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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1933
Page
8
Miss Mayme Gilmore of west of Ada was admitted to Breco hospital yesterday afternoon for an appendicitis operation performed after noon.
J B Huff son of Superintendent J W Huff is recovering from tetanus caused by a wrist cut. Attending physicians report improvement and that he is on the mend.
From Friday's Cass Mre C M Ray area. Ralph Clear, Mrs Mediock and Mrs McCann of Pauls Valley were shopping in Ada Thursday. Robert Lucas reported as el k as improving in the Sherman Texas hospital where he underwent a recent operation. Lucas is an employee of the Frisco railway.
Mrs Eugene Tucker is seriously ill in a Shawnee hospital. Friends in Ada report her condition. The Tuckers are well known in Ada and Byars where she lived before marriage. Their home is in Konawa.
Mr and Mrs A F Barker announce the birth of a daughter on Thursday March 30 in the Lieboe community.
Russell Boud, visiting his parents Mr and Mrs Join Boud, will leave Saturday for Durant to serve as director of vocal music during a two weeks revival campaign starting Sunday at the First Christian church.
Miss Katie Lee Howard, a Byars teacher, spends the weekend visiting her parents in Ada.
Dr. Blizzard of Stillwater attended the Chamber of Commerce banquet honoring 4 H club boys and F F A members Thursday evening. He joined other guests of honor at the event highlighting youth achievement and community support.
Prom Sunday notes T. Shirley came back Thursday from Merkle Texas with Mr. and Mrs. K. R. Wheeler who were summoned by an accident and death in the Wheeler family. The Wheeler husband has been ill since returning home.
Mr and Mrs taskell Floyd of Seminon visit relatives in Ada. Miss Lois Standfield from Roff spends weekend with her Ada parents. George Irge of Stratford conducted business in Ada yesterday.
Howard Scott of Claremore and Mrs. W. W. Slidge are reported improved after illness. Startley Meaders of the state highway department is visiting his parents Mr and Mrs Frank W Meaders. Miss Mayme Gilmore is recovering rapidly from an appendicitis operation at Breco hospital.
Benton and Matuzak silenced Tulsa Oilers hitters as OKC teammates rapped 16 hits to win Sunday afternoon. The rally reversed a loss Tulsa handed them Saturday, ending with a decisive victory.
Capt and Mrs Buford Merritt of Roff announce the birth of a ten pound daughter at Breco hospital on Sunday April 2 1933. Mrs Merritt is the former Miss Jackie Coon.
Mrs Ross Stewart and her mother Mrs Pat Straughn who were injured in an automobile accident near Ada several days ago were discharged from Breco hospital today. They reside in Mill Creek.
Mr and Mrs Frank Van Eatons of Stringtown spent the weekend in Ada visiting the former sister Miss Joyce Van Eatons and other relatives and friends.
Miss Mildred Bloomer a Wanette teacher visited Ada on Saturday and Sunday. Her mother Mrs Roberta Bloomer was also in Ada as a visitor.
Mr and Mrs Albert Horn of Coalgate visited Ada for the weekend. The Horns are instructors at Coalgate.
Mr and Mrs Bucey Lambert depart tomorrow for Idabel after several days with friends. Lambert attended the national guard inspection Monday evening.
Marriage licenses were issued from the office of the court clerk on Saturday April 1 to Edward Mantz and Rosie King of Pontotoc and Miss Velma Chandler of Okmulgee.
Robert Wear of Seminole, former Oklahoma Gas and Electric employee, visited Ada Sunday. He now works for the MacThwaite Oil and Gas company at Seminole.
Announcement of the approaching marriage between Miss Florence Cardwell and William Warren of Gordenville. The couple are known among local young folk and the plans are of interest to their circle.
Miss Cardwell, member of Pi Beta Phi at the University of Oklahoma, and Mr. Warren, affiliated with Kappa Alpha, plan an April 27 wedding. Miss Cardwell is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Cardwell, while Mr. Warren is the son of Judice and Mrs. Frank L. Warren of Holdenville.
R L Cox has been elected editor of the school paper at the New Mexico Military Institute in Roswell New Mexico. Word reached his mother in Ada Oklahoma. He is making a good record in scholastic and extracurricular activities at the institute.
Mrs. S Fairchilds of Roff accompanied by her sister Miss Helen Cramsey shopped in Ada yesterday.
Mrs. M M Merritt of Roff is in Ada today visiting her son Buford Merritt and his wife as they celebrate the birth of their daughter.
