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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1958
Page
2
The column argues about how public education and economic structures assume mass intelligence and questions if higher training should fit individuals. It contrasts American doubts with British selective schooling and Russian compulsory systems, warning future outcomes depend on how America raises its brightest minds and serves others.
The ascent of Roncalli to the papacy as Pope John XXIII renews curiosity about Roman Catholicism among non-Catholics and raises questions about the church state. Speculation centers on his age and the brevity of the conclave, with notes on Vatican sovereignty and Truman’s Vatican envoy appointment.
The piece reflects on seasonal sports mood shifting to basketball season and recounts Halloween origins from Druids to All Saints Day. It notes bonfires and the Roman harvest festival, then Christian overlay and the American trick or treat addition, ending with a festive Goblins greeting.
Fifteen lettermen from the 1957 ACC champion North Carolina return this season as eleven are on hand. Rural teachers earn about one third less than city teachers, a finding of the Twentieth Century Fund.
A kitchen tip instructs that when adding meringue to a pie the meringue should touch the crust all around the edge to seal and prevent shrinking or leaking during baking.
Oklahoma Free Will Baptists closed their 50th annual assembly a day early after a long session. Rev. Wade Jernigan of Norman was elected moderator, with Bill Ketchum of Muskogee as assistant moderator and Homer Young of Stillwater as assistant clerk. Welden Wood and Rev. Ernest Kennedy were re elected executive secretary and clerk for two years. The group set a $100,000 loan fund and aimed to plant 20 new churches next year.
Five Adans were charged with public drunkenness in JP courts on Monday. The defendants include Elmer Nichols, Leroy Greenwood, R. L. Chronister, Mildred Cravens, and Stanley Kilcrease. Tarzan Davis and Wilbur Brians were ordered to leave town after promising to hop a freight leaving in 40 minutes.
First Baptist Church of Allen reports 636 certificates issued in Sunday School and Training Union Courses. In two years 29 diplomas were awarded including seven advanced, three master and one citation. names include Mrs. Grady Miller who earned all awards and leads the Berean Class. Rev. W C Towns serves as pastor.
Claude Johnson Clyde Crookham and Richard Bennett, residents of Center Community west of Ada, face larceny charges after being caught returning to the Hughes County sale with two Whiteface heifers. Deputies waited as they admitted the calves came from the Fred Thompson ranch. Each man posted a $1,000 bond as they pleaded not guilty.
Fourteen persons were booked by city police during the weekend. Charges include drunkenness, drunk and reckless driving, no driver's license, reckless driving, speeding, and petty larceny. A total of $122 was collected. The city went through the weekend without a traffic accident.
The fragment notes that pasture lands cover about one fourth of Illinois, described as a major livestock producer.
County Attorney Barney Ward notes Billie Hebert of Ada changed her mind about pressing charges in a child abandonment case against Leonard Hebert. In a district court trial, 30 veniremen were summoned, 12 selected, with juror costs estimated at $100 and defendant employed at Howard Sheet Metals Company. The witness asked if charges could be dismissed, and she agreed to do so.
Local 45th Infantry Division Thunderbirds members head for Oklahoma City for the 13th annual division association reunion. Lt Col Lewis Colbert will lead Ada delegates assisting in the redlegs post at the Biltmore Hotel. A memorial monument to WW II and Korea will be dedicated at Civic Center, funded statewide, with Pontotoc County’s $500 quota.
The Roff HDhealth project reports success with a county nurse clinic each first Thursday at the clubhouse where children receive shots including polio tetanus and typhoid. Nov 6 hostess, Christmas box to Crippled Children's Hospital, Ada November meeting features a Thanksgiving luncheon and park garden finish planned.
Valley View Hospital conducts a 100 hour in service training for dietary aides in cooperation with the University of Oklahoma Food Therapy Department. Instructor Kath leen Atha A D A dietitian leads the course with seven to eight student limit and five enrolled Bertie Pinley Bernice Carson Virginia Midgett Agnes Gray Ann Perrin. Completion qualifies students for Hospital Food Service work as part of the hospital education expansion alongside its LPN and medical technology programs with OU and East Central State College.
Two traffic accidents occurred Monday afternoon in Ada with fender and paint damage. At 1:50 p.m. Mose Puller, 57, Ada, backing from a curb, struck Viola Crawford, 823 East Sixteenth, causing a yield violation charge. At 2:05 p.m. Leslie Burdick, 53, Norman, and Mattie Walker, 404 East Twelfth, collided at Tenth and North Broadway as both believed their light was green. no charges filed.
James Carter admitted hunting with an improper license and paid a $10 fine plus $21 in court costs. He lives in Ada and works in Tishomingo after returning from Texas where he did not qualify for a state resident license. He was arrested 12 miles northwest of Ada on Sandy Creek by state game ranger Virgil Williams.
Clyde Crookham and Robert Bennett with Claude Johnson, all from Center, waived preliminary hearings on larceny of livestock charged alongside them. Bonds set at 1000 dollars. case moved to district court. They allegedly stole two Whiteface calves valued at 70 dollars each and tried to enter them in Holdenville sale ring after being arrested by Pontotoc County officers.
Ada City Council hosts 55 residents and experts from the Oklahoma Water Resources Board USGS and Norman to discuss tapping the Arbuckle limestone aquifer south of Ada. They propose a $4 000 preliminary study to map water table, recharge, and well siting with results in four to five months.
Twenty four junior and senior students at East Central State College are named in Who s Who in American Universities and Colleges for 1958 59. Recipients include Curtiss Baker Jr Stratford Frederick C Burroughs Stringtown Barbara Cooper Wynnewood Elaine Couch Ada and others from Ada Pauls Valley Shawnee and surrounding towns.
Ek A Butler of Sampson Oil Company accuses Curtis Graves of passing a worthless check for $10 in exchange for $2 worth of gasoline and $8 in cash. The check allegedly drew on Case State Bank of Stonewall.
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