Ada Visitor Rekindles Town Memory of Early Ada Leaders
H. A. McKnight of Fort Worth visited Ada last week seeking a portrait of his father George McKnight painted about 30 years ago by Dr. Charles A. Thomas for the Ada Masonic lodge where McKnight served as Worshipful Master. Thomas was both painter and photographer later a veterinarian who runs a concrete pipe plant. George McKnight Sr. died in Wetumka in 1911. another son, George Jr., works for a Texas railroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
H. A. McKnight
Fort Worth
George MckKnight
Charles A. Thomas
Ada Masonic Lodge
McKnight
Thomas
Wetumka
George McKnight Jr
Texas
Varied Notes From Ada and Regional Update
A collage of Ada area items notes a big brown bear sighting in Yellowstone Park, local reactions to education boards, and jokes about reformers. Leroy Matthews named coach at Allen after success at Francis, with town humor about football games. Ada pressbox mentions Progress Edition printing needs, Konawa’s rapid growth, and local crime and law enforcement quips. Chicago crop report surprises traders with lower 1926 corn output, possible June revisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Francis
Local Ada blurbs and names reference
A compact fragment listing individuals and places in Ada and Konawa, including Jd W Bolt hardware dealer and Lb Leasure employed by Hazel Atlas Glass Ada, plus stray quotes and remarks about Germans and Jews in the Olympic context and Arkansas legal practice histories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jd. W. Bolt
Konawa
Ld. Leasure
Byne
Hazel-Atlas Glass Company
Ada
Statewide drought forces rise in emergency rolls and livestock cuts
Washington reports the 1936 domestic corn crop will be the smallest in 59 years with 1.44 billion bushels forecast versus 2.24 billion last July. Food shortages will drive heavy grain marketing and reduced rations for overwintering livestock, especially hogs, while wheat oats barley and sorghum projections are provided. A farmer near Ada tied the early bale to extreme heat, marking an unusually early harvest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Crop Reporting Board
Drouth
Crop Board
Oklahoma Endures Heat Wave Shatters Records Across State
A brutal heat wave drives temperatures to new highs in Oklahoma with many areas posting record daily highs. Ten counties join drought territory as AAA allows emergency forage crops without cutting soil program benefits. The state reports severe drops in corn and pastures while July tops heat records except for 1934. Holdenville reaches 118, Muskogee breaks a 29 year record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Oklahoma
Soil Conservation
Kenneth D. Blood
Federal Statistician
Mercury
Holdenville
Muskogee
Gore advocates turnip crop as drought relief plan
Senator T. P. Gore urged a late August turnip planting campaign in Oklahoma to combat heavy rains and drought. He cited a 1934 program, contacted Oklahoma A and M College official E. E. Scholl for a full plan, and said he would seek seed financing from the Resettlement Administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Oklahoma
T. P. Gore
Gore
E. E. Scholl
Oklahoma A. and M. College
Stillwater
Resettlement Administration
First Cotton Of Season Here
The cotton season opened in Ada with two bales arriving. The first bale weighed 2,060 pounds in the seed and was brought in by W. D. Jackson of near Stratford. It will not be ginned for a few days. A little later J. G. Lovelady,
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
W. D. Jackson
Stratford
J. G. Lovelady
Ada District Bullding Boom Mixes With Tragic Death
Ada advances several major building projects including a new East Twelfth Street bus station and additions to the Aldridge hotel. The Cumming building nears completion and the Washington grade school auditorium is nearing finish. Mrs. Mattie Joe Branscome, 64, dies in Ada. survived by husband G F Branscome, five sons, two daughters, 14 grandchildren and a sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
East Twelfth
Aldridge Hotel
W. W. Wells
Wells
Cumming
O. G. & E. Company
Cumming’s
