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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1963
Page
5
Mrs. Clinnie Crow and others visit Frank Lewis. Visits to Mrs. Vannie Northam and Shawnee relatives are noted. Camp meeting at Chandler and Pentecostal Holiness events announced. Families share outings and meals with the Suttons and Newbys as Ada area social life continues.
A sequence of community notices shows Mrs. Clareta Gray and others at an H D club meeting with Mrs. Welch as program leader. Several visits occur across families including hospital and corn freezings, with travel to Wellington and Oklahoma City and a truck accident involving Bob Gray.
Tamra Robertson spent Saturday night with Tonya Tucker. Stacy Robertson stayed with his grandmother Mrs. Darchie Booth while parents attended the alumni banquet at Vanessa. Doug and Janice Stinson visited Mr. and Mrs. Steve Gray and attended church.
Eldridge Roddy and children visited Mrs. Edith Cook. Several families including the Grays from Phoenix attended reunions and visited kin in the area. Alumni banquet attendees, birthday celebrations, and a large birthday shower for Mrs. Opal Ward are noted with multiple local names and households mentioned.
Last week Mr. and Mrs. Lennard Holloway of Stratford along with Ruth Sutton Hansel Burk Pearl Roberts and grandchildren Kathy Roberts Anna Mae Sutton Lois Newby and Deanie Henderson visited Mrs. Nannie Cox and Marshall Cox Sr. on Monday afternoon. Mr. Cox is not feeling well.
Sondra Garrett and Doretha Tucker had dinner with Janice Franks Sunday. Janice Franks spent Saturday night with Dor etha Tucker.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Littles of Pauls Valley visited Mr. and Mrs. Hansel Burk on Saturday night.
Mrs. Ethel Mae Stein of Muskogee spends the week with sister Mrs. Opal Ward aiding the store and filling station. Mr and Mrs Jim Ward, who assisted, moved back to Shawnee Sunday. Mr and Mrs Cline Jared, Broken Arrow, visited last week with her parents Mr and Mrs Bert Jones.
Mr and Mrs Albert Crow spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Alvin Wells in Oklahoma City. Eddie Hayes returned home with them after weeks with the Wellses. Mr and Mrs Jack Perrine and Willie visited relatives in Marlow. The death of Wesley McCormicks daughter and granddaughter in a car wreck near Lawton is reported. Wesley formerly lived near Oil Center and she was a cousin of Mrs Clinnie Corw.
Mrs Minnie Palmer and Mrs Bill Taylor visited Mrs Clinnie Crow Saturday afternoon and delivered fresh vegetables. Mr and Mrs Doyle Newby spent Saturday and Sunday in Chandler for a church of God camp meeting.
A reader describes Black residents and Black dogs in crude terms and suggests removing them with violence. The remark targets Black people in Oil Center, portraying them as a nuisance and proposing harm.
Mr and Mrs Orin Clay and family Cathy and Connie from Stratford visited in the L M Pennington home Tuesday and Wednesday evenings. Mrs Patsy Henson and children Florence Isaacs and Mrs Alene Pennington with Rosa Jane were part of the gathering.
Della and Debbie Norman A E Gooch and J T Cannon visit Mr and Mrs Milo Pennington. Mrs Elma Law and Orin Clay family call on the Penningtons. Sunday dinner hosts are Mr and Mrs Milo Pennington with Orin Clay and girls. Visitors include Manley Maddox and relatives from Ada Pryor and California as Vineta Pennington leaves for a short trip. Vineta’s birthday supper is held early. Manley Charles Maddox visits his father in Ada and Calif and Virgie Pennington is noted among relatives.
Mike returned to Shawnee Sunday after a month with his mother following his father Harmon Ward's death. Mrs. Ethel Mae Steen of Muskogee visits to help at the store. Mr. and Mrs. Winston Ward and sons of Shawnee visited Mrs. Ward and Mrs. Steen. Morzelle Rogers and Pat of Berkeley Calif visit her father E. C. Caviner and H. R. and relatives, also attending the Vanoss alumni banquet.
Mrs. Mary Lou Henson, Mrs. Pearl Gray, Mrs. Wanda Lamb and Florence Isaacs were among those who attended a kitchenware party in the home of Mrs. Patsy Henson Thursday evening.
