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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1928
Page
8
B F Wolfe returned Tuesday from Norman with his wife who will visit for a time. The couple plans to locate here. Miss Geneva Jo Heathman leaves for Kansas City to attend the Master class of Horner Institute with Madame Ernestine Schumann-Heink for several weeks.
Miss Cleo Sumter daughter of Deputy United States Marshal R Q Sumter will leave tonight for Kansas City to study voice in Madame Ernestine Schumann Heink Master class at Horner Institute. A popular local soloist she has lived here for years since her family moved from Atoka and she attended East Central University this past year.
Milton Yarbro returns home from Norman after the University of Oklahoma close of the regular school year. His father Mr. T. M. Yarbro notes that he received an A B degree from the university on June 4.
Mr and Mrs Ott Reeves with children Ott Jr Larmie and Billie travel overland for a few days visit and vacation in Mineral Wells Texas.
Simon and Max Westheimer of Ardmore visit Ada for business matters near the oil company operations.
Mr and Mrs Everett Young and their children departed this morning for southern Texas. They plan to visit relatives and vacation for several weeks with Mr Young visiting his Galveston area home for the first time in 20 years.
S. M. Shaw Jr. has recovered sufficiently from surgery at Ada hospital to be sent home to his parents Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Shaw at 510 East Tenth.
M C Grigsby and family left this morning for Hale Center and Floydada to visit relatives.
Mrs Lewis Smith traveled to Okmulgee to visit her husband and arrange a move. Her husband’s employer, formerly with Model clothiers, has accepted a new position with Palace clothiers in Okmulgee, part of the Schienberg Quicksilver corporation.
Miss Ruth Louise Carter of Oklahoma City arrives in Ada this evening as house guest of her aunt Mrs. C. L. Jones and other relatives. She will visit relatives in Allen during her stay.
Miss Berta Small left Ada after visiting relatives including cousin Miss Louise Dunley who recently moved to Ada. She is returning home to Seminole this morning.
George Bradfield an oil operator from Shawnee came back to Ada yesterday to attend to interests in this district. He formerly made his home in Ada.
Miss Lillian Foster and Miss Clara Dell Myers departed this morning by overland route to Oklahoma City and Tulsa then onward to northern points to visit friends and relatives and enjoy a vacation for the coming two weeks.
Miss Fannie Thomas of El Paso visits Ada for a few days with sister Mrs. J Meeker and family. She plans to visit relatives in Oklahoma City before spending the summer at the Great Lakes.
Charles Self of Tulsa is among the business men attending to affairs here today. He arrived here yesterday to handle matters in the city.
Miss Wilma Noren departed Ada this morning after a week as a house guest of Miss Frances Youngman and friends attending East Central.
Mrs W T Melton and her son Troy along with Murrell Hennigan left overland a few days ago for Columbus Ohio Niagara Falls and other points for a several weeks vacation trip.
Miss Zada Hughes departed this morning for Ardmore after an extended stay in Ada as the guest of Miss Carrie Verdman and her parents who recently moved to Ada to make their home.
In Friday action and the weekly finals the Byng team faced the Firemen and failed to contend. The Firemen romped to an easy 13 to 0 win, ending Byng’s chances of victory after Thursday’s comedy.
Word arrived Sunday afternoon of the death of W. K. Amacker of Kentwood Louisiana at age 45. He was president of the First National Bank of Kentwood and brother in law of Dr. C. C. Morris.
Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Gilliam host Mrs. Charles Williamson of South Pittsburg Tennessee and Miss Jon Gilliam of Hillsboro Texas as sisters of Mr. Gilliam visit the household.
The Oklahoma City family announces the arrival of their first child, a boy, Saturday morning. The baby’s parents are Mr. and Mrs. BE. A. MacMillan, residents of Twelfth and Mississippi.
Mrs. F. E. Harris and her daughter Mrs. E. B. Martell with two little boys from Houston are visiting the home of Dr. and Mrs. F. R. Laird. Mrs. Harris is a sister of Dr. Laird.
Wilburn Capps and Andy Anderson traveled to Randlett Oklahoma to visit Capps' parents and other relatives and friends.
Herbert Daniels of Cairo remains in poor condition after a Tuesday morning wreck when the car he rode in was struck by a motor train on the OC-A-A railroad. He suffered five broken ribs a broken collar bone both ankles broken and multiple bruises. He was taken to Breco hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. Wyatt C. Freeman, Ada high school teachers last year, are teaching this summer at the Wilburton School of Mines and are spending the weekend visiting in Ada.
Ben F. Payne of Wapanucka spent Friday in Ada visiting his mother Mrs. Ed Payne and sisters Mrs. O. R. Nance Mrs. L. A. Payne and Mrs. J. O. Abney.
Mr and Mrs Herman Johnson of Cairo recover at Breco hospital after a Tuesday collision in which their car was struck by an OCAA motor vehicle. They are getting along nicely.
Miss Thelma Scrivner attends summer term at East Central State Teachers College and spends the weekend at her Stonewall home visiting her parents and friends.
Miss Susanne Holman former East Central student and current Tulsa schoolteacher leaves today for Boulder Colorado to study at the University of Colorado summer session. Miss Helen Carroll guests with her parents in Stonewall and attends East Central State Teachers college. Virgil Eady of Batesville Arkansas who aided Rev. L B Trone in a revival last summer sails to England and Europe to join Emory university glee club tour.
