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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1948
Page
7
A 1948 court filing in Oklahoma requests approval of a conditional land lease over Chickasaw and nearby lands. The petition seeks a five year term for RP Tenagh and related guardianship actions, naming several local individuals and entities in the proceeding.
A notice announces a sale of property seized for debt with bid opening at the city hall. The sale aims to sell the two parcels to the highest bidder, the appraised value and sale terms are listed, and bidders must meet the minimum conditions. The document includes dates and official signatories, and mentions the county and state involved.
A damagedOCR text describes Oklahoma court actions including a sale of land in Pontetog County and probate matters. It lists parties Frank Jones and others, specifies a land parcel description near Timauinae Boulevard, and notes a hearing date in December with publication and service requirements. The document includes court signatures and a seal.
Notice to Hereby given of an order of self issued from Pontotoc Court. Mortgage and land sales directed by the cause to levy and sell property including a described tract in Seer Mee Twittyconn Township. Sale set for December 25 1943 at the courthouse with costs and interest.
State of Oklahoma Pontotoc County district court case involving Eve Whipple and Claude W. Thompson as plaintiffs against many defendants including heirs executors trustees and unknown parties. The notice directs all titled defendants to answer the petition filed by the plaintiffs and amendments thereto by a specified date in the matter of an expansive real estate and estate administration action in Pontotoc County Oklahoma. Agnes Mynnds and John Botcr McKee are named as executors and attorney respectively.
Case file fragment from Pon Totoc district court in OKLABOHA County. Plaintiffs include Jesta Tuckey and others. Defendants listed with case number 19258. Partial OCR yields unclear names and titles.
In a district court in Oklahoma County the Clement Mortgage Company files suit against residents including Cadeye Mosley and M Ferguson, seeking to quiet title and determine heirs in a real estate tract described as parts of sections 2 and 3, township 5 north range 7 east, totaling about 73 acres, with judgments asked against all defendants and to enjoin them from claiming any right or title to the property. The case names executors, administrators, and trustees as defendants and requests a quick ruling if the answer is not filed by January MB, with service in Pontotots County, Oklahoma.
A sheriff sale notice announces an auction of mineral and surface rights in Ada County Oklahoma. The property, a coal and mineral rights package including gas and surface rights, located in the Southeast Quarter of Section 1, Township 1 North Range 8 East, Pontotoc County, will be sold to the highest bidder. Appraised values are listed as 9000 for the mineral rights and 875 for surface rights, with two thirds of the proceeds allocated to certain heirs. The sale is set for December 16 in Ada City, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma, under the authority of Clyde Raiser and others acting as special commissioners.
In Oklahoma City on December 18 Pop Waner father of two former major leaguers was reported in very grave condition at the hospital after surgery. Waner, once with the Harrah team, underwent a complex operation and remains in critical condition for several days. His sons Pat and Lloyd Waner are noted survivors. In related note, the year’s crop is estimated at 85,307,008 bushels.
A list of marriage licenses issued since December 1 includes Maud and Devis Ane Hava of Seminole and Tack E. Bterris of Oklahoma City among others. Divorces granted since Dec 1 include Lowell Townsend vs Wands F Townsend. In international news a U S Army flight crashed near Wiesbaden, Germany. the pilot Lieut F J Parker from Weatherford Texas survived with minor injuries.-Chickasha Oklahoma high school students will perform selections from Handel’s Messiah on Thursday with a later all-school Christmas program on December 22.
The Herald Tribune reports aviation insiders question a special Constellation nicknamed Connie used for President Truman. Officials deny knowlege of a seating plan and background details while noting the Air Force still oversees military air transport. Critics warn the lavish display may clash with wartime austerity.
In Tulsa a courthouse burglary attempt targeted the court clerk’s office safe. Investigators called it an amateur job, noting a sliding bolt door, crowbar, and hand drill used to reach the safe combination. Officials questioned the motive, suggesting possible aim to seize criminal bonds or other items.
Soviet authorities harshly criticized factory managers for poor quality production. A communique from the prosecuting attorney’s office outlines sentences of up to seven years for several officials and notes three cases still under investigation in Moscow.
A five-man junta ousted President Salvador Castaneda de Castra in El Salvador after a brief clash with police. Castaneda is held at El Zapote fort on a constitutional extension charge as Maj. Oscar Osorio is named to lead the rightist provisional council. Martial law was lifted that night amid a regional wave of upheavals.
The college held its morning Christmas assembly with several musical groups. Miss Reba Burrows sang three numbers including Rejoice Greatly and The Babe. The East Central Concert Singers performed three carols. Casper Duffer gave a yuletide message on The Spirit of Christ within troubled times. Marguerite Hawkinson directed the holy chorus and the String Trio performed The Christ of the Snow and Joy of Man's Desir.
OKLAHOMA CITY December 1. Peuten Ti Kissler a Weatherford wheat farmer was ordered to pay the federal government 1898 in premiums for federal coop insurance in 1946. Kissler argued his own case in federal court and was found liable for failing to notify county offices he did not want the insurance after the contract began September 1 1945. Government witnesses said Kissler applied for the insurance August 1 1943 and that the county committees approved it August 2 and the contract was signed for the government on September something after 1 as he was dissatisfied with the insurance.
Giovanni Ville of Palermo once deemed dead by error battles a bureaucratic maze. He still pays taxes but is refused recognition of his existence and the right to register his daughter. A potential historic protest against government inefficiency, the case highlights absurdities in legal status and paternal rights.
Employment prospects in Oklahoma state show a 24 percent drop since mid October while job seekers rise 18,700, a 9 percent gain from October. Despite a 70 percent increase in seekers, openings totaled 10,000 by late November, with mining showing the largest gain at 0.4 percent to 45,080.
A woman slipped on a city bus step around 7:45 am while alighting near the driver in front seat. She told the driver she was not injured as wet shoes and a wet step were noted, and she left for her home with no reported injuries.
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