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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1973
Page
4
The piece contrasts old wagon trails and mud with modern life, recalling how vehicles bogged in dirt, relied on horse help, and left clothing stained. It notes a generation gap, hints at energy policy and government agencies, and ends with a puzzled reflection on frog and insect dynamics.
The article discusses hunting seasons and landowner relations, noting fewer landowners and rising leisure time. It argues sportsmen fund wildlife programs, support conservation, and push sensible laws, yet a few careless hunters and trespassers provoke landowners to restrict access, a problem widespread in privately held states.
A discussion of how courts assign monetary worth to a deceased housewife for damages. Courts consider costs to hire substitutes for domestic tasks, with varied itemized calculations and debates over intangible contributions like companionship and care. Factors include cooking, childcare, laundering, nursing, and even impact on a husband’s business, with outcomes differing by case and jurisdiction.
A $1 000 per couple rally is planned for October 19 in Tulsa and Oklahoma City to support Sen. Henry Bellman and former Treasury Secretary John Connally, highlighting campaign activity in Oklahoma.
Frank Crosswhite, recovering from a stroke, recalls friends from childhood and an unknown prior marriage. His first wife is unaware of his past, while his second wife Eula Cross, 62, notes the late memory return has revealed details long forgotten.
A columnist reflects on human dissatisfaction and the lure of easy lies over hard truths. Using a store exchange anecdote and Paul’s warning, the piece likens idolatry to exchanging the glory of God for lesser substitutes and warns that the best deal is accepting truth over comfort.
AHLOSO news item details a Monday Extension Homemakers meeting at Mrs. Ruth Herrin’s home with Mrs. Ida Abbott presiding. Nora Ross led the devotional, Iva Lee Crossen read minutes, and the lesson titled Always Attractive was discussed. Cake and coffee were served.
Ada residents and nearby towns report multiple deaths with funeral home details. Names include BEN F. COVENTON 82, MYRIA REBECCA DUTY infant, CRAWFORD MARTIN 71, MAE HICE 66, JUANITA NESBITT 61, TRUBA E VANZANT 69, EFFIE BARBARA LEE 77, ANNIE WAINSCOTT 66, ELBERT HILTON 76, LILLIE M BIGGS 73, MATTIE L CROMWELL 65 and others with Criswell Pickard and Smith Funeral Home notices. Messages also note visits and family gatherings in Wapanucka and surrounding areas.
Washington AP reports the Agriculture Department will release a September 15 price report showing the parity ratio at about 120 percent, a peak in more than 20 years, while cattle and hog prices slide. Choices like steers drop from about 58 to 48 per hundredweight and hogs fall from over 60 to around 45 at major Midwest markets. The piece notes the impact of crop production gains and recalls Eli Whitney's cotton gin patent as a historical comparison.
The Agriculture Department reports the Midwest corn crop is 70 percent ready for harvest as of Sept 1, up from 64 percent a year ago, with less than five percent harvested last weekend. The farm share of each food dollar rose to 50.5 cents in August, the highest in 25 years, from 45.8 cents in July.
Atoka voters approved a 250000 bond for a new middle school. Of 369 voters, 66 supported the bond and 23 opposed it. The project includes 10 classrooms a media center gymnasium and other facilities. Construction is planned on Wapakicka Highway with completion target in the 1970s.
Church events at Sunshine Sunday included 40 in Sunday school and 27 at the night service led by Don Parr. Beatrice Wyche and Cuba Heard led specials, with many locals visiting families across Ada, Meade, Roff, Oklahoma City, and other towns. State Fair attendance noted and hospital update given for Melissa Green.
Emry Holter of Route 3 was charged in district court with leaving the scene of a personal injury accident driving while intoxicated and driving with a suspended license. The charges stem from a Sunday night incident in which passenger Leland Pettigrew of 400 E 6th was injured as he tried to stop Holt from driving. Pettigrew took the keys, a struggle followed and Holt knocked him down and struck him with a then unspecified object.
14 year old Kevin Coe returns to OOLOGAH High School after severe beating on a country road between Oologah and Claremore in Rogers County. He is back in class with both arms in casts, right arm broken in five places and left arm in six. No arrests have been made. Principal and teachers arrange makeup tests and work.
Mr. and Mrs. Buddy Garrett of McAlester traveled to Ada on Tuesday to bring fun and visit Rae Garrett. The Garners, Gene and family, left Friday for Oklahoma City for a weekend trip. Numerous relatives including Terri Gray and Bill Reed's family visited Rae Garrett and attended local church services.
Local notes recount church attendance, visitors, and family updates in Stonewall. Items include Dora Sullivan at Nazarenes, Norman visitors, Moran family contacts, hospital news, a baby announcement, funeral and revival mentions, and Friday church service reports across Nazarene, Assembly of God, and Methodist congregations.
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