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W D LITTLE Publisher
ERIC ALLEN EDITOR
Published Every Thursday at Ada Oklahoma
by The News Pubialung &Lel Printing Co
Consolidated with Ous Ada Weekly Democrat Sept I 1910 Oonso Mated
with Pontotoc County Enterprum Jam 11 1912 Consolidated with Al
StarVemocrat Aug D 1919 Consolidated WS The Ada Times- Demo-
crat Nov 1 Oh&
cral Nov 1 LAtia Visitors in the home on Mr and
The Ada Evening News and The Ada Weekly News Mrs J O Nickerson are their
children Mr and Mrs Rill Nick-
THIP ADA WEEKLY NEWS
By Mall In Pontotoc and Mottling counties per yenr $2 no : ersor and children Junior Nick
By Mail outside Pocioloc and adyltnirg N:tunties per year "'erson all of Oxnard Calif
Entered at Die postoilice a Ada Okla as second CUM mall matter
Mr and Mrs Charlie Nicker-
THE AD A EVENING NEWS
By Carrier in MIL Del year 15 So 1 son and chi1dren of Borger Tex
' By Mail In Okiahoma Per Mr 7 00 ' Mr and Mrs Calvin Nickerson
by &tail outside Oklahoma war year la all 1 and children of Fayetteville Ark
Dial FE 3-4433 visited their father J O Nick-
erson who suffered a heart at
ot" tack about three weeks ago But
we are happy to report that Mr
NO JUNE? SO SOON? Nickerson is improving and may
we wish him a complete recovery
July moves in quietly persistently taking its place soon
- at the twelve-spot yearly conclave like a stoical old 1 --
Oklahoma Indian with sun-scorched torso and blistered: risitors in the home of Mrs
feet I A Doner at this writing are her
It's blood-brother to June this July is but it isn't twin daughters Mr Betty Alt-
er
i
like June at all It's a knowing old warrior whose scroug- and four boys of Willard NM
ing for room at summer's council fire rouses a kind oand Mrs Dottie Cald f : well and
four
resigned annoyance among those who have witnessed its sons and one daughter -of
: Pine Bluff Ark Dottie also has
encroachment for many long moons before !Isvirt but they are boys aged
But the first blaze of July's council fire this
year three years
lights a circle of faces whose countenances are alert and Betty and Dotie spent their
waiting Something's up birthday here with their moth
Tf rti le A fcito A 1 ye hontNP and the first elimina- er which was June 17
lights a circle of faces whose countenances are alert and Bedy and Dotie spent their
waiting Something's up birthday here with their moth
It sure is A few days hence and the first elimina- er which was June 17
tion trial of some lively contests will be staged among 1 Althugoh it had only been two
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political warriors year together it
1 s since they spent their birth
In plain Oklahoma lingo the "run-off" election is day was still a happy
coming up All stragglers ought to slip on moccasins and occasion for all of them
get set to walk or fire up the gasoline travois and head Mr an — —
I d Mrs S A Head has
for the nearest polls I returned home after visiting and
Let's all go Let's help elect some leaders who will doing some fishing in different
toss some laws or enforce some laws or by-laws fOr L'points of New Mexico
political warriors
In plain Oklahoma lingo the "run-off" election is
coming up All stragglers ought to slip on moccasins and
get set to walk or fire up the gasoline travois and head
for the nearest polls
Let's all go Let's help elect some leaders who will
pass some laws or enforce some laws or by-laws for
the betterment of this whole clan
And with that off our chest we're inclined for a
And with that off our chest we're inclined for a! Mr and Mrs Billy Coburn of
quick backward look at June which has set its steps 1 Tulsa are the happy parents of
across memory ridge and is fast vanishing out of sigh t! a baby boy born Thursday June
in the far wide yonder I 23 in a Tulsa hospital He tipped
' '
Bless its balmy elusive heart we sure hate to see he scales at seven pounds and
June go! four ounces and has been named
James Edward He is their first
child
June is a month of exuberance and sadness too but
d
June go!
