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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1957
Page
2
The Ahloso News notes numerous visits and social gatherings around town including Douglas and Dora Smith visiting east of Adan, the Hunters from Arkansas City, and families touring to Korawa Asher and Lake Texoma. Residents host relatives from Ada Holdenville and Dallas with weekend get togethers and fishing trips.
The eighth grade class of Ahloso hosted principal J C Treas with a birthday party Friday afternoon. Cakes and pop were shared and the class presented a gift. The school opened doors for a Happy Birthday sing along. The end of year operetta Mississippi Melody, based on Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, was planned for May 2 at 7 p.m. in the gym. Jim Melone of Oklahoma City visited Don Thompson the previous Sunday.
The column lists multiple visits and social events in Lightning Ridge and nearby towns. Mrs Thelma Feckman and Mrs Laurence Walker are noted guests, with families including Coffeys, Stephens, Mellroy, and Jones hosting or visiting. Other attendees include Sue Wyckolf, Joyce Jones, Ada churchgoers, and out of town guests from Wilson and Oklahoma City.
Community members frequent Valley View Hospital Ada visiting patients Elmer Vandegriff and Lloyd McIlroy, and Ada neighbors Mrs. Clayton Bishop and Mrs. Grace Johnson. Churchgoers Paul Shook and Boyce Jones attended services. many families share news of illness, home repairs, and social visits across Ada and nearby towns.
Mrs Effie Morris visited sister-in-law Rae Garrett over the weekend. Robbie Henry and children Joe and Rita visited Thelma Jean Garrett and Sandra Tuesday afternoon. Kitty Hansard visited sister in Houston while ill. Fred Gray and children took his mother Terry Gray to a sister’s home in Connerville. Bessie Roberts of Ada spent the weekend with N C Garrett. Herman Fenn of Mayville visited uncle Robert Henry. Everett Tucker died Sunday morning after long time in Center. family moved to Adam for work. Jim Ritchie and Della Boyd of Ada visited with a daughter from Dallas.
Mrs Arvel Davis reports visits by Foch Kirby of Wapanucka and Annie Rose. Lillie Lembey of Wapanucka and Mrs Rose. Fay Lorman and Annie Rose to Mr and Mrs Smith Hudson. Gordon Maloy and family from Seminole visiting D W Maloy and Arvel Davis. Wayne Davis of near Ada visited family. D W Maloy visited son Gordon and family. Mrs Arvel Davis returns from city nursing sister in law Alice Johnston and improves. Mrs Stephens sick. Kretsinger and Bil Durbin from Muskogee were in Denison on business. Sanders visit with Robert Sanders family.
District 2 presents the only Cub Scout Pow Wow in years at Latta school Ada Saturday at 2 p m with exhibits from all packs in District 2. Registration begins at 7 30 p m Saturday. events run to 9 30 p m and Blue and Gold banquet at 8 00 p m. Audience invited. tickets sold at door.
Four motorists were charged Tuesday with traffic violations in various courts. Names include Glent, Gault, Allen, and Thedford with charges for reckless driving speeding and wrong side of the road. Incidents occurred April 27 to April 28 near Ada and Stonewall Oklahoma. Noah Burnett Bottom pleaded guilty to passing in a marked zone and was fined $10 plus costs.
Summers Chapel grew with new families settling Pontotoc County. The school expanded to add two more rooms as enrollment rose. teachers recount classes of 59 and 61 pupils. The community built, worshipped, and supported the school, while oil boomed locally and six churches served residents.
Engineers report nearly half the Sandy Creek watershed is abandoned or low producing, with only a quarter of permanent grassland in good condition. The plan promotes crop protection, soil conservation, and terracing to avert future floods, covering 147243 acres at a total cost of 3266390 with federal funding for structures and local landowners funding land treatment.
Clark McIntyre won the matched steer roping while Jerf Vallmer took calf roping, Monty Nelson Ed Rolls and Tom Nesmith placed as runners up. Dixie Truitt led in parrel racing and Bade Morgan topped calf riding. Tom Mesmith posted the fastest time in jackpot calf roping. The Stonewall show netted the Chamber of Commerce over $600 and signals a strong rodeo circuit ahead toward Cheyenne and Ada shows this fall.
Better weather boosted Ada Livestock Exchange activity with a robust market across cattle and hogs. A total of 425 cattle and 75 hogs sold as cows and bulls rose, pasture conditions spurring demand for stock cattle and strong butcher calf prices. prices ranged across cattle, stockers, and hog categories.
Oils paced an early rally on Wall Street with fractions around 3 points gains. Steels rose more slowly while oils benefited from a calmer Middle East outlook and expectations of continued growth. Amerada led gains, Kerr-McGee and Gulf Oil rose, Royal Dutch gained about two major fractions.
Oklahoma City May 2 cattle cal ves small supply confined slaughter cows 13.50-16.00 calves 19.00-22.00 yearling heifers 21.00 vealers 21.00 top. hogs 19.25-18.50 mixed 240-270 lb butchers 17.50-18.50 sows 14.00-17.00. sheep 100 lots scarce lambs 21.00-23.00 pelts 3.00-5.00.
The state Board of Agriculture reported prices for farm goods in Oklahoma. Wheat No 1 hard around Edmond and various towns. eggs steady at 25 to 26 cents in multiple cities. butterfat No 1 around 53 to 55 cents, with regional variations. Hens and broilers show steady movement and regional quotes noted for Muskogee El Reno and others.
Pontotoc county 4H pasture and range judging team will attend the National Pasture Range Judging contest in Oklahoma City May 2 and 3. Members are George Breeding Roff 4-H Jerald Barton Fitzhugh Mike and James Lucas Rofs club. The trip, sponsored by Pontotoc County Farm Bureau, comes after they earned the highest county score. The team leaves Ada at 8 a.m. Thursday and returns about 5 p.m. Friday.
The program offers five year contracts to rest land with payments based on prior two years crops. Base crops like cotton wheat peanuts or grain sorghums receive 9 dollars per acre while other cropland earns 2.70. Farmers join to rest land and still earn money.
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