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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1957
Page
8
Oil Center residents share visits and outings from Oklahoma City to Ada and Shawnee. Numerous relatives and neighbors visit, attend baptisms, rodeos, and church events. storms prompt sheltering and tidy reports. locals discuss pheasant raising plans and hospital stays.
A Stork shower hosted by the Home Demonstration Club at Summers Chapel honored Mrs. Dewald Shaw. The Ada and Pauls Valley visitors shared meals with local families, while many community members attended church events and social gatherings. Notable mentions include Mrs. Vaughn Megee visiting Sapulpa and Ode Frank hosting friends from Ada. The piece notes ongoing visits, a recent funeral, and a church chicken supper fundraiser.
Mrs S J Markley prints a letter from Mrs John Rogers of Torrance California with updates on former Jesse residents and neighbors. Tales include Hump the dog chasing two chihuahuas, new homes in Torrance, and fishing trips near Cumberland Cove and Roosevelt Bridge. Residents travel, visit relatives, and plan moves while communities report weather, school, and family happenings.
Delegates Patricia Poole Dessa Weller Jo Ann Nix from Pleasant Hill attend the MY E Sub district rally at Ada’s Asbury Methodist Church. Weller Nix and Toney earn blue ribbons in team demonstrations on salads wildlife head scarves and dress wear. Pat Poole wins grand champion in skirt and browse division. Dale Webb Roy Byars receive ribbons as coaches Mrs Poole and Mrs Nix lauded for guidance while local medical recovery news updates on Jasper Holland’s hospital transfusion progress.
An analysis argues earmarked revenues threaten highways, schools, and colleges while oil income fluctuates. It critiques governor and legislature for rigid allocations and urges lessons from Ivy League physical education programs to promote lifelong health and avoid overemphasis on fleeting championships. The piece contemplates economic conditions, livestock dominance in Pontotoc County, and calls for a revived West grounded in enduring values.
A home baking feature prizes molasses cookies as a family favorite. The recipe lists ingredients including enriched flour salt soda ginger cinnamon brown sugar lard eggs and molasses with preparation steps to cream lard beat in egg and molasses add dry ingredients and shape dough into balls.
Plans approved at a county meeting led by Superintendent Norman Mitchell and the Pontotoc County Medical Association call for mass polio immunizations for adults aged 20 to 40. Clinics will be held in larger county schools in the evening and a Ada county health department session may occur Saturday afternoon. Inoculations cost $1, with physician and staff services provided free.
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