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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1954
Page
7
Ada born candidate Lewis Kroth, a 48 year old Ada police veteran with five children, asks Pontotoc County voters for support citing his local roots and three years on the force. He pledges full time service, openness, and coordination with police, county attorney, and courts to improve law enforcement.
Oakman School capped the year on May 5 with a closing program featuring lower grade numbers and a play by the fifth through seventh grades. Eighth grade promotion honored Charles Eugene Hobbs Norman Ray Farmer and Bonnie Marie Lee with flags, diplomas and Bible gifts.
Latin News reports Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Smith and family of Dallas visited Mrs. Zonia Honeycutt and family Saturday. Colleen Williams and Joyce Henry spent the weekend in Oklahoma City visiting Colleen Williams’s aunt, Miss Ada Williams.
Donnie Williams a Latin senior and son of Mr and Mrs Chester Williams attended the FFA convention in Stillwater and enrolled for the summer term at Oklahoma A and M College to continue FFA training in agriculture.
Mr and Mrs Andrew Miller were called to Littlefield Texas for the funeral of Mrs Miller's brother in law Ruel Wyatt on Sunday and returned home on Tuesday.
Don Tyson, a ministerial student at Oklahoma Baptist University in Shawnee, will be the supply speaker at Morris Memorial Baptist Church in Latta this Sunday.
Mrs. Marjorie Soutee of Roff attended by her son Richard Soutee and wife with their son, and Soutee's granddaughter Cherri Gae Roberts of Cushing. Funeral services were held Thursday at Criswell's Chapel with burial in Rosedale Cemetery Ada.
Mr and Mrs Joe Lovelace and their children visited his sister and Mrs Brantley and family at Latta Cumberland Presbyterian Church Sunday morning.
B D Myers died at Harden City on Tuesday. He was the grandfather of Mr and Mrs Lrey Battle and their sons in Tulsa Friday night and Saturday.
Howard Clifford Boyles pled guilty to drunken driving at a county court arraignment Saturday. Judge Tal Crawford fined him 250 dollars and Boyles posted a stay bond.
Mr and Mrs J M Nance announce their son Bobby has been assigned as Weather Man at radio WMT TV Cedar Rapids IA He will have a regular daily broadcast at 625 PM Bobby invites friends to visit when convenient in this local update
The Young Peoples League of Oakman won the program at the quarterly League rally held at Wilson church last Sunday. Participants included Oakman Ada and Wilson with 3 percent of Oakman residents in attendance. Catherine Clark visited with Linda Kay Crawford. Mr and Mrs Arthur Clarady Mrs Berniee Holland and children visited Saturday evening with Mr and Mrs Cillus Davidson of Denny.
Mr and Mrs Joe Crawford and family visited with his cousin Elmer Crawford and family of Byng. Mrs Bernice Holland and children stayed with Mrs Celia Davis of Ada. Judy Anderson spent Saturday night with Barbara Roundtree in Conway.
Doyie Beach visited Sunday with his sister Lela West in Ada. Richard Carolyn and Barbara Jane Roundtree visited Saturday with their aunt Mrs W J Guest and family.
Mr and Mrs Olen Bottoms of Ada visited Saturday in the home of J S Isaacs.
Mr Olen Vail and Mrs Vail with their children Ada visited Sunday evening with Ada's sister and her husband Mr and Mrs W J Guest.
Mr and Mrs Slim West and their Steed man relatives spent Sunday at the Oscar Beach home of the Wests. The visit included the Wests and family members enjoying a quiet afternoon together.
Lloyd Nickell, 10, son of Mr and Mrs R M Nickell, attended the Arkansas Day celebration in Holdenville Saturday. He won the pie eating contest but failed to whistle at the crucial moment.
Mr and Mrs Charles Copeland of Ada visited Mr and Mrs Lonnie East Tuesday evening for a social call.
Henry Lester West, the young son of Mrs. Lela Pearl West, is visiting his grandmother, Mrs. Oscar Beach, along with her family.
Mr and Mrs J S Isaacs and their children visited Sunday in the home of Mr and Mrs Bert Jones at Oil Center.
Mrs. Collin Hampton reports the home of her sister and brother in law Mr. and Mrs Leonard Waters was destroyed by the storm that hit the Big Springs area Saturday evening. Friends and relatives visited Sunday bringing food and clothing to aid the family. Visitors listed include Ralph White Wetumka Cullen Hampton Ernest Vaughn Clarence Barnett Leon Wiley and Bill Kennedy Ada. Melvin Vermillion Modesto Calif visited Mr and Mrs R M Nickell last week.
A midnight fire gutted The Tiger Theater at 100 South Broadway Konawa destroying the two story brick building. Fire officials said the upstairs was vacant. the origin is undetermined. Ada Fire Department aided Konawa firefighters who contained the blaze in two hours aided by calm winds and heavy rain.
Latta High School lists events for the 1954 senior class with a May 9 Sunday sermon and May 13 commencement. Twenty two graduates include valedictorian Barbara Bland and salutatorian W. P. George Jr. The Sunday program covers processional, invocation, address by Rev. La Follette, glee club, and recessional.
A report notes that marine and inland waters supply roughly one percent of the world's human food, highlighting the limited role of aquatic sources in global nutrition.
James F. Haning launched his bid for State Senate with the vow 14 years is long enough. The Wewoka lawyer and former representative cited mental hospital reform and increased funding, pledged fair share of federal urban funds for Pontotoc and Ada, and criticized current allocations to Seminole and Pontotoc counties.
Fifteen law violators were booked by city police weekend records show. Eight faced drunkenness charges, one drunkenness and assault, two drunkenness and fighting, one fighting, two failure to yield right of way, and one reckless driving. Total fines collected were $204.
Mr and Mrs L D Beard and Mr and Mrs J S Duvall visited Sunday afternoon with Mrs Angie Wright.
Mr and Mrs Edward Berryman and their children of Shawnee were dinner guests Friday in the home of Mr and Mrs J W Berryman.
Mrs. George Mansfield spent Sunday in Oklahoma City with relatives as Terry Lee Dean, son of Mr and Mrs Rudolph Dean of Ada, also visited.
Sam Cooper age 60 a long time Ada resident died Sunday afternoon at Tishomingo from a heart attack while visiting friends Funeral services set for Tuesday at 2 30 pm at First Baptist Church burial in Rosedale cemetery Surviving are wife Bertha Cooper a daughter Mrs B B Richmond a son Curtis Cooper six grandchildren sisters and brothers among them Mrs Willie Roberts Mrs Miller Dew Renzo and Horner Cooper
Allen residents and relatives are listed with travels to Washington D C New York Jagara Falls Ada visits and travel to California Oklahoma City Konawa and Richmond Calif with visits by Sgt Bob Plunk Pvt Don Hammonds and others Also Dr James S Sims shows health improvement and heart ailment updates with family housing in Henryetta.
Thomas Henry 24 Ada to Claudine Bowers 24 Ada. Kenneth Cowan 23 St. Louis to Lucretia May 18 Stone wall. Harold Lanier of Shawnee to Ruth Laird 31 Ada. Kenneth P D McKinney 22 Don City to Vera Smith 17 Milburn Route 1 to Marie Dewitt 18 Wapanucka Route 1.
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