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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1966
Page
4
An Ada area editorial urges creation of a large regional vocational and technical training facility to serve youths not seeking college. It argues schools lack broad programs and cites enrollment, funding, and district cooperation as keys, stressing location benefits for the region and future economic impact.
A court examines negligence links between repair errors and crashes. If a repair fault clearly causes harm, the garage may be liable. if no connection is proven, liability fails. Drivers must avoid assuming risk by driving inadequately repaired cars.
East Central State College reports a modest rise in fall enrollment with 2,833 students in the first week, up 161 from 2,672 last year. Day undergrads total 2,634, night undergrads 79, and night grads 120, with totals nearing the 1966 level and most enrollments settled after late arrivals.
A meditation on attention to God through personal or national tragedy. The Isaiah 6 experience is framed as God reaching the prophet after prince and king die, yielding a vision of divine glory and a call to service. The piece links Uzziah Roosevelt Kennedy and era shocks to the need for divine direction. It also notes local notices of community members visiting, attending the fair, and church events.
The note discusses the phrase Tinker’s Dam and its use in telling someone you do not visit. It hints at a small program showing how a traveling tinker would set up a shop in a hole and work there.
Ruth Gibson visited her parents Mr and Mrs F L Gibson over the weekend. She teaches in Tulsa this year. Mr and Mrs Leon McMinn and Mr and Mrs Clayton Stefall stayed with a cousin in Dublin Texas Thursday through Saturday. The men fished at Brownwood Texas.
Local residents report visits and dinners at the Bratcher and Horton homes in Stratford Ada and Pauls Valley senders note outings to Shawnee and Oklahoma City. Family gatherings include Pennington Gibbs and Burk kinfolk with extended kinship events and a Bell reunion near Shawnee.
A meandering column describes Indian Summer's arrival with sensory details of warm days, cool nights, and fields. It muses on the seasonal charm, people’s routines at barber shops, and urban contrasts as roads and civic improvements unfold in Ada County and Riyadh's heat, highlighting daily life and regional observations.
Mr and Mrs Elmer Roberts son Pauls Valley visited Mrs Pearl Roberts Wednesday. Families including the Drydens Law Magars and Wood families from Oklahoma City Duncan Ada Stratford and California joined friends in Oklahoma. Gregg and Lynette Law stayed with grandparents the J W Laws. Pat Law and children visited Virgie Pennington.
Multiple local names including Nina Jeter, Ollie Tucker, Florence Isaacs attend Ambrose Williams funeral in Ada. Families in Ada Stratford Oklahoma City Firehugh California and Wintersmith Park host and visit kin across several weekends with meals and picnics.
A humorous杂piece contrasts preaching salvation with a neighborly parable about a man who borrows a newspaper. A joking tale follows about a record shop misdial, a bee incident, a fence accident, cow damage, cream spills, faulty teeth, and a baby’s tumble, ending with the neighbor cancelling burial insurance after years of premiums.
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