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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1933
Page
8
J. B. Hill county agent and Mrs. Jessie Morgan county home demonstration agent with Mrs. John Davis in Sulphur to score Murray county 4 H clubs contests. About 15 delegates from local PT A groups returned Wednesday from Sapulpa after attending the eleventh annual state convention which closed there this week.
Bob Shannon has returned to his Ada home after several weeks of treatment at the Sulphur veterans hospital. He was accompanied home by Joe Reasonover.
Oklahoma City residents Mr and Mrs P A Thompson and Dr and Mrs B P Ross traveled home Wednesday from a visit that included a meeting with their daughter Margaret Thompson at Gulf Port Mississippi. Margaret, a College of Gulf Port student, had just completed a sixteen day Caribbean Sea voyage with 52 fellow merit students.
Mrs S L Burns of Stratford shopped in Ada. Miss Gene Harwell ill with pneumonia. J H Phillips's brother died in Muskogee and funeral attended. Phillips returned to Ada. Bishop of Hobart accepted a Slaner department head job in Ada. Paper shell pecan buds advertised at Norrell’s Orchard Ada Nursery. J W Pegg of PEst department store Allen visited Ada. Mrs Roy Wilcoxson shopped in Ada. Misses Paul ine and Ruth Self visited Coal Gate with parents. S L Burns attended to Ada business. W H Rollew leaves for Muskogee to serve on federal jury.
Mrs. John Fryer and her two children return to Ada from Palestine Tennessee where they spent the winter with relatives. Mr. Fryer, a local attorney, accompanies them. Mrs. Buford Merritt and her young daughter leave the hospital and reside with her parents Dr and Mrs A D Coon in Ada.
Mrs Darrell Duncan underwent an operation for appendicitis in Oklahoma City yesterday. Her parents Dr and Mrs A D Coon were with Mrs Duncan in Oklahoma City over the weekend.
Mrs. Helen Robinett of Roff Mrs. Clarence West and Miss Susie McCormick attend the state convention of the Eastern Star in Oklahoma City this week. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Yates of Texas visit Ada for several days.
A group including R. A. Wallace Leo and Muriel Hennican Jerry Gwin and Mack Braly from Norman went to Idabel where Bucey Lambert hosted them for a weekend fishing trip. They caught more than 56 pounds of fish during the outing.
Mrs Robt Garvin underwent an appendicitis operation in Ada Saturday morning and was reported improving. She is the former Miss Mary Ellen Hatcher sister of Ben and Kate Hatcher. Mr and Mrs Jess Wall near Ada announce the birth of a daughter Doris June on Monday April 10 at their home.
Stratford residents visited Ada as Gordon Scott, son of a Stratford family, underwent an operation for a ruptured appendix Saturday. His condition was described as critical yesterday. Mrs. W. E. Smith of Rofs called on Ada. Rose and Jane Wooten of Ada and Los Angeles, respectively, returned from a Booneville Arkansas trip. Jane will stay in Oklahoma another week before heading back to California.
Notice asks anyone owing money to Mrs Orville Snead to resolve the matter directly with Orville Snead. Dated 4 13. lt w.
Mr and Mrs Ed Keatley of Sulphur moved to Ada recently. Mr Keatley is connected with the Frisco Railway company. They are making their home at the Land hotel E Main.
Mr and Mrs John Gee of 831 E Fifteenth announce the birth of their daughter eight pounds born Monday April 10 1933 in a city residence or hospital setting as reported in the local society column.
Mr and Mrs H J Mayers 304 W Sixth announce the birth of a son Tuesday April 11 193. The couple are listed at their city residence in this dated notice.
Rollow Hardware Co advertises Goon alfalfa day at 20 cents per hale. W M Peet of Allen attended to business in Ada. J Hamilton from Lula community was a business visitor in Ada today.
Mrs. C. D. Johns of Rorf was a business visitor in Ada today, stopping at local firms and meeting with business contacts.
W B Forrester of Mangum arrived in Ada today to attend the death of his father in Stratford yesterday. He previously served as farm agent for Jackson county and now holds that role in Greer county.
Mrs Roger Humphers of Francis was hosted by Dr and Mrs M M Webster at 800 East Seventeenth yesterday. John Gann of Chapel Hill attended to regal business in Ada today.
GOOD alfalfa day with 20 cents per bale price. Rollow Hardware Co. notice. Charles Forrester of Stratford was in Ada this morning.
Dr Henry Van Dyke an internationally known preacher poet and essayist and former minister to the Netherlands died at his home Avalon Princeton N J He was 80 years old Survived by his widow a son four daughters and a brother Funeral plans not yet announced
The body of Rear Admiral William A. Moffett, chief of the navy bureau of aeronautics, was recovered off Beach Haven, New Jersey, by the Daphne and identified. He was among the five recovered from the Akron disaster, which killed or left missing most of its crew. Three survivors remain from the 76 aboard the airship, which crashed off the Jersey coast last Tuesday morning.
Captain Milton Moore, son of Estelle Moore, 925 E Ninth, has reportedly faced bullets in north China while commanding American soldiers at Chinwanattao. Enlisting after World War I, he trained at West Point and later pursued an officer’s career with military academy ties.
The narrative traces Captain Moore and family connections including brothers Robert and Lucien in the Army and Navy, sister Corrinne married to Paul Waner, star of the Pittsburgh Pirates. A January 27 letter from Chinwangtao describes the China theater, refugee plight, and his observations of Chinese and Japanese forces, the cold, and plans to return to the states in October.
Florence Arizona April 12 Warden A G Walker of the state prison asked Pinal county attorney Will C Truman to call a sanity hearing for Winnie Ruth Judd who is on death row for the trunk murder case.
The Osage tribal council at Pawhuska urges the Oklahoma delegation to enact a special place act. It would let federal courts classify Osages as habitual users of intoxicants and commit addicts to institutions until cured. Furnishing narcotics or intoxicants to Osages would become a felony with 1 to 5 years in prison and a $100 to $500 fine.
The advertisement touts a plant laxative made from garden vegetables with active medicine that stimulates the bowels. It claims a natural product free from synthetic drugs and reduces dependency on chemical laxatives for regular bowel movement. It notes the product RUP for CMILOREN.
Irish author George Bernard Shaw told a New York audience that the United States could help avert civilization’s collapse, calling financiers lunatics and the Statue of Liberty a monstrous idol. He urged scrapping the Constitution, nationalizing banks, and ending financier dictatorship while praising a possible American political genius in a volatile moment.
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