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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1941
Page
2
A lighthearted look at Cops and Robbers play among children, detailing improvised guns, large play fields, and rolling battles. The piece notes how rules emerge only in play and ends with the idea that another campaign will start tomorrow.
The census report shows Ada area industries form part of national manufacturing, with inventories rising in some sectors like brick and cement while overall 1939 totals dip slightly from 1937. It notes finished goods and materials on hand and compares start and end-year levels across categories.
East Central State College opened the summer session on June 2 with over 400 students enrolled in education courses. The department reports strong registration in tests and measures, with 64 in two sections. Dr. W. C. Herring leads the department. New course Education for Democracy draws 30 students. Training school lab is supervised by John W. Zim.
Mr. Zimmerman notes since 1925 a veteran administrator observes more than 200 teachers are doing practice teaching this term. He says the group may exceed average size due to many members having substantial teaching experience.
Weather diary notes a single dry day from Wednesday to Thursday while the rest of the week brought widespread rain across the state. The week’s temperatures ranged from 58 to 85 degrees with total rainfall reported as two inches plus three traces, leaving roads flooded and crops damaged.
An Ada Oklahoma youth, Houston Mount, showcased dedication to the Boy Scout laws as he pursued Eagle Scout rank, aided by family roots in Tennessee and Texas. He earned a Washington D C jamboree trip with Troop 5 and Horace Mann School, worked at Futterman grocery, and excels in school while remaining active in scouts and church activities.
Ruby Rice an 18 year old Francis girl remained unconscious and in serious condition at Valley View hospital after a pickup truck carrying several people overturned on the Fittstown highway. The driver fled the scene and police sought him as he may have boarded another car.
Readers recall World War I hostility to the former Kaiser now dead in exile. A 1918 poem “Let Him Live” is cited showing public mood, while notes of commemorative trees from Lincoln to Jefferson illustrate lasting memory and a failed Monticello walnut tree experiment.
A cache of expensive luggage clothing and fur valued at 1000 was found in bushes two miles east of U S 66 between Sapulpa and Tulsa. A new car title issued to Eula A Knox Redwood City California was found with the items. State Trooper Clinton Riggs said the find may involve a missing person and an investigation is underway. The belongings include women's dresses and silver fox furs with newspapers from Pennsylvania Detroit and a Friday Joplin Mo issue. The items are held at the sheriff's office.
Self appointed sidewalk observers watched the demolition of Ada’s first laundry building in the 300 block of East Main Street. Built in 1903 and abandoned recently, the landmark faded as a tractor pushed a large shovel through the grounds drawing a crowd.
Pontotoc county citizen Walker across the courthouse lawn visits historic sites by tree. Ten year movement to plant trees from historic places has grown with little notice but steady growth. Miller, a Boy Scout official, started it in 1931 and aimed to transplant a Mount Vernon cherry. the project expanded to include a walnut from the Mount Vernon area.
The trial of Alva Floyd Gore, condemned slayer Alf Hardage, may yield one of the shortest murder transcripts. Moore is a pauper. defense asks the county to pay for the transcript. Jury began at 9 a.m. and deliberated by 5 p.m. with a likely brief record.
Melvin Korn of the state department of education visited all Pontotoc county high schools on Thursday and Friday to locate bottlenecks in the school transportation system. He will review maps with Superintendent Ray Stegall and assess routes before making recommendations to the department.
In a survey noting automotive history, more than 1500 distinct car types were produced in the United States but roughly 30 have survived. The figure highlights the fragility of early manufacturing diversity and the rarity of preserved models.
In Oklahoma soil erosion control guidance argues contour farming on terraced fields. Contour rows across terraces improve water retention and reduce soil wash for crops like corn cotton wheat and oats. Plant methods include parallel rows and point rows to mid terraces for steady yields and moisture.
A 13 foot eight inch long tusk and a smaller tooth from the Triassic era were unearthed by Roy Johnson and WPA workers at a gravel site west of Latta and are now exhibited at the Ada General Museum. The display, open all summer, parallels earlier finds at East Central State College and features 130 old Ada photographs.
Pontotoc County Chapter of the American Red Cross holds its annual meeting Friday June 20 at 8 pm in the county jury office. Program includes First Aid discussion, war relief garment display, Junior Red Cross reading, military and naval welfare service, financial report, election of officers and directors, and an address by Helen Cobel. All directors and Red Cross members urged to attend.
Mrs. J S Poole former Oklahoma City school board member was sentenced by Federal Judge Edgar S Vaucht to two terms of 18 months each for failing to report income of 4000 to 5000 dollars amid bribery allegations while serving the district. Parole for two years.
The U S Navy rewrites its physical standards for naval reserve flight training. A recruiting officer will accept enlistments at Ada post office each Thursday under the new rules. Minimum height drops from 5 ft 6 in to 5 ft 4 in and weight from 132 to 124 pounds. Math credits are removed, and eligibility requires if he is 20 but not yet 27 and has two years of college credits.
A group of old friends and neighbors gathered at 704 East Eighth for an all day Roff reunion. The event included a noon covered dish luncheon, poems by Alma Baker Watkins, and a business session electing G. J. Morton as president with R. F. Crumley as vice president and M. F. Bronaugh as secretary.
The county attorney's office filed a drunk driving charge against Jack W. Davenport Saturday morning. Ada highway patrolmen arrested him at 12 10 near state highway about three miles from Ada.
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