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Newspaper
Ada Weekly News
Location
Ada, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1933
Page
5
Prom Thursdays item notes W B Osborn returning from El Paso Texas with Mrs Osborn and children who will spend the winter there. Mr and Mrs Charlie Sharrock of Coalgate visited friends and attended to business here today.
Harry T. Wood of Ada and Miss Thelma Martin of Fitzhuga were married Wednesday evening by Rev. C. A. Grimes at his home. The ceremony took place at 715 East Thirteenth.
Mrs. Roy Young Mrs. Rena Young and Miss Ruth Farmer visited in Wilburton Tuesday. They were accompanied home by Miss Mabel Young who teaches near Hartshorne and will spend the fall vacation at her home here.
Mr and Mrs Charlie Joineon of 82 East Seventh announce the birth of a son on Wednesday September 15 in the local hospital.
Mr and Mrs S M Puryear relocate from Wetumka to Ada where Mrs Puryear will enroll at East Central Teachers college Mr Buryear formerly led the National Bank of Commerce in Wetumka and will be remembered as its president.
Burley Mooney of Tupelo visited friends and attended to business in Ada on Thursday.
Mr and Mrs Jim Wintersmith returned Thursday from a two month vacation visiting Walloon Lake Michigan Chicago Illinois and Louisville Kentucky.
Mrs. Irvin Hanley Griffin Jr. of Houston is visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. Fred Israelia at Twenty fourth and Johnson. Mrs. Griffin was Miss Marvine Brydia before her recent marriage.
Mrs. C. A. Galbreath, employed at the Tecumseh training school, is in Ada hospital recovering from an attack of influenza.
G. PD. Koonce, after a two month family vacation at 712 EE. Main, departed for Bisgers Saskatchewan, Canada. He has served as a railroad conductor with the Canadian National Railway for several years.
Rene Hines of the state highway department departed today for Pond Creek where he has been transferred to assume new duties as an engineer with the department.
Gloria Williams daughter of Mr and Mrs C S Williams of 121 West Twenty first underwent an appendicitis operation at Ada hospital Saturday.
The daughter of Mr and Mrs Milton Oliver of Lula is recovering after an appendectomy at Ada hospital with condition improving.
Mrs. P. T. Peterson and her sister Miss Madie Leatherman left Saturday morning for Gary Indiana to visit friends and relatives and to attend the Century of Progress exposition in Chicago.
Mrs. Lee Broughton of Allen visited friends and shopped in Ada Saturday. Bill Call and Tom Watson of Alien visited friends in Ada Saturday.
Dave Lance of Maxwell traveled to Ada to visit friends Saturday. M. D. Mathews, currently in Washington D C, attends a conference of cement workers for the NERA.
Herman Hamilton, coach at Atoka high school, is spending the weekend in Ada. George Thompson of Shawnee visits his brother, Judge Claude V. Thompson and Mrs. Thompson at 802 East Thirteenth. Mrs George Maytie and daughter Muriel leave Wednesday for Palo Alto California to enter Stanford University.
Albert Medlock of Tishominto and Alma Medlock of Cromwell spend the weekend in Ada visiting relatives. J A Sherrell and children from Dexter New Mexico are in the county visiting Mrs G I Sherrell and others. Mr Sherrell lived here until four years ago and now ranches and distributes gasoline in the Pecos valley.
Lewis August Heck of Centra hema Ada visitor Saturday H F Reed of Fitzhugh attended to business in Ada Saturday Ray McDonald of Pleasant Hill visited friends in Ada Saturday Mrs Bailey Bobbitt and daughter Mary T of Buffalo New York are visiting friends and relatives in Ada Bob Freeney of Blue Mound transacted business here Saturday Mr and Mrs Charles Thomason of Jesse attended to business and visited friends in Ada Saturday
Miss Yetta Berger of Vaness leaves Monday morning for Chicago to attend the Century of Progress exposition. Mr and Mrs Bud Freeney of Franks visited friends in Ada. J D Underhill of Sunshine visited friends in Ada Saturday. Joel Rowlett of Franks attended to business in Ada Saturday.
George Thompson of Jesse visited friends and attended to business here Saturday.
Burr Valley teacher Hagan Underhill traveled to visit friends in the region. Details about location and occasion are not provided in the fragment.
Elmer Chandler of Franks visited Ada on Saturday to conduct business and called on Jim Vincent of Hickory during the trip.
