Notice of Sheriff's Sale and Deed Hearing in Pontotoc County
Public notice item from Ada Weekly News details a sheriff sale ordered by the Federal Land Bank of Wichita against Bruce M Brady and others for 160 acres in Section 25 Township 1 North Range 7 East with 64/1500 undivided mineral interest to satisfy a $2834.35 judgment plus interest, attorney fees, and costs. The sale is at the Ada courthouse south door on August 18, 1941 at 2 p.m. Court orders hearing August 14, 1941 on Bogan Brown deed approval with bids due by then and publication required for Ada, Oklahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County of Pontotoc
State of Oklahoma
Federal Land Bank of
Wichita
Kansas
Bruce M. Brady
Ada
Clyde Kaiser
Pontotoc County
Oklahoma
W. N. Hughes
J. F. McKeel
Ss. C. Durbin
W. E. Pepperell
Wichita, Kansas
Attys
Bogan Brown
Vera Thomason
Hoyt Driskill
Notice by publication in Pontotoc County court
In Pontotoc County Oklahoma plaintiffs M H Northam W D Northam and Roy E Soward sue defendants F N Campbell L P Campbell Clare I Reed W A Baker Anna D Massie etc for cancellation of an oil and gas lease to J L Cowley dated March 6 1926 covering lands in Section 30 Township 5 North Range 5 East Pontotoc County Oklahoma. Defendants must answer by September 19 1941 or judgment will cancel the lease and quiet plaintiffs title with costs and relief. August 6 1941.DELLA BEDFORD Court Clerk. Deputy F ROBINSON. Kemp McArthur Attorneys for Plaintiffs. 8-7-38tw
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District Court of
Pontotoc County
State of Oklahoma
M. H. Northam
W. D. Northam
Roy E. Soward
J. Ll. Cowley
F. N. Campbell
Tt. P. Campbell
Clare L. Reed
W. A. Baker
Marie Cowley
George C. Crump
Anna D. Massie
State of
Oklahoma
F. N., Campbell
L. P. Campbell
Clare I. Reed
J. L. Cowley
Range 5
Qoenen
Della Bedford
F. Robinson
Kemp & McArthur
Ada
Attys
Tulsa Bomber Plant Nears 1940 Start Date
Tulsa based Douglas Aircraft Co plans to begin production of the new bomber at a $22 000 assembly plant. Managerarry C Williams says operation will start around November with tool installation and line-up as construction crews finish the building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Douglas Aircraft Co
Arry C. Williams
Williams
Senator Lodge Reports For Army Duty At Fort Benning
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge Jr of Massachusetts has reported for active army duty at Fort Benning. The 39-year-old Republican is a reserve army captain who has spent about a month each year in service and serves on the Senate military committee. In Finland there are word head waiters and street railway conductors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr
Massachusetts
Fort Benmine
Senate Military Committee
Rural Community Notes From Conway Area
Local residents traveled to Illinois to visit relatives Blue Black burn and relatives around Conway. Various families visited kin in Arkansas and Ada while church attendance and Sunday school remained steady amid warm weather.
Sunday Attendance and Social Note from Ada
Sunday school attendance reached forty with a sizable singing crowd Sunday night. Several local residents visited Ada Saturday night and Sunday, including Elvie Egglestin Arlene Hall and others from Worstell Fitzhugh and Cash CCC camp members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elvie Egglestin
Arlene Hall
Helen McCart
Cleburn Brown
Imogene Hice
Annell Bulloch
Mary Sue Bulloch
Robert Fowler
Dushcan
Billy Ray Christensen
Vivian
J. H. Bulloch
Thomas Bulloch
CCC
Cash
Okla
Elvin Scarberry
Bill Miller
Helen Pevehouse
Ada
John Southerland
Barbara Wallis
Verlene Hopkins
Worstell
Loyd
Floyd Wallis
J. B. Corvin
Haywood Fowler
Delbert Jean Wallis
Jess Corvin
W. M. Vanzant
Fitzhugh
J. C. Southerland
Gertrude Penrod
Jean Logan
Maxwell Teams Sweep Gaby In Sunday Matchups
The Maxwell girls won 6-2 and the boys 11-2 over Gaby. Numerous local residents, including Eva Lindenquist, Ruth Bailey, Pauline Barnett, and several Barnett and Krueger family members, spent Sunday with relatives across Maxwell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maxwell
Gaby
Eva Lindenquist
K. Barnett
Ruth Bailey
Pauline Barnett
Padres Bailey
Helen Cox
Etta Maeorman
Gladys Norman
Oleta Holloway
Nora Bailey
C. A. Barnett
Margaret Shackleford
Gene Krueger
Arvo Binegin
Rhoda Berry
Jimmie Isaacs
Laurel Isaacs
