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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1952
Page
2
The Agriculture Department warns against overreliance on insecticides to control mosquitoes and flies. Tests show resistance to DDT in Florida and California but not to newer chemicals like lindane chlordane and BHC. Experts urge eliminating breeding sites while continuing to use sprays as needed.
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Higgs of McAlester spent the weekend with his father, George Higgs. The McLish Boy Scout troop No. 66 met Thursday evening at the school with Roland Wilson presiding. Mrs. Sherman Chambers underwent major surgery in Valley View hospital Saturday.
Mr and Mrs Homer Brown of Lawton and Mr and Mrs R B Brown and son of California visited Mr and Mrs Calvin Brown over the weekend.
Mr and Mrs Julius Conley and family and Sam Marshall spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Roy Coker and family in Chillicothe Texas.
Mr and Mrs Bob Mizer of Edmond spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Walter Jones and family. Mr and Mrs Finis Logan honored their daughter Jo Ann at a birthday party Friday evening. Virgil Hill and family moved Sunday near Harden City. They will reside on the Wilson ranch.
Mr and Mrs John Logan and Mrs Leona Logan of McAlester spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Finis Logan and family continuing family visitation near the Logan cluster.
The women of the Baptist church cleaned and prepared on Monday for a church conference to be held Monday night.
Mr and Mrs Donald Logan announce the arrival of a daughter born Sunday morning.
Mrs Jim Starns visited Mr and Mrs A W Starns Friday afternoon. Mrs Harold Massey and daughters Retha and Shirley visited relatives in Oklahoma City Friday. Mr and Mrs Jim Dunagan and children of Hodenville visited Mr and Mrs J W Atkinson Friday night. Mrs Maxine Berry and son visited Mrs Edd Sharker Friday. Pfe Kenneth Lowery stationed at El Paso Texas is spending his furlough with his parents Mr and Mrs Don Lowery. Mrs Minnie Doolen, Mr and Mrs J D Davis and Billy of Oklahoma City are spending the weekend with Mr and Mrs Babe Doolen. Billy Don Sharber spent the weekend with his sister Mrs Roscoe Berry of Seminole.
Mrs J W Atkinson Jim mie and Tommie Wilson visited Mr and Mrs C M Dunagan of Tecumseh Sunday. Mr and Mrs M C Botkin and Raymond Wood plus Mrs Mary Botkin spent Sunday with Botkin family. Mrs Minnie Martin Sulphur visited her mother Mrs Alice Archer. Walter Sutton Seminole visited Jess Sutton Sunday. A C Rodden visited parents H T Robertson Ada Sunday. Al Kramer and R C Kramer families were guests Sunday night. Peggy Wood at East Central Ada spent weekend with Mr and Mrs Mike Wood. Yvonne Baker spent Saturday night with Nadine Huffman. Neal D Leech Shawnee and Roy Hudson hosts.
Ada News reports stronger returns from its vested want ads as advertisers renew longer contracts and pledge ongoing spend. The paper notes higher value placements and sustained demand across categories, signaling a healthy local classifieds market.
Fort Worth amateurs Oscar Manning and James McMillen hunt a slow moving meteorite spotted Wednesday night over the Texas coast. They seek the impact site in southeastern Oklahoma and urge witnesses to contact them with any fragments or information.
Pontotoc county has contributed 522 dollars in reply to the Red Cross appeal for 789 dollars to aid tornado victims across seven states. The county’s share is part of a national 5 million dollar drive for storm ravaged areas where 223 people died. Much of the money came from county churches after a letter to 65 congregations urging timely appeals.
Three tests are being drilled at the Oconee field where four wells have been completed. Oil wells are capped at 300 barrels daily. the active spuds are No. 1 Hughes-Pope NE SW Sec 34 In 9e near Hwy 31, No. 1 Patrick NW NW Sec 34 In 9e, and No. 1 Laus NE SE Sec 33 In Se. Workers moved into No. 1 Allen last week to reduce gas flow.
Mr and Mrs J G Lovelace visited his sister Mrs Flora Shirley in Baxter Hospital Shawnee during last week. Mr and Mrs Porter Cales Fitzhugh visited his mother Mrs L C Cales Friday afternoon.
