Ada City to Locate Aviation Airport on Pontotoc Land
The City of Ada Oklahoma seeks to locate and build an aviation airport on about 32 acres in Pontotoc County. It plans to appoint three disinterested freeholders to inspect the described property and assess any injury to the owners’ rights, with a May 26 1941 court hearing in Ada.
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Pontotoc County
State of Oklahoma
City of
Ada
Oklahoma
Towit
Missouri-Kansas-Texas
Tal Crawford
Oklahoma Municipal Corporation
Thompson & Braly
Mack M. Braly
Public Notice of Mortgage Foreclosure in Pontotoc County
Reading through court notices, Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation seeks foreclosure on a large Pontotoc County real estate parcel tied to mortgage terms and unpaid debts. The filing outlines the property description, lien, and scheduled sale without appraisement, with a June 20, 1941 deadline for defense.
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Ada Weekly News
State of
Oklahoma
Ollie Griffin
Robert €. Griffin
W. A. Kunkel
W. A. Kunkel, Jr
K. M. Kunkel
W. M. Simmons
E. Bell
W. H. Brumley
Federal Farm Mortgage Corporation
Pontotoc County
Pontotoc
State of Oklahoma
United States
Federal Land Bank of
Wichita
Kansas
THE
Pella Bedford
Henry Dew
J. F. McKeel
Ada
A. A. Davidson
W.W. E. Pepperell
Notice of Tax Deed and Estate Hearing Pontotoc OK
Notice files tax deed action for property in Ada Pontotoc County Lots 22 and 23 Block 2 Ford Addition. holder F J Stafford demands deed unless redemption within 60 days. Also, in Pontotoc County Court, hearing set for May 19 1941 on Smith Funeral Home petition for administrator of Sarah Cagle estate to A C Dixon.
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Pontotoc
State of
Oklahoma
John C. van Meter
Samuel H. Field
Pontotoc County
Ada
Ford Addition
County of
F. J. Stafford
Pontotocounty
Sarah Cagle
Smith Funeral Home
State of Oklahoma
A. C. Dixon
Ada Area Social Notes Highlight Weekend Visits
Kenneth and Eugene Stewart visited Grover Ballard Sunday. Many local families from Arlington to Ada hosted or visited relatives, with multiple callers on Mrs. Owens and Mrs. Williams. Several residents traveled for business or leisure, and measles affected the Childers children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth and
Eugene Stewart
Grover Ballard
Hal Nance missing in Canadian ship sinking shocks Ada
Former Ada pitcher Hal Nance aged 31 is reported missing in a Canadian ship sinking that claimed two other Oklahoma pilots. The 1937 Ada Independent state champions and Battle Creek national meet participants mourn his loss and recall his steady pitching.
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Ada Sport
W. Harold
Hal” Nance
Ada
Oklahoma
Hal
Uke Clanton
Ada Independent
Battle Creek
Nance
Seminole Redbirds
Clanton
Canada
England
Oklahoma City
Houston
Texas
Bob Lowell
Lowell
Oklahoma April sales tax up over year ago
Oklahoma City May 7 sales tax collections rose 67 978 in April from the same month a year earlier per the state tax commission. Total April receipts reached 5 786 901, up 272 162 from April 1940 with increases in inheritance tax and gasoline tax while income tax showed a net decrease of 123 000 compared with the prior year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Siow Tax Commission
Tony
Treasury
Estate of Paul Stangl will probate in Ada Oklahoma
Notice to interested parties that Rose A Stangl filed a last will from Beaver County Pennsylvania and seeks probate in Pontotoc county Oklahoma. Hearing and proof of the will set for Wednesday May 14 1941 at 9 o clock in the county court room in Ada. Interested parties may appear and contest.
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Pontotoc County
State OF Oklahoma
Winnie F. Fisher
Ben Murphy
W. W. King
W. H. King
Virgil Hale
Dee Hare
Ada
Pontotoc
Winniersher
Virgille
Dee Hale
Sta
Andrew J. Harden
Busby, Barrell & Trice
Paul Stangl
Rose A Stangl
Oklahoma
Beaver County
Pennsylvania
Rose A. Stangl
Greater returns for amount in vested Ada News Classified Ads
A brief Ada News notices a striking claim about higher returns from invested funds. The ad emphasizes favorable rates and guarantees for readers considering financial placements.
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Ada News
Oakman Softball Rout Byng 11 0. 4-H Rally Highlights Ada Area
Seventh and eighth graders edit for Ada Evening News. Oakman girls beat Byng 11 to 0. Pontotoc County Singing Convention set for November near Gaar Corner. Vanoss 4-H club earns ribbons. many students listed for clothing, demonstrations, and topics. Community updates include visits, travel plans to California, and Sunday activities.
