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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1964
Page
4
A political viewpoint critique questions a national candidate's promises. The Ada Weekly News reflects on campaign rhetoric and the gap between campaigning and governing, noting promises vs. likely influence and actions in Washington.
Dr Kenneth J Foreman outlines Christian guidance on leisure time from Matthew 6 33 and Romans 14 17 urging readers to place the Kingdom of God first in rest play and recreation He warns against loafing self indulgence and mental poisons and urges rest with purpose and wholesome mental diet.
A reader criticizes national women’s magazines for using emaciated models in style ads. They advocate healthier, typical American women as ideal, citing Miss America winners and relatable, well groomed figures seen in modern commercials.
Vanoss School wraps 1963-64 term with events including Eighth Grade Day on May 8 and a Junior Senior Banquet on May 9 at ECSC. May 10 features a baccalaureate sermon by Reverend Herbert Masters. May 12 hosts Senior Picnic at Wintersmith Park. Twenty six seniors receive diplomas May 13 with valedictorian Myra Nell Garrett and salutatorian Mary Jo Gasaway.
The document states that grades 1 through 5 dismiss on Wednesday May 20 and grades 6 through 11 on Thursday May 21. The school will close officially at 3 p.m. on Thursday May 21.
Reddish lunar spots sighted more often suggest the Moon could have a heated interior and erupting, evolving terrain. This challenges the view of the Moon as a stable, inert body.
Classified section listing buy sell trade and rent items with reference FE 2443 for identification and follow up in the newspaper. Includes brief notices and offer prompts across categories for local readers.
A collage of poems and quips by Connie Nelson Jessie Carpenter and Roy Atwell appear with rhymes about kindness, transatlantic jokes, and everyday wisdom. The snippets mix verse lines with light humor and brief reflections on debt, humor, and responsibility.
A compact poem by Richard Armour contrasts how different people earn spend save and lose money. It playfully notes that workers earn it spendthrifts burn it bankers lend it and taxes and dying pass it along to heirs.
A husband is described as hen pecked as his wife intermittently pauses to breathe during speech. No further details or context provided.
An elderly foreign couple in the audience misheard the university president’s address to graduates. The mother asks What he say and the father clarifies Who. The president’s line is He say school is out. A rebuke follows of a teen daughter’s slovenly hair.
A playful verse notes a tutor who teaches two tooters while the two question whether to toot or tutor is harder. The limerick style exchanges choice between tooting and tutoring with a witty ending.
A terse reflection on wisdom stressing the value of recognizing limits of knowledge. It highlights discernment between what is known and what remains unknown. The statement frames wisdom as awareness of epistemic boundaries.
A concise aphorism notes that drawing focus often comes from committing a mistake. It highlights risk and visibility as an attention strategy, suggesting bold missteps capture notice and prompt response.
A terse line by George Gambler reflects on paying a high price for listening to free counsel and the paradox of valuing guidance that costs nothing.
A motorist who ran over a rabbit learns of a miraculous tonic that revives the hare in seconds. The chemist explains the potion is a hair restorer, and the revived animal bolts away, prompting amused disbelief from onlookers.
An old joke records anOfficer and motorist bantering about driving speeds. The motorist says at 15 miles an hour fenders rattle, at 25 the windows rattle, at 30 the engine knocks, and that is as fast as the car will go.
A brief quip notes that moral deeds feel empty without public acknowledgment or accountability, framing doing good as more meaningful when visible or challenged. The line contrasts hidden virtue with performative ethics in a wry, reflective tone.
A compact card notes Dorothy Parker quip about danger and endurance with stark lines on risk and resilience in a vintage literary context. The brief highlights the stark contrast between threats and survival, reflecting Parker s sharp wit and dark humor.
For weeks officers from Pontotoc and Carter counties Ada and Ardmore police plus the state crime bureau sought Harold McCoy who vanished near a tank lake. Despite a two-foot drop in water revealing a body and a shoe, investigators found no trace of him after four weeks. McCoy, a former Ada fireman living with his four sisters, was frail and recently treated for tuberculosis.
Gov. Henry Bellmon and over 30 state officials educators and industrial leaders depart Oklahoma City for Washington to tour NASA facilities and press for more space project work to be directed to Oklahoma. The group plans to return Saturday.
In early railroading engines paused at streams to take on water in leather buckets, a practice called jerking water. The term later labels small towns where trains stop.
An editorial extols Pontotoc County residents for calm conduct and orderly governance during campaigns and elections. It argues self rule should be guided by lawful majority will, resisting disorderly or predatory behavior.
A nostalgic reflection on the bullfrog’s deep croak signaling summer. The piece recalls boyhood frog catching, the thrill of live prey, and compares bullfrogs to leopard, pickerel, and green frogs, celebrating enduring summer adventures.
A reflective piece recalls old country baseball sites once common on rural Sundays. It notes sparse fields, wagons along baselines, and local players like the Waner brothers and Harry Breneen, urging preservation and a Johnny Appleseed spirit for memorial trees planted by Boy Scouts in memory of Reverend Harry W. Miller.
The Associated Press reports varied reactions from Oklahoma figures after Tuesday's elections. Wilkinson wins Republican Senate nomination. Harris concedes with support promised for November. Edmondson pledges effort for a May runoff. Gary declines endorsements. Right to work amendment Question 409 fails with calls for recounts and praise from opposing camps.
