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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1935
Page
5
Mrs. Bill Kelly departed Wednesday for Oklahoma City after a week in Ada with her husband, who works for a local oil company. R. E. Hutchinson returned Thursday to Shawnee after handling business and visiting friends in Ada the past week.
Jerome Westheimer of Westheimer and Daube, Ardmore, spent Wednesday in Ada on business matters.
Rev O B Lee of the First Presbyterian church has returned from Oklahoma City where he heard Dr Joseph E Vance moderator of the Presbyterian General Assembly speak at the Oklahoma City Presbyterian church earlier in the week Dr Vance is pastor of the First Presbyterian church in Detroit Michigan
Dr. W. H. Jeffrees of the U S Army Transport Republic arrived from New York yesterday to spend Christmas with his wife Mrs. Jeffrees and their daughter Patsy who are wintering in Ada.
E. W. Whitney of Wewoka visited Ada on Thursday for business.
Mr and Mrs W E Crews relocate from Ada to Holdenville with Crews serving as district manager for the Woodmen of the World.
Dr. A. Linscheid, president of East Central State Teachers College, traveled to Shawnee on Friday to deliver the principal address at the county teachers meeting afternoon session.
Miss Pete Proffitt of Tupelo is visiting Ada as a guest of her niece Mrs. Lloyd Goss and Mr. Goss.
Mrs. Sallie Sturdevant returns from a weeks visit with her niece Mrs. Ben Whit worth in Corpus Christi Texas. She admired the city’s beauty with poinsettias in full bloom and a red landscape. In the valley citrus and vegetables are being harvested. She also visited Port Aransas.
Mrs. Bill Scrivner of Stonewall visited and shopped here on Thursday. Guests of Mrs. W S Furlong, 216 E Twelfth, Thursday included her sister Mrs Fount Furlong, Miss Betty Miller, Mrs A Miller, Mrs Bialow Wood and Sirs Charlie Calhoun, all of Durant.
Mrs. and Mrs. Joe Myers of 415 West Twelfth depart today for Tucson Arizona for a several week visit with their daughter Mrs H T Royaltey and family.
L R Matthews of Francis visited friends and attended to business in Ada Saturday.
Floyd Heddleson of Allen transacted business and visited friends in Ada Saturday. Miss Hazel Rose employed in Ardmore is spending the weekend in Ada with her mother, Mrs. Maud C. Rose, 115 W. Sixteenth.
Miss Maude Charley of Tupelo visited Ada on Saturday as a guest of relatives and friends.
Mrs Herbert Kitchens and her daughter Kate left Saturday for Chickasha to spend the Christmas holidays with Mrs Kitchens' mother Mrs A L Elliott.
Charlie Johnson is expected to return Monday from Chicago where he attended to business during the past four days.
Mrs. Maud Bledsoe leaves Ada for Dallas after a brief visit with sister Mrs. Mabel Browall and other relatives and friends.
Dr and Mrs Ollie McBride of Oklahoma City visited Ada Saturday and Sunday. Mrs McBride will stay in Ada as a guest of relatives and friends during the holidays.
Mrs Helen Robnett of Roft visited friends and went shopping in Ada Saturday.
Miss Irene Bynum of Tupelo was a weekend guest of Mrs. Robert Fowler and several friends.
Miss Oleta Flint a Kingston teacher spent the weekend in Ada with relatives and friends. She formerly studied at East Central State Teachers College.
Mr and Mrs J Goss and children Jack and Aline of Tupelo spent the weekend in Ada visiting Mrs Goss daughter in law and son Mr and Mrs Lloyd.
Walter Bray visited Ada on Sunday with friends while traveling home to Dallas after a week of business in Oklahoma City.
Telegram from Maxx Brents announces the death of Mrs. C. H. Tinell who died Sunday morning. Funeral set for Monday afternoon in Calexico California. She was mother of Mrs. Maxx Brents and formerly lived in Roff and Miami Oklahoma.
Dr and Mrs B G Trottmann resume home in Wetumka after a two day stay in Ada visiting daughter Miss Helen Trottmann student at East Central State Teachers College.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Carter of Wichita Falls Texas visited Ada Monday and Tuesday to see friends and handle business. Mr Carter works with Carter Nance Laselle oil firm and previously helped develop the Rebee oil field while based in Ada.
Mr. and Mrs. Marshall W. Harris of Saginaw Michigan arrived in Ada to spend the holidays with Mrs. Harris' aunt Miss Kate K Knight and Mr. Harris' parents Mr. and Mrs. John R Harris at 911 S Broad way. Mrs. Harris is the former Violet Knight.
Mr and Mrs W H Ebey depart Tuesday for the Gulf region and will spend most of the winter in southern Texas or Arizona, according to their plans.
Miss Clarice Massey a student at Christian college in Columbia Mbp is due to arrive in Ada on Wednesday to spend the holidays with her father C H Massey and sister Mrs Gillette Norman at 121 West Eighteenth Street.
