Notice to Sell County Property at Resale in Pontotoc County
Pontotoc County Oklahoma Treasurer SAM Dew gives notice of sale on September 15 1941 at 9 a m in the Courthouse to individually auction parcels in Roff and City areas previously acquired by the county at resale A bidder Ida Mae Lewis has bids on several parcels with amounts ranging from 50 cents to 150 dollars Each sale depends on higher bids received that day and the purchaser pays all costs including advertisement plus board approval required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc County
Oklahoma
Rofs City
Ida Mae Lewis
If City
Roff City
Board of County Commissioners
Sam Dew
Three-Day Ex-Service Mens Meet Opens in Ada
A three day meeting of ex service men opens in Ada with decorations planned and remarks by officials. Federal investigators led by Harold Anderson will discuss countering subversive influences. Raymond J. Kelly, ex national commander now regional O D, will speak Sunday afternoon. State officials and congressmen are expected to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Harold Anderson
Oklahoma
Raymond J. Kelly
Office of
Civilian Defense
Chcago
Oklahoma Court Orders Foreclosure on Pontotoc County Farm
Judge in Pontotoc County Oklahoma assigns $750 plus interest and fees, plus $200 with interest, plus attorney’s fees and costs, in a mortgage foreclosure action by H H Hamilton against Tom Bear and others. The case seeks sale of the real estate described as South half of the Southwest quarter Section 14 and North half of the Northeast quarter Section 23, Township 5 North Range 8 East. Proceedings include abstract fees and unaired settement, with default claimed and all liens foreclosed. Court clerk Say Harrell and Trice attorneys for the plaintiff. Judgment to be rendered August 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of
Oklahoma
F. N. Campbell
L. P. Campbell
Clare I. Reed
W. A. Baber
Anna D. Massie
J. L. Cowley
Range 5
Pontotoc County
Della Bedford
F. Robinson
Kemp & McArthur
Ada
Attys
Flavious J. Gilmore
Isabel Gilmore
Joe Gilmore, Jr
State of Oklahoma
Tom Bear
H. H. Hamilton
District Court
Defense and Peace Topic At 23rd Legion Convention
Defense and peace plans will headline the 23rd annual Legion convention in Muskogee August 30 to September 1. Aus ambassador Richard G Casey will speak Sunday afternoon, Senator Josh Lee Saturday afternoon, and Gov. Leon Phillips Sunday morning at the memorial service. State Commander Randell S Cobb will preside Monday morning as new officers are elected. Muskogee civic clubs organize events surrounding the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muskogee
Okla
Richard G. Casey
United States
U. S
Josh Lee
Leon Phillips
Randell S. Cobb
Mac Q. Williamson
Four Fatalities On State Roads In August Passes
Four people died in Oklahoma road incidents overnight. Wayman and son Rya were crushed near Pawhuska when a truck could not halt in time amid blinding lights. Edward Lee, 68, was hit while walking east of Coyle during a passing maneuver. J Burdick, 56, was fatally injured when a car struck a bridge railing east of Tulsa. his son and daughter in law, both in Seminole, were injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Oklahoma
Wayman
Rya
Pawhuska
Edward David Lee
Coyle
J. W. Burdick
Tulsa
John F. Burdick
Iran’s Small Navy Sunk in Persian Gulf Clash
Reuters from Simla reports British war vessels sank two sloops and captured four gun boats in the Persian gulf engagement. Admiral Bayendar was killed leading the counter attack, with a depot ship two tugs and a floating dock captured. British losses were none.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Iran
Bayendar
Reuters
Simla
India
Persian Gulf
Flashes of life in Rockingham amid engineer battalion maneuvers
In Rockingham North Carolina the 41st engineers battle drills featured rival battalions clashing as the first battalion advanced by truck toward the second battalion. The second unit struck first, seized its foe’s trucks and kitchen, then retreated to camp while the first unit trudged nine miles back to base.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rockingham
