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Newspaper

Ada Weekly News

Location

Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America

Date

Dec 17, 1936

Page

5

Vanoss School Journal Staff Roster and Roles

The Vanoss School Journal lists Joleeta Little as Editor with TIFFIN as Assistant Editor and Louise Pitt as Staff Editor. Other roles include Dortha Thornhill as H.8 Reporte, Robby Snipes as Secretary and Treasurer, Eileen Tilley as Society Reporter, Aleene Cummings as Grade Reporter, Juanita Zumbro as Sports Reporter, Bobbie Riggins as Main Reporter, Geneva Kendrick and Clara Gordon as Miscellaneous Reporters, and Lavena Tilley as Vocational Reporter.

Joleeta Little Pnnicfe Tiffin Louise Pitt Dortha Thornhill Robby Snipes Secy Treas Eileen Tilley Aleene Cummings Juanita Zumbro Bobbie Riggins Geneva Kendrick Clara Gordon Lavena Tilley

Vanessa High School FFA FHA Banquet Highlights

The fourth annual Vanessa high school FFA and FHA banquet featured a menu of tomato juice cocktail creamed chicken parsley potatoes green beans buttered carrots rolls butter peach salad and fried rice. speeches by Norris Stegall Spencer and Cummins plus student activities and a Santa drawing frame the assembly with notes on future plans and class projects.

F.F.A F.H.A Vaness High School Jack Cobb Joleeta Little G. W. Fugate F. H. A. Girls Reading Aleene Cummings Ottie Smith Bobbie Riggins E. E. Halley Byron Spencer Hugh Norris E.C.S.T.C Ada Ray Stegall Penny Black Fitzhugh Elton Gunn Konawa Vanessa Ross Cummins S. H. Muncy

Elasticity in a Classroom Demo

In a discussion led by Mrs. Page, Lawrence explains elasticity as the stretchiness of supply and demand concepts. The exchange highlights a simple crush of ideas to define elasticity.

Shawnee Couple Married Here Saturday Afternoon

Miss Myrtle Bunch of Shawnee wed A. H. Hepple of Shawnee in a 4 o clock ceremony at the First Baptist church study. Dr. C C Morris officiated with church office staff as the only attendees, using the ring ceremony.

Myrtle Bunch Shawnee A. H. Hepple First Baptist Church C. C. Morris

Oklahoma Gas and Electric Proposes 8-10% Residential Savings

Oklahoma City December 14 CP The Oklahoma Gas and Electric company filed a new rate schedule with the corporation commission aiming to save 8 to 10 percent for residential customers using an average amount of power. The plan abandons minimum charges by rooms and sets a flat 1 dollar charge for 14 kilowatt hours or less. President J F Owens says refinancing would save the company 605000 dollars yearly and the savings would be passed to consumers.

Washington Duke Power Company Public Works Administration Supreme Court Associated Press KVOS Bellingham Wash the Press Association The Press Association Duke Circuit Court of Appeals Charlotte South Carolina Federal District Court Circuit Court District Cort District Court Greenwood County Buzzard Roost Oklahoma City Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company Corporation Commission A. S. J. Shaw J. F. Owens

Itinerant photographer threatens suit over Ada arrest

Threats of a photographer to sue Ada after police detained a saleswoman last Saturday had not materialized when the district court clerk's office closed Monday. The saleswoman was released without charges. The city cites an ordinance requiring permission to solicit property and warns against repeat violations. The photographer implied legal action, while Mayor Crawford and City Attorney Braly defend the city's position as lawful.

Ada Roy Keller Fort Worth Albert Chamberlain Chamberlain Bill Crawford Mack Braly Braly

Blanche Barrow Softens Behind Prison's Walls

Jefferson City Mo December 14 Blanche Barrow widow of Marvin Barrow and sister in law to Clyde Barrow now serves a ten year sentence in Missouri State Prison Officers call her a model prisoner and say three years behind bars have softened the once feared Barrow gang member She hopes for parole soon and to return to Oklahoma to her father noting others have forgotten her and Buck Barrow was killed years ago after a spree that included slayings of officers in Joplin and Dexter and Bonnie Parker Clyde Barrow were killed in Louisiana while attempting to escape authorities

Jefferson City Barrow Southwest Blanche Barrow Marvin Buck) Barrow Clyde Bonnie Parker Texas Oklahoma Missouri Iowa J. M. Sanders Missouri State Prison Joplin Buck Dexter Louisiana Blanche

Traveling salesmen violate Ada city ordinance

Four licensed photographers were accused of canvassing Ada households without consent and leaving purchase coupons. Ada residents were urged to verify the reliability of traveling firms before buying. City law may have been violated.

Ada Braly City Lawne

Unidentified Skeleton Found in Oil Field Near Woolley City

Removal of an unidentified body was needed in the Woolley City oil field in southeastern Pontotoc county on Monday afternoon to allow improvements around a well. The bare skeleton, about feet 6 inches tall, was found by Magnolia Oil workers digging dikes. Officials, including Sheriff’s deputies and the county physician, said the remains likely dated four to ten years and showed no foul play. The body was later buried in a new location after inquiries into nearby residents and a now-deserted house.

Woolley City Pontotoc County Magnolia Oil Company Tony Williams Sheriff E. A. Canada A. W. Oliver Hoyt Driskill Charley Shockley Shockley Dr. Canada

Harvest Time Weddings Among Amish in Lancaster County

Harvest is finished and Amish weddings begin in Lancaster County. The rite of “over the fence” dating back centuries marks the end of busy farming, with sturdy sons and busy daughters forming new households. The ceremony remains plain and devout, seldom covered by outsiders.