Miss LaNelle McKay of Stonwall visited Ada Monday with relatives and friends.
Tom Anglin of Holdenville spent Saturday in Ada visiting friends and handling personal business. He was seen at local spots and talked with residents about upcoming community events.
M. H. Cottingham of Shawnee and Mrs. G W Thomas of Wichita Kans arrived in Ada to attend the December 17 golden anniversary of their parents Mr and Mrs J D Cottingham Seventh and to spend Christmas holidays.
Mr and Mrs Renfro Herndon of 418 South Townsend announce the birth of a son on Tuesday morning December 17.
On Wednesday Jack Ufer son of Mrs An nette Ufer of this city has been seriously ill in the Children s hospital in Oklahoma City and is reported slowly improving.
Mrs. Ernest Goss and her son Lloyd Wayne traveled from Tupelo to Ada on Tuesday to visit friends and do some shopping.
Miss Alice Kendall a student at a Christian college in Columbia Missouri arrived in Ada on Wednesday to spend the Christmas holidays with her parents Mr and Mrs E G Kendall at 1301 South Johnson street.
Miss Geraldine Nichols of Antlers visits Ada staying with Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Rogers as a guest in their home.
Mr and Mrs L A Ellison have spent four or five months in Kansas City and returned to their home at 118 W Nineteenth.
Mr and Mrs Andrew Salmon of Coalgate announce the birth of a daughter in a local clinic on Tuesday December 17.
Miss Ilene Pardue of Pecan Gap Texas arrived in Ada at the start of the week and will reside with Mrs. W S Furlong.
Mrs Ed Sallee and Mrs John Kemp of Stonewall visited Ada Wednesday as guests in the home of Mrs Sallee’s mother Mrs W S Furlong at 216 East Twelfth.
Charles N. Layman, 44, known as a WPA water boy, was held on suspicion of murder for the slayings of four WPA workers and wounding three. Layman, captured nearby, faced a psychopathic exam as inquest set for soon. Witness Cliff Gill described a deliberate, cool attack on workers gathered along a drainage ditch.
A historical summary of Lula High School from its 1935 founding in a one room building through multiple expansions funded by bonds. It lists early and later teachers and staff, notable alumni now in education and public service, and the community effort led by J E Hall to finance additions and maintain schooling. Also mentions poultry market data.
Cattle 2 300 head with calves 700 no heavy steers. light yearlings and heifers 6.50 to 7.25 with one lot above 8.00. bulls and other butcher classes uneven yet steady to strong. hogs 1 209 steady with city butchers up to 9.10 and packer top 9.00. most good 190-300 lb hogs 8.85-9.00. sows 8.25 down. sheep 400 with fat lambs 25 higher to top 10.35 and bulk 9.50-10.25.
Chicago reports potato market conditions with 47 cents per cwt on truck and 309 carloads shipped. Idaho russets mostly at 1.70 to 1.86 for U S No 1 with few sales, No 2 at 1.55, Wisconsin round whites at 1.05 to 1.32 and Colorado McClures at 1.35 to 1.55.
Chicago trading day amidst Rotterdam wheat jump of 3 ¼ cents. Cautious bids and Winnipeg selling influence kept gains modest. Final 1935 crop report due after hours weighed on traders as May wheat touched 98 1-2 cents, corn up to 59 3-8, oats up 1-5/8, provisions steady to firm.
Cash wheat No. 2 hard 1.18 3-4. No. 2 mixed 1.06. Corn No. 4 mixed 54. No. 4 white 57 1-2. Oats No. 2 white 31 to 31 1-4. Sample grade 26 to 29.
In New York trading on December 18, cotton priced in a tight range with hedging absorbed by trade buying or covering. Dec and May futures opened near unchanged to modest gains while late session liquidation and selling left futures barely steady, spot middling at 11.75.
Hogs 2 500 320 direct steady to 10 higher than Tuesday. Top 9.20, desirable 180 270 lbs 9.05 9.20, sows 8.00 8.25. Cattle 3 000 calves 00. steers 804 lbs, stockers 7.75 9.50. butcher cows 4.50 5.50. weaner top 10.00. Sheep 2 000 lambs 25 40 higher. fed lambs 10.90 natives 10.85. most sales 10.50 10.75.
Butter prices held steady as of December 18 in Chicago with 5,925 pounds traded under creamery specials and various grade ranges. Eggs totaled 3,734, with unsettled pricing and no changes.
New Orleans on December 18 reports spot cotton closing steady four points lower with sales of 1515. Prices listed include low middling 10.74 cents, middling 11.54, and good middling 12.07. Receipts total 3745 and stock stands at 625202.
Cotton futures in New York closed barely steady with losses of 6 to 1 point as traders weighed market factors on December 15. The session saw mixed price action and a cautious close across the board.
The Agriculture Department estimated total gross income for 1934 from crops, livestock and government payments at 8.111 billion dollars up from 7.266 billion last year. Crop income at 3.4 billion and livestock at 4.25 billion. corn valued at 1.271 billion and wheat at 505 million. cotton lint 593 million with 10.734 million bales. In Milwaukee, John Benes, brother of Czechoslovakia’s president, said Edouard would become president someday as he worked on toys for two nieces.
