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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1965
Page
2
Ada community notes numerous visits and gatherings. Families including West Minor Marshall and Pennington clans are reported visiting relatives across Ada Stratford Byng and Lawton. Cindy, born last year’s end, is introduced to kin while others attend lunches, dinners, and hospital stays.
Ada area residents share visits with relatives including Grover Barnes and W J Barnes and Robins families. Alfred Baylis faces a car start problem requiring battery replacement from company workers. Mrs Hinkle Blevins and Mrs Graf Brooks visit. Mrs John Alred spent week in Valley View Hospital after five weeks.
Miss Ruann Wigley of Stratford visits Miss Cheryl Melton in Ada. Several residents travel between Ada Stratford Maysville and Lind say to visit relatives and attend hospital calls. Mrs Ethel Varnadore visits Joan Ballard in Stratford. Christine Martin brings aunt Mittie Barnes to Ada for lunch.
Mr. and Mrs. Ardell Phillips of Ada visited Mr. and Mrs. Orlan Dees and Linda Tuesday night. In a separate visit, Mr. and Mrs. Orlan Dees and Linda went to see Mr. and Mrs. A O Sutton in Oil Center on Sunday night.
Mrs Lorainne Pennington visited Mrs Clarice Pennington at Parish Chapel on Friday. Neville and Alva Pennington were Stratford business visitors Saturday. Sunday night supper guests included Mr Mrs Coleman Pennington Roy Ada and Mr Mrs Neville Pennington and Karl Wade. Karl Pennington has been ill and had to miss school.
Mrs Lottie McClure and Pat sy visited Mr and Mrs Frank James and Olen on Sunday, describing a family gathering in Ada.
Mr and Mrs H L Waters of Ardmore were Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs Henry Little. Claude Horsley visited Mrs.
Oakman closes the first semester as Mrs. Tru dy Nance reports perfect attendance for in classroom students Nancy Koopman Lynne and Cathy Current Erma Morrison and Linda Laxton. Late entrants with perfect attendance in the last six weeks include Mary Janet Stevie and George Vick. Newcomers Rebecca McDowell from Dewar and David and Micheal Bishop from Byng join the primary grades.
The Oakman community welcomes two new families to town. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Biship and their child Byng have moved to Mrs. Moody's house. Mr. and Mrs. Jess McDowell and their children have relocated here from Dewar.
The Oakman Free Will Baptist Church Sunday school and league classes held annual elections on January 3. All officers and teachers were retained including George Carter as Sunday School Superintendent Debs Holcombe as assistant superintendent and adult teacher J M Nance senior high teacher Eugene Hobbs junior teacher Carolyn Burns primary teacher Debs Holcombe secretary Myrtle Smith. League officers include President Eugene Caton vice president Shirley Hobbs secretary Donna Gann song leader Glaster Caton adult teacher Debs Holcombe senior teacher L D Stonecipher and League sponsor Eugene Hobbs.
Mrs Ina Henson Francis visited Saturday afternoon with Mr and Mrs A E Pevehouse. Visiting Sunday night in the Pevehouse home were Mr and Mrs J B Boyles Janna and Johnny Francis.
Mrs Mildred Lancaster, a Ada school cafeteria cook, asked Mr J R Pendergrass to craft a large spoon. The spoon measures about thirty inches and marks his first experience making wooden spoons after retirement, though he previously made handles, chairs, rocking chairs and canes.
J. B. Sliger of Byng called on Friday afternoon with his aunt and her husband Mr and Mrs J R Pendergrass.
Mrs. J. M. Wynn and baby visited last Monday with Mrs. Jamnita McNeill. Visiting Tuesday were Mr. and Mrs. Jim King and Ada. Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Heaton and family of Union Valley visited Friday evening in the McNeill home.
Mr and Mrs D B Magar were reported to have visited on Wednesday night. The brief note lists no additional details about the visit or its purpose.
