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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1961
Page
10
Mary Dunn and Don Dunn Vaness visit grandmother Mrs J E Dunn. Many neighbors attend gatherings in Lightning Ridge Ada and Roff with several trips to Ada for meals, luncheons and shopping. Hart residents host family from Ft Worth and celebrate Mack’s birthday while PTA and REA events unfold locally.
A long weekend of family gatherings fills Ada area pages with visits among Ownbey Jones Dunn and Crawford families. Neighbors Debra Ray and Lloyd Briggs lead to discussions of a new home in Oklahoma City and teaching electronics at U.S. Grant High. Various relatives share meals, picnics, church, and hospital news. The article notes local progress with homes moving and minor health updates amid community chatter.
Mrs Rae Garrett hosts Fred Henson and family visiting residents and neighbors share cantaloupes and discuss ripening post oak grapes. Terri Gray travels to Oklahoma City with children to visit relatives returning Saturday. J T Johnson's son sick prompts a family visit as granddad travels. Numerous Sunday visits noted among Mor ris Garrett Fike Zarcett families.
Community notices list visits by Oakman’s Anson and Currents family members, including Harold Anson and Sharon, Tracy Ballaroo, and Lonnie Dale, with homemade ice cream and weekend hospitality. Roy White Jr returns from Shawnee to prepare for school at Byng High. Several Ada residents host relatives from California and Arizona, sharing travel stories and farm work discussions.
Local society column records visits among Ada residents including Mr. and Mrs. Murray Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Bingham, Ada. families from Wynnewood Stratford and Seminole are noted for peaches trips and fishing. Peep into week of neighborly gatherings, shelling peas, and catching fish with grandparents and relatives across nearby towns.
The Allen Chamber opens a fund drive to finance a 35 by 80 foot rectangular pool in Allen city park with $11,000 estimated cost. As of now $2,100 has been raised, and construction will start after half the total is secured. Willie Lee chairs the cost committee while L C Cozad Jr says donations will fully fund the project.
Nine Explorer Scouts of Ada's Post 88 and three advisers depart Thursday from First Baptist Church for a 10 day 1200 mile canoe trip to Ely Minnesota. The trip funds civic beautification work from 1960 Big Push contest prize money of 300 dollars. Explorers are Charles Clawson Jack Nimma Cliff Burns Douglas Magee Ross Badgett Danny Smith Michael Wilson Donald Collins Joey Wallach. Advisers are Ross Badgett Ray Quiett and James Treas.
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