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Ada Evening News
Oakman
Byng
Pontotoc County
Oakman Ay
Gaar Corner
Ada
W. A. Lee
Dessie Lee
Francis
Irene Bush
Stella Bush
Guthrie, Okla
J. R. Adams
Center
A. M. Cecil
Geneva
Oma
Wilmalene Pendergrass
Elva Lee Hilton
Evangle Bandy
Wilmorene Pendergrass
Gentry Kelloy
John Bryant
Tulsa
G. W. Scroggins
Joel Queen of
McAlester
Leoma Scroggins
Vanoss
Lena Grace Turner
Clareta Isaacs
Laura Welker
Doris Eeds
Ralph Groves
Leon Hammond
Guy Welker
Dillard McDonald
Meta Ruth Abston
Margie Ruth T'ner
Calvin Berzer
Carroll McDonald
Agnes Townsley
Avinelle Alston
Wanda Lou Cushman
Patsy Ruth McClure
Wilma Dean Murray
Joy Mae McDonald
Ethel Lee Tiner
Bertie Mae Boyd
Betty Jo Martin
Oleta Burrows
Alice Ragland
Bobby’ Jean Martin
Thelma Rae Troutman
Betty Jo Griffin
Billy Jeane Norvell
Margie Ruth Tiner
Ammazoo McCullar
Cloreta Isaacs
Lewis Holland
Eldon Wakefield
Calvin Berger
Union Valley Community News and Local Scores
Union Valley residents share visits with relatives and friends across nearby towns. The Cedar Grove softball finals advance with Union Valley boys facing Fitzhugh on Tuesday amid National Music Week events and a Big Singing planned for Saturday night. Maxwell defeated Galey 9 to 3 as various families hosted gatherings and Sunday school attendance was noted.
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Union Valley
Arthur Grisso
Jess Hall
Ruby Brannon
Melton
Hickory
Henry Wainright
Seminole
Larkin Wainwright
Orville Davis
Wayne
Henry
W. M. Benge
J. T. Wright
Ardmore
Cedar Grove
Fitzhugh
Mount Driskill
Benny McCoy Thanks That Unknown Lady
Benny McCoy credits a Pennsylvania schoolteacher for lifting his game with encouragement and letters that helped him change his swing. The former bust turned solid hitter now boasts a .333 average for the Philadelphia Athletics and seeks to thank the teacher in person.
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Benny McCoy
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia Athletics
Benny
Ma’am
Connie Mack
McCoy
Laffoons Return Visitors and Local Arrivals Highlight Ada News
Reverend and Mrs Joe Laffoon of Wilburton and Mr and Mrs Jack Laffoon returned home after three weeks visiting relatives. Bill Courtney made a business trip to Ada. C C Couch Arvel Lowe and children visited Mrs C M Sliger in Stonewall. E D Walker of Pauls Valley visited over the weekend. Professor Dame plans a day for school children Friday. Delmar Oaks and baby of Ada spent Friday evening with H D Wieldman. Ray Hatton and his mother Mrs Callie Hatton visited Ada Monday. Mildred Lowe visited Larece Bennett Sunday.
