Walnut Grove News Notes From Local District
Walnut Grove reports good planting weather and school closure. The winter term closed with a large exhibition, several outsiders helped, and teacher Mr. Blue will leave for Allen. Eighth grade exams were held with participants from Bebee Union Hill Worstell. Numerous community visits, guests, and local events fill the week including an egg hunt and pie supper announcements.
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Walnut Grove
Mr. Blue
Allen
Davie
Faye
Haskell Agee
Orbra
Truman Young
Delphia J.jones
Lois Rose
Bebee
Union Hill
Worstell
Myrtle Kirby
Delphia
Hattie Jones
Faye Agee
Huey McClure
Handsel Roper
Blue
Ada
R. L. Moss
Emmett Agee
Elbert Moss
Theodore Grier
Walter Crow
Grier
Homer Danley
Charlie Hopkins
Bill Binion
Jackson
Clara Agee
Landon Jackson
Jennie Ae Bundrett
McSwain Theatre
Joe Parker
J. J. Fulton
Egypt
Jack Roddy
Oet Goodson
Will
William Crow
Sarah Crow
A. T. Tilley
Homer Burch
Mabel Kirby
Ruthie Jones
Novella Cope
E. M. Loyd
Blake Allen
J. F. Agee
Will Crow
Orville Crow
Will Calvert
Davis
Susie Altom
Thomas Agee
Will Jones
Wesley Stringer
Willie Haggard
Raymond Rairs
Odus Wilsong
Hattie
Delphia Jones
Farmers Prepare for Cotton Planting Season
Local notes describe social visits and guest stays among townsfolk. Mrs Wilbanks guests and visits occur with Mrs Woods and others. Several movements include Grandpa and Grandma Roberts moving to town and kin visiting Ada Stratford Vaness and Maxwell connections.
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Mrs. Wilbanks
Woods
Mrs. Mills
R. L. Walker
Grandpa
Grandma _ Roberts
Mrs. Shadwick
Vaness
Mrs. Downing
Stratford
Lydia Cooper
Marcie Willbanks
G. W. Cooper
Henry Dees
Lee Thomas
Ada
Abner
Pleasey Sutton
Maxwean
Jean Price
Estelle Walker
Beulah
Nora Walker
Rural Social Roundup and Weekend Visits
Local families gathered for Sunday visits as Edd Jones and Ruby hosted by Willie Sweet while Gaither Bray and Ollie Sweet met Lillie Bunch for music. A ball game saw Gailey defeat Rebee. Ivey visited Willie Gweet with family. Easter services are planned next Sunday with an open invitation. Marie Riley spent last week with Emma Walker and Emma visits Marie this week. Jewel Humphers and Charley...
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Edd Jones
Ruby
Willie Sweet
Gaither Bray
Ollie Sweet
Lillie Bunch
Gailey
Rebee
George Ivey
Willie
Marie Riley
Emma Walker
Emma
Marie
Jewel Humphers
Charley
Parish Notes Highlight Social Visits and Local Events
Parish community records a flurry of Friday through Sunday visits among Isaacs Thompson Maddox and Dryden families. Several gatherings include preachings by Sister Ivey Hayes and a large crowd at a weekend meeting. A schoolhouse interior paint session was organized by local men.
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Parish
Jewell Isaacs
Augusta Thompson
Ollie Wood
Florence Isaacs
Hallie Dryden
Dan Merdeith
Virgie Maddox
B. J. Downing
Sam Maddox
Lee Tucker
Bennie Thompson
Ora
Della Edding
Daisy Ledford
Gertrude
Zella Pennington
M. R. Wood
Dewey Dryden
Ivey Hayes
Rain delays corn planting and local notices
Rain in recent days holds up corn planting while early planters report healthy growth. Rev Brock missed his appointment on the second Sunday. Bad roads hinder motor travel. Bob Ashby suffers pneumonia. Dorsey Lee Jr. recovers from a broken arm and will regain use soon. W H Brents family visited his father. Cc B Kenner John Jackson and families visited H G Brents. Mrs Brents remains bedbound with rheumatism. Miss Nickolds teaches at Sunshine and students learn quickly. A group from town attended a singing conference in Fitzhugh.
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Rev. Brock
Bob Ashby
Dorsey Lee Jr
W. H. Brents
Cc. B. Kenner
John Jackson
H. G
Infant of Rowe Family Dies and Burial Held
The infant of Mr. and Mrs. Lester Rowe died Wednesday morning and was buried in Pleasant Grove cemetery. Other notes mention visits and gatherings among local residents including Mr. and Mrs. Reeves, Mrs. Brooks, Grace Sims, Roy Ivy, and multiple social visits around Centralioma and Blevins families.
