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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1934
Page
8
J B Holmes of Pontotoc underwent a tonsillectomy here Wednesday morning. He was formerly a student at East Central State Teachers college.
Mrs Otto Nordham and children and Miss Hilda Jenkins of Shawnee left Wednesday for Colorado Springs Colorado where they will spend several weeks. Mr Nordham will join them in about a week.
W H Ebey supports placing part of automobile and gasoline taxes on county and township roads with all work done by local labor. If you back Ebey vote to return him to the legislature. Office No. 1. 7 19 1w Leo Hennigan, working in Wewoka, visited his mother and relatives here Wednesday evening.
Mr and Mrs W J B McAnally and children Winford and Kathleen leave for Colorado Springs Colo to join Mr McAnally who has been transferred from the Prudential Life Insurance office here to the Colorado Springs office.
Martha McKeel daughter of Mr and Mrs Lon McKeel of Roff is in Ada hospital with an infected leg and is reported to be slowly improving.
Helen Pevehouse daughter of Mr and Mrs F L Pevehouse Center underwent an operation at the Ada hospital a few days ago and is doing nicely.
Friday record lists two bay horses taken up at McWhirt's place four miles west of Frisco. One horse has a spit ear and snip nose, the other has three white feet. Each weighs about 1050 pounds. July 19 notice.
Mrs Fannie Lea of Byrds Mill visits Ada friends. Dr J J Deaner, living in Ada six months tending oil interests in Pontotoc county, spends weeks at a lodge in Minnesota. Mr and Mrs O R Freeman and daughters Catherine and Haskelleen return from a Texas New Mexico Old Mexico and California tour including Catalina Islands trip. Freeman says no country or crops could compare with Oklahoma.
Miss Velma Bond of Parker, Artz., visits Ada as guest of Miss Charlotte Sneed and Miss Helen Brown. The write in urges experienced men for legislation and calls to send W. H. Ebey back. Miss Fannie Byrd Fuller returns from six weeks in New York City and Chicago.
Leslie Parker, who has been in Ada for several days visiting friends and handling business, left Saturday to return to his home in Fort Worth Texas. Parker is formerly from Ada.
Mrs Lyle Prince departed Saturday for Colorado Springs Colorado to spend the rest of the summer there.
Mr and Mrs J M Carter depart for Colorado for a two month vacation visiting Estes Park Colorado Springs and the mountains and plan to return in September.
Curtis Floyd county agent and ER A Mackey C H Gray and Felix Roy of the Johnston county corn and hog allotment committee traveled through Ada Saturday morning on the way to Oklahoma City to meet the state board overseeing the program.
P. L. Blanton a Pauls Valley attorney and Dr. Johnson of Pauls Valley visited friends and handled business in Ada on Friday.
Reuben Roddie of Oklahoma City visited friends and handled business in the city Friday. He was seen meeting locals and running errands during his stay.
Mr and Mrs Frank W Mead ers and daughter Miss Louise Meaders left Saturday for Colorado Springs Colorado where they will spend the remainder of the summer and expect to return the first of September.
The message promotes W. H. Ebey as progressive sincere honest and capable and urges voters to choose Ebey for the legislature to ensure stability and safety.
Dr and Mrs R D Cody of Centrahoma travel to Ada on Friday to visit their daughter Selma Cody a student at East Central State Teachers college.
Mr and Mrs Edgar Lowe return with daughters Peggy Lou and Betty Sue and Mrs E D Gregory and son Freeman to Lone Wolf after visiting in Ada the past week with Mrs Gregorys daughter Mrs Roy Lollargs East Seventeenth Street The report ends abruptly with a note about Friday's high temperature work for him.
A summer scorcher produced a duplicate heat mark as the government thermometer hit 105 degrees around 3 30 in the afternoon amid a hot dry wind that persisted from Friday.
Monday's Daily notes that Willoughby and Freeman spent Saturday in Holdenville with Mr. and Mrs. Horne and Mr. and Mrs. Cahill.
Mrs. O L Bynum of Hickory spent the weekend in Ada visiting her daughters Miss Brondelle Bynum and Miss Maxine Bynum students at East Central State Teachers college. Cc D Booker of Norman was a business visitor here Sunday and today.
A. L. Hathaway of FitzHurh arrived as a business visitor in town this morning meeting local contacts and touring nearby facilities for potential commerce.
Miss Juanita Strickland of Chicago visiting her aunt Mrs. Charles Burnett in Ada returned today from several days with relatives in Oklahoma City.
Miss Ray Hunter, who spent the past week as a guest of Miss Opal Lee Deen of 900 East Tenth, has returned to her home in Van Alstyne Texas.
Bob Rodke has returned to his home in Pauls Valley after a weeklong visit in Ada with his aunt Mrs. Marie Rodke Bailey.
Mrs. E. A. Tucker of Pontotoc, who underwent a major operation at the Sugg clinic a few days ago, is reported doing well.
