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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1970
Page
2
A week of church gatherings at the Church of Christ is open to all. Many families and friends are visiting Valley View Hospital patients and sharing family events from weddings to reunions across Ada, Checotah, Norman, and nearby towns.
Jesse Perry and Myrtle Sanders visit Jack Wood family in Tupelo with California relatives. Ray Weeks from Davis also visits. Sun supper with Woods at Ada and Union Valley hosts. Jack Wood and family attend dinner at C L Thompsons in Tupelo for Homer Perry. Other visits include Don Koler Stonewall and Mearl Gregory at the Sand Bass Festival in Madill and James Lackey and family from North Dakota visiting B B Ryan's household. Joyce Lackey arrives earlier for the stay.
Mrs. Coletta Mathis plans to keep writing the Stonewall, Fittstown and Jesse news after moving to Tupelo. Visitors at the Roland Phillips home included Bob Fink of Stonewall Orvil Long of Coalgate and Ellis Snyder and Terry of Oklahoma City. Karen Snyder of Oklahoma City visited her grandparents the Rolands. Roland Phillips and his wife visited Johnnie Craddick in Norman. Billy Mathis of Tupelo spent weekend with Roy Whittington. Susan Mathis Jill McGeehee and Cheryl Brend attended Camp Fire Girls Camp Adaka.
Dr and Mrs Ray Stevens of Denton Texas visited Mr and Mrs J L Deleplain and family. Paul Deleplain and children from Pauls Valley visited his parents the Deleplains. Mrs Robert Escamilla and children from Nashville Tennessee are spending the summer with her parents the J L Celeplains. Eastern Star Chapter 455 held its last meeting until fall with twelve members attending and refreshments of punch and cookies served.
Troop 21 held a meeting Thursday with John Williams and Gary Wood advancing to second class scout. Attendees included Roger Hall Mike Childress Toney Trimmer Billy Newell Glenn Weddle David Madden Wayne Erwin Jerry Harper and scoutmaster M L Lashbrook.
Floyd Brashier died Monday night in Texas. He was the brother of Mrs. Pearl Phillips and news notes his passing in the local obituary.
Latta Mrs Ruby Strickland Allen and Mrs Kit Thomas visited Mrs Opal Smith on Wednesday. Kit Thomas and Kit visited Mr and Mrs Louis Emde Seminole related to Betty Kirby and others. A group including Mrs Ira Henson Oleta Bryant Steven Wayne and Hob Wyche visited Mr and Mrs Joe Lindsey and family at Lake Konawa.
Mr and Mrs Charley Bryant and children Michael and Sherri of Ardmore visited Ms Oleta Bryant and family over the weekend. The gathering emphasized family ties and shared time together in the community.
The Morris Memorial Baptist Church Sunbeams gathered at the church on June 17. Refreshments of cupcakes and cake were served to Mrs. Oleta Bryant, Mrs. Zena May McCraw, Renell Smoot, Ronnie Myers, Connie Smoot, Sherri Matthews, Chad Rigsby, Dena Gray, Chris Rig sby, Carla Lee, Chris Faulkner, Lora Chronister, Deresa Gray, Chenee Rigsby and three visitors.
Mrs. Willie Eddie and Mrs. Nora Smith visited Mrs. Lizzie Chapman on Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Smith called on Mr. and Mrs. Montie Bodine in Oklahoma City on Monday. Carl Smith spent the week with Mr. and Mrs. James Green. Michael, Ronald visited Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Green. Shirley and Phyllis visited Saturday. Others visiting included Mr. and Mrs. Junior Jenkins.
Addie Stringer of Oklahoma City visits Mrs. Mary Summers in Hickory this week. Roy Stringer and family from Texas visit Summers on Wednesday. Leonard Higgs and family from Savanna visit Summers Sunday. Rev Burdis Williams with Steven and David from Lubbock Texas spends Monday night with C. E. Brady. Williams conducts revival at Lula this week and invitations are issued.
Oakman J R Sliger Byng visited Mr and Mrs J R Pendergrass regarding Charlie Sliger Ada visited his sister and husband Mr and Mrs Pendergrass Carl Hobbs recently with Mr and Mrs J R Pendergrass Visiting the Pendergrasses Sunday were Buster Hobbs Mr and Mrs John Pendergrass Ada and Ila Pevehouse Monday Mrs Wilmorene Golden and children visited the Pendergrasses Mrs Trena West and Patricia and Patrick Meroney Ada visited and had supper with Mr Bill and Vernon and Glenda West Thursday Friday Lisa Hutchings spent the night with Glenda West Saturday Lisa Hutchings and Glenda West went to Springlake with a group from the Southwest Church of Christ of Ada
A parade of relatives and friends visited in Oklahoma and Texas over the weekend. Bob Barnes hosted and attended a business meeting in Oklahoma City while relatives from Texas California and Mexico joined gatherings in Ada Byars and Shawnee. Dinah Barnes earned a trip to a basketball camp and several locals shared meals and church events with kin across multiple towns.
Mr and Mrs Garrett Beller attended the Canadian Valley Singing Convention at the Ada Free Will Baptist Church on Sunday. Mrs Christine Mack Terry and Mrs Enola Chilcoat visited Mary and Johnnie. Mr and Mrs Pug Garrett visited on Saturday and Mrs Garrett Beller on Friday.
Home craft cooks share bread recipes including honey rye and oat molasses loaves. Instructions cover yeast activation, dough making, kneading, rising, shaping into two loaves per batch and baking at 375 degrees for about 50 minutes.
The report lists numerous Sunday visits and weekends with family and friends including Don Parr and Kay Williams. People travel to California and New Mexico while others group for Father’s Day in Oklahoma City and Midwest City. Several families such as the Parrs, Wyches, Williams, Ross, Heard, and Hawkins are repeatedly mentioned with visits across Ada and surrounding areas.
Frisco residents plan and share visits across multiple households. The Marshall, Mitchell, Campbell, and Daniel families in Liberal Stonewall Ada Fittstown and nearby towns gathered through Friday Saturday and Monday, with several relatives visiting relatives and sharing meals.
H. R. Brady and nephew John Brady of Frisco California visited Mr. and Mrs. John Daniel. Ada residents Mrs. Clara Kennedy and Dora Daniel hosted the Daniels on Sunday.
Mr and Mrs Simon Patton hosted Sunday dinner with his sister Mrs Virgie Dorsey in Ada. A Sunday night telephone call from his son and daughter in law Mr and Mrs Leroy Patton of Citrus Heights California extended Father’s Day wishes.
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