June is a month of exuberance and sadness too but
what sadness it holds seems tempered It's a month of
' beginnings and endings and we've often wondered why
- our calendars weren't designed to let the years begin
and end in June
Why end a year right after Christmas say or start
a new one either? Why? A man's so "beat" after
Christmas he makes a beatnik look prosperous as aril
old-time reservation Indian with pockets stuffed with
government annuity pay
- Sure we know We're broke in June too but if
the landlord ejects us forcibly we can still sleep out1
providing the crowding-in breath of July doesn't scorch
the ground blister or curl up the pavement or melt
'down the old park bench
' June Strange thoughts and sensations come to
a man at twilight of a late June day Maybe it's the
surroundings the atmosphere Maybe it's children run
ning and playing and lovers strolling and overhead in
the trees a fickle wind playing too June wind is a
lingering wind a strange wind that acts as if it's half
a mind to stop and whisper a benediction to yonder
-lovers
Maybe those lovers were married in June and won't
come up against harsh realitlei like rent to pay until
- July has turned to August And as long as it's still June
the hard brunt of reality seems softer like the touch of
that lingering wind
Beginnings and endings June sees youngsters
- marrying or finishing college and these are beginnings
too And June sees oldsters fixing to retire and maybe
in their minds retiring seems like the beginning of
endings Maybe these oldsters have "stayed on" the job
until ther vacation time in June dreading to retire
dreading the time when they will miss challenging work
office routine and close association with fellow workers
and this association sometimes somewhat of a challenge
too
And at twilight of a late June day a man may revert
to introspect and know happiness and sadness too
Maybe remembering other Junes he will become ab-
sorbed and sit or stand and not know when people pass
him nor speak quickly when spoken to Maybe it's
inward peace or regret or sadness bearing down on him
Or maybe it's a knowing of June's elusiveness a
certainty of constant change and a realization that he
come up against harsh realities like rent to pay Until —
We are happy to report Mrs By MRS E O HUMPHERS
'July has turned to August And as long as it's still June
H L Kirkes is able to be out Mr and Mrs Jack Steil of Santa
the hard brunt of reality seems softer like the touch of
some after recently undergoing Maria Calif have been visiting
that lingering wind
1 friends and relatives in the Stone-
Beginnings and endings June sees youngsters major surgery
II and Jesse area for the past
marrying or finishing college and these are beginnings! Mrs No ley Holman has return-11:ea several 1 d I Jes 11
e they visit-
too And June sees oldsters fixing to retire and maybe
ed home after visiting with re- ed their anyesin ce an her famisliv
in their minds retiring seems like the beginning of latives in Holdenville Mr and Mrs Dwight A Roberts "
endings Maybe these oldsters have "stayed on" the job - and Steve
until ther vacation time in June dreading to retire Mrs C E Dunegan of Heald-1 One night last week Mr and
dreading the time when they will miss challenging work ton recently visited here with
her :Mrs Roberts visited with Mr and
granddaughter Mr and
office routine and close association with fellow workers Mrs Mrs Steil and Mrs Roberts'
Robert Kelley Gary and Keith parents Mr and Airs Floy Mill-
and this association sometimes somewhat of a challenge
They Kelleys took her home last er and Randy of Stonewall Mr
too Saturday where they visited with
an
And at twilight of a late June day a man may revert her parents Mr and Mrs J W! d Mrs N W Thomas Tresa
! and Gail of Frisco
to introspect and know happiness and sadness too Atkinson and her and Mrs Jimmy Atkinson a ll of Mr
Maybe remembering other Junes he will become ab- John Gilbert Miller of Quincie
sorbed and sit or stand and not know when people pass Healdton Point R I a brother of Mrs
him nor speak quickly when spoken to Maybe it's - Roberts and the son of Mr and
inward peace or regret or sadness bearing down on him The Cedar Grove B a p t i s t ' Mrs Floy Miller of Stonewall
' Or maybe it's a knowing of June's elusiveness a Church wasn't so well attended !arrived last week for a visit with
certainty of constant change an last Sunday only twenty-odd at-
d a realization that he
them
tended The pastor Rev Earlin
can't stop life's changes and maybe wouldn't even i(
Haskins is on vacation and is 'is- Mr and Mrs T E Ryan and
' he could 'iting in California Butch of Wayne were Saturday
But maybe this scorched and stoical-faced old July 1 The pulpit has stood empty
coming up isn't so intolerable after all Might as well i while he is absent The atten- i night supper guests of his brother
and wife Mr and Mrs B B
