Ada Newsboy Visits Our Rural Community
Jimmie Wright known as Ada's biggest newsboy visited Monday. Many locals share updated visits with relatives and friends across the area during the holiday season and in the days around Christmas.
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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1936
Page
5
Christmas Busy. Community News and Weddings Spark
Local school notes 62 present. teachers and students shine. Students Lee Edith Hays Clara Crane and Robert Jones earn perfect spelling in the principal room. Community reports abound with visits, church events, Christmas trees, and plans for Santa. Archey Solomon and Beatrice Collins wed in Ada. farm women hold Christmas party. many neighbors visit and share news across Reed community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tar’v
Lee Edith Hays
Clara Crane
Robert Jones
Enval Hays
Wayne McMaster
George Booth
George
Haggard
Arkansas
Santa Claus
Sunday visitors fill gatherings as Christmas greetings sent
Sunday school attendance grows with visitors to Sam Gurley Edd Roundtree Wall and Johnson households. Families from New Mexico Konawa and Lightning Ridge join local residents in shared meals and fellowship. A sermon is planned for Saturday night and Sunday with Christmas and New Year wishes to the editor and readers.
Sunday Visitors and Church Attenders Noted in Local News
Sunday activities include a young people's meeting and a church gathering. Joe Teel visited Kenneth Misenheimer Saturday night. Dinner guests with Voncele Thomas included Loriette Hamilton LaVern Tomlinson and Barbara Teel. Mr and Mrs Tomlinson and children and Mr and Mrs Ernest Davis visited Mrs Thomas of Globe. Frank and Bussiey Thomas attended church at this place Sunday. Mr and Mrs Reynolds were also present Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Teel
Kenneth Misenheimer
Voncele Thomas
Loriette Hamilton
LaVern Tomlinson
Barbara Teel
Tomlinson
Earnest Davis
Thomas
Globe
Frank
Bussiey Thomas
This Place
Haskins Family Hosts Visitors and Local Gossip Notes
Mr. and Mrs. Earlin Haskins and family hosted relatives Sunday while H. D. Haskins received guests. Floy Standridge and her sons visited the Roberts home, Raymond Hayes stayed with Ardel Hayes, and Lorene Crow called on Mrs. Cliff Kinnery. Opal Duncan vacationed with Rayford Duke, Turman McCutcheon and Granville Roberts stayed at the Haskins residence, and Eddith Hayes remains unable to walk after a school accident. Roy Briggs stopped by the Hood home, Virgil Meek has returned from Texas for Christmas, and Etta Hightower visited Mrs. Jones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earlin Haskins
H. D. Haskins
Floy Standridge
Haskins
Eddith Hayes
Elva Jones
Bessie Roberts
Hightower
Roy Briggs
Herman Hood
Virgil Meek
Texas
Etta Hightower
John Jones
Local Church Service and Community Notices
Rev D E Pendergraft filled his regular appointment here Sunday and Sunday night. Miss Ruth Barnes visited her sister Mrs Mary Scrivner at Stonewall last weekend. Mr and Mrs Henry Odom and daughter Azalea Odom and Bill Hall of Ada spent Sunday with their parents. Mr and Mrs C M Sliger shopped in Ada Saturday. Mr and Mrs Lon Cecil of Ada and Mr and Mrs Eldo Whipple of Frisco spent Sunday with their mother Mrs Hatton. Miss Eddie Melville returned home after visiting her brother Lee Melville at Fairview. Mrs Thompson visited her son David Thompson and wife at Union Valley last week. Owl Creek played Lovelady 16 to 2 last Friday. The teachers are planning a community Christmas tree for the children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmie Wright
