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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1958
Page
8
The Camp Ground Free Will Baptist Church reported 63 in Sunday School with several visitors. Rev. Scott Jones led morning and evening services. The Ladies Auxiliary met Thursday. Nearby visitors included Judson Kirby and family, plus Kite and Capes families visiting P. P. Kite and A. L. Capes households from Oklahoma City.
Miss Donna Kay and Miss Sherry Scott visited Miss Betty Cushman on Monday evening, sharing conversation and hospitality during a social call.
Ed Berryman attended the rodeo in Paris Arkansas Thursday through Saturday. Sunday visitors included Mr and Mrs Raymond Teel and family plus Impson Anderson and others. Mrs Teel and Sandra Ada spent the weekend with the Berrymans. Oakman couple J W Berryman supper guests. Charles Berryman stayed with grandparents O S Whitson. Darlene and Donnie Kite visited with Ada hosts P Be Kite family.
Mr and Mrs M FE Booth Ada Miss Paula Tucker Oil Center and Mr and Mrs James Duncan Karen and Pat were Tuesday night visitors in the home of Mr and Mrs Vernon Scaff and Mrs Emma Booth.
Mr and Mrs John Norton hosted Friday night guests Mr and Mrs O S Whitson. Mike and Ricky Choate of Ada stayed one night with their grandparents Mr and Mrs John Norton. Mr and Mrs N H Keeling of Galey spent Sunday with the Nortons.
Mr and Mrs L C Jaquess visited recently with Mr and Mrs Lane Jaquess and family of Dallas.
The O. A. Marrit family has moved from this community to Oakman. We are sorry to lose them.
Sunday afternoon visitors included Mrs. Leo Scott and Sherry, along with Mrs. Annie Duncan and Mrs. Gwendolyn Koontz, in the company of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Hightower.
Mrs Corine Pedersen and children of Vaness and Mr and Mrs Jackie Morris and daughter of Ada visited Sunday in the home of Mr and Mrs Allen Crawley.
Sunday night visitors at the home of Mr and Mrs L C Jaquess included Rex Jaquess and sons from Denver City Texas Floyd Robbins Royce Jaquess Bud Jaquess Haskell Jaquess all of Pickett accompanied by their spouses.
Raymond Thompson visited Monday evening with Junior Capes. Weekly visitors included Mr. and Mrs. George Collins and many relatives from Corona California Ada and Oil Center. The Collinses and Bobby Joe Adams attended a reunion of Collins families at Wintersmith Park Thursday night.
Mr and Mrs Karl Tilley hosted supper Tuesday night with R E Tilley of Ada. Olen Tilley and sons from Buck Jin Kansas were guests Tuesday night. Mrs Karl Tilley visited W H Hightower Sunday. Olen Tilleys again dined with Karl Tilleys Wednesday.
Mrs Roy Bivins of Geraldine along with Le Roy and Dennis spent Tuesday afternoon with Mrs Hollis Kite in a social visit.
Buses resumed operation this week at Vaness School after enrollment on Monday of last week and classes began this week.
Mr and Mrs Milburn Powers and their boys from Hayworth were Saturday night guests of Mr and Mrs Jerry McDaniel The McDaniels had spent Friday night with the Powers family in a social exchange reflecting small town hospitality and neighborhood ties
Rev and Mrs E H Grose of Pickett are mentioned. Mrs Earl McDaniel visited Monday night with Mrs M M McDonald. Mrs Melvin Newby and Mrs Earl McDaniel visited Sunday morning with Mr and Mrs W B Brecheen of Maxwell. Doyle Newby visited with the Earl McDaniels Tuesday morning. Mrs Earl McDaniel visited with Mrs Bill Stein of Ada Friday morning.
Mrs. John Norton Mrs. C. S. Whitson Mrs. Argo Dodson and Mrs. Bill Choate spent Tuesday in Oklahoma City visiting with Mrs. Elmer Hodginson.
