Galley-Wanting Around The County Update
Long list of visits and gatherings around Union Hill and nearby towns. Residents from Ada Konawa and Lawton travel to relatives in Oklahoma City Dallas and elsewhere while others host dinners and attend church activities. The piece records neighbors visiting, skiing at Arbuckle Lake and a Baptist vacation Bible School completion in Raff and Fitzhugh.
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the Baptist Church of
Local Social Visits Span Ada Stonewall And Surrounding Towns
A sequence of visits links residents from Ada Stonewall and nearby towns. Mr and Mrs Homer Reynolds and Mrs Dollie Flowers hosted and visited with Ben Johnston Polk Cross and Olen Snow, while Debbie Johnston Lois Clifford visited with the Brooks Thompson and Johnston households. Army Air Force veteran Thompson returns home after 20 years service at Travis AFB.
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Homer Reynolds
California
Dollie Flowers
Olen Snow
Stonewall
Ben Johnston
Polk Cross
Sonny Cooper
Debbie Johnston
Lois Clifford
Donald Brooks
Linda
Davie
Dwayne
Ada
Clovis Thompson
Thompson
Air Force
Travis Air Force Base
Doris Reynolds
Davey Johnston
Donnie
Ronnie
Tee Dicketts
Alan
Oklahoma City
Norman
Sonny Leader
Donna Kay
Wolf
Janet Bateman
Davey Johnson
Visitations for Mrs Collins and Bobby Joe Collin s
Mrs Sybil Collins and Bobby Joe were visited by Mr and Mrs David Coots and family from Oklahoma City and by several others including Mr and Mrs Roy Foster of Corpus Christi Texas Mrs Loretta Kite Charles and Danny from Healdton Mr and Mrs Tom Alexander of Ada Mrs Lena Cochran Layona Jones Daisy Binion and Mr and Mrs Austin Fraley Mrs Fern Long Mrs Nora Lancaster and Mrs Ruby were among those listed as visitors in the Union Hill notice.
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Union Hill
Walt Nessel
Karring
Alexandria
Ruby Hort
Barbara
William
Dorothy Nessel
Roger Stone
Norvin
Glen Hop- Nessel
Ton
John Delawler
Pod Law
Vernon McCurdy
Robin
Oklahoma City
Ada
Paul Golden
Max Law
Greg Jimmy Jennings
Sybil Collins
Bobby Joe
David Coots
Roy Foster
Corpuis Christi
Tex
Loretta
Kite
Charles
Danny
Healdton
Tom Alexander
Lena Cochran
Layona Jones
Daisy Binion
Austin. Fraley
Fern Long
Nora Lancaster
Ruby
Roff Woman Returns From Ten Day Trip
Mrs. Fred Clifton accompanied by her mother Mrs. Clay Johnson returned Tuesday from a ten day trip visiting Mr. and Mrs.
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Fred Clifton
Clay Johnson
Edmondson to Speak in Ada Friday Optimist meeting
Edmondson, Muskogee Democrat and candidate for the U S Senate, will address the Ada Optimist Club Friday at 7 a m at the Aldridge Building. The public is invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Edmondson
Muskogee
U.S
Senate
Fred R. Harris
Ada Optimist Club
Charges Filed In Maiming Of EC Student
Charges of maiming an East Central student were filed in District Court Wednesday against Ricky Don Bryant, a Houston parolee formerly from Pontotoc County. Bryant allegedly threw a cheese shaker at William G. Clements Jr. of Lindsay, injuring his eye at the Pizza Hut on June 12. District Attorney Gordon Melson said Clements suffered a badly damaged eye. Bryant is on parole after serving part of a five year sentence and was convicted on another maiming charge on February 16, 1968, living in Houston since release.
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East Central
Ricky Don Bryant
Houston
Pontotoc County
Bryant
William G
Bil” Clements Jr
Lindsay
Clements
Pizga Hut
Gordon Melson
Adan Will Face Preliminary Hearing Here
Fred Keller of 3131 U Broadway Ada will face a preliminary hearing July 1 at 9:30 am in District Court on a murder with firearms charge. He is accused in Hammond Heights private club shooting death of Billie Joe Gillespie of Oklahoma City. Bond set at 10000. He also faces shooting with intent to kill charges involving Joe Lee Gillespie and David Gillespie, brothers of the victim.