Mr and Mrs T W Rowzee return after an extended visit with relatives in Mississippi. They stayed with Mr Rowzees parents in Newton and visited Mrs Rowzees parents Mr and Mrs W S Pigford in Lockhart Miss.
'Honest Bill' Newton arrived Sunday to oversee his Ada ventures. He said his show has operated in Southern California in recent months and did not settle in winter quarters.
Reynolds paid a fine of five dollars and costs today on a charge of issuing a bogus check given to a local firm last Saturday. He was arraigned this morning before T. O. Cullins, justice of peace.
Mr and Mrs A H Constant left Sunday for Kansas City to attend the Republican convention. Constant is an alternate from the Fourth district and would vote if a delegate is absent.
Wilburn T. Capps and Andy Anderson returned from Randlett Oklahoma where they spent the weekend visiting Mr. Capps parents and friends.
George Bradfield, former Shawnee resident now living there, returned after a several days visit in Ada to attend to business and visit friends.
Mr and Mrs Pat Ray of Vanl iant Okla announce the birth of a son Walter Lloyd on June 6 Mrs Ray is the former Miss Eileen King of this city and a student at East Central
C L Guest of Duke Oklahoma arrived in Ada on Saturday to attend to business and visit during a weekend stay with local connections.
Miss Thelma Ledbetter of Wetumka spends a few days in Ada visiting Miss Juanita Ogden Miss Lucile Stroud and Miss Esther Lee and other friends. The former East Central student has also visited Pauls Valley in recent days.
Miss Elizabeth Duncan left Ada for Oklahoma City after several days visiting friends and handling business. Her parents Mr. and Mrs. L. K. Dungevan plan to move to Ada soon.
Mrs. K W Scott and her son of 115 West Fifteenth are visiting multiple Kansas cities for several weeks to see relatives and friends. The couple had previously lived in Kansas before moving to Oklahoma.
Miss Janice Johns daughter of Mr and Mrs S D Johns of 524 E Fourteenth left yesterday for Boulder Colorado to attend the University of Colorado Summer term She is a former East Central student and has taught in Seminole during the past two years.
Mr. and Mrs. I. E. Love and their son Edward of Altus traveled to Ada to visit the Love parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Mr. Love returned to Altus to resume duties at his furniture store. He traveled to Ada on a Harley Davidson motorcycle with a specially equipped sidecar, joined by J. J. Grissom and family.
Mrs J N Harber of Seminole visited Ada yesterday with her sister Mrs Ed Bennett and returned in the afternoon with her young daughter Miss Irene who has been a guest at the Bennett home 822 E Thirteenth during the past week.
Mrs. John M. Keltner Jr. receives as house guests her father and mother Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Gay of San Antonio. The Keltners reside at 514 East Twelfth.
Frank Krieger, former Ada resident and East Central graduate, has been returning from New Mexico where he taught in a high school during the past year and is now visiting friends and vacationing locally.
Mr and Mrs Mark Garman formerly of Ada have visited here as house guests of Mr and Mrs Pat Bentley. The Garmans, now living in Louisiana, came to Oklahoma City a few days ago to visit and attend to business.
The marriage of Miss Eva Burrows of Ada to Jesse L. Cox of Beggs occurred Sunday evening in Henryetta. The First Christian church pastor performed a simple ceremony with only witnesses present, then the couple left quietly without informing friends.
The article describes the opening of a national political convention with Lemuel Mitch of South Vienna Ohio and Theodore Burton of Ohio among early arrivals. Delegates from Maine and Kansas seat themselves, while Polly Tichner prepares to nominate Senator Curtis. The hall features a raised platform, a rows of press seats, and a prominent microphone stand as officials struggle to maintain order before the official start.
John R J Keahey, a Ada lawyer and lifelong Democrat, seeks Pontotoc County Attorney in the August 1928 Democratic primary. The document includes a reader letter from H B Lofland, Rockwall Texas banker, praising Keahey’s character, education, and fitness for public service.
Oklahoma City June 9. The appeals of Dodd Castor and Chester Crow from fines of 10 dollars each for stealing automobile coils were denied. The criminal court of appeals affirmed the Dewey county court judgment, convicting them of petit larceny.
The two men Castor and Crow faced light fines after claiming they were victims of circumstance. The coils were taken from a car whose owner was at church in a rural schoolhouse. The owner found the coils missing when he tried to start the car. They were found in Castor and Crow’s driven vehicle. The men denied the theft, saying a practical joke may have thrown them there.
McALESTER June 9 UP Further action in the prosecution of Lee Gibson and Willie Moore over the massacre of Ed Jackson's family mountaineers was held in abeyance by County Attorney W E Gotcher pending Gibson's wounds. Gibson, a Choctaw Indian, is reported critical and in the state penitentiary hospital. Charges against Moore had been prepared but not filed at dawn.
A reader warns against costly pleasures and vows to seek joy through honest toil. The speaker affirms enjoying play and companionship but rejects actions that ruin a home, harm a partner, or betray friends. The poem urges restraint, listing limits on indulgence while valuing daily gladness.
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