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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1937
Page
5
Messy but readable weekly column from Lula highlights social visits weddings and school events around Vaness and Fitzhugh. Entries celebrate marriages engagements and community gatherings while noting visits by residents to Ada Fitzhugh and Pauls Valley with details on seniors plays picnics and a quilting party.
Mrs L B Watson and Mrs Archie Mason and baby called on Babe Wilkins Friday afternoon. R R Cusenberry and mother Ollie Cushenberry spent Tuesday in Seminole visiting relatives. Mrs J C Woolley Floyd Brock and Sheik Lloyd saw a show in Stonewall Thursday night. Mr and Mrs Kelly Watson Amerada camp had dinner with Jim Burris Jr. Tuesday. Mrs C H Cooper Monday afternoon. Emma Robinson shopping in Stonewall Monday. Pete Ingram visited Dick Miller Thursday evening. Kelly Watson and Jim Burris attended a house warming for Chick Brown in Seminole Friday evening. Floyd Brock and J C Woolley attended Baptist services in Stonewall Sunday evening. W S Patrick transacted business in Ada Friday afternoon. J M Burris Sr and family visited in the homes of J M Burris Jr and W W Woolley Tuesday. Abner Moon and daughter Jimmie with Mrs Carl Brunson and two young sons saw a show in Stonewall Monday night. J C Woolley visited relatives in Ada Friday after several from Burris City attended the oil field workers union meeting in Stonewall Monday.
Ralph Hamer suffers a bone felon on his right hand. Mrs. A. J. Holcomb remains bedbound with the flu. A. V. Gaither has been ill but can sit up part of each day. Mrs. J. Y. Blackwell returns home after visiting Calvin and Holdenville. Velma Younts and Avery McNeil wed at the Methodist parsonage with Rev C C Williamson officiating. Mrs. B. L. Parnell has closed her Atwood teaching position and gone home. Robi Dowdy and Walter Price attend the Royal Arch Masons grand chapter in Guthrie. Nadene Johnson of Los Angeles visits relatives here.
The Vanoss group met at Mrs Farley's home for the last regular meeting and elected a new president to serve the rest of the year. The club women will meet at Mrs.
Sunday school attendance and a strong B Y P U program drew community members. Families and 4 H club members from Ada to Oakmahon attended the rally, with several local residents hosting visitors and relatives during the weekend.
The record lists numerous social calls from Saturday night to Sunday including Bro. Bird and Bro. Flowers at Owl Creek, Alline Stephens with Ina Lee Curlee, Gloria Jean Rowe visiting Mrs. Lola Fay Leslie, and many others at homes of McMeans Leslie Kerr Kerr and Vineyard. Wake up Hall's Hill and respond.
Attendance remains steady as the school year nears its end. Three new enrollments are reported Peggy Lou Gordon Betty Jean Gordon and Geneva Messemore. The 4-H club hosted a program Friday night drawing an audience and praise for the students work.
Norma Lee Henry and Mable Smothers spent Wednesday to Friday together. Norma Lee Henry hosted visitors Rosie Ray and Bob Barnes at church Sunday night at Pickett. Several neighbors called on Mr. and Mrs. Skaggs Sunday including Earls family Ross Russell Vernon Roberts Roland Golightly and Melvin Smothers. Mable Smithers visited Norma Lee Henry this weekend. Orlen Braden joined CCC camps and left for Phoenix Thursday. Argie and Margie Skaggs visited Vaness school Friday. Ima Gean Coley spent Sunday with Mrs. Frank Coley. Clarence Chilcoat and Mabel Smothers went to Center Monday. A large group attended birthday dinner for Grandmother and Grandfather Martin Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Skaggs and family spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Finch. Lell Penrod called on Ted Ingram of Wilson Sunday. Mr. Martin, recently recovered from pneumonia, had a setback Saturday in town but was brought home and was said to be better.
Weather note primes readers for rain this Tuesday morning and spring growth. Local items report Galey beat Yeager 12 to 14 in a Sunday game. Several Ada and Oklahoma City residents visit relatives and attend gatherings. A community singing is planned at Galey on the first Sunday afternoon in May with hope for wide turnout.
Saturday night church singing drew a good crowd. Residents and visitors spent time with relatives in Stratford and Pauls Valley. Local families hosted and visited, with multiple friends and neighbors attending shows and gatherings in Ada and nearby towns.
Ada Weekly News letters section humorously critiques Oklahoma and Texas fishing bait laws and state legislative busywork. The writer jokes about legal worms and the perils of following fish and statute, expressing satire on lawmakers and per diem antics.
The Fittstown W. M. U. met for Royal Service with 22 members present. Mrs. Hicks led the program and readings were given by several members. Miss Garnett Weber from Oklahoma City attended, and plans were made to send a delegation to Sulphur. A collection for an orphan boy was announced for next Monday.
Washington April 20 report confirms the appointment of Robert Lee Williams a 68 year old Oklahoma judge to a United States circuit judgeship.
The editor recalls rural poverty and thrifty living from western Texas, describing ash hopper soap making, lye, spinning, and self sufficiency. He contrasts past hardships with modern times, noting resilience and lack of reliance on relief, and closes with oil production data from the Rocky Mountain section showing weekly changes.
City attorney Mack Braly reports a Thirteenth street delegation offered waivers of damage from residents if the overpass is built there. If Fourteenth street signers delay, the ordinance may be repealed and a Thirteenth street plan advanced. The highway department would build on the designated street, with paving and extra crossing concerns noted.
Tulsa April 20 A weekly report shows crude oil production rose by 36 499 barrels daily reaching 3 462 352 barrels a day for the week ending April 17 first peak since March 23 Oklahoma up 15 775 barrels to 657 400 while East Texas down 599 to 460 098 Texas up 26 864 to 1 375 925 California down 4 500 to 620 500 Kansas up 13 800 to 192 575 and Michigan area down 151 to 156 812.
President Roosevelt asked Congress for 1.5 billion dollars for next year's relief burden and warned of possible new taxes. He projected a June 30 treasury deficit of 2.557 billion and urged economy by withholding appropriations and liquidating assets of emergency agencies. Senate and House leaders called for curbs on spending and Byrnes sought no more than 1 billion for relief. He also framed a need for a careful tax survey and noted two conditions for his new estimates: extending existing taxes and maintaining current appropriations.
President Roosevelt warns that a world armament race threatens bankruptcies and urges balance between revenues and spending. He analyzes revised budget figures, pushes early relief funds for next year, and expects tax receipts to fall but aims to save 295 million through spending cuts. He insists on constraining expenditures to fit the budget.
Mrs. M. E. Myers aged 85 died at 8 30 Tuesday morning at the home of her son Heber Myers in Egypt. Funeral services will be held there Wednesday at 2 pm with Rev W H Nettles officiating. She is survived by five sons Will John Holiday Bruce and Heber all near Ada and three daughters Mrs Sam Marks Mrs John Laxton and Mrs C J Stephens. Her husband died six years ago. The family moved from Tennessee to this area in 1895.
W B McAlester age 57 state representative from Pittsburgh county and son of city founder J J McAlester died after a long illness in the city he helped build. Survived by widow two children sister and a brother who died recently. Born November 7 1879 on the townsite of McAlester.
President Roosevelt outlines 1937 deficit at 2.557 billion dollars, 309 million above January projection, and 1938 deficit around 418 million. He vows to use all means to balance 1938 income and outgo and warns against increasing appropriations that would worsen the deficit. He notes danger from armament races and cites U S spending as smaller than wartime peers.
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