Allen County News Notes Funerals and Family News
Allen reports four senior citizens died over the past week while residents note a mix of weather joys and storms. Local travelers include Mr and Mrs Carrol Case to Oklahoma City for medical care and home recovery Mrs Case shows improvement. Military veteran Mrs Fortner and family visit from San Antonio, with Rev Marvin Francis hosting Virgle and Mrs Virgle Francis from Tulsa. Weekend guests visit Allen from Oklahoma City and Duncan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eunice Isaacs Allen
California
Brentwood
Oakland
Marvin Francis
Mrs
Virgle Francis
Tulsa
Weekend Guests and Local Hospital Updates in Oklahoma Town
Friday guests included Mrs. Kraettli and relatives from Holdenville and Oklahoma City. Several families visited in town while others faced hospital stays after falls and pneumonia. Notable events include a ministerial gathering in McAlester and a funeral committal for Thomas Gray as Amarillo hospitalizations closed a busy week.
Obituary of Claude Cobb and local society notes
Claude Cobb of Tex died Saturday night in a local hospital. Jerry Moore has been discharged from the service and arrived home from Germany after three years in the armed forces. Mrs. Elsie Eubank thanks for a subscription to The Ada Weekly News. Weekend and Sunday visits cited among local families include Mr. and Mrs. L. Cozad Sr and Trevall Pipkin, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Watts, and Mr. and Mrs. Gladston Kidwell with Lindsay connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Sgt
John L. Fortner
San Antonio
Tex
Fortner
Carrie Blevins
Doyle Triplett
Janett
West Virginia
Tripletts
Japan
Air Force
Triplett
Thurman Triplett
Charlie Walker
Vessie Richmond
Jim Roark
Cobb
Claude
Jerry Moore
Germany
Jerry
Elmer Moore
Elsie Eubank
Ada Weekly News
Murray Family Visit Highlights Weekend in Arkansas Town
Mr and Mrs Arthur Murray of Fort Smith Arkansas visited the father Ray Murray and Mrs Murray Saturday. Mrs Pearl McCarn had all her children home Sunday with Harrell McCarn Fort Sill and many McCarns and Duncans gathering from Ada Grand Prairie Holdenville El Reno Woodward Perry Atwood and other nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Murray
Fort Smith, Ark
Ray Murray
Murray
Pearl McCarn
Harrell McCarn
Fort Sill
Guy McCarn
Stevie
Grand Prairie
Tex
Kenneth McCarn
Ada
Robert McCarn
Holdenville
Charles Flad
el Reno
Ray Melton
Jimmy
Woodward
Ralph Duncan
Perry
Fenton McCarn
David McCarn
Doyle Duncan
Dorris
Troy Duncan
Atwood
Doll Sanders Welcomes Virginia Ann At Holdenville
Mrs. Doll Sanders and her newborn daughter Virginia Ann returned home Thursday from Physicians and Surgeons Hospital Holdenville. Virginia Ann weighed 10 pounds three ounces at birth.
Sunday Guests of Mrs Lula Houston Visit
Sunday visitors to Mrs. Lula Houston included her son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Charlie Sanders Shidler. Mrs Houston plans to return home with her daughter on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lula Houston
Charlie Sanders
Shidler
Mrs Virgle Ramsey Remains With Okmulgee Parents
Mrs Virgle Ramsey stays with her parents Mr and Mrs Knox Dodd in Okmulgee as Mrs Dodd, struck by a stroke four months ago, remains critically ill and under medical care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgle Ramsey
Mrs. Knox Dodd
Okmulgee
Dodd
Williamses Visit Mrs. Williams in Centrahoma
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Williams of Centrahoma were Sunday guests of Mrs. Cora Williams, the former’s mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Williams
Centrahoma
Cora Williams
Local Social Notes From Norman And Oklahoma City
Mrs. Alcie Goodman of Norman visits Mrs. Lela Long and the Bill Moore couple. Harold Kidwell of Oklahoma City visits his parents. W G Smith and Leslie Scott mark birthdays with a Smith home dinner. ages 68 and 67. Cheryl Ann Hancock, daughter of the Hancocks, is discharged from Physicians and Surgeons Hospital Holdenville. The Hancocks relocate to Oklahoma City with Leon employed there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alcie Goodman
Norman
Lela Long
Bill Moore
W. G. Smith
Leslie Scott
Smith
Mr. Smith
Mr. Scott
C. D. McCormick
Dale McDonald
Mrs. Scott
Cheryl] Ann Hancock
Leon Hancock
Physicians and Surgeons Hospital
Holdenville
Oklahoma City
Leon
Wilkinson visit in Seminole for Ashlock family
Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Wilkinson spent Friday night in Seminole as guests of their son-in-law and daughter Mr. and Mrs. Jim Ashlock.
