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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1958
Page
2
Columnists note a significant event as Ideal Cement Company lights the kiln of a 450 foot plant. Executive VP Matthews starts the flame, calling it the culmination of a dream, with operations led from a central control room as capacity doubles with a second kiln planned. Public tours await completion.
The piece argues that public relations directors rarely guide public sentiment and instead act as news release agents or tour managers. It critiques the role of spokemen in organizations, citing misfires such as Georgie Jessel misnaming Admiral Nimitz at a premiere.
The writer notes improving but still short financial conditions for farmers in the region and suggests pecans as a potential fall windfall. With national supply tight and local yields decent, pecans may support higher prices. reminiscence includes childhood pleasure and annual pecan outings, while concern grows over the decline of Possum grapes whose cause is unknown.
A reflective piece on misplacing everyday objects like razors books and cameras, often found only after persistent searching. The text notes how orderliness can mask hidden clutter under heavy surfaces and questions the impulse behind searching. It also touches on the delays in making changes until a child nears school age.
Sherry Cole a 15-year-old Byng High School student reported missing by her mother Mrs. Tom Martin last week has been located in Oklahoma City. She is being held in the juvenile ward there.
A note on using poultry seasoning in meat loaf and as a rub for pork chops before cooking to enhance aroma and taste.
Ardmore social security manager A L Hardcastle warns that accurate records of all business transactions are essential for self employed workers to qualify for social security credits and avoid delays or loss of benefits. Ada sessions with Henry Tuell offer help and applications every Thursday mornings.
Oklahoma’s 1958 honey crop reaches 1,175,000 pounds, up 44 percent from 1957, produced by 47,000 bee colonies. Range and pasture conditions on Oct 1 are at their best since 1950, with 87 percent feed condition. Subsoil moisture is adequate though some western soils need moisture for seeding and growth.
The Konawa Future Farmers of America chapter resumes a weekly butchering program with members butchered each Monday. Contact coach John Shero to request service. Proceeds support the chapter fund and the program teaches meat cutting, grading, and carcass evaluation.
Bermuda has fewer than 20 inhabited of its 100 islands. The note highlights the sparse human settlement across the archipelago and the concentration of communities on a small subset of islands.
Mrs. Ludie Mauldin Anthony, longtime Pontotoc and Seminole county resident, died aged 74 at St. Anthony Hospital Oklahoma City after a heart illness. She was mother of five and wife of a prominent merchant with west and southwest department stores. Services set for Tuesday at Crown Heights Christian Church. Burial in Memorial Park Cemetery. She was named Oklahoma symbol of motherhood in 1955. Her life spanned Nashville Arkansas birth to Konawa and Wewoka childhoods and a career linked to J. C. Penney and dry goods stores in Cushing and Oklahoma City. She was active in Crown Heights Church, Ladies Music Club, United Daughters of the Confederacy, Rotary Anns, and other groups.
Four minor traffic crashes and fifteen arrests filled Ada police weekend activity. Incidents include six drunkenness charges, a no license count, and two drag racing cases. Notable crashes involved Sylvia Heddleson following too closely on West Main and Joe Chapman ramming a parked car on Sixth Street.
A 17 month old filly from Friendly Acres Shetland Pony Farm Asa Hutchinson topped the Southwestern Shetland Association Breeders Sale held in Gainesville Texas. The filly registered as Friendly Acres Topper's Fashion with a white mane and tail sold for 7500 dollars. Raised on the Hutchinson farm the Hutchinsons own the sire and dam.
The first payment of state financial aid to Pontotoc County schools received by County Superintendent Norman C. Mitchell totals 229 402 dollars, representing eight tenth s of the annual allotment. Allocations include Ada 43516 dollars Center 4888 Vanoss 33210 and others across Allen Francis Byng Lula Homer Pickett McLish Ahloso Stonewall Union Hill Lawrence Summers Chapel and more.
The Grade A Land and Gravel Co. has been awarded the contract to supply materials for the North Broadway project. Partner Gerald Philpot announced the order is expected in 30 days. The local firm operates on Latta road west of Ada with 3,000 leased acres of gravel pits and has supplied for the Mississippi by-pass and the Ideal Cement Co. expansion locally.
Oklahoma State University’s 34 by 90 foot insulated poultry house houses 576 hens in individual cages to study shell quality, nutrient needs, and feed utilization. Researchers aim to refine calorie protein ratios and explore liquid rations, with industry backing totaling about $11,000.
Pontotoc County 4-H members Michael Lucas of Roff and Jerald Barton of Fitzhugh were named state award winners after the Stillwater record book judging. Lucas, 16, won leadership in the southeast division and a national blue award group inclusion. Barton won the Guernsey dairy program division and will receive a pen and pencil set from the Oklahoma Guernsey Cattle Association. Lucas earned a $25 bond from sponsor R. Anthony Co and a gold watch from Edward Foss Wilson. Barton has long served 4-H and competed in national land judging and American Royal events while earning county and state show top prizes. Lucas completed 120 4-H projects in eight years and held the 4-H Key Award.
The Oklahoma Department of Public Safety issues a Halloween safety advisory to parents urging visible costumes and proper supervision for trick or treating. East Central's Linscheid Galleries host a traveling art show titled From Renoir to Picasso with 52 etchings and lithographs from the George Binet Collection.
A weekend fishing outing on Buncombe Bay near Ada Oklahoma City ended with Carson Phillips P J Martin and others killing a velvet tailed rattlesnake four feet five inches long after they threw rocks at it. They also nearly hit a deer on the return drive.
The Oakman homecoming featured attendees including Mrs. Marion Caton Oklahoma City Steve Lilley Homer Mrs Ragland and Mrs Hammond among others. Janie Myrick now Holdenville aged 97 received a gift for the eldest attendee while Gale Ceciland and Elmer Chandler with spouses Oxnard California won for traveling the farthest. The pastor delivered a brief talk and Rev Muril Wilson closed with prayer inviting all to return next year.
The notice identifies Mrs. Douglas Collins and her employer Mrs. Smith, plus Lois Jean who is to be married on Oct 31, and children David and Dusty 8. The Smiths belong to the Ahloso Baptist Church.
Board authorizes purchase of three Reuel Little designed tree injectors to offer herbicide beneath bark for rental to farmers with a one man operation and approves herbicide supplies to start the program. Jessee notes satisfaction with board operations and calls Area 5 supervisors meeting at Wilburton Nov 24.
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