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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1926
Page
2
A rural Pontotoc County column highlights weekly exchanges among communities, recalling how sharing visits and activities helps neighbors break out of routines. The writer recounts personal views on employment in education and the mistaken belief marriage improves teachers’ qualifications, then notes village visits and local social happenings including beekeeping, cough cases, and weekend guests.
Busy farming community reports crops in good condition with corn ready to plow. Frequent visits and social gatherings include family guests in Roff Ada and Franks areas, school term close with graduates. religious and social events feature singing and baptist union activities.
Crop conditions show corn improving while cotton lags with uneven emergence. Gardens and potatoes look good as residents visit kin, attend events, and host guests. Pentecostal day at Burrow, singing at Laxton and Burrow, and local social visits fill the week as weather stays mild and farmers busy with chores.
Agnes Jones visits after a week with her mother Mrs. Dillard near Ada. Bertie Jones stays with her cousin at Franks over weekend. Sunday school attendance is progressing nicely and remains high. Brown Eyes.
Sunday services filled by Rev S S Luv with visitors including C C Mark and spouses. A large list of Ada area residents and Happyland guests shared meals and attended church. Upcoming graduation May 21 features seniors Esther Jones Letitia Land Maybelle Jetton Arthur Brown with honor student Maybelle Jetton.
Sunshine lifts farming spirits as cotton planting resumes. Local social notes mention visits among families including Wallis, Walters, Newby, Cole, and Andrews. The school year ends with thanks to Watters Gilmore and Weaver, while a Galey play drew the largest crowd yet.
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Barnes and relatives visited J. R. Newby and family Sunday evening. Ruth Wortman Thelma Wortman Sam Rankin drove to Asher, while Myrtle Roberts Clayton Ward Ethel Mosley and Rufus Ward went to Sulphur Sunday.
Jacob Nesbitt, a member of Troy’s society set, pleaded guilty to murdering his wife Frances at their home on February 19. He received a life sentence and was sent to the Ohio penitentiary. Nesbitt admitted the crime after three weeks of investigation and initial denials.
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