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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1957
Page
4
Oklahoma faces a rush to form 53 watershed districts under Public Law 366 while planners warn the task is enormous. Backlogs push 18 years of work for engineers as districts race to gain easements and start construction, with patience urged for a steady, long term effort.
A collage of maxims and quips including moral guidance on temper conduct and generosity. It features lines about imagination humor and inner happiness, plus humorous anecdotes about a railroad worker Sam and a punchline about a backwoods man and his axe.
AUL contrasts itinerant preachers with Paul who stays to found churches and nurture them. The piece explores Paul’s dual view of the church as both ideal and real, its growth powered by Christ’s indwelling, and the need for ongoing post natal care and spiritual transformation amid Corinthian quarrels and sins.
Artile about how manufactories producing gold requiring articles such as gold pen points now wash furnace smoke to recover tiny gold particles flaking away from the ore or waste. This process aims to save gold that would otherwise be lost.
Drilling continues near Pharoah south of Henryetta as residents daily travel the area. Duane returns from Formosa for 30 days, Hallie Anderson heals from a broken arm, and visits highlight friends in Phoenix, Eunice, and Ada. Michigan kin tour via Tennessee, Texas, and the Grand Canyon, with legate family keeping busy in Jesse and Idabel. Ollie Fae Legate’s birthday marked by a fifth grade ice cream and cake treat. A stray white and black dog preys on poultry, prompting fear of neighborhood retaliation.
A historical explainer outlines garnishment and attachment as legal tools to seize defendant funds or property to satisfy a plaintiff's claim. It notes these remedies may apply before or after judgment, require affidavits and bonds, and can involve third party hold obligations, with penalties for noncompliance.
Oil activity continues near Seaboard Oil Company and Pettyjohn lease as new wells are brought in and a salt water disposal well is prepared. Local families gather for a pond picnic with grandchildren and a crust of fishing. Royc e Lee Garrett returns to high school after a stomach issue. Elden Lynch trains as a roughneck on Lee Miller’s Webco crew.
A Pontotoc County boy, Tim Roddy, 2, lost a finger on his right hand in a lawn mower mishap at his home north of Ada. He was taken to Valley View Hospital by his mother at 6 10 p.m. and released after treatment. Also treated Wednesday was Simmy Randell, 308 West Third Street, who fell from a bicycle at Broadway and Tenth Street, injuring his left arm and elbow.
The adult constitutes the great reservoir for childhood tuberculosis in the United States and the eradication of the disease in children stands or falls on an acceptance of treatment by adults.
A lively book column surveys Hassoldt Davis biography World Without a Roof and Rosamond Marshall The Bixby Girls, praising adventure, romance, and vivid setting. Mentioned are travel scenes from Paris to Bali, and Marshall’s saga of Texas families during World War II with Kathy Salome and Chad. Also notes Irving Stone’s Michelangelo project and translation quirks for Don't Go Near the Water.
Ada area schools will be closed Monday October 7 for a one day OEA teacher workshop in Pontotoc County with Supt Richard Swink of Roff serving as county chairman. The event includes sessions from morning through afternoon at the grade school auditorium and discussions on professional organizations school legislation teacher welfare and instructional improvement.
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