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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1940
Page
7
County Treasurer Sam Dew announces a resale sale of separate tracts in Pontotoc County Oklahoma on December 14 1940 at 9 a m in the Courthouse. Bids were submitted per parcel with J M Vincent bidding 30 dollars for Sec 20 T1 R7. Purchasers pay cash plus apportioned ad cost with Board of County Commissioners approval.
In Pontotoc County Oklahoma Buck Heard sues to quiet title on the North Half of Northwest Quarter Section 16 Township 1 North Range 6 East and undivided one third mineral rights. He seeks heirs of William Isaac and distribution of estate per law. Deadline November 23, 1940. Delia Redford Clerk Kerr Lambert & Conn represent plaintiff. 16-10-31.
In Pontotoc county Oklahoma the County Court of Ada issues a notice to creditors of Daniel F Fleet also known as T F Fleet deceased. Creditors must present claims with vouchers to co executors Hazel T Fleet and Howard W Fleet at Room 296 American Building Ada within four months or be barred. Dated October 21 1940.
Leslie G. Smyth a minor seeks court permission to acquire majority rights through a petition filed by his next friend Annie Lee Smyth in Pontotoc County Oklahoma. The request, dated October 19, 1940, asks the court to empower him to transact real estate and other contracts as an adult.
On November 25, 1949 at 9 a m the county auction in the courthouse office will offer parcels to bidders. Each tract will be sold to the highest bidder listed opposite its description with bids starting at 60 dollars by N Olivo if not topped. Cash in hand at sale, subject to Board of County Commissioners approval. Auction to cover ad and sale expenses with the bid amount paid to the county. SAM DEW County Oklahoma.
Exports of American aero nautical products for the first six months of 1940 totaled 138,388,046 dollars, a 182 percent increase over the same period in 1939. The surge reflects growing demand and wartime production expansion.
According to Bureau of Agricultural Economics estimates, on January 1, 1941 the cattle herd will be about two million head larger than a year earlier.
Mrs. C A Berger and Wanda Faye visited Mrs. Berger s parents in Holdenville. Several families spent the weekend in Stillwater and Wynnewood. Miss Marjorie Solomon improves after Ada hospital stay. Charles Chambers returns from California to visit Arkansas relatives. Georgia Thurman on sick list this week.
Community notes show Rev. Pendegraft and Rev. Gurley preaching to large Sunday crowds. Many neighbors attended gatherings at homes, church events, and prayer meetings. A funeral for Mrs. Mary Williams was held at Cedar Grove church with Rev. Caton officiating. survivors include multiple children, grandchildren, and in laws.
SUNSHINE notes list visits by Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Crips at the Green home. Charley Hooks and sons Noel and Loyel along with W. J. Ballard and Clyde, plus others, are part of weekend gatherings in Ada Stonewall and Connerville. Friday closes the singing school with an invitation to all.
Mrs Sorrell visited Ada Saturday. Mrs Sam Zearley and sons spent Sunday in the Martin home. Mrs Ed Brumley Mrs Alice Holiday and children also visited in the Martin home Sunday. Clifton Thorp and son David with Leona Nix and Pete Allen and children shared Sunday in the Lilley home. Cantrell of Ada and Elmore of Portland Park visited Kaufman home Friday. Cliff Deaton and children of Conway spent Sunday in the Mullins home. Roy Ellis and family fished and picnicked Sunday at Ardmore Lake. Ernest Kaufman Virginia Lou and E B and M E Belcher visited John Woods Sasakwa Sunday. Hartford quartet sang Tuesday night.
Sunday school attracted many visitors while Mary Lou Fowler and J C Southerland of Pickett wed in the bridegroom’s home. Ada visits and church progress frame a week of baptisms, birthdays, CCC camps, and community club activities with numerous locals cited.
Weather remains pleasant as farmers resume crop gathering. Ada visits and church attendance noted. Families travel to Ada and Wilburton, visit relatives in Ardmore and Ahloso. Funerals and church events accompany weekend trips and shopping trips reported.
