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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1922
Page
6
The article lists revival meetings and church activities upcoming Saturday night led by Brother Joe Death and other local clergy. It notes visits to sick relatives in Fort Worth Texas and various community members traveling between Konawa Bristow Ada Pickett and Oiltown.
A holiness meeting drew a large crowd at Beebee Saturday night. School sessions continue well after two weeks. Amos Austell has returned from Ft. Sill with the National Guard. Miss Estelle McCleroy visited Miss Pearl Owens Sunday afternoon. Pickett and Latta youths joined singing Sunday night. Vera Bevel Faye Corrine Bullock, Fred Davis Gray Wright and L P Sackson attended the party. Watt Owens of Clarksville Ark visits relatives here. Joy Corbin Earle Jasper Copeland returned last Sunday from Okemah oil fields and went back Thursday. Bud Owens came home from Bristow looking for work. Mrs J S Laughlin and daughters Evelyn Cleo Wilma spent Sunday with Mrs de J Copeland. Mildred Laughlin spent Sunday with Isabelle Eddings. Mrs Molly Copeland returned from Oklahoma City Hospital. Isabelle Eddings came back from Sapulpa visiting Mrs L A Morrison. Community members cleaned Center cemetery last week. Fred Cox enjoyed Sunday afternoon with Georgia Ahead. Esther Sutherland visited Wednesday night. Tubby
Frisco residents and nearby people are listed visiting friends and relatives in Rocky Chappel and Ada. Names include Roy Estace Myrtle Leonard Alice Belcher Bill Strickland Myrna Strickland Bud Correll and others with scattered mentions of travel, visits, and church or community activities.
Residents report crops looking good but crave rain. The school shows strong growth with a large turnout. Several local residents and visitors are named, including Henry Meeks and Mrs. Walter Wright, who stopped by Ada and nearby households for visits and illness updates.
Community seeks rain to lessen deep dust that makes walking unpleasant. Notable items include Mrs. John Cissna of Oklahoma City visiting, a new baby boy for Mr. and Mrs. James Chadwick, the death of Tom Leek, a baseball loss for town boys 9 to 2, and high school enrollment and activities around Teacher's College attendees, serenade for Supt. C. W. White.
High heat drives cattle off cotton as Brother Yandel preaches at Summers Chapel with services Friday night through Sunday. Bro Sultan plans a revival under an arbor in nearby Jimmy Panell’s pasture. Parish Chapel visitors include Misses Gertrude Pennington Daisy Ledford Marie Shipley Alton Shipley. Virgle and family visit Summers residents Alex Summers and Willie Isaacs hosts.
Albert Joseph Hacker and Miss Lilian McKendree wed in a simple 9 PM ceremony at the Baptist parsonage conducted by Rev C C Morris. Only three friends attended and the couple left for Dallas for a brief honeymoon before returning to Ada.
The community reports ongoing boll weevil activity on cotton and continued picker activity with squares being gathered. Town news notes revival beginning August sixth, visits by Anderson families from Checotah Fitzhugh Ada and Francis, and various local residents traveling, visiting, or recovering from illness.
Oklahoma City mayor J C Walton widened his margin over R H Wilson to about 25 000 votes in the Democratic governor race after corrections from 2015 of 2837 precincts. Other results show attorney general and superintendent contests with Walton ally Owen leading and Republicans Fields and Healy in guburnatorial race.
Election day brings many cases to the city court for drunkenness with four docketed today. Names include Fannie Burris Ed Templeton Smith Will Burris and Ed Edsell with guilty verdicts and fines of eight dollars and seventy five cents each. Over four hundred dollars in July fines were collected.
A stray pony with a saddle is reported near Ada Oklahoma with a reward offered for its return. The notice cites W C Wood as the contact and is dated August 2, 1921.
Mrs A Polly of Lebanon Missouri visits her son Gilbert Polly and wife on West Thirteenth street. Weather records show temperatures of 102 103 and 104 over three days per Dr Edson A McMillan. Miss Ruby Andrews a summer normal student was slightly injured in an automobile accident on the college driveway receiving a cut on the forehead when the car struck a tree.
Robert Sutherland of Kansas City, owner of Sutherland Lumber, visited the local yard briefly this morning and then departed for Okemah and Henryetta to continue his tour of inspection.
W W Hensley of 319 East Main street who had been dangerously ill for several days is now reported to be recovering rapidly.
Mrs. L. E. Franklin and her sister Mrs. J. S. McDonald of Fort Worth Texas traveled to Blanchard to visit friends and relatives seeking local hospitality and updates on kin.
Jess Keener, who suffered a fractured knee in a recent automobile wreck, underwent surgery yesterday at Faust hospital to treat the injury.
The Palm Garden changes hands as the Dickerson brothers sell the business to Joe Parks, John McKeel, and Bill McKeel.
Mrs R E Sweat of Lula underwent an operation this morning at the local hospital for an infected foot caused by a nail.
Joe Kennedy returns from Fort Sill National Guard camp and visits home before heading to Tulsa where he takes employment with the Texas Oil Co.
Mrs. R. E. Duncan and her son Carl and daughter Vay have returned from a three week plus trip visiting Galveston Dallas and other Texas points.
National guardsmen from Roff returning from Ft Sill with the Ada unit were transported to Roff yesterday evening. They were led by Captain W C Pratt.
