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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1922
Page
7
The Worstell column notes a week of revival ending Sunday with success. Local residents share visits and Sunday activities including dinners with friends, church attendance, and numerous social visits among families. Certificates for attendance and spelling honor several students. A pie supper funds a singing school run by J. F. Henry of Colbert, with plans to continue and monthly singing gatherings.
The article records a sequence of social activities and visits in the community. Mr and Mrs Simpson hosted a Saturday night party. John Polk attended church and dined with Gray family. Several residents including Elbert Hill, Mrs Fink, Furman Floyd, Miss Perry, Miss Verda Hill, and Naomi Sibley are mentioned with various visits. Rev Waller preached, and Nelson of Owl Creek is expected to preach next Sunday. Roy Ivy and Elmer Miller traveled to Stonewall, with other local interactions throughout the weekend.
The town welcomes back W. L. McKinley and family while mourning Fred Foster departure. Mrs. Dee Wyche improves after illness and Mrs. E. F. Holland travels to Tulsa to join her husband. Prof. Henry plans a Sunday singing on the 19th and people invite friends to attend. a well attended Ledbetter gathering and Sunday school plans are noted.
Friday March 10 marked the close of a shortened term at Homer school. Pupils from different rooms enjoyed a pleasant Friday afternoon activity period together.
Byrd’s Prairie community notes a rain on March 13 aids crops with wheat looking sounder than oats. Health is fair in variable weather as farmers finish plowing. The town boasts a strong Sunday school with five classes and a lively weekly prayer meeting. J W Harkins preaches his first sermon Sunday at eleven.
The community reports heavy oat losses from the last snow and freeze, with farmers resuming planting. Local events include Rev. Brock preaching Saturday night and Sunday, visits by J W Kirkes and family, Nabers visiting Pauls Valley on business, and multiple residents attending the Farmers Union rally in Ada. John Jackson buys the Roberson Parnicker place from Claud Ridgeway, and together with Ridgeway and others they drive to Ada.
The community reports illnesses including Ed Walker's baby with pneumonia symptoms, Lige Driskell and Frances Smith under care, Anthelea Coffee ill and absent from school, and Christine Berger improving. Dr. Crews hopes to stay until sickness abates while Mrs. P A Templeman hosted a singing at home with many in attendance.
Latta reports several weeks of vacationlike absence with pupils attending Ada high school and teachers college. Names Vera Simamions Vida Simamions Retha Anderson Juanita Smith Robert Erwin Dale Fishbeck Herbert Cooper and Efton Young listed as training school attendees. A prayer meeting occurred last Wednesday with a plan for weekly gatherings at the schoolhouse and Sunday school attendance recorded at forty six.
The district announces Sunday preaching continues with Rev. Pendergraft handling the fourth Sunday and the second until a replacement is chosen. Mr and Mrs Kenner of Ada relocate here, occupying a dwelling house and store across from the schoolhouse, and join local gatherings.
The Egypt column lists illnesses and social calls including Mrs Shives and Raymond Stephens on sick lists, Thelma Vaden visiting, Mrs Palmer calling on her daughter Gertie Hamons, neighbors calling on relatives, and various Sunday visits. Earnest Archer died at home Sunday evening and was buried at Egypt cemetery. The note mentions a local debate held on the night of the 25th.
Attendance at Sunday services was strong while families from Wilburton Stonewall and Ada visited relatives. The McSwain theatre hosted Miss Cherry Blossom with Mayfield and Carroll attendees. Flu illness affected several households and local travel occurred as families, including Zahner and Durbin clans, visited kin. A Stonewall singing school led by Prof F L Lynn drew residents to the schoolhouse.
Bad weather slows planting as corn work continues. Kerrs, McMeans, Nickell, Ginn, and Horn families shared Sundays with relatives and neighbors at Halls Hill and High Hill. Club girls visited by Mrs Duvall. large crowd at McMeans party. High Hill singing. school to dismiss Friday. pre supper Friday night March 17 at High Hill.
The final lyceum course in the Tu pe la high school auditorium featured D A M Reitzel presenting The Measure of a Man on moral and mental qualities. The boy scout troop organizing committee includes E B Breedlove R N Armstrong and C T Johnston with G W Gardner named scoutmaster and Marvin Foreman as assistant. A summer trip to the Choctaw hills mountains is planned as schoolboys pursue their goals.
A local editorial encourages residents to unite for community betterment in Tupelo and Coal County. It praises the agricultural district and other assets as foundations for a thriving commercial center and prosperous future.
Sunday reports cite Bro Nettles preaching to large crowds at both services. Mr Earnest and family drove to Steedman. A Thursday night lightning strike hit Mr McCurry s barn killing a fine mare and a heifer with no further damage. Henry organized a Ladies Aid society electing Mrs J McAnally president Mrs Henry vice president and Miss Grace Hyder secretary treasurer. Fourteen members enrolled. Mr and Mrs Cassidy of Egypt visited Colbert Sunday.
Pickett notes heavy rain may aid farmers if it continues. Bro Clarkson filled his regular appointment Saturday night and Sunday services were well attended. Dozens of locals and visitors attended church Sunday night. Several residents reported illnesses and injuries. Erastus McMinn was hurt when a horse fell on him and was sent to Sherman for knee surgery. Numerous visits and social calls noted among the Faulkenberry and Bullock families and other Wilson community members.
A Sunday evening program by the Christian Endeavor drew praise with Sam Viney as leader. Earle Copeland, attending the Normal, spent the latter part of the week at home. Bob Austell Jr. visits family. The group plans a play to boost funds for local Endeavor success. Isabelle Eddings and Estell McAvoy spent weekends at home and visiting friends in Vanoss.
Union Hill report highlights a thriving community with ball game attendance, school progress, and several visiting families. A recent Union supper drew speakers W. Palmer, T. Strong, N. Alates, F. Sellers and A. Hopkins, with cake and coffee well received. Spring preaching planned, invitations extended. Brown Eyes signs off with local weather and farming notes.
Washington report shows 1921 exports of 32 principal crops set a record with wheat and wheat flour value surpassing cotton for the first time. Corn exports, including corn meal products, reached their highest since 1900. A note mentions ripened cherries from Rio de Janeiro entering markets via swift steamers.
Cyril Woodward Crubly Armstrong a self made Chicago lawyer was told he is sole heir to an English earldom but he values his American citizenship above any title. A consular note in Washington informed relatives in India of the possible succession. He offered letters and documents to prove identity but says he knows nothing of his supposed inheritance.
The piece recalls a reporter’s path from night school to bar membership through prior work on farms and the Quincy Journal. It laments gossip about spring, notes birds and grass signaling the season, and includes a quip about a poem by Q Oilie Auten. It also notes Pneumonia Month March and promotes Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy as an expectorant that fights cold and pneumonia, and mentions the Pacific east using $3,000,000 worth of abrasive paper annually.
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