Military family notes and holiday visits
Pvt. and . . 21 Smith arrived Sunday for a weeks visit with mother Mrs Lottie Smith and relatives in Ada and Fitzhugh. He is stationed at the Army Hospital in Springfield Missouri. Also mentions Cal's Place and a holiday visit by Miss Barbara Alexander daughter of Rev and Mrs Alexander from O C W where she is a student.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith
Lottie Smith
Ada and
Fitzhugh
Army Hospital
Springfield
Missouri
Barbara Alexander
Alexez
R. Wau
Christmas Music Treat by Marguerite Hawkinson at College
Marguerite Hawkinson presents a Christmas music program for the public at the college Tuesday at 8 pm. Concert singers choral club male chorus vocal ensemble participate invited with no charge. Also notes Ted Pate family visit en route to Tulsa to visit relatives in Ada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marguerite Hawkinson
Ada News briefs with Navy assignment and expecting visitors
Mr and Mrs S K Grant of 300 West Seventeenth expect their daughter Sammy from OCW to visit Ada Wednesday. Wanted waitress at Bolding Cafe. Yeoman 3/c John W Young leaves tonight for San Francisco to rest for duty in the U S Navy after six days with relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. S. K. Grant
West Seventeenth
Sammy
Ada
Yeoman
John W. Young
San Francisco
Calif
U. S. Navy
Miss Londa Moore to visit parents in city this week
Miss Londa Lee Moore arrives Wednesday from O C W for a holiday visit at the home of her parents Mr and Mrs Lon Moore at 701 South Rennie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Londa Lee Moore
Lon Moore
South Rennie
Miss Emogene Duyck Reported Ill at Home
Miss Emogene Duyck an admission clerk and switchboard operator at Valley View Hospital is reported ill at her home southwest of the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emogene Duyck
Miss Duyck
Valley View Hospital
Fat battery-raised fryers at 59c per pound
LaSalle's Buffet advertises fat battery-raised fryers dressed and drawn at 59 cents a pound with the sale dated 12 18 21. The brief notice emphasizes ready-to-cook poultry items and a regional market listing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LaSalle’s
Moore Family Welcomes Daughter for Holidays Visit
Mr and Mrs H S Moore of 804 East Seventeenth will host their daughter Miss Margaret Ann Moore a student at Oklahoma College for Women Chickasha over the holidays in their home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. S. Moore
East Seventeenth
Margaret Ann Moore
Oklahoma College For Women
Chickasha
Martha Jo Mount
Avenas
Ae . Mount
Statler couple announce birth of daughter Jimmy Sue
Mr and Mrs Jim Statler announce the birth of their first child a girl born December 16 in Sherman Texas named Jimmy Sue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Statler
Sherman
Texas
Jimmy Sue
Expert repair service for all elgy machines and Singer sewing
Local repair service offers expertise for all elgy machines and Singer sewing machines. Prompt vacuum cleaning and maintenance included. Contact for quick setup and inspections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alegy
Singer
Square Dance Night Before Christmas at Lakeside
Local events page notes a Wednesday square dance at Lakeside on December 19, 2021, the last dance before Christmas. Community callers and attendees expected a festive evening with a mix of rounds and square dances.
Mrs Albertyne Moore Moves to Okmulgee Home
Mrs Albertyne Moore and her daughters Susan and Lynn relocate today to the home of Moore’s mother Mrs Grace Schock Steele in Okmulgee. Moore has been living at 510 East Tenth for months as wife of Capt Har old Z Moore who is now overseas commanding an infantry company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albertyne Moore
Susan
Lynn
Moore
Grace Schock Steele
Okmulgee
510 East Tenth
Harold Z. Moore
Mary Jane Ratliff to Visit During Holidays
Miss Mary Jane Ratliff will visit her parents Mr. and Mrs. Bert Ratliff over the holidays. She arrives Wednesday from Chickasha where she studies at O C W.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Jane Ratliff
Bert Ratliff
Chickasha
Little family spends Monday in Oklahoma City
Mr and Mrs W D Little and Mrs Bill Little Jr visited Oklahoma City on Monday to manage business interests and affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.D. Little
Bill Little Jr
Oklahoma City
Festival of Christmas Music at East Central College
Tuesday evening at eight oclock community concert invites locals with no admission charge. Miss Joy Sugg daughter of Dr and Mrs Alfred R Sugg arrived home for the holidays from Northwestern University Evanston Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Central College
Joy Sugg
Alfred R. Sugg
Northwestern University
Evanston
Illinois
Pvt Paul Corbin Receives Army Honorable Discharge
Pvt Paul Corbin stationed at Camp Ross California has received an honorable discharge and returned to Ada to make his home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pvt
Paul Corbin
Camp Ross
Calif
U. S. Army
Ada
Christmas square dance at Lakeside
A Christmas square dance event is planned for Wednesday night at Lakeside on December 19, 2021. Organizers invite community members to join for a festive evening of partnered dancing and music.
