Ada Daily Happenings Roundup Of Local Births Visits
Ada residents are noted visiting relatives and friends in areas including Fort Worth Stillwater Tulsa and Dallas. Birth announcements include Dana Gail January 8 and Donald Edd January 9 with families in Ada and Allen. Local figures Mrs Kate Low Mr Earl Duncan and Camp Fire delegates attend events in Ada and New York City for a national convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kate Low
Fort Worth
Ade
Carl Meadows
Allen
Mr. Meadows
R. W. Meadows
Reo Johnston
East Ninth Street
New York City
Johnstone
George Brown
East Sixteenth Street
Dana Gail
J.D. Kicwell
Ada
Dewey Sampson
North Ash
Donald Edd
Sampson
Audrey Strader
Lawrence
Jennie Hall Fowler
Stella Brown
Tupelo
Doris
Sarah Spradlin
J. D. Underhill
Gerty
Eomer Thompson
Stonewall
State Rainfall Below Normal Across Plains and Midwest
Weather bureau data show moisture shortages in Oklahoma and much of the midwest, with 1937 rainfall well below normal. J Kincer of the weather service notes next year's crops may rely on spring and early summer rains as drought lingers. Regional comparisons reveal sharp declines from 1933 drought levels, with Oklahoma at 80 percent of normal for 1937 and other states showing steep drops.
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Washington
Weather Bureau
Oklahoma
J. & Kincer
Erops
Siher
North Dakota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
Texas
New
Mexico
Missouri
Awards Arrive For County 4-H Club Boys and Girls
Mrs. Jessie Morgan received five gold pins via B. A. Pratt and Elva Duvall for county clothing champions and prizewinners. Silver medals honor all 3 girls and 13 boys who joined the April revue, with a gold county champion medal and an all expense trip to Chicago for the state champion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie Morgan
B. A. Pratt
Elva Duvall
Chicago
Chicago Mail Order Company
National Committee On Boys
Pontotot
Lorena Johnson
Vaness
Rural Communities News From Vanoss Oklahoma
Rural notes from Vanoss Oklahoma record visits and calls among locals. Names include Bradley Pitt Shaw Berger Henderson Walker Jones and Eaves with multiple family and guest exchanges over the weekend and Sunday visits across Ada Lindsay Purcell Fittstown and Goat Corner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vanoss Myr
Ray Bradley
W. H. Henderson
Bintslowet
Adella Jones
E. N. Jones
Ada
Clint Childers
Roy Childers
J Fy
Joe J. Shaw
Naby
Rocky
Ash
Chas
L. Berger
Ada Lou Johnson
Shaw
Henry Eaves
Lester Shaw
Naomi Bradley
Christine Berger
Ruby Beker
Louise Pitt
Union Aill Sunday School Sees Strong Attendance
Sunday School attendance remains high across communities with Friday and Sunday events attracting many, and the Young People's League showing steady improvement. Residents report gatherings, visits, and upcoming singing days, while local families welcome new residents and seek continued participation in weekly services.
Reverends and neighbors share church life notes
Ada church events fill weekend activities with Reverend Vernon preaching Saturday night and Sunday services while Brother Lee Byrd returns next month. Local social rounds include many visits across Owl Creek Stonewall Hall's Hill and Latta with families and neighbors providing reports of gatherings, weddings, and garden plans amid mild spring weather.
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Sunshine
O. E. Wright
Idabel
Brother Wright
H.W. Herring
Horace Kirkes
Obe Robertson
Jack Brents
Shahan
Lexton
Elmore Minor
Nadine
Maxwell
Walter Minor
M. K. Underhill
Carl Underhill
Ray Goodwin
Fitzhugh
Jack Wussell
H. W. Herring
Roberta
Lithia Fussell
Willie Cochran
Olene
L. Crisp
Laxton
R. A. Fussell
Myr
Will Brents
Brents
Ode Robertson
Robertson
Egypt
Clarence Crowell
Pat Freeman
Vernon of
Ada
High Hill
Lee Byrd
Ahloso
Aaron Gray
Owl Creek
Davie Gray
3. Ginn
Charlie B
Stonewall
Bud Watson
J. H. McMeans
Narcy Curlee
Gladis Golden
Genevia Curlee
Jewell McMeans
Ivan Price
Black Rock
Howard Jared
Herman Kerr
Allen
Roscoe Sweat
Latta
Lois Kerr
Irene McMeans
Mannie Lee Ginn
Seldorn Kerr
Harold Jones
Grace Curlee
Kate Gibbs
Laura Stephens
Joe Teel
Hall's Hill
Brownde Kerr
Maney Curlee
Clearence
Bill Leslie
Orel
John
Fannie Leslie
Charlie Vineyard
Jack Riddle
Comway
Lee
Roy Kerr
Parish Chapel and Community News Highlights
Curtis Thomas and others visit, with church events at Parish Chapel, basketball losses to Stratford, new pupils enrolled, local visits and hospital news. Obituary notes honor Mrs Sallie Weldon and Charley Newby with memorial verses.
