Red Cross chapter origins tied to Ada leader Mrs Snead
A partial Ada Red Cross history centers on Mrs. Orville Snead who died March 27 1933 after brain tumor surgery in Baltimore. A memorial by the American Legion Auxiliary honors her for Red Cross work as the Ada chapter formed in 1917 with local residents like E D Gillett M C Wilson and others contributing to the cause.
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Pontotoc County
The
American Red Cross
Orville Snead
Baltimore
Maryland
American Legion Auxiliary
College Auditorium
Snead
Robert Wimbish
Mra
M. F. Manville
Tom Hope
E. D. Gillett
George Frierson
C. E. B. Cutler
M. Levin
P. A. Norris
J. M. Wintersmith
Ralph R. Cain
Cc. H. Rives
R. W. Simpson
W. C. Duncan
Cutler
Wilson
Ada
Red Cross
Franklin Davis
Thomas Carey
Pleasant Hill Community Social News Recap
A sequence of short notes from Pleasant Hill reports weekend visits in Ada and nearby towns. People attended dances and shows, visited relatives, shopped, hosted guests, and planned church services. Local families including the Laughlins, McNeals, and Carneys are highlighted with routine visits and gatherings.
Drunkenness Defined by Florida Legislature Amendment
In Tallahassee on May 25 the lower house adopted a couplet as the official drunk definition. The verse stated a man is not drunk if he can rise and drink again, but is drunk if he cannot drink or rise. The lines were added as an amendment to a bill banning drunkenness by voluntary liquor or narcotics use. After criticism from the bill’s author, the amendment was stricken.
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Tallahassee
Fila
Florida
Spinach Leaves in Same Category as Banana Skins Suit Filed
Mrs Marguerite Bennett files suit in Wyandotte county district court claiming spinach leaves are classified with banana skins in a consumer dispute. The action seeks relief over plant product labeling and related damages.
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Kansas City
Kan
Wyandotte County
Marguerite Bennett
Ste
Woman Sues Chain Grocery Over Spinach Slip
A plaintiff seeks 3000 dollars in damages from a grocery chain alleging she slipped on stray spinach leaves in front of a store, resulting in injuries.
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Nographer
Robbers Escape With $30 After Odesty Incident
In Muskogee the two filling station robbers fled with $30 after forcing attendants to undress. They dumped the clothing in the street and drove off as passersby recovered the attendants' garments.
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Odesty Muskogee
City council hears complaint about aggressive cyclists
Dallas resident S. D. Murray appeared before the city council to complain of long evening walks being menaced by hordes of wild cyclists who knock him down and frighten him. The council promised to take the matter under advisement.
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Dallas
Tex
S. D. Murray
New York Man Finds Cache of Dynamite Under Lake Mohegan Home
Joseph de Luca in New York was startled when his pick struck one of 24 dynamite sticks cached beneath a pile driven home at Lake Mohegan. He held his breath in horror as nothing exploded. Police seek the person who planted the explosives.
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New York
Joseph de Luca
Lake Mohegan
Community Notes from Steedman and Ada Social Visit Roundup
Miss Clara Lillard called in the Williamson home Thursday. Mrs. Dorothy Cochran of Black Rock visited her parents in this place. Several called at Sam Parker's home Wednesday night and Sunday. Folks from Ada visited Henry and Colbert. Attendants at Steedman singing included Gene and J B Blackburn Lula Riddle L Z Riddle Ralph Riddle Leo McNeal A J McNeal Kenneth McNeal Pat Toby Chester Williamson and Pear Barnes. Mrs. Loyd Williams stayed with her mother Mrs Reed of Steedman Thursday night. Pear Barnes was in Ada on business Saturday. The birthday party hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Carl Riddle Saturday night drew a large crowd.
