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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1922
Page
5
Sunday school and church were well attended. Various locals visit relatives and friends, with a church service planned at the schoolhouse Saturday night and Sunday. A heavy rain fell Monday, and a baseball team has organized. Many social visits and small events are listed along with a burial and condolences.
Sunday school drew a good crowd. families from this area attended. Virgle Farmer and Lucy Isaacs are mentioned with visits and a lost male colt reported Friday night. Neighbors L. D. Haskins and Wood households shared a Sunday gathering. Alva Farmer visited Dora Meredith. Brother Ball to preach next weekend. Don’t forget Sunday school each Sunday morning.
Farmers around Jones Chapel say cotton and corn are progressing well and boll weevils are being found. Social notes list visits among residents including Crumps, Norton, Cooper, Mosier and Ballard families. Mrs Mosier is ill and a Saturday night party is mentioned. Signed by A. Lonesome Kid.
Nice weather returns as farmers plow and chop cotton. The Flemming sisters return from school. Flora and Flossie Summers are at home. Hettie Kindsey visits Bernice Evans. Lela Morris spends Sunday with Annie McIntyre. Annie McIntyre stays Friday night at Bernice Evans. Olivia Roy visits Bernice Evans Saturday. Elmer and Edgie McIntyre visit McIntyres Saturday night and Sunday. G R Norman passes exam at Ada last week. Jester Flowers spends Saturday night with Edwins. A ball game at Maxwell Monday as practice for a bike soon.
Friday night cake supper drew a good crowd with several speakers. Grandpa Biller died Friday night.
Plenty of rain described as current. Brother Nettles delivered a well received sermon Sunday and Sunday night to a large crowd. Numerous locals and visitors listed visiting friends and family across households, social calls, and church events. Regular appointments and guest visits noted through the community with social reminders to attend services.
Church events and social visits fill the weekend as Mrs. Beryle Tollison Mittie Hutchins Geremma Bryant Paralee Throgmartin Mary Vineyard and Ruth Vineyard join Annie and Bertha Brandon for Sunday gatherings. Other guests include Miss Alice Bryant Ophelia Throgmartin and Muriel Young with multiple visits to the Young and Roberson households. Additional names appear among attendees and enrollments, with preaching scheduled Saturday and both Sunday services.
Relates ongoing mud and rain at New Bethel with church attendance by Bro Stringer and local visits. Mentions Tyrola guests Miss Novella and Miss Lena Manley, Byng visitors Mr. and Mrs. Walter Smith, Elizabeth Walker’s dinner with Glen Era and Ida Ellis, Audrey Walker with Sarah Ellis, Carl Hobbs visiting his parents, Francis Rains dining with Inez Smith, Robert Rains and Lottie Stringer at singing, Martha Ellis as Lucille Winters’ guest, and Mrs. Everett Dearman staying with her parents.
Annie Mae Hobbs spent Sunday with Lucille Winters. Prof Norman Mitchell, who will teach the intermediate room this coming term, was out Sunday. Mrs Dave Walker visited Mrs George Walker Sunday. Mr and Mrs George Walker were at church Sunday night. Mrs Smith's mother is visiting this week. Singing Saturday night. Come over Arabian Dreams.
W. E. Vaughn and J. H. Braham finished hoeing their cotton for the first time on June 1. Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Walker and daughter Arlean were guests of their parents Saturday night and Sunday. There was preaching and Sunday school at Happy Land Sunday. J. H. Braham, R. G. Walker and families plan a trip to Ada Saturday. Clifton Deaton of Homer visited his parents Saturday night and Sunday. Morris Carney visited Happy Land Sunday.
Bebee and Picket boys played baseball Saturday with a 1 to 0 victory for Bebee. On Sunday Bebee faced Worsteill and won 12 to 10. Local social notes mention visits by Mrs. Mattie Wells and other residents with friends and family from Ada and Jewel Cope’s group.
The passage lists numerous local residents visiting relatives, hosting friends, and attending church events over a weekend. Names include Virgie and family, Miss Margie Gray, Mr. and Mrs. Wallace, the Brooks and Hoover families, Ina Reeves, Lois Hill, Don Smith, Aaron Gray, and others in the Jesse, Allen, Lula, and Franks areas. Black Eyed Susan.
The Galey district notes a split away from oil drilling as the Galey oil well is abandoned and casing pulled. Residents celebrate a new voting box with J O Henderson as judge and S M Bray clerk. A revival with Rev Dave Troutman at Shady Grove and local social reports fill this compact community chronicle.