Lowell Hively
Etta Hively
Jeweline Eilis
Lawson Watts
Jack Watts
Tunice Cox
Konawa
Sam Cox
OWL CREEK Social Notes From Area Church and Visits
Rev. Parker led a fellowship meeting at the church on Monday. Ada shoppers included Mrs. L R Dame, Mrs. Ira Rose and Mrs. J A Elma. Mrs. W M Parker traveled to Arkansas to visit relatives. Visitors to the Couch home came from Mr and Mrs Jim Gettings. Birdie Dryden and son Jewerki joined Ada residents Henry Odom and family. Slicer family and daughter of Stonewall visited R A Sliger. Miss Louise Sales, visiting Roy and Dame relatives, returned home Friday night. Lizzie Jones of Marlow and Mrs A C Tranton of Houston visited. Don Rose was in town over the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owl Creek
Stonewall
R. A. Sliger
Louise Sales
Roy Dame
Lizzie Jones
Marlow
A. C. Tranton
Houston
Texas
Don Rose
Oakman gym ready. dedication rescheduled and 4-H fair planned
The Oakman gymnasium has been completed and turned over to the school board. Dedication moved to August 22 due to rodeo. program includes speeches and music. The 4-H club camp will be held August 19 and 20 at Sulphur with many club members preparing exhibits for the fair. A Pentecostal holiness camp begins August 7 at the state campground near the city lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakman
School Board
Carol Reedy
W.P.A
Ben Walling
Bufford Hammond
Ada
Edward Berryman
Edmond Stevenson
J. M. Lee
Marshall Razland
Homer
Pauline Kaiser
Mildred Hampton
Billie Bryan
Betty Jo Dryden
A. M. Cecil
Rosa Crawford
Boswell
J. R. Adams
Barnes Crossling
Center
Louis Hodge
Arion Williamson
C. T. Johnson
CCC
McAdams
Latta
Cecil Ackens
Francis
Elmer Lee
Jessie Lee
Lois
Katherine Coffee
Elva Lee Hilton
Richard Scoggin
St. Louis
Millholland
Amarillo
Texas
Grant Scopin
Hailey
Lane
Local visits and family travel noted around town
Mrs. Sam Collins visited Mrs. Eulas Jones on Tuesday. Mrs. A. Wall and grandchildren of Holdenville and Mrs. Hightower with children from Oklahoma City were weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Berger. Mrs. S. D. Lowe and children of Hugo visit Mrs. Lowe's mother Mrs. S. E. Williams while Mr. Lowe serves in the military. Lee Ponder called on the G. M. Pitt home Monday. The M. J. Brewington family visited Pauls Valley Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Tilley with Mr. and Mrs. Carl Tilley of Ripley plan a Friday trip to visit relatives in Miss Mavis Williams and Ray.
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J. L. Tilley
Carl Tilley
Ripley
Mavis Williams
Ray
Makings Of Conflict There But War Is Not Inevitable
DeWitt MacKenzie argues that war in the far eastern crisis is not inevitable. He discusses Japan's position, Britain's potential response, and the Russia China dynamics, noting questions about Thailand and Indo China as strategic flashpoints and the neutrality pact with Japan.
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Dewitt MacKenzie
Japan
Britain
Russia
United States
Washington
England
John Bull
Indo China
Thailand
Singapore
Dutch East Indies
Philippines
Tokyo
Nippon
Weekend Travel and Local Visits Across Stillwater Area
Residents and visitors make rounds through Stillwater Ada and Vanoss with calls to family and friends. Notable mentions include Quentin Brewington returning to duty in Boston and a Missionary Baptist revival led by Rev. Rabon in Shawnee inviting public attendance nightly.
Cedar Grove Social News Highlights and Visits
Cedar Grove residents plus families from Dallas Ada and nearby areas attended gatherings in Sulphur and Allen. Thelma West stayed with the Wilsons in Happy Land and Oneta Lasab visited her sister Mrs Roy West. Ruth Akins spent Saturday at an unspecified event. A snake bite involving Kattie Louise improved.
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Bud Band
Dallas
Texas
Necie Maths
Ada
Dick Kellogg
Sid Kelloge
Charlie Allgood
Cedar Grove
Noma Bingham
Jewel Clayton
Allen
Kattie Louise
Thelma West
Marle Wilson
Happy Land
Oneta Lasab
Roy West
Ruth Akins
Roosevelt pressures Brazil over Azores claim
Berlin reports German officials see US efforts to press Brazil into occupying Portugal's Azores as part of Roosevelt's aggressive policy. A foreign office spokesman says Brazil's stance is unclear and Portugal cites Azores as an outpost of sovereignty while warning of US influence.
