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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1924
Page
5
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Lanton School closed Friday as residents shift to cotton work. P C Major was injured last week when a binder ran away but is slowly improving. Community members attended revivals and visits with neighbors. several families hosted dinners and stopped by Ada and Roff for events.
Fitzhugh notes baptisms at Lawrence and a Sunday crowd at singing. Miss Lara Oliphant visits Réneva Brooks. Naomi Moore and others motor to Byrds Sunday afternoon. A play titled Cast Out Into the Streets will be staged Friday in the auditorium with all invited. Miss R E Wesson to celebrate seventeenth birthday Wednesday.
Sunday sermons at Lovelady as Eulas Brannon recovers from appendicitis and the community tends cotton fields. Local school closed for summer. Lois Robison heads to Ada to enter high school. families visit and travel to nearby towns. Woodie Bigham and others attend Pleasant Hill events. Robert Taylor returns from Arizona. Grady and Ray Allen attend Stonewall fair. Brother Tindrill to conduct services this weekend.
Lightning Ridge reports pastor Grimes of the Methodist church preached Sunday night but revival was postponed due to everyone being busy. A large crowd attended the ice cream supper at Mr. and Mrs. Will Patton's Wednesday night. Mr and Mrs Pete Solomon of Fort Cobb visited relatives here last week. Mrs Tipton of Sulphur returned.
Miss Georgia Hennegan visited Ada relatives after a week with friends here. Numerous locals including Miss Mamie Doss and Miss Fannie Evans hosted and attended gatherings Sunday. Families from Maysville and Wilson joined friends in town, sharing meals and calling on neighbors through the weekend.
The community reports the school closed Friday September 5 to allow children to pick cotton. After two months of successful classes, students regret the interruption and look forward to winter term. Teachers Reuben Ida May and Litta Wilson head home to Stratford and plan to enter Ada College Monday. Local trips include J L Taylor to Pauls Valley and visits among Berry Southerland and several families. Preachers Rev Bryant and Rev Walker hold meetings with growing attendance. Evell Bass plans to move to Houston Texas and a Berry visit to Hart noted.
Sunday school and prayer meeting were well attended. A series of short trips and visits are noted among local families with names such as Cross Ready Cantrell and Dobson. The note ends with a switch to a general fact about electricity powering 170 million workers in the United States.
Colbert reports a revival meeting led by Mr. Richman and Brother Teague of Ana. The six week summer term closed with students making good progress. Local residents attend college events and gatherings, with many names listed among attendees and visitors. A new oil derrick is noted on Dan McCurry’s farm and a ball game against Peeda Grove ends in a Colbert victory.
Nearly everyone is busy gathering crops as residents share visits across households Including Mr and Mrs Glass and family Mr and Mrs Meneley and daughter Gertrude and Will Glass and two daughters visiting J D Melton family Sunday Several couples attend church and churchgoers meet at Rebee A baptism took place at George Kirbys talk and locals travel to Ada from nearby towns Summer community figures include Owens Bowerman and Atterberry families with visits between homes from Friday to Sunday and return trips from Texas by Wesley Oberland Zodie Roberson and Glover Hagar
Drilling on the well east of Stonewall will begin soon. Joe Heathman and family moved to Stonewall. he manages Wyatt Gin Co. Miss Alton Thompen and Miss Christine Ramsey will attend E C S T C. Several residents visited Ada relatives and attended the Ada band performance. Our township fair in Stonewall was a success with fine exhibits.
Miss Evelyn Burris left Sunday evening for E. C. S. T. C. Ada. Leona Rounsavall is ill at her home south of Stonewall. Eugene Acker left Sunday for E. C. S. T. C. Mrs. C. L. Burnett and children visiting Sherman this week. Herman Garret and Claude Thompson left for Norman to attend the university. It is reported 46 bales of cotton were ginned in Stonewall Saturday. Ruth Garrett left Monday for E. C. S. T. C.
Cotton picking and corn gathering mark the day as parish life continues. Local residents Bennie Thompson visits friends in Sulphur while families from Pauls Valley and Ada share a Sunday gathering. A Baptist minister from Texas is set to lead meetings beginning Sunday night September 14.
The Union Valley school closed Friday and gauge of satisfaction with new teachers is high. Ada visitors attended and B Y P U class one won the contest, followed by an ice cream supper for class two. Outside guests included Mr and Mrs J R Hughes of Ada and Mr and Mrs Deans from Missouri.
Stonewall has been recognized by federal school authorities as a Smith-Hughes school with government funding. The district gains a high salaried superintendent, adds vocational agriculture for farm boys and domestic science for girls, and expands courses under state and U S supervision. The community celebrates the 1924 township fair with strong farm product displays and girls clubs winning prizes.
Shanghai dispatch reports the ceasefire in the Shanghai area ended and heavy firing resumed along the front south and west of the city as rival military governors renewed combat for control of Shanghai.
Sunday school drew good crowds with strong interest and a bright outlook for week activities. Singing at Sim Blackburns drew a full house with joyful participation. Cotton picking resumed as a communal task and residents expressed gladness to be in the cotton patch again. Cordie Morrison visited her mother Mrs. Ingram after the Kleigs left for Holdenville. Miss Leona Lamb spent Sunday afternoon with Mrs. Ben Fox. Miss Jewell Falter visited in the Oakman community.
The Ross fair drew most of Chickasaw Hill on Monday and Tuesday with local residents attending events and visiting friends. Notable social mentions include Loretta Kelly with Mary Lee Tucker, and Mrs. O M Lynch joining Mrs. W W Whitner in Ross on Tuesday.
The Francis township fair was a success with larger exhibits and improved performances. Local merchants donated to the band boys and a concert drew crowds while cotton picking seasons begin and employment rises as several firms start or resume work. Buds Bechers suffered injuries in a cement accident at the Oklahoma Pipe Line plant, but is recovering. Rev. J. H. Schlapback resigns to pursue evangelistic work in Arizona.
Oklahoma cotton growers will file the first ginning report with the state board of agriculture after September fifteenth. Cotton picking is under way in southern counties, but yields are limited per J A Whitehurst board president.
A writer argues that Chambers of Commerce Rotary clubs and Lions clubs misfire by trying to organize farmers instead of creating fair markets and teaching farmers to organize themselves The essay urges city men to help by supporting market access and self organization rather than top down campaigns to unite rural communities
A county official notes that enough of his occupation and family support a move to form his own class, following actions by his business and laboring brothers. Beller, County Sec’y, references the effort and affiliations with F. E. and C. W. of A.
With about half of Colorado's 1492 precincts reported Judge Clarence J. Morley and Col. Rice W. Means Republican candidates for governor and U S senator short term backed by Ku Klux Klan endorsement held small leads in their races.
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