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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1937
Page
5
Red Oak area reports visitors and calls among neighbors from Hall's Hill to Ada and Five Mile cemetery work planned May 25. Multiple residents noted including Erwin Bryson Phillips and Kerr families with gatherings, dinners, and Sunday school attendance.
Local residents share weekend visits and see friends in Burris City and nearby towns. Many extended family gatherings occur at church events and home dinners. Attendees include Ford family guests, Underhill and Fussell relatives, and Ada Seminole connections with travel plans noted.
Social notes from Vanoss and nearby areas list visits by Dorsey Jones, Tommie Dee Smith, Sam and Mrs Little, Walter Eaton, Mrs May Britt, Ra mona Jean of Vinita, Harve Lambert, Genevive, Jim Lambert, H A Blackburn, Elmer Collier, Campbell, Barnes, J J Shaw party including Owen Son, Bill Beckham, Clyde Moore, Earl Baker, and others. Several families host relatives from Shawnee, Lindsay, Guthrie, and Sunrise. Young folks gatherings and church events feature Phillip Bradley and Ruby Baker, with a note about whoop ing cough among Standridge and Hunt children.
High Hill families including Mr. and Mrs. Tom Jared and children, and Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Price visited Mr. and Mrs. Howard Jared in Black Rock. Mrs. Ora Spence visited her mother in Sasakwa, while Mr. Sweat and sons visited Mrs. G. W. Brown in Ahloso. Irene McMeans stayed with Pauline Johnson in Crescent from Friday to Sunday. Lois Kerr attended Hall's Hill Sunday school. Kate Gibbs and Mary Kerr spent Thursday evening together.
Last week’s rain was welcomed by farmers busy with crops. Local residents recount visits and gatherings including a Mother's Day program, dances, and church services. Neighbors from Ada Asher Conway Globe and nearby towns joined in weekend activities and community improvement plans.
Rev Vanzant preached at Sunday school in Wilson and a well attended singing service followed. Local families including Elma Morrison and Mrs Bond, Mr and Mrs Thomas Smith and children, and Vernie and Lorene Johnson were noted visiting and staying with relatives over the weekend.
Cedar Grove closed its term with a Thursday night program on April 29 featuring the 8th grade graduates Thelma West Louise Chandler Alma Scroggins Vernon Norris Thelma Scroggins Otto Harris Louis Jones and Joe Huckins. The event was followed by primary and intermediate programs and a minstrel by grades six seven and eight.
Rev Weston of Ada conducted a regular service at Owl Creek. The brief visit notes his message as spring days bring enjoyment for attendees. Mr and Mrs Joe Cantrell of Fittstown spent Sunday with her family.
Sunday calls to the Tomlinson and Misenheimer homes fill Ada area notes. Mentioned visitors include Barbara Teel Earnest Davis of Homer Ulysses Tomlinson Globe Sid Tomlinson Red Oak and others. The Ada young people sing on Sunday at 2 30. School closed with a program and graduation exercises led by Supt Ray Stegall with diplomas awarded to Emily Spears Wortha Flanagan Helen Store Aylene Broussard Carlyle Akers Virgie Glover Roy Sliger Ray Holland Clifton Gorham Ross Fulton John Vancleave. Rev Pendergraft of Ada delivered sermons. Mothers Day program observed.
The article notes a busy rural community with cotton planting and plowing activity. The school held an eighth grade graduation with diplomas presented by Mr. Stegall, praising continued education. Graduates include Muriel Myers and Leo Stephens. perfect and spelling certificates were earned by several students. The piece highlights improved attendance, instructional upgrades, and a large Sunday school revival, plus a cemetery cleanup and Mother's Day program.
Community members in Ada and Maxwell share weekend visits and hospital notes. Lena Hughey and Thelma Flatt spend Thursday night together while several families visit Mrs. Jewel Summers and Mrs. Buel Stark. Pearl McIntyre returns from Frederick after eleven months away.
Sunday evening gatherings at the L. A. Moss home included Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Agee and children, Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Tilley and children, and Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Estes with their youngsters. A Will Jones home party Saturday night drew a large crowd and a pleasant time.
Gertrude Eads called on Mrs Farley and Mrs Murray Friday afternoon. Florene Daniels of Stratford visited the school children Friday. She stayed at the home of Mrs Pearl Pipkin earlier. Cleta Cagle and Mrs Corneilsen visited Mrs Murray. Albert D Austin of Stratford spent part of the week with his grandfather Mr Hazel. Mrs Bagley and son Lewis called near Corley Wednesday. Mr and Mrs Murray visited Mr and Mrs J W Brown Friday. Pauline Williams visited Mrs Clyde Williams Friday. Miss Eccles spent the early week with her sister Mrs.
George Brown reports community events including a Stratford food sale by club women to boost club funds and thanks patrons. Nearby Sunday activities include local fishing trips by several residents and meals with Stratford residents. A pie supper Friday May 14 supports the baseball team and Mrs. Corneilson and son Hubert prepare for a west Texas trip.
Bro Oliver of Ada filled his regular appointment here Sunday. Mr Pruitt of Hickory visited his parents Mr and Mrs Pruitt. Numerous neighbors and families including the Coffeys Bum tas and McKeels spent Sunday with friends. The annual cemetery working is set for May 28 with a reminder to bring dinner and stay all day.
A lyric celebrating spring features vivid imagery of violets roses daffodils and blossoming apple trees. The verse conveys fragrance song and laughter as winter recedes and flowers fill the scene with color and life.
The editor reflects on the popularity of marbles and other games for youth and adults, recalls childhood marble craze, and notes plans for a Mexico City trip with Mrs Norrell. He mentions cotton chopping season ahead and weather as a factor, then reports a local fire with three and a half hours of effort, power shutoff, and restoration plans.
A major Pawnee blaze at the Long Bell Lumber Company caused an estimated loss of 50 000 to 60 000. Grace Brown, chief operator at the telephone exchange, organized aid by hiring a taxi to Lela and summoning nearby fire departments when local lines failed to reach. Despite volunteers and Pawnee firefighters, the fire could not be controlled before shifting winds pushed flames away from the business district.
Pastures are rising in Oklahoma with studies of grasses and grazing plants. Pontotoc county experimental plots have been planted for years. Friday J B Hill county agent will lead a pasture tour to show the finest results yet and attract town farmers to a revealing demonstration.
A hearing before the criminal court of appeals in Oklahoma City on Cecil Ferguson's habeas corpus case questioned the Sunday closing ordinance for groceries. The court took the matter under advisement and asked for briefs from both sides.
Horace Foster aged 19 and Sam Pierson Hargis 17, sons of Mr and Mrs Lee Hargis, passed the Navy enlistment tests. They will depart Thursday for San Diego to enter training before four years of service, aiming to set records for promotion.
Researchers challenge the notion of bagpipes as a British Isles invention and argue for Egyptian origin, overturning long held assumptions about the instrument’s historical roots. The claim shifts focus to earlier cultural exchanges and ancient traditions.
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