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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1936
Page
8
Mr and Mrs J W Escue of Shidler Oklahoma are visiting at the home of Mrs Escue s parents Mr and Mrs Lewis Lawyer and family
Several Ada residents and visitors are noted in this report. Bud Ellison plans a two week stay in Corpus Christi Texas with his daughter. Mrs Gervis Taylor travels to New Orleans after visiting in Amarillo. Elmer Young visits Ada for business and friends. Miss Bertha Sturdevant and Miss Myrtie Sturdevant depart for Lake Louise Seattle and California as faculty members. Mr and Mrs Bert Ratliff and children head to Indianapolis for the National Rural Carriers convention. W R Black travels to Cleveland Oklahoma for an aunt’s funeral. Eva Williams returns to Fitzhugh after two and a half months in Hobbs New Mexico. Burr McWhirt visits Corsicana for friends and business. Dr C C Morris remains at Mayo Hospital Rochester Minnesota. his family spend the month at Three Lakes Wisconsin. Exact medical details are not determined.
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Lambert are spending the weekend in Hugo visiting relatives and friends.
Mrs Vesta U Hardbereer heads to Tulsa to visit relatives for a week. Mr and Mrs Robert D Hadley travel from Hollywood to New York City after visiting the Hadley home. Mrs Sam Sachs sails to New York Pittsburgh Patterson and more with September return. visits relatives unseen since 1997 and a 16 year gap in Patterson. Later stops include Hot Springs and Ft Smith Arkansas. Mrs Earl Nichols visits Ada. Roy Roberts and C L Hall relocate to Ada. Yancey family from McKenzie Tennessee visiting, schedule to attend the Dallas Fort Worth Centennial.
Rew and Mrs. Ivan J. Young return to Hot Springs Arkansas for August after being called home because of the death of C. E. Cunning.
Katherine Freeman and her young daughter Haskeleen departed Sunday for Yuma Arizona. They traveled with Katherine Freeman's parents Mr and Mrs O R Freeman and Mrs Freemans niece Miss Delphia Lewis of Fayetteville Arkansas accompanying them.
Mr and Mrs Churchill W Thomas departed Monday for Washington D C and other eastern points. Thomas is a professor of biology at East Central State Teachers College.
Mrs Clyde Barnes announces the birth of a baby girl weighing 514 pounds on August 16 at 311 N Center. The infant is named Dorothy Jane.
Mrs. Guy Rushing and her daughters Matilda and Leah May of Shamrock Texas visit relatives in Ada and Lawrence Oklahoma and stay with Mrs. Jim Rogers Mrs. J. H. Wilburn and Mrs. R. E. Crooks.
Mr and Mrs Bill Jared of eight miles southeast announce the birth of a baby girl born August 17 at their home.
Miss Elizabeth McCoy reports the death of her sister Mrs. George Jay of Sherman Texas. Mrs. Jay is survived by her husband and three children. Mr and Mrs H E Smith and their children Harold Ted Janet and Cherry have returned from a 1606 mile west tour visiting Roswell Carlsbad Mt Capitan and Ruidosa New Mexico.
Mrs Hugh Andrews departed Monday for Eldorado Arkansas after a week visiting her father C A Bayless. The Andrews had previously resided in Monroe Louisiana.
Washington aug 17 rising food prices were forecast as agriculture officials study aiding drought areas through fall and winter. Secretary Wallace weighs a 10 million seed purchase to secure next year’s supplies while army quartermasters expect basic foods to rise up to 20 percent by spring.
In Moscow the central committee of trade unions urges easing homework for workers, organizing food deliveries, and studying family culture. Troud notes conferences to reveal worker family needs, with wives of engineers sharing concerns on dining, childcare, and culture. A chief cook supports publishing a 1937 daily menu while letters seek cooking guidance and affordable utensils.
Ellis Clayton Cubby Wright 27 full blood Indian died by self infliction at his Ada area home early Monday after taking a shotgun blast to the head. His wife wrestled with the weapon as he fired. Coroner’s jury ruled suicide. Wright had warned others Sunday it would be his last day. He borrowed a shotgun from a nearby neighbor to shoot a screech owl moments before the fatal shot. Wright’s father Rev I S Wright and mother Martha Johnson are named. Funeral services will be announced by Keith Funeral Chapel of Ada.
ENID Oklahoma. Mr and Mrs W T Stoalabarger who settled in the Cherokee Strip in 1895 and homesteaded near Enid celebrated their 57th wedding anniversary this week. Stoalabarger is 77 and his wife 75.
