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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1929
Page
3
R C Jeter Cash Hardware at 204 East Main advertises Christmas sale on gas heaters with reduced prices. Limited stock and special pricing available through December 12 1931.
Mildred Bolan of Wewoka attended a Saturday Ada dance at the Aldridge hotel. Miss Kennie Mae Coffman is reported recovering from illness. P A Wallace Marion Atwood and Earnest Mullen drove to Henryetta on business. Miss Hildred Strohm Maud faculty member visits Ada relatives. Gene Chilcutt Norman OU student visits family. Bill Cochran visits Norman for Christmas cards at Stall's Photo Shop. Gordon Witherspoon visits over weekend with parents.
Mrs John Fleet and son Carl visit Ada while Carl attends the university in Norman. Chester McSwain becomes manager of the Purcell theatre. Curtis Davis and Marshall Martin drive to Holdenville to visit friends. Cecil Cobb of Allen and C H Gray of Tishomingo stop in Ada on business. C E Follis of Allen transacts business Friday. Mrs George D Rains of Colbert comes to Ada due to her mother’s illness.
Miss Grace Turner of Sasakwa visited sister Ruth Friday and planned a weekend with relatives in Okmulgee. Ruth would meet her Saturday night, then they would stay with friends. Mr. and Mrs. M G Weisley traveled to Shawnee for a business trip and visited friends. Mrs. Charles Doolittle returned Friday from Sherman Texas after visiting relatives and friends.
Ava Lee Wormington, once considered seriously injured after being struck by a car earlier in the week, is reported to be rapidly recovering at Breeo hospital.
Misses LaNell Ruth and W Lu cille Mills were in Ada visiting friends Friday evening. They motored to Wayne Saturday morning to visit their parents over the weekend.
R B Faunt LeRoy optometrist at Duncan Bros. Willis P Anderson and wife visit in Ross. C D Price and grandsons in Allen. J Allen Brown shops in Allen and Holdenville. Gene Shepherd visiting Pauls Valley while attending East Central college. Mrs Shea offers handcraft gifts at 612 S Broadway with hours 2 to 5 pm. Mae Perry heads to Coal Gate. Mrs Don Kuhn visits Holdenville. The Quality Shop features stamped and embroidered articles at special prices.
Miss Katherine Boran visits Ada from Pauls Valley while Bob Bayless and family come for the weekend in Stratford. Ada residents attend dances, basketball games, and holiday visits. several teachers, students, and local figures are mentioned with brief travels and hospital news.
Mrs Harold Strohm who underwent an operation last Monday in an Oklahoma City hospital is reported to be getting along exceedingly well.
Mrs J L Chowins and her two children Eldan and Mil dren visit relatives at 930 S Johnston. F R Papee of Francis rushed to Breco hospital after rig injury. condition uncertain. Santa Fe foreman Lawrence Shey underwent a serious operation at Breco hospital and is improving. Charles Price and family attended Rev B F Stegall’s funeral. Mrs Stanley Turner north of Ada had major surgery at Breco hospital. Mrs Bessie Sainp of Tupelo admitted for operation. Three gas range cook stoves offered for sale.
W F Stegall of Jersey Texas returned home today following the funeral of his brother Reverend B F Stegall. Mrs George Spurlock of Bebee is reported to be doing fairly well after Thursday operation at Breco hospital.
Mrs H F Harvey of Fort Worth Texas sister of Mrs B F Stegall left for her home today. Ben F Stegall Jr who attended his father's funeral Thursday left today for his home in Savannah Georgia. Mrs W N Mays returned yesterday from Oklahoma City to visit friends. Misses Edna and Flora Archer of Henrietta are spending the weekend with J A Criswell and family.
Mrs Marie Bailey has returned from Sherman hospital and is slowly improving at 720 East Twelfth Street. Mr and Mrs Austin Brown of Tulsa visit Mrs Brown's sister Dr Catherine Brydia.
