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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1963
Page
6
Center reports higher Sunday school turnout as many remain sick with flu. Local residents share visits and family gatherings across Ada Connerville Elk Grove and Sulphur while cattle spraying concerns arise about rain washing off treatment. Luther Moss underwent surgery Wednesday and is improving at Physicians and Surgeons Hospital.
Sondra Garrett attended a homecoming service at Shawnee Church on Sunday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Smith. Smith helped build the Shawnee church several years ago.
The Allen area received a two inch rain Saturday night fueling fishing activity. Local residents and visitors report several catches including four pound catfish and seven four pound black bass. Travel noted as Mrs. Tom Hughes and her sister heading to Ontario California to visit relatives, while others made local visits and hospital trips.
Mr and Mrs Don Brown and daughters Donita Rae and Karen Kay of Stroud visited weekend with their parents Mr and Mrs Walker Miller and Mr and Mrs George Brown.
Weekend guests of Mrs. Doshin Nickell included her daughter and family with several relatives among them. Rev and Mrs. Leon Lane hosted Sunday visitors and Mr. and Mrs. Bill Miller hosted their daughter and granddaughter in Oklahoma City. Recent guests of Mr. and Mrs. George Bain included a brother and other relatives.
His wife Mr. and Mrs. Eulis Bain of Richmond California a sister Mrs Sam Burditt of Alta Loma Texas and Mrs Delmer Purser of Holdenville are named in the readable passage.
Tom Turner was joined by Mrs. Turner and daughters Mrs. J. P. Harvell and Mrs. Ben Iker, and son Kike in Oklahoma City, reflecting a family gathering.
Saturday guests of Mr and Mrs Clint Anderson were Mrs Andersons sister Mrs Robert Lewis Comanche.
Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Muse and Mr. and Mrs. R G Fleming visited Ada Sunday. Weekend guests of Mrs. Luther Moss and Mrs. Bill Paul included Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Priest and son Mark and Mrs. Harold Shore of Edmond. They also visited Luther Moss in Physicians and Surgeons Hospital in Holdenville.
In Newkirk the family circle centers on C. H. Hastings and his nephew the Reverend Arville Parham shaping local church affairs and family ties.
Mr and Mrs Bob Gilmore and Mr and Mrs E Y Muse returned home Thursday from Oklahoma City They visited their daughter and her husband Mr and Mrs Lee Braxton and also their son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Thomas James
Sunday visitors to Mrs. Vira Dickett included her son Ralph Dickett and daughter in law from Holdenville.
Mrs Newell Reeves and Mrs Myrtle Wolf visited Mrs Reeves' father Bill Emerson in Holdenville Saturday.
Mr and Mrs Alvin Jackson Ato ka Mr and Mrs Doyle Mc Means and daughter Marla Gean and Mr and Mrs Wayland Love visit Del City. Mr and Mrs Lovelady also visited his parents Mr and Mrs H F Lovelady.
Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Shires and children spent the weekend in Pottsboro Texas with his parents and his mother in law Myrtle Cockburn. Mrs. Gladys Bryant and daughter Sandra and Mr. and Mrs. Morris Bryant and son spent the weekend in Pampa Texas visiting Mrs. Bryant's daughter and her family Bill Caldwell and children.
Mrs. Mabel McNeill has returned home from Oklahoma City after seeing a specialist and undergoing tests. Rev. and Mrs. Joe Howry with Coy and Keith Canton spent a week with the McNeill family. Mrs. Howry accompanied her mother to the city. Also visiting were Mrs. Howry's parents Mr and Mrs. Bill Foster and Steve Calvin.
Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Davis and Mark of Oklahoma City spent the weekend visiting his parents Charley Davis in the Cook home. Doris and Charlene joined, along with her parents Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Cook. Also visiting were Jim Boydstun and family Keith and Kevin from Dallas, who visited E. T. Boydstun in the same weekend.
Mrs. C. C. Blevins of Oklahoma City visited Saturday with her son Troy Blevins and her sister Mrs. Lorena Howry and Mr. Howry.
Gary Lynn Vinson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Vinson, is ill with flu. The Vinsons plan to move to Amarillo Texas where Mr. Vinson works for Gifford Hill American. Weekend guests at H C Nickell's included the Bates and Guinn families from Mansfield and Haywood respectively.
Bob Blevins of Ada son of Mr and Mrs C C Blevins recently underwent surgery at Valley View Hospital last Friday morning and is reported to be doing as well as can be expected. A work day at Fittstown Baptist Church Saturday led to a general spring cleaning of the building.
Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Long visited R. H. Chadd, Lester Lackey, and Mrs. Wilma Sanders in Valley View Hospital Sunday.
Mr and Mrs Joe Sever and Mrs Grace Walker attended a potluck supper sponsored by the Oakman Sportsman's Club at Oakman Monday night.
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Frank and their children Terry Karen and Dana stayed with Mrs. Frank's mother Mrs. Myrtle Yoakum and sister Mrs. Jack Tate and Mr. Tate over the weekend in Oklahoma City.
Mrs Luther Tate and Mrs T L Smith visited Roy Plunk in Holdenville hospital Sunday.
Mrs Gail Gurley and her daughters Joan and Dian visited in Cheyenne Wyoming over the weekend with her brother and his wife Mr and Mrs Oscar Wotan and a sister and her husband Mr and Mrs Elmer Moore Friday guests included Luther Brinson Holdenville and a nephew G E Felton Odessa Texas.
L. C. Cozad reports Mr. and Mrs. Tommie Farrell of Durant. Charlie Wilkinson spent a week in Midwest City drilling water wells. Mrs. Wilkinson visited her daughter Mrs. Jim Ashlock in Seminole and son Joe Wilkinson in Byng. Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Craft and Mrs. Elsie Eubank attended funeral services Monday in Durant for Thomas Everett, cousin of Mrs. Eubank and Mrs. Craft.
Weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. Denman Eubank were their daughter and her family, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Thornton, and Debon.
Rev. J Oscar Wells leads a revival at Fittstown Baptist Church with nightly services at 7 30 pm through April 14. Wells, a former China missionary and advisor to Chiang Kai Shek, pursues nationwide evangelistic work. Music director is Bill Annear, pastor is Rev Lin Jones.
A fragment notes a daughter and family including Mr and Mrs Jack Martin and their children during the weekend.
Guests of Mr. and Mrs. Coy Chandler Sunday included Mrs. Chandler's parents Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Jones and Wanda, Ada, and a sister Mrs. Bill Snell and family in Seminole.
Mr and Mrs Bill Nickerson with their children shared a Sunday dinner with Mrs Nickersons parents Mr and Mrs Willie Scroggins.
Mr and Mrs Junior Scroggins and their children of Moore visited on Sunday with Junior’s parents Mr and Mrs Baxter Scroggins.
Wednesday entries recount visits among the West and Marshall families across Ada Pauls Valley Tishomingo and Muskogee with extended kin from Hobart Fort Smith Ark and Byng. The piece ends noting welcome rain and a Fort Worth vacationing summer visit by Clarence Summers family.
A collage of quips and names reflecting a 1963 AP wire service release. References include Jr. Hinch comments, Zol Klingers, and Rev Charley Grant with broad social notes on patience, money, and racketeers.
Residents recount efforts to plant gardens and crops as Cedar Grove Church plans all day Easter services with a basket dinner. The Sunday gathering drew 47 attendees amid widespread sickness.
Thursday afternoon Theron Howry and Ada Howry visited Mrs. B. V. Howry, sharing a cordial afternoon. The gathering drew Mr. Howry’s brother and family to their home for a friendly social period.
Mrs. Dale Howry and Mrs. Pam Sunday hosted guests Mr. Tom My Davis, Mark, and Wendell Estes in Oklahoma City. Estes serves in the air force and is stationed in Portland, Oregon.
Mrs. Lavada Jones and Mrs. Oletta Akins attended a WMS leadership course at Trinity Baptist Church in Ada on Thursday for the Banner Association.
Mr and Mrs Carol Bryant visited Sunday with Mrs Mary Gaetter who is sick. We wish her a speedy recovery. Mr and Mrs Lyndell Wilson and their children of Altus are visiting with Lyndells parents Mr and Mrs Bob Wilson. He is on a five day leave from the US Army. Also visiting Mr and Mrs Wil
A Sunday visit with Mr and Mrs Carlos Scroggins notes Carlos Scroggins is sick with flu this week.
In October 1961 a volcanic eruption on Tristan da Cunha Island forced its 260 residents to evacuate and relocate to England.
A study finds roughly forty percent of high level corporate positions in American industry are held by professional engineers. The report highlights the prominence of engineers in leadership, strategy, and technical decision making across sectors.
A penny released from a vessel in the deep sea would take many hours to descend and reach the seafloor, explaining long sinking times in extreme depths.
A long list of crossword clues and numbered hints covering topics from animals and plants to music and geography. Entries include river barriers large woody plant male drink tropical tree lubricates and many more, with varied word lengths and cross-referencing numbers.
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