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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1952
Page
6
Edward Clark, an Ada soldier stationed at Fort Sill, was killed Friday in an automobile wreck southeast of Konawa. The car reportedly left the highway, rolled twice as the driver struggled to rejoin the road, and Clark was thrown over 60 feet, dying en route to an Ada hospital.
More than 60 Thunderjets are flying from Turner Air Force Base Albany Georgia to Japan in a mass airlift. The first squadron of the 31st Fighter Escort Wing covered 2408 miles from Travis Air Base California to Hickam Field Hawaii in 5 hours 29 minutes aided by in flight refueling. The move demonstrates U S air power to wage war anywhere on short notice with subsequent squadrons due to complete the hop in the coming days en route to Japan.
The Ada Evening News and McSwain Theater sponsor a July 18 preliminary to pick Miss Ada who will receive an expense paid trip to Tulsa for Miss Oklahoma and possibly Atlantic City for Miss America. The event emphasizes intelligence talent poise and ambition alongside beauty.
Moscow announces Anatoly Lavrentiev will replace Serge Kavtaradze as Soviet ambassador to Romania. Alexander Bogomolov is named to Prague, succeeding Lavrentiev. Both are former deputy foreign ministers and are part of a wider USSR diplomatic reshuffle affecting several senior officials.
Washington County Attorney John Williams ordered an inquest into the death of John Gilbert Koster 32 Bartlesville whose body was found in the Dewey city jail. Koster arrested Friday by Dewey Marshal Loyd Corner and was reportedly under influence of intoxicants. He was alive at 7 10 a m Saturday per Night Jailer Ben Straw. Results of both examinations will be presented at Monday's inquest.
Vienna July 5 Romanian Foreign Minister Ana Pauker, once a leading communist ally of Stalin, has been removed from office in a tightening Soviet hold on Romania. Western reports say her Jewish background fueled intra party rivalries and purging, with fear she may face trial as a traitor.
SEATTLE July 5 The navy transport Marine Lynx docked with 311 Oklahomans including 286 from the 45th Division in Korea. They will be processed for shipment next week home from the war zone. The latest group nearly completes the rotation home with few stragglers remaining.
Clement Weaver, a former principal of Atoka Junior High, has returned from the 45th Division tour of duty in Korea and is named high school principal by Supt George Morrison. Morrison also hires Jacobsen, ex-Coalgate football coach, as Atoka Wampus Cats coach, succeeding Jack Murray.
A can of pork sausage offers a convenient summer food kept on kitchen shelves. Suggest serving with pancakes and applesauce for Sunday morning breakfast. For supper, brown the sausage and pair with corn pudding and broiled tomato halves.
In Chicago on July 5 the Eisenhowers accuse Taft of larceny over campaign tunes. A pro Ike track ridicules Taft as a “loser” citing Ohio defeats and failed presidential bids, while Taft’s camp notes he has not lost an election since 1921 in the Ohio Legislature.
A long list of Stratford residents and guests details visits to families in Calwa Ana darko Oklahoma City Chickasha and other towns. It notes house building plans birthdays church revival and a Fourth of July weekend with many relatives and friends visiting.
Anna Beth Statten and co hosts greet guests including Lowell Melton, Frances Davis, and several out of town visitors. The Crawford family welcomes Mrs Josephine Crawford and son Joe Fred Crawford from Shawnee while Stratford Round-up club members win a July parade prize.
Ardmore Oklahoma July 5 The sweet corn crop in Southern Oklahoma yielded poorly this year due to a spring drought. Mexican crews from South Texas finished harvesting this week. 1700 acres planted produced under the 25 car loads shipped from 700 acres last year. Best yields were near Mill Creek after a timely rain. Field corn alfalfa sorghum and pastures also lack rain.
Mangum Oklahoma July 5 Deep plowing and deep furrow planting show value at the Sandy Lane Experiment Station Foreman Tom Cuningham reports cotton on 160 acres survived four weeks of heat and wind while nearby shallow furrow plantings failed. Grain sorghums on 35 acres of deep plowed land also resisted the winds.
In Tehran the Iranian Senate postponed a vote on reappointing Premier Mohammad Mossadegh while advising the Shah to approve the Nationalist leader’s continued tenure. The Majlis approved the reappointment 52 to 3, with the Senate to vote after Mossadegh forms a cabinet and outlines his policy program.
Konawa SCS board reports for June show pasture tours in Onawa Asher Wanette and Maud plus district cooperation groups covering 665 acres. Members describe oats and vetch harvests by Cravens Swaenson Miller Jones and Evans, with 118 acres cover cropping and 102 acres seeding pasture among 3,267 feet of field diversions and 45 erosion control dams sodded.
