Autumn Comes to Oklahoma A Poetic Field Guide
The piece celebrates Oklahoma autumn as a vivid, life affirming season. It describes colors, scents, wildlife, and landscape changes across hills, forests, and plains from Ada westward, noting migration, plant changes, and a sense of homecoming unique to this region. The author invokes Black Beaver and the Lawrence Uplift to frame the landscape.
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Oklahoma
New England
North Atlantic
Black Beaver
Ada
Lawrence
Central
South America
Monterrey
California
America
Ambulance Right of Way Upheld in Court ruling
A motorist named Harold faced a charge for failing to yield to an emergency vehicle. The court dismissed, citing his lack of negligence under disputed facts and noting ambulance privileges are not absolute. Judges weighed context and urgency before upholding prioritization of emergency vehicles.
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Aging Reflections and Light Humor Amid Election Fever
A reflective essay on aging asks what it feels to grow old, noting physiological and prideful changes for men and women. It cites Kennedy and Musial for humor, then shifts to election season, urging practical preparation, honest candidacy, saving, warmth, and resilience with a hopeful tone.
London golfer’s home snubbed by course realignment
Robert Auld a five year old lawyer cannot move his home from the line of Moor Park’s 12th hole near London. The council agrees to close the hole until it is realigned to have golfers tee off in the opposite direction. Since moving in a year ago Auld and his family have faced ongoing danger including shattered windows.
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New Zealand Farmers Face Shift to Poultry and Crops
New Zealand, about the size of Colorado with three million people, may pivot from milking cows to corn and soybeans to support an emergent broiler industry and rising demand for American style turkey. The change could influence beef exports as surplus dairy cattle decline, though NZ remains far from major grain producers.
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Japan
New Zealand
Colorado
United States
Community Social Notes From Oil Center Oklahoma
Mrs Mary Houtchens visited Minnie Lewis and brought muskadine jelly and jam. Local visits included Cowger, Lewis, Northam, Eayles, Suttons, and Ruth Sutton households. The C E Rally of lifeliners meets at Stratford Pentecostal Holiness church next week. Numerous gatherings mark birthdays and dinners for Josie Northam and granddaughter Ladonna Gillum, with many neighbors in attendance. William Wall returned home after back injury treatment in Oklahoma City. Several trips and visits span Oil Center Byars Springfield and adjacent towns as residents share meals, church, and shopping updates.
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Ohslen
Melvin Ohslen
Wanda
Hot Springs
Ark
Frank Lewis
Hansel Burk
Ada
Dee Willoughby
Dena Gail
Oklahoma City
Paul Robinson
Robinsons
Gailen Terry
Leon Walker
Visit and church attendance noted in local town
Mrs. Dorthy Terry and Mrs. Oma Lee Nelson visited Mrs. Minnie Lewis Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Willie Pierce and Mrs. Dorthy Terry attended the Doyle Newby church Sunday night. Mr. and Mrs. Nick Fowler also attended a church there. Debbie Andrews visited Mike Ward Monday evening and practiced special songs. Mr. and Mrs. Haskell Gipson of Springfield ll spent Sunday night with Mr. and Mrs. Junior Northam and Britt.
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Dorthy Terry
Oma Lee Nelson
Minnie Lewis
Willie Pierce
Doyle Newby
Nick Fowler
Debbie Andrews
Mike Ward
Haskell Gipson
Springfield
Junior Northam
Britt
Homer News Recap of Local Visits and Gatherings
Mrs. Goldie Looney spent a week visiting relatives in Duncan Comanche and Addington including Mr. and Mrs. Tom Roden and Mr. and Mrs. Ted Riddles. Other readers note visits by Mr. and Mrs. Hubert King and children, Mrs. Jean Hopps, the McDonalds with Tim and Armanda, and a Rebekah party where six earned 50 year pens. A pie supper discussion, lake trip to Wister, and multiple family visits in Ada Latta Union Valley are listed along with names such as Loyd Harber and Roberta Jenkins and others.
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Goldie Looney
Duncan
Comanche
Addington
Tom Roden
Ted Riddles
Dovie Downing
Newpries
Inlaw
Jim Goss
Norman Roden
Troy Goss
Hubert King
Lee Looney
Jean Hopps
Midge McDonald
Center
Armanda McDonald
Donnie Vendable
Donnie
Janie
Junior Wynn
Wyndell
Emmett
Lake Eufaula
Effie Tharp
Juanita McNeill
Rebekah
Ada Rebekah Lodge
Loyd
Wendell Harber
Hubert Williams
Ada
Floyd McNeill
Arthur Harber
Latta
Mark
Lesia Bratcher
Caral Harber
Machelle
Vaness
Donneta
Dustin
Deena Norton
Wister Lake
Ft. Smith
Ark
Charles McNeill
Sheron
Dennis McNeill
Ronnie Bratcher
Doneneta Norton
Peggy
Haley
Susan Harris
Bart
Lynn McNeill
Carol Harber
Vanogs
Tom McNeill
Union Valley
Imogene Owens
Lytin McNeill
Bryan Cooper
Sunshine Sunday services feature specials by Wyche and Green
Sunshine held Sunday school with 32 attendees. Bea trice Wyche sang a morning special and Melissa Green performed in the evening. Don Part, the pastor, led both services. Visitors included Cindy Uhlieh of Fillstown and Mr. and Mrs. Choc Baker from Tulsa.
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Sunshine
Beatrice Wyche
Melissa Green
Don Part
Cindy Uhlieh
Fillstown
Choc Baker
Tulsa
International Angus Tour visits Ada area ranches
Ada hosted the 100th Anniversary National Angus Tour with 225 travelers from 13 foreign nations including New Zealand Argentina Brazil Canada and Great Britain. The group toured Ned Biffle’s ranch and Arrowhead Angus Ranch owned by Dr H D Hall focusing on Sire Evaluation and pasture management before ending at the National Cowboy Hall of Fame Oklahoma City.
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Holiday Inn
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Biffle
Crown
Archihead Angus Ranch
H. D. Hall
Hall Ranch
Arrowhead
Richard William
Iowa State University
Ames
Iowa
Fred Francis
American Angus Association
Joplin
Gegis
Frery
New Zealand
Arrowhead Ranchs
Kansas City
National Cowboy Hall of Fame
Oklahoma City
Arrowheed Angus Ranch
Local social notices and obituaries from Ada area
Ada area residents visit friends and attend meetings through the week. Jimmie Wyche and Julie visit, and births, weddings, and deaths are noted with several individuals named across Ada and surrounding towns including Summers, Green, Hewett, and Gantt families. Obituaries include Jesse W. Coplen and others in the Criswell and Smith funeral home records.
Grace and unconditional love beyond legalism in scripture
A mother pleads for reconciliation between father and son who reject penance. The piece argues against legalistic forgiveness, citing Romans 5 6 10 to show Christ died for the ungodly while we were sinners. It asserts divine grace requires no earned worth and calls believers to love even the undeserving.
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Political quotes on Agnew Nixon Connally debated
Troy Melton notes dismay over Agnew exit and suggests quoting him. Edward Brooks of East Central State College praises Nixon for selecting a strong, capable successor. Brooks endorses John Connally as potentially most controversial yet effective choice, hoping Congress accepts the pick.
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Kenneth Williams
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Earl Sullivan
Shirley Sherrill
Kenneth Will
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Jody Manuel
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James Wesberry
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Jean Heard
Gary Eager
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Leonard Ford
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Vernie Henley
J. B. Eager
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Jan Frances Nursing Home
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Roy Cook
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