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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1955
Page
6
The Carlton Corbin home rang with activity Monday evening as Virginia Corbin hosted Oklahoma A and M Pi Beta Phi rush members and local rushees. Twenty girls enjoyed swimming in the spring fed pool at Shady Springs Ranch where the event was held overnight.
A rural anecdote describes Willis driving a pickup to church while cows followed, horns honked and yips echoed as she herded the animals home. The scene echoes the Mary Mary story but centers on Willis and her bovine entourage.
Funeral services for Dan Durant were held at the First Baptist Church at 2 p.m. last Tuesday with Rev. Tom Parrish of Marietta officiating. Burial followed in Stonewall cemetery. Durant was killed in a car accident near Ft. Worth Texas the preceding Saturday. Survivors include his parents Mr and Mrs Charlie Durant of Jesse three brothers and two sisters. Two brothers John and Darrell Gene are at home. John was injured in the wreck and remains in a Ft Worth hospital.
Seemingly casual entries describe family outings camping with kids, a sunflower seed request, teaching moves to Annis ton Alabama, a mumps scare, cafe dinners, gas outages, costume changes for sports, and teachers settling into new terms. The piece also notes a birthday, cattle work near Mill Creek, and a move to Corona New Mexico for teaching assignments.
A playful collage of folksy lines about luck, ethics, antiques, theft, and ambition. It cites REV. CHARLEY GRANT and hints at a historical column or note with regional dialect and local wisdom. The piece blends quips on storms cellar theft, loans, and labor with social observations.
Mr Bur nett and his son Gary visited with Naneth Burnett and her children Jimmy and Janice of Lindsay from Sunday to Monday, hosting a family gathering during their stay.
Mrs. Lee Gross and her children visited her mother Mrs. Bill Snyder on Tuesday. They were showing off a new brown and cream four door Customliner bought in Oklahoma City the day before.
Joe Lemley of San Angelo Texas was a weekend visitor in the Carlton Corbin home.
Guests of Virginia Corbin Tuesday evening were Mr. and Mrs. Connell Miller of Ada and Bill Thompson of Jesse. Mrs. Miller is the former Mary Lou McKeel. The foursome made ice cream and discussed the good old days at McLish.
Reports show improving health for Pete Durant in Fort Worth and Abe Barnard after Oklahoma City surgery. Edgar Hayes, recovering from a stroke near Woolley Corner, then brain hemorrhage, was briefly in serious condition but improved. Ronnie Ross, turning nine, celebrated with a party and a birthday offering to an orphan home. Milton Brown and family welcome a daughter Peggy Pairlee born near Bremerhaven Germany on June 27. Virginia Corbin seeks spinal treatment in Tu. Visitors included Frances Davis of Roff.
Mrs. S. R. Flinn has been on the sick list since Sunday and was to go to the doctor in Ada Tuesday. Mrs. Steve McNeill who has not been feeling well for some time went to her doctor in Ada Monday for diagnosis.
Mr and Mrs James Lacky and their baby daughter arrived Saturday from Tioga North Dakota to visit James parents Mr and Mrs Bryan Lackey and Mr and Mrs B B Ryan of Jesse. Also returning were James brother and sister Howard and Janell Lackey who spent the summer in Tioga visiting their sister Mrs Hamp Holt.
Guests of Mr. and Mrs. Claud Bland over the weekend included a great niece Janie Engle of Tulsa and their daughter Mrs. St Hines and family from Ardmore. A grandson Claud Edward stayed to visit until school starts. Ernest Hodgin and wife returned from a two weeks vacation in west Texas and New Mexico. Their nephew Darrell McCoy, who stays with them, spent the summer with a brother at Lovington New Mexico, and cousin LaRoyce McDaniel of Arthur City Texas is visiting this week and recovering from tractor injuries.
Mrs James Hunter cleaned her father John L Groves home in Hugo leaving no dust Ruth is noted for thorough cleaning Guests of Mr and Mrs Calvin Brown included Finis Brown of Phoenix Arizona from Thursday to Saturday They plan to return for a few more days Mr and Mrs Sam Winters welcomed their daughter Mrs Ken Mr and Mrs Charley Blevins moved from Skinner Ranch to Fittstown now on Loman property east of the highway M W Whitmire and Jimmy returned from Throckmorton Texas to visit Mrs Whitmire’s father Henry L Smith Johnny Whitmire of Midland joined the Whitmires then traveled with them Bradley Buster Allison visiting with Mr and Mrs Harold Townsend Mrs Townsend went to Amarillo for him late Tuesday returning Thursday Buster is
A retired pastor and minister, long devoted to community service, faced scrutiny over reported supplies and aid claims. Local officials reviewed assistance programs to ensure proper distribution and accountability.
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