Local families share visits and meals this week
Mr and Mrs Jerry Moore and daughter Phillis Jenks were Tuesday guests of Mr and Mrs Elmer Moore and Mr and Mrs C D Wilkinson. Mr and Mrs Joe Sever enjoyed a chilli supper sponsored by the Oakman Sportsman s Club Monday evening. Harvey Huckeby Oklahoma City visited his parents Mr and Mrs Cecil Huckeby Monday. Weekend guests of Mrs Selma Price were her son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs O T Rushin and Kevin Rev and Mrs Leon Snyder Bixby and Mr and Mrs Vernon Pence Ada. Visiting Mrs Wallie Curtis and Mr and Mrs Wilson McInroy were Mrs Curtis s daughter Mrs Grace Hill Odessa Tex and a granddaughter Mrs Dale Burnett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Douglas
Eddie Douglas
Duncan
Sam Elliott Weer
Henry Jones
Ada
Leon Snyder
Luther Moss
Jerry Priest
Mark
Edmond
Harold Souis
Oklahoma
Jerry Moore
Phillis, Jenks
Elmer Moore
C. D. Wilkinson
Joe Sever
Oakman Sportsman’s Club
Harvey Huckeby
Oklahoma City
Cecil Huckeby
Selma Price
0. T. Rushin
Kevin
Bixby
Vernon Pence
Wallie Curtis
Wilson McIinroy
Curtis
Grace Hill
Odessa, Tex
Dale Burnett
Parish Chapel visits span families in a weekend pattern
Mr. and Mrs. Virgle Farmer hosted their daughter Mrs. La Don Morris and baby Stratford Sunday. Clifford Lamb and family visited the Farmers. Opal Ward visited Nannie Cox Monday evening. Ward brothers Jay and Buck Coley of Macomb spent Friday with the Wards. Henry Steen and Jim Ward with son from Shawnee joined weekend gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgle Farmer
la- Don Morris
Stratford
Clifford Lamb
Mrs. Farmer
Opal Ward
Nannie Cox
Local Families Visit Friends Across Town
Sunday visits shared by Mr and Mrs Herman Ward and Mrs Lorraine Pennington with Donnie, Wayland, and Ada. The Fred Ward family called on Willie and Florence Isaacs Tuesday morning. Rev and Mrs Murrill Henson of Kansas City stayed Monday night with the Isaacs. Mildred Clay visited Miss Ruby Dryden Wednesday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorraine Pennington
Wayland
Donnie
Garland Pennington
Mark
Ada
Fred Ward
Willie
Florence Isaacs
Murrill Henson
Kansas City
Isaacs
Mildred Clay
Ruby Dryden
Ada Community Social Notes
Ada residents visit neighbors and relatives with Saturday and Friday events. Austell Hortons shopped in Ada Saturday. Ruby Dryden visited Mrs Clarice Pennington and Karl Wade on Thursday. Milo Pennington and Vineta joined Glen and Ruby Dryden Friday night. Clara Wood spent Saturday evening with her daughter Mrs Willie Isaacs. Cloreta Gray and Nova Gray called on Florence Isaacs Friday evening. Cloreta Gray and Vickie plus Florence Isaacs and Mrs Linden shopped Saturday. W N Isaacs visited daughter J A Patton and Johnna in Oklahoma City Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruby Dryden
Clarice Pennington
Karl Wade
Milo Pennington
Vineta
Glen
Clara Wood
Willie Isaacs
Cloreta Gray
Nova Gray
Florence Isaacs
Vickie
Mrs. Linden
W. N. Isaacs
J. A. Patton
Johnna
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City Families Visit Tucker Relatives
Mr and Mrs Charlie Hunter and son Miss Betty Marie Tucker Mr and Mrs Robert Sanders and son all of Oklahoma City visited their parents Mr and Mrs Rance Tucker recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie Hunter
Betty Marie Tucker
Robert Sanders
Oklahoma City
Rance Tucker
Dryden Women Visit Isaacs Family on Monday
Mrs. Verniece Dryden and Miss Ruby Dryden visited Mr. and Mrs. Willie Isaacs Monday. Togo Wood underwent surgery at Valley View Hospital Tuesday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Togo Wood
Valley View Hospital
Sympathy for Henson Family in Oklahoma City Loss
