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The Ada Weekly News from Ada, Oklahoma • 8

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ft TOW 4 BY ROBERT D1CKSOH wBSSV' to i I I MEH II optimistic moim entered school her 18 winning teams received the last hour and age pro if His real client wall 1 2 No 3 white 52' old £15 spent Saturday IK visited Albert any and was She the In charge of the said that the division would be continued in This year the grade Etchleson and Mrs now old Mauris Stewart with Mae that viai 1 old 1 the rat highest teat last this evening in cheap car cheap clothes and feeling cheapness (To Bo Continued) BY ROBERT DICKSON officials complimenting Spot Cotton NEW ORLEANS eb (JP Spot cotton closed steady 4 points up Sales 1194 low middling 1219 middling 1334 good mid dling 1389 receipts 2462 stock 633804 NEW YORK eb (JP Early losses of 8 to 9 points In cotton today under foreign' and domestic liquidation met improv ed trade buying and covering and losses were practically recovered by mid afternoon May rallied from 1249 to 1258 and was selling at 1255 with prices generally 3 points net low er to 3 higher at the beginning ot GRAIN UTURES CHICAGO eb v0M range from 52 to 830 The aver age payment is 315 the state and federal governments combining to make the payments When it is considered that in ebruary 50 000 residents of this state will re ceive an average of $15 each the tremendous cost is apparent Mrs Neal sald The office in this county is handicapped because it has only three visitors who must prepare and check any amount of data be fore the application can be sent to the state headquarters Among the many requirements are the following: age 65 or over nine years residence in state at least five of it continuous the last year being required continuous residence income of less than $30 a month proof of no resources property valued at less than $2 500 In addition this office Is re quired to handle the cases of 400 dependent children and 15 blind residents Mrs Neal explained Teachers to Tulsa Thursday or Annual OEA Con vention Sessions Grove by a 12 to 7 score Ada junior high won the A class boys and Worstell the class girls in finals played riday night Officials tournament into classes the future teams were divided into A an'd classs with 111 pounds weight being the dividing line There were 8 entries in the tourney all teams for their sportsmanship rne five trophies Virgil Medlock Duke and Homer'Kurkyndall were the com mittee In charge of the tourney No developments have been re ported since Monday in the case of Jack Seott St Louls Mo youth accused of the fatal shoot ing of Alvis Jonesdfeputy sheriff last riday night County authorities are engaged in a district court criminal trial docket and plans for arraigning the 17 year old youth are held in abeyance until court duties are disposed of However the parents of Scott came to Ada and talked with the authorities Monday Both appeared heart broken over the rapid developments In which their son a cripple for most ot his life a good student good marksman left his home la ac cused of robbing a drug store and wounding a policeman at McAles ter of taking part in a gun battle here In which Jones was kllldd and Allen Stanfield' deputy marshal was wounded and of be ing raptured near his bulfet rld dled car near Atoka Saturday morning Stanfield wounded in hand and upper right arm has recovered sufficiently to be able to leave the hospital where for a short time it had been feared he might lose the wounded arm Re covery 'has been rapid however for the veteran officer i 4 JONES CHAPEL timid little lady The almanac printed 'in 1860 contained such finterestlng infor mation as the population of United States the number ot ships built during the' year the number of train wrecks number of states i in the union and a description of the various territories And then there was an ancient i Christian almanac containing a I bitter denunciation of saloons One little lady was especially proud to establish her age She brought a small suitcase to office in the county court house In it was a banger which had been i attached to the saddle on her pony as she led the way for settlers' go ing from the east in(o Texas and Oklahoma by covered wagon Some in a Hurry The suitcase contained pictures ot her father who was general in the Civil war numerous pic tures of her usually astride a pony and other Interesting