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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1941
Page
2
Ada residents experience a contagious rodeo mood every year. Visitors sense an “occassion coming up” as clothing displays, billboards, and fire department gear signal the rodeo ahead. The town’s social fabric shifts, with giddiness across ages and genders, while outsiders risk adopting rodeo identity and even running for office.
With the Pecan Grove homecoming a week away sponsors expect a major county event. The reunion will be July 20 at Pecan Grove and hundreds of former residents are planned to attend. A. W. Oliver is general chairman. Sam Dew secretary. Committees cover lemonade, seating, decorations, welcome tasks, and school house preparations. Volunteers to clean grounds and supply electric fans are sought. program and finance groups are named. Everybody invited to attend, hear the program, bring a basket lunch, and enjoy the reunion.
A national census of civic organizations is under way to determine how clubs can assist civilian defense. Led by Fiorello H. LaGuardia’s civilian defense initiative and WPA records project head Mrs. Flossie Roberts, the survey covers women’s clubs Rotary Kiwanis Lions Chambers of Commerce Parent-Teachers associations alumni groups youth and professional societies. About 60 groups have been identified so far with a deadline at week’s end to compile data. clubs should contact the records project if not approached.
Funeral services were held Saturday for Bill Ray Mayberry 19 son of Mr and Mrs R R ees oll West 18th. He died Friday afternoon after a 14 day illness at a local hospital. He worked as a carrier for The Ada Evening News more than four years and was a popular staff member. He studied at East Central State college and is survived by his parents two brothers Bob and Clarence and a sister Melba Jean. Pallbearers were close friends and News staff associates.
Pontotoc County's jar swap, run by Home Demonstration Agent Mrs. Jessie Morgan, started last year with city jars traded for rural vegetables on a two for one basis. About 52,000 jars changed hands, and this year plans to broaden the deal to include fruit trades and jar payments for produce as 2,000 jars are already listed for exchange.
The state highway patrol celebrates its fourth anniversary next Wednesday in Ada after its 1937 start. The first arrests occurred July 16 1937 near Ada for drunken driving under Sgt Howard Cress. Changes since then show continued arrests and policy shifts including license withholding for a year.
A variety of string pea fruit called cherriones is grown near Acapulco Mexico. The fruit reaches a length of 22 inches and is noted for its unusual form and size. Local growers report interest from traders and researchers exploring culinary uses.
Oscar L. Parker and Dr. W. C. Herring attended the Audio Visual conference at Norman last week. Parker led a panel with informants Dr. Edgar Dale Dr. Harvey Hansen Dr. Haskell Pruett and Dr. Ralph Shaw. The conference is part of the summer session at the University.
In Miami Oklahoma a 10 acre corn patch, an abandoned hotel and a cow pasture airport near the city are being transformed into a modern school for British war pilots. Captain Maxwell W. Balfour directs the project, funded at about a quarter million dollars, building on Spartan School of Aeronautics expertise in Tulsa. The article notes Spartan’s rise as a premier private aviation school and the British contract to train Royal Air Force cadets, though exact dates are not specified.
Ada News reports the local Red Cross shipped 200 garments to the Jersey City warehouse bringing total shipments to 4 568 with a value of 5 635 76. Mrs W W Sledge praises cooperation notes improved sewing and knitting and urges continued volunteer help while detailing quotas and pending home sewing options.
Terraces should discharge away from roads and ditches. If grass fails temporary structures such as grassed or baffled ditches may be built on the property line parallel to the road ditch. Use loose rock or hog wire with straw to stabilize gullies until permanent structures are completed.
The first hint of a Spartan branch surfaced in Vinita then shifted to Ponca City before Balfour settled on Miami to end the rumors and confirm the site.
Three Ada area students, Robert Leon Fancher Eugene Woodrow Harber and John Calhoun Sparks, were named to Oklahoma A and M college deans list for the second semester 1940 41. Fancher along with 30 other students earned straight A records for perfect grades.
Oklahoma City July 12 The state tax survey shows total assessed valuation rising to 757 141 335 for real property and 163 870 080 for personal property with Tulsa and Oklahoma counties leading gains. The commission plans to recommend raising low valuation counties to align with others, with a board of equalization decision expected late next week. Governor Phillips attends the national Elks convention in Philadelphia.
Phillips Petroleum company was declared rightful owner of 99 450 shares of Reda Pump company stock by Federal Judge Royce H. Savage. The suit followed challenges by Clyde Alexander and S N Van Wert with Reda later seeking to cancel the stock. Reda's dividends rose as Arutunoff patents spurred deep well pumping. Arutunoff now heads Reda, whose equipment gains favor in Oklahoma City and other deep-well fields.
In a historical note the French queen Marie Antoinette reportedly sponsored a ship headdress to commemorate a naval victory. The item linked to royal patronage reflects 18th century ceremonial displays tied to fleet success.
Northward progress of wheat harvesters is creating a glut as carryover reaches a record. Embargoes at Kansas City and St Louis limit receipts while storage remains tight. Government data project a 6.7 billion bushel year end supply with grain elevators strained.
A county merchants mass meeting set for July 22 at 7 45 p m to discuss the cotton stamp program. A government bulletin answers key questions on eligible stores and goods, stamp values, redemption rules, and how to verify American cotton content.
J. W. Herron announces amendments to the 1941 national bulletin allowing farmers to plow up cotton to receive cot ton stamps if they have signed the intention sheet. The change redefines acreage planted to cotton and aims to equalize treatment for over planting and unfinished crops in Pontotoc county.
In Washington on July 12 fifty two motorists faced police headquarters after exhaust tests showed excessive gasoline use. Red stickers warned owners to fix cars within ten days or lose annual operation permits. The move accompanies Interior Secretary Ickes conservation efforts urging reduced fuel waste and changes in transit and delivery practices.
A BBC Reykjavik dispatch says a British armed trawler shot down a German bomber in flames after an aerial attack. No details were released, but the event appears to have occurred in waters near Iceland, where U S naval forces are present.
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