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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1950
Page
3
Cal Tinney muses on men and their billfolds, detailing what they carry from old receipts to photo keepsakes, driver licenses, club cards, and forgotten pills. The humor contrasts women’s purse logic with a man’s billfold burden and the ritual of cleaning it out. Lake Geneva and hydrofluoric acid note end the column.
Ada Municipal Airport will open a new administration building and expand services. Clarence Rawls reports national talks on radio contact with Central Airlines flights and enhanced search and rescue facilities for civil airports.
Robert Rose, 40, pleads innocent to assault with intent to kill and theft of a professor’s car in Norman Oklahoma. Bond set at 5000 for assault and 2000 for auto theft. Professor Edwin Deberr injured by a tire tool. attacker named Hoge, Rose captured in Union Missouri. Debarr reported in good condition.
Allen band in new uniforms provided entertainment at a Murray meet when Johnston Murray Democratic nominee for governor spoke in Ada. The band was joined by many Allen residents.
Funeral services for J. 4. (Jeff) Scott were held at the Baptist church in Roff with Rev. Bob Chambers officiating. Burial followed at East Hill cemetery. Scott, born in Elmore City in 1868, moved to Roff at 18, married Lorene Bradford in 1914 and had two daughters Leona Spears and Le Verne Trobaugh, plus five grandchildren and siblings. He worked as a painter and paper hanger. died in his sleep after years of poor health. Pallbearers included nephews from Ada and Oklahoma City. music by the high school quartet. Criswell Funeral Home handled arrangements.
Ada reports rising interest in the general election with turnout expectations for governor Jo Ferguson and U S senator Bill Alexander. Absentee ballots available for those away on election day. Mike Monroney will close campaign with a speech in Ada on Wednesday evening Oct 25. The Johnston Murray campaign held Ada as a temporary capital with many party members watching events.
London reporting Britain ends its largest postwar air games, a demonstration of western power and defense against atom attack. Fourteen Britons died in weekend plane collisions, while two Belgian pilots are missing and believed dead. U.S. B 50 bombers and F 84 jets joined 24 Dutch Belgian Norwegian and Danish squadrons in simulated atomic attacks and interception drills.
Seventy five Ada residents joined a nationwide Prudential birthday observance marking the 75th anniversary with a Ada luncheon at the Silver Dollar Club. Attendees included district manager Don Overton and staff from Shawnee Durant Ardmore and Lawton, plus clerks and office staff. For the first time the entire Prudential network held a simultaneous celebration with birthday cakes at each event.
Ada features a packed calendar with baseball at Hereford Park this afternoon and an Ada All-stars vs barnstorming majors game. Community Chest drive starts in October with events including Oct 12 Red Rose Norris, Oct 20 Ada high versus Seminole, and Oct 21 parade at East Cantera. Oct 18 geology visit with OU, Oct 23 Rotary citizenship town meeting, Oct 7 cooperative annual meeting at 1 pm, Oct 26 Odd Fellows visit by new Grand Master De Laughter, Oct 28 sewer bids, Oct 27 Chickasaw meeting and registration for Nov 7 ends, plus Ada high plays Henryetta and other games.
Mrs. J. H. Stephens of Vanoss and leader of the Vaness home demonstration club travels to Biloxi Mississippi for a National Home Demonstration meeting. County council helps cover expenses as the group plans tours of Mississippi Louisiana and a gulf boat trip with Ada as their return stop.
Lt John H. Klein Jr, son of Mr and Mrs John W Klein of Ada, received a top commendation from Gen W N Burke commanding general of the 24th Infantry in Korea. The letter, dated September 26, recommends promotion to first lieutenant and highlights his combat leadership as a tank unit commander.
In Guymon Oklahoma coroner investigates Roy Wiggins a 28 year old bartender found dead from gunshot wounds yesterday around noon in the tavern back room where he worked. The coroner’s verdict leans toward accidental or self inflicted causes with alcohol mentioned as a potential contributing factor.
Statewide heat wave continues with Oklahoma City reaching 99 degrees just shy of the 1938 record. Weather officials warn the warm pattern will persist with 90s nationwide and higher temperatures expected tomorrow across the state.
Oklahoma youths win top honors as the American Royal Livestock show opens its 52nd year in Kansas City. Richard Dreessen Guthrie wins grand champion steer Vandy in junior Livestock with 865 pounds. Carl Hartwig Alva, 13, takes reserve with 1100-pound Short Horn. Miss Mary Ellen Ash Muskogee chosen American Royal queen. About 175000 attend the Royal parade while FFA and 4-H placings are announced across light and heavy Angus and Hereford divisions.
John J. Raskob a noted 1930s political figure and automobile installment plan pioneer died at his Centerville Maryland estate yesterday. A requiem mass is set for 11 a m Wednesday if his wife Helena S Raskob arrives from Arizona. otherwise the service will likely be delayed. Raskob formerly chaired General Motors finance committee and was linked with the Du Ponts of Wilmington.
E W Cantrells mark 50 years with a family reunion at a daughter’s home in Ada. The gathering includes seven children, eighteen grandchildren, one great grandchild, and many relatives from Ada and nearby towns. Rev Frank Williams delivered a short talk at the October 8 celebration.
A Tulsa couple, Mr. and Mrs. John H. Simons, obtained AP wirephoto tickets in an eight minute transmission after losing theirs last Friday. In Dallas, Cotton Bowl manager Arthur Hale said the photo tickets would be honored, issuing letters admitting the Simons to the Texas vs Oklahoma game and to the Oklahoma A and M match tonight.
Oklahoma City October 14 The Rev Bur Alexander Republican candidate for the U S Senate said his Democratic opponent Mike Monroney had been unmasked by firing Sen Elmer Thomas who yesterday said he would not campaign for the Democrats this year Monroney defeated Thomas in the Democratic runoff July 25 Radio newscasting has heightened public interest in news reading.
Two high ranking Soviet officers now in the West say Moscow plans limited wars to sap Western strength and train a Cominform fifth column. They claim Rokossovsky forms four Polish divisions for the Soviet Iran border, that a world war would trigger a lightning European invasion, and that Moscow's peace offensive is a pretext for future aggression. They point to tensions with China, Manchuria’s loss of industrial assets, and Red Army transport bottlenecks as major obstacles to any quick victory in Korea.
Floyd Pofes, Ada native and former Ada High School graduate, is visiting relatives while re enlisting for six years in the U S Navy. He will go to Washington D C for university classes in lab technician studies. Pofes has served in medical related work aboard ships including time on the Mine Sweeper Magpie which struck a mine and sank with 22 lives lost. His service has taken him to many Far East stations in recent years.
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