data of by gone days All such Intormatln is of great value to its owners so the office always makes a copy of the'ma terial needed and returns the original to the applicant Most of those who apply need the assistance but few are in as much of a hurry as this man he rush into the office one Mon day morning and while gasping for breath announced that he had become 65 years old Sunday and would like to apply for his pen sion Office Overworked The act providing for the age assistance was adopted by voters in July 1936 and fl: payments were made about middle of September There are at present about 700 residents of Pontotoc county re ceiving monthly payments which POULTRY and PRODUCE CHICAGO eb Poul try live 25 trucks steady hens over 5 lbs 17 5 lbs and less 17 1 2 leghorn hens 12 colored springs 18 Plymouth and white rock 20 colored broilers 21 Plymouth rock 21 white rock 22 leghorn chickens 13 roosters 13 leghorn roosters 12 turkeys hens 18 young toms 16 old 13 No 2 turkeys 13 ducks 4 1 2 lbs up white and colored small'white and colored 16 ca pons 7 lbs up 22 less than 7 lbs 21 Butter 3850 firm creamery specials (93 score) 34 to 34 1 2 extras (92 33 1 2 extra firsts (90 91) 32 3 4 to 33 firsts (88 89) 32 to 32 1 2 standards (90 centralized carlots) 33 1 2 Eggs 9057 unsettled extra firsts local 21 1 2 cars 22 fresh graded firsts local 21 1 2 cars 22 current receipts 20 1 4 Raise in Price of Crude En couraging Texas Produc I tion Hike Defended kl could mean to the Guild and the town both of which Mrs' Hen derson had said would benefit through the forthcoming surprise the cast could not fathom but it spurred them to a finer perform ance nevertheless The first act was concluded without a hitch and as sets and costumes were changed and the high school orchestra performed to the satisfaction of admiring parents Mrs Henderson behind the curtain was deluged with in quiries concerning Burtis and the promised surprise But she refused "an explanation and the second act began with the cast very much on edge Grimly McDougall watched Marcia Canfield on the stage wishing he had not come to see her Every word and gesture made her more desirable to him nearer to him even while he con sidered her more and more re mote BEGIN HERE TODAY MARCIA CANIELD daOKhln of wealthy PHILIP CANIELD meats BRUCE McDOUGALL art ist shortly after the mysterious dlsappearnnee of RANK KEN DRICK to whom Mareia had been enirnjretL When shortages are found In business ac counts Marcia is more shocked than heartbroken She realises Byng Homer and Ahloso join ed Ada junior high school and Worstell as division champions in the annual grade school basket ball tournament in final games played at Byng Saturday night "The Byng girls won the Class A title by overcoming a stubbornly fighting Latta team 16 to 14 Lat ta held a six point lead at half time but was unable to keep the advantage In A division of Class boys Homer had too much strength for Steedman taking the champion ship by a 15 to 8 score The other final game Saturday night was in division of Class: boys Ahloso taking Cedar which left her mind free for the 'more entertaining hospital routine of conversation' gave Marcia the latest gossip and chatted of the evening visitors that man been here see you she demanded asked Marcia guy with the tragic face who carried you here the night you were know he had a tragic have called it tragic if seen it said Miss Holmes was in the receiving ward so I got a good look at him He looked worse than you did you were only unconscious He came carrying you in from the driveway and put you down as if you were a mangled flower so help me We had to push him out of the way to see to you and when we started upstairs with you there he was following along to the elevator "When we got finished with you I went downstairs again expect ing to have a corpse to dispose of but gone Gone out to shoot himself from the way he looked I imagined if he been in to see you maybe it's all for the best have to cheer up consider able before they'd let him in The place would be a morgue with him frightening the patients No kidding hasn't he been When at last Miss Holmes left Mhrcia lay without sleeping There was a warmth in her heart for Bruce concern as woman like her intuition reached out and brought back the knowl edge that after all in some pecu liar way he cared Somewhere there was an absurd little explanation for his staying away It