Laurel Maryland harness racing fans witness the Walthen father and son team Wendell and Wendell Walthen drive together. The 17 year old Wendell just began driving in formal races after Pinehurst High School in North Carolina ended. He recently beat his father in a summer appearance. Wendell started driving in matinee races at age twelve and excels as a two sport athlete at Pinehurst High School as a 145 pound halfback forward and catcher.
Several thousand gospel singers from 18 states gathered at the State Agriculture Coliseum for an all-night singing convention. Sponsored by the Montgomery and Alabama Youth Singers groups, Miss Jeane Myers estimated more than 6,000 attendees.
Third in a brief workshop series at East Central State College on Wednesday July 9 features Mrs. Ella Littlejohn presenting child crafts at 7:00 in room 72 and 8:10 in room 69. Additional sessions on elementary science at 10:30 and social science at 1:10 in room 72. Public invited.
Mrs Carl Gayle a former Ada resident died after a long illness in an Oklahoma City hospital. Born in Comanche Texas she moved to Ada in 1923 with her mother and sister. She earned a bachelor of science from East Central College and taught in Wewoka Holdenville and in Gayle Business College. She married Mr Gayle in 1931 and later moved to Oklahoma City. Survived by husband two sisters and two brothers.
W G Betts aged 81 Marlow resident dies at Sulphur after heart attack. He had arthritis treatment there. Funeral Wednesday 1 30 a m Smiths Marlow burial 3 30 p m Greenville Texas old cemetery. Survived by wife son Curtis Ada daughter Tina two brothers C D Betts J O Betts two sisters Mary Bayless and Will Drake.
Court records show June marriages in Pontotoc County far exceeded divorces with 43 couples wed during the month dubbed the "month of brides" and 18 divorces granted. The contrast highlights a surge in nuptials versus separations in the period.
Prof. C. E. Howell of the University of California has named 227 horses over 32 years. He must file each horse name with two acceptable alternatives by a set date, drawing names from presidents, faculty, associations, flowers, farmers, relatives, co-eds and his department secretary.
To protect yourself when furmi gating a bin inside a barn, always wear a gas mask approved by the U S Bureau of Mines for type of ant being used.
Sale of tickets for the Ada Elks Rodeo of Aug. 12 16 opened with strong demand for box seats and general admission. Box seats priced at 1.50 draw buyers from across the nation and even as far as Greece and Hawaii, as organizers promise wide viewing from relocated bleachers and a full rodeo program of grand entries bulldogging roping and riding.
Aboard the SS United States the liner completed its maiden Atlantic crossing in a record three days 10 hours and 40 minutes. The 53,000 ton ship averaged 35.59 knots on the 2,938 mile run from Ambrose Light New York to Havre France with 1,700 passengers cheering at sunrise. Captain Commodore Harry Manning called it like pitching a no hit game as the ship passed Bishop's Rock in 60 knot winds en route to Southampton.
Lorene Wilmoth applied for a beer permit for 109 South Stockton with a hearing set for July 12 before County Judge Tal Crawford. Edwin Jewster's license was canceled at the owner’s request. A special permit to sell beer during the Ada Elks Rodeo August 12 to 16 was granted to W. P. Jeter. R L Thompson applied for a license for an establishment 1.5 miles north of Ada with a hearing set for July 14 at 10 a.m.
Police seek Leonammond Hammond 26 ex service man from Vanoss missing since Friday morning July 4. He contracted jungle fever in service and was recently released from a Little Rock Arkansas hospital. Contacts urged at police station or Vanoss post office.
A string of traffic related charges were filed in peace justice courts. Neil Harbeson of Allen was charged with improper backing after stopping on Main Street. Donald Doss of Shawnee faces following too closely. Orval Bandy of Ada is charged with public drunkenness after an incident near North Broadway. Marvin Corbin of Ada is charged with drunk driving after being stopped on SH 99. Aubrey Mitchell investigated the cases.
Mrs. Essie Tharp of 510 East Seventh halted free pony rides given by her horse at Tharp farm two miles north of Homer school. She allowed the rides for weeks but objects to keeping the pony in a section line and not returning it to pasture.
The 1952 53 term at Yeager opened Monday with 22 pupils enrolled. Teacher M R Tucker said several more students are expected to enroll this week. A two month summer session will lead to a recess during the early fall months.
J L Abbott and Speck Dillard both of Ada charged with fighting in peace justice court of Percy Armstrong. They were arrested Saturday night at The Oakie on Orth Broadway, Buchanan, constable reported.
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