Housewarming Fetes Mr. And Mrs. Watts
A housewarming was given for Mr. and Mrs. Donald Watts at their new home north of Stratford. Hosts included Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hughes, Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Perry, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Pickard, and Mrs. Bill Richardson with guests listed alphabetically among attendees and gift senders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Watts
Stratford
Walter Hughes
Boyd Perry
Tom Pickard
Bill Richardson
Willie Watts
Bill Medlock
Dorothy Hughes
Brad Perry
Jack Woods
Buster Woods
George Levis
J. F. Sheppard
Neal Beasley
Louis Hart
Allen Bryant
Robert Barr
Tom Ed Strickland
Guy Andrews
Melvin Lunsford
Wanda Andrews
Agnew Standridge
Leonard Cofer
J. W. Mann
Gus Gray
Alvin Mantooth
Brenda Wilson
Lowell Caskey
Claud Freeman
Fate Drake
Jeff Connally
Sonny Griffin
Don Tucker
Briggs Family Reunion Held at Wintersmith Park
Wintersmith Park hosted the Briggs family reunion last week with Ardmore residents Mrs. Ella Hobbs and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Shelley attending alongside Mr. and Mrs. Jim Dulaney and Mr. and Mrs. O. W. Ward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wintersmith Park
Briggs
Ella Hobbs
Joe Shelley
Jim Dulaney
Ardmore
O. W. Ward
Miss Cottrell Weds Mack Summers in Ada Hart Community
Laveta Cottrell and Mack Summers married Friday at the Cottrell Mission near Wynnewood with Rev. F M Wood officiating. The bride wore white lace with a silk illusion veil, carried a white carnation bouquet, and the couple plans to live on Route 5 Ada. A small reception followed with family present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laveta Cottrell
Mack Summers
Cottrell Mission
Wynnewood
F. M. Wood
Rosalee Cottrell
Route 1
Leo Cottrell
Summers
Gertie Summers
Route 5
Ada
Evert Summers
Herbert Reding
Doyle Cottrell
Oklahoma City
Sue Cottrell
Joe Summers
Pickett
Raymond Cottrell
Hart
Outdoor Cookery Demonstration At Ahloso Homemakers
Mrs. E. M. Asher led an Outdoor Cookery program for the Ahloso Homemakers Group at the clubhouse. She demonstrated starting a coal broiler fire, selecting meat, and cooking chicken steak and vegetables. The meeting featured devotional by Mrs. Jess Evans and hymn led by Mrs. Morgan Wells.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. M. Asher
Ahloso Homemakers Group
Asher
Joe C. Moore
Jess Evans
Morgan Wells
R. C. Ross
O. A. Neal
G. W. Crosson
Mapilsa
Wanith
Stepping Stones Annual Outdoor Supper Picnic
The Atoka County Stepping Stones held their yearly picnic at the Setliffs home with a potluck on the back lawn. Monte Ginnings of Oklahoma Christian College spoke on campus training programs and highlighted the Harvesters Club aims. The group donated 50 dollars to Harvesters and another 50 dollars from a petty cash fund to OC College projects. Attendees included the England, Walker, Mitchell, Limb, Collier, Scott, Kelley, Lil lard, Durbins, Xenia, and Setliff families and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atoka County
Darwin Setliff
Monte Ginnings
Oklahoma Christian College
Harvesters Club
Stepping Stones
Haskell
Lillian
James England
Cora Mae Walker
Joe Mitchell
Carrie Lou Limb
Claude
Carrie Collier
Connie Scott
Debra
Annie DeArmon
Paul
Inez Kelley
Ervin Xenia
Debbie Lillard
Walter Durbins
J. B
Monie
Xenia
Deddie Lillard
Nona Keenan
Setliff
Baby Gift Shower Honors Mrs Doffin
Helen Delozier Barbara Griffiths and Mrs Oleta Burk hosted a baby gift shower for Mrs Belinda Doffin at Mrs Betty Griffiths home. Cake and drinks followed the gift opening with guests Rita Jackson Pat Law Emma Gene Oliver Betty Archer and many more in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Delozier
