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Newspaper

Ada Weekly News

Location

Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America

Date

Aug 09, 1951

Page

5

Farm Home Conference Aids Pontotoc Women At Stillwater

Seventeen women from Pontotoc County joined home demonstration agents Martha Mote and Minnie Lou McDaniel in Stillwater for a Farm and Home conference. They attended singing, health and fashion sessions, heard Dr. Robert G. Foster speak, and saw choral groups. Highlights included beauty demonstrations, hair and dress design, and a program on citizenship. TV broadcasts and a Why television feature will showcase conference activities. Short sewing tips covered pattern cutting and stay stitching.

Martha Mote Minnie Lou McDaniel Ada Stillwater Ter Park College Willard Hell Kiowa County Hugh Davis Tulsa Zon L. N. Persins A. and M. College Russell Hale V. L. Newland W. D. Gallup Gallup Robert G. Foster Menninger Foundation Topeka Kas Celeste Carlyle Chicago Miss Carlyle John R. Abernathy Saint Luke's Methodist Church Oklahoma City Sam Dew Reymond Verble Pontotoc County Choral Group Carrie Jacobs Bond Henry G. Bennett Oklahoma HDA Norma Brumbaugh Wesley Brantley Roy Graves Latta Clab A. W. Zachry Homer Nadine Boring Eva Mae Richards Pecan Grove Matt Heimer Alvie L. Griffith Harti Raymond Verble W. L. Newland Colbert Clifford Miller Vernon Gassaway H. DB. Welch Vanors Rae Thompson Gesse Jess Norvill Dale Tinsley Pickett Max Stegall Robert LaFevers Joe ‘Lovelace Hazel Bunch Clifford Anson Joe Baker Henry Neal J. M Goodpasture Pontotoc County Broun Gess Norville Mors A. N. Zachry Gene Shelden Household Acts

Arad 4-H Club Sewing Tips and August Schedule

Instruction on sewing techniques for sleeves yokes and darts. HP Club Schedule lists meetings by date and location at schools and clubhouses with names of guiding members and hosts throughout August.

Mother Tried To Sneak Son Past Iron Curtain

Cherbourg France August 8 a New York mother Mrs Philomene Kreisier Kirkwood 27 held in Cherbourg jail denying charges by ex husband that she planned to take her son Tom 8 to Russian occupied Germany to be raised as a communist State department requested detention until tomorrow New York warrant for kidnapping reportedly pending Her comment to reporters called the charge nonsense saying she has custody and can travel with the boy accompanied by her present husband Charles Kirkwood

Cherbourg France New York Philomene Kreisier Kirkwood Homeland United States State Department Raoul Michel Kirkwood Tom George Kreisler Manhattan Germany West Berlin Charles Kirkwood Kreisler

Matters Move Fast For Sewer Stars

City sewer expansion proceeds rapidly as M Whaley oversees line laying. A bulldozer, air compressor, and centrifugal sump are en route from Oklahoma City. A big ditching machine, delayed by rail traffic, has been turned over by the Frisco railroad at Wichita and is expected to join crews.

M. Whaley Oklahoma City Newton Iowa Kansas City Ady Frisco Railroad Wichita

Ada HD Club July Meeting Highlights

The Ada hamea deminatration club met at 503 West Eighteenth with refreshments for members and guests. Devotional by Mrs Shamlee, talk on family relations, and Martha Mote demonstrated family games. Next meeting set for August 22 with Mrs H M Shamles.

Ada Hamea Rome M. Byrd West Eighteenth A.B Uhlich R. A. Spencer E.G. Walker H. M. Sharlee Otto Martha Mote Donald Groom Byrd Shamlee Chlich

Flowers Dropped on Hiroshima Today

A U S B-26 crew dropped two laurel wreaths over Hiroshima on the sixth anniversary of the atomic blast. Capt Ernest Jones of Omaha Nebraska led the mission with crew members Getriel Verdi and John W Harris. The wreaths, supplied by Third Bomb Wing personnel, fell near the ruined Industrial Promotion Hall as solemn observances marked the day and the city remembered about 100000 lives lost.

Hiroshima Japan Waterone U. S Omaha Neb Korea Getriel D. Verdi Bronx New John W. Harris Fine Fiochester Verdi Ines Harris Perfornel Elso Earth I

Murray Backs Sub-Committee Support From Gov Johnston Murray

OKLAHOMA CITY Aug. Gov Johnston Murray promised assistance to a special legislative sub committee that uncovered alleged irregularities in state agencies. He said it is doing a good job and he will give it all the help he can. Rep. Wendell Barnes of Tulsa heads the sub committee.

Oklahoma City Aug Paw Johnston Murray Murray Wendell Barnes Tulsa Republican Governors Committee

Barbs by Hal Cochran cartoon summary

A playful column mocks social habits and petty rivalries, noting a Pennsylvania couple in the beanh parlor trade and a river dump of 40 slot machines by Ohio police. Jokes touch on aviation pay, traffic safety, and the mismatch between plans and reality, with light satire throughout.

Hal Mackied Pennsylvania Ohio

Picture Not Joe's Stevedores on Job

A garbled wire service style item notes dock workers, the stevedore crew, and tensions over wartime cargo and shipping. It mentions Patriotism and Russia related motions, with reference to a dock and loading constraints affecting duties and terms.

Joe New York Aus Patriotia Russia Ern Ward

Local Club Holds Meeting In Park

The Ada based club held a park meeting at Glenwood Park. Leaders Mrs HLM Sharmitee and ES T. Sisson presided, with Mrs FB also in attendance.

