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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1964
Page
2
Eighty two attended church and Sunday school under Rev. Leroy Baker at the Pentecostal Holiness Church. visits included Tamara Stacy and Joan Wood. diners netted $36 for the Ladies Auxiliary. Numerous local residents from Ada and surrounding areas were noted as guests and visitors over the weekend.
Quiett, a religious leader and part time sociology teacher at East Central, collects firearms including a 16 Schag shotgun and an 1851 horse pistol. He reloads ammunition, refinishes stocks, and maintains an interest in historic pieces while stressing a balanced view of guns as tools.
Mr and Mrs Hansel Burk shopped in Shawnee Saturday. Hansel visited with Mrs Ruby Curtis and family and Mr and Mrs Kirk Duncan. Mrs Myrtle Evans and Mrs Minnie Lewis spent weekend with Mr and Mrs Doyle Evans and children and Donnie Evans in Oklahoma City. They did some Christmas shopping while there.
Rev and Mrs Leroy Baker and children Charlene Curtis and Chris left Monday for Los Angeles California to visit his parents for two weeks.
Rev Bert Jones to lead Sunday services with midweek services led by Mrs Clareta Gray and Mrs Joy Tucker. Gerald Sutton family and Ruth Sutton visit Ode Franks Sunday afternoon with Lena Soward and Earl Franks families and girls.
Mr and Mrs Jack Perrine and Willie and relatives from Marlow visited Mr and Mrs Dennis Allen recently. Mr and Mrs Alvin Wells of Choctaw and Mrs Clinnie Crow visited Mr and Mrs Jack Perrine and son Willie Saturday night.
Alva Evans visited Mr and Mrs Emmitt DeLamar Wednesday night. Mrs DeLamar has been ill with a virus for several days.
Willie spent Thursday with Mr. and Mrs. Bob Ford and children and Mr. and Mrs. Earl Johnson and Don, Marlow. Mrs. Effie McCormick, Marlow, spent the weekend with Mrs. Adeline Abbott.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Roberts attended the funeral of Mrs. Cora White in Ada Tuesday. Mrs. White was an aunt of Mrs. Pear Roberts. The Frank Roberts and Paul McCutcheon spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Clovis Salterone and other relatives from California visiting them. The Roberts attended Maxwell Sunday at Prince and visited Monday morning in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Roberts.
Casey Thomas of Shawnee spent Friday with Mr and Mrs Bryan Thomas, enjoying a family visit in a local gathering.
Rev. Leroy Baker attended a two day ministers conference in Muskogee covering Thursday and Friday.
Mrs Elmer Pinley spent Monday with Mrs Albert Pierce and cared for the baby while Mrs Pierce did outside work.
Mr and Mrs Melvin Booth shared a Sunday dinner with Mr and Mrs Paul Tucker Paula and Tonya. Mrs Colene Robertson was also present for the gathering at the Booth home.
Congratulations go to Mr. and Mrs. Don Cook on the birth of their daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Houston Evans of Memphis Tennessee are due Tuesday to join his parents Mr. and Mrs. Alva Evans for the holiday visit.
Mr and Mrs Billy Jim Robertson attended the Jerry Haskins and Gerry Myers wedding at the First Pentecostal Holiness Church of Ada.
Mrs. Clareta Gray along with Vickie and Mrs. Nova Gray visited Mrs. Alene Tucker and Paula, sharing greetings and updates during a daytime call.
Mr. and Mrs. Steve Gray and Larry dined Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Gray and family. The group, including Vickie, visited Mrs. Florence Isaacs and Mr. and Mrs. Owen Gray of Center where they had supper.
Mrs Nova Gray is visiting Mr Wesley Blair and Mrs Blair who is recovering from major surgery at their home.
Mrak and Keith Ballard of Stratford visited their grandparents Mr and Mrs Ed Varnadore Friday night. Ed Varnadore hosted Miss Lisa Jones Galey and Emmett Light patients at Valley View Hospital Friday. L E Ballard with Mark and Keith of Stratford were supper guests Saturday. Don Crisp Ada Mark and Keith, Stratford with Miss Melody Cruce and Olen James visited Ed Varnadore Sunday.
Mr and Mrs J C James visited relatives in Oklahoma City Yukon Ada and Valley View Hospital with stops including Mr and Mrs Harvey Mitchell Roy Gray George Ann Lisa Jones Emmett Light Lee Rhodes Kenneth Rambo Johnnie Grindstaff and Ethel Varnadore.
Linda visited Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cannon in Ada on Sunday, sharing time with the couple at their home.
Mrs. Earl Franks and Janice attended the wedding of Betty Tucker and Ray Eonner Saturday night at the Pentecostal Holiness Church in Oil Center.
Mrs. Janice Prater came back to her Oklahoma City home Tuesday after several days with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Bradley. Rev and Mrs Harvey Lowry and Allen were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ann Bradley. Mrs. Bessie Bradley visited Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Prater in Oklahoma City on Sunday.
Mr and Mrs Neville Pennington and Karl visited Mr and Mrs C C Stinnett in Pauls Valley Thursday night. Mrs Stinnett was discharged from hospital Wednesday after injuries from a car wreck near Rofs. Guests included Mr and Mrs Amos Roberts Hobart and Rita Byng. Karl celebrated his eighth birthday with a dinner at home Saturday night.
Mrs Alma Maddox and her grandchildren Dickie Dee and Jo Jo Taylor visit Mr and Mrs Joe Maddox. Wess and Jeannie Stratford travel to Oklahoma City to see Bryan Taylor family. Mrs Taylor recovering after major surgery in Oklahoma City hospital and making progress. Dickie and Jo stay with grandparents and return home for the week.
