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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1937
Page
8
The Christmas holiday period saw over 500 violent deaths nationwide with Oklahoma reporting 15 deadly incidents including nine traffic deaths. Accidents claimed a baby in Oklahoma City and a delivery man, plus multiple gun, gas, and shotgun fatalities across several towns.
Washington dispatch notes two major federal efforts to aid low income groups begin early in 1938. slum clearance and farm tenancy programs will roll out along with broadened social security. unemployment compensation starts Jan 1 in 21 states and DC. a housing authority program and farm security loans are funded for 1938.
J N Caton and wife express heartfelt gratitude to friends in Pontotoc county Ada Allen McCall Chapel Cedar Grove and others for money and labor that rebuilt their two room home after their house burned They announce they will repay kindness with continued friendship and blessings.
Detective Captain Charles Ryan identified Willie Jackson, a 26-year-old escapee from McAlester penitentiary, through fingerprints. Records show Jackson was serving a 15-year term from Pontotoc County for robbery with firearms and escaped October 26.
Secondary aid allocations for Pontotoc county school districts totaling ten apportionments have been issued to Ray Stegall the county superintendent. The funds arrive later and support districts that levied 10 mills but cannot finance nine months of school. Districts and amounts include Latta 2611 Allen 2724 Parish Chapel 48 Fittstown 8283 Francis 981 Fitzhugh 1063 Stonewall 8167 Roff 1099 pt Bill 56 Summers Chapel 89.
Tulsa report shows crude oil production rose by 52 278 barrels daily to 4 496 118 for the nation in the week ending December 25. Oklahoma fell to 550 300 barrels, East Texas rose to 489 450, Texas up to 1 394 994, Louisiana up 9 180, Kansas up 3 500, California down 6 000, Michigan down 1 631, and the Rocky Mountain region up to 72 800 as weekly totals compare with the prior week.
Oklahoma City, Dec. 25. Gov Marland faces two acute debt problems as the general revenue fund overdrawn and highway bills unpaid. A Supreme Court ruling invalidated the 35 million road note law, blocking anticipated federal matching funds and leaving highway bills around six million owed. Marland seeks a full financial picture from highway officials and warns no special session will be called. Deciding tax note options, court rulings, and pending wage rules headline a tight year end for state finances.
Tyree Park, serving a five year sentence for the 1935 Tulsa Sheridan Night Club slaying of Louis Pappan an internal revenue agent and George Stewart, was granted a temporary 30 day parole by Gov Marland and clemency official Fred Cunningham. The release allows him to attend to personal business as part of a favorable pardon and board report.
Local residents recount Christmas and holiday travels with relatives in Ada Maud Earlsboro and Fittstown. Visitors include Miss Mamie Hanrahan, Mr and Mrs Grover Keeling, Argie Skaggs, and the Woolleys. Sunday School and a young folks meeting are advertised.
The Christmas tree and program at the schoolhouse drew a good attendance. Many local families visited relatives and friends during the holidays. The play Plain Jane earned $15 for the singing class treasury and Rev. E. O. Weight of Idabel is scheduled for services this weekend.
Posey Manufacturing Co and Grays Harbor independent teams had a game postponed as Posey announced a plant strike put the team on the picket line in Aberdeen Washington.
Norman Oklahoma December 27 Joe Benton known as Joseph Bentonelli was home for a Christmas holiday with his parents and spoke little about the 120000 bequest from Chicago patron Miss Kate S Buckingham. He said a legacy is a physical thing while the person who made it possible lives through character and personality. He knew only what he read in newspapers and planned to depart Wednesday for New York to join the Metropolitan Opera after holidays with his family.
Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Stevenson hosted a Christmas Day family reunion at 821 East Thirteenth Street. Attendees included Alfred Stevenson and family of Holdenville, C. T. Forrester and family of Rush Springs, Charley Goodman and family of Stratford, Dick Braly and daughter Marjorie Braly and family of Ada, G. W. Braly of Oklahoma City, and Ramsey of Holdenville. A gasoline automobile was used in the United States postal service in 1901.
East Central defeats Southwestern Bulldogs 53 to 35 in a consolation game of an all college tournament. The Tigers made 21 of 24 free throws, led by center Thomas with 12 points and a 29 to 15 halftime lead.
High Hill residents Mr. and Mrs. Howard Jared visited Black Rock with Mr. and Mrs. Tom Jared. Delicate gatherings included Johnston, Kerr, Gibbs, McMeans, and Lesley families visiting various homes in Pleasant Hill Sasakwa Owl Creek and Pauls Valley over the weekend. Additional calls and dinners linked Seaborn Kerr Harold Jones Brownie Kerr and others.
City of Ada was not a party in two damage suit judgments totaling 160 dollars against individuals and bonding companies. Mack Braly, city attorney, notes several damage cases have been filed only recently with judgments in one case, while the city remained uninvolved.
Thirty seven counties in Oklahoma will receive free garments next week for needy students, with 25 counties allotted 1000 garments each and 12 western counties 500 each. Distribution prioritizes the most needy, starting soon in Oklahoma County where about 5000 garments are needed.
Ed Gwin an Adalgist of more than thirty years died Tuesday morning at 7 45 o clock in a local hospital after a collapse Sunday. Funeral services are set for Wednesday at 2 30 pm at Mauna Akta First Methodist church with Dr C C Morris officiating. Burial will be in Roselawn cemetery. Survived by wife two daughters Carolyn and Betty Ann two sons Ed Gwin Jr and Jerry who operate the Gwin drug store in Ada his mother Mrs RD Gwin of McKenzie Tenn a sister Mrs Gladys Kelly and a brother RD Gwin Jr of McKenzie. Born in McKenzie Tenn March 22 1880 he came to Indian Territory with W N Mays and started the Gwin and Mays drugstore on West Main. He remained active despite months of illness until his collapse Sunday. The family had just returned from Ardmore when the attack came.
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