The community extends condolences to the Henson family on the death of Donald Ray Henson after a months long illness. He died Sunday evening in an Oklahoma City hospital and will be missed by relatives and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henson
Donald Ray Henson
Oklahoma City
Don
Henson Family Visits Oklahoma City and Funeral Gatherings
Mr and Mrs P O Henson and Rev and Mrs Morris Henson of Kansas City spent part of the week in Oklahoma City visiting relatives including Mr and Mrs Don Henson at the hospital. Don Henson’s bedside was shared by Arthur Smith Earl Franks and M R Tucker. Larry Rilley Garnet Missouri joined the Henson family for Don Henson’s funeral.Beulah Little from Pauls Valley and Thelma Jean Garrett with Sondra visited and shared meals with the Hansel Burk family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. O. Henson
Morris Henson
Kansas City
Oklahoma City
Don Henson
Coy Henson
Oole Henson
Earl Revels
Arthur Smith
Earl Franks
M. R. Tucker
Donald Ray Henson
Larry Rilley
Garnet
Joanna
Elvadene
Rita
Donna Henson
Pug Garrett
Sondra
Hansel Burk
Beulah Little
Pauls Valley
Thelma Jean Garrett
Social Calls Across Pennington Families
Mr and Mrs Milo Pennington and Miss Ruby Dryden visited Mrs Clar iece Pennington and Karl Wade on Monday. Cavin Pennington and family Norman spent the weekend with their parents Mr and Mrs Willie Pierce and Mr and Mrs Milo Pennington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milo Pennington
Ruby Dryden
Connie
Cathy Clay
Clariece Pennington
Karl Wade
Cavin Pennington
Norman
Willie Pierce
Pennington Family News and Vaness Basketball Queen
Mrs. Lillie Miller visited Mrs. Elma Law Tuesday morning. Vineta Pennington was crowned basketball queen at Vaness school Saturday night. The Pennington family and others attended the crowning, including Milo, Calvin, Norman, and Alfred Pennington and their children. Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Pennington and children moved into their own house Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillie Miller
Elma Law
Wayne Pennington
Vineta Pennington
Vaness School
Milo Pennington
Calvin Pennington
Norman
Alfred Pennington
Community Visitors Report Ada Gathering
Mrs Elma Law and Mrs Lil lie Miller shopped in Ada Thursday. Sunday visitors at the J W Lay home included Bill Menefee and family John Law and baby Albert Crow Rebee Melvin Newby Larry Nessel Wayland Pennington Pod Law Max Law and Greg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elma Law
Lillie Miller
Ada Thursay
J. W. Lay Home
Bill Menefee
John Law
Ada
Albert Crow
Rebee
Melvin Newby
Larry Nessel
Wayland Pennington
Pod Law
Max Law
Greg
Monte Dale Returns to Classes After Illness
Monte Dale missed school last week due to illness but was able to return to his classes on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monte Dale Law
Mr and Mrs Lewis Shirley Visit Oklahoma City
Mr and Mrs Lewis Shirley of Hereford Texas stayed overnight with J W Laws in Oklahoma City after attending a three day automobile training school. Poor weather prompted them to cut their trip short. Mr and Mrs Max Law and their son visited the Shirleys later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis Shirley
Hereford
Tex
Oklahoma City
J. W. Laws
Max Law and Son
Lewis
Ada Industrial Development picks Howard as president
Ada Industrial Development Corporation held its annual meeting at the Aldridge Hotel with re election of officers. B G Howard was re elected president of the board to lead the group that owns and develops industrial sites. The organization has two land holdings totaling 286 acres and expenses exceed 50 000 with no salaried staff. Directors re elected include Howard Kendall Grant and McSwain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada Industrial Development Corporation
