Progress Highlights in Ada and Pontotoc County 1935 Era
Ada and Pontotoc County amazed by major 1935 advances. Key items include Commonwealth Fund support for a new hospital costing around 309000, East Central State Teachers College dormitories funded from 363636 federal and state funds, a 75000 National Guard armory, and a new modern classroom building replacing Irving grade school. The city adds a five million gallon water reservoir and opens a public library with a 1 mill ad valorem levy. Road and bridge work improves access, a cooperative police radio operates, traffic signals are installed, and streets like Fast Tenth and E Twelfth are upgraded. Water sales rise from Byrds Mill spring benefiting Fitts town and oil firms, while night contests fund stadium lighting. John Fitts field expands and multiple local wells produce, spurring a wide growth arc with dozens of new factories and services. Wintersmith park and other areas enhance parks, safety fences and school underpasses improve student safety. The Gulf to Pacific highway route through Ada could boost regional growth, and bumper crops plus AAA programs improve farmers incomes.
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East Central State Teachers College
National Guard
Ada
Roff
Irving
PWA
South Canadian River
East Central College Stadium
John Fitts
Johnson Bakery
Mee-Swain
First Methodist Church
Assembly of God
Church of God
W. A. Delaney ,Jr
City Lake
Hayes
Glenwood Ward
Great Ideas Transform Ordinary Lives Through Service
An essay extols to seize a noble idea and let it transform life turning ordinary individuals into useful leaders. It highlights Louis L. McDonald of the Boy Scouts and his early influences, noting his Yonkers home and family, and urges diligence to protect the soul over worldly wealth. Also reports on Cotton Adjustment program impact and 1935-36 consumption forecasts, with price and stock considerations for growers.
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Jesus
Kingdom of God
Simon Peter
John
Kagawa
Japan
Ghandi
India
Grenfell
Labradors
George Truett
Dallas
Louis L. McDonald
Boy Scouts of America
United States
Young Men's Christian Association
Association College
Chicago
Dwight L. Moody
John R. Mott
Robert E. Speer
James E. West
Daniel C. Beard
Ernest Seton Thompson
Jane Addams
Hull House
Stillwater
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Ada Fire Department Reports 1935 Losses and Needs
Fire chief Ed Haley reports Ada's total fire loss for 1935 at 24 980 with property value exposure 649 060 and insured values 371 440. The department answered 126 calls, laid 5500 feet of 24 inch hose, and covered 1145 blocks. Equipment includes four major pieces. the newest is two years old. Haley cites need for new firefighting equipment to replace aging units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
Ed Haley
Haley
American LaFrance
Ada Weather 1935 Shows Normal Year With Higher Rainfall
Ada experienced a near average year in 1935 with temperatures ranging from two above zero in January to 109 in August. Total rainfall reached 43.64 inches, about 10 inches above 1934 and six inches over the 1911 37 inch average, with monthly highs and rainfall figures listed.
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Ada
Siti
Ada to gain new water reservoir to meet growing demand
Ada residents expect ample supply as a new 5 600 000 gallon reservoir rises one mile southeast of Ada to supplement the 2 900 000 gallon original. The city financed 38500 dollars with a federal grant of 31500 while Gibson Gibson Construction Co. of Pauls Valley leads the project begun weeks ago.
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Ada
Byrds Mill Springs
Adams
Gibson & Gibson Construction Co
Pauls Valley
Tax tokens delayed until February in Oklahoma City
P-Sales tax tokens will not be placed in use in Oklahoma until about February 1. H. L. McCracken, tax commission chairman, said today. The Osborn Register company, Cincinnati, which has the order for the tokens, received an extension of time in which delivery will be made. One and five-mile tokens will be used in collecting the one per cent sales tax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
H. L. McCracken
Tax Commission
Osborn Register Company
Cincinnati
Ada Saw Over Million Dollar Building Boom in 1935
Ada’s 1935 construction surge surpassed all since 1929 with 126 permits totaling over 1 million dollars. Key projects included the Mee Swain Theatre modernization, new churches, 17 thousand bakery permit, and many residences both inside and near the city.
County Clerk Reports 1935 Busy Year with More Filings
County clerk Willard Anderson released figures showing 18 523 instruments filed and recorded in 1935, up from 16 004 in 1934, while total receipts fell to 11 850 63 from 13 279 90 and operating costs dropped to 9 257 57 from 9 996 06. The report covers January 1 to December 31, 1935, with income mainly from recording and filing fees and redemptions. cigarette licenses and redemptions declined due to legislative changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard Anderson
H. D. Garne
Anderson
Ada Armory Foundations Under Way Near Fitts Town
With stone brick and lumber on the grounds foundation excavations are complete and early construction of Ada's new national guard armory is set to begin within days. John H Crum supervises the WPA project begun in 1935. the 200 by 125 foot building will use native stone quarried near Fitts Town and face state highway 48. It will house Battery Co of the 160th Field Artillery and the 160th F A band with room for more units and a central auditorium for public gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
National Guara Armory
John H. Crum
Fittstown
Supreme Court ends AAA as farm aid plan ruled unconstitutional
The Supreme Court, in a six to three decision, ruled the Agricultural Adjustment Act an invasion of states rights and beyond federal power. The ruling threatens New Deal farm relief, taxes on processing, and contracts already signed with farmers.
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Washington
Lpthe
NRA
Supreme Court
Roberts
Stone
Brandeis
Cardoz
Roosevelt
Wallace
Cummings
AAA
White House
Treasury
McNary
Justice Roberts
Congress
Capitol
United States
Wagons Suffer Past Weekend in Pontotoc County
Pontotoc county records a weekend of wagon crashes injuring no more than minor human injuries and killing a horse. Ramsey Johnson faces drunk driving charges after a Rocky Crossing collision with a dynamited wagon, while Burchfield and Allsup’s crash near Ada wrecked a wagon and killed a horse. A Homer area incident involved a wagon with minor injuries to several men.
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Pontotoc County
Rocky Crossing
Ramsey Johnson
Sherwood W. Hill
Johnson
Earl Allsup
Burchfield
Homer
Building Permits Totals Decline in 1933
Building permits totaled 12400 dollars in the report year while 1933 saw permits totaling 8300 dollars under a new law affecting construction activity.
Sheriffs destroy seized liquor in Shawnee total
U P elements report 2300 pints of federally taxed liquor and 300 gallons of bootleg whisky were destroyed in Shawnee today as Sheriff Walter Mosier evaluated the confiscated stock at about 5000 dollars. Local officials oversaw the disposal of the contraband.
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Walter Mosier
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Commonwealth Fund of New York
Cooperative Police Radio Broadcasting
Prin
Tenth Street
E. Twelfth Street
Byrds Mill Spring
Ada Civic Clubs
Ada Public
Ada High
Glenwood
New Orleans
Seattle
BOY ‘Scouts OF America
Cous News
America
Boys’ Gardening Association
Yonkers, N. Y
Harris & Exwing L
Ania
Weather Department
Wien
Ohio
Ian San
Degtoicn
Justice Stone
William Humphrey
The
Trade Commission
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