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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1963
Page
8
Mrs Mary Allen and Mrs Opal Sutton visited and had dinner last Wednesday with Mrs Mattie Black and Mrs Turner in Vanoss assessing community gatherings and hospitality.
Mrs Nora Gray and Carol Willoughby visited Mr and Mrs Frank Lewis Wednesday night before church. Mrs Ruth Sutton and Mrs Opal Sutton visited Mrs Lewis Monday afternoon. Sutton visited Mrs Clarence Woods in Gear Corner Tuesday.
Mrs Lena Soward and Mrs Ruth Sutton with grandchildren Chris and Beverly Sutton call on Mrs Minnie Lewis Friday morning. Mrs Soward stayed with Mrs Sutton Thursday night. Willis and Gerald Sutton have gone hunting.
Mr and Mrs Alvin Wells of Oklahoma City spent Saturday and Sunday with Mr and Mrs Albert Crow and Mr and Mrs Curt Wells. Eddie Hayes spent Sunday with Billy Wells. The Crow couple visited Mr and Mrs Frank Lewis and Mr and Mrs Curt Wells Sunday afternoon.
Kenneth Bolin and Eddie Hayes visited Jimmy and Eddie Haskins Saturday night. The group went armadillo hunting and returned with two armadillos.
Mrs Clinnie Crow spent last Wednesday with Mr and Mrs Luther Parrish in Sulphur. Mrs Parrish was bedbound with the flu and well wishes for a speedy recovery are sent.
Little Chris Sutton shares that he bought coon dog food after seeing a bird dog picture on the feed sack. He told his grandmother the store food would not do and that his puppies need coon dog food. His dogs are named Jethro and Rosco.
Mr and Mrs Dennis Allen spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs Joe King in Dallas, according to society notes. The gathering highlighted social ties among local families.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Page and Ada Sunday visit Opal Sutton helped move to Sapulpa. Mrs. Page and Ada Sunday dine with Mr. and Mrs. A. O. Sutton.
Mrs. Alene Tucker and friends visited Oklahoma City Saturday. Paula saw a dentist while the group shopped. Tonya Tucker stayed with Mrs. Thelma Garrett and Stacy Robertson spent the day with Mrs. Warren Cunningham.
Rev. Arthur Smith and Mrs. Thelma Garrett attended the Holdenville Holdenville funeral for Lindle Calhoun, a Pentecostal Holiness minister killed in a recent explosion. The service was held Thursday afternoon.
Mr and Mrs Melvin Booth and Debbie Mullins and Mrs Bea Robertson shared a dinner with Mr and Mrs Paul Tucker and their daughters Tonya and Paula on Sunday.
Paula Tucker and Sondra Garrett attended youth choir practice at the Pentecostal Holiness Church in Stratford Thursday evening.
Sunday attendance at the Pentecostal Holiness Church reached 66 with Rev. Smith leading the evangelistic services during the day and Sunday school session.
Mrs. Alene Tucker and Paula joined Sondra Garrett and Nancy Kendall at the 4 H Share the Fun Festival in Ada Friday evening.
Rev and Mrs Arthur Smith spent Friday and Saturday with Mr and Mrs C E Mullins in Oklahoma City. They attended funeral services for Don Latimer in Purcell Saturday. Don Latimer was killed Wednesday night near El Reno in a car accident. He was a nephew of Mrs Smith. The Smiths visited Mr and Mrs Bonar Latimer in Purcell Friday.
Mrs. Colene Robertson and her children Tamra and Stacy visited Mrs. Kay Tucker and her children Darla and Randy on a Sunday outing.
Larry Newby visited the Lewises Monday morning. He said Melvin Newby was ill with the flu.
Mr and Mrs Willis Sutton visited Mr and Mrs Gerald Sutton and children Chris and Beverly on Sunday afternoon.
The Ladies Auxiliary met last Tuesday to renew flower beds conduct yard clean-up and place shrubbery for a refreshed community space.
Seen Jim Megee applying plastic cement to Mrs Coxs cellar top in advance of upcoming spring rains, signaling repairs or waterproofing work at the residence.
Mr and Mrs Robert Frantz of Lexington Maryland are visiting their parents Reverend and Mrs Bert Jones and Mr and Mrs Frantz during a family gathering in town.
Mrs Jewel Jones visited Mrs Sible Jones on Saturday while the Browns are away at market. They run Brown's Children's Shop in Ada and host guests during the absence.
Mr. and Mrs. Troy Miller of Parish Chapel visited Mr. and Mrs. Willie Pierce Sunday night. Mr. and Mrs. Pierce visited Colonel Pierce in Rosedale Sunday. He is 99 years old and has been in the hospital but is home now. They visited Colonel again Thursday night.
Mrs Jim Megee was treated at Valley View Hospital for the flu and has been discharged home in good health.
Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Ward and their son of Shawnee spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Herman Ward, highlighting extended family connections across nearby communities.