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Stonewall
Brown McKoy
Marjorie Jo
Oklahoma City
McKoy
Charley Scrivner
Mr. McKoy
George McKoy
A. E. Harrell
Jacqueline
Henryetta
Harrell
George Garrett
D. B. Grace
Johnny
Durant
Grace
Kaiser
Buster Jennings
Ada
David Thomas
Arkansas City
Kansas
Wayne Truitt
Edd Sallee
Jim Barnes
Clyde, Lillard
Turner Gibson
Furman Gibson
Ben Crockett
Robert
Texas
Jim Slocum
Truitt
Ora Morris
Pue” Hatcher
Chickasha
Hatcher
Jim Hatcher
Brown McKay
Edgar Harper
Atoka
A. A. Taylor
Green
Church of the Nazarene
Konawa
Walter Pike
Mountain View
Burch Case
Jack McKay
T Leonard Young
Estel Henson
Frank Tate
Man Elmore
City
C. A. Acker
Gene
I. W. Holloway
Ailleene Rives
East Central State Teachers College
Ethel Rives
Elma
Lewis Richardson
Tupelo
Mae Taylor
Edwar Harper
Raymond Brown
Sapulpa
Burgess Steed
Owt Creek
McDougal
May Anderson
Ft. Worth
Scott
A. B. Scott
D. Pendergraft
Ruby Couch
Azalea Odom
Earnest Pipes
Roff
Levi Cupps
Woodrow Horton
Buck Scott
Hokett
Alvin Henry
Miss Beulah Hatton
Couch
Mrs. Rag
Sunshine Prayer Meeting
Pitt
Whitstone
Vance Minor
Elmo Minor
Tom Nabors
Joe Belt
J. B.racer
Elmer
Venita Conner
Majors
Marrine Farmer
Nora
Susie Owens
Homa Myrick
Pebble
Mable Nabors
Lewis Nabors
Trud Shahan
Harvie Creager
Claude Hewett
Preston Lovett
Luther Burrows
Frank
Raymond Owens
Henry Cooksey
Hookey Timmons
Laxton
Minor
Riley
Trnce Crisp
Ruby Kirkes
East Central
Myrick
Vergil
Verna Eager
O. W. Crass
Rob
Jack Nabors
May Davis
Sunshine
Missionary Baptist Church
East Hill
Roff, Dan
Mr. Fuller
Joe Riley
Rebee
Theheelock
Elsie Glover
Foy Wood
Johnnie Bedwell
Wanda Hisan
Violet Belcher
Jewell
Ada Jean Creech
Fannie Jeter
Oscar Dryden
Virgie Boatright
Mable Dryden
Bill Reed
Frank Reed
Rocky Chapel
Roxie Carson
Bynes
Roy McGalliard
Robert Hisan
Pearl Anderson
Near Jesse
A. J. McNeal
Sherwood
Grandpa Wallace
Sam Parker
Charlie Riddle
Arlitha Williamson
Jim Laughlin
Delia Little
Steedman
Ruby Allison
Conway
Smyres
Gene Blackburn
Clara Lillard
Sam Zearley
Mary Kerr
High Hill
Williamson
Dorothy Cochran
Black Rock
Davis
Henry
Mr. Colbert
J. B. Blackburn
Lula
L. Z
Ralph Riddle
Leo
A. J
Kenneth McNeal
Pat Toby
Chester Williamson
Pear Barnes
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NTY Red Cross
Farnest Austell
Ben Young
Gazebo
Pug Hatcher
Truman Jackson
Aldridge
Buck Owens
Marshall Matlock
Matlock
T. W. Stratton
Joy Clark
Walter Clark
Coalgate
Doris’ Fisher
W. S. Furlong
Tennie Correll
Pauline
Charley Sawyers
Pete Harp
Shawnee
Harp
Edna Mae Peters
Fred Upton
Clarence Billings
Lorrie
Betty Katherine
Bob Garvin
Other Gray
Sheriff Kaiser
Collins
Barbara
Roy Lollar
Joy C. Corbin
Roy Young
Eugene Hatcher
Sallee
W. H. Letteer
Wesley Chaddock
Orpha Human
Central State Teachers College
Mrs. Brown McKoy
Manwell
D. Brecheen
J. S. Isaacs
Laura Isaacs
Oral Dunn
Norma Jean
Ollie Summers
James Isaacs
Joe
J. D. Isaacs
W. C. Norman
Madress
Pauline Hull
H. L. Norman
Leonard Holloway
Lenven
Marlin
Norman
Alfred Summers
Dorothy
Alvin Summers
Emmitt Licht
C. Laster
Vanette
Grady Bailey
C. A. Barnett
Sue Bell
Cordelia Melott
Ruth Soward
Delia Watts
Harvey Tyree
Joe Edward Isaacs
Allene Isaacs
Lewis Melott
Thelma
Joseph
Harvey Eslick
Darriel Watts
Florence Zumbro
Stellar Mackey
Claude Huckaby
Conzie Cowzar
Liza Brecheen
Frank Kiersey
Burnl Stark
Kenneth
George McLain
Pleasant Hill
Annie Mae Hobbs
Jared
Alma Lee Laughlin
Arthur Williamson
Happyland
Georgia Jones
Denny
Scott Jones
Bernice Anderson
Cleo Pearson
Pauline Laughlin
Besse Wilson
Delena Carney
Anna Ruth
Sasakwa
Carlos Laughlin
Millard Anderson
Scott Wilson
Besse
Mary Wilson
Ava Flowers
Mrs. Hoover
Union Valley
Gertie
Harold Laughlin
Leon
Wilma Ruth Anderson
Eloise
Norma Lamb
Miskel Lamb
Charley Laughlin
Willard Anderson
Derena Carney
Hirshel Anderson
George New
New Lima
Tom Richardson
Lorene Laughlin
Bernice Ander
Son
Dan Richardson
Zora Daniels
George Robbins
Zella Lamb
Richardson
Joe Graham
Colbert
Pany
DAL
Krack
Eure RO
Aare
Ceca Tages
Penney’s
Big Mac
Adona”’ Silk
Silk
Cool Duck
Zee
Eceshell
Chambray
Penimaid
J. C. Penney
West Main
Oklahoma
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