matter she knew what she wanted to know WEN the second act curtain fell there was a tide of ex cited talk through the auditorium McDougall as a newcomer was mystified and Joan explained that Lloyd Burtis the producer had left his seat and according to a report brought from backstage and thoroughly circulated was now closeted with several people and that a surprising and important announcement would soon be forthcoming It was a long intermission The orchestra played four numbers and the audience was becoming decidedly restless when Mrs Hen derson stepped before the curtain and waited for silence She had just emerged she said from a conference with Mr Bur tis from whom she had previously exacted a secret promise in con nection with show The conference had been attended also by Mr and Mrs rank Osborn of Bobbs Neck and Miss Dorothy Osborn their daughter and a member of the cast Mr promise she could now announce had been to offer a Broadway opportunity to the player who gave the finest per formance in show He had required only two acts to make his choice the offer had been made to the young lady selected in the presence of her parents and accepted Miss Dorothy Osborn 'would have her chance on Broadway! Not of course as a star but still it would be a chance There was an actual ovation rank Osborn and his wife hav ing waited backstage during the announcement attempted to re turn to their seats during the up roar and called forth an even AN her third night in the hos pital after visiting hours nurse one Peggy Holmes was preparing her for sleep The doctor had just departed with a promise that she could go home i "pretty soon She had seen her father walking stiffly complaining bitterly that he i tft taped too tight to breathe 'AY' had had favorable news of condition Miss Holmes discharging tasks with a mechanical precision KANSAS CITY eb (U Dept Hogs 2000 closing fairly active to all inter ests mostly steady with Tues average extreme top 5 low er at 1015 paid freely good to choice 190 310 lbs 1000 15 150 180 1hs 925 1000 sows strong to 10 higher 925 60 stock pigs scarce Cattle 3500 calves 500 open ing trade on fed steers and year lings steady some buying Ih tereats however bidding weak to lower other killing classes of cattle about steady In rather a slow trade vealers and calves nine era I DRUCE McDOUGALL was ink ing in a sketch The pencil job had satisfied 'hint but now it was all wrong He knew what was lacking but he seemed unable draw the lines he wanted He frowned at the work on his draw ing board and frowned at his pen the oldest and most faithful among his store Disgustedly he tossed the pen down and pushed the drawing board aside As in tht case of the sketch he knhw his trouble but could not apply the remedy If only someone else had been handy on the night of the wreck auditorium had been discovered at to pick up Marcia Canfield! Then he would not have held her in his arms would not now be mocked by his once level headed decision to put the dream of her aside! He stared out the window Mc Dougall get over it! Un fettered free lance McDougall without a worry in the world had come to Bobbs Neck and found himself tied for life to the thought 1 of a girl he have! 'To Be Continued) Mrs Henderson when the sug gestion was carried to her agreed without much reluctance accident was common knowledge every member of the audience would before the performance have seen her about town with a disabled arm Therefore said Mrs Henderson the show would go on ana everyone cast and audience could just ignore the arm Rehearsals therefore continued witn mcreasing excitement due to the approach of the actual per formance The cast met each night of the last week with dress rehearsal scheduled for the night before the presentation Midway in the week' Mrs Hen iderson sought to spur her com pany toward final perfection with the stimulus of a mysterious an nouncement are all doing she told the group assembled on the stage Of the auditorium proud of you The few rough spots left will be corrected easily I know there is something I want to tell you in part I give you the whole story I promised to keep it a secret I can tell you that on the night of the show there is to be a surprise for you or the' whole town in fact Something that ac tually all of us will feel we have a share in even if all' benefit directly It is something that should make the Stagecraft Guild and particularly this cast