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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1932
Page
8
Mr and Mrs John A Hawkins of Olney Springs Colorado have left for home after a three week visit with Mrs Hawkins parents Mr and Mrs Homer Woods at 119 East Seventeenth. They were joined by Miss Barbara Woods who will spend the summer in the mountain city.
Word comes from Ada that Miss Verna Lee Minton of Seminole had an appendicitis operation at Harbor hospital Monday afternoon after a brief illness. She is well liked in Ada as a college figure and was reported improved yesterday.
Mrs. T. EF. Brents of 466 South Broadway has been seriously ill for nearly two weeks and was carried to Oklahoma City for treatment. She was to be admitted to an Oklahoma City hospital yesterday, with her daughter Maud Pittman accompanying her.
Mrs E J Farley of Vanonss and Miss Elsie Bolen of Clarita visit Ada for business. Mr and Mrs PD Fleet and children Margeret and Frank Jr depart for Los Angeles to visit son Howard at USC and attend the Olympic Games next month. They plan a western coast summer and a Yellowstone trip during vacation.
Mr and Mrs C C Threlkeld of Los Angeles with Mrs Brydia and Fred Brydia depart for Arkansas after a southern tour. They plan to spend most of the week in Springdale visiting local sites and relatives before continuing travels.
Mr and Mrs Lawrence Reynolds depart for several weeks abroad with a first stop in Galveston Texas. They will tour Carlsbad Caverns and historic sites in New Mexico before heading to Colorado to remain through the summer. Miss Nellie Henderson returns to Ada after a Arizona New Mexico trip including Carlsbad Caverns Grand Canyon and Phoenix. Mrs M A Waits returns to Ada from Arizona and western states. her daughter Paula Waits, a University of Arizona graduate, accompanied her home and was formerly a student at East Central.
John Eldredge of Stratford was shopping in Ada yesterday. Farr Yates of Buffalo Texas is spending several days here as the guest of friends. He formerly resided here and is now a student at Texas A and M college.
Mr and Mrs Dutch Rolles announce the birth of an eight pound son at Ada Hospital on Wednesday June 15.
Washington DC ecologists Ulrich and Bridges spent several days in Ada attending to business and left today for Lawton.
Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Chadd departed Ada after visiting Mr. Chadd's sister Mrs. Charles Doolittle at the Jones apartments. The Chadds, former Ada residents, will relocate next week to Norman Texas.
Miss Bernice Hartnitt formerly of Ada now in Ardmore visits Ada this week to see relatives and friends.
Word reached Ada that C F Green local attorney has been quite ill since Monday in a St Louis Missouri hospital. Mr and Mrs Green were visiting at their former home in St Louis.
Mr and Mrs Ray Young returned to Ada today from a three weeks vacation trip visiting Tucson Arizona and old Mexico. They toured Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico.
Mr. and Mrs. George Bowman are visiting Mrs. Bowman's parents at 01 East Ninth street and will travel to Rogers Arkansas to visit relatives. Bowman will go to New York City soon and sail to Honduras while Mrs. Bowman returns to Ada for a long visit before joining him in Honduras in August.
Mr and Mrs H B Carson and daughter relocate from Waco Texas to Ada. They reside at 312 West Eighteenth and Mr Carson joins Anderson Clayton Cotton Company. Ada citizens express delight at their move and strong recommendations.
Mrs Pat Straughn and daughters Patsy Monette Geraldine and Fern of Mill Creek shopped in Ada stores Friday.
Co. A. Acker of Stonewall visited Ada on Friday to attend to business matters.
Pug Hatcher has returned to Ada after spending the latter part of his work in Oklahoma City. He resumes local duties and is expected to rejoin community activities soon.
Rev. W. M. Speck and family arrived in Ada Thursday after a three week trip through Texas. They visited Rev. Speck's mother in Abilene and spent time at other points in the region during their absence.
Ross Warmack arrives in Ada on a Saturday visit from Chickasha to stay the summer with his mother Mrs. Ema Warmack.
Mr and Mrs H J Jones of Ada announce the birth of a daughter on Saturday June 18.
College student Miss Virginia Livesay is visiting her Tupelo residence for the weekend, staying with family and taking time from studies.
