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Newspaper

Ada Weekly News

Location

Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America

Date

Jul 11, 1928

Page

3

City Briefs From Thursday's Daily

Boeore J A Smith left overland for El Paso to visit Smiths father and relatives. Smith is vice president of the First National bank. Mr and Mrs T M Rushing returned from a trip to New Mexico, praising the west. Stanley Brady and wife and others from Holdenville and McAlester visited Belton Brady. Mr and Mrs W J Cloud and son and Mrs Cloud Clements dined with M Johnston. Cloud, an Ada resident at East Central, returned from a weekend visit. George W West returned from Houston and attended the Democratic national convention.

Boeore J. A. Smith Overland el Paso Texas Mr. Smith First National Bank T. M. Rushing New Mexico West W. J. Cloud Wenoka Cloud Clements M. Johnston Mr. Cloud Ada George W. West Houston R. L. Bailey Rev. Bailey Fred B. Skinner First National Bank of Davis Murray County Daniel Kelly Anna Canfield Thomas Co. Kelly Creek County F. C. Tensfield George W. Hissom Magnolia Petroleum Company Pawnee County The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Engineers Payne County

Miss Alice Vernon Leaves for Ardmore Visit

Friday notes say Miss Alice Vernon departed for Ardmore to visit as a house guest of Miss Vada Cole and other friends during the next several days.

Alice Vernon Ardmore Vada Cole

Miss Louise Thomas Returns Home from Ada Visit

Miss Louise Thomas returns to Seminole after several days in Ada visiting Miss Grace Adams and other friends.

Louise Thomas Seminole Ada Grace Adams

Ada resident returns home after visit with Antles

Mrs Steve Burden departed Ada today after a weeklong stay as house guest of her parents Mr and Mrs J B Antle at 705 East Fifth Street.

Steve Burden Altus Ada J. B. Antle East Fifth Street

Albert Hacker Heads to Fort Silt Summer Training Camp

Albert Hacker departed today for Fort Silt to spend the coming month as an instructor at the summer training camp.

Albert Hacker Ft. Silt

Miss Frances Hudson Eubanks Arrives in Ada for Visit

Miss Frances Hudson Eubanks of Aberdeen Mississippi has arrived in Ada for an extended visit with her uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs H H Hudson at 830 East Twelfth Street.

Frances Hudson Eubanks Aberdeen Mississippi Ada H. H. Hudson East Twelfth

Miss Bernedette Leaves Roswell for Oklahoma City

Miss Francine Bernedette of Roswell New Mexico, guest of Mr and Mrs C C Stanfield of the Hamly theatre, departed today for Oklahoma City accompanied by her father.

Francine Bernedette Roswell N. M

Ada News Reporter Attends Southern Convention

Miss Helen Webb circulation manager of the Ada Evening News left today for New Orleans to attend the Business and Professional Women's convention from July 9 to 14. She will also visit and vacation at other points of interest in the south.

Helen Webb Ada Evening News New Orleans Miss Webb South

Boone Jones Visits Ada Returning East Central Graduate

Boone Jones of Cushing arrived in Ada yesterday for a short visit with friends and to take care of business. Jones is a former Ada resident and an East Central graduate.

Boone Jones Cushing Ada Mr. Jones East Central

Mrs Elmer Hunt Family Plans Extended Western Trip

Mrs. Elmer Hunt and children Clarence and Grace Louise depart for Guthrie to visit Mrs. Hunt's parents then proceed to Oklahoma City for an extended journey to Colorado and points west and south with Mr. Hunt.

Elmer Hunt Clarence Grace Louise Overland Guthrie Mrs. Hunt Mr. Hunt Oklahoma City Colorado

Wedding of Miss Oleta Montgomery and Frank W. George

The wedding occurred at 5 45 AM in the First Baptist Church Ada with a sunrise double ring ceremony read by Dr Calhoun Morris. The couple are daughter of Mr and Mrs Granville Montgomery and son of Mr and Mrs W A George of Okmulgee. Immediate family and close friends attended.

Oleta Montgomery Granville Montgomery Tenth Street Hope Avenue Frank W. George W. A. George Okmulgee First Baptist Church Calhoun Morris

West and Whitwell Visit Ada Before School Year

Lyle M. West of McAlester traveled via Ada en route to Shawnee for business. He paused for a brief visit with his parents at 105 East Sixteenth Street. Lester Whitwell, son of Rev. and Mrs. E. O. Whitwell of McKinney Texas, arrived in Ada to spend several days and will join Stratford schools this next year.

Lyle M. West McAlester Lester Whitwell E. O. Whitwell McKinney Texas Ada Mr. Whitwell Stratford Schools

Ada Daily Notices and Travel Changes

Telegram informs Mrs. W. W. Dodd of her husband’s death in an auto accident at Haston Col. Burial will be here with funeral plans pending. Visitors include J. H. Stone of Ft. Smith and Dr. R. R. Robinson family. relocations involve Mr. and Mrs. Brown, Pyote Texas. R. R. Robinson to Tonkawa. the Keltner family traveling in Texas. Mrs. Flynn and children visiting Ada from Little Rock and Seminole.