The 84 day weighing of bulls on performance test at Murray State College, Tishomingo, was held Jan 5 1965. With 56 days remaining in the 140 day test, bulls show an average daily gain of 3.26 pounds. The sale is set for Mar 20 1965. Top Hereford pen led by George Coffee white Deer Tex averages 3.95 with one bull at 4.70 pounds daily. Breeders from Oklahoma and Texas frequent the top gains across Hereford, Polled Hereford, Angus, Charolaise Charbray, Red Angus, Milking Shorthorn, Brangus and Santa Gertrudis divisions.
Arlie Morrison returned home Saturday from Valley View Hospital after a two week stay to recover from a heart attack. Visitors included Johnny Stringer and Earnest McDonald on Saturday night and Don Evans and Mr and Mrs Lester Allen on Sunday. Mrs Allen is Morrison’s sister.
Mrs Fern Capps visited Monday with Mrs Scott Jones. The Joneses visited Tuesday with Arlie Morrison Mrs Estelle Madden Mrs Ethel Slemmans Charlie Nail Charles Murphey Pat Dildine Mr and Mrs Homer Jumper and Soloman Jumper.
Cattle and calves at Oklahoma City sale level with feeder demand and varied weights. Hog market steady to higher with barrows and gilts up to 25. Passage also notes Johnson’s call to sever gold tie and stock market indices shifting with gains by Kennecott, Union Carbide, IBM and others amid mostly higher bonds.
New York trading opened with an irregular pattern as drugs and airlines relinquished leadership. American Airlines rose about 2 percent while others edged off recent gains. Eastern fell over a point. Pan American slipped slightly. Major steels and motors eased. chemicals and electronics rose modestly. Gold mining stocks recovered and were bought on weakness amid reports about golds.
The Oklahoma Board of Agriculture reports cash wheat prices: around 1.45 to 1.52 per bushel across multiple towns with steady bids. Egg prices for graded shipments are steady with large cartons 27-28 cents, mediums 24-25, smalls 18-19. Fowl under six pounds fetches 5-6 cents, six pounds and up 12-14. Native pecans steady at 17-19 cents.
The state of Colorado is described with an average elevation around 6,800 feet earning it the nickname Top of the Nation highlighting its high terrain and scenic geography for readers.
John C. Horton age 84 of 119 West Twenty second died recently. Services were Thursday at the Criswell Chapel with Rev Bill Gibson officiating and burial in Memorial Park Cemetery. Bearers included G R Mason Clay Shipley Early Davis Mel Brandon Grady Smith and Bill Yearby.
Funeral services for Donald Lee Jones, A2/c, 24, will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at the Southwest Church of Christ. He died Wednesday at a Lackland AFB hospital in San Antonio Texas after a brief illness. Born February 6, 1941 in Harrisburg Illinois, he moved to Ada as a child, attended Willard, Ada High School, and two years at East Central. He served three years in the armed forces and will be buried with full military honors in Allen Cemetery with Tinker AFB personnel attending. Officiating will be Bill Gibson, under the direction of Smith Funeral Home. He is survived by his mother Myrtle A. Jones of Ada, a brother Bobby L. Jones of Miami Florida, and a grandmother Mrs. W. A. Leonard of Ada. His father died in 1961.
Mrs. Mary Risner of 201 North Stonewall died Thursday in a local convalescent home at age 80. Funeral services will be announced later by the Smith Funeral Home.
Since World War II, thirty three countries have gained independence in Africa. The list highlights decolonization waves across the continent, marking a shift in political and regional self governance.
The Hart Home Demonstration Club installs new officers at a meeting hosted by Mrs. Arno Griffith. Mrs. Richard Soutee presides, new secretary Mrs. Bob Wall chosen, and committees named for the coming year. Program focuses on buying sheets with demonstrations by Miss Martha Mote. Next meeting planned at Mrs. Shelby Stanfield’s home.
The Wisawanik Lodge of the Order of the Arrow will hold its annual fellowship and business meeting Friday evening and Saturday at the Elks Youth Lodge on Pennington Creek in Tishomingo. Members come from the Arbuckle council for service and leadership. officers for 1965 will be elected during the Saturday session.
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