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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1965
Page
7
Minister Stanley Sayers and the Allen Church of Christ ended a one week revival with Sunday night services. Members and pastor and his family shared a covered dish lunch on lawn tables after the final gathering.
Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Moss and their daughter and her family visited from Houston Texas for a sight-seeing tour on Tuesday. The group toured Tenkiller lake and Lake Eufaula but cabins were fully booked so they returned home. Later over the weekend the Moll group joined by the Johnsons and Wanda Paul Edmond went to Sulphur and shared supper in Platt National Park.
Mr and Mrs Charlie Russell and their son and his wife Mr and Mrs Joe Russell fished a private pond Wednesday and returned with 23 pounds of black bass.
Mrs. Carliece Hunt of Oklahoma City was a weekend guest of her mother Mrs. Alice Isaacs.
Weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ochis Vinson included cousin Dimlee James and sons Ray Roy and Coy of Little Rock Arkansas. Mrs. George Miller received a message Sunday. Her sister, Mr. Walace Watson of Muskogee, died Sunday. Services will be held Tuesday in the First Methodist Church in Muskogee. The Watsons were former Allen residents and he is a brother of Tom Watson who taught in the Allen school years ago.
Mrs Grace Black returned from Broken Arrow where she visited her daughter and family Reverend and Mrs T J Jared. She attended church in Keota where Clive Jared is pastor. Lowell Ross came home from Valley View Hospital after major surgery. Charlie Wilkinson was discharged from an Oklahoma City hospital and recovers at his daughter Mrs Jim Ashlock's home in Seminole.
Mrs P C Turner admitted to Valley View Hospital Wednesday. Mr and Mrs C H Hastings visited Monday with Jim Kerkus and Robert Trivett Union Hill. Mrs Wilma Rowe returned home Friday from Valley View. Mr and Mrs Charles Schwiesberger visited Kelso Washington after seeing her mother Mrs Lee Drury and Mr Drury. Tuesday Mr and Mrs Charles Schwiesberger and Mr and Mrs Lee Drury visited Mrs Thursa Wade in Weleetka. Mr and Mrs Gene Prentice also noted.
Mrs. Rowe hosted her parents Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Claxton and Kenny from Pau's Valley as weekend visitors at the Rowe home, sharing time and hospitality.
Recent guests of Mrs Grace Walker included her brother Herbert Kaiser Mr and Mrs Donald Kaiser Mrs Betty Munger Ada and Mr and Mrs J C Ross of Vian Oklahoma.
Sunday visitors included Mr and Mrs Gerald Moore Jenks and Mr and Mrs Joe Jones and Louann Duncan.
Mrs Ollie Hall came home Tuesday after visiting her daughter Mrs Bea Woodrof in Sulphur.
Mrs Laura Stevens of Davis and several neighbors spent the past week visiting Mrs Beulah Edwards Mrs Dovie Isaacs and Mrs C R Cook. Mrs Maye Sayre and Mrs June Hubbard from Tulsa joined the visits with Mrs Isaacs and Mrs Cook. Mr and Mrs Julius Webster of Oklahoma City also visited.
Visiting Mr. and Mrs. Guy Pegg on Friday were her sister and husband Mr and Mrs Fred Fender of Oklahoma City. Mr and Mrs H P Inman were Sunday guests of their daughter and son in law Mr and Mrs Bobby Wyatt in Wewoka.
Mr and Mrs Virgle Tillery of Pauls Valley were weekend guests of his mother Mrs Frank Tillery.
Mrs. Luther West came home Monday from Red River New Mexico where she joined her daughter and family Mr and Mrs Herman Roark Kathy and David on a vacation. She had recently visited her son Major and Mrs Lee West in San Antonio Texas.
Sunday dinner guests at Mrs. Elsie Eubank included daughter Claude Thompson and son and wife Harold Thompson. Also present were Rickey Hanson Duncan, Ray Thoron and Debon Atwood, and Mr. and Mrs. John Crumb. Mrs. Eubank’s niece Mrs. Kenneth Livingston and Jerry and Linda Gustine of California and Mrs. Dock Nix visited the past week.