N. C
41St Engineers
Strike Ends as Furniture Union Workers Return to Jobs
In St. Louis, after 13 months the furniture company strike ends without settlement. A CIO union spokesman says all parties are satisfied as strikers and picketers take new positions at higher salaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
CIO
Oklahoma pilot’s 23 second model flight ends 100 miles away
F D Whiting of Oklahoma City timed his plane for a 23 second flight in the southwest model tournament. It disappeared in a rain cloud and landed two days later at Lake Creek Texas about 100 miles away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Dallas
Tex
F. D. Whiting
Oklahoma City
Lake Creek
Wanted Ad Listing Two Properties For Sale
Want ads describe 600 acres surface in section 34 2N 7E with 30 acres cultivated and a two room house near Jesse priced at 300 dollars surface terms 1 2 cash and balance in three annual payments. Also 80 acres surface five miles east and one mile south of Ada priced at 250 dollars with 100 dollars cash, balance in three annual payments. Contact Lewis by phone 341 or 22363.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse
Ada
Lewis
Oil Men Struggle To Wildcat Under Price Freeze
Tulsa August 27 oil spokesmen warned government price controls threaten defense needs by forcing operators to halt new explorations. Price ceiling set on Pennsylvania grade crude after Aug 14 rise as wildcatting costs rise. IPAA urged higher prices to cover costs and provide incentive for new reserves. Atlantic seaboard gasoline shortage probe also contested. Davies warns coast stocks at ten days. Oil Journal reports 476 completions for week ending Aug 23 and API notes daily production at a record 3,975,405 barrels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Funk
Tulsa
Okla
Leon Henderson
Pennsylvania
Ralph K. Davies
Britain
Russia
IPAA
Mid-Continent
Atlantic Seaboard
Senate
Davies
Oil and Gas Journal
The
American Petroleum Institute
Hitler Frustrated In Plans To Seize Iran Losses Heavy
British Prime Minister Churchill says Nazi blood has flowed in vast numbers as Germany faces heavy losses in Russia. Stalin warns Japan against interfering with American war supplies while the sieges of Leningrad and Odessa intensify.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hitler
Iran
Dewitt MacKenzie
Persia
Stalin
Japan
Tokyo
Nippon
Vladivostok
Russia
Bolshevists
Far East
Leningrad
Local visitors and birth announced in PylIOCALS
Mrs Laura Blackburn hosts Mrs Dora Bennett of Fort Worth Texas on a Sunday visit. Mr and Mrs D N Dunagan and daughter Muriel Dunagan of McAlester visit. Mrs Mary Dunagan and her daughter Mrs E H Coffey of McAlester also visit. Mr and Mrs Robert W Irvin of Harden City report a son born Monday night at Valley View hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura Blackburn
Dora Bennett
Fort Worth
Texas
D. N. Dunagan
Muriel Dunagan
McAlester
Mary Dunagan
Indianola
E. H. Coffey
Blackburn
Bennett
Robert W. Irvin
Harden City
Valley View Hospital
Smith children undergo tonsillectomies at Valley View
Beverly Ann and Oral Smith, children of Mr and Mrs W O Smith of 822 West Tenth, had tonsillectomies Monday at Valley View hospital and were discharged to their home Tuesday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverly Ann
Oral Smith
W. O. Smith
West Tenth
Valley View Hospital
Teaching visitors and relocations in Ada region
Miss Frances Chambers hosts Miss Rachel Cockrill of Tonkawa and they plan to leave Thursday for Purcell to resume teaching duties. Various Ada residents were noted visitors or movers including Mrs E V Davis Sasakwa, Miss Katie Zoe Acord heading to Draughn's College, and Mrs Rebecca Newberry Coalgate with other local mentions. Elmer Forrest of Stratford had a tonsillectomy at Valley View hospital, and several other residents were recorded as visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Chambers