Miss Jean Sampson Visits Ada for Holiday
Miss Jean Sampson daughter of Mrs. L Mae Sampson of 407 South Rennie will arrive Wednesday for a holiday visit with relatives and friends in Ada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Sampson
L. Mae Sampson
South Rennie
Ada
Choice selection of flowers for Christmas at Blue Lantern
Blue Lantern Flower Shop advertises Christmas flower selections with orders encouraged early and a contact phone number 343. The notice appears dated 12 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blue Lantern Flower Shop
God Wept For War Blood On Christmas Moon
A poetic reflection describes the Christmas moon as a beacon of mourning as God weeps for humanity. The piece frames wartime blood staining snow as a sign of mankind's failure to live as brothers, despite a universal dream of peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethlehem
Earth
Crumley Arrives for Ten Day Ada Visit
Pvt. Hal E. Crumley arrives for a ten day visit with his wife and daughter Judy Lynn of Ada and his parents Mr. and Mrs. R. T. Crumley of Roff. After the visit he will return to Camp Pickett Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal E. Crumley
Judy Lynn
Ada
R. T. Crumley
Roff
Pvt. Crumley
Camp Pickett
Virginia
Simpkins to Welcome Daughter Janette Over Holidays
Mr and Mrs Pedro Simpkins of 1225 East Fifteenth will host their daughter Janette for the holidays. She is a student at Oklahoma College for Women in Chickasha.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pedro Simpkins
East Fifteenth
Janette
Oklahoma College For Women At
Chickasha
Visitors from Orange Texans Stay in Mardis Home
Mrs Eunice Aucorn and Mrs Bessie Moore of Orange Texas are visiting their mother Mrs Lottie Mardis at 830 West Ninth during the holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eunice Aucorn
Bessie Moore
Orange, Tex
Lottie Mardis
West Ninth
Visiting Ruth Wimbish to spend holidays in Ada
Miss Ruth Wimbish daughter of Mr and Mrs Moss Wimbish arrives Wednesday to visit friends and relatives in Ada She attends O C W Chickasha as a student located at 1105 South Highschool.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Wimbish
Moss Wimbish
South
Ada
Chickasha
Mejer Reassigned to Staunton After Hot Springs Visit
Mejer and Mrs John Morey return from a three week stay in Hot Springs Arkansas. He is reassigned to Staunton Virginia and will move with his family on January 3 to make their home there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mejer
John Morey
Hot Springs
Ark
Staunton
Virginia
Miss Sara Pritchett to Return Home After Visit
Miss Sara Pritchett, a stewardess for American Airlines, will leave Dallas on Wednesday to return home after a three day visit with her parents Mr and Mrs W C Pritchett in Ada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sara Pritchett
American Air Lines
Dallas
Tex
W. C. Pritchett
Ada
Square Dance at Lakeside Wednesday Night
Kat ie Pvt. Joe W. Meaders arrived Saturday for a seven day visit with his parents Mr and Mrs F W Meaders 521 South Broadway He is training at Las Vegas Nevada to be a gunner and the note mentions a square dance event at Lakeside on Wednesday night December 21 1941
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe W. Meaders
F. W. Meaders
South Broadway
Las Vegas
Nevada
Christmas Music by East Central College Performers
The East Central College concert features the Concert Singers Choral Club male chorus and Horace Mann vocal ensemble performing Tuesday night at 8. No admission charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Central Concert Singers
Horace Mann
West to report to Fort Meade after 15 day delay
Lt. Glen Dale West spends a 15 day delay en route visiting his mother Mrs. M F West. He arrived Sunday from Camp Bowie Texas and will report to Fort Meade Maryland December 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Dale West
M. F. West
Camp Bowie
Tex
Fort Meade
Obituary for P. E. Pierce of Connersville
P. E. Pierce died at his home in Connersville Tuesday at 5 a m. He was 65. Funeral services are set for Wednesday at 3 p m at Fairview Texas with burial in Fairview cemetery, Fannin county Texas. Criswell Funeral Home in charge. Survived by widow Emma Pierce, son Clifford Pierce of Connersville, and daughter Mrs Minnie Lynch living in Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. E. Pierce
Connersville
Fairview
Tex
Fairview Cemetery
Fannin County
Criswell Funeral Home
Emma Pierce
Clifford Pierce
Minnie Lynch
Texas
Chicago Editor McCormick Weds Mrs Hooper in Private Ceremony
The December wedding will take place in Chicago between Mrs Maryland Mathison Hooper and Col Robert R McCormick editor and publisher of the Chicago Tribune. Chauncey McCormick, publisher’s cousin, announced the ceremony will be private with only immediate family and a few close friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Maryland Mathison Hooper
Robert R. McCormick
The
Chicago Tribune
Chauncey McCormick
County officials urge shift of gasoline tax to road fund
At the semi annual meeting in Oklahoma City the State County Commissioners Association urged the legislature to transfer the one cent gasoline tax from the state general fund to the county road fund. Fred Wailes of Okmulgee was re elected president of the association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
State County Commissioners Association
State General Fund
Fred Wailes
Okmulgee
Monday Purchases Of E Bonds Slow
This week opened with a sharp decline in E bond purchases as the Sixth War Loan tally continues until December ends.