Last week Mrs. Nannie Cox hosted guests including Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Henderson with their children, Mrs. Pearl Roberts with grandchildren Cathy and Kinny, Mrs. Opal Ward, Mrs. Hazel Newby, Mrs. Ruth Sutton with Beverly, Chris, and Marshall Cox Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Pennington and their Norman based children joined for a Friday night visit.
Will Ross of Lovelady is mentioned with a note about planting potatoes on Sunday afternoon.
Betty Taylor and Joy Baker, Byng High School freshmen, won the annual 4-H meat judging contest held at Reeves Packing Company last week. The pair also placed third in the county contest, reflecting their skill in distinguishing cuts and grading by fat and freshness.
The annual school election will take place at Byng school building on Tuesday from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. One board seat is up for election and a vote will be held on the school levy.
Miss Mary Ann Engel, 1961 Byng High School valedictorian and twice Dairy Princess, has made the honor roll for the first semester at Our Lady of the Lake College in San Antonio Texas.
Don Balthrop attended a short course on repairing electric water pumps across Monday Tuesday and Wednesday of last week. He plans to apply the training in his business selling and installing electric water pumps.
Mrs. Marvin Stokes and Mrs. Ted Gardner teachers at Byng School and Mrs. Bill Keller wife of one teacher attend an event in Oklahoma City on Saturday.
Mr and Mrs Bud Godfrey near completion of exterior work on their home. Aluminum siding installed over the weekend, new windows and added rooms have transformed the appearance. Interior sheetrocking pending with plans to finish by Friday. Floor space nearly doubles.
Judy and Suzie Engel, students at Byng School, were performing an acid experiment when a heated mixture bubbled and splashed sulfuric acid onto their faces. Teacher Marvin Stokes acted quickly, rinsing them and preventing skin damage.
Mr and Mrs J C Thompson hosted their son Don and daughter in law Marilou Thompson in Weleetka on Wednesday confirming a family gathering.
Rev. Mace acted as supply preacher at New Bethel Baptist Church last Sunday. The young pastor hails from St. Louis, contributing to the church's ongoing services.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Wilkinson and their children Tim Jolene and Todd visited in Allen Sunday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Wilkinson. Also visiting the elder Wilkin sons were Mr. and Mrs. Roy Mays and Mr. and Mrs. Ashlock of Seminole with a daughter.
Mrs. C. A. Gentry and her sister Mrs. O'Quinn from Ada visited their mother Mrs. Katy Davis in Roff recently.
Mr and Mrs Everett Meek visited with Meek’s brother Leslie Meek in Alexandria last week. Rev and Mrs Glen Mace had dinner Sunday afternoon with the Meeks.
Mr and Mrs Gene Denney and their children from Konawa visited Mr and Mrs George Milligan here on Friday night.
Girls from Byng School prepare for the annual FHA rally in Oklahoma City on March 30. The theme is Homemaking Calls for Preparation. After the morning session the Byng chapter will visit Frontier City. The night program will be presented by the music department of Oklahoma Baptist University.
The Byng Glee Club sang at East Central State College District Music contest in Ada last Thursday. The all girl chorus rated two plus and narrowly missed state meet eligibility which requires a one rating. The group will perform at a Kiwanis Club meeting next Thursday. Wiley Balthrop also attended the meet from Byng, playing violin.
Byng High School baseball fans hype a repeat state championship as the Pirates begin 2-0 with wins over Vaness 17-12 and Sadler Texas 22-5. They face Tishomingo next, boasting one of the state’s best pitchers, while hitting and confidence drive their early optimism.
The flu outbreak at Byng subsides only to be replaced by mumps and measles. One seventh grade student, Mike McGuire, is hospitalized with a severe mumps case.
Byng School will hold an open house Friday to show the new building and gym finishing touches. A patrons meeting was postponed to 7 p.m. Friday from last Monday. The new trophy case is nearly complete.
Several people in Allen have begun potato planting this week while flu illness lingers. Funeral services were held Thursday in McAlester for Mrs. Mary Hartfield, who died Tuesday in a McAlester hospital, with burial there. She was a former Allen resident and grandmother of Mrs. Lee Roy Jones.
Willie Smith of Sasakwa was trimming a fence when his ax glanced and cut his foot. He required sixteen stitches to close the wound.
Guy Pegg returned home Saturday from Valley View Hospital where he spent the past week recuperating from double pneumonia.
Mrs Eda Til lery entertained Friday with her granddaughter and family Mr and Mrs David Cranfield and their children from Oklahoma City visiting.
Mrs Grace Walker was told by her son Eddie Walker from Wichita Falls Texas that D E Woodruff died Monday in Wolf City.
Mr and Mrs Shelly Jones purchase the Howard Jared residence and plan to relocate to Holdenville where she serves as pastor at the Church of.
Recent guests of Mrs. Jessie Compton included her sister and husband Mr and Mrs L A Maxey from Dallas Texas and Mrs Wick Adair from Ada.
Mr and Mrs C R Cook trans acted business in Denison Texas on Thursday and Friday according to local notices.
Thursday guest of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Turner was Claude Turner, their nephew, from Carmi Illinois.