Ada Home Demons Club

Plans Complete For Konawa Schools Opening Day

Plans are set for Konawa schools with September 3 as opening day. Davis announces faculty for the coming term including Beulah Barger and principal assignments such as Mrs Bertha Scrozdns and Miss Bobbye Je. The scope covers high school and junior high staff across English, commerce, vocational ag, vocal music, and supervision roles.

Davis Beulah Barger Bertha Scrozdns Lae Hermac Bobbye Jefourth A.D Migs Viola Will Juninr England Ennis Inwin

Konawa Lions Family Picnic At Sheep Creek Ranch

About 69 attendees joined the Konawa Lions Club for its annual family night picnic at Sheep Creek ranch south of Ada. The event featured outdoor games, swimming, group singing led by WW. Tucker Jr, and an invocation by Rev. L. J. Gray. A long list of guests and members attended, including families from Ada, Oklahoma City, Seminole, Henryetta, and others, with many children noted in attendance.

Konawa Frank R. Swan Oklahoma City Jerry’ Crabbe Carolyn Frank P. Swen Clarence Raper Shery and Kark Roy Silber A.D. Thomas Bobby Cravens W Tucker, Jr Larry Bob Aubrey Seminole A. E. Hostetter E. A. Hudson Bert Harris Herbert Sugg Patricia Susanne Reyee Forbes Milton Courtner Wasné Wincer Billy Mire A. L. Stephens Burwell M. Bates Carla Craig J. A. Davis Duane Deborah L. J. Gray Ben Frank Ross Badgett and Sons David

Remodeling Tip and Atlantic City Fire Report

During home renovations cover toilet bowls sinks and avatories with old newspapers to prevent drain clogs. A blasting hsking company in Atlantic City suffered a $200000 fire in a separate incident. Burnt toast.

Hsking Atlantic City

Farm Views And News On Pontotoc County Fair Exhibits

County Agent and assistant outline crop exhibit rules for Pontotoc fairs September 12 14 25. They cover crop classes purity maturity color and uniformity for oats corn grain sorghum forage crops and cotton including sample sizes 10 ears 10 heads and one peck for grains and tips on cleaning winnowing drying and storage. They stress selecting mature well formed samples and note the need to keep detailed 4-H records with available forms and guidance.

Y.c. H. Bailey Lester F. Smith Pontotoc

4 H Record Books and Club Work Overview

4 H record books handle the business side of club work teaching members to manage projects. State and national contests for 4 H members are entered by submitting these records to the appropriate judges.

Equity

Antlers Hotel Attack Quiet Amidst Investigation

Paul Stewart hotel in Antlers was targeted Thursday night when an unknown assailant hurled three stones through the plate glass. City Marshal Sam Thornton led the night-long probe with no firm lead by Friday noon. The incident echoes a two-year-old spree when a suspect, later treated in a veterans hospital, caused similar damage after misidentifying the hotel as a radio station. Business paused briefly as tributes were paid to Elam L. Frazier, 28, Antlers soldier killed in Korea, with full military rites conducted by local veterans and the American Legion before burial at a local cemetery after service at the First Methodist Church.

Paul Stewart Sam Thornton Veterans Hospital Little Rock Bill Brock Elam L. Frazier Antlers Korea Pushmataha County Veterans of Foreign Wars American Legion First Methodist

Thompson to raise nepotism charge at Antlerstown meeting

Claud Thompson, former state legislator and Antlerstown council minority member, says he will cite a nepotism law violation at Tuesday night’s council meeting. He alleges a majority member hired his son, and may press for a town audit by the state examining board as a prelude to a grand jury probe.

Claud Thompson Antlerstown Thompson Council Lee Welch State Examining Board

Doenges Defends Car Bid Policy at Tulsa Agency

W C Bill Doenges said subordinates violated policy by selling 15 trucks from his Tulsa Ford agency to the state without open bidding. He cited personal ties to Gov. Murray and asserted no dealership he controls will sell to the state, pledging rigid adherence to policy during Murray’s term.

Tulsa W. C Doenges Ford Planning and Resources Board Johnston Murray Oklahoma State of Oklahoma Murray Gov. Murray

First Bids Soon For Toll Road Bridges

Oklahoma City AUG 4 P Turnpike manager H E Bailey said first bids on bridge construction for the toll road will be opened Aug 4 by the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority. Six bridges in Oklahoma county require 1 178 tons of steel and are estimated to cost 852 1 The authority will open bids on 16 546 miles of grading and drainage in Lincoln and Creek counties at an estimated cost of 1 786 025.

Oklahoma City P—Turner H.E. Bailey Oklahoma Turnpike Authority Oklahoma Aie Lincoln Creek

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Minnie Lou McDoniel Arad HP Club Rebee Latta Vanoze Colvert Club J. C. Burris Francis Club George McComas Fitzhugh Club Iron ‘Curtain Husbard Sewer Stars Ditcher Pay Eatel Ie Spain Sud Ben Basile Mts Ada HD Club Mrs. Byrd Pec Aorate Ag IG Spela Waolly Ers Transport Edad Meats Atlantic Brecon TUGAS Algeria Turkey Ere Tussa Usya Ite Msrail Palmire Togliatti Leonildo Joti Rita Montagnana Togliatti Tita Konawa Schools Supt. Davis Sheep Creek Faesong Collee Groupyo Nigt-Seilkil Lauiiius Kaesong James Healy Antlers News
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