A Sunday gathering included Mr. and Mrs. Jerry McDaniel hosting Mr. and Mrs. Milburn Powers, Mickey and Andy of Hayworth, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Patton of Ada, and Mrs. Earl McDaniel among others.
Gerald Tilley Charles Woods and Misses Linda Tucker Donna and Sherry Scott attended revival services at the First Pentecostal Holiness Church in Ada Monday night led by Rev. M. W. Murr from Southwestern Bible College in Oklahoma City.
Mr and Mrs T S Hood hosted Wanda and Eve Joyce with Rev and Mrs Earlin Haskins on Sunday evening. Mr and Mrs J B Hood and family of Ada also joined. Rev and Mrs Farlin Haskins visited the Hoods on Saturday night.
A surprise birthday dinner was held Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Flowers for Leon Flowers. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Leon Flowers, Earlene, Charles, Mr. and Mrs. James Flowers and baby Lucy Sparks, Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Flowers, Gloria Jean, Ellen Joyce, and Mike.
Charles Flowers has been sick with a virus for several days but is now much improved.
Mr and Mrs C L Blanken ski and Mickey returned last Friday from a week long trip spent in New Mexico Colorado Wyoming Nebraska and Kansas. They had a very nice trip.
Mickey Blankenship enjoyed a post church picnic Sunday with the Sulphur group at Sulphur.
Dickie and Ellen Barbee of Sulphur are visiting local friends including Mickey and Mildred Sims and stopping by Ahloso School. Former residents return for a brief visit to the community.
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Miller and the Miller boys move from Broken Arrow to Ada. Mr. and Mrs. Martin McFarland and their son Wylie of Pomona California relocate to Ada. The Millers and Mc Farlands are siblings of W. E. Miller and C. L. Blankenship, with Mrs. Hillard Oliver as a sister.
Readable fragment notes Lake Texoma skiing activity and mentions Mark with a sunburn. The item implies a casual, local news vibe about a day at the lake with outdoor recreation and a sunburned individual.
Mrs Newt Thompson and Don, Mark Herrin and Mrs Pauline Porter drove to Durant Monday. Don and Mark may attend college there this fall.
Jim Malone had supper with the Thompsons on Monday evening, sharing a casual family gathering at their home. The visit highlighted civic ties and friendly neighborly relations in the community.
Mr and Mrs Raymond McGal liard and Tim visited Mr and Mrs Paul Moore in Holdenville last Friday evening. The other sons went swimming and Tom came up with a big lump on his head which was very painful and could have been serious. Seems he dived into shallow water.
Mr and Mrs Clarance Odom and Mr and Mrs Claud Barton visited Mr and Mrs Frank Love at Allen Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. W. C. Davis of Cookville Tennessee and Mrs. Nannie Christian of Byng visited Mr. and Mrs. Morgan Goodpasture last week. They are sisters of Mr. Goodpasture.
Mr and Mrs Jim Bunch of Centraloma visited Mr and Mrs Goodpasture Sunday afternoon for a social call.
Mrs Clyde Avery visited Mrs Joe Collins and her sons for a while Tuesday morning.
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Cope and daughter Sherri depart Tuesday for Colorado where Wayne will teach this fall. Mrs. Cope is Minnie Louise Hardin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. L. Hardin.
Clinton Zimmerman of Knoxville visited Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hill and Cassie last Wednesday. The Hill family hosted Mr. and Mrs. Garvin Glover for dinner at Latta on Sunday. Doug Smith and family stopped to visit Maggie Smith and Helen Saturday evening and shared a picnic supper. J. B. Smith Debbi Malloy and others joined in the outdoor meal at Mrs. Malloy’s backyard.
J. C. Treas attended an OEA and NEA workshop at Oklahoma University in Norman the week before last, joining educators from the area for professional development and networking.
The Ahloso school started Monday with 109 students. Teachers include Mrs. J. C. Treas for grades one and two, Mrs. Vasco Moore for grades three and four, Mrs. Prentis West for grades five and six, Mrs. Cc. M. Jackson for grades seven and eight, and J. C. Treas as coach and some history and math. The gym gained a new ceiling and interior paint, and the floor was refinished.
