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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1924
Page
14
Ada residents make weekend trips to Norman Maud Konawa Holdenville Stratford Stratford and other towns. Several teachers and students from the local college faculty visit relatives or attend events while shoppers visit Ada on Saturdays.
Miss Pearl Herring departed Saturday for Savulpa to visit friends. Miss Leona Tiner of Centrahoma visits Ada with Mrs. Grace Landwrith. Miss Clarene Smith of Roff stays with Mr. and Mrs. Merritt. Miss Eunice Johnson of Fitzhugh visits Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Sledge. Miss Geraldine Shields heads to Oakman to visit relatives. Miss Joan Camden of Dougherty spends the weekend in Ada with relatives.
Miss Jeanette Bobbitt from Allen is at home while Miss Donnie Hughes, also from Allen schools, travels to Ada. Miss Artie Edwards spends the weekend with friends in Shawnee.
W. K. Harris principal of Ada High school was called to Okmulgee Friday due to his daughter's illness.
Mrs. L. E. Hackaby headed to Sweetwater Texas after visiting daughter Mrs. Lanthrope in town. Mrs. J. A. Pannell of Stratford left for Maud following a friend visit. Mrs. J. W. Murray traveled home to Hazel after a brief stay with her mother Mrs. W. H. Steed.
Miss Geraldine Hale, a teacher in Morris, is at home this week. She has been away for work and recent travel.
Numerous educators and administrators from Roff Tupelo Wetumka Holdenville and East Central visit Ada for the weekend and week. Notables include Miss Oleta Montgomery Miss Ruth Burton and Miss Grace McKeel with regional trips to Holdenville Stonewall and Bristow. Belton Brady suffers eye injury from a steel fragment.
Hazel Portan of Tupelo is spending the weekend with Miss Verna Shirley.
Miss Inez Neal principal of Sasanka high school spends the week with her parents. Miss Anna Laura Hill teacher at Morris is home for the week with her family and will return soon.
Misses Myrtle Sturdevant Bertha Sturdevant and Golden Williams are spending the weekend in Oklahoma City.
Miss Bertie Williams of Francis left Saturday to spend the weekend at her home.
Ada hosts a string of brief visits with regional residents traveling from Sasakwa Tulsa Konawa Wetumka Sulphur Seminole Tupelo Norman and Mill Creek. People include Mrs. Maurice Huckins and son Maurice Jr Miss Ima Lee Lyons Mrs. Ada Snyder Miss Agnes Marr Miss Gladys Monroe and others visiting relatives friends and attending events.
Mr and Mrs H A Stephenson and Mrs Alfred Stephenson drove to Stratford to spend the day with Mrs C L Goodwyn and Mrs C T Foster, sharing a social excursion and visit.
Misses Marie Woods and Elizabeth Myers, teachers in Mill Creek schools, are spending the weekend in Ada visiting friends.
J. C. Treadwell left Saturday for Oklahoma City to attend the chamber of commerce banquet and visit relatives.
Mrs. M. H. Deal Mrs. H. B. Shackleford Mrs. Bob Warner and Mrs. William Kennedy of Wynnewood were seen shopping in Ada on Saturday.
Miss Anne Wilcox principal of the Davis ward school and Beatrice Bray head of the foreign language department of Davis high school visit the city as weekend guests of Miss Lula Branscome.
Wallace M. Crutchfield of Durant, Methodist presiding elder for the district, arrived Saturday to spend the coming week in town and participate in the Methodist training school.
Mrs. L. C. Haggard and her daughter Bertha returned Saturday from Gentry Arkansas after a two week visit with Mrs. Haggard's brother Arthur Woodward and family.
Misses Thelma Ledbetter Florence Farmer Waltie Parks Helen Nichols Bonnie McElhannon and Blanche McElhannon of Wetumka were in Ada Friday to witness the football game.
Mrs Gag Koonce has as weekend guests her mother Mrs J C Lindsay sister Mrs Bertie Roberts and daughter Grace of Sulphur as well as D M Mitchell of Midlothian Texas.
The final leg of a summer vacation took a traveler from Colorado to Kansas. She was accompanied home by Miss Bertha Walden who will make a brief visit before returning to Oklahoma City.
Henry Kroth in charge of the Wetumka cotton yard and shipping for the Frisco says a large crop is being produced in the area this year. He notes strong activity in the cotton trade and expects robust shipment prospects.
The meeting last night was powerful with many saved and backsliders reclaimed. A sinner remained as the tent closed near 2 o'clock and another meeting may be held later if needed. Sunday afternoon Mrs. McAdams explains Free Will Baptist doctrine and a church may organize if God leads. Sunday night topic: Six Modern Devils.
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J G Galt is jailed on a charge of possessing a quantity of whiskey. He was arrested Friday night and confined to the county jail.
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