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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1947
Page
5
J L Payne 70, a farmer near Roff, Oklahoma, died from a 410 gauge shotgun wound at his home Sunday. A coroner's jury awaited findings Monday as sheriff deputies investigated family trouble and noted another shotgun in the house.
Horace Mann school schedules start dates for grades one through twelve to fit a 180 day year with Labor Day as a holiday. Freshmen orientation on August 27, seniors August 28, juniors August 28, sophomores August 29, and freshmen again August 29. seventh and eighth grades August 29. Capacity enrollments nearly complete.
A burglar was found in the Dicus store about 12:30 a.m. Tuesday by city police. He was arrested and jailed. Police could not determine entry point and believe he hid inside until the store closed. The man burglarized a mechanical coin machine and was headed toward the front when discovered. He remained in jail pending disposition of the case.
Oscar Bell of De Witt Ark asked Ada Chamber for rodeo dates and four room reservations for two days. The chamber replied the request was out of place and advised waiting until next year for the rodeo.
Five new additions entered the city limits of We woka Oklahoma all on the south side. Named Hart Hamilton Killingsworth Rondell Drive and an unnamed addition were officially added to the city boundary.
Forty seven Ada infantry guardsmen complete first summer encampment at Ft Sill. They praise the experience, with Lt. Col. Taylor lauding their work and promising a model armory drill in Ada. Awards handed to top instructors and talks on National Guard schooling opportunities noted.
Atoka reports its first bale of cotton for 1947 grown by Joe Thompson on 25 acres. The bale was sold to Choc taw Gin in Atoka for 16 cents a pound in seed. Thompson has three bales open in the field and the crop is judged good. a 1500 pound bale would fetch about $240.
Marland Oklahoma August 27 Marion Due has been named principal and coach at Marland High School taking over duties for the football program and school leadership.
Washington reports the 1946 infant mortality rate fell to 34.5 per 1000 from 38 in 1945 and 56 in 1935, a dramatic one year drop. Factors include smarter doctors, better hospitals, prenatal care, and public awareness. The next target is premature babies under 5½ pounds requiring intensive care.
The Oklahoma state insurance board approved increased auto insurance rates and premiums due to higher claim frequency and larger losses from more driving, reckless behavior, poor highways, and aging cars. Increases apply to fire theft collision and miscellaneous hazards and comprehensive policies with minimum premiums rising from five to seven dollars for fire theft and miscellaneous and from six to three dollars for comprehensive.
A Kansas family of nine including seven children died when a Colorado and Southern Railway train hit their car at a grade crossing near Englewood Colorado. The engineer and fireman were not blamed after a light rain. the car reportedly slowed but was struck at 55 mph. Identifications were made by effects and a Denver relative.
Charles Ducky Kleier of Rudlow Kentucky visits Ancil Chub Williams. They met in Japan while in the Navy and served together in the Pacific. This is Kleier’s second Allen visit. he was here last June.
Mr and Mrs George T Jepsen Sr and others from Prague visited former resident Mr and Mrs R L Hull for a dinner and Sunday gathering. Mr and Mrs Robert Hill Jr traveled to Oklahoma City on business. Cemmon Shandy family vacationed at Platt National Park Sulphur. Tom Mays family and Brice Robersons joined in Ada. The men are taking flying lessons daily.
Mrs. Jim Brundidge and son Harold Wayne of Oakland California are visiting her mother Mrs. Jim Turner and Mr. Turner, and her brother Glen Gault and family.
Mr and Mrs Tom Jacobs and children Carol Sue and Mary Ann joined Mr and Mrs A G Pipkins and sons Jim Treval and Hubert and others for a group picnic at Platt National Park Sunday. Later H D Harbeson and sons Donald H D and Neil joined for supper and Mrs Harbeson visited patients at the Veterans hospital.
Mr and Mrs Robert Minton of Bebee spent the weekend as guests of their mothers Mrs Ellen Miller and Mrs S J Minton.
Mrs J S Hall and her daughter Mrs Howard Martin of Lyman Wyoming arrived in Allen recently to attend to business and visit friends.
Mrs Grady Miller and daughter Marilyn returned from Fort Worth where they visited Mrs Miller’s brothers H R and R H Andrews and families. Otis Vinson son Rual and daughter Mrs Harvey Butler Jr were Ada visitors Saturday.
Miss Donna Jo Call has spent the summer with her parents in Kansas and returned to begin school here. Mrs. Call accompanied her daughter for a visit with her parents Mr. and Mrs. T. K. Kidwell and other relatives.
Mrs George Brown and her daughter Luisa Mae were seen shopping in Ada on Saturday.
The remark notes that in high heat many people lose the drive to pursue goals, preferring rest or ease instead of ambition. It contrasts energy levels with weather conditions, suggesting climate influences motivation.
A war correspondent recalls Lt Gen John C H Lee in Paris during 1945 and the strict Court House Lee policy that troops on leave must look smart. The piece includes vivid scenes of GI leave, MP enforcement, and a resident souvenir letter from Lee's adjutant general.
Allen women protest ankle length skirts urging Just Below the Knee fashion. A high school youth prefers slacks for mothers and girlfriends while men are urged to laugh at any ankle length garment.
Oklahoma City Aug 27 statement from state director George E. Dysinger announces federal crop insurance on wheat will be in effect in only 12 Oklahoma counties for 1948. The counties listed are Alfalfa Beckham Blaine Custer Garfield Grady Greer Jackson Kingfisher Kiowa Noble and Tillman.
A look at postwar imperialism shows colonies pushing for independence while Britain France and the United States reassess control. Vietnam Indonesia and India have shifted toward dominion or free status and the United Nations trusteeship system is framed as a path to eventual self government for Africans and others.
The Rock Creek bridge in Platt National Park opened to traffic on Tuesday. It cost 74,400 dollars and spans 48 feet with four foot sidewalks each side. Built as a continuous concrete slab, it contains 640 yards of concrete and two and a half million pounds. Paul Kealier was the resident engineer for the Oklahoma state highway department. Ottinger Bros. of Oklahoma City were the contractors. No signs are yet installed.
Otis Blundell faced reckless driving charges in the Percy Armstrong justice court after a Monday night crash three miles west of Ada. He pled guilty, paid a $25 fine plus costs, and posted a $10 stay bond after the Highway Patrolman Cy Killian arrested him. Blundell lost control and wrecked his car in a ditch.
Dewey Oklahoma residents learn the high school will house a new vocational agriculture department with R S Peck Po teau a graduate of Oklahoma A and M college Stillwater placed in charge.
Sulphur residents approved a $60,000 school building bond issue by a 683 to 20 vote in the Sulphur city school district.
Ten minutes after dry ice was dropped from a plane into a cumulus cloud, Tulsa rain began as researchers claim the blast created an unstable air mass turning the cloud into a thunderstorm. The test, supported by Spartan School of Meteorology professor A L McQuistion, used a Lockheed Lodestar and 100 pounds of dry ice with crew including pilot Clare Kingsbury and tribune photographer Le Gillette.
The Veterans Administration released a Q and A on hospitalization for veterans. It outlines who is eligible for VA care, how to apply, costs, private-hospital billing with VA approval, required papers, dependents’ care limits, and hospital assignment rules based on location and special conditions.
First of 50 coin operated mailing machines to be placed in post offices began service as Postmaster Albert Goldman fed a coin and a letter to President Truman in a Bronx office. The machines will be installed in 39 cities to provide day and night mailing service.
A claim states that thirty nine states would grant divorces based on proof of drunkenness, outlining a proposed legal standard for marital dissolution tied to intoxication.
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