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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1924
Page
9
Mrs J C Marshall and her daughters Ione and Helen left today for Parkersburg West Virginia where Ione will undergo an operation with family support during the medical visit.
DeWitt Garrett of Harper Kansas visits Herbert Hamilton. The two were roommates at Harper College last year.
Miss Helen Moser of Skintook Oklahoma is the house guest of Miss Vivian Reed at 1226 South Johnston Street.
Dr and Mrs R F King, Ada pioneers, arrived today to visit relatives and friends. They now reside at Cooper in the Osage country.
J. C. Treadwell and a group of boy scouts fished near Stonewall and started for Ada as clouds gathered. The final ten miles into Ada were walked through mud before they reached the city at dawn, empty handed and exhausted.
Sloan Palmer north of Ada and Clint Palmer northwest of Ada were in the city Saturday. Uncle Clint is optimistic about securing an oil well on or near his land.
J. L. Higdon of Ford Switch visited town Saturday and said his crops look highly promising with good chances for a fair yield this year.
C. C. Day of Hugo calls on Robert Bradley and family at 1018 East 5th Street Ada. Miss Annie Lee Bolton plans a trip to Tulsa and Kansas City then Chicago to join her sister Mrs. B. E. Howard. They will attend the University of Chicago summer session.
Prof. MacMillan reports 72 degrees Friday night rising to 91 by Saturday, delivering much needed warmth across the country to aid crops.
The infant son of Mr and Mrs Lon Stephenson died Friday at 7 30 p m at the family home southeast of Ada Funeral services were held Saturday by Rev Shipman and the body was interred at Rosedale cemetery
A. H. Constant, hospitalized in Ardmore since an automobile accident early last week, was brought home Saturday.
Prof. Johnnie Flowers joined five classmates on Saturday, noting a strong school at Walnut Grove and planning to move to Union Hill next year.
H. D Chandler reports river bridge work is advancing with a pier set and the middle tower still months away from completion. He lives north of Tyrola and spoke in the city Saturday.
Al Neighbors of Fitzhugh was in the city on Saturday on business.
John Gann who lives east of Ada was in the city Saturday attending to business matters.
Quint Hook of the south end of the county shook hands with friends in the city Saturday. W. H. Hilliard of the Wilson neighborhood was in the city Saturday.
W H Brents a prominent farmer from the county south end was seen conducting business here Saturday. Rev P A Templeton of Vaness will preach at the Asbury Methodist shed tonight at 8 30. Everyone is invited to attend.
Mr and Mrs R J Green are proud parents of a 14 pound boy born Sunday evening. They reside on West Fourteenth Street.
Miss Mamie Avinger of Sulphur Springs Texas is visiting at the home of Mrs Edith Chapman and Mrs Lucile Chapman at 500 East Tenth Street. She will stay through the week.
Miss Ruby Hawkins leaves Fort Worth Texas and Post City for Berkeley California to enter the summer term there. She will join the special train of teachers at Clovis New Mexico.
Mr and Mrs Earl McKendree, who have been visiting in Brady Texas, returned home today and will be at home to friends at 803 East Fourteenth Street. They were accompanied by Mrs McKendree’s mother Mrs Ewing.
An order from County Judge Tal Crawford directs Dr J A Deen to Darlington home this morning for drug addiction treatment under state care.
Roy Buster previously jailed on horse stealing charges was deported to Granite this morning to start a two year term in that institution.
Mr and Mrs Clarence West report progress and comfort while settling in Tampa Florida as they adapt to life in the far south state and enjoy their surroundings.
Heavy rain soaked Maxwell on Tuesday afternoon extending about two miles south of the town. A light hail accompanied the shower but caused no reported damage according to The News.
W. J. Mathis of 304 W. 4th street suffered a fall from a scaffold in Dallas yesterday, fracturing his collar bone and three places in his arm. He returned home last night and is resting well.
A new Oakland car belonging to Jessie Warren suffered flight damage when it turned over Sunday. Its occupants Warren and S L MecClare escaped without injury as the auto overturned.
Robert Chafin, now employed by Texas Power and Light Company in Dallas offices, visits with parents and friends. He grew up in the electric business locally and knows the name well. He says Dallas is very hot but a good place to live.
Homer's baseball teams posted a 13 to 1 victory over Colbert and 11 to 5 at the home field, with a later 18 to 21 win away at Ahloso. The first team has played 20 games with only three losses, to Ada Scrubs Cement plant and Ada town team.
Mr and Mrs Phillips spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Jim McGuire. Several families shared meals and visits including Bundys Fails Sults and Ruby Bundy with Ruby McGuire and Zenoba Jervis. Jessie Cosby is ill with mumps while others visited relatives in Shawnee and Pauls Valley.
