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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1940
Page
7
The City of Ada Oklahoma will receive bids on December 23 1940 at 2 PM for the sale of 190000 in Airport Bonds. Bonds mature 8000 in three years and 8000 annually thereafter until paid with final 12000. Bids must include 2 percent cash with bid. Mayor and City Commissioners may reject all bids.
The District Court in Ada Oklahoma issues notice by publication to Y McCammon N P Dodge Corp Cleo Buster Green Pearl Buster Albert M Althea and others with unknown heirs executors and assigns. Plaintiffs seek foreclosure of delinquent special assessments on Stockton Avenue and creation of a trust fund for retirement of Street Improvement Bonds under Ordinance 574 with specified tracts in Ada Oklahoma. Judgment to be enforced unless defendants answer by January 3 1950.
Sheriff of Pontotoc County announces sale of Lot 15, Block 5, Ada Oklahoma at public auction for cash to satisfy Home Owners' Loan Corporation judgment of 2116.12 plus 5 percent interest from Jan 10, 1940, attorney fees and costs. Sale set for January 13, 1941 at 2 p.m. at the south front door of the Pontotoc County Courthouse.
In Pontotoc County Oklahoma district court cases against Eli Sealy heirs and other defendants. The petition seeks quieting title and partition of 160 acres in Section 15 T1N R7E and mortgage foreclosure on property in Ada areas with dates 1940 1941 and 1948 actions filed by Hobert G Orton and Nella Bedford court clerk.
In Pontotoc Oklahoma the District Court prepares to hear a suit by Ebey-McCauley against Esther Pelter and heirs seeking to quiet title to Lot 23 in Black 91 Government Survey. The action declares Esther Pelter owner of 2/3 and Ebey-McCauley 1/3, with others barred from any claim. Judgment sought includes heir identification and possession of the described property.
Oklahoma border counties likely to provide the first draftees for the January 3 army training call. Draftees totaling about 3,000 will be selected by counties around the state with Oklahoma City influence. Weather could shift the order, with blizzard risks cited as a factor in prioritizing nearer counties.
A local classified notice highlights enhanced returns for investment in vested Ada accounts. The ad outlines favorable terms, potential yields, and eligibility for residents seeking improved value from their holdings. It urges readers to contact the office for details and deadlines.
On December 23, 1940 at 2:00 PM in Ada Oklahoma the Sheriff will sell Lot Fourteen Block Four Arlington Addition Ada City to satisfy a judgment of 3012.63 with 5 percent interest from January 8 1946 plus 290 attorney fees and costs. Defendants are Home Owners Loan and J W Hoggatt Ella Hoggatt. Witness dated November 21 1940. Clyde Kaitser Sheriff R W Hughes Undersheriff Attorney for Plaintiff 11 21 51w
Sam Dew County Treasurer will on January 2, 1941 start at 9 a.m. in the Pontotoc County Courthouse sell separately tracts, parcels, or lots acquired by the county at resale. Bids already submitted list Lot 9, Block 10, Donaghey Add Ada City with bid by J. Ja. Briley. Cash in hand, subject to Board approval. purchaser pays apportioned advertisement and other expenses.
Lot Five in Block Twenty Dages Addition Ada Pontotoc County Oklahoma 16 784 is the property subject to a judgment in favor of Home Owners Loan co and R Vaughn and Pernie Vaughn for 1572 94 with 5 percent yearly interest from September 30 1939 until paid plus 155 attorney fees and costs and accruing costs. November 1940. Clyde Kaster Sheriff by W N Hughes Undersheriff.
Auctions set for January 1941 when TI Sam Dew county treasurer will conduct bids on land in Pontotoc County with two parcels listed and prices 360.00 and 40.00 by Terence Rich and Lacere Rich. Separate probate notices detail a hearing for full blood deed approval in the estate of Sylvia Gipson nee Williams and a final report for the estate of P M Wright with a hearing date January 9, 1941 in Ada Oklahoma.
Sam Dew county treasurer announces resale of multiple Stonewall City lots including Lot 6 Block 7 and several other blocks with bids starting at $1.00 by Rigby Owen. Ties will be decided the same day if no higher bids arrive. cash in hand. Board of County Commissioners approval required.
Vacancy through death. Rawleigh route now open in north Pontotoc county. Dealer Brewer died suddenly November 1. He made sales as high as seventy dollars weekly. Trade well established. Exceptional opportunity. Write now Rawleighs Dept OKL 3 202 Memphis Tenn 11 21 51.
A health safety briefing notes a grim trend stating that over the last decade roughly one person dies every sixteen minutes due to accidents or preventable causes. The statistic highlights a broad public safety issue and calls for enhanced prevention measures.