State Oil and Gas Conservation Department
Washington Grade School
Glenwood
Long missing airplane found near Fairbanks Alaska
Prospector John Hadjukovich and two companions found the missing Arthur F. Hines plane 175 miles west of Fairbanks on a barren mountain range. The wreck showed the four occupants were killed in a crash, with the motor plate matching the orange lined ship that disappeared after leaving Dawson on August 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairbanks
Alaska
John Hadjukovich
Arthur F. Hines
Hines
Here
Hadjukovich
John Lenz
Alten Nordale
Dawson
Hadjukoinen
Bill McCann
Carl Tweiten
Healy River
Tanana
Chicken
Yukon
Pioneering County Citizen T S Sissel Dies in Lightning Ridge
T S Sissel a pioneer of Oklahoma and long time Lightning Ridge resident died Friday August 7 at 9 20 p m Funeral services set for Sunday at 4 39 in the Lightning Ridge schoolhouse with Rev Holland of Ada officiating Interment will be in Lightning Ridge cemetery He was born January 1862 in Himsted county Arkansas and moved to Indian Territory in 1900 later settling in McMillan and then Lightning Ridge He leaves his widow Lily Sissell two brothers Alfonso Lanier and Man Lanier and many friends
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Shipp
Arbucile
Rosedale Cemetery
G. F. Branscome
Ada
Mr. Branscome
Conway County
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Calvin
Branscome
The
Baptist Church
G. EF. Branscome
T. W
E. S
L. F
E. H
Ivan Branscome
Mesdames Ed Fllison
Emma Branscome Connor
Lula Kyle
Allen
T. S. Sissel
Lightning Ridge
Holland
Asbury Methodist Church
Mr. Sissel
Himsted County
Ark
Indian Territory
McMillan
Lishtning Ridge
Lily Sissell
Alfonso Lanier
Man Lanier
Four-H Clubberd Have Good Trip
J B Hill county agent and Mrs Jessie Morgan home demonstration agent report the 4-H roundup at Stillwater as a successful experience. Pontotoc county placed second in the county achievement contest in the southeastern district, with good overall scores though no individual prizes. Boys split into agronomy wildlife dairy livestock and farm engineering courses noted as the best offered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. B. Hill
Jessie Morgan
Stillwater
Oklahoma A. and
M. College
Morgan
Pontotoc County
Pittsburg County
Col Zack Miller Still Holds Old 101 Ranch Home
Col Zack T Miller regains legal possession of his White House on the 101 Ranch. He received the keys to his property in Oklahoma City after posting bond while awaiting the circuit court of appeals decision on an eviction order issued after foreclosure by John Hancock Life Insurance and Lew Wentz of Ponca City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Zack T. Miller
White House
Sid White
Circuit Court of Appeals
Miller
John Hancock Life Insurance Company
Lew Wentz
Ponca City
State Wildcat Activity Looms Across Oklahoma
Oklahoma City Aug 8 More than a score of wildcat oil operations are expected to begin this month or next, with more prospects in coming months. Coal county appears pivotal this fall while Continental Oil and Carter Oil among others push new wells in King Kirby Breedlove and Warner Hill areas. Deeper drilling continues in the old Fox Healdton fields with wildcat plans in Love and Marshall counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Coal County
Continental Oil No
King
Jesse Pool
Kirby
Breedlove
Carter Oil and
Ramsey Petroleum No
Warner (Hill
Lula
Coal- Pontotoc County
Pittsburg
Oklahoma District Oil
Cromwell and
Skirvin
Beeler
Lake McAlester
Shetl Petroleum
George McDaniels
Cotton crop may pay growers well
The Agriculture Department projected a 12,481,000 bale U.S. cotton crop for 1936, up 1.84 million bales from 1935 and above the 10-year average. An AAA spokesman cautioned profitability depends on production costs and prices, while drought-hit western counties widened drought relief eligibility to 890 counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Agriculture Department
AAA
Chicago Board of Trade
Kansas
Texas
Oklahoma highway road maps installed in Ada and Oklahoma City