very' very proud Now work hard and deserve She refused all entreaties to say more How can I prove I'm over 65 years old? Many of 1300 Pontotoc county residents who have applied for old age assistance (pension to you) have found it a perplexing problem their efforts to prove their age have proved even more perplexing to welfare office employes Too many times the evidence Is like that presented by an aged colored lady she had five marri age licenses which is In Itself in dicative ot some time elapsed but the dates on each of the docu ments were 'different She got on the rolls because 'her age was otherwise established Proof of the applicant's age is left pretty much up to the office judgment Mrs Donna belle Neal In charge of the local office explained Uae Old Bibles One of the favorite ways of es tabllshing age is through presen tation of an old family Bible con taining names of the members of a family date of birth and other Information Bu( even thia means sometimesfails as with the fellow who pre sented a Bible containing the names of his entire family with the date of their birth His name was on the bottom of the page and a mouse had chewed it offlolng away with bls birth date entirely Marriage licenses old insurance policies registered certificates business records or ledgers any Instrument which convinces office visitor is sufficient to es tablish the applicant's age i Interesting Almanac Several Bibles over 100 years old have introducedbut the office force was particularly Interested in an old almanac brought in by a TRS REID HENDERSON director of Acre in had spent a frantic fort night worrying over the necessity for postponing the show or find ing a substitute for Marcia when with the performance only a week ahead a simple solution was pre sented Both Marcia and her father had been allowed to leave the hos pital the doctors finding no fur ther injuries and no evidence of the effects of shock Helen Wad dell and several other girls in the show visited Marcia on her first afternoon at home Discussing a postponement of the play or the (to them) impossible alternative of finding' a substitute for the leading lady they proposed sim ply that Marcia should take part on the scheduled date regardless of having her arm in a cast Case of Confusion COLUMBIA GD At torney Taylor was called td court to defend a negro Arriving just as a prisoned charged with drufikennesa went oil trial Taylor went into action The charge was dismissed I When the next case wm iad the attorney heyd the name realized he had defended the! wrong man found guilty An airline stewardess con valescing from a recent crash re fuses to give up her job At that workers In any tine nave their upa and downs ather and Mother of Slayer Youth Heart Broken Over Developments Those having perfect attendance last week in spite of bad weather were James Elliott A Guinn A oulter Kula Vsy Shields Cantrell Stewart POTATOES CHICAGO eb (U Dept Agr) Potatoes 75 on track 260 total shipments 624 old stock steady firm un dertone supplies rather liberal trading slow sacked per cwt Idaho russet Burbanks 3 No 1 335 50 Colorado red Mc Clures No 1 320 30 lor ida bu crates Bliss triumphs No 1 210 No 2 175 85 a crate BEBEE The boys class basketball team defeated the Center team by a score of 12 to 11 The Bebee teams Will enter the grade tournament Thursday at Byng and of course win: See these games sure they will prove worth while Paul McCutcheon spent Sun day night In the Haskins home Ted Jones visited Mr a nd Mrs Elva Jones Tuesday morning Among those who visited in the Haskins home Sunday night were Mr and Mrs Hightower and daughter Lorene Luman Ray and Granville Roberts and Pauland Turman McCutcheon Time was spent tn listening to music made by Paul on the violin accompanied by Tupman on the guitar Opal Duncan who is staying with Mr and Mr Rayford Duke spent the week end with home folks Don Thomas visited in the Burk home Sunday Mrs Etta Hightower and dau ghter Lorene also Mrs Grade Hayes and son Calvin took Sun day dinner with Mr and Mrs Vir gil Meek Word has been received of the death of John Crane of Ada who formerly lived here We extend our sympathy to the bereaved family John Jones Is reported some what better at this writing Quite few attended the play ashioned which waa presented at the Bebee school house Wednesday night The fol lowing participated Mrs' Tressie Nabors Volley John Elderene and Irene Lane Christine