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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1972
Page
12
The piece contrasts big city security with rural methods suggesting farmyard guardians such as dogs geese guineas roosters and even a crow or parrot as inexpensive deterrents. It notes urban systems are elaborate but rural animals could provide alerting and defensive benefits in an affordable way.
A court ruled that manufacturers need only make products reasonably safe not accident proof. Fred sued after a lawn mower blade injured him, but the court found risk is accepted by users. One buyer won damages after a salesman misled him about instant stopping.
Indianapolis city official Owen Meharg proposes 150 pool parking spaces in the City-County Building garage for 200 workers on a first come basis. He fears an early rush to secure spaces but acknowledges it could push staff to arrive earlier.
Uniform Sunday School lesson reflects on historical ruins from Rome to Babylon to warn that human ambition must not seek glory for itself. It cites Genesis 11 and Psalm 127 to argue cities belong to God and only with humility can communities endure, as Zechariah envisions a just rebuilt Jerusalem.
A string of family and friends visit relatives in Oakman and nearby towns. Entourages include Lonnie V Manuel, Roy Manuel, Mark Manuel, Dora Manuel Ada, Nora Hobbs, J D Fulton, Nancy Fox, K M Stovall, and others. Travel spans Oklahoma City fairs, Gainesville, Vernon, and Dallas as kin spend weekends, dinners, and outings.
A reflective poem and a string of wry maxims. The piece opens with the soul of a child as a delicate flower needing care and light, then shifts to humorous one line quips on life, marriage, work, and society with a few dated references and light satire.
The Ada area reports 70 attending Sunday services at 7 Pentecostal Holiness Church with the Williams sisters and others leading. Dozens visit relatives and attend fairs and suppers from Ada to Stratford, Muskogee and Midwest City, including reunions with the Eaves, Franks, Northam, Lewis, and Jones families.
The Sunshine Sunday school drew 31 attendees as Wanda Parr sang for the morning service. Numerous families and individuals visited and hosted in-laws and friends across Roff Ada and surrounding areas, with attendees attending fairs and Ice Capades in Oklahoma City and Tulsa and attending church and community events.
Local notices list numerous visits and social events across Ada and nearby towns. Residents including Daisy Binion, Alice Binion, the Cunningham family, Groves family, Layne family, Golden relatives, Agee family, Mosses, Roper clan, and Bivins network attended dinners, weddings, anniversaries, and casual calls at Ballards, Ada, Stonewall, and Latta venues.
The Jenkins family reunion was held Sunday at the home of their mother and husband Berry Bishop. Attendees traveled from Ada Moore Tulsa Trenton Mich to Wintersmith Park for the gathering with numerous family groups listed including Jenkins Johnson Austin Bottoms and McKay. Dewey Jenkins and family from Trenton Mich traveled the greatest distance.
Naomi Elizabeth Hull 64 Stratford. Florence Copeland 68 Ada. Paul Ardrey 56 Ada. Menta Estelle Eppler 86 Ada. James Albert Pa 60 Ada. Jewell Sallee 69 Ada. Phillip F Pete Moore 67 Ada. Mittie M Marcum 95 Stratford. Funeral homes listed: Pickard Criswell Smith.
Japan's new prime minister Kakuei Tanaka writes a best selling book The Re vamping of the Japanese Islands detailing plans to relocate centralized industrial complexes and population centers across the country.
Figures from 23 state colleges show East Central State College with 67 former Upward Bound students enrolled for the 1971 72 academic year. Langston University 56 Central State College 17 Southwestern State College 58 Southeastern State College University of Oklahoma 12 Oklahoma State University 12 Bacon College 10.
A special scout leader training will be offered Saturday at East Central in the Horace Mann Building. Cub and Scout leaders begin at 8 30 a m with Dr Burt Burns and O J Collins directing the Cub program and R Stanley Horne guiding scoutmasters assistants and committee men. Explo rer units training also in Horace Mann Building starting at 2 p m led by Arvil Hickman district executive. Scouting leaders from the four county Harry Miller district and nearby counties are making reservations to participate.
A special committee led by Sen. Ed Berrong urged the Legislative Council to ban the use of trust financing for higher education. The recommendation targets University of Oklahoma Regents practices at the OU Health Sciences Center in Oklahoma City and proposes using uncommitted bond money without awaiting federal funds.
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