Royal Arch officers elected and Ada Roff game report
The Royal Arch Chapter elected officers led by W T Givens as high priest and A J Crain as king. Ada junior high beat Roff 21 to 8 at the Armory with a cake walk awarding cakes to several contestants. George Washington suffers from flu. George Dale, T. Strong and others appear in community notes including church plans, school events, and local visits.
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Royal Arch
W. T. Givens
A. J. Crain
King
B. E. Braselton
Robi. Dowdy
A. E. King
Virgil Stanfield
P. S
N. Bowen
C. H
B. W. Weems
Mr. Crooks
F. Koch
George Washington
Ada
Roff Junior High
Roff
Ralph Clark
Forest Welch
Arthur Taylor
Jesse Collins
Bua Dixon
Woman's Missionary Society
N. €. Bowen
T. T. Strong
George Dale
Methodist Church
J. J. Robnett
J. R. Gilliland
W. G. Gray
Delorvin
S. North Street
George Gilliland
Sam Barton
C. Hicks
Epworth
Hickory
John Feaster
West Texas
Oliver Lynch
Elsie Tuttle
Roy C. McKee
B. E. Ratliff
Dr. Laird
Arden L. Bullock
Madill
Seth Crain
Mrs
Trial scheduled as gang slays key witness in Ranieri case
In Chicago on December 18 a witness in the Ranieri kidnap trial was killed, Ole Scully shot amid a deadly attack at a West Taylor street restaurant. The jurors and officials faced heightened danger as threats and beatings followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Billy Ranieri
Ole Scully
West Taylor Street
Scully
Ranieri
Angelo Petitti
Andrew Cappellano
Tony Cappellano
Samuel Hoffman
Robert E. Gentzel
Courtrocom
Joe Malone
Jack Devite
Joe Sabello
Frank Pantalone
Devite
Mike Devite
Pantalone
Sunday Church Attendance and Community News at Yeager
Rain canceled Sunday school and singing. Attendees from Yeager include J. Q. Moore family Norene Mer lin Earline, T. H. Burch family, Rance Tucker, L. D. Haskins, Mettie Moore and children. Visits to Galey and F. B. Haskins homes noted. Welburn Stoke and wife visited from Oklahoma City. Teri Hayes moving in. Several visits among the Moore, Evans, Burch, Haskins, Wood, Tucker families. J. Q. Moore and family plan to move. praised as community builders. Oil trucks disrupt roads. prayer meeting scheduled Thursday night.
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Yeager
J. Q. Moore
Norene
Merlin
Earline
T. H. Burch
Rance Tucker
L. D. Haskins
Mettie Moore
Galey
Clyde
Milton Evans
Rachel
Alene Burch
F. B. Haskins
Ella Burch
Irene
Ella Haskins
Welburn Stoke
Oklahoma City
Teri Hayes
Mors Moore
Clint Haskins
Juanita
Ruth
Janeiou Burch
Silva Evans
Buel Stark
Baby Keneth
Brother Moore
John
F. M. Wood
Earlin
Clyde Haskins
Local Social Notes From Ada Oklahoma
A string of weekend visits features Stella Bell Young with her parents Mr and Mrs Mike Young. Miss Kate Hatcher returns from Ada for a weekend with Mr and Mrs Ben Hatcher. Millard Haicum comes home from Chickasha and Sulphur after visiting friends and relatives. Marguerite McCoy studying in Ada spends weekend with Mr and Mrs John McCoy. Clyde Lillard of Ada and Choctaw Gin Company visits his mother Mrs W P Lillard.
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Ing
D. D. McMillen
Clarita
Stella Bell Young
Mike Young
Kate Hatcher
Ada
Ben Hatcher
Union Valley
Millard Haicum
Chickasha
Sulphur
Marguerite McCoy
John McCoy
Clyde Lillard
W. P
Christmas preparations and social notes in Ada
The Ada area features church plans for a Christmas tree event at the Methodist church and multiple visits among residents. Local residents and visitors include Rieves and daughters Eline and Aline, Jeff Correll, G L Babb, Louis Furlong, Georgia Ann McCoy, Aline and Elma Rives, Alvin Odom, Emil Gill, Clyde Lillard, Gene Birge, Jessie May Henson, and Stonewall versus Vaness results for boys and girls. Community scenes include shopping, visiting relatives, and Christmas displays as Ada prepares for Santa Claus.
