Community News from Homer Read at Oakman Church
A Homer column recounts Sunday attendance at Oakman Freewill Baptist Church with 41 present and a special song led by Julie and Becky Joplin, Patti and Ben Jackson, and Roy Manuel, accompanied by Debbie Gentry. Numerous visits, family news, and local events across Norman McNeill Ada Latta and Wintersmith Park are noted, including a baby birth Whitney Nicole Sanders and lodge activities in Ada with a planned picnic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Lee
Oakman Freewill Baptist Church
Julie
Becky Joplin
Patti
Ben Jackson
Roy Manuel
Debbie Gentry
Rev
David Gentry
Norman
Calvin Lee
Carmen
Bobby
Mildred Lee
Wilma Norman
Oden. Ark
J. W. Berryman
Mildred
Hilder Brown
Davis
Richard
Carylon
Bryan Cooper
Leah
Terri
Francis
Dale Cooper
Toby
Kelly
Lucille Flowers
Keith
Mississippi
Tennessee
Gary Chaffin
Carie Holdenville
Karla
Kevin Jenkins
Daisy Cooper
Freewill Baptist Church
Ada
Henry Grover
Stonewall
Sam
Ruby Turner
Mike Carpenter
Jim Sanders
Whitney Nicole Sanders
Kyle Sanders
Hubert Williams
Jack Sanders
Donnie Williams
Dustin
Deena
Doug
Chester Williams
Latta
Bart McNeill
Six Flags
Texas
Shawn McNeill
Don McNeill
Floyd McNeill
Hester Harber
Vaness
Earl Blankenship
Russel and
Earl
Dwight Harber
Becky
Elizabeth
Jerry Harber
Mike
Jeff
Dennis Looney
Lee Looney
Grandpa Hopps
Jean
Looney
Sonya Nell Carpenter
Lula Mae Ring
Thomas and
James
Shawn
Karla Chaffin
Juanita McNeill
Glen Owens
Ada Rebeckah Lodge
Ruby MecNinch
Fae Malone
Virginia Roden
Edna Hart
Esther Ross
Gladys Jackson
Myrtle Duke
Sunshine Mary Joe Green Sunday School Attendance
Thirty three were present for Sunday School at Sunshine. Don Parr led the morning service with Ben Wyche playing organ. Visitors included Wanda and Jimmy Don, Chuck Barlow, Kathy Richardson, and Bill and Mildred Young among others as the week’s social and church visits unfolded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunshine
Ben Wyche
Wanda
Jimmy Don
Chuck Barlow
McAlester
Bill Young
Fresno
Calif
Kathy Richardson
Qlustee
Bucky Pendergrast
Ada
Don Parr
Edna Lou Swarth
Roff
Mary
Leroy
Sidney Green
Phyllis
Mildred Young
Mildred Smith
Jess Green
Glent Goodwin
Ray Goodwin
Helen
Gil Walthrop
Ruby Ashley
Pearl Blevins
Harden City
Jim Wyche
Bill Oliver
Bill Jr
Bea Wyche
Mary Phillips
Artie Lane White
Jimmy
Julie Wyche
Clyde Hobgood
Clyde Hobgood Jr
Tille Parish
Jan Francis Nursing Home
West family visit to Piedmont grandparents ends with week stay
Mr and Mrs Richard Hill hosted Frances Mrs Joe D West Roff along with Judy Patricia and Janet at Piedmont Oklahoma. The visitors met Mr and Mrs Robert West and Janet stayed through the week. Judy Patricia and Janet later visited their cousins Jared and Adam West on Friday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Hill
Judy
Patricia
Janet
Piedmont
Oklahoma
Robert West
Jared
Adam West
Joe West
Jared and
Adam
J. L. and
Laverne Trobaugh
Ada
Lake of the Arbuckles
Sulphur
Joe Wests
Charles Chandlers
Martha
South Carolina
Janet Hill
Mike West
Chris Cowan
Tulsa Trip Occurs With Carefree Family Outings
Written by Mary Laseman Mary Laseman Mike West and Chris Cowan plus Chris's mother and sister dined with Chris's grandmother in Tulsa Sunday. Neighbors and relatives from Mill Creek Ada and Norman visit, travel, and share birthdays as local families recount weekend returns and hospital stays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike West
Chris Cowan
Chris
Tulsa
McCown Seeks County Office for District 2
Samps McCown declares candidacy for Pontotoc County District 2 commissioner. He has lived in the district over 40 years, is married with one son in Pickett, and works in construction. He pledges hard work on roads and in office and asks for support on August 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samps McCown
Pontotoc County
Pickett
Annexation Of Subdivision Considered By Ada Council
