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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1928
Page
4
Ada business leaders back the Atwood bridge project and welcome a six story hotel proposal in Ada praising easier river crossing and boosted trade. Pontotoc county oil tax shares reflect regional growth with $9,277.39 to roads and schools. Legislative session safeguards and party unity headlines follow.
A public presentation titled Joe Guess Runa A Boarding House features five characters Joe Guess Bob Profit and cows Molly Bess and Susie. First performed at the National Dairy Show and Farm Week meetings it blends entertainment with instruction to promote efficient feeding methods for dairy farmers. The free lecture style play is organized by the County Agent and Ada Seed Co at Convention Hall Friday at 7:30 pm.
The Allen Lions club received formal international charter Tuesday night at Allen high school gym. Ada sponsoring club sent 75 Lions and wives to celebrate with representatives from Ada Wewoka Holdenville Weleetka Maud Caddo Okmulgee Prague. East Central orchestra provided music as Wewoka Holdenville groups showcased performances.
Kiwanians at the First Christian church luncheon hear progress on Ada's economy. McPheters and Hobson from Minnesota discuss locating a creamery here and say Pontotoc county suits dairying. Hynds lists six local projects to boost industry. Hynds notes Ada’s population around 15,000 to 16,000 and calls for strong home boosting.
Ada reports four robberies over the weekend with losses surpassing $1,000. A Frisco freight house cigaret theft of about $600 marked the fourth such crime in months, linked to an underworld ring. A Ford tourer stolen from J. J. Sloan was later burned near Bebee, with two arrests held as suspects in ongoing investigations. Nora Mae Aycock was robbed at 810 East Seventh Street, the perpetrator described as stout and masked, taking about $20.
The column notes weekend visits among the Booth, Duncan, Burk, Crow, and Duncan families. J W Booth hosts with F E Duncan. Melvin Booth visits Golden family. Thelma Duncan spends time with Velma Duncan. J A Burk buys a Chevrolet truck. twins of Hubert Bowerman ill with pneumonia. various relatives share meals and visits across the community.
Holdenville faces a snag over its $50,000 bond issue for a free bridge across the Canadian River. A hearing for an injunction to restrain the sale of bonds voted December 6 will be held January 16, with bond sale set for January 17. Traffic uses a 104 foot pontoon bridge near Allen.
A historical note suggests George Remus the millionare bootlegger was “a little crazy” when he killed his wife. The piece links his case to the origins of the so called Ohio gang and the era’s criminal milieu.
McALESTER Jan 17 Defense demurrer to the indictment charging Waldo Watkins former assistant state bank commissioner with embezzlement was sustained in district court today. Authorities say Watkins allegedly misused bank funds while in office. The ruling means the case will proceed on a different legal theory or be refiled.
The Robertson Produce company joins Ada business life purchasing a frame building near the Frisco tracks on North Broadway from Stockton Kendrick Lumber and preparing it for operation. L K Robertson will run the business and move his family from Shawnee. The chamber of commerce aided the relocation and plans to aid county farmers by securing a good market for produce. Secretary J C Hynds seeks a location for the Lusk Reece Wholesale Fruit and Produce company, aiming to place it in Ada.
Information from Ada notes the death of M Levin a longtime businessman who started with a small furniture shop and built one of the largest stores in the area He moved his family to Ada after the town began and later returned to New York with his wife predeceasing him The Levin children Esther Shapiro Nathan Gussie and Miriam attended East Central and Ada schools and he was active in the Masonic Lodge while living here.
Virgil Eteherson, a traffic officer, was hospitalized at Breco today with painful but non life threatening bruises after a collision at Eighteenth and Cherry at 11 AM. He was pursuing a speeder on the Cement plant road when his view was blocked by a car, causing a crash into a truck.
Mrs. O. B. Jenkins of Ada learns of the accidental death of her brother William Martin at Glen's Ferry Idaho on January.
The chamber discusses distributing cars to dealers across the state and notes several hotel projects under consideration. The report highlights a needed business boost and regional development plans.
Lee Setton alias Jack Smith 17 pleaded guilty to second degree forgery before District Judge Orel Busby and received a six month suspended sentence. He was arrested trying to pass a forged check at the Oklahoma Star bank and is in custody of his father Hickory.
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