Save a Life Life Saving Swim Program Promoted
The Kiwanis Club of Greater Ada sponsors a summer swim program with three instructional sessions at Wintersmith, Glenwood, Camp Adaka, and Camp Simpson. Children six or older pass a medical check, parental approval, and a small fee to learn basic afloat and paddle skills. The piece warns of drownings and urges all youths and adults to learn to swim, highlighting lifelong safety and enjoyment benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis Club
Greater Ada
Wintersmith
Glenwood
Camp Adaka
Camp Simpson
East Central
Byng
Local Benefit Horse Show Nets 4000 For School
Ada Arabian Horse Show netted 4000 after expenses and will be given to Ray Lindsay, director of the McCall's Chapel School, as final accounting finishes. It is the largest sum in the eight year history of the benefit. Secretary Mrs. Jack Shipe said the event continues to expand. Final tallies show 200 horses entered this year in May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
Ray Lindsay
Jack Shipe
Lightning Ridge Church Attendance and Local Visits
Attendance at Lightning Ridge Baptist Church was 52 with 15 more joining later. The Vaness seniors left for Galveston on their class trip. Numerous visitors and hospital stays are noted, including Larry Don Miller’s serious car accident injury and multiple family visits to Valley View and Pauls Valley hospitals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior Wynn
Wendell
Emmett Wynn
Homer
Troy Love
Mill Creek
Homer Baptist Church
Laverne Chaddick
Houston
New Mexico
Bob
Anita Chaddick
Cris
Lesia
Anita
Ada
John Walton
Chaddick
Sid Walton
John
Verna
Sasakwa
Armanda McDonald
Donnie Vendable
Janie
Donna
Goldie Looney
James Ring
Allen
Hubert Ring
Ladonna
James
Keith
Thomas
Ladonna Ring
Francis Baptist Church
Ron Hutchings
Ladonna King
Sonya Nell Sloan
Don Williams
Gary Chaffin
Atwood
Denver Flowers
Bryan Cooper
Jeremy Jenkins
Daisy Cooper
Earl Cooper
Clyde Bennett
Charley Dew
Bob George
Winford Burnett
Keith Flowers
Jay Jenkins
Duncan
Mark Jenkins
Leih
Terri
Allan
Francis
Chuck McComber
Lucille Flowers
Roy Vogt
David
Dianne
Lake Texoma
Chester Williams
Bart McNeill
Floyd McNeill
Dustin
Deena Norton
Don McNeill
Norman
Mike
Lightning Ridge Baptist Church
Bill Thomas
Vaness
Galveston
Tex
Laveta Summers
Don Newby
Larry Don Miller
Alton Settles
Valley View Hospital
Mack Summers
Settles
Robert Summers
Stratford
Herman Gauntt
Ned Sutton
Gwen Sutton
Ardmore
Darlene Mischnick
Agneta Kirk
Roff
Leon Barnett
Ginger
Kim
Teresa
May Johnson
Bob Hatcher
Robert
Derryl
Hatchers
Cora Mercer
Pauls Valley Hospital
Annie Malone
Mercer
Audrey Welch
Lewis Powers
Kenneth Stanfield
Naomi Stanfield
James Briggs
Phillip
Mitchell
Marvin
Shannon
Latta
Lloyd Briggs
Necia
Leslie
Stillwater
Bill Briggs
Bobby
Billy
Howard Briggs
Andrea
Angela
Marvin Briggs
Ector McCullar
Albert Cassady
Galey
Gertie Summers
Joe Summers
Audrey
Nettie Hodges
Roberta Morrow
Darlene Cottrell
Roff Social Notes Highlight Family Visits And Weddings
Over weekend visitors include Mick Weiberg and Bubba Tidwell connected to Ron Tidwell and Lynne Cowley wedding at Central Presbyterian Church Sulphur. Other gatherings feature Tolliver and Taylor families, Methodist conference attendees in Oklahoma City, hospital stays, and trips to San Diego and Ada with multiple relatives listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin Tidwell
Mick Weiberg
Poteau
Bubba Tidwell
Carnegie
Ron Tidwell
Lynne Cowley
Central Presbyterian Church In
Sulphur
Ken Reeves
Lillie Tolliver
Paul Tolliver
Lucky
Bryan
Dallas
Louis Tolliver
Duncanville
Tex
Free Will Baptist Church
Ada
Cecil Knight
Valley View Hospital
Arlie Thompson
Carney
Mary Jones
Oklahoma City
Knight
