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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1968
Page
3
Ada area notesa wave of family visits and hospital updates across Moore Shawnee and surrounding towns. Kinseys Holland and Thomas families travel to Ada Oklahoma City Las Vegas and Porterville figure in celebrations and departures. A Norfork death and several weddings, home moves, and church events fill the weekend schedule.
Mr and Mrs Marvin Briggs hosted a wedding shower for their son Howard and Juanita Greenwood at Holiness Church Stratford on Friday. They visited Mr and Mrs Robert Brown and family. Bill Briggs and sons Billy and Bobby Ada visited Marvin Briggs Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Dave Turner and daughters of Miami Oklahoma visited Mr. and Mrs. Jim Turner and family on Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow Turner and family of Houston Texas visited Mr. and Mrs. Jim Turner on Sunday and Monday.
Mr and Mrs Caston Christian and Lynn Ann Bethany visit W E McCullar Friday. Mrs Fanny Coffey Lightning Ridge and grandson Andy Wright Lawton visit Saturday. Various visits include Jeff Bailey Bessie Rushing and grandchildren Stephenie and Anita McCullar. Townsley drive to Los Angeles trip planned for parent visits. Reverend Doyle Cox admitted to Veterans Hospital Sulphur.
Mr and Mrs Leo McNinch and Gayle attended the wedding of Charles Blankenship and Charlotte Mahagan on Saturday. Gayle and Bob Coeman and Ada attended boat races at Arbuckle Lake on Sunday.
The Vaness Missionary Baptist Church hosted a Sunday night Vacation Bible School program with visitors Mr and Mrs Lloyd McIlroy Mrs Dean McCauley Mrs Carol Neff Linda Sandra and Mr and Mrs Andy Anderson at Gaar Corner Each class performed its own song and program segment.
Special music at the Missionary Baptist Church features Robbie and Gina Brougham of Stratford with The Angels Are Lighting Gods Little Candles and Melodie Faith Charla and Hope Cruse singing I Know That God Is Real. The Rev. Carl Denham of Modesto California leads evangelist revival this week.
Grandma Bradley of Amn Bradley is visiting relatives in the Midwest City household during a family gathering.
Mr and Mrs Clarence Davis visited Mrs Lena May Davis and family in Iowa Park Texas over the weekend.
Mr. and Mrs. Larry Rivers of Oklahoma City pick up their daughter Deanna after a visit with grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Lonnie Miller.
Judith Sliger visits her grandmother Mrs Maud Sliger and aunt Loy Wilmoth in Ahloso during a family visit noted in local society columns. The brief mentions familial ties and the town origin of participants.
Mrs Thelma Perriman marked her birthday Tuesday with friends and family in Ada Oklahoma. Attendees included Mrs Gene McCullar Mrs Ed Coffey Danny Dennis Margie Sickles and grandchildren. Additional notes mention meetings at the extension center and visits by Latta residents and others around the area.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Alexander visited Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Clay in Center Sunday. The Clay family and their relatives drove to Arbuckle Lake. Mrs. Marvin Clay and Marcia visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Hightower in Galey Monday.
Mr and Mrs Dale Taylor of Ada visited Mr and Mrs Bob Neff on Thursday in a friendly social call.
A homemade ice cream supper was held at the First Baptist Church in Stonewall after a prayer meeting Monday night to honor former pastor Reverend M Holt Sodeman and his wife from Orofino Idaho.
Stonewall Day drew Frisco residents including Jim Marshall and several families as coffee and tea were served. Buck Daniel was elected president and Anna Young was chosen for the 10th annual Stonewall Day set for the second Sunday in June 1969. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Block hosted Friday for their home.
Mrs Mamie Dillard and Susie from Pueblo Colorado returned home after visiting Ridgecrest friends. The Barnes family hosted Frank Strickland Ada John Daniel and Johnnie Daniel with relatives Johnna Dorinna and Tammy present."}
Mr and Mrs Henry Odom and Mr and Mrs Clarence Odom spent Wednesday with Mr and Mrs Dowe Smith. Mr and Mrs Smith visited Saturday with Mr and Mrs Elmer Simmons Stonewall. Mr and Mrs Aaron Gray Stonewall and Mrs Earlene McDonald and girls Ada visited the Dowe Smiths Sunday. Mr and Mrs Dove Smith visited Tuesday with Mr and Mrs Oren Kerr Jesse.
Sid Marshall and his nephew Jerry Marshall spent a week in Tucumcari New Mexico with Jack Marshall and M C Fowler. Sid Marshall saw his World War I buddy John Morper. Dora Daniel and Jim and Delores Marshall visited Mrs John Daniel Thursday. Mr and Mrs Jerry Marshall visited Ada Sunday with Mr and Mrs Frank Nichols.
Mr and Mrs Clarence Crowell and Mr and Mrs Carl Wade of Stonewall visited Mr and Mrs Vance Minor Saturday. The Mattie Riley Circle met Wednesday with Mrs Vance Minor.