Ada City Council considered annexing land three miles south of Ada on Kerr Lab Road for a rural residential subdivision with required utilities. They approved the final FY 1978 79 budget of 3 490 461 and an ordinance to annex the land owned by Claudell Overton Ltd, acknowledging police and fire service expansion will be needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
Jerry Farnham
Leonard Briley
Ada Public Works Authority
Briley
Kerr Lab Road
Claudell Overton, Ltd
N. Cherry
E. Arlington
L.E. Allen
Cherry
Allen
Quick Shop Foods
Enid
Arlington
Scott and Hill Corp
Bartlesville
Southern Oklahoma Development Association
Oklahoma Municipal Retirement Fund Board
SODA
OMRF
Bradley Million
McAlester
Chickasaw Nation, Housing Authority
Atchison, Teopeka and Santa Fe Railway
Chickasaws
The
Santa Fe Railroad
Latta Student Set for New Zealand Year Abroad
Latta High junior Bobby Murray will depart in August to complete his final high school year in New Zealand. Murray just finished his junior year at Latta High and will travel abroad for the academic term overseas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Latta High School
Bobby Murray
New Zealand
Murray
Latta High
Rotary International
Motueka
Ada
University of Oklahoma
United States
East Central University names new assistant dean of students
Margaret Lewis appointed assistant dean of students at East Central University Ada. She will oversee sorority advising, foreign students, and coordination of fraternity activities and high school recruiting. Lewis, a University of New Mexico graduate, previously headed residence life at North Texas State University and is pursuing a doctorate in higher education administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Central University
Ada
Margaret Lewis
Col
Herbert Lewis
James W. Lewis
Miss Lewis
ECU
Katheryn Ragland
Konawa
University of New Mexico
Pamela Bell
Oklahoma State University
University of North Carolina
East Central
North Texas State University
Denton
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Henry Childs
T. J. Roquemore
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Marie Mansell
Victory Children’s
Olustee
Claude and
Margene Stonewall
Mary Jo Green
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J. L. Green
Paul Young
Roff Masonic Lodge
R. E. Young
Fittstown
Leroy Summers
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Mill Creek
Andrea Kreis
Leslie Dawn
Leslie
Dallas
Mary Wilson
Glen Atteberry
Diane
David
Colorado Springs, Co
J. R. Wynn
Wendell
Lake Eufaula
Aubrey Baker
Bob West
J. D. West
Odath Williamson
Veterans Hospital
Becky Johns
Daugher
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Naomi Dykstra
Lackland Air Force Base
Colorado
Lavada West
Perry Owens
Stratford
Municipal Hospital
Byng
Coalgate
Jeff Mallan
Homer-Francis
Robert Mahan
Freedom League
J.D. West
Louise Bryant
Roy West
Valley View Hospital
Saundra Maxwell
Francis Area
Oklahoma City
Dorothy Bailey
Jennifer Murray
PYAT
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Jennifer
Aaron and
Aleta Murray
Bea Stinson
Sugar
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Ethel Reed
Douglas Reed
Houston
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Roustin
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Lois Gentry
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Rube Murphey
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Gainsville
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Oklahoma Extension Homemakers Council
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Maysville
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Walter Hammock
Garland
Mary Laseman
Texas Baylor Hospital
Earnest Wanner
Seminole
Wanner
Jessee Clifton
McCown
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Eee
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the College Life Insurance Company
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