Barbara Griffiths
Oleta Burk
Belinda Doffin
Betty Griffiths
Rita Jackson
Pat Law
Emma Gene Oliver
Betty Archer
Mardel Scott
Rita
Kathy Roberts
Delozier
Helen and Sherry
Josebee
Annette Gibson
William Ray
Jeanette Griffiths
Opal
Harris Open House Honors Golden Wedding in Phillips
Mr and Mrs Elmer Harris of Phillips celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with an open house held Sunday at their home. The couple married June 21 1916 in Tushka. Their family hosted the event with six grandchildren and one great grandchild present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Harris
Phillips
Tushka
Harris
Lora Barbee
Atoka
Dale Rinney
Winnebago
Minn
Robert Harris
Oklahoma City
Bill
Sue) Rogers
Dallas
Palmer Families Hold Get-Together at Platt National Park
The Palmer families gathered at Platt National Park in Sulphur for a Sunday reunion with a noon basket dinner and group movie footage. Attendees included Cora and Carrie Palmer El Reno. Carl and Ernest Palmer Chickasha. Bonnie and a West Virginia granddaughter. Jack Williams Yukon. Red Martin Watonga with Karen Mason and family. Light Kansas. Kenneth Palmer Oklahoma City. L. C. Palmer Tupelo with Micky Tammy. Robert Palmer Tupelo. Earl Young. L. G. Palmer Stonewall with son. Jimmy Palmer Janet Steve Dave McKinney Tex Ronnie Heniger. Donald Palmer Patricia Barbara Dallas Toy Palmer Stonewall. Lillie Wilson Ada. Gene Hulsey Shawnee. plus the Williams birthday honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Platt National Park
Cora Palmer
Carrie Palmer
el Reno
Carl Palmer
Chickasha
Ernest Palmer
Bonnie
West Virginia
Jack Williams
Donna
Darla
Yukon
Red Martin
Watonga
Karen
Mason
Sayre
Light
Kansas
Kenneth Palmer
Oklahoma City
L. C. Palmer
Micky
Tammy
Tupelo
Robert Palmer
Earl Young
L. G. Palmer
Stonewall
Jimmy Palmer
Janet
Steve
Dave
McKinney
Husbands Attend Prairie Grove Homemakers Club Cook-Out
Mr and Mrs Earl Simmons hosted the Prairie Grove Homemakers Group cook-out on their patio. Guests included several couples and members with their husbands. Cooks provided ham burgers fresh produce and desserts. The event replaced a planned cook out at Mr and Mrs Claud Inman who were recovering from injuries in a traffic crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Simmons
Stratford
Prairie Grove Homemakers Group
J. L. Little
J. E. Parker
C. L. Cornelius
Argie
Charlene Butler
Eston Winn
P. A. Owens
A. L. Hawkins
G. L. Williams
W. D. Butler
Walter Gray
John T. Williams
Claud Inman
Mrs Bulman Joins OG&E District Staff
Mrs Berta Bulman of 904 West 23rd has joined the Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company as home service consultant for the Ada district. She is an OSU graduate with a BS and a masters from East Central State College and previously worked for OG&E in Ada. She replaces Bonnie Fisher who married and moved to Lamont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berta Bulman
West 23Rd
Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company
Ada
Bulman
OSU
East Central State College
Og&e
Stratford
Bonnie Fisher
Lamont
Oklahoma
Mrs Tom Glass Shows Pictures From Portland Trip
Mrs Tom Glass of Stratford traveled to Oklahoma City as guest of Mrs Jack Foster for a bus party of 25 women who toured Portland Oregon in May for the National Conference of the Woman's Society of Christian Service. Pictures were shown at breakfast and lunch, with further showings planned at Pauls Valley church July 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Glass
