Ada 1913 Progress Edition Showcases Ada Growth
Ada’s 1913 Progress Edition highlights Pontotoc County homes schools and businesses withAda as a growing trade center. It features editorials praising city vigor churches eight schools and multiple industries while detailing civic pride and projected future industrial role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc County
Ada
A. G. Winn
Ada Ice and Cold Storage Company
B. H. Frick
T. G. Korosky
H. D. Hamilton
Logsdon Bros. and Co
Coca-Cola Bottling Company
R. F. Smith
John Beard
A. H. Constant
Ada Trading Company
Deckert and Sons Market
Stonewall
Oklahoma
Williams and Dean
Crawford and Bolen
Tom D. McKeown
Roscoe Arnold
Reuben M. Roddie
W. B. Toney
Arden L. Bullock
C. T. Angel, Wood and Donaghey
John J. McFarland
Trio of Bomber Assembly Plants Awarded Saturday
The war department awarded contracts totaling 24.69 million dollars for three bomber assembly plants in Tulsa Fort Worth and Kansas City and for a second medium bomber plant at Omaha. Douglas Aircraft San Diego will operate Tulsa with Austin Co handling architecture and engineering. Consolidated Aircraft Santa Monica will operate Fort Worth with Austin Co again providing services.
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Washington
War Department
West
Tulsa
Okla
Fort Worth
Tex
Kansas City
Kas
Omaha
Manhattan Construction Company
Muskogee
Long Construction Company
Douglas Aircraft Corporation
San Diego
Calif
Austin Company
Cleveland
Consolidated Aircraft Corporation
Santa Monica
February Worst Month For Salvation Army Aid Demands
February proved the Salvation Army local transient department’s busiest month with 162 door requests for food or shelter. Capt. Pryor notes rising aid costs and a growing need across 66 active family relief cases affecting about 250 children, while new plumbing upgrades ease service delivery. Wichita and Amarillo figures linked to local fraternal lodge plans.
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Salvation Army
Buddy
W. W. Pryor
Pryor
Ada Elks Lodge 1640 Organizes With Kerr as Grand Exalted Ruler
Aubrey Kerr heads the newly formed Ada B P O Elks Lodge No 1640 inaugurated at a banquet. Kerr is elected grand exalted ruler. Charter members include 52 former lodge members now joining Ada. Governor Leon C Phillips attended as principal speaker with other dignitaries from Oklahoma and Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aubrey Kerr
Ada B. P. O. Elks Lodge
Kerr
Si Freeman
Guy Thrash
Henry Grant
B. C. Davidson
Tommy Maness
F. L. Finley
W. G. Peterson
Leo Hennigan
Bob Cason
Shawnee Lodge
United States
Ada
Leon C. Phillips
Bristow Lodge
George M. McLean
el Reno
George W. Loudermilk
Dallas
Floyd H
March Income Tax Returns Seen Surging to 1 Billion
Officials predicted March tax collections would reach a record one billion dollars as the filing deadline nears. Early returns showed 89 percent growth over last year, prompting revision of the month’s expected receipts from 870 million to 1,000 million. About 15 million individuals and 3.5 million corporations are projected to file.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Tishomingo
Weather Record Shows Winter Week Ends Fair Outlook
Ada saw only two clear days in the seven day period ending Saturday with a mix of snow sleet and drizzle totaling .48 inch. Temperatures varied from a Sunday high of 67 to a Tuesday low of 27. W E Pitt records show daily highs and lows for Sunday through Saturday with rain and clear days.
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Ada
Adans
W. E. Pitt
East Central Speech Tournament Honors Widely Scattered
Henryetta and Oklahoma City Capitol Hill led the East Central speech meet with Class A wins while Sulphur took Class B debatings. About 45 schools, 60 debate teams and 25 one act plays were entered as Ada Classen and others earned top acting and oratory honors across multiple events.
Ada Friends Attend Hunter Funeral
Ada friends traveled to Seminole for the funeral of J. A. Hunter 91 the Ada native and father of Mrs. Ed Bennett who died in a local hospital. Surviving are three daughters and four sons in Oklahoma and West Virginia along with twelve grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.
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Seminole
J. A. Hunter
Ed Bennett
Hunter
West Virginia
Oklahoma
Bennett
J. N. Harber
Girl Weds German Sailor Amid Wartime Immigrant Ties
Miss Kathryn Strong, 28, an office worker in San Francisco, marries Alex Rolfes, 27, a German cook from the scuttled Columbus. The ceremony by Municipal Judge Alden Ames frees Rolfes from the Angel Island station where he and about 400 others have been interned for a year. She will keep her job until the war ends and she can join him.