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Fred Keller
Broadway
Ada
Keller
Billie Joe Gillespie
Oklahoma City
Hammond Heights
Joe Lee Gillespie
David Gillespie
Area Veterans Job Fair Participation Encouraged
Area veterans are invited to participate in a local job fair. MITTIE ELLA BARNES, 82, Ada resident, died June 10, funeral arrangements are handled by Stratford-Pickard Funeral Home.
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Mittie Ella Barnes
Ada
Stratford - Pickard
Earl Edward Pace
Smith Funeral
John Wiley Thurman
Smith Funeral Home
Austin Neal Chandler
Earl Stephens
Criswell
Faye Pike
Criswell Funeral Home
Kathryn J. McGann
Anna Barker
Matilda Amy Driver
Fittstown
Arrahwanna Felton
Montgomery
Walter H. Burleson
Coalgate
Slater
Oscar C. Watts
Startford
Miller Asks Hall To Veto Lavish Retirement Plan
Oklahoma City AP report shows State Sen. George Miller urging Gov. David Hall to veto a lavish elected officials retirement program added near adjournment. The measure cleared both houses without wide distribution. Includes names Ada residents and other obituaries from June with funeral home references.
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Miller
Hall
Oklahoma City
George Miller
David Hall
Governor urged to veto retirement bill at press briefing
Miller and Hall faced questions as they signed education bills. Miller urged veto of House Bill 1440, claiming drastic conference committee changes. Sen Leor Field urged Hall to veto, saying he lacked knowledge of the changes. The plan would repay up to $50 per $1 paid into the pension fund, benefiting some legislators. Aides say the governor will likely sign.
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Miller
Hall
Leor Field
D-Fexhama
Capitol
Conference Committee
Job Placement Meeting Set For Thursday
Joy Crouch announces a Thursday 2:30 p.m. meeting in City Hall council chambers for youths 16 to 21 seeking work. She and three Ada businessmen will discuss how to apply and the do s and don'ts of employment.
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Joy Crouch
City Hall
Miss Crouch
Ada
Accident Kills Truck Driver Near Ada in 1971
A 50 year old Tuttleman, Jimmy R Fryrear of Route 2 Tuttle, died after swerving to avoid a cow on State Highway 13 northwest of Ada. The semi overturned and he was pinned under the cab for about 30 minutes before dying at Valley View Hospital. The crash marked the second traffic fatality in Pontotoc County for 1971.
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Tuttleman
Ada
Highway Patrol
John Wayne Smith
Jimmy R. Fryrear
Tuttle
Valley
Smith
Fryrear
Ryan Freight Line
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Valley View Hospital
Ada Fite Dept
Pontotoc Country
Matthews
Ravia
Johnston County
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Tery
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Lubbock
Dallas
Texas
Walt
Horton
Kathy
Peggy
Shirley
Cerral
Dale
Goodson
Lorrene Soward
Lynette
Durant
Mrs. R. L. Wood
J. W. Law
Norvis Nesset
Tray Miller
Gregg
Lynette Law
Lynn Hughes
Byars
Bobbs
Linda Dansby
Robin Law
Haskell Parker
Clareia Gray
Vicki
Nora Gray
Clark
Mark
Michelle
Melinda Gray
Cloreia
Gray
Mettie Barnes
Don Newby
Stephens
Horace Golden
Cerral Stone
Annette Jones
Kenny
Kevin
Latta
Teresa Golden
Lavona Jones
Rhonda
Joni
Pamela Adams
Melvin Newby
Ron
Oil Center
Bob Gray
Westview
Arbuckle Lake
Stephen
Ray Kemp
Jones
Robert Golden
Mike
Buddy Blankenship
Kay
F. C. Jones
