Notice by Publication in Pontotoc County Oklahoma
The State of Oklahoma suits Dorothy Price against W H Jordan Ola Jordan and unknown heirs to quiet title to Lots 4 5 and 6 in Block 1 Broadway Addition Ada Oklahoma. Defendants must answer by July 24 1952 or judgment will grant plaintiff full title and bar all claims. Court Clerk Abe Holloway seals the action June 6 1952. Deputy Faye White signs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Oklahoma
W. H. Jordan
Ola Jordan
W H. Jordan
Dorothy Price
District Court
Pontotoc County
Oklahoma
Broadway
Ada
Abe Holloway
Faye White
Oklahoma Laws Reflect Quirks From Air to Resting Places
A survey of Oklahoma statutes reveals odd rules from “free dog bites” ending in 1947 to hive inspections for bees and pure food boilings for queen bee meals. The piece highlights old laws on hitching posts, stables, dangerous games on trains, and required air space in buildings, noting numerous sections for air space but no tax on air itself.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
State Legislative Council
Steel Strike Causes Financial Strain Among Workers
Pittsburgh CIO United Steelworkers report financial hardship amid an 18 day strike. Local leader Walter Klis notes families seek aid while the union plans a welfare organization. 650,000 strikers and 100,000 allied workers affected across railroads and coal mines, with Alabama hit hard as idle workers rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Philip Murray
CIO United Steelworkers
Walter Klis
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp
Klis
Alabama
Steelworkers Union
Court OKs Highway Speed Limits Authority in Oklahoma
The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals ruled the Oklahoma Highway Commission may set speed limits for traffic safety. Beulah May Jones challenged a 30 day jail term and $100 fine for speeding in a 35 mph zone at Davidson Tillman County arguing delegation was unconstitutional. The court held the authority to place traffic signs on state highways is valid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Highway Commission
State Criminal Court of Appeals
Beulah May Jones
Tillman County
Miss Jones
Davidson
Dick Jones
Ingrid Bergman Welcomes Twin Daughters at Salvatore Mundi
Ingrid Bergman, weary but joyful, sees her day-old twins Isabel seven pounds three ounces and Ingrid eight pounds five ounces. Roberto Rossellini shares in the moment after a night by her bedside in the fashionably titled Salvatore Mundi Hospital. The Hollywood star had left her husband and career for love, and the couple already has a son born in 1950.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Ingrid Bergman
Isabel
Ingrid
Roberto Rossellini
Salvatore Mundi Hospital
Marriages Record From Ada and Nearby Areas
Lloyd F. Soper aged 29 from Allen weds Carmeleta Johnson 20 also from Allen. Giles R. Mitchell 23 of Ada marries Sammie Lee Sturdevant 18 of Ada. Vernon Myers 22 of Ada weds Shirley Young 16 of Ada. Charles L. Simpson 20 of Sulphur weds Christine Abbott 17 of Ada. Glenn C. Durant 24 of Stonewall weds Patricia Ann Jennings 17 of Stonewall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd F. Soper
Allen
Carmeleta Johnson
Giles R. Mitchell
Ada
Sammie Lee Sturdevant
Vernon Myers
Shirley Young
Charles L. Simpson
Sulphur
Christine Abbott
Glenn C. Durant
Stonewall
Patricia Ann Jennings
Layman Elected By Church Group
Claremont California report says the General Council of the Congregational Christian Churches chose Dr. Robert Cashman of Chicago as moderator and moved toward a possible merger with the Evangelical and Reformed Church. If approved, the union would serve about 114 million Congregationalists and 800 thousand Evangelical and Reformed members. New York delegates push for early merger steps while Massachusetts seeks a provisional shared constitution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claremont
Calif
General Council of the
Congregational Christian Churches
Chicago
Robert Cashman
Congregational
Evangelical and Reformed Church
Congregational Churches
New York State
Massachusetts
Tough New Law In Italy Targets Reviving Fascist Party
Rome a tough new law gives the Italian government power to disband the Italian Social Movement MSI as a target of de Gasperi's Christian Democrat administration. The measure bars reorganization of Mussolini's Fascist party or any party with similar aims and prohibits the fascist salute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Italian Social Movement
MSI
Alcide de Gasperi
Christian Democrat
Mussolini
Plain buttered carrots served with mixed vegetables
A cooking note suggests pairing plain buttered carrots with diced cooked celery snap beans or canned whole kernel corn to vary side dishes and add texture.
