Rural Community News Notes From Ada Area
Sunday visits span Oakman to Ada with many families gathering at Cedar Grove. Local people including Capps, Walton, Yates, Tilley, Bandy, and Jennings share church and social hours, with school events, birthdays, and upcoming Homerball game schedules recorded through the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Capps
Francis Bandy
Gean Walton
Gracie Rogers
Oakman
Rosa Lee
Cassie Mae
John Henry Williamson
Wallace Capps
J. C. Ranells
Carl
Billie Roy Williams
Jessie Tilley
James
G. R. Tilley
S. S. Tilley
W. H. Bandy
Thelma Walton
Cassie Mae Williamson
Gradie Smith
Robbie
Hart Clay
Lindell Winters
Oscar Capps
Will Yates
In Memory of Little D. T. Jared D. T. Jared’s short life
Jared was born December 3, 1938 and died September 1, 1939 near Ada. He is survived by his parents Mr. and Mrs. Howard Jared and sister Phyllis Gail of Allen, with the family mourning his loss.
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D. T. Jared
Ada
Howard Jared
Phyllis Gail
Allen
Local residents share news and visits across Lawrence area
Old Miland and surrounding families from Lawrence and nearby towns spent Sunday visiting, hosting guests, and attending events. People included Byriel Phillips, D Chambers, Marion Chambers, Goldie Phillips, Marvin Briggs family, Miss Grace Agnes McCeuley, Lene Grace Turner, Mr. and Mrs. S D Chambers, Marion Chambers, and others. A funeral in Stuart drew Mrs. Ponder and family, with many neighbors calling on friends and sharing time at various homes and gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byriel Phillips
Lawrence
D. Chambers
Marion Chambers
Aghey
Lucien Black
Loyd Powell
Elizabeth Owens
Ellen Ponder
Turner
Earl Hodges
W. L. McKinley
Goldie Phillips
Ellen Cape
Elias Turner
Alice Hammond
S. D. Chambers
Carolyn
Phillins
Helen Walker
Robert Phillins
Metton Burns
Stratford
Steedman Sunday School Attendance and Local Events
Steedman residents gathered for morning worship and encouraged all to attend next Sunday. The week included visits, revival attendance at Califouna, baseball win 10-5 over High Hill, and a screening of Uncle Tom's Cabin at the school house. Local families visited, endured illness, and attended funerals and services, with several names and places mentioned including Ada, Frisco, Calhoun, and Blackrock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steedman
Alene Melton
Laferne Phelps
Clyde Sales
Kermit
Texas
Califouna
Christene Phelps
Mareh
Geraldine Melton
Jewell Dean Black
Mary Ruth Gibson
Pauline Hogue
Geneve Coffman
Jim Phelps
Oscar Johnson
Francis
Wits
Letha Chadd
Benny
Cutra
Delia Reynolds
Clyde Sales, Jr
Forest Singers
Tommy Johnson
Sentinel Dkla
Bertha
James
Monroe Martin
Ellis Kelon
Blackrock
J.C. Treas
Finney Stone
Frisco
Edna Herring
Abloso
Local Families Host Weekend Visit and School Closure
Parents and relatives including Mr and Mrs A William 30m and Mr and Mrs Tucker joined Mr and Mrs Jim Odom for a Sunday visit. Rev and Mrs Joe Laffoon recently moved to the county and were warmly welcomed. Mr and Mrs W B Hakett closed the school until after cotton picking days. Three are over.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. William
Tucker
J. C. Odom
Hazel Welsh
Verlic Sliger
Wes
Jim Odom
Joe Laffoon
Our
W. B. Hakett
Course In Retail Selling Offered At Norman High
Norman high school will offer this fall a distributive occupations course in retail selling with merchants aiding to keep it practical. The class, led by Emery Anderson, aims for 12 to 20 students. the state vocational education department funds part of the program, following similar efforts in Oklahoma City, Tulsa, Shawnee, Clinton, Hobart, and Bartlesville.
