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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1962
Page
8
Lawrence residents recount a near disaster when lightning struck the Ideal Cement lumber house igniting a fire along power lines. Residents and workers extinguished flames before major damage. The town also notes enrollment at Lawrence School with 27 students and new teachers Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Medlock.
North of town, a flock of sparrows thronged maize fields owned by W. R. Corwin in Egypt, while Egypt correspondent Velma Henderson rediscovered an Edison phonograph and an old Edison record. The Ada region notes polio vaccination plans and a county fair set for Sept. 13-15, with flood of community activity and many local visits and gatherings referenced throughout.
County Republicans have opened their headquarters in the Aldridge Hotel lobby and will operate for 60 days. The GOP booth at the west end of the lobby, led by Gordon Harrell, will offer information, bumper stickers, lapel pins, and more with help from the Federation of Young Republicans from East Central. The piece also notes social visits and travels of local residents, including Margarete Clampitt’s weekend guests, and others visiting or moving about in Texas and Oklahoma.
Mr and Mrs Grant Harris and Hannity of Fort Worth visited Mrs Harris parents Mr and Mrs Aubrey Banks over the weekend. In Johnson family of Brawley California visited his sister Mrs Walter Simmons and family last weekend. Elmer Young traveled to Oklahoma City to undergo tests and treatment at the medical center accompanied by daughter Neva plorzs. Joe Glascoe of Oklahoma City came to pick up his father Jess for a fishing trip to Lake Texoma. Herbert Griffith Gene Marsha Stanfield and Homer Cherry took a pleasure trip to Arlington to see a play and recreation area. Leon Condrew and daughter from Tuttle visited Mrs Clay Johnson Sunday. Beulah Hathaway traveled to Oklahoma City Friday for a state WMA mission study institute at First Baptist Church.
Ada's Livestock Auction reported July sales reaching a summer high with 11,000 head of cattle sold, near the October peak of 13,500. August also broke records with 10,600 head, as feeder and stocker cattle rise while fat cattle remain scarce. The auction, run by Sherwood O'Neal and partners, expanded to 250 pens and expects annual volume to top eight million dollars.
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