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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1971
Page
13
A collage of verse on mothers showing they cook, mend, grow, and mind, followed by aphorisms and quips. The piece includes reflections on heritage, values, and lighthearted jokes about daily life such as drive-in quotes and a trigonometry twist. The tone is nostalgic and gently humorous, anchored by anonymous author notes.
A short poem-prayer asks for strength to hit, avoid falling, choose the right bat, and sprint toward home plate with grace. It seeks guidance for a child's game and ends by requesting the coach allow participation in play.
The Consumers' Association of Canada will publish separate English and French editions of its bi monthly magazine. National CAC president Jean M. Jones said the move supports expansion into French speaking communities across Canada.
United Methodists in the United States donated 45,597,287 to support benevolent and administrative programs worldwide in 1970, 6.24 percent above 1969. General treasurer R. Bryan Brawner noted many millions for local benevolences pastors salaries and church administration were not included in this total.
Stratford FFA spring livestock show will be staged tonight at the show barn near the rodeo arena south of town. The FFA Mothers Club built and funds the barn with 25 fathers signing the bank note. Donors and volunteers funded interior work totaling about $3,000, all pay as you go with no professional labor. About 35 boys will show 20 steers and heifers, 60 hogs, and some sheep, with pens removable for a future community sing.
The school board warned drivers of motorized vehicles to keep off school grounds or face court action after reports of grass damage by a motorcycle rider at Washington School. A similar incident at the high school campus damaged young trees. The board, excluding bicycles, will file criminal charges of damaging public property against future offenders.
In London a hamster named Unuiet slept through hibernation in a pop group amplifier. Found trapped for two days, he was rescued by owner Jenny Dawson, ending a noisy retreat inside the stage gear.
The sega, named and rooted in Mauritian Creole culture, originated as a ritual funeral dirge by Creoles and slaves. It evolved into a sensual, locally authentic dance far from tourist shows, with best examples reportedly in Black River and strong skepticism toward hotel performances.
The Crop Reporting Service said Oklahoma winter wheat prospects range from poor to fair in the northwest and southwest, fair to good elsewhere, with 15 percent poor, 47 percent fair, 37 percent good and 1 percent excellent. Conditions improved slightly from prior week though still down from last year. Growth was limited. wheat greening appeared in scattered locales as greenbug pressure rose in the southwest and spraying increased. Spring grain seeding advanced slowly.
Muskogee City Manager Leonard Briley and police officials faced an appeal hearing over the firing of detective Capt. J R Palmer. The Merit Board heard six hours of testimony from administration witnesses and planned to hear Palmer and others as the board prepared to withhold decisions until all three cases are finished.
The highway department filed condemnation suits Monday against nine landowners southeast of the city for the proposed interchange route. Names include Wells, Berry, Crabtree, Lambert, Langley, Jackson, Hayes, Flynn, Landis, Coats, Dellinger and others in various husband and wife pairs. The article also notes that The Star Spangled Banner was written in 1814 and became the official National Anthem in 1931.
Editor presents a weekly memory test with ten multiple choice questions. Topics include voting rights, congressional appearances, labor protests, a Washington bombing, a kidnapped doctor, divorce costs, US air operations in Vietnam, strikes in South Asia, Nixon comments on Laos, and American airmen in Turkey.
Oklahoma City AP reports a nationwide surge in Betty Crocker coupons from General Mills products funding artificial kidney machines for the Oklahoma Kidney Foundation. Each machine costs 609,090 coupons, with at least one likely two machines on the way. The drive followed appeals for 23-year-old Mike Mattison and Jerrod Holding, infant grandson of Mr. and Mrs. R. K. Johnson, drawing coupons from all 50 states and several countries. The foundation received hundreds of thousands of coupons, far exceeding expectations, with an extension granted beyond the original May 31 deadline to use the coupons.
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