Rachel Cockrill
Tonkawa
Purcell
Elmer Forrest
E. L. Forrest
Stratford
Valley View Hospital
Local Residents Make Social and Business Visits Across Oklahoma
R R Cushenberry of Stonewall attends to business in Wichita Falls Texas. Milton and Mrs. Yarbro return from Dallas gift show. Minerva Jones of Allen visits Ada home of Mrs Walter Levin. A L Hathaway of Roff, Claude Mowdy of Coalgate visit Ada. Mrs Ola Weeks of Purcell visits 800 East Thirteenth. Wilder Thompson, Evelyn Braselton return visits. Lottie Bunyard of Roff visits sister Betty Bunyard. Guy Shackleford travels to California. Paul Pearce of Cairo Illinois visits family here two weeks. A D Murray of Enid and Larry Morgan of Oklahoma City visit Jay Morgan’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minerva Jones of
Allen
Walter Levin
East Thirteenth
Ola Weeks of
Purcell
Marjorie Braly
A. D. Murray
Enid
Larry Morgan
Oklahoma City
Mrs
Jay Morgan
East Fifth
Local residents and visitors brief Ada area
Mrs C C Johnson of Roff visited Ada on Tuesday. Mrs W H Hudson and daughter Julia of Coalgate called in Ada Tuesday and Wednesday. Virginia Clark of Coalgate was in Ada Tuesday. Mr and Mrs Fred E Walker of Wewoka conducted business in Ada Tuesday. Duard Willoughby of 113 South Ash is reported improving at Breco hospital after injuries Monday night. Dave Morrison of Oklahoma City visited Ada Tuesday and Wednesday. Mr and Mrs Roy Rushing and daughter Mary along with Mrs Virgil Brumley and daughter Dennie Fave visited in McAlester and Talihina Tuesday. Dennis Faye underwent a minor operation at the Indian hospital in Talihina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Hudson
Julia
Coalgate
Ada
Duard Willoughby
South Ash
Breco Hospital
Dave Morrison
Oklahoma City
Roy Rushing
Mary
Virgil Brumley
Dennie Fave
McAlester
Talihina
Dennis Faye
Indian Hospital
Fanon
Brice Thompson
Thompson Boys
Jack Cave
Joe
Delbert Thompson
C. M. Sliger
Rodgers
Arizona
Claude Bailey
Miller
Tupelo
Deman Flowers
Henderson
W. E. Norvell
Adellia Jones
Sand King
Wewoka
Vaness
C. E. Childers
Maurine Berger
Howell
Miss Robinson
Collins
Miles McCauley
Helen
Florence Richardson
Oakman 4 H Club Members Attend Sulphur Event
The Oakman 4 H group visited Sulphur on August 19 20 with many families listed including Mr and Mrs Cromer Mr and Mrs Dewey Higdon and Miss Helen Bushers. Activities featured free swimming speeches by A and M College professors and a program dedicating the new gymnasium drew a large county crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakman
Cromer
Dewey Higdon
Millard Anderson
Clyde Kaiser
Ira Wommack
Geneva Cecil
Mildred Lee
Jack Caton
Leonard Wilson
Ben Walling
Leoma Scogging
J. B. Berryman
Elva Bee Hilton
Wilmorene Pendergrass
Helen Bushers
Dorothy McDonald
Roy Coffee
New Mexico
Betty Jo Dryden
Mildred Hampton
Laquita Hampton
Helen Berryman
Richard Scoggins
St. Louis
Missouri
Simon Thomas Hammond
Jasper Hutas Hammond
Ada Sunny
Irene Homer
Betty Jo
Pauline Dryden
Stone
Stonewall
Leo Carter
Daunters
John Walling
Mildred Painter of
Homer
Nadine Revels
Mabel McDonald
Avanell Hampton
Jacqueline Allison
John Williamson
Elmer Scroggins
Edna Scroggins
H. H. Allen
Jimmie Crownover
Mildred Painter
George Allen
Stonewall Sunny
Betty Jo Lee
Elva Lee Hilton
Ila Mae Crawford
Eula Scroggins
Bonnie Bryan
Laura Dryden
W. A. Lee
Ennos Lee
C. T. Clark
Lee Johnson
Byng
Henry Ramsey
Ada
Enos Lee
Elmer Lee
Mary Ann Stone
Paula Jean Carter
Junior Lee
Stanley Sweeny
Phyllis Jean Berryman
Pat Stone
Harold Ray Carter
Monroe Lee
J. E. Lee
Francis
Oren Bradshaw
Miss Ross
Community Card of Visits and Weekend Gatherings
Local residents share weekend visits with kin and friends across Vanoss Ada and nearby towns. Numerous families including the Bergers Tilleys Jones and McCauleys gathered for meals, shopping trips, and a watermelon feast with extended kin. Grandmother Henderson shows improvement after illness.
