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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1963
Page
8
Dorothea and Cathy Tucker attended Vaness seventh grade skating party in Ada Friday evening as guests of Vickie Gray. Cathy Tucker won the grand championship on her dress in the 4 H club revue Tuesday.
Mr and Mrs P O Henson visited Miss Dorothy Matthews in Valley View Hospital Sunday evening.
Teddy Strawn of Okemah spent Saturday night with Mike Frantz. Mr and Mrs Herman Wilson and children and Joyce and Joan Strawn of Okemah visited Saturday night with Mrs Juanita Frantz, Sherry Thella and Mike.
A Crawford family reunion stretched across multiple states with Brittion Crawford and family visiting Tupelo Saturday night. Elva Morgan of Independence Kansas and three Crawford brothers also gathered, sharing time with Morris Morgan in Ada and Beulah Revels in Oklahoma City.
Mrs Lorraine Pennington and Wayland called on Mrs Jack Wright Monday night visiting for a social call.
Mrs Henson and her children are shown visiting relatives including Mrs Lois Meek Mrs Pearl Gray and Mrs C Gray. They call on J W Law and visit grandparents and hospital patient Mrs W R Hayes with A A Hayes also visiting. Patsy spends Sunday evening with her mother Mrs Gracie Mears.
Mr and Mrs Wayne Pennington visited Sunday evening with his parents Mr and Mrs Alfred Pennington. Mrs Dixie Pennington is now employed at Valley View Hospital. Lorraine Pennington Donnie and Wayland spent Saturday morning with Miss Vasto Pennington in Ada. Lorraine Pennington has been very busy the past few days taking the school enumeration. Mr and Mrs Alfred Pennington visited their son Garland Pennington and Mark Friday night after attending the Vanoss FFA banquet in Ada.
Mrs. Juanita Willhite and several families from Okemah including Mrs. Ruby Ward Mrs. Lulu Mahan Mr and Mrs Ray Frantz Vince Monte Mr and Mrs Henry Strawn and family visited Mrs. Juanita Frantz Mike Thel la and Sherry Sunday evening.
The three ring circus's Sunday stop in the northeast town side drew big excitement among youngsters. Visitors included Dale Long family from Corpus Christi Texas and relatives of Sidney Long and Homer Printice, plus weekend guests John Smallfield and extended kin from Pine Bluff Arkansas Muskogee Konawa and Oklahoma City.
Mrs. Cornia Powell, Mrs. Leig Long, Mrs. Bernice Kytle and Mrs. Letha Durham visited in Ada Sunday as guests of Mr. and Mrs. Julian Doneghey and Mrs. Bessie Story.
Mrs. Cora Case is reported critically ill at Valley View Hospital after several weeks of hospitalization.
Mr and Mrs Tom Turner attended funeral services Thursday at Chandler for Arnold Turner who died Tuesday at Sparks. Burial was in Little Cemetery. Arnold was a nephew of Mr Turner.
Mr and Mrs Walter Watson conducted business in Oklahoma City on Tuesday detailing a routine financial transaction.
Mr and Mrs Arville Nickell of Marlow visited his parents Mr and Mrs Clyde Nickell. The Nickells were on vacation and had been visiting relatives in Texas and spent Tuesday night in Allen.
Mr and Mrs Garner Jarrett and their children moved into Horace Hamilton's rent house on Tuesday. The Jarretts recently relocated to Allen from Corpus Christi. Mrs R L Morris was his mother Mrs Mauda Morris and his sister Mrs Jimmie Reynolds and daughter from Oklahoma City.
Mrs Elmo Hendrickson visited Thursday with Mr and Mrs George Bain. She was en route to see her children at Ardmore and Duncan. She and the late Elmo Hendrickson had taught school in Allen several years ago.
Mrs. Luther Patterson was admitted to Valley View Hospital Wednesday to undergo observation. Mrs. Etta Cox was admitted to Valley View Hospital Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Don Olivo took their daughter Marilyn to Oklahoma City Thursday for her annual checkup. Roy Plunk was dismissed from Physicians and Surgeons Hospital in Holdenville Thursday. Mrs. Roy Jones underwent dental surgery in Physicians and Surgeons Hospital last week.
Rev. David Forester returned home Monday from Lawton where he had been directing singing in a revival.
The sentence notes a person traveling with Mrs. Watson to Stuttgart Arkansas on Sunday to visit creatives and returning Tuesday.
Mrs Bill Moore was ill the past week and missed church services on Sunday for the first time this year.
Bill Paul traveled from Fort Riley Kansas to reunite with Mrs Paul and their son at their Kansas home. The move marks a family homecoming in midweek.
Mr and Mrs C H Hastings visited Mrs Hastings sister in law Denver Wilbank and cousin Callie Allen in P S Hospital Holdenville Sunday highlighting family travel and hospital presence in a local social notice.
Mrs. Ellen Ward died Friday in Eureka California after an extended illness. She was a former resident of Allen and a sister of Odis Vinson.
Mr and Mrs Edgar Muse attended funeral services Monday at Smith's Funeral Chapel for Earl Fleming.
Mrs Beckie Webb accompanied sister and family Mr and Mrs Thomas Jones and son Bobby on a 10 day vacation to Carlsbad Caverns in Old Mexico and New Mexico. Mrs Webb returned to Allen Sunday.
Luther Moss is improving and is expected to return home this week from the hospital to continue recuperation.
Mr and Mrs Leon Hancock and their children from Oklahoma City spent the weekend in Allen visiting Mrs Lois Hancock and Mr and Mrs RL Morris.
