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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1964
Page
2
Mrs. Chris Pedersen and family report the death of her mother from a heart attack on August 3 after hospital admission. Sonja Pedersen undergoes tests at Children's Memorial Hospital and returns next Monday. Numerous friends and relatives from Grand Rapids and Midwest City visited and shared news of activities, pets, and local sightings.
Mr and Mrs Hubert McGee and children of Heavener spent the weekend with his parents Mr and Mrs J L McGee. Sherry and Sheila Pedersen have returned home to go to school. The girls have been employed in Oklahoma City this summer.
Denise and David McGee hosted a Saturday night gathering with Laurie Pedersen Sonja Pedersen and additional guests Mr and Mrs Donald Watson Jeffrey Mr and Mrs Mike Pedersen Sammie Richard Pedersen and others at their residence.
A farewell social and supper honored Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Ebrite and their children Terrie Brenda Russell and Pamela Monday night at Wintersmith Park. The Goodneighbor Club and Union Hill Baptist Church gave going away gifts. Nearby events included an all night singing at Johnson Chapel and car races at Stonewall with local residents in attendance.
The report lists multiple Ada community residents and relatives camping and fishing at Lake Atoka Friday night with modest catches. It notes numerous visitors and dinner guests including the McNutt Tilley Newby and Cunningham families and updates on Wayne McAnally moving home from Valley View Hospital.
Mr and Mrs Audie Tell fished at Lake Texoma Friday night. Ralph Tell of Fort Sill and Mr and Mrs Murriel Horton of Ada visited Mr and Mrs Teel Saturday and Sunday. Mr and Mrs Teel and Reba visited Mr and Mrs Frank Roddy of Ada Saturday.
Ray Kemp hauled fertilizer and grass to spring lawns while neighbors weeded, replanted fall gardens, and prepared for future sowing. Rev Cunningham gathered apples for canning as grandson Rick helped. Mary Lou Keilams picked peaches. Lela Rose and Oma Enloe enrolled at Union Hill as rains brought cooler weather.
Mr and Mrs Benny Jones hosted Mr and Mrs Alfred Lee and family Mr and Mrs James Hayes and Shery Ada Friday night and Sunday Ralph Tell from Fort Sill visited Mr and Mrs Jones Sunday.
Junior Long of Ada visited Mr and Mrs William Henson and Billy Sunday. Billy Henson owns a pet coon described as a pet.
Mr and Mrs J B Jones Mr and Mrs F O Jones Rev and Mrs F L Cunningham along with Rick Bacon visited Mr and Mrs J W Kirkes and enjoyed ice cold watermelon Saturday and Sunday.
Mrs Ethelene Golden and Randy with Mrs Velma Henderson attended a funeral for Willie Jordan in Seminole Wednesday. Olden Henderson Junior and Debbie Ada and others visited Horace Golden family Monday and Tuesday night. They visited Mae Henderson in Ada Monday and picked grapes for jelly. Mrs Golden said four children are enrolled in school and the house felt empty without them. They were dinner guests at D B Lane's home in Seminole Wednesday.
Mr and Mrs Glen Braden and Janet attended a wedding shower for Mr and Mrs Tony Braden at the home of Mrs Jo Dean Hall in Ada. Glenn Jones visited the Bradens and Janet Saturday. Visitors and dinner guests at the home of Mr and Mrs Emmett Agee over the weekend included Mr and Mrs Lee Rhoades and grandson Andy Bullock of Wichita Kansas and Mr and Mrs Calvin Agee and Pamela.
Mr and Mrs Lee Keeling visited Mr and Mrs Lou Little and Mrs Callie East in Seminole on Wednesday. They attended the funeral of John Graham in Ada on Tuesday and a funeral for Willie Jordan in Seminole on Wednesday. The Keelings and Lorene also went to Sulphur on Sunday.
Mr and Mrs W C Karr traveled to Wichita Kansas last week to assist their daughter and family Mr and Mrs Forest Drake with gathering and canning peaches They noted rain nearly every day During the visit they canned several quarts of peaches for personal use Also visiting were Mr and Mrs Bazel Powell Glove Arizona and Mr and Mrs C A ONeal Ada
Mr and Mrs Arthur Ebriie Terrie Brenda Pamela and Rusty visited Mr and Mrs W J Farmer Fitzhugh Sunday. Other guests for dinner were Mr and Mrs Chalmer Roundtree Mr and Mrs Glen Fulton and Mr and Mrs A A Shahan all of Ada.
