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Newspaper

Ada Weekly News

Location

Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America

Date

Mar 06, 1958

Page

2

Humorous Skits and Reflections from a Columnist

A columnist compiles a set of anecdotes about professors, counterfeiters, boxing nicknames, and cultural musings. The pieces contrast a sarcastic East Central professor with a student, recount a Arkansas Ozarks counterfeit tale, and criticize trendiness in boxing names while contemplating heroes and library life.

Sudent East Central

Parish Chapel News Highlights Local Socials and Visits

Florence Isaacs reports a flurry of visits and dinners among Stratford Ada and Pauls Valley residents. Neighbors share weekends with Dixon and Pennington families, with outings to doctors and churches, plus a youth rally at Gaar Corner and upcoming Ada church event.

Frank Dryden J. W. Law Max Free Will Baptist Church Gaar Corer Ada Church

Three Held In Probe Of Break-ins

Three suspects, all from Davis, are being held in connection with a string of break-ins Tuesday night. Cash and valuables stolen from Ada businesses include Emmett's Cafe, Boiles' Grocery, Quentin Phillips Service Station, City News Stand, and a field stock of weapons. A screwdriver or flat bar pried doors, with a total theft of $186.02 across six locations.

Davis Sportsman East Main Rec Kale Ada Emmett's Cafe North Mississippi C. L Dutch" Boiles East Fourteenth Quentin Phillips City News Texaco Fourth and Broadway A. B. Maxberry

Tuberculosis Challenges Through History

Tuberculosis remains a complex disease difficult to control and has endured through history. It implants itself in human life despite continuous efforts to eradicate it.

William Feather Europe

Union Hill News Highlights Local Social Visits and Moves

Union Hill residents report a weekend of visits and gatherings across nearby towns including Oklahoma City Ada and Roff. Oma Enlog returns home from hospital and a new business site is prepared near highway 19 as communities share church briefs and weekly notes.

Community Notes From Lightning Ridge Social Ties

Local residents report visits across Lightning Ridge and nearby towns. Mrs. Charles M Floyd Jr. and family host and visit friends in Roff Ada and Bromide while 4-H sewing projects take place. Families including the Perriman Meeler Coffey and Webster clans share dinners and weekend calls with relatives in Ada Tulsa Dallas and Konawa.

Charles M. Floyd Jr W. W. Price Roy Graham Roff Price Charles M. Floyd Clayton Bishop Kay Randy Floyd C. M. Floyd Rofs Vaness Floyd Temes Graham Dallas

Mrs Richard Better Ill But Improving At Home

Mrs L L Richard has been ill but is improving. Visitors last week included Mrs Ruta Creok and other relatives.

Leroy Harrison Darrell Harrison J. W. Kirkes Frank Cunningham Ray Kemp Oil Center Lavonda Jones Roy Cantwell Berry Alva Griffin Leroy Cantwell Sharon Matt Heimer Stratford Cantwell Maurice Wayne Cantwell Elmore City J. H. Stephens Everett Summers Mack

Community visitors and gatherings noted in Ada area

Local residents including Mrs Li Anders, the Burkharts, and Mellroy, Webster, Meelar and Stephens families visited and played dominoes at Otis Coffey home. Regional basketball and All Star events drew Ada area attendance. Several Red Cross and Sunday School activities are reported with many names and visits across nearby towns.

Lioyé Mellroy Wylie Webster Kenneth Meelar J. H. Stephens Otis Coffey J. Hi. Stephens Arthur Coffey Laquits Betty Wells Ada Arden L. Coffey Dewayne and Sammy Latta Wy- He Webster Lloyd Mellroy Joyce and Boyce Jones Wanda Thurman Sue Wyckoff J.H. Stephens Thelma Perriman East Central John Davis Lawrence Arno Griffith

Better Ways of Applying Fertilizer in Oklahoma

A new Circular 513 issued by the Oklahoma Agricultural Extension Service summarizes best fertilizer applications for corn cotton sorghums soybeans peas small grains alfalfa sweet clover and pastures. Authors Wesley Chaffin and Gaylord Haynes cover nitrogen use plowing down fertilizer rock phosphate for legumes equipment and distributor adjustment. Available from county agents or OSU mailing room Stillwater Oklahoma.

Oklahoma Oklahoma Agricultural Extension Service Gardiner Hall Oklanomna State University Still Water

Conservation Awards Go to FFA Chapters

FFA chapters received land and range judging and a special soil conservation award. The Vanoss chapter won first place in both land and range contests, with Roff taking second. A $50 district award went to Vanoss for overall conservation work. Sherman Harrison won first in the sail conservation speech contest at Vanoss.

FFA Kiwanis Club Harold Davis Incal Conservation District Vannag Shipe’s Shoes Ada Roff Vanoss Bankers Service Life Insurance Co Sherman Harrison

Area Poultry Project Grows With Nervous Chickens

Milo Pennington and Krause, new poultry pioneers, expand flocks in the old Parish Chapel school house and a game farm. The nervous Texas migrants show stress, roost centerward, and cause early losses as neighbors watch cautiously for a fledgling industry.

Milo Pennington Alfred Milo Pennington Vaness Krause Galey Penningtons Texas Maupin

Oklahoma Traffic Accident Trends for 1957 Report

Safety commissioner Kim Lookabaugh releases a summary of Oklahoma traffic accidents for 1957. Pedestrian deaths rise 25 percent and two car crashes up 11 percent while other types fall. Traffic violations involved in 91 percent of crashes. rain ice or snow contributed 25 percent. vehicle defects at least six percent. Fatal accidents split evenly between day and night.

Kim Lookabaugh Oklahoma Department of Public Safety

Oklahoma University enrollment rises in second semester

On campus enrollment at the University of Oklahoma increases by two percent from last spring, reaching 9,862 students for the second semester. Total enrollments in all sections reach 14,808, down from the first semester’s 11,80.

Norman University of Oklahoma

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