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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1929
Page
8
Local residents travel and visit across states and countries. M T Townsend family heads to California and Canada, Miss Violet Knight visits Ada from New Orleans, and many others depart Ada for weddings work and leisure. Betty Jane Townsend is born June 6.
A. W. Parker and E. K. Smith travelled to Oklahoma City to participate in the United Commercial Travelers Association gathering.
Miss Maurine Harvey arrives home after three weeks in New York City visiting friends and attending Miss Mason's Castle commencement ceremonies at Tarrytown on the Hudson. She met Mr. and Mrs. Don Busch during her stay.
Richard Billups of Oklahoma City visits Ada as guest of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Harvey at 1102 East Ninth Street. Jim Leverett attends a Choctaw Cotton Oil meeting in Greenville Texas. Claude Griffith returns from a business trip to Greenville Texas where he too attended the Choctaw Cotton Oil gathering.
Miss Ann Latimer of Hugo arrived today to be the house guest of Miss Ruth Ada Gee at 820 East 14th Street.
Misses Ruth and Iya Mell Dunn of 1127 S Charry have returned from a visit to their aunt Mrs J B Watde in Sanger Texas.
Cc G Ward and son H D Ward of Oklahoma City are spending several days in Ada to attend to business.
Miss Dorothy Cooper of Reno Nevy arrived this morning as house guest of Miss Maurine Harvey of the Castle Tarrytown on the Hudson. They attended the recent New York commencement exercises together this past month.
Miss Blanche Louise Smith is visiting Wewoka for a weekend stay with her parents.
Mrs Wayne Evans of Chickasha arrived to be the house guest of Mrs E C Hunter and Mr Hunter for a few days. Mrs Evans and Mr Evans were residents of Ada for years while Mr Evans was connected with the Model Clothiers.
Mr and Mrs W W Irving and their son John have returned from Sherman Texas where they attended the graduation exercises of Austin College. Their daughter Frances received a Bachelor of Arts degree.
Mr and Mrs Browall Coffman and their young son Carl depart tomorrow morning for Oklahoma City to spend the weekend visiting relatives and friends.
Miss Margaret Patterson left for Henryetta to stay with relatives over the weekend. Miss Lois White also visits Henryetta for the weekend with her parents while attending college.
Miss Stella Bell Young traveled to Stonewall this afternoon to visit her parents, Mr and Mrs Mike Young, over the weekend.
H. P. Sugg returns from Roswell New Mexico after handling business. Miss Cecil Bentley will visit Allen over the weekend with relatives and friends. Mrs. Ruth Davis travels to Wetumka to spend the weekend with relatives and friends.
Miss Mattie Calhoun travels to Lexington Oklahoma to stay with her parents for two to three months to recuperate after a three week illness.
Mrs Eddie Hubbard departed Friday for an extended trip to the East visiting friends in New York City and planning a return through Niagara Falls.
Byron Norrell returned Saturday from Nashville Tennessee where he attended the Peabody College alumni reunion. While there he delivered one of the most popular addresses given during the commencement week.
Miss Ruth Bolen daughter of Judge and Mrs J W Bolen completed a master’s degree Friday at Peabody College for Teachers in Nashville. A News staffer heard praise of her work and she will return home this afternoon to assume a teaching post at East Central Monday.
Mrs. Sarah K. Thornton aged 84 died Wednesday evening from old age and was buried Thursday afternoon in Davis cemetery. She was born January 19 in Florence Alabama and lived in Alabama Tennessee Texas and Oklahoma before settling with her sister in Davis for the last two years. She leaves her son A K Thornton of Ada and sister Mrs. J M Herrin of Marietta. Friends and relatives gathered at her sister's home to honor her kind character.
Tulsa dispatch reports Asher field in southern Pottawatomie county has four producing wells with a total 24 hour output of 7 325 barrels. Wells include Prairie Oil and Gas No 2 Laster 3150 barrels and No 1 Laster 1225 barrels. Simms No 1 Laster 2780 barrels. Several other wells show activity and drilling progress amid Viola lime and Woodford shale formations.
District court hears a first case under a new state liquor statute with Mrs. Pearl Jones charged for a second offense as witnesses testify on dates and arrests. Attorney John Crawford seeks dismissal over timing, while Otis Van Buskirk pleads guilty to burglary and livestock larceny, receiving concurrent two year sentences. R. C. Gibson is found not guilty of second degree forgery.
Byron Norrell of Ada Oklahoma argues at Peabody College reunion that the man of 50 has seen the South rise from war days to wealth and industrial growth. He cites cotton, factory and education gains, national unity, and the values of service to youth as hallmarks of a life half way down life’s western slope.
C. W. Briles, former East Central president, received his master’s degree at Peabody College Nashville Tennessee. He has spent months there teaching and will be one of the instructors in the upcoming summer term.
Jim Baze and his son depart today for a six week vacation in Missouri. They will stop at Asher and McComb on the way out and then visit Butterfield Eagle Rock Cassville and Rolling River during the trip.
Mr. and Mrs. C. Grindstaff and their sons Burton and Leonard returned from a three week visit to California. They visited their daughter Mrs. Curtis Fowler in San Diego and report the trip was delightful.
P. M. Porterfield of Birmingham Alabama visits his sister Mrs. B. C. King and Mr. King at 909 St. Townsend. Porterfield is vice president of the Kershaw Mining Company in Birmingham.
Mrs Julian Allen and Miss Martha Allen of Dallas are visiting relatives and friends in Ada. Mrs Allen is the former Miss Pauline Knotts.
Alf Hardage a Rice Institute student at Houston Texas arrived in Ada to spend the summer with his sister Mrs Earl Sumner and Mr Sumner.
Miss Hazel Porterfield of Sulphur visited Ada last weekend as guest of Misses Lydia and Beulah Fancher at 823 East EighthStreet.
A H Constant has recovered from a lengthy illness and is back at Home Title and Guaranty Abstract Company.
Miss Ima Lora Allen leaves for Boulder to begin work on her master degree at Colorado University.
Hon and Mrs Tom D Mee Keown have returned to their home after a several week sojourn in Washington D C confirming their travels and return to local residence.
Mrs. W. J. Allen and daughters Mrs. B. L. McCombs and Miss Martha Louise Allen visit Ada as guests of their son and brother Joe Allen and Mrs. Allen.
No 5 advisory commission to control oil production discussed with Californias Fred Stevenot declaring the state would do its duty in national or international oil conservation. Colorado with attorney general Robert Wimbourne Utahs rep W R Wallace Montana and Wyoming governors Erick-
Negotiations to settle Mexico's church state problem underway in Mexico City with Monsignor Leopold Ruiz y Flores and Bishop Pascual Diaz of Abasco arriving to meet government officials. U S Ambassador Dwight W. Morrow and Mexican ambassador Manuel Tellez also expected, signaling likely ratification of a yet undisclosed agreement following President Portes Gil's hints of settlement.
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