New road maps showing highways in Oklahoma were installed in two large glass frames by state highway department staff. The 3 feet 2 inch by 6 feet 4 inch maps, prepared under M Rt Kester, cover road conditions up to July 1 1956.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklaohma
Howard Hunter
Russell Linton
State Highway Department
Oklahoma City
Ada Chamber of Commerce
North Broadway
M. Rt. Kester
Oklahoma
Homer Club Reports Active Week Amid New Projects
The Homer club meets weekly at the schoolhouse room to review canning and sewing, celebrate new shades and a 25 quart pressure cooker, and note strong enrollment and leadership under Principal Homer Kuykenday. Upcoming games with Happyland, a growing singing class, and two new homes highlight community progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer Club
Homer Kuykenday
Homer
Conway School
Happyland
Homer Court
Leonard Stimms
Bangalow
H. A. Blackburn
Marriage Licenses Granted in Stratford Ada and Surrounding Areas
A list of marriage licenses shows pairs including Leonard McGehee and Violet Ballard both from Stratford and others from Ada Madill Roff Hickory and Maxwell. Ages range from 16 to 27 with partners predominantly nineteen to twenty six. The record names each couple and their residence in this local issuance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard McGehee
Stratford
Violet Ballard
Albert Bradley Abernathy
Snomac
Evelyn Allen Griffith
Prumright
John Myrick
Roff
Marie Shahan
Philip M. Sinnett
Ada
Marie Dixon
Weldon Anderson
Madill
Wanda LeVausha Gay
Joe Bob Walker
Hickory
Vera Allison
Johnson Luckey
Maxwell
Dollie Mae Clark
Clifford Haines
Ruby Tate
Alfred Pennington
Lorraine Riley
Unusual Green Cinquefoil Blooms East of Toledo
Reports describe Woods east of Toledo filled with blooms of Green Cinquefoil, a rare green wildflower previously known from few specimens. The sighting highlights an unusual botanical phenomenon in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Murray 10 Speak Here Saturday in Ada
Ex Governor William H. Murray will speak in Ada on Saturday at 1 30 pm in the District courtroom with loud speaker outfit so all outside listeners can hear. The topic is Economy in Government and the Constitution. A large crowd is expected as many travel from the western part of the state for the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
William H. Murray
Murray
Marion Zioncheck dies in suicide during campaign
Seattle Aug 8 Friends say Rep Marion Zioncheck killed himself after depression and medical advice to drop re election bid. He leapt from a fifth floor window as brother in law tried to intervene. Funeral arrangements pending. coroner to hold inquest next Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Friends
Marion A. Zioncheck
Warren G. Magnuson
Zioncheck
William Nadeau
Nadeau
Zienbheck
Marion
Ruby Louise Nix
Kent
Frances Zioncheck
William Bankhead
Otto H. Mittlestadt
State 4-H clubs elect officers at roundup
Aug. 8 Stillwater. Arnold Neumann Granite chosen state president with Floyd Drever Douglas as vice president Emma Lucille Dohogne Head state secretary and Orpha Hayes Woodward song leader. District leaders named in southwest southeast northeast and northwest with names and posts for each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stillwater
U.pofficers
Oklahoma A
M. College
Arnold Neumann
Granite
Floyd Drever
Douglas
Emma
Lucille Dohogne
Orpha Hayes
Woodward
Lloyd Littlefield
Fletcher
Alfred Ellis
Gotebo
Maudine Plew
Headrick
Herman Aldridge
Duncan
Glen Milam
Atoka
Herbert Hynson, Jr
Finley
Vernice Johnson
Lawrence
Gwendolyn Walcott
Oakland
David Ballard
Tulsa
Pep Perswell
Cushing
Laura Belle Sherwood
Delaware
Raymond Magee
Stilwell
Northwest District
Bob Morford
Amarita
Jack Payne
Dover
Opal Mae Smith
Geary
Louise Yohn
Alva
Five Thousand More Men For CCC Called For Oklahoma City
Major Tobin C. Rote district CCC commander announced enrollment of 5,000 Oklahoma youths to fill vacancies in Oklahoma and nearby states beginning September 15. The western district based in Oklahoma City has 22 camps and 3,520 youths. eastern district based in Muskogee has 19 camps. Applications will be taken by county welfare boards. Most enrollees will join Oklahoma camps with the rest sent to New Mexico and Colorado.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Tobin C. Rote
