This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 25 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1947
Page
7
Multiple civil filings in Pontotoc County Oklahoma include partition and title suits against heirs of Rhoda L Patterson Sophia Huddleston Walter Huddleston and Nettie Chandler with 1947 deadlines to answer and claim unking mineral rights and property interests. Also notices in estate matters Magnolia Ward and Jane Perry Fegan with hearing dates set for probate and will restoration.
Guardian to offer for sale at public auction on June 4, 1947, in Ada Oklahoma two oil and gas leases for Terry Haney minor. Leases cover portions of Section 11 and Section 14 Township 4 North Range 7 East with reserves to the minor, minimum 1/8 royalty, five year terms, and 2,600 feet depth. Sale details set by Pontotoc County County Court.
Plaintiffs F J Lovelace and J G Witherspoon sue to quiet title to real estate in Pontotoc County Oklahoma. Defendants include Jane Perry Fegan Agnes Frazier Joe Black and others with unknown heirs and assigns. Court date to answer is on or before the 12th. land described includes part of Section 14 Township 3 North Range 5 East with a 130/3360 undivided mineral interest. Judgment requested to grant fee simple title to plaintiffs less mineral rights. May 27, 1947. Busby Harrell Trice, Attorneys for Plaintiffs.
County Treasurer Sam Dew announces public sale of county acquired resale tracts in Pontotoc County Oklahoma. Bids listed for Ross City Original parcels Lot numbers with amounts. sale at 9 a.m. at Courthouse. Cash, subject to Board approval. purchaser pays advertising and related costs.
Edna Chapman has applied for letters of administration for the Wilma Norris estate. A hearing will be held at the Pontotoc County Court on June 16, 1947 at 10:00 a.m. to contest or approve the application. Witness dated May 22, 1947.
County Treasurer of Pontotoc County Oklahoma will on June 23, 1947 at 9 a.m. at the Courthouse sell separately described tracts parcels or lots of land all sitting upon each tract.
Alta Brown, a first grade teacher in Garden City schools for 42 years, resigned yesterday. She cited seeing grandchildren of former pupils in her classes as the signal it was time to quit.
State Highway 10 was blocked four hours east of Miami after a loaded gasoline transport overturned and burned. Driver Lee Earnhardt of Joplin, Missouri, escaped unharmed after leaping from the cab as the vehicle tipped. The engine died near a steep hill, and the vehicle slid into a ditch on the roadside.
Ada residents Jack Brumley Bennie Haggard and Escal Myers flew to Dallas Oklahoma City and Kansas City on cross country trips. Lee Presley and others conducted examinations and additional night flights. Student pilot certificates were issued to Obert Bennett Augusta Phifer Paul York James Walker and O L Whiten. Night flights included Ada to Amarillo by Kirk and Hunley.
C. E. Langston a Southeastern State college graduate becomes chief flight instructor at Myers flying field. He has since 1940 logged 4300 flight hours and served four years in the U S Naval Air Corps with 24 months overseas. Langston holds single and multi engine land and sea ratings, instrument and instructors ratings and a Junior C A A Examiners rating.
Seven year old Delores Diaz was found half-naked and malnourished when removed from a trash-filled padlocked chicken coop by state police. Her parents Domingo and Mary Diaz were jailed on felonious assault and neglect charges. Officers said the mother tied the child nightly and locked her away.
A wind driven storm near Milton Delaware lifted a barn 100 feet away and shredded houses and barns. Farmer John Isaacs reports 11,000 chickens lost and 20,000 dollars in damage to his operations. The Stout family escaped serious injury as their home was torn apart above the first floor.
A county traffic court, first of its kind in Oklahoma, began in Tulsa today. It will meet weekly with four common pleas judges rotating on the bench to separate traffic offenders from hardened criminals and allow a focused study of traffic issues. Minimum fines for reckless driving rise from 10 to 25.50 dollars and for drunken driving from 25 to 51.50 dollars.
Prime Minister Clement Attlee defended Bevin's foreign policy at the Labour Party conference in Margate. He said Britain seeks world peace and collaboration with all, denying subservience to any power while backing the United Nations and criticizing private mining neglect. He warned austerity would continue until shortages end.
East Central State College physics teacher Mitchell outlines the atomic energy topic for the Ada Kiwanis club. He notes little is known about processes and that military use is kept under wraps, but the potential is highly unpredictable and raises political and moral concerns.
Enid Oklahoma May 27. Phillips university officials began planning replacement of the administration building destroyed by fire last Saturday. Summer classes will be held at Adams school after the Enid school board offered it. Trustees voted a $500000 campaign in Christian churches of five states during June to rebuild. They approved a $489000 annual budget with 11 percent raise for faculty and staff. J H Everest of Oklahoma City reelected president. Vaults from the ruins showed college records survived. The class of 1947 graduated yesterday.
The passage argues that heraldry uses only rich colors known as tinctures and that any hue mixed with gray dilutes the ideal the color represents.
A concise note explains that love birds are members of a small parrot subgroup characterized by short tails. It highlights their classification within the broader parrot family and mentions their common name.
Indignation over mental hospital conditions prompts review by the recent legislature. Governor reports $3,176,000 for staff salaries and $3,476,575 for buildings and equipment, with doubled overall appropriations and a new mental hygiene law to curb abuse and improve commitment practices.
Oklahoma Governor Turner announces no more out of season road building after finding faulty construction due to inadequate preparation and base specifications. Corrective work will cost about 225000 dollars as soil condition data were lacking when contracts were let.
Konawa residents Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Hale and Mr. and Mrs. D C Amason enjoyed a Sunday picnic and sightseeing. Pop Johnson and R E Prewitt attended a Masonic district meeting in Coalgate on Wednesday night. Mrs. Lawrence Pettis and her Oklahoma City children visited her parents Mr. and Mrs. Jack Shirley.
R. D. Farish attended the postmasters convention in Tulsa over the weekend, staying from Saturday through Sunday to participate in meetings and discussions.
J Sterling Turner of Midwest City former minister of the Church of Christ in Konawa performed the marriage of Malcolm Huddleston and Jo Ann Hostetter at the Konawa Church of Christ.
Mrs. Glen Ott and her children visited her parents Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Wilson along with brothers and families Clyde Wilson and Doyle Wilson. Sisters June Swinson and Virgil McMellant’s family joined the group for a park picnic dinner on Wednesday.
At altitude of 25,000 feet climbers on Mount Everest should lie down for 10 minutes after every six steps. The guidance aims to mitigate extreme thin air effects and prevent exhaustion during ascent.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.