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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1923
Page
5
The rain Tuesday night aided late crops. Local families noted visitors and gatherings including Mrs. Lillian Satterfield and Elizabeth, O. L. Faulkenberry's family, Ada visitors T. M. Rushing and wife, Center and Latta residents, and a school spelling champion Edna Whiteaker. Community events include singing, a meeting starting Saturday night, and requests to attend next Sunday’s program.
A warm social update from Union Hill notes rain Tuesday night improving cotton prospects. Several residents, including A M Adams and family, visited relatives and friends in Stratford and nearby areas over the weekend. Multiple small gatherings and visits are recorded, with church activities curtailed by rain.
The Sunday school is progressing well with broad attendance and active participation. Read about local social visits including Fred Daniels, Ruth Gibbs, Lenora Vaughn, Leona Lamb, Maudie Skidmore, Hattie Malone, Jessie Malone, Donna Gibbs, Lizzie Lamb, the Blackburns, Lester Henry, Mrs. Fox of Ada, and others. Mrs. Davis is reported very ill and Mrs. Carpenter's baby is sick in Ada.
Rocky Chapel reports hot weather with a sunny singing Sunday and a planned meeting on Saturday August 25. Colbert notes pleasant weather, Sunday school growth, a successful party at Chas Rushing’s, revived meetings led by Stringer and Tigg, local baseball scores 4 to 1 and 13 to 6, and a community pie supper to fund school equipment. Local residents frequent Ada, Vaness, and Texas towns, with visits, shopping trips, and family gatherings.
Bellview residents attend church and Sunday school events at Stratford and Bellview. Listings include Claud and Vergie Rodgers Emma Sellers Sadie Standridge Lennie Jones and others, with social visits at Tolliver and Jackson households. Local canning, visits from Fort Sill and Roff, and roundups at Round Top noted.
Miss Bill Nichols was the guest of Merle Hart Sunday. The Cartwrights hosted a well attended party Saturday. Georgia Thompson spent the weekend with Winnie and Bonnie Calais. Ernest and wife from Okmulgee visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Oliphant. Homer Parker plans to move to Okmulgee. Bud Morris of Ada joined Lewis Emerson for Sunday. J L Coffee visited chapel Monday. Mrs. Gertrude Murphy’s brother and wife are visiting. Dearman has returned home after visiting her son John. Mr. and Mrs. Lyon Moore welcome a six pound son born Saturday night. Leonard Murdock led seventh and eighth graders on a picnic Friday after four. Abe McKee and family, Holloway family, and a McKee sister's group spent Sunday in Sulphur. Preston Wesson visits this week. home Stonewall. Merle Dickens reported improving after forty days of fever. Jim Barton’s relatives from Boswell are visiting. Warnerdom departed for Texas for several days.
Ike Coffey spends his summer vacation in Iowa Park praising its convenience beauty and healthful country. He assures readers that money and time spent there are worthwhile and endorses the area for a short getaway.
Camp meeting attendance at Seminole with Della Dryden Nina Tucker Estelle Lamb and other locals noted. Reports of illness improve for Little Bethel’s Rance Tucker. Social visits include Blanche Wood Mildred Cheeks Clara Wood Oma Owens and several Isaacs, Tucker, Dryden, Ingram, and Weir families. Community events list Farmers Union at Shawnee and school coverage by W A Peck amid weekend visits and dinners.
Miss Estaire Massey was the Sun day guest of Mrs. Rose. Miss Ethel Norris of Pleasant Hill attended singing Sunday night. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Potts returned home after a weeks visit in Texas. O. S. Stewart and wife went to Ada Tuesday. Harry Robison called on Willis Massey Sunday. Clemmie Martin was the Saturday guest of Flossie Chambers. Lewis Lee on a business trip to Ada Monday. Fred Bolin recently in Texas returns home for a few days. Bolin and Columbus Stewart motored to Pleasant Hill Sunday. Professor Blue and wife attended church at Onward Wednesday night. Virgil Smith of Jesse was in Franks Sunday. George Farris of Onward attended singing here Sunday. James Chambers made a business trip to Ada Tuesday. Cooper family spent Sunday afternoon with Brown family. Mrs. John Kitchens visited school. Brother Harve Owens starts a meeting here Tuesday night Aug. 21. Everybody's welcome. A FRIBPND.
