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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1950
Page
1
The Pon totec County Teachers Association annual meeting Friday night will feature a special greeting from a 40 year veteran to 50 year veteran Miss Carla Wilson Francis greeting Miss Lula Johnson Ada high school retiring this year.
Luja Johnson began teaching in 1901 and has a 21 year tenure at Ada High School teaching foreign languages. She previously taught at Bacone College Muskogee Atoka Healdton and was 11th school principal at Atoka for 1 year. She holds BA and MA from Oklahoma University with work at Chicago Madrid and National University Mexico City. She has traveled Europe and in Mexico Guatemala. In 1930 she received the Distinguished Teachers Award from the Oklahoma Education Association and helped launch International Understanding clubs in Oklahoma in 1946. Last year she led the state high school UNESCO.
Miss Carla Wilson began teaching in Denny in 1910 at $50 a month and later served in Stonewall and Francis before returning to Ada for college work. She earned a 1931 degree from East Central State College and taught at Francis again from 1932 onward, with salary growth to 270 by 1950. She is regarded as one of the area’s best primary teachers and lives with a sister in Francis.
A Bolivian beauty in Tulsa seeks to avoid returning home as a first aid course begins April 17 at 7 30 p.m. in the fire station class room. The Red Cross advanced first aid course requires a current standard first aid card issued in the past three years and runs 12 hours. Successful completion qualifies for the May instructors course. Additional class times depend on enrollment. Instructors Lindsay Davidson or Tom Eubanks will lead.
Mireya Urguidi, 22, in Tulsa on a six month visitor visa, pleaded with naturalization officials to extend her stay to avoid marrying a man chosen by her father. She fled Cocha Baba Bolivia amid wedding plans and said the engagement with a wealthy diplomat could not be broken.
Oklahoma City report shows the state school and commission with a cash balance of 1.93 million. Officials say no state bonds are available and county bonds attract buyers, with the department already at annual purchase limits for series F and G bonds. The school land department holds 41.5 million in bonds and earns about 1.011 million yearly.
The forecast calls for generally fair conditions across the state. Tonight will be mild with lows around 25 to 30 degrees in the northeast, and the 30s elsewhere. Friday highs expected in the 70s in the panhandle to near 60 in the extreme east.
Norman Oklahoma April 17 a family fish fry ended in a shooting of two Fisher brothers by three masked men who looted 2500 dollars from Mrs Frank Fisher and fled. Frank Fisher arrived during the robbery a fight followed and two brothers Mark 61 and Jack 42 were shot Jack released from Norman Hospital. Police set up road blocks but no suspects were found.
Washington reported the government will stop maintaining a floor under chicken and turkey markets. Commodities for 1950 decisions include soybeans rye oats barley and grain sorghums. Hog support expired March 31 with potential renewal upon congressional funds approval shaping future policy.
Washington reports a new blast of winter weather forecast to bring sub freezing temperatures across the east and southeast. Snow and temperatures as low as 15 to 20 degrees are seen in the lower Great Lakes region as extreme cold air moves from central Canada into the northeast.
Firefighters were summoned as flames rose over five feet, threatening adjacent buildings. The blaze was brought under control quickly, with discarded boxes and excelsiors noted among debris.
Genevieve Gray an 80 year old former socialite and wife of a Philadelphia millionaire died in her Los Angeles apartment. She had received state old age pension for ten years and was identified by police via personal pagers. Her estate valued at 1 090 000 was inherited from second husband Charles Theodore Wernwag who died in 1914. She later married Finney a dancing partner of Irene Castle and Joan Sawyer but they divorced in 1923 after he allegedly squandered her fortune. She reclaimed her maiden name and was once a prominent figure in Los Angeles and Pasadena. Her first husband Rupert Calvert married in 1909 belonged to a Baltimore family. A letter references her grandfather Henry Gray and grandmother as the daughter of Thomas Jefferson. Body at county morgue awaiting arrangements.
Lawton Oklahoma April 13 county commissioners must set a new election date for a $140,000 bond issue for negro schools. The May 9 date was ruled illegal due to failure to designate in legal publication the assignment of new city precincts to the award.
