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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jan 09, 1936
Page
4
Joe Crosson and two companions undertook a 1600 mile flight to Fairbanks to deliver life saving serum amid near zero temperatures and darkness. They braved peril in vast Alaska to aid physicians and curb the outbreak, prompting hope of ending the epidemic.
Several families moved from the Pickett community including Mr. and Mrs Ray May and family and Mr. and Mrs Earl Crawford. The wedding of Miss Florence Stone and Freeman Gann on December 31 is announced with plans to reside in Pickett. Social visits, visits with relatives, and local singing marked a lively weekend as neighbors invite newcomers to Sunday school and events.
The school notes stars for perfect attendance last week to Reather Cantrell Kenneth Coleman Pennington Virginia Dale Meeks Richard Eaton Lucille Ingram Carlos Ingram Maynard Shipley and Mary Jo Thompson. Since the last issue, the pupils listed spelling achievements.
Saturday night singing suffered from bad weather. Several families share visits across Summers Chapel, Ada and Oil Center. Notables include Winona Law ill, Charley Horton home from college, and departures of Willard Ingram to Union Hill.
The corporation commission approved an agreement with the highway commission and Rock Island railway for an overpass on state highway No. 19 where it crosses the tracks three miles south of Chickasha.
A used car lot owner in Oklahoma was asked to send a messenger boy via telegraph. He provided his address and hung up. Minutes later fire trucks arrived at his yard, stopped abruptly, after a telephone operator gave him the wrong number.
G M Unger of Cherokee Iowa was appointed assistant Boy Scout executive of the central Oklahoma district council in Oklahoma City on January 8.
A Coalgate man, George Turpin, pleaded not guilty to illegal whiskey tax charges and was jailed in Muskogee after posting a 3000 bond. Wilson Prince and others face similar still-related charges in Pontotoc and Coal counties. The report also covers wartime era relief plans and anticipated federal funding shifts, with notes on the works progress administration and relief administration changes.
Washington observers forecast the work relief program will run through 1936. The prediction comes as supporters and critics await President Roosevelt’s next move on federal employment and funding amid ongoing economic recovery.
Oklahoma City reports advertisements for oil and gas leases on property near the state capitol and governor's mansion will not be issued until after Friday. Chairman L M Nichols of the state board of affairs said he will await a planning commission meeting Friday to act. The planning board will consider petitions seeking to extend drilling territory to include state lands.
Twenty seven relief “chis elers” who accepted $2 491 from the governor are now at work to repay the money. Administrator George M Curry said the 27 had taken relief funds while employed. They can stave off prosecution by regular repayment, each according to his income.
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