stretch out a hand and say -howdy: might as well face dance will probably increase when Ryan and their grandchildren
up and say "Hi there July How you git long?" her returns -
And maybe July will meet us half way Maybe July I - Sunday was Mrs B B Ryan's
'will answer "Purty good How you git long man?" I Mr and Mrs Isom Harris visit- birthday Mr and Mrs Duane
1 ed in the home of Mr and Mrs r Ryan and son of Fittstown came
Linda Robinson remained with ! — over and bronght her a birthday
ruricl
the Wards for a few days Mrs Lela Rose of Union Hill cake and present They had sup-
visited here with her parents
An Eastern Star initiation ser-1 Mr and Mrs L L Crocket and per with them
vice was held in the Lodge Hall i a brother Jams Thursday of Louis McDonald and a friend of
Wednesday night last week Tecumseh came by Jesse for a
Ralph Stallworth was initiated — short visit with Mr and Mrs AM
The Visitors from Ada Sulphur Ma- Mr and Mrs Isom Harris were Pharr be:ore going to the lake
dill Millcieek and Konawa at-1
among those from here attend- on a fishing trip
tended this service ing the singing at Oakman June --
: COUntY — 19 1 Saturday night Mr and Mrs
— !Don Kerr and children and Mr
Mrs Pearl Surgnies and Mrs Jackie and James Harris chir and Mrs Ray Kerr of Ada
(Continued from Page 2)
FRANCIS
made up the refreshment list
Aiding in serving refreshments
were Mrs Gladys Jones and Mrs
'0 H Walker There were twelve
-young people in attendance
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We have also lost Mr and Mrs
Aubry Baker and children from
our community They have mov-
cld to Oklahoma City Our best
wishes go with them
' Miss Ada Smithers of Madill
Is visiting here with her aunt and
uncle Mr and Mrs J N Atter
berry
Mr and Mrs Joe Atterberry
and Darlene of Sulphur recently
visited here with his parents the
J N Atterberrys
Mr and Mrs Don Robinson and
chilren have recently visited with
their daughter Mr and Mrs
Kermit Ward of Altus Donna and
)
Alta Atterberry
ed an Eastern
Ada
Mrs Crow le of Tennessee has
returned home after visiting here
with her sister and husband Mr
and Mrs E R Bridges
Mr arvi Mrs Cleatus Summers
are the happy parents of a baby
girl born June 16 in a Fort 1A'oth
hospital She weighed in at eight
pounds seven and one-half ounces
and has been named Clara Lor-
ine They have one other child
a girl three years old
The happy grandparenst are
Mrs Clara Summers of Francis
and Mr and Mrs Hudgins of
Ft Worth
Mrs Mary West and her moth-
er Mrs Clara Summers motor-
ed to Ft Worth one day last
week to visit with Mr and Mrs
Cleatus Summers and to get ac-
(painted with the new baby
Grandmother Summers will spend
several days with her son and
recently attend- dren of Mrs Francis Harris of visited their parents Mr and
Star meeting in Ada spent last week here with Mrs Oran Kerr and Patricia
their grandparents Mr and 1141rs They made ice cream
— Isom Harris They also visited —
with an uncle Mr and Mrs Loyd Thursday Ruth Humphers spent
f Tennessee has i
' Harris and children while here 1 the day with Barbara Brady
fter visiting here
— 1Richard Humphers spent the day
nd husband Mr Mr and Mrs Otto Harris and with Larry Miller Randy Hum-
Bridges children Lonnie Marion and phers spent the day with Larry
—
Cathey of Ada visited here with and Dale Cox
7Ieatus Summers his parents Mr and Mrs M E I —
srents of a baby Harris awhile Saturday night I Sunday Mr and Mrs Dean
I in a Fort 1A'oth — 1 Weller Stanley Linda and Dan
ghed in at eight Mrs L L Crockett visited with Mr and Mrs Fred Weller Mr
I onehall ounces Mrs M E Lambert last Friday i and Mrs Delbert Weller and Lois
family and other relatives before
returning home
-
Kip Steel of Ft Worth is visit
ing here with his cousins Buddy
and Jerry West
Mr and Mrs Bob Steel and
children isited with relatives in
Sapulpa last week
Mrs Maxie Matthews is visit-
ing with a son Mr and Mrs Jim
Williams of Ada
T h e parental grandparents
are Mrand Mrs W E Coburn
and the materna! grandparents
are Mr and Mrs Dewies of Florida
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Sorry to report that Fred Poe
undewerent emergency surgery in
the Veteran's Hospital in Okla-
homa City Wednesday
May we wish him a speedy recovery
The W M U met Thtirsday of
last week for the royal service
program A dovered dish lunch-
eon was served at noon The
ladies quilted in the afternoon
Those attending were Mrs Mol-
lie Astie Mrs Ethel Hooser
Clara McComos Mrs Carl Wheel-
er Mrs M E Lambert Mrs
H L Kirkes and Mrs Mable
Coburn
11nM1
Mr and Mrs L L Crockett !
and son James drove down to
Atwood last Sunday where they
viewed the new bridge being !
built over 1
Mrs Crockett reports at this:
time she will just stay on this!
side of the river or go the long
way around rather than cross on
the bridge now and you know V
agreed witi her just by looking
at the picture in the paper but no
doubt the bridge won't always!