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San Francisco
Kathryn Strong
Alex Rolfes
Columbus
Alden Ames
Rolfes
Angel Island
Strong
Army recruiting unit draws crowds in Ada
A U S Army recruiting group toured Ada with a truck trailer and a public address system, drawing large crowds for an afternoon briefing and a Technicolor film show at Convention hall. Six men volunteered, lifting the county total to fourteen with six vacancies remaining before the next draft call. The American Legion sponsors pledged another visit soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Army
Pontotoc County
Main
Broadway
Uncle Sam
Army
Convention Hall
Navy
Marine
Air Corps
Robert Armstrong
American Legion
Ada
Francis Wins Pair To Close Season
Francis high school closed its basketball season by beating Allen Tuesday night on its court. The Francis boys won 53 to 18 with Williams scoring 18 points. The Francis girls won 23 to 16.
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Francis High School
Allen
Francis
Williams
Francis Girls
I Allen
Ashlock
Scroggins
Cozad
Jones F
Qualia
R. Phillips
Butler E Ae
Driver
O Bohannone
Phillips
Weems G
Chism G
Smith
Overton G
Ethridge G
Smith ¢G
Evetts
Qualls
Wilkinson G
Autrey G
Atm
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Earth
Ada Evening News
Byron Norrell
Miles C. Grigsby
A. B. Yeager
C. Stubblefield
First Baptist Church
C. L. Brooks
First Methodist
Clifford B. James
First Christian
M. B. Molloy
Presbyterian
Main Street
Good
Adam
East Central State Normal
Ada _ high school
Irving School
Willard School
Charles W. Briles
East Central
T. W. Bison
Roff
J. B. Steed
O. H. Graham
Choctaw Cotton Oil
Ier
Fitzhugh
Adam's Ramsey Drug Store
Imperial Cafe
Sledge Lumber Company
Dascomb-Daniels Lumber Company
Fred Childress Tin Shop
P. B. Wilson Lumber Company
Cooper and Bones Brick Yards
Oklahoma Portland Cement Company
Ada Steam Laundry Company
Dr. Thomas’ Veterinary Hospital
Ada Marble Works
Winters and Son Livery
Linotype
Stik
J. R Couch
W. J. Allen
J. M. Keltner
Joe Rushing
Waples-Platter Company
Guest Brothers
Twelfth Street
Grand Avenue
M. Levin
Pontotoc Cafe
Palace
Ada Park
Mildred Timberlake
Sugg
Grace Ruble
Ben Epperson
Fannie Houser
Helen Baker
Ed Granger
Bertha Ruble
Helen Turner
Stockton Avenue
Somer Jones
Ada News
Wichita
Kansas
Mat M. Sinnett
Amarillo
Texas
New Lodge
Howard Building
South
Rennie Avenue
Ada Elks Lodge
Dean Bennett
Bill Isern
Miami
Maurice Odgen
St. Louis
Pauline Scott
Ada High
Oklahoma City
Holdenville
Sammy Grant
Yukon
Mazie
George Gaines
Christine Lucas
Dean Emory
Shawnee
Joy Sugg
Sidney Upsher
Classen
Alice Ghostly
Henryetta
Lucille Bouton
Joline Henman
Dorothy Rush
Jack Cook
Denison
Bob Myers
Okmulgee
George Ellis
Ardmore
John Boydston
Webb Howard
Jimmy Duke
Bill Holloway
James Brown
Judina Brock
Bill Linscheid
Horace Mann
Helen Frankis
Patricia Branch
Mary Jane Tucker
Oma Ruth Smith
Hickory
Kathryn Pierce
Mary Jo Shegog
Robbie Jane Warkintin
Dorothy Powell
Melba Wright
Maurice Ogden
Stanley Evans
Billy Scott Noble
Billy Baynes
Leonard Carter
Mary Rushing
Ruthie Davidson
Evelyn Shaw
St. Lewis
Reg. Army
Byng
Wynnewoo
Bying
Hubbard
Berryman
Chapman
Landrith
Angelly
Kayser
Wynnewood
Mauldin
T. Seymour
Owens
F Davis
E. Seymour
Henderson
Brooks
Spring Creek
E. B. Rush
Rush
Atoka
Atoka County
E. J. Cates
M. J. Robertson
Cates
Antlers
Clayton
Stanley
Works Projects Administration
Jack Sutherland
WPA
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