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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1936
Page
8
Local notes from Vanoss and surrounding areas recount Sunday visits among Shaw Childres Turner and Jones families. Church pastor R R Farris is reappointed. Upcoming pie supper to fund a singing school invites all residents.
Ada area residents share calls visits and correspondence through midweek to weekend gatherings. Local households including Hardberger Chism Gaylor and Kelley families host friends relatives and neighbors with Sunday and Saturday calls plus a dance at the Fate Yeager home and notes on dry dusty conditions and the summer school closing.
The note reports good Sunday school attendance and ongoing prayers for a strong future class. It mentions Mrs Charley Turner and children Lena Grace and Charles Merle visiting Ada for the weekend while Charley Turner is away fishing. Also notes visits by Mrs Earl Hodges and Mrs W W Ponder to Mrs Arthur Miller and further mentions Mrs Boyd Ponder and others.
Sunday night worship drew a well attended service led by Bro Flowers of Owl Creek. Bro Lee Bird will preach at the regular appointments Saturday night Sunday and Sunday night. Local families shared visits and hospitality across the Kerr and Ginn households with Mrs Bertha Grey and son Wayne staying with her Kerr family. Elbea Ginn visits sister Jessie Prater in Asher while reminders go out for preaching at the weekend services.
A Sunday page notes strong church attendance but room for more. It lists numerous visits among families and friends including Foxx, Cooper, Bottoms, Roddy, Williams, Farmer, Buster, Seates, Samuels, and others across local households. Revitalized activities include a singing school, a revival begun by Bro. Ben Foxx, and a well attended prayer meeting at Groover Keelings.
A series of Sunday visits and Friday association events mark the closing weekend. Residents including A E Ford, Fussell, Conner, Herring, and Kirkes families hosted and joined guests from Ada, Sheep Creek, Rois, and Madill in gatherings and birthday dinners with 21 attendees reported.
Weather cooler after showers. Rev Ratliff of Konawa preached here Sunday. Mrs Birdie Polk and son T G and Miss Levanda Davis of Lula visited her parents. Miss Aline Maynard and Jim Haddock wed in Seminole Sept 5 and will live in Ada. Various visits: Odoms in Ada, Thompson in Ada, Effie Capps ill with erysipelas, Lucy Brown and baby visiting from Henryetta.
Vonnie Keeling spent Monday with Bobbie Huser followed by Vivian Finch visiting her parents, Mr and Mrs Martin. Sunday callers at the Stone home included Margarite Smith Mildred Farr Nadine Bulloch and Mildred Finch. Mr and Mrs Sandy Lane of Seminfore called on her parents.
Local notes show Mr. and Mrs. John McKnight leaving for California to reside. Various visits are listed including Mrs. F W Pinley with Mrs. Tom Roddy and J R Roddy of Texas visiting his mother Mrs Roddy. Crops are nearly gathered in the community.
Mrs. Clemmie Summers of Seminole visits the Light home with Mrs. E. H. Light. J. S. Isaacs and Miss Laura Isaacs call on Mr. and Mrs. James Isaacs. Baren Magar returns from Holdenville visit with Mrs. Reginal Gibson. Various locals, including Basil and Glenn Kent and the Tucker and Summers households, host and visit one another. Beatrice Jeter is improving after a spider bite. Parish Chapel visitors include Claud Pennington and Alex Summers. Rance Tucker and M. M. Kent transact Ada business. singing remains a weekly event.
The weekly notices urge more local singers for Sunday night services and remind families of weekend gatherings. Jackie Lynch of Dallas visits relatives. several households hosted dinners and Sunday visits across the community, with moves to Sunshine and California mentioned.
Mrs Ella Chaney aged 76 of Ada died September 4 at Wynne Arkansas. Service and interment will be in Middleton Arkansas. Survived by two sons John Chaney Ada and Henry Chaney Wynne Ark and a daughter Mrs Hattie Champlin Truman Arkansas.
Donald, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Peters of Stonewall, reported in Monday's Daily.
A historical view of Gov William L Byrd's Frisco mansion and surrounding works. The article notes restoration of a front wing fireplace, a lumber porch replacing broken concrete with preserved pieces, and Byrd's store in Ada and Frisco serving as a mercantile establishment and post office under J W Mobley. It mentions Dawes commission meetings near the mansion and Byrd's burial in Rosedale cemetery.
Narrative recalls the Dawes commission meeting between two cedar trees at the manse yard as it weighed citizenship applications from about 4000 Chickasaw and Choctaw hopefuls. Governor Byrd’s Mississippi birth and Chickasaw lineage anchor a history of Oklahoma’s early turbulent era.
