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Newspaper

Ada Weekly News

Location

Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America

Date

Sep 04, 1929

Page

8

West Texas visitors share prosperity and travels

Mr. and Mrs. I. T. Hoggatt from Lake View Texas visit their son Wallas and Mrs. Seeps at 303 E Twelfth. They note west Texas conditions as fairly prosperous. D E Pendergraft and daughter Gertrude fly to Oklahoma City to join a California tours campaign winners train touring Grand Canyon Yellowstone and Colorado. Pendragraft won the local contest. Ben Ware Jones heads to Las Vegas New Mexico to teach manual arts. Cole Jobe will teach in Albuquerque. Miss Rives and Miss Shaw enter the University of Oklahoma. Jessie Lee Woods leaves for Oney Springs Colorado to teach language at a high school. She is East Central graduate.

I. T. Hoggatt Lake View Texas Wallas D. E. Pendergraft Gertrude Oklahoma City California Grand Canyon Yellowstone Park Colorado Ben Ware Jones Overland Las Vegas N. M Cole Jobe Albuquerque Jessie Lee Woods Oney Springs Colo Miss Woods East Central

Gladwell Recovers After Sherman Appendix Operation

R H Gladwell underwent an appendix operation in Sherman Texas recently and is able to sit up. He plans to return home here within the next few days.

R. H. Gladwell Sherman Texas

Edith Chapman Heads to Phoenix for Teaching Post

Miss Edith Chapman departed this afternoon for Phoenix Arizona to resume teaching in city schools there. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs A H Chapman.

Edith Chapman Phoenix Ariz Miss Chapman A. H. Chapman

Thomases Return From Colorado Teaching Update

Mr and Mrs Churchill Thomas returned from Boulder Colorado where Mr Thomas completed graduate work at the University of Colorado this summer He is a professor in the biological laboratory in Adahish Ott Harrison left for St Louis Missouri to become head of the physical education department at Overland High School.

Churchill Thomas Boulder, Col Thomas University of Colorado Ada _ hish Ott Harrison St. Louis, Mo The Overland High School

Miss Cromwell Heads to Okemah High School Job

Miss Jewell Cromwell leaves Ada for Okemah to take a first year position at the local high school. She is noted as an East Central student. Mrs W H Taloe of 62 West Fourteenth is homebound with a sprained shoulder from a recent fall and rests well today. Jay Johnson of Corpus Christi is visiting Ada as guest of his uncle Emmett Johnson at 728 East Sixth. Joe Bennett and son from Lake View Texas are Ada visitors for family and business ties. Bennett notes Texas has very dry weather.

Jewell Cromwell Okemah Miss Cromwell East Central W. HH. Taloe W. Fourteenth Jay. Johnson Corpus Christi Texas Ada Emmett Johnson Joe Dpd Bennett Joe Dpd, Jr Lake View

Pauls Valley Man Attends Ada Opening and Visits Family

Hugh Taylor of Pauls Valley went to Ada Friday evening for the opening of Slaner and to visit his mother Mrs. J M Taylor and other relatives and friends.

Hugh Taylor Pauls Valley Ada Slaner’s J. M. Taylor

Dunn Family Leaves After Week of Guests

Mr and Mrs J W Dunn and children Homer and Margaret, guests of Mr and Mrs C B Diddle and Mrs O F Johnson, departed yesterday. Mr Dunn will conduct a three week meeting in Tennessee before returning to become minister at the Church of Christ.

J. W. Dunn Homer Margaret C. B. Diddle O. F. Johnson Dunn Tennessee Church of Christ

Miss Collie Grigsby Returns Home to Houston

Miss Collie Grigsby, guest of Mr. and Mrs. John M. Keltner for weeks, returned to her Houston home today after being summoned by her brother's illness.

Collie Grigsby John M. Keltner Houston Tex

Clifford Byrne Visits Ada on Petroleum Business

Clifford Byrne arrived in Ada yesterday for business purposes connected to Simms Petroleum of Shawnee.

Clifford Byrne Ada Mr Byrne Simms Petroleum Company Shawnee

Township Fair Winners Listed In Ada District

A lengthy Ada diary item lists township fair prize winners with many names, awards in preserves jams canned goods and crafts, plus livestock and farming prizes. It notes participants from Happy Land school and numerous individuals across the region receiving firsts seconds and other honors.

Tariff Boosters Drive Bill Through Senate Push

Washington reports administration leaders aim to press the tariff bill through the Senate before December while delaying other business. Nominees may be held until the session. farm board members will be sent to the Senate next week, with confirmation expected amid possible scrutiny by Senator Broakhart over wheat growers. A flood of diplomatic, judicial nominations awaits President Hoover amid Republican opposition and Justice Dept scrutiny of bench prospects.

