Rural Allen scene features weekend visitors and local activity
Allen and nearby communities host a flurry of weekend visits and travels. Residents from Fort Sill Tulsa Seminole Shawnee Wewoka and Ada converge for family gatherings football games and social events while several locals travel to Norman Dallas and Oklahoma City for games shopping or health visits. Amateur bridge players enjoy a Friday afternoon session and the weekly churchgoing crowd reports several relatives and neighbors visiting or returning home.
Cedar Grove Community Singing Convention Draws Crowd
The county singing convention drew a large crowd with representation from several communities. Miss Sybie Cook of East Central college visited Othaline and Tantha Rainbolt. Mrs. Nettie Chandler hosted a sister-in-law from New York City. Beatrice Baker spent Tuesday night with her sister Mrs Jim Massey of Francis. Juanita Roberts of Ada visited Louise Chandler for the weekend. Rev Marion Caton will preach Saturday night and Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Grove
Sybie Cook
East Central College
Othaline
Tantha Rainbolt
Nettie Chandler
New York City
Beatrice Baker
Jim Massey
Francis
Juanita Roberts
Ada
Louise Chandler
Marion Caton
Picketts Sunday School Draws Notable Attendance
Sunday school at Picketts reported good turnout with a sizable audience for the young people gathering Sunday night. Mrs Edna Bullock is re-
Ladies Club Quilts and Social News in Ada Area
The Lovelady ladies club met at Mrs. Lettia Barton home for a quilting afternoon. Attendees included Mrs. Opal Wiles, Mrs. Christene Martin, Mrs. Bessie Walton, Mrs. Sonia Price, and guest Miss Effie Saunders. Local shopping and visits highlighted involving the Martin and Walton families across Ada and nearby Latta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lovelady
Lettia Barton
Opal Wiles
Christene Martin
Bessie Walton
Sonia Price
Effie Saunders
Ada
W. M. Ross
Alvis Ross
J. C. Martin
Kenneth Martin
Ima Jane Walton
Wanda Walton
Maggie Walton
Nolen Martin
Smith
Ruben Frazier
Horace Looney
Homer
Ionie Martin
Seminole
Local students and visitors fill Lightnin Ridge weekend
Monday enrollment loud for Lightnin Ridge school led by teachers Mr and Mrs Mantooth. Ada visitors Georgia Reed and daughter Barbara joined relatives for Sunday at the Hennigan home. Various local families hosted guests from Pauls Valley Ok City Ponca City and Ada during the weekend. Joe Masser and Loretta Eddings wed Friday to surprise friends and begin a new life together.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lightning Ridge
Mantooth
Georgia Reed
Barbara
Ada
A. Hennigan
Cantrell
Truman Rainer
Rebee
Paul Rodkey
Pauls Valley
Bill McCoy
Oklahoma City
Louis Shook
Cleatis Kelley
Selah Pendleton
Willie Ownbey
Ruby Pruitt
Fort Sill
Jewell Griffith
Ponca City
Eve
Murray
Whitehead
Oklahoma
Joe Masser
Loretta Eddings
Gaar Corner
Helen
Mildred Bunyard
Mrs. Hennigan
Owl Creek Residents and Visitors Share Sunday Gatherings
Pleasant Hill and Conway families visit Sligers, with Ada and Wetumka acquaintances noted. Local youths Jewel Hokett and Noel Cartright win a Kansas City trip for 4-H club work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owl Creek
Dan Sliger
Pleasant Hill
Ray Sliger
C. M. Sliger
Reece Scott
Gentry Hatton
Wetumka
Claude Bailey
Fisher
Jack Laffoon
Dannie Rose
Susie Lowe
Nickels
Con- Way
Wielman
Ada
Jewel Hokett
Noel Cartright
Kansas City
Hall's Hill School Opens Amid Low Attendance
Hall's Hill School opened Monday November 4 with several absentees on day one. Bro Cottrell led services at the place Friday and Saturday and the church was well attended Sunday.
Community News Highlights and Local Weddings
The village notes many visitors from nearby areas and warm welcomes at the B Y P U. Mr and Mrs W D Rose and Mr Misenheimer visited Geo E Nickell of Citra. Hugh Wood and Edna Jamar wed Friday night. Various families shared visits and church events as residents urged attendance to Bro Shields appointment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winford Myers
Fort
Hughes
Bill Hughes
John Wyatt
Dude Hinkle
Joe Hilton
Bro. Shields
Colbert School Opens Amid Some Absences and Social News
Report from Colbert notes students missing work delays. A Wednesday party drew many attendees with Ida Mae Dismukes winning first prize and George Dismukes second. Thelma Logan and Bob Carter visited Balzora Balthrop, while three visitors from Pickett joined Sunday singing. Additional items mention visits among locals and a short homecoming update.
