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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1944
Page
7
J Harold Criswell as administrator of Manuel Kalian deceased has filed a final account and petition for distribution heirship determination and discharge in Ada Oklahoma County Courtroom for July 6 1944 at 10 00 am. Objections may be filed and heard. Dated June 16 1944. Moss Wimbish County Judge.
King G. Price sues Herbert Neer and others to quiet title in extensive land parcels described by section township and range in Pontotoc County Oklahoma. The case seeks heirs of Elias Roberts Jessie Fallin and Lee Woods and bars claims by defendants. Notice to respond by August 3 1944 with proceedings to quiet title and determine heirs. Also a separate 1944 notice to creditors requires Alma C Hamilton estate claims filed within four months.
Sunday school and singing at Union Valley drew a good crowd using Stamps Baxter convention songs. Norman visitors Dow Thompson attended. Various residents shared visits and outings, with several families enjoying a creek swim. School starts July 3 with Mrs. R. H. Hagar teaching. Jasper Turner family has returned from California.
Sunday school attendance was strong as officers for the following quarter were elected. Officials include Superintendent Jesse Duvall and secretary Geneva Cecil with teachers for various classes led by Mrs. Jesse Duval and others. Prizes await top pupils next Sunday. The young people’s league elected Juanita Kaiser sponsor and Gerald Kieser secretary with Lola Lee as song leader. Harrel Crawford visited Ada, and A M Cecil called on Thurlow Clark Sunday night.
Sunday luncheon and weekend visits feature the Clarks of Ada and Pryor, with gatherings among the Clark family and relatives including Moren Os, Pendergrass, Johnson, and Ramsey households. Guests from Ada Union Valley Pryor gather to honor Mr Sam Clark on his birthday.
Cpl Burlin Bray of California is on a 21 day furlough visiting his parents in Oil Center and relatives in Galey. Gid Graham returns from Kansas. Mamie Newby of Maxwell visits with Luke Ward and Mrs Ward. Lola and Annie Sue Bray visit cousins Claudine and Geraldine Cole. J R Newby calls on C O Workman. Clyde Bray and family visit E C Jamar. Floyd Auther and family of Cook call on Luke Ward. Jack Mosley family of Ada spend Sunday with Tom Myers and wife. Cpl Chub Davenport, back on a 30 day furlough after 22 months in Italy, visits sister Mrs Edwards.
Pi Credit totaling 11 360 000 dollars in War Bonds bought with state funds will be allocated to Oklahoma counties to apply toward their Fifth War Loan quotas.
War Era rationing rules tighten eligibility for new cars effective June 23 1944. Doctors nurses ministers policemen and health officials must use cars primarily for professional work. some USO officials added but totals remain small. Local boards tighten quotas amid May 1944 delivery figures and ongoing civilian supply concerns.
Ada News notes the Republican platform process from Mackinac to convention. The 100 member Resolutions Committee faced pressure from state delegations and pressure groups, aiming for a concise, appealing platform while balancing factions and long drafting toil.
Ardmore Okla June 28 Dr John R Pollock pioneer medical specialist of southern Oklahoma died this morning after the shock of a family tragedy last night the drowning of his 15 month old granddaughter Kathrine Ann Sullivan The child wandered through a yard gate to a fenced lily pond and fell in Firemen attempted resuscitation The parents are Mr and Mrs Jack Sullivan The father is a naval ensign
An amendment to broom corn regulations defining shed cured was announced by the Office of Price Administration. It does not alter the established ceiling prices of 300 dollars for shed cured broomcorn and 250 dollars for all other varieties. A second regulation requires producers and purchasers to retain invoices or documents with seller and product details for inspection.
Roger Fredrickson of Ottawa Kansas was elected president of the national council of Baptist youth fellowship at the concluding session of a youth conference in Green Lake Wisconsin. The event closed a series of church meetings of the northern Baptist assembly at Lawsonia.
Wichita notices announce funeral services for Mrs. Caro Emerson Fields widow of John Fields former agriculture professor at Oklahoma A and M college She died yesterday in Wichita June 28 year not specified
Lt. Herbert H. Scott reports from Oklahoma noting Finland’s drift toward Nazi alignment under Field Marshal Gustav Mannerheim. The piece portrays Mannerheim as a former Finnish patriot turned instrument of destruction, likening him to Mussolini and criticizing Finland’s wartime choices and alliance with Germany. The Ada News Want Ads are referenced.
City police warn of a Fourth of July traffic surge and join Oklahoma Highway Patrol in a wartime effort to save resources. Eight rules urge drivers to slow before intersections, observe right of way, avoid passing at intersections, signal turns, watch for turning vehicles, and be mindful of pedestrians.
The notice lists candidates for county offices including County Attorney VOL Crawford, County Treasurer Sam Dew, Sheriff Chas. Shockley Walker Hisle Lee Nabors Clyde Xaiser, and County Commissioner districts with Earl V. Parker Elmer Chandler JL C Cozad and John Sparks Bo Austell. Also noted is Lyle Boren for Congress and Ray Weems as Corporation Commissioner, followed by a separate item about soldiers returning from combat and a private who reports gambling deposits totaling $6,000 during overseas service and others revealing $5 deposits in 1941 42 and 43 with the same explanation.
A New Rochelle coast guard member who was praised for a sea rescue dropped into the Standard Star office and received copies of the edition featuring his photo. He joked about sending the clippings to his girlfriend who thinks he’s a dope.
A tribute to Congressman Lyle H. Boren detailing his wartime bills and votes, including export bans on scrap iron to Japan, soldiers pay increases, and the GI bill. It notes his farm policy aims, land drainage projects, labor reform support, and leadership of the Boren Committee. Also cited are freight rate reform bills, a push for old age pensions and aid for the disabled, and his role on the Oil Committee and Interstate Oil Compact.
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