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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1963
Page
3
Ada residents and guests are shown visiting family friends and attending events. J C Martin, Marvin McCurdy, Marie Hopper, Christine Martin, Jerry Meek, Joe Meek, Jerry McKinney, Cressie McKinney, Della James, Inez Pennington, Linda McCurdy, Donna McCurdy, Orlan Dees, Neville Pennington, Alva Pennington, Claude Horsley, and Dale Melton appear in short entries noting visits, dinners, and local errands around Ada Oklahoma.
Charlie Whitaker met Fletcher Snipes Monday. Mr and Mrs Ardell Phillips and Miss LaVanna McDaniel of Oklahoma City were weekend guests of Mr and Mrs Leroy McDaniel and Alvis.
Mr and Mrs Marvin McCurdy took granddaughters Linda and Donna to their Oklahoma City home Sunday. They visited son Melvin and daughter-in-law Ruth and spent most of the day at Lincoln Park Zoo.
Karl Wade Pennington his brother Harrell Gene Pennington and wife Stratford traveled to Ardmore on Sunday to attend the car races.
Mrs Lottie McClure and Pat sy of Ada visited Mr and Mrs Frank James and Olen Sunday afternoon, sharing time with the hosts in a friendly call.
Mr and Mrs Don Crisp of Ada and Mrs Joan Ballard with Mark and Keith of Stratford were Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs Ed Varnadore.
Christine Martin went to a doctor in Ada on Tuesday for a routine check-up. The visit focused on general health and screening, with no complications reported.
Mrs Lottie McClure and Patsy Ada Mrs Joan Ballard Mark and Keith Stratford Mrs Ethel Varnadore Mrs Della James and Mrs Inez Pennington attended the opening of Stratford's new rest home Sunday afternoon. Mrs Susie Martin returned to Ardmore Tuesday after visiting Mr and Mrs J C Martin.
Mrs. Tom Glass visited Mrs. Mildred Melton Saturday. Claude Horsley visited Fred Deibel Saturday morning. Dale Melton visited Gus Gray at Stratford Saturday afternoon. Oklahoma City and Mr. and Mrs. Orlan Dees and Linda were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Leroy McDaniel and Alvis. Mr. and Mrs. Coleman Pennington and Nelda Sue and Roy with Ada and Mr. and Mrs. Neville Pennington and Karl Wade were Sunday evening supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. Alva Pennington.
Mr and Mrs Frank James and Olen and Mrs Ethel Varnadore visited Mrs Lucy Whittington and Mrs Leona Neely in Ada Wednesday morning. Mrs Vera Rambo Johnnie and Sherry Byars and Mrs Della James and Olen visited Mr and Mrs Ed Varnadore Saturday.
Mr and Mrs Kenneth Martin of Sharon hosted Sunday dinner for Mr and Mrs J C Martin and their guests Mike Janelle Ahlo and Mrs Mittie Barnes of Cen ter.
Mrs Sybel Reed and Mrs Mildred Melton visited Ada on Friday afternoon for business. On Saturday, their granddaughters Linda and Donna McCurdy accompanied them to the park in Ada for an outing.
Mr and Mrs Leroy McDaniel along with Alvis and LaWanna were Sunday night supper guests of Mr and Mrs Orlan Dees and Linda in a simple social exchange.
Dale Melton attended the East Central Langston football game in Ada Saturday night.
Mrs. R. T. Hively and her son Johnny of Neosho Missouri visited Mr. and Mrs. Joe Meek, during a recent social call understood in local society notes.
Mrs Betty Douglas and Mrs Alice Brown, Ada, and Miss Cheryl Melton attended the Oklahoma State Floral Association Convention at Lake Texoma Lodge on Sunday.
Mrs. Jerry Meek of Oklahoma City and Mrs. Joe Meek shopped in Ada on Monday.
Mrs Nadine James and Mary visited Mrs Bill Floyd recently in a brief social call noting familiar faces and a friendly encounter at the Floyd home.
Leroy McDaniel visited his brother Delbert McDaniel a surgery patient at St Anthony Hospital in Oklahoma City on Thursday.