Glenm Dale Jones
Anchorage
Alaska
Glenn Jones
Delphia Jones
Joyce Trivitt
Lorenee Scott
Orval Ballard
Roger
Houshang
And
Mies
Jerry Ballard
Tom Roddy
Nicoma Park
Alvin Russ
Moore
Orace Golden
Olen Henderson
Junior
Debra
Don Henderson
Velma Henderson
Freddie Duncan
Freddie Holman
Wilson
Sonny Gelden
Laura Haines
Susan
J. ©. Carrall
Etta Garrett
Myra
Ethelene Golden
Randy
Lisa Carroll
Roxie Golden
Charles Coplen
Jess Coplen
Crane
Paul Willington
Qdessa
Hoyd Coplen
Botby
Lee Keeling
Callie East
Seminole
Boyd Coplen
Bobby
Konawa Lake
Elmer Cochran Sr
Deloras Agee
Tracy
Gina
Tishia
Clinton Roberts
J. B. Jones
Dewayne Coffey
Heath
Er. Laffayette
Ind
George Cochran
Helen Coffey
Heather
Clifton Deaton
Homer
Oma Enloe
Beulah Holliday
Holliday
R. W. Chriss
Tupelo
Lela Rose
Elva Kemp
Ina Haines
Cora Cassady
Leona Poindexter
Yvonne Gray
Ola Fraley
Etthelene Golden
Cunningham
Laura
jHines
Alice Binion
Dink Binion
Laffagatta
Catherine Teel
Opal Bivens
Vailey View Hospital
Ellards Nursing Home
Union Hill Church of Goo
Dag Franklin
James Williams
Chuck Roberts
Minnie Sellars
Elmer Sellars
Chickasha
George Smith
Lonnie East
Oakman
Grover Keeling
Loy Little
Nole
Martha Love
Ethelene Goldlen
Earnest Matheron
Glory
Ernie
Georgia Willyerd
Earnest Lancaster
Harold Long
Lawrence Poindexter
Gary Golden
Sam Brackett
Eufaula
E. J. Lancaster
Randy Delozier
Fitzhugh
Harnest Lancaster
Beverly Delozier
Luther Fiveash
Evangelistic Temple
Carol and
Teresa
al Sanders
Mary Cook
Joe
Wally Layne
Roli
F. L. Cunningham
Warren Cunningham
Wewoka
Larry Cunningham
Joyces
Trivitt
Eni ™Ma Jones
Ames Trivitt
Altures, Cal
Lynda
Billy Joe Adams
Maggie Johnson
Joe Ring
Konawa
Johnny Collingsworth
Sasanka
Goldie Ann Houston
Terry Robertson
Lisa
Lawton
Allen Clayton
Robert Mayberry
Sharron Simpson
Union Hill Baptist Church
Jo Ann Brown
Stratford
Cushman
Joyce Tribitt
James Donald ‘Trivitt
Altures
Cal
Jim Kirkes
John Sweeney
Fannie
Charles Copleny
Lou Little
Callie
East Seminole
Johnny Allan
Bud Beasley
Frank Allen
Josephine McAnally
Bill McAnally
Aca
Alvin McAnally
Tammy
Teuna
Lake Bulaula
Bill
Walter McAnally
Colonial Estates
James Rhynes Sr
Tim and
Terry
Phil Rhynes
Don Allison
James Rhynes
Michelle Calvin
Roger Richardson
Pentecostal Holiness Church of Ada
Billy Henson
Wintersmith Park
Myrtle Archer
Mary Long
Tommy
Hazel Henson
Lois Rhynes
Lou Tatum
Pearl Allan
Evylene Rhynes
Tommy Johnson
William Henson
Billy
Carl Holman
Estell Johnson
Emporia
J. T. Tatum
Ann Whisinhunt
Meredith Summers
Tammy and
Sharron
Evylene
Josephine. McAnally
Albert Crow
Nova Roper
Robert Bolin
Kenneth
Waller Crow
Wayne Johnson
Colorado Springs
Cole, and
Mr. and
Me Albert Johnson
Denver, Cota
Grady Jinks, McCurtain
Raymond Laseman
Hickory
Charles Laseman
Payette
Idaho
Lee Laseman
Alvin. Mantooth
Mayes
Alvin Mantooth
Otto Berry
Gus Jack Hammock
Sherman
Stephen Rutledge
Harlengin
Monya McGee
Denton
Randy Johnson
Delbect Johnson
Bixby
Kim
Donna Johnson
Corvallis
Ore
Jerry Orton
Esdel Johnson
Purcell
Oletha Ferry
Bonnie Hedgecock
Harley Johnson
Don Johnston
Donetta
Mrs. Lavona Jones
Roff
By Mary Laseman
Edmondson
Adan
Shepherd Mall
Oklahoma State Employment Office
W. 12Th
Hacker
Tom Smith
Yu-_ kon
Ammerican
Legion
Anl Nettay
Jere C. Drummond
San Ada
House
Charles Kenneth Price
Edgar J. Fullingsham
Mbabane
Swaziland
Gaylayne Orner
Robert R. Orner
Song
Larry Hawkins
Dave Kelley
Lightning Ridge Baptist Church
Latta School
Jerry Hatley
Yukon
Hatley
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