Rev Merle Wilson Preached Here Sunday And Sunday Night
Local church events include Rev Merle Wilson delivering Sunday sermons and a Sunday night service. Several families visit relatives in Arkansas Missouri and Sasakwa Oklahoma while others join baptisms at Sheep Creek and a club outing to Sulphur with parents observing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merle Wilson
Duel Chism
Tollie
Floyd Bolin
Kansas
Tom Tillery
Bessie Fredrick
Allen
Ed Price
Carthel Baulch
Leon Averton
Sasakwa
Iantha Rainbolt
James Wilburn Chandler
Henry Ridway
Francis
Sulphur
Sunday School Attendance and Local Visits Noted
Pickett reports a well attended Sunday school and lists local visitors from Dobsonville Ada Fitzhugh and Ada area families. Names include Claude Whitson Odell Roddy Alene Hall Laerenie Corvin Ann Marie Fowler Leonard Young Cullein Brandon Louvenis Corvin Minnie Lee Johnson Nadiné Penrod and L J Penrod family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pickett Pickett
Claude Whitson
Odell Roddy
Dobsonville
Buck Penrod
Alene Hall
Laerenie Corvin
Ann Marie Fowler
Bullock
Leonard Young
Fitzhugh
Cullein Brandon
Ada
Louvenis Corvin
Minnie Lee Johnson
Nadiné Penrod
L. J. Penrod
Local Social Notes Mention Travel Visits and Visits
Mr. Capp Moss works in Michigan while Mrs. Nadine Penrod plans a California departure. Mrs. Capp Moss calls on Penrod Thursday. Bartee of Madill visits daughter Has kell Jacques. Sybil Thrasher returns from Stigler. Lucille Foxx of Ada spends weekend with Capp Moss. Minnie Lee Johnson visitors include Hagler Littles Etherley Fowler Files and Thurman. Anna Marie Fowler visits Dora Crowley. Hazel Asseltine leaves for San Francisco with Mr. Asseltine. Mr. Wallis listed as sick this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capp Moss
Michigan
Nadine Penrod
California
Penrod
Bartee
Madill
Haskell Jacques
Sybil Thrasher
Stigler
Lucille Foxx
Ada
Minnie Lee Johnson
Carma Jean Hagler
Lorene Littles
Lloyd Etherley
Homer
Ann Marie Fowler
Christine
Wilma
Joyce
Bethina Files
Sadie Mae Thurman
Anna Marie Fowler
Dora Crowley
Hazel Asseltine
Asseltine
San Francisco
Wallis
Second Army Troops Enter Hand To Hand Combat In Arkansas
In Arkansas on August 27 Second Army troops moved to man to man fighting for the first time after ten days of skirmishing. The 33rd division of Illinois defended the main line railroad from the Little Missouri river to Camden against a Kotmk assault supported by 55,000 of the Seventh Army Corps 75,000 troops. General Samuel T Lawton deployed 19,000 men north west to southeast along Cypress creek with the 107th Ohio Cavalry on patrol. Opposing them were the 27th New York division and the 35th Kansas Nebraska Missouri division backed by 107th Cavalry horse troops and 75th brigade Tennessee 155 mm howitzers. Seventh Army Corps instructed both sides to hold the railroad. the plan aims to end the first Arkansas phase after a 24 hour period starting at mid day.
