A Little Protection May Tie Down Mobile Homes
The piece argues for wind tiedown standards for mobile homes citing tornado and storm damage in Georgia Texas and South Carolina. It notes legislative interest from U S Senator Bill Brock and Congressman Lou Frey and mentions the National Mobile Home and Recreational Vehicle Safety Act. It emphasizes simple, self installed or park wide tie down systems to reduce damage and casualties as mobile homes rise in popularity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Bill Brock
Lou Frey
University of Michigan
Georgia
South Carolina
Texas
U.S
Bailment in a coat theft case at department store
A department store faced a bailee duty after Phyllis left her fur coat in an open corridor closet with no lock or guard and the coat was stolen. The court ruled the store must provide reasonable safekeeping when employees are directed to use a specific place, though employees share some responsibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phyllis
Clost
Future shock and schooling in a changing world
The piece muses on future predictions and the risk of societal discarding, technology outpacing ethics, and the fear that humans may become expendable. It recalls Greek thought and a Pontotoc mother’s remark about destiny, warning against passive adaptation and urging active learning.
Unifying voice of Christ breaks walls of division
The essay discusses how Jesus’ voice and presence unite diverse groups. It cites Scheel’s novel The Big Fisherman and a Bavaria visit to show that mutual love of Christ enables believers to overcome real, deep differences. The Jerusalem temple wall symbolises barriers Christ removes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Douglas
Veldi
Jesus
Munich
Jesus Christ
Christ
Jerusalem
Ephesians
God
Shower honors Jackie Loyd at Ro bert Mayberry bridal shower
A bridal shower for Jackie Loyd bride elect of Robert Mayberry was held in the Tupelo school cafeteria last Monday night. Hostesses were Connie Reed Dessie Fortner Nancy Smith and Jewel Brashers. The couple will marry May 25 at Friendship Baptist Church Oklahoma City with Rev Garry Haskins performing. Attendees included many relatives and friends across the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackie Loyd
Robert Mayberry
Tupelo
Connie Reed
Dessie Fortner
Nancy Smith
Jewel Brashears
Friendship Baptist Church
Oklahoma City
Garry Haskins
Larry Woods
Lois Clifford
Nora Turner
Lee Cross
Bill Lowden
Davey Johnston
Wellie Scott
Sue Parnell
Dorothy
Vickie
Tennie Woods
Richenda Brown
Martin McCurdy
Jean Harkins
Myrtie
Pat Rush
Johnny Flowers
Lola
Connie Perkins
Hubert Flowers
Sherman Drennan
Gladys Davidson
Ford Krebbs
Charles
Leroy Sims
Evelyn Jones
Richard Tomlinson
Connie Sweat
J. D. Reed
Flora Reed
Thalia Cox
Fred Sneed
Margrett Johnston
Robert Brashears
Tom Gibson
Ella Dunn
Carl Hill
Melvin Holland
Norbie Romines
Will Holland
L. N. Sandy
Nora Lee
Jim Whitehead
Shirley Graham
Joe Brown
A. A. Howell
Kay Howell
Gaylin Childers
Dewey Snow
Larry Hedgecock
Ricky
Kelli Good
Jim Poole
Don Weller
Evelyn Guffey
Jay Ward
Pete Parks
Hamp Thompson
Charles Janaway
Cheryl
Don Brashears
Oretha Perry
Becky
Willie Williams
Rita
Herbert Sanders
Brenda
Vergie Chriss
Dave Robinson
Ruth Hyatt
Betty Johnson
Juanita Loyd
Jack Uhlich
Bessie Dailey
Genevieve
LaDonna Kifer
Gladys King
Knox Sweat
Maude
Leona Whelchel
Velma Dyer
D. E
Angie
Jamie Reed
Phyllis Ray
J. R. Linker
