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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1950
Page
2
Home lighting expert Miss Lillian E B Eddy urges balanced room illumination with evenly spaced lights and layered sources. Avoid glare from desk lamps and TV screens, use higher ambient lighting, add task lights, and choose lampshades that soften glow for eye comfort.
Letter to the Ada Evening News questions local business led charity as a form of overhead. It asks whether gifts given only through firms are genuine alms or a method to cover expenses and preserve spiritual integrity, urging businessmen to explain their motives.
Patrolman Pat Murray, a photographic technician and artist, has painted four murals showing Kansas City police work. The works, modeled by fellow officers and including a drunk being dragged from a street, will hang in the police headquarters lobby. Murray studied under Thomas Hart Benton and in Arizona, and is starting a series on law enforcement.
Coalgate High School glee club members took part in the Saturday morning Music is Fun program on KADA. Participants included Gormaleen Ronald Johna Clark Dohna Clark June Binns Eleanor Polk Gloria Mazzolini and others from Coulgate, with Harold Hudson singing in memory of Joy McGinnis who led the program. The program honored the Federated Music Clubs national president.
Washington reports that the judiciary committee approved a $100000 measure to investigate gambling narcotics prostitution loan sharks and extortion rackets across the United States. Senator Kefauver and others push broader inquiry into crime with estimates of gambling at up to 20.9 billion annually.
AULA Okla report notes an attorney visit on March 3 amidst Heney pressure complaints. The text shows fragmented phrases about disturbance and pressure, indicating a legal or protective matter being discussed with counsel.
Mrs R Hays of 869 East Thirteenth is named new secretary of the Ada Community Chest office. She replaces Mrs Hoys Driskill who resigned last month. The office, shared with the Red Cross, will be open 3 to 5 pm weekdays and 9 am to 12 noon Saturdays. Mrs Hays came to Ada last July with her husband Ralph and daughter after commuting to Holdenville.
In Galahoma City the influenza outbreak lingers with officials noting many cases are unreported. Health authorities warn that for every reported illness there may be 10 to 29 uncounted, and schools remain closed as districts cope with the surge.
Norman Oklahoma March 4 7 Cleveland County Judge Sylvester Grim denied a motion for a new trial for Mr and Mrs F L Clement. They were convicted February 24 of failing to keep their 16 year old son Russell in school. Sentencing was delayed to March 1 and the parents promised to have the boy back in Norman High School soon. The attorney said the case will be appealed if sentence is passed. The case tests a new law mandating school attendance until 18.
The Stratford Methodist church schedules a week of evangelistic practice and gospel singing beginning Tuesday night March 7 at 7. Rev Edward E Hamilton will lead the preaching each night, with a closing Cats vie om March 12 on Sunday. The health department notes influenza affecting more than 1,700 residents.
Ada Dairy Products Plant expands under new owners led by Jim Bowman to process Grade A milk and cheese. The facility, leased from Cudahy since 1942, now runs two sections for Grade A and manufacturing milk with modern stainless equipment including a lab, plate cooler, pasturizers, bottle line, and homogenizer. Grade A output will grow from 4,000 to 10,000 pounds daily in summer. cheese production ranges 10,000 to 40,000 pounds daily seasonally.
Oklahoma City March report shows H D Binns of Coalgate entering the race for corporation commissioner to succeed Ray Weems. Don Baldwin of Anadarko to manage the campaign with aid from Sen Keith Cartwright and other supporters. Binns, a rancher and veteran legislator, previously sponsored a 1947 rodeo in Woodward to aid tornado relief.
Scattered OCR text mentions bandits in a night scene targeting waiters and notes odd phrases about fashion, hypnosis, and beach sketches. It also hints at high prices for baseball rookies, suggesting market speculation or a rumor of talent value. The fragmentary items indicate a mixed reading from a local page.
Ada Junior High School reports renewed infirmary supplies provided by the PTA. Bub Winn oversees a staff including Shirley Evans, Joyce Recer, Veena Dean Johnson, Martha Guing, Barbara Bundy, Nelma Jo Bundy, Macy Ann Caldwell, Evelyn Carter, Shirley Culver, Lou Ann Spears, and more. The segment also covers science tests, volleyball studies, math honors, and local junior high athletic achievements.
Story Hour runs Saturdays at 10 for ages five to seven with dramatizations of favorites. March 11 features The Ugly Duckling and related poems and games. March 18 offers The Emperor's New Clothes and other readings. March 25 presents Pinocchia's First Pranks and a marionette game. New juvenile books include The Silver Quest and The Biscuit Eater among many others.
Twenty six drawings three quarters watercolors and one pencil sketch arrive at the Ada Red Cross office for a two week exhibit. Mrs. Hoyt Driskill says the display will also visit city schools and possibly a downtown store window. Pieces show American life including swimming football manufacturing and school activities by U S students in grades 3 through 12. Overhead funds aid Oklahoma flood victims with 7800 gift boxes overseas.
At the Oklahoma State School for the Deaf in Sulphur Eddie and David Ellis siblings, both disabled by childhood meningitis, reconnect during an OSC versus Oklahoma School for the Blind wrestling match. Eddie, a senior, excels in sports and aims to be a printer. David, 18, studies music at OSB Muskogee and hopes to become a concert pianist while competing in light heavyweight events. Their brother Elmo, paralyzed, also joins family pride as the trio recalls their perseverance.
Registration dates for the two city elections overlap. Primary voting on March 2 ends next Friday. Sewer bond vote registration runs March 5 to March 24. April 4 dark run off if needed. Filing for council seats opens March 6 through March 10. Contact Julius Hanson for hours and forms at Shannon Feed Store. Five councilmen elected, one per ward and one at large. all voters may vote for all candidates.
Taxpayers brace for the March 18 deadline as many submit returns with payments to Uncle Sam or the Oklahoma Tax Commission. The federal building IRS office has expanded to include a cashier for on-site payments and returns, avoiding distant mail centers.
Clarence Lyda of Route 4 Ada suffered chest contusions and multiple compound fractures to his right hand when a jack slipped from a car and allowed it to fall on him. He was treated at Valley View hospital and remained in pain for several days after the accident at 223 West Seventh Street.
Oklahoma State Highway Director K Bailey said the state must spend about 59 million dollars to replace more than 1000 sub standard bridges. The structures lie in all but one of Oklahoma Counties and were built by counties on roads later absorbed into the state system.
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