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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1965
Page
4
Historical notice summarizes Ada Oklahoma publishers and consolidations from 1912 to 1953 detailing mergers with Pontotoc County Enterprise Ada Star-Democrat Ada Times-Democrat and Ada Weekly News with pricing and mailing info for local and out of area subscribers.
The piece argues cities offer excitement but heavy daily friction. It cites traffic, parking, shopping, crime, crowded parks, school concerns, privacy loss, and weaker sense of belonging. It notes parents face costs and choices between public and private education while urban life strains routines and identity.
Oklahoma crop weather agencies report recent rains improved soil moisture across the eastern half of the state. Wheat is over 90 percent headed, oats two thirds headed, barley 80 percent headed with some dough stage. Corn 96 percent planted, sorghum 25 percent, cotton 19 percent. first alfalfa cuttings underway as aphids persist. range lands and livestock conditions improving.
Dave Smith of Frisco was knocked out briefly Saturday afternoon when a roof-supporting board slipped while he and his wife remodeled a smokehouse. The board struck the back of his head, flustering Mrs. Smith who attempted to drag him to a hydrant.
The fragment notes Sikkim is smaller than Yellowstone National Park and houses 165 000 people. It mentions a topography rising north of India in central Asia from tropical valleys to snowy mountains and emerald lakes amid rock folds.
A survey shows fifteen states observe daylight saving time across entire states, sixteen permit local option, and nineteen do not provide for daylight saving time or ban it.
Mrs. Eula Labass and family visited Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Mickey Odom welcomed a baby boy at Valley View Hospital on May 4, mother Joyce Manuel. Mrs. Lillie Morrison sustained a knee cut in a freak accident Friday and required four stitches. Lois Jean Morrison hosted a birthday party for Erma June Morrison with many Stonewall relatives attending and a wrist watch surprise from Johnnie Stringer. Various relatives called from Sioux City Iowa Oklahoma City Bristow and Ada. Wynona Fenner and family visited her parents Sunday.
The Perriman family recalls a Monday visit by Mrs. Ed Coffey and her sons who brought a power mower to Mrs. Perriman. Ed Coffey and wife and children visited his parents over the weekend. Carl Wright and family from Lawton joined Otis Coffey and Bert Wright at their home for a weekend gathering.
Mrs. Patsy Young Mrs. Twila Hunt and Mrs. Thelma Perri attended the county home demonstration style show at the college ballroom Tuesday. Mrs. Young styled a suit and won first in her group.
Mr. and Mrs. W. E. McCullar visited Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Coffey Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Wanda Wilson and children stay with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. N. S. Van degriff this week. Sunday visitors included Mr. and Mrs. Tom D. Wilson Mr. and Mrs. Styles and boys and Gerald Thurman.
Mrs. Simon Young Elaine and Clay and Mrs. Perriman attend ed the revival at the College Heights Church this week. Elaine spent Sunday with Mrs. Shirley Hill.
Mr and Mrs Prez Ferguson along with Bobby attend church Sunday with their relatives Mr and Mrs Leon Ragland Jim and Joyce and Mr and Mrs Lloyd Mellroy. They shared dinner with the Townsley family and Bobby stayed longer with the Mellroys. Mrs Mellroy visited Mr Clayton Bishop in the hospital Wednesday.
Mrs. Mary Lou Domby brought her mother Mrs. Cora Cantwell home Wednesday. Mrs. Gertie Summers and Mack visited Mr. and Mrs. Roy Cantwell Sunday night. Mr. and Mrs. Cantwell visited Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Woolly Saturday night. Lynwood Cantwell California called his mother for Mother's Day. Recent visitors included Mrs. Ruby Graham and daughters Edith and Eretta Maurice Cantwell Leroy Cantwell and Bob Dennis families. Mr. and Mrs. Miles Kimmel visited Friday night.
Mr. and Mrs. Kimmel welcomed Bob and Robert Hatcher Saturday night plus Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Wooly and their children. Mrs. Marvin Briggs visited Wednesday evening bringing flower plants for planting and telephones rang Sunday for Mrs. Kimmel.
Chickasha resident W. Marvin Acree becomes owner of the Allen Farmers State Bank after purchasing from S. C. Boswell the former president and chairman and Ernest L. Hodges the former co something.
Harley Mair Lowry died Monday afternoon at his Allen home. He was a Baptist minister and owner of Lowry Manufacturing Company. Services set for Saturday at 2 50 p.m. at the First Baptist Church of Allen with Rev. Jack McCree and Rev. W E Shaffer officiating. Hobgood Funeral Home directing. Survived by wife Ethel, two daughters Geneva Treat Woodland California and Reba Cash Bangor Maine, four grandchildren, mother Celesta Lowry Ada, four brothers and one sister. Casketbearers listed and bank sale notes included.
