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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1950
Page
7
An ordinance authorizes the sale of a portion of real estate in Ada Oklahoma located in block TR A MO of the original townsite. It directs the mayor and city clerk to execute and attest conveyances to transfer title. An emergency clause is declared and the ordinance passed June 1 1950 in Ada.
Doyle Lewis Horton minor petition seeking majority rights for contracts and business acts filed by Pear Tilny as next friend. Court action requests empowerment to act for Horton as if over age. dated June 20 1950 with attorney Prahl Tilley and Wack M Braly. The County Court for Pontotoc County Oklahoma to hear petition.
Scattered showers drift across Oklahoma with Ada getting a light pass after sunrise. Rain totals reach just over a quarter inch over 24 hours, with a two day tally near 1.19 inches. Highs expected in the 80s, lows in the 60s as cooler air moves in. Beaver panhandle reports the heaviest fall to date. Local highs hit 99 in Elk City. Vinita records a 68 overnight. Los Angeles reports a free x ray offer. Ponca City voters approve a 95 thousand dollar highway bond plan for US 6 and 77 improvements. The project total is about 2.0 million dollars.
Coal County reports several wells active with tests on Wilcox at 7,200 feet and Cromwell at 7,000 feet. Tubing staged, swabs yielded oil in tanks after overnight shut, while others were drilling or awaiting pipe. One well near Allen was dry and abandoned. Lake Oil and others push farm-outs and wildcat prospects in the Hunton lime region.
Est Central State college hosts two day aviation teaching program with Oklahoma Aviation Commission. Exhibit in Linscheid Library features aviation teaching materials, free plane rides, and a link trainer drawing students. Tuesday 8 p.m. shows color sound films “Many Uses of the Airplane” and travelogues.
Los Angeles reports an 11 day bakery strike may end today as 10 AFL bakers from two wholesale bakeries, supplying 40 percent of city bread, are expected to accept a wage offer. The industry council proposes eight cents an hour for journeymen retroactive, while a three hour week with pay cuts was rejected. Union leaders favor the offer though details remain unsettled.
Oklahoma Baptists dedicate their new four story headquarters on North Robinson Avenue in Oklahoma City after a two year, 700000 dollar construction project. The complex includes the Baptist Book Store and a 250 seat chapel. Dedicatories by Dr Andrew Potter and Dr C Oscar Johnson with radio broadcast across ten stations.
The folding screen returns amid housing shortages as a versatile solution for small apartments. Builders offer designs from molded plywood to frameless bamboo, with options in birch, walnut, mahogany, and painted finishes. Panels hinge in three to five sections and can conceal kitchens or baby nurseries while adding decorative appeal.
Edith M Barber offers economical roast methods using a marinade of oil onion garlic and herbs to tenderize beef veal lamb or pork. The guide from The Spice Sampler notes variations with marjoram thyme caraway basil and substitutes for beef pork lamb and veal, plus sauce tips and optional sour cream.
Reports from the defense department detail American casualties totaling three dead and 12 missing, with a B 26 crew lost at sea after an assault mission. South Korean forces reform along the Han river area as North Korean pressure slows, while pilots are cited as possibly Russian.
Lake Michigan remains the grave for Northwest Airlines DC-4 victims after a storm incident killed 58 people. Coast guard crews recovered wreckage about 19 miles west, along with personal items and human remains. Officials theorize a squall caused the crash while NWA pilot Joseph E. Kimm questions lightning or an in-flight explosion. The impact is thought to have shattered the aircraft.
The United States launches the 19,800 ton President Jackson liner at Camden New Jersey with champagne. The ship can carry 204 first class passengers at 19 knots and will join two sister ships President Adams and President Hayes in global service.
Amanda J. Jones, formerly of Ada, died Saturday in Chickasha after an operation. Services Tuesday at Chickasha Chapel with graveside burial at Ada. Survived by husband Troy C. Jones, brother Neal Rock of Gainesville Texas, sisters Mrs Hobart Carts of Ada and Mrs George Callis of Temple. She lived in Ada until 1946 and worked for Ebey McCauley Public Welfare, and as deputy court clerk at Chickasha for three years. Born December 1, 190? in Ada to the late Lewis and ? Rock.
Four persons were killed on Oklahoma highways Sunday raising the state's 1950 toll to 218. In Oklahoma County one crash killed Mrs. George W. Velotta 76 and her two daughters Soran 4 and Ann 2 months, with the father George Velotta and two others critically injured. A separate crash in Hughes County killed Edwin H. Evans 21 and left others injured. Calvin Price 50, an Oklahoma City peddler, is critical after being struck by a Frisco freight engine in southeast Oklahoma City.
An American woman describes postwar Greece hardships and comforts: scarce paper limits magazines and newspapers, clothes are patched and repurposed, and homespun goods sell at high prices. She notes affection for Americans, memories of home, and small survivals like reused oil cans for butter and improvised coffee grinders, while imagining a return to Athens to share more observations.
Countywide furniture renovation workshop runs July 3 to 7 at Latta gymnasium with club members delivering one item for upholstering refinishing or seating. Also announces new cotton wardrobe exhibit at Oklahoma City state fair for enrolled 4-H home demonstration girls with cash awards from cotton associations. Parade of winners planned. Club schedules list meetings June 26 through June 28 with named hosts.
Pontotoc County dairy farmers are urged to start a silage program to cut feeding costs. Tests show high value from alfalfa and molasses silage with protein 14.72 percent and carotene 41.0. Weevils in cotton prompt 1950 control advice using 3-5-40 insecticide mix.
Newly located drilling and testing sites listed with sections township and range identifiers. Operators include Swink Swabbing and Bailing J T Swink, Northam, Texas-Pacific Hatcher, Lee A Bergman, Lake Oil Company, Bene dum Treex, and Bouse and Showalter. Activities cover drilling depths from a few feet to 2,320 feet, pipe setting, and tubing movements amid circulation loss and drifting near Stratford and surrounding towns.
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