The Wet Blanket and Killjoy in Group Life
This piece argues the least popular member, the wet blanket or killjoy, serves a useful social function. By warning of risks and inflation, he acts as a governor on ambition, preventing rash moves and preventing collective regret.
Ada Area Residents Welcome New Subscribers and Visitors
Ada and Holdenville area residents are noted in a community column listing new ADA WEEKLY subscribers Mr and Mrs Jack Hurt and visitors including Mr and Mrs Boyd Ponder and families. Several families visit others per Labor Day weekend and local relatives host gatherings as town life continues.
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ADA Weekly
The Pastor as Shepherd Leader in Modern Churches
The article argues that a pastor is more than a talker, serving as shepherd and leader who feeds hearts and lives. It traces pastoral duties to biblical imagery, noting leading, inspiring, and deep Bible study as essential, with the pastor’s subsidy enabling full-time ministry and congregational care.
Scholarship Award At East Central University
Ronnie Hutcherson, grandson of Mr and Mrs W A Grays, won a music scholarship at East Central Saturday. The award covers four years of study at the college. Mr Vowels underwent major surgery and is recovering. News Want Ads Get Results Just Dial FE 3-433.
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Ronnie Hutcherson
W. A. Grays
East Central
Wilson News Social roundup from Wilson community
Mrs. Garrett Beller reports weekend and weekend-adjacent visits across Wilson. Families and neighbors including the Dowlings, Briggs, Lambs, Hopkins, Deatherages, Fullens, Wall, Toller, Sliger, Vandegriff, and Roundtree households are featured with Saturday and Sunday gatherings, church events, and youth activities across multiple nearby towns.
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Bill ‘Briggs
Free Will Baptist Church
Stratford
Garrett Beller
Wilford
Eldon Lee
How to Judge a Witness by a Local Juror
Mr and Mrs Vance Price John and Charles Mr and Mrs Orville Maxey and Marilyn Kay visited Mrs Dora Price and Shade Sun day Visiting in the home of Mr and Mrs Mason Arter Sunday were Mr and Mrs Luther Arter and Johnny Lee of Kiowa Mr and Mrs Clarence Arter Jequila and Rodger Mr and Mrs Alvin Arter and Virgie of Latta Rev and Mrs James Murry and Sharon of Clinton visited Mr and Mrs James Briggs and Gary Monday Rev and Mrs L D Stonecipher and Judy took Sunday dinner with Mr and Mrs Tess Hooser As a juror you are a judge of the evidence presented at a trial You must decide what to believe and what not to believe One person cannot believe two diametrically opposed statements But there is no foolproof truth detector So jurors must consider factors affecting witnesses credibility age education work or lacks and conduct on the stand relationships between witnesses and parties stakes in the trial bias The strength of memory chances to see hear and know what they testified to candor reasonableness of testimony Witnesses differ in details due to opportunities to observe or memory of what they saw heard and did In view of these differences Mr and Mrs Ed Roundtree Jr Vickie and Steven Mr and Mrs or powers to observe or James Briggs and Gary Donen memory of what they saw heard Joyed Sunday dinner with Mr and Thelma Ferriman visited Mrs Marvin Briggs Wednesday afternoon
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Ed Roundtree Jr
Vickie
Steven
Say You Never Saw Me explores the traveling salesman world
Arthur Nesbitt's new novel follows Ed Freet the young salesman and Harry Goodwin the sales manager through a Chicago lunch meet and the solitary pull of trains and hotel rooms. The book traces the bonds among rivals and the pressures of ambition within a business culture.
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Kansas City
Cleveland
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Arthur Nesbitt
Ed Freet
Harry Goodwin
Book review on a debut novel about traveling salesmen
A first novel by an author with a distinct vision portrays seven traveling salesmen led by Corey Ed and Tommy Harrington in a fog of vague aims. Published by Scribners in New York at 3.95 the work captures the emotional toll of sales life with train like scenes and misted windows. The review notes gaps in the plot yet praises mood and portrayal of contemporary sales culture. The second part discusses witness reliability and jury deliberation with general legal reflections.
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Scribners
New York
Guide to the Fishes of New Mexico published
The University of New Mexico Press releases a guide describing 18 fish families with 104 illustrations. William J. Koster, biology professor and fisherman, authored the book with cooperation from the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish. Many species are common to Oklahoma, offering value to local anglers.
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University of New Mexico Press
New Mexico
Oklahoma
William J. Koster
University of New Mexico
New Mexico Department of Game and Fish
Bantam Frontier Classics Expand West Nonfiction Line
Bantam Books introduces Bantam Frontier Classics a paperback nonfiction series about the West. Published titles include Apache Land and Lost Pony Tracks by Ross Santee. September schedule features Stanley Vestal, a Western author from Oklahoma.
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Bantam Frontier Classics
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Oklahomea
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Censorship Footnote Cites US Customs Seizure of Erosion Book
The South African Central News quoted by Publishers' Weekly reports British customs officials impounded a book titled Rape Round Our Coasts on moral grounds. The work was a treatise on soil erosion, noted by W. L. Knickmeyer.
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Santa Fe Trail
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County listed for sums for flood damage
Oklahoma's Pontotoc County is among 17 counties set to share 360000 in federal aid for land damage from spring and early summer floods. Funds will be distributed through the Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation program, with details to follow after ASC instructions.
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Ponteter County
Oklahoma
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Agriculture Stabilization Committee
Cong
Tom Steed
Bennet Shearer
ASC
Shearer
Tempt Baked Apple with Melted Cheese Broiled Finish
A quick serving tip for baked apples suggests topping with American or Cheddar cheese and broiling until melted and just puffed. The passage notes the U S National Park Service founded by Congress 41 years ago with over 627 million visitors recorded in that period.
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U. S. National Park Service
Congress
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