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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1956
Page
7
Francis residents share family visits from Ade and Norman, Oklahoma City carpentry by M E Harris, and updates on H L Kirkes family. A correction clarifies water hauling, plus notes on a homecoming, a boy's bicycle, a skunk hunting tale, and a fall season opening with a November 5 pie supper to benefit the community Christmas tree fund.
Oakman homecoming attendance noted along with multiple family visits near Norman and Ada. The text records illnesses, hospital visits, and caregiving, including Virgie West, JLB Avery, and Cheryl Choate. It mentions church gatherings, a shooting accident at the Rice home, a funeral for Mrs. Cass, and a school committee meeting with officials present.
In Francis, the annual Scout Campaign aims to raise funds with a slow start under the tag. As of morning, about 36 dollars has been received. Helpers urge anyone to give and support the effort.
Mr Landreth and Mrs Ina Benson express gratitude to Mitl Moon Angeline Brown Glen Phillips and Mabel Kelley for their work at the scout drive. Francis school home economics room has been repurposed into a recreation room with a ping pong table greatly enjoyed. Mr and Mrs Tollie Chism traveled to Morriston Arkansas for a Shetland pony sale and to buy mares for a future pony business, visiting Mr and Mrs J B Griffin before returning home.
Hear ye Hear ye Byng annual homecoming takes place Saturday November 10 at 7 30 p m in the Byng High School auditorium. Admission one dollar per family includes entertainment and refreshments. Committee seeks correct addresses for invitations. Mrs Pearl McElhaney and Mrs Opal Felkins attended Shawnee business and called on Mr and Mrs Billy McElhaney, Billy and Larry. Larry celebrated a birthday.
Mr and Mrs Edward Christian welcome a son named John Gilbert their second boy and they have five boys and one girl in the family Mr and Mrs Don Miller visit Mrs Francis Miller this weekend. Mrs Clyde Meeks Sr injured in a pickup rollover near Chickasha on Sunday October 14. The crash occurred after driving through showers then dry spots followed by a wet patch causing the vehicle to skid into the ditch. Mrs Meeks sustained cuts bruises and a slight fracture. Attending the game in Byng were Mr Sherry and others.
Weekend notices show Betty staying this week to help her mother after a hospital release. Visitors at New Bethel Baptist Church included Mrs Stone cipher and Barbara Golden.Mr Gladdish recovering from a heart attack two months ago. Family events include homecoming at Oakman church and a new baby boy for Mr. and Mrs. Sweeney. A Curious Cat item details Chester Ream rescuing a two month old Manx Nosy from under a car hood near Gig Harbor.
The record lists numerous visits to the Virgil Meek household and nearby families including Tiley, Gailey, Duncan, Hightower, Moore, and Freeman. Guests travel from Ada, Holdenville, for weekends and weeknights, with relatives from Oklahoma City, Forster, and Greenville visiting throughout the week. Exterminator carried 182 pounds and Denise of Ada. Laurel Bandicap winner Ross Franklin from Colorado is noted.
Local families and relatives from Oklahoma City Dallas Asher and holding gatherings around Holdenville over the weekend and Monday. Notable items include a newborn baby girl born Monday afternoon to Mr and Mrs Johnnie Ray Cook and the returning visits of numerous kin to Pinley Moore Stephenson Duncan and Golden families.
In Frisco, the Johnson family again faced a lightning event entering through a television line. The bolt burned a floor spot, rang the telephone, and frightened the family including a possibly shocked baby. Mrs. Johnson plans relocating the phone farther from the TV.
Stonewall meets to elect officers for the coming year after a supper served by local women. State officers Gus Gray, Homer Duffy, and Charlie Huff attended. Senator Glen Collins spoke on the state agriculture program. Elected: Alex Britton president, Joe Daniel vice president, Gene Lang secretary-treasurer. Door prizes went to Lee Forehand, Jim Marshall, Mrs. Gus Gray, and Alf Miney.
A. L. Fen tom proclaims Harold Russell Day to honor the double amputee brought to the city by the Amvets for community service. The note praises Amvets and the famed Harold Russell while a stray recipe fragment about thawing frozen fish sticks and pastry squares appears in the text.
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