Mrs J C Treas visited Valley View Hospital to see her sister in law Mrs D R Clifford of Lula and found several community members listed as patients. Donald Lee Price is ill with a virus. Winston Bennett sustained injuries in a highway accident. Jimmy Gantt had been released but was injured when a derrick collapsed near Centralioma week prior.
Mr. and Mrs. Jewel Moore of Ada visited Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Treashursday evening for a social visit.
Reno Caldwell of Adam visited his grandfather Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Caldwell last week for a family visit.
Mr. and Mrs. Earnest Moore Brenda and Donna of Wewoka and Mrs. Wayne Davis were Sunday visitors in the Joe C. Moore home.
Jim King and Bill Bowers visit Ed Boone Hammond at Milburn during the weekend to help harvest a mice garden on weekends.
Sondra Baylis of Frisco spent Monday and Thursday nights with Diana Kay Clifton, detailing visits in a local social notes item.
Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Moss and son Kenneth of Richmond California visited his aunt Mrs. Lula Henry and the Elbert Bowerses and im Kings last Tuesday for a family gathering and reunion.
Mr and Mrs M G Clifton and family of Oklahoma City visited Mr and Mrs John Clifton and family last Monday evening.
Mr and Mrs Ferrall Smith and their daughter from Yuma Arizona visited over the weekend with the Cliftons.
Mrs. Bingham and Henry of Portland Ore Mr and Mrs Clyde Hobgood from Sunshine and Mrs Etta Flanagan of Stonewall visited the C N Flanagan home Sunday afternoon David and Dusty Smith spent the afternoon with Tommy Flanagan
Mr and Mrs Clifford Harrell and Sharon Kay visited Mr and Mrs Rube Jones and Mr and Mrs Newt Holand and family at Mountain View during the weekend. Mr Jones and Mrs Holland are brother and sister of Mrs Harrell.
Jimmy Hunter and Sherron Phillips wed last Friday evening at Sherron's grandmother Mrs. Bessie Scarbrough's Ada home. Jimmy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hunter, works at Tinkerfield in Oklahoma City, where they now reside.
Mr and Mrs Houston Laughlin and Jackie and Sherry of Ada visited Mr and Mrs Hillard Oliver Sunday.
Mr and Mrs Ray Hunter and Mr and Mrs Robert Hunter appear in a Sunday newspaper notice page likely listing family names and relations.
Mr and Mrs Martin McFarland and Wylie visited the Olivers on Tuesday, sharing time and conversation at their home.
Mr and Mrs Fred Baxter and her sister with Mr and Mrs A Z Cook and family planned a Saturday gathering. The fragment notes a family event and attendance by related households.
T. W. Sims, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Sims, left Sunday for Oklahoma City to join the Navy training station in San Diego, California.
Peggy Sims visited a friend in Roff on Tuesday, accompanying no known events or additional details.
Mr and Mrs Preston Sims and family of Ada visited his parents the George Simses Sunday, sharing a family moment captured in a local society note.
Ben Thompson, Mark Herrin and Jimmy Tainter spent Sunday at a local gathering, details about the event and location are not provided in the fragment.
On Monday night Lois Jean Smith hosted David and Dusty while Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Smith spent the night at Hugo, detailing a family visit.
Mr and Mrs L L Mossman of Fort Worth Texas spent last Thursday night with Mr and Mrs Hoyt Lillard and family describing a social visit.
Mr and Mrs Hoyt Lillard along with Tony and Darlene visited Mr and Mrs Lowell Lillard and family at Pauls Valley on Sunday.
Mr and Mrs Bobby Dude Fennell welcomed a son born Sunday August 24 at Valley View Hospital weighing 7 pounds 7 ounces. Grandparents are Miles Kimmel Sr and Ida Fennell. The Kimmels visited the newborn and his mother Sunday afternoon.
