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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1958
Page
4
A reflective column argues humans must continue tampering with nature to improve life. It mocks calls to halt experimentation, asserts weather is erratic and needs guidance, and cites farming progress, technology, and Oscar Wilde to justify ongoing intervention. The piece frames tampering as essential to survive.
A church columnist critiques The Ten Commandments film, arguing the title misleads and the film underexplores the commandments. It cautions that the depiction shows celestial magic, omits Exodus 24 covenant context, and emphasizes faith and grace over flashy spectacle.
The verse depicts divine cleansing as April rain washes sky panes and sun restores brightness. Morning dries the world while birds sing and daisies dot the carpet of green. A playful line features a beaver joking with trees about gnawing.
The excerpt blends humorous quotes about aging, women, love, shopping, and middle age with a short story of children trapping a bobcat then misplacing it in a suitcase. It also mocks language and photography terms while offering regional jokes and aphorisms from various authors.
Center residents share updates on visits among Rae Garrett family and relatives from Oklahoma City McAlester and Egypt communities. notes on illnesses injuries hospitalizations and a weather related snowstorm closing a factory. traffic crash timing observations conclude the column.
Marguerite E Sterling is granted a divorce from Clarence P Sterling. Custody of the minor children goes to the plaintiff. The defendant is ordered to pay 30 dollars weekly in child support. Property settlement is approved.
Elzie Smith and his son fished with Jake McGee on Sunday in Midland. Visitors over the weekend included Allen Crawley Bebee and Law Miller Parish Chapel families. Mrs Pedersen returned from Oklahoma City hospital, later reporting another trip on April 30. Laura Pedersen ill with pneumonia. Jeanie Gallup recovered from measles. Jack Shumard expects to return to school soon after an arm injury. Pedersen siblings attended Interscholastic Meet at Stillwater with Jim on Vaness dairy, Charles on meat judging, Paul on field crops. Banquet plans for juniors and seniors noted. Freckled garden bloom and fryers in deep freeze discussed. O W Turners of Latte visited P T McConnell’s family. Dora McGee bruised knee again. Dial FE 2433.
Liza Barrett returns home from Valley View Hospital with improved heart condition. Family arrivals include granddaughter Sue Humphers Bird from Chicago and sons Billy and Kenneth Gipson from California. Barrett’s husband, once unable to walk, now uses a cane and plans to return to Oregon work. Revival meetings ongoing at Pleasant Hills and Jesse community house with new baptisms. Local illnesses and hospital visits noted, plus a poll of neighborhood life and hail impacts on gardens.
Lee Miller and L C Hoskins returned from Butcher Pen with 60 crap pie. Bob Markley and Alfred Tate fished Texoma but lost their net and fish, then finished with six. Pleasant Hill 4-H Club attended Coalgate round-up with blue ribbons awarded for head scarves aprons and dress. Billy Miller named grand champion for dress and earned a state round-up trip with Pat Toney. Bun Dusenberry, recently in Fort Worth, came home Friday.
State Senator District 23 Buck Cartwright and County Commissioner Tempheen Anderson are listed as candidates along with Representative Place No. 7 Robert W. Ford for upcoming elections on July 3 and July 22.
Anderson, a Summers Chapel resident with 45 years in Pontotoc County, filed for County Commissioner District 2. A former farmer and oil worker, he cites deep local knowledge and commitment to service, noting his Indian Mission and Carlisle School background and his aim to serve the county in the "very best way."
Clifford Burl Buck Simmons pleaded guilty to second degree burglary in district court. A two year suspended sentence was recommended and suspended until June 28 by Judge John Boyce McKeel. Billy Derryberry admitted his part and received a two year suspended sentence. Bobby Tracy is out on bond. The trio admitted stealing a cigarette machine from a service station and about $15 from the till with cigarettes hidden under a rock. the machine was abandoned in a field and recovered with cigarettes. Just DIAL FE 2-4433.
President Eisenhower proclaims May 1 1958 as Law Day urging nationwide observance to reinforce the rule of law. The Oklahoma Bar Association promotes the program with the Know Your Liberties Know Your Courts committee and a broad civic coalition. The emphasis highlights twenty four primary freedoms including speech press assembly and trial by jury, with focus on due process and protections against unlawful searches and punishment.
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