Guardian seeks settlement in Ruth Beasley estate final account
In Pontotoc County Court No 3393 guardian Robert Bolden presents his final account for Ruth Lee Beasley a minor and requests approval distribution and discharge. A hearing is set for August 7 1940 at 16 o'clock in Ada at the county court room after which objections may be heard. (SEAL) NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE State of Oklahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
Pontotoc County
Oklahoma
C. T. Wilburn
Harry Wilburn
Hoyt Driskill
Warren B. Rice
Admr
Oil and Gas Lease Bids Sought in Pontotoc County
Oklahoma Commissioners of the Land Office invite sealed bids by July 29 1940 for oil and gas leases on school and state lands in Pontotoc County tract 4 140 acres. Bids require cashier’s checks 25 percent of bid, with higher deposits for drilling contracts. Minimums set per tract and rental terms apply if no well is completed within set periods. Details and address for inquiries provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commissioners of the Land Office
Land Ofice
Bank Commissioner Takes Charge of Stonewall Bank
The Bank Commissioner of Oklahoma assumes liquidation of the First State Bank of Stonewall on June 12 1940. Depositors and creditors must present claims with vouchers to the Bank Commissioner in Stonewall within six months or be barred. Linwood Neal, Bank Commissioner, signs the notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First State Bank of
Stonewall
Oklahoma
State of Oklahoma
Linwood Oo. Neal
Notice by Publication Foreclosing Mortgage in Ponotoc County
The state issues notice to unknown heirs and assigns of Pearl E. Morgan that Home Savings and Loan Association has filed in Ponotoc County District Court to foreclose a mortgage on W N Morgan and Pearl E Morgan property. Case No. 17167 seeks $4905.79 plus 8.04 percent interest from June 18, 19460 and $1480 in attorney fees plus costs. The described real estate is listed in the action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Oklahoma
Pearl E. Morgan
Pontotoc County
Oklahoma
Home Savings and Loan Association
W. L. Morgan
W. N. Morgan
Government bills 30 million pesos for aviation training
Interior Minister Diogenes Taboada said Congress would receive a bill to authorize spending of 30,000,000 pesos for pilot training aircraft purchase and creation of new air lines. The measure supports a national defense plan and will be followed by aviation regulation legislation.
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Buenos Aires
Diogenes Taboada
Congress
President Roosevelts sharp blows at four defector Democrats
Reports from Hyde Park and London describe President Roosevelt verbal attacks on four anti third term Democrats who joined Willkie. He calls them dubious for supporting dollars over humanity and notes Burke Reed Douglas and Hanes as targets while a British official cites continued leafletting to inform French readers. A separate note mentions a tennis star entering diplomatic service.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Hyde Park
N. Y
Roosevelt
Wendell L. Willkie
Edward R. Burke
James A. Reed
Missouri
Lewis W. Douglas
John W. Hanes
Willkie
Bolt
Burke
R. L. Cochran
Nebraska
Douglas
Hanes
Treasury
Reed
Chicago
The
Missourian
Oakman School Lays Groundwork For 1940 41 Year
Oakman reports a busy summer with campus repairs and garden work. The 4-H trip to Bromide is planned, and the meal program expands as canning, gardening, and kitchen upgrades progress with strong sponsor support from the school board and local families.
Notice of Real Estate Auction In Pontotoc County
Under an Oklahoma court sale order in Case No. 16445 The Federal Land Bank of Wichita Kansas will sell at public auction the east 577.5 feet of the west half and west 82.5 feet of the east half of the southeast quarter in section 19 township 4 north range 8 east containing about 40 acres more or less. Sale at the south front door of the Ada courthouse on August 26 1940 at 2 oclock p m to satisfy a judgment of $1906.16 with interest at 6 percent from January 18 1940 plus attorney fees and costs. Clyde Kaiser Sheriff Pontotoc County Oklahoma W M Hughes undersheriff Ada Oklahoma J F Meekle A V Davidson W E Pepperell care The Federal Land Bank of Wichita Attorneys for Plaintiff. 7-25-5tw
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Nathan Phillips
Et al
State of
Oklahoma
Anne Peal
Phillip Peal
Marylin Peal
Janice Peal
H. N. Peal
Pontotoc County
State of Oklahoma
Oklaoma
Craddock
District Court of
Co. M. Mays Lumber Company
D. L. Whittington
W. J. Mitchell
Ada
Pee
CC. M. Mays Lumber Company
D. I. Whittington
Clyde Kaiser
W. N. Hughes
Pontotoc
Geo. E. Smith
M. M. Cotten
District Court
Monroe M. Cotten
Lillie B. Cotten
Home Owners Loan Corporation
Clyde Katser
Okla
W. M. Hughes
Hame Federal Savings & Loans Association of
Elizabeth Foster Brown
Clyde W. Brown
County of Pontotoc
Federal Land Bank of
Wichita
Kansas
a _ corporation
W. A. Patterson
Township 4
Indian Meridian
Undersheriff
Community Notes from Union Hill and Surrounding Towns
A long list of visits and family moments from Union Hill and nearby areas includes Pratt residents Melvin and Melva Raymer hosting kin, Archer and Whitson families gathering, and many weekend visits. A July 14 birth of Billie Faye Scates is noted, along with church events, a Friday prayer meeting, a birthday dinner for a Sunday School teacher, and ongoing revival services led by Bro. Hooper and Bro. Woods inviting wider attendance.