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Inarkansas
Second Army
33Rd
Illinois
Little Missouri River
Camden
Kotmks
Seventh Army Corps
Samuel T. Lawton
Illinois Parole Board
Cypress Creek
Arkansas
107Th Ohio Cavalry
Ten Mile Front
New York
Kansas, Nebraska and
Missouri
107Th Cavalry
75Th Brigade
Tennessee
Almations
Kotmk
Fishermen Plan Standard Names for Fish Reports
At the American Fisheries Society convention in St Louis Walter H Chute director of Shedd Aquarium said fishermen seek a standard list of common fish names to unify language. He chairs a naming committee seeking a blue book dictionary of fish names and family trees of common species.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Walter H. Chute
Shedd Aquarium
Chicago
American Fisheries Society
Chute
Wealthy man seeks to adopt 42 year old as son in Pennsylvania
William Giles Slocum, 72, seeks to adopt 42 year old Ralph Mathewson in Wilkes Barre claiming it would secure the Campbell and Slocum names. Five Bosworth Patterson relatives oppose, arguing Slocum is held prisoner by Mathewson. A decision is due in weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkes-Barre
William Giles Slocum
Ralph Campbell Mathewson
Slocum
Frances Slocum
Mathewson
Campbell
Colin Campbell
Susquehanna River
Arlin Speaks of Fitzhugh Visits Ada
Ada resident city page reports Arlin Speaks of Fitzhugh, a business visitor, as seen during an Ada Wednesday. He met local colleagues and discussed possible collaborations in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlin
Fitzhugh
Ada
Local social notes from Sasakwa visit Oklahoma guests
Mrs Eddie White of Sasakwa attended business here Tuesday. A A Gowan and son of Tupelo were visitors Tuesday. Mrs James Thompson and Mrs B F Alletag returned from Dallas where they attended a gift show this week. They were joined on the trip by Mrs Ruby Pullen and Mrs H Innerarity of Durant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton Yarbro
Dallas
Eddie White
Sasakwa Ee
Tuesay
A. A. Gowan
Son of Tupelo
James Thompson
B. F. Alletag
Ruby Pullen
H. Innerarity
Durant
Reach for the Sun Beyond a Burned Arm
A vivid figurative line compares touching the sun to the pain of burned fingers, implying extreme distance and effort. The speaker uses hyperbole to stress limits of endurance and safety in pursuing a daunting goal.
Also Mentioned on This Page
G. C. Mayhue, Jr
Pauline Mayhue
Mary Jo Mayhue
G. C. Mayhue
Pontotoc
G. C. Mavhue
Hoyt
District Court of
M. H. Northam
W. D. Northam
Roy E. Soward
Clare L. Reed
W. A. Baker
Marie Cowley
George C. Crump
HL OH
Hamilton
Plaintiff
Pontotce County
Say Harrell & Trice
Independent Petroleum Association of America
Ickes
Odessa
Fuehrer
Churchill
Moscow
E. V. Davis of
Katie Zoe Acord
F. C. Acord
East Eighteenth
Draughn’s Business College
West Ninth
Rebecca Newberry
Evelyn Killian of
Lula B. Walden of
Paoli
Melon Muncher
Patsy Schottler
Wichita
Kan
R. R. Cushenberry
Wichita Falls
A. L. Hathaway
Roff
Ray Goldsby
Clyde Stapleton
Seminole
Claude Mowdy
Wilder Thompson of
Evelyn Braselton
W. E. Washburn
Mr. Washwees
Little Rock
Ark
Lottie Bunyard of
Betty Bunyaré
Guy Shackleford
Paul Pearce
Cairo
Ill
Sam Azlan
C. C. Johnson of
Virginia Clark
Fred E. Walker
Silas Freeman
Hoyt Driscoll
al Nichols
Homer Indian
Stegall
OWL
Birdie Dryden
Jerald
Pleasant Hill
Donald Horton
First Church of the Nazarene
Lula
Lowe
L. R. Dame
Simpson
R. A. Sliger
H. D. Wildman
Lula Oakes
Dolph Camilli
Brooklyn
Pewee Reese
Cubs
Dodgers
Ebbets Field
Clyde McCullough
Mickey Owen
George Barr
Stanley Hagh
Lou Stringer
Joe Tietas
Herman Franks
Cedar Grove
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