Mrs Elton Russell returned from Davis where she visited relatives during the weekend. The Russell family recently moved to Ada and now reside at the Kee apartments.
Miss Hazel Harrington daughter of Mr and Mrs Joe Harrington has left Wa tonga hospital training to take a nurse position in Coffeyville Kansas.
The condition of Mr. Stubbs father of B R Stubbs principal of Ada high school was reported very critical this afternoon. He is at the home of his son 822 South Cherry.
Joe Johnson of Allen is receiving medical care at the state hospital in Norman and is reported to be not improving, according to a news report this morning.
Cromwell high school teacher Burton Grindstaff attended Ada on Monday evening for the annual guard inspection.
Mr and Mrs Wayne Heathman of Lubbock Texas are spending time in Ada and at Rost where they are entertained by friends and relatives.
The resignation of C C Low, a manager at Slaner department store, was announced at the store this morning. Low has been prominent in civic work in Ada and will return to Durant to establish a new store.
At a business meeting members outlined a spring entertainment to honor senior girls from Horace Mann and Ada high schools. They also discussed the upcoming convention in Oklahoma City later this month.
Roy Oakley representing the farm department of Southern and Western Life Insurance Company Cincinnati Ohio visited today in the office of Walter Grindstaff.
Dr and Mrs Isham L Cumm ings were business visitors at the state capitol in Oklahoma City Tuesday.
Miss Gene Harwell daughter of Mr and Mrs M M Harwell has been ill at her parents home for several days awaiting recovery and care by family.
W. C. Hughes, chairman of the state board of affairs, returned this morning to Oklahoma City following a stay in Ada with his family at Pontotoc lodge.
Mrs. M. F. Manville is among delegates from the club attending the Norman convention in the latter part of the week. Several cars plan to go to Norman on Thursday and Friday for part of the convention with Ada visitors driving Friday night for the All State program at the university auditorium.
Mrs Churchill Thomas president of the Wednesday Morning Music club will attend the convention of Oklahoma Federated Music clubs held in Norman for the remainder of the week.
Louie I. Thomas age 12 died Wednesday at 5 PM in a local hospital. Funeral services were held Thursday at Old Midland cemetery at 2 PM with Rev. Carlton of Stratford officiating. Hudson-R Keith Funeral Home handled arrangements. He is survived by parents Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Thomas of Vanoss, two younger brothers, a sister, and grandparents Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Chambers and Mrs. L. R. Cook of Vanoss.
Mrs Lutie Maud Elliott 56 wife of W R Elliott died Thursday morning at 4 30 at 310 West Seventh. Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon at the residence with Rev O B Lee officiating. Burials details follow in the notice.
Mrs. Elliott is mourned with burial in Memorial Park Cemetery as Hudson Keith directs arrangements. She is survived by her husband and a daughter Mrs DB EF Cook of Ada.
The infant of Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Hensley died at the family home 218 West Fourteenth Thursday at 1 PM. Funeral services were held Friday morning at 10 o'clock. Burial was in Rosedale Cemetery with Criswell's in charge.
Melba Jeane Heaton died Thursday afternoon at 2 o clock at the home of her parents Mr. and Mrs. R L Heaton 926 West Twelfth. Funeral services were held at the home Friday afternoon at 3 o clock with burial in Rosedale Cemetery Criswell's in charge. She is survived by her parents and several brothers and sisters.
Mrs. JOE BURKHART died at her Frisco home Sunday night at 10 oclock aged 66. Funeral services were held Monday at 5:30 PM at Hudson-Keith Funeral Home with Rev George L Hayes officiating. Burial followed in Frisco cemetery. She is survived by her husband Joe P Burkhart a daughter Mrs Annie Blackwell and three sons Herman John and Willard Burkhart all of Frisco.
Market brief from Oklahoma City on April 5 shows hogs at 2,000 head with top 3.55 and higher. cattle and calves with mixed shifts, bulk 3.50-4.50 for medium to good beef. weighty bulls 2.00-2.25, calves steady. sheep and lambs mostly steady with spring lambs at 6.45 and Me dium- good wooled lambs 4.00-4.45.
Oklahoma agronomist H. W. Staten urges choosing home grown seeds for local conditions. He notes germination varies with planting timing and urges tests or lab checks. Emphasizes weed seed control, proper inspection tags, and careful seed bed preparation amid lower Okla homa yields and cheaper certified seed prices.
The cotton market showed a bit more activity with gains from covering and trade buying as commission houses reported better demand. May reached 6.47 and October 6.85, with prices near the day’s best, closing steady to 3–6 points higher on the session.