Ada Shawnee area social news lists numerous visits
Local residents from Ada Shawnee and nearby towns are listed visiting friends and relatives across multiple towns including Shawnee Okemah Davenport Seminole Wewoka Cement Davis and Holdenville over a weekend period. The notes name dozens of families and individuals such as Ed Zweiacher Alice Archer Ed Sharber Edd Sharber Carl Phelps and many others.
Westview Mission Set to Mark First Anniversary
Westview Mission of the First Baptist church plans a June 22 observance with a 10 a.m. Sunday School, an 11 a.m. sermon by Rev. L. E. Perrin, a 2 p.m. program led by Veil Capps and a men’s quartet, and an evening service by Rev. Ancil Scull. Since 1951 the mission near Ada has grown with 31 baptisms and 13 by letter, and Westview is the fourth mission established by the church in six years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westview Mission
First Baptist Church
L. E. Perrin
Veil Capps
First Church
J. B. Watters
Sid Spears
Ray Northrip
B. R. Stubbs
Ancil Scull
Perrin
Paul Stevens
Ada
Highway 19
Scull
Westview
Lester Lanier
Raymond Gardner
Jim Boatwright
Rufus Platt
Suspicions Correct as Bank Robbery Occurred in Midtown Cage
Miss Elsie Hawkins, 21, suspected a thief at the Manufacturers Trust Company on Lexington Avenue when a green shirted man walked from a teller cage with $2,400 in ten dollar bills. The cage teller was away on lunch, and the man escaped with the money. police have not yet found him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Lexington Avenue
Manufacturers Trust Company
Elsie Hawkins
Scanland Loses Grand Jury Trial in Oklahoma County
District Judge Floyd Jackson halted ouster proceedings against commissioners Edd Hisel Grover Pendleton and Charles Litton after ruling he cannot return to Oklahoma City for grand jury matters without a State Supreme Court order. The case, brought by County Attorney Granville Scanland, faces delays as a new trial motion remains undecided following a technical dismissal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Floyd Jackson
Lawton
Granville Scanland
Oklahoma County
State Supreme Court
Edd Hisel
Grover Pendleton
Charles Litton
Scanland
Jackson
Boy’s Body Surfaces in Grand River Near Deep Hole
An eight year old boy, Billy Eugene Ferguson, drowned last Sunday while fishing with his brother Ronnie in the Grand River near Chouteau Oklahoma. His body surfaced tonight less than 50 feet from the spot where he disappeared as local rescuers and his parents watched. His uncle had earlier rescued Ronnie from the same hole.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chouteau
Okla
Billy Eugene Ferguson
Grand River
Billy
Ronnie
C. K. Ferguson
Divorces Carry Adams. Custody Granted to Plaintiff
Divorce granted to plaintiff from Carry Adams and to Lucy Smith from W A Haney Smith. Former wife Carrie Etheridge renamed. Custody of minor children awarded to plaintiff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MR. Adams
Carry
Carrie Adams
Carrie Etheridge
Lucy Smith
W. A
Haney) Smith
Ada Socials Note Local Visits And Illness
Mrs L L Scroggin hosted Saturday as Mr and Mrs Dave Higdon and children dined with Mr and Mrs W T Mills of Ada. A baby visited Mr and Mrs Warren Anders of Lindsay. Mrs W H Brewer checked on ill Mrs Hugh Bowles. Bill Harbour and Hugh Bowles of Hobbs NM visit Mr and Mrs Hugh Bowles this week. Mrs Bob Evans and Mrs Sherman Tatum shopped in Ada Monday. Mrs Edd Sharber hosted Ada Monday and again Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
L. L. Scroggin
Dave Higdon
W. T. Mills
Ada
J. E. Anders
Baby
Warren Anders
Lindsay
W. H. Brewer
Hugh Bowles
Bill Harbour
Hobbs
New Mexico
Bob Evans
Sherman Tatum
Edd Sharber
Ada Elks Rodeo to Mix Action and Entertainment in 1952
The Ada Elks Rodeo runs August 12 to 16 with a balanced program of rodeo action and entertainment. Everett Shaw returns as arena director, Beutler Brothers supply bucking stock, Flaxie Fletcher is rodeo secretary, Floyd Watts handles sound and announcing, and the Hendrix Family adds top entertainment. Bleacher seating moves closer to the arena and portable chutes improve spectator access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada Elks
Everett Shaw
Stonewall
Beutler Brothers
Elk City
Flaxie Fletcher
Floyd Watts
Tulsa
Hendrix Family
