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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1934
Page
8
M S Cheney a geologist from Coleman Texas arrived in Ada on Wednesday to attend to business during the week.
Miss Lelia Vaughn of 912 East Main, a student at East Central, suffered facial and neck burns Wednesday afternoon when she opened the door of a gas stove.
Mary Laura Norman daughter of Mr and Mrs Slade Norman of 508 East Thirteenth underwent a tonsillectomy at the Sugg clinic on Wednesday.
Miss Faye Laird, longtime teacher at Seminole, returns home to Ada to spend the summer with her parents, Dr. and Mrs. F. R. Laird, at 131 East Thirteenth.
Mrs. M. A. Bigger has come back to Ada after four years in Huntington Beach California and will live with her daughter Mrs. H. C. Scott at 503 West Seventeenth Ada. She is accompanied from Dallas by granddaughter Mrs. Vivian Bigger who will stay about two weeks.
Friday's Daily Miss Alice Morgan arrives in Ada to enroll at Fast Central for the summer term after teaching the past year in Burkburnett Texas.
Mrs P A Norris Mr and Mrs P A Norris Jr and Miss Opal Morgan plan a weekend trip to Galveston Texas leaving Saturday.
Mrs. Ema Warmack leaves today for Chickasha to visit her parents then heads to Wichita Kansas to spend several days on business affairs.
Miss Cleo Fairchild of Roff visited Ada friends on Sunday. J. B. Harper of Talihina attended to business and called on Ada friends Saturday. Miss Clara Watson enrolled at East Central for the summer session after teaching at Francis. M. F. Bayless returned from Missouri after a week of business and visiting his father. Mr. and Mrs. Carl Fleet of Dallas spend the weekend in Ada with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Simpson returned from Atlanta and were joined by Mrs. S. Boswell and Mrs. Benjamin who had been visiting Memphis and Byrd family.
Miss Jewell Holland and Miss Eva Morris of Roff attended a meeting of the Young People's union of the First Methodist church here Friday evening. Miss Edith Chapman, long-time Phoenix teacher, is due in Ada this weekend to summer with her parents Mr and Mrs A H Chapman. Mr and Mrs Hugh E Elmore announce the birth of a son Bobby George Friday May 25. Kiwanis Inter-Club banquet attendees included W C Smith Ada Kiwanis president Ben Hatcher past president and Mrs Hatcher A R Laves secretary treasurer and Mrs Laves, Mr and Mrs Roy Lollar, Mr and Mrs W H Rankin. Mr Hatcher spoke on the program. Rev J C Curry of the First Methodist offered the invocation.
Miss Fannie Byrd Fuller of 425 West Seventh left Friday afternoon for New York City to vacation with her brother and sister in law Mr and Mrs Hubert Fuller. Mr and Mrs E H Clelland of 324 West Sixteenth held a family reunion last week with C D Clelland and family of Lompoc California Eliza beth Lloyd and Julia of Pernell Oklahoma Betty Jean Gray and Mrs R L Gray of Amarillo Texas A J Cleland and R H Cleland living in Ada were the other sons present. Mrs A W Chaddick of Stonewall visited Ada Saturday. Miss Ima Jean Norvell of Va ness visited Ada Saturday.
Jean Bynum left Saturday for California to spend the summer with her parents after wintering with her grandparents Dr. and Mrs. H. D. Meridith. Prof. O N Lackey, once head of physics at East Central College, now teaches at the State Teachers College in Conway Arkansas, visited Ada today.
Dr. C. C. Morris and his family left after church Sunday for Bruceon Tennessee where Mrs. Morris and children will visit J. P. Anderson. Dr. Morris will travel to Washington D C on business and plans to return late in the week to resume pulpit duties Sunday morning and evening.
Mr and Mrs Earl Norman and family departed Sunday for New York City for a month long visit with relatives.
Mrs. Madeline Larmer of Lubbock Texas arrived in Ada Saturday to spend the summer with her sister Mrs J A Ridling at 120 East Fifteenth and attend Fast Central State Teachers college. Drew Patterson of Allen was a business visitor in Ada Monday.
H. L. Griley and G. W. Morgan of Twin States Oil, who have been based in Ada for a year, returned to Tulsa on Sunday. Mrs. M. L. Griffin and Mrs. Charles T. Bates left for Memphis Tennessee and Corinth Mississippi to visit relatives and friends.
Miss Wilme Davenport Miss Ola Seawell and Mrs Floretta Willoughby left Saturday for Colorado Springs Col where they will spend two weeks vacation confirmed by local society page listing the names and travel plan.