Goal Bond Totals Series E Monday Sales
The report shows totals for Series E bond sales with a Monday update. Total to date is 372000.00 dollars negative, plus 3600.00 and 318606.25 in additional amounts.
County War Loan drives show day and deficits
Saturday saw more than $14 000 invested in war bonds while Monday brought in only $3 600 leaving the county over its total War Loan quota but still more than $53 000 short of the ER bond target of $372 000.
Court Martial Ends For 27 Negroes
In Seattle on December 19, 27 black soldiers were sentenced after a mass court martial for rioting at Fort Lawton on August 14. Hefty penalties totaled over 200 years, with two murder charges reduced to manslaughter and a range from six months to 25 years. One defendant was dismissed, 13 found innocent, and Roy L. Montgomery remained hospitalized awaiting verdict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wash
Fort Lawton
Pvt
Guglielmo Olivetto
Cpl
Luther Larkin
Helena
Ark
William G. Jones
Decatur, II
Sgt
Arthur J. Harris
Houston
Tex
Pfe
Roy L. Montgomery
Greenwood
Miss
Oklahoma City Lt Nash Awarded Silver Star
Lt Norman C Nash son of Dr M A Nash chancellor of the State Board of Regents for Higher Education receives the Silver Star from Adm Chester Nimitz for gallantry and for furnishing his submarine commander with vital information during South Pacific attacks on enemy shipping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Norman C. Nash
M. A. Nash
State Board of Regents For Higher Education
Navy Department
Nash
United States
South Pacific
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Oklahoma
Rundstedt Rumored Wounded and Discontent in German Command
The Stockholms-Tidningen, cited by OWI, said Field Marshal Karl Gerd Von Rundstedt was slightly wounded and unhappy with the west offensive. It reported he opposed starting the risky drive that would tax Germany’s forces and claimed Himmler issued the counteroffensive order, not Hitler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Stockholms-Tidningen
Karl Gerd von Rundstedt
OWI
von Rundstedt
Heinrich Himmler
Hitler
Germany
Fortresses Strike German Supply Lines On 50 Mile Front
Three hundred flying Fortresses drop nearly 1000 tons of explosives on rail and road junctions from Trier to Gemund in the first mission of its kind in Europe. RAF Lancasters hit ships at Gdynia, plus targets at Nurnberg and Munster. American-borne planes bomb Rhine hubs Cologne Coblentz Mainz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Trier
Gemund
Baltic
Gdy
Lutzow
Scheer
Crude Output Declined Past Week Across Regions
U S crude oil production fell 5 420 barrels daily in the week ending December 16 to 4 700 030 barrels. Texas held at 2 111 550. Louisiana rose 650 to 361 400. Rocky Mountain area up 1 960 to 124 960. California up 5 000 to 885 250. Illinois down 7 000 to 196 400. Eastern fields down 5 000 to 63 000. Kansas down 200 to 267 100. Oklahoma down 2 200 to 358 200. Michigan down 200 to 52 700.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
United States
Oil and Gas Journal
Texas
Louisiana
Rocky Mountain Area
California
East
Illinois
Eastern
Kansas
Oklahoma
Michigan
Watch For Check Thieves Forgers This Christmas Season
City police have been alerted by the U S Secret Service to watch for check thieves and forgers during the holiday shopping period. Retailers risk losses when accepting forged checks, a danger noted as merchants and households shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Secret Service Department
Ada Singing Convention Tonight at Pentecostal Church
Ada singing convention will meet tonight at 7 30 oclock at the Pentecostal church Seventh and Cherry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
Pentecostal Church
Seventh and Cherry
Wards Initiates Minimum Wage in Detroit Stores
