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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1964
Page
5
The Roff Home Demonstration Club met for a June program themed Food Workshop. Mrs. Mary Laseman led the session with a two bread demonstration by Mrs. Mabel Rucker and Mrs. Margaret McDaniel, featuring white and whole wheat loaves.
Vanoss Home Demonstration Club members stay busy with April events led by the Vanoss FFA banquet served Friday night April 10. The menu featured fried chicken baked potatoes tossed green salad whole corn cherry pie and ice cream for 190 guests.
Hart Club hosts Vaness Club members on April 13 with Mrs. Richard tee presiding and a program on Food Preservation. Members judged canned foods, welcomed guests, and eleven members joined a Dallas educational tour April 14 visiting Kraft Foods, Byer Rolnick, and Dallas Morning News.
The Lula Home Demonstration Club gathered at Mrs. Dayin Stonecipher’s home with Mrs. Charles Leader presiding. Mrs. Lee Cross led a canning and freezing foods discussion and a Do's and Don'ts round table followed a devotional by Mrs. Stonecipher. The club plans a pie supper at Lula School and the May meeting will be hosted by Mrs. Sherman Drenan in Tupelo.
The Vanoss Chapter of the Future Homemakers of America met with Pat Martin leading the session. Mrs Pat Romine led a prayer service and Barbara Campbell was welcomed as a new member. Sherri Pederson read Psalm 54 as devotion. Officers were to be elected next Wednesday. The group discussed a tentative date for the Mother-Daughter Banquet. Louise Welch of Forget-Me-Not Floral Shop in Ada spoke on corsages and presented one to adviser Mrs Pat Romine.
Randy Golden celebrated his sixth birthday on April 14 at Union Hill. Guests included Penny and Kenneth Daniels Mark and Saundra Welch Junior Henderson Steve Garner Reggie Tucker Mike Haines and other children. Gifts were opened as cake and ice cream were served with party favors and pet pups on display.
A pink and blue shower for Mrs. Leonard Blevins was held at the Assembly of God Church in Stonewall. Attendees and gift senders included Opal Cribbs, Bill Whittington and family, A P Hawkins, Fern Whittington and others.
Members of the Young Homemakers of Oklahoma met at Mrs. Betty Allred’s home on West Twelfth to view a purse making demonstration by guest speaker Mrs. Laura Owens. Attendees included Sharon Owens Prestlene Gray Annette Williamson Sharon Anson Pat Luper Thelma Dellinger Valetta Venable and Mrs. Allred. The next meeting is planned for May 7 at 7 p.m. at Mrs. Pat Luper’s home.
Four Allen Home Demonstration Club members from Pontotoc County joined an Educational Tour to Dallas. They toured the Kraft Cheese plant and a hat factory producing rabbit and beaver fur hats, met with Dallas Morning News staff, and dined at Harvest House before returning to Ada by bus after a 9:30 a.m. to late afternoon excursion.
A birthday supper for H. C. Bennett was hosted by Mrs. Bennett in Pontotoc on Monday night. Attendees included two daughters and their families, and neighbors from Ada Oklahoma Yuba Oklahoma and Madill along with Rev Virgil Paul and others. Visitors were Odis Massey of Freenia Texas and Beulah Mundon of Cleburne Texas who stayed through Wednesday.
The McLish Home Demonstration Club met at the First Baptist Church in Fittstown to learn purse making. Members included Mrs Clyde Moore Mrs Wilson Harden Mrs R Q Rue and others. Afternoon demonstration covered fastening fabric over shoes with Mrs Carrel Tallent leading. Attendees from Colbert Club included Mrs Tallent and several others. Buy, sell, trade, rent. with News Classified Ads. FE 2 4433.
The Everglades National Park spans 2188 square miles and covers a broad watery prairie. It features hummocks of raised ground and stands of mahogany and gumbo limbo trees among the marshy expanse.
