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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1922
Page
5
Sunday rain brings church cancellation and a flood of visits across Ada area. Locals Eliza Tollison and Lucy Sanders host gatherings while many families, including Tollison, Sanders, Oliver, and Brann, share calls. Harvest work and local picnics fill chores and leisure, with incidents like a horse fall and a party at Ada.
Hoyt West and Edgar Oliver visited Jack Moore on Sunday while West and Oliver also spent Saturday in Ada. Charmichael family shopped there with Mae Hazel Luther Saylors. Card party at Carmichaels Saturday night, with the Webster family visiting Sunday. Ahloso youths visited Walter Dicker Jr. Thursday night and several attended a Love Lady prayer meeting. Bill Bryant works at the brick plant and Julius Roberson visited Lovelady. Sunday no singing due to bad weather.
Farmers see crops improving after a Sunday rain with fewer boll weevils. Local social items include Wilsonites attending a Saturday barbecue and visits among residents such as Arthur Brand with family, Winnie Cassady's return to Grandmother Dodd, and Ada Schofield as a guest of Esther Vandergriff. Substituted teaching duties at New Bethel and health updates are noted. Sunday school canceled due to rain.
A community enjoyed a weekend rain with socials and picnics. Hazel Horton visited Jewel Copeland, and many attended a barbecue and ice cream event. Several residents, including Faye Bullock and Estelle McCleroy, visited friends while Owen Smith plans to return to work soon after home visits. Clifford Austell and Ted Cox left for harvest. In Vanoss, a timely rain aided crops that had been needing moisture.
A Sunday rain refreshed crops and halted church events. Residents report a pleasant Saturday Center picnic. Social visits spread through the community with many neighbors stopping by kin and friends, including Miss Fay Bullock and Miss Maud Hoosier, and others visiting from Jones Chapel and Ada.
Frequent rain promises a bumper corn crop while boll weevils continue to rage. Revival attendance at Parish Chapel draws neighbors from Summers Chapel. Many locals visit Ada, Center, and nearby towns for trips, family visits, and picnics. Several residents are listed as sick.
Sunday rain aided local farmers. Mr Murphy and family Carrie Belle Mosier attended the Allen picnic. Mrs Dunham stayed with Mrs Ballard. Grandma Casey Mrs Williams Jessie Manning Nora Mosier visited Anna Norton. Norton left for Kansas. Murray Golden's baby ill. Bruce Birdie and Carrie Casey visited grandmother Mrs Casey. Anna Norton stayed with Carie and Belle Mosier. Young folks attended church in Ada. Mrs Pitt visited Mrs Gwaltney. Andrew Ray was visiting. Elling Williams left for Kansas to work harvest. Miss Myrtle and Oma Norton.
Rain Sunday helped crops and farming slows as summer ends. Local residents Miss Ora Eddings and Nora Sweet visited. Lillie Bunch and Molloy sisters shopped in Ada. Gracie Crow hosted. Minnie Burks and others were seen at Ada. Several Worstell youths attended a Fourth of July picnic with Crow, Burk, Molloy, and Adams families. Our school starts Monday. Lillie Bunch hurt when thrown by a horse.
A Sunday water spout was noted and praised in Frisco. Visitors include Miss Frankie Deister and Miss Sarah Thompson visiting relatives in Frisco and Pauls Valley. Residents report bull weevil control efforts using drag and Gresham and Brown weevil catcher. school resumes Monday. several local visits noted.
A Saturday Picnic at Center drew many locals including Vera Bevels Faye Bullock Craig Parker Blanche McMinn Allie Baugh Corrine Bullock Vera Wallace and Oba Robertson Opal Bevels Donald Faulkenberry Eustace McMinn Glenn Fowler Lee Moss Gray Wright Miss Sylivia Moss visited Ada over the weekend Miss Curtis Fowler and Fred O Neal attended a Rock party at Curtis Fowler's home Flora Wilhite spent Sunday with his sister Mrs Willis Paul Carter of Ada visited Lee Moss this week Ollie Baugh Blanche McMinn and Eustace McMinn visited Bessie and Glenn Fowler Sunday Miss Vera Bevels spends the week in Ada.
The town reports good health for hot weather and thriving gardens though boll weevils are a problem. Local visits include Opal Holland from near Tulsa visiting aunt Coley and Omah Ledbetter visiting Ada. Many residents share fellowships and visits with relatives across nearby towns.
