Lion or Lamb Marches in Ada History Across Years
Ada's March history shows boom and bust cycles led by a 1906 oolite boom that birthed a ghost town named Oolite, a 1911 water bond fight ending in void bonds, a 1921 push to fix sidewalks amid crime worries, 1931 relief through Red Cross aid and highway gains, and 1936 campus dormitories with new science hall additions, leading to a broader 1941 reflection.
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Ada
Rae
Oolite
Ings
Byrd’s Mill
Masonic Lodge
Lions Club of
Ada News
Adans
Texas
Pontotoc County
Adam
Fentem Hall
Knight Hall
East Central State (Teachers) College
John Fitts
David White
Science Hall
Ada Weekly News: April 3 1941
Local Ada news roundup for Thursday April 3 1941 reports community events, market updates and civic notices. Highlights include school and church activities, local meetings and upcoming spring events affecting Ada residents.
Dyer Announces U S Positions Open for Government Jobs
Nolen W. Dyer, secretary of civil service at the Ada federal building, announced multiple examinations for U S government positions including junior engineer draftsman several branches, junior communications operator, stenographer, typist, lithographic pressman, inspector of subsistence supplies, and nursing roles. The U S Maritime Commission posted an exam for deck and engineer cadets in the merchant marine. Eligibility targets unmarried men aged 18 to 25 of good character.
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Nolen W. Dyer
Ada Federal
National Training School For
United States Maritime Commission
Merchant Marine
Bridge work planned on Mill Creek near Coalgar
A. P. Hudson announces from the Coal County Chamber of Commerce that the state highway commission has authorized bridge construction over Mill Creek seven miles east of Coalgar. Work is slated to begin between April 1 and April 15.
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Coalgate
A. P. Hudson
Coal County Chamber of Commerce
State Highway Commission
Mill Creek
Coalgar
Mystery Chapter Contest Sparks Roff Library Effort
In 1919 the Ross Civic club staged a courtroom drama for a magazine contest asking readers to finish the last chapter. The event drew packed crowds and netted $1490 for the library, helping establish the town’s oldest public library later housed in a 1920s clubhouse.
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Roff Library
Ross Civic Club
Pontotoc County
First Christian Church
Arden L. Bullock
William Felter
Roff
New Mexico
Arlene Hughes
Ada
Bullock
Roff Civic Club
Pioneer Reading Club
Krebs
Felter
Frame
Raft Civic Club
Ada junior high girl becomes Canadian sensation
Marilyn Smith of Ada Oklahoma sparked a nation wide media buzz after a simple letter to the Kitchener Board of Trade. The Kitchener Daily Record pursued her story and arranged for a photo while local students offered to write her. Marilyn, balancing schoolwork and fame, expressed pride in Canada.
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Ada
Marilyn Smith
A. K. Smith
West 19Th
Marilyn
Kitchener
Ontario
Canada
Board of Trade
Kitchener Daily Record
Norman Riffer
Riffer
Newsnever
Harry W. Brown
K-W
Okla
Marilyn Jean Rozell
Louisa St
Bette Cama
Waterloo St
Miss Calma
Merilyn
Kitchener School
Carl B. Schmidt
Ada News
Miss Smith
Oklahoma
His Majesty
Three Companies Raise Oil Prices
Three oil firms in Kansas and Oklahoma boosted crude prices by five cents to 1.15 a barrel. Standard Oil of Indiana led, followed by Skelly Oil Co and Bareco Oil Co, with price hikes effective at 7 am. The move echoes earlier increases in New Mexico Texas Illinois Indiana and Kentucky amid rising demand.
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Tulsa
Kansas
Oklahoma
Standard Oil Company
Ind
New Mexico
Texas
Illinois
Indiana
Kentucky
Skelly Oil Company
Standard
Skelly
Okla
Homa
Bareco Oil Co
Humble Oil and Refining Company
Rapid germ growth and vast number of water plants noted
The text states germs can multiply to as many as 16.5 billion descendants in 24 hours and notes 2869 electric water power plants in the United States with 100 horsepower or more.
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United States
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Byrd
Red Cross
12Th and
Townsend
East Central State College
The
Ada Weekly News
Dyer
U.S
Roff First National Bank
Farmers’ and Merchants’ Bank
Cient
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