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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1967
Page
4
Publication history details and postal information for The Ada Evening News and The Ada Weekly News. Notes consolidation dates with Pontotoc County Enterprise and other local papers. Includes pricing by mail and carrier in Ada Oklahoma and surrounding counties.
A sermon reflecting on Herod Agrippa I's persecution, the early church's earnest prayer, and Peter's imprisonment. It emphasizes faith in prayer as a means to trust God's will, not merely a last resort, and contrasts human fear with spiritual steadfastness.
The piece examines how men and women view fashion differently, noting women's interest in new styles and men's focus on how outfits suit male ideals of femininity. It traces shifts in men's wear, from pleats and zoot suits to tighter trousers and plaids, and recalls the memorable rise and fall of pleated pants.
An Ada county message highlights a flood of projects underway or planned including water labs high schools hospitals and mills. It cites roads, housing, beef breeding and cattle testing efforts plus private industry expansions and rising land values as proof of robust local progress.
A court ruled hotel and amusement venue pools impose negligence duties. Management must enforce precautions and police behavior to prevent hazards. failures led to liability in drownings or injuries from unsafe play, while unknown causes and swimmer negligence can limit responsibility.
Dist Court Judge C. R. McIntosh of Ratton New Mexico refused to hear a drunken driving case after finding the charge read DWI and questioning the meaning. He warned that DWI could stand for dancing with Irma, highlighting the need for precise language in indictments.
The statement notes that Alaska is one fifth the size of the 48 continental states, comparing land areas to illustrate its vast but smaller share within the U.S. mainland.
The AP reports Keep America Beautiful estimates litter clean up costs to U S taxpayers at about 500 million dollars each year.
Sheriff Burl Griffin fired his gun during a fight at a Rofs tavern while trying to arrest Clarence McDonald 32 of Murray County. McDonald resisted with broken beer bottles. no one was shot. X rays showed glass fragments in McDonald’s shoulder, likely from the incident. McDonald was fined 50 dollars and costs with a six month suspended sentence.
In Hlokozi Natal Province residents found ground hornbills responsible for hundreds of broken panes as birds pecked at their reflections in glass. The birds later left the village and returned to bush habitat, bringing relief to locals.
The writer defends the Week ly newspaper, noting a few new subscribers and renewals. He reports selling to Mrs. Thomason and mentions a cousin in Victoria Texas and a promising lead from Levelland Texas while urging end to unhelpful visions of the paper’s demise.
Grass is being deep frozen in New Zealand as part of a study on its value at different growth stages. At Ruakura Agricultural Research Station a 100 ton capacity freezer chills at 32 degrees below zero enabling storage until cows reach the desired milk stage.
Enrollment across nine Assemblies of God Bible and arts and sciences colleges has risen 12.7 percent since 1964, reaching a total of 4,500 students in Springfield.
Joseph Shelby Stanfield 64 county food administrator and farmer died at 8 35 p m Tuesday at his Lightning Ridge home west of Ada He had served since 1954 in the commodities program He was born May 18 1903 in Stratford survived by wife Naomi a mother Nannie Stanfield a son Kenneth two sisters Lois Thompson Velma Griffith two brothers Virgil Bruce and two grandsons Services set for 2 30 p m Friday at Lightning Ridge Cemetery
Graveside services for Sam Clark Rhyne 87 Wardville will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Wardville Cemetery with Rev. Alvin Brock of McAlester officiating. Arrangements are by Cooper's Funeral Home Coalgate. Mr. Rhyne died Wednesday in a Coalgate hospital. He was born March 1 1880 in Cooper Texas Verdia of the home two daughters Eula Kelly Wardville and Catherine Courtney Norwalk California two sons 11 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren.
A 35 mile drive through West Virginia before statewide daylight saving time in 1963 required a motorist to reset his watch seven times as clocks shifted locally along the route.
A mixed page includes a devotional poem Our Day's Blessing by J H Nall about trusting God and finding guidance in hardship. The rest offers light quips on habits, manners, marriage timing, and small town observations about life and human nature.
A terse moral quip contrasts patting a back with bearing burdens. It ridicules a man who abandons caution and grants his wife a credit card, warning of consequences from letting guard down.
John Henry Ingram of Abilene Texas weds Sharon Mullins of Ada. Don Allen Bricket of Stillwater marries Shirley Rosetta Griffith of Roff ina. The item notes a Western United States Wild West history theme with stagecoaches wagons and raids reflected in the narrative.
CL Robberson and Jim Sayler teach four Friday sessions from 7 to 9 30 p m in Ada. The program, sponsored by the Ada Business and Professional Women's Club, is open to the public at no charge.
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