Francis M. Stephenson Associated Press Washington Senate Hoover Farm Board Broakhart Iowa Albert L. Watson Scranton Middle District Pennsylvania Watson Eighth Judicial Circuit Anderson Indiana Will Sparks Rushville Department of Justice Walter E. Edge New Jersey France Edge

Hague Pact Ends Long Negotiations On Young Plan

The creditor powers and Germany reached agreement on the Young reparations plan at The Hague. A full session runs at 10 a m tomorrow to finalize business from August 1. Evacuation of the Rhineland by Allied troops is set for mid 1930 with zones to be cleared as plans are approved.

Hague Great Britain France Italy Germany Belgium Japan Conference of Experts Paris Rhineland Philip Snowden Thineland Netherlands Mainz Briand Stresemann

Many Companies Drill In Bebee Field As Fall Season Opens

Oil activity increases with multiple companies rigging at various depths in sections 19 5 5 and surrounding townships including Independent Oil Guest No 1 at 2339 feet on Viola lime Huffman Craven Norris Roberts Bolin and Flemming Norman rigs Diamond and Payton No 2 wells report 2645 feet and 50 barrel production J H Markham Wade Patsy and Boettcher operate or pause on several nearby sites between Ada and Allen Texas Pacific Superior and other firms manage drilling and fishing operations in the region.

Bebee Independent Oil and Gas Company Viola Guest Huffman Oil Company Craven Empire Oil and Gas Company Norris Superior Oil Company Ada Allen Dixie Oil Company Payton W. C. Hughes Gann J. H. Markham, Jr Wade Patsy Oil Company Boettcher Oil Company Hardin No. 1

Water Shortage Retarding Allen Drilling Operations

Dry weather cripples activity in Allen and surrounding oil fields. Texas company Lucy No 12 in section 19-5-8 yields about 400 barrels daily at 2590 feet, while Dixie Payton No 42 in section 1-4-7 shows 75 barrels with potential for more. Numerous rigs and new locations dot the region as operators push wells and shale targets despite scarce water.

Allen Democrat Allen Field Allen Texas Company Lucy No. 12 Dixie Payton N.42 Hemaokia Oil Company Ritchie No Reed No Pine Davis Burke-Greis Nitehie Louisiana Oil Company I. T. ¥. O. Mathis No Mathis No Magnolia Reed No Sinclair Culley No Lewis No. 1

Benedum & Trees Drill in Bebee Field Expanding Operations

Benedum & Trees gains LaSelle interest and drills eight more wells with ten additional locations in Bebee-Max territory. LaSelle, a noted wildcatter, helped discover the field and remains active. Current wells include Golia Mole, Myrtle Bumpers, and B A Laselle farms with multiple sites under development and new locations planned to push toward a half hundred wells by year's start. Contractors include E W Jones, F D Jones, and Vaughan Rush. operations emphasize long field life and model camps.

Pontotoc County Benedum & Trees Bebee-Maxwell LaSelle B. A. LaSelle Mid-Continent Bebee Carter, LaSelle and Nance Benedum and Trees Starritt-Bumpers Bumpers-Starritt Golia Mole Farm Myrtle Bumpers G. W. Coker B. H. Lowery J. J. Molloy J. F. Ballard M. O. Matthews L. Jacobs Gollia Mabel Browall F. J. Stafford M. H. Northam E. W. and F. D. Jones Dallas Texas Vaughan & Rush Tulsa

Ada High School Head Mrs Grace Rushing Moore To Arrive

Mrs Grace Rushing Moore of Oklahoma City, head of the domestic science department at Ada High School, is expected to arrive this weekend. R. O. Lawrence returns from a two week vacation in Arkansas visiting relatives and friends in Helena Arkansas and Memphis Tennessee.

Grace Rushing Moore Oklahoma City R. O. Lawrence Arkansas Mr. Lawrence Helena Ark Memphis

Reynolds visits Ada and heads to Konawa to teach

Lawrence Reynolds of Macomb visited Ada on Sunday and then went to Konawa on Monday where he will teach in the high school.

Lawrence Reynolds of Macomb Ada Konawa Higna

Ada Welcomes East Central Student Arriving for Term

Miss Ruth Allfrey of Shawnee, a former East Central attendee, arrived in Ada to begin the upcoming school term.

Ruth Allfrey Shawnee East Central Ada

Local Notes from Ada and Sherman Gather Weekend News

Miss Dovie Murray of Sherman returns to Ross to resume school after a visit with Miss Fleeta Barnes on S Francis. A daughter born to Mr and Mrs W D Little with weight eight and a half pounds. Mr and Mrs S W Buchanan of Holdenville visit Ada to see Dr and Mrs W H Enloe. Mrs W H Enloe recovering from a shoulder sprain. Wylie G Blanks of Cushing visiting with his parents and planning to enter the University of Oklahoma this fall.

Dovie Murray Sherman Texas Ross Fleeta Barnes S. Francis. I Jorn W. D. Little S. W. Buchanan Holdenville Ada W. H. Enloe Wylie G. Blanks Cushing W. E. Blanks Blanks University of Oklahoma

Keenan Family Buys Filling Station on Allen Highway

D S Keenan and family have purchased a filling station on the new Allen highway to operate. They formerly resided at Konawa.

D. S. Keenan and New Allen Highway Konawa

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