Ada
Cleo West
Junior Chandler
Delores Gene Sheets
Virgie Chandler
J. M. Chism
Cleo
Duel Chism
Wiley Surginer
Mollie Gaylor
Howard Crocklin
Bobby
Maude
George Surginer
Bill Baker
Wilburton
Maud Baker
Orval West
Arizona
Woodroe Phillips
Ely West
Lucille Chism
Bertha West
Leo Chism
Edith Bryant
Herley Kelley
Mollie Gaylar
George Surgine
John Sheets
Evelyn Chism
Anna Scroggins
Edith Leo Gaylar
Mabel Kelley
Francis
Iantha Krainbolt
Louise Chandler
Earnie Chism
Bob Wilson
Irene
Irene Baker
Walnut Grove
Rebee
Mrs. Hatcher
Leanne Summer
A. E. Ford
Bro. Langston
Fittstown
Jack Brents
Laxton
R. A. Fussell
Roberta Herring
Okemah
Haroldean Belt
Chloe Peters
T. J. Fussell
Wilson
Pearlie
Louise
Calvin Wilson
Albert Wilson
Nowel and
Lowel Hooks
Kenneth Belt
Jessie Jackson
Edna Brents
Hawkins Underhill
White
Winona
Pauls Valley
Tinse Crisp
M. Conner
J. W. Cathey
Stonewall
Loretta
Juanita Mays
Olene Cochran
Greenwood
Dodson Lillie
Mr. Edwards
Epperly
M. K. Underhill
Woodrow Brents
Creager
Gertrude Penrod
Finch
Will Smith
Opal Chilcoat
Nola Stone
Grandpa
Grandma Martin
George Lutrell
Buck
Lowell Penrod
Jess Coley
Mildred Finch
Alene Estes
T. L. Coley
Leander Coley
Stone Home
Pearlee Hanrahan
Florence Gann
Marguerite Smith
Gertrude
J. L
Lessie Lee Penrod
Harmon Lee Coley
Ted Angram
Buddie Roberts
Marless McCause
J. T. Finch
Matt
Vankie Keeling
John Norton
Martha Lee Dodson
Center
Archey Solomon
Beatrice Collins
Jeff Faftley
Emma Coe
Peters
Farm Women’s Club
Mrs. Shaw
Christene Berger
Yetta Berger
Holdenville
J. J. Shaw
Adella Jones
Jack Jones
Reba Caroline
Rachel Tilley
Ethyl Tilley
Louise Pitt
Elizabeth Owens
Delta Watts
Sylvia Evans
Annabelle Farley
D. E. Pendergraft
Ruth Barnes
Mary Scrivner
Henry Odom
Azalea Odom
Bill Hall
Couch
C. M. Sliger
Lon Cecil
Eldo Whipple
Frisco
Hatton
Eddie Melville
Lee Melville
Fairview
Thompson
David Thompson
Union Valley
Owl Creek
Owl Cerek
Bonnie Peters
Charles’ Ray
Leon King
Guy Fugate
Mrs. Fugate
C. L. Berger Sr
Wilma
Calvin
Verlin Berger
C. L. Berger Jr
Hall
Mattie Roundtree
Hattie Hickey
Cleo Chism
Ben I. Ramsey
J. I. McCool
Wewoka
S. M. Richey
Thelma Lewis
W. I. Layhue
Bill Chism
Jess Williams
Tom Pails
O. P. L. Company
Missouri
Alma Williams
Robert
Mack Golden
Olen
Jack Bottoms
Audie Tell
Frank Roddy
Luther Foxx
Grover Keeling
Haley Williams
Albert Simpkins
Norman Mitchell
Luther Bottoms
Oil Center
Ernie Mitchell
Joe Smith
Edna Simpkins
McClains
Little Illa Fae Williams
Winnie Bottoms
Evelyn Williams
Dink Binion
Mavis Raymoland
George Archie
Leonard Archer
Grandmother Archer
Roy Bottoms
Myrtle
Fae Graham
Galey
Nellie Roddy
Emitt Archer
Chickasha
Charlie Archer
Georgia Lee Deathcrase
Ertis Estes
Louise Estes
Marie Williams
Lillian Foxx
Jack Farmer
Edna Golden
Williams
Annie Blevins
Wesley Bittle
Ernest Thrasher
O. Wortman
Jamar
Blevins
Freddie Wardlow
Nick Fowler
L. M. Ward
Miss Meneass
Sam Rankin
Daisy Wood
Marvin Wood
Essie Deatherage
Georgia Lee
Nora Estes
Union Hill
Edith Wortman
Ella Hinkle
Henry
Josephine Blevins
Wesley Bittles
John Willoughby
Mitchell Wood
Jewel Thrasher
Bevel Batey
Freddie Wadlow
H. K. Rankin
John James
Cook Community
Ossie Bray
Oklahoma City
H. D. Ragland
Henry Jamar