WI like this I'm sure it will be4
'
used a lot and greatly appreciat
ed by many people
Mrs Crockett reports that Mrs
Leona Edwards is not feeling so
well She isn't able to be up and
around all the time and of course
she is unable to cook for herself!
So Mrs Crockett cooked and car-
red all her meals to her last Sun-
day Mrs Edwards and Mrs Crock-
ett live just across the street from
each other
M
Mar I take this means to thank
each and every one who is so kind
as to give me news items? Each
and every item is greatly appre
dated
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Mr aryl Mrs G W Dale and
grandson Charles Mayhue have
returned home after visiting and
sight-seeing in New Mexico and
California
Mr and Mrs Charles Winters
and children Donna Leon and
Leeann of Baldwin Park Calif
are visiting here with her parents
Mr and Mrs Leon Scroggins her
grandparents Mrs Mollie Gay-
Ion Mr and Mrs Scroggins and
other relatives and friends
Mrs Winters is the former
Betty Scroggins and is Mrs BC
Matthews great-granddauglrer
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Well I'm sure every one is
enjoying the cvool weather and
showers we are having at this
writing But probably by the time
we read this in the WEEKLY the
weather will be changed and we
will be having real summer again
Here is hoping we get a general
rain before it quits
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Visitors in the home of Mrs
Belle last weekend were Mrs
Mildred Lee and Mr and Mrs
Bob Lee all of Tulsa and Mrs
Effie Lynn and James of Heald-ton
Miss Shirley Rowland of Okla-
homa City and Bill Henson of
Francis were married at the
home of Mr and Mrs Kenneth
Walker of Muskogee on May 27
Mr Walker the Church of
Christ minister of Muskogee per-
formed the ceremony Mr and
Mrs John Gillmore were the only
attendants The bride is the daugh-
ter of Mr and Mrs W Rowland
of Oklahoma City
The groom is the son of Mr
arcl Mrs L M Henson of Francis
The couple is at home at 911 East
Sixth in Ada during the current
term at East Central after which
they will go to Doyle where
Mr Henson will be highschool
principle and Mrs Henson will
teach English
Mrs Stella Tigner has return-
ed home after an extended visit
with a daughter and son of Ft
Worth Mrs Tigner is the moth
er of Mrs Ina Henson and makes
her home here with them
JESSE
Thursday Ruth Humphers spent
the day with Barbara Brady
Richard Humphers spent the day
with Larry Miller Randy Hum-
phers spent the day with Larry
and Dale Cox
Sunday Mr and Mrs Dean
Weller Stanley Linda and Dan
Mr and Mrs Fred Weller Mr
and Mrs Delbert Weller and Lois
Ann went to Sulphur sight-seeing
and picnicking Monday Mr and
Mrs Dean Weller and children
and Mr and Mrs Fred Weller
went to Oklahoma City While
there they went to Frontier City
Lincoln Zoo and drove over the
area sight-seeing
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Sunday Mr and Mrs Oran
Kerr and Pat visited Mr and Mrs
&Id Robinson of Tupelo
Monday Frank and Agnes
Crabtree spent the day with Rich
THE ADA WEEKLY NEWS
'ard and Randy Humphers Rich-
ard and Frank caught a catfish
that weighted a pound and a half
1 Saturday night Ronnie Miller
stayed all night with Rodger Dun!
rap They Went to the preview in
!Stonewall Sunday night Rodger !
returned the visit They attended
1
church at Jesse
l Monday night Rodger lifting
ton stayed all night with Larry
Miller
! Mrs Lee Miller Mrs Rafford
May and Mrs Doll Sims helped
take the ball players to Calvin
Larry plays on the team Mrs
Miller said they won 24 to 3
Tuesday Mr and Mrs Ray'
Miller and Ann had dinner with
the Lee Millers and Let and Ray's
mother Mrs Feron Haverty and
Rodger Whittington Ray Miller'
took the boys to the sale in Ada
In the afternoon the women took
the children to Glenwood Park
for a swim Those going were
Ronnie and Larry Miller Ann!