Mrs. Marvin Francis and Lea lon are visiting Mrs. Francis' parents, Mr. and Mrs. Winfred Gray, in Ramona.
Weekends guests of Mr. and Mrs. George Miller were a daughter and family, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Herington, Brayn and Douglas, Lubbock, Tex.
Mr. and Mrs. George Bain took their daughter Mrs. Gwindle Miller and Robert to Stratford Sunday for a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Siamon Miller. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Bain were weekend guests of her parents Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Murphey in Madill.
A person returned to Christi, Texas, on Monday and spent time visiting relatives and friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Chester Brinson of Oklahoma City are listed as Sunday guests of Mrs. Hugh Brinson, reflecting a family visit.
Mr. and Mrs. Louie Raney plus Ginger Darrell and Farrel and Mrs. Dela Boyd visited Mrs. Boyd's daughter and family in Oklahoma City. Mrs. Boyd stayed for an extended visit with Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Owens and Mr. Grady Ray.
Dora Daniel visits Buck Daniels in Ada for ice cream with the Sweats and Kennedys. Thomas Daniel visits uncles and aunts in Ada. Jim and Sid Marshall visit Vera Minor in the hospital and see local relatives in Ada, Dallas, and Wintersmith Park.
A string of social calls and hospital stays weaves through residents visiting relatives in Ardmore Lindsay Harts horne and Wintersmith Lodge. Notable gatherings include Mrs Vance Minors sister-in-law and a luncheon with Zoa White Gae Von La Vonda Rae Nell Langley and Bob Langley plus Craddock Byrd and Vick families sharing time with kin.
A collection of humorous maxims about money work and daily life. Includes lines on patience restraint ambition and honesty with a quip about a cynic as a dishwashing washroom and a joke about tying shoes in a melon patch. Attributions to Rev Charley Grant and Al Smith Feature Service.
A garbled crossword style list presents clues like Proper Behold Those people Make a mistake Female singing voice, Compass ve, Crippled Hindu Sorceress, Mistreat, Fall flower, The sun, Pause, Batter, Lowly dwellings, Exist, Rodents, Sesame, French tams, To cut off, Toadfish, From, Footlike part, Cooked slowly, Whip Approximately, Many sided.
Recent visitors to Mrs. Ellen Miller included Mrs. Jimmy Bonner, Paul and Jane, Mrs. Joan Frazier, Lynn and Roger Pearsall of Pearsall Texas, and Mr. and Mrs. Hank Shiff with Linda and Kenny. The Shiffs were en route to Santa Barbara California to teach.
Bill Fitzgerald and Marvin Bies fished Lake Atoka on Tuesday and Wednesday. They brought home three fish weighing 24 pounds 18 pounds and 10 pounds in total.
Rev and Mrs Bob Gillian with Steve and Tim from Tulsa were Sunday dinner guests of Mr and Mrs Bill Fitzgerald and attended services at the Free Will Baptist Church.
Mrs. Pauline Bradley and Mrs. Luella Mensey attended the Associational Nursing Home Convention at Lake Texoma. Jack Barnes is trapping after a rooster theft and a possum litters in a clever chase, setting steel traps after suspecting a hen nest robbery. The first night yielded two possums, seven by now, and Barnes plans to catch the parents.
Mr and Mrs John Daniel visited Mr and Mrs Jack Barnes Sunday evening. Grover Barnes and Mark Ada spent Sunday afternoon with Grovers dad and wife Mr and Mrs Jack Barnes.
The text records multiple visits among local residents: Dora Daniel and Ada visit Tuesday, then travel to the hospital to see Mrs. Clara Kennedy Mrs. Vila Minor and Clarence Skeet Billings. Bud Murphy and grandson Frank visit Buck Daniel and family Wednesday night.
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