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Ada Hinkle
Mitchell Wood
Hughes Wood
Esta Lee Hendrix
Lorene
Buene Bittle
J. B. Gray
Harold Griffin
Vann Potter
Freddy Wadlow
Laurel Anglin
J. W. Sanders
J. M. Looney
Ada Hink
Jim Ward
N. J. Cole
Geraldine
Claudine
Earnest Thrasher
Jackie Mossie
Dale Myers
Jewell Mobley
Dorothy Walden
Worstell
Glen Wortman
Evert Bray
Nnie Wortman
Sam Rankin
Cook
Melba Lois Sparks
Wilma Ruth Welcott
Roy Byrd
Arlie Fikes
Weldon Miller
J. C. Gouge
Harold Porter
Ada
Croley
Caddo
Sheppard
Nome _ Scott
Joe Scott
Ruby Amesworth
C. Dan Hoover
Maxberry
Owl Creek
Dan Hoover
Rebha
Ray Sliger
Frisco
Tom Jackson
Stonewall
Robert Ellison
O. V. Stout
Francis Stout
Retha Ellison
Billy Ellison
Travis Ellison
Kathryn Stephens
Geraldine Porter
Bill James
Fitzhugh
W. O. Woodruff
Mack and
Mark
Arlington
Texas
Vanoss
Woodruff Twins
J. B. Owens
Woodruff
Texas A. and
M. College
Arlington School
George Richard Denham
Walnut Grove
E. J. Farley
Sandy King
Wilson Phillips
Wewoka
Eulas Jones
Mrs. Powell
Wanda Fay Berger
Ruth Pitt
Roy Childers
Claude Mershon
Bristown
G. W. Wyrick
Florine Jones
Arline Jones
Alma Joe Caldwell
Betty Joe
Grady Milligan
Florine
Wayne
Murry Jones
Leo Crow
Richard W. Selph
C. W. Perrin
Harold Hammond
Ordui Selph
Stirling Jones
Jim Caldwell
Doris Crane
Betty Joe Ozment
Jack McCurry
A. R. Selph Jr
James W. Balthrop
John M. Balthrop
Tilghman Reed
California
Henry Johnston
Jake Balthrop
Thelma Logan
Dorothy Jean Ray
Balzora
Bobbie Balthrop
Eugene Selph
A. R. Selph
Lavern Balthrop
Doris Crafie
Young Peoples
Joe Laffoon
Wilburton
Jack Laffoon
Bill Courtney
C. C. Couch
Arvel Lowe
C. M. Sliger
E. D. Walker
Pauls Valley
Professor Dame
Delmar Oaks
H. D. Wieldman
Ray Hatton
Callie Hatton
Mildred Lowe
Larece Bennett
Family and social visit roundup in Ada area
Sunshine and Mrs Buck Hurd visited in the Tinsely home over the weekend. Mrs White visited her Hawkins Underhill relatives Monday. Ada shopping crowd included Charley Hooks Eugene Hooks and many Ballards. Sympathy extended to the Nabors family after a house fire.
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Buck Hurd
H. E. Tinsely
White
Hawkins Underhill
Ada
Charley Hooks
Eugene Hooks
Dewey Cooksey
W. J. Ballard
Clyde Ballard
Grady
Grover Ballard
Ted Autery
Harvie
Ted Crager
Jess Green
Naomi Hobgood
Annual Banquet Held at Francis High School
Francis juniors and seniors attended the annual banquet on May 1 in the high school building with Mexican decor and South of the Border foods. Music by Robert and Otto Harris, emcee Kenneth Jones, student speeches, and a farewell address by Superintendent A. G. Henry marked the event. Attendees included A. G. Henry, numerous couples, and students such as Carla Wilson, Thelma West, Pauline Sales, Ray Phillips, and Kenneth Jones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant Brown
Carla Wilson
J. E. Avery
Gladstone Davis
J. I. McCool
Jess Williams
Roy Williams
Thelma West
Thelma Toney
Pauline Sales
Ray Phillips
Marcell Melton
Monroe Martin
Cecil Lilley
Thomas Hogue
Beatrice Driver
Louise Chandler
Charles Auten
Noma Beingha
J. W. Deaton
Geraldine Jones
Kenneth Jones
Lucille McComas
Harold Marler
George Morris
Louise Sales
Wilma Scroggins
Louise West
Trestles Wash Out At Denison Dam
The Red river at Denison dam site rose above 18 feet, washing away both temporary trestles. The upper bridge was lost entirely and about 500 feet of the other trestle were swept away. The trestles were owned by Guy F. Atkinson company, contractor for the eastern embankment and spillway excavation at the $54,000,000 dam project.
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Denison
Tex
Red River
Denison Dam
Guy F. Atkinson
Clyde J. Jones Transacts Business in Ada This Week
Ft. Worth businessman Clyde J. Jones is in Ada this week conducting routine business transactions and meetings with local partners and firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde J. Jones
Ft. Worth
Ada
Senator Thomas Seeks Defense Plant Allocation Fairness
Sen. Thomas of Oklahoma urges full Senate defense investigation into why central western states miss out on defense contracts. He says population loss pushes youths to coastal industries and warns against placing plants near coasts within invasion risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Defense Investigating Committee
Thomas
D-Okla
Dixie Handicap Opens Pimlico Four Golden Racing Days
Handicap performers stole the Spotlight from Whirlaway and other Preakness contenders as Pimlico opened its Dixie Handicap meet with a purse around 20000 dollars.
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Baltimore
Whirlaway
Sarge Must Have Really Celebrated
CAMP BARKELEY Texas May 6 Special It must have been a case of mistaken identity A sergeant in the 45th Division went to town with pay and pleasure Then he woke at dawn to find he had slept in the wrong unit and battery Use News want ads They pay
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Camp Barkeley
Texas
45Th Division
Reveille
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Sherman, Texas
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