Mrs. B. F. Stegall departed Monday for Burbank Oklahoma to visit her son Roy for a week. From there she will travel to Mul-bain Kansas to visit her brother and family briefly.
John Duncan of Homer travels to Ada to handle pending private business and return home.
Chester Treese of Lula underwent a major operation at Ada hospital on Sunday.
Homer resident Tom Hurl went to Ada to handle business today, engaging with local offices and arranging matters related to his interests.
Mrs Pat Reynolds of Stratford visited friends in Ada Saturday. Joe Fabree of Mill Creek visited Ada today. Mr and Mrs Elmer Forest and children of Stratford visited M Maxey of Roff attended to Lee Bray of Homer visited Ada. Henry Fry and sons Murel and Buddy left Sunday for Frederick for several weeks.
Carlton Weaver of Wilburton and Miss Mollie Jernigan of Shawnee joined Mrs. Ben Tucker of Texar Kana for a Sunday visit with Mr. and Mrs. Jack Weaver. Mrs. Ed Link of Allen visited Mrs. C A Burns in Stratford and attended to business in Ada. Mrs. Mary Miller and Mrs. Ethel Smith, both of Roff, were seen visiting.
C. W. Briles former president of East Central State Teachers College toured Ada on Monday in what was described as a goodwill visit.
H. N. Baker of Allen and E. L. Reuth of Bartlesville representatives of Phillips Petroleum Company visited Ada to conduct business, listed in the local report.
J C Bulloch, son of Mr and Mrs J H Bulloch, living four miles west of town, is suffering from a broken leg.
L. W. Langford, engineer for the state highway department, left today for his home in Tuttle where he has been transferred.
Ed Payne from Stratford spent Monday visiting friends in Ada, sharing time with local acquaintances.
Omar J. Emberson of Vaness attended to business and visited friends here on Monday.
Miss Cleo Sumter returns to Earlsboro after visiting her mother Mrs R O Sumter for several days. Mr and Mrs Bob Foote move to Ada from Durant where he works at the Durant nursery. Mrs Bernie Raney of Hickory seen in Ada Tuesday. Mr and Mrs L M Reynolds of Bowlegs announce the birth of a daughter born today at the
Mrs. Vance Esther Speight died in Memphis on Saturday night at age 21. Her body returned to Allen for funeral services at the Baptist church Thursday at 3 p.m. Rev. J. D. Kimbrough officiated. Burial followed in Allen cemetery, Keith Funeral Chapel in charge.
Annie Lilley 18 died at her mother’s home four miles west of Ada Friday morning at 1 30. Funeral services will be held Sunday at 2 at the Hickory cemetery with Rev. Sam Hawkins officiating.
Burial in Hickory Cemetery with Keith Funeral Chapel in charge. Miss Billey is survived by her mother, three brothers and a half sister.
John Warren Ellis, 69, died Thursday from injuries in an automobile crash near Tupelo. He was buried Saturday at Pleasant Grove Cemetery after funeral services at his home near Macomb. Rev Fleet of Tecumseh officiated. Ellis leaves a sister in Sheldon Missouri and a brother in Oklahoma City.
Bettie June Boyd aged three months died Friday afternoon at 5 40 at the family home 800 West Sixteenth. Funeral services were held there Saturday at 2 pm. Burial followed in Rosedale Cemetery Criswell’s handled arrangements.
One year old James Lester Jordan, son of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Jordan, died Monday at 800 West Sixteenth. Funeral services were held Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. at the home with burial in Rosedale Cemetery, Criswell Funeral Home in charge.
J. W. Knee, 19, died at a local hospital Tuesday September 19. Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at 1:30 in the Criswell Funeral Home chapel with Rev. Young officiating. Burial followed in Jesse Cemetery. He is survived by his parents Mr and Mrs Herbert Knee a sister Della and a brother Everett.
Oklahoma City Sept 19 Virtually all of Oklahoma s 4 500 000 federal recovery program for municipal and feeder road projects bore the approval of federal district engineer Dc E Swain With 91 of 106 projects submitted receiving approval the program goes to Washington for final action Bids on about 787 000 in work in ten counties are set for October 3 Projects span 48 miles of grading and drainage and 7 6 miles of paving across Woodward Harper McIntosh Muskogee Wagoner Ellis Latimer Comanche Garvin and Choctaw counties and include many municipal improvements in Chickasha Haskell Okmulgee Blackwell Ponca City Bartlesville Tulsa Oklahoma City Miami and other towns.