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A. H. Montgomery
East Tenth Street
B. B
Ada
Aline
Edward
W_ Braden
Pickett
Irene Burch
Summers Chapel
Edd Horton
W. Law
University Hospital
Ruth Bureh
Geneva Isaacs
James McCurain
Baby
Charley Newby
Maxwell
J. W Law
C. H. .Bowie
Carl and
Carvol
Pauls Valley
Joan Lewis
Frank Dryden
Qj] Center
Champion Grandma Described With 198 Descendants
Mrs Terence Mes Cabe of Cresco is titled Champion Grandma of America with 11 children 103 grandchildren and 74 great grandchildren. Kansas Senator Capper awards her a rocking chair. obituary lines follow for a Maxwell area death, mournful verses and a family farewell written by Lois and Hazle Newey.
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Jesus
Mother
Irene Nix
America
Terence MesCabe
Cresco
Ias
Childre
Kansas
Capper
Lois
Hazle Newey
Frisco's Black Gold to Begin Fast Schedule Next Sunday
The streamlined Frisco Black Gold passenger train starts next Sunday from Tulsa to South Texas, averaging over 50 miles per hour with runs near 70 mph at times. Southbound Ada arrival 9:19 p.m., northbound Ada 8:42 p.m. The service may be adjusted after initial testing. Dispatcher J. E. Payne of Tulsa visited Ada briefly.
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Frisco
The
Black Gold
Tulsa
South Texas
Ada
Denison
Katy
Texas
J. E. Payne
Oklahoma
New Francis Road Connects Allen and Francis in Cut‑off
County Commissioner A A Caldwell reports the new road from highway 43 to Francis is nearly complete with gravel in parts. The route creates a cut-off from Allen to highway 49 via Francis, improving Ada area access and offering improved connections to oil pool roads west of Oakman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Francis
Allen and Francis
A. A. Caldwell
Highway 43
Franccis
Byng
Francis
Allen
Highway 49
Francis-Allen
Ada
Homer School House
Qaiman
Oakman
Death of Two Steers Causes of Suit Filed
An appeal from Allen Justice Court concerns two steers owned by E L Farris that died near Steedman on about November 6 1936. The suit alleges the K O G railway failed to keep fences properly repaired, seeking 90 dollars plus interest. The record also notes the United States observatory on Mt Harqua Hala Arizona studies the sun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice Court
Allen
Farris
Steedman
United States
Mt. Harqua Hala
Arizona
Blow On Head Proves Fatal To E. W. Smith
Elbert W. Smith dies from skull fracture after altercation near Ada. Funeral Monday at Criswell Chapel. burial in Rosedale cemetery. Survived by widow and two daughters. Luke Taylor held in county jail claims self defense after saying Smith attacked with knife. Taylor struck Smith with a crank or pipe about 1:30 am Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elbert W. Smith
Ada
Fotal
Smith
Criswell
Rosedale
North
Stockton
Chartle
Calleen Smith
Luke Taylor
St Herson’s Place
Taylor
Clanton Rehired As Club Manager
Ada base ball and amusement company rehired Uke Clanton as manager of the Independents for 1934 and arranged moving the lighting to the new fair site north of the city on Highway 43. The board debated whether to keep sandlot or switch to semi pro, with county commissioners to decide February 7 on a contract moving lighting for games and the Firemen’s Rodeo at the fair site. A stray paragraph about sloths follows, noting variations in neck vertebrae among species.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada Baseball and Amusement Company
Uke Clanton
Independents
Highway
Clanton
A. Ry Sugg
Adak
Board of County Commissioners
County Baseball Association
Ada Fire Department
Fair Board of
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