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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1948
Page
7
Fragmentary district court notice lists parties including Ragby Gwen and an unidentified defendant. Only sparse names readable. no clear action, date, or additional details present.
Public notice states Rigby Owen is named in a district court action in Pontatos County Oklahoma. It seeks to quiet title and establish interest in land described by section township and range. Plaintiffs allege Rigby Owen’s rights and request judgment determining title and equity. Attorneys and court details listed with dates and party names.
A legal notice announces suits in Pointing County involving heirs trustees and guardians. It names Carl Helgerrewall and H Browsh as key parties and seeks quiet title and barriers to interests in listed property, with court clerk Della Bedford and attorney Robert Sornaya referenced. The document cites Ada Oklahoma and state officials.
A filed case in Pontazas County Oklahoma involves trustees and assigns contesting ownership of undivided 2/2 interest in real property in the City of OkTie shoma. The petition seeks judicial determination of heirs, executors, administrators and trustees rights to the estate and its interest, with a public reading date set before the judge.
Notice to heirs and creditors of the estate of W. (Steve) Mitchell deceased to apply for letters of administration in Fontate County Oklahoma. Hearing set at court on a date in April with witnesses and seal. Public publication required with checks, bonds, and bid requirements for associated proceedings.
A county court in Pontotoc County Oklahoma approved a sale of oil and gas rights on the Northeast Quarter of Southeast Quarter Section 2, Township and Range, involving Cooper Lewis and others, with bidding set for May 10. The decision, confirmed by the Final Decree of District Court, follows a petition for approval of settlement in the estate of Thomas Grant Sumner and related guardianship notices.
The City of Ada Oklahoma invites sealed proposals for paving and street improvements in Improvement District No 4. Bids will be received at the City Clerk's Office at City Hall until 2:00 p.m. Standard Time on the first day of May. Work covers 16th Street and Oak Avenue segments within Ada.
A Sunday morning fire at a one story frame house near Spencer Oklahoma county killed five Black residents. The dead include Jermves Andrews 42 his wife Faye 36 and their two daughters Florence 15 and Thelma 12, plus Raymond Pannell 45 brother of Mrs Andrews. The incident is under investigation by local authorities.
In the Pontotoc County Court Oklahoma a petition has been filed for letters of administration for the estate of William S Morris deceased. The court sets a hearing date in May for interested parties to appear and contest.
Freshman and Sophomore classes from Allen High spent Saturday on a Sulphur area trip visiting Turner Alt. The Aten High Alumni Banquet and Dance will be held at Lake Side Sup Club Saturday evening. Funeral services for Watt Bell, longtime resident of Alam, were held Friday from the Chover of 1st Tus. Leafy Durkan and Ira Leon Jones attended a show Sunday. Mrs Flacke Patterson and Mr and Mrs Milner of Atwood were weekend visitors. Mrs Flanagan Milner of Me Loud visited relatives in Allen. Mr and Mrs Midelond Perkins and Lucille Perkins of Atwood attended a show in Allen Sunday.
Funeral services for Marine Dewey Williams, killed on Iwo Jima during the first day of fighting, will be held Sunday afternoon at the Criskel Chapel, with burial at Rose Cemetery. He is survived by his parents Mr. and Mrs. S. C. Williams, a sister Josephine Troxell and brother Douglas Williams of Ada, and other relatives.
Phillips Petroleum Co plans about 170 million dollars in 1948 capital spending. New wells, plant expansions, and refineries are outlined including catalytic cracking at Kansas City and Sweeney refiners. The program also budgets for oil equity purchases and new gasoline plant construction in Texas and Panhandle operations.
Wellston resident Louis Harold Roark, 36, was killed in a 5 am auto crash near Wellston. Lester Moors of Wellston was injured, taken to Wesley Hospital in Oklahoma City. The report notes rising state highway deaths to 140. Preston James Hutto, 38, of Tulsa died yesterday in Miami from injuries.
City records show 320 dog licenses issued as part of a continuing control program. April figures include 48 dogs disappeared, 8 stray pigs, 20 stray cats disposed of, 4 animals returned or claimed, and 20 dogs taken to the pound along with four cow and horse items.
For some time applicants for driver's license examinations can take the test on either Tuesday or Friday, according to J. B. Pryne tag agent. The number of examinations has been so large that petrol men cannot handle them in one day. Mr. Pryoy said that 23 applicants were unable to get attention Tuesday because there were too many for the examiners.
Hatchingon father of Ase Futchinson of Ada died Tuesday of a heart attack while visiting Arkansas City Kansas. A resident of Oklahoma City he had started in Ada and was known by Mrs and Mrs Aves Buttering here, owner Gem Credit Jewelers in Ada. Funeral planned for Thursday at University Place Christian Church Oklahoma City, burial in Chickasha. Mrs S Hutchinson, four sons and a daughter survive.
Ada officials announce a three day cleanup starting Thursday with bulk and bulk pickup routes following regular city refuse trucks. Trucks from various providers will handle special pickups in residential and business districts, with alley and street cleaning in downtown and the business district planned.
A tornado struck the Penner ranch area on Monday, destroying a seven room home of Mrs. Jackeheh and contents. Mr. and Mrs. Elvan George and Mr. and Mrs. Hi Warren escaped unharmed as the home was in a storm cellar when the twister hit. Neighbors reported the wrecked house and displaced belongings after the storm.
The War Assets Administration announced 18 public school districts in Kansas and Oklahoma will receive surplus buildings from the Independence Army Depot. Buildings not awarded to priority claimants will be sold at public auction in Independence. Districts listed include Karns, Sedan, Thayer, Blue Mound, Coffeyville, and others with various counts.
Witt Rogers high school senior is named top junior rifleman of the United States and Hawaii as S K Gunderson announces. Lownen fires 133 to win the Morgan Trophy, an NRA award for junior marksmen. Sapulpa voters elect mayor Fred Patrick and businessman Howard Gillam as Sapulpa’s new mayor and vice mayor.
An OCR fragment presents names of candidates for county commission and related posts. It lists RAY GOODWIS, CO Tn GARR JR, RAYKOND BAILS, ROB AUSTREL, CHAS NUSHING, and CHAS. NUSHING PAG as figures in a political slate with district affiliations.
City council moved to end Sunday funerals by cooperating with Memorial Park to open graves at Rosedale Cemetery. It authorized bids for paving the 100 block of West Sixteenth and Twenty-Lith Street from Creek Avenue, plus truck upgrades to improve capacity. Funding for additional light standards was debated.
Mrs Clara Runnels awakens after two years in bed as Dr Jarret Williams reports. The patient, nearly immobile since 1996, speaks first to her sister in law Myx Alfred Sertain and then to Mrs Hunters’ room, saying she is fine. She moves about the house under care.
Oklahoma City May 2 Retail gasoline prices rose as tank-wagon costs gained three tenths of a cent boosting pumps. Many outlets increased regular and premium by two cents or a half cent, while a few independents kept old prices. Kerosene diesel and tractor fuel also gained about a half cent amid higher wholesale prices. The piece notes first Continental Congress as a distant reference.
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