Mansel King
Lloyd Johnson
Tom
Inlaw
Connie
Chicago
San Diego
B. F. Finley
Finley
Lillie Robinson
Reuben Thompson
Porterville
Calif
Ada Kilgore
Wesley Leslie
Moore
Viola Robertson
M. F. Finley
Randy
Andy Westbrook
Harold Robinson
Brad
Antlers
de Wayne Finley
Bill
Mike
de Layne
Atoka
Parsons
Shawnee
Merrill Robinson
Norman
Ellis Robinson
Thomas
Stillwater
Sunshine social notes from Ada area weekly roundup
Local residents share visits and events across Ada, Roff, Lindsay, Noble, and surrounding areas. Activities include dinners, church services, VBS music work, basketball camps and games, All Star events, and hospital visits. Notable names include Mary Jo Green, J L Green, Viva Underhill, Rita Sawyer, Sonia and Lori Sawyer, Beatrice Wyche, Donna Parr, and Bill Oliver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melissa Green
J. L. Green
Julia Thomas
Ada
Tillie Parish
Maxine Taylor
Lucille Woodall
Allen
Bill Crisp
Tupelo
Joe Crisp
Joan
Viva Underhill
Mary Jo Green
Viva Jean Underhill
First Baptist Church
Roff
Georgia Cash
Melissa
Ada Business and Professional Women’s Club
Oklahoma City
Jesse Green
Noble
Kerr Activities Center
Rita Sawyer
Lindsay
Sonia
Lori Sawyer
McLish
Paul Young
Mr. Young
Elmer
Valley View Hospital
Sunshine
Beatrice Wyche
Bob Taylor
C. W. Lambeth
Jenny Lambeth
Melody Lambeth
Don Parr
Donna Parr
Lucille Hobgood
Davis
Clyde Hobgood
Pearl Blevins
Harden City
Bea Wyche
Joy
Attie Lane White
Mary Phillips
Leon White
O. J. Parnell
Jim Wyche
T. J. Roquemore
Bill Oliver
Claude Hewett
Ilene Williams
Noaimi Roquemore
D. J. Roquemore
Arkansas
Kay
Donna
Danny
Daily Phillips
Bacon and Liver Bake with Pecan Salad
A four serving bacon and liver bake layers liver bacon onion and apple with a 350 degree bake time of 35 to 46 minutes, then 15 minutes more. Pecan salad blends grapefruit juice gelatin celery olives pecans and greens for six servings.
Ada Obituaries Honor Local Residents Dying in May
Death notices list Ada and Allen residents with ages from 19 to 89 who died in May. Names include Clarence Pate 70 E L Shippey 25 Jeoraldean Revels 70 Clyde C Bennett 67 Rickey Nickell 19 Debra Nickell 20 Greg Nickell 18 months Lee A Roades 83 and J Tom Grove 89 with funeral home references.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Pate
Ada
Smith Funeral Home
E. L. Shippey
Jeoraldean
Allen
Criswell Funeral Home
Clyde C. Bennett
Rickey Nickell
Debra Nickell
Greg Nickell
Lee A. Roades
J. Tom Grove
Park Set for June Readiness With Backstops and Parking
Matthews Park at 18th and Hickory should be ready for softball by June 1 with temporary backstops on four fields and permanent ones by June 15. No bleachers yet but parking is available. Lights may be up on all four fields by summer’s end, city recreation director Bob Rider says.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matthews Park
18Th
Hickory
Bob Rider
Also Mentioned on This Page
ADA News
ADA Times-Democrat
W. D. Little
Don Cook
Oklahoma
The
News Publishing and Printing Co
Ads Weekly Democrat
Pontotoc
ADA Evening News
McCall's Chapel School
Buck Jones
Tom Mix
Dir.d
Luke
Jesus
Stephen
Homer Juanita A McNeill
Jo Ann Stokes
Brandie
Mark
Texas
Juanita McNeill
Ada Rebekah Lodge
Lonnie Shamlee
Edna Hart
Nora Childress
Anna Hunt
Ruby Boren
Vivian Crank
Thelma Whitwell
Thelma Hart
Virginia Roden
Zora Williams
Esther Hatchett
Beaulah Hathaway
Eva Greenlee
Ruby McNinch
Gladys Jackson
Homer Slocum
Troybelle Farris
Ruth Walker
Flo Miller
UBL
BY Lawrence W.althouse
Ridge
Baker
Pauls Valley
Gaylen
Garland
Griffith
Alvie Griffith
Charles Laxton
Bert Wright
Laura Johnson
Tim and
Becky
Margaret Cowan
Derrell McDonald
Tom Johnson
Connie Johnson
Park
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!