Community Members Share Memorial Day Activities in Homer
The Homer community reports numerous family gatherings and visits across Ada and surrounding areas. Families including Flowers Cooper Jenkins and McNeill share meals, travel to lake Texhoma, attend church, and host or join dinners and wiener roasts amid Memorial Day weekend events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucille Flowers
Keith
Daisy Cooper
Gary Chaffin
Carie
Atwood
Mark Jenkins
Allan
Terri
Leah
Bryan Cooper
Earl Cooper
Kanawa Lake
Terri Jenkins
Wanda Jenkins
Nazerene
Leah Jenkins
Ada
Roy Vogt
Tony Newberry
Richard Newberry
Kelly
Winford Burnett
Edd Buff
Ronnie Burnett
Bob
Anna George
Rex Bumbiow
Bob George
Jay Jenkins
Pam
Duncan
Dale Cooper
Denver Flowers
Torri Jenkins
Toby
Cindy Cushman
Tony Winsenhunt
Lake Texhoma
Rick Dempsey
Floyd McNeill
Dustin
Deena Norton
McNeill
Shawn McNeill
Norman
Cliff Chadronet
Cranston
R.I
Marie
Jack Haley
Kelly Newberry
Bryan
John Engle
Toby Sanders
Renny
Gil Cox
Donneta Williams
Chester Williams
Don Williams
Peggy Haley
Jack
Nancy Boisinin
Allen Jr
Mike
David
Pat McKenny
Carol Chadronet
Cliff
Oklahoma City
Carol
Donneta
Sunshine Community Homecoming and Revival Plans
The Sunshine community reports 150 at homecoming with singing and fellowship and 26 at the evening service. revival services are planned with evangelist Merle Moore of Albuquerque. Local visits include the Green, Hobgood, and Parr families, with many Ada and McAlester connections. Community members attend district events in Ada and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunshine Church
Jimmy Ford
Cuba
The
Merle Moore
Albuquerque
N. M
Ray Goodwin
Goodwin
Ruby Ashley
Clyde Hobgood
Lucille Hobgood
Pearl Blevins
Harden City
Mary Jo Green
Julia Thomas
Melissa Green
Ada
J. L. Green
Danny
Wanda Parr
McAlester
Susan Green
Melissa
Larry Heard
Kenneth Williams
Roff
Randy Williams
Broken Bow
Georgia Cash
Helen Delaney
Mary Jo
District School of Instruction
Oklahoma Business and Professional Women’s Club
District 11
Neva Wood
Paul Young
Mary Summers
Addie Stringer
Joy Lee Green
Edna Lou Swart
Mary
Leroy Summers
Claude Hewett
Don Parr
Shady Grove Baptist Church
Paris
Hewetts
Lake Eufaula
T. J. Roquemore
Buddy Edwards
Wayne
al Hernandez
Oxnard
Calif
Odus McGalliard
Eddie Smith
Eric
Anna Lee King
Norman
Donna
Sunshine
Circle of Family Guests and Obituary Notes in Center
Center area notices honor Annie Moore 92 who died recently and record visits among the Garrett and Reed families. It notes births, church attendance, cemetery trips, and travel between Center Ada and Oklahoma City, with relatives from California and Wichita Falls visiting or mourning, over a weekend and into Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Moore
Kenneth Grove
Bill Reed
Center
California
Helen Morris
Danny Morris
Bobby Hatton
van Ray Reed
Laura Isaac
E. D. Ricketts
Oklahoma City
Leon Garrett
Southwest Church of Christ, Ada
Ricketts
Modena Garrett
Long Beach
Calif
Fredonna Garrett
Jan
Rodney
Pug Garrett
Gene Garner
April
Dustin
Oil Center Penticostal
Cheryl Sue McGill
Shanna
Wichita Falls
Tex
Lee Reed
Center Cemetery
Rae Garrett
Marcus McDonald
Hester Horton
Deda Sellers
Dus
Ada Indian Clinic Receives $4.8 Million Construction Funds
The House Appropriations Committee approved 4.8 million dollars in continuing funds for an Indian health service hospital in Ada. Congressman Wes Watkins announced the decision, boosting the fiscal year 1978 second cycle funding by 1.5 million above the 3.2 million budget request. The Ada facility will house a 65 bed in-patient unit and a 10 bed multi purpose unit as part of a comprehensive curative and preventive health program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
House Appropriations Committee
Indian Health Service
Ada
Wes Watkins
Ada Comprehensive Indian Health Facility
Oklahoma Seeks Four-A Rail Aid To Save Rural Lines
Oklahoma officials push for Four-A Act funds to subsidize losing rail lines with a cost sharing plan routed through the U S Department of Transportation and Oklahoma Department of Transportation. Aimed at late this year, the program would support state planned lines and a computer data system to assess track condition service population and rehabilitation costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
United States Department of Transportation
Oklahoma Department of Transportation
Oklahoma Agriculture Experiment Station
The
Economic Development Administration
EDA
Marc Johnson
OSU
ICC
Johnson
Stonewall Residents Urged to Cut Water Use
Merle Dunlap of the Stonewall Public Works Authority warned residents to curb all nonessential water use to prevent a serious strain on the city's supply. He stressed there is no current shortage but continued conservation is needed as the system cannot meet the present demand while expansion and filtration upgrades proceed. This marks the first time the authority has faced such a problem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stonewall
Merle Dunlap
Stonewall Public Works Authority
Dunlap
Stonewall Authority
New Surgical Suite Underway at Ada Valley View Hospital
Ada's Valley View Hospital advances a $2 million expansion begun February with a new surgical suite and cardiac evaluation building. Pre cast walls rise on the south side while the existing unit is converted to private rooms. project adds about 25 000 sq ft and 14 to 18 months of work. The new emergency drive opens east of the annex and parking is expanded to ease current shortages. Powell Construction Co of Tulsa leads the build.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada’s
Valley View Hospital
Arlington
Ed Majors
Powell Construction Co
Tulsa
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Homer Written
By Juanita McNeill
Donna Norton
Deena
Oakman Baptist Church
Coleen Baker
Larry Pelenton
Bryan Baker
Don
Nancy Bosiin
Shawn
Patti McNeill
the McNeills
R. J. Tomlinson
Matt
Lola Mae Crawford
Ariz
Arthur
Mildred Harber
Fern King
Armanda McDonald
Homer Church
Bart McNeill
Wilburn Bennett
Frank Harber
Geneva
Bonnie
Vaness
Jerry Harber
Jeff
Raff
Earl
Brenda Blankenship
Billy Joe McNeill
Enid
Joe Younts
A. T. McNeill
Janie Vendeble
Holdenville
Homer
Juanita McNeill
Canwell
Freewill Baptist Church
David Sutton
Ada Freewill Baptist Church
Denver Flower
Margret
Pentecostal Holiness Church
Six Flags
Keith Ring
Goldie Looney
Homer Baptist Church
Tim Hazlitt
Earnest Sheffler
Dwight Grove
Lindell Grove
Becky Grove
Don Breedlove
Melinda Grove
Earnest Sheffler Jr
Debby Byrd
Maud
Melinda
Mechelle
Becky
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Mary Joe Green
Ada Indian Clinic
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