Brother Page held a Baptist meeting here Friday night and a large crowd attended Sunday services. Several attendees came from Rosedale and Hart. W. L. Barrett and family moved.
Union Valley reports good attendance as school progresses. The community notes visitors from Ada Sulphur and Oklahoma including W R Riddle and Lula, Lee Blackwell and family, Durbin, Pierce, Mable Orr, Newell, Gerald Burnham, Loyd Dunham, Ruth Hughes, Bessie Mayfield, B L Stephens, T A Locke and sons William and Jack, Jim Hatcher, Martin family, and others. Further travel includes T A Locke family leaving for Texas.
Vanoss closes meeting at Lightning Ridge and opens another in Pickett. Local notes report illnesses, travels, and visits among Ada, Lindsay, and Center residents. The Mother's Club seeks fence bids for school grounds. A fiery cross scare briefly unsettles Vanoss before a Center ball game result shows 11 to 2.
Mrs. Jones spent Thursday with Mrs. Oglesby. Ora Lynch is very ill. Mrs. Janie Davis and Mrs. Johnsey shopped in Stonewall Saturday. Joe Foster of Tishomingo visited Sunday. Oglesby and Johnsey visited Lenona Byrd near Burrow. Charley Carter had dinner with Bug Oglesby Sunday. Reed family spent Saturday in Stonewall. Blanche Neely visited Inez Lynch Sunday. Elmer Davis and wife visited Ab Davis and family. Inez Lynch attended ill grandmother and aunt at Franks. they are better now. Bob Davis’ son, recently ill, is not better. typhoid fever feared. Charley Neely went to Texas Tuesday to pick cotton. Effie Lee visited Mrs. Lynch Saturday. Blanche Neely is better. Rev. Bill Dryden preached a Sunday sermon.
The Christian community works on a new roof for their church while Dr. Richey’s crew erects walls for a building to open for business in a few weeks. Frisco commerce remains busy as labor keeps traffic moving. The Francis telephone company installs a new stairway, oil crews on section 19 pause briefly, with return anticipated. Mr and Mrs Steve Kellogg of Cedar Grove travel to Henrietta to assist in religious meetings.
Pleasant Hill school reports best summer term attendance yet with Sunday school well attended. Advanced class to picnic at Byrd's Mill Sunday. class named Willing Workers. Local residents, Misses Ethel and Emma Driver, Heloise Fulkers, and others noted visiting, attending prayer meetings, and hosting singing at S.T. Burns home. Many names and travels appear among Maxwell and surrounding area residents including Ada, Welch, and Texarkana connections. missive signed Lucy Guineapig.
H C Hoyle traveled to Par kell switch last week with a wagon load of peaches. Mrs Beulah Elmore and her children hosted a visit with daughter Mrs Fess Lit tle last week. Mrs Jim Jones and her children also visited relations nearby.
Ada area residents and relatives are listed in a weekend roundup. Names include Mrs. Orah Andrews Glen Woodroof Oswego Kansas Rev Sibley and wife Abi lene Texas Delia Durbin John Atoka Floyd Durbin’s grandparents J A Durbin Matt Morin Parsons Kansas Tom Hoyle Whitesboro Texas Carmen Panton Durbin grandparents hosting gatherings. Community members plan visits to Holdenville Seminole Spiro and Texas while Nazarene meetings continue for ten days.
Mrs Davis is very ill. Mr and Mrs Scott Wilson were the guests of Mr and Mrs Harve Wilson Sunday.
Oklahoma City Aug 22 membership of the Oklahoma Cotton Growers Association rose with over 1 200 new members in the first three days of last week bringing total contracts in the office to 47 497 and likely above 48 000 as field workers report more. Final week likely starts August 97 with more than 50 000 members signed up.
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