Dry season fires kept Ada fire trucks busy on Monday. A trash fire near Broadway and Fourth Street lit a fence in the 190 block, quickly extinguished. In the afternoon a grass fire at Townsend Avenue’s south pasture spread rapidly until water pumps and tanks controlled and dampened the blaze.
Four Phoenix businessmen die in a night plane crash when a friend who had declined the invitation to fly earlier joined the group. A four-year-old in a collision elsewhere also perishes. Victims named Phil Torrey Harold Baker H E Lindsey Dwight Hanson. Rosario Martinez dies in a car crash with an ambulance.
Water scarcity in Ade and nearby areas triggers shutdowns across multiple wells in Pontotoc County and Coal County in Oklahoma. Several tests like Continental No 1 King face imminent shut down if rain remains absent. Some operations continue with creeks tapped, while others await recoveries and new water sources.
Completion of wells in the Fitts field continues despite intense heat. Production figures include Stahl No Dennis NE SW SW of 21-27 Upper Simpson with potential 1924.26 barrels daily and Skelly No 14 Park College NE NE NW of 28-27 Hunton well producing 241.28 barrels in one hour.
Gov. Alf M. Landon nearly finalizes plans for an eastern campaign tour. The Republican presidential nominee will start August 20 from LaSalle Colorado, visiting Colorado Nebraska Illinois Ohio Pennsylvania New York Missouri and return to Topeka Kansas by August 27. He will make more than 34 stops eastbound and 15 westbound and meet local party leaders in a lounge car aboard his special train.
The National Union for Social Justice named Rev. Charles E. Coughlin of Detroit as its first president. Lemke and O'Brien were nominated for president and vice president. Delegates endorsed Lemke and O'Brien amid a noisy demonstration, while Coughlin was chosen by acclamation and began appointing the leadership under a new constitution.
A head-on crash near Quinton Oklahoma killed Mia Herbert Boggs wife of a state representative from Latimer county and Pete Ables of Madill on his way to marry Miss Lulu Wheatley of Stigler. Seven others were injured including seven year old Tommy Boggs who was most severely hurt. Miss Wheatley and Bud Winniger were treated for cuts and bruises. Ables and Winniger were CCC campers at Wilburton.
The new 24 foot wide South Canadian river bridge on Highway 48 opened to general traffic Wednesday afternoon. The State Highway Department built the modern structure to handle growing traffic, though approach paving caused some delay. Direct approaches on both ends improve access and view.
Mrs. Mary Love Neff, a pioneer telegraph operator who began service in 1867 and served during the Black Hawk War, was honored by the Old-Time Telegraphers and Historical Association and holds a life membership in the group.
In ten days 29 000 people visited the Ukrainian folk art exhibit in Moscow. The visitors book is filled with enthusiastic remarks about the display.
Classified listing notes strong value in investment plans with vested benefits. Advertisement highlights Ada area options offering high yields, clear terms, and accessible entry points for readers seeking reliable growth.
Dr. F E Townsend claimed Gomer Smith Oklahoma City attorney was ousted from the national board of Old Age Revolving Pensions Ltd and would not sit as president with Smith still a member. Townsend asserted he would not work with him any longer, while others denied removal and noted Smith’s westward tour for Roosevelt.
Oklahoma City August 14 Turnip planting will be urged as drought relief. E A Kissick says government seed will be provided after regular clients are served. D C Mooring calls turnips a cheap fall crop with greens in 30 days and roots in 60.
The state attorney general approved Wednesday a bond issue for Union Graded Consolidated School No. 2 at Fittstown. The $17,000 issue will help finance construction of a new building to house six grades.
Oil industry bogged by water scarcity with multiple wells shut down until rain arrives. Jesse and Coal County wells, plus several in the Fitts field, paused operations as Magnolia No. 17 Metropolitan shows initial test output of 2 744 barrels daily after completion in the SW SE of section 22 2 7.
Four Chemical Process Company workers died from gas asphyxiation while preparing to acid treat the Magnolia No. 6 oil well, 18 miles southwest of Odessa in Crane County. Survivors Leo Hurley and others reported Torbart entered the cellar to test pressure and was overcome, followed by Striplin, Magness, and Hall.
Census data shows 14 cotton ginneries in Oklahoma as of October 1955 with 05 active and total rated horsepower 96 751. Steam power dominates with 494 ginneries and 49 514 horsepower, electricity 240 ginneries 25 017 horsepower, diesel 119 ginneries 13 860 horsepower, gas 66 ginneries 8 240 horsepower.
An analysis of county schools under a WPA project finds 4 626 of 8 995 pupils rated retarded, 3 517 normal, 862 accelerated. County Superintendent Ray Stegall says statewide results likely similar.
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