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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1971
Page
3
The District Court within and for Pontotoc County Oklahoma issues notice to creditors in the matter of the estate of W. E. Taylor Sr deceased. Creditors are informed to present their claims in accordance with applicable law and deadlines set by the court.
Legal notices demand all claimants against Wathan heirs and related parties file within two months. Includes personal representatives, unknown heirs, and executors for Wathan, Roberts, Ely, Stephens estates. notices of hearing on final accounts and partition actions. publication for service on unknown heirs and defendants. court in Ada, Oklahoma.
The State of Oklahoma provides notice that heirs and assigns of Frederick Allen Stephens and related parties were named in a petition filed July 22, 1971 seeking to quiet title and enjoin claims to real estate in Pontotoc County Oklahoma. Defendants must answer by September 2, 1971 or default will be entered. The proceeding also seeks a judicial determination of heirs and their respective shares. The court clerk is Frances Rhoads. Witness dated July 22, 1971.
Moore police and volunteers scoured the area after a venomous Indian cobra escaped its owner Wednesday night. Officials described the three-foot snake as grey with white spots and urged residents to keep children and pets inside while authorities use rakes to inspect concealed spots. Serum was available from the Oklahoma City Zoo if bites occurred.
Shamrock Industries seeks seven area homeowners to apply a vinyl plastic coating to their houses. The coating is 40 times thicker than ordinary paints, carries a 30 year guarantee, and provides insulation to reduce summer cooling and winter heating costs. Written and phone inquiries directed to L. Green at 918 627-4863 or 8117 East 48th Street, Tulsa.
The Chickasaw Library System bookmobile will stop this week in Dickson from 9 to 10 a.m. Mill Creek 10 45 to 11 45 a.m. Mannsville 2 30 to 4 p.m. Friday Clarita 10 to 10 45 a.m. Wardville 11 30 a.m. to 12 40 p.m. Lehigh 1 44 to 2 45 p.m.
Opal L. Simmons 75 of Fitts died July 18, funeral by Smith Funeral Home. Mary Opal Qualls 82 Ada died July 17, Criswell Funeral Home. Main Stolsby 65 Byars died July 17, Stratford-Pickard Funeral Home. A. J. Jay Jackson 51 Ada died July 18. Glenda Hyden 32 Adam died July 17, Smith Funeral Home listed.
Oklahoma House Speaker Rex Privett leads a group to Washington to urge defeat of the revenue sharing plan backed by Rep. Wilbur Mills. The plan draws opposition from state leaders including Arkansas Speaker Ray Smith Jr and Mississippi Governor John Tell Williams. Also noted are several obituary notices and the Southern Conference on the Council of State Governments event sidelines.
Hobbs will visit Mr. Taylor's brother and family. Jess Collins recently had surgery at an Oklahoma City hospital and his wife is with him there. Collins is in good condition. Mrs. Billey Forman and her father Bill Johns lost their home to a fire Sunday night. Howard King of Oklahoma City is visiting his brother and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Joe King.
Mrs. Joy Tucker and Estalene Farmer visited on Tuesday while Billy McCurdy and family from Morenel Arizona visited the Tuckers Friday night. Numerous relatives and friends from Center Lovelady Wichita and Ada appear in the week’s lineup with dinners, nursing home stops, and church events, including trips to Platt National Park and Eureka Arkansas area.
Local social notes recount weekend gatherings and Sunday visits among residents and relatives. Multiple families from Ada Shawnee Tulsa Baldwin Park and Tecumseh exchange meals dinners and leisurely time with kin in Tupelo and nearby towns.
The three year old son of Kerr Water Research Center deputy director Marvin L Wood drowned in a Little Rock motel pool Wednesday night. Police say he was left alone briefly near the pool and fell in. His body was found by his 16 year old sister Linda. Services will be in Little Rock.
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