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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1952
Page
7
William A Harper sues Lillie Mae Harper in Pontotoc County Oklahoma court alleging extreme cruelty for over a year. Plaintiff seeks a decree of divorce and demands answer by November 12 1952. Court Clerk Abe Holloway seals notice. Mack M Braly attorney for plaintiff. deputy Faye White records.
In Pontotoc County Oklahoma the estate of John Gann deceased Ad ministratrix M A Gann has filed a final account and petition for determination of heirs distribution and discharge The hearing is set for Tuesday November 18 1952 at 10 AM in Ada Oklahoma courthouse All interested parties are to appear and show cause why the account may not be settled and the heirs determined and the estate distributed and administratrix discharged Dated October 27 1952 Kerr Lambert Conn Roberts Attorneys for Administratrix Ira D Shepard v LeRoy Singleton Effie Lee Singleton and Home Federal Savings Loan Association of Ada Oklahoma defendants
A new payroll system begins November first, consolidating hundreds of agency payrolls into a single central clearing house under the state budget office. The change aims to reduce waste, motion, and expense for Oklahoma taxpayers.
The State of Oklahoma to the unknown heirs executors administrators devisees trustees and assigns of Mordecia B Donaghey and Frances A Donaghey you must answer a petition filed by Glynn Boley and S J Whittle by November 28 1952 to quiet title on lands in Pontotoc County Oklahoma otherwise judgment will be rendered in favor of the plaintiffs barring your claim. The notice is dated October 14 1952 and issued at Ada Oklahoma with attorney Thomas P Holt for the plaintiffs and W D Abbott Deputy.
Goldie Ahrend executrix of Ida Johnsons estate has filed in Ada Oklahoma a final report and petition for distribution and discharge. The hearing will be in the County Court Room on November 3 1952 at 11 00 a m. all interested may appear and show cause. Judge J Tal Crawford signed 10 13 1952. Also guardianship of Elizabeth Jean Lewis now Dew. Warren B Rice attorney for guardian. 10-16-21W
Moscow's Pravda labels U S foreign affairs expert John Foster Dulles a cannibal and a trader in death over a St Louis Post Dispatch remark about preferring death under an atom bomb to an incendiary attack.
In Pleistocene times a ground sloth the size of a rhinoceros inhabited the Western Hemisphere, indicating remarkable megafauna diversity in prehistoric America.
Sheriff J D Gaar announces sale of 50 acre tract in Section 23 Township 4 North Range 7 East Ada Oklahoma to satisfy a 1951 foreclosure judgment for 4120 dollars plus interest costs. Sale on November 3 1952 at 10:00 a.m. at the Ada courthouse front door. Mortgage by LeRoy Singleton and Effie Lee Singleton to Home Federal Savings & Loan Association. Proceedings per District Court of Pontotoc County Oklahoma.
The budget office will run payroll by machine, handling income tax forms and social security reports. Permanent payroll records will be kept and reports produced, with monthly payrolls ready on the last day of the month after department heads certify full-time effort.
President Truman accuses Dwight D. Eisenhower of playing low-down tricks to win votes during a Michigan stop. He denounces Eisenhower’s Korea stance and claims he altered history, speaking to AFL varied crowds while urging support for Stevenson Sparkman.
The text notes that Chinese in the United States share about 60 distinct family names with Chan Wong and Lee being the most common.
An average acre of sugar beets yields 3500 pounds of sugar according to the report.
The author argues a million votes could occur in Oklahoma on Election Day. He notes 1948 turnout of 722599 from about half of eligible voters and cites factors like sunlit polling, television influence, three state questions, vigorous registration drives, and rising partisan engagement driving high participation next Tuesday.
The Defense Department retains a top secret label on a 1947 document about Korea’s strategic importance amid a political campaign. Sen. Wayne Morse cited quotations to a Minnesota audience attacking Eisenhower’s Far East statements. Eisenhower called the document top secret and questioned its release.
The source notes there were about seven million high school students in the United States in 195. This statistic reflects the scale of secondary education nationwide during that period.
Latta residents joined Mr. and Mrs. Louis Shirley of Kona for a Golden Wedding open house on Sunday. Attendees from Latta included Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Lovelace with family, and many relatives were listed including Mr. and Mrs. Joe Lovelace, Danny, Becky, Larry and Gary, Mr. and Mrs. M. L. St. Gell, Jerry, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Cooper, Kay and Judy, and Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Battie with Lanny.
Mr and Mrs Lee Addington and their Fort Worth Texas children were weekend guests of Mr and Mrs Leroy Battle and their son, according to local social notes.
Mr and Mrs George Major and Mr and Mrs Louis Hart with Mrs Alice Hart of Anadarko were Sunday guests at the W M Nelson home. Also joining the group were Mrs Lizzie Derry and Mr and Mrs Audie Nelson and family.
Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Rogers and children visited his parents Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Rogers of Vaness on Friday night and Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kesterson and Larry spent Sunday with relatives in Tawton.
Mr and Mrs Norman Drake and their two sons Richard and Tommy visited Mr and Mrs Don Ambert and family in Oklahoma City over the weekend.
Mr and Mrs W L Tinsley of Drumright spent several days visiting their son and daughter in law Mr and Mrs Frank Kesterson and their son Larry in Drumright Oklahoma.
Children visited Mr and Mrs Rae Thompson of Stonewall for a Sunday gathering. A noon dinner celebrated Mrs Rogers's birthday with her brother Billy Thompson home from Oklahoma A and M College Stillwater for the occasion.
Mr and Mrs Don Lambert and their children visited Mr and Mrs Sam Lambert in Stratford on Sunday afternoon confirming a family gathering amid local community ties.
Mr and Mrs Claude Proctor from Oklahoma City visited Mr and Mrs Luther Thompson and daughter Saturday. Proctor is a former Ada mail carrier.
APC Dale Ferguson arrives home for a visit with his mother Mrs Frank Ferguson after being stationed in England since August. After a two week furlough he will report to the air base in Colorado Springs for further assignment.
Mr and Mrs Rosco Castleberry learn their son in law A L Beck stationed with the airforce in Hawaii has been sent to the United States Their daughter Mrs A L Beck and two sons will not return until the end of the current term The elder boy Rosco is enrolled at the Hawaiian Baptist academy
Mr and Mrs Elza Grace of Tulsa were weekend guests of Mrs Calvin Grace and Mrs C E Baulch. Their sons left Monday for a visit in Okay Ark with Miss Edwinia Coley and her mother. Baulch is a former resident of Okay. Seen at the Centrahoma Latta basketball game were Joe Parker Norman Charles Teel Oklahoma City Barbara and Wanda Houchen Pauls Valley and Mrs John Woods Albuquerque New Mexico. Wanda was a junior and the others were seniors of Latta last year.
A. W. Brown and 15 4 H club boys from Latta attended a visiting day at Benna Vista ranch Friday to watch Dr. Rhoades classify Santa Gertrudi cattle and join a noon barbecue beef feed. Several local women were guests at the high school assembly program Friday.
Miss Betty Northcutt accompanied Private First Class Donald Ray Stokes to Oklahoma City Wednesday morning. The pair traveled together for unspecified personal or official reasons.
Acheson urged the UN to back immediate repatriation of POWs and a truce on that basis. Vishinsky condemned Rhee as collaborationist, defended universal repatriation, and accused the U.S. of atrocities on Koje Island to pressure captives. The exchange framed repatriation as the main barrier to ending the Korean War.
Twenty four volunteers attended a kickoff breakfast at the Artesian hotel to launch the annual Boy Scout drive for finances. Speakers included Martin Clark Ada Arbuckle Area Council finance chairman Arthur Newton Ardmore area executive and Allen Bolton Pauls Valley Murray Garvin county field executive. Sulphur’s share in the Arbuckle Area Council is 1500.
A City College of New York report led by Prof. Alexander notes some Arctic mosquitoes flood the area in the short summer, attacking in force and draining a man's blood rapidly if unprotected.
The man departed by bus for an eastern army base for overseas duties while the woman spent the rest of the day shopping before returning home.
General Van Fleet writes he received little encouragement for training South Korean divisions and seeks post haste approval for raising the ROK Army from 10 to 20 divisions. He proposes swapping U S divisions for six or four additional Korean units and notes past leadership of Greek troops. President Eisenhower praises him as a top army commander.
Samuel H. Friedman of New York, Socialist vice presidential nominee, denounces the major parties as fronts for evil machines. He says Democrats and Republicans offer no real solutions to communism fascism and war during a Wichita address.
Democratic candidate Adlai Stevenson, wrapping up a Pennsylvania swing, blasted Republicans as snake oil peddlers and accused Eisenhower of a cynical vote hunt over Korea. He drew large crowds in Philadelphia and a 18 000 packed Convention Hall with 6 000 outside as he urged unity between government and business.
The Herald Tribune reports two other men involved with Westbrook Heinz Pulverman of Rye New York identified as Westbrook associate and Thurman Hill once a Kansas Senate hopeful and former chief counsel of Treasury procurement now residing in Washington Hill.
Volcanologists gain knowledge from Vesuvius to forecast eruptions at other volcanoes. The study suggests shared indicators among volcanic systems aiding early warning efforts for regions with active vents.
Pontotoc County farmers are promised access to the 1953 Agricultural Conservation Program through on farm visits by PMA community committeemen. Henry Little details that the program targets soil and water conservation on unprotected acres and aims to use ACP aid for the most needed practices. Farm visits began October 20, 1952.
Among employed women in Britain, forty three percent are married. The figure highlights the connection between employment and marital status among women in the workforce.
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