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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1935
Page
6
Sunday school and preaching attracted many in Hall's Hill area as revival meetings begin and continue through next Sunday. The community notes visits, family gatherings, and church events across Pontotoc County with numerous names and local places mentioned.
Rev. Austin Deaton led services Saturday night, Sunday, and Sunday night before a large crowd with several visitors. The notes list numerous church members and visitors, including Mrs. Q. F. Akins, Lillian Vaughan, Effie Rainbolt, and many others who pledged eggs for the church treasury.
Weather is pleasant as peanut threshing continues. Community meals, visits, and holiday activities dominate the week with numerous family gatherings at the homes of Wilsons Capps Jones and Williams. The Christmas program and tree were well received and a funeral for Agnes Brown drew a large crowd.
Miss Bonnie Jared and Swen Price wed at her parents home on November 24 with Rev. Tom Jared officiating. Ruth Parker and Sidney Kellogg united at her parents home on December 6. Loss Brumley visited relatives in Homer last week. Omar Deaton and family from Lovelady moved into the area as the community welcomes newcomers.
The Christmas program at Summers Chapel drew a well attended audience Friday night with many gifts under the tree. Local families, visitors, and neighbors shared in the festive event and post program visits at several homes are noted.
A small Sunday crowd enjoyed strong singing with visitors from Hickory Hill. Many townsfolk and relatives visited for Christmas holidays, with numerous calls and dinners across local homes. Sunday school attendance was modest, and Christmas program honors drew good turnout.
The Tuesday box supper was well attended with everyone enjoying themselves. Isabel Miller of Ahloso won the cake for prettiest girl and D. D. Duke, Stonewall high school superintendent, won the cigar for ugliest man.
Fairfax report describes a 103 year old glass dish set from Scotland owned by Amos Pitts. The aunt gave them forty years ago and the crystal pieces include plates tumblers a sugar bowl creamer and a spoonholder. The dishes remain intact and are used daily with babies once using them as toys.
Clyde McDuffey reported a man hunt covering Texas and California ended in Okmulgee. He located Jack L. Hurst, who paid court costs and redeemed items, leading to dismissal of grand larceny charges in Pontotoc County.
An obituary notice for Elva Lou Loman, daughter of Claudie and Irene Loman, who died December 14. The poem expresses family grief and memory, noting the child is gone to heaven and will not be forgotten. Irene Loman signs the tribute from Stonewall route 2.
A funeral notice from Ada Oklahoma marked by two friends Vernie and Dorothy Capps laments the loss of Daphene Rooks aged about eleven months. The message recalls a vacant home and the enduring memory of a cherished child with hopeful notes of reunion on the eternal shore.
Four investigators moved to assign responsibility for the Greyhound bus crash that killed 14 people at Hopewell Virginia. Autopsy results were being completed for driver L G Alford while state authorities including Capt H B Nicholas and John Q Rhodes Jr led inquiries. The coroner's inquest is set for Thursday and 13 bodies have been identified. Laura Davis is tentatively identified as the remaining victim.
Oklahoma City. The state supreme court upheld the will of Nitey a full blood Seminole woman. The will left oil properties cash and securities in trust for a sister and five sons for 10 years then to the sons or their heirs. The decision affirmed the Seminole county district court ruling admitting the will to probate despite challenges of incompetence undue influence and improper execution.
The Oklahoma State Bar Board of Governors filed an answer in the state supreme court asserting its authority to investigate disbarment charges against J. Henry Weston, a former Seminole county judge. Weston seeks a writ of prohibition to stop the bar from hearing the charges, while the bar argues the court has exclusive authority to regulate admission to practice and discipline petitioners.
The Sun Telegraph reports Gulf Oil plans to consolidate several subsidiaries under a reorganization. Gulf Refining filed a certificate of increase in capital stock with Delaware to raise subsidiary capitalization from 1 million to 50 million, with the plan described as entirely internal and not affecting public securities.
In the state prison death house Hauptmann hears that Col and Mrs Charles A Lindbergh and their 3 year old son Jon are emigrating to England to escape threats and crank letters. Anna Hauptmann reported the remark and quoted him questioning the move.
Weather forecasters predicted continuing cold across the nation with snow from the Canadian Rockies to the Atlantic. Motor travel slowed as several inches accumulated. Minnesota and Wisconsin reported 15 below zero and Chicago near zero as Santa prepares for a snowy Christmas Eve.
Latest official readings show Boston 22 New York 24 Washington 24 Chicago 28 Cleveland 24 Detroit 14 Indianapolis 26 Des Moines 12 Duluth 12 Omaha 16 Kansas City 24 Cheyenne 28 Salt Lake City 30 Portland 38 Spokane 26 Winnipeg 16 below zero.
In the Oklahoma panhandle high southern plains terracing wheat land increased yields by 31.00 bushels per acre from 1925 to 1935. With grain prices, the ten year gain was $23.30 per acre, terracing cost 77 cents and extra cultivation 5.77 dollars, leaving a net income of 17.55 dollars per acre. Harley A. Daniel, director of the Oklahoma panhandle agricultural station, notes moisture conservation as a paying proposition.
Paris reports the French senate adopted a government decree disbanding political troops with little opposition. Premier Laval avoided confrontation as the bill returns to the chamber after senatorial amendments. Croix de Feu faces transformation into a social movement to avoid dissolution.
In Hilo Hawaii Army officers weigh bombing Mauna Loa lava to divert flows from the Wai iluku river, source of the city water. Three pilots examined the eruption and will confer with Dr Thomas A Jaggar the government volcano expert who said there is no public alarm. The current lava is about 12 miles from Wai iluku.
In Philadelphia on December 24, John W. Rogers, 56, an estranged husband and former detective, shot and killed his wife Eloise, her mother, and two children, severely wounded another child, before dying by suicide at the wife’s home. Police say he had been arrested recently on threats.
The bodies of R. W. Barnet, 41, car sales manager, and Mrs. W. H. Garland, 40, were found in a Tulsa tourist camp cabin. Investigators saw no foul play and will examine causes of death. A gas stove was not connected, ruling out asphyxiation theory.
Fairfax December report quotes Homer Huffaker who has lived among the Osages for decades. He warns that full bloods are fading as younger generations mix with whites and absorb bad habits, leaving the Redman mid way between cultures. Huffaker sees both loss and potential in assimilation.
Thousands of singing students besieged the north railroad station in Shanghai demanding free transport to Nanking to protest northern separation. Police avoided violence as clashes injured several and 1,000 seized the terminal, while authorities prepared to defend foreign concessions. The demonstrators pledged support for comrades who earlier seized the terminal and paralyzed rail traffic, urging government action.
Bank of Tyronza endured a $15000 holdup by a lone bandit late yesterday. Officials said the suspect forced entry through the rear, covered cashier J L Dean with a pistol, and compelled him to help open the vault. One man was arrested on suspected accessory, with search for the primary robber ongoing.
Okmulgee reports the death of Frei Collins a three year old girl child of Sherman C. and Mrs. Collins who died in a local hospital from burns after her clothing caught fire from a heating stove yesterday.
A rumor or anecdote attributes Dr. Alexis Carre with the notion that humans could live in suspended animation after observing a waiter rushing through a order. The fragment suggests a casual inspiration rather than a formal discovery, pointing to speculative early ideas about extended life states.
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