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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1965
Page
7
Mrs. Thelma Jean Garrett went with her father Hansel Burk to Shawnee on Thursday for her brother-in-law Kirk Duncan's surgery. They also met at the Pentecostal Holiness Church in Shawnee on Tuesday night.
Mrs Velma McDonald visited Saturday afternoon with Mr and Mrs Ode Franks. He has been sick for some time. His people from Arkansas were also visiting him, a sister and others.
Mr and Mrs Van Ray Reed and baby visited with her parents Mr and Mrs Isaacs in Oklahoma City on Saturday night and returned Sunday to dine with his parents Mr and Mrs Bill Reed and Grandma Grove. Cecil Morris and family visited Sunday with her parents and grandparents while Rickey Pete Moore visited with his mother Grandma Gove and sister and her husband Mr and Mrs Bill Reed.
Mrs Leonra Barnes and her daughters visited sister Mrs Clara Freeman and family Sunday. Mrs Mittie Barnes stayed with sister Mrs Edna Gale in Ada Saturday night and Sunday. Miss Janice Chilcoat attended Oil Center Pentecostal Holiness Church Sunday with Sondra Garrett.
Weekend guests were their daughter and family Mr and Mrs Kenneth Cole and children Con nerville two sons Bob Gray and Fred Gray.
The Center HD Club visited Mrs. Bob Austell who has been ill for some time and is staying with Mr. and Mrs. Fred Burnyard.
Chester Treas and Jackie Treas returned from California where they worked in December. The couple has moved to Tupelo.
Debbie Kay Clifford spent Monday night with Sandra Brashier. Tupelo grade school teams played in the County tournament with Tupelo A girls beating Olney and Tupelo B boys winning in overtime. Tupelo C girls faced Cottonwood. Tupelo girls took the coal county championship 18 to 11 and Tupelo B boys beat Cottonwood to claim the trophy. Centrahoma A? B? girls and Coalgate and Cottonwood results noted.
Mr and Mrs Fred Waters of California visit Mrs Ruth Davis and Skip and also visit Mrs Eula Davis in Stonewall. Ms Waters is Mrs Davis daughter.
Mr and Mrs Sam Johnston Ada and Tony visited Saturday with his parents Mr and Mrs Ben Johnston and Davey. The Sam Johnstons are driving a new 1965 automobile. Mr and Mrs Other Reed Ada visited Sunday with Mr and Mrs Paul Johnston. Mrs Doll Flowers Stonewall visited Sunday with her sister and brother in law Mr and Mrs Ben Johnston.
Mrs. W. B. Hokett of Tupelo and Mrs. Doyin Stonecipher shared a Thursday dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Walter Brooks. Mr. and Mrs. Simon Young of Lightning Ridge and Elane and Clay visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Short Ortner.
Mrs Edgar Cross of Centraloma spent Friday afternoon in the company of Mr and Mrs Buck Sweat. The brief social visit reflects a local neighborhood gathering with familiar names.
Maudie Harbin visited Friday with the Sweats. Mr and Mrs Bud Sweat and Pattie of Tupelo visited Thursday night with Mr and Mrs Knox Sweat, Connie and Donna, and Sunday morning with Mr and Mrs Buck Sweat.
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Brooks hosted Linda Diane and Dewayne Ada for a Sunday dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Short Fortner. Mrs. Liddie Reed of Tupelo spent Thursday night with Mr. and Mrs. Walter Brooks.
Mr and Mrs John Davis of Odessa Texas join the Weekly. Mrs Davis formerly Molly Ann Johnston. Davey Johnston visited Saturday with Dickie Clifford. The boys went coon hunting Friday night and captured a coon. Saturday night they got three coons in one tree.
Mrs Knox Sweat and her daughter join Betsy Johnston for a Saturday music lesson in Stonewall.
Sunday morning service at Pickett Methodist Church drew 34 attendees. Elvin and Sue Jacquess arrived in a blue and white pickup admired by friends.
Mrs Bill Hopper resumes nursing duties after stepping away from Sunday school teaching. Children miss her but understand she provides valuable, comforting service to those in need.
Royce Jaquess says Jacquess Brothers are constructing a four bedroom house across the road from the church north of Elbert Ross for Alex Van Zandt who is relocating from San Antonio.
Jo Ann Jacquess and Hazel Biggs were home from their teaching duties this weekend to visit their families.
Mrs Homer Davis formerly Linda Jacquess returned to California after a five week visit with her parents Mr and Mrs Hack Jacquess. She came home to Oklahoma for the birth of a daughter Holly Janet.
The Pickett 4-H Club excelled Friday night at the Junior High Auditorium earning second alternate in the senior division and blue ribbons in both group and individual acts.
Mr and Mrs Bud Jacquess attended the Quarterhorse Association Banquet Saturday then visited Mr and Mrs Floyd Robbins. Mr and Mrs Elvin Jacquess joined the group and they played dominoes. Sunday Mr and Mrs Pete Choate and daughters Diane and Debbie visited the Robbins.
Dr and Mrs Jim Tate visit Mr and Mrs Bob Garner and their four sons Friday night. The adults play Liverpool Rummy learned from neighbors Mr and Mrs Horace Golden of Union Hill.
Saturday afternoon Jennifer Garner joined a skating party hosted by schoolmate Pam Ballard and returned home with bruises and orange white pom poms with bells. Pam and her parents visited the Garners after the party.
The correspondent notes appreciation for Elvin Jacquess who bought the first subscription to the WEEKLY, marking a notable early support for the publication.