In the aftermath of the right to work vote, proponents predicted a possible recount while opponents hailed the result as a victory for working men and women. Hanan disputed claims of irregularities and noted recounts rarely shift more than a few votes as rural areas favored the measure and cities opposed it. Oklahoma sits amid surrounding states with similar laws. The 1962 petition led to the 1963 ballot, alongside another pay-raise measure.
Steed will face Doug Martin of Sand Springs in November. Martin beat Lige Stewart 40,894 to 38,181. Edmondson seeks a seventh term beating Jack Gerdes 68,943 to 18,492. George L. Lange, unopposed in the Republican primary, will oppose Edmondson in November. Jarman had 54,835 votes with Barry Albert at 10,980. Jarman drawn against Homer Cowan in November. Steed also won an eighth term by defeating Edward Mackensen 90,179 to 14,048. In the 6th district William Weatherford ally Robert E. Lee Richardson and Gene Grubitz trailed. Bayard Auchincloss won the Republican primary 6,928 to 3,477 over Glenn Gibson.
Latta High School 1964 graduation events include a baccalaureate sermon May 17 at 8 p.m. with Rev. James Kelso and Rev. Herb Masters delivering the sermon. Commencement May 21 at 8 p.m. with valedictorians Evelyn Stephens and Phyllis Daniels and salutatorian Anita Blackwell. Jack A. Swidensky to deliver the commencement address. Latta Junior High graduation exercises set for May 19 at 8 p.m.
Seven top education experts met Gov. Henry Bellman's advisory committee to launch a study of Oklahoma public schools. Dr. J. Win Payne said the team is the nation’s best, with Dr. W. D. McClurkin directing the survey from Peabody College. Oklahoma funding of 15000 dollars from the emergency fund backs the project, with completion targeted for November 15.
Scientists propose a study program to inventory the world’s total water supply. The project aims to map extent, nature, and distribution of water resources across regions and hydrological systems.
Lyndell Gaylon Reed, one day old and child of Kenneth and wife of Maud, will receive graveside rites at 2 p.m. Friday at Stonewall Cemetery with Rev. Clarence Waldroup officiating. Criweil Funeral Home directs. He was born May 5 and died May 6. The Reeds also have son Neil Alan and daughter Kathy. Grandparents are F. J. Reed and Cecil Hudson with great grandparents Oscar Preston and family.
Mrs. Johnnie Eugenia Whit ten of Tempe Arizona died at home on Tuesday. Born June 22 1929 in Lawrence Oklahoma she attended Lawrence Elementary and Fitzhugh High School. She married Oral Whitten December 6 1947 in Sulphur. Survived by husband three daughters Judy Nancy Sandy and a son David all at home her parents M W and Mabel Phillips of Roff two sisters Pauline Owens Tempe and Ruth Gurley Belmont five brothers Carl Harrison Harold Dean Frank and Fred Phillips and her grandmother Elizabeth Smith of Ada Criswell Funeral Home will announce the funeral arrangements.
Funeral services for Charles E. McCoy aged 36, a retired Ada fireman, were held at 4 p.m. Friday at Criswell Funeral Home Chapel. Burial followed at Rosedale Cemetery. McCoy died April 8 in Ardmore after a long life in Ada born August 2, 1905 in Arapaho Oklahoma. Survived by four Ada sisters Alice Doris Elizabeth Anna B McCoy, two brothers Earl W McCoy of Idaho Falls and Ted B McCoy Jr of Lexington.
Mr. Patrick died Wednesday in an Ada hospital. Born in Gainesville Texas April 9 1910 he was the son of Elmer Harrison Patrick and Permelia Tudor Patrick. Surviving are a son David Patrick Oklahoma City his mother Mrs Permelia Patrick Ada a sister Mrs Tom Jacobs Ada and a brother Weldon Patrick Lindsay. Interment will be in Allen Cemetery with services at 3 p.m. Friday in the Allen First Baptist Church. Rev. David Forrester will officiate. Criswell Funeral Home in charge of arrangements.
Mrs. Della Lee Weber Route 2 Ada died Wednesday in a local hospital at 11 40 a m Funeral services will be Friday at 10 30 a m in the Assembly of God Church Fourteenth Street with Revs Dale Pollard John Keith and Frank M Jones officiating Burial follows in East Hill Cemetery Ross Smith Funeral Home in charge Born November 5 1906 in Wayne Oklahoma she married R E Weber June 5 1937 in Port Isabel Texas They moved to Ada in 1945 She was a member of the Assembly of God Church Surviving are her husband three sons Doyle Gifford Los Angeles California Wesley Weber Colbert Charles Weber Route 2 Ada a daughter Mrs Norma Knight Harlingen Texas two sisters Mrs Lillian Reeves Waco Texas and Mrs Faye Morgan Harlingen Texas two brothers John Hurley Clovis California and Eugene Hurley Seguin Texas and seven grandchildren
The Saturn V rocket destined to carry three astronauts to the moon cannot travel by rail or road. It will be transported by river barge from the Michoud Louisiana assembly point to Cape Kennedy Florida.
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