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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1947
Page
4
A professor notes mood sways decision making from grades to opinions. Welborn Hope’s poem "A Lost Day On Staten Island" explores how weather and inner rest affect perception, ending with a meditation on the foolery of annoyance and the sun’s rise and set.
A real estate man argues 90 percent of home cost is labor from materials to manufacturing and transport. He questions if living costs can fall without wage drops, noting postwar price volatility. The piece cites Oklahoma stone homes rising in demand and shares a Pontotoc farmer’s hopeful view on rain and hay prospects, ending with an optimistic farming anecdote.
The article weighs the romance and challenges of farm life. It notes the pleasures of raising livestock, gardening, and self sufficiency, while detailing nightly caring for piglets calves and crop work, and stresses the need for companionship, gradual adjustment, and a supportive spouse before pursuing a country life.
A discussion on how public figures make decisions. Governors and legislators rely on trusted advisors rather than orders from bosses. Party influence has waned due to primaries, and officials now balance public demand with personal judgment in shaping policy.
The piece reflects on Andrew Johnson as a misunderstood postwar president and argues his policies might have spared national bitterness. It notes local fears in Woodward and Texas City during storms and a shipboard fire, and reports Jimie Scott of Holdenville, a veteran and Hughes County legislator, diagnosed as mentally ill after a shooting at Senator Anglin.
Washington May 19 UP Oklahoma members of congress were recorded on recent roll calls. Senate votes include against labor bill amendments to outlaw boycotts and union shop abolition with Moore for and Thomas against. final omnibus labor bill passage Moore for Thomas against. House passage of $400 million aid for Greece and Turkey with several named Democrats for and Republicans against.
Clar ence Tilling, 60, says Squeaky the Persian cat woke him to a prowler entering his apartment through a window. He armed with two pistols but chose to threaten the intruder who was later taken into custody after neighbors called police.
The United States has about 49,000,000 sheep. The average wool yield is 8.03 pounds per head.
Western Electric strike action renews picket lines causing telephone service curtailments in New Jersey and Illinois while New York workers return to posts. ACEW representing about 20 000 members pressed for a settlement as the seven week national telephone strike narrows to remaining Michigan Bell action and a few others.
Pontotoc county residents are invited by George G. MacRobert to enter the nationwide Chevrolet Motor Division search for the oldest Chevrolet truck in active service in the United States. The winner receives a new Advance Design Chevrolet truck with a choice of standard models plus cash or trade prizes. entries close June 15, 1947, with results by June 20.
A birthday party was held Saturday afternoon May 17 at the home of her parents Mr and Mrs Roy Anne to honor Allen Kems Leaetta Jones on her sixth birthday. A group of children attended the celebration.
After a run of games the children gathered in the dining room for cake and ice cream. Leaetta blew out the candles on her cake and opened her gifts.
Small guests and mothers present include Mrs. Cloyd Overton with Patricia Ann of Ada, Mrs. W. T. Hooper with Clarice Faye, Mrs. Ralph Trivitt with Doris Jean, Wynona Boyd, Linda Sue Doyle, Jansteel Hammonds, Roy Jones Jr, Jerry Wayne Jones, and honoree Lenetta Jones. Gifts were sent by Martha Jane Jacobs and Gary Jacobs. The article notes American forests hold 1,600 billion board feet of saw timber with an annual drain of 54 billion feet and growth of 36 billion board feet.
J. A. Richardson, Pontotoc county Red Cross chairman, will attend a Dallas meeting Monday at 8 pm to discuss a national blood program proposal. He is among several chapter chairmen invited to share suggestions before a county chapter director’s session, delayed last week by weather.
The Jessie home demonstration club met Tuesday at Mrs Burle Howard's with members and visitors present. Miss Martha Mote and Miss Margaret Baade led a slip covers demonstration. The next meeting is set for May 27 at Mrs Myrtle Jackson's home and the club will sponsor a Jessie cemetery cleanup day on May 22.
Treasury Secretary Snyder told the House Ways and Means Committee that a period of tax reduction is approaching though he offered no specifics on which taxes to cut or when. He outlined 20 levies under study, urged an open mind on postwar tax revision, and noted a separate $4 billion tax cut bill pending Senate action amid partisan debate.
Ada high school honored students at a morning assembly for athletic academics and citizenship prizes. Recipients include Margaret Standridge Jim Eggleston Elsa Grubaugh Warren Mayfield Rita Copeland Jov Rogers and Kenneth Watson among many others across scholarships societies honors and contests.
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