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Norman
Okla
Seot
Norman High School
Oklahoma City
Tulsa
Shawnee
Clinton
Hobart
Bartlesville
Emery Anderson
State Vocational Educational Department
No Watchman, More Liquor Foreseen
Tulsa county farm head warns that budget cuts could force firing the nightwatchman leading to more whiskey smuggling by bootleggers. Superintendent W B E Lantz argues tobacco cuts would harm the aged inmates who rely on tobacco, urging preservation of the $1,600 tobacco budget rather than reducing to $1,200.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
W. BE. Lantz
Lantz
School Enrollment Running High Here
Enrollment at Ada schools shows high activity as senior high enrolls sophomores and junior high adds seventh graders. By Wednesday afternoon senior high counted 146 juniors with expectations 160 to 175. Tuesday recorded 125 seniors and more to come. Junior high about 160 eighth graders enrolled by Wednesday. 208 ninth graders enrolled, exceeding last spring’s pace, per principal A. R. Wallace. Thursday both high schools will continue enrollment. Ward schools will enroll too.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senior High
Ada
Rhoale
A. R. Wallace
Ward
Must Serve for Wife in Germany After Marriage
Bryan county farmer V Houk faces a year in Germany as punishment for marrying a Czech girl before Czechoslovakia’s dismemberment. A czar regulation bars her from leaving until the year passes, forcing Houk to remain while he plans to return to the United States without his wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durant
Germany
Houk
Bryan
Czechoslovakia
Near Wade
Okla
United States
Tee
Oil Leaders Busy Figuring War Impact on Demand
Oil executives in Texas discussed how the European conflict could influence U S petroleum demand after recent drastic production shutdowns ended. Conservation officials cautioned it was early to determine if there would be a larger outlet for underground storage and future output.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Tex
United States
T Petroleum
France
Texas
East Texas
Ed le Bil Toler
Stillwater
Liel Stalen
East
Locals Note Visits Births and Oil Proration Talks
Ada area notes show Mrs. Kate Lanier Exum of Jackson Tenn visiting Estelle L Moore at 925 East Ninth. Other items report births at Valley View hospital, travels to Los Angeles and San Francisco, and oil industry talks on proration affecting Texas and Illinois.
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Kate Lanier Exum
Jackson, Tenn
Estelle L
Moore
East Ninth
Exum
Old Mexico
California
Colorado
Bryant
North Francis
Valley View Hospital
Mn Ae
Clifford Iyde
Ada Residents Return From Trips and Visits
Notable Ada residents and visitors are cited: Jack Vandever shows improving health at Acme due to illness. Mrs F W Meaders of Ada and Miss Gussie Bertley of Chickasha return from Colorado Springs vacation. Mr and Mrs W C Richarrison, Mrs Juanita Kingsoury, Miss Kathryn Dixon, and Miss Frances Driver return from a visit with Mr and Mrs B A Webb in Nowata. Miss Maxine Briant of Adesia arrives to spend winter in Ada and plans to attend East Central College. Mr and Mrs Bailey Stanfield travel to Washington D C after visiting Ada relatives. E T Cason goes to Claremore to enroll in Oklahoma Military Academy. Ned Looney attends court in Ada. Mr and Mrs Sem Wilenaick and children return to Enid after Mae with relatives. Tal Crawford conducts business in Oklahoma City. Walter LaBarge of Prague visits Ada. J T McCauley, Mrs Clutfard Green, and Miss Eleanor Knouse return from Colorado vacation. Jack Pemberton goes to Jaremore to attend the Oklahoma Military Academy this coming year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellis Leeds
Evelyn Scroggins
Conrad Massey
Leo Berryman
Reuben Reed
Lindell Winters
Jim Andrews
Mary Louise Ashby
Adayin
Oakman
Joe Bell
Kenawa
Homer
Homer Team Will Inlay Sasakwa Sunday. Sept. 10. | Mr. L L. Cromer
Ada
Cloguita
Muriel Miller
Geneva
Johnnie Rae Reed
Sarah Carter
Charles Carter
Francis
Tad Lillard
Wilmalene Pendergrass
Peyehouse
Leote Kinikin
Alice
Lorene Tuckle
Pauline Dryden
Maxine
James Stevens
Ben Walling
Jean
Helen
J. B
Edward
Winifred Berryman
Neal McDonald
Clyde Kaiser
Kaiser
Carl Kaiser
Charles Walker
Denty
Marvin Kaiser
Jean Waller
Daina Caroline