Mr and Mrs Jackie Davis and their Fort Worth Texas family stopped by to visit Mr and Mrs Henry Little on Friday afternoon as they traveled to Oklahoma City.
Mrs Mae McDaniel LaWanna and Mrs Vonda Dees and Linda visited Mrs Ona Miller in Ada Sunday afternoon.
Mr and Mrs Ed Little and grandsons Steve Gary and Mark Albright of Oklahoma City spent Sunday afternoon as guests of Mr and Mrs Henry Little.
Mrs Della Maddox and Jean Nie visited Mrs Mae McDaniel Saturday afternoon. The call was a brief social visit reflecting friendly neighborhood ties.
Attendees gathered Tuesday morning in Fittstown for the funeral of Mrs. Mc Curdy's uncle Lee Roy Nunez. The service paid respects to the late relative with family and friends in attendance.
The piece notes waking to a norther after heat and the plan to retrieve electric blankets from hiding places. A rain would be welcome to temper the weather. The tone reflects a personal diary style from Eunice Isaacs.
Sunday visitors included Mrs. Nettie Lewis aunt of Mrs. Miller and her daughter Mrs. Scottie McGill from McAlester with J. T. Miller and family at Duncan. Jim Roark and his wife Mr. and Mrs. Gail Roark and their son attended the world championship steer roping in Pawhuska.
David Cummings of Midwest City injured his thumb while shooting at Allen over the weekend. Mr and Mrs Ray Cummings were present, with David’s brother Ken also mentioned in the report.
Mr and Mrs Dennis Huckeby and Bruce Roark attend the Fort Polk Louisiana wedding of Miss Ruth Roark Allen and Harvey Huckeby who is stationed at Fort Polk. Miss Roark is Bruce Roark’s sister and Dennis is Harvey Huckeby’s brother.
Kenneth, David and Johnny visited weekend at Mid west City staying with Mrs. C. S. Crab tree, daughter of the host.
Frank Walker was admitted to Physicians and Surgeons Hospital in Holdenville on Tuesday.
Mrs. Jack Cagiel and daughter Debra traveled with Mrs. G H Cosper to the Tulsa state fair on Saturday. They called on Cosper’s son and his family Mr and Mrs J D Cosper and on Mr and Mrs Wendell Kliess and their daughter following the fair outing.
Mrs Maggie Moore has been ill the past week according to local district notes.
Mrs. Susie Iker returned home Sunday from Borger Texas where she visited her son and his family Mr. and Mrs Leonard Iker.
Mr and Mrs C R Cook returned home Tuesday from Muskogee where they visited Mr and Mrs Bill Nunley The Nunleys and the Cooks were neighbors in Denison Texas.
Mrs Clariece Hunt of Oklahoma City and Mrs R C Isaacs drove Mrs Alice Isaacs to Ada Friday for a medical checkup. Mrs Isaacs then joined her son and his wife Mr and Mrs Babe Isaacs to their Dallas Texas home for a few days visit as she recovers.
Tuesday visitors to Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Moss were Mrs. Mosss brother and his wife Mr. and Mrs. Roy Cameron and the Camerons son and his wife Mr. and Mrs. Jack Cameron of McAlester.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Watson came home last week after a two week vacation. They visited Mrs. Watsons sister and her husband, Mr. and Mrs. Don.
Dimmitt Longview Texas and her parents Mr and Mrs J T Reid Stuttgart Ark were accompanying home by her mother Mrs Reid.
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Prentice of Seminole were weekend guests of their son Benny Prentice and his wife.
Mrs Perry Gillum from Fresno California arrived Saturday for a visit with her sisters and their husbands Mr and Mrs Walker Miller and Mr and Mrs Ben Wals
Weekend visitors to Mr. and Mrs. Tom Turner were their nephew Walter Olivo of Denison Texas and Mrs. Turner’s daughter Mrs. Ben Iker and son Mike from Oklahoma City. Also present were Mr. Turner’s mother Mrs. J. C. Turner and sister Mrs. Ann Olivo of Wewoka.
