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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1973
Page
3
Legal notices detail multiple district court actions in Pontotoc County Oklahoma. Notices include heirs and defendants for Starr Luke estate and Pearlie May West trust, deadlines for answering petitions, and instructions for creditors and executors with names such as Carl Stewart Linda Knickmeyer Lloyd Rose and Elsie Fleming. Horse shows and competitions referenced as unrelated item.
Public notices detail private real estate sale of Pearl and Oscar Coffman estates in Allen and scheduling for Oct 22 1973 at Farmers State Bank. Also Hempstead and Tinsley heirs warned for court actions in Pontotoc County with October 1973 hearings and executrix filings for David Cook estate.
Public legal notice in Ada Oklahoma announces ancillary probate for the will of William Leonard Horbury deceased. John W Swinford Jr petitions for administration with will annexed. hearing set October 20 1973 at 1 00 PM in District Court Ada. Frances Rhoads files affidavit of mailing to heirs and devisees.
Notice to creditors to present claims against Pat Murphy Wheeler deceased. Executrix Nadine M. Wheeler requests vouchers be sent to Lambert Roberts Jaques Ada Oklahoma within two months of first publication. Case filed October 17, 1973.
The Ada Industrial Development Corporation sues the heirs and assigns of W E Watson, Joe Watson, Lula Watson, and Ruben Watson in Pontotoc County Oklahoma seeking a judgment that they own the property described as part of Lot 4 Block 62 Original Townsite Ada. The suit also seeks determination of death and heirship and partition of surface rights in the described real estate with notice to all heirs and assigns.
Jerry Holter of Clam Lake Wisconsin makes hand carved figures from white pine for his crossroads country store and museum. He attributes revival interest to nostalgia for a simpler age and notes Indians approve of his carvings. His pieces range from 600 to 5000 dollars.
An annual homecoming event at the University of Slagnamay will revive Indian traditions on October 20 at the North Base in Norman. Festivities start at 5:00 with an Indian supper, followed by gourd dancing and a pow wow. Sponsors American Indian Association and Sequoyah Indian Club organize the event to help Indians at the university retain their identity. Emcees are Sammy White and Wallace Coffee with Evans Ray Sapandoodle as head singer. Head dancers are Linda Big Soldier and Laurence Murrie. Public invited.
Icelandic scholar Jokull Jakobsson, 40, studying in Istanbul for three months, proposes that Viking hero Tyrkdr may be Turk and that Vikings reached Asia Minor during their wanderings. The claim links Norse and Turkic heritage amid speculative research in Turkey.
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