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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1922
Page
5
The editor invites correspondents to share next week how farmers are faring against boll weevils and whether cotton bolls are increasing, noting last week’s letter from Fitzhugh arrived late and will be used if possible.
Rain visited Summers Chapel Tuesday morning as residents attended Maxwell speaking Monday night. Singing drew crowds Sunday afternoon and several attended a Ray Lambs tank baptizing. Elmer McIntyre visited home folks, and families shared weekend visits. Weath er remains fair though rain is needed for crops. Community events include school start and an arbor meeting led by Bro. Ellis Roberts. Many locals traveled to Maxwell, Ada, Stratford, Bokchito, and Galey for visits and errands.
Union Hill notes show crops laid by and many local visits. Ada visitors include Mrs. John Wells and Baril Pate with families. Social events feature ice cream with many enjoying gatherings at Palmer and Roddy homes and singing at Egypt.
The grain is ready for the thrasher and crops are progressing. An ice cream supper at Andrew Creech's drew a sizable crowd Saturday. Young people have been attending church at Pleasant Hill all week. J. E. Smith and family visited S. C. Smiths. Miss Gertrude Creech shopped in Ada. Nk Lynn of Vaness spent Friday with Clint Philips. Belle Cree visited Eula Hulsey. Myrtle Smith stayed with Mrs. L. D. Smith last week. Will Creech spent time with home folks. Winnie Fears visited Mrs. C. Smith. Eunice Epperson stays the week with Bertha Creech. Dykes from near Fitzhugh visited John Clampitt family. Jphi Fears spent Sunday with John Webb family. Lillie Creech visited friends near Pleasant Hill. Henry Clampitt and Delphia and Ida Smith visited Clampitts. Lillian and Ethel Smith visited Wednesday. Come on Pleasant Hill with your.
Sunday and Sunday night regular appointment by Rev. Holland. School began Monday with Geo W. Cavner as superintendent William Coe as principal and Allie Baugh and Jewell Thomas as assistants. Large attendance. Ocia Babb visiting Chickasha. Various social visits noted. Girls and boys club to meet Friday. sewing lesson planned.
Preaching and Sunday school drew strong crowds on Saturday night. Guests included Clemmie Beller and Lillie Berger with Ira Brandon. Rube Pendleton has been visiting Frank Taylor, who returned home Saturday. Several local families hosted guests across the weekend including Eula Marson with Laura and Mexico Stewart and Ruby Stewart with Fannie Hillard. Little Kittie Brandon is improving while others hosted visits from Willie Beller and Ina Brandon.
Union Valley reports a good crop outlook for sweet potatoes and a lively community scene with Sunday school attendance, church services, and gatherings. Local residents and visitors include the Phillips and Crabtree families, plus J. H. Turner’s theft loss, while various trips, prayers, and talks occur at schools and farms across Colbert and surrounding areas.
The community notes rain hoped for to aid corn crops while church attendance was strong on Sunday. School begins Monday with Mrs Sat terfield and Mrs Hudson teaching. A string of visits and social calls follow among many local families including the Mullinax, Meeks, Farr, Bullock and Hagg groups. Several young folks attended singing and illness and travel are noted among residents.
Crops at Jones Chapel look fine as residents finish hoeing cotton. Several visits and social events are noted including Mrs Effie Jones of Lawton staying with her grandmother Mrs Casey, John Norton and Lawrence Faulkenberry visiting Jesse Norton, and many others visiting relatives and attending church and gatherings in Pickett Bristow Steedman and Egypt with Brown Eyes providing a closing note.
Saturday night preaching by Bro Seckinger and Sunday by Bro Shipman. Ada guests Mr and Mrs Shipman and family. Elizabeth Walker visited Ethel Hopper. Families Ellis visited Rains and others. Drexel Sales seen in vicinity. School house improvements and high school established. School opened Monday with Prof Brock Norman Mitchell and Winnie Cassaday on faculty. Mrs Edd Ellis visiting relatives near Jesse. Edd Walker seen Sunday afternoon. Hensleys of Byng attended Sunday school. Otherene Petty visited Viola Clark. Edd Ellis went to Coalgate on business. Linda Morgan listed sick. Dc Stringer made a trip to town. Harrison Ellis and Pearl Stevens guests of Dola Lowe.
A regular gully washer of rain fell at Ada this Thursday morning and was widespread across the county. It should finish the corn crop and slow the need for cotton irrigation for a long time.
Tuesday report notes Battery F 160th Field Artillery and Second Battalion Headquarters Detachment and Combat Train leave Ada at 6 40 am by Santa Fe train for 15 days of intensive training at Fort Sill. Officers in charge named with rostered personnel listed including Roy Adair Kenneth Frank and Robert Kerr among others. Guardsmen breakfasted at local cafes, some veterans among ranks, relatives gathered at the station to see departure.
Stillwater Ruth Swanson of McAlester holder of a state scholarship from Pittsburg County will be the only girl student of agriculture in next fall's advanced classes at A and M college and plans to enter the dairy business. Her father F E Swanson offers a full partnership in his dairy and she stays through summer school to complete three years of work. She helped select most of his dairy cows and ranked fourth in the freshman sophomore judging contest last year among 65 men.
In England it is unlawful to play billiards on Sunday Christmas Day or Good Friday. The rule targets leisure gaming on designated days, reflecting historical social norms and religious observance shaping public behavior and local enforcement.
At a political gathering in Francis last Saturday night an egg of uncertain age was thrown from the crowd, striking Judge A. G. Winn on the chest.
Hugo Oklahoma July 11 officers from McCurtain Pushmataha and nearby counties search for three masked men who attacked R A Howard 64 dairyman at his home early Monday binding him with wire and setting fire to the house. Neighbor J T Reed rescued him.
A special election in Johnston County, Oklahoma, defeated the proposal to move the county seat from Tishomingo to Milburn. The complete returns show a two to one vote against the change.
A terse piece describes frustrations with starting and power, attributing issues to the driver and fuel, then focuses on gas name and oil quality. It notes worn crankcase oil causing poor lubrication and grit, urging a change at the source to improve performance.
A-1 Filling Station offers to clean crank cases at no charge and supply thoroughly refined TEX ACO oil. They promote TEX ACO GAS with a money back in case of failure, and claim only the best oil is purchased despite cheaper options elsewhere.
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