Woodrow Scott of Oklahoma City visited his mother Mrs Mary Lou Scott on Friday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Price and their western Oklahoma family spend the weekend visiting their daughter Mrs. Wilbur Hooser and other relatives.
Cimoun Burge arrived from Medicine Lodge Kansas Thursday evening for a visit with his mother Mrs Marvin Laughlin.
A study course will begin at the Latin Baptist church on April 7 and run through April 11. Rev. L. E. Perrin will teach the adult group.
Ada Oklahoma March 1952 employment report shows 175 job placements by the Ada office of the State Employment Service down from 251 in March 1951. There were 211 openings, 2 567 visits, 115 new applications and 165 unemployment claims, with construction manufacturing utilities and trade among active industries.
Spencer Jefferson was charged with unauthorized driving to the left of the center line and fined 14 dollars plus costs after appearing before Justice C. W. Floyd. He was stopped three miles south of Ada on State Highway 99 Thursday by highway patrolman H. D. Van Arsdell.
Local Stratford items note weekend visitors from Oklahoma City McAlester Ada and Duncan among residents and kin. A Stonewall reunion celebrated a service return. The Baptist revival led by Rev. Newman Antonsen drew 16 additions and 222 in Sunday school last week. Regulars include guests Miss Alice Jones Little Rock and Family, O. U. staff Ruth Snoddy Norman, and Wayne Haynes in Oklahoma City.
Nighttime speeding charges were filed in justice courts against three men. Jack Smart of College Hall Ada was stopped six miles south of Ada on SH 99 Sunday by highway patrolman H. D. Van Arsdell. Joseph N. Rosemond of Saint Louis Oklahoma was nabbed nine miles west of Ada on SH 13 by Mitchell. John Adam Wood was stopped six miles west on SH 13 Sunday night by Van Arsdell. charges were filed before Percy Armstrong.
Roll out regular pastry without fitting it to a plate. Sprinkle one third cup graham cracker crumbs and press lightly into crust. Place pastry crumb side down in plate. Pour custard and bake in a hot oven for about 23 to 30 minutes.
Konawa special report: First Baptist church forms the Vamoosa Mission to serve unaffiliated residents. Services commence April 6 at 11 a m and 7 45 p m withTraining Union at 6 45 p m. Jack Bowles store used for rooms. Glenn Poole to preach. Jewel Edwards Sunday school superintendent. E J Evans and others set as teachers and workers.
James R. Hopkins, husband of Mrs. Ammazoo L. Hopkins of Ada Oklahoma, promoted to 1st lieutenant. He joined the service January 1942 after Byng Oklahoma high school and Montgomery Ward employment. Assigned to the 53rd Fighter-Bomber Squadron, 36th Fighter-Bomber Wing in Germany.
Interest in Beaver County oil prospects drew the State School Land Commission near a record 147082.38 in oil and gas lease bonuses. Carter Oil Co. won 11 tracts with bids of 4212.80 for two, 6319.20 for three, and 8425.60 for five amid a Carter wildcat test.
Sen. Richard B. Russell of Georgia predicted at Washington that he would secure no fewer than 300 and perhaps up to 400 first ballot votes for the Democratic presidential nomination. With 616 votes needed, he said he would be in a very strong position entering the July convention and doubted any rival could exceed his first ballot strength.
Oklahoma City April 8 Duane Pillette planned to start for the St. Louis Browns in a bid to even the series with the Chicago Cubs. Ned Garver allowed seven runs in the fourth inning of yesterday's Shreveport game, becoming the first Brownie in five games to fail to complete nine innings as the Cubs took two wins and one loss for the Browns.
In Okeene Oklahoma a veteran handler Russell Strayhorn, 47, was bitten on the hand by a rattler during the 13th annual roundup as 15 000 hunters captured 1 684 reptiles alive. First aid was given by Vern Dale Shipman, a 17 year old Watonga Eagle Scout who helped crown the champion. Doctors said Strayhorn was not seriously hurt. The event ended with a 68 inch giant rattler captured on Okeene’s main street by Shipman and Jimmy Davis.
The Conservative Party led by Prime Minister Winston Churchill loses ground across Britain as Labor records sweeping gains in rural districts and wins control of two county councils Essex and West leaders push for government resignations Bevan calls for Tory exit while Conservatives expect a later general election recovery
S Sgt Neal P Crosson of Harden City transfers from Hawaii to the Washington headquarters as medical administrative supervisor with MATS Pacific Division. He joined in 1947 trained at Ft. Sam Houston and served in 1948. MATS conducts world wide air routes and supports UN Korea forces with mass airlift and evacuation totals.