Mr and Mrs Vernon McCarty and children from Hartshorne visited her parents Mr and Mrs Wendell Price over the weekend Tonya and Gary are spending the week with their grandparents.
Mr and Mrs Ray Kerr and Nancy of Harden City spent Friday with their uncle and aunt, sharing time and news in a family call.
Mrs. Nell Caldwell and Mr. and Mrs. Dick Byrd of Tulsa spent Sunday with their parents the Golightlys. The group visited Mr and Mrs Barney Abbott in Pecan Grove and Dugan Elmore in Ada. Mrs. R E Golightly hosted a kitchenware party with 13 women. coffee punch and cake served. door prize won by Mrs. Simon Patton.
Mr and Mrs Bud Murphy and grandson Frankie Murphy of Rush Springs visited Mr and Mrs Buck Daniel on Sunday. Mr and Mrs Bud Withers of Wirt visited the Buck Daniels. Mrs Clara Kennedy and Dora Daniel visited the Buck Daniels Sunday. Mr and Mrs Buck Daniel visited Mr and Mrs Knox Sweat of Lula on Saturday. Buck Daniel was in Bromide and Tishomingo Monday.
Mrs Mollcie Daniel and Mrs Bertie Sharrell visited Mrs Coy Byrd in Harden City. Charles Hisan and Pat Daniel shared Sunday dinner with Glenn McDonald. It couldn’t be called a bachelor’s dinner since Glenn.
Mr and Mrs Sammy Town traveled to Stonewall to see Mr and Mrs Johnnie Daniel on Thursday. Johnnie Daniels family visited H R Brady in Jesse on Friday.
Mr and Mrs Son Thomas and Ada visited Mr and Mrs John Daniel Thursday. Mrs Boda Hisaw and Dora Daniel visited Friday. Arthur Block of Ridgecrest California visited Thursday. Mamie Dillard and Su sie of Pueblo Colorado visited Wednesday. John Daniel hosted relatives Sunday. Mrs John and Mrs Johnnie Daniel with Johnna Johnna and Tammy visited Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. Boda Hisaw spent Sunday with her mother and step father in Coalgate. Attending were Mr. and Mrs. Frank Burns and Mrs. Bill Cook of San Jose California and the W. W. Phillips, Bill Spears, and Charles Spears families of Coalgate. Spent Friday with Burns and Cook. Hisaws visited Laura Snow, Spud Phillips, and George Barnes in hospital Friday night. Wendell Price and family visited Hisaw Tuesday.
Mr and Mrs Melvin Kay of Wynnewood visited Tuesday in the home of Mr and Mrs Joe Daniel. Valerie Daniel spent Friday night with cousins Gae Von and La Vonda Langley of Union Valley. Rae Nell Langley stayed Friday night with cousins Vickie and Mickey Lew Daniel. Mickey Lew Daniel attended Treasa Thomas tenth birthday party Monday in Stonewall.
Mr and Mrs Joe Lovelace are visiting Mr and Mrs Dann y Lovelace in Memphis Tennessee. Mr and Mrs Charley Bryant visited Mr and Mrs Charles Sanders on Tuesday.
Mr and Mrs Ervin Barnett from Tulsa visit Mrs Nell Stanley and Mary. Mr and Mrs W E Varner Sr from Durant visit Ada. Mr and Mrs Robert Varner of Batesville Tex visit. Mr and Mrs Dalton Blood and Mr and Mrs Floyd Evans visit. Dalton Blood and Dalton Blood depart Ada Thursday for vacation to California and Seattle Wash.
Vacation Bible school began Monday at Morris Memorial Baptist Church with 189 enrollments reported.
Mr and Mrs Kenneth Laughy are in Arkansas for a fishing trip with local guides. The couple plans to explore streams and lakes while enjoying the outdoor pastime during their stay.
Mrs. Everett Stubbs and Mrs. Inez Ridging Seminole along with Mrs. Garner Burch and Rhonda of Kansas City Missouri visited Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Grace on Friday. Mrs. Eva Black of Atwood Missouri also visited the Grace home on Monday.
Mr and Mrs Bob Mayberry joined Carol Robert Sally and Mrs Cora Mayberry at a Mayberry family reunion honoring kin and sharing memories.
Mrs. Roy Brown and Gary and Scotty spent Sunday with her father and wife Mr. and Mrs. John Nichols in Ardmore. They visited her grandmother Mrs. Birdie Risinger in Tishomingo.
Mr and Mrs James Austell Horton and Mrs Martha Franks hosted and visited relatives in Ada and Wynnewood. Multiple gatherings occurred at Milo Pennington and J W Law homes with extended family from Purcell Duncan Frank Dryden Robbi Pennington and others. Ms Ann Eaves and Miss Ruby Dryden attended a tent revival in Ada and Ora Isaacs hosted guests with common travel to McAlester and Pauls Valley. Continued on page four.
Mr and Mrs Austell Horton travel to Oklahoma City on Monday to visit Austell’s in law Mr and Mrs Tom Burch and to attend a doctor appointment.
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