Civilian Conservation Corps
Oklahoma
Rote
Muskogee
New Mexico
Colorado
Portman Mother Die in Durant Home at 64
Mrs. Jerry Portman aged 64, mother of Carl Portman of The Ada Bulletin, died suddenly from a heart attack at her Durant home Wednesday night. The funeral was held Friday at 2 p.m. in Durant with burial in Durant cemetery. Survived by her husband and 11 children, all living in or near Durant except Carl Portman of Ada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry Portman
Carl Portman
The
Ada Bulletin
Durant
Fort Worth Man, 78, Dies by Own Action
W H Scarborough, a retired real estate man, was listed as a death by own action after an inquest in Fort Worth. He was found shot in his room at 8 a.m. dressed in pajamas with a pistol in hand and a clipping about Fort Worth’s first train nearby. Justice of the Peace Marvin Beaty returned the verdict of death by own action from gunshot wounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
W. H. Scarborough
Scarborough
Justice of the Peace
Marvin Beaty
FHA Mortgage Clinics Ended Across Western Oklahoma
Major Hugh Askew of the Federal Housing Administration announced the completion of 21 mortgage clinics in western Oklahoma from Enid to Blackwell. In total 1377 people were interviewed with 1014 eligible borrowers seeking 2.16 million dollars in loans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Askew
Federal Housing Administration
Oklahoma
Enid
Blackwell
Housing Administration
Porroners
Pauls Valley
Alva
Maxwell Predicts Flood Period Across United States
Chicago August forecast by Maxwell predicts a flood period as autumn rains swell streams from Colorado to the southeastern states and finally reach the drought region in the northwest. He cites lunar-based formulas and navy plotting to justify the coming floods with the Mississippi likely to surge again by September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Shelby Maxwell
United States
Colorado
Maxwell
Drouth
Mississippi
U. S. Navy
ROW OVER BRIDGE LOCATION UNSETTLED
Oklahoma City August 6 location of a new Lexington Purcell bridge over the South Canadian river remained in doubt as the federal bureau of roads asked a recheck and report on alternate routes. Reford Bond chairman of the late corporation commission said a conference would be sought due to crossing railroad tracks and jurisdiction concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Lexington- Purcell
Federal Bureau of Roads
Reford Bond
Corporation Commission
Bond
E. E. Hudson
Santa Fe
Noble
Purcell
Lexington
Wayne
Highway Commission
Marland
Town Of Allen Seeks To Fund Indebtedness
Allen Texas files with district court a petition to review its financial condition for issuing funding bonds. It lists principal 29005.75 and interest 212.66 due and unpaid, with taxes exhausted and funds insufficient for debt payments. The town seeks to fund the debt through officials action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
Magnesia Bottle Halts Night Scene in New York Court
Arthur Fortwangler and his fiddle guitarist were interrupted when a Magnesia bottle shattered the window after midnight. Magistrate Adolph Stern reserved decision, noting no statute covers throwing Magnesia bottles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Arthur Fortwangler
Adolph Stern
Ada News Classified Ad Highlights High Returns
Classified ads in Ada News tout strong yields on vested amounts. Advertisers claim great value per dollar with secure returns and clear terms, urging readers to invest now for steady profits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada News
Also Mentioned on This Page
Curios
Yellowstone Park
C. Barton
Main Street
News
Ada News “Progress
Druygist Gordon
Jim Burgess
Jim Davis
John Burgess
T. G. Kelly
Oklahoma Bar Association
Cummings
Mrs. Branscome
G. E. Branscome
Mattie Joe Ann Branscome
West Eighteenth Street
Col
Zack Miller
Old 101 Ranch Home
Zionghecks
Ove
CLUBS
CCC
W. H. Scarbrough
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!