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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1934
Page
6
A patriotic exhortation on planning, long effort, and steady work. It argues that haste harms outcomes, praising thorough preparation, endurance, and self-discipline as the path to lasting achievement. It cites practice, patience, and perseverance as essentials, with a call to continue striving despite praise or criticism.
Miss Beatrice McGehee of Vaness is elected teacher assistant to Miss Agnes Tillman and will start a toy making class on Thursday. Mothers are invited to attend at Mrs Shaws. A pie supper is planned Tuesday night December 18 to raise funds for a community Christmas tree in Vanoss.
Under supervision of Edna Mentzer and Flidish Roberts the club gathered on Wednesday Dec 5. Members read poems from the Blue side including My Pa Said So Home and Ma In The Auto. Lorain Willis spoke on Edgar A Guest. A constitution and name study committees were formed. The Reds will entertain next meeting.
Vanoss girls lost to Latta 42 to 25 on Latta’s court in the season’s first conference game. The Vanoss boys won 19 to 14 in the doubleheader opener as the teams opened conference play.
A feature piece notes drama as a cross section of life and recalls a recent event. The ten night singing school taught by the "Three Doars" ended last Thursday to great success in Hartford Arkansas. Classes ranged from primary to advanced with an opening gym song followed by a one hour session.
The first year class in home economics is continuing their work this term. Students are engaged in basic cooking sewing and budgeting activities under supervision, building foundational skills for practical household management.
The first and second year classes advance in dress construction sewing and hot lunch preparations. Second year students repurpose orange crates into toys and home decor while seventh and eighth graders make aprons and serve meals. Top weekly performers include Alfred Stanford C E Childers Euva Jean Eeds and Pauline Riley. Language tasks include original illustrated stories and a Christmas program planning underway.
The fifth grade prepared a Christmas program and grammar class projects. Top storytellers included Anna Lea Roberts, Benton McCauley, Catherine Denham, Ivy Jewell Alldredge, Joe Hunt, Mildred McWhirter, and Leronde McDonald. Catherine Denham won last month’s spelling prize.
The verse describes a cold night as Santa nears a town with reindeer under a bright moon. A pistol and toy gun appear in the tale as Santa moves to the poor child’s home. Correne Bennett, a top eighth grade student, is credited as the author.
Second grade teachers note Dorotha Cole and Curtis Riley’s return. Dean and Jean Robbinett moved to Ada last week. Pupils toil with belief Santa will visit good children, as Christmas and New Year wishes are extended.
The third grade has added a new bulletin board to their room. Names listed include Ula Belle Bennett Alene Childers Clarite Isaacs Lorene McGehee Marjorie Solomon June Standridge Lena Turner Demuri as Walker for spelling lessons and arithmetic perfect scores Grace Agnes McCauley Ula Belle Bennett Clarita Isaacs Velma Powell Ray Hunt Mavery Pierce Otis Painter.
The perfect spellers honored include Houston McDonald Ver non Jones Wilma Berger Louise Norman H R Robinson Oleta Blackshire and Arietta Stand ridge.
The ten top scorers include Helen Cape LaVell Hunt Natoma Muney Jessie Mary Tilley Ray bert Solomon Samuel Currie An sell Hunt J. W. Mann Charles Tolliver and Muriel Arnold. The sixth graders who produced the best English booklets were Helen Cape Jessie Mary Tilley Oma Lea Teele Maurine Berger and Lewis Griffin.
Last month seventh grade grades include Venus Tiffin Alfreda Isaacs Cali Ben easter Robert Moore Bonnie Standrideffe Homer McDonald Bonnie Rogers Melba Northam Marie Boyd. The Christmas play features Cal vin Lee Jessie Mary Tilley Pau line Painter Woodrow Collins Alfreda Isnes Melba Northam Charlsie Mitchell J W Mann and Samuel Currie.
Jesse Isaacs born December 51, 1916 at Parish Chapel. He started grade school at six, finished grammar at Vaness after six years, entered high school with the 1932 freshmen. He led yell for juniors, serves as junior class vice president, and has been active in the boys glee club and quartet for three years. He acted in Have Patience Doctor and has not chosen a vocation.
The editor thanks readers for continuing to pay, notes Times remain difficult, and offers extended time to settle accounts. Readers are urged to contribute what they can and to expect eventual payment as payday approaches.
Juliet Watson testified in Judge A S C Millars court that her husband Charlies Watson beat her. The defendant protested but was silenced by his public defender as the tense proceedings unfolded.
A letter from 11 year old Letitia Old describes 4-H club activities and home economics work. She reports canning two quarts tomatoes and many other preserves plus sewing items. The piece notes county 4-H membership, adult clubs, and 36 clubs with about 737 youths involved.
Extension workers in Pontotoc county report major gains in farm home living standards. Adult and 4-H clubs completed canning, meat prep, sewing, furniture refinishing, and garden work with scientific methods. The county advisory board plans 1935 year books and notes farm women assisting nonmembers, while local activities include pie suppers and Sunday school reports.
The article describes a rural gathering with a hog killing event on the farm and notes the cold week’s impact on fresh meat. It also recounts Eld. W. F. Mayo of Durant filling his regular appointment, a completed singing school, and various Sunday activities and visits among local families in Colbert and surrounding areas.
Mr and Mrs Woodrow Phillips spent Sunday night with his parents of Francis. Mr and Mrs Tollie Chism are the proud parents of a 54 pound girl born Thursday morning. Mr and Mrs John Sullivan and children of Darwin spent the weekend visiting relatives.
Singing Thursday night drew participants from Steedman and nearby areas. Several locals visited friends, and updates mention ill health and family gatherings across Allen and Boswell with a fatality in the Vigues home last week.
Several children write to Santa from Ada and Allen Oklahoma describing gift requests. Dorotha Beard asks for a big doll bed and urges Santa to visit the mall for other children. Sarney Tomlinson and Ruben Tomlinson seek a big doll and clothes and a red wagon with tools.
Rev Bill Huddleston preached at Gaar Corner over the weekend inviting neighbors to help with Sunday school. Families moving include Jim Hickey to the Robinett place and the Robinett and Bond families moving to Ada. Various residents visited relatives in Stonewall Kellyville and Texas, with local greetings and updates.
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