A Chicago beauty convention speaker notes that a woman's hair defines her look more than gown or jewels. Coiffure should appear natural and invisible, with multiple strands or fine nets hidden from view to preserve individuality and elegance.
Opening cattle market shows full steady tone with uneventful gains for the week. Southern Oklahoma and northern Texas wintered cattle sold 6.75 to 7.50 while better quality cattle hold steady value. top horse prices reach 10.25 as fewer stockers and feeders trade. Local notes include a cotton patch update from Uncle Nat Hisaw with promising boll development.
Our correspondents page is thinner this week as festivities on the Fourth kept many in Ada and other towns. Rural carriers missing routes Tuesday delayed letters, and some items may reach too late for publication. Next week expect normal activity.
Two grey mares about 11 years old and 143 hands high missing from Atoka County. One is branded 3M on the left thigh. the other has a small ear notch and an eye lid nick. Reward offered for information leading to recovery. Notify Mack Carr Atoka Okla Box 181 or Lehigh National Bank Lehigh Okla.
The Pontotoc county Republican convention nominated a full primary ticket including Dr. T. A. Hill state senator Dr S M Richey representative A G Winn and C T Barney district judge Miss Belle Gilbert county superintendent J L Boring court clerk G H Priest assessor G E Davis county weigher W E Heady sheriff W L Johnson commissioner District No 2 M C Hooks and F M Snider commissioner District No 3.
A Fourth of July gathering at the East Thirteenth Street home of Mr and Mrs Gus Gaar drew nine of the eleven Griffith family members from J H and Mrs J H Griffith of Roff. Attending were the Griffiths and several spouses from Ada Oakman Roff and Stratford along with visiting friends and relatives.
The police traffic department announces a new city ordinance requiring all vehicles approaching Main Street from any avenue between Katy and Santa Fe trains to stop completely before crossing or turning onto Main. A grace period will allow drivers to learn the rule, after which arrests may follow for noncompliance.
Lawrence L. Pendleton of Beggs and Anna Ruth Clark of Ada wed Wednesday afternoon at the bride home 130 East 10th street Rev H M Woods officiated Bridesmaid Grace Dial Maid of honor Eunice McNew Floral decor featured ferns roses sweet peas Groom a noted Beggs oil and cattleman Bride a Ada High School graduate Sister of the bride Mrs Frank Burd of Okmulgee attended as out of town guest
Marion Ohio July 5 President Harding spent a second day in the city as a homecoming visitor with a lighter schedule. He is to review a historical parade this afternoon and visit intimate friends before plans call for departure tomorrow en route to Columbus and then Washington by automobile.
A note reflects that men's statened white collars were not known prior to 1825, suggesting an early fashion development milestone.
United States Circuit Judge Sanborn to sign a decree dissolving the receivership of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas railroad, authorizing sale at public auction for not less than 27 million dollars. Special master Byron Babbitt and Joseph Dobbins to conduct sale at Colbert Oklahoma station.
Seven armed bandits boarded a Tower Grove street car at Grand and Arsenal, disarmed Officer Oscar Kunz and bank messenger Joseph Moffop, escaping with $21,000 in currency and over $78,000 in checks bound for a downtown bank. The robbery occurred in a busy southern city corner near the bank location.
Delayed reports from Ponca City say four women from near Ponca City abducted Mrs. Ramsey at Red Rock, tied her to a tree, and whipped her for alleged immoral conduct with married men. She freed herself. a warrant remains for her arrest. Her daughters were not harmed.
Frank A. Klem of Whiting Indiana marries Miss Helen Rollow daughter of Mr and Mrs P J Roliow in a ceremony at the bride s home performed by Rev J H Ball First Methodist pastor. After a brief stay in Ada the couple will relocate to Whiting to begin married life. Miss Rollow has long known Ada residents from her years in the city.
Announcement from Ada states J Warner Hoover and Miss Mildred Carrie Hoover were married in Houston Texas on June 29 The groom is the son of J M Hoover and Mrs Hoover of Ada He plans to reside in Boston Massachusetts after August first and the couple will be at home there.
A historical note reveals Amsterdam in the Netherlands has a vast network of over 300 bridges spanning its canals. The count highlights the city’s intricate waterway system and architectural heritage.
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