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Newspaper

Ada Weekly News

Location

Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America

Date

Jun 12, 1929

Page

2

College Recital Brings Large, Enthusiastic Audience

Performers led by the college quartet including Lowell Turner Oscar Parker Burgess Steed and Harvey Faust drew strong applause from a heat-warming audience in the college auditorium. The program featured violin piano cornet and ensemble numbers with encores and notable solos by Margaret Crumley and Oscar Parker.

College Lowell Turner Oscar Parker Burgess Steed Harvey Faust College Quartet Margaret Crumley Mandalay A. H. Liebs Muriel Kittell Bill Mackin A. H. Siebs

College assembly features North and Haley address

Miss Kate North state home economics supervisor and Miss Alice H. Haley renowned speaker addressed the college assembly at 11 o'clock this morning.

Kate North Alice H. Haley

Oklahoma teachers progress and next assignments listed

A. F. Hyden born in Hickory has nine years teaching experience and will be principal of Berryhill school in Tulsa next year. He studied English with minors in history science and education at East Central and Tulsa universities. Mrs Evelyn Burris DeBenning from Pontotoc county will teach at Seminole junior high next year after three years teaching. She studied at East Central majoring in English with minors in history education and Latin and is a Tri Sigma member. True B Emerson is noted as well known in East Central circles.

Paul Kratz East Central Okeene Paul Walters Sugar Grove Ark Arkansas Copan Okla East Central Prep School True Forum Society Homer This Tulsa County Butner Seminole County A. F. Hyden Hickory Berryhill School Tulsa Tulsa University Hyden Evelyn Burris DeBenning Pontotoc County Seminole DeBenning Tri Sigma

Oil Production Shows Degrease In Early June

Tulsa reports a slight drop in the nation’s oil output for the week ending June 8, reversing several weeks of gains. The Oil and Gas Journal numbers show a total daily average of 2,717,542 barrels with declines in heavy and light oil across Oklahoma and the Midwest.

Tulsa United States Oil and Gas Journal Seminole Oklahoma West Texas Mid-Continent Rocky Mountain Gulf Coast Southwest Texas Santa Fe Springs California Estern Tonkawa Burbank St. Louis- Pearson Cushing Shamrock Bristow Allen Louisiana Arkansas Texas Panhandle Kansas Rocky Mountain Area

Court reverses tax resale ruling in ejectment suit

Oklahoma City June 11 UPI. Supreme Court declares the tax resale date set without law as illegal, reversing a Pottawatomie County ejectment verdict favoring Bertha Kirkpatrick. The decision follows multiple other rulings on mortgage foreclosures, alimony, insurance policy cancellations, and property misrepresentation.

Oklahoma City UPA State Supreme Court Pottawatomie County Bertha Kirkpatrick Robert Wilson John E. Turner Harmon Cox Hughes County County Highway Fund William Keel Pioneer Mortgage Company Garvin County Harry Willbrook Jesse Worten Osage County Margaret Willbrook Creek County Barfield Petroleum Company Et al Pickering Lumber Company Garfield County Missouri State Life Insurance Company Jennie E. Jenson The Oklahoma City Building and Loan Association Robert O. Deming M. E. T. Railroad Company Chicago Rock Island & Pacifi Railway Company Oswego Kan Olney Okla Coa Holger Lyngholm W. Atkins Texas County

Cromwell Elects School Faculty For Coming Year

Cromwell selects new faculty for the next academic year. Superintendent E. E. Emerson leads. W. H. Woods is high school principal. Several teachers, including Jimmie McCoy and Elizabeth Puckett, join the staff while others pursue summer study at East Central, Teachers College, or the University of Oklahoma.

W. H. Woods Jimmie McCoy Elizabeth Puckett Louise Tiger Bernice White Ben L. Ayler James Williams Central Ward J. N. McKeel Four Corners James Humphreys Sand Creek C. E. Hutchison Mattie Moses Ruth Rockwood Mary McKee J. N. MccKeel R. A. Jones Sybil Greene R. M. Killard L. M. Smith Emerson East Central Teachers College

Bootleg Queen Myth Debunked by Prohibition Officials

Washington reports prohibition officials say the so called bootleg queen is a myth with only 35 women sentenced for bootlegging since January 1. Women served mainly minor roles as aides rather than leaders, transporters, or sea runners. Officials note many clemency claims show women followed rather than led the trade and family events like a deceased husband or an aunt influenced the cases.

Washington

Democrats Feel Encouraged Now After Dinner With Shouse

Washington June 11 Democratic leaders voiced optimism over last night's Jefferson Association dinner for Jouett Shouse and national chairman Jean M Ras kob. About 300 leaders including 11 of the South's 22 senators saw a united front forming for the 1930 congressional campaign and a stable national headquarters. Some southern senators cited prior engagements while others stayed away to show opposition to Smith Ras kob leadership.

