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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1923
Page
6
A montage of short items from farmers and residents. People report business trips to Vanoss Ada and Jones Chapel. Socials include visits, church singing at Pleasant Hill and Franks, blackberry picking, cotton chopping, and a pie supper. A LONESOME GIRL signs off with a request for news from Lovelady and Pleasant Hill.
Rev Stegall preached here. Families from Tulsa Ada Frisco and Happyland visited. Several residents hosted guests and traveled to Lawrence Harvest Ada and Pleasant Hill. The community reports Illness attendances and ongoing prayer meetings with Sunday services and Sunday school well attended.
Sunday services included a sermon by Bro Gibbs of Conway using Romans 10 3. A well attended evening service and a growing class marked the week. Numerous visits and social gatherings fill the community from Ada to Pleasant Hill with relatives and friends hosting each other. A Tacoma weather note mentions Mount Rainier shadow over Tacoma.
A long list of Sunday visits and family updates from Union Valley, Owl Creek, and surrounding communities. Residents include Lee Adams, Mrs. W R Riddle, Lula, B R Reed, Miss Ethel Hice, Violet Bourn, Mrs. Pipes, Mrs. Lowery, Mrs. Stephens, Poca Mayfield, Eula Pierce, Bes sie Stephens, Iva Goforth, Georgie France, Grady Allen, Lovelady, Spaulding Lowery, Jim Anderson, Frisco, Bertha and Anne Brandy, Luetta La Fever, and many more. Local events mention Pecan Grove beating Union 16 to something, a singing school, and a Sunday singing class begun. additions include new baby for Cleve Fish. Community notes include Sunday school progress, visits in Ada, Oakman, Happy Land, Conway, and Norman, plus numerous pairings of families at various homes.
We are having some dry weather at present and every one is working out their crops. Misses Lydia Virgie and Edna Crump spent Saturday night Ettie. Mrs Williams spent a few hours with Mrs Dew Saturday night. W W Norton gave the young folks a party Wednesday night. Names present included Lydia and Virgie Crump Joe Allen Stewart Allen Jack Walls Maggie Burns Donald Faulkenberry John and Roy Bunion Charlie Hopkins Rosa Ballard Isaac Roper Evert Escoe. Mrs Alma Williams was the Sunday guest of Mrs Mary Williams. Mr W C Faulkenberry and family Mr and Mrs Andrew Wray Joe Allen and John Norton spent Sunday with W A Norton. Charles Gwaltney took dinner with D L Lunsford Sunday. Mrs Mary Williams spent a few hours with Mrs May Smith Thurs. Miss Nona Faulkenberry attended church Sunday. Miss Dora Belle and Nona Faulkenberry dined with Mrs N A Wilson Sunday. Miss Dora Norton was the Sunday guest of Mrs Louise and Dorchie Golden. Frank and Erwin Williams spent Sunday with Jess Norton. A Sweet Mamma.
Mrs. Whisenhunt and her son Chester visited, singing Sunday afternoon and night at Mr. Barrett's. Blanche Cushman was visiting and the gathering was well attended.
Ada area column reports social visits and dinners, an oil drilling readiness update, weathered crop notes, a boiler explosion with injuries, a train accident, local crime robbery, and community events. It includes crop outlook, safety notes, and upcoming picnics and church events with local residents named.
The Vanoss community reports the Boy Scouts plan a biweekly supper, led by eager young Willard Owens. The Vanoss Debating Club hosted readings and a lively debate on whether a woman needs education more than a husband, with the negative team winning 3 to 2.
Rev J T Coffey from Fitzhugh is to begin a singing school Tuesday night. Byrd Day of Texas will visit his sister Mrs Pauline Brooks. Local baseball saw Laxton beat Fitzhugh 15 to 9 and Lawrence win 15 to 0. Mr and Mrs Albert Cartwright of Wichita Falls visited his parents. Singing attendance was strong Sunday night.
Oklahoma City market reports show a light run with under 75,000 head. Live hog values rose with top at 7.15 dollars and bulk sales at 7 dollars and up. Stockers around 4.50, while packers moved slowly but consistently for higher prices amid active salesman effort.
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