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Union Hill
Melvin Raymer
Pratt
Kansas
Henry Raymer
Leonard Archer
Oscar Whitson
Ann’Mae Bottoms
Lois
Hazel McAnally
Bill Scates
Billie Faye
Pierre
Eveylon McAnally
Mary Francis
la Nora Whitson
Janet Weston
Ada
Alley Tilley
Bruce Myers
Egypt
Roy Binion
Walter McCracken
Martha Pauline
Argo Dodson
Leston Long
Fitzhugh
Lee Roy McAnally
Glenn Braden
Audie Teel
Buster Scates
Sam Parish
Sunday School and visits noted in local notices
Omitted Sunday School due to rain. Reba Gillock of Henryetta and Mrs. R. O. Frederick visiting this week. Betty Beach of Happyland spent Monday with grandmother Mrs. W. T. Beach. Floyd Glover of Fittstown visiting Billy Joe Wilson. Clyde Sales and Louise visited Mrs. W. T. Sales. Mr. and Mrs. R. L. Cannon and Ralph Gillock of Henryetta with Mrs. W. W. Wilbanks visited Onno Frederick. Clyde Sales spent Monday night with Joe Harold Beach. Everette Davis spent week with Clarence Davis. Mrs. Clyde Smyers shopped in Ada. Inez Davis visited sister Mrs. R. L. Cannon. Edna Herron returned from Ahloso after visiting daughters. Gena Hutchings returned home after summer school. Mrs. John Allgood ill but improving. Mildred and Edyth Nunley called on Pauline and Louise Sales.
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Reba June Gillock
Henryetta
W. W. Wilbanks
Onno Frederick
Clyde Sales
Joe Harold Beach
Happyland
Everette Davis
Clarence Davis
Coalgate
Clyde Smyers
Ada
Inez Davis
R. L. Cannon
Edna Herron
Ahloso
Mrs. Chapman
Mrs. Hutchings
Gena Hutchings
John Allgood
Mildred
Edyth Nunley
Pauline
Louise Sales
Sunday Social Notes From Ada Oklahoma Area
Sunday social activity fills the week with visits among Sutton French Lee Co workers and Penrod family. Neighbors including Jewell Southerland Melvin Chilcoat and Opal Bartel share evenings at homes while Cecil Corvin Mack Barker visit from Nashoba. Broom corn harvest trip marks Monday departure for Buddy Roberts Herman Coley and Marvin Chilcoat.
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Grace Sutton
Vivian
Dorothy Lee French
Jewell Southerland
Marvin Chilcoat
Alton Sutton
Jessie Cox
Nadine Penrod
Herman Lee Coley
Haskell Jaques
Cap Moss
Melvin Chilcoat
Opal
Stanley Bartel
Cecil Corvin
Mack Barker
Nashoba
Bud Sutton
Pickett
J. B. Perkins
Tishomingo
Ada
Nadine
J. L. Penrod
Lou Penrod
Buddy Roberts
Sunday attendance thins due to weather at Wilson church
Sunday morning at Wilson church drew a light crowd because of rain and cold. A large crowd attended Sunday night. Mr and Mrs W A Meeks visited Mr and Mrs Ed Johnson B F Gurley spent Sunday with Kenneth Sliger. Julius Connley of Lightning Ridge visited Loyd Dempsey Saturday night. Mrs Sweat spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Allan Sweat. Those who called on Mr and Mrs Albert Stephens Sunday.
July Weather Reverses Harsh 1939 Conditions In Pontotoc
The Ada area reports a dramatic weather reversal from last July's heat and drought. In 1939 Pontotoc county saw 13 days above 100 with a 109 degree peak, while this July brought cool nights, pleasant days, and heavy rainfall totaling 6.79 inches in Ada and more elsewhere, easing drought fears but affecting crops and lawn care.
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Pontotoc County
Dreuth
Ada
Columbus Was Real Navigator Says Professor
Harvard professor Samuel Morison declares Christopher Columbus a master navigator and precise observer after retracing his routes. Morison identifies San Salvador as the first landing and Bahía Bariay as the Cuban port, based on a sea journey and journals.
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Cambridge
Mass
Christopher Columbus
Harvard
Samuel Morison
Caribbean
Morison
Columbus
New World
San Salvador
Cuba
North Atlantic
Hall
Florida Fiesta Punch and Carnival Cake Dish
Mrs. Maddox offers a summer party trio featuring Florida Fiesta Punch a mix of grapefruit orange and loganberry juices served over crushed ice. Carnival Cake combines peppermint candy with a light sponge baked in an 8 inch tube pan topped by peppermint frosting with colored wafers for a polka dot finish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaynor Maddox
Florida
Obituary for T. J. Rigsby 70 of Ada
T. J. Rigsby 70 of 628 West Tenth died Tuesday night at 8 at the home of his daughter Mrs. Bessie Williams in Francis. Funeral services Thursday at 2 p m from Criswell Funeral Home with Rev Milo Arbuckle officiating burial in Rosdale cemetery. He is survived by his widow Nora Rigsby a daughter Mrs Williams and two sons Clive and Clyde Rigsby of Ada.