Ladies Club Meets for Quilting at Ballard Home
The ladies club gathered at Mrs. Bill Ballard’s home with 22 members and 11 visitors for a quilting evening on Tuesday October 29. The group planned to meet again November 26 at Mrs. Marvin Wood’s home. Mrs. Drue Hughes and her son C A visited her husband in Oklahoma City on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aley
Bill Ballard
Marvin Wood
Drue Hughes
C. A
Oklahoma City
Stay Out of 4-H Preserves Urged
STILLWATER November 6 An appeal to Oklahoma hunters to stay out of 4 H club wildlife restoration areas was made by C F Sanborn chair of the state wildlife conservation federation and professor at Oklahoma A and M College He said 4 H members have set up small wildlife projects statewide and hunters report trouble due to thoughtless acts He urged hunters to respect farmers land and not disrupt any conservation plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stillwater
Oklahoma
C. F. Sanborn
State Wildlife Conservation Federation
Oklahoma A and M. College
Sanborn
Buried Eggs Hatch By Sun In Australian Mounds
Two Australian birds the brush turkey and the mallee fowl incubate their eggs by burying them in large mounds. The sun and decaying vegetable matter warm the nests, causing the eggs to hatch in a reptilian like fashion.
Oklahoma professor ordered to naval aviation duty
Norman, Nov. 4. C. N. Paxton, associate professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Oklahoma, has been notified he will be ordered to active duty in naval aviation before January 1. He holds a commission in the naval reserve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman
C. N. Paxton
University of Oklahoma
Naval Aviation
Naval Reserve
Weather Observatories Run By U S Weather Bureau
Weather observers number about 6000 stations nationwide under the U S Weather Bureau which spends around five million dollars yearly on weather observations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Weather Bureau
Largest Pipe Collection Descendants of the Church Family
Descendants of the Church family noted as pioneers in clay pipe manufacture in Engani claim to house the world’s largest smoking pipe collection. The exhibit highlights historic pipes and the family’s long involvement in pipe making.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church
Engani
Notice in the County Court for Billy Osborn minor
W B Osborn guardian has filed final account for Billy Osborn minor and asks discharge. The court sets November 28, 1940 at 10am in Ada for settlement. any interested party may appear to show cause why the account should not be approved and the guardian discharged. Dated November 6, 1940. (SEAL) HOYT DRISKILL, County Judge. 11-7-3tw
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
Hoyt Driskill
Notice to Sell County Property at Resale
Notice that Sam Dew county treasurer will auction parcels in Pontotoc County Oklahoma on November 25 1940 at 9 a m in the courthouse. Each tract has a separate bid and sale is cash with board approval. The ad includes additional tax sale details and a second notice of a mortgage foreclosure sale by sheriff Clyde Kaiser in Ada Oklahoma to satisfy a $4 866 42 judgment plus interest and costs, with sale December 2 1940 at 10 a m at the Ada courthouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ay Sam Dew
Pontotoc County
Oklahoma
N. S. Olivo
Board of County Commissioners
Sam Dew
District Court
Federal National Bank of
Shawnee
D. F. Crist
Myrtle Crist
Ada
Clyde Kaiser
W. M. Hughes
Allen
Virgil Dobbs
Sonnie Cawell Jackson
State of
Lonnie Cawell Jackson
Della Bedford
F. Robinson
Ernest Crabtree
State of Oklahoma
Patricia Haney
Carrie M. Walker
Pontotoc
Minor
Tishomingo
Johnston County
Towit
J. Jones
Daggs
Notice of public sale of parcels in Commercial Addition Allen
Notice states sales begin 9 a m at courthouse for parcels in Commercial Addition Allen Lots 1 to 4 Block 5 with bids listed, including Virgil Dobbs bidding 25 dollars. Sales depend on higher bids and cash terms, subject to County Commissioners approval. Ada News Classified Ads 10-31-31.
Third Term Question Shaken by Roosevelt Victory 1940
The 1940 election ends the long standing third term debate as Franklin D Roosevelt wins a decisive victory. The result marks a historic test of the tradition of serving no more than two terms. Roosevelt says his third term will be his last.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Franklin Defiano Roosevelt
Cleveland
Ohio
White House
Jefferson
Madison
Monroe
Jackson
Grant
Wilson
Theodore Roosevelt
Coolidge
William Howard Taft
McKinley
Ulysss S. Grant
James A. Garfield
Notice to Creditors for D F Fleet Deceased Ada Oklahoma
Creditors of D F Fleet also Daniel F Fleet must file claims with vouchers to co executors Hazel T Fleet and Howard W Fleet at Room 206 American Building Ada Pontotoc County Oklahoma within four months from October 21. If not, claims will be forever barred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. F. Fleet
Daniel F. Fleet
D F. Fleet
Hazel T. Fleet
Howard W. Fleet
American Building
Ada
Pontotoc County
Oklahoma
Ada Area News Roundup Of Local Visits And Travels
Mrs Paul Carter of Indiana polis Indiana is visiting Mrs Margaret Phillips and Mrs I Hinshaw in Ada. Mr and Mrs Bill Harris return to Hays Kansas after visiting Mr and Mrs G C Harris and Mr and Mrs Walter Brooks in Ada. Mrs S H Rodgers of Olney shopped in Ada Tuesday. Mr and Mrs David Butts and children Kenneth and David visited Mrs Butts parents in Paden. Mrs Earl Yates and daughter Sara Sue returned to Dallas after visiting Ruth King and kin in Ada. Mr Yates accompanied them home. Hubert Maness of Byars visited Ada Tuesday. Mr and Mrs Jerry Mote returned from Joplin Missouri. Walter L Phillips of Walnut Park California arrived for extended visit with father T G Phillips of Stonewall. the latter recently injured falling from a horse but improving. Mr and Mrs C C Buxton of 939 East Seventh Street returned from Oklahoma City. Miss Cora Faye Brooks visited Oklahoma City Tuesday. E H Moore transacted business Lawton Tuesday and Wednesday. Moss Wimbish of Norman visited Ada Tuesday. Miss Wanda Brumley left for Stillwater where she is employed.
