Extracted from The Ada Weekly News (Ada, OK)
Ada Youth To Become Page At Convention
Rick McCarty, 17-year-old Ada High School senior, will serve as a page at the Democratic National Convention, beginning in Chicago next Monday.
McCarty, son of Mr. and Mrs. Truett McCarty, 2007 E. Arlington, received the appointment from Bill Kerr, state Democratic chairman.
McCarty will leave Friday by train from Oklahoma City with the state delegation and will arrive in Chicago Saturday afternoon.
The Ada youth is a member of the Pontotoc County Young Democrats, the Teens for Carl Albert and Teens for Mike Monroney.
Thursday, August 22, 1968