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Newspaper

Ada Weekly News

Location

Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America

Date

May 29, 1958

Page

4

Monsters Lost to Screens Decline in Modern Horror

An essay argues that modern cinema and television dull our fear by showing monsters, replacing imagination with visuals. It contrasts old unseen, shadowy threats with today’s explicit creatures, noting nightmares arise from unseen presence rather than on screen display.

Hollywood Outer Space Planet Robert Louis Stevenson Henry James Television

The Two Temples Poem of Builder and Teacher

A builder crafts a grand temple with grace and skill and praise for lasting fame. A teacher builds a temple unseen by ages, planning arches with patience and laying stones with prayer, yet few acknowledge her enduring work.

Wisdom and wit from a century of quips and quotes

A collage of humorous lines and aphorisms touching budgeting, marriage, progress, and ordinary life. It juxtaposes playful riffs about limes, temples, and lighthouses with reflections on aging, success, and media, capturing a zany, period voice. The piece closes with a critique of television as a controversial commercial matter.

Local neighbors share Sunday visit and family gatherings

BM Stephens and Arvel Davis hosted a visit for C D Gentry of Stratford with spouses and extended family at their home. The item lists multiple weekend activities, casual greetings, a boatload of small town anecdotes, and notes on family get togethers including visits from Mrs Bessie Gentry of Ada and other local residents across Stonewall and Ada.

B. M. Stephens Arvel Davis Lomans John Coventon Olen Vale Drucella Joplin Roger Burns Jim Roundjee Barbara Jane Dub Guest Susan Sunny Ada Marlene Hudson Chris Norman Paul Morrison Dew Higdon Stonewall Billy R. Rushing Naval Air Station San Diego Shaws Rushings Bessie Gentry Ada Visit Willie Florence Isaacs Doyle Duncan Atwood Allen Mrs. Royal Isaacs Alfred Pennington and Sons Church of Christ In Stratford Curt Rosson

Leaders Across Ages: Moses Joshua and Modern Roles

The piece argues leaders are needed in any group from nations to clubs and uses Moses and Joshua as examples. It notes that great leaders pass on work without replicating themselves, calls for a balance between continuity and change, and highlights three core traits: resolved action, courage, and unwavering faith.

Dr. Foreman United Nations Canaan God Moses Joshua Israel David George Washington Lincoln Robert E. Lee Fim Tas Churchea of Christ

Parish Chapel News and Community Notes

Parish Chapel News highlights visits among Tucker, Dryden, Carson and Law families. Local social events include birthday dinners, slumber parties, church attendance at Oil Center, and revival by Bro. Eastep. Glenda Hofmann from Ada returns, plans summer study, and many locals attend picnics, dinners, and church services across Ada, Stratford, Vanoss, and Gaar Corner.

Oscar Carson Irene Oil Center Frank Dryden Bro Eastep Pauls Valley Glenda Glenda Hofmann Ada W. N. Isaacs Clore Wood Hofmann Glenda Lane Parish Chapel Vaness East Central State Teachers College Chicago

Hidden Things and the Price of Perception

The excerpt contrasts sympathy for secondary figures with the unsolved puzzle of Things. It argues that truly valuable things are invisible and not free, suggesting a critique of superficial heroism and the costs of exposure or access. The tone remains reflective and critical, highlighting a paradox between desire and invisibility.

Understanding Divorce Annulment and Separate Decree Concepts

The article explains divorce ends a valid marriage due to grounds like desertion or cruelty. An annulment declares no valid marriage ever existed due to fraud or impediments. It also notes divorce from bed and board as a legal separation with possible property division and support.

Marriages in 1951 Wichita and Ada Notables

Gene Harley Phillips 18 Roft weds Linda Ann Williams 16 Cement. James David Lille 71 Ada weds Loretta Jean Webster 19 Ada. Dwane Crawford of Arapaho weds Eula Rayburn in Ada. Wichita endures record hailstorm of 1951 causing about 14 million dollars in property damage.

Gene Harley Phillips Roft Linda Ann Williams Cement James David Lille Ada Loretta Jean Webster Dwane Crawford Eula Rayburn Wichita Kan

Fourth Thursday feasts mark winter meetings for members

During the winter months they meet and have their feast at night on the fourth Thursday night in each month. At these gatherings all members are welcome to bring their basket lunch and join them.

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