A call to elect W. H. Ebey to the legislature to secure funding for Pontotoc County. Supporters urge voting for Ebey as the one who understands how to obtain the money.
Mrs. Howard Bonham and her children from St. Louis arrived in Ada Monday to visit Mrs. Lind sey Smyth at 101 East Seventeenth Street.
Mrs Earl Bowman of Allen visited friends and attended to business here Monday.
Mr and Mrs J A Holcomb of Roff attended the O R L C convention here Monday and today.
Mr and Mrs B A Laselle of San Diego California are in Ada this week to attend to business and visit friends. They were formerly residents of Ada.
Mr and Mrs Eugene Hatcher depart Thursday for Turner Falls to attend a house party for several days. Nearby visitors include Mr and Mrs Amos Ritchie and sons Clinton and Ralph of San Francisco with T B Hatcher and family. Dr and Mrs E H Canada and children Hope Janet Catherine and Alice Bryant set out tonight for Ruidoso in New Mexico. after a week or ten days Dr Canada returns to Ada while the family stays six weeks to two months.
Ada residents including Mr. and Mrs. Alyis Jones Mrs. Roy Chrisman Miss Flora Belle Good Miss Jimmie Reese West and Mrs. Bailey participated in a district American Legion convention held in Shawnee on Tuesday.
Frank Norman, formerly a student at East Central State Teachers College, underwent a tonsillectomy here Tuesday morning.
Mr. and Mrs. Buford Taylor and children Billy Buford Bobby Joe and Dorothy Dean depart for home in Hollywood California after an extended visit with Mrs Taylor’s parents Mr and Mrs Joe Bryan at 23 E Sixteenth They are accompanied by Billy Bryan who will seek work in Hollywood Also noted Sulphur visitors Tuesday include Mr and Mrs V R Black and children Richard and Ruth Mr and Mrs Somer Jones Mrs Paul Young Mr and Mrs Hailey Rankin Mr and Mrs Watson and Miss Fannie Henderson
Miss Mattie Lou Dixon departed with Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Farmer and Miss Eunice Short for Shawnee and then Ridgecrest North Carolina for a Baptist encampment. They will attend the North Carolina summer camp for several days.
Mrs. C Stubblefield of Oklahoma City is visiting Mrs W C Duncan and friends. The Stubblefields and the late Rev C Stubblefield lived in Ada for years and have many local friends here.
The Advisory Board of Home Demonstration clubs in Pontotoc County held its third quarterly meeting on July 12 in the city park. The morning session began at 11 o'clock with 0 clubs represented, and about 45 people attended during the day. Miss Maloney, district agent from Stillwater, assisted in carrying out the program.
Discussion at Farmers Week outlined a home demonstration and 4-H fair this fall replacing the county free fair. A judge from A and M College will pick top farm women and 4-H exhibits with ribbons as premiums. Oklahoma City trip funded by a small registration fee. winners receive board lodging and transport. The next advisory board meets November 1 to elect new officers and outline a county program. A farm women's camp at Sulphur was also discussed with plans by committee members.
Mrs. Jessie Morgan of Pontotoc county explains an iceless refrigerator built from wood burlap and a pan of water. Evaporation cools the chamber, costing nothing to operate and suited for milk and butter storage.
Oklahoma rural sociologist O. D. Duncan of A. and M. College suggests the state farm population could begin to fall before 1934 ends. He notes the 1933 to 1934 increase was only six tenths of one percent.
Duncan notes farm population shrinks when times improve and cites 1932 A. and M. sociologist estimates Oklahoma's 1934 farm population would be about 1.1 million but proved too high. He cites machinery replacing labor, more commercial farming, and easier relocation as reasons for younger and older workers leaving farms.
The passage discusses rural migrants seeking refuge on farms during urban hunger, noting agriculture often lags or exceeds urban industry in prosperity. It argues that perceived farm advantages fail to shift favor to agriculture, as recovery moods draw workers toward cities and industrial opportunity.
Hens in the Eleventh Oklahoma Egg-layins Contest at Oklahoma A and M College rank highly nationally as of June 1. Top entries include Overbrook Farm Indianapolis with high Australorp, Ward’s Poultry Guthrie with top Buff Leghorn, and Ada’s Charles W. Pevehouse leading Single Comb Light Brown Leghorn.
Oklahoma A and M college hosts Farmers Week July 25 28 with theme Today's Challenge to the Rural Community led by Miss Norma Brumbaugh state home demonstration agent. Sessions cover youth recreation family health and school needs with discussions by farm women youth ministers and agricultural workers. Community singing plays mixer musical program 4 H achievement and a live play demonstration highlight the agenda.
A chilling quote reflects outrage after a bystander is killed in a cold blood shooting. The speaker warns that legitimate labor groups must purge blight immediately or risk setting labor organizing back by a decade in the free country.
