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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1933
Page
8
Mr and Mrs Ray Lowery and their daughter Frances are visiting relatives here and will spend Thursday and Friday in Oklahoma City.
Mrs. C. J. Cuckow of 21 E Fifteenth will leave Friday for a visit with friends in Allen. Mr. and Mrs RK Duty students returned to their Pontotoc home. Mr Duty is superintendent of Rosedale schools. Drew Patterson of Allen was an Ada visitor today.
Mies Clara Kidwell of Allen visited friends in Ada today.
Mrs Margaret Fairc Wild and Miss Dorothy Crumley of Roff visited Ada on Wednesday.
Mr and Mrs T A Wilkinson and their son Connie Mack long time Ada residents have lived in Wilson Okla for several months and plan to relocate this weekend to Wewoka where they will settle permanently. Mr Wilkinson works as an old gauger for the Oklahoma Pipeline Company.
Mr and Mrs Alfred Vaden announce the birth of a daughter born Friday July 21.
Dr Cc L Dodd was moved to a hospital in Oklahoma City where he is confined and reported to be suffering from typhoid fever.
Dr and Mrs C C Morrin and their three children completed a week and a half trip to Eureka Springs Arkansas. They spent most of their vacation in the newgubor hood of the Ozarks enjoying the scenery and rest.
Mr and Mrs H B Felix and daughter Jackie Louise plan to arrive Saturday for a visit with Mr and Mrs Roy Weddle at 231 East 16th Street. Felix formerly served on the city school system faculty.
Ben Clark and daughter Mrs Harrold Weldon and Mr Weldon of Canton Texas, and son Lonnie Clark of Ft Worth, are guests of Ben Clark's brother H G Clark and family 529 North Highland, with sister Mrs McCarty and family 708 Wentworth and other relatives in Ada.
Miss Virginia Boyd and Miss Eugene Boyd, students at East Central State Teachers college, return to Beber for the summer. Ed Payne, guest of Mr and Mrs Mike Mount, leaves for Wapanucka after a week ahead.
Mrs Forrest Hickey and Mrs nm Ww Kidd report their father W B House of Wellington, Tears, is seriously ill and receiving family care. He is identified in local notices as a resident of Wellington.
Mr and Mrs V L Buchanan departed Saturday for Aresl Texas where they were summoned by the severe illness of Mr Buchanan s aunt Mrs Emily Horton.
Carl Fleet who has been attending the University of Southern California at Los Angeles arrived in Ada on Thursday. Mr and Mrs Ed Cope and family left Thursday for their home in Monahan Texas. Mr Cope is a driller with the Gulf O company.
Miss Esther Maness returns to Galey to start school duties Monday. Miss Mildred Maness resumes work at Happy Land school and left this weekend to begin duties there Monday.
Miss Geraldine Medlock a Fitzhuch teacher spends the weekend in Ada visiting friends. Nev W M Speck and family left Friday for Mt Vernon Tex where he will hold a meeting. Mrs W T Autry returns to Broken Arrow after visiting Mr and Mrs C J Laseman. Mrs Autry was Miss Vera Laseman before her marriage.
Jimmie Frank daughter of Mr and Mrs John Yoakum of Purcell is reported critically ill at the home of Mrs Wick Adair 1320 South Cherry. Miss Jennie Hah Powler of Tupelo visited friends in Ada Saturday. Mr and Mrs W M Cope and children left Sunday for Monahan Texas.
Miss Iva McCallis, who attended summer school here, has returned to her home in Wetumka where she will teach.
A. L. Fentem left Saturday for Hot Springs Arkansas to join Mrs Fentem and their daughter who are spending the summer there.
Dr and Mrs Isham L Cummings and son returned from New York City where Dr Cummings completed a post graduate course. Mrs J W Bolen and daughter Celma Walker are spending a two week vacation in Tennessee Mississippi and Louisiana.
Rev. O B Lee of the First Presbyterian Church departed for a six week vacation in Alabama and Portsmouth Virginia. Rev. Harry Miller will conduct services in his absence.
Miss Gladys Chapman, a student of East Central State Teachers college, left Monday for Logan New Mexico where she will teach beginning the fall term, during Rev. Lees absence.
Mrs. Annie Byrd and her daughter Miss Ethel James Byrd departed Monday for an extended vacation in Monteagle Tennessee.
B A LaSalle formerly of Ada now living in San Diego California arrived in Ada on Monday to handle business and visit friends for several days.
Mrs. N. B. Stall of Ada travels with her sister Mrs. H. E. Barhea and Barhea’s daughter Joan from Los Angeles to Stillwater to visit Mrs. J. A. Ketch for several days starting Sunday.