Notice states bids for land described by section township and range with amounts $25 and $40 by J M Vincent. Also notices final settlement hearing in estate of J W Eddings with executor W T Buck, to be held January 16 1941 at 10 am in the Ada Oklahoma courthouse. Court seal and officials named Hoyt Driskill and JT Afrwrmmr rr MUN MEils.
The Brazilian pygmy marmoset is identified as the smallest known monkey with a weight of four and a half ounces, about twice a mouse.
The saguaro stores its own water for dry periods within its pulpy interior. Water is absorbed from near the ground by its extensive shallow root system and held inside the main plant.
Sunday school canceled due to bad weather. Sick list includes Billy Ray Christensen. Local residents visit, move, and host relatives. Box supper raised 60 dollars for a Christmas tree. Funeral services for B. H. Rice held at Oakman cemetery with Criswell Funeral Home. Ada visitors named. Ardmore trip noted for Mr J F Kaiser and others.
Community extends sympathy to John and Jude Chaffin on Lavena Chaffin's death in Guin Alabama at 68 from a stroke. Notes on visitors, flu illness, Christmas fund thanks, school holiday schedule, Sunday School, and a class poem by Wilma Ruth Walcott.
The Oakman health clinic scheduled for December 18 was postponed due to road conditions. Mrs. W A White of Shawnee inspected WPA school lunches in Pontotoc county last week and was pleased with Oakman’s lunch program. Oakman girls lost to Steedman 30 to 15, while Oakman boys beat Steedman 10 to 8 in a nonconference scrimmage. John Kaiser of Sheridan Illinois visits Oakman.
Washington reports the start of surveying and selection of a chain of inter American air and naval bases in South and Central America. Nations will own the sites, US funds improvements and fortifications, with details kept secret.
A wartime shelter manager juggles heating, lighting, and ventilation amid power cuts and fire laws. Quarrels over beds flare as nerves fray while bomb damage and supply shortages complicate repairs. Referees and confessional talks help soothe distressed workers.
The navy announced a expansion of its destroyer program to 365 ships after contracting for 40 additional destroyers. Secretary Knox cited a direct cost of about 253.4 million dollars and 8 million dollars in new private yard facilities needed for the work.
The nation's sixth major coal mine blast of 1940 killed seven miners and injured five in the Raleigh Coal and Coke operation No. 4, two miles back. Doctors fear one of the injured may not survive as bodies were recovered about four hours after the blast beneath Beckley’s streets.
James Candel Jr aged 13 claimed Locust street as his home causing police to search. After an hour confusion persisted until a check at headquarters confirmed Locust street was in Columbia ten miles away and the boy's father alerted authorities.
Mrs. Rita Kaufman Lowe estranged wife of actor Edmund Lowe items a monthly living cost claim in Hollywood. The list includes servants 175 dollars food 300 utilities 100 beauty parlor 50 entertainment 300 automobile maintenance 40 and medical expenses 300 totaling a demand for two thousand dollars monthly. A financial audit shows Lowe earned 1 008 140 71 from marriage in 1936 to September 1. 1941. Shivering New York tenants report a janitor jailed for furnace theft.
D Hayden Linebaugh a 62 year old eastern Oklahoma attorney died of a heart ailment last night at friends in Atoka He was a longtime figure in the state democratic organization and had hunted quail in Atoka He served as U S district attorney for the eastern district of Oklahoma 1913 17 and chaired the state democratic convention in 1912 He was a delegate to the national conventions in 1908 and 1920 He ran for second district congressman in 1934 but lost in the primary to Jack Nichols Survivors include his widow a daughter and two sons
A Ponca City woman travels to Pawnee for a drivers license exam. The officer jokes about the exam being easier there than in Ponca City. The driver’s line amuses the patrolman, who administers tests at both towns.
About 300 German sailors from the scuttled liner Columbus were to be quartered at an abandoned CCC camp near the Marine Veterans hospital in Fort Stanton New Mexico. The men, rescued after scuttling their ship, faced mixed local response and will be treated as distressed seamen under maritime law with the German government covering support costs.
In Shanghai on December 18, Japanese sources say Tokyo will offer a last chance to seal an oil and trade deal with the Netherlands East Indies. A delegation led by former foreign minister Kenkichi Yoshizawa heads to Batavia for talks set to begin in January, with possible direct action if negotiations fail.
The 10,746 ton Dutch tanker Pendrecht reported by Mackay Radio that a submarine torpedoed her about 850 miles west of the northern tip of Scotland. She said she lost two lifeboats and had only one left and requested immediate assistance.
At Ft. Sill the 45th division plans a 12 day training hiatus from December 21 to January 2. Unit commanders may grant liberal passes as Christmas approaches. Soldiers receive two thirds of December pay five days before Christmas with the remainder on the usual pay day.
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