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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1941
Page
4
The Ada community urges support for defense driven aviation projects and a local flying school, stressing airport readiness and city officials working to meet timelines. It notes national relief efforts, cautions against phony charities, and comments on Louisiana politics and global war trends.
The 1922 convention hall curtain preserves decades of local ads from Sledge Lumber to Coca Cola and First National Bank. Despite wear, the curtain remains sturdy as the hall faces heating, repairs, and a seven year payoff on bonds, with $45,000 still owed.
Jeffie C Winn of 324 West 13th is added to Adans list of notable poets. Mrs Winn has long contributed to state papers and recently earned national praise for two works including Stillness which won first prize in a New York anthology. A new poem titled Lost will be printed soon.
Thoughtful anthology selections announce a poetry guide featuring 200 works and includes a forthcoming portrait and biography of Mrs. Winn. The project highlights contemporary writers and aims to represent diverse voices in American letters.
Oklahoma expects a bumper wheat crop of 66 million bushels for the year, with 15.6 bushels per acre, based on April 1 conditions. Joe C. Scott, president of the state board of agriculture, cites 85 percent of normal yield and low abandonment, while March rains reduced other crops and delayed planting of oats and barley.
Coal county Schoolmasters club will meet at Centrahoma Thursday evening, April 17, with Dr. C. F. Spencer, professor of government at East Central, as chief speaker. C. E. Hough will host. The literary meet will be held late in April at Clarita. Bert Wise of that school has announced. Membership totals about 40.
Ora Hedges and CR Christian operators of a zinc mine near Compton Newton County 22 miles southwest of Harrison report cadmium ore infiltrated in a quantity of zinc ore at their mine in Harrison Arkansas on April 5.
The state filed a civil district court suit in New Orleans seeking 825000 from Mayor Robert S. Maestri and Canal Oil Company Inc. alleging Maestri received income from Canal Oil while serving as commissioner of conservation.
Pontotoc county with about 40 000 residents has boosted military service. Draft board estimates over 600 county youths now serve in Uncle Sam’s armed forces, based on a November 30 1940 Washington report. At that date 466 were in service and since then 117 more have joined, with 276 in the army 38 in the navy nine in the marines and 143 in the national guard now active.
Oklahoma lawmakers consider advancing a Sunday closing bill that would ban pool halls, dance halls, night clubs, honky-tonks, and chicken dinner houses from midnight Saturday to 6 am Monday with a misdemeanor penalty. Governor Phillips aims for a balanced budget next fiscal year via revenue and expense measures, including judicial redistricting and funding for institutions and schools.
Four Hale-Halsell employees completed six advanced and standard Red Cross First Aid courses and two finished the Instructor's course. The firm, first wholesale grocery to sponsor emergency mobile units, operates five out of Ada now. The Ada units were inaugurated at a recent meeting with County Chairman Davidson and Dr. C F Needham present.
A kerosene stove explosion caused by boiling water fatally burned two children in their home at Achille near Duran. Marie Single ferry eight and Edwin Francis Singleterry Jr seven died in the blaze.
Increased attendance and activity noted among Pontotoc county home demonstration clubs as spring begins. Home Demonstration Agent Mrs. Jessie Morgan cites growing meetings in Vaness Fitzhugh Colbert Union Valley Gaar Corner Friendly Home Makers Pickett Lula Happyland Hart Owl Creek and Pecen Grove with March schedules and April postponements.
A holdup man used polite speech at a Hollywood Filling Station. He told Attendant Jack Lutz to fill a sack with money and be brisk. After Lutz complied and the robber walked away, he left the sack on a counter unchanged and vanished.
Continental Oil announces price hikes of half to one cent per gallon for tank wagon gasoline in Oklahoma Utah Idaho and Colorado. The increase affects deliveries to dealers and bulk customers in the listed states.
The county health department reports a stray dog killed in Fittstown tested rabid at Oklahoma City. All local dogs will be penned for two weeks and any bite victims advised on Pasteur treatments. Authorities cite the 1939 outbreak and urge extreme caution to prevent further bites or spread.
Ruth Faye Atkins, 13, of 501 West 16th Street, led a Campfire Girls doughnut sale by selling 101 1 2 dozen, totaling 1218 doughnuts and earning a free week at camp. Her family history includes sister Mozelle also selling 100 dozen in a prior drive while Ruth maintains straight A status at school.
The War Department permits Oklahoma Army recruiting officers to double the flying cadet application quota to 100. College students en listed men and draftees may apply under new rules. Those in college won’t be called until after the school year ends. cadets completing eight months become second lieutenants in the air force and earn 75 dollars monthly during training. Ontario mines produced 109 million in 1939 gold and silver. In Topeka, five cats per household law. London reports 5000 pubs.
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