R. C. Isaacs were a nephew and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. Sid Isaacs, Ada.
Mr and Mrs C H Hastings received a telegram last week stating Mrs Nina Cobb Hastings sister-in-law died in Bakersfield California hospital Tuesday. Services were held Friday in Fresno.
Mr. and Mrs. Virgle Tillery of Moore were Tuesday guests of his mother, Mrs. Eda Tillery.
Mrs Ed Gilmore of Ada visited her brother and his wife Mr and Mrs Conan Doyle and Mr and Mrs C H Hastings on Sunday in a family gathering.
Mrs J W Palmer honored her daughter in law Mrs A B Palmer with a birthday dinner last Wednesday. Mrs Myrtle Colvin of Coalgate was a dinner guest of the Palmers.
Mrs. Jim Nunley and her three daughters of Seminole were Sunday guests of her mother Mrs. T. L. Smith and Mr. Smith.
Willie Lee was guest speaker at church services at Mc Leouds Honor Farm near Farris on Sunday. Attendees from Allen County included Mrs. Willie Lee J W Palmer Mr and Mrs Robert Knighten Mr and Mrs Lois Rinehart and Deanna Mrs Ley Rinehart C H Nickell Mrs Valley Poplin and Bimbo Susie Pernell William Collins Jim Rinehart Perry Sutton and others including Hazel Sutton Mrs Dean Rinehart and Mrs Lester Sockey.
Weekend guests of Mrs Wallie Poplin included her son and his family Mr and Mrs Freeman Poplin Patricia and Sherry Lynn of Del City a daughter Mrs Charles Mathews Melinda and Charles Dean of Oklahoma City.
Mrs Mary Jacobs of Stillwater visited friends in Allen Sunday and called on her mother Mrs Lora Hudson at Hartshorn.
Mrs Ellen Loftis Miss Iona Gilmore and Mrs Paul Miller came back from California to visit relatives. Loftis visited her son while Gilmore visited her sister and brother in law Newt and Mrs Smith. Enid guests Steve and Gregg Fielder stayed with the Hisaws as the Fielders were in Tishomingo. Rev Robert Haskins and family drove to meet the former pastor and family.
Southgate, California Mrs. Miller visited her mother Mrs. J. C. Black and sister and her family Mrs. Earl Matheson of Long Beach. She met her brother and his wife Mr. and Mrs. Fred Black of Santa Maria. A sister and husband Mr. and Mrs. Ray Adams joined. Mrs. Miller also visited Mr. and Mrs. Benny Smith at Fresno. The Smiths are former Allenites.
Houseguests of Mrs Nora Ross and Mrs Edna Lierboe were Mrs Lierboe's son and his wife, Mr and Mrs Cecil Thompson of Arpelar, Mrs Sarah Crabill and her daughter Mrs Bob Smith of Ardmore.
The United Pentecostal Holiness Church hosted a singing Saturday night with ministers and out-of-town guests in attendance. Rev Travis Timmons was the guest speaker at the Sunday morning service.
The Church of God state overseer Rev. C S Pennington will conduct a ministers convention from October 10 through October 12 at Broken Arrow site scheduled for clergy and church leaders.
Mrs Nevelle Reeves was admitted to Physicians and Surgeons Hospital in Holdenville on Wednesday and discharged Saturday. Allen attendees at the fifth Sunday meeting at Rocky Point included Mr Ed Cannady, Loyd Cannady and children, Mrs Ellen Loftis, and Mrs W A Cottrell, with a covered dish lunch served at noon.
C. L. Case was admitted to St. Anthony Hospital in Oklahoma City on Tuesday with a stroke. Doctors report the patient is responding to treatment very well.
Mr and Mrs R W Farmer of Long Beach California left Thursday after visiting his sister Mrs H C Long and Mr Long.
Mrs. Jennie Liveley died Saturday night in a Holdenville hospital. Services were planned for Tuesday in Atwood. She was the grandmother of Mrs. Morris Bryant.
