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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1956
Page
4
An essay argues language evolves beyond fixed grammar laws. It contrasts prescriptive rules with descriptive usage, urging schools to teach speaking freedom and let rules adjust as English grows. It cites apostrophe shifts and cites Shakespeare era as example of rule-breaking boosting vitality.
A devotional discusses Psalm 23 with Ezekiel 34 11 16, urging readers to read aloud and make the psalm personal. It contrasts God as a guiding shepherd with the idea of God as distant, notes that true faith is personal and experiential, and explains ancient Palestine shepherding. The piece emphasizes intimate relationship with God and the need to internalize the psalm.
Wilson notes recount revival services at Pickett Methodist led by Rev Bonner of Guthrie. Community members including Briggs, Stone, Wall, Vandegrift, Roundtree and Dew share weekend visits, family gatherings and birthdays across Byars Ada Blackwell Plainview and Daisy.
Divorce granted to Evelyn Bagby from A L. Plaintiff named Evelyn Dicker and Regile referenced as Greece population figure appears in fragmented OCR. Readable facts indicate a divorce action concluded with Evelyn Bagby.
In Jericho Kansas publisher Wistart Wedge struggles amid scandal and rival thrillers while Mary Agnes faces a perilous past and Grey Rutledge. Paul I Wellman profiles Jericho's Daughters, Doubleday. The Dark Window follows Detective Ray Cassidy in New York as he tangles with threats to a refugee from the Iron Curtain, Florence Savage, and a feared Bishop Hruba.
Local diary notes residents praising recent rains while many plan to plant winter pastures. The piece lists numerous visitors and gatherings at homes in Ada and nearby, notes attendance at Aunt Sadie Hageard's funeral, and records travel and social visits among families including Thompsons, Smiths, Hayes, and Melints. Several people travel to Cordell and Oklahoma City, and a revival is underway in Sulphur.
Sunday contacts include Mr. and Mrs. E H Grose of Pickett with David Golden Jim McGee and Pat Barbara Bariee at Methodist Church. Local visits include Mr. and Mrs. Karl Tilley Gerald and Carlton Lee with Mr and Mrs Meek Mr and Mrs Tower and Gracie Hayes. Ada Wewoka football, Oakman homecoming and Air Force stationing details appear alongside church revival visits and family gatherings. Names include Berryman Haskins Thompson Stephenson Golden Ledbetter Bartee and McDaniel with towns Pickett Ada Worstall Sulphur Norwalk and Allen.
Helen Clifford reports Lula news as Miss Clifford wins a trip to the American Royal in Kansas City for outstanding 4 H achievements. The nine year 4 H participant is daughter of D R Clifford. Local visits include J A Holman from Tupelo and Joe Don Teel from Ada with various Clifford family members and friends across Lula Ada and Stonewall communities.
Names and hometowns appear in a weekend social roundup. Visitors from Ada Tupelo Tulsa Tahlequah and Hinton share calls with Brooks Reed and Reed family members while D J Reed from Tupelo is hospitalized in Ada with rheumatic fever. Mrs Liddie Reed remains ill.
Falks in this community thankful for rains that revived stall grains. Several local guests visit, birthdays celebrated, and weekend travel noted. Brief notes reference families including Pedersons, McNairs, Hunts, and Teels with various social visits. Historical facts cite the 1906 San Francisco earthquake loss and Bermuda pink sands described as coral.
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