Father’s Day founder urges tender words and family observance
Spokane records the 42nd anniversary of Mrs. John Bruce Dodd’s 1910 idea. She proposes Father’s Day observance include church attendance, a small gift, and heartfelt words to dad. Dodd, now widowed, will stay in Spokane to greet friends on the third Sunday in June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
Wash
Dad
John Bruce Dodd
John Dodd Jr
Silver Spring
Americans Eat More Food as Farming Booms Economy
New York Amer icans eat more and better food, boosting farming as a top growth industry. Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland notes food consumption has doubled since 1929 after price adjustments, with demand likely doubling again by 1975 if trends hold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland
Pearl Harbor
American Institute of Food Distribution
Divorces Granted and Custody Awards in Local Notices
Selma Price granted divorce with plaintiff custody of a 60 acre farm and one cow plus half the chickens, 20 acres with house to defendant, $25 monthly child support, and half the canned goods. Faye Buswell granted divorce with plaintiff custody and $30 monthly child support. Glen N Steele annulment with former name restored. Daphnee Anglin granted divorce with custody of three minors and $100 monthly support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selma Price
Don L. Price
Plantiff
Faye Buswell
Jack W. Buswell
Glen N. Steele
Billie Weaver Steele
Sherrell
Daphnee Anglin
Herbert J. Anglin
Blood supplies questioned over malaria history donors
Blood shipped to Korea allegedly came from donors with malaria histories. Officials deny substantiation, noting every pint is checked locally and at embarkation. The Red Cross and blood bank leaders urge proper handling and accountability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Korea
Branch
Wichita
Kan
Bert F. Keltz
Blood Bank Committee
C. E. Heaton
Oklahoma County
The
Red Cross
Associated Press
Cordell
United Nations
Ada couples tie the knot in two weddings
Robert Gene Bolin of Ada to Dortha Jo Hardin of Ada. Jack L. Pamplin of Konawa to Betty R. White of Cromwell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Gene Bolin
Ada
Dortha Jo Hardin
Jack L. Pamplin
Konawa
Betty R. White
Cromwell
Lonzo Coward Drowns While Swimming Near Ft Gibson
Lonzo Coward, 20, a former Army serviceman discharged May 1 after service in Korea, drowned yesterday while swimming in a small creek east of Ft Gibson Oklahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FT. Gibson
Okla
Lonzo Coward
Korea
Here
Latta Vacation Bible School Hosts and Local Visits
Latta residents and families are noted visiting relatives across Oklahoma and Texas. Donald Shumard spends week with uncle Warren Shumard and attends Latta Baptist Church VBS. Various ballots include new homes near Colbert and ongoing building as school opens, plus out of state visitors from Oklahoma City Eugene Oregon Seminole Tulsa and Fort Worth Texas. Commencement exercises for the Latin Baptist Vacation Bible School are set for Friday at 8 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Shumard
Union Girl
Mrs
Warren Shumard
Latta Baptist Church
Latin Baptist Vacation Bible School
Truman Only Persuasive Use Of Taft Hartley Law
President Truman said using the Taft Hartley Law would be purely permissive and not mandatory. He argued 80 days of injunction would extend the agony and noted steel workers likely to resist seizures while acknowledging past obedience to seizures. He also addressed Averell Harriman, civil service reforms, the St Lawrence Seaway, civil rights, and MacArthur’s convention keynote role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T-Hawn
Truman
Harriman
Averell Harriman
District of Columbia
U. S
Senate
Canada
St. Lawrence Seaway
Democratic Party
Koreas
MacArthur
Douglas MacArthur
Woman Bus Driver Walks Off Job After Mockery Incident
A Tulsa City Lines driver abandoned a ball park bus with sweltering passengers after reportedly being taunted by riders. The driver was suspended pending an explanation as officials seek details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Okla
Tulsa City Lines
Ball Park
Alabama pitcher Bill Mann records 1951 lone loss
