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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1954
Page
4
An essay argues habit dulls perception and skews choices, noting Ada’s rough streets as a daily jolt. It contends residents tolerate poor paving due to habit, urges public funding and a city program for street improvement and zoning with community backing.
Midland columnist Mrs. Chris Pedersen reports being very ill for six weeks and in the hospital with no major events to share. She notes recent visitors include Mr and Mrs Junior McConnell and daughter, Mr and Mrs Tebe Graham of Oklahoma City, Mr and Mrs O W Turner of Ada, Temple Jones, the twin brother of Mrs McConnell, and a Ft Worth sister.
Mrs. Dora McGee hosted a surprise visit by her son Frank and relatives from southern California. They toured Sulphur Davis and Turner Falls on Sunday. Lena Smith of Midwest City is ill. Chris Pedersen remains seriously ill in a Sulphur hospital. Arlene Pedersen of Harrah visits her grandparents.
Hosea argues God desires steadfast love and the knowledge of God over ritual sacrifice. The piece urges churchgoing and reforms not to substitute for living out steadfast love and inner understanding of God.
A fisherman and motorist laments the Roosevelt bridge accident injuring an elderly man. He cites clear speed limits and pedestrian warnings, praises careful trucks and buses, and urges fishermen to uphold safety to avoid a possible fishing ban.
Sherry Pedersen spent the week with her sister Bobbie Gentry of Stratford, showcasing a family gathering and shared time away from usual duties.
Mrs Fat Truitt and brother Dunk Brannum visited their brother Marvin Brannum in Wright City over Friday and Saturday. Their mother Mrs Asberry Brannman from Ft Worth arrived Saturday to spend the weekend. Wayne Truitt stayed in Lindsay with aunt Mrs Mary Durbin from Thursday to Saturday.
Mrs Florence McInturff and Mrs Lara Morris spent Friday with Mr and Mrs C P Wade in Holdenville. They planned to hurry home to sleep before midnight so they could start to the Roosevelt Bridge for serious fishing.
A homeowner plans to start building her new house in a week or two but may wait longer as Jesse carpenters are all busy and hiring is slow.
Mr and Mrs J D Allen drove to Okmulgee Sunday to visit their daughter Mrs Ernie Andress and family. Allen recounted the dinner and claimed he ate little, noting his late drive home after the meal.
Herman Robertson travels to Durant to visit relatives for several weeks, planning to spend time with family and return in due course.
The fragment references Horsley and sister Mrs Dale Melton and family, indicating a familial listing within a local notice or obituary context.
More California visitors Mr. and Mrs. William McKenzie and family of Fresno are visiting this week with Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Robertson.
Mr and Mrs J C James and family and Frank James made a business trip to Oklahoma City on Friday.
Merle Flatt of Wichita Falls Texas has spent the past two weeks with Jerry McKinney.
The Gaar Corner Home Demonstration Club held its monthly meeting to discuss county fair judging standards. Mrs. Jean Martin led the devotional, and members including Mrs. Inez Pennington Mrs. Edith Jackson Mrs. Price Richardson and others reviewed exhibit selection points while Miss Martha Mote displayed canned goods and needlework. Irene Wood was welcomed as a new member. next meeting at Mrs. Jean Martin's home.
Report notes playful scenes around the Pharr house with Little Bobby Wayne Pickens roping cats. Jim and Bob Webb imitate grown cowboys and Charlie Lee Hall seining crawdads. Louis McDonald denies a Texas clinic visit and says he spent time welding and shaping metal.
Lester Weatherly reports his shallow well on the W E Kittell Pro vence lease has come in a producer and will be put on the pump shortly.
Mr and Mrs Louis Brashears of Redondo Beach California plan a trip Friday to visit their relatives in Oklahoma including Ed Holland in East Jesse and O W Brashears in Tupelo. The Woods family of Wil lis California leave June 25 for a reunion on July Fourth. Mrs Minda Phillips joins the Woods party for an extended visit. Ed Holland may accompany the Brashears back to Redondo Beach after their visit. They expect to be gone several weeks.
Residents along highway 61 between Jesse and Stonewall express gratitude for improved air quality as road dust diminishes. The section receives a light gravel and asphalt resurfacing, improving food taste and comfort for locals, though credit details remain unclear.
Miss Mable Nix of Dallas is visiting her mother Mrs. N C Nix at the Melvin Nix home in Dallas.
Mr and Mrs Harris Harber and family of Seminole spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs Robert Gregory. The two families picnicked at Sulphur on Sunday.
Pleasant hosts Vacation Bible School beginning next Monday inviting all children to attend and participate in activities.
Jack Jones reports about 200 people attended a Thursday night ice cream supper at the church. The event featured string orchestra music and offered unlimited ice cream to attendees.