Mrs C H Hasting learned that her niece Mrs Alta Mae Johnson of Spaulding underwent surgery Monday in a Oklahoma City hospital.
Mrs Ollie Hall relocates from McAlester to Allen and visits her daughter and son in law Mr and Mrs Lee Roy.
Mrs. Turner hosted Saturday guests including her brother in law Lonnie Smith his wife and sisters Susie Farley and Lonnie Fleming in Konawa.
James Rinehart is reported improving while staying at Valley View Hospital. The update notes steady recovery with no complications after treatment received locally.
Mr and Mrs James Lovelady of Oklahoma City spent Sunday with his parents Mr and Mrs H F Lovelady.
Mrs Luther Moss Mrs Wan da Paul and Mrs R C Isaacs visited Luther Moss and Mrs L V Fuller Sunday in Physicians.
Mr. Moss is suffering from double pneumonia as visitors including Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Priest and son Mike and Mrs. Harold Souis from Oklahoma City stop by Surgeons Hospital in Holdenville. Mrs. Janette Douglas reports her son Bill Douglas of Beverly Hills recently undergone surgery.
Mrs. Cora Case is reported improving on Sunday at Valley View Hospital after several days of serious illness.
Guests at the Pegg home included Mrs. Elizabeth Caldwell and her Elk Grove California husband, Mrs. Evelyn Wiehant, and Harvey Jenkins of Tulsa. Caldwell plans surgery Tuesday in Austin and Rev. Marvin Francis with wife attended Pawhuska services Friday night. They were joined in Tulsa by Cora Williams visiting her daughters Sam Murphey and Gerald Weems and families.
Mrs. Alice Isaacs visits her son Babe Isaacs in Conway Arkansas. Luther West and wife spend weekend at Camp Hood Texas with their son Maj Lee West. Mrs. West to depart for a year in Vietnam advisory group. Gillman Richmond and sons Jeffery and Billy stay with grandmother Vessie Richmond in Oklahoma City.
Mr and Mrs Charlie Walker and daughters Joan and Kay spent the weekend in Oklahoma City visiting their children Mrs Sue Ellen Clark Mr and Mrs Richard Walker and Mr and Mrs Leo Walker.
S. Sgt. and Mrs. Lawrence G. Cash and children from Bangor Maine are visiting Mrs. Cash's parents Mr. and Mrs. H M Lowry.
Mr and Mrs L C Cozad Sr visit daughter Mrs Tre vall Pipkin and her family in Stroud on Sunday.
Mr and Mrs J D Shires spent the weekend in Fort Worth Texas as guests of Mrs Shires sisters Mrs Jack Wilson and Mrs Tom Dooley and their families.
Weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Mullins were Mr. Mullins' parents Mr. and Mrs. Jim Mullins of Oklahoma City. Mr. and Mrs. Garner Jarrett and children have moved from Corpus Christi Texas to Allen. They have not found a house yet and are visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. Howard Jared.
Friday guests of Mr and Mrs Floyd Simmons were their son and his family Vernon Simmons and children Craig and Sherri Antla visiting for the weekend.
A two week stay in Bristow with her mother Mrs Mary Phillips ends as she departs after extended family time.
Sunday visitors included Mr. Collins sister Mrs. Jane Venson and Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Rinehart of Oklahoma.
Mr and Mrs Harvey Bain and daughter Gina visited Mrs Bains parents in Madill. The Bains and son Harvey have purchased the old Jeff Motes farm south of Allen and moved in to redecorate. The George Bain family formerly lived on the same farm for 17 years and Harvey was born in the present home.
Mr and Mrs C R Cook spent the weekend in Stigler visiting his daughter and her husband Mr and Mrs V W Smith from the area.
Allen Oklahoma special: Luther Moss retires after selling his grocery and feed store to Edgar Caton who grew up in Allen and once worked at Taylor Bullard's Store. Moss, a Texas native, moved to Allen in 1960 and is a World War I veteran with a long local history and family.
The Civil Aeronautics Board is asked to reverse an examiner's proposal to extend restrictions on Braniff Airways service between Tulsa and Denver. The Bureau of Economic Regulation says the rules are obsolete, dating from preventing traffic diversion from Continental Airlines. Braniff must stop at Amarillo or Oklahoma City and one other intermediate city on Tulsa to Denver flights.
Joe H. Carpenter becomes District Scout Executive of the Harry Miller District announced by A. H. Newton of the Arkansas Area Council. Formerly in Carlsbad New Mexico he also served Paris Texas and Enid Oklahoma. He has nine years professional Scouting experience and twenty years as a boy and volunteer leader. He spent six years in the Naval Air Force 1942 to 1948 and holds a Tulsa University BA from 1954. He and his wife Mary have three children Bruce Keith and Gail and will move from Tulsa to Ada in May.
Ada youths Phil Graham and Bruce Clark from Ardmore District travel with Paula Richard son of Wynnewood to participate in the Oklahoma Washington United Nations Seminar. They will meet the state delegation in Washington discuss issues before the congress, visit embassies, and tour New York City.
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