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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1922
Page
5
The editor invites all news correspondents to a Saturday gathering at the News office on April 29 at noon for lunch and discussion. Teachers who stopped writing are urged to attend, and please confirm attendance to help plan. If no reply is received, absence is assumed.
The community enjoys warmer weather with most farmers finishing corn planting. A well attended pie supper occurred Saturday night. Prayer meeting was canceled due to rain. Church speaker Bro. Coffee will preach this weekend. Social visits span multiple families including Eustace McMinn Vera Bevel with Corine Fay Bullock and others. Grandma Golden and grandson Jasper visit Nora Herrin in Knox as Jones Chapel shows progress.
Attendance in Sunday school reached 109, with 92 the Sunday before and 100 hoped for. Mrs. Edwards of Allen preached on He is Risen, one of Colbert’s best sermons lately. An area pupil was converted. The Woman's Missionary Society met with Mrs. Lane. Ada visitors included Mrs. Duncan, Jones, Jeter and Miss Fitton. Easter egg hunt hid about twenty dozen eggs in Mr. Rushing's sheep pasture.
Large Sunday school gathering attended Easter services with an afternoon egg hunt. Local residents Alice Bryant, Mrs. Miller, Mrs. Bryan Robison of Lovelady, Ruth Young, J. R. Young, S. H. Tollison, Finley Tollison, Carlen Hitchcock, Mae Carmichael, Mittie Hutchings, Annie Brandon, Ella Rowe and Azel Seeks were noted as visiting, hosting, or guests at homes over the weekend.
Vanoss high school attended the county field meet at Ada last Friday where our baseball team won the medal with a 9 to 1 victory. The Baptist church of Ada hosted an Easter program at our school auditorium with Rev. C. C. Morris delivering the sermon. Miss Inez Standard of Lula visited Miss Bernice White as did Thelma and Bessie Auten of Pecan Grove and Mrs. James Wilson. The Auten children have whooping cough. Jances and Jack Smith hosted an Easter party for forty children with games, egg hunt, prizes, and refreshments. Bill Beckham and Buck Thomas of Stratford visited Misses Bena Shaw and Rubye Surdevant. Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Woods welcomed a ten-pound baby.
A notice states Nora Lee Lynn, daughter of the family, has whooping cough while the mother and baby remain fine. Rev J E Clarkson fulfilled a Methodist church appointment. Mr and Mrs Charles Pitts of Shawnee visit relatives Chas L Berger family. School will close Friday with three nights of commencement exercises starting Wednesday night with the primary department program. Grades entertain Thursday night and High school on Friday night. Everyone invited. Mocking Bird.
Fishing is the order of the day and the fish are not plentiful. A prayer meeting drew a good crowd Wednesday night. An Easter egg hunt Friday saw Opal Elmore win first prize, Homer Marks second, and Ova Houghton third. Floyd and Reba Hisan visited Miss Jewel Elmore Friday night. Mr. and Mrs. Allen of Franks were visiting Mrs. Allen's parents, the Paynes. Misses Pauline and Mary Harper visited cousin Gim mie Sanders. Weekly prayer meetings and Sunday worship remain central. Ruby Elmore has been sick but hopes to attend school soon. Peggy invites more items for the Frisco notices.
Farming continues with cotton planting after a large egg hunt at Union Hill. Irene and Bessie Sellers stayed with Laneta Strong for a weekend visit. Miss Virginia Palmer visited Sunday. Maudie Miller Winnie and Aliia Bottoms visited Vera and Vada Strong Sunday. A large crowd attended Saturday night preaching. Lanet Strong Irene Sellers and Walres Jackson shopped in Ada Saturday.
Farmers finish planting corn. Walter Crow returns from Ada where he attended school. Miss Lorainne Parker visits Miss Beatrice Lee. Hubert Malloy of Maxwell and his daughter Inez are ill. Joel Goodson and wife visit Mr. and Mrs. Will Lee. Miss Sarah Crow visits Mrs. Josie Green. Jim Crow visits Os borne Parker. Ronnie Lee and Sherman Fetters visit Hubert Malloy.
WwW. B. Sherrill has planted some cotton while Mrs. Sherrill remains ill. Sam Hawkins and John Brown report good crops and steady progress. E C Clapp has corn planted and plans cotton and sweet potatoes. Mrs Hattie Sherrill and Mrs Mary Byrd tend turkey eggs aiming for market. D A Lilly shows a pretty corn patch. A large meeting with singing is scheduled at Hickory Hill on April 30.
Farmers in Jones Chapel plan reduced cotton acreage by ten percent this year for peanuts and syrup cane. W. W. Norton has twenty acres planted and some boll weevils found. Local visits cover Cassie and Eric Allen, Mrs Ballard, Mrs Adams, and others. Rev Jim Abbott preached. Jones Chapel boys beat Union Hill 18 to 9.
Jim and Ocie Abbott of Egypt joined W. N. Norton and family for Sunday and Sunday night. Ray Baumen and his mother visited her daughter at Colbert. Mrs. Nora Mosier hosted an Easter hunt for the children. Bud Mosier shopped in Ada. Nora Mosier visited sister Anna Norton. Mrs. Williams visited Alma Williams. A blue eyed baby doll.
Community updates report a well attended Worstell meeting led by Bro. Roberts over weekend. Social visits include Mrs Fan Roberts from Summers Chapel, Mr and Mrs Edd Jones, Jewell Humphers at Konawa, Tommie Brewer and others visiting Mrs Ray and Louis Sweet, and funeral attendance at Roxas Cemetery by Lillie Bunch and Gracie Crow.
