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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1929
Page
7
Public notices cover two separate districts in Pontotoc County Oklahoma. Cases involve heirs to Henry Wilson Hyden and property in Ada Glenwood Addition, plus multiple sheriff sales on properties in Ada Francis and Francis area under various foreclosure and guardianship actions.
Notice issued by Pontotoc County Oklahoma sheriff under court order to sell multiple parcels to satisfy foreclosures. Dates cited include April 20 1929 judgment details and sale set for June 4 1929 at 2:00 PM at the Ada courthouse front door.
F C Norris to file in Pontotoc County District Court on May 21 1929 a petition seeking majority rights to transact contracts and conduct business as if of age The request is made by P A Norris as his next friend with the filing date noted and the county and state specified
Building activity picks up in Prospect with the Education unit of the First Methodist church planned to begin about May 15 at an estimated 65000. Ada to gain a new office building via Masonic lodge plans and Fleet brothers may add three stories to the American building. Two new business houses ready for occupancy and a Willys-Knight Whippet agency garage completed on West 12th Street. Permits issued last week totaled 7500.
Reporter W D Little recalls a 3600 mile trip through eastern Oklahoma Arkansas Tennessee and North Carolina. He praises road development from Ada to North Carolina and notes road financing views while visiting Nashville Vanderbilt University and the Hermitage. He commends Page era road work and contrasts pay as you go versus bonds as he cites state progress in Arkansas Tennessee North Carolina and Oklahoma. The piece ends with a senate report on Secretary Mellon’s hold on office.
Harry F. Sinclair began a three month term in the Washington jail after refusing to answer a Senate committee question on the Teapot Dome oil lease. He is assigned as jail pharmacist in the drug room and will assist with bandaging and minor injuries.
In Muskogee on May 6 Judge Wayne Bayless ruled for the defense in the Stigler townsite dispute. He refused change of venue and a trial continuation as heirs of Ellis Jefferson contested about two thirds of the townsite with 389 defendants. An 80-year-old witness testified Jefferson was illegitimate, under Chickasaw law passing to the mother. appeal allowed within 30 days.
Oklahoma City May 7 The civil service bureau declined to waive objections to Frank V. Wright continuing as district chief of the federal prohibition section. Wright failed to meet the exam requirements set a year ago and has faced ongoing scrutiny from civil service examiners. A successor has not been named. three eligible names have been submitted to district chief George A. Wark.
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