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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1963
Page
2
Ve lma Henderson reports alfalfa cutting ahead of schedule and rapid spring growth in the community. News covers property changes, renovations by the Grays, Fike Grocery owners buying a home, and police schooling for Sgt. Don Henderson.
The column reports visits by the Blankenships and family events around Ada and Byng. Florence feels unwell, Carolyn Henderson starts county clerk work May 7, Jerry Henderson nears accounting study, and Horace Golden family note a calf hiding its birth. A mouse snake scare prompts quick action at Carolyn Henderson’s home.
Shipe cattle dispersion at Oklahoma State University feature of the Keystone B-30 line and Kermac Marshall 200 lineage. Crowded sale barn, packed ranch road, and auctioneer calls mark the event as approximately 400 people attend.
Judge Joe Thompson in Tishomingo orders dissolution of Conservancy District No 9 but states the judgment will not be final until costs are assessed and paid as directed. Dates to be set later.
Oklahoma Governor Henry Bellmon vetoed a House bill regulating farm machinery dealers, citing potential higher prices for farmers and opposition to government involvement in business. He noted merit but favored independent dealer arrangements. He also signed a real estate sale posting bill for heirs’ executor actions.
Three county cattlemen representing Angus Hereford and Charolais breeds pursue Certified Meat Sire status under the PRI Performance Registry. Carlton Corbin leads with 10 steers graded locally. six from Emulous 7017 meet CMS criteria, while others come from different sires. Glen McDaniel and Mack Braly plan tests including steer and bull offspring, with Braly testing non castrated calves to compare gains and meat yield.
Byng High School will conduct commencement for the 1963 senior class at 8 p m Friday. Lonnie Abbott, a 1943 graduate, will deliver the commencement address. Rev Holt Sodeman will give the baccalaureate sermon at 2 p m today in the high school auditorium.
Small classified notice invites readers to buy sell trade and rent items via the listed telephone number FE 2 433. No other details or items are provided in readable text.
Shipley narrates his early start hammering iron as a boy, opening a shop in Wapanucka in 1920, surviving the 1925 crash, then selling at a loss. He recalls his father's log smokehouse, hogs, panthers, a cleared Delaware Creek farm, corn bread, a grist mill, and a simpler era where one could live by accident.
County Agent Cy Hailey reports a bumper pecan crop this year for the first time since 1960, with a forecast of four cans per acre in the county. He cautions that strong spray programs by grove owners are needed to avoid possible unforeseen difficulties as Nolan Dyer and John V. Crabtree groves prepare to be sprayed.
Living costs make up about 80 percent of the current budget for public colleges and roughly 65 percent for private colleges, highlighting the heavy burden of non-tuition expenses.
Sunday brought a heartfelt Mother's Day with family visits in Ada. The writer expresses gratitude for regular support from children and grandchildren and credits them with teaching honor, respect, love, and integrity. Attendees include Horace Golden and family, Olan Henderson and family, Don Henderson and family, and Jerry Henderson and family.
Sunday visitors at Mr. and Mrs. John Graham included Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Teel Billy Campbell Mr. and Mrs. Travis East Mr. and Mrs. A. R. East and their young son.
Mr and Mrs Elbert Simpkins removed a partition to join the living and dining rooms and laid hardwood flooring during interior remodeling at their residence.
SEEN D C Ellis and Clay Yowell visited in Yowell lane on Monday. Horace Golden celebrated a May 11 birthday and enjoyed garden and field work with Edna Golden Velma Henderson and Teresa Golden shopped in Ada Saturday. Dusty found a snake in grandma’s bird cage after supper. the mouse snake swallowed the canary and was removed by Jerry Henderson.
Egypt Cemetery work day announced as volunteer crews met Friday to clean grounds and prepare for Memorial Day. Frequent mowing will keep the grounds easily maintained.
Egypt residents extend best wishes for a speedy recovery for Byng school superintendent J. E. Teague.
Tim Milligan from Byng is recognized for solving the hidden rule and earning inclusion in the Folks pamphlet.
Oakman residents including Rudolph Dean and family plus Ada and Byng visitors gathered for a May Oakman Sportsman's Club outdoor meeting with about 30 attendees and a wiener roast. George Carter missed the meeting due to surgery, and new members J L King H M Shamlee and Tollie Walker were proposed. A fried chicken dinner was planned for June. Visiting couples included Maurice Current and family with Lonnie and their Byng connections.
Mr and Mrs J M Nance visited Thursday with Mr and Mrs L D Biard. They expected their son Haskell and family for a weekend visit and had strawberries for them. Saturday night Haskell called saying Daisy s brother in law Lee Reasoner Denver City Tex had died unexpectedly. No funeral details by Monday. Mrs Reasoner known as Gail Watson in Oakman and Francis. Sympathy extended to Reasoner and Watson families.
Mr and Mrs Web Scroggins and Linda and David Ada spent Saturday with Mr and Mrs Ira Wommack and Jon Ann Web and Mr Wommack went fishing while the women kept the store Mrs Eula Labass Ada spent Saturday afternoon with her mother and brought her t for Mothers Day
Mr and Mrs Kirby Cook and others arrived Friday night as guests of her parents Mr and Mrs Cullen Hampton in Fort Worth Texas. Patricia is noted among the children in attendance.
Mr and Mrs Curtis Hogue and their three children from Weleetka visited Friday and Saturday with Mr and Mrs Scott Jones to celebrate Mothers Day early so they could return home Sunday. Curtis Hogue serves as pastor of the Free Will Baptist Church in Weleetka.
At the Hap pyland Free Will Baptist Church service Scott Jones pastor, the eldest and youngest mothers attending received a bouquet of potted mums. Mrs. Fannie Simpson was the oldest and her granddaughter Norma Ward the youngest.
Mrs. Collen Hampton toured with Mrs. Floyd McNeill and Patricia Hampton and Don Cook to East Central College for the Byng High School junior senior and FHA banquet. While the youths attended, Mrs. McNeill visited friends Mr. and Mrs. Henry Norton in Ada as Mr. McNeill worked.
Mr and Mrs Wayne Carpenter hosted a weekend gathering with his sisters and families and Mr and Mrs Howard. The event brought extended family together for shared meals and conversation.
Richard son Snyder and Mr and Mrs Calvin Harned of Wichita Kans traveled to attend the junior senior banquet of Byng students Saturday night Sue Harned who had lived with her aunt and uncle while attending part of the term at Byng was in a serious car accident four months ago and is now improving enough to walk without crutches. The Harneds departed Sunday noon for their Kansas home.
Billy Wilson, son of Mr and Mrs Murel Wilson of Ardmore, recently returned home after six months of National Guard training. The Wilson family has long resided in the area and Murel formerly served as pastor of the Free Will Baptist Church in Oakman.
Mrs. Gussie Lillard's injured arm slowly heals and she increases her activity daily though limits remain. Visits from Mrs. Trudy Nance on Saturday and Mrs. Velma Cook on Wednesday aided Gussie, while Myra Berryman and her three grandchildren Deniece Gene and Dewayne from Oklahoma City visited Gus.
Gussie Lillard enjoyed a pleasant Mothers Day with family including Darwin Lee and his Oklahoma City relatives. Leo Berryman and kin from Oklahoma City spent several days with Jess and Jess Berryman’s family, while Mrs. J C Long and her sons joined the visit. The Berrymans later tended a grave at Friendship Cemetery and received a Mothers Day greeting from Hillary Brown and wife in California.
Mr J C Long and his wife and children hosted visitors on Thursday. They were joined by his mother Mrs Mary Long and son Tommy Ada.
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