Mole Paul Smith Anna Kemp Owen Magar Clovis Story Melba Northern 1189 1282 1287 1283 44 1219 1187 1184 llM 1177 1182 1174 1 once and reported to the cast as the curtain was about to rise and significance of unknown propor tions was added by the fact that he attended in company with Reid Henderson husband of the director liras recalled that Mr Burtis was an old friend of the Hender sons and the mysterious statement concerning an' impor tant event on the night of the show seemed to give greater promise Just what his attendance NEW ORLEANS 3 Cot ton future rloeed tedy at net advance of 4 to I point fa HICKORY It sefems that Old Man Winter hag come to stay with his white coet on Anyway next July and August when we begin to look for the ice man we will forget about it and think it will never be cold again The Oak Grove school was unable to make it home Monday The Palmer bus get in until noon but any way there is a large attendance at school if some of them are late Arlene Clary 'is real sick with the flu also Jess Sloan Mr and Mrs Ethard Etchiesoh spent Sunday with Mrs Etchie parents Mr and Mrs Lynn Mr and Mrs Grady Jinks were Sulphur visitors Saturday Evelyn Clary who is attending school at Norman spent the week end with home folks Cecil Moore left for Ada Mon day He has there Mgs Leonard her parents Mr Clary Sunday Louis Glphart of Ada is visiting hbs sister Mrs Geo Kimbrough A Mitchell is in the hos pital in Missouri We hope he will be able to be home soon AUSTIN Tex eb I Oil men ot the Mid continent areal entered ebruary in high goodl humor as a consequence of the! long awaited raise in the price ofl crude The increase averaged! about 12 cents a barrel Terrell and Ernest Ol Thompson majority the Texas railroad commission said the increase constituted mostifi effective answers to criticisms of the commission for fixing this allowable production above the figures1 recommended by the United States bureau of mines Texas has not been too much Thompson safdu do not go up when there! is an Additional new record high prs ductions for the nation were InB prospect partly as a result of the Texas action in fix ing the ebruary basic allowable! for this state at 1329478 bar i rels daily an increase of 805711 barrels over the basic figure for last month and 126078 barrelsi of the bureau of mines of market demand More Taxes Loom I The chief cloud on the horlzoUS of the oil men was the threat ofB additional taxation 9 Gov Marland of Okla 9 horns suggested that represonta fl tlves of Oklahoma and Texas take concerted action to boost the tax1 Tfciis state had made no arrange ments for a conference toward that end but many bills to in crease the Texas levy were before the house of representatives com mlttee on revenue and taxation Some of the bills proposed Increase the tax as high as tenE per cent of value The present taxjl Is 2J per cent of value The statera needs additional money both forK genera purposes and old pensions A hearing on th oil tax posals will start Monday steady jearly sales short fed steers 8 00 1000 choice medium weights held up to 1200 good to choice vealers 800 1000 a few to city butchers 1100 Sheep 7000 opening sales lambs around 25 higher sheep steady early top and bulk fed lambs 10 25 god ewes 500 181K 4 1 14U 111 11'4 BABY CHICKS Now Ready or Delivery These Chicks are from blood tested and Approved locks Wo Do Custom Hatching ADA HATCHERY 600 Wt 2Sth Phone 80s Write or Phone Your Needs GRAIN CHICAGO' eb 3 (Ah Around 3 1 2 cents a bushel soar ing of Chicago wheat prices late today went hand in hand with reports of big European buying Germany was stated to have purchased 1468000 bushels of Argentine wheat and 2400000 bushels of Argentine corn with other European countries also buyers from Argentina In ad dition fully 1000001) bushels of Canadian wheat also was estimat ed to have been bought for ex port 5 At the close wheat wks 2 1 8 to 3 1 2 cents above yesterday's finish May 131 1 4 to 1 2 July 114 1 2 to 5 8 corn 1 1 4 to 2 3 8 up May 107 1 4 to 1 2 July 101 5 8 oats 7 8 to 1 4 ad vanced and provisions showing 5 to 32 cents gain LIVESTOCK i OKLAHOMA CITY eb (2P) (U Dept Cattle 1800 calves 700 very slow on killing classes undertone 'weak on butcher cattle bulls around steady vealers scarce little changed slaughter calves slow early blds and sales 25 to 50 low er stockers and feeders about steady load medium and good 1041 lbs fed steers 800 early