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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1926
Page
5
The rural Pontotoc community reports a large Friday night party at Henry Fuller’s home with many neighbors in attendance. Local weddings, illness, school events, and farming updates fill with names of residents and frequent Ada and Fitzhugh visits as families share news, travel, and plans.
A light Sunday shower refreshed fields as farmers begin planting cotton this week. Many local residents attended events in Ada Shawnee and Center, visiting relatives and enjoying a singing convention at Pecan Grove.
Eld Richardson of Ada filled his regular appointment here Sunday at 11 o clock. Miss Gertie McGhee was the guest of Mrs Bill Hunt Sunday. Mrs Adella Jones and children attended the ball game at Ada Sunday afternoon. The dramatic talent of Hickory was billed to put on a play here Friday night but owing to car trouble the cast was not all able to get here. So a nice crowd was disappointed. Mrs J B McCaulley of Olivet Kan came in last week to visit her husband J B McCaulley. Eld P A Templeman conducted the funeral services of Mr Newkirk at Lightning Ridge Isat Friday. Mr and Mrs J B Owens attended the play at Galey last Friday night. Miss Florence Standridge of the Ada teachers college spent the week-
Readers hail the Pecan Grove singing gathering last Sunday as one of the best in years. The article notes good crops, cheerful souls, and local families like the Thompsons, Hazels, and Olivers sharing visits and mission work amid a brief Sunday night shower.
About 500 people attended the singing convention with a well fed crowd and a planned picnic at Boggy. The Pecan Grove school will close Friday May 7 with a last day picnic.
Mrs Harrison Gill and Callie Williams of Stonewall spent Sunday with Mrs Davis. Mamie Horton visited Ethel Lefevers. Esther Parker visited Fannie Thomas in the afternoon. Mr and Mrs Harvey Sparks visited her parents Mr and Mrs Clint Hill. Lorene Flora Daniele and Ruby Ashburn dined with toxie Thomas. Ira Parker and family from Union Valley, Ross White and family of Ada, Able Scott and Willie Bennett and wife dined with Mr and Mrs W M Parker. Mrs Thomas and daughter Fannie and Mrs Killian and daughter Gracie spent Sunday afternoon with Mrs Hill.
Viola Brook visits relatives in Lula and Esther Parker and others attend Sunday gatherings across town. A.C. Bray resigns as Sulphur school superintendent after three terms, praised for growth and his family’s OU honors. Southwestern Bell to invest 180000 in Sulphur plant, Chamber plans oil-field road, Oklahoma wheat prospects high.
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