Mrs. Vance Minor had the flu last week. Mr. and Mrs. Jack West of Ada visited Monday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Crowell of Stonewall and Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Minor came Thursday night. Rev. Robert Haskins visited Friday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. George Minor of Stonewall joined Sunday dinner guests including Mrs. Zoa White.
Mrs Alta King and her children visited Mrs Boda Hisaw on Thursday. Mr and Mrs Boda Hisaw and Mr and Mrs Alfred Baylis visited Mr and Mrs Bud Brooks of Stonewall Saturday night.
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Long of Ada visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Wendell Price. Vernon McCarty of Tulsa came for Tonya and Garry Saturday afternoon. The children spent the week with their grandparents, the Wendell Prices. Orvillee Price spent Sunday with Dwight King of Stonewall.
Mr and Mrs Homer Jumper of Pleasant Hill visited Mr and Mrs Coy Byrd on Thursday. Mrs Bertie Sherrell and Allie Glenn of Fittstown visited the Byrds on Monday. Mr and Mrs Bob Byrd Todd and Marty had supper Friday with Bob and Coy Byrd. Coy Byrd and Simon Patton attended singing at Pleasant Hill.
Mrs Bessie Baylis attended preparation week at Stonewall First Baptist Church and the WMU business meeting on Wednesday. Mr and Mrs Jack Vick visited Saturday with Mr and Mrs Clarence Crowell of Stonewall.
Mrs. John Daniel Mrs. Johnnie Daniel Johnna and Johnna and Miss Dora Daniel drove to Lawton on business. They visited Mrs. John Daniel's son and family the Leonard Daniels. Dora Daniel spent Tuesday night with her brother John and wife.
Thomas Daniel spent the week end with his aunts Mrs. Clara Kennedy and Dora Daniel and uncle Jack Daniel Ada. Mrs. Helouise Jennings had lunch Friday with Dora Daniel en route to California. Mrs. Homer Barnes lunched Saturday with sisters Mrs. Clara Kennedy and Dora Daniel. Mrs. Kennedy Dora and Jack Daniel are supper Friday night with their brother Joe Daniel and family.
Mr and Mrs H R Brady spent Saturday with their son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Johnnie Daniel helping them with their new home. The outside is not finished yet and Johnnie works on it in his spare time. Mrs Daniel visited Saturday night with her mother Mrs H R Brady while the men hunted.
Mr and Mrs V A Johnson and granddaughter Kitty Johnson spent a picnic day in Burr Valley where they lived for 21 years They did some fishing and taught Kitty to use her new rod and reel Jim and Sid Marshall visited Sunday morning with the Johnsons Mrs Aline Johnson visited last Tuesday with Mrs D L Smith
Mrs. Mattie Cranford was among visitors to the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Barnes on Sunday for a social call.
Keith of Tupelo enjoys visits from Mr. and Mrs. Joe Morgan and Mrs. Mae Crow of Stonewall. The Langleys and Grandma Langley stop by Monday night with Alvin Minor. Wendell Price drops in Wednesday night. Bud Minor of Wewoka visits with Alvin Minor's family over the weekend. The group attends church and shares lunch with Mrs. Minor’s parents, Wesley Brantley in Latta, Bob Langley in Gae Von, LaVonda and Rae Neil in Vamposa, and other relatives. Joe Daniel and children join for a Sunday afternoon gathering. Booker Meaders of Ada and John Braddock visit Sunday night. Mrs. Alvin Minor shops in Ada Monday.
Mr and Mrs John Allred and Janis Wiles visited Sunday afternoon with Mr and Mrs John Polk Jr and Paula.
Mr and Mrs Gene Williamson of San Antonio Texas return home for the weekend. They are joined by Mr and Mrs John Braddock at Bolens Cafe in Stonewall for a family get together and refreshments.
Mrs Alva Lowther visited her mother Mrs Sadie Garside in Norman on Monday.
Mrs. Joe Daniel and Mickey Lew had lunch Tuesday with Mrs. Clara Kennedy and Dora Daniel of Ada. Mickey Lew spent the night with his aunts.
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