Miller Rodger Whittington CharI
olette and Robert Gregory
Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs
E O Humphers and family were
Mr and Mrs Glen Wilfong and
Mrs Leora Wi !long of Walnut
Grove
Friday guests of Mrs Hurn-
phers and children were Mrs
Floyd Davidson Mitchell Kent
and Paula Gene of Oklahoma
City We all visited the Dean Wel-
ers and met our new cousin Mrs
Fred Weiler
Mr and Mrs Floyd Davidson
and children are spending this
week on the lake They are on
vacation
Mr and Mrs E O Simmons
have been here on vacation they
are visiting Mrs Simmons' par
ents Mr and Mrs Fred Rodgers
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Last week Mr and Mrs Grov-
er Sawyers Kickapoo Boy Scout
Ranch near OkIRhoma City visit-
ed Mr and Mrs Leroy Sawyers
and Eldon Sunday Mr and Mrs
Jeff Schrieber and children o:
Alma visited the First Baptist
Church in Stonewall and had din-
ner with Mr and Mrs Leory
Sawyers
Mr and Mrs Jim McClain
received work that their son
Frank was still in the hospital
and not doing very well
-
Last Wednesday Mrs E O
Humphers visited Mrs S J Mark-
I ley at Valley View hospital Mrs
!Markley had major surgery on
'Monday morning The latest re-
' ports were that she was doing as
well as could be expected
Wednesday of last week Mrs
Hagen Underhill's brother and
family spent the day here visit-
ing They were Mr and Mrs Earl
Beauford and Debbie of San Fran-
cisco Calif
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Monday night Mr and Mrs
W E Winton had supper with
their son and family Mr and
I Mrs Wiley Winton and Tony of
I Ada Mr and Mrs Joe Winton
of Sulphur were there also Fri-
I day of this week Mrs W E Win-
ton Mr and Mrs Wiley Winton
and Tony plan ot go to Oklahoma
I
I City to visit Mrs Gene Johnston
I who has had major surgery at
I St Anthony's Hospital Mrs
! Johnston is Mrs W E Winton's
! step-mother
Mr and Mrs Lee Woods Joe
and Phillip of Willits Calif and
Mr and Mrs Lindon Woods and
children of Ft Leonard Wood
Mo are visiting relatives at Jesse
and Stonewall
I Tuesday night Mr and Mrs
Louis Brashiers and Pamela spent
the night vilth Mr and Mrs Bill
Phillips and daughters Monday
night Mr and Mrs Bill Phillips
and daughter visited Mrs Joyce
Holland: also there were Mr and
Mrs Hershell Sander and boys
and Mr and Mrs Coy William-
son and sons of Oklahoma City
Mr and Mrs Evert Weatherly
and grandson Mr and Mrs Har-
shen Sander and family will leave
for their home in California on
Friday
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Wednesday Mrs Bill Phillips
and daughters Mr and Mrs L
Brashier and family Mr and Mrs
'Paul Barrett and family and Mrs
Rachell Holland were luncheon
guests of Mr and Mrs Ronald
Phillips and Kay
Tuf'sday night Bill Phillips Ro
land Phillips Louis Brashiers and
O W Brashiers attended the little
league baseball game in Ada
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The home of Mrs Rachel! Hol-
land has been the busiest place
: the community the pust several
days with all their company
I Sunday guests for dinner there
' were Mr and Mrs Paul Barret
and children of Delano Calif
Mr and Mrs Curtiss Barrett and
: family of Ft Worth Mr and Mrs
Louis Brashiers and family of
I edo ndo Beach Calif Mr and
I Mrs Melvin Holland and Tubby
' Mr and Mrs Kenneth Holland
and family and Ralph Holland
all of Ft Worth Tex All are the
:children of Mrs Rachell Holland
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Thursday Rev and Mrs Bill
Sparkman Dallas Tex came for
1
a visit with Mr and Mrs W L
Shellenberger and family Ann
Shellenberger had spent a week
wth them She expects to be call-
ad to work in the near future
The Sparkmans had planned
to stay over for Larry Shelley'
berger and Elois Sanders' wedding
but they deicded they had better
not as Mr Sparkman had two
church services Sunday
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Monday Mr and Mrs She lien-
berger and family had dinior with
Mr and Mrs Larry Shellenberg-
er of Tishomingo
Monday afternoon Mrs Larry
Shellenberger accompanied the
elder Shellenbergers to Marietta
on business They visited Mr
Shellenberger's aunt and family
Mr and Mrs Less Green Tisho-
mingo Mr and Mrs Paul Ruth
and children were there on vaca-
tion They are Mr Shellenberg-
er's cousins
Saturday night Mr and Mrs
Paul Fortner cayed all night
with his parents Mr and Mrs
Thomas Fortner at Lula They
and Mrs Kathryn Fortner Hobbs
N M had dinner with Mr and
Mrs Thomas Fortner Kathryn is
a sister-in-law of Paul's
Sunday dinner guests of Mr and
Mrs Deaborn Weller and family
were Mr and Mrs E D Romines
David and Jerry and Mr and
Mrs Joe Weller and daughter
They afl attended the haptiting
at Canyon Creek Sunday after-
noon David Romines was baptized
Mr and Mrs Uel Dean Chamb-
ers and sons spent their vaca-
tion visiting their parents Mr
and Mrs H R Brady and family
H R Brady and family Jesse
and Mrs Georgia Chambers of
Ada
Saturday guests of the Bradys
were Mr and Mrs Johnny Dan
leis Ada Mr and Mrs Donald
Brady Ada: and Mr and Mrs
George Reed Ada
I Last Thursday Mrs Brady and
L D went fishing Mrs Brady
caught a four pound seven ounce
catfish
Mr and Mrs Leon Adams left
Jesse for their home in Oil Cen-
ter N M They have been visit
ing the home of their parents Mr
and Mrs Bill Whittington and Mr
and Mrs Adams
Mr and Mrs Bill Harrell and
children Hennipen spent Tues-
day through Sunday with her
parents Mr and Mrs W E
Weatherly
Sunday Mrs Leon Reynolds
and sons of Ada and Mr and
Mrs Junior Weatherly and sons
of Byng spent the day with W E
Weatherly Friday M
erly and Mrs Bill Harrell visited
Mrs Weatherly's sister and hus-
band Mr and Mrs W D Maddox
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BUM BONTIEOUSI
ffr
Expected sharpening of interest
and maneuvering in the Demo-
! cratic party 's nomination for
'president draws more people
I The situation gets more con-
bused Just a few weeks ago Ken-
nedy was the out-in-the-open
choice because of tremendous fi-
nancial resources and popular
victori-es At the same time John
!son was the behind-the-scenes !