Bro Stegal filled his regular appointment Sunday at 11 with a large crowd. Mr and Mrs Bud Creech dined with Mrs Webb. Violet Brooks stayed with Rury Odem. Clampitts visited relatives over the river. Delphia Smith visited Oma Ledbetter. Egg hunt at Cedar Hill drew about 65 people. Mrs Hulsey visited Creech home. Lillie Creech visiting near Jesse. Mrs Phillips visited Mrs Blankenship. Pearl Phillips spent Sunday with Gladys Fussell.
Fannie Molloy spent Saturday night with Lillian Maddox. Mrs. M. Humphries is spending the week end with her daughter, Mrs. Davis at Shawnee. Miss Mildred Parker and Miss Edna Parker visited Mrs. Wells on Sunday. Miss Pearl Buskirk of Ada spent Saturday night with Mrs. Myrtle Humphries. John Wells and wife visited his mother Mrs. G. W. Wells. Brown Eyes.
A Southern Oklahoma town reports a big Sunday rain enjoyed by all. Harvey Tollison’s barn roof blew off Sunday night. Many residents hosted visitors from nearby farms and towns. Easter egg hunt delighted children with Herman Brannon winning the most eggs. Farmers Union to hold open session Friday night and prayer meetings weekly invite community participation.
Weather conditions highlighted by a light, unsettled pattern as residents note a trip to Ada by Louis Sweet and his son Ray for business. Joe Fulton and Orville Westbrook were seen visiting the community alongside Abner Sutton Miss Edrie Barker Mildred Parker and Jennie Davis in nearby social exchanges.
Henry Dees hosted Maxwell visitors Sunday with a well attended weekend prayer service. Miss Edrie Barker and Louis Redman visited Mildred and Dick Parker Saturday night. Grandma Haines died Saturday night and was buried in Box X cemetery. Bob Ellis stopped by Bailey. Prayer meeting Thursday, church Saturday and Sunday, and Sunday school announced. Red Rose note invites to Egypt pickup gathering.
The crops look fine though some corn must be replanted. Stratford youths visited Mrs. A M Adams Saturday and Sunday. Church attendance was solid Saturday. Ada shopping drew many from the area. Willie Hamby stayed with Mr. and Mrs Herd Keeling. Keelings hosted and visited neighbors. A group of young women visited Laneta Strong and Easter egg hunts were held Sunday. Club members met at the Strongs and plan to meet again April 28 at the Palmers. Various neighbors hosted gatherings and domino games with Keeling and Palmer families.
A Saturday and Sunday church revival by Bro. Storie drew a large crowd. Residents including Mr. and Mrs. Wood and Mrs. Meredith of Parish Chapel visited, with Ada trips and Easter egg hunt attendance reported. Local social visits include the Burris and McIntire households, and Miss Elsie Isaacs with Ollie Wood. Farmer-Laborer Reconstruction League candidates plan a speech night on April 24 as voting approaches, with Gailey residents Gaither Bray and Howard Atcher son in attendance and reminders of worship Tuesdays and Thursdays by Bro. Sulton.
A Friday event drew a nice crowd with an overall good program. Claudia and Alene Gray attended the full eight months without missing a day. families from Ahloso joined Ben Floyd, Coley, and others for the entertainment. Edd Leonard visited Frisco last week, fell ill, and his wife was summoned. condition reported not improved. Flora Julian departs for Arkansas to visit parents until the summer normal opens. Misses Margie Gray and Flora Julian joined Verda Hill for supper.
Community members attended a Saturday party hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Scribner in Owl Creek. Visitors included Mrs. Hoover and her children and Elbert Hill visited relatives over the weekend.
Sunsh ine Easter day brings pleasant weather with a fine rain late in the evening. Local residents Pitt Nabors Brents and Vincent families are noted for travel to Ada Hickory and Roff for trading visiting and lodging. Easter services planned Monday night and Blue Valley church revival continues with strong attendance.
Pontotoc County Odd Fellows will hold its annual meeting in Ada on Wednesday April 26 with about five to six hundred members from eleven lodges. Program includes reception, dinner, parade led by the high school band, open meeting at First Methodist, county association session, supper, and degrees for subordinate lodges and Rebekahs.
In a college annual a state page on student clubs featured officers and members. One state presented a lone representative whose page listed President George Washington Walker, Vice-president G Washing ton Walker, Secretary George W Walker, and Treasurer G W Walker, all sharing the same name.
The article argues for preventative medical measures stressing that pneumonia often follows a cold or grip. Early use of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is advised to shorten a cold and reduce pneumonia risk. Also notes steak breeders’ notes on sale at the News Office.
Oklahoma Cotton Growers association launched a drive at the county courthouse with J S Kernachan of Alabama as lead speaker. He urged cooperative marketing to raise farming profits and cited fertilizer price savings from bulk buying as proof of collective action. Details show Oklahoma's 35 000 members, 92 000 bales handled, average middling price around 18.50, and modest handling costs. Campaign plans were outlined for an active canvass.
J C Rushing a long time Francis merchant and pillar of the county community died of heart failure about 9 oclock Friday night at his home He was 53 Funeral services are set for Sunday at 3 p m with burial in Cedar Grove cemetery He had been in good health recently and was well known locally
G L Ivey who lives north of Bebee called at the News office Saturday. He lives near the oil wells and hopes to see a few gushers brought in before year end. Let a News Want Ad get it.
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