Miss Towanah Bailey underwent a major operation at University Hospital in Oklahoma City last week. She is reported coming along nicely but will not be able to be removed for a month or longer.
J C Hynds of Lindsay arrived in Ada this afternoon to attend to business matters and conduct local affairs.
Mr and Mrs M H Hope of 715 South Hope announce the birth of a daughter on Tuesday July 25.
Kh W Simpson Jr and Howard Fleet returned from Detroit after a week attending to business.
Mrs. FE A Brown of Pomona California arrived in Ada to visit Mrs. George Mayhue and family. She was formerly a student at East Central State Teachers college.
Miss Pauline Givens finished visiting her aunt Miss Hat tie Givens at 215 East Sixteenth Street and returned to her home in Roff.
Ada mourns as relatives travel from Sherman Tulsa Muskogee and Francis to attend the funeral for R Guin. Attendees include G Montgomery Rev J P Sanders Wayne Sherah F H Guin and Mrs Hashstrasser among others.
Local notes show strong student engagement with most pupils taking an active interest in class work. Home Economic girls work on color charm under Miss Ila Belle McLaughlin. Community members and relatives visited, with several weekend activities and a Young Peoples Training class program featuring biblical readings and musical numbers. Next Sunday promises an even larger program inviting visiting singers.
A revival at WORSTELL with rain blessings drew 70 in Sunday school and 29 baptisms Sunday night. Sister Ruth Noble visited Ada. families shared meals at Ed Jones and W E Brooks homes amid ongoing services and a birth to Roscoe Crowley and wife Sunday night July 16.
Sunday visits mark a flurry of family and friend gatherings. Eugene Coventon and Billy Earl Stevenson shared a day. J N Lillard hosted Shirley Massey and Nina Hunt. many others visited relatives in Oakman and Ada during the weekend.
Rain returns to help cotton, while corn suffered losses. Revival meeting continues with Bro Baloom delivering messages. Local school progresses well. Weekend visits and family gatherings noted among Lovelace, Craddock, Bedwell, McNinch, and other residents in Ada and nearby areas.
Farmers report a series of favorable showers that helped crops recover and show improvement. The rain aided soil moisture and grain development, boosting prospects for harvest in coming weeks.
Local notes mark visits from Mrs. Pearson and families to Mrs. Anderson and others as school opens with Miss Barnes and Miss Maness. A fatal bomber crash near Oceanside kills seven. detailed witness accounts describe the severed wing and wreck beyond a California home. A jury convicts Mrs. Carl of murder in connection with her husband’s 1932 death. trials continue for co- defendants in the insurance plot.
Washington July 22 report from Indian commissioner John Collier announces a $1.5 million allotment from public works funds to build 40 day schools serving about 4,000 Indian children. The plan shifts from boarding to day schools to keep children with families and raise overall education, though some boarding schools will remain for higher education. About 15,000 Indians remain without schools.
In memory of Mrs Amanda Anderson a July 7 service mourns her death and honors a family’s loss with lines by Bell and Leo McCalib. Separately a Charleston gunman killed deputy Ray Shamblin and wounded G L Dudley, abducted 19 year old Ralph Harper from a pursuit car, and later died. Harper’s body was found in Huntington with unknown motives.
Upset wing wreckage traps cockpit of a twin motored army amphibian. seven fliers killed in the crash near Oceanside California on July 26.
Miss Craig Parker of Ada and Miss Bernice MacSpadden of Fitz Hugh are our teachers.
Chicago July 26. Vera Carl, 37, convicted of plotting murder in the fortune teller slaying of her husband George. She faces a fourteen year prison sentence.
Oklahoma City July 26 CP With his deputies in the field state examiner John Rogers continued to untangle bond difficulties that prevent six new county treasurers from taking office July 3. Failure of the surety bond on Will N Francis retiring Sequoyah county treasurer closed the Salisaw office. Dim Dixon the treasurer elect is arranging a bond while books are checked and delivered to the new official at an early date.
Rogers said a bill was enacted during the special session of the legislature and new treasurers for Atoka Coal Jefferson Pushmataha and Roger Mills counties have yet to qualify for office.
James Burnell alias Joe Binkowski pleaded guilty to counterfeiting and received a forty year federal prison term from Judge R L Williams in Muskogee. He was a life term fugitive from Illinois at the time of arrest. Three other Pontotoc county suspects pleaded not guilty.
July 26 report from Omaha states richard Low of the Omaha Western League club warns that cutting five veteran players could force the team to quit. The Springfield club protests over veteran usage in violation of league rules, with President Dale Gear reviewing the complaint. A similar protest targets Topeka.
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