Mrs Thelma Perriman and Sue Wyckoff returned home on Wednesday after a week visiting Mr and Mrs Todd Sickle Roger and Janie and Mr and Mrs Carl Coffey Linda Louise and George Alan in Oklahoma City.
Mrs. William Patton of Fitts town spent Sunday with her parents Mr and Mrs T Bumpas. Thursday visitors with the Bumpases were Mr and Mrs Allen Sweatt Mickey and Eddie of Lawrence and Mr and Mrs B H Henderson. Mrs Miles Kimmel Sr. was a Friday visitor in the Bumpas home.
Mrs June Webster, Eliz abeth Ann, and Mr and Mrs J H Stephens spent Thursday night with Mrs Lycurgus Cook of Yale. Linda Chan nell of Carlsbad, California, a houseguest, joined the group and will visit for a week with the Stephenses and Websters.
Oklahoma City resident Miss Mary Thompson visited the J. H. Stephens home Saturday evening and Sunday. A parade of guests included the Coffey, Evans, Wricht, Bennett, and Hopkins families from Ada Amesville and Oklahoma City, plus visitors from Bakersfield Stillwater Burkburnett Albuquerque and Amesville.
Day afternoon with Mrs. June Webster and Elizabeth Ann. Miss May Johnson called in the Lee Zones, S. N. Berry and J. H. Stephens homes Saturday.
Charles M Floyd Jr. who was quite ill last week is able to be on the job this week. Visitors to the Floyd home included Mr. and Mrs. Joe Lofland of Shawnee and several families from Harrah Roff and nearby towns.
Pupils board the school bus Monday morning for the first day of classes at Vanoss. School officials welcome students and families to a new school year as transportation runs begin.
Lt and Mrs James Hopkins and family spent Tuesday through Saturday with Mr and Mrs W E McCullar and Jay Weir in Oklahoma City. They left Monday for their new home in Merced California.
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Meek of Norman visited Monday with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Frazier.
Revival services begin Monday night at Lightning Ridge Church with Rev. L. M. Cass of Ada as evangelist and J. S. Standfield directing music. Pastor Milton Balthrop leads the congregation. Visitors welcome. Nearby Ada families and friends visited relatives in Kimmel and Gurley households over the weekend and Ada residents attended social gatherings in town.
Mrs Homer Jumper of Pleasant Hill is in Valley View Hospital with a virus infection and a near paralytic condition in her back and leg.
Allen Herion remains hospitalized in San Antonio Texas but shows progress as he writes to family and reports feeding himself and shaving with only one facial nick. His mother Mrs H B Herion says he has a long recovery ahead but is thankful he has come this far.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Wood of Sulphur visited their daughter and her husband, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Mensay, over the weekend. Connie Sue Mensay spent four days last week in Konawa with a
A group of visitors from Amesville Ohio Ada and Sulphur spent time with Mrs Lillie Mae Webster and Wylie. Guests included Mrs Ralph Bennet Carol Mrs Otis Coffey Mrs Pinkie Evans Mrs Carl Wright Andrew Kenneth Miss May Johnson Mr and Mrs Arden Coffey Sammy Mr and Mrs Woodrow Coffey and Kenneth BB Webster.
The cousins Janetta Robinson and another girl spent the day swimming and skating and attended a baseball game.
Kitty Johnson and Teddy Scribner III were both sick with a virus and throat and ear infection over the weekend. They seemed a little better Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Stegall announce the birth of their great-granddaughter Litha Jo Clark, daughter of Don Clark and his wife of Victoria Texas. Mrs. Clark is the daughter of Ruth Bible of Oklahoma City.
H. B. Herion attended the funeral service for John McDonald at Gaar Corner. Burial followed at Memorial Park Cemetery. McDonald was the grandfather of Herion's son in law Bill McDonald of Tracy California.
Mrs. W. R. Robbins spent last week in Dallas visiting her children and doctor. Accompanying her were Mrs. Roxie Gillan, Miss Marion Robbins, Rox ann Brown, and Marsha Brown of Dallas who drove her home and stayed over the weekend.
Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Maxwell are in Oklahoma City this week to babysit their granddaughter Amanda Stevens while her mother vacations.
Mr and Mrs George Minor demolished the old depot house on their recently bought property south of Stonewall from Mr and Mrs Jim Williams. They plan a ranch style home. Joe Daniel and family visited Wednesday with Mrs Daniel s uncle and family including Mr and Mrs George Minor Gene and Garry
Mr. and Mrs. Faye Hudson of Moore spent Saturday evening with Mrs. Hudson's sister and Baylis.
Sunday dinner at Mr. and Mrs. Coy Byrd included their children Mr. and Mrs. Bob Byrd of Tupelo and Miss Melba Byrd of Ada and Mrs. Byrd's brother-in-law Homer Jumper of Pleasant Hill.
Mr and Mrs Floyd Ingram and Thomas of Moore visited Saturday with Mrs Ingram's father.
Mr. and Mrs. Ingram dined with the Daniels, while Thomas ate with an aunt and family, Mr. and Mrs. Homer Barnes, and Sonny of Stonewall. The gathering included the L. T. Daniels and extended relatives.
Mr and Mrs Bart Kelley of Ada visited Sunday night with Mr and Mrs J W Stegall.
Mr and Mrs George Barnes visited Friday with Jim and Sid Marshall and helped haul hay. Friday night guests included Mr and Mrs George Minor and Mr and Mrs Windell Price. Sunday visitors were Elmer Marshall Helen Jeter and Mary Vincent.
Mr and Mrs Bob Williams of Rancho California visit last Friday with Mrs Williams two uncles and wives Mr and Mrs George Barnes and Mr and Mrs Jack Barnes. It has been 20 years since they saw their niece and they had never met her husband. Mr and Mrs Eual Cook of Ada spent Sunday afternoon with Mr and Mrs George Barnes.
Lard of Tuvelo visited Mr and Mrs Herion and Barbara Sunday night.
Mrs Valley Mae Voyles of Cen ter and Mrs Bobby Hoosier of Ada along with Sharran Kay Sliger of Valero Calif visited last Friday with Voyles sister and family the A T Minors. Friday night visitors included a daughter and family Mr and Mrs Bob Langley and girls of Vamoosa. Sunday afternoon another daughter visited with Mrs Reba Daniel and children. Mr and Mrs C H Moore were Sunday supper guests.
Mr and Mrs Ralph LaCrone Janis and Garry of Harden City visited Mr and Mrs A R Johnson Thursday evening. Monday visitors were daughter and husband Mr and Mrs Richard Osburn of Ada. Mrs Osburn is on vacation.
Mrs. Lee Forehand, expecting late fryers, lent a setting hen to a neighbor. The neighbor set bantam eggs, producing six chicks. A bantam hen died overnight and all the chicks disappeared except one, leading Mrs. Forehand to suspect a snake killed the hen and carried off the brood.
Funeral services for Hugh Willard Thomas 77 were at the First Baptist Church of Atoka with burial at Ward's Chapel Cemetery. Surviving wife Mrs Willie Thomas Coalgate. daughters Eileen Sandmann Coal gate Sue Sewell Oklahoma City Elwanda Williams Sacramento Calif.. sons Ben A W and Rovece Atoka Bob and Pete Coalgate Dogie and Max Stonewall. Grandchildren total 43 from all, with 40 at Lehigh church service. The pastor and family joined for dinner bringing total to 45 attendees. Jim and Sid Marshall attended the service Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Simon Patton drove to Ada Tuesday to see Mrs Patton's sisters Mrs Marlyn Blackburn and Mrs M B Strickland of Ada. They were joined by three nieces including Mrs Myrna Lewis and daughter of Ni Len Calif, Mrs Myrneta Chase of Montera Park Calif, Mrs Wylie Mae Odom and son Theroma Odom of Sacramento and Mrs Callie Cruz of Nilen.
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