Spot cotton closed steady five points higher in New Orleans trading. Sales reached 325 bales with prices at low mid dling 5.38, middling 6.38, good middling 6.78. Receipts were 1,875 and total stock stood at 1,004,671.
New Orleans April 5 Cotton futures closed steady with net advances of four to five points. Trading ranged with highs around 7.95 and lows near 6.32 as market reflected mixed demand and supply signals.
Hogs 3,000, 300 direct uneven figures. top 3.60 for 180-220 lb hogs. Cattle 3,000. calves 500. steady on killing classes, slow on mid grade steer and yearling. Sheep 20,000. spring lambs 6.50-7.25. ewes 1.50-2.40. quotations based on ewes and rams.
The Adult Home Demonstration club at Franks met in the school with 24 members and eight visitors. The meeting focused on the garden contest and plans for gardens, signaling rapid growth after a late start.
The Central Adult Home Demonstration club of Ada met at Mrs N T Abbot's home with good attendance and one new member Mrs R E Simpkins introduced by Mrs Ona Wall. A committee was appointed to decide on a location for a club park to be built soon and the meeting featured a program on child welfare with participants enrolled in the program. Mrs Morgan gave a cheese demonstration at the close and members look forward to it at the next meeting.
Potatoes on track 357 with total U S shipments 702 russets firm trading good others dull supplies liberal Wisconsin round whites 70 75 Minnesota North Dakota Red River Ohios 70 75 Idaho russets 1 32 1 2 to 27 1 2 few higher Colorado McClures 1 55.
Chicago price report notes butter at 18 1 4 to 19 1 4 for various grades with extras and firsts listed. Eggs count 17 283 dozen and hold steady with no price changes.
Chicago today reports live poultry prices with 28 trucks steady trade. Hens bring 12 1 2 to 13 dollars, leghorn hens 11, colored springs 14, rock springs 16, roosters 9 1 2, turkeys 10 to 15, ducks 13 to 15, spring ducks 14 to 15 1 2, geese 11, leghorn broilers 19, rock broilers 19 to 20, colored broilers 19.
Chicago price records were set as wheat corn oats and rye surged late. Speculative buying centered on wheat and corn with bullish crop reports from Kansas and adverse notes from Ohio Indiana and Illinois influencing gains while provisions held steady to slightly lower.
Chicago grain prices show No 2 hard wheat at 57 1 4 to 58 with No 1 northern spring at 57 3 4. No 3 mixed 33 and No 2 yellow old 34 1 2. No 2 white old ranges 36 1 4 to 1 2. Oats No
County students prepare for Ada track meet and baseball tournament Friday and Saturday with two sections for high and grade school pupils. Pontotoc grade schools hold curricular meet at Stonewall. Norris field hosts track events. city ball park hosts baseball. High school literary meet at Roff on April 14 and 15 includes music and scholastic contests.
London reports Sir Esmond Ovey denounces Russia as morbidly hysterical over a world conspiracy and the six British Metropolitan-Vickers workers face death on espionage charges. He notes brutal interrogation and forced confessions amid stalled UK Russia trade talks and possible embargo.
Stillwater hosts the annual hatchery school under Oklahoma A and M College poultry faculty from June 7 to 9. Topics cover flock supervision and cooperation, improving egg hatchability, and reducing chick mortality. Out of state speakers include Raymond Parkhurst in charge of poultry feed research, Harry Bittenbender, Berley Winton, Reese Hicks, and D H Reed among others.
Pontotoc County officers report a clean car theft record for March 1933 with two thefts recovered and no net losses. Chief Joe Neal notes low insurance rates compared to neighboring counties. A stolen 1927 Pontiac coupe from South Francis avenue was reported and recovered, and another vehicle found near its theft site. In Jefferson City, a fire at the Missouri penitentiary chair factory mill is under control with no inmate disturbances.
Roosevelt program combining price supports and mortgage relief advances in the Senate Agriculture Committee. Banking Committee adds provisions for irrigation district loans and joint stock bank lending. Authority to designate a new farm credit administrator proposed amid farm board consolidation. Gore proposal to settle bonds with mortgage value rejected. Partial Senate report notes ongoing administration farm bill actions.
The U S S Akron, largest airship, crashed in flames 23 miles off the Jersey coast during a fierce electrical storm. 76 men were aboard. four were saved, one dead. Rear Admiral Moffett among the missing. Lieut. Commander Wiley survived. Coast guard and Navy coordinated rescue as communication failed under static and bad visibility. Weather worsen prospects. investigation ordered.
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