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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1964
Page
7
Reconstruction of rustic sayings and quips from a bygone era. Features characters like Jr Hinch Zed Peters and Farmer Marlin illustrating thrift honesty pride and plain humor in farm life with playful proverbs and odd customs.
A compact set of crossword style clues spanning themes from printing measures to British and Persian terms. Includes items like a rowing implement and a French jam reference, with answers hinting at common crossword conventions and era vocabulary.
131 attended church and Sunday school at the Pentecostal Holiness Church. Rev LeRoy Baker led morning services and Rev Danny Beller Shawnee led evening services. Mrs Leo Scott leads a contest with Mrs Wanda Lamb second. Arthur Smith Paul Tucker family attended a gospel singing convention in Memphis Tennessee.
A series of social visits are noted across the community. Albert and Maria Crow along with Eddie Hayes visited Robert and Kenneth Bolin Saturday night. Earl Franks with Janice, Shellie, and Doretha Tucker dined with Lena Soward Sunday.
Mr and Mrs Vance Price hosted a Friday supper with Mr and Mrs Gerald Sutton and their children Chris and Beverly, sharing an evening meal together.
Mr and Mrs Charles Price hosted supper Saturday with Mr and Mrs Gerald Sutton and children Chris and Beverly. Suttons and their family visited Edd Berryman and family Sunday night. Ruth Sutton and Lena Soward visited Anna Mae Sutton and Beverly Thursday afternoon. Opal Sutton visited Mr and Mrs Ode Franks Monday and took them to see their doctor.
Eddie Hayes and Mr and Mrs Jack Perrine and Willie called on Mr and Mrs Frank Lewis Sunday afternoon.
Edd Carr of Oklahoma City spent the prior week with Carl Carr, visiting and sharing time together in the city.
Mrs Pearl Roberts and kinny Mrs Jewel Jones and Hansel Burk visited Mr and Mrs Frank Lewis Friday. Mrs Clinnie Crow and Mrs Opal Sutton visited Mrs Minnie Lewis Wednesday morning. Mrs M D Edwards visited Mrs Floy Burk Friday afternoon. Mrs Thelma Garrett Sandra and Weldon Prince had dinner Sunday with Mr and Mrs Hansel Burk. Rev LeRoy Baker and children were afternoon visitors. Rev and Mrs LeRoy Baker and children attended a Shawnee revival Friday night led by Rev and Mrs James White.
The Bean Dinner held Tuesday at the dining hall by the Auxiliary Ladies raised $31.50. They thanked oil field workers and staff from the Oklahoma State Bank for their assistance.
Mrs Floy Burk visited Mr and Mrs Pres Sutton and Don Sutton on Thursday in a brief social call noting friendly greetings and shared conversation.
Eddie Hayes and multiple couples attended a birthday dinner hosted by Mr and Mrs Alvin Wells in Choctaw. The Wells gave guests a tour of their newly moved three bedroom home.
A dinner honored Albert Crow, father of Mrs. Wells, with attendance from Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Sutton and children at church and after-dinner fellowship with Mr. and Mrs. Willis Sutton. Mrs. Ben Robertson remains a patient at Valley View Hospital and shows slight improvement. The Vernon Gray family and Owen Gray hosted Sunday dinner with the Gray family, joined by Mr. and Mrs. Joe Gray and Carl Connersville for a Saturday visit with the Grays.
Cathy Tucker spent Friday with Vickie Gray and visited Bill Rose Thursday morning at Valley View Hospital.
Mr and Mrs Calvin Pennington and their children Norman visited Mr and Mrs Willie Pierce Saturday.
Dennis Allen travels to Oklahoma City to visit his wife Mary who remains a patient at the city hospital. The trip underscores family ties amid her medical stay.
Mr and Mrs Albert Earl Pierce and their children of Choctaw spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Willie Pierce, visiting and family time noted in the local social column.
The Lula Home Demonstration Club sponsored a rummage sale in Ada on Tuesday and Wednesday. Members including Mrs. Lee Cross and Debbie Clifford visited on Tuesday, while Debbie Clifford and others attended Monday. The sale totaled 35 dollars. Debbie Clifford spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs Donald Brooks in Ada.