Marvin _ Brashears
Sally Mayberry
Pete Brashears
Ray Schutte
Roy Johnston
Charles Harter
Marcia
Jessie Loyd
Jimmy Bullard
J. C. Archer
Glenn Sanders
Jim Brooks
Helen Cooper
Eula Northcutt
Bob Mayberry
Stella Brown
Bob Smith
Paul Fortner
Oneila Loyd
Estelle Billingsley
Sue Lynn
Sunshine Sunday School Meets with Memorial Dinner
Sunshine Church hosted a memorial dinner Saturday for Rev and Mrs Jake Brady to honor their decades of church service. About 150 attendees heard a plaque presentation as Brady, ordained in 1947 at the church, was recognized along with representation from several local churches and many Brady children and grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunshine
Cuba Heard
Kay Parr
Melissa Green
Rita Sawyer
Don Parr
Sunshine Church
Jake Brady
Brady
Local Social Roundup of Visits and Outings Across Konawa and Nearby
Mrs Marie Brashier and Mrs Nevada Brashier fished in a farm pond on Thursday and Friday afternoons, catching bass. Many neighbors including Edd Henson Celia Kay Kit Thomas and others visited each other across Ada Konawa and Midland over the weekend with family gatherings noted. National Guard duty in Ada marked the weekend for Edd Henson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mulgee
Theta
Dave Higgins
Illinois
Tom Marshell
Henryetta
Conrad Massey
Perry Don Ross
Tishomingo
Mike King
Eunice Whitton
Joe Abbott
Lee Holbert
Tecumseh
Theta Massey
Marie Anderson
Clyde Avery
Brent
Shelley
Brian
Alamogordo
N. M
C. L. Blankenship
C. L. Blanken
Clyde Newton
Edd Miller
Arlene Avery
Edd Blankenship
Charlie Blankenship
W. E. Miller
Ada
Altus
Inez Miller
Vaness
Marie Brashier
Nevada Brashier
Edd Henson
Celia Kay
Oklahoma City
Bobby Millican
Fred Braddock
Robin
Tracy
Woodward
Edward Brashier
Kit Thomas
Kit
Paul
Donna Braddock
Robin and
Kay Henson
National Guard
Nathen Brashier
Robin and Tracy
Dora Braddock
Ronald Brashier
Guy Binkley
Lizzie Chapman
Minnie Lucas
Edna Shortes
Dirt Rice
Billy Ken
Midland
Tex
Mae Rice
Larry Pendleton
Brad Meeker
Chester Williams
Lucille Pendleton
Alvin Arter
Fort Worth
Claude Arter
Rhonda
Oleta Bryant
Julia
Fred Bowera
Virgie Bray
IOOF
Konawa Tuesay
Louada Henson
Billie Konawa
Bridal shower honors Dian Gurley in Pinley home
Mrs Laverne Pinley hosted a wedding shower for Miss Dian Gurley bride elect of Wayne Pierce at her home Saturday. The couple plan to wed June 8 at Oak Avenue Baptist Church. A crocheted cloth covered the gift table as guests brought numerous gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laverne Pinley
Dian Gurley
Wayne Pierce
Oak Avenue Baptist Church
Whitey Goodman
Lorene Vandergriff
Elva Lane
Mary Pinley
Albert Pinley
Virgie Miller
Florence Isaacs
Albert Pierce
Hollis Kite
Opal Ward
Stonecipher
M. C
Mary Cox
Ruth Sutton
Opal Sutton
Herman Williams
Billy Pierce
Ada Eason
Leon Pierce
Louisa Pinley
Glen Eaves
Billy Bob Ashley
Minnie Lewis
A. C. Terry
W. M. Pierce
Carl Pinley
Pat Jarrett
Hansel Burk
James Duncan
Leo Scott
Glen Pinley
Terri Wilson
Robert Pierce
Deaths in Oklahoma and Ada area roll call
Obituaries list multiple residents with ages and death dates from May. Names include NEWT HOLLAND 71 ADA resident SAM HOUSTON DUCK WORTH 65, ADA. WILLIAM MACKEY 78, ADA. LUTHER TEEL 82, ADA. EUNICE GRAHAM 47, ADA. BUENA VESTA WILLIAMS 81, ADA. JESS INGRAM 57, STONEWALL. MARY ANN SORRELLS 90, COALGATE. IDA NOAH 70, COALGATE. ARTHUR YOUNG 73, COALGATE. TOM MCCARTY 74, ADA. CORA CANTWELL DAVIS 69, STRATFORD.
