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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1963
Page
1
Ada earned three safety awards and reported a lower injury accident rate from 75 to 73 in 1962. Oklahoma Safety Council official Bob Eastman spoke with Ada officials about the city’s traffic management, accident records, and coordinated lights planned to reduce red turn on red use.
James Blue, 57, of 100 East Fifth, is charged with murder in the death of Tillman J. Jamison, 43, who died from gunshot wounds after a Saturday shooting in the East Fifth block. Six bullets were fired. Blue’s preliminary hearing is set for Friday at 10 a.m. before Judge Bert Ratliff. Also listed, Samuel Rowe Tarzan Davis and Bradley H. Columbus, Ada, cited for public drunkenness. Muriel Nemecek of Ada charged with failure to stop at a stop sign. Leman Alberson of Ada charged with unauthorized use of a 1957 Chevrolet pickup owned by Walter Graper.
F N Westrope 91 and wife 80 recall a lifetime of work in Antlers Oklahoma. He was a teacher and cattleman and she a midwife and herbist who delivered 599 babies. They married in 1901 and raised 15 children with eight still living.
The chief operations officer for the new Southwestern Regional Water Pollution Laboratory visited Ada with three U S Public Health Service colleagues. He plans to recruit local staff, start bids for the lab’s specifications by year end, with a contract possibly in early 1964.
George Gurley reports rustling remains a problem in Oklahoma with 53 rustling charges filed this year. The Oklahoma Cattlemen’s Association notes 392 head recovered in 1962 and stresses branding and good fences as deterrents.
Rain soaked the Pontotoc County Fairgrounds as crowds swarmed in for the three day event. Exhibits pour in with 4-H and Home Demonstration clubs showcasing projects while a queen contest draws junior and senior candidates Friday night.
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