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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1964
Page
7
William Gray, son of Mr and Mrs Edgar Gray of 2731 North Townsend, graduates from Byng High School in May and will study Industrial Engineering at San Francisco City College.
Mrs. O. Nero hosted guests from Oklahoma City Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Colbert for a weekend. Leroy Miller and Fred Clark left for Oklahoma City to take exams and train at Lackland Air Force Base. T. C. Hill has returned from Wichita and will soon depart again for automotive work in that city.
Mr. Leamon Lowry of Kansas City, Missouri, brother of Mrs. Frazier, visited Mr. and Mrs. Carl Frazier Sr. at 2624 North Townsend. After an enjoyable reunion, Lowry departed for his home.
Walter Whitney son of Mrs Neave Jo Whitney of 230 West Orange Drive is selected by coach Summers to play end on the Ada Junior High School varsity team.
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Frazier and daughter Kim visited in the home of Mrs. Mable Frazier and Mrs. Ella Macklin in Oklahoma City. Mr. Frazier is the son of Mrs. Mable Frazier. The Fraziers left Sunday night for their home.
East Central State College welcomes freshmen from Hammond Heights including Gwen Clark daughter of A. L. Clark Mattie Louise Craven daughter of Georgia Craven Alphada Nero daughter of Mrs. O. Nero and David Frazier son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Frazier Sr Calvin Adkins grandson of Mrs. Isabella Seals is visiting relatives in Los Angeles after May graduation at Byng High School where he was twice named most valuable player.
Miss Rhittie L. Watts of San Antonio Texas daughter of Mr and Mrs Ezekiel Watts returns home for two weeks from St Marys University where she is a junior. She resides in Milburn and spent the weekend in Ada.
Rev. and Mrs. Royce Bynum and their four children spent the extended Labor Day weekend at home. The family enjoyed a restful period and Rev. Bynum conducted several pastoral calls in the area during the holiday.
Supt J E Teague announced Labor Day holiday as classes closed last Monday after a week of pleasant start and hot humid days. Freshmen reached 92 students prompting class splits while grade five also divided to ease crowding. Mrs Edna Mae Hart and Mrs Gail Johns teach the fifth grade with Sue Ward taking the remainder of second grade.
Congratulations extend to Linda Carol Creek and Vaughn Allen Pamplin on their engagement. Linda is daughter of Clifford and [unreadable] Creek. Vaughn’s parents are Jim and Pamplin. The couple plan a Trinity Baptist Church ceremony on Sept 25 with Rev Lester Barker officiating.
Last year’s Byng graduates feel mixed as they return to their alma mater realizing they are done as students. New East Central enrollees include Eugene Caton Jerry Don Christian and Tim Milligan with upperclassmen Jim Harjo and Dennis Myers. Teachers begin or continue master’s studies and some pursue additional certificates or degrees.
The Dorsey Red Myers family added several hundred pounds of beef after a steer escaped its pasture and collided with a 62 Chevrolet Sport Coupe. The car front end was demolished but the driver and passenger were not seriously hurt. Myers and son in law Bud Godfrey dressed the steer and sent it to a packing house for processing. the steer weighed about 60 pounds of meat, and the family was planning steak anyway.
Byng youths, led by Lonnie Manuel and Larry Harper, build and plan stock cars for nearby races. A Byng woman also prepares to enter the Powder Puff event as they pursue speedway hobby.
Sympathy extends to the Walter Williams family on the death of Fred Thom as Williams a 91 year old who lived at Shaw nee until his passing last Monday Funeral services were held at Shaw nee Thursday Bob Allen Byng shop teacher attended the funeral of his father Theodore Allen in Chickasha Thursday morning Chester Lee Allen is also mentioned as the deceased brother The obituary notes he formerly lived in Anadarko and had resided in California before illness and cancer led to his death
A Kiwanis auction shock as Judy Leddy wins a washer and dryer for twenty five cents, only to receive an old washboard and drying rack. The piece muses on changing times from churns to helicopters and ponders old fashioned goods found in local catalogs and classifieds.
Hints of humor and homespun wisdom from Uncle LEYS with lines on table manners temper and friendship. Notable quotes cover staying strong standing on one's own feet and the value of keeping temper bottled up for better results.
Readable clues list includes across and down entries for a crossword with items like Inquires Recess Kind of fruit and Coral reef. Several incomplete words and spelling errors appear in the grid hints.
A compact reading lists short word associations: afternoon slots narrow openings girl’s name a negative word rough lava lily ordnances securely to come goal obese tidings animal story things in law Greek market water around castle in five forty seven.
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