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Newspaper

Ada Weekly News

Location

Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America

Date

Sep 02, 1971

Page

5

Galley-Wanting Around The County Volunteers

Local column lists visitors to Ballards Nursing Home and area families. Residents from Ada, Stratford, Fitzhugh, Lamesa and Union Hill socialize with relatives and friends at homes, churches, and events. The Tupelo baseball team wins at Wapanucka. Community notes include hospital visits, church services, and traveling families from Oklahoma and Texas.

Earl Rose Lee Keeling Aca Helen Burrough Lisa Fitzhugh Sabcille Young Bertha Barker Stratford Myrtle Moss Lamesa Tex Earnest Sasakwa Bill James Callie Rose Ballards Nursing Home Jack McNutt Tilley Andoe Danny McNutt Chrissa Union Hill

Union Hill social notes and visitors mix

Oma Enloe and many area residents hosted and visited kin across Ada and Lawton including Jeff Schreiber family in Fox and Lyons. The community gathered for weddings and church events while numerous relatives and friends from Norman to Prairie Grove shared visits and celebrations.

Layuna Jones Oma Enloe Beulah Holliday Judy Bray Jeff Schreiber Fox Albert Crow Eddie Hayes Ada Robert Bolin Fred Jones Hudell Bolin Walter Crow Albert, Crow Earl Rose Harold Haines West Vaness Albert Crowland Stratford Rick Dawson Norman Jerry Rollow Lawton Alvin Wells Oklahoma City Lake Texo‘na East Central College

Parish Chapel Socials and Hospital Visit Notes

Community families from Waldo, Salem, Shawnee, Latta, Ada, and Moore report gatherings and Sunday visits. Gerald Henderson underwent surgery in Shawnee hospital with several local relatives visiting and hosting Sunday dinners at various homes.

Clark Dean Waldo, Ark David Galey Tommy Bennett Salem Thelma Henderson Mary Cox Shawnee Gerald Henderson M. C. Cox Helen Bradley Angelia Shawnee Hospital Marshall Cox Latta

Important Notice On Social Security Check Deliveries

The Ada Oklahoma office reports delays in Social Security checks caused by unreported address changes and forwarding limits. Beneficiaries who do not receive their check by the sixth of the month should call Ada at 332 4777 promptly. The process involves three agencies: SSA provides name amount and address to Treasury, which prints the check and sends it to the Post Office for mailing.

Social Security Office Fitler Social Security Administration Treasury Department Post Office Department

Safer Labor Day Weekend Effort by Oklahoma Safety Groups

Public Safety Commissioner Bill Mayberry notes Oklahoma Council of Motor Carrier Safety Supervisors volunteers will staff courtesy patrols over the 78 hour Labor Day weekend. They will cancel days off and boost field strength with inspections and safety education as motorists head to lakes and rest stops across the state. The period runs from 4 pm Friday September 3 to midnight Monday September 6.

Mayberry

New Oklahoma Alcoholism Program Starts

Dr. Hayden Donahue of the State Department of Mental Health announced an eight year federally funded project to provide two hour services for alcohol related problems in Oklahoma. One center will serve Oklahoma and Cleveland Counties, the other 28 western counties. Dr. Thomas C. Points will direct central Oklahoma project and Dr. William Blyth will head Western State Hospital center at Fort Supply. Services include family counseling occupational services and individual and group therapy.

Oklahoma City Hayden Donahue State Department of Mental Health Oklahoma Cleveland Western Central Oklahoma Project Thomas C. Points Department of Health, Education and Welfare Western State Hospital At Fort Supply William Blyth

Army Expands Special Forces Enlistment Eligibility

A policy change announced by SSG Burk broadens Special Forces enlistment to include young men with or without prior service. Applicants must be 19, pass medical and mental tests, complete basic training, earn Airborne qualification, and finish general and specialized Special Forces training to wear the green beret. For details contact SSG Burk at Room 304, Post Office Building, or call 332-4372, Ada.

SSG Burk Airborne Rangers Special Forces Sehool

California Tops In Farm Income Still After Years

Washington AP reports little change in the top 10 states for annual cash income from farming in 1970. California leads with 4.456 billion, followed by Texas at 3.137, Illinois 2.700, Nebraska 2.016, Minnesota 2.016, Kansas 1.774, Wisconsin 1.610, Missouri 1.560, Indiana 1.552. North Carolina remains the only state in the top 10 besides these since 1983, with Ohio 1.323 and Florida 1.268 trailing. California has exceeded 4 billion receipts in four of the last five years. Iowa neared 5.9 billion last year.

Washington California Agriculture Department Texas Illinois Nebraska Minnesota Kansas Wisconsin Missouri Indiana North Carolina Ohio Florida Iowa

Bookmobile Stops In Area This Week

The Chickasaw Library System bookmobile will visit Wapanucka Bromide Connerville Ravia Cottonwood Centrahoma Tupelo this Thursday and Friday with stops and times listed for each location.

Chickasaw Wapanucka Bromide Connerville Ravia Cottonwood Centrahoma Tupelo

Fire Destroys Home At Vanoss

A Vanoss residence owned by Ruby McGuire was destroyed by a Sunday afternoon blaze. Ada firemen helped Stratford firefighters though the house was a total loss after a pan of grease ignited. Earlier a car fire in the 700 block of Mississippi was caused by a backfire at the carburetor, extinguished by local units.

Ruby McGuire Vanoss Ada Stratford Department Willard Heetor Mississippi

Nixon trip to New Zealand mocked by wild boar hunt

A garbled report from Whangarei New Zealand notes President Nixon visit signals and a hunter’s pursuit of a wild boar in forest country. The item mentions China but lacks clear context or coherent facts.

Whangarei New Zealand Nixon Lowell

Choctaws Set Annual Labor Day Meeting

The 24th annual Labor Day gathering of the Choctaws and Chickasaws will meet at the Old Choctaw-Council House in Tuskahoma. Principal Chief Harry J. W. Belvin announces a program including a Choctaw princess contest and tribal affairs discussion with Sunday services and a basket lunch. Carl Albert may speak on Monday.

Tuskahoma Harry J. W. Belvin Belvin A.m Carl Albert

Black Boycott Affects Tulsa Enrollment

Tulsa enrollment rose at several secondary schools on Tuesday but the boycott protesting a new integration plan cut overall attendance. At Washington High School the boycott boosted total to 387 with 308 black and 10 white in regular classes and 26 white and three black at the metro learning center. Across 18 junior highs black attendance rose though overall black enrollment was only 69 percent of the projected 2,373.

Tulsa Okla Washington High School New Metro Learning Center Washington Gordon Caweili Alue

Burglars Hit Ada Offices Across Two Locations

Weekend burglaries reported in Ada target the Aldridge Building and the rock crusher near Fijss town. Thieves stole two typewriters and a calculator from the Community Action office, one typewriter from the Senior Citizens' Center, and a small metal box containing about $54 from the state house near the rock crusher.

Aldridge Rock Crusher Fijsstown Community Action Senior Citizens’ Center State House

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