The report lists numerous Oklahoma county road improvements including grading drainage and blacktop work ranging from 1.5 to 17 miles across Rogers Tulsa Canadian and other counties. It also notes wheat prices fell up to 2.5 cents, with corn and oats down modestly while provisions stayed unchanged.
Cattle 800 head Galveston 300 steady with varied prices across grades. Medium grass fed steers around 4.25. best beef cows near 3.00. fat heifers 4.50 to 5.00. canners 1.25 to 2.00. bulls 1.50 to 2.50. Weighty yearlings 4.00 to 4.50. vealers 4.54 to 5.00. Hogs 7,400 with 6,500 pigs up 25 cents. top outsider 4.85. packing sows 50. Sheep 290 up 40 with natives 6.59. good to choice 6.00 to 6.25.
Hog carcass prices rise with top 4.80 for 200-225 lb pigs while direct trades hover 140 to 350 lb range. Cattle values edge up for yearlings and fed heifers with top around 6.50 for 1100 lb steers. Sheep and lambs see steady demand, with lambs at 7.25 and best natives around 6.75, ewes 1.50. Quotations reflect ewes and wethers.
Chicago market update records butter and bees quotations with unsettled prices and current receipts. Creamery specials range from 23 1 2 to 24 for extras, firsts 17 3 4 to 18 1 2, and seconds 16 1 2 to 17. Bees quotations show extra firsts at 18 1 4 and local 16 1 2, with fresh graded firsts at 17 1 2.
Chicago poultry market details list live birds and prices by type and weight. Hens and roosters range around 7 to 11 cents, turkeys 8 to 13 cents, ducks 8 to 10 cents, geese 9 to 13 cents, rock fryers 11.5 to 12.5 cents, colored varieties 10.5 to 16.5 cents, leghorn and rock broilers near 9.5 to 12.5 cents.
Chicago market report shows total U S shipments at 797 with 97 cents per cwt for Wisconsin round whites U S No 1 selling near 1.55 to 1.65 and Idaho russets averaging 1.90 to 2.00. Prices vary by variety and state with Minnesota early Ohio s partly graded around 1.15 to 1.30 and Washington No 2 russets around 1.80.
Uncertainty in Washington financial policies and soft cotton markets left grain prices unsettled most of the day. A late rally in wheat after noon faded quickly as selling intensified, pushing the market back toward earlier lows.
Wheat prices for No 2 red at 93 1 4 to 95 1 2. No 1 hard 93 1 2 to 95. Corn No 1 yellow 50 1 4. No 2 white 50 1 2 to 51 1 2. Oats No 2 white 38 39.
In New York a sharp early drop of over two dollars per bale amid liquidation was followed by partial recoveries on renewed buying and covering. December futures fell from 10.05 to 10.36 before wavering, then traded around 10.27 with a 2 to 25 point net loss. close barely steady with spot middling at 10.05.
Spot cotton in New Orleans closes steady, down 41 points. Market shows 8,994 sales with low middling at 9.19 and middling at 8.4. Receipts total 9,925 and stock sits at 675,727 units.
Victor Rogers charged with burglary escaped the county jail by the blanket rope route last night. He reportedly used eight blankets tied to the chimney and ropes to descend from the courthouse roof before dropping into shrubbery.
Leaders drafted a four point program for disabled veterans covering compensation and hospitalization. Ed Hayes of Decatur Ind is seen as likely national commander. The convention opens Oct 25 in Chicago with about a quarter million Legionnaires expected and a large parade backdrop across multiple venues.
Senator Thomas D Oklahoma said he received over 100 telegrams in reply to his inflation stance inquiry. He noted only five percent opposed inflation and projected congressional support as a method to raise farm prices. He cited farm input costs rising about 32 percent versus prices farmers receive.
The text notes banks are not hopelessly insolvent and will lend as part of federal efforts. Eugene Black, governor of the Federal Reserve Board, predicts that cooperation from banks will be forthcoming, aiding the federal program.
Washington report outlines John Collier’s plan to make Indians self sufficient through land protection and new programs. It notes halted allotment land sales, staff reductions, 100 day schools funded by public works, forest and soil work, irrigation projects across nine states, civil service reform, and road building on Indian lands. It emphasizes a shift from decentralization to active tribal participation in the new policies.
A fashion expert notes V shaped necklines are returning on women’s gowns this autumn and imagines similar reshaping could move value toward men’s pants pockets.
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