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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1950
Page
5
New York report notes a postwar rise in school-age population with 3032 million boys and girls to enroll nationwide. Back to school buying runs 11 to 35 percent ahead of last year as clothing costs loom. Stores fear wool shortages and price hikes, while makers show mixed catalog discounts.
In Korea the American army struggles to mingle with locals as soldiers remain focused on duty. Yet some warmth emerges as Korean children, bold and hopeful, wave hello and share games while families cope with hardship, injuries, and scarce comforts amid ongoing conflict.
A country weekend host shares succotash origins and variations using fresh corn and string beans with pork bits. The dish benefits from fresh vegetables and can be enhanced by salt pork fat for dressing, with leftovers reheated to avoid overcooking.
The recipe text describes two succotash variants with pork and beans, corn, cream, and butter, plus preparation steps for potatoes and meat. It lists mixing cooked corn and beans with crisp pork, heating until thorough, and optional cream or butter substitutions, ending with garnishes and pepper. The surrounding fragment includes stray words and formatting hints like Swedish meat holes and cantaloupe, part of a mixed feature list.
fragmented OCR text hints at a study showing life expectancy increasing by about six months, with figures suggesting averages near 62 years. mentions wage earners and water care context, but details are unclear.
The Coal county home demonstration association sees a busy late summer in 1950 with plans for landscaping projects by Mrs. Guy Keesee of Tu lo and Mrs. 3 C Sprague of ethel. The Ra dio Station KVOO Tulsa sponsors the contest to spark farm home improvements. A quilting bee in South Lone Star supports club funds, and 4 H clubs at Clarita Olney Tupelo and Centrahoma prepare exhibits and record books. The county council meeting is moved to September 19 in the Chamber of Commerce building to set yearbook plans and elect officers.
In Manhedl Pennsylvania on September 6 1956 Noah Kreider harvested 400 bushels of potatoes from the Lord's Acre project to support the East Fairview Church of the Brethren. Fifty two Mennonite volunteers helped in the two hour harvest and the crop will be sold in neighbor stores to fund church charities and welfare projects.
Irl Doolittle and Beverly Jean Doolittle announce the marriage to Delton Crocksin of Tulsa. The candlelight ceremony occurred Saturday evening at 6 o'clock in Ada residents Gene Gulick and Ada Rev A W Oliver officiating. They plan a home in Tulsa after a brief wedding trip.
Edith M Bar ber notes a cooperative party meal where three hosts share dishes for a buffet. The spread features glazed roast pork with mustard sauce, broccoli with cheese sauce and deviled eggs, date and nut bread, hot rolls, and coffee. The piece highlights shared workload and a merry crowd, suggesting groups imitate the plan for entertaining.
Oklahoma reports six deaths over Labor Day weekend from auto crashes and a train strike. Victims include Sharon Kay Smith, 9, of Perryton Texas, and 17 year old Thomas Edward Turrentine of Oklahoma City. One train victim remained unidentified. Six deaths raise the 1950 road toll to 311, down from 369 a year earlier.
A stream of weekend visits and family gatherings is recorded in Latta. Herbert Cooper hosts a dinner with Lovelace and Stegall families. Cumberland Presbyterian youth plan a rally in Okolona City. guests include Fort Sill soldiers Ewell Brown and Louis Mason. other visitors travel from Ada Muskogee and Snyder.
Crippled Children’s Hospital in Oklahoma City admitted four patients on Monday including a 9 month old from Lawton, an 18 year old from Seminole, a 12 year old from Maysville, and a 2 year old from Oklahoma New Cune.
The Korean war and U S resolve to deter Soviet expansion boost talk of a 1000 mile rail link from Prince George British Columbia to Fairbanks Alaska. A 1942 estimate placed the cost around 20 million dollars. engineers see the route along the Rocky Mountain trench as feasible with weather permitting year round. The British Columba government advances the Pacific Great Eastern to connect Vancouver to Squamish and Prince George, potentially paving the way for a trans Alaska route.
The article explains broad expansion of social security to about 10 million people across 30 groups starting January 1951. It details groups including farm workers, self employed, domestic servants, nonprofit employees, state and local government workers, American firms' workers abroad, industrial home workers, transit system employees, federal workers, and Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands employees, with emphasis on how coverage now applies to previously excluded workers and the role of employers in bringing them under the system.
The sun’s hydrogen flare sparked northern lights visible in Chicago. Scientists from Yerkes Observatory say the display traveled 1,800 miles through space, then hit Earth’s atmosphere, producing vivid light as sunspots faded.
CIO strikes cripple GE plants in Syracuse and Schenectady and targets the government atomic lab. Walkouts expand to Trenton and other sites as 23,000 idle workers reflect nationwide tension. GE accuses administration of save-face politics while IUE leaders defend the strike call.
Homemaker guide from 1930 by Sue Gardner explains inventorying closet contents and choosing practical storage. It suggests cedar chests, storage cabinets, window-seat trunks, shoe holders, hanging racks, shelfing, garment bags, and matched hardware to maximize small closet space.
An Oklahoma City district judge refused to halt the sale of a home in a white residential area to a black family. Judge Baker H Jones dismissed a suit by neighbors on NE W 7th Street claiming a segregation real estate plot violated state law. The Waltons filed against Earl and Nellie Wilson and real estate dealer Luther O'Neil, alleging the listing was for a black family.
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