Washington Jouett Shouse South Jean J. Raskob Shouse Jefferson Association District of Columbia Raskob National Committee Congress Smith-Raskob Swanson Glass Virginia Trammell Florida

Kiwanians Visit Fitzhugh School for Banquet

Kiwanis members held a weekly meeting outside Ada at Fitzhugh School House. Guests enjoyed fried chicken and fellowship with Fitzhugh residents, with Tom Holt praising the visit and proceeds supporting Fitzhugh boys’ Pensacola trip. Miss Cleo Sumter performed. a songfest concluded the evening.

Ada Fitzhugh Tom Holt Prof. Watson Pensacola Harry Miller Cleo Sumter

Show Girl Barbara Cole Jumps to Death in Chicago

Miss Barbara Cole, 28, a show girl with roles in Rose Marie and Rio Rita, leaped 12 stories from a Chicago hotel at 1220 North State. Before dying she called the switchboard to say she would jump, leaving a diary note naming Ed Page of 1209 Astor Street as her love. Page said she had warned him of her distress.

Chicago Barbara Cole Astor Street North State Street Miss Cole Edwin Page

Free Electric Fan Service For Sick Citizens

Oklahoma Gas and Electric will provide free electric fan service to sick residents unable to pay. Physicians must certify need and supply patient name and address. The program, a decade old, aims to ease heat suffering and aid recovery during hot weather.

Oklahoma Gas and Electric Company J. F. Owens

Oklahoma Spuds Begin to Move from Muskogee District

Movement of the Oklahoma potato crop, estimated at 1000 carloads by R T Payne, will start to northern markets this week from the Muskogee district the potato basket of Oklahoma. Four cars already shipped by Homer Andersen of Braggs. Crop about 40 percent of last year's, but price expected to double. Acreage not cut as much.

Muskogee Okla R. T. Payne Oklahoma Potato Growers’ Association Potato Basket of Oklahoma Homer Andersen Braggs Payne

Allen Girl Becomes State’s Second Female Pharmacist

Miss Helen Louise Strickland of Allen, daughter of Representative and Mrs Otto Strickland, passed the state examination in pharmaceutical chemistry with the highest record of the class of 40. She trained at East Central and the state university, finishing her course this spring and taking the exam last week. She will work with her father in his drug business in Allen for now.

Helen Louise Strickland Allen Otto Strickland Miss Strickland East Central State University

Ada Names Park Commission With Noted Civic Leaders

Ada's newly authorized park commissioners were named at a 2 PM city meeting. Harry E. Morris L. A. Braly and Mrs Francis Wintersmith will serve without salary with a secretary possibly hired later. The commission, created by city ordinance, will organize at a future meeting.

Ada Board of Park Commissioners City Commission Harry E. Morris L. A. Braly Francis Wintersmith Park Commission

Gavuzzi Holds First Place in Bunion Derby

Gavuzzi of England led the 50 mile run toward Calexico in the Pyle New York Los Angeles race as Johnny Salo of Passaic dropped from first after stomach trouble. Pat Harrison of Miami was the day’s first in Wellton with Gavuzzi second.

Yuma Ariz Pete Gavuzzi England Los Angeles Calexico Cal Johnny Salo Passaic N. J Wellton Gavuzzi Pat Harrison Miami

Coast Guardsmen capture aboard liquor smuggling vessel

Canadian liquor valued at 35000 dollars was seized near Cleveland harbor during a large haul tied to Captain John Daly and a man named George White of Leamington Ontario. He was found aboard Seminole on June 10. Lester White, confessed killer of J D Clark, shot himself as officers closed in. Clark died in Sapulpa after a Friday restaurant quarrel over a girl. Vesuvius erupts again as Mussolini faces the mountain.

Cleveland Harbor John Daly George White Leamington, Ont J. D. Clark Sapulpa Como Tex White Clark

Santa Fe Orient Line Contract Approved by ICC

The Interstate Commerce Commission authorized the Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe and the Panhandle and Santa Fe railroads to lease acquire control of the Kansas City Mexico and Orient Railway Company of Texas. It also allowed Panhandle and Santa Fe to operate over 13 miles of KC Mexico and Orient track in Jackson County Oklahoma.

Santa FE Orient Line Washington Interstate Commerce Commission Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Panhandle and Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway Company Texas Kansas City Mexico Orient Jackson County Oklahoma

Promise Close Unpaved Gap On State Road 7

The state highway commission promised to close an unpaved gap on state highway 7 between Blanchard and Chickasha in a mid summer contract letting. A new Tabler to Blanchard road will remove a grade crossing and many curves, shortening Oklahoma City to Chickasha to about 50 miles.

Oklahoma City Blanchard Chickasha State Highway Commission Tabler

Whiskey Tug Captured Near Cleveland

A June 7 report from Cleveland notes the capture of the tug Neptune carrying a cargo. Details on destination and cargo value were not disclosed in the available text.

Whiskey Tug Cleveland Neptune

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