Melba Jackson spent Sunday visiting relatives in Lawton. She traveled with family and spent time with relatives during the weekend.
Mrs. Marvin Hamblin traveled to Oklahoma City on Monday to meet her daughter Juanita her son in law and granddaughter who were arriving by plane from San Diego California to spend a couple of months there with her.
A in the F L Cunningham home honored Connie Bacon Jr a Denison Texas grandson of Mr and Mrs C C Bacon and family along with Mrs Patsy Zachery Keith Sales and son and Mr and Mrs Warren Cunningham and boys.
Mrs Willie Simpson is now attending school at the University of Oklahoma in Norman.
Last Sunday Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Mitchell and children from Oklahoma City attended the James home along with Mr. and Mrs. Will Buskirk of Center Mr. and Mrs. J. C. James and family Mr. and Mrs. Jack Jones and family and Elmo Hightower of Shawnee.
Mrs Helen Jacques and daughter of Eileen Texas visited in the Warren Cunningham home Saturday.
Ikie Bray of Ft. Hood Texas visited friends and relatives over the weekend.
Mrs J T Harris and her sons visited sister and brother in law Mr and Mrs Tom Nothal in Chickasha last week. Her husband, in service in Scotland for three years, hopes to return home by month’s end not to have his arrival date changed again. Grandsons Barry and Harry Joe Anderson of Ada are visiting the Nothals this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Gray and daughters Jamell and Kathy of Stratford visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. H. McKinney and Jerry, Sunday.
Little Paula Jean Murphy of Ada stayed with her grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Ted Cox from Tuesday to Friday, enjoying time away from home.
Hayes Junior School boys baseball team defeated the Oil Center Oilers 12 to 11 in Ada. Hayes surged to victory with a strong late inning offense securing the win.
Rev. Ellis Roberts of Tulsa visited relatives in Oil Center Sunday morning.
Evangelist Miles King began a revival at the Church of Christ on Friday night and will continue services nightly through June 20. Services start at 8 p m each evening and welcome is extended to all residents.
Mr. and Mrs. Buel Stark of Perry and Alva Evans visited Avery Pennington on Sunday, who is an inpatient at Valley View Hospital.
Mrs F F Arnold and her daughter from Chicago and Mrs Orie Beil of Oklahoma City visit Mr and Mrs Ir Rhynes as cousins. A barbecue on the big pit in the Rhynes yard is planned while Rhynes finish baling hay before the rain which blessed corn growers.
Mrs Bill Griffiths and her daughters Belinda and Barbara spent Friday in Ada where they shopped and visited local shops.
Mr and Mrs Arvo Layne and their children G H Layne of Atoka and Mr and Mrs John Layne and children of Fremont Texas were visitors in the V O Layne home Thursday night.
Mr and Mrs H B Griffiths of Oil Center visited the Bill Griffiths residence for a Saturday gathering.
Jeanne Melton enrolled Friday in the two weeks Bible School at the First Baptist Church in Stratford.
A Wednesday night fish fry gathered Mr. and Mrs. F L Cunningham and boys, Mr. and Mrs. John Layne and children, Mr. J J Layne, and Mr. and Mrs. Ray Kemp at the W O Layne residence for a family gathering.
Wednesday Mrs A M Pharr Mrs Louis McDonald Betty Ann Lynch Mrs H A Anderson Hallie and Sonja Anderson left for Los Angeles and Long Beach. Pharr McDonald and Jay will visit Mr and Mrs Howard Antrikin while the Andersons visit Mrs Allen Bell and Mrs Merl Dunlap. They will stay indefinitely with Antrikin guests returning to Jesse in about two days.
Barbara and Belinda Griffiths spent Sunday and Monday with Mr. and Mrs. H B Griffiths of Oil Center.
Mr and Mrs Bill Griffiths and daughters Barbara and Belinda and Mr and Mrs H B Griffiths spent Saturday in Connersville visiting Sergeant and Mrs Orville Williams and son.
Mr and Mrs Dale Melton and daughter Cheryl watched a baseball doubleheader between Oklahoma City and Houston in Oklahoma City Sunday afternoon.
Oklahoma City couples Mr and Mrs George Vanschuyver and Mr and Mrs Eugene Vanschuyver joined Danny and Debbie. Seminole guests Mrs Eula Arthur and Mrs Gearldine Clinton with Jackie and two friends. Pickett couple Mr and Mrs Walter Graham. Andrews duo Charles and Dot Shaw. Arlis Upperman guests in Dwight Megee residence Sunday.