Mrs Wash Murray of Kolawa returned to her home yesterday after a several days visit. She was accompanied by her sister Mrs W H Ste here for about a week
Mr and Mrs R S Alleh and daughter Julia of Fréderick arrived this afternoon for a visit with J O and D C Abney. They drove from Oklahoma City to reach the city for the family reunion.
Mr and Mrs J W Hornard of Sherman Texas and their daughter Eddie Mae report from Neathery hospital that she was operated on for appendicitis this morning and the telephoned news to relatives said the operation was successful.
Miss Nellie and Miss Alice Hawley of Tupelo ended their visit to the city this week and returned to Tupelo today.
Miss Daisy Hawley of Tupelo visited the city this week staying with Mrs. R. E. Fowler. She is attending the teachers college at Pittsburg Kansas and left today to return to Pittsburg.
Mr and Mrs George Davidson and children left yesterday for their Sandy Springs Oklahoma home after spending a few days here visiting his mother Mrs George Davidson Sr and other relatives and friends.
Hubert Priest John McKeel and Howard Gilmore of Battery F and Headquarters depart Ada yesterday for Fort Sill. They will join citizens militia training units and are the only three guardsmen from Ada to sign up for an extra 30 days of drill.
City officials announced this morning that water from the city lake will be piped to local industrial plants. The city takes charge of the lake on August 1 and expects to begin use of lake water for industry as soon as the pipeline is completed, likely by August 5.
A baby girl was born this morning at 21 o'clock to Mr and Mrs Charley Johnson of 219 West Fifteenth Street. The child is reported healthy.
Wood and Black of the A P Brown company depart tomorrow for New York and other eastern markets to purchase fall goods for the firm.
Mrs M B Hornbeck, guest of her daughter Mrs S Jackson and Mr Jackson for two weeks, departed Sunday night to return to her Dallas home.
Ruby May and Jewell Calaway of Carita appear in the city file alongside Jennie Hal and other residents, indicating local entries or notices about people in the area.
Report notes R. B. Brians and A. Heine located in Ardmore during a city voting event. Details remain unclear due to fragmented OCR text.
Miss Elizabeth and Violet Knight depart Wednesday for Wichita Kansas. They will be joined in a few weeks by Miss Kate K Knight who is currently at the University of Chicago.
Graveling work on South Mississippi Avenue is advancing quickly with one block finished and several others receiving the first gravel treatment. This project aims to improve road surface and ride quality for local traffic.
Miss Alice B. Francisco head of the domestic science department at the College departed for Oswego Kansas today. After a few days there she will proceed to points in Colorado.
Dr Chadwick, longtime Ada resident, arrived Monday from Clovis New Mexico to handle business and greet friends. He reports crop prospects were poor along his travel route through western Oklahoma and the Panhandle of Texas.
The city advances legal steps to let contracts for paving the South Broadway block near city hall. After all time limits and requirements expire, bids will be received and work will commence. Slow progress continues on the South Townsend paving project.
W K Duncan of Konawa spent a short time in the city handling business matters. A son Lilard L Jr was born to La L Hill of 920 Ninth Street weighing nine pounds.
Mrs D J Smith and her children have returned from Pawhuska after spending several days visiting relatives there.
Pat Grigsby and sons with W. H. Steed came back to Dallas Texas today after a brief stay with families here.
Mrs L O Thornton has been ill at home for several days and is reported to be improving today.
Mrs Nellie Pointer has completed a visit with her parents Mr and Mrs Ed Roaand at 728 East Main and returned to her home in Pittsburg Pennsylvania.
Water from the city lake will be diverted through a new pipeline to support the initial test phase funded by industrial users. Domestic patrons will be charged later to conserve Byrd's Mill water.
Among the candidates from over the county who were in the city receiving election returns last night were W. C. Pratt of Roff W. R. Peck of Allen and Walter Gaines of Stonewall. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Wendle plan to travel to Houston El Campo and Palacios Texas to spend August along the coast.
Miss Eddie Mae Horn underwent an operation in Sherman hospital Friday and is reported to be improving rapidly. She is expected to return to her home here about a week from now.
S. E. Dunham manager of the local Sutherland lumber yard returned last night from an overland trip of several days with visits to Oklahoma City and Norman.
Mr and Mrs W W Sledge with their granddaughter Anne travel by overland to Colorado. Alder son travels with Mrs Annie Byrd and daughter Ethel Jane. Mr and Mrs W Duncan with daughter Dorothy join, along with Miss Eunice Bills and J C Chapman.
Mr and Mrs R L Allen and relatives Miss Virginia Abney return to Frederick after visiting D C Abney J O Abney and families in the capital city.
Notice is given that May Huddleston administratrix of the estate of Frank Huddleston deceased has filed her final account and petition for distribution and discharge. A settlement hearing is set for August 18, 1922 at 10 o'clock in the county court room in Ada, Oklahoma, where interested parties may appear and file written exceptions. Verified by County Judge Tal Crawford. August 2, 1922.
R A Griffin conductor on the Enid and Anadarko branch line owned a three and a half carat diamond valued at about $3000. It was lost in a tissue wrapped piece of paper in the sand before the Watonga station and recovered ten days later after the owner remembered showing it to a friend.
Mrs J C Larshaw of San Antonio Texas visits brother W H Faust and family on East Seventeenth Street in the city.
The US weekly crude oil production rose to 1,500,150 barrels for the week ended July 29 from 1,439,500 the prior week. Oklahoma Kansas averaged 497,650 barrels daily, down 250 barrels, Osage nation output 113,800 barrels vs 115,000, and Long-Quinn at 20,500 barrels up from 19,600.
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