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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1936
Page
8
Local column from Pontotoc County GA details visits among residents including Riley Huddleston Irwin and Pennington families. Mentions CCC return, revival events, a wedding announcement for Lorraine Riley and Alfred Pennington, and regular singing and visiting patterns with names of multiple households.
Local notes record attendees at a McGee singing convention including Mrs George Standridge and son Henry and many others. Marriage news reports Alfred Pennington and Lorene Riley wed on Monday August 2 1936.
Sunday night singing went well with few Sunday school attendees. Relatives from Missouri visited Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Sliger while several families spent Sunday with kin in Pleas ant Hill Heavener and Happyland. Reatha Ellison Pat Harrison called on Mrs. G. W. Thogmartin. Aunt Fannie Brannon visited Mrs. R. A. Sliger. Reba Wiles remains on the sick list.
Sunday gatherings included Mr. and Mrs. Tom Brecheen of Allen hosting Donnie Brecheen Sim Johnson and K W Barnett. Pauline Barnett stayed with Ruth Bailey and later with her parents in Konawa. Lorene Buchanan visited Ruth Bailey while Mrs. Rhoda Berry and children saw Mr. Berry hospitalized in Sulphur. The local meeting closed Sunday night. Worstell won spelling and Maxwell arithmetic in a recent contest and Maxwell will play ball with Rebee Friday at Oil Center.
Sunday school drew solid attendance and a lively lesson. Various families shared visits across High Hill and Tomlinson households. Illnesses and snake bites were noted, with plans announced for preaching on Saturday and both Sunday services.
Community members including Mr and Mrs Guy Binkley and Doris join Doll Nix and children in Steedman for Sunday. Visitors roam among Lilley, Williamson, Scroggins, Tharp and Gaylor households. A Cedar Grove singing school begins Aug 17 with John Sheets as teacher.
The article notes extended hot dry weather diminishing cotton prospects with wilted plants and small squares. It cites Ada and Fitzhugh areas facing drought, notes rains needed to improve yields, and mentions uneven regional moisture affecting future growth.
Sunday night prayer meeting well attended. Bro Bird to preach at this place Saturday night Sunday and Sunday night drawing attendees. Several local residents visited relatives and spent evenings with neighbors including Celia Watson with her son, Stella Mae Rowe with Irene McMeans, Otto and Orel Leslie with Pete Leslie, Mannie Lee Ginn with Bonnie Jared, Bud Sweat with Allen Sweat, and Roy Kerr family with Gloria Jean. Lois Kerr visiting Sardis Oklahoma relatives during this writing.
Irene McMeans called on Stella Mae Rowe while Chuck Watson and Owen Herrington visited Allen Sweat. Lola Fay Brown and Mary Nell Rowe spent Wednesday evening. Everyone remember church events at this place this weekend as Hall’s Hill plans a return meeting.
Obituary notice for T. S. Sissel who died Friday night in Ada hospital. Wife and many relatives survive. Poem-like tribute by Mrs. Ruby Herring of Hickory Oklahoma describes farewell and belief in a heavenly home.
Juanita Proffitt visited her niece Robbie Lee Goss in Stone Wall last weekend. Helen Proffitt visits her sisters Addie Rogers and Mrs. R. E. Walker at Chandler. Jess Cannon plans a move to California. C A Montgomery moves his store. Hudson Little Country store returns to Coalgate business district. Holiness meeting continues with singing and prayer. several saved. Mr. and Mrs. Allen Jennings move nearer the depot. Mrs. Mattie Junkin and daughter vacation with her brother to the coast.
Vanoss Wilson and Thionnie Philips visited sister Mrs. Marcha Smith Saturday night. Louise Pitt returned from Stillwater after a week at the state 4 H roundup. Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Higgins and Wynnewood kin visited son Elvin Highzins. A string of tools is missing at the new schoolhouse well. casing is being run to stop caving as drillers expect to resume work.
The Associated Women of the American Farm Bureau Federation is described during the 1936 Farmers Week at Oklahoma A and M college. Organized in December 1954, the group aims to unite rural women with state farm bureau federations and home demonstration bodies to strengthen extension work and rural life through national coordination with city women groups.
Pontotoc county nears emergency drought designation as heat persists. Creeks dry up and springs fail while corn feeds hold. cotton deteriorates with boll weevil absence, and farmers await rain to salvage crops and avert losses.
A revocation of a state highway commission letter directing maintenance crews in Okfuskee county to buy gasoline from four major firms was issued after public release. The letter named Continental Oil City Service Phillips Petroleum and Texas Co. and tied to requests by officials. Ferris denied knowledge. Also halted were seven houses for District Engineer H B McDowell and a 15000 dollar grant for Antlers warehouse residences amid payroll funding questions.
August 1 condition for Oklahoma cotton runs 48 percent of normal, the lowest since 1934 except for that year. Forecasts project 90 pounds per acre and 465000 bales, well below 1925 and 1923-32 averages, with historical yields listed for 1934 1930 1923 1922 and 1921 to show the decline.
President Roosevelt defended the prevailing WPA relief wage policy, noting private employers struggle to hire relief workers when wages are too low. He cited Mexican and French Canadian border labor, New Jersey berry-pickers, and southern border workers as examples, saying relief wages must be maintained despite private competition.
James H. Lowery longtime Ada resident died at 11 45 p m in Clinton. Funeral set for Thursday home in Clinton with services at 19 a m. Born Carroll County Tennessee May 28 1862 he moved to Indian Territory in 1890 and Ada in 1904 where he ran barber shops. Survived by wife Ida M Lowery and six children including C L Lowery Rey Lowery and O L Lowery. O L Lowery to attend funeral. ENID note reports Atlanta officers transporting Frederick D Fair to Georgia for a 1928 death sentence.
In extreme Oklahoma heat, detainees were moved earlier than planned today as authorities escorted a prisoner out, citing dangerous conditions and a suffocating environment. No injuries were reported during the transfer.
The 1936 dispatch warns that Spain faces industrial, shipping, banking collapse as civil war intensifies. Madrid’s capture could bring Francoist rule, while a Popular Front victory risks a leftward swing. both sides armed and poised for prolonged conflict.
Charley Lockhart the Texas state treasurer, who stands 45 inches tall, is on a week long vacation in New York. His staff funded the trip as a gift after his strong primary win, with Lockhart saying Texas is in good financial shape and he is confident of another term.
Oklahoma City August 12 Governor E W Marland will travel to Fort Sill Friday to review the Oklahoma national guard on Sunday at 9 a m. The guard camp is scheduled to close August 22.
Mrs. John Nagle gave birth to her tenth child in ten years in Toronto as the race for a $500,000 prize under Charles Vance Miller's will tightens. The deadline is October 31, 1956. Other claims include Mrs. Martin Kenny with 12 children and challengers Mrs. Arthur Timlock and Mrs. Grace Bagnato. Nagle's baby girl weighed nine pounds and is her twelfth child since marriage at 17. she is now 34.
J C McDowell 38 western district circuit clerk of Clay county Arkansas died in Poplar Bluff Missouri from internal hemorrhage after a democratic primary defeat by 3 to 1. He had held the office for 22 years and underwent three blood transfusions. The body will be returned to Corning for burial. He is survived by his widow and 10 children.
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