Stratford
Oklahoma City
Jack Foster
Mesdames Glass
Foster
Stephens Family Reunion At Platt Park
The A B Stephens family of Roff held their annual reunion at Platt National Park in Sulphur on a Sunday. Attendees included numerous Stephens relatives and others from Oklahoma, California, and Texas, sharing a morning visit and a noon picnic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. B. Stephens
Roff
Platt National Park
Sulphur
Shirley
Arthur Harber
Virgil Johnson
Curtis Johnson
Jack Stephens
Twana Jo Richardson
Fontana
Calif
Shirley A. Risinger
Altus
Bill Morrison
Johnny
Snyder
Owen Stephens
Will Stephens
Terry Hale
San Diego
D. C
Old Telephones Lead New Radio Cabinet Craze
Antique telephones from around the world become collectors items with radios concealed inside. A Continental style phone in Salem fruitwood hosts a five tube AM radio, operated by twisting the bells. Other pieces include an Early American wall phone and contraptions like a tea kettle radio, a gramophone, a jewel box radio, and a bourbon-bottle radio with a cork switch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morning Glory
Underwoods Visit From California With Son
Visiting Mr and Mrs R A Underwood and their son Jerry Roff were their children and grandchildren from California. They will return home with the Underwoods after a visit that began Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. A. Underwood
Jerry
Roff
Bobby Underwood
Fami
North Hollywood
Calif
Paul Allen
Vina
McCarty
Sny Jkla
Mike Unrwood
Ada
Ada Ceremony Unites Miss Engel and James Gilliam
Miss Mary Ann Engel and James Melvin Gilliam wed at St. Joseph Catholic Church Ada Oklahoma June 25 with Rev John Bloms officiating. Bridal party included Judith Engel Sally Engel and Genevieve Engel as attendants. Waud A Burton served as best man and ushers included Gilliam brothers Engel brothers and Gary Moore. The couple plans to reside in Oklahoma City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Ann Engel
James Melvin Gilliam
St. Joseph Catholic Church
John Bloms
O.S.B
Joseph M. Engel
James T. Gilliam
Oklahoma City
Judith Engel
Susan
Barbara
Rose
Nancy Engel
Sally Engel
Genevieve Engel
Daniel Engel
Waud A. Burton
Ardmore
Thomas Gilliam
Michael Engle
Patrick Engel
Gary Moore
Round Prairie to Host Second Annual Independence Day Reunion
Dr. Charles F. Spencer of East Central State College will lead the program at Round Prairie for the second annual family reunion on July 4. Residents and former residents are urged to bring basket lunches to Anglin House, also known as Rock House, near the old Round Prairie school, with singing in the afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles F. Spencer
East Central State Colege
Round Prairie
Anglin House
Rock House
Prairie dog town restocked in Wichita Mountains refuge
Prairie dogs vanished from a 30 acre town in the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge near Lawton Oklahoma. The area has been restocked with 30 sociable gound squirrels. Twelve thousand people pass through St Peters in Rome on a typical day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Praire
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
Lawton
Oklo
St. Peter’s
Rome
Ellison Family Reunion Held At Brannon Home
The Ellison family gathering for the late Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Ellison met at the Brannon home in Lovelady. Forty-one attended a basket lunch on the lawn and spent the afternoon socializing and playing baseball with relatives from Lovelady Ada Latta Haywood Oakman Seminole and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. C. Ellison