sales butcher cows 400 500 few bid to 550 75 unsold load low cutters and cutters mostly 275 375 few bids on low cutters down to 250' hulls mostly 450 550 odd head to 575 vealer top 1000 most sales 8 00 down bid ding 400 to 700 on slaughter calves load plain quality feeder steers 5 00 50 odd lot stockers 400 550 Hogs 1800 Including 372 di rect quotably steady packer top 1000 small killers paying up to 1010 fur selected lots good and choice 170 300 lbs butchers 960 to 1000 most 140 170 lbs 850 925 slaughter pigs 120 140 lb 700 825 packing ow 875 to 900 st'gs 850 down Sheep 400 lambs 35 higher top natives and fed western lambs 985 most sales 925 up com mon and medium sort 700 to 850 odd head tat ewes around and below 450 Mildred Cantrell Carl Nadin Shields Maurln Bobby Thoms Those making grades on th semester week wer fifth Luther Shields and Evert Dew' Sixth grade Edward Dl Stewart Seventh Avanell Wat and Roscoe Shield 1 Mr and Mr Charlie Enloe spent Sunday with Dr and Mrs Enloe 1 Miss Avanell Wax spent riday night with Mlisea Ruth and Jan Kerr of Homer Mr Ernest Dew' and daughter spent Tuesday and Wednesday with her parent Mr and Mr Skaggs of PicketL Inez Dew spent Sunday with Mr Roy CUhman Ml Helen Kerr spent Thurs day night with Mr Ruby Hooten Dew and aona Ernest and William called on Orvin Dew of Pecan Grove Sunday who is ioualy ill with pneumonia juanita ana spent Sunday Smith Avanell Wax Teachers in Ada and most other school of (Pontotoc county are preparing to start for Tulsa early Thursday many of them by spe cial coach on the railroad and other by high ray to attend th sesafon of th Oklahoma Educa tion Association An' interesting program ha been arranged with noted lec turer and leading educator tak ing part Several member of the'TCait Central college jaculty are sched uled fpr talka in various sectional meeting Schools her are dismissed un til Monday Several acbool out in th county were forced to close earlier in th week because buses were unable to make their round over muddy roads WHEAT Mar July "Sap Ma Mar Julr July San May SCW CLOSE ORSUTEte Half ache Eden they visited in Cement They re turned home Sunday without mis 1 hap but got stuck in their own front drive way' But here here! We are looking on the dark Of course you have heard of the silver lining well the reporter saw ared lin ing Oh not exactly but really there been some beautif ul I red birds and other kinds here too1 The birds probably appreciate Be ing fed by thoughtful people and people who have sense of beauty at all will feel doubly ap 1 preciative 'in seeing beauty and having done a good deed 1 We should be thankful that jvi do not live In the flood area Although mud and rain have pervalled two families have mov ed this week Mr and Mrs El dred Solemn have moved to fte vacant Sturdivant house and he newly weds Archy and Beatrice Solomon moved to the house: va cated by Eldred Solomon Mr and Mrs Archie Solomon visited Sunday with Mrs Solo parents Mr and Mrs' Collins Mrst Collins has been ill this past week but is better now Christene Berger spent Sunday afternoon with Louise Pitt They enjoyed delicious refreshments'of homemade candy made by the lat mother Marvin Jones of Hart riday with his mother Mrs Adella Jones '4 Those spending the past ver I fit AS 3 Ik TS fiofl ana mi Aj ger were: Mrs Ada Ray of We woka and daughter Clarene of Dallas and Mr and Mrs Wilson Phillips of Ada Mrs Standridge spent ri day afternoon with Mrs Rachel! Tilley They were engaged In very lovely occupations Mrs TU ley was making a multi colored rug and Mrs Standridge was piecing a quilt of silk scraps Mral Tilley told some very amusing and entertaining stories of her? child hood days She is 76 years oldl Mrs Standridge could give someW Interesting accounts of the and their wearers from where thegM quilt' scraps came HH Mr and Mrs ord of Sun JM shine spent Wednesday with Mrffi and Mrs Pitt Cooper or "Uncle formerly of Vanoss has been fnW hospitals the past seven weeks Hew was suffering from the effects an injured ankle He says lie would be glad to receive tors He is staying atAda Xg Spot Grain CHICAGO elj Cash wheat no sales reported Corn No 4 mixed 109 1 4 mainly white No 3 yellow 110 to 111 1 2 No 4 yellow 105 3 4 to 109 No 5 yellow 102 1 2 to 106 3 4 latter outside weight No 3 white 112 No 4 white I09 1 2 to 111 1 4 No 6 white 107 1 2 sample grade 94 Oats No 2 mixed 52 to 53: No 2 white 53 to 54 1 4 cereal