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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1976
Page
3
District Court notices announce probate guardianship and estate actions across Pontotoc and Oklahoma counties. Executors and guardians seek hearings on wills, asset sales, easements, and final accounts with dates set in Ada and Duncan Oklahoma.
Center items a pink and blue baby shower hosted by Mrs. Sandra Garner for Mrs. Janice Briggs. Guests and relatives shared gifts, refreshments, and a decorative display featuring a yellow cake shaped like a baby bib and a stork centerpiece. Several attendees and visitors were listed along with church and family visit notes.
Seventy six lines of text describe Sunshine Sunday School attendance with 46 present and three baptisms during revival services on the Little Blue River. The piece lists many local residents and visiting families from Ada Wynnewood Roff Mead and surrounding towns, plus social visits and weekend travels.
May Johnson notes 66 in Sunday attendance at Lightning Ridge Baptist Church with several visitors from Fort Worth Wynnewood Ada and Moore. The pastor Don Newby preached both services and Vacation Bible School is led by Reba Stanfield with Kathy Newby as secretary and Geneva McCullar at the piano.
Oklahoma wheat producers expect this harvest to fall well short of the 121 million bushels forecast by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The crop began gathering in the southwest after an early start but was slowed by several rounds of wet and turbulent weather.
The Mobile Cashier-Checker unit visits Ada July 7 8 with 9 AM to 3 30 PM interviews by instructor Cleo Carter. Classes run July 9 for 10 to 12 days 8 36 AM to 3 PM in the mobile van at 1628 E Beverly Social Service Center. Tuition is 11 dollars including books.
The Hart Extension Homemakers Group met at Lightning Ridge Church with Miss May Johnson as hostess. Mrs. Curtis Wylie presided. Mrs. Cletus Kelly gave the secretary’s report. The session covered communicable disease and upkeep of the Lightning Ridge Cemetery. Memorial Day caretak ers Roy and Mrs. Laxton family noted. Officers elected for another year: Wylie president. Summers VP. Kelley secretary. Johnson reporter. Stanfield song leader. The club will meet July 12 at Mrs. Alvie Griffith’s.
John William Duffy executor of Lola M. Duffy deceased seeks final account for estate in Pontotoc County Oklahoma. Heirs and creditors may contest on July 6, 1976 at Ada County Court House. District Judge Helen Kennedy Westerman presides. Attorney at Law in Oklahoma City represents the estate.
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