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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1970
Page
10
Sunday School had 43 attendees with five visitors. Milburn Morrison celebrated a birthday as children sang two specials. The Rev Randell Miller delivered both morning and evening messages. Dozens of Ada residents shared visits across nearby towns with many relatives appearing in the weekly social notes.
Local residents visit relatives and friends across Tupelo Ada Stonewall and surrounding areas. Notable mentions include multiple Bullard visits to Harmon Bullard and Brenda Bullard, and services for Glenda Mae Williams in Wapanucka with burial in Lula Cemetery. Williams dies from Labor Day car crash near Lehigh. survivors include husband Fred and daughter Laura Beth. Funeral arrangements handled by Smith Funeral Home.
The Sunshine church reports fifty in Sunday school and twenty two reading the Bible daily. Don Parr led evening and morning messages. Members visited Bob Ashley in Valley View Hospital and hosted a Young People party with fourteen attendees. Various families shared visits across Ada and nearby towns.
Mr. and Mrs. P. O. Henson visited J. W. Crawford in San Frances Nursing Home and hosted Neal McDonald and family. Rance Tucker and family joined P. O. Henson group Thursday. Various visits followed including MM Tucker, Londa Hood, and baby Saturday night. Oklahoma City visitors Robert Dalton and family joined M. R. Tucker and daughters Sunday. Estelle Little and Effie Lamb hosted and visited with several locals including Jane Neighbors and Mae Majors.
Mike Gray accompanied by his grandmother Mrs. Florence Isaacs visited Tuesday night with Ruth Magar, Ada, and others in a small social gathering.
A nostalgic note highlights honey baked goods from Kountry Korner praised for exquisite taste and longer freshness. It emphasizes honey as a highly valued ancient staple and the enduring appeal of this sweet.
A recipe fragment details a honey cheese cake using cottage cheese butter lemon honey and a crumb crust baked at 350 for an hour and chilling before serving. It also includes a yeast bun dough with warm water sugar yeast shortening honey nuts and a 75 degree bake for 12 to 15 minutes with servings and variations using maple sugar.
Soften gelatin in water then add to honey with sugar eggs cream and coconut extract. Whip until fluffy and freeze in a tray. Top with toasted coconut as servings set. Makes six. Mix honey dry milk powder and peanut butter with chopped peanuts to form small balls rolled in nuts or sprinkles. Makes thirty six balls.
A simple honey based topping with orange peel and salt. Heat five minutes without boiling to make about one cup. Serve on ice cream waffles or pancakes.
Center area notes show several families hosting and visiting over the weekend. Sondra Garrett attended with her parents Pug and wife, while Janice Chilcoat visited her parents and Murray College student Judy Chilcoat. Additional gatherings include Thelma Jean Garrett at a Shawnee revival, Rae Garrett and Hank Burk joining, and multiple visits among the Gray, Henson, Little, and Price families with Ada outings and midweek services observed.
Ada and El Reno residents including Latta Lester Luton James Smith Marcella Anderson and families visited Bill Smith Carl and Kit Thomas in Ada McLoud Oklahoma City Tecumseh Ardmore and Ardmore area guests attended Sunday visits. Several families by names Beam Heath Bryant Bryant and Brashears were noted visiting Kit Thomas and Paul Thomas during the week.
Mrs. Larry Heath of Oil Center visited Mr. and Mrs. Kit Thomas Monday evening. Mrs. Lorene Woods of Clarita and Orb Urah Henry of Los Angeles visited Mrs. B. F. Lancaster. Carson Poindexter, Richard Hardcastle, Jimmy Lancaster, Stanley Shortes, James Henry and B. F. Lancaster left Tuesday for a Delta Colorado deer hunt. Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Allen visited Ardmore friends, and W. W. Stevenson called on Mr.
The Rolf Extension Homemakers Group met Friday for the October meeting at the clubhouse. Hostesses were Mrs. Collins and Mrs. Henry Jinks. The program included a devotional and a report on the annual council meeting. Plans for winter cleanup were discussed and the November meeting was set as a salad luncheon agenda for the 13th with guest invites.
Mr and Mrs Edd Henson welcomed a daughter born October 8 named Celia Kay. Paternal grandparents are Ira Henson of Konawa and wife, maternal grandparents are C H Tippit and wife of McAlester.
Mr and Mrs Cleburn Guinn were honored with a wedding shower at Galey Baptist Church social center. Denise Shaw is the bride to be. Hostesses served cake punch and coffee. Ada home later noted as established.
Mr and Mrs J B Whitney of Fort Worth Texas spent the weekend with her sister and brother in law Mr and Mrs Jim Guinn. Clarence Guinn and Phyllis of Odessa Texas visited Saturday night with his parents Mr and Mrs Jim Guinn. M and Mrs Carl Rhynes and Carl Jr of Dennison Texas visited Friday with her parents Mr and Mrs Jim Guinn. George Carson and family with Rae Ann and Ada dined with Ed gar Cross. Val Dean Smith in the Navy stationed in Rhode Island came home Saturday to visit his parents Ernest and Mrs Smith with David and Bobby. Val Dean Smith visited Tuesday with Mrs Lois Clifford and Debbie Johnston.
Latta Extension Homemakers and guests hosted Mrs. Maggie Aldridge Smith of Siloam Springs Ark to review her book Big Wah of Seminole County at an October Latta meeting. The program included a reading of the Aldridge family move to Seminole County and the tale of the persistently returning father known as Big Wah with political runs and losses.
Tulsa County sheriff’s office reported reports of youths harassing long haired teens at a Tulsa fair last week. An irate father said his son and his son's girlfriend were accosted and shorn in view of fair guards. A sheriff lieutenant noted activity on the midway with Civil Defense responders called to the cow barn to cut youths’ hair.
Mr and Mrs R V Phillips of Shawnee visited Sunday afternoon with Mr and Mrs Charles Harter and Marcia.
Mrs Harold Davis and Mrs Helen Robnett attended the state Methodist Conference of Women’s Christian Service in Oklahoma City on Wednesday and Thursday. Raymond Laseman visited Mrs Charley Taylor Friday afternoon, as she recovers from hip surgery at home. Also visiting were Mr and Mrs Joe Boner from Ada.
Oklahoma State Chamber of Commerce announces its annual meeting will run November 12 and 13 at Fountainhead Lodge on Lake Eufaula with a Zodiac theme. Wayman Humphrey says the decade 70s brings innovation and the theme stands for Zero in on Oklahoma's Development in an Active Chamber. The agenda features business and welfare topics, decorations, and a separate wives program with speakers on consumerism and leadership duties.
The Ada Artists Association will present its annual sacred show from November 22 to December 4 in the chamber of commerce building community room. Artists may submit paintings for the show with a $1 fee for nonmembers or nonassociate members. Contact Mrs. E. P. Hunter at 332-2305 for details.
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