Maudie Jamar
Newby
L. H. Newby
Sunday Visits Highlight Local Family Gatherings
Mrs Opal Maddox and her daughter spent Saturday night with Mrs J C Maddox. Mr and Mrs Silas Twyman and son Joe visited relatives on Sunday. Other households including the Hughes Eddings Maddox Barton Little Tiner Crawley Aldridge and Irvin families hosted or visited family members across the weekend with extended kin from Ada and nearby centers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Opal Maddox
J. C. Maddox
Silas Twyman
Joe
Wesley Waldron
Tom Hughes
John Eddings
Manley Maddox
Clarence Irvin
Henry Little
John Little
Clarence Tiner
Joe Crawley
Johnnie Aldridge
J. R. Barton
Earl Smith
Bonnie Fae
Clayton Irvin
Neil McNair
Ada
Toad
Half Acre in Eden Prompts Flight and Theft Twist
Marcia Canfield pursues Frank Kendrick who vanished after a neighborhood rumor of his engagement. A holdup yields her mother’s ring, and a Chicago search propels Marcia to fly back. A snowbound landing causes a field stop to a farmhouse awaiting travelers. Bruce McDougall’s familiar smile rekindles, amid stalled lines and blocked roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marcia Canfield
Philip Canfield
Frank Kendrick
Marcia
Kendrick
Dramatic Club
Helen Waddell
Frank
Chicago
Tony Stellicci
Carlo
Cario
Mystery Deepens Over Missing Marcia Canfield In Bobbs Neck
Village reels as Marcia Canfield vanishes after planning a trip to Schenectady. Dorothy Osborn suspects ties to Frank Kendrick while Awkins the butler weighs warning news of a Chicago flight overdue. Helen Waddell frets she sent Marcia on the doomed journey amid a rehearsal night for Half Acre in Eden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobbs Neck
Chicago
Awkins
Canfield
Marcia Canfield
Mr. Canfield
Florida
Helen
Second Night at the Eden Farm House
Bruce Me aDougall and Marcia share a fireside moment on their second Eden farm house night. She drifts to sleep recalling recent events from Frank Kendrick’s episode and a Chicago taxi courtship, while Bruce remains awake, hinting at the growing tension and hidden motives. To Be Continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce MeaDougall
Marcia
Marcia Canfield Returns Home Amid Rumors After Plane Plunge
In Bobbs Neck Marcia Canfield is believed to have chased Frank Kendrick to Chicago to settle debts, but she returns safely after a forced landing. Gossip intensifies as Helen Waddell and Dorothy Osborn fuel assumptions about Marcia’s motives. Marcia reflects that love was an illusion tied to an idea of Frank, leaving her unsettled about marriage and the future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ixarcia
Chicago
Marcia
Helen Waddell
New York
Kendrick
Helen
Charles Horton
Mrs. Horton
Frank
Bobbs Neck
Awkins
Preaching and singing draw crowd on Thursday night
Preaching and singing were well attended Thursday night. Bro. Holland brought the message. Miss Wanda Lee Smith spent time in the event with attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bro. Holland
Wanda Lee Smith
Advent weekend visits and local social notes in Galey Ada
Social items list weekend visits from Mrs Bonnie Peters and the Peters family to Ada relatives. Mentions hospital and sickness updates, church and Sunday school attendance, student activities, Christmas plans, and a long roster of neighbors visiting, hosting, and holiday greetings across Galey and surrounding areas.
