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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1934
Page
4
The Ada region faces heavy bonded debt from school and local projects with gradual relief as annual bond payments shrink the burden. Pension of oil wealth, gas supply, and future industrial growth are explored, while railroads face post 1929 challenges and political reforms aim to shield schools from partisan meddling.
A column recalls local figures and past events including a young son Lacrere and daughter Martha of Mr and Mrs Washington, a teen R E Blanks on a Texas and Pacific run, Guy Logsdon in minstrel days, B C King catching two large catfish, Jess Pullen needing a haircut, E L Spencer’s airplane ownership with flight hours, and Robert Wimbish able to wake without clocks.
A witty observational note suggests women, having reached heaven after years of watching, will honk at St. Peter for entry. If denied, they may react sharply and drive away, illustrating a humorous take on gatekeeping in the afterlife.
The Ada Weekly News notes the first Pontotoc County Fair at East Central Normal with Wick Adair in the roping contest. Other items include Phillip Thompson and wife returning from a wedding trip to Galveston, Joe Cole joining Surprise store, and Mrs Lem Mitchell and daughter Bonnie headed to Kingston. Also mentions C M Chauncey’s appendicitis in Corpus Christi and Wilburn Cartwright’s nomination for Coal county representative. The Normal’s sixth term opens with 218 students and a birth of H D Johnson Jr. A humorous aside about a Texas ice man and a local columnist reflects on small town life and style.
The notice lists J Fred Mecoy as County Treasurer BILL REVERS as County Assessor RAY STEGALL as County Superintendent A A CALDWELL as County Commissioner District 1 GEORGE R COLLINS as County Commissioner District 2 Dennis Petty a young Ada lawyer arrives from Washington P C to become probate attorney for the Indian Bureau of Affairs and has taken the oath of office He previously did legal research for Heart Enterprises and King Features Syndicate in Washington Petty a graduate of Ada High School studied law at the University of Oklahoma and is the son of J D Petty of Ada.
A domestic science expert asserts housewives can prepare a meal in thirty minutes. The remark implies failure by modern housewives who struggle with simple tasks using a can opener.
Arney Harbert, structural foreman at a CCC camp, reportedly broke a high jump record after a dynamite blast misfired. While ordering workers to fetch tools for a delayed charge, it exploded, hurled him seven plus feet into the air, and left him unhurt aside from the shock.
An abatement of 426538 in overassessed income taxes penalties and interest for 1922 to 1929 was awarded Leonard J. Woodruff formerly of Ardmore by the bureau of internal revenue. Woodruff was an independent oil operator in southern Oklahoma for years and later ran antique stores in California during the Depression era.
Oklahoma City officials report 1,102,115 tons produced for the year ending July 1, up 115,902 tons from the prior year. Value estimated at $3,030,816.25, with about 4,500 workers employed 105 days across 103 mines in 12 counties. Six fatal accidents occurred, down from 13.
In Pontotoc county Oklahoma the Fitts pool gains renewed interest amid three August completions. Hedrick plans Ada visit to assess rapid developments as drilling continues to extend Allen and Bebee fields and testing expands the grabe n area as wildcatters probe untested sectors.
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