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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1936
Page
4
A columnist argues scholarships should reward effort, not ease, and contrasts this with calls for wider student funding. The piece surveys voter participation by women, liberal labels, missionary reach, crow culling, munition profits, and political shifts, ending with praise for Dr. E E Scholl leading the A and M college extension division in Oklahoma.
Bottom hole pressure in the Fitts pool fell to 1335.24 pounds on May 2 from 1356.54 on April 2 as 50 plus wells were tested. Zone specific declines accompanied production totals. Magnolia office moved from Ada to Stonewall and several wells show varied potentials across Hunton and Wilcox sands with new completions and acidizing.
Oil field activity rises as Cromwell sand tests start near Ada Oklahoma with Crosbie No. 2 McKay drilling 2 470 feet immersion and awaiting kick off. Nearby Wells in Hunton Upper Simpson Wilcox formations show promising returns as operators plan washing and testing after initial flows. Potential producers Magnolia 7 Simpson and Blackstock 2 Daniels push the pool toward new output.
J. E. Crosbie Inc tested Cromwell sand at the No. 2 Mc Kay well in the SW NE NE of 28-2-7 after a weekend wash. The Cromwell reached 1 470 feet and drilled about 118 feet further before attempting completion. The test holds significance for future production decisions.
In Chicago a 60 year old bartender William Rekow stepped out for canned tomatoes after a passerby named Charlie claimed he needed them. On return the man and $25 from the till had vanished and Rekow later hanged himself in his basement.
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