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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1949
Page
7
Official notice text indicates a case in Orland County Court with named defendant Gladys T. Corey and others. Filing appears to involve state authority and property or civil action. Details unreadable due to OCR errors but assigns a court action with parties listed.
A dated notice from an unidentified court or legal authority lists defendants and parties including Coley and others. It describes a case involving a land description in Union County and a petition to be answered by a deadline in June. The document contains archaic legal phrasing, numerous misreadings, and many garbled names.
Fragmentary OCR text appears to be a legal notice or property description with numerous garbled words and scattered proper nouns. Readable entities include geographic hints, personal names, and a long series of seemingly unrelated fragments, limiting coherent summary.
The county eighth grade graduation is moved to Saturday May 21 per the county superintendent Normen C. Mitchell. The annual program will be held in the auditorium of Ada Junior High School with arrangements continuing as announced.
The State of Oklahoma requires unknown heirs and claimants of Rebecca Garland now Taylor deceased to appear by publication in Parker County court. The petition seeks partition and sale of undivided interests in real estate in Pontotow County Oklahoma near the Northeast Quarter of section described. The defendants, including heirs and assigns such as Susie Wow Living or Adademms and others, must respond by the specified date or the court will proceed. The notice includes seal and confirms the date May 1 with Clerk Della Sedford.
William Davis of 224 East Third was treated at Vale View hospital after a Tuesday night accident on North Oak. He remained unconscious for a period, but hospital authorities later deemed his injuries less severe than feared and he was released Wednesday.
The State of Oklahoma through public notice names Polly Watters heirs and Patsy Richardson heirs as unknowns in a deed quieting action filed in Pontotoc County District Court. The petition seeks to establish the plaintiff Phillip Busby as owner of clear title to 20 acres in Township North, Range 6, Pontotoc and to remove all defendants from any claim to the land. The notice directs defendants to answer on or before June 7.
Oklahoma City May H the five man investigating committee reported to the House that Warden C P Burford generally merited commendation for handling the state penitentiary at McAlester but recommended removals for two guards and a dog handler. The panel urged discontinuing prison made goods sales to staff and noted Burford limited rambling inside the prison and kept canteen purchases to weekly 2 dollar coupons.
Hayes School sixth graders stage Mountain Music comedy Friday at 8 PM in the auditorium. Miss Ruth Mager directs a musical filled with singing and dancing for an hour. small admission goes to fund next year’s junior high gift. Marigold chapter meeting moved to Mrs Hess home. gathering Friday at 2 PM.
Oklahoma City May 11 UpA reports bond action and school appropriation tied to Gov. Roy J. Turner as he pushes a 34 million bond issue repackaged for a September vote while legislators trim emergency funding. Petitions for repealing prohibition mount with 212000 signatures presented to Secretary of State Cartwright and a November 1950 election possible. Analysts note August or September votes likely.
Glen Caltins Charles Carmack and Ide Faye Swinney won the top posts in a tense college election with Carmack taking vice president and Swinney secretary treasurer. The tally showed 499 to 262 for president, 446 to 189 for vice president, and 304 to 360 for secretary treasurer. Two constitutional amendments passed, including one barring candidates with over 100 hours of registrar credit and another authorizing a Student Honor Court. Officers take office in September.
Corton-Minchin argues that isolationism is largely over in the postwar world, noting American and British attitudes while criticizing communism as a major threat. He says many Britons are, in effect, solutionists, yet western Europe must hold its own in the cold war and avoid retreat.
Out of town members and guests attended a gathering listing Myrtle Hodges Bromaugh Tris Wieh Ethel Smith Lenora Jnki ngton Mollie iohnston and Ruth Ann Chamberlain with visitors Della Bedford Alma Watkins Fay Clarke Ruth Lord and Betty Hughes Nolen among others.
In Batavia Java reports say communists number about 30 000 in the Indies and are profiting amid conflict. Dutch military actions push communists to fight with republicans against the Dutch while authorities warn of agitation and guerrilla activity among the population.
Memorial services will be held Saturday at 9 am at St Joseph Church for Lene Ghan, 23, who died recently in a boating incident off Waikiki beach, Hawaii. A high Mass of Requiem will be offered by Father Castello followed by the usual funeral blessing. Survivors include Mrs Evelyn Braselton, Mrs Nellayes of fastings, Mary Braselton of Philadelphia, and aheahthey John Braselton of Philadelphia.
Fragmented garbled account describes the lifting of the siege on Berlin with air corridors reopening. Supplies and passengers pour into the western sector while Soviet and Western tensions ease. Western aid aircraft resume food and fuel deliveries, signaling a shift toward postwar recovery and the end of the blocking standstill.
The readable text is garbled with fragments about a public notice, names, and items like advertisements and merchants. It mentions a cig merchant and public service terms, but most content is indecipherable.
The readable fragments reference a meteorological or utility related notice with mentions of a meeting and authorities. Names and places are unclear due to garbled text but imply a formal public action or election context. The legible items suggest an official notice about scheduling or proceedings without clear detail.
David F. Russell Route 3 Ada was found dead of a heart attack Wednesday morning after slipping in his yard. Survived by widow Maude and four daughters Louise Morrill Jean Dillon and two others, plus three brothers. Funeral and further details were not included.
Acton May. The House veterans today approved a modified pension bill adding allowances for wounded and disabled veterans. The measure would expand benefits over the next 80 vet years, affecting retirees aged 65 and over, amid sharp opposition from Rankin.
Camp Fire Girls begin a cookie sale to raise funds for the Camp Fire National Building Fund. Volunteers tout a "Cookie Carnival" with park pin banners and a citywide push. Proceeds support headquarters in New York as school officials note bond votes totaling 200,000 were approved for building projects.
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