Mr and Mrs Earl Rose visited Mr and Mrs L L Crockett in Stroud on Sunday. Also visiting were Mr and Mrs Charles Cameron from Stratford Texas. Mrs Hazel Cameron fell ill en route and was hospitalized briefly in Stroud.
Union Hill School enrolled 39 pupils last week as classes began on Monday morning.
Local families from Oakman and nearby towns shared weekend visits among Briggs, Jones, Newby and Berry man households. Notes mention relatives from Oklahoma City and Norwalk California. Oakman begins summer school vacation end, with same faculty returning and building repairs done for fall term.
A washita flood control dam southwest of Stratford failed after a year of drought left the Okla gumbo clay cracks dry. Repairs will reuse the same soil and bond with the existing structure. Plans call for removing the dam’s middle section and rebuilding it to seal cracks with moisture. The nearby Post Oak Creek structure withstood the flood, and SCS monitors other dams for cracks as rains return.
Mr and Mrs Albert Pevehouse hosted Friday guests including Vernon Pevehouse and family from Redding California. The men and boys attended a quarter horse sale west of Ada. Patricia Hampton joined friends Craig Corvin and children from Ada on a week long trip to New Orleans visiting Lafayette and Biloxi.
Mrs. Collene Hampton visited Friday in Ada with her daughter and family the Barnetts Paula and Larry. Tony Bob Cook came from Fort Worth to stay for next year at Byng High with his grandparents Collen Hampton. Eddie Dale Vaughen also lives with his grandparents to attend Byng. The Hamptons and children spent Tuesday with their grandson Don Cook and his wife.
Mr and Mrs Clarence Barnett and Paula Sue and Larry Ada spent Sunday visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Collen Hampton.
Miss Donita McNeill accompanied Mrs Margaret Sterling to Oklahoma City on Tuesday. They visited Lincoln Park Zoo and an amusement park. Mrs Juanita McNeill and children Donita Bart and Don spent Sunday with her parents Mr and Mrs Frank Harbor and children Roff. Mrs McNeill and children were in Ada Thursday with Mrs Henry Norton.
Mr and Mrs Herman Edge of Kiowa spent Friday with Mr and Mrs Billy Lee and children. Billy Lee family plus Sonja Kent and Kevin visited Seminole with Herman Wilsons. David Wilson of Seminole stayed with his aunt and uncle Wednesday to Saturday, then went home with his Herman Wilsons parents. The Leees and Strawns traveled from Okemah to a lake by Oil Center Friday to fish and share roasted weiners. Marion Willoby and Maxwell children dined Sunday with Billy Lees and their children.
Mr and Mrs Scott Jones and Mrs Mintie Morrison spent Tuesday in Henryetta visiting their daughter Curtis Hogue and family. Vivian prepared a birthday dinner for her father whose birthday was Tuesday. They toured the countryside in the afternoon. Morrison searched for her childhood home and found the site but the house was gone. Carey Davis joined the party for Sunday night at Wilson Church.
John Clifford of Ada and his parents Mrs and Mr D R Clifford shared supper Monday night with Diane Brooks of Ada and Di
Miss Janice Lanier, bride to be of Dexter Sutterfield, was honored at a First Baptist Church reception room gift shower hosted by Mrs. Nancy Todd. The couple plans a August 29 wedding at Rinard chapel.
Mrs. Mary Bingham honored at a Saturday family reunion at Wintersmith Park. She turns 81 on September 3 and now lives in Norwalk, California. Attendees included relatives from Texas, California and Oklahoma, with many Bingham family members present.
Ana Leader spent Sunday night with grandparents Mr and Mrs D R Clifford. Mrs Sonny Leader and children Diana Donna Kay Dickie Debbie and Donnie Clifford took Diane Brooks home Monday night. They visit Ada Mr and Mrs Donald Brooks.
Mrs Henry Gerssler Jr of Salina Kansas is spending three weeks with her parents Mr and Mrs Lester Davis. Mrs Gerssler was formerly Janice Davis.
Mr and Mrs Sonny Leader moved to Wolf on Saturday. Mrs D R Clifford joined on Friday. They cleaned and hung curtains then traveled to Seminole Shawnee and Bowlegs to arrange lights gas and telephone hookups.
Diana Leader stayed Thursday night with her grandparents and Friday night with her grandmother Mrs Virgee Alberson in Ada.
