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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1958
Page
2
A column notes growing participation in golf and swimming in Ada while tennis and hiking wane. It laments low female tennis interest, mocks outdoor picnicking, and imagines a future where indoor leisure dominates. The piece warns about unemployment figures and urges policy fixes for housing, zoning, and highway operations.
Add about six juniper berries to the pan while roasting lamb and baste with the flavored drippings. Slash fat around steaks and chops before barbecuing to prevent curling. Madagascar, the French colony La France Orientale off East Africa, is noted.
Mr and Mrs S J Christian and son Timmy from Oklahoma City spent a few days with his mother Mrs J R Marks before heading to Arizona. Mr and Mrs Roy Christian and children Jim Len Mike Peggy and Jerry visited his brother while here. Alex Britten also visited the Roy Christian family and took all the boys home for a night.
The Methodist Church held a farewell party June 4 for Rev. and Mrs. Ronald Ritchie and daughter as they move to Pruitt City to replace Rev. Clifton McKoy who shifts to Ryan Rev. Ritchie verlängert attendance and will be missed while Rev McKay born here moves toward Ryan A transfer of Rev Richard Hedger from Vervil to Stonewall is noted. Local visits include Pat Campbell family trips to Henryetta and acquaintances in Kansas and Chicago.
The Ward family welcomed their fifth child, with three girls and two boys. Rev. McCarty of First Baptist met with Rev. and Mrs. Steve Lilley on Saturday. Visitors included Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Don Goss from Norman visiting Lloyd and Cecil Goss, Chaddick and Bullard families, and a daughter staying with the Gosses. Rev. McCaffy and Mrs. Bullard visited Mrs Ridgon in Valley View. Ridgon hopes to return home tomorrow.
Monthly singing at Free Will Baptist Church on Friday June 13 invites all. Youth Revival at Stonewall Free Will Baptist starts June 21 with Ricky Duncan preaching, lasting 10 days or longer if needed. Cedar Grove revival began June 8 led by Rev. Lebletter. Youth League bake sale set for Saturday June 22 at Earl Craddock's feed store seeking pie donations. Junior High at Methodist Church in Stonewall washing cars for summer camp funds charging $1. contact Rev. Richard Hedger or Mrs. Vernon Younts. about one month work. Attendance totals listed for Free Will Baptist 41 Assembly of God 22 Methodist 28 Nazarene 30. Visitors: Coy Gibson and family from Guymon visiting Stonewall relatives. other weekend visitors from Atoka, Fitzhugh, Wewoka, Ada, Preston, Muskogee. Edna Cross returns from California where ill brother N H Heck remains. Free Will Baptist Church hosted a surprise birthday dinner June 8 for Pastor Muril Wilson with Last Supper picture gift.
A Center Texas reunion honors 18 deceased and notes only about 40 Timers remain nationwide from California to New York. Lester Medlork led the memorial service. Virgil Medlock emceed and was reelected host next year. Earl Parker, secretary, reports 16 percent turnout and that next tenth annual reunion is planned around the same time in 1959. Also includes a recipe for chocolate instant pudding with peppermint and evaporated milk.
Local social column from Lightning Ridge highlights visits and relatives in Wichita Kansas Oklahoma City Ada and several towns. Families attend alumni banquets and host gatherings while planning summer terms at East Central and Vanoss. Weekend visits include Coffeys Ray McCullar and Cantwell families with many onlookers and pies for illness.
OSU extension poultryman Alex Warren urges Oklahoma poultrymen to vaccinate laying flocks now for fowlpox bronchitis and Newcastle. Replace next year’s pullets by 12 weeks with wing with inactivated vaccine. water vaccines are available and county agents can provide inoculation details.
Oakman residents endured heat in the school gym to view Early Pioneers in American History presented by Mr. Teague. Ref refreshments of assorted cookies punch and coffee were served. The next meeting will be a Fourth of July picnic at Sportsmans Lake.
Local visitors and out of staters crowded a sequence of social calls and church events across Union Hill and Ada areas. Names include Mrs Lavona Jo, Wanda Hay, Debby Arner, Rev Frank Cunningham, W C Karr, Fred Peters, Elaine and David from Farmington New Mexico and many Ada residents. The scope reflects a bustling social network with family and friends gathering at churches dinners and alumni events.
A Southerner recount of picnics at Sulphur with many attendees from Tulsa Davis Ada and California plus Moss and Barker gatherings. Church briefs cover Vacation Bible School workers, Sunday services and a Father’s Day suit presentation for Rev Frank Cunningham.
A review sketches Dermot O Neill in A Terrible Beauty as a conflict between Irish freedom zeal and conscience, amid romance and religion. It then surveys Liver-Eating Johnson, the Crow-Killer, in Thorp and Bunker Crow Killers, noting brutal lore and enduring Western myth, with a follow up on Seeds of Murder by Jeremy York as a sharp, chilling tale of revenge.
Martha Amanda Hillhouse 83 of 931 East Fifteenth died at a local hospital at 4 15 am Tuesday funeral services set for Wednesday at 2 pm at First Presbyterian Church with Dr Horace Thomas. Burial in Rosedale Cemetery. She left eight children, six daughters, two sons, thirteen grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Survived by brothers Le Self, Walter Self, Gilbert Self. She moved from Hugo Indian Territory to Ada in 1924 and was active in gardening and church life.
Mrs Willie D Ratliff 68 of T30 Hast Fourteenth died in a local hospital. Funeral services will be Thursday at 3 p m at First Methodist Church with burial at Rosedale Cemetery. She was daughter of the late Rev and Mrs J M Stegall pioneer Ada residents and had lived in Ada since childhood. She belonged to Ada Chapter Order of Eastern Star and Ada Garden Club, enjoyed amateur photography, and had led the Oklahoma Rural Letter Carriers Auxiliary. She leaves Bert E Ratliff husband, Mary Jane Bradford daughter, Bert Jr son, and two brothers Ben Stegall and Roy Stegall.
The article notes visits among Level land and Dallas residents including Karl and Mrs Moss and the Kirby families. Mrs Kirby and her recovery are mentioned. J B Jones and Bud Jones visited, and both families helped each other put up hay as barns fill for winter feed.
Governor Raymond Gary will proclaim Sunday, June 29 as Oklahoma's Safety Sunday. All faith ministers are asked to observe with sermons in their churches statewide. Oklahoma Highway Patrol chaplains sponsor the event, asking peace officers to attend in uniform and speak on the sanctity of human life. Hooper notes 1997 saw 703 highway deaths, urging Traffic safety as a collective duty.
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