BLUE MOUND and nearby communities report a weekend of visits and small gatherings. W H Hart and family visited relatives near Jackson Saturday night and Sunday while Mrs Dobson and son Leon traveled to Sherman for an operation. Mrs Allen and Pauline shopped at Franks Saturday evening. Gist Jackson and wife visited relatives at Roff Saturday. Houston Ansell hauled hogs to Ada Saturday. J W Cook and wife shopped at Ada Wednesday. Annie Poe spent Saturday night with Irettia Cagle. Mrs Cross and children of Franks visited her mother Mrs Lindsey Sunday. Lester Lindsey and family spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs C J JEDAN. Mrs Duvall of Ada met sewing club girls here Tuesday. Thomas Payne of Pleasant Hill visited his sister Mrs Ruby Allen. Ethel Dobson dined with Annie Poe Sunday, Grace Dobson and Eula Cook dined with Vera Allen Sunday. DIMPLES.
Misses Dollie and Dovie Tilley were guests of Miss Orpheline Raimoland Friday night. Orpheline Raimoland visited in the Tilley home Sunday. Club girls sewed at Mrs E Duvall’s Saturday with all present but two. Several locals attended singing at Egypt Sunday night and Miss Velma Golden visited Miss Christen Sunday afternoon.
Galey conducted a Sunday afternoon singing session at Summer's Chapel with Mr. leading the program. The event drew community members for a quiet devotional music gathering.
Vanoss residents Mrs. Lattimore and daughters Sue and Wilegy returned to Oklahoma City after visiting Mrs. P. G. Smith last week. Miss Rena Shaw came home over the weekend. Sturdevant sisters Mrydle Ethel and Rubye returned to Ada to attend Teachers College. Rev J. T. Coffee preached at the Baptist church. Mrs. John Williams was ill but improved. Bertha Eaves of Stratford visited her sister Maggie White. James Sutherland visited friends at Center. Mrs. John Mullins spent Sunday with Rev Coffee. Mrs. James Bohannon of Roff visited Vanoss relatives. Ollie Auten stayed with Esther Sutherland Sunday. Mrs. B D Garland returned from Arkansas. C C Wilson reports a lost sorrel mule and asks for information. Many Vaness folks attended Mr Beller’s funeral near Center Sunday. J E Kinsey of Ada was in town Tuesday. Mocking Bird.
Winter returns with anxious signs as June nears. Rev Ford of Ada preaches at Sunshine Saturday night and Sunday. Local fishing trip yielded fair luck. Leon Dobson, son of Mr and Mrs Charlie Dobson, sent to Sherman hospital last week. Gist Jackson and wife visited at Roff. Henry Lively and wife and Mrs Pitt attended Jesse singing. Oats wheat and corn look fine and suggest a big oat yield. Pickett reports fine weather.
Mr G B Beller of Center who died June 2 was buried Sunday afternoon at Moss cemetery by the Masonic fraternity of Center with Vaness lodge assistance. A large crowd attended as adn others noted visits and small town activities including Ada visitors and local shoping.
Frisco residents share sick lists and visits as Geo Cavnar and family return from Purcell. Local youth attend a pie supper at Pleasant Hill and a Valley Sunday gathering. Alice Clayton visits Ada, Grace Johnson visits Wynnewood, and Thresa Durbin returns from Atoka. Mtg and hosting moments recur among families and neighbors.
Preparations for the largest picnic in the area are underway in Allen. The event moved from July 4 to the last two days of the month due to a conflict with Ada. Activities may include airplane stunts ball games roping and riding contests and possibly a bull fight. Speakers targeted include Tom D McKeown George C Crump and Luther Harrison with a high class band. The event will be at the artesian well west of Allen where oil and pure water emerge from the same hole. open house will be offered and all are invited.
Miss Ethel McAnally daughter of Mr and Mrs W L McAnally wed Herbert Scott Thursday evening at the home of A L McAnally 411 West Seventh street The home decked with pink and white roses and ferns The bride wore a veil and carried a shower bouquet The bride’s maid wore pink georgette Rev T L Taylor Nazarene church officiated Friends and relatives attended The bride has studied at East Central college Mr Scott works at Crowder’s barbershop They will reside in the city Archeological digs of Philistine sites by a British archaeologist seek to uncover ancient mysteries
Nearly half of Belgium’s 7,600,000 residents are savings-bank depositors with an average credit of 427 francs.
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