When sunspot activity increases radio signals tend to bounce unpredictably around the Earth. This atmospheric disturbance can disrupt long distance communication and reception during solar peaks.
Miss Linda Sue Roseberry and Billy Paul Montgomery plan a June 7 church wedding at Morris Memorial Baptist Church. The ceremony at 2 30 pm will be officiated by Rev. Herb Masters with a reception to follow. The bride is daughter of Mr and Mrs Charlie D Roseberry. the groom is son of Mr and Mrs J H Montgomery.
A Virginia spring bouquet unfolds with Mer tensia virginica blue bells and a list of early bulbs. The author notes snowdrop snowflake winter aconite and crocus varieties, plus perennials like Alyssum Anemone Bellis and Convallaria, offering advice for dry shade and naturalized plantings in Ada Oklahoma.
The Ada League of Women Voters distributes a non partisan election information sheet for the May 5 vote. It includes candidate questions with no reply shown, state questions explanations, and voting logistics. Ada Unit met at Mrs. Ollie McBride's home to discuss access.
The Order of the Eastern Star District No 37 will hold a school of instruction at the Masonic Hall in Allen Friday at 2 o clock. A covered dish dinner follows at 6. Officers from seven chapters Ada Allen Francis Roff Konawa Stratford and Stonewall will participate.
Mr and Mrs Lesley Scott of Allen marked their golden anniversary on Sunday April 12 with a reception hosted by their nine children. The couple wed in 1914 in Coalgate and have 41 grandchildren and 28 great grandchildren. The Scotts are longtime farmers and church members with many relatives attending.
Mr and Mrs C C Blevins of Fittstown visited Ada on Sunday with their son and family Mr and Mrs Bob Blevins Terry and Linda They also visited Mr Blevins niece Mrs Dora Jumper at Valley View Hospital and saw two more nieces and their husbands Mrs Delmar Sanders and Mrs Dovie Byrd in Frisco.
Dale Howry of Fittstown hosts a Saturday Ardmore Shrine Rodeo gathering with R. V. Brady Jesse and Patte family members. Mrs Brady and children join Mrs Howry and kids, while Mr Foster and Steve Calvin visit. The Rev L M Norwood of Ada is a longtime friend of Mr Foster.
Mr and Mrs Raymond Blankenship of Stratford hosted visitors on Sunday including Mr and Mrs Jimmie Copeland and Debbie Dallas Jimmie Powell of Dallas Mr and Mrs Herman Blankenship with Allen and Earl Roberta Cynthia Ann Loyd Blankenship family Darrell Terry Gerry Hinkle Nancy Lambert all from Stratford and nearby areas
Mrs. Kate Wood was feted at her 87th birthday dinner hosted Sunday by her son-in-law and daughter Eugene and Kathryn Lane at Parish Chapel. Attending were numerous Wood relatives and friends from Stratford Heber Springs Yakima Shawnee Oklahoma City and other places.
The Woman's Missionary Union of First Baptist Church Allen met Tuesday afternoon for a circle meeting led by WMU president Mrs Grady Miller. Discussion covered four books and authors including The Mystery of Iniquity by Thomas Helweys and Religion Peace by Leonard Busher with prayer to close the session. Mrs Clara Saffarrans attended.
Mrs. Chase in Konawa hosted a family dinner during a visit by Mr. and Mrs. Lionel Hibler of Trenton Missouri. They traveled through Allen and Konawa visiting Ola Chadd and siblings Bonnie Chase and Gerald Walton and their families, with additional relatives in Seminole Okemah and Okemah. They began their return journey Tuesday.
Some cooks blanch salt pork with boiling water and scrape well, focusing on the rind, to prepare it for Boston baked beans.
In the late 18th century choice sea otter pelts commanded up to $2,500 each, reflecting high demand in maritime fur trade networks. The figure underscores the lucrative profits sought by traders and the economic appeal of rare pelts to adjust the balance of power among competing maritime players.
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