Comanche residents Mr. and Mrs. Paul Dodson and their children were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Davis and Mrs. Jess Dodson. Mrs. Sidney Long received a letter from Mrs. Lester Sockey detailing Mr. Sockey’s smooth trip from Valley View Hospital to Talihina.
Mr and Mrs Denman Eubank visited in Oklahoma City on Monday. They saw their son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Ray Thornton and also visited Mrs Jewel Phares visiting from Phoenix Arizona.
Rev. and Mrs. Preston Cook of Henryetta visited the United Pentecostal Church on Sunday. Rev. Cook was guest speaker at both morning and evening services.
A new baby grand piano was moved into the Church of God last week, adding a refined instrument to the worship space and likely enhancing musical programs for congregants.
Mrs Leona Prewit visited Ada last Thursday with her son in law Walter York and daughter Mrs York.
Local residents attend FFA banquet where Ben Ownbey receives an honorary chapter farmer plaque. Families visit, travel to Lake Texoma, Sulphur, Stratford, and Ada, with numerous names listed among social calls and Sunday school updates. Cemetery upkeep praised as club project boosts community pride.
Mrs Sutton also visited Mr and Mrs R R Gibson. Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs C A Walker were a cousin and her husband Melton Terry and Alex.
Sunday guests of Mrs. Minnie Crafford were her daughter Mrs Hayden Collier of Oklahoma City and her daughter and grandchildren, Mrs Jim Price of Ada.
Mrs Oliver Cook tripped going off a door step during home repairs by her husband Mr Cook. She suffered foot and shoulder injuries and considerable pain.
Mrs. Richard Russell and Mrs. Russell's sons and families include Mr. and Mrs. Darrel Cobb and children Davis and Mr. and Mrs. Truman Cobb of Sulphur.
Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Owens and their children of Oklahoma City were weekend guests of Mrs. Owens' mother Mrs. Dela Boyd.
Mr and Mrs Clarence Knight en visited his brother Jerry in Oklahoma City Sunday.
Mrs. Cora Williams returned home Sunday with her son-in-law Gerald Weems and his daughter Tonda after a visit in Tulsa.
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Walters hosted their daughter and son in law Mrs. O. C. Moon of Costa Mesa California. Weekend guests included their son Bill Walters and family of Midwest City and daughter Mrs. John Caldwell and family of Ada. The Walters anticipate two more daughters from Costa Mesa and New York.
Guidance advises drivers to slow down when driving on ice and then shift to lower gears smoothly. This minimizes wheel spin and helps maintain control on slippery surfaces.
Partial obituary fragment notes W. W. Gibson and references to Mrs Gib sons parents Mr and Mrs J A Rowe Davis and Mrs Ruth Sut. The incomplete text hints at family relationships and a Davis, Ohio area context.
Mr and Mrs Leo McNinch and Gayle with Mrs W D McNinch and Linda traveled to Oklahoma City to visit Leo s brother and family the Lloyd McNinchs Mrs McNinch is recuperating from recent surgery.
Robert and Mrs. Alvie Griffith spent time with Mr. and Mrs. Ben Ownbey and Charles at their home Wednesday.
Mr and Mrs Bill Thomason traveled to Okmulgee Sunday of last week to visit Mr and Mrs Earl House. They took Jena House back and Mrs Crawford who had visited in the Earl House home the past week returned home with the Thomason party.
Mr and Mrs Bob Hatcher spent Sunday of last week with Mr and Mrs Jess Flowers and L A of Oak Grove.
Mrs. Ercy Ownbey took Mrs. M. P. Ownbey to Ada on Tuesday for an eye checkup. Mrs. Ownbey had an eye operation in September. Mrs. Lula McWhirter of the Roff Nursing Home became a new subscriber to The Weekly News.
A visitor named Albert Rice from Oklahoma City called on Mr. and Mrs. Bill Thomason and Mrs. Crawford at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Alvie L. Griffith Tuesday evening.
Mrs Grant Johnson spent Monday afternoon visiting Mrs M P Ownbey in a friendly social call. The two women chatted and shared light refreshments during the visit.
A new riding lawn mower was purchased Saturday for use at Lightning Ridge Cemetery, expanding maintenance capacity for groundskeeping tasks.
Mrs. Grant Johnson spent Wednesday with Mrs. Roy Cantwell. Mrs. Cantwell was also visited by Mrs. Johnson on Saturday, and May Johnson. Mack visited J. E. Woolley. Mrs. Bob Hatcher hosted visitors Saturday including Mrs. Kenneth Rycroft and Mary Allen Galey. Mrs. Alvie Griffith visited Hatcher Saturday with Miss May Johnson. Roger Hallmark Ravin joined the Hatchers that evening. Mrs. Alvie Griffith and Miss May Johnson visited the Cantwells Saturday afternoon.
Mrs. Evert Summers went home with Mrs. Gene Summers and spent the night Friday. Mrs. Ola Hodges and daughters, Roff, brought Mrs. Summers home on Saturday.
Robert called on Mrs. Jack Summers on Wednesday and Thursday. He also visited Mr. and Mrs. Ben Ownbey in the same period.
Mr and Mrs Ernest Pipes and Roger Dale and Mr and Mrs Clifford Williams and Regina and Mrs W F Crawford traveled to Okmulgee Sunday to visit Mr and Mrs Earl House and their children.
Alvis Griffith, the Sunday school superintendent, remains ill and unable to attend Sunday school and church. The congregation hopes he will be well enough to return next Sunday.
A brief note states that Mrs. Grant Johnson is ill at the moment.
Classified notice announces a Laundromat at Francis now open featuring new Speed Queen washers and dryers. Delmar Crews Store Building hosts the site as part of ongoing reader ads in the News Want-Ads section.
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