Proving Your Age Often Gives Welfare Board Trouble Humor MARKETS greater demonstration much to? their embarrassment And when the third act curtain went up Dorothy who was on the stage alone for a few moments got such a reception that she was almost in tears and her recovery under the circumstances was evidence of an i inherent capability to observe that hallowed injunction of the profess sional actress show must go TIER part in the play was fin ished after half a dozen min utes in the third act and she left the stage to another burst of ap plause Through the whispered but nonetheless hearty congrahi lations of those clustered in the wings she made her way to the dressing room she shared with several others There' alone for a short while she put her head in her arms and wept It was perhaps the greatest emotional moment she would ever know She who had lived to woman hood drinking bitterness of her own brewing found this gift of actual triumph a purely sweet draught She who had dreamed of success imagining she could be haughty disdainful at its realiza tion suddenly found the world gracious She who had hated her lack of money and persistently charted a i gulf between herself and the more fortunate she who had hated the girls who enjoyed the material things she was denied had found the congratulations of both cast and audience her friends and neighbors! too real to admit of envy they were simply glad for her! And the warmth of it over whelmed her so that her veneer of hardness was taken away as soon she would wipe off the make up which had fitted her on the stage a while ago She was not long enough alone to have regained her composure when the entire feminine mem bership of the cast at the conclusion 0 into the dressing room to renew their con gratulations and when finally she was dressed and ready to go home she found waiting for her in the auditorium making an excited circle about Mr and Mrs Osborn such a group of townspeople that she could not restrain her tears Dorothy at last went home with her parents triumphant lifted to the stars and yet strangely hum bled strangely different from the Dorothy Osborn who had come here and their 1W6 10m 101 8W st 48 4714 BEGIN HERB TODAY MARCIA CAS IELD daughter of wealthy PHILIP CANIELD meet BRUCE McDOUGALL art 1st shortly after the mysterious disappearance tof RANK 1 1 DRICK to whom Marcia had been engaged When shortages are found In businens ac counts Marcia is more shocked than heartbroken She realizes" she was never in love with him McDougall is attentive until DOROTHY OSBORN who dislikes Marcia leads him to believe Mar ela is engaged io another man There is a bank holdup and po lice commandeer the Canfield car to follow the bandits The car is uy 4 wrecked and both Marcia and her father are injured J7 McDougall driving with Dor othy Osborn conies upon 1he acene and takes Marcia and her father to a hospital Later Mr Dougall calls the hospital repeat esiy is loia mareia is NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY CHAPTER XXI 's' VVHEN Marcia awakened later was in another room in a white bed and a woman in white and a man in white were looking at her said Marcia 1 has a total of three broken ribs a miracle but the two seats must have kept you penned in so you bounced afound The chauffeur held on to the wheel apparently and kept his neck from being broken He has some fractures but get over 1 them The policeman com s' plain of anything but bruises and is: sprains But bother about it fine Get some On the second day she was well enough to receive callers so that she heard from many sources and? with variations that the bandits had only their aban doned car being found and also the story of how Bruce McDou gall and the Osborns had brought her to the hospital a rom McDougall himself came a very simple box of flowers with a polite card expressing a hope for her quick recovery but he did not appear among her visitors either on that day or on the days following Marcia did not know that he telephoned the hospital frequently and anonymously for news of her nor that alone in his rooms he dwelt grimly on imag inary scenes of a flying visit to her bedside by her reputed fiance COTTON UTURES NEW YORK eb (AP) Cotlan tv turn dOMd tUad hlhr Prv OpD High Lo CIom CIom Mcne 1Z80 1367 Mjr iz68 izee Jul 1148 1280 Ort 1188 1178 Dee 11 88 1188 Jen 11H Spot iteedj: middling 1830 McDonjrnll Im attentive until DOROTHY OSBORN