Federal Judge T M Kennerly ruled the U S government was negligent in enforcing safety at Texas City docks, broadening liability for 8,485 claimants seeking 200 million dollars. The 1947 explosions killed over 500 and crippled the coastal city, with mass suits consolidated for judgment on damages.
A petition for a temporary injunction was filed Wednesday in district civil court for George Rogers and O L Hill naming Robert William Chriss Ed Prior Carl Ledford and Oklahoma State Bank as defendants. The suit seeks to halt the moving of drilling equipment claimed moved from a lease six miles west and one mile north of Davis. Oklahoma City April 12. Senator James C Nance Purcell said he would decide in a few days whether to run for governor in the Democratic primary.
Opening day for the 1950 East Central Music Eliminations sees 25 bands and 132 vocal soloists competing across 11 counties at East Central college. Registration, warm ups, and 30 minute judge sessions structured the day, with James Cunningham joining Oklahoma Baptist University to assist in vocal judging.
President Truman declared crime is a nationwide issue not limited to Kansas City. He ordered a grand jury probe in Kansas City and proposed investigations in St. Louis and Washington. He noted other grand juries are active and cited Senate consideration of a crime and gambling inquiry amid questions tied to the Bi naggio killing and a lieutenant’s death last Thursday.
Results from Thursday show bands earning superior or excellent ratings. Qualifiers advance to the state competition with events set April 27-29 at Oklahoma A and M for rural students and May 4-6 at the University of Oklahoma for instrumental music. Class C bands include Konawa Lindsay and Headrdon with excellent to superior marks.
Stroud Oklahoma receives an $8000 fire truck with 1500 feet of hose and a 500 gallon booster tank to double Stroud Fire Department’s capability. Fire Chief G E Kuykendall now leads two units. Blair Oklahoma sees Robert W Spann resign as Blair schools superintendent after six years, effective June 30.
President Truman looked back on his first five years and said the country is in fine shape. He claimed more people are working than ever, business is prospering, and farmers are in strong condition. He credited postwar stability for the improvement and discussed farm surpluses and the Brannan plan without committing to a future campaign trip.
A long list of soprano soloists is named including Barbara Nell Rains Dewar Corenne Busse Duncan Jo Ann Barbour Healdron Sandra Wells Janelle Gooch Pauls Valley Mary Ann McKeown Ada Najia Hessen Sulphur An na Mac Cook Dewar Roberta Davies Holdenville Imogene Hinson Prague Good Meleena Wallace Ada Gloria Jean Jones Coalgate Doris Harnack Coalgate Sue Thom an Lindsay Sue Webb Sulphur Eva Ann Haskins Vanosa Eleanor Bicknell Wetumka Kathryn Cook Wewoka Patricia Cotner Wewoka Patricia Larimore Dewar Mary Lynn Cantrell Heaiton Mary Ellen Saidh Holden ville Sue Rogers Maysville Sue sie Nolan Fair Brundage Trib bey Delores Light Vanessa Marjorie Hitchinson Cromwell.
A list of tenor soloists including Joe Don Clayton of Duncan and Robert Fritts, with others from Sulphur Weleetka Wewoka Ada Cromwell Healdton and Maysville, along with judges and accompanists, showcases local talent in a regional event.
Tahlequah April 19 The Cherokee Advocate the journalistic voice of the Cherokee Nation will be revived April 26. The weekly paper has been silent for 44 years. Watie Pettit a descendant of two Cherokee edicts will edit the eight page T column. It will be printed in Cherokee and English.
Report of possible aircraft wreckage near the Swedish island of Oeland raised hopes of locating the missing U S Navy patrol plane with 10 men aboard that disappeared in the Baltic Saturday. Debris sighted by the German steamer Juno was not confirmed by search planes, as crews resumed the six day hunt at dawn.
Calvin, Oklahoma, reports a blaze that destroyed a service station, three cars and a truck, with supplies valued at 10 000 dollars and vehicles about 8 000 dollars. Origin unknown. Calvin has no local fire department and lies 20 miles west of McAlester.
In Chickasha Grady county farmers report drought like conditions with wheat and alfalfa most affected. Gene Cunningham PMA administrator says more farmers abandon crops due to green bugs and brouth impacts.
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