Cecil Brannon
Lovelady
Brannon
Otis Harrison
Robert Ellison
Joyce Meeks
Ronnie
Joe Stick
Stephen Joe
Arthur Grisso
Peggy
Walter Grisso
Mary
Gary
Sharon
Brenda
Phyllis
Barbara
Ada
Travis Ellison
Debra
Cathey
Randy
Gus Gurloff
Latta
Mike Harrison
Trudy
Gregg
Haywood
Calif
Gene Poorman
Kay
Richard
Lisa
Oakman Community
Chanceys Return From Two State Trip
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Chancey return to Ross after a two week tour of New Mexico and Colorado. Their sons and families, Jim Chancey of Dallas and Bill Chancey of Nucla Cole, visit this week. Bill is pursuing a master’s degree at East Central Ada. The item ends with an unrelated note about the world’s smallest subway ride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. M. Chancey
Ross
New Mexico
Colorado
Jim Chancey
Dallas
Bill Chancey
Nucla
Cole
Ada
Chancey
East Central
Sisters Celebrate Bridal Shower For Engel Gilliam Pair
Three sisters hosted a bridal shower for Miss Mary Ann Engel wife to James Melvin Gilliam after Saturday Ada church ceremony. Honorees are daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Engel. August bride Judy Engel to be. Hostesses were Mrs. Hicks Smith, Mrs. Bert Roberts and Mrs. Leonard Zoeller at 401 Stadium Drive. Yellow and pink décor featured daisies centerpiece. Guests checked in with Miss Rosie Engel. sisters and brother assisted with gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Ann Engel
James Melvin Gilliam
Ada
Judy Engel
Hicks Smith
Bert Roberts
Leonard Zoeller
Hicks
Stadium Drive
Joseph M. Engel
Summer Beach Tip Protect Eyes With Cotton Makeup Pads
A seaside tip suggests tucking cotton makeup pads into a beach bag. Place pads over the eyes during sunbathing to reduce glare and lessen pale circles from sunglasses.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mrs. Watts
Jimmy Freeman
Tom Love
Troy Henry
Bill Oliver
F. E. Rigsby
Joe Stokes
Jim Pearce
Bill Clear
Gene Smith
Arthur Brundidge
Pat Reynolds
S. H. Freeman
Leonard Freeman
Roland Cole
W. E. Townsend
J. T. Freeman
Tommy Lunsford
Anna Lou Forrest
Mae Freeman
Alyss Ballard
Allen Phillips
Stella Cosby
Joe Tom Blackburn
Gustin Shi
Babe Shults
Karl Andrews
Mays Lumber Company
Bob Forrest
Gertrude Hyden
Irene Smith
Chuck
Bud Fisher
Mona Watts
Edna Hicks
Marvin Weast
Haskell Burnett
Walton Potter
Walton Lobaugh
David Jenkins
Leon Morris
Royce Smith
Andy Campbell
Jerry Smith
John Balthrop
Miss Cottrell
Edward D. Rigsby
Houston
Ed Rigsby
Andrews
Tex
Fank Farr
Terry
Rudy Barnes
Poteau
Barbara Reese
Curtis Beets
Ben van Schuyver
Scotty Turnpaugh
Barbara Keetle
Paul Turnpaugh
Wanette
Fern McDanial
Meda McDanial
James Beets
Les Hardin
Tommy Hodges
Norman
Paul Briggs
Jerry Farr
Wayne Cope
Ignacio
Colo
Leroy Jarvis
Jim Hardin
Seminole
Bill Dulaney
Irving
Danny Furr
Okeene
D. A. Briggs
Weleetka
Ahloso
Mrs. Doffin
Palmer
Mrs. Bulman
Stephens
Platt Park
Mr. Gilliam
Ada Church
Ellison
Ollectric
Esco
Chanceys
Capitol
Washington
A. Christian
James Cobb
Alma Craddock
Alfred Darras
Ralph Delaney
Jack Dimond
Lola Duffy
Tommy Duffy
James Ender
Frank Dyer
Charles Emrick
Oakley Gale
Homer Hensler
Gertrude Herron
Edward Hooper
Johnny Johnson
E. W. Keef
Elwood Kemp
Dick Krause
James Krauser
George Krauser
Jos. LaBarge
Virgil LaBarge
Clyde Long
Paul Lupinski
Frank Martin
Pearl Martin
Carl Mayhall
L. C. Miers
James Miller
Monroe Mitchell
W. P. Moranetz
Albert Penisten
Nora Jean Price
Charles Priesing
Lillian Robinson
Calvin Rogers
Bill Rowles
Anna May Shipp
Don Thompson
Claude Walters
Jack Witherow
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