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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1956
Page
6
Fire consumed the garage at Chuck Tolbert home on Saturday afternoon. Tolbert was at home during the blaze and stated he has no idea how the fire started.
Mr and Mrs Warren move from Apco station to Union Valley where they built a new filling station and garage. Charlie Riley resigns as postmaster to run the Apco station. Pat Campbell becomes the new post master.
B J Garrett preached at First Baptist Church Sunday and will lead the pulpit again next Sunday as regular pastor Harold Jeeter conducts a revival in Loving New Mexico.
The Rev and Mrs Ronnie Ritchie report a Blackwell youth revival last week with 12 young people pledging to full time Christian service, 85 re dedic ations and 10 new dedications.
Rumor notes two new houses to rise in Stonewall, one for Mr. and Mrs. Everett Shaw and another for Mrs. Rosie Felkins, indicating upcoming local development.
A report details Alex Britton and his wife traveling to San Bernardino to return his parents Mr and Mrs John Britton to their home after a visit that began last April. The narrative notes the family ties and emphasizes the complex relationships within the Britton clan. Also mentioned is a weekend family outing at Lake Wister with Sam Reynolds, Mrs H H Miller, and Mr and Mrs Leroy Miller and daughter Roxanna.
Mr and Mrs Carlisle Waugh spent the weekend in Albuquerque New Mexico attending to business.
Mr and Mrs Austin King spent the weekend in Springdale Arkansas visiting his parents and observing turkey production for frozen food. Several families, including Mr and Mrs Vernal King and Mr and Mrs W B Ellis, stayed with friends in Stillwater. Wilma Joyce Felkins visited home from Hill s Business College. Senior play tryouts for Hobgoblin House were announced with production planned for October.
A brief report notes a planned week in Tulsa centered on time with a sister who is ill.
On Monday Chuck Tolbert drilled a water well for George Deaton, finding a good water measure at thirty-five feet. The hole was extended to fifty feet and on Tuesday they prepared to case it.
S J Angel is installing an electric pump in his water well, completing a home water system improvement. The report notes the pump setup as part of local domestic improvements.
Mr and Mrs Pete May welcomed a daughter on August 28 at Valley View. The newborn weighed five pounds two ounces and was named Pamela Gail. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Ra ford May.
Mrs. Lacrecia Cowan, a summer worker in Enid, will remain in the city to complete her high school work as a senior this year. She spent Sunday at home with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Raford May.
Mr and Mrs Raford May traveled to Okmulgee on Friday and Saturday to attend the funeral of their cousin Claude Hicks a former Stonewall resident who ran a local plumbing shop.
Mr and Mrs Odell Evans of Shafter California spent Sunday to Wednesday with Mr and Mrs Arvell Jennings during a short local visit noting hospitality and pleasant weather in the area.
Mr and Mrs Bill Auten welcomed his mother Mrs Joe Auten and sisters Miss Mildred Auten and Miss Clarice Auten of Ada Monday. Auten also made a business trip to Velma Texas earlier in the week.
Gary Doyle arrived on August 26 weighing 7 pounds 11 ounces. He is the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. I. P. Willingham.
The Midway HD Club will meet at 9 30 a m on September 12 with Mrs R L Hale. Club exhibits for the fair will be chosen then. Mrs Simon Patton and Mrs Alfred Baylis of the Frisco club will demonstrate cake decorations. Mrs Hale invites any interested housewife to attend.
Mrs. E. N. Thompson of Ada visited her niece Mrs. R. L. Hale after a multi day stay. The Hale family reunion occurred in Wichita Kansas from Friday through Monday with Mr. and Mrs. honored guests and extended kin in attendance.
Charles H. Hale hosted a Sunday dinner with Mr and Mrs R L Hale and son Nickey of Stonewall. Mr and Mrs Joe Stall and Leslie Susan of Tulsa. R L Hale Jr of Elkhart Kansas. Mr and Mrs R L Johnson of Great Bend Kansas joined for the meal. Ruth, recently home from the hospital, is doing nicely now.
Mr and Mrs T L Wise of Stonewall and daughter Mrs Sybil Pickering of Tulsa drove to Cleburne Texas for a Wise family reunion. Mrs Wise once lived in Texas until age fifteen before the move to Oklahoma and attended her childhood church while in Cleburne. She had just returned from Sand Springs where she cared for her daughter.
Mr. and Mrs. Oren Grays three daughters visited. Mrs. Ruby Lane Mrs. Thelma Martin and Oklahoma City girls and Mrs. Elsie Cole and children from Connerville visited. C T Johnson went to Duncan to see his ill son J T Johnson this week. We hope he is better.
A dated collection of humorous and folksy witticisms from Rev Charley Grant dated 1-1-56. The quips touch on life, work, and social observations with rural humor and local slang reflecting midcentury speech.
Mil reports a bite by an animal or creature in a brief note, noting relief and warning to the victim and readers. Further details are not provided in the readable fragment.
Lafe McDonald remains in Valley View Hospital after a Sunday morning bite from an unseen poisonous creature. Attendance at Sunday School doubled compared with the previous week. Mrs. N C Garrett, Mrs. Fike, and Mrs. Garrett are sisters. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Lane of Oklahoma City visit over the weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Oren Gray, and their granddaughter attends Vanoss High School.
Mrs Nell Jones called on Rae Garrett Friday afternoon. Mrs Colene Robertson of Oil Center visited with Mrs Thelma Jean Garrett Tuesday and they visited Mrs Helen Jaquess of Pickett. Baptizing services at Oil Center drew a large crowd with seven or eight baptized. Mr and Mrs Hansel Burk of Gilon celebrated their 28th wedding anniversary. Present were her brother Willis Sutton of Ada, sister Beulah Little of Pauls Valley, daughter Mrs
Thelma Jean Garrett and Sondra hosted a family supper with Pug Garrett and relatives featuring chicken and dressing. Fred Gray called in the afternoon. Thelma Jean Garrett visited Colene Roberts on Thursday and attended a church service later. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Henry visited with their daughter and family, Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Groves, after church Sunday. Rae Garrett also visited Oren Gray and their children before Sunday church.
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