The Frisco area once called Old Stonewall holds Pontotoc County’s oldest building, Gov. Byrd’s mansion. L. A. Henry has renovated the two story frame house, painting, repairing, and living on the first floor. The former house of representatives chamber and Byrd’s office now sit vacant, with old timers recalling era events as the senate chamber remains empty.
A local resident died Saturday afternoon at 4 o'clock in a hospital. Funeral and interment are set for Sunday at 4 o'clock at We woka cemetery, with Keith Funeral Chapel in charge.
Ras W McAdams of Ada died September 12 at 8 00 p m Funeral services were held September 14 at 3 00 p m from Criswell Funeral Home chapel with Rev Milo Asbuckle officiating Interment in Rosedale Cemetery He is survived by his wife Eva two daughters Bobbie June and Vivian a son Ras W Jr his parents Mr and Mrs J O McAdams two brothers and two sisters
David R Floyd 53 died September 15 at 7 00 p m at home in Ada Oklahoma His funeral will be September 16 at 4 00 p m at the Church of Christ with interment at Rosedale Cemetery Criswell Funeral Home in charge He is survived by his wife a son W D Floyd a daughter Bertha Mae four brothers three sisters and his parents Mr and Mrs J R Floyd
Oil workers in Union parish near Spencer 22 miles north of Monroe battled gas and hot salt water from Federal Petroleum Frost Johnson No. 2 after a stuck drill stem was freed. The well reached 7200 feet before flow started. crew aims to seal with casing and test for sands.
In Pawnee Oklahoma on September 16 Mrs Gordon W Lillie wife of a local official showed slight improvement while still given oxygen. She had recovered from a relapse last night. Major Lillie, also hurt in the same automobile accident Sunday night, continued to improve.
Espew Glenn Fiske did not return home to Wyandotte Missouri yesterday after being paroled from Missouri state penitentiary. He had served half of a 10 year sentence from McDonald county for forgery.
A parolee released last week was recalled by Governor Guy B. Park after prison authorities reported he was involved in narcotic trafficking inside the facility. The incident prompted reevaluation of his release conditions and custody status.
Washington attorney general Cummings warned against store placards claiming part of prices reflects federal taxes. He noted protests from Indiana Illinois and Iowa and cited Section 1123 with possible $1000 fine or jail for misleading statements about tax constituting price parts. He asked merchants not to violate federal statutes and questioned applications to gas and theatres.
After a 15 year dispute Venetians have won the right to public gambling again. The Venetian Republic banned gambling in 1776 and closed the Ridotto the famed European gentlemen's club of sky-high gaming.
Ada News classifieds highlight strong value for investors seeking growth. Reliable options emphasize fixed terms and diversified portfolios through local firms and trusted funds. Readers should compare rates and terms before committing.
Dr. Victor S. Clark, adviser to the Philippine Commonwealth, calls Quezon’s economic policies sound and says the islands can meet financial obligations under the independence act. He warns against an overheated Manila stock market and notes mining stocks dominate trades. He sees potential for further industrial growth after independence.
San Francisco technicians unveil an electric chair device for poultry. Birds are placed on a moving belt, head clamped and pressed to a high voltage electrode to render them insensible, aiming to humanize and sanitize market prep.
Rene Bru a French cameraman says American John Dored remains imprisoned by insurgents in Seville after being captured while filming front line patrols near Madrid. Bru notes Dored refuses family contact and aide from the American consul amid unsuccessful efforts to secure release.
Oklahoma State Labor Commissioner W A Murphy reports increases in both industrial employment and payrolls for August. Twenty eight thousand to thirty thousand workers were on the job in reporting plants with average weekly earnings of 23.93 and total payroll around 727 thousand dollars, compared with 28 104 workers in August 1935 at 23 21 and 30 090 workers in July at 23 79.
George Pinnock, 57, formerly escaped prisoner, was pardoned by the Victoria Government after living honestly for 11 years. Pinnock was recaptured recently in Sydney and the authorities granted clemency due to his reform.
Moscow Sept 16 UP reports the Communist party backs a mass drive by Soviet women to feed Republican women and children in Spain. The party urges large contributions from Soviet women as bombs and poison gas fall on Spain and victory is sought through bread and food.
Sir Kingsley Wood, England's minister of health, warns that the country is rapidly becoming a nation of medicine drinkers. He comments on public reliance on medical remedies.
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