W M Vreeland II, a University of Arizona graduate student from Tucson, visited the Waits home during the week with Mrs Waits and her daughter Paula, and left Thursday for his Rocky Hill New Jersey home.
Mrs. Edd Sallee of Stonewall is visiting her mother, Mrs. W. H. Furlong, for several days.
Miss Violet Knight of New Orleans visits her aunt Miss Kate K Knight at 1018 East Ninth Street Ada before heading to Poughkeepsie New York to serve as an instructor at Vassar College for the summer term. She recently returned from a Gulf of Mexico cruise visiting Cuba Panama and other southern countries. Miss Louise Meaders of Ada joined the cruise party.
Miss Mattie Lyday formerly at East Central and now on the regular faculty at Northwestern Teachers College in Alva is visiting friends in Ada this weekend.
Ada writes from Washington D C about the Flag day parade on June 14. The event lasted over three hours with 36 bands and many floats. He then plans to visit New York Maine Quebec Toronto and Montreal before returning to Ada late July.
Mrs. T. E. Brents remains in the Oklahoma City hospital with little change in condition based on relatives’ reports from here.
Alex Ritter and Mr. Stokes from Milwaukee are in Ada on a multi day business trip. Ritter is president of Radial Oil Company which maintains an Ada office and has conducted prior visits regarding business interests.
Mrs. N. M. Horn of Norman, formerly of Ada, is visiting friends in the area for several days.
Turner King recently back from the University of Oklahoma where he had been attending school has been ill for several days with appendicitis.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Shannon Betty Driver Mrs. J. E. England and son Edward visited Coalgate on Sunday as guests of Rev. and Mrs. J. H. Ogle. Ogle, pastor of the Coalgate Methodist church, formerly led Ada’s Asbury Methodist church.
Tuesday's Daily reports Mr and Mrs W B Hill returning from a Michigan vacation. They were joined by Mr and Mrs Clovis Colvin who wed in Iron Mountain Michigan on June 15. C C Ray of Byng and J T Norman of Francis attended business in Ada. The Furlong family moved from Stonewall to Ada at 300 East Seventeenth Street. Mr Furlong was formerly cashier of Stonewall's First National Bank.
The Furlongs have been prominent locally and for seven years worked in mercantile and insurance. Mr Furlong will be associated with the forthcoming ice factory in town, strengthening a well known local family presence.
Miss Helen Hodgens and Miss Opal Adamson return to Ada from a weekend in Wister. Miss Adamson, a summer college student, is employed as an instructor in the Wister system. Miss Hodgens formerly resided in that place.
Mr and Mrs F Rice move to 805 East Fourteenth Street following a fire that destroyed their former home at 17 East Sixth last week.
Roscoe Robinson Jr son of Dr and Mrs R R Robinson of Tonkawa is reported improving after an operation for a ruptured appendix. He is now at the home of Tonkawa. Dr Robinson formerly of East Central Teachers college is president of U P S at Tonkawa.
Mrs Rotenberry of Stratford visited her daughter Miss Norma Rotenberry a student at the college and attended to business there yesterday.
Mr and Mrs T J Alien of Wapanucka visited Ada this week with daughters Dorothy and Audra who are attending the summer term at East Central College.
Miss Lillie Mae Johnson of Byng daughter of Mr and Mrs Jess Johnson underwent an appendicitis operation at Ada hospital today and is reported in good condition.
Miss Dorothy Lee Trent of Holdenville married Louis Starr Cook of Purcell on May 25 in Pauls Valley. Mrs Cook is OU alumna and Kappa Alpha Theta member. Mr Cook, also a state university alumnus, belonged to Beta Theta Pi. They will reside in Purcell.
Mr and Mrs J D Petty return to Ada from Norman where they lived. Their son Dennis Petty will practice law here after finishing at the University of Oklahoma. Daughters Clara and Luda Elma will study at East Central Teachers College. They plan a home on East Tenth Street and Mr Petty opens a local battery shop.
Chaos at the convention as balloons fall and a protester named Dr Joseph I France attempts a nominating speech for Calvin Coolidge. He is restrained by police after being escorted from the platform while Lawrence Richey and Ogden Mills volley balloons on the stage.
Chicago June 16 The Republican platform pledges restoration of economic life with Hoover programs and a limited relief fund. It endorses the gold standard, tariff protection for farms and industry, veterans benefits, and a tough stance on immigration and crime. It also supports international law, naval parity, the World Court, and a reconsideration of prohibition.
