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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1968
Page
8
Mrs. Charles Floyd hosted visits from Kay Floyd and others with weekly calls and a luncheon at Asbury Methodist Church. Donnie and Ronnie Clifford marked their 14th birthday. Charles Floyd and family visited neighbors while several residents traveled to Muskogee for work.
A birthday party was hosted Wednesday at Mrs Sam Mc Cracken’s home for Mrs A L Casady. Mrs Clyde Boyd baked the cake. Cake and coffee served to Mrs Garvin Glover Mrs Calvin Grace Mrs Clyde Casady Mrs Clyde Boyd and Mr and Mrs Sam McCracken. Pictures were taken of the honoree.
Mr and Mrs Herbert Cooper visited their daughter Judy in Lubbock Texas over the weekend.
Mr and Mrs Hank Burns of Keota visited Mr and Mrs P H Allen Sunday. Mrs P H Allen Mrs Dean Cooper Mrs Helen Jaquess Mrs Wanda Robbins and Mrs Eddie Chronister attended the FHA rally at Lindsay Saturday.
Mr and Mrs Bill Smith and children visited Mr and Mrs Bill Smith Jr and Cindy in Tulsa on Sunday. Mrs Bill Smith and James and Darlene Fast visited Mr and Mrs Larry Stockton and family in McCloud on Monday. Pfc James Smith left Tinker Air Force Base Monday night for Oakland California.
Mrs Eva Foreman hosted a Thursday dinner with Mr and Mrs Clinton Foreman of Coalgate. Friday visitors included Mrs Millie Smith and Mrs Mary Bullard. Foreman joined friends in Ada on Sunday for a social event.
Mrs. Josie Killion visited Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Stonecipher on Tuesday. Joe Woolley also visited the Stoneciphers recently with multiple Stonecipher relatives listed from Springfield Missouri and Prague.
Social notes record numerous visits among families in Ada Coalgate Drumwright and surrounding areas. Names include McWethy Guinn Caton Mason Brashears Reed and Davenport with mentions of Valley View Hospital and a Vietnam return.
Mr and Mrs Ben Johnston and Debbie Clifford visited Mr and Mrs Lee Dicketts and Mr and Mrs Bob Johnston in Oklahoma City recently sharing greetings and conversation with friends and neighbors.
Mr and Mrs Kenneth Murphy and children of Stonewall and Mr and Mrs Glen Smith and children of Francis visited their parents Mr and Mrs W B Hokett on Sunday.
Diana Newberry, granddaughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Newberry Sr, who recently underwent surgery at Valley View Hospital, has been moved to a hospital in Oklahoma City.
Mr and Mrs Russel Ray and Phyllis took Mrs Isabell Ray from Ardmore home Sunday. They were joined for supper by their son and family Mr and Mrs Marion Ray and children and by their daughter Anna Belle Ray.
A series of meals shows the Brooks family network. Tolleson residents Mr and Mrs Walter Brooks host and share dinners with relatives including Mr and Mrs David Brooks Lula Flora Velma and Noah Brooks. Families from Lula Arizona Arizona Lone Grove join in.
Phyllis Williams of Lula spent Friday night with Jackie Loyd. Ginger and Phyllis Williams spent Saturday night with Mr. or Mrs. Ronald Hill and their son.
Ada resident ard visited Mr and Mrs Jacob Smith Sunday. Mr and Mrs Jacob Smith hosted Mr and Mrs J L Wilson and Lula Sunday. Don Wilson of Lula dined with his grandparents Mr and Mrs Jacob Smith. Lizzie Ray visited Mr and Mrs Smith Monday.
Mr and Mrs Walter Bates visited Mr and Mrs Marion Ravan in Olney on Sunday. They also visited his father J M Bates and Mrs Bates in Wapanucka.
Mrs Ruby Evans, George Flowers and Mrs Toney visited. Mrs Pat Ellis was present on Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Sweat traveled to Allen on Tuesday for business and visited relatives including Knox Sweat Buck Sweat Lula and Patti. They also called on Joe Burelson in Stratford and later joined Lisa Shireen Harkins and Chester Harkins's family in Lula Ada and Buck Sweat area.
Mr and Mrs Darrel Stone cipher and Karen Savanna and Mr and Mrs Edward Cameron and Robert Prague visited Mr and Mrs Doyin Stonecipher re
Marcia Harter had supper recently with Cathy Pate, sharing a casual social moment in town.
Mr and Mrs Bud Sweat were in Ada on business Tuesday. Mrs Thelma Sweat visited Knox Lee Sweat Buck Sweat and Clyde Wofford Monday. Mrs Sweat and Patti visited Jack Austin Monday. They shared Sunday dinner with Pat and Mrs Ellis. Thelma Sweat and Patti also visited J O Ellis Thursday.
Mr and Mrs D E Romines hosted a Friday wiener roast for the Tupelo Baptist Church intermedi ate class. About 24 attended the informal event.
Mrs Lois Clifford and Debbie Brooks along with Mr and Mrs Charles Leader and Donna Monday are named in a social column noting family connections and local events.
Mrs Mildred Uhlich visit to Mrs W B Hokett on Monday is noted. Cindy Uhlich from Fittstown visited her grandparents Mr and Mrs Jack Uhlich during the week.