Montgomery Ward & Co. informs 1,500 striking Detroit area workers of a 46 cent basic hourly wage retroactive to Sept 1, 1943. Union reps say retroactive pay should date to Dec 8, 1942 and vow to continue the strike. War Labor Board says action falls short of its compliance order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Montgomery Ward & Co
War Labor Board
R. W. Rosevear
United Retail, Wholesale and Department Stores Employees
CSO
WLB
Montgomery Ward
State Supreme Court Opinions Summary of Cases
Oklahoma court opinions list several decisions affirming or reversing in multiple counties. Cases include Kasner and Wolfson versus Stanmire and Merrill in Oklahoma County affirmed, Eisenschmidt versus Conway and Mills in Tulsa County reversed and remanded, Fletcher versus Allen in Grady County affirmed, Berry versus Opel in Bryan County affirmed, Gilliland versus Snedden and First National Bank Tulsa executors in Tulsa County affirmed, Lind versus McKinley in Woods County affirmed, Piland versus Craig in Garvin County affirmed, and Miles versus Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. in Tulsa County affirmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
M. Kasner
Edith Wolfson
E. M. Stanmire
Cora M. Merrill
Oklahoma County
H. C. Eisenschmidt
I. M. Conway
Lawrence Mills
Tulsa County
Hosea F. Fletcher
Onnie J. Allen
Grady County
E. B. Berry
George Opel
Bryan County
Vera C
Jap Family Hid In Saipan Caves
Five U.S. servicemen from a B 29 unit found seven hidden Japanese in Saipan caves including a pregnant mother and five children. The captives, living on hidden stores, were escorted to a civilian camp after receiving food. Nine days later in Paris, Paul Chack, 68, a former navy officer and romance author, was condemned to death for collaborating with the enemy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vern Haugland
Saipan
Marianas
Navy
Henry M. Phanke
Glidden
Iowa
Pfc
Vernon L. Hicks
Oklahoma City
Okla
Cpl
Allen Q. Wong
Portland
Ore
Wong
Paris
Paul Chack
Chack
Red Cross sewing room to close until after Christmas
A correction states the sewing room was not used for dirty bags but for overseas kits for the Red Cross. Chairman Mrs. M. F. West confirms the room will be closed until after Christmas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
M. F. West
Church of Christ holds week of Good Will services
Pastor T. J. Jared leads a week of Good Will services with daily preaching by Rev. Elmer Ellis Dan York Charles Johnston L O Cooper and Floyd Pong. Evening services include strong singing and fellowship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. J. Jared
Elmer Ellis
Dan York
Charles Johnson
L. O. Cooper
Floyd Pong
Pickett Christmas Program Set For December 21
Pickett School will hold its annual Christmas program Thursday evening December 21. The event starts promptly at 8 o clock and promises an enjoyable evening for all attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pickett School
Policymaker Signals Readiness for Roll Call on Nominations
A official states that nominees will be removed if they fail to follow the president's policies and that continued discussion is unnecessary. The group is prepared to vote on the nominations and conduct a roll call based on their convictions.
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Cal’s Place
South Stockton
Ted Pate
Ted Jr
Bills Pate
Carlsbad
New Mex
Ms. M. Bills
Gervis Bentley
Bolding Cafe
Lakeside
Braly’s
Briggs & Stratton
Wisconsin
Ramage Battery & Electric Co
East 10Th
Crescent
W. T. Rawleigh
Western
Katie
McCormick
Scott's
Give Magazine
O & A Wholesale Distributors
Gen. Rundstedt
U. 5
West Main
State Supreme Court
Saipan Caves
Ada News
W. Main
Church OF Christ
Pickett
Poultry Service
Ada Milling Company
Makers OF
East Central
Ted Malone
Lum ’N’ Abner
Alan Young
Gracie Fields
Raymond G. Swing
Henry J. Taylor
Metropolitan Opera
Dawn Patrol
Dr. C. C. Morris
Breakfast Club
Westinghouse Overseas
KADA
A Coe
Io Broadcasting
Fubov
Sardi
Jack Burch
Midda
Kiernan
Merton Downey
Andrini
P.T.A
Hop Harrigan
Terry and
Lapel
Davenport
Lord Davenport
Credit Jewelers
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