Leann Payne and several students received first time and recurring honors at East Central College. Duncan sophomore Payne earned the national Chi Omega Sociology Award. three music awards went to Jeanne Brooks Ada and Sue Satterfield Ada and Jim Hays Davis with Hays also winning the Saied Music Award. Jack Nimmo Ada earned Student Senate Award. Pi Kappa Alpha won School Spirit Organizational Award and Phi Delta Zeta claimed Outstanding Campus Organization Award, earning permanent possession of the plaque for the first time.
The piece explores how imagined illnesses affect work and study, then shifts to a 1960s auto economy. It notes 22.4 percent of U S steel goes to car production and about 78 percent of families own at least one car. It cites rising mobility, more two car households, and 3 million rural road miles with 72 percent surfaced, reflecting a car-driven lifestyle in Pontotoc County.
Mrs. Briggs took her mother Mrs. McKimley to visit Mr. and Mrs. McNair in Ada Friday. Howard Briggs visited his brother Bill and family Saturday night. Jim and Gary Briggs and Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Briggs and Necia were luncheon guests of Mr. and Mrs. Briggs Saturday. Howard Briggs went with the industrial arts club to the lake to fish Friday returning Saturday. Mother's Day guests of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Briggs were Mr. and Mrs. Jim Briggs and Gary, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Briggs, booby and Billy and Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Briggs and Necia. Their daughter Mrs. Robert Brown Slaton couldn't be there but called to wish them a happy day.
Mr and Mrs Claude Arter and family visited their mother Mrs Dollye Arter Sunday. Dollye Arter received flowers as oldest mother present. Nora Wall received flowers for most children and Amanda for youngest mother present.
Mr and Mrs Homer Sliger and children visited his mother Mrs Maude Sliger at Ahloso Sunday afternoon in a brief family visit reported in local notes.
Mr and Mrs Ernest Crawley of Amarillo Texas spent the weekend with Mrs Crawleys parents Mr and Mrs Tom Price and with Mrs Crawleys grandparents Mr and Mrs John Crabtree. They had supper with them Saturday.
Mr and Mrs Jess Webb of Roff spent Sunday night with Mr and Mrs John Crabtree.
Shelly Bird stayed from Saturday to Monday evening with Mrs. Clint Stewart. Mr and Mrs Wendell Stewart and Beth and Kathy were Sunday dinner guests of the Stewarts. In the afternoon the ladies visited Mr and Mrs Joe Price at Vaness. The Stewarts visited Sunday night with Mr and Mrs John Crabtree.
Vernon Van Schuyver came home from the hospital at Oklahoma City Saturday and is doing very well.
Mr and Mrs Raymon Jackson returned home after spending several days with her father Mr Van Schuyver.
C. R. Cook of Allen retires after 31 years with the K. O. G. and Okmulgee Northern railroads. Born in Weir City Kansas he began work in August 1911 earning about 45 dollars a month when wooden cabs and cars were common. He and his wife moved from Denison Texas to Allen in 1959 and now reside in the northwest section.
A Malayan spider hunts flies without a web using a yellow body and stamenslike legs that mimic a flower center to attract victims. The method shows complex predatory adaptation and mimetic display in arachnids.
Mrs Minnie Cunningham a former Ada resident died Wednesday in an Oklahoma City nursing home Funeral services will be at Criswell's Funeral Chapel at 10 a m with Rev Wallace D McKay officiating Burial will follow in Rosedale Cemetery under Criswell's direction She is survived by daughter Mrs Ray Karr of Tulsa.
Oakman Sportsmen Club held its May meeting at Club Lake picnic grounds with 18 members present. Albert Pevehouse led business as president George Carter was ill. two new Oakman residents joined and Lois Jean Morrison was voted a member, with plans for a chicken supper at the next gathering.
The International Hydrological Decade began January 1, 1965, as a global effort to assess growing fresh water pressures. President Johnson urged American universities and scientific societies to cooperate in the 10 year program, supported by UNESCO.
A collage of quotes and jokes spans poetry by Bangs and Chapin, wry reflections on ambition, laziness, and planning, plus a humor vignette about a fisherman keeping worms warm and a sign about a nearly new organ.
A stranger watches a fisherman release two large catches and keep a small perch. The man explains the small fish fits his frying pan, while the bigger ones would not.
The county cites 775 miles of rural roads plus state highways under its plan. Ada aims a bypass system and new parking facilities to ease congestion as rail and bus services dwindle. The era of the car is here with limited passenger train service remaining in the state.
At Obidos Brazil the Amazon river is 7500 feet wide and up to 200 feet deep. On July 17 1963 a flow of 7640000 cubic feet per second was recorded marking a notable river measurement.
The Navy introduces a growing family of watercraft that ride on a cushion of air to cut water resistance. These bubble-riding vessels promise higher speeds for less power, signaling a shift in naval propulsion and hull form innovation.
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