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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1934
Page
5
Rural Communities of Pontotoc County reports steady school progress over three weeks with a prize for the class achieving the highest attendance for a month. The note lists many local visits, social visits, illness cases like whooping cough, and community updates including 4-H awards and a new baby born to Mr. and Mrs. Ray Richardson.
The high school principal Otto Krausse and Miss Edith Ellis of Maramec Oklahoma were married in Ada at the First Christian church with Rev. Ivan J Young officiating. They plan to live in the former Elizabeth Owens house. Friends extend best wishes for happiness.
The passage notes numerous Ada and area residents visiting relatives in Ada and nearby towns while reporting a recent rain that moistens dry fields. It mentions revivals, gatherings, and church events with Bro. Maxwell delivering his last sermon and inviting visitors to join future singing activities.
Oakman reports Bro. Bob Maxwell of New Mexico preaching Sunday morning. Church at both church house and school house drew good crowds Sunday night. Families and visitors, including Mrs. W. R. Owens and children, J. B. Allison of Hickory, Sister S. S. Lilly of Denny, and others, spent time with relatives around town and Center.
Sunday activities include a Church of God gathering at a local place with strong attendance. Neighbors and families such as Estes, Rosa Lee Vandergrif, Penrod, Cook, Fowler, Martin, and Crowley share visits and social calls across several homes in the community.
Ralph and Roy Brendle John Gibson and Bill Murray visited Impson Anderson on Monday night. Ray Tyson and Kenneth Brendle spent Sunday with J. C. and Winfield Low. Mrs. Alvin Summers and Mrs. Roper and son attended singing Sunday night. Sylvia Evans stayed Friday night with Mr. and Mrs. Alva Evans. Elma Tyson stayed Saturday night and Sunday with Inetta London. Lonnie Brendle returned to Colorado after a month’s vacation. Johnnie Low family spent Friday night in the beef home. Carnell Brewer spent Sunday afternoon with Dorothy Nelson. Dallis Burk and daughter Geraldine weekended with his parents in Worstell. Bryan and daughter Lois with Inetta London spent Wednesday night in the C. H. Brendle home. Minnie Mae Crumpton and Ira Mae Keef visited Elmo Tyson Monday afternoon. Willie Burk stayed Sunday night with Geraldine. Elbert Keef visited Roy Brendle Sunday.
Saturday and Sunday social visits fill the week with relatives and neighbors staying with Bond, Tiner, Riggs, and Duncan families. Revival services are announced for the third Sunday monthly, while harvest tasks and illness updates mingle with local travel to Ada and Oil Center.
Paul Hewett and Mattie Ratton surprised friends by marrying Sept. 8. Mrs. Hewett hails from Lightning Ridge, and Hewett teaches seventh and eighth grades locally. The note also lists numerous social visits, church events, and Sunday gatherings among area families.
Roff community updates include Miss Maggie Cartwright visiting Atoka and Otis Clark a medical student at Oklahoma University visiting family. Obituary notices mark the Sunday passing of Mrs. Ollie Eager near town with interment at Lightning Ridge cemetery. Mae Brown and John Axton wedding noted from late August. Donald Ray Mun day born last Saturday to Zack Cartwright and family. Clyde Kennan visits from Dallas. several residents travel to Missouri and Illinois. Dora Ann born September 11 weighs 11 pounds.
Maxwell residents record weekend visits and gatherings as families and friends call on each other. Names include Mr and Mrs D M Kerr Mrs Allean Sweat and son R W Mrs Bertha Grey Irene McMeans Stella Mae Rowe Florence Lee Brown and others. The piece notes winter approaches and crops being moved with several households visiting Ada and nearby farms.
Round Top residents note busy farm work as sunshine promises quick corn, cotton, and wheat gathering. Local social news includes marriages, family visits, and time with kin at Walnut Grove Midland and Welker households.
The Chinese Association of Marriage reform limits wedding gifts to no more than 1 Mexican dollar and bans firecrackers at weddings, signaling tighter celebratory standards.
Union Hill reports social calls and visits among residents. Families including Suttons and Aarons share weekend gatherings, while Akers and Backus families are noted with Sunday interactions and church lessons. Nearby Brookhaven mentions corn gathering and Nichols visits.
Jackie Wilson spent the weekend in Ada visiting friends. Kin Lamb and family and Charley Davis of Conway visited Mrs. J. M. Ingram Sunday. E. E. Stephens home hosted Wright Hart family Luther Britt Perl Mitchell and daughters Viola and Mildred and Mrs. John Gann. Effie King visited Mrs. J. M. Ingram Sunday. Others visited the home of Mr. and Mrs. Adrian.
A Rome Kentucky man, 71, says he has used Thedford's Black-Draught for around forty years. He relies on it as a purgative when bilious and dizzy, noting it relieves symptoms and helps in many ways. Keep a package for prompt relief at the first sign of constipation.
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