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Berlin
Roosevelt
Brazil
Portugal
Azore
United States
Foreign Office
Azores
Army Training Site At Antlers May Encompass 200000 Acres
Antlers reports a survey by war department officials indicating more than 200000 acres in Pushmataha and McCurtain counties could be turned into army maneuver grounds. The area is currently controlled by Dierks Lumber Co. of Dierks Arkansas.
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Pushmataha_ county
Bill Brock
American Legion
Army
War Department
McCurtain County
Dierks Lumber Co
Dierks, Ark
Local Social Notes Highlight Religious and Family Visits
Evening gatherings feature Magdaline Green and family visits. Henry Jones travels to Duncan to see relatives. Hoot Drever visits Francis. Louise Chandler and Clara Duke host Edwards and Syble Wilson from Norman with Elsia Jones of Corpus Christi visiting Ed Price’s kin. Virgil Tillery and children join Wesley Price at home. Rev. Charlie Johnston preaches in Allen. Ed and Price families attend church at McCall's Chapel Monday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Magdaline Green
Henry Jones
Duncan
Drever
Francis
Ed Price
Wesley Price
McCall’s Chapel
$10 Dog Delays Defense Expansion Near Plant Site
In St Louis a small Boston bull terrier named Mutzie may hinder an $89 million small arms ammunition plant expansion. Owner Mrs Mark J Boundy says the dog and its impending puppies delay relocation needed for the government project worth about $10 million in building work. Enno Kraehe notes the schedule hinges on the Boundy property relocation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Mutzie
Sam
Mazzie
Mark J. Boundy
Boundy
Enno Kraehe
German Agents Executed at Wandsworth Prison
Karl Theo Drucke a 35 year old German citizen and Werner Heinrich Waelti 26 identified as Swiss were executed at Wandsworth prison for treachery as secret German agents after a secret June trial.
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London
Karl Theo Drucke
Werner Heinrich Waelti
Wandsworth
Germany
Troops Trek Across Texas and Louisiana in Long March
Allied forces press on across Texas toward East Texas maneuvers in Louisiana. The 36th division trains near Fairfield as 16 000 men work on compass marches and field duties. About 8 000 from the 45th division rest then resume marching from Mesquite Forney and Marshall with trucks. Coast artillery regiments occupy Camp Barkley while cavalry elements move from Fort Bliss to Hillsboro and Mertzon.
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Associated Press
Texas
Louisiana
Thirty-sixth Division
Fairfield
Camp
Bowie
45Th
Dallas
Mesquite
Forney
Marshall
63Rd
292Nd Coast Artillery
Camp Barkeley
56Th Cavalry
Fort Bliss
Brownwood
Hillsboro
Balmorhea
Mertzon
Gas Rationing Plan Studied For East
New York state officials draft a September start gasoline ration plan as a model for the eastern seaboard. The plan proposes a 15 gallon weekly limit for pleasure car owners to conserve scarce supplies amid tanker shortages. Caroll E. Mealey, state motor vehicle commissioner, devised the plan at Secretary Ickes's request.
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New York
New York State
Seaboard
Carroll E. Mealey
Interior
Harold L. Ickes
Sentinel Man Killed in Truck Crash at Culvert
EMID Okla Aug 6 Emmett Elmo Erwin of Sentinel was killed when a truck semi trailer rear wheel came off and the vehicle crashed into a concrete culvert.
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Emid
Okla
Emmett Elmo Erwin
Sentinel
Frisco Seeks to Halt Enid Frederick Passenger Service
The Frisco railway asks the Oklahoma Corporation Commission for permission to end passenger service between Enid and the Oklahoma Texas state line south of Frederick citing equipment needed for national defense. Ray Weems of the commission expects more such applications as railways conserve supplies and manpower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Frisco Railway
Corporation Commission
Enid
Frederick
Ray Weems
Frisco
Sailboat Bridge Opening Planned Near Grove
Tulsa reports the sailboat bridge over Lake O the Cherokees near Grove will open to traffic around September 1. State highway division engineer M C Shibley said an elevating grader will assist the WPA project by building approaches cut by rising lake waters.