Oil field activity near Centrahoma and surrounding pools centers on new sand shows and tests. Wells such as the Carter No 1 Thompson and Fleetborn No 2 Smith drill deeper or prepare tests while others like the Magnolia No 1 Statler pause. Health updates include Jesse pool figure R W Simpson recovering from a heart attack and Kirby Crosbie improving from pneumonia.
The Fleetborn No. 2 Smith, NE SE NE of 31-2-7, drilled 4 423 feet and washed in Friday morning. Early flow reached 884 barrels in one hour with a much stronger second half hour, suggesting over 1000 barrels per hour if sustained. Moore No. 3 Atkins nearby shows Wilcox potential. other nearby wells include Moore No. 3 Benton and Moore No. 2 Mitchell, with mixed results and pool dynamics.
The Carter No. 1 Thompson wildcat near Centrahoma was drilling Friday at 6,525 feet. The core from 6,508 to 6,512 feet showed dolomite and sandy shale with spotty oil and gas, the 6,512 to 6,514 feet interval was dry dolomite, and 6,512 to 6,525 feet yielded dolomite with sandy streaks and spotty oil shows. The well continued drilling Friday.
W. A. Delaney Jr announced a test well to be drilled as Delaney No 1 Hillsdale SE SE of 35 46 near Ada. The site lies two miles east and a half mile south of the Stanolind warehouse on Mississippi Avenue, near the Jack Lloyd field. The Gilcrease sand at 1900 to 2000 feet is the target, with potential oil alongside gas from the Fitts pool further south.
Three men active in developing the Fitts pool, B. C. King and partners, have been seriously ill but were reported somewhat better Friday. The trio, prominent operators who opened the facility, faced a difficult health setback.
The No 1 Ruth Williams deep test in the old Fox field Carter county became stubborn after flowing over the derrick top last month and today failed to restore production despite 2000 gallons of acid down the drill pipe. The SW NE SW of 17-2s-3w well caused trouble yesterday when pumps failed while forcing in 2500 barrels of oil for lubrication. The drill is stuck at 8088 feet.
The Magnolia No. 1 Statler well on the east-southeast side of the John Fitts pool produced 604 barrels per hour the first hour and 515 barrels the second hour after casing from the McLish lime. Initial gauged flow indicates a productive well, with further drilling in the area to be watched. Other wells in the region report varied test results and ongoing drilling activity.
Sections 27 and 28-27 east of Fitts pool see intensified activity as rigs move in and new locations are staked. The State Conservation Department weighs January field potential versus a decline-curve method after months of slowing wells, with about 125 wells to be assessed under one plan and production allowances tied to decline in the other. Operators may still calculate a well’s potential for allowable production if it outpaces field decline.
Section 27-27 shows rapid oil development with Crosbie No. 1A Burris Heirs proving strong. follow up wells Crosbie No. 2 Burris Heirs reached 655 feet with surface pipe set at 625. Magnolia rigs planned for No. 1 Farnum and No. 2 Farnum while others move in for No. 1 Metropolitan Life and Burris Nos. 1 2 3 wells progressing with tool rigging and spudding.
The busy Fitts pool area continues to show active drilling in section 25-2 7 with 15 producing wells and more locations planned. Carter heads for No 7 G Smith se ne sw and No 8 G Smith se nw nw while Fleetborn spuds No 2 Wooley ne nw ne and Moore begins No 1 Mack sw nw se and rigs up.
Public notes report Mack No. 3 and McKay No. 5 wells with surface pipe at 564 feet and drilling statuses noted. Park College No. 4 is rigging surface pipe to 564 feet and No. 5 Park College continues drilling below 180 feet.
Centrahoma region activity shows Carter No. 1 Thompson at 6,649 feet, Gypsy No. 1 Emry at 4,885 feet, and Continental No. 1 McCarthy tubing completed as a discovery producer. Texas Oil Co. No. 1 Simpson pending drilling offset as Continental rigs up near the discovery.
In the Ada oil area two key developments emerge. The Carter No 1 John Thomson tests a wildcat below 6 669 feet with a sandy oil show. The Moore No 3 Atkins SW NW NW 32 27 reveals Wilcox basal sand production now moving toward the Fitts pool, with a twin planned as Moore No 3A Atkins.
Boaz Alabama hosts a winter festival to honor Walt Cagle 550 pounds as he visits from Mountainboro for his annual shopping tour. Mayor declares Walter Cagle day and crowds celebrate with gifts and contests including a beauty pageant ugliest man and fiddler selection.
Harry L Hopkins announced a 9.4 percent drop in dole recipients in October and November across 14 major cities. He linked the decline to Works Progress Administration gains and noted New York City led the reduction with 35 percent of the total fall. In 144 cities excluding New York the decline was seven percent.
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