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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1929
Page
4
Community column notes flu illness, school attendance drop, and a busy Christmas season. Church officers elected include Marion Caton and Virgil Hunt with various class leaders. Local residents visit Ada Stratford Maysville and other towns during Christmas week.
Ada residents visit Stonewall. many Ada Seminole and Oklahoma City trips. flu cases noted. Christmas greetings and local gatherings. church programs and a Christmas tree event. a baby named Katherine Louise born December 25. W. K. Roberts dies at 67. local clubs and school proceeds.
The new year begins with strong attendance as some new pupils join while others transfer away. Mrs Walter Ford and children visited Steedman during Christmas holidays. Mr and Mrs Crit Harris and son from Stonewall stayed with Mr and Mrs R E Gillock last Wednesday. Ralph Barnes and family spent Christmas with his sister Mrs A J McNeal of Conway. Herring spouses were taken to the Ada hospital for flu treatment. Guy Tucker moved to Steedman and is welcomed.
Byron Norrell notes readers must provide both old and new addresses due to large subscriber numbers. He mentions many have renewed but some remain unpaid for the 52 weeks of The News and thanks Mrs. H. E. Blalock of Bowling Green for a holly and pine gift used to decorate the office and staff homes.
A weekly schedule from January 8 to 11 lists radio segments at Oklahoma A and M College on dairy calves soils fruit and food. Topics include Winter Feed for Calves Horticultural Work Food Fads Pruning Grapes Bed Time Health Stories Pig Talks Timely Topics and a session on making clothing at home.
Classified notice advertises leasing 408 acres two houses and 100 acres cultivation with one house 35 acres cultivation with other house free gas water ideal dairy farm location two year lease contact R C Jeter phone 232 or 442.
Science editor Colman B. Jones reports Dr. Arthur A. Noyes traces three decades of chemical progress. He notes the rapid discovery of elements and atoms, advances in organic chemistry, and the evolving understanding of atomic structure and electron behavior.
In Crowley Louisiana a cap pistol ignited gasoline in a garage killing three children and seriously injuring another. The trapped youths Hilman 7 Elton 8 Realond 6 Fontenot perished in the blaze. Realon Fontenot 12 escaped. Fire destroyed the car and garage as relatives arrived.
The Ada chapter installed its officers for 1929 led by district deputy Mrs. Edith M. Lee. New officers include Gertrude Williams as worthy matron J E Williams as worthy patron Zoe Laird as associate matron A D Stubblefield as associate patron Susie McCormick as secretary Mary H West as treasurer Marjorie Braly as conductress Dona Bell Neal as associate conductress Christine Stubblefield as chaplain Bessie Bowles as marshal Golden Williams as organist Ethel Sturdivant Ruth Esther Martha Electa warders and A C Dixon sentinel. Refreshments followed the meeting.
Francis I. Jones director general of the United States employment service forecasts 1929 will be a good year for business and industry. He expects overall better employment than 1928 with some unemployment among white collar and manual unskilled workers.
Tulsa report states prohibition agent Henry Prudhomme and Mrs. Iva Gillespie were freed on $5,000 bonds after being charged with conspiring to collect a bribe from Frank De Mayo. They will appear in U S district court in Joplin next month.
County officers cut holes in copper sides of confiscated whiskey making gear. Several large stills remain on display at the sheriff’s office. criminals plotting night thefts will find them inoperable for future distilling. Tremendously interesting. See invested-News Classified Ads.
New York clergy from several denominations challenged Prof. Harry Emerson Fosdick Barnes's call for a new religious foundation and a religion to fit modern times. Only John Haynes Holmes supported the view, while leaders like Cardinal Hayes and Rev. Fosdick urged harmony between science and religion.
Five members of the Crowe family and a driver were killed when a Frisco train struck their car at a grade crossing five miles south of Okmulgee Oklahoma. One child died at the scene and another, a 15 year old, was hospitalized in critical condition.
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