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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1949
Page
4
The Ada Weekly News notes that a president must guard speech as well as actions. Public leaders speak with weight, even in off the cuff moments, and their remarks gain news value beyond private conversation. Power brings responsibility and loneliness, yet the duty to public trust remains.
The Chamber of Commerce will honor former presidents at the annual meeting Thursday. Officials seek to fill gaps in leadership records back to 1923 and ask pre 1923 presidents to contact the chamber office. The aim is to complete a historic roster as many early leaders have passed away or moved away.
A compact regional column notes that President Truman and Speaker Rayburn hold divergent views on policy while agreeing on the need for compromise in a democracy. It observes upcoming gasoline tax changes to fund all weather school bus routes and improved roads, plus the Roosevelt political legacy and notes on social norms.
The paper endorses Dr. F. Spencer as successor to Dr. Linscheid at East Central praising him as an educator and leader. It commends the new board of regents for insulating university hiring from politics and forecasts a bright, progressive era with accelerated accreditation for six affiliated colleges.
Community leaders propose planting flowering trees and evergreens along highways from Ada to Sulphur and nearby towns to create scenic lanes. They suggest redbud dogwood wild plum crepe myrtle elms and pecans, aiming to involve multiple routes and local groups. The note also comments on Truman’s cabinet picks, stressing civilian leadership and experience.
East Central College moves instructors Pop Molloy and Louise Hornbesk after a reconstruction plan in the administration building. Upstairs space in the old Ada building will become nine classrooms for English education foreign language math and history with downstairs offices expanded for administrators.
A detailed account of a garden week meal staged by the Trustees of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. Dishes featured tropical fruits from faraway lands, a Prince of palate menu with exotic gravadilla cherimaya and sapaya, salads by Elizabeth Van Brunt, and a cheese tray from Europe. Recipes include lobster with a citrus garlic sauce and broiled lamb with butter and wine.
Western Berlin authorities push for police intervention in railway stations and installations to quell violence amid a three day strike against Soviet controlled railways. US Britain and France authorize limited action to protect order while Reuter and western officials discuss the “intolerable situation.”
Ada High and Ada Junior High enter the final school week with exams and activities. The All-School Band Concert directed by Austin Kidwell, a dress revue for eighth grade girls, a final assembly by the speech department, and the annual graduation sermon program mark the countdown to the end of the year with events spanning Friday through June 3.
Tulsa May report notes the Oklahoma Tanak Walton League held a two day convention in Cushing with Randle Perdue announcing the 1990 meeting site. Stillwater elected league president to succeed Shelton. Other officers named include Lee Hopper McAlester and George Howerd Westville as vice presidents and Dr. C H Herron Tulsa honorary vice, with McAlester named executive director and Don Mercer Premus secretary Merrill Polson Cushing treasurer and Judge O A Harrison Bartlesville historian. Regional vice presidents chosen were Shelton Forrest De Bes Bardi Tues Ted Westworth Stillwater and Seth Wilson Muskogee.
AP analysis notes that the Paris talks among the four foreign ministers could end the Cold War if Russia and the three Western democracies, America, Britain, and France, agree on a German settlement. Germany’s fate, key to Europe’s future, pits Western plans for a unified western zone against Soviet moves for a centralized East German government. The Western coalition urges uniting Soviet and Western zones into a federal republic, while Moscow supports the “People’s Congress” approach. Paris teeters on a potential clash as the conference opens and Dean Acheson signals no barter on Western gains in Germany.
A garbled OCR sample presents a mix of quotes from Lucius B. Clay and Dean Acheson on Germany and pacific policy, plus remarks from Charles L. Chute and Sir Thomas Beecham on social issues, arts, and film. The text deteriorates into partial phrases and misread words, yielding an incoherent mosaic of opinions without clear narrative.
Paris May 23 The Big Four foreign ministers met to resolve Germany problems and add the Austrian question to the agenda They outlined a four point plan covering German unity economics and occupation Berlin currency questions and a peace settlement for Germans The session marked the first since 1947 and officials expect talks to press Moscow on Berlin while outlining plans for a unified German government and withdrawal of occupation forces
Amo B Ashabranner long time Pomtotow resident dies Monday morning at his son O Ashabranner s home Born Georgetown Texas December 17 1867 moved to ROtt 1900s later Ada Oklahoma then Stratford farmed after wife Pier s death in 1968 relocated to Ada to care for sister Services Tuesday at 2 00 from Citiwell funeral chapel with Reverend Michael officiating Burial at McGee Cemetery Survivors include one son at Ada a daughter Mrs Bill Walt of Galey and eight grandchildren
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