Aldridge Hotel
B. G. Howard
AICC
Ada Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
AIDC
Mississippi Avenue
Oc&a
Howard
James Thompson
E. G. Kendall
H. J. Huddleston
Sam K. Grant
Ted R. Savage
Mamie Farnham
Foster McSwain
Pontotoc Girl Competes for State Homemaker Honors
Miss George Ann Hatton of Stonewall High School earns Homemaker of Tomorrow status after top score on a Dec 4 knowledge and attitude test. She advances to state competition with scholarship and travel benefits as part of General Mills Betty Crocker Search for the American Homemaker of Tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Ann Hatton
Stonewall High School
Betty Crocker
General Mills
Science Research Associates
Chicago
Former Roff Man Is Hospitalized After Ammonia Blast
W. V. Dub Hathaway, a welder for a pipeline company, is hospitalized in Trenton New Jersey after an ammonia gas explosion near work. He suffered severe facial and head burns and was believed to be at risk for blindness, but his eyesight was later reported safe. Hathaway was raised in Roff and his wife Sue Davis is the daughter of Mrs. Kate Davis of Roff. The couple resides at 250 Lincoln Highway Fairless Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roff
W. V
Dub” Hathaway
Trenton
N. J
A. L. Hathaway
Hathaway
Social Visit Notes at Ada and Law Home
Shirley visited the J. W. Law home Friday night. Mr and Mrs Cleve Stonecipher of Ada visited Thursday afternoon. Mrs Lillie Miller spent Friday with her sister Mrs Iva Stonecipher in Ada. The women sewed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Brinson
Amarillo
Tex
Alvin Miller
Shirley
J. W. Law
Lillie Miller
Iva Stonecipher
Ada
Ada City Hall Plan Shows Modern Design With Growth Room
Ada voters approved a $200,000 bond and a $179,000 grant to finance a new one story city hall with a large basement, six entrances, and a central lobby. The structure includes police facilities, a dual council chamber and future office spaces, totaling about $379,000 in costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada City Hall
George Gurley
Ada
Hudgins, Thompson, Ball
Council Chamber
City Hall
Service Division
Water Department
Seventh and
Townsend
J. B. Davidson
Og&e
West Tenth
Bowie Ballard Ford
Central Is Authorized To Stop Air Service To Ada
The Civil Aeronautics Board announced Central Airlines will cut service to Ada along with Ardmore and Sherman Denison Texas. The board stated Tulsa to Oklahoma City and Dallas Fort Worth routes will lose three points. Ada not officially represented at the hearing. Local leaders say the move surprised Ada residents and worry traffic and industrial prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central
Ada
Civil Aeronautics Board
Central Airlines
Washington, D. C
Tulsa
Oklahoma City
Dallas-Fort Worth
Ardmore
Sherman-Denison
Texas
American Airlines
Braniff Airways
Chamber of Commerce
Mike Monroney
Pair Is Bound Over For Trial
Two Ada men were bound over to District Court on grand larceny and receiving stolen property charges. Peter Walker, 51, East Sixth, faces grand larceny with a $5,000 bond. George Flint, 45, East Fifth, charged with receiving stolen property with a $2,500 bond. The theft occurred January 18 from Bob Worthen of the L. B. Price Mercantile Co.'s car in the 100 block of East Fifth while Worthen was indoors at a sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
Justice of the Peace
Bert Ratliff
Bob Worthen
Wayne
L. B. Price Mercantile Co
Peter Walker
East Sixth
George Flint
East Fifth
Worthen
Wayne Man
Mass Migration Shifts Dutch Emigration Destinations