In London on June 17 Mussolini, quoted by the Daily Express, criticizes the United States and democracy promising a long run of political, economic and military wars. He declares America has no policy and dismisses prohibition and Lindbergh as signs of a “Dry America.” He warns Europe is drifting toward disaster and revolution.
Joy M. Harrop, chairman of the Farmer-Labor executive committee, announced Webb is dropped as presidential candidate due to concerns he is a secret service man and a Hoover spy. The committee says Huey Long of Louisiana is offered the nomination and, they believe, will accept and support the Farmer-Labor slate.
Chicago reports a renewed gang war tied to Capone era power. Prohibition agents raided Colosimo's cafe where Capone rose, seizing liquor as 150 guests watched. George Barker, a Capone ally, was killed in the latest violence along with Pacelli in Morton Grove, fueling a crackdown and questions over who ordered the slayings.
A historical figure declares that democracy and the people are meaningless and that saviors are needed but non existent. He predicts a long war sequence and states that if Germany refuses reparations Italy will also refuse, signaling rising tensions.
All delegates from Oklahoma attend the convention save Mrs. T B Ferguson of Watonga who did not state her reason. The loudest participant is James S Twyford a Kansas migrant and long time attorney known as a plugger who opposes holding office. Twyford, a prohibitionist, later says he would drink to avoid having his name nominated.
Fred Hildt from Tulsa was noted as the quietest delegate though often late to meetings. The report hints his weight may relate to attendance patterns.
W. G. Skelly led the ecaucus proceedings without resistance, earning credit for good leadership though some delegates warned they might challenge him later.
Wirt Franklin, an oil-minded Republican who shifted registration, receives compliments from Ardmore Democrats and Republicans as he boards a train for the Red River country. He finishes what he starts and led the successful push for an oil tariff plank.
J F Darby steered the delegation chairmanship firmly, avoiding confrontation and signaling readiness to back Curtis with Oklahoma's vote indefinitely. He kept the peace and stood ready to sing out Curtis's name.
Delegates criticize Pat Hurley for reading a tariff plank aloud amid platform confusion. The Oklahoma figure faced uproar as the oil tariff item sparked tension, with Hurley noted for voicing sharp remarks and asserting the plank was read.
The text highlights Bob Kellough as Tulsa receivership attorney who focused on light questions about meals and shows rather than heavy legal details.
Ernestine Adams and Lloyd McGuire guided the Young Republicans in caucuses with steady leadership and no physical clashes.
Judge J. B. Cullison of Enid judged Hoover as dry enough for his support from the start, expressing confidence in the candidate's dryness.
John W. Beard of Ada and G S Orwiz of Wewoka attract no mention as the Fourth district wins more committee honors. Beard clapped for a wet side speaker before being corrected to dry. Fred Coogan of Sayre is labeled Bolshevik yet praised for his progressive stance and steady popularity.
John B. Nichles of Chickasha, an oil and gas man, traveled to Seattle after the Chicago convention to seek more friends. His genial smile remained through the three days of the conclave. He hoped to become chairman of the defection, but losing that post was “one less worry for me.”
Will Rogers and Roy St. Lewis, both tied to Oklahoma, moved through party events with seats secured on the floor. Mrs. H. H. Sayre, Ardmore, stood as a familiar figure among national committee members during proceedings.
A compact notice highlights value from investments, noting strong returns and efficient spending. It outlines the best value options in a brief, practical tone, focusing on cost efficiency and measurable gains for readers seeking bargains.
Five armed bandits storm Citizens' National Bank in Fort Scott Kansas, slugging two employees and kidnapping three female workers before fleeing with an unknown amount of cash. One robber allegedly identified as Charles Pretty Boy Floyd. Police and hundreds pursued. tires damaged by nails.
McAlester Okla June 17 Harris Calmy A Harris was executed in the electric chair shortly after midnight for the killing of Ed Martin at the bedside of Harris estranged wife in a crowded hospital ward. The 45 second shock ended with Harris death at 12 12 a m. His five sons and mother visited but did not witness the execution. He walked to the chair and thanked Warden Sam Brown before asking to send a letter to his wife.
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