W C and Kenneth Armstrong of Kansas City and Jimmy Bullard of Stonewall spent Monday night with Mr and Mrs Lester Davis. Mr and Mrs Sonny Leader of Diana and Donna Kay Wolf spent Saturday night with Elane and Frankie Hampton of Ada.
Nancey Brock dined Sunday with Ginger Williams and Mr and Mrs J C Treas. Nancy and Sandra Massey visited Sunday afternoon with Mr and Mrs Jake Treas.
Mr and Mrs Cecil Bullard and son Jimmy from Stonewall visited Sunday with Mr and Mrs Lester Davis.
Mrs. James Cribbs and Larry Lawton and Mrs. W. K. Farrington from Macomb visited Sunday with Mrs. Janice Gerssler. Cribbs was Gerssler’s roommate at Oklahoma State University.
Ada visited Saturday with Mr. and Mrs. D. R. Clifford. Mr. and Mrs. John Clifford hosted Flane Hampton Frankie Hampton and Denice Jane. They all went swimming.
Mr and Mrs Knox Sweat visited Sunday with Connie and Donna Maysville and his parents Mr and Mrs Buck Sweat.
Jimmy Bullerd of Stonewall and Skin Davis fished Sunday with Jimmy Bullerd landing a five and a half pound bass.
Mr and Mrs Donald Aron s Tinda Diane and Nwayne Ada Mr and Mrs Sonny 17eader Diana and Monna Wolf Mr and Mrs JJohn Clifford and Sami Ada Elane and Frankie noted in local social column listing attendees and relatives.
Ada Hampton ate dinner Sunday with Mr D R Clifford and Mrs Clifford in a quiet family gathering.
There were 74 in attendance at Church and Sunday school Sunday at the Pentecostal Holiness Church. Rev. Baker, the pastor, was in charge of the services.
Mr and Mrs Jerry Evans and family of Oklahoma City had dinner with Mr and Mrs Frank Lewis on Sunday. They also visited his parents Mr and Mrs Alva Evans. Mrs Ruth Sutton spent Sunday afternoon with the Lewises.
Donnie Evans arrived in Oklahoma City Saturday from Fort Polk Louisiana where he had spent several months in military training Mr and Mrs Jerry Evans brought him home Sunday Also William Wall has returned from Fort Polk Louisiana after six month duty with army
Mrs. Nannie Cox came back Friday from a stay with her sister in Stratford. Mr. and Mrs. Lennard Halloway hosted the visit and Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Newby called by to help with the water pump repair.
Mrs Opal Ward and Mrs Carolyn Ward and son Mike visited Mrs Ruth Sutton on Tuesday. Rev and Mrs LeRoy Baker and children visited her parents Mr and Mrs White in Battesville last weekend. Mr and Mrs Dennis Allen returned Saturday from Los Angeles where they spent their vacation with their parents.
The record mentions Mrs Lena Soward dining Sunday with Mr and Mrs Willis Sutton. Also a note about the Griffin boys mowing the lawn and cutting weeds for the Thomases and a remark that recent showers have encouraged grass and weed growth.
Mr and Mrs Albert Earl Pierce and family of Choctaw joined Troy Shackleford for a dinner with the Willie Pierces.
Mrs Opal Sutton and granddaughter Loretha Page visited Mrs Nadine Fleming recently. Mr and Mrs Elmer Maxwell spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs Bobby Cook and family in Oklahoma City. They also visited Mr and Mrs Bill Horn.
Mrs. Carolyn Ward entertained at a wedding gift shower in her Parish Chapel home honoring Carolyn Roberts who will marry Tommy Key. Refreshments included cake coffee and punch. Attendees listed include Joy Roberts Jr. Dewey Northam Leroy Key Kathy Key and many others.
Rev. Sam Cantlin preached at Fittstown Baptist Church after Rev. Jones and family Laura and Timmy Lin Jones enjoyed a trip to Glorieta New Mexico for Baptist Assembly. The group traveled home Thursday night via the southern route reporting a wonderful time.
More than 45 000 adults attended University of Oklahoma short courses and conferences in 1963 64, including 162 from Pontotoc County. Ada contributed 155 participants. Others named include J E Teague Ina Miller Henson Evelyn C Carter Phil H Harris Louise Harris Richard Swink Patsy Romine and towns Byng Roff Vanoss.
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