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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1937
Page
6
Regular schedules fill weekend activity as neighbors host and visit across Ada Sulphur and Latta. Weddings, birthdays, school programs, and church notes, plus rain, garden growth, and a Negro minstrel program planned at Center schoolhouse May 14.
Saturday rain brought community cheer as families visited and a singing convention in Galey drew locals. Eight grade diplomas were awarded while gatherings at Worstell and Ada featured visits, travels, and a Friday night party at the J W Tilley home.
Rev Whipple leads a Sunday service at the Ada church and a busy round of family visits, programs, and social events occupy the community. The Piney area reflects church plans for Mother's Day singing, local visits, and a moving obituary for Grandma Myers highlighting a lifelong Methodist faith.
A sequence of Sunday visits includes Mildred Finch Mildred Farr and Margaret Martin with Opal Chilco, and Opal Freeman visiting Mary Edith Ferguson. Ada residents Mr and Mrs Armstrong and Dewey Armstrong called on the Skaggs, plus other relatives and friends, with sympathy offered for Mr Kite’s funeral.
Mrs. Morris of Ada spent a week with her daughter Mrs. Ernest Summers. Several residents visited friends and relatives across Galey Kent Evans Megee Brown and surrounding homes over the weekend.
M any residents visited relatives across regions including Rebee Ada Fitzhugh and Oil Center. Sunday gatherings included Sunday school preaching and a well attended Union Hill pie supper raising 30 60 to tune a piano and buy baseball gear.
In Pontotoc county reports show E. H. Moore No. 1 Ingram testing with initial hourly flows near 193 to 174 barrels indicating strong potential. New wells planned in Muse region and Cromwell tests offsetting Crosbie No. 1A Burris. Wetley pool activity continues with Kinney and Doner wells producing.
The J E Crosbie No 1 Burris gas well in NESE NW of 27 2 7 deepened into Cromwell sand reached 2 422 to 2 558 feet. In eight hours it produced 330 barrels and in the last six hours 255 barrels, averaging over 1000 barrels per day and signaling extended Cromwell drilling in the Burris lease area with neighboring offsets staked by Sinclair Prairie Magnolia and Samedan.
No. 1 Norris well in section 28-4-6 SE SW NE, drilled by L P Sandbach north of Ada, struck gas in a sand at 1319 feet. Gas mudded off and pipe set into sand. Sandbach said no gas gauge was taken when the plug was drilled but two feet of new hole had been drilled and more gas or oil could be reached by Friday or Saturday morning.
Cromwell's sand pool in the Fitts field expands with Crosbie No 1 C Burris NESE NW of 27-2-7 drilling 2,422 to 2,558 feet yielding 330 barrels in eight hours and 255 barrels in the last six hours. A tubing test is planned as the well prompts new forced drilling in the area and Magnolia pushes offsetting wells.
Four Hunton lime prospects show varied results in recent days. Wells include E H Moore No 1 Frazier with 5853.28 barrels, E H Moore No 8 AG Smith with 426.88 barrels and 965000 feet of gas, Moore No 13 Akers with 3346.16 barrels and 2299000 feet, and Amerada No 8 Woolley with 2705.44 barrels and 3166000 feet.
The Blackstock No 1 Thompson in Thompson, Nebraska, southeast of the Muse well, is drawing attention as it nears deeper formations. Tuesday the well was drilling at 3380 feet in the Mays formation and the future path will influence expectations for higher structures in that direction.
The note states that well WW and Meer Ba in Dai o seven lie below 2 285 feet in elevation.
William James Brown, 70, died at his Tupelo home Wednesday morning. Funeral services were held Thursday at the Christian church in Tupelo, Rev. C. A. Magness officiating. Burial followed at Rosedale cemetery in Ada. He is survived by his widow Minnie V. Brown, three daughters Stella Brown Daisy Faye Brown of Tupelo and LeRoy Beauchamp of Red Oak, and four sons Roy Doyle Brown Tupelo Walker Brown Vinita and Arthur Brown Allen.
Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth Bond 84 died in Tulsa Wednesday afternoon. Funeral services set for Thursday at 4 30 from the Keith Funeral Chapel with Dr C C Morris officiating. Burial will be in Rosdale cemetery. She is survived by five daughters Minnie Price San Francisco A W Huddle Ada Margaret Durham Tulsa Nora Wadsworth Jacksonville Tex and Mrs Wayne Henderson Houston Texas. two sons W D Bond Grass Valley Calif Emmett L Bond Houston.
Mrs. Ruby Phillips age 25 of 528 West Seventh street Ada died May 3 at 3 30 am in a local hospital Funeral services were set for Tuesday May 4 at 3 pm at the Nazarene church with Rev Harey Messer officiating Interment will be in Rosedale cemetery Criswell Funeral home in charge She is survived by husband O E Phillips four brothers Earl of Drumright Alvin of Jennings Don of Drumright Clovis Crow Ada and two sisters Mrs Marie Olive of Fitts town and Opal Crow.
The infant of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Gilliam of 818 West Fifth street Ada died in May. Services and interment were held Monday May 3 at 2:00 p m at Rosedale Cemetery Criswell Funeral Home in charge Surviving are the parents two brothers Robert Allen and Sidney and a sister Jeanette Gilliam
Bettie May Hunley infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J L Hunley died Sunday morning at 7 at the Steed home 511 East 7th Street. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 2 30 with R E Hodge officiating. Interment followed in Rosedale cemetery Keith Funeral chapel in charge. She leaves brothers and one sister.
John B. Mayo 80 died at his Ada home Monday afternoon at 2 15. Funeral services were held at Keith Funeral Home chapel Tuesday at 3 00 with Rev. George Hayes officiating. Interment East Hill cemetery Roff. Survived by widow three daughters and three sons including Mrs Tobiato Mayo Miss Ruthe Mayo Ada Miss Ester Mayo Ada Mrs Edna Jeter Hugo Leonard Mayo Hugo Albert Mayo Grant John Mayo Nampa Idaho.
Betty Louise Roberts, 531 West Main, Ada, died May 4 at 5 15 am at home. Funeral services set for May 4 at 2 pm from the home with Criswell Funeral Home in charge. Interment at Memorial Park cemetery. Survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Farran Roberts.
Jimmie Ray McAfee aged young son of Mr and Mrs Howard McAfee of Byars route 2 died May 4 at 6 00 am at home The funeral is set for May 5 at 2 00 pm at the home with Rev Bonner officiating Interment will be in Byars cemetery Criswell Funeral Home in charge
Emploees at Humble Oil Baytown refinery vote 2216 to 381 to create their own union rather than join John L Lewis CIO. The May 4 announcement marks a major setback for the CIO in the Texas oil industry union drive.
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