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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1958
Page
2
A quirky essay links everyday insecurity to sleep, covers, and blankets, arguing minor worries reveal inner tensions. It cites a college class joke about beauty versus brains, praises the 1858 Ponwathee County Free Fair, notes a Broadway project move, and offers home care tips from a Purdue specialist on upholstery cleaning.
Oklahoma State University College of Agriculture staff study current and future needs for agri business leaders. They survey about 200 Oklahoma firms to learn employment opportunities and the demand for graduates with business and agricultural training. New emphasis on agri business options will be offered in 1958 59 for students with an agricultural background. High school graduates with business interest and farming ties are invited to explore agribusiness study at OSU.
Barbara Christian reports church skating party at Ada on Sept. 11 with attendees listed. Trades Day in Stonewall drew a large crowd and prize winners included a $20 and a $5 prize. Updates cover visits, trips to California, and local arrivals and departures, naming many residents and their relations.
Norman moved to Stonewall after buying Con Jey place. The community hosted a large funeral for Mother Kelley in Francis with 250 to 300 attendees. Visitors from Ada, Kingston, Hol-genville and Centrahoma shared travel and church activities, plus a successful Ladies Auxiliary baked sale featuring luscious pies.
Several Cumberland Presbyterian Church members attended Chickasaw Presbytery at Owens Prairie near Marion on Sept 12 13. A birthday party for Lurinda Laughlin aged five featured gifts photos balloons and cake with many relatives present. Families visit relatives in Oklahoma and Texas as Swigart Northcutt Ragland and Miller kin resume weekend gatherings.
Leo McNinch, Vernon Gasaway in Durant on business. Chicago visitors Mr. and Mrs. David Hansen stay with Mrs. Glasgow en route to Florida. Mrs. Essie Walker returns from Aztec New Mexico. Ada and Ventura residents visit with Berger family. Housewarming held for Minnie Miller. guests include Mrs. McCullar, Mrs. Cornell, and other locals.
Fitzstown residents recount a Louisville visit with Harris family and a longer Cloud Walters tour of twenty one states including Gettysburg and Washington. Rev. Bob Smith spoke to the Ada Methodist Men as they planned October meetings and a Women’s Missionary Rally attendance.
Fort Worth markets showed stocker cattle and calves in strong demand with brisk activity. Traders noted fewer cattle overall across twelve major markets though Fort Worth posted a near ten percent rise. prices were steady to firm with calves selling 50 cents above last week’s close. Fed steers and heifers moved at firm to strong prices as bulls remained active with sturdy overall demand.
Oklahoma plans to add 12 200 bed emergency civil defense hospitals valued at 300000 each if suitable locations and local support are found. Possible towns include Beaver Sayre El Reno Tahlequah Lawton Sapulpa Taloga Enid Chickasha Fonea City Guthrie Idabel Pryor Muskogee Miami Cush ing McAlester Tulsa and Bartlesville. Final site selection expected in 100 days to two weeks.
Rev Walker and wife and visiting son-in-law Paul Johnson start a spring tour of Rev Walker’s former pastorates in Oklahoma. They visit Pauls Valley Lindsay Paoli Story and Hennepin, meeting many friends after 15 years. Other items note nearby church activities, student programs, and a burglary alarm at McNish school.
Airman 2/ C Olen Timmons and 2/c Loyd Timmons, cousins and sons of Mr and Mrs Hookie Timmons and Mr and Mrs Charley Tim mons, are home on 30 day leave after ten months in Germany. They arrived in New York City Thursday and will travel to Fittstown. They head back to Randolph Field San Antonio after their leave, where they graduated basic training two years ago.
SCD reports an impressive showing with donations of posts and cross-pieces from Thomas and a 2 gunpole truck and driver from Dave Howe of Idea Cement Co. Nation updates 13 new plans and 54 completed in the past month, 11 new and 2 completed on the Sandy Creek watershed. Next board meeting is a special session on Tuesday Sept. 30 to meet local Soil Conservation Service personnel.
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