Sunday school attendance stood at 64 with Rev. Don Newby delivering both messages. Visitors included Pamela Adams Debra Henderson and Ada. Helen Cochran was honored with a birthday song. Training union attendance reached 52 with special songs by the intermediate and junior classes. Sunday night visitors were Mrs Johnny Allen and family and Mrs Lela Johnson and family.
Mr and Mrs Fred Jones and Wayne Ada Mrs Lillie Karr Mr and Mrs Melvin Newby Oil Center and F O Jones visited Rev and Mrs Don Newby Kathy Saturday and Suny.
Mr and Mrs Joe Hodges and Ada with Mr and Mrs Murry Golden and Mrs Earl Rose visited Mr and Mrs Robert Golden along with Lynda and Mike on Sunday.
Mr and Mrs Duke Rhynes and family Rebee and Mr and Mrs Tommy Johnson and family visited Mr and Mrs William Henson and Billy. Mr and Mrs Henson and Billy visited Mr and Mrs Walter McAnally Saturday.
T. E. Jones of Konawa and Mr. and Mrs. Ray Hicks visited Miss Delphia Jones and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Jones and Wayne at Nico ma Park last week.
Judson Kirby Latta Glen Wallis Ada Myra Nell Garett Letha Stice Lena Cochran Emma Jones Benny Jones Don Newby Kathy visited Mr F C Jones and Glenn in Walnut Grove last week.
Micheal Golden and Teresa Golden achieved perfect attendance for the first semester. The Ada Junior High Friday night event hosted the 4-H Share The Fun program. The Sympathetic Milking Machine by Micheal, Gary Golden, and Johnny Long finished second. Teresa Golden earned second place for a piano solo.
Mr. and Mrs. Karl Tilley, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Golden, and Mr. and Mrs. F. O. Jones called on Sunday to see Mrs. Carline McNutt and Mrs. Cordy West, patients at Valley View Hospital.
Rev and Mrs F L Cunningham visited Mr and Mrs J A Pannell and grandson Mark who has been sick and staying with great grandparents while his mother works and father attends East Central. The Cunninghams dined with Warren Cunningham Oil Center on Wednesday and were dinner guests of Mack Welch Sunday. Ray Kemp joined the visits later in the week.
Mrs F C Jones Mrs Barbara Newby Kathy and Glenn Jones visited Mr and Mrs Jack McNutt Jr Eddie and Danny at Wintersmith Park on Wednesday and Thursday. Mrs Carline McNutt was admitted to Valley View Hospital on Saturday.
Oil Center residents Rev. Gilbert Burch and Mrs. Lillie Karr with Lowell Watson visited Rev. and Mrs. Don Newby and Kathy in Seminole last week.
Mrs. Matt Richardson and family helped with stock on Thursday night. The Richardsons bought the Lonnie Cassady farm and moved to Ada last week. They have been building barns and feeding places for stock. They visited Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Tilley in Walnut Grove.
Mr and Mrs A B Northam of Oil Center and Mr and Mrs Valley Layne of Ada visited Ada residents including Mrs Mary Cook on Saturday reflecting close community ties and social visits.
Mr and Mrs William Henson and Billy with Mr and Mrs Johnny Allen and kin toured Arkansas and Texas visiting the former Henson home site. Mrs Henson notes roof changes and new large dams observed during the trip.
Mrs. Sible Collins and Mrs. Roper hosted visitors in Oklahoma City on Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Billy Joe Adams with Joni Rhondi and Pam Ela and Mrs. Ally Phelps with Ada visited Collins and Roper on Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Johnson and family visited Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Wright in Ada on Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Skeet, Gregory and Sammie also visited Mr. and Mrs. Don Newby and Kathy in Ada on Sunday.
Miss Mary Lou Keilams and Mrs. Lois Rhynes with Mr and Mrs Wayne McAnally visited Mr and Mrs Alvin McAnally and Tammy at their home for a casual gathering likely during a weekend.
Harold Lang of Ada and Mr and Mrs Cletus Kelly and family visited the Walter McAnallys in Roff on Sunday. The week prior the McAnallys hosted Mr and Mrs James Rhynes and others in the community.
Duke Rhynes joins Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Allen and family along with Mr. and Mrs. Alvin McAnally and Tammy, Mr. and Mrs. William Henson and Billy, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Tatum and family, and Mr. and Mrs. Wayne McAnally for a shared community gathering.
Mr and Mrs Charles Coplen George Smith and family and Virgle Fox visited Mr and Mrs Lee Keeling and Lorene last week in Ada, sharing time with local friends and relatives.
Mr and Mrs W C Karr visited Mr and Mrs Jim Karr in Durant on Sunday. Mrs Jim Karr is a patient at the hospital in Durant. Mrs Ruby Horton, William, Barbara and Mrs Lena Cochan also mentioned in the note.
The fragment records visits by Helen to the Karrs and by Mr. and Mrs. Kirkes Pat McAnally’s nursing school progress and upcoming cap. It also mentions several Ada residents at events and hospital visits, plus a statement that Glacier National Park ranks fourth among the nation’s largest parks after Yellowstone Mt. McKinley and the Everglades.
Miss Jon Ann Wommack visited her sister and Web Scroggins family in Oakman. The group attended Byng versus Roff basketball games where both Byng boys and girls won. A weekend visit spanned Oklahoma City trips and family dinners with the Wommacks and Scroggins.
A fragmentary reminiscence recalls Uncle in EYS Epigrins and a nana Din oe. Tobe Hinch’s firing, Grandpa Hedges’ war homecoming, and Zed Peters’ worried mood. Humorous asides note fiddling, tuxedo images, Millie Wright’s two bagger popcorn, and Farmer Martin’s boastful lies about hogs.
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