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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1936
Page
7
Notices announce executions and sales of real estate and oil leasehold interests in Pontotoc County Oklahoma. Listings name Benjamin H Lowery and creditors Wiseman Stiles Tudor Bledsoe et al with dates of sale set for June 29 or July 7 1936 and appraised values cited.
The District Court of Pontotoc County Oklahoma notifies unknown heirs executors administrators devisees trustees and assigns of W R Roberts that Ethel L Diamond has sued seeking to determine heirs and the portion each may inherit for the described lands in Section 25 Township 3 North Range 8 East. Plaintiffs title seeks to quiet title and declare interests under Oklahoma succession law. Answer due by July 17 1936 or default judgment will be entered. Delia Redford Court Clerk June 3 1936.
A 1936 Pontotoc county foreclosure sale is ordered in Ada for Lot 12, Block 3, College Addition, with refinanced debt of $384.25 plus interest, $75 attorney fees, and costs. The property is appraised at $469.16 and sale is set for June 22, 1936 at 10 a.m. at the county courthouse south front door. The sale is subject to a first mortgage by Home Owners' Loan Corporation and unpaid taxes.
The Union Graded School District No. 2 in Ada Oklahoma invites bids by June 28 1936 at 2 p m for 17000 in building bonds. Bonds mature five six and seven years from issue and sell to the lowest interest bidder with par and accrued interest. Each bid must include a two percent bid bond. The district may reject any bid. Witnessed by the district clerk Geo Dy Woor June 15 1936.
In Laxton the community toils with cotton and oats as Jackie Lynch returns from Dallas. Myrtle Younts visited Mable Nabors while Leslie Hewett and children visited his daughter. Carl Nabors spent time with his sister as the Nabors and Timmons families hosted gatherings and Christeen Timmons visited grandparents Tom Nabors and family.
Community notes list visits among Ford Goodwin Brents Fussell Crank and other families across Fitzhugh Roff Ada Laxton and Mill Creek. A pie supper at Blue Mound school on Thursday July 2 raises funds for the school.
Congress saw a surprise revival of anti-lynching legislation with a potential House vote before adjournment. Representative Gavagan of New York, author of the bill, hailed the discharge petition signed by 218 supporters.
Over seven hundred girls of the Order of Rainbow prepared to close their 13th annual convention in Muskogee. Officers were elected this morning led by Grace Elizabeth Hill as Grand Worthy Advisor and Adelia Mae Fox as Grand Worthy Associate Advisor. Tulsa chosen as 1937 convention city with a closing dance at the Masonic temple.
June 17 report states O W Roberts 40 Sentinel farmer died after an automobile truck collision three miles north of Rocky. Von Tunzeln of Hobart driver of the truck escaped unharmed. Roberts died in a hospital. His car was demolished. Roberts widow and two daughters survive.
Water shortage halted Mike Mitchell No 1 Dunn drilling near Coal county briefly before water from another lease allows resumption. Continental No 1 King near 26-18 eyed spud Thursday night. In Jesse pool Sunray et al No 1 Shumard Heirs continued at 4 433 feet with gas shows in Bromide sand and Hunton lime. Sandbach No 1 Sands Petroleum NE 20 3 5 sits at 1 584 feet in Simpson formation as Ada area wildcat activity continues. Potential big Upper Simpson well Continental No 2 Holkum 27 27 shows early promise while Stahl moves for No Dennis 21 27 and Magnolia No 4 Marjorie Norris 21 27 twin to No 2. Continental spudded No 1 King last week southeast of Jesse and set surface pipe.
In Kansas and Oklahoma officers sought suspects in a Pond Creek general store raid. A man identified as Carter Camp of Bartlesville Oklahoma was found dead with multiple gunshot wounds near Columbus. A negro witness reported two cars and shots, while sheriff Simkin said Camp may have died in Oklahoma or during a loot dispute.
Willie Lune Blagden, 29, a former social worker, described being whipped with a mule harness belly-band and leather strap by six white men near Earle Arkansas while escorting the funeral of a slain negro tenant farmer. She said Rev Claude C Williams, a Presbyterian minister and labor foundation official, was beaten and taken toward Little Rock. Sheriff Carlin planned to investigate.
Continental No 2 Holkum in the Fitts oil field flowed 9% barrels of oil per hour through casing during Saturday testing. Nearby, Mike Mitchell No 1 Dunn resumed drilling after a water connection delay and is below 777 feet. Continental No 1 King awaits cement after setting surface pipe. Sinclair Prairie No 1 Culver may spud soon as Coal county wildcats draw attention.
June 17 Randolph L. Shaw was charged with murder in connection with the death of Fort Sill soldier Guy Husband in a crash north of Duncan early Sunday. Two other soldiers, Royce Johnson and R. J. Allen, were injured and improving.
Carter Camp, once paroled from Noble county prison, was identified as a robbery participant in the 1934 Marland State Bank heist at Marland. His partner Jimmy Jackson was killed. Camp survived after seven gunshots and later served an 18 year term. Authorities say a bootlegger framed him. Friends doubt Camp's involvement in a Pond Creek store robbery.
Local classified ads tout higher yields for vested Ada investments. Promoters claim steady returns and lower risk as investors lock funds in long term schemes. Critics warn to verify licenses and read fine print before committing.
The article recounts Edison’s first moving picture studio known as the Black Maria built for 637.67 dollars, its pivoting roof for sunlit shoots, and the failed Corbett scene. It notes later Bronx Park studios and the ongoing Edison legacy with 100 Edison Scholars yearly by the Edison Foundation led by Owen D. Young.
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