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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1933
Page
5
Rural communities report Christmas visits across Ada and surrounding towns. Families including Shaw, Jones, Burk, May, Bennett, and Tatum share dinners, shows, and church gatherings. A wedding and several holiday visits highlight a festive season in Pontotoc County.
Ada and neighboring towns share holiday happenings. Notes on family visits from Tulsa, Oklahoma City, and Texas. Christmas dinners and gatherings. a baby’s death at seven months prompts funeral verses. Leona Myers and Calvin Dunn wed. revival meetings, visits, and school illnesses mentioned. Betty Jane Graham’s death mourned, with prayers for resurrection.
Local residents and visitors share Christmas and holiday visits across Midland and Ada. Families include McKinney Reeves Reeves, Thomas, Chambers, Embersons, Turner, Cape, Mullins, Black, and many others visiting relatives or spending holidays in Oklahoma.
A large Christmas tree lighting and program drew a crowd Friday at Pleasant Hill. Children staged the event and the party at Mr and Mrs Price’s home Monday night was enjoyed by all. Families from Pauls Valley and Elmore City joined relatives for Christmas supper.
A list of households visiting or hosting during Christmas includes Clifford Voyles and family from Pecan Grove with Mrs Creech, Edd Clampitt and Ada, Wesly Hart in Pontoc, Lackey at McSwain’s, Oma McGalliard at Pleasant Hill, Edward Stephens with Robert Underwood, Johnnie Dryden and Oscar Dryden, Charlie Brady and McSwains with Edd Stephens, Lackey, and Lee Cunningham visited Ada, Birdie Dryden and baby with Tina Creech shopping in Ada, Roy Freeny driving to Ada, James McCurtin with Doyle Cunningham, and Robert Greene visiting Doyle Cunningham.
In Memoriam for Mrs Jennie Barnes notes her death December 30 1933 at 63. Absent survivors include four daughters and three sons with relatives in Brookhaven Allen Dallas Tulsa and Sulphur. Other items report prayers services sermons visits school opening January 1934 and social visits by Mrs Anna Williamson Mrs Mattie Wallace Mrs Dorothy Cochran and Pearl Barnes with family members in Allen Brookhaven Sulphur Tulsa Dallas and Conway.
The brief notes Old Winter reappears bringing a northern blast. Farmers may benefit from cold weather to kill insects and pests, helping crops.
The community reports joyful events as Old Santa visits and a Pickett tree celebration bring toys and cheer. Local families, including the Easleys, visits Ada on business and medical updates show several relatives ill with operations planned and hospital to home transfers.
A memorial note declares Mr Obe Lench died suddenly on Saturday December 23 after years of illness. The tribute expresses faith in an eternal reunion and comfort in the promise of heaven with verses by Mrs E A Easley.
The day after Christmas brings cold, fine hog killing weather but most residents work on the CWA and have little time. Social visits include Mr and Mrs Lilley and daughter Ruby with S A Lilley in Happyland, Harve Bandy with Virgle Wilsons, A C Edwards with children, lia Tharp with Ruth and Rachel Tharp, and Foy Binkley with Carl Sidney plus Guy Binkley and daughter.
Magistrates Leo Rothenberg and Georgie Metzier discharged 105 people brought in on charges of disorderly conduct as Christmas spirit filled the courthouse.
Doris Winona spent Christmas with Mr and Mrs Carlee Dunlap of Frances. Verlie Wilson visited the W H Bandy home Monday. Francis residents I C Edwards and family shared Christmas dinner with A C Edwards and kin. Ada Binkley called on Myrtle Edwards Monday afternoon. Guy Binkley spent Friday night with his parents near Konawa. Bunt Edwards returned home after two months in Chickasha railroad work. Ruth and Rachel Tharp ate dinner with Dorothy Mae Clark. Henry Britt and Charley of Homer called on Guy Binkley. Farmer Wilson of Happyland and Earnest Williamson of Fords spent Monday night with Orville and Herman Bandy.
Sheriff Riley led two bloodhounds on a half mile chase through the Christmas cold in La Crosse Wisconsin after a farmhouse intrusion. The dogs' noses froze and the pursuit was abandoned.
In a year and a half about 40 000 couples have come to Rome for honeymoons taking advantage of a 70 percent cut in railroad fares. The government offer aims to spur marriages and encourage domestic tourism among newlyweds.
Denver man 22 year old Frank Cole argued with two friends over how fast a man could go on a bicycle. He borrowed a bike to prove it and was taken to a hospital after the front wheel collapsed. He had a fractured skull.
Coroner H A McMurray reported that exertion from Christmas preparations caused heart attacks leading to the deaths of two Westmoreland county women. Elizabeth Knott, 48, of Snydertown, collapsed while mixing a cake. Elizabeth Little, 49, of Hecla, died while baking a cake.
Prisoners at the bar recalled the moment as they faced judgment in Pittsburgh, a scene reflecting the era’s justice drama and the weight of confinement on the detainees.
The Sunday Stew Berlin campaign for a national cookbook calls German housewives to send best recipes for the monthly one pot stew. The appeal claims Paris has no finer recipes and urges dishes to be cheap and tasty.
Hazardous Occupations Philadelphia Willis Lynn broadcasting the Kid Chocolate Rankie Klick bout on Christmas Day wound up in a rector office with injuries in the line of duty. He was struck on the head by a bottle hurled by an excited fan.
Battle Creek Nebraska officials announce a $25 cash reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of anyone who sells or gives liquor to a minor. The notice appears in a local newspaper advertisement.
The Chicago board of health employed a professional exterminator assisted by ten CWA workers to eradicate a rat problem in the stock yards district.
In Vico Spain Aniceto Trigo and coworkers spoke of life’s uncertainty while a grave awaited a friend’s body. Early the next morning Trigo climbed the cemetery fence after forgetting his keys, fell, and struck his forehead on the tombstone.
Chicago city sealer Joe Grein protests oyster fraud claiming dishonest oystermen soak shellfish to inflate sizes. He urges the public to beware as customers risk being charged for a quart when they order a pint.
Falls City resident Charles Strauss 35, after years of illness and leg amputation, found an artificial leg in his Christmas stocking. Saint Nick was played by members of St. Paul’s Evangelical church, who visited his home on Christmas Day.
London-Americans who enjoy a shoe shine with a haircut can now feel at home in at least one London barber shop. The shop serving American trade has heard complaints about missing shoe shiners and has installed a man to perform the service.
Philadelphia scene reports Thomas Heilman a 65 year old janitor was forced to drink liquor tied to a chair and robbed of clothing and jewelry worth 1380 dollars by three men who invaded his employer's home. Heilman freed himself and called police and his employer.
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