All Girl Rodeo Set for Lance Arena in April
The Lance Sports Arena will host the second annual All Girl Rodeo from April 8 to 10 with performances at 8 pm Friday and Saturday and 2 pm Sunday. Mary Taylor Conway Twitty Dottie West perform. event features bareback bronc riding bull riding calf roping barrel racing calf tying steer decorating and more. Added attractions include two girl clowns trick riders and a big rodeo party and dance Friday and Saturday nights. Trails Motel serves as headquarters. arena is 10 miles southeast of Ada on SH 3.
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Lance
Mary Taylor
Conway
Twitty
Dottie West
Trails Motel
Margie Taylor
Grapevine
Tex
Sammy Howington
Fort Worth
Jeannie Link
Indiantown
Fls
Gay Bernard
Independence
Kan
Ada
Stonewall
Allen 4-Hers Plant Flowers for School Beautification
The Ren H club aided in a school beautification program by planting flowers, rose bushes, and other plants in a 15 by 15 foot circular area near the flag pole arena. Members will water regularly and chose blooms to thrive through summer and into the new school year.
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Kamm and Willham Lead Oklahoma Home Demonstration Council Meet
OSU academic affairs chair Dr. Robert B. Kamm and Stillwater University president elect Dr. Oliver S. Willham were keynote speakers at the Central district convention of the Oklahoma Home Demonstration Council in Ada on the East Central State College campus. The one day gathering drew more than 696 women from 17 counties. registration was 30 cents.
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Wenonah Rutherford
Robert B. Kamm
Oklahoma State University
Oliver
S. Willham
Stillwaterniversity
Oklahoma Home Demonstration Council
East Central
Pontotoc County
Arless Ellison
Pauls Valley
A. A. Holder
Clifton Surrell
Ada National Guard
Ted Savage
Ada Chamber of Commerce
J. W. Fitzgerald
Oklahoma HD Council
Arliss Ellison
Fitzgereld
Fitzgerald
W. H. Rheat
Adrian White
HD Council
Cow Sales Fascinate WW In Extended Auction Style
WW writes about cattle auctions, noting predictable ritual from cigar smoke to auctioneer fanfare. The scene shifts to the auction floor with colonel introductions, foreign language chatter, and sign language as participants watch cattle and bid amid crowds.
Galey District Votes Annexation Amid School Consolidation Push
Galey patrons voted to annex to Vanoss district after 59 to 8 tally. A petition seeking annexation of Union Hill was filed, with a likely election within two weeks. If Union Hill joins, the two districts would split between Vanoss and Latta along current bus routes, about one third to Latta and two thirds to Vanoss. Union Hill averages about 40 students, Galey about 22, hurting tax base and financing. Annexation to Vaness to take effect once County Supt signs the order.
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Galey
Vaness
Union Hill
Norman Mitchell
Mitchell
Vanoss
Latta
City Cleanup Begins Monday Streets
Ada launches its annual spring cleanup with city crews kicking off Monday. Homer Reed, sanitary superintendent, says work will proceed by city quarter, starting with streets then alleys, removing debris that residents should place in containers and in a single location for easy loading.
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Ada
Homer Reed
Reed
Pontotoc County Woman Kept Alive With Pacemaker
Mrs. William Robbins, 67, of Stonewall, survived multiple heart attacks after Baylor Hospital Dallas inserted an electronic pacemaker three years ago. The device powers a 68 beats per minute impulse from a stomach wall timer, with five batteries. Robbins leads a normal life and her husband monitors her heartbeat each morning. The couple has nine children and says the pacemaker is largely painless and life saving.
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Route 2
Stonewall
Baylor
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Frisco
Frisco Adds In Motion Scales To Speed Crossings
Frisco Railroad plans a 130000 dollar upgrade introducing coupler in motion scales to weigh boxcars while trains move at 10 to 12 mph. The system, underground and data-fed to a new building, will reduce street blockages and speed crossings, with construction slated near Broadway and a new flasher system for coordinated traffic.
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Ada
Frisco Railroad
Frisco
Bob Fuller
Java Frisco
Fuller
Broadway
Top price at Ada Quarter Horse Sale for Rosie Go
Rosie Go a top bred mare by Go Man Go drew $10,000 at Ada Quarter Horse Sale held near Ada Oklahoma. Buyer H C Lewis of Lubbock nabbed the mare consigned by J B Baker Oklahoma City. Total sale grossed 430 Wal with 271 of 400 horses sold reflecting strong market interest.
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Rosie “Go
Ada
SH 13
J. B. Baker
Oklahoma City
H. C. Lewis
Lubbock
Rosie Go
Go Man Go
Bang Up
A. W. Huebsch
Madill
Jane Whitman
Missouri
Pete Winters
Huebsch
Winters
Gale
4-Hers Attend Health Meeting in Fontatre County
A countywide 4-H health meeting was held Tuesday at Fontatre County Court House led by county president Marilyn Blansett. State Health official Paul Lannan spoke on immunization survey procedures while 4-H clubs will canvass the county in sections for the survey.
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Fontatre Countly Court House
Marilyn Blansett
Paul Lannan
State Health Department
Jane Norton
Cannon
Lafferry
Hisley County
Johnnye Rushing
Ankola
Palmer
Lannan
Horse Club Plans May Show At Ada Arena
The Model Quarter Horse group met Sunday at the Ada Livestock Auction building to discuss a May horse show. W. F. Bobo was chosen as judge for the May 21 event to be held in the Ken Lance Arena. A $300 saddle drawing prize is on display at the Austin Morris Saddle Shop in Ada. Members aim to finish an arena on W. B. Brown property west of Ada before the next meeting on April 24 for riding activities.
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Ada
W. F. Bobo
Ken Lance
Austin Morris Saddle
W. B. Brown
Weekly Winner Recipe Contest Adapts Pineapple Cake
Ada WEEKLY News invites readers to identify this week’s recipe from listed ingredients. Submit answer to Don Cook with earliest postmark to claim the contest prize. Previous winner Francis Rhoads identified pineapple upside down cake from last week’s ingredients.
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Francis Rhoads
West 23
Don Cook
Ada Weekly News
Ada
Oklahoma
Spring Comes To Oklahoma Ducks and Scorpions In Local Tales
Mrs. Simon Patton reports spring signs in Oklahoma with snakes and skunks reappearing. A wolf supposedly snatched a mallard, two died in a coop, and one missing duck named Chester led to a neighborhood search. The Byrd family and neighbors inspect the coop as guests mingle.
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Simon Patton
Oklahoma
Byrd
Katherine Biggs
Judith Sliger
Chester
Miss Norton
Mr. Jing
Byrds
lNetherton
Mrs. Young
Vanoss Club Holds Model Meeting Demonstrations
Vanoss senior H club held its model meeting with demonstrations. Janice Chilcoat taught girls how to make a 2 sweetheart cake, while Paul and Larry Willoughby presented a boys' demonstration on electric currents. Katherine Biggs spoke to the girls and Danny Stone addressed the attendees.
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Judy Chilcoat
Vanoss
Janice Chilcoat
Paul
Larry Willoughby
Katherine Biggs
Danny Stone
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