Herbert Kaiser
Joe Petty
Vera Felkins
Juanita
Geraldine
Pauline
John
Joe
Harry
Donald
Betty Sue
Mary Lau
Rebecca
Roberta
Lillian Lamar Lindsey
Pearl Shockey
Bernard Shockey
Ardmore
T. M. Broyles
Poynter
Larry
Joyce Broyles
Buddy
Ann
F. W. Bell
Luther Chilcoat
Fittstown
Eugene Coventan
Billy Earl Stevenson
Eli Nelson
Curtis Foster
Roxie Jane Smith
Rubye Wilson
Oma Jean
Oveta
Vleta Stansbury
Bernice Wilson
Neal McDonalda
Ruth Lamarr
Dorothy
Betty Jo McDonald
Sentinel
Okla
Jess Berryman
Nancy Fox
Joe Parker
Senter
C. L. Lama
Pearl Simpson
Wail Stevens
Irene Bush
Stratford
EB. L. Rice
Rice
Bill Lamar
W. QC
Moore
Charles Richardson
Leonard Walker
Helen Ruth’ Garrett
Lillian Lamar
Eva Bell
W. C. Moore
Jim Crawford
W. C. Richarrisson
Juanita Kingsoury
Kathryn Dixon
Frances Driver
B. A. Webb
Nowata
Webb
McClelland
Maxine Briant
Adesia
New Mexico
Briant
East Cenwal College
State Legionnaires Elect New Officers
Oklahoma delegates chose a new department commander Dr A B Rivers of Okmulgee at the annual state convention in Shawnee. Maj Hugh Askew defeated John A Porter for national executive committee man. Auxiliary officers were elected including Mrs EL D Akin Shawnee as president and Mrs Beth Ball Eric as first vice president.
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Shawnee
Okla
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Clara
M. Laird
Madiff
H. _H.Holliday
Anadarko
Alice C. Stamper
Glymon
Sabin C. Pereefull
Alva
Halliday
Pereefull
Osage County Race Track Readied for Fair Events
Osage county race track near Pawhuska has been reconditioned for a three day horse racing program at the county fair on September 12 to 13. Prizes totaling 1000 dollars are posted, with about 100 top southwest horses expected to enter each day. Five races per day start at 2 30 p m, and Nath Jones chairs the racing committee amid strong enthusiasm for reviving local racing.
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Osage
Pawhuska
Osage County
Fair Board
Fast Boards
Os Nath Jones
Racing Committee
Cops Arrested On Speeding Charges
Atlanta dispatch reports two motorcycle patrolmen were arrested on speeding charges after Captain Jack Malcom followed them for several blocks. They were clocked at 41 miles per hour in a 25 mph city limit and admitted they were not on an emergency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Jack Malcom
T. M. Stribling
T. P. Epps
Malcom
Deputy sheriff halts tax default house move in Elk City
In Elk City Oklahoma Deputy Sheriff Bill Jefferson intercepted moving trucks carrying a delinquent tax house nine miles north of Sayre. He refused to let the house proceed until the owner paid 140.89 dollars in back taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elk City
Okla
Bill Jefferson
Pampa
Tex
Sayre
Rouse
First Payment Of Primary Aid To County Schools By Stegall
The first payment of primary aid totaling 2847.37 and homestead exemption payments totaling 3297.80 was received Wednesday by Ray Stegall, county superintendent. Primary aid will be distributed to all qualifying county schools based on needed teachers and attendance, with most districts allocating payments to teacher salaries. The report lists payments by district for both primary aid and homestead amounts, noting regular interval distribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Stegall
Fstead
Stegall
Blackouts Divert Londoners Say Amid Wartime Tales
London readers share blackout antics and wartime quirks from grim humor to mistaken identities. A handbill sign warns against fester in air raids while pubs stay busy and cockneys stumble over Polish place names. A reporter narrowly escapes buckshot and feuds with a white nightshirt guardian, illustrating chaotic nights in war time London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drew Middleton
London
Holland
Hiler
Adolf
Itler ‘E
Ada High Sets Cougars For First Grid Tilt
Wadley scouts Ada High football talent as the Cougars prepare for their opener against Allen. Coach D. M. Wadley emphasizes drills and fundamentals as a mix of veterans and newcomers vie for guard tackle and backfield roles. Key players include Anderson at guard or back, Billy Anderson at center, Rusty Kane at tackle, and Lloyd Stephens driving the backfield effort with a group around him including Dunion Ballard Shipman and Hughey.
