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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1958
Page
4
The editorial argues the ballot burdens voters with many state posts, hampers the governor’s control over department heads, and suggests simplifying election law by allowing the governor to appoint most state officials. It urges voters to consider the accountability of executives and the need for clearer responsibility in Oklahoma government.
Mr and Mrs Orem Gray Rae Garrett and Velma McDonal visited Valley View Hospital where she was discharged Thursday. Vera Lanham from Antlers stayed with Rae Garrett Friday. Pentecostal Holiness Camp attendees included Oren Gray Rae Garrett Thelma Garrett and Sondra. The Gray family reunion occurred in McGee with many relatives present. A pie supper by club ladies and a Baptist picnic with baptism were reported. Richard Bennett reportedly shot himself in the arm with a welt rifle and was taken to Valley View Hospital.
A discussion on discerning genuine divine voices amid many claimants. The piece weighs indirect divine guidance versus direct or claimed revelation and questions how to identify true prophets from false. It cites figures like the Pope, Eddy, Smith, Graham, Oral Roberts, Jehovah’s Witnesses, and a local preacher as examples in a broader meditation on spiritual authority.
A reflective couplet worries over money and status, declaring a preference for poverty over living under someone else’s claim of having driven gain. The speaker rejects wealth if it means loss of autonomy and dignity.
Local items from Stonewall include Norma Jean Lee visiting her mother Mrs. Edd Walls in Bridgeport and a Busy week with kinfolk and church news. Reports mention Eli and Samuel biblical discussion, park gathering at Delx Park, Little League planning, community draws, bake sales, visits from Reverend Logue and family, and Stonewall youths winning a baseball game in Ada.
A collage of quips and quotes spans light humor and adages. It includes reflections on friendship and gold, weathering change, politics, and daily life, interwoven with lines from poets and a rustic proverb. The jumbled text features names such as Edgar A. Guedt John Robert Quinn and Old Proverb, plus playful lines about pumpkins, lilies, and fashion flaws.
Mrs J S Stanfield and family, Mrs J E Dunn, and Kenneth Stanfield, with Kevin, visited in Oklahoma City with Mamie Solomon, sister of Mrs J S Stanfield. Others visited Jimmie Ownhey’s family in Atoka. Charlie Thompson’s great granddaughter, Ray Hines’s daughter, is noted. Olson and Jeanie left for Pasadena Texas after two weeks as guests. Grant Johnson and A H Mercer Sr visited with Stanfields in Morendi, Arizona. Arno Griffith visited Ada to see Bud Wiser who is ill.
Janette and another visitor from California joined local residents Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Grove and children and Mr. and Mrs. Frank Burnett and children as well as Mr. and Mrs. Leon Berry and their offspring in Center this week.
In the first eleven weeks of 1958 rural Oklahoma traffic fatalities declined by almost two percent compared with the same period in 1957. The report highlights a downward trend in accident deaths affecting rural communities across the state.
This Oklahoma Bar Association column outlines four key areas for new home builders. It covers lot covenants and easements, zoning rules, building codes, and financing contracts to protect buyers and lenders, emphasizing legal guidance.
Fittstown news covers visits among Lytles of Oklahoma City and Ralph Lytle of Kansas City, Ada subscriptions to Ada Weekly News, and guests arriving from Holiday Texas and Seminole. Sunday events include church services at Lightning Ridge and a wedding in Pickett with local attendees.
The article lists numerous guests visiting the Skeith and Turner families in Oklahoma, including relations from Ada, Tampa, Largo, and Moore. It covers a Turner family reunion at Platt National Park, a Brashears family reunion with fourteen grandchildren and fourteen great grandchildren, and travels of Mrs. and Mrs. Crass and related relatives. It also mentions Oklahoma traffic fatalities rising 2 percent in 11 weeks of 1958 and New York Governor Harriman requiring safety belts in state vehicles.
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