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Ada
W. S. Furlong
George McCoy
Georgia Ann
John McCoy
T. R. Holloway
Tom Henson
Marcia Durbin
Frisco
Aline
Elma Rives
Alvin Odom
Byers
Emil Gill
St. Louis
Jeff Correll
Clyde Lillard
W. P. Rives
Elma
Gene Birge
Aline Rives
Jessie May
Gene Acker
Stonewall
Vaness
Edward Adams
Sweetwater
Okla
Connie Hill
Union Valley
W. M. Wise
Santa Claus
Final Honors for Judge Dickinson in Nashville Burial
The body of Jacob M. Dickinson former secretary of war under Taft was returned to Nashville for burial. Troop B Tennessee National Guard will escort the body from the train to the state capitol where it will lie in state. A funeral tomorrow at Mount Olivet Cemetery will be conducted by Confederate veterans with dignitaries from the War Department and local religious leaders in attendance.
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Nashville
Tenn
Jacob M. Dickinson
Taft
Tennessee
National Guard
State Capitol
Dwight F. Davis
R. P. Davis
Fourth Corps
War Department
Mount Olivet
James I. Vance
First Presbyterian Church
Dickinson
Mississippi Cavalry
105Th Observation Squadron
Budget Cuts Loom as Oklahoma State Agencies Face Slashes
Oklahoma City Dec 14 Ben Harrison state budget officer faces slicing 11 061 684 from tentative two year recommendations for maintenance salaries and improvements of state institutions and departments. Total requests 38 093 070 two fiscal years, two million below earlier ask. A 45 711 684 biennial total appears after adding 20 percent delinquent tax appropriation. Probable two year state revenue 34 650 000. Harrison to trim items to balance expenditure with income. Departments asked 4 193 499 1929 30 and 4 008 546 1930 31. institutions 15 466 630 1929 30 and 11 424 395 1930 31. Public school aid requires 1 500 000 annual appropriation.
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Oklahoma City
Ben Harrison
Harrison
Youth Must Serve Prison Term in Staten Island Murder
A 17 year old boy faces a minimum 20 year term after pleading guilty to second degree murder for strangling 15 year old Alice Joost in her Port Richmond home. The case grew from his claim she wanted to kiss him. Baumes law enforces the sentence with no parole before the minimum. Alienists judged him legally sane despite claimed abnormality and strong moral religious training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Vincent Rice
Richmond
Alice Joost
Port Richmond
Staten Island
Home of J. W. Brown Burglarized Sunday
A thief entered the home of Mr and Mrs J W Brown at 1105 Last Eighth Street Sunday evening and carried off unspecified items. No injuries reported. Police urged residents to report any clues related to the burglary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Brown
Last Eighth Street
Mrs. Cintha Richey Dies at 61 in Pontotoc County
Mrs. Cintha Richey aged 61 wife of W T Richey of Vaness died Tuesday at 12 45 PM at the family home. Funeral services and interment were held at Lightning Ridge this afternoon. The Richey family recently moved from Kentucky to Pontotoc County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. T. Richey
Cintha Richey
Vaness
Lightning Ridge
Richey
Pontotoc County
Kentucky
Senator Graham Champions Cause Of Wild Life
Senator Graham and Mrs. Gid Graham visited to speak at the college and high school on wildlife conservation. The senator has long championed the cause of wild life and spoke in support of preservation efforts today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Graham
Gid Graham
Nowata
City
Tobin Pleads Not Guilty to Murder Charge
Joe Tobin pleaded not guilty at district court arraignment in Perry on the murder charge tied to the fatal shooting of Ross Hurst, a game warden, near Perry on September 14. Trial date not set but expected in January term. Three defense motions, including a bid to quash the charge, were overruled by District Judge Claude Duval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry
Joe Tobin
Ross Hurst
Tobin
Claude Duval
Subscription drive for Comfort magazine to aid Ada resident
John Lunsford of 217 West Main Ada appeals to local readers to raise funds for a wheeled chair by subscribing to Comfort magazine. Rate is 25 cents per year or 50 cents for three years, with subscriptions delivered to Comfort Publishing Co. in Augusta Maine or given personally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comfort Magazine
Comfort Publishing Co
Augusta
Maine
Oklahoma outlaw Ray Terrill denied release by criminal court of appeals
The court denied habeas relief on three technical counts and set January 2 for a hearing to show cause why Terrill should not be released from solitary confinement. The state was granted a demurrer on the three contentions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Criminal Court of Appeals
Ray Terrill
Outlaw
Terrill
Howell Pleads Guilty to Murder Counts in Infirmary Slayings
In Van Buren an 11 charged with first degree murder in the December 7 shootings of Cliff Deffenbaugh and wife and inmate Nicholson at Crawford county infirmary, pleads guilty at preliminary hearing. W. H. Howell bound over to await grand jury action March 11, 1929, with two witnesses held on $2 bonds each.
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van Buren
W. H
Bill” Howell
Gree
Cliff
J M. Stewart
De&fenbaugh
Howell
J. J. Christman
Lela Jones
Ser i
W. A. Bushminer
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Virgil Holt
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