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T. J. Rigsby
West Tenth
Bessie Williams
Francis
Criswell
Milo Arbuckle
Rosedale
Rigsby
Nora Rigsby
Mrs. Williams
Clive
Clyde Rigsby
Ada
Dunahe of Allen Dies at 82
J W Dunahe of Allen died at his home Tuesday at 4 p m aged 82 Funeral services were held Wednesday at 4 p m from the Baptist church in Allen Rev Huddleston officiating Criswell Funeral Home in charge
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Dunahe
Allen
the Baptist Church
Rev
Huddleston
Criswell Funeral Home
Patricia Rogers 14 Dies at Ada Home
Patricia Carmen Rogers aged 14 dies at 8 p m Tuesday at 925 East Tenth. Funeral set Thursday at 4 p m Criswell Funeral Home with Dr C C Morris and Rev Roland C King presiding. Burial Memorial Park. Survived by mother Mrs C Rogers four sisters Eston Blanche Helen Rogers Ada and Mrs H C W Smith Maysville two brothers Henry Rogers Ogee and Harold Rogers of a.
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Patricia Carmen Rogers
East Tenth
Criswell Funeral Home
C. C. Morris
Roland C. King
Memorial Park
Patricia
C. Rogers
Misses Eston
Blanche
Helen Rogers
Ada
H. C. W. Smith
Maysville
Henry Rogers
Ogee
Harold Rogers
Frightful Saddle Horse Kills Itself in Road Chase
In Scranton, a saddle horse owned by Donald Cameron of Carbondale became frightened while tied to a post at Waymart. It lurched loose, bolted down the road, leapt onto a passing car’s roof and dropped dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scranton
Donald Cameron
Carbondale
Waymart
Death of Mrs. Jeannette Davis Wife of Senator Davis
Mrs Jeannette Davis wife of Senator James J Davis died in Atlantic City after an eight month battle with heart disease aides said of the Pennsylvania senator the death was announced by the senator briefing office in Washington on July 24 1939.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
James J. Davis
Atlantic City
Jeannette Davis
Pennsylvania
Miss Ora Harjo Hospitalized After Pressure Cooker Explosion
Okemah resident Miss Ora Harjo was burned about the neck and face when a pressure cooker exploded. She received treatment at a local hospital for the burns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Okemah
Ora Harjo
Greater returns for amount invested Ada News Classified Ads
Ada News reports on higher yields for investors in local ads. The piece notes favorable rates, growing advertiser interest, and potential returns for small businesses using classified ad placements to reach community readers.
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Ada News
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Pontotec County
Busby, Harrell & Trice
Plaintiff
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Sam Dew
Stonewall City
Vida Weaver
Board of County Commissioners
Inc
J.C. Story
J. W. Eddings
W. T. Buck
McKeel & McKeel
Amerian
J. F. McKee
Hitler
Charles B. Steele
Wectey
George H. White
Minnie Marsh White
Busby,Harrell & Trice
American Building
Wwvontotoc County
W. XN. Hughes
Hubert G. Orton
Anna J. McKeown
Tom JD. McKeown
Tom D. McKeown
West 12Th
J. B. Gilbreath
Atty
F. Robinson
RB. A. Lewis
Ben Hatcher
London
France
Alfred Duff Cooper
House of Commons
Oakman
Texas
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J. N. Caton
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Murray Smith
J.N. Caton
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Berryman
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Ruby Wilson
Ira Wommack
Abe Scroggins
Anna Jean Cecil
4-H
Neal McDonald
Edith Code
Alice Breeden
Harve Allen
Lucille Kaiser
Waite Stephens
Dalton
Lillard
Duvall
J. F. Meekeel
Ada, Oklahoma
A. V. Davidson
W. E. Pepperell
Attys
Jeter
Jackson
Euel Gurley
Thena Goodpasture
Drake
Thomas Smith
Nowell Turner
Fred and
Gilbert Stephens
Winifred
Mary Sue
Jannett Jackson
Stella Mae
Nay Dean Roundtree
Laverne Voyles
Alva Lee
Jess
Leon Gurley
Howard Sliger
Barney and Woodroe Hall
Eugene Boland
Warren Shumard
Young Peoples Union
Steedman
Drouth
OWL
Tidwell
Guy Griffith
Stillwater
Rebel Sliger
Pleasant Hill
Mildred Thompson
Charlene
Vivian Laffoon
Wilburton
Jack Laffoon
Jim Odom
Brooks
Millie Maude
Lucille Scott
May Anderson
Fort Worth
LeRoy Dame
Eldo Whipple
Hatton
Jack Scott
Oklahoma City
Susie Lowe
Mary Carter
Otto
Jed Rowe
Tupelo
Denman
C. M. Sliger
Lowe
Patricia Rogers
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