who dllllkea Marcia leads him to believe Mar cia la engnsed to another mnn There Is bank holdup nndpo Mce commandeer the Canfield car to follow the bandits The mr in wrerkrd and hnth Mavnla and her father are Injured MeDougnll driving with Dor othy comes upon the scene and takes Marcia find her father to a ohospitale Their Injuries are not serious Although arm is tn sling it is decided that she will take part tn the amateur play to'A' be presented soon NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY CHAPTER XXII DRUCE McDOUGALL attended "Lf the performance of Acre in as the guest of Mike and Joan Bradford Tickets to each show presented were in cluded in the membership priyi leges of the Stagecraft Guild and the Bradford family membership entitled them to two tickets Mike with what he hoped was a good pretense of unselfishness sug gested to Joan that she use their tickets for McDougall and herself She retorted that she dream of depriving him of the pleasure of seeing the play and cheerfully took a dollar of his money to buy a third ticket for their guest McDougall left to his own de vices probably would not have attended but having arrived and resigned himself to his fate he had to admit that a workman like job was on view As an artist he found chief interest in the scenery products and yet having expected to be bored by an amateur production he found himself almost as interested in the play as if he had been in a Broadway theater Backstage as the show got un icr way temperatures had risen because of the presence in the audience of Lloyd Burtis one of the most successful New York producers His entrance into the IfICKMEET VANOS3 Someone said "Ah 'just 'tell it is muddy so we have news" but someone was wrong As long as this little is there will be news There was seen in Vanoss Sun day only one clean car It was in its garage and bad been there since before the snow The roads are really verf muddy so muddy that school was dismissed last Thursday and The auto mobile laundries will be plenty busy for the next week at least Saturday was a daj ot hard luck for a certain produce truck that was in this vicinity then He got stuck got out got half off the low water brtdgb yet got out then got stuck ntfir the railroad but got out and went merrily on I way Besides this mud and general dampness two or three mornings broke silently on world of fog og at damp and dene a pea oiip All these unpleasant surround ings bring snotber unpleasantness th flue Those near by who have it now are: Amelia sixth grade teacher Mrs Tom Cook and Lee Ponder There are other who ar now convalescing Ip spit ot mud Mr and Mr 0 ugate were called to Cyril Saturday While in that vicinity "J5 1 a NEA Servlos Inc night with Mr and Mrs' Vance Akin tot Ada Margie Skaggs of Pickett called on her sister Mrs Ernest Dew last week Miss Alma Guinn of Ada called on her parents Mr and Mrs A' Guinn Sunday 7 and Mrs loyd'Ray Nina and Dalia Ray Odom ot Ada spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Wilson foulter 1 7 Mrs Dew spent: Monday with her daughter in Ada Mildred Cantrell spent Saturday with Dorothy McKee 7 4 i SUMMERS CHAPEL My having some winter now with sleet and snow cover ing everything Arthur Hlvely is on the sick list 7 Bro Harris and wife of Oil Center sailed on Mrs Litha Sum mers Monday Mrs Beatrice Stark called in the McIntyre home riday afternoon A Woods transacted busi ness in Ada Wednesday' Tommy Summers spent Saturday night with John McIntyre Jr Mr and Mrs Light and Granny Light are all ill with the flu at present David Galey transacted busi ness in Ada Tuesday of last week Mrs McIntyre and daugh ter Alpha called on Mrs Jewel Summers Saturday Mrs Rosa Kent and daughter Elnavern called in the Light home Sunday Mr Buel Stark took dinner Monday with Mrs James Isaacs Miss Ruth Woods spent Sun day night with Alpha McIntyre Mr and Mrs Buel Stark and son Kenneth spent Saturday night with Mr and Mrs George Evans PAGE EIGHT 73 i cnangea itocKerrand teefl yy In narrow demand about I THE ADA WEEKLY NEWS ADA OKLAHOMA THURSDAY EBRUARY 1931 Opn 111V 105S lM MH 4 44 Byng Homer and Ahloso Join Ada Juniors Win County Cage Tourney inals fit 5 rer Open Hlrh Law Ckae Cloe Meh 12B7 1278 1218 1274 1270 May 1252 12 1247 1240 12115 July' 122 1248 1128 1241 1288 Ort 4 1178 1188 1173 1188 1188 Dee 1180 1111 1171 1L8 1184 Jan' 1178 1186 1180 i.

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