Mrs. A Pollock and her children left today for Broken Bow to spend two weeks with Mrs Pollock's parents, visiting relatives and taking a family vacation break.
Juanita Leeper the daughter of Mr and Mrs Homer Leeper underwent an operation for appendicitis on Tuesday in a local hospital.
Mrs Gladys Watters of Oklahoma City visits the home of Mr and Mrs James Watters at 529 North Highland. Mrs W R Sossamon, confined by an earlier ankle injury, is reported somewhat improved today.
Miss Connie Clark and Mr. Joe Norris wed Tuesday afternoon at 4 in Vanoss home of the bride's parents. Rev. Carlton presided. attendees included relatives and friends, with maid of honor Ida Clark and best man Burris Gaar. Mrs Norris is a East Central State Teachers College graduate. couple plans residence in Vanoss.
Heavy rains in Texas and Georgia awaken boll weevil as farmers begin to curb infestations. Dr S L Thomas notes the emergency in nine years. University of Georgia reports widespread presence and urges prompt control measures amid a damp spring. Oklahoma and others say too early to gauge spread.
Rossi and Codos landed the Joseph Lebrix at Floyd Bennett field after 38 hours 28 minutes aloft covering about 3700 miles from Le Bourget. Authorities and crowd officials escorted them to a hangar for repairs as fuel vented dangerously from the plane. They expressed fatigue and disappointment at not reaching the prize of 66000 dollars offered by the French government for a non stop flight to the Pacific coast.
Rev. Robert Calvin Immotichey 69, a longtime full blood Chickasaw leader and advisor to Govs Johnston and Murray, died today of pneumonia. Funeral set for Wednesday at Yellow Springs Cemetery near Ada. he preached among Chickasaws for 30 years and served in the 1909 Chickasaw legislature. He was known for charity to the poor and sick and used an interpreter when needed.
The interior department announced that refinery crude receipts averaged 2,437,000 barrels daily in April, up 67,000 barrels from March. Foreign crude added 17,000 barrels to the gain while domestic receipts supplied the rest. Daily crude runs averaged 2,452,000 barrels, about 6 percent higher.
The Cooking School introduces Modern Home News to assist wives and mothers with budgeting health and housekeeping. The department will feature recipes diet tips home decorating and homemaking advice from local merchants and the visiting lecturer.
A recipe for caramel dumplings is described with batter and sauce steps. The item notes a New Salem New York bride, Mrs. William J. Smith, who married for the second time and plans to live on her farm.
Members of the Colored Veterans of Industry plan a June 19 Emancipation Day event near the local school for colored children with a free barbecue and candidate speaking. Pete Woods brings 46 cows from S H L ranch Horton county Texas amid chatter and odd comments.
George Gordon a 50 year old plumbing contractor was found stabbed to death in the rubble of a dismantled theater in Sapulpa. He died before aid arrived and was stabbed twice with an ice pick. Mrs Gordon was arrested and held without charges at the county jail after allegedly following him to Tom Bailey’s taxi office during a quarrel.
Jackson Barnett, 92, once called the world’s richest Indian after oil on government lands, died in Los Angeles. The US government had battled his marriages and gifts, including $550,000 to his wife and to the American Baptist Home Mission Society, with a 13 year federal case ending in a marriage nullification and estate control by the Interior Department.
In Washington on May 29, GOP leadership battles remained in the dog fight stage ahead of the national committee meeting in Chicago. Everett Sanders signaled a resignation and a new leader may be chosen, with early sentiment lacking behind any single candidate.
Five young men sped across Oklahoma highways yesterday kidnapping six people and stealing three cars. Three fugitives from Sherman jail slugged a guard and escaped, then were captured in Pawhuska after stopping to repair a tire on the auto. The alleged trio includes George E. Droddy, 19, Pineville Missouri. Adrian Petty, 16, Kilgore Texas. Roy Batts, 21, Sherman.
Oklahoma City May 29 About 500 more school teachers in Oklahoma will go on the federal relief payroll as a result of a ruling from Washington Funds may cover salaries in eligible districts back to February 1 Carl Giles state FERA administrator said he was authorized to pay claims dating from February 1 Previously no claims recognized before February 26 when Giles took charge
Capone, Chicago gangster, loses appeal in New Orleans denying release from the federal penitentiary at Atlanta. The U S circuit court of appeals refused a writ of habeas corpus seeking release on the claim that the income tax evasion offenses were barred by a three year statute of limitations.
Ralph Snyder president of the Wichita Bank for Co operatives said government aid would support farmers in forming cooperative associations to gin cotton sell the seed and market the staple.
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