Regular Appointments and Social Visits in High Hill
Sunday and Sunday night gatherings include Bro Bird at his usual spot. Mr and Mrs Howard Jared and Mrs D M Kerr visited Mr and Mrs David Grey. Joyce Kerr Wanda Lee and Betty Hopkins visited Dorothy and Arvyie Stell Kerr. Stella Mae Rowe stayed with Irene McMeans Thursday night. O G Brown of Ahlose visited Saturday night with H L Sweat. Will Kerr and son Billie Jean joined Mr Bird Bill Hopkins. Bert Curlee moved into the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bro. Bird
This Place
Howard Jared
D. M. Kerr
David Grey
Joyce Kerr
Wanda Lee
Betty Hopkins
Dorothy
Arvyie Stell Kerr
Stella Mae Rowe
Irene Mc Means
O. G. Brown
Ahloso
H. L. Sweat
Will Kerr
Billie Jean
Also Mentioned on This Page
Cedar Grove
Lee Reynolds
Vanceele
Irene Thomas
Barbara
Luella Teel
Eva Mae Mitchell
Allen
Manuel
Dick Whisenhunt
John
Bi Rose
Buster Misenheimer
Reymond
Jim
Misenheimer
Mrs. Tomlinson
Irene McMeans
Bebee School News
Lanton
John Sutton
Jake Brady
Bessie Dane
Bonnie Lou Brown
Mae Hewett
Velma Younts
Y. Q. Cantrell
Ardell Clayton
Cecil Shahan
Carl and
Wess Smith
Johnie McNiell
J. D. Prewitt
Bryand Martin
Ira Rose
Donnie Rose
Rex Younts
Joe Younts
John Myricks
Byrds Mill
A. C. Shahan
Bessie
Elvert Dane
Near Roff
Lonnie Jetton
Lightning Ridge
Irvin
Eugene
Amanda Berger
Bonnie Fae Smith
Manuel Irvin
Stratford
Bill Waldron
Harding
Shumard
Sunshine
Jewel Flannagan
Charley Hice
A. W. Gooch
Mrs. Nickles
Spears
Ausby Timmons
Lawrence Hice
Louise Foster
Virginia Ross
Russell MecNinch
John Chambers
Delia Spears
Lula Mae Glover
Thurman Park
Latta
Whitehead
Geneva Hice
Betty Lou Posey
Wortha Flannagan
Marie Flannagan
Wanda Jean Taylor
Emily Spears
Cooch Home
Akers
Dwight Akers
Lonnie George
J. J. Fryar
Altus
Taylor
Marie Gouch
Estal Simpkins
Cornelius Akers
Foster
Posey
Wayne Taylor
Vernon McKeel
Goldie Fuller
Artie Smith
Marie and
LaDema Gouch
Foster Home
Mrs. Akers
Cornelius Carlyle
Wendell Akers
Stegall
Beryle Musgraves
Messrs. Higgins and
Dame
Mesdames Page
Tilley
A. Goetter
C. W. Hardberger
T. D. Beam
H. L. Kelley
Edith
May Lee
Maud Williams
Marie Harris
Edith Bolen
Margie Williams
John Lee
Salter
Ethel Archer
Mrs. Archer
Sam Gurley
Beatrice Stephens
Vernell Roundtree
Henry Stephens
Ben Gurley
Edd Roundtree
M. E. Henry
Jennie Blood
J. D. Blood
Jim Wilson
Robert Henry
Lem Kemp
New Mexico
Edd Johnson
Karl Wall
Henry Owens
Konawa
W. RK. Frazier
E. S. Gurley
Hall’s Hill
Mrs. Reynolds
Bebee
OWL
Eden
Tony Stellicch
Bruce McDougall
Robert Dickson
Schenectady
Dorothy Osborn
Pickett
Sace
Vanoss
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