Craft Warning Won't Be Flags At Cleveland Marinas
The National Weather Service in Cleveland says small craft warning flags will not be used at local marinas this summer. Forecaster Bill Kennedy notes flags are obsolete and urges boaters to use VHF receivers or radio weather broadcasts. Previously marinas contracted with the weather service to display flags amid delays and forgetfulness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Ohio
National Weather Service
Bill Kennedy
Weather Service
Kenedy
Sunday School Attendance and Local Church Notices
The Baptist Church reported 51 in Sunday school with Virgie Gantt as assistant superintendent. Rev. Dennis Tate delivered the morning message and will attend the Oklahoma Bible Conference at Falls Creek this week. Various parishioners and families visited relatives and attended events throughout the week, including Beebe, Tate, Ross, and McLaughlin households. Beebe stitches for Floyd. Bobbie Beebe at a nurses conference. and several nursing home visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Baptist Church
Virgie Gantt
Dennis Tate
Falls Creek
Owen Magar
Tate
Perry Don Ross
Jack Caton
Pickett
Maud Sliger
Vince Abbott
Merle Abbott
Oklahoma City
Ted Beust
Christen Smith
Clarence McLaughlin
Cindy Beebe
Wilma Stowe
Henry Neel
Ada
Bob Ross
Bertha Cantrell
Ballard
Theta Massey
Ethel Mitchell
Leisure Nursing Home
Teachers warned of pupil traps in The Teacher
London AP reports The Teacher warns teachers to avoid being alone with pupils of either sex and to refrain from unnecessary physical contact with pupils amid concerns over permissiveness and sexual sophistication among children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Britain
National Union of Teachers
Cattlemen Battle Beef and Chicken Ads in Story War
The American National Cattlemen's Association forms a truth squad to counter meat boycotts while the National Broiler Council launches a large ad campaign in major cities to tout poultry as a better value. Mrs. James Tyler leads rancher spokesmen touring New York and Washington to present the beef case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American National Cattlemen’s Association
James Tyler
Industry Information Council of
ANCA
New York
Washington
Broiler
Chicago
Los Angeles
D.C
Atlanta
Dallas
Chicken People
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Mobile Living Communications Center
Pontotoc County
Edmund Burke
RSLS
SPE
Bavaria
Germany
Peissenburg
Upper Bavaria
Karen Green
Melissa
Pontotoc
Danny
Buck Heard
Jim Wyche
Mary Phillips
Mary Jo Green
City Hall
Ada Business and Professional Women’s Club
Mary Summers
Addie Stringer
Joy Lee Green
Trent Sherrill
Joe Swart
Roff
Mary
Leroy Summers
Clyde Hobgood
Jimmy Blackburn
OSU Extension Center
Julia Thomas
Odus McGalliard
Paul Young
J. L. Green
Rofs
Leon Parrish
Milton Snow
Nora Ross
Bertha Strickland
Tex Maner
Frank Strickland
Strickland
Mike Maner
Air Force
Tacoma
Wash
Frank Holman
Steven Holman
Bixby
Gene Treas
Pryor
Lattn
J. W. Strickland
Rosie Flatt
Viola Nickel
Eulas Brannon
Curtis Ross
Harvey Baker
Berie Fay Dudly
Minnie Hubbard
Velma Lee Melton
Gary Smith
Robbin
Gale
Charles Dowrch
Douglas
Nolan Woods
Audry
Charlie Lillard
Burlie Cantrell
Ahloso
Deloris Davis
Mary Winton
Sharron Gantt
Pat Kelley
Ann Ross
Gerald Sutton
Michael Barker
Debbie Davis
Rhonda McDaniel
Kim Nowlin
Glenda Stowe
James King
David Maner
Samuel Ott
Dean Ross
Gentry Sanders
J. C. Treas
Ahloso School
Latta
Newt Holland
Stonewall
Smith Funeral Home
Sam Houston Duckworth
Criswell Funeral Home
William Mackey
Luther Teel
Eunice Graham
Jess Ingram
Mary Ann Sorrells
Coalgate
Leonard Funeral Home
Ida Noah
Jim Epperson
Arthur Young
Tom McCarty
Cora Cantwell Davis
Stratford
Pickard Funeral Home
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Mrs. R. C. Ross
National Broiler Council
NBC
Tyler
Oklahoma State University
Linda Williams
Miss Williams
Stonewall High School
van A. Williams
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