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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1950
Page
8
Cal Tinney muses on gender strength, noting women outlive and outlast men. He cites Dr. Flack’s remarks, laments male fragility, and suggests men marry much older women to die together. The piece blends humor with social commentary on marriage and resilience.
Hollywood May 1 4 7 Mack Sennett 70 celebrated with a reunion picnic attended by ex Keystone Kops and starlets. Fans threw pastry and laughed as Sennett shouted no more kisses, while the crowd milled amid white haired former flappers.
Washington reports insurance companies oppose a Senate approval of House amendments to extend social security to permanent and total disability benefits with six month waiting period. They warn of unprofitability and potential spread to short term disability and fear extra taxes for farmers and workers. The discord includes AMA lobbying, farm worker coverage debates, Gearhart ruling impacts, and opposition from police fire and teachers with existing pensions.
New Yorkers welcome service return after a four day strike by 12 000 AFL and union workers in 1000 buildings. A wage hour dispute prompted fact finding. unions seek raises and pension plans while landlords cite rent ceilings. Tenants faced loss of basic services affecting 200 000 residents.
Oklahoma and Texas officers joined by Ada state investigators and Texas rangers continue an inquiry into a multi state cattle theft ring. Key leads include a Durant license number linked to H M Patterson of Idabel and an Abilene suspect trio. Twenty cattle recovered in McCurtain county point to headquarters there as the operation’s base. Patterson and Davenport brothers face charges in Texas for stealing cattle across Montague Grayson Wichita and Archer counties. Patterson released on bonds while cooperation and further arrests are expected as investigations move into western Oklahoma and neighboring states.
William H. Murray, the Sage of Tishomingo, honored with a 10-ton granite monument at Murray State School of Agriculture in Tishomingo. Dedication scheduled May 13 at 2 30 pm with band parades, a mass concert, and remarks by Clarence Burch and Judge Dave Cotton. Funds from state, students, and alumni cover the memorial’s cost.
A weather summary notes Ada and Pontotoc County missing steady rain while a token shower occurred early Monday. The weekend brought cool, windy conditions with thunder and lightning, leaving farms and pastures dry. Temperatures dropped to 44 Saturday night and Sunday, with other towns reporting scattered rainfall totals and highs reaching 73 in Muskogee.
W A Barnes a longtime Pontotoc merchant and rancher aged 72 died at his home Sunday morning at 9 30. He came to Pontotoc in 1893 and ran a general store and cattle ranch. Funeral was Monday at 2 30 from Pontotoc Methodist Church with burial in Pontotoc cemetery. He left a widow Mrs Cora Henry Barnes. survivors include sisters Mrs Audry Henry and Mrs Alma Mitchusson. brothers F A and E D Barnes.
Claude V Bryant 36 of Tishomingo drowned after falling from his fishing boat on Lake Texoma Sunday. Ardmore firemen renewed the search Monday morning. Bryant, wire chief for the Tishomingo telephone company, was alone in the boat when he toppled over while fuelling the motor. His companions in Ada sighted the fall and marked the spot. Bryant was part of an Ada fishing party of six. He is survived by his widow and a daughter.
Hundreds of fishermen woke to rain and a gray dawn in Darlington as Maryland held its first open championship shad fishing tournament on the Susquehanna. Boys operated near the tournament HQ, netting shed level catches while prices held at 12 cents a pound for shad and 10 cents for white perch as the day wore on.
Wagoner Oklahoma April 29 Bill Coe opened his official campaign for governor detailing a platform that backs a minimum $2400 yearly salary for teachers and federal pensions. The Oklahoma City attorney highlighted retaining and expanding school funds and proposed a vitalized teachers retirement pay and direct mail old age pensions. He favored an eight person highway commission and urged local representation within the current structure.
Salvation Army and Lawrence residents sent thousands of clothing and bedding to Holdenville after the Friday night storm. Four truck loads were collected by Holdenville officials, with Lawrence loading three cars of items and delivering them. Donations included cash and food as part of a broad community relief effort.
Olen Timmons was bitten by a snake but treated promptly. Ada visitors included Frank Vincent and family. The new Marsell library charging machine speeds checkout, reduces staff strain, increases circulation, improves accuracy, and lowers card costs. One librarian now handles rush hours solo. younger patrons adopt cards readily. date cards cost less and print more dates.
Two fatal highway accidents increased Oklahoma road deaths for 1950 to 140, comparing with 164 a year ago. Judy Gregg, two year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Harold Gregg of Stillwater, died in a hospital after being struck by a car near the Oklahoma A and M campus. An 18 year old airman stationed at Sheppard Air Force Base in Wichita Falls Texas was killed when his gate failed to turn six miles south of Lawton. Ben W Harwell of Pensacola Florida was dead on arrival at Fort Sill base hospital.
A California family of four perished when their private plane crashed on Leatherwood Mountain near here in fog. Only Mary Ann Houston, the three year old, survived after rescuers freed her from the burning wreckage. Mrs. Houston died of burns while attempting to unfasten her belt.
The French government debates renting apartments built to house Marseillais homeless after 1943 bombings. Costs loom large with heating and electricity priced at 85 dollars annually per unit, an overall project cost of 3.428 million dollars, and potential sale price around 4370 dollars per flat. Local residents question the project’s value and feasibility amid political shifts and a former Communist leadership backdrop.
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