Ten years ago 20,000 Hollanders departed for Brazil while in the most recent year 120,000 left for Australia and New Zealand, signaling a major change in colonial-era settlement patterns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazil
Australia
New Zealand
Longtime Stratford Farmer Thomas H Bratcher Dies in Ada
Thomas Harrison Bratcher aged 67 died Tuesday in an Ada hospital. A native of Tennessee born February 24, 1877, he moved to the Stratford area in 1895 and married Alice Victoria Edwards on December 24, 1897 in Mansville. Services are set for Friday at 2:30 p.m. at the Pentecostal Holiness Church in Stratford, with burial in McGee Cemetery. Smith Funeral Home handles arrangements. He leaves his wife and a large family including seven sons, three daughters, a brother, a sister, 31 grandchildren, 31 great grandchildren, and four great great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Harrison Bratcher
Stratford
Ada
Tennessee
Alice Victoria Edwards
Mansville
Oklo
Pentecostal Holiness Church of
Ward Wood
F. M. Wood
McGee Cemetery
Smith Funeral Home
Bratcher
Alice Victoria Bratcher
John
Lester
Harry
Frank
William
Shawnee
Shortie
Roff
Clarence Archie
Artesia
Calif
Pearl Larman
Byars
Rachel Hinkle
Ruby Wadlow
Ardmore
Alex Bratcher
Hattie Hoover
Burns Prove Fatal To Uncle Happy Cravens
Ada’s early resident William Uncle Happy Cravens 97 died at 9 15 pm in Valley View Hospital from burns suffered January 20 after his robe touched a stove a friend used an overcoat to smother the flames and rush Cravens to care He came to Ada in 1903 from Grayson County Texas and was among the first local barbers later ran a hotel and restaurant Cravens born November 15 1865 in Grayson County Texas was the son of former enslaved people whose family name came from an owner Dr Cravens in South Carolina His mother lived to 113.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
Valley View Hospital
William
Happy” Cravens
Cravens
Grayson County
Tex
South Carolina
Texas
Ada city council weighs Sunday grocery closing ordinance
City Attorney Lawrence Green reports invalidity of a proposed Sunday closing law amid court rulings. A large grocers group urged passage at the January 21 council meeting after an earlier gentleman’s agreement faltered, risking widespread Sunday openings and prompting discussion of a state uniform day of rest law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
Lawrence Green
Court of Criminal Appeals
Supreme Court
Classified Ad Notice In Historic Paper
Small ad invites readers to buy sell and trade with News Classified Ads. Contact information provided as FE 2 4433 for submissions and inquiries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dial
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Donna Bray
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David Williams
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Jimmie Jolley
Ernest Owen
Beckie Wade
Lona Buck
David Cranfield
Ronnie Joe Tate
H. C. Kraettli
Don Brown
Karen K
Donita Rae
Stroud
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George Brown
Grace Black
Norman Gray
Claude Buck
Eula Pence
Walter Young
Peggy Young
Sam Kilpatrick
McAlester
A. E. Malone
Alice Malone
W. C. Walters
C. H. Hasting
Denman Eubank
Otis Mitchell
Ransom Tatum
Stanley Holliman
W. O. Jackson
Thomas Gray
R. B. Cox
R. W. Prichard
Tupelo
Carl Watts
Carl
T. L. Smith
Claude Kidwell
Mrs. Gladston Kidwell
Lindsay
Harold Kidwell
Arthur Kidwell
Mrs. Herman Ward
Mr. and
Mrs. Austell Horton
Verniece Dryden
Jackson
Rita and
Bob Jackson
Pontotoc
Police
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Central Nonstop
Tween
Thomas H. Bratcher
Uncle
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