Mrs. Sonny Leader and Mrs. D R Clif ford hosted a dinner with Diana and Donna Kay Wolf. Mrs. Leader brought Donnie and Ronnie Clifford home after the meal.
Mrs Ben Johnston and Mrs Sam Johnston of Ada visited Saturday with Mrs Paul Johnston. Mr and Mrs Sam Johnston with Tony and Carolyn of Ada visited Saturday with his parents Mr and Mrs Ben Johnston.
Mr and Mrs Knox Lee Sweat of Maysville spent the weekend with his parents Mr and Mrs Buck Sweat. Connie and Donna accompanied them.
Mr and Mrs Lloyd John ston and children Jerry Karen Betty and Diana Moore spent the weekend with his parents Mr and Mrs Paul Johnston.
Mr and Mrs Donald Brooks and children Linda Diane and Dwayne together with his parents Mr and Mrs Walter Brooks shared a dinner with her parents Mr and Mrs D R Clifford
Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Walker of Tolison Arizona left for home Monday after visiting Mrs. Walker’s brothers and their families Mr. and Mrs. Walter Brooks and Mr. and Mrs. David Brooks.
Mr and Mrs John Clifford and Sami Ada spent the week with Mrs D R Clifford. Sergeant and Mrs Clovis Thomson of Fairfield California have a son Rickey Lee. The Thompsons in Fairfield California discuss Debra Ann. Maternal grandparents are Mr and Mrs Dr Clifford. Paternal grandparents are Mr and Mrs Ben Thompson Lawton.
D R Clifford along with John and Dickie spent Sunday visiting Rol len Duncan and Allen, accompanied by a local group. The gathering highlighted familiar faces and a casual social exchange.
Mrs Stonecipher has the cast removed from her arm. She also broke her hand on the first of September and is recovering.
Ben Johnston baled hay last week. Dickie Clifford, Davey Johnston and Darrell Stonecipher hauled hay during the same period.
Mr and Mrs Clyde Wofford with Jackie and Melinda visited her parents Mr and Mrs Fred Wofford in Pampa Texas along with Mrs Buck Sweat and her Tex connections.
Illness in the Milligan family over the past week highlights relief at modern antibiotics and rapid recoveries amid a view of medicine as a miracle.
Ralph Milliogan, 16, son of George and Milliogan, recovered from a week long sinus infection that worsened into pneumonia. A doctor ordered bed rest, antibiotic treatment and around the clock medications. He improved by Saturday, with X rays and tests guiding recovery and a cautious return to classes next week. Grandmother Mrs. W. O. Brown cared for him while parents worked.
Byng School will host eye tests conducted by teachers using department charts at 9 00 a m Friday for grades one through twelve. The same week, students participate in the Purdue Opinion Polls offering anonymous responses on current news topics.
Next week brings a three day school break for students while teachers travel to Tulsa for the annual Oklahoma Education Association convention. Teachers express mixed feelings noting their effort levels rise during convention days and orientation is needed for the first Tulsa event.
A young couple Mr. and Mrs. David Lamb are remodeling their home with a new carport and various improvements. Mrs. Lamb, enjoying her first time as a housewife in years, keeps busy with domestic tasks after leaving a Konawa bank job.
In a Sunday business meeting the Board of Deacons recommendations were approved to panel two classrooms and repaint two existing rooms. New light fixtures will be installed and the pews removed, replaced by steel folding chairs.
Cat lovers urged to read Paul Gallico's new book The Silent Miaow written as if by a confident cat. The spoof work claims to give step by step feline advice and critiques human owners.
A humorous column notes cats prefer venison to sit-down meals and even eye deer rifles from a catalog. Bill Koller, basketball coach, returns to school after a sudden virus, with Lulu Wood and Bob Johns filling in. A wedding at Calvary Pentecostal Holiness Church ties Shirley Rich to Jimmy Ray Wilson.
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