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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1925
Page
5
Ada and Vanoss residents visit friends in policing areas while Mrs Berger from Tulsa arrives to see relatives. A barn fire at Mr Zumbro’s is reported with no origin found. Community events include church gatherings, club meetings, and a Sunday ball game where Lanham defeated Yeager.
Rain from Sunday night kept soil from drying. Miss Ruby Files visits. Families and friends in Ada and Muskogee. Pauline Eppler stays with Edna Hunt. Effie Hunt returns from Va ness with J S Hunt and W W Hunt. Rev York from Ada attends church. Leona Collins visits Dorothy Lillard. Mayflower notes welcome Mrs Davenport and report school closing Friday for vacation.
A rainy weekend disrupted events but town life continued with gatherings and visits. Miss Miskel Norvell shopped in Stratford Monday evening as Mr. and Mrs. Alonzo McDowell and Mr. Claxton Irwin called on Miss Nora McBride. Edgar Little and Jodie Tulley attended a high school party at Vaness Tuesday night. Miss Maye Smith guest of Miss Norah McBride Thursday. Mrs Rosa Norvell aided Mrs Ross Cummings Friday. Mr and Mrs L F Tully and Jodie …
The community enjoys pleasant weather and cotton planting. Sunday events include a school entertainment and dinner with Brother Yandell delivering a sermon. Family and church visitors arrive from Marion county Arkansas and Shawnee as residents host relatives and attend services.
Union Valley notes list Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Pipes and Mrs. W. R. Pierce visiting the Todds, quilting parties, and various relatives gathering at Blue Mound, Owl Creek, and Peasant Hill. Local church attendance, trips to Sunshine, and multiple family gatherings fill the Sunday schedule.
Center School closed last Friday after two well attended programs. The high school will continue for two more weeks to complete the eight month term. Farmers report cotton planting due to rain. Olen Rycroft and Roy Yancy returned from Colorado last Tuesday where snow was present despite local heat.
M. T. Smith, a Black man, pleaded guilty to second degree robbery and was sentenced by District Judge J. W. Bolen to two years in the state penitentiary. County officers will transport the prisoner to McAlester.
Local residents and visitors are listed with weekend and weekday visits. Families including Allen, Cantrell, Dobson, Hayes, Hart, Crass, Ashley, Gann, Hays and others shared meals and stayed with relatives from Friday to Sunday. An injury to Daniel Hays is noted after an accident with a planter.
Mrs. Barringer preached here on Sunday drawing a large audience. Next Sunday at 11 oclock will feature another sermon with singing each Sunday night. Local families visited, including Dinwiddle and Teel households, while Akin and Teel relatives joined Opal Gwottney. Pickett boys visited for a 2 to 4 baseball score and a spelling match won by Jones Chapel 37 to 26. School ends Friday May 18 and eighth grade passers include Marie Akin and Browall Gwaltney.
A large Sunday school crowd gathered at Colbert with Bro. Teague delivering a sermon after class. Numerous local residents visited relatives across Colbert including Bertha Rushing with Geneva Garigis, C E Walker family with W P Walker, and others from Ada Union Hill and Homer area.
The article notes potato bugs and grasshoppers in the area as farmers report better crops after recent rains. A May 4 frost pinched beans and tender vegetation, and town residents visit relatives, attend church, and a local school holds a play where crowding limits visibility. The school board hires teachers for the coming term with Ray Stegall as principal.
Mrs. Hayes preached to a well attended Sunday service at Blue Mound. Several residents, including S. J. Cantrell and wife and George Cantrell with Sam Adams, traveled to Ada midweek. C. A. Thompson and son Jim also went to Ada, with Edward and Jesse Adams and Roy Lindsary joining on Saturday. Mrs. O H Hayes and Mrs. N M Hayes attended Franks Thursday. Joe Crisp visited Ada midweek. Mrs. Dovie Payne and her little son were mentioned in the day’s notes.
Local residents, including Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Johns, Ms. Galva Stinnett, and families, visited relatives across Stratford, Rofs, Vaness, Homer, and nearby areas. Church plans set for May 17. social visits, school closeouts, cotton planting, and entertainment noted with multiple kin and neighbor engagements.
Local residents shared visits across Roff and nearby towns including Gilliland Hackworth and families, with social calls and Sunday gatherings. The district records 1924 25 school term ending, eighth grade and high school commencements, a revival at the Methodist church, and community events such as a May Festival and a P T A box supper to support the grade school piano.
Rev H E Darrow concluded a Durant conference with sessions Tuesday through Thursday and planned visits to his Durant area parents. Rev L E Lamb to give Temple Oklahoma graduates' baccalaureate sermon on May 17. Local residents make several travels and visits including Jeter from Joplin and Truitt seeking health in Sulphur.
In Pecan Grove many residents shared weekend activities. J T Angelly traveled to Ada. Tishie McFarland and Addie Wainright visited Mrs Conn Stucks. Agnes Jones returned from Franks. Kate Angelly stayed with Stella Capps at Ahloso. Lizzie Dillard and Agnes Jones visited Angelly home. Lila and Tishie McFarland were guests of Kjena Angelly. Claude Hutchins family stayed with Capps. Gladys and Hazel Lawson visited Osa and Helen Loman. Gladys Boring visited Robbins home. two happy kids noted.
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