Two inmates who sawed from the county jail were captured five hours later asleep in a cornfield. Willis Taylor 23 of Chickasha and Lonnie Roush 24 of El Reno were held on burglary and forgery charges and offered no resistance when surprised by a posse organized by Sheriff Jack Smith.
August 1940 saw 42 645 pilots holding licenses, up from 26 144 in August 1939, indicating a sharp rise in licensed piloting activities and aviation demand between the two years.
Mrs Bella Reiner of New York aged 103 comments on aging and family duties as children grow up and consider living in a home for the aged. Her remark highlights shifting family roles amid extended lifespans.
Preparedness behind the lines drives the Red Cross to its busiest year since World War I. Over 500000 women create garments and dressings, blood donors aid plasma work, 43000 nurses bolster the nursing reserve, and field reps expand at military posts. Disaster relief, youth Red Cross, and life saving training mark a nationwide surge in aid and education with Roll Call from November 11 to 30.
Mrs John O Boyle and son John O Jr and Mr and Mrs Marvin Rice of Dallas Mr and Mrs R M Bronaugh of Roff Mr and Mrs Bill Dodson and daughter Joan of Wewoka and Mr and Mrs Wesley H Jones and children Joan Merritt and Wesley Jr have returned to their homes following a visit with Mrs A D Coon and Mrs Ruth Woods in Ada.
Mrs. D. B. Young of Fittstown visited friends and shopped in Ada Tuesday. John Foler of Dallas, Texas, was a business visitor in Ada Wednesday.
Mrs. Gene Phillips of Terrell Texas is visiting Ada as a guest of friends and is a former Ada resident. Miss I L Thomas returns home to Atoka after visiting relatives in Ada. Mr and Mrs George Bowman and their son John from La Lima Honduras have arrived to visit Mrs Bowman's Ada relatives, after two weeks with Bowman's Rogers Arkansas relatives. Mrs Herman Jones Jr and family hosted by the Jones parents in Ada.
Dave Greenberg of Dallas Texas attended to business in Ada on Wednesday. He formerly lived in Ada. Violet Wyatt from Shawnee is visiting in the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Wyatt at 314 West Seventeenth Street with relatives and friends in Ada for a few days. Miss Wyatt is a former resident of this city.
Mr and Mrs Edmund Yarborough have returned home from a visit with relatives and friends in Belton Texas and Durant.
Reverend Harris G Rice returns Monday to St Augustine Florida after visiting his daughter and son in law Mr and Mrs Harry Miller.
Ada residents host relatives and friends from across Oklahoma and beyond. Carolyn Case Balbin from Morgan City, Texas visits Ada with her husband Paul D. Balbin. Velma Taylor from Atoka stays with W L Crowell. Minnie Treece visits Ardmore. Billy Masterson and family visit Houston after Ada stay. Arvie Maxwell of Baltimore visits family in Ada.
A description urges farmhouse housekeepers to use non electrical kitchen aids to save time. It lists tools such as a colander, dish drainer, closed garbage container, rotary egg beater, pressure cooker, long-handle dustpan, and a master bake pot to improve efficiency for the 1,095 yearly meals.
Fall feeding requires succulent forage and added protein as pasture protein declines. Dry feeds digest poorly. mix salt steamed bone meal and lime. Legume hay boosts rations and liberal feeding remains crucial to maintain milk output during cooler months.
In Seville on Oct 23, former King Carol of Romania Magda Lu pescu and Ernest Urdareanu faced virtual arrest with heavy police at their hotel. They were told yesterday they would be moved to Granada as Spain weighed their case and potential return to Romania, but the foreign office stayed action today after an appeal from Carol.
Wallace James W. Wallace 30 of Mound City is appointed assistant U S district attorney in Topeka to succeed Gordon Sloan who resigned last June. He graduated from the University of Kansas law school in 1934 and has practiced in Mound City since.
Italian vessels slip past British forces as war continues. The maneuver prevents enemy scoring and is hailed as a moral victory for Benito Mussolini and Italy amid ongoing hostilities.
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