Near Stonewall Westheimer-Daube Well Reported
A Westheimer-Daube oil well near Stonewall is reported to be about 1400 feet deep today. The bore is part of ongoing development in the region with operators monitoring progress and surrounding activity.
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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1934
Page
3
A Westheimer-Daube oil well near Stonewall is reported to be about 1400 feet deep today. The bore is part of ongoing development in the region with operators monitoring progress and surrounding activity.
The Vaness debating teams from Vanoss attended the Ada district debate tournament on Friday March 3. Es taline Little with Dorothy Summers and Poletta Little with La Verne Zumbro competed, reaching the semifinal round by defeating Adaligh Moore and drawing a bye.
Candidates filed for the March 20 primary with Don Evans seeking Ward 4 and O S Massey for Ward 1. Incumbents J A Criswell and Dr A R Sugg facing re election questions as filing closes March 10. Local school notes cover pupil achievements and recent class activities across grades including penmanship, geography and art, plus basketball tournament results and a profile of Charles Thomas, a Vaness senior with plans for Ada College.
The Vanoss School Journal names Estaline Little as editor in chief with Mrs Geneva Messecar serving as director. The announcement highlights changes in leadership and the journal’s ongoing educational focus.
Disbarment for J. R. Huggins upheld. Several property and contract suits affirmed or reversed including lease, mineral rights, life insurance, and real estate actions. Promissory notes and bank liquidating actions remanded, and public bond recovery reversed.
Doctors from several southern Oklahoma cities gathered at the Aldridge hotel Ada for the quarterly Southern Oklahoma Medical Association meeting. A scientific program followed registration and a tea was hosted for accompanying wives. Principal speakers were Dr. R. B. Giles of Dallas and Dr. Newton B. Smith of the Mayo Clinic.
New York March 6. Black dominates corporate ledgers for 1933 with 701 corporations in three groups showing an aggregate net income of 704.884 million dollars versus 239.115 million in 1932. Industrials and rails turnaround from losses while utilities remain profitable though reduced.
Crumley of Allen and Mrs Leta Pierson of Tennessee mentioned together in a local notice or notice-like item.
Mrs Gillie A Hall died at her home near Tupelo Thursday morning about 9 o clock Funerals were held Thursday afternoon at 2 at Centrahoma Criswell Funeral Home in charge
W L Owens died Thursday morning at 11 o’clock at 1143 South Townsend. Funeral services will be announced later by the Criswell Funeral Home.
Mrs G A Hall died Friday at 2 AM at her daughter's home, Mrs Fred Sneed, near Stonewall. She was 70. Funeral services were held Friday at 3 PM from a Stonewall church. Burial followed in Stonewall cemetery. Criswell Funeral Home in charge.
Funeral services for W. L. Owens who died Thursday morning were held Friday at 3 p.m. at Criswell Funeral Home with Rev. Ivan J. Young officiating. Burial followed at Memorial Park cemetery. He is survived by Tonie Miller of Ada and W. H. Miller of Maud.
Emily Walton an 85 year old resident died at her Lovelady area home Tuesday afternoon at 2 o clock Funeral services were conducted Wednesday afternoon at 2 from High Hill Church with Rev I S Wright officiating
Mrs Walton buried in High Hill cemetery with Keith Funeral Chapel in charge. She is survived by one son Carnie Walton.
Charles H. McKee, 70, died at a local hospital Wednesday morning at 4 45. Funeral services and burial at East Hill cemetery in Rofts Wednesday at 3 p.m. Rev. George Hayes of Ada will officiate with Keith Funeral Chapel in charge. He leaves a sister Mrs. I M Thomas of Los Angeles a brother Oscar McKee of Joplin and a nephew H M McKee of Fitzhugh.
L T Trammel died at 7 30 PM Tuesday at his Byars home. Funeral services are scheduled for Wednesday afternoon in Byars.
Ina Mae Cecil died Tuesday night at a local hospital. Funeral services were held Wednesday at Coalgate with Criswell Funeral Home in charge. She is survived by her parents Mr. and Mrs. M. H. Cecil.
The New Prohibition party announces its platform centered on treating traffic in alcoholic beverages as crime not business, preferring peace over war and pursuing humanitarian aims as part of its political agenda.
Dr C A Wolfinger of Enid national committeeman says the movement will seek state recognition after collecting 5000 signatures. Once recognized, candidates can register in the primary for 1934 elections. petitions should go to state chairman H F Swan in Oklahoma City.
Sapulpa Oklahoma March 3 Creek County treasurer Gkhayn Ray refused to honor Governor Murray’s executive order exempting 69 year old James Linzy from penalties on delinquent 32 taxes. Ray said he was informed at the county office.
Mrs M Horner aged widow who lived with daughter Mrs George Crumley in Allen died Wednesday morning. Funeral services were held Thursday at 2 PM with Rev Perry Blue of the Church of Christ in Allen officiating. Burial followed in Allen cemetery. She was born and reared in Tennessee and later moved to Allen. She is survived by two daughters, Mrs
The attorney general J Berry King declared the orders unconstitutional and said he would adhere to the opinion until proven wrong.
Roy Baker alias Roy Turner began his return trip to the Kansas penitentiary today. Warden T. C. Cogdell and a Little Rock physician escorted him in handcuffs with irons as he was transported by Cogdell’s automobile after being shot while escaping Alpine officers two weeks earlier. Baker had been recaptured near Alpine after a prior escape aided by a woman who remained jailed.
Jersonal Justice Jackson Mississippi reports a senate committee favorably a bill permitting the sheriff in counties with death sentences to appoint a Mississippi resident to carry out the execution. The measure aims to provide a method for executing capital sentences including cases involving three Memphis suspects.
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