In Cottage Grove, Oregon, 15-year-old Elmer Belcher lured 18-year-old deaf Mary Ellen Campbell into a woods to pick wildflowers and fatally shot her to stop taunts from classmates about her pregnancy. Campbell was five months pregnant. autopsy confirmed.
The Moscow Metro adds four new stations bringing total to 35. The system, in operation for 17 years, now spans 28.2 miles of track.
During 1847 to 1852 more than 1.2 million Irish people departed Ireland for the United States amid the potato famine. The mass movement reshaped populations and influenced both nations.
Queen Juliana of the Netherlands arrived for a formal ticker tape greeting in New York as Hyde Park hosted her weekend stay with Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt. The procession was delayed forty minutes entering the city line in the Bronx where she was met by Prince Bernhard city officials and a police escort. Grover Whalen greeted the Queen and urged haste as the schedule ran late.
In a federal conspiracy trial of 15 California party leaders a witness says the American Communist party taught war was inevitable but to be postponed until Russia is ready. William M. Foard, a San Francisco Communist, testifies he learned that war would be forced by Wall Street while the party aimed to preserve the Soviet Union.
A somber group of lawmakers gathered in Tulsa for the funeral of George B. Schwabe a 66 year old congressman from the first district who died of a heart attack at his Alexandria Virginia home. Among those attending were Representatives Wickersham Belcher Jarman Smith Anderson Rogers Shelley Mitchell and Rizley as well as staff and local officials. Flags flew at half mast and courts closed during the service. Schwabe leaves a widow and two sons George B Jr of Tulsa and Robert of Tahlequah.
Sir Charles Oakeley a 51 year old insurance broker won a divorce from actress Marina Bessel on grounds of adultery. He alleged Lady Oakeley acted in a hotel in Hurley with Aubrey Baring last December. The couple married in 1948. Donner Pass altitude noted as 7 189 feet.
Konawa Special District board approves 11 farmer-district cooperative agreements totaling 1 420 acres for contour farming cover cropping stubble mulching range and pasture improvements seeding wildlife and tree planting farm ponds water facilities waterways and soil conservation measures across multiple tracts.
In Gallatin Canyon Bozeman Montana a bull elk killed a rival during a head banging standoff watched by ten autos. The victor later charged as drivers escaped except one car that got stuck. A Yellowstone Park ranger arrived and shot the enraged animal after it held occupants for over an hour.
The Oil and Gas Journal reports a weekly drop in the national daily crude oil and condensate average to 6,386,965 barrels, with Texas down 50,170 to 2,907,365 barrels. Louisiana, Mississippi, Michigan and others also fell while Kansas led increases with 22,600 barrels.
Los Angeles police reopen an old traffic case after arresting Homer Cox whose car wheels were wobbling. A hit and run felony dated July 12, 1930 is found on Cox's record. he is held pending investigation while witnesses are sought.
Oklahoma Governor Johnston Murray renewed his push to equalize assessed property values, arguing current inequities raise school funding needs. He favors no fixed valuation target, warns lawmakers to scrutinize budget requests, and pushes for stronger local control while avoiding new taxes.
Senator Robert Kerr said he would like the Oklahoma delegation to the Democratic National Convention pledged to him but will leave the decision to Oklahoma Democrats. He avoided debating the issue with Governor Murray and stressed a wide open race as he campaigns for the nomination.
In Connecticut a psychiatric aide mislabeled a disinfectant as a cathartic at the state mental hospital causing the death of Mrs. Isabella Lowe of Meriden and leaving Mrs. Jenny Sardo of New Britain critically ill. Superintendent Dr. Edgar C. Yerbury said the error by Dorothy Callahan, honored as psychiatric aide of the year in 1949, led to her suspension pending an inquest by Coroner Morris Wrubel.
A Kansas Chamber committee urged creating a Kansas Turnpike Commission to study and build toll roads linking St. Louis and Kansas City in Missouri and Kansas to Oklahoma and Texas. Governor Murray of Oklahoma had suggested the toll network. The Legislature will be asked to draft a bill to establish the commission.
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