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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1926
Page
3
In Byrds Mill the Wednesday rain revived crops with corn fine cotton blooming oats nearly threshed and hay baling begun. Community residents share visits church services and school notes while weather impacts cucumber yields for the pickle factory.
Rain fell from 1 until 3 Friday night with corn cane oats and cotton conditions noted. Some fields yield 28 to 50 bushels per acre. measles cases appear. teacherage occupants arrive to prepare for Monday school start. social visits and church meetings reported. bee honey harvesting recounts. several towns mentioned including Frisco Ada Blue Mound Pleasant Hill and Ada area.
Corn and cotton in the community look healthy with minimal crab grass. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Watson and family visited Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Hughey. School is expected to start in about two weeks. Virgie Bryant visited Please Bethurem. Several residents attended picnics in Ada and Vaness. Illness affects families with three sick at the Christian home including Mrs. Christian. Miss Lomena Crabtree visited Euna Hughey. Gates Roberts and Mr. Solomon were in Ada Saturday.
The community welcomed Friday night rain praised by farmers. Residents attended school with solid first day attendance. Local residents report outings to Byars Lake and Maxwell ball game. Obituary notes mention the infant death of Mr and Mrs Myeres. Local visits included Ozbrin of Lewis and Owen families with several neighbors.
A heavy rain last Wednesday cooled the air and promised a bountiful harvest. Ada men arrive to wire the A F and A M hall and I O O F lodge for electric lights. City officials plan new water pumps to improve supply. J E King named Frisco yardmaster after H A Fagan's death in Sherman hospital. John I McCoole renovates West Main building and plans a groceries stock, returning Francis ties and friends to town commerce.
The rain aided Maxwell residents with community events and outings. Maxwell defeated Pecan Grove 17 9 in a recent ball game. Local visits included Miss Bernice Evans returning to Chicago and many neighbors hosting relatives and attending gatherings at Vaness and Chism.
A fine rain fell Monday night easing four weeks of dryness while crops look good. Our school opened with large enrollment and many from the community attended the Vaness picnic. Sunday school progresses but more attend Sunday night singing. Mr and Mrs Payne and Mr and Mrs Crawford visited friends near Pickett Sunday. The Shults child is very ill. Jess Standiige family visited Henry Little Sunday. The rain Monday night stopped.
WORSTELL School began Monday under James W Owens and Miss Florence Owens. Various local visits occur as families visit relatives in Marlow Maxwell Gayley Fitzhugh and surrounding areas. Students travel to new high school as Viola Gordon leaves Sunday to attend Fitzhugh high school.
The Ipecan Grove ladies home demonstration club met July 1 led by Mrs. L. C. Cooper with an ice cream demonstration by Mrs. Morgan. Mrs. John Boring led when president and vice president were absent. The group plans a sewing session July 15 at Mrs. Boring’s for D. Steward's family affected by whooping cough. Regular meeting with Mrs. John Davis set for August 5 features demonstrations on canned products and sanitation topics led by Ruth Mitchell, Mrs. Davis, and others. Various visits, travels, and Sunday gatherings are noted, concluding with a humorous sign off by “A Lonesome Kid.”
A busy parish bulletin records social visits and gatherings around Pecan Grove including Mrs. G C Girder and Mrs Oliver. July events include weddings, picnics at Vaness, and a birth to Mr and Mrs A J Martin. The item notes a car mishap and several weekend visits among local families.
Mr. and Mrs. S. R. Tolbert arrived in Ada from Raleigh North Carolina for a brief stay then will proceed to Eastland Texas. They plan to spend summers with Don Tolbert in Denver. The couple married recently at Tarboro North Carolina with Sallie Eagles as the bride. They traveled two weeks covering 2031 miles by car via Asheville Knoxville Nashville Memphis and Little Rock. Judge Tolbert is widely known in the county and friends celebrate the marriage.
Friday afternoon the Campfire girls of Ada with sponsors Mrs. Bowles and Mrs. Emerson left for Byrds Mill for a weekend trip due to sickness of the Sulphur plan. They settled at the foot of the falls, swam, cooked meals in groups, sheltered during rain, and were joined by unexpected Ada visitors for dinner.
Wm. K. Hale and John Ramsey Osage County cattlemen will stand trial in federal district court on July 26 for the murder of Henry Roan Osage Indian. Judge Cotteral denied motions to quash the indictment and to move the trial, preserving the Osage county venue.
Hiking dominated the afternoon as they return home late Saturday after a swim and tent packing. Next Tuesday at Miss Louise Smith's East 14th home, the Campfire group will meet with potential sponsor changes as Mrs Bowers leaves for several months. attendance is urged for a pivotal gathering.
July heat sweeps the East with New York City recording four fatalities as temperatures rise to 92. Philadelphia reports three deaths at 96. An electric storm causes a washout derailing a locomotive near Sutton Vermont, killing the engineer. A drownings occur near Poughkeepsie and two more deaths in Albany.
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