University of Alabama pitcher Bill Mann went 1951 with a single defeat as he hurled a four hitter in a 2 to 0 loss. He allowed only one defeat that season and pitched well in a shutout bid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill ™Nn
University , Alabama
Hint broadens on H bomb and submarine power plant
Associated Press reports official word that a full size working atomic power plant is near completion for test runs while suggesting hydrogen bomb development may be a fact. President Truman announced the engine news in Groton connecticut during Nautilus ceremony and Sen Brien McMahon floated manufacturing hydrogen weapons if he were president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Truman
Groton
Conn
Arco
Nev
Brien McMahon
D-Conn
Joint
Senate House Atomic Energy Committee
Connecticut
Hartford
United States Atomic Energy Commission
Friday Final Day For Registration And Info Booth
The League of Women Voters ends its special election information service Friday with a downtown booth at J C Penny open 10 am to noon and 1 30 pm to 4 pm. Volunteered sound track will operate. phone numbers 151 3038 1094 and 3421 offer registration and voting guidance. Over six days the effort aided more than 200 voters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League of Women Voters
Special Election Service
J. C. Penny Store
Ben A. Yagol
League
Drop Effort to Get Ike to State
Oklahoma City June 14 an attempt to bring Gen Dwight D Eisenhower to the state before the Republican national convention was abandoned due to the general's schedule C E Barnes state Eisenhower committee chairman and a convention delegate said there is no time to bring Eisenhower here but Oklahoma delegates will be urged to attend a Dallas dinner for the GOP candidate June 21 and Eisenhower will visit Denison his birthplace that day Barnes noted national campaign headquarters spent two days trying to bring Eisenhower into Oklahoma and may arrange visits by other boosters within the next week or two
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Oklahoma
C. E. Barnes
Eisenhower Committee
Eisenhower
Dallas
Denison
Barnes
National Campaign
Apple Juice Punch For Small Fry Parties
Chill apple juice then mix with orange juice and ginger ale. Garnish each serving with a maraschino cherry for a festive, kid friendly punch.
Bug Aims to Guide Planes Using Navigational Charts
An electronic bug in development crawls across a navigational chart to assist aircraft in flight guidance. The project envisions an integrated system where digital bug movements influence chart readings to aid navigation.
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Warren B. Rice
Johnston Murray
By Stan Swinton
Italy
Vamoosa News
Ed Zweiacher
Mikie
Alice Archer
Junior Carter
S. J. Sutton
Leola
Shawnee Frry
Ernest Goss
Ross Badgett
Herman Roberts
Billy Don
R. B. Criner
Wilson
Lea Stafford
Seminole
Ruby Doolen
Floyd Downey
Homer
W. H. Brewer Jr
W. H. Brewer Sr
A. W. Starns
Mary Jo
Glen Grimes
Jackie Ray Botkin
Botkin
Kennie
Kenneth Walston
Floyd Clayton
Lyle Boren
E. J. Evans
Claude Goss
Maud
Alf Roberts
Sam Williams
George Hirn
Ernest Flemmings
John Watters
Janet
Roy Anders
L. F. Anders
Shirley
Wewoka
Holdenville
J E. Anders
Hoge
Washington
George Morrow
Alvin Williams
Okemak
Linda Gaines
Loretta Raulston
Sasakwa
H. H. Atkinson
Marilyn Sue
Wanda Powell
W .W. Atkinson
Myrtle Speaks
Bill Cooley
Ed Zeiacher
Jacob Zweiacher
Okardie
Floyd van Clayton
Arnom Sifton
J. H. McMeans
M. C. Botkin
Raymond Wood
J. P. Dodd
Clyde Pugh
Balko
Carter Burkhart
Perryington
Texas
John Phelps
Alice May Rodden
Jim Owens
Grace Rolland
H. T. Robertson
Frankie
George Hirn Sr
Davenport
Mrs. Glenvans
Shawnee
Dick Griffin
Bob Griffin
Maysville
Ray Johnston
Kanasas
Walter Seay
Joan
Tom Graves
Jim Graves
J. W. Atkinson
Jess Russell
W. W. Atkinson
Jim Ingram
James Ingram
John Hailey
Valley View Hospital
Rex Lowery
Alexandria
Gaylon Scroggin
Ada Elks Rodeo
By Sam Dawson
Latta News
Vivian Baccus
Fort Worth, Texas
A Simmons
Era
John Gipson
Elmo Gipson
Jerry Wyche
Fitzhugh
Walter Black
Kenneth Lancaster
Colbert
B. F. Lancaster
Charles Bigham
Elwood Williams
Oklahoma City Spen Sunday
Ian
Lester Biggs
Chilen
Estelyene Honeycutt
Nancy
William Gipson
Babe Bettis
Eugene
Oregon
Frida
John Bettis
Dewey Anderson
Vernal
Utah
Clarence Magruder
Women Voter League Service
Ike
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