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Tulsa
Lake O
Grove
C. Shibley
State Highway Commission
Shibley
Bizzell Confers 327 Degrees At O U
Norman August 6 Dr W B Bizzell emeritus of the University of Oklahoma conferred 327 degrees at summer commencement exercises Although retired Aug 1 after 16 years he presented the degrees in absentia at the request of President Joe A Brandt The graduates hailed from 15 Oklahoma towns and 17 states and three foreign countries including several from abroad
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Norman
W. B. Bizzell
University of Oklahoma
US Passenger Cars Travel 498 Billion Miles in 1940
In 1940 the United States passenger cars logged 498 billion passenger miles. More than half of these miles were driven for business purposes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Marine corps grid aims to recruit top athletes for officers
Philadelphia August 6 Leathernecks corner the grid market selecting leading athletes from across the country for Marine officers training. Col C B Cates notes officers must be both smart and physically tough and that trainees here are strong scholars as well as athletes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Col. C. B. Cates
University of Tennessee
Marine Officers Training
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Col. Cates
Ada News Briefs Mixed Travel and Local Visits
Ada residents report vacations visits and business in destinations from Oklahoma to Texas and Mexico. Seismograph crew from Oklahoma City arrives to study Ada area, while several locals plan trips to Norman Booneville and Arkansas. John Henry birth announced. Ada rodeo plans discussed among travelers and residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Ada
W. E. Brogan
Harry Stommel
Cecil Rhodes
John Geer
Jack Oden
Evan Watts
John Emmett
Les Hauge
Tap Arnold
North Carolina Maintains Vast Highway Network
The state of North Carolina oversees 58 232 miles of primary and secondary highways, reflecting its extensive road system across urban and rural areas.
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State of
North Carolina
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Ada Weekny
Finland
Ee Galey
John Rowell
J. C. Rycroft
Otto Rycroft
A. D. Rycroft
C. C. Haney
Will Greenleaf
Stratford
John Bittle
Union Hill
Leola
Amy Lou Bray
Norene
Iris Odom
Bertham
Rs. Bray
Mrs. Cole
Jess Ward
Glennis Winyard
Glenerva Graham
Perley Hilton
Geraldine
Claudine Cole
Lorene
Blena Bittle
Daisy
Ellen Wood
Severa Wood
Delbert Thompson
C. M. Singer
Bill Bennett
Fannie Scott
Ross White
Alford Pennington
Wayne and
Garland
Tom Riley
Ethel Tropton
Ira Rose
Harve Lambert
Leslie
Hatton Home
Lon Cecil
Eldo Whipple
Luther Hatton
Bessie Dame
H. Wilemin
Pickett
Constantin Smetanin
Toyoda
Far East
Bob Feller
Michael C. Geraci
Cleveland
Stillwater
Della Byrd
Mae Hilton
Wanda Faye Berger
Ruth Pitt
Sanford Ayres
Pauline Huddleston
Vaness
Monay
C. L. Berger
Brewington
C. A. Berger
Leona Willis
Billy Denham
J. J. Shaw
Allie Denham
S. E. Williams
Clyde Walker
Vaness Tuesay
Lonnie Miller
Childers
V. E. Norville
Vanoss
Quentin Brewington
M. J. Brewington
Boston
Mass
Atlantic
First Armored Division
Fort Knox
Kenauky
Missionary Baptist Revival
Rabon
Shawnee
FDR
Antlers
Franklin BC
Mr. Roosevelt
East
Sentinel Man
Marine Corps
Mrs. Earl Sumner
Bridgeman’s Resort
Minnesota
Jim W. Westbrook
W. S. Kerr
Mrs
Raymond Gardner
Rosemary
Old Mexico
Harve Ferris of
Steedman
Clara Gillock
Ft. Smith
Booneville
Little Rock
Arkansas
C. H. Hodges
Sam A. McKeel
Middle Tennessee
Ernest Goss of
Tupelo
T. H. Moore
E. A. Schmelzer
Clarita
M. M. Webster
Lucille Webster
Della Sherman
Harold Graham
E. E. Graham
Janice Graham
Oklahoma University
Ray Myrick
Mollie Hunter of
Atoka
Keith Wilson
Independence, Mo
Zeno Bradley
Tommie Bradley
Tommie Jean
Miss Bradley
Mr. Bradley
Bailey Martin
Joe B. Crockett
Wewoka
Ardecie Green
Coalgate
Alice Lathrop
Dallas T. Jones
Ella Lyn Monroe
Miss Mollie Farriss
Maysville
J. H. McNutt
Stockton
John Henry
Breco Hospital
Wayne Tomlin
W. E. Wood of
Ben Allen Rutledge
Lowell Turner
Art Rutledge
Colorado
Bill Little
Jane Dandridge
Ben Allen
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