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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1971
Page
5
The community page lists numerous visitors and family gatherings across Ada and Vanoss areas. Names such as Northam Badgett Layne Kemp and Garrett appear amid wedding and graduation related events, baptisms, alumni planning, and school activities including Vanessa High and Vanoss Alumni events.
Cows and bulls sold higher by 50 cents to one dollar at Ada Livestock Auction on Tuesday. Stocker and feeder cattle remained steady across all classes. Receipts totaled 857 head with slaughter cattle and stockers showing varied price ranges for cows, bulls, calves, steers and heifers.
The FTC ruled that grocery ads must show sufficient on hand stock to meet reasonable demand at sale prices. Disclaimers like not all items available in all stores and rain checks do not meet the rule. The regulation takes effect July 12.
Sunshine saw thirty two attendees at Sunday school. Joy Pendergraft and Bea Wyche sang a special for the morning service. Mr and Mrs Marshall Cox hosted dinner with Mr and Mrs Jim Wyche. Families and visitors stopped by for weekend visits including the Roquemores, the Roffs, and the Hobgoods. Claude Hewett and Virgie Hewett visited Margene Hewett in Pauls Valley while transacting Ardmore business.
Final arrangements are in process for the third annual Ada Charity All-Arabian Horse Show at the Agricultural Center on N Broadway. Ada Shriners run ticket sales for proceeds to McCail's Chapel School with sales at Bryans Corner Drug Bowie Ballard Ford and Atlas Shrine members.
State Examiner John M. Rogers uncovers Pontotoc County’s inaugural audit for 1908 noting receipts of 47016.09 and expenditures of 39661.97 with a 7353.72 balance. Loans were granted to locals including B. C. Eaton and G. W. Stringer under 5 percent terms as Oklahoma agencies began operations after a $5 million Congress grant.
The Cemetery Commission and American Legion officials changed the Memorial Day service from Sunday May 30 to Monday May 31 to avoid conflict with Sunday church activities. Joe Gifford chairs the commission and Joe Hacker represents the American Legion.
Ronald D nsiaw, formerly of Tulsa, becomes Ada Bell Company manager effective May 1, overseeing commercial operations for Ada Coalgate Konawa Ross Stratford and Tupelo. A Kansas City native and Central Missouri State and University of Tulsa alumnus, he is married to Lora Miller and replaces Jack Miller who resigned for a Norman post.
In Peoria Illinois an agreement to hire city manager Robert O. Wright included paying his moving expenses from Aurora, Colorado. The total bill reached 3,208 dollars for one wagon load prompting Alderman Ralph Metts to quip that the stuff must have ridden on velvet.
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