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Ada High School
Husky Allen
D. M. Dock Wadley
Skull
Cougars
Ada High
Marcum
Jennings
Blocky Anderson
Anderson
Billy Anderson
Rusty Kane
Warren Cooper
Morris Arnett
Lloyd Stephens
Wadley
Frank Dunion
Bowie Ballard
Letterman
Paul Shipman
Warren Hughey
Property tax basis of suit over land sale
Ada Reed sues Dan Kennedy Mary Kennedy and Mose Puller for 1545.14 damages in district court alleging she paid 650 for a lot in Dan Hays addition Ada Pisinoff believed the land was unencumbered but taxes totaling 1345.14 and an ad valorem tax caused the property to be sold to Pontotoc county Puller is named as an agent for the Kennedys and the petition seeks tax payment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada Reed
Dan Kennedy
Mary Kennedy
Mose Puller
Kennedys
Dan Hays
Ada Pisinoff
Pontotoc County
Puller
U S Patrol to Spot Belligerents Off American Coast
President Roosevelt orders naval and coast guard patrols to detect belligerent vessels off the United States. Two destroyers and five coast guard cutters have already departed to patrol the northeastern United States waters, with plans to extend toward Puerto Rico and the Caribbean night.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Stephen Early
Coast Guard
Puerto Rico
Saeceneto
Antilles
Canal Zone
Early
America
Mime Commission
White House
Smuts Forms Cabinet Pledging Cooperation With Britain
CAPETOWN September report states Gen Jan Christiaan Smuts formed a new Union of South Africa cabinet pledged to cooperate with Britain and end diplomatic ties with Germany. The move signals a unified stance as global tensions rise and war looms.
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Cotton Wood
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J. P. Walker
Myr
Amm Bradley
Bonita
Windell Stockton
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J. J. Shay
Pet Jones
C. C. Wilson
Hart
Orvil McNair
Leona Jones
Adella Jones
Courtenay Robertson
T. J. Wall
Clarance Arter
Leon Gurley
Cottton
Nora Wall
Ed. Roundtree
Ralph Wall
Richard Roundtree
Emanual
Deathridge
T. J
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Armethia Ward
Helen Farmer
Lawrence Farmer
Nolen Hagler
Clasteen
Violet! Hagler
Emmitt Flate
Lee Farmer
Carma Jean Hogler
Wanda West
High Hill
Will Kerr
Willard Burkhart
Troy Gibbs
Bill Ellis
Eubanks
Elmer Hamm
Tomlinson
Haseil
Shelba Kerr
Earl WoHard
Jewell McMeans
Ter Charley B
Stonewall
Celis Watson
Sweat
Roscoe l
D. M. Kerr
Danzig, East Prussia
Danzig
Ebping
East Prussia
Albert Forster
Wisla River
Owl Creek
Drake
Laffoon
Fisher
Claude Bailey
Jim Lowery
Wewoka
Valdrey Laffoon
Keebal Shger
Denman Flowers
Lale
Viola Odom
Weiting
T. C
Andrew Sliger
Brice Thompson
Jack Thompson
C. M. Slig
Norman High
Tulsa County
Bartley Meaders
Bartley and
Sheila
New Theria
Louisiana
FL W. Meaders
South Broadway
O. B. Tiffin
Dennis” Leister
Coalgate
Bayne Biles
Holdenville
Mr. Biles
Smith
HS. Urch
el Paso
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Lemna Maloney
Jack Purcell
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Colorado, Springs
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Inois
Jack Vandever
F. W. Meaders
Gussie Bertley
Chickasha
Colorado Springs
Bailey Stanfield
Washington, D. C
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E. T. Cason
Claresmore
Oklahoma Military Academy
Ned Looney
Jtorney
Couch
Wedner Aay
Sem Wilenaickt
Enid
Mae
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Tal Crawford
Walter LaBarge
Prague
J. TL McCauley
Clutfard Green
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Jaremore
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State Legionnaires
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