choice with the "old pros" he-
cause of the deals made and the
presence of politically powerful'
'deal-makers in the Johnson camp1
I At that time Stevenson was
frequently considered a strong'
!chance choice on the theory that
1
lJohnson-Kennedy bittarness was
'growing and could not be re-1
:solved If a deadlock resulted it
'was reasoned by many that the
Demos would not allow a long'
'convention to hurt their slim'
'chance of electing their man l
IStemson has not been an open !
candidate again however and
Symington had moved into third
spot on the rail among the horses
actually running Thursday morn-1
ing's announcement of former
'president Harry S Truman that
he would not attend the conven-:
!flan put a real damper on Sym-
ington and shot a noticeable
tremor through the Democratic'
body
1
Most recently however claims
of Kennedy of hiving the neces-
sary number of votes and the in-
decisive stataments of some big
state governors give added rea-
l son to believe that Kennedy might
not lose strength after the first
ballot Should he gain on the sec-
1ond balot the decision might her
all over and Kennedy the nominee
of the Democrats
That would not be surprising in
the light of recent developments
If this happens then the Demo-
1crats would have to pet to work!
'quickly to undo the damage they
have done to themselves
It Although the Republicans have
shown no inclination to string
lalong ith anybody but Nixon
they are systematically causing
themselves the same sort of
trouble as the Demos Particular
1
ly Rockefeller blasts away at the
administration including Nixon
and he has picked up some who
agree openly with his gripes
But all in all the television
of the important questions is !
viewers expect only the Demo-
cratic convention to provide ex1
citement and suspense A lot of
I people would find disappointment
It Seems To Me
The pictures and stcry of the
Clyde Moore children in the Sun-
day newspaper by our editor'
were beauts
With noitalgia we remember
similar jaunts taken in our own
childhood in search of berries or
walnuts as the season provide&
Either was a great adventure
and I regret that the opportunities
for such little adventures are fast
passing away taking with them
the wholesome studies of nature
the gay companionship of a fam-
ily outing and that soul satisfac-
tion inside our tired but happy
bodies when we come to the end
of the trip and the day
Mrs W E Snyder
Fittstown
EDITOR'S NOTE: Nostalgia is
the right word Mrs Snyder We
are always afflicted with it—a
Istrange suspension between hap
piness and vague sadness—as we
:think of childhood days And one
thing about looking back Some-
'thing the Moore children will do
someday is that time tempers
the severity of hard work and
'chigger bites and the main things
we remember are pleasant like
'warm sun beaming on the dew-
damp grass and the open-country
'feel around us And the taste of
a fresh picked berry on a child
Life and love are much alike
Live is one fool thing after anoth-
er and love is two fool things 'Mi-
ler each other
Strayed jront 11 le' "len
Passing on curves is best left'
to beauty contest judges
Said she: Do you love me
enough to die for me?
Said he: No! Mine Is an undy-
ing love
"Live dangerously!" Is advice
we don't hear much any more
since it turned out there isn't any
other way
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Visiting teen-age niece came tip
with "Bet kids say funnier things
now then they used to when you
were young!"
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''Economy" means the large
s!ze in soap flakes and small size
in motor cars
Bill Vaughn
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According to experts the three
most difficult words to pronounce
are "I was mistaken?