Thursday dinner guests included E. C. Caviner and H. R. Mrs Mozelle Rogers and Pat and Mr and Mrs Bruce Little visiting Mr and Mrs John Wood.
Mr and Mrs Bruce Little and Mrs Ruby Lamb visited the Littles daughter Mrs Reba Lance who is a patient in an Oklahoma City hospital. Mrs Ruby Wood was Sunday dinner guest of Mr and Mrs Newell Little in Oklahoma City.
Mr and Mrs Charles Wood from Coalgate visited Saturday night with his parents Mr and Mrs John Wood, sharing family time during the gathering.
Names appear in a social column listing couples and individuals such as Mr. and Mrs. Edmond Caviner, E. C. Caviner, H. R., Mrs. Mozelle Rogers and Pat, Mr. and Mrs. Bennie Farmer, Ada, and Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Lamb among others.
Mrs. Kate Wood was a Sunday dinner guest of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Wood in Stratford. Mr. and Mrs. M. R. Tucker and gifts were Friday supper guests of his mother Mrs. Ollie Tucker and his grandmother Mrs. Clora Wood.
Mr and Mrs W N Isaacs welcomed their daughter Mrs Vernon Gray and a diverse set of guests including Mr and Mrs Lester Gray from Arizona Mr and Mrs Joe Gray Carl Conner ville and Mr and Mrs Steven Gray. Weekend visitors included Mr and Mrs J A Patton and Florence Isaacs at the Pattons Cabin on Lake Texoma.
Five of six Farmer siblings gathered Friday at Clifford Lambs home for a family reunion. Gerald Lynn attended with parents Virgle and Mrs. Farmer, plus traces of many relatives from Tulsa Stratford Medicine Lodge and other towns. Billie Rae Crookham could not attend due to her husband’s station in Germany. Clareta Gray and Vickie with Willie Isaacs later visited the Farm er children and parents.
Friday night in Clifford Lamb home as Machelle Love visits grandparents and many relatives gather across Pauls Valley area. The piece lists visits, hospital stays, and family travel including Pennington, Caviner,Blevins and White families with multiple Madison County names and extended family connections.
The report lists multiple social visits around Chandler Ada and surrounding towns. Mr. and Mrs. P O Henson stayed with Tom Henson, attendance at a Chandler camp meeting noted. Delbert and Kay Tucker visited grandparents Rance Tucker while parents attended an alumni banquet in Vaness. Lester Gray visited Rachel Horton in Phoenix. Euel Fulton and Austell Horton hosted visits in Healdton and Ada. Alene Thompson brought her parents to the Horton home and then planned Ada visits. Various relatives, friends, and hosts appear across Shawnee Chandler Ada Byng and Okla. City regions.
Opal Hunter, 41, was found by her husband at about 3 30 p m Friday afternoon in her Stonewall home. County Attorney Francis Mayhue said a bottle believed to contain strychnine lay beside the body. An autopsy was performed and materials sent to the state crime laboratory in Oklahoma City. full report expected this week.
Scientists report about 1800 thunderstorms are ongoing globally at any moment. The note appears among weather science items in the news want ads section.
Louie Moshier southeast of Ada says mowing Bermuda grass pastures improves growth, controls blooming weeds, spreads vetch and clover seeds, and promotes even grazing. Flood control Site No 23 on Leader Creek is under construction near Allen. Soil and Water districts plan eleven new flood control sites in Ponotoc and Coal counties with bids soon. Kenneth Blan promoted to Work Unit Conservationist at Bartlesville. John Pewthers moves to Ada to replace Blan.
The R. B. Tiffin family dairy in Vanoss operates with 30 to 35 cows and a modern barn with self milkers and a 300 gallon bulk tank. The herd is mainly Holstein, with beef-type bulls used for baby calves sold young at the Ada Livestock Auction. The farm spans 160 acres with 80 acres of bottom land and emphasizes permanent pastures, roughage, and diversified crops.
The report notes India has over 800 languages and dialects with about 40 percent of people speaking Urdu or Hindi. It stresses linguistic variety across regions and communities in the country.
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