Unpopular Pig Defends Its Place as Pets Front and Center
An Oklahoma State pig expert argues swine deserve pet status, noting pigs are long domesticated and useful. The piece highlights pigs' intelligence, skin use, pigments, and versatile roles from belts to insulin, while acknowledging grooming and house training challenges. Arkansas supporters push to rebrand pig as a compliment, reflecting changing attitudes toward the animal.
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Bill Luce
Oklahoma State University
Luce
France
Arkansas
The New Age of Conventions and Conflicting Health Advice
The piece reflects on conventions as modern business and social magnets, notes a surge in paid seminars, capsule courses, and dieting trends, then shifts to a meditation on conflicting food and exercise guidance. It cautions that history repeats, linking present confusion to enduring patterns and suggesting writing as a lasting legacy.
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Gaza
Moses
Israel
Europe
Sunday School Attendance at Lightning Ridge Baptist
Sunday school attendance at Lightning Ridge Baptist Church was 68 with a few more at evening services. The pastor Don Newby delivered both sermons and the Sunday night class was taught by George Welch. Attendance Sunday night was 31 and Rev Newby teaches from Acts at Wednesday services. Many local residents and groups attended events and visits are noted across Ada, Stratford, Vanoss, and surrounding areas.
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Lightning Ridge Baptist Church
Steve Newby
Vicki Welch
Tammy Dobbins
George Welch
Don Newby
Newby
Hart Extension Homemakers Group
Ada
Marjorie Soutee
Alvie Griffith
Curtis Wylie
Albert Cassady
Galey
Gertie Summers
Mack Summers
Joe Summers
Audrey, Pickett
Atoka
Calvin Laxton
Oil Center
Roy Laxton
Valley View Hospital
Carey Don
Charles Laxton
Jerry Price
Price
Audrey Welch
Stratford
Kenneth Stanfield
Kevin
Naomi Stanfield
Nettie Ownbey
Linda Ownbey
Amy
Amy Ownbey
Opal Samuelson
Bob Fussell
Opal
Oklahoma City
May Johnson
Court rules against malicious rumors in real estate case
A real estate salesman spread a haunted house rumor to hurt sales. The court ruled free enterprise does not justify lies about another's property and upheld redress for defamation. While limits exist, the law allows leeway for competitive statements but forbids malicious exaggeration or brand denigration.
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Vic
Sunshine Returns After Snow Gloves Ada Trip News
Thelma Jean Garrett and Rae Garrett traveled to Ada on Thursday while Rae shopped and Thelma fixed her hair. Friends of Mr and Mrs Gene Garner moved to Ada, bought land, and planned a new home but bad weather delayed construction. All attended Oil Center Pentecostal Holiness Church services Sunday and shared dinner.
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Ray Johnson
Long Beach
Calif
Melvin Johnson
Galt
May Johnson
Audrey Welch
Marvin Briggs
Lee Parker
Ada
James Briggs
Jamie
Latta
Howard Briggs
Stratford
Bill Briggs
Ira A. Bradley
Dale Andrews
Dallas
Andrews
Vonda Kay
Darrel Bradley
Bradley
Charlie Nelson
Violet
Clyde Walker
Clyde
Naomi
Curtis Wylie
Alvie Griffith
Nettie Childers
van- Oss
Wintersmith Park Lodge
Childers
Roy
Tammy
Randy Qualls
Mandy. Vanoss
Stephenie Cravens
Pontotoc County Extension Homemakers Council
Stephenie
Vaness Homemakers
A. H. Mercer
Moore
Kenneth Stanfield
Thelma Jean Garrett
Rae Garrett
Thelma Jean
Gene Garner
Oil Center
Frugal Beef and Bean Dish with Pineapple and Pancake Cakes
In a Dutch oven brown 2 pounds beef in fat, season with salt and pepper, then add drained crushed pineapple juice, beans in molasses sauce tomato, brown sugar soy sauce minced onion and dry mustard. Simmer 1 hour 15 minutes. Stir in pineapple, beans, tomato sauce and simmer 10 minutes. Prepare corn muffin pancakes to serve. 8 servings.
Governor Boren weighs Ada to Henryetta turnpike plan at forum
Governor David Boren spoke at the Chamber of Commerce Legislative Forum about surveying a possible Ada to Henryetta turnpike via Davis. Ada Turnpike Authority chair Hugh Warren said a preliminary report could be ready March 17 or 18, with a feasibility study likely by September or October if approved.
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Lonnie Abbott
James McDaniel
David Boren
Ada Chamber of Com
Chamber of Commerce Sponsored Legislative Forum
Davis Turnpike
Ada
Hugh Warren
Turnpike Authority
Cimmaron
Night of January 16th to played at MSC
Murray State College drama club presents Ayn Rand courtroom drama with audience participation in the MSC Student Union ballroom March 7 8 9 at 8 p.m. in a theater in the round setup. A jury from the audience will decide the verdict with cast members including District Attorney Flint Defense Attorney Stevens Karen Andre and Larry Regan played by Tommy Easley Scott Gullet Vicki White and John Wackler.
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Murray State College
Ayn Rand
MSC Student Union
Karen Andre
Flint
Stevens
Larry Regan
Tommy Easley
Clovis
N.M
Scott Gullet
Mustang
Vicki White
Ardmore
John Wackler
Gift of Patience and Waiting on Promises
Lawrence Walthouse reflects on the human desire for patience and the urge to fast, undertake pilgrimages, or renounce worldly goods, contrasting these with waiting for God’s promises as shown in biblical examples from Acts to the disciples’ questions about Israel’s kingdom.
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Rome
The Waiting Faithful: Patience and Prayer in Promise
A reflection on waiting for God's timing, contrasting impatience with faith. The author cites Acts 1 7 14 urging believers to wait in Jerusalem with one accord in prayer. The piece argues anticipation and communal prayer prepare hearts for fulfillment.
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Jerusalem
Luke
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