H C Diefenbach
When Caesar first saw Cleopa-
tra he enflamed: Wow! A per-
fect XXXVI!"
in a quick decision ewn though
it favor their own choice
We heard a fellow comment-
ing on his wife on the street
corner the other day Usually
this sort of thing bores but this
chap wax uncommonly perspica-
cious and there was little doubt
that he has a wife problem or
as some would put it a prob-
lem wife Finally after hearing
him at some length and we
prepared to move on he sum-
marized simply: "The reason
most men succeed is that their
wives won't let them fail"
! Some local politicians and some
of their followers believe that a
1
political poll affects the outcome
of elections Frankly we don't
! This conclusion might be mod
ified somewhat to read: We do
not believe that voters' choices
are influenced to an extent that
the course of the election is alter-
ed by a poll
After all who would base his
vote upon the indication of a poll?
!There are a few such persons
1For example the person who
wants to exchange support of a
candidate for a personal favor
from the office holder Principal-
! ly this category covers all cases
Now there are voters who will
drop from consideration a can-
didate figured to have no chance
at all in favor of one who has
!some chance But this does not
mean that he goes for the top
'man but rather that he will lend
his support to the best candidate
!among those who seem to have
some possibility of winning
A poll is conducted not merely
for finding out public sentiment
The election will do that
A poll does several things that
the final determination of the elec-
lion fails to disclose For ex-
ample assuming that a poll is
fairly accurate it helps show the
trends of the campaign to stu-
dents of politics After election a
!review of the course of the cam-
paign shows what course the
!battle took by using the poll re-
sults as a reference point
Again a Dell can reveal whether
!people really know who or what
they favor In other words one
whether a high percentage of the
questioned voters were prepared
to be counted
A poll also reveals the temper
of the electorate something not
readily discernible in simple elec-
tion results and this popular com-
plex of attitudes is both interest-
ing and necessary to good an-
alysis 'Polls are useful also to candi-
dates themselves One riled sup-
porter read the results of the
poll called his candidate and
spilled a diatribe against the
newspaper Coolly replied the
candidate "At least something
finally made you wake up"
1
Ada Oldahoma Thursday June 30 1960
ish tongue how can we ever
match that?
Well Mr Allen I certainly do
remember the sorghum syrup
mills in the beau jacks of eastern
Oklahoma
My father used to make sor-
ghum and I would lend a helping
hand in the way of feeding the
mill or carrying off purmnies
and believe me gloves certainly
a necessity for the cane stalks
would cut your hands
Oh yes the job I did not like
was keeping Old Tobe going
round and round You know it
would make me dizzy just to
watch poor old Tobe But oh boy
that good home-spun sorghum
was delicious
Mr Allen did you used to live
in eastern Oklahoma? If you
did where? I was reared around
Spiro and Poteau and in that
vicinity
Mrs H L Kelley
Francis
EDITOR'S NOTE: Yep you're
getting pretty close to my old
stomping ground when you men-
tion Spiro Mrs Kelley I have
several good friends there I was
raised in the hills on the north
side of the Arkansas river though
over in Sequoyah County May
Woman: I think my husband is
interested in his secretary
°Best friend: I don't believe it
You're oniy trying to make me
jealous
The city police mailed a dozen
pictures of the wanted man—pro-
file full face standing and sit-
ting—to the small-town constable
Within 24 hours he called ex-
citedly "We've got eleven of them
crooks" he boasted "and I guar-
antee to have the last one before
morning
0
Zim: They had to shoot my dog
today
Dim: Was he mad?
Zim: Pe wasn't too pleased
Ruthie: Do you think Bill will
love me after were married?
Gladys? I guess so He always
been interested in married worn
en!