Markets show cattle and calves steady to firm with most calves 3.75 to 5.00 and beef cows 2.75 to 3.00 while stockers and feeders hold around 3.50 to 4.00. Hogs steady with packer top 4.65 and bulk 4.25 to 4.65, sheep steady to higher with top 6.60 and bulk 5.00 to 6.25.
U. S. Dept. of Agriculture notes hog receipts around 7 000 with 630 direct lot, prices 3.00 to 4.55 per 100 pounds for various weight ranges, top 4.55 for light weights. Cattle and calves total about 13 000 with drought stock and government processing, market slow and uneven, most classes down by up to 25 cents.
East Central's summer graduating class includes four members of a single family. Mrs Fanntie D. Davis teaches in Seminole county and earns a B A. sons James Herman and William, and daughters Mrs Stella Stover and Mrs Mabel Badley also receive degrees. James Herman is principal of Centraloma High School and Joe Shirley is in the East Central band.
Cattle prices for 1100 to 1300 weight steers 6.00 to 9.00, 1300 to 1500 ths 6.50 to 9.00, with stockers and feeders 2.00 to 5.75. Vealers 1.50 to 2.50, cows 2.50 to 3.50, heifers 2.50 to 6.50, common to medium quality. Sheep 5,000 head with natives 6.90, yearlings steady, lambs 6.50 to 7.00, ewes 1.50 to 2.25, quotations based on ewes and wethers.
Live poultry market in Chicago on July 18 shows hens steady or easy for various types with ranges for leghorn hens at 9 dollars per unit and turkeys around 19 to 14. Fryers and roosters priced in mid teens, ducks and geese offered with modest variance across classes.
Butter totals 12 160 with steady creamery specials at 23 3 4 to 24 1 4, extra 23 1 4, firsts 22 1 4 to 21 1 2, seconds 20, standards 23 1 2. Eggs 10 539 steady. prices unchanged.
Potatoes priced 1.45 to 2.10 for U S No 1 varieties in Idaho and Virginia. U S shipments total 737 with dull demand and liberal supplies. Reports show 115 per track, July 18 from Chicago.
Chicago prices for corn and rye reached new high records with later profit taking trimming gains across cereals. Crop prospects remained bullish with cautious selling by corn farmers. Canadian prairie wheat crop estimates hovered around 228 million to 350 million bushels, while September wheat rose and corn gained 3/8 to 7/8.
Spot market reports Chicago wheat and corn prices with varied bids. No. 2 red ranges from 1.00 1/4 to 1.00 1/2, No. 3 red 1.00, No. 2 hard 1.03 1/4 to 1/2, mixed grades around 1.01 to 1.02. Corn No. 1 mixed 65, No. 2 mixed 63 3/4, No. 2 yellow 63 1/2 to 64, No. 2 white 66. Oats No. 2 white 47 1/2, No. 3 white 45 1/2.
Chicago grain market notes wheat and corn quotes with activity for July and September contracts. Prices show small changes and percentage shifts for old and new deliveries across wheat and corn sectors.
New Orleans and New York reports show spot cotton steady to unchanged with middling around 13.22 to 13.35. Futures in New York closed steady to modestly higher with December and May contracts trading near 13.39 and 13.52. Volume receipts and stock cited in New Orleans context reflect ongoing market demand.
George D Gunnells age 76 died Sunday morning in Norman. Funeral services were held Monday at Criswell Funeral Home chapel with Rev Ivan J Young officiating. Burial followed at Rosedale Cemetery. Survivors include five daughters Mrs F J Holloman Mrs Clarence McCollum Mrs C L Blood of Ada Mrs Jess Barber Loveland and Mrs Wayne Rogers Trop and a son George D Gunnells Jr of Ada.
The infant daughter of Clarence and Mrs Boyd died at their Ada home Tuesday at 5 30 am. She is survived by her parents and a brother Bobbie Jack Boyd. Funeral services were held at 1 30 pm at the home with Criswell Funeral Homes in charge. burial followed in Rosedale Cemetery.
Senator William Gibbs McAdoo and Eleanor Wilson McAdoo faced a scrutiny inquiry by Judge Frank C. Collier after Eleanor was granted a divorce from McAdoo by Superior Judge Allan B. Campbell. The judge will review whether proper procedures were followed though the decree stands.
Chicago July 18 The American Federation of Labor president William A. Green said the San Francisco strike was local in character and neither ordered nor authorized by the A F of L. He urged an equitable settlement and emphasized the federation’s concern without national significance to organized labor.
In San Francisco on July 18, a resident dubbed Mr. Common Citizen grapples with strike chatter at work and at home. He declines questions about the dispute, relies on gossip from neighbors, and outlines plans to ease daily frictions once the strike ends. He vows friendlier small talks with service workers and to avoid conflict.
In Kansas and Missouri drought conditions drive demand for Conrad Crome, a retired farmer from near Maryville, as towns seek his alleged water- finding skills. He uses a forked peach tree limb to locate underground water veins for wells while locals anticipate rain from Ozarks predictions and local rain signs.
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