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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1961
Page
6
Legal notices record petitions and court actions in Pontotoc County Oklahoma. Documents include probate actions for estates of Bertha Slade and Ruth Keyes. guardianship notices for Elizabeth Onanivia. property disputes involving Lawrence Truitt and Albert Perry. land descriptions for oil and mineral rights. and notices to interested parties about court hearings and potential transfers of title.
Unreadable civil action filed in Pontotoc County Oklahoma District Court by plaintiffs Tony Walker Rosemary Walker Minnie Sutton and Arta Sutton against named heirs executors administrators trustees and assigns seeking immediate and remote claims to real property in Pontotoc County including described portions of Section 39 Township 4 North Range 4 East and adjoining mineral and surface interests. The petition asks for a decree quieting title in plaintiffs and barring all claims by defendants with a responsive filing deadline of July 13 1961.
Public notice of hearing in Pontotoc County, Oklahoma, in the matter of the estate of Alyce Crain, deceased. Wendell Crain as executor seeks final account, determination of heirship, distribution, and discharge. Hearing set for Wednesday June 7 at 10:00 AM in Pontotoc County Court, Ada. All interested parties must appear and show cause. May 25, 1900. Attorneys for Executor: Lawrence Hinton.
State extension entomologists warn of a third major insect outbreak this year as the variegated cutworm damages alfalfa in central Oklahoma and harms garden crops. Extension agents describe the worm’s color range, life cycle, and nightly feeding, and list control options including Sevin for home gardens and Toxaphene, Parathion, Endrin, Phosdrin, and Dylox for alfalfa. OSU tests favor Dylox and Toxaphene, with Parathion third.
Ada police investigated a break-in at Jim Walter Homes on 1925 North Broadway last night. Mrs. G W Stanfill the office secretary found the entry pried from the door and reported a portable typewriter radio sewing machine and a portable public address system stolen. The items belonged to HL Ball Jon manager, and Mrs Stanfill noted the firm’s Oklahoma City home office was burglarized the same night.
Funeral services for James Wesley Snow 62 will be at Free Will Baptist Church Stonewall at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday with Rev. Murl Wilson officiating. Burial in Frisco Cemetery. Survivors include wife Laura Snow and seven children Almeta Morris Ventura California Forest Snow Moab Utah Marcella Jackson Fits town Nettle Britt El Paso Maxine Harris Fits town Bobby Oklahoma City and Rosa Lea Hendrix Ada plus 20 grandchildren. Snow described as farmer rancher and tarper with family of 18. several siblings also surviving. Additional notices follow for Sidney Lee Thompson 57 killed in a Wewoka area wreck with services Wednesday. survivors include wife Lilian Thompson and daughter Jo Ann Dillon Anders, two grandchildren Sara Lynn and John Dillon Anders, and two sisters. extensive wedding and community notes follow.
The Boy Scouts plan a World Jamboree in Greece during July 1963. The site features a two mile long sandy beach bordered by 250 acres of pine forest. It lies near Marathon where the famous battle occurred in 401 B C.
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