Linda Reeves a Holdenville school teacher spends the weekend with Miss Pauline Self, according to local social notes.
H. J. Conley, once a furniture dealer in Ada and now living in Seminole, spent Saturday in Ada exchanging greetings with friends. He said he is glad to be back but does not plan a long stay.
Ada exhibitors take top honors at a regional poultry show with awards for best pen best cock best cockerel and best pullet. Winners include Mrs C S Aldrich Rhode Island Reds Lute Douge Buff Orpingtons and Anthony Floyd Jr Brown Eyes White Leghorns and Barred Rocks among others with multiple entries from Ada Stratford and Vaness.
Raymond J. Locco faced a driving while intoxicated charge in Evanston Illinois on a Friday the 13th trial date. The judge fined Locco $100 with court costs, a total that did not match the superstition tied to the number 13.
Representative Allgood of Alabama quits the honorary enrolled bills committee when Illinois Republican De Priest, a negro, is named a member. De Priest’s assignment to Indian affairs and invalid pensions was approved by the house. The council argues insurance rates should rely on underwriting profits.
Oscar De Priest, the black congressman, dismissed the resignation of Allgood of Alabama from the honorary enrolled bills committee. Allgood quit after a place on the panel was awarded to De Priest, prompting De Priest to question who cared about the change.
Governor Holloway issued three requisitions for the return of men from Arkansas and Texas. Mike Risenhoover, charged with burglary in LeFlore county, is held in Mena, Ark. G W Wyatt, held in Amarillo, is charged in Ellis county with obtaining money under false pretenses. T F Lehman is wanted in Jackson county and held in Dallas for similar charges.
Wirt Franklin and other Oklahoma oil producers filed with the corporation commission to extend curtailment through March 31. The plan sets monthly limits from January to March and imposes up to 50 percent shutdowns on specific fields including Allen Dome Seminole Sasakwa and Pearson St Louis Asher. The current order expires January 1 and a hearing was scheduled for December 9.
The Oklahoma state insurance board may compel insurers to disclose business information and consider all profits when setting rates, says Attorney General J Berry King in an opinion. The ruling cites Kansas law as applicable and follows requests from the National Council on Compensation Insurance and objections from Associated General Contractors and Associated Industries.
In Newport Beach California Miss Jewel Renfro a 19 year old San Diego stock exchange employee survived when a car driven with Ross A. Weyer 25 years old a San Diego brokerage firm manager plunged into Newport Bay. Firemen recovered Weyer's body and investigators work from the woman's account to learn how the crash occurred in foggy conditions. Authorities believe Weyer was on a business trip to Los Angeles.
Government and diplomatic circles in Washington will honor Pascual Ortiz Rubio, Mexico’s president-elect, on December 26 for a four day visit. Hoover, the state department, Ambassador Tellez, and the Pan American Union will host luncheons receptions and dinners. Rubio will travel from Baltimore where he seeks treatment at Johns Hopkins hospital for stomach disorders. He departs December 29 by train. No official visit program has been announced.
Charles Bainbridge of 8S. & Q. Clothiers expresses optimism about Ada Oklahoma. He notes market slump effects are overblown, praises Ada as a top shopping center in the state, cites road and bridge improvements, and reports his store ranking within a 12-store chain. He predicts Ada will be a better town in 1930.
A group of moving picture and theatre magnates led by Adolph Zukor and Jesse Laskey met President Hoover in Washington to report favorable conditions in the film industry. Also present were Sam Katz of the Public Theatre Corporation and Emanuel.
Acting as spokesman for the group, Zukor said a banner year was in prospect with great returns for the amount invested. In Galveston Texas the Mallory line Brazos, inbound with a general cargo from New York, ran aground between the jetties this morning.
Table Lamps now offered in the Penimaid line feature Italian pottery bases and hand painted parchment shades. The design aims to add a home like touch to any room, with distinct beauty for varied spaces.
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