Local residents report trips to Hickory Ada Pontotoc and Sunshine church events. Families visiting and hosting dinners and Sunday gatherings include Ready Dobson Cargill Underhill Allen Pittman and Cook. Eighth grade commencement advised at Ada Convention Hall with several attendees.
A big pie supper at Pleasant Hill school house on Byrds Mill road June 12 at 8 p m features several candidates who will speak. Singing directed by Frank M Lynn includes visiting singers from across the country. Everyone invited.
Mr and Mrs Sterling Ballard celebrate arrival of a big girl on Saturday. Eighth grade graduates from here received diplomas in Ada on Saturday. Mrs Floyd Henry visited her parents after leaving Thursday. Singing offerings drew good crowds at Green Hill Fitzhugh and Lighting Ridge. Ada Men's Bible Class topics and gathering scheduled for Sunday at 3:00 PM, all invited.
Residents attended visits from Misses Davie Iva Rose and Willie in Blue Mound and Ada. Preachers Rev Coats and Cargill plan services. Leonard Pollock sick. Families from Laxton joined an ice cream supper at Horseshoe Ranch. Farmers busy with cotton and corn after a good shower. crops look promising.
Sunshine Brother Coach preached Saturday night but fell ill and returned home. T. F. Cargill filled in. The community reports ice cream socials, visits to Hickory, travels to Ada, and residents moving away, with multiple names and small-town events.
The Oklahoma Farmer-Labor party will not send delegates to the St Paul convention on June 17 and will instead operate independently to back Senator Robert M La Follette for president. Oklahoma aims to build a district party and later align with a national movement. An 8000 signature petition supports placing La Follette on the ballot. 5000 were required.
Police detectives say two boys aged 8 and 6 placed stones on the rails causing the Twilight express wreck in Worcester last Tuesday afternoon. Three people were killed in the incident.
Special assembly heard Bishop John Moore discuss citizenship culture and scholarship in a scholarly address. An illustrated talk on the national capitol Japan and the United States followed at the college auditorium tonight. The article notes rising enrollment and calls for reform in Texas government.
A banquet for all instructors interested in Rural Education will be held in the Harris hotel banquet room Thursday evening. County superintendents home demonstration agents and county farm agents of East Central District and rural conference workers will attend. Professor John Davis will photograph the faculty and student body Thursday morning at 11 on the athletic field south of the College.
Students and teachers from various counties plan a Thursday noon picnic on the College campus to honor Rural Education workers who will be guests of the College.
Y W C A girls will hike to the city lake Thursday at 5 p.m. for Vesper services and supper. All college girls are invited to join. Pottawatomie county students have a picnic Thursday June 12 meeting at the College at 4 30. Bring car or 25 cents to ride to Ford's lake for swimming and bring eats.
Editorial notes campaign practices as candidates shelling the woods for votes with costly stunts and inflated promises. It argues campaigns create straw men and lies for entertainment, offering little real discussion of needs and no real tax relief.
William Jennings Bryan opened the sixth annual World’s Christian Fundamentals Association convention in Minneapolis urging Christians to study the Bible. He argued the Bible, “It Is Written,” guides man from creation to future, rebuts modernist views, and asserts Christ itself quoted Scripture as truth.
The article notes newspapers and the National Automobile Chamber of Commerce urging tighter traffic regulations after a high proportion of early 1924 fatalities. Seventeen deaths in one month were from motorists violating rules and 53 from pedestrians jaywalking or failing to use crossings.
Colonel F S Greene of New York's Department of Public Works argues highways must safely support 35 mph travel. He notes roads were laid out before cars dominated transport and are too narrow. A recent traffic conference calls for widespread 35 mph standards and pedestrian education as key to traffic regulation beyond big cities.
A reader comment asserts there is nothing mysterious about the birth of Christ beyond the ordinary. The remark is offered in the context of a broader discussion on the nativity and its significance.
Enid receives a leadership change as C E Louthan of Oklahoma City is appointed superintendent of the Oklahoma Institute for the Feeble-minded to replace M M McCord who had led since last October. Louthan assumed charge this morning with no reason given for the move.
Claude Hendon of Shawnee has begun an active campaign for Congress in the Fourth District. He is described as an aggressive candidate drawing notable attention from supporters and opponents alike.
Hendon born in an Oklahoma log cabin was one of 12 children in a settler family. He left the farm at 16 to teach, entered Oklahoma University law school in 1912, and funded his studies as janitor and sign painter. Admitted to the bar in 1915, he joined the Army in 1917, earned mention for bravery at St. Mihiel, served as Attorney for the War Department 1919-20, and was twice Potawatomi County Attorney, the first in Oklahoma to oppose the Ku Klux Klan.
A platform calling for banking act revision, federal aid to cooperative marketing, labor protection, immigration limits, disability compensation, strict debt collection, and tax cuts outlines a vision for domestic and foreign policy. It demands constitutional adherence and urges Oklahoma's Fourth District to elect a native son to Congress.
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