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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1928
Page
5
Rural Pontotoc county residents attend fairs football games and circuses while families visit Ada Pauls Valley and Oklahoma City. Local meetings church events and gatherings include a 10 night revival and a pie supper set for October 12 with neighbors, teachers, and business people active in community life.
Mrs W W Sharpless of Tishomingo visited at Mrs Geo McKay's home. Eugene Birge and friends toured in Oklahoma City. Mrs Chas Burnett hosted Baptist ladies with refreshments after class. Ira Fish from Oklahoma City visited his parents. Edgar Sallee of St Louis spent Sunday in Stonewall. James K Polk and family traveled via Coalgate to Oklahoma City for the state fair. M M Foreman shopped in Ada. Lois Furlong visiting Ada for school weekend at home with the Furlongs. Geo Burris and Ada friends visited Stonewall weekend.
Busy rural account lists Miss Cleo Nabors visiting Bonita Miller and Sunshine with her brother. Icy Roland and Ester Arnett share meals, while Zelma Glover calls on Ruth Cross. Families travel to Ada, Seminole, and Okmulgee for visits. Local singers praised. invitation to next Sunday night event.
The community reports a pleasant cotton picking spell and pride in Sunday school. Officers elected include F M Woods as superintendent and Eleanor Jervis as secretary with W G Jervis as Bible teacher. The Christian Endeavor drew a large crowd and many guests shared Sunday hospitality.
Sunday dinner at Happy Land was a success with plenty of food and a children’s program. Visitors from Vaness included Carl Soloman and family and Tom Hughes with daughters May and Onie. Austin Deaton preached his first sermon and drew praise for the message to the local youths.
Lavern and Seldon Miller are ill this week. A large Sunday dinner in Pleasant Hill included Jewel Davis and family John Clifford and family and Lottie Tiner. Iva Reeves of Conway stayed with Eva and Bonnie Ray Sunday night. Bonnie Ray Iva Reeves Bob Tippen Eva Ray and Omer Miller attended the Ada circus Thursday night. Iva Reeves attended church at Lula Sunday night. Wilma Scott spent Sunday night with Grandma Woolly. Mrs Ola Betts stayed Saturday with Mrs Ray. Mabel Glover returned from Pauls Valley last week. Sam Newman’s infant ill. Virgil Bryant and wife of Haskell attended Lula church Sunday. No prayer meeting Wednesday due to cotton picking. prayer meeting Sunday noted. Blue Eyes invites all.
A district court jury in Okemah acquits Asa Pendleton of murder in the 1927 shooting death of Claud Ryan, the night watchman in a warehouse robbery. Pendleton’s alibi centered on Oklahoma City testimony that he stayed there Feb 25 to 29 and left for Texas, countering accusers who linked him to the crime.
City commissioners approved five new sewer districts adding more than a mile of mains to the system. With a water line near completion from Byrds Mill, the districts will proceed to bid opening on October 16. Areas include Ebey near Hazel Atlas plant, Arlington addition, Stockton Avenue area, district south of Fourteenth Street, and district west of Johnston Avenue north of Fourth Street.
Ira Rinehart, oil writer for the Daily, notes keen attention on “Alien Field” in Thursday coverage. He highlights exploration activity and potential significance for regional oil production and markets.
Westheimer-Daube No 4 Miller in SWC 9-5n-8e completes fishing and drilling beyond tools at 4039 feet in Sylvan shale. Second Wilcox sand test in Allen pool, near Sinclair No 2 Amos B, with Viola lime depth around 4020 feet. Sinclair reports top of Viola lime found. Westheimer-Daube slightly below. Hollows for Wilcox test opening as operators await Viola lime thinning. Sinclair also finds water in NE NW SW of 18-5n-8e, potential Wilcox test. Operators foresee more Wilcox activity, easing former area harmony over tests.
In McAlester on October 2 jurors were being selected for the murder trial of 23 year old Lee Gibson charged with killing Abbie Jackson. A 30 member venire was ordered after 47 were exhausted and the defense sought continuance and venue change citing local publicity and an alibi witness. The state alleges multiple family killings in Pittsburg County.
Ardmore Oklahoma voters faced a twofold issue as they went to the polls. They weighed a $2 million road plan to add 60 miles of rigid surfaced state highways and the restoration of township government across Carter county. County leaders urged turnout and touted anti graft assurances.
Loren Norris 23 testifies in district court about a conspiracy with Breckenridge bank cashier Walter Pralle to rob the Breckenridge bank four times. Pralle denies Norris story as three Enid bankers defend Pralle’s reputation while Norris faces rebuttal evidence and potential verdict.
Commander Richard E. Byrd sails from Boston on the first leg of his Antarctic expedition. He will depart from San Pedro on the whaler Larsen for New Zealand to meet four expedition ships and push south, aiming to return in July 1930. Byrd thanks supporters including stenographers and Boy Scouts.
The New York Yankees and St. Louis Cardinals meet in a best four of seven series with Miller Huggins managing the Yankees and Bill McKechnie the Cardinals. Games start at 1 30 p m local times with early matchups at Yankee Stadium and later games in St Louis and New York. Postponement plans keep teams in current cities until games are completed.
Ada high school Cougars host Shawnee high school eleven while East Central Tigers travel to face Central Friday in a grim contest. The Tigers, after beating McPherson College 13 to 0 last Friday, prepare for one of the strongest Oklahoma collegiate opponents.
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