday gatherings, Sunday school work, and church activities with Rev John Love presiding in Latta Cumberland Presbyterian. Also notes sudden death of Claud Lancaster and birthdays and visits from relatives across Oklahoma and Texas.
Krause of Belleville Kansas has purchased the Konawa Leader and will assume management. He previously edited the Council Grove Daily and is known in the area. The transfer involves prior owner Ken Leatherrock and local business ties with World Way.
A local civil defense drive in Ada urges joint Red Cross disaster work and Blood Donor support as Oklahoma plans advance. Officials say the program covers nursing first aid and evacuation roles with 125000 dollars already allocated and blood donor quotas rising to meet Korean defense needs.
Daily crowds at Glenwood Pool for the Community Swimming Program with 281 participants, 184 beginners including 12 adults, taught by Red Cross instructors. The interior was repainted bright yellow, testers lined up to display skills, and the five week course runs five days weekly with limited absences for certificates.
The Raff home demonstration group met Friday afternoon at the Jesub house with Mrs. Frank presiding. Mrs. Mable Rueckes led the devotional. A brief business session followed and plans for a food sale day and fair refreshments were discussed. Miss Minnie Lou dieDaniel demonstrated cake mixing and icing while hot, and refreshments were served by Mrs. A L Hathaway and Mr. Those present included Mrs Frank Lears Relph Bucleson Mrs Laseman Raymond Younts and several others.
Britain, experts from the United Kingdom, Hong Kong, and China met to discuss tightened control measures under licensing terms. The plan, described in parliament as a review of policy, aims to accelerate oversight and regulate commerce with Hong Kong during ongoing negotiations.
Bids opened Tuesday afternoon by city officials from Lippsrt Construction Co of Oklahoma City and Smith Construction Co of Corpus Christi Texas for three divisions of the city’s sewage system. Both bids exceeded the original steel estimates for a new disposal plant outside the city, a lift station, and extensive extension of the collecting system. The city council and manager J D Cheek planned to negotiate to align the work with a single figure.
Ada Garden Club plans a spring flower show on June 7 at 2 PM in the Student Memorial Building at State College. Public invited. entries open to Garden Club members with extensive class listings for flowers, arrangements, and horticulture, judged by officials. purple ribbon for best arrangement.
London reports Princess Margaret's escort, the Marquess of Sandrsford-John George Vanderbilt Henry Spencer-Churchill, will marry Miss Susan Hornby 21, a longtime friend of the princess. The 25 year old heir to the Dukes of Marlborough is a six foot Life Guards captain often seen with Princess Margaret. Hornby is the daughter of Michael C Hornby, director of WH Smith.
Oklahoma Supreme Court released multiple rulings across counties. Cases like E Young versus Edward G. Canadian, L. Miller versus Harry Buck, Grend Boston versus W Muncy, and H Hendrix Mable Mente show affirmations and remands. Some reversals occurred with remands in Choctaw and Tulsa related matters. Justice Bayless and others authored opinions during the session at Norman and Ada.
Ada asks the Civil Aeronautics Board to hold part of the hearing in Ada this late summer on Central Airlines Inc. certificate renewal. The city petitions to intervene, Keith Kahle asks for Ada hearing, and officials promise space for witnesses and officials. The case cites Route 81 and requests five year renewal under temporary certificate. hearing likely in August or September.
Seventeen women completed the Standard First Aid Course at Ade Fire Station taught by Harvey Shipman. They earned the American National Red Cross card valid three years, with additional four hour atomic bomb first aid training. Names listed include Mrs. AT Abston Jewel Brannon Ollie Colvin Gladys CaBarge Mildred Laughlin and others.
L. B. Worley 37 of Jackson, stationed at the air force base, was among eight men killed when a PTV plane he was piloting suffered an engine fire and crashed about noon near a Florida isle eleven miles from shore. Two crew members survived. The accident occurred during routine flight.
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