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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1964
Page
4
The brief note records a 1901 establishment and the merging of the ADA Times Democrat with the new entity. It notes historical continuity and the resulting combined publication status.
The Ada Evening News endorses a county wide bond election set for October 13. Voters can approve $490000 for three road projects with taxes not to exceed 90 cents per 100 of assessed value first year and 87 cents second year. The notice frames the program as benefiting all county residents and East Central students.
The Agriculture Department will hold a public hearing at Lake Murray Lodge on October 26 to discuss amendments to the Red River Valley milk marketing order affecting parts of Oklahoma and Texas including Pontotoc County. The hearing was requested by the Central Oklahoma and North Texas Milk Producers associations. Proposals include expanding the marketing area to ten Oklahoma counties and raising the bottling milk price to producers 19 cents per hundredweight in Texas plants.
A two car collision at Twelfth and Johnston at 3 32 p m increased Ada’s October traffic toll. Cars driven by James Arvil Hickman 49 of 1115 East Fifteenth and Jesse Clyde Wilson 73 of 531 West First collided. Hickman was charged with failure to yield.
Buzz Bonehouse notes peanut butter hot dogs molasses and cracked wheat breakfast cereal as top American favorites. He mentions sorghum mills in Hughes County once plentiful and recalls the sweet aroma of cane juice cooking into syrup.
A reflective meditation on college football and campus life. The author extols the pull of alma mater colors and stadium rituals, notes loyalty and belonging, and observes social quirks, nostalgia, and the enduring charm of the old campus.
The verse by Clarence Mansfield Lindsay asserts that God accompanies people in all tasks and places including busy markets. It envisions divine presence guiding daily toil beyond tranquil pastures, suggesting partnership with God in commerce and everyday life.
Richard Williams, an 87 year old Ada barber, recounts 67 years of cutting hair in Ada and Hird Oklahoma Indian Territory. He arrived in Ada in 1897 at age 19 and worked in multiple towns before returning to Ada in 1905 setting up shop near the current Oklahoma Tire and Supply. Williams reflects on changes in barbering eras, prices, and clientele plus his religious work and published writings.
A fragmentary verse piece describes a shopper stranded in a dusty desert aisle as goods are misplaced and humor underscores thrift and irony. The compilation weaves aphorisms from Lincoln Frost and others about work, education, and idealism, ending with a quoted lyric.
The message conveys enduring ties and hopeful wishes for homecoming. It emphasizes affection for the moment and a sense of closeness in beloved places, urging appreciation for every minute of the return or reunion.
Oklahoma plan notes ballots mailed to more than 3 000 precincts beginning October 21. Election Board secretary Frank Reneau also announced refunds of about 40000 dollars in filing fees to candidates eligible from May and September primaries.
The report notes 36 percent of Oklahoma land targeted for flood control with 612 Washita dams, 6 dams on Double Creek as a pilot, 324 dams under Public Law 566, and 11 cities involved in municipal water sites. Annual benefits reach 4 million dollars and construction spending by the Soil Conservation Service totals 66 million dollars in Oklahoma.
Oklahoma City AP reports prices paid to local producers with cash wheat around 1.41 to 1.48 per bushel at multiple towns. Egg and butterfat rates steady with varied egg sizes and fowl weights. Livestock bids show steers and heifers under 700 pounds and feeder calves with mixed good to prime desirability. Hog quotes steady. feeder pigs at 15.00. Sheep sparse for testing.
USDA cattle sale activity shows 6,400 cattle and 1,000 calves with the majority at feeders. Early private treaty sales were light, auction activity moderate to active with feeder cattle and calves uneven and prices holding about steady.
Three cases filed in County Court over the weekend involve Ross Wesley Wyche charged with carrying a concealed weapon Floyd L Wood charged with failure to provide and Benjamin Har jo charged with driving while intoxicated.
Readers urged to use the column to air opinions on local politics and candidates. The note invites women reporters to participate, name preferred county official candidates, and suggest a new editor, emphasizing public input.
The proposal would raise new road construction of about 2.5 million dollars with 86 local jobs for one year and 5.9 miles of road. Tax increases of 90 cents per 10 dollars first year and 87 cents per 100 second are estimated on assessed value with some homesteads exempt. Funds not used on designated projects would retire bonds. Ada bypass not funded. A 60 percent yes vote is required.
Mr. and Mrs. Alliz Denham of Ada stopped in Center to see Rae Garrett. The long friendly visit touched on over 50 years of neighborly ties and plans for a longer stay. The notes also mention Thelma Jean Garrett and Terri Gray attending a Tuesday Ladies Service at Oil Center Pentecostal Holiness Church. Rae Garrett reports a neighbor’s fall with minor injuries and later flu illness.
Mrs Thelma Jean Garrett and Rae Garrett attended the quarterly conference at the First Pen Cost Holiness Church in Ada Friday where they heard sermons. Lawrence Lane and family spent the weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs Oren Gray and joined a Friday morning Ada outing. Sondra Garrett joined a youth group at the State Fair Saturday. Janice Chilcoat spent Wednesday night with Sondra Garrett as they prepared for six weeks tests.
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