W. W. Dodd Haston, Col J. H. Stone Ft. Smith, Ark Ada Mr. Stone John Keltner Jr Texas Thomas D. Flynn Little Rock Ark Flynn H. J. Klinger Seminole Oklahoma

Italia survivors ill with fever and mental strain at rescue

Five Italia survivors aboard the rescue ship Quest endure fever and signs of partial insanity. Lieut. Einar Lomborg reports a terrifying 13 day ice ordeal with limited food. Communication from the base ship Citta di Milano is censored and Nobile controls telegrams while denying earlier radio issues.

Stockholm Quest Einar-Paul] Lundborg Foyn Island Lundborg Guiseppe Biego Lungborg Spitzbergen Umberto Nobile Citta di Milano Nobile Rome

Rescue Efforts Underway For Italia Survivors In Arctic

The Italia expedition saga continues as reports say survivors may reach land with help from the Russian ice breaker Krassin though air rescue prospects fade. Swedish and Norwegian rescue teams assess conditions and risks while a large Junkers plane is sent home and smaller seaplanes stay on standby at Spitzbergen.

Nobile Finn Malmgren Krassin Tornbert Chunkhovsky Tornberg Kings Bay Roald Amundsen Hjalmar Riiser-Larsen Spitzbergen

Boll weevil control urged in Oklahoma fields

Oklahoma entomologist C. E. Sanborn recommends immediate use of a 1-1-1 mixture of molasses water and calcium arsenate to kill boll weevils in cotton except those in squares. Three weekly treatments are advised, covering seven to eight acres per day with one gallon per acre, targeting mid July egg-laying and belated plant stages.

Stillwater Okla Oklahoma C. E. Sanborn Oklahoma A. & M. College Mr. Sanborn

Obituary notices for T T Gay and Mattie Matthews

T T Gay 61 died Wednesday night at his Lightning Ridge home. Funeral and interment delayed for children from Texas and California. death sudden after a day of work. Mrs Mattie Matthews 56 died Saturday noon in a local hospital. Funeral and interment in Vamoosa Seminole County at 2 pm. survived by husband C C Matthews and three sons and a daughter.

T. T. Gay Lightning Ridge Texas California Co. C. Matthews Mattie Matthews Vamoosa Seminole County C. C. Matthews Seminole

Death of Mrs Nora Downing at Local Hospital

Mrs Nora Downing aged 32 wife of R Downing died Sunday afternoon at 3 30 in a local hospital Funeral services were held from the family home 429 East Fourteenth street this afternoon at 4 29 by Rev A N Averyt pastor of the First Methodist church The Downing family has resided here for years and were well known in a large circle of friends Two years ago their young child was killed in an automobile collision.

Nora Downing R. Downing East Fourteenth Street A. N. Averyt First Methodist Church

Willie Coffey Funeral in Lightning Ridge

Willie Coffey aged 35 died Sunday in a local hospital. The body was taken to Lightning Ridge where funeral services were held and interment occurred. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Coffey of Lightning Ridge and is survived by his wife, one child, his parents, and several other relatives.

Willie Coffey Lightning Ridge H. G. Coffey

Jack Dyer Dies in Denver Veterans Hospital

Jack Dyer, World War veteran, died Saturday at the Denver veterans hospital while seeking treatment for tuberculosis. The body is expected to arrive here Wednesday via the Santa Fe. Funeral arrangements have not been made. He was single and a nephew of Mr and Mrs L C Cooper of the Pecan Grove community.

Jack Dyer Veterans Hospital Denver Colorado Santa Fe L. C. Cooper Pecan Grove

Crooksville Radio Mystery Broadcast Disrupts Town

Crooksville Ohio residents report nightly interruptions from an unseen local radio station calling itself P. D. Q. The mysterious broadcaster airs sensational local scandals attracting attention during evening listening sessions and spoiling private activities.

Ohio

Death Sentence Commuted for Malcolm Howard

President Coolidge commuted the death sentence of Malcolm Howard to life imprisonment. Howard, a Black man, had been slated for execution in Washington on July 19 for first degree murder.

Wis Coolidge Malcolm Howard Washington, D. C

Announced Democratic candidates for local offices

The News lists candidates for county offices in the upcoming Democratic primary. Names include for Commissioner District No 2 W A Peck I R Gilmore John M Thompson George R Collins Jr and others for Court Clerk County Treasurer Superintendent Attorney Judge Representative and Congress Fourth District with multiple contenders per post.

Comrmissioner W. A. Peck I. R. Gilmore John M. Thompson George R. Collins, JR

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