Mr and Mrs Kenneth Martin of Snaron with Mike and Oma Janella of Ahloso visited Sunday afternoon with Mr and Mrs J C Martin.
Mr and Mrs Morton Phillips and family Ada and Mrs Vera McCurdy visited Mr and Mrs Tom Phillips on Sunday after.
Mr and Mrs Wright Twyman of Stratford visited Mr and Mrs Bill Richardson on Monday.
Miss Cheryl Melton visited Linda Tate and Teresa Dashier in Ada on Saturday. She also called on Mr. and Mrs. Lee Decker and Naomi Tiner in Stratford on Tuesday afternoon.
Richard and Robert Wallrath of Ada spent Sunday afternoon with their grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Henry Little, as reported in local society notes.
Stonewall High School reports seven seniors juniors and a sophomore achieved straight A's in the first nine weeks. Additional 24 students made regular honor roll across the grades with multiple named students listed. Junior high students also posted straight A's including David Stokes and Susan Rogers.
Lindsay and Holdenville will meet in Ada Friday night for the Class A Oklahoma high school football final according to the state Activities Association. A date and site for the Class C championship remain pending. Garber and Marietta also mentioned.
Two Ada couples marry as Charles Ray Eppler ages 25 and Betty Marie Tucker 20 wed in El more City, while Jerry Ray Haskins 20 wed Geraldine Myers 18 in Ada. Buy sell trade classified ads line ends with News Classified Ads. FE 2-4433.
In a brief session the Ada Board of Education approved appointing Mrs Harold Hall as substitute elementary teacher and authorized accepting 30637.50 basic state aid. It also approved spending 4090.07 for paving school property across sites at Stonewall Hayes Willard South Stockton and Sixth Street Napier School. Meeting adjourned after claims approval with Milford Lawson Wayne Pitt James Thomas Jack Fentem Roy Young Rex Cave and Ruth Collins present.
Ada firemen made two runs on Wednesday night. The first at 7 59 p.m. involved grease on a charcoal grill at the Oak Hills Country Club catching fire. A second at 11 45 p.m. involved a neon sign transformer short in the Elks Club roof on the south end. damage was minor.
Mrs. Alice Isaacs was honored on her 84th birthday with a December 5 party at Miss Jona Gilmore’s Allen home. Attendees gathered 2 to 5 p.m. Family and friends, including her four sons and one daughter, attended as gifts and decorations highlighted the celebration.
The Wildlife Department cites hunting accidents and four deaths since 1933. NRA training will expand safety instruction with an Oklahoma campus course for 20 key personnel. Federal waterfowl limits specify daily bags and possession for ducks mergansers coots geese and other species.
The duck outlook for Oklahoma's second half season opens December 11 and runs through January 3 with strong goose counts at Salt Plains refuge and Tishomingo refuge. Cold late November weather should aid migrations as food supplies improve at state and federal refuges including Salt Plains Foss reservoir Washita and Lake Texoma areas.
Oklahoma begins a two month trapping season from December 1 through January for fur bearing animals. Dealers urge better pelt care to boost market value with beaver pelts a focus. Amateur trappers require a 1.25 dollar license. professionals pay 50 dollars and must follow single spring smooth jawed trap rules and six inch jaws.
Gov. Henry Bellman announced the appointment of Dr. Carl Osborn of Ada to a nine year term on the Oklahoma Board of Health. He succeeds Dr. L.A.S. Johnston of Holdenville whose term expired. The appointment awaits Senate confirmation.
The first Dempsey versus Tunney world heavyweight title bout drew a Chicago gate of 2 658 660 dollars on September 22 1927.
More than 500 Oklahoma cattlemen attend a convention where Internal Revenue Service gift and estate tax audits are cited as endangering ranch holdings. The meeting backs new tax laws to ease the burden, while USDA officials praise beef quality and demand growth. W. R. Brannan of Marietta presides over the six thousand member association.
Fourteen two posters entered junior division with Gary Golden of Union Hill named champion poster maker and winner of a $3 prize. Judy Chilcoat of Pickett delivered champion girls junior talk on Better Lighting For the Home. Eighteen electric talks were given in girls class. Brian Blansett of Latta won junior boy speech on The Electric Light. How to Equip A Three Way Speech by Michael Golden of Union Hill was champion boys demonstration among 15 junior demonstrations. Katherine Biggs of Pickett won in girls junior demonstration with Selecting A Study Lamp.
The snowy owl with a wing span up to five feet inhabits the barren tundra above the Arctic Circle, spanning both northern hemispheres.
The Stonewall Methodist Church Woman's Society of Christian Service met at Mrs Pat Campbell's home with co host Mrs Bunny Rogers. Sybil Stokes presented a Christmas story reading with carols and an offering for a missionary in Hong Kong. Attendees included Mrs F L Gibson Mrs B J Jennings Mrs Troy Tims Mrs Homer Barnes and others.
The breakfront is a dramatic furniture piece valued for height and storage. Originating centuries ago from a chest of drawers and a cupboard, Georgian reproductions reflect Hepplewhite or Chippendale designs, often about 50 inches long and 85 to 90 inches tall, with desk compartments behind a drop front and multi plane front forms.
Union Valley Home Demonstration Club members met at Floyce Keatley’s home to craft Christmas favors for patients at the Stonewall nursing home. The club’s Christmas party is set for Thursday December 17 at 7 30 p.m. at Mrs Fred Keatley’s home. Attendants included Mrs G G Lee Mrs W T Blackwell Mrs C R Whitwell Mrs B M Stephens Mrs Bunny Rogers and Mrs Fred Keatley.
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