Mr and Mrs Raymond Krebbs visited Mr and Mrs L A Williams on Friday. Lyndel Williams from Midland Texas visited his parents and Doyle Williams and Mrs Maryella Loyd and Jackie visited Oklahoma City Monday. Mrs Dickie Good and Ricky are visiting this week with her parents. Delegates to the Atoka and Coal County Baptist Association met Friday and Saturday at Lane. W B Hokett and others attended state baseball games in Stonewall.
Friday night Stonewall won the semi final game as Mrs Kenneth Bray and her children visited her parents Mr and Mrs J R Campbell at Drumright recently.
Odra Mae Sweat and Maudie Harbin are visiting Lula with Lonnie Glover PengY in a local social note.
Mr. and Mrs. Benny Roan of Stonewall announce the birth of a son named James Eugene on October 7 at Valley View Hospital. Mother Sue Canida of Tupelo, and paternal relatives Burl Canida and Pauline Roan, with great grandparents Charley Anderson and Gene Ellis, are listed.
Mr. and Mrs. J. O. Ellis and Mr. and Mrs. Tite Weems of Stonewall visited Mr. and Mrs. Pat Ellis Monday. Mrs. J. B. Litten and children also visited. On Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. Tite Weems of Stonewall and Mrs. Herb Weems of Ada visited.
Shorty Thompson spent the weekend with his sister and husband in Prague. Mrs. G. L. Thompson and Sally visited in Monday with her daughter and husband and brought Shorty home.
Mrs. Thomas Billingsley and Sue Lynn visited Mr. and Mrs. A M Carter Sunday, sharing time with the family and friends in a social call.
The Tupelo Post Office dedication will take place Saturday at 3 p.m. Local residents and officials are expected to attend the ceremony at the new facility.
Mr and Mrs Ted Walker of Vivian Louisiana visited sister Mrs Addie Goff. The group traveled to Prague to see sister and husband Mr and Mrs Jack Goss and their mother Mrs Lula Profitt. Mrs Hope Smith Hoffman also called on her mother Mrs Addie Goff recently.
Mrs. Grace Harbin sister in law of Mrs. Lillian Welch died Sunday in the Ada hospital.
Tom D Raney of Oakland California and A M Raney from Calvin visited Mrs W D Lowden and Christi on Friday.
Mr and Mrs Forest Mason and Vickie of Sawyer Kansas visited the Bullards and Masons over the week. The Masons and Mr and Mrs Harmon Bullard and their children had dinner Saturday with the Bullards.
Mr and Mrs Bobby Ingram Wendell and Carrie spent Saturday night and Sunday at Boles Children Home in Quin land Texas with his sister Mrs Betty Griffin and children Wendell and Carrie took Howard and Judy Thompson for a sightseeing tour Sunday.
Mr and Mrs Ray Vowell and David formerly of Oakland California spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs Arnold La Fevers. The Vowells moved to Fevers Ada and visited his parents Mr and Mrs Arnold La Fevers Monday.
Mrs. Syblee Bloxham visited her sister Mrs. Gladys Davidson on Sunday at her home in Stone Wall.
Mrs. Theodore Johnson of Tishomingo and Mr. and Mrs. Donnie John along with Deanese and Helen Jennings visit Stonewall and Purcell families. Ada Linker visits Doyle Brown family in Durant while Harkins and Saint households share a Sunday dinner in Ada and Stonewall.
Stonewall traveled to Ada on Monday for a business engagement.
Center paragraph notes Pug Garrett and his mother joining mid week services at the Oil Center Pentecostal Holiness Church Rae Garrett has attended the revival at the First Pentecostal Church in Ada every night since Wednesday with Mrs
Thelma Garrett and Miss Janice Chilcoat served as evangelists. Mr. and Mrs. Bill Reed attended church Sunday at Center Baptist Church. Lawrence Lane and family from Del City visited Oren Gray's family. Russell and Ricky Gray dined with and visited their grandparents. Fred Gray and Carma Gray had supper with the Gray family. Oree Cox and family visited Montie Kirkland and planned a new home. Montie Kirkland visited D. P. Wallace family on Sunday.
Loy Factor, accused of murdering his wife Juanita, remains at large in Johnston County. Undersheriff Rush says leads are exhausted and the suspect’s relatives offer help to persuade him to surrender. Factor fled with his four year old son after the body was found in a shallow grave near their Fillmore home. Six other children are with their mother in Ada. An all-points bulletin was issued when Factor was reportedly seen in Tupelo.
A nine year old Ada boy escaped serious harm after being struck by a car while riding a bicycle in the 700 block of West 18th Street. The driver, Frank Herbert Hyden, stopped shortly before impact. The boy was treated and released from Valley View Hospital. no charges were filed as the crossing was not at an intersection.
A male supervisor filling in for an operator during a telephone strike was asked by a woman caller whether she should call him operator or sir. The incident highlights etiquette questions amid labor action.
Mr and Mrs Harley Johnson and Randy Johnson visited their brother and wife, recounting a family gathering. The brief item notes kinship ties and indicates a casual social visit conducted at an unspecified location.
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