Two Texas farmers were con-
stantly arguing over who grew the
largest crops One morning one
said t ohis son: "Jimmy go bor-
row Mr Jones' crosscut saw and
well cut a watermelon"
Jimmy was back in a hurry
"Can't have it today" he told
his dad "Mrs Jones isn't through
slicing cucumbers"
-
Parents: people who bear in-
fants bore teenagers and board
newlyweds
Paul V Hale
Elephant: an animal that comes
in three colors depending on
whether you are on a safari a
church committee or a weekend
party
Proverb: Short sentence based
on long experience
Cervantes
On result of the new super
highways is — wider traffic jam
Hugh Burr
—
There's an antique car club In
Dallas The members are people
who own Cadillacs over a year
old
There are a powerful lot of
strings in a man's life: apron
heart purse and harp
Teremcp Rattigan
MMimom
You'll always stay young if you
live honestly eat slowly sleep
sufficiently work industriously
worship faithfully — and lie about
your age
POLITICAL
ANNOUNCEMENTS
The News is authorized to
announce the candidacy of the
following subject to the action
of the Democratic primaries
in July
Sheriff:
Oren Phillips
Burl Griffin
Cecil Smith
Quiiton Blake
Ray Loyd Benton
State Representative No 1
Lonnie L Abbott
Henry R Roberts
State Representative No 2
Robert W Ford
Bob E Bennett
County Commissioner Dist I
David Gray
Austin R Deaton Sr
County Commissioner Dist 2
Um Murphy
George Collins
County Commissioner Dist
Rae Thompson
Ed Going
For County Assessor
Joe H Riddle
Chat Rushing
Centressmak 4th Dist
Tom Steed
Hugh A Hughes
field Mountain and Cavanal Mount
sin are two outstanding landmarks
on opposite sides of the Arkansas
river Valley above Fort Smith
My home was Just north of the
summit of Mayfield and I've
stood there 1 any-a-time and en
joyed the view across toward
Cavanal and Sugar Loaf — many
miles the way the highways run
but not no far the way a crow
would fly
By DR KENNETH 1 FOREMAN
Bible Material: 2 Kings 14:23-
29 Amos 7717
Devotional Reading: 1 Peter 1:
1046
"Tomorrow" is almost a magic
word It is the wonderful day
when our dreams are going to
come true It can also be the
black day of dread the day when
we get what is coming to us the
day when we have to pay for our
follies and our sins Sometimes
neither dreams
n o r nightmares
collect around
r
that word To
morrow" it is a '
ape
word of mystery Y'" $4
We do not know ' 1 7
what is going to fr t
happen and we
wish we did Of le
course we shall
know soon Ds Foremen
enough but the trouble is we'd
all like to get an inside peek be-
fore any one else does
No crystal ball
Now there have been men and
women who profess to have that
inside peek Sometimes they do
it with tea-leaves sometimes with
a crystal ball sometimes they
claim to have a friend on the
"other side" who gives out spe-
cial information Sometimes
they just "see" tomorrow by shut
ting their eyes But it is very set-
dom that such people are highly
i
' respected They are regarded as
i rather comic characters—Old Man
1Mose for example Crystal balls
' appear in countless cartoons
Sensible people don't take them
seriously—for the good reason that
I most forecasters make too many
mistakes If the tealeaf reader
I really could tell you which stocks
would go up she would be much
i richer than she ever will be by
l telling fortunes
A large part of the Bible was
written by "prophets" and they
are low-rated by many who ought
to get better acquainted with
them They are low-rated because
the very word "prophet" suggests
crystal balls palm-reading and
all that stuff As a matter of fact
the Bible word "prophet" did not
mean forecaster It meant spokes-
man a person who has the auth-
I ority to speak for another The
Other for whom the Bible proph-
I ets spoke of course is GOD
One of the greatest prophets
11eremiah once drew a clear line
between a genuine prophet and a
fake If a man has a dream he
said let him tell it if he likes but
a Word from God is another thing
altogether Prophets said what
they said because they knew what
God wanted them to say When a
maa thinks what God wants him
to think especially if no one has
I ever had the thought before we
call it Revelation And if a man
who has had a revelation feels the
urge to write it or to preach it that
l is called Inspiration Revelation
' has to do with the truth as it bursts
(or perhaps grows quietly) within
a man's mind Inspiration has w
do with passing on God's truth to
others The point is the prophets
of the Bible never said "I think"
"I guess" "The probabilities are
"--they all said "Thus saith
the Lord" Of course the woods
were full of people saying "Thus
said the Lord" and it was pretty
confusing at the time Who knew
who was right or whether any of
them were? But history which in
a sense is the handwriting of God
sifted out true from false proph-
ets Men and nations who took
heed and men and nations that
paid no attention found out in
time who were the real spokes-
men of God
Prophet and people
The Sunday School lessons as
followed by the more than 80 de-
nominations using the "Uniform
Lessons" are going to be looking
at some outstanding Old Testa-
ment prophets for tha next three
months We shoul try to get it
straight in our minds that a pro-
phet and a priest were two dif-
ferent things A priest had an
official position a prophet had
none Priests were very well paid
but prophets drew no salary and
some (like Amos) were very poor
Priests were born to their posi-
tions only men of certain old
families could be priests at
all Prophets might be distinguish
ed and wealthy men most of
Ahem were neither at hte time
Priests kept their mouths shut
They were supposed to teach but
they generally neglected to do
this Prophets could not keep their
mouths shut God had given them
I something to say Jeremiah once
said that when he tried to keep
silence te Word within him was
like a fire in Hs bones nes
men had to speak
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