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Allen
Otho Butler
Elmor Carruth
Doyle Triplett
Lorell Martin
Herman Bonds
Porter Houston
Fort Sill
Floyd Martin
Tulsa
George Watson
Arvie Bryant
Seminole
Texas
J. H. Bryant
Ira
Anne Reed
Bessie Brown
Jessel Bonds
CCC
Purcell
R. N. Cummings
Ray Cummings
Kenneth Ray
Ada
J. C. Cummings
Floyd Madere
Naomi
McAlester
Alice Compton
A. C. Compton
Joe E. Moncrief
Stonewall
O. F. Johnston
M. H. Stephens
Grady Miller
Norman
Haskell Jones
Lloyd Burkes
Arthur Brown
Ruth Sales
Buck Gilmore
Bryan Gillum
Edward Brumfield
Lillian Flatt
A. L. Castleman
Anna Lou
Riley Cozad
W. A. Smith
Ozell Smith
J. M. Jenkins
S. L. Wadley
Palmer
Wadley
Greenville
Sybie Sims
Correne
Bobby Ruth Douglas
Chester Mitchell
Elbert Sorrow
Walton
Bill Justice
Fort Sil] Sundey
Tom Bell
Clarence Miller
A. J. Perkus
Universal Oil Products Co
Chicago
A. W. Passmore
Kansas
Joe Passmore
Cheyenne
Wyoming
O. W. Cole
Nocona
Anne Hampton
James Bland
Barbara
Clarence Ston
Valley View Hospital
George Kidwell
Marie Cole
Marie
Oklahoma City
Ted Gelbert
Dallas
Myron Gilbert
James M. Kyle
C. C. Atterbury
Texarkana
Arkansas
W. D. Barnes
W. D. Jr
Barnes Tailor Co
G. E. Branscoime
J. A. Kyle
Irene Kyle
Wewoka
E. L. Kyle
Frank Gaines Jr
Carlsbad
New Mexico
Sam Pile
Pile
Mead
France
Jones
Minton
Durham
Lee
Burkes
Tipton
Lancaster
Morris
Gilbert
L. A. Phillips
Frances Lee
Bill Harris
Hays
G. C. Harris
Walter Brooks
Earl Yates
Sara Sue
Walter L. Phillips
Walnut Park
California
T G. Phillips
Mrs Farrimond Visits Friends and Shops in Coal Gate
Mrs. Jim Farrimond of Coal gate visited friends and shopped. Mrs. J. P. Mooman and her little son Jimmie returned Tuesday from Carnegie, where they had been visiting relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. P. Mooman
Jimmie
Carnegie
Stratford visitor C A Burris and Ada shoppers
C A Burris of Stratford was a business visitor in this city Tuesday. Mrs. Fannie Davis of Sulphur visited friends and shopped in Ada Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. Burris
Stratford
Fannie Davis
Ada
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Oscar Southerland
Bullock
Jewel
Jean Southerland
Opal
Lenora Vanzant
Hickory
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Buddy Roberts
Georgia Thurman
Arley Goodson
Southerland
B. F. Fowler
Haywood
Anna Marie
Fitzhugh
Blanch Montgomery
Bill Lowe
Hollywood
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Danube
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Russia
Galatz
Philippine
Europe
Dewey
W. D. Rose
Misenheimer
Rose
Geo. E. Nickell
Citra
Ollie Whisenhunt
Miss Georgia
Jessie Curlee
Nix
Panther Creek
Lill Lillard
Lula
Luella Teel
Jenelle Rose
Belpha Nix
Oscar Weldon
The
Bank of Commerce of
McLoud
Ada News
Bettie Jackson
Plaintife
Guardian
Home Owners’ Loan Corporation
Opal Jones
CJ. Jones
Ponder
C. J. Jones
Local
Building and Loan Association of
Federal Savings and Loan Association of
Warren B. Rice
Ada, Oklahoma
Atty
Torpedo Terriers
English Channel
England
Royal Navy
French
Paul Carter
Indianapolis, Indiana
Margaret Phillips
Hinshaw
Carter
Phillis
S. H. Rodgers of
Olney
David Butts
Kenneth
David
Paden
Hubert Maness of
Byars
Jerry Mote
Joplin, Missouri
C. C. Buxton
East Seventh Street
Cora Faye Brooks
East Fifteenth Street
E. H. Moore
Lawton
Wednesay
Mrs. Moss Wimbish
Wanda Brumley
Jim Farrimond
Coalgate
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