Set and Mrs. Orville Williams and their Phoenix son visited Mr. and Mrs. Bill Griffiths on Tuesday. Paul Cameron and son Claude Lee of Lindsay joined other guests for Sunday dinner with Dale Melton and Claude Horsley. Claud Horsley and Mrs. Mildred Melton escorted Mrs. R E John and children to Oklahoma City to meet her husband returning from St Louis on business. John and family flew to Fresno California Thursday morning. Mrs. John and children had stayed three weeks with her father Claude.
Mrs Vada Glenn and Mr and Mrs Pete Tippin of Walnut Ridge Ark visit Mr and Mrs Ted Cox and family this week. Mrs Glenn is Mrs Coxs sister. Mr and Mrs Ray McDonald and family of Homer spent Sunday with the Maddox family. Mayrene Farmer and Dwade Isaacs joined Francis Maddox for a Sunday gathering. Bobby Jackson and Dale Jones spent Sunday afternoon with Joe Maddox.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Clark and their son from Kiowa visited the home of Rev. and Mrs. E. L. Wilson.
Mr and Mrs Bert Jones and family have returned home after visiting relatives in Carlsbad New Mexico.
Mr and Mrs J L McLain spent most of last week in Tecumseh with brother Ben McLain and family. Grandma Moon is better but paralyzed on her left side after a stroke two weeks ago. Marvin Dale and family of Atoka visited the Martins and Pharrs on Sunday. Mrs Ann Lyons of Muskogee dropped in on the Pharrs after visiting her sister in Euricka. All were youth schoolmates who had not seen each other for over forty years. Mrs Lyons lost her husband last fall in a car accident. Mr and Mrs Dave Roberts traveled to Chickasha on Tuesday June 8 for their grandson’s seventh birthday party. Keith Reynolds, their grandson, stayed with grandparents then returned home with his aunt. Dwight Roberts is home from farming in the Rio Grande Valley and spent the weekend in Chickasha.
Mrs Irdell Lawless of Duncan and her son Glenn Oberlin of Indiana visited at the home of Mr and Mrs Joe Robertson on Wednesday.
Seen Bill Broadrick mowing the church lawn early Monday morning with assist from Joe Maddox and Laverne Farmer.
Vacation Bible School will hold its commencement exercises on Friday. Students and families are invited to attend as the program transitions to the next session with songs, reflections, and a brief reception following the ceremony.
Community event by the Farmers Union Local to raise funds with an ice cream supper. Organizers invite neighbors and members to join for dessert, socializing, and support of local farming programs. Proceeds assist union activities and community outreach.
Laura Gayle has been chosen as the name for the Pedersen family's newborn daughter, marking a joyful addition to the household and extending the family's lineage.
Mrs. Ellea Ott and Miss Elsie O Eddy have moved back to the city after their home burned last fall and are living in the Help-yourself laundry temporary shelter. Mrs Ott would like to be
A brief notice describes events on the night of June 18 at the Pentecostal Holiness Church. No further details are provided in the accessible text.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Brendle and Mrs. Hattie Brecheen of Ada had dinner in the Joe Robertson home Thursday evening.
Mr and Mrs Wayne Walker and their children of Duncan visited in the home of Mr and Mrs Junior Northam Sunday, sharing time with the Northams' family.
Mrs Minnie Lewis and Willis Roberts visited Mr and Mrs Leo Faust of Union Valley Sunday in their home amid a quiet weekend gathering.
William Erts aged 72 died at his home 301 South Hickory Ada Sunday afternoon. Funeral services are Tuesday at 2 at Criswell Funeral Chapel with Rev J O Michael at Memorial Park. He was past Worshipful Master of Masonic Lodge No 1156 Carrouzett Texas. He moved to Ada in 1952 from Woodward. Survived by wife Grace Erts daughter Mrs H C Wright Ada sons John and Russell Oklahoma City brother C R Hugoton Kansas four grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
Mrs Lois Sanders Williams 54 of Brown Hotel died at 1 30 morning funeral planned at Guard ian Funeral Chapel in Oklahoma City burial at Memorial Park in Oklahoma City Relatives include husband Jess Williams daughter Mrs Naomi Cox granddaughter sisters Mrs Verdie Wright Billings Mo Mrs Eunice Sturgis Spokane Wash brothers Henry Logan Spokane Clarence Holdenville Charlie and Rhoad Wewoka The Criswell's notice lists funeral arrangements
Mrs. Addie Alice Boland 86 died Thursday at home 507 West Sixteenth funeral Saturday 3 p m Criswell Funeral Chapel Rev Jack Carroll Tupelo cemetery. Survived by daughters Mrs Mollie Groves and Mrs Burley Cantrell of Adasons Lee of Detroit Tex Willie of Olney and Gene of Tupelo 28 grandchildren 37 great grandchildren.
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