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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1961
Page
7
Community notes detail a busy week of visits and gatherings among local families. Frequent stops at the Dryden, Magar, Law, and Henson households link residents across Pryor Stratford and Ardmore with trips to Oklahoma and California.
A long sequence of family visits and social gatherings is reported in Ada and surrounding areas. Names include Patton Isaacs Pennington and related households. events cover convalescent home visits, Bible school attendance, dinners, ice cream making, and fishing trips at Lake Texoma.
Tuesday and weekend visits weave a cedar of gatherings. Ada residents hosted or welcomed relatives and friends from Tulsa Oklahoma City Holdenville Okemah and Seattle as well as distant California, with several families sharing meals and staying for visits in Ada and surrounding areas.
Mrs Roy Glasgow hosted a Stanley Party at her home on Tuesday with group games and refreshments. Attendees included Thelma Perriman H L Kinsey Ann Dunn Glen Cornell Marvin Briggs Charles Floyd Jr B J McCauley Aun McCullar Vernon Casaway Mamie Shaw Ada and others. Visitors Hodney Hall stayed with Sammy Gasaway and families from Ada attended events in Pontotoc Sulphur and Coleman area plans.
A string of Sunday and Tuesday visits unfolds across Ada and Pryor areas as Mr and Mrs Bill Melton and families join relatives. Hospital updates note L Hoosec recovering after Valley View Surgery. The item ends with a historical note on the 1871 Great Fire of Peshtigo and its vast damage and loss of lives.
A fragment suggests seven and a half billion dollars spent last year for direct excise Sacco products in Texas, with a note that one billion dollars related to sales. The fragment hints at sizable state tax and product expenditure.
A fragmented verse item lists hurried people and quirks, naming Uncle Leys, Hinck, Tubby Tyler, and characters like Taraon and Fala. It hints at fame, luck, and social pressures, with scattered phrases about wealth, work, and missteps, reflecting a colorful, if garbled, era voice.
A garbled OCR style puzzle text fragment presents scattered words and letters. The readable bits include references to hunger, fruits, a spouse, a vehicle, and random names, hinting at a crossword clue set with unclear formatting and stray terms.
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