Lancaster Lancaster County Europe Italy Switzerland Jacob Amen Canada Alberta Pennsylvania

Investigation planned into Cherokee man's accidental death

Police chief O B Hall planned an inquiry at Locust Grove into the death of Andrew Dreadfulwater a 46 year old Cherokee Indian found on the highway one half mile east of Locust Grove Saturday night The coroner's jury ruled the death accidental and funeral services were scheduled for that afternoon

Locust Grove O. B. Hall Andrew Dreadfulwater Dreadfulwater Here

Regional fish name differences across New England

The dollarfish in Maine is called butterfish in Massachusetts and pumpkin seed in Connecticut. The statement notes the fish name regional variation and adds a remark that the air is drier after a thunder shower than before.

Maine Massachusetts Connecticut

Millionaire incomes hover around four million dollars in 1935

Treasury data show one person earned over four million and 41 individuals over one million in 1935. The report covers returns up to August 31 with total net income $14.656 billion, and millionaires paid about $41.499 million in taxes on $73.63 million of income.

Washington United States Treasury

Oklahoma City sees slight rise in November employment

Oklahoma labor data show a small drop in employment and payrolls in November from October. Per capita earnings fall to 23.47 while total employed edge down to 29,895 from 30,037. weekly payrolls total 701,582 versus 711,817 in October and 657,671 a year earlier.

Oklahoma City Oklahoma W. A. Pat Murphy

Boy on bike injured in Highway 48 auto crash

Albert Haddock about 11 son of Mr and Mrs A N Haddock living north of Ada was injured when struck by an automobile while riding a bicycle on Highway 48. He suffered a collarbone fracture a badly injured finger and numerous bruises. The accident occurred about eight miles north of Ada near Sunset Station. A Mabee Drilling Co employee J C Rothwell was injured Monday afternoon when tongs struck him on the head with a skull fracture and lacerations reported in fair condition.

Albert Haddock A. N. Haddock Ada Sunset Station J. C. Rothwell Mabee Drilling Co Tongs

Man Lies In Bed To Meet Marked Luck

Paterson New Jersey reports Joe Pipp a sports promoter returned to bed after a crystal gazer told him prosperity would return on his seventh birthday March 19. He first slept from November 23 until a restaurant fire interrupted him, then resettled to wait anew.

Fittstown Bible Class Hosts Christmas Social

The T. E. L. class of Fitts town Baptist church met with Mrs. Hopper at Carter camp for a Christmas social. They planned a food basket for a needy family to be delivered Christmas Eve. Adults include superintendent Mrs. Dan Mathews and teacher Mrs. J. H. Clary. substitute Mrs. Hazel Mitchell attended.

Mitchel Berry Rose Weber Reynolds Langston Blackburn Perrin Mathews Minton Clary Hopper W. H. Hopper Fittstown Baptist Church Carter Camp Dan Mathews J. H. Clary Hazel Mitchell

Slayer of Chum Ends Life in Michigan Jail

Hope Morgan, 25, who confessed to killing her best friend Elizabeth Giltner amid jealousy, hanged herself in the Mason county jail while awaiting a sanity commission report. Notes found in a magazine margins reportedly detail the murder and motive.

Lansing Allan A. McDonald Hope Morgan Sanity Commission McDonald Miss Morgan Elizabeth Giltner Miss Giltner Giltner Mich Mason Elizabeth Gilter Michigan State College Allan McDonald

Forecast of 1937 farm income with caveats from federal economist

A Washington forecast projects 1937 cash farm income at 7.85 billion dollars despite droughts, the fourth straight rise from 1932. A. G. Black warns fundamental weaknesses require vigor and action, calling for state and federal steps, crop insurance, and study of marketing costs.

Washington A. G. Black Bureau of Agricultural Economics Wallace Black Bureau

Michigan State dean shot by former friend at home

Giltner, dean of the veterinary college, was shot four times by Miss Morgan during wedding invitation preparations. Morgan confessed an impulse to kill and said she felt she was losing her mind. The would‑be bride, set to wed Capt. David S. Babcock, had previously overdosed on a sleeping draught.

Giltner Veterinary College Michigan State College Miss Morgan Miss Giltner David S. Babcock Reserve Officers Training Corps

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Vanoss School Journal Editorial Ennis Santa Claus Lawrence Bunk Punk” Murphy Okla Sparkin Susan Hanna Ruby Baker Lessie Hanna Mildred Wall Granny Painsberry Bobbye Lou Snipes Orry Sparks Ray Parker Luman Roberts Edith Wortman Pyncheon House Colonel Pyncheon TVA Santa Bobbye Riggins Bobbye Snipes P. S Kitty Rose Sylvia Delta Sant Bessie McGeehee Herman Fred J. T Levena Higgins Hellcat Department of Commerce Bureau of the Census Beckham Blaine Cleveland Comanche Creek Custer Dewey Arvin Grady Ee Nee Greer Om Harmon Op Haskell Hughes McClain McCurtain MelIntosh Marshall Mayes Murray Muskogee iPushmataha Roger Mills Sequoyah Stephens Tillman Tulsa Cee Rene A Ne Wagoner Washita Fittstown Bible Class Keith Funeral Chapel, Inc Ada, Oklahoma Pontotoc Chum Ada News First National Bank Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation P. A. Nor G. J. Morton S. K. Grant C. Norris J. E. Martin B. C. King R. W. Simpson
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