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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1922
Page
5
The News thanks its correspondents for a year of community letters from across the county. Holiday absences reduced staff but readers contributed lively Christmas and county news. The editor wishes everyone a Happy New Year as 1922 closes.
Sunday school crowded for Christmas eve services. Local residents report soldiers in Fort Sill on furloughs and many families visiting relatives in Wilson. A Christmas tree program drew a large crowd, and a Baptist association gathering is planned with preaching and lunch. Numerous social visits, weddings, births, and church events fill the week, including a Barnsley and Maddox family holiday meals and a revival starting Sunday night.
Fitzhugh notes a Dec 24 dinner by Mr and Mrs Warner Oliphant for home folks including Cleo and Alta Simmons. Ray Auten and Leon Lynn of Vaness spent Christmas night with E J Hayes and family in Hickory. Others, Dr Overton family and Mrs Baker visited Mrs Franklin. Henrys daughters May and Susie holiday in Dodsonville Texas. A Sunday night singing drew a large crowd. Albert Cartwright and family visit home folks. Al Thompson and wife vacation in Oklahoma City.
B L Stephens plans to open a store in Ada after the first of next year while keeping his current business open and operated by his sons. He has run the present business for ten years and is described as successful.
Pickett reports a nice Christmas and a church service on Sunday as townsfolk attended the Christmas tree at Jones Chapel Saturday night. Mr. and Mrs. N. A. Wilson bought a new Ford. Edna Herrin spent the weekend with Nora Faulkenberry. Pearl Owens of Center visited Velliah Meeks. Bud Horton of Parish Chapel visited Clyde Meeks. Mrs. Owens of Center had Christmas dinner with Mrs. Meeks. Corrine Bullock spent the weekend at home.
I H Mackey recently moved from Mill Creek to the Sunshine neighborhood and was in Ada Friday. He formerly lived near Fitzhugh.
Tyrola Everyone enjoyed the Christmas tree and school program. Mr and Mrs O L Myers hosted Christmas Day guests Mr and Mrs T M Myers. Stubblefield and Miss Lillian Smith celebrated Christmas together. Families Lena Novella Ley and Ethel Myers visit home folks for the holidays. Sun set with Bill and Delia Myers visiting Shawnee and Annie Lilla Perry visiting Ada. Clover Leaf.
Local notes show school closing for holidays with Santa Claus visiting last Friday and giving treats to children. Numerous visits from relatives and friends including Mrs. J R Scott, Mr and Mrs Royce Keller Ada, and Ada residents marked holiday gatherings.
In Vienna debates on Austria’s Reform Bills reveal salt holes benefiting 20 000 institutions and individuals from the salt monopoly, widespread free wood and fuel holes, and wartime army cost-cutting claims. The Tyrol shows a high officer ratio, railways run by 194 staff per kilometer, and a government map bureau chief privately profiting from private work with no payment.
Gothenberg reports the radiophone will warn fishermen at sea of herring schools from the Gothenberg radio center. The new system will cut wasteful waiting and likely boost catches. Plans include weather forecasts, news, and radio tips for small vessels, with Stockholm as a testing center.
Hog receipts were light outside northern markets as prices edged up. Packers were active with opening bids about a nickel higher. top hogs traded to 8.10, bulk 8.00 to 8.10, stockers around 5.75.
London December 27 The British financial mission to the United States led by Stanley Baldwin sails from London to New York aboard the Majestic. The party includes Mrs Baldwin and daughter Montague Norman Rowe Dutton and P J Grigg. Expected return is late January.
L D Haskins of Summers Chapel announced at the News office that substantial plowing has occurred in the area and most farmers are ready to begin work immediately.
An explosion at the Scherek Milling company in the West Bottoms of Kansas City, Missouri, started a fire and killed several people with additional injuries reported this afternoon. Affected workers and emergency crews battled the blaze as authorities investigate the blast origin.
Ada records show seven couples received marriage licenses since Friday closing time and more couples reportedly wed while leaving town. The list includes B Fulton with Thelma Vaden of Ada, George W Edwards with Ollie Holland of Jessie, John Norton with Mary Ewing of Hominy, J W Garves with Sarah Stark of Connersville, H E Ross with Esther Harris of Ada, L M Bray with Martha LaFevers of Ada, Glen W Fowler with Sylvia Moss of Ada.
Miss Bessie L. Halloway and Mr. George A. Hbrite wed Wednesday at 6 30 pm in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Heap on West Third street. Rev. Henson officiated with Mrs. Heap and family as witnesses. They depart for Truce Kansas to start a new home amid warm well wishes.
E W Steward received a phone message saying B F Jones was killed in an auto accident Friday. He lived on Steward’s farm near Civit in Garvin county. Details were unavailable. Jones had long resided in Ada and ran a transfer business there.
Oklahoma circus owner W A Honest Bill Newton gave an educational lecture to Oakman residents Tuesday evening under Oakman scout troop auspices. He spoke on care and training of wild animals and received favorable response from the community per Harry Miller, scout leader.
Five masked men tried to blow the St. Louis San Francisco station safe at Weleetka. They imprisoned two ticket agents, set fire to a motor train, and fled after the blast failed. Arthur Sulsey, hit with a revolver butt, was taken to a hospital. his condition is not serious.
In Transvaal 30 miles north of the Leeupoort tin mines a prospector uncovered what appears to be a fragment of an ancient smelting plant and slag. Nearby are old workings and ore believed to contain whitish metal possibly platinum or molybdenum. Mining engineers head to the site for expert examination.
Rev. T. Thomas Collier former minister was acquitted by a district court jury on embezzlement charges involving a $250 diamond ring from local dealer C. R. Hammond. Collier was arrested November 24 in Long Beach California after touring with the Bedouin Temple masonic band in June.
A tale claims a toad consumed 77 thousand legged worms in one sitting. The extraordinary claim centers on an unusual feeding event reported as a local anecdote.
The United States daily average gross crude oil production rose by 24 850 barrels to 1 662 600 for the week ending December 16 from 1 657 750 the prior week. East of the Rockies output reached 1 202 600 barrels up from 1 187 750, with Oklahoma Kansas totaling 501 650. Osage nation 128 950, Tonkawa 29 250, Lyons Quinn pool 11 600, Bristow pool 58 300.
PAPEETE Tahiti Dec 22 natives reject welfare for stranded white men unable to work locally. Reported arrivals over past years sought island help but few jobs exist as tropical labor is hard and incomes from small plots are inadequate. Economic conditions on the island remain depressed.
Free State military headquarters in Dublin announced that nearly 300 prisoners were released in the past two weeks. Most gains occurred in recent days, and officials stressed the release was not a Christmas arrangement.
A watch crystal can be made from a piece of transparent celluloid, offering shatter resistance and clear visibility. The material provides a durable alternative for timepieces.
Officials from Choctaw Cotton Oil estimate the mill elevator fire caused 10 000 to 11 000 in damage to machinery. Insurance covers the loss. Fire Chief Somer Jones cites friction as likely cause. no workers were present. Rebuilding to begin after adjustments, targeted for next season. This is the mill's second fire loss since its original destruction years ago.
The deepest ocean point is measured at 32,089 feet in the Pacific Ocean off Mindanao, confirming the maximum depth among known oceans.
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