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Virgil Blevins
Coleman
Brooks
Grace
Hoover
Arriel Wallace
Cooper
Sid
Messrs. Morgan, Morris and Gore
W. B. Blevins
Mr. Hensler
Charley Jones
Mrs. Blevins
Union Valley Sunday School Sees Growing Attendance
Union Valley Sunday school reports rising attendance and interest alongside good church services Sunday. The Junior class elected Hansel Riddle president and Wallace Hoggatt secretary. Local residents including Mr and Mrs S B Mayfield of Stonewall and visitors from Ada Wapanucka Frisco Owl Creek and town interests highlight a busy community scene.
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Union Valley
Albert Bouch
Bertha Reed
W. R. Riddle
S. B. Mayfield
Stonewall
Maye Blackwell
Hansel Riddle
Wallace Hoggatt
W. W. Jones
Poca Mayfield
Inez
Laverne
Ada
Raymond Young
Wapanucka
Nathan Hoggatt
Frisco
Couch
Owl Creek
Joe Hoggatt
Tom Goodby
Jones Chapel Hosts Baseball and Social Roundup
Long note of social visits from Jones Chapel and surrounding areas. Baseball score Union Hill 27 Jones Chapel 20 with upcoming toy match games at Jones Chapel ball ground. Many local folks visit relatives and attend prayer meetings and shopping trips in Ada Egypt and Union Hill.
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Lon Mosier
Bill Ballard
Zona Tatum
Carrie
Belle Mosier
le Norton
Ada
Lola Ennes
Louise Golden
Anna Norton
Jessie Manning
Myrtle Williams
Irine Sellars
Union Hill
Jones Chapel
Williams
Haley Williams
John S. Casey
Bessie
Grace Golden
Ballard
Allen
Egypt
Rosa Ballard
Maud Roper
Oma Norton
Red Rose
Elsie
Luther Burgess
Willie
Jennie Palmer
Jess Roddy
Will Peck
Adams
Willie Hamby
Arkansas
New Bethel
Byrd's Prairie Church News Briefs
Rain forces farmers to plant corn later. Rev. Holland of Stonewall begins weekly meeting Tuesday night. Everyone invited. Mrs Emma Roe dined with Miss Hester Smith. Tom Rogers family visited W T Burgess. Prayer meeting continues. Visitors stop by Coal County church. J S Burgess of Allen Oklahoma visited Woo Burgess. Rev Gullet of Pumpkin Ridge preached April 9. Will Anderson family visited G L Clark. Sunday school urged as best in the county. Miss Jewell Shockley visited Miss Eana Burgess. Singing each Wednesday. all welcome. Two Chums.
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Byrd
Holland
Stonewall
Emma Roe
Hester Smith
Tom Rogers
W. T. Burgess
Roger Allen
Claude Harkins
Eunice ‘Andrews
Geulah Scott
Centrahoma
Lillie Teel
W. J. Harkins
J. S. Burgess
Allen
Okla
Woo Burgess
Rev. Gullet
Pumpkin Ridge
Will Anderson
G. L. Clark
Coal County
Jewell Shockley
Eana Burgess
Children and teachers picnic at Jack Fork school grounds
AHLOSO reports children and parents with teachers enjoyed a field trip to Jack Fork on Friday. They spread dinner on site and returned to the school building in the afternoon.
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Ahloso
Local Sunday Socials and School News Report
A busy weekend with basketball until four, a Farmers Union meeting at Love Lady Friday night, and social visits among residents. Ella Rowe stayed with Annie Brandon. Mittie Hutchins Geremma Bryant and Ella Rowe visited Annie and Bertha Brandon Sunday. Mrs Satterfield and daughter left to attend teachers college. Satterfield will teach at Pickett next year. Bro Shipman preached Sunday afternoon. Bro Baggot filled in due to rain. Singing at Mrs Oliver's Sunday night was enjoyed by all.
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Farmers Union
Lovelady
Ella Rowe
Annie Brandon
Mittie Hutchins
Geremma Bryant
Annie
Bertha Brandon
Ophie Throgmartin
Satterfield
Stratford High Freshmen stage The Clod-Hopper play
April winds and showers mark the week as Stratford High School Freshmen presented The Clod-Hopper last Friday night. Mrs J J Shaw returns from visiting her ill mother in Sulphur, while Miss Pett Watts resumes teaching after illness. John Cissna of Oklahoma City visits his parents Mr and Mrs Charles Woods as Shaw heads to Houston to enter a soldiers hospital. Rev and Mrs J T Coffee attend the Fitzhugh convention with their daughters.
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Vanoss
Stratford High School
J. J. Shaw
John Biard
Pett Watts
John Cissna
Oklahoma City
Charles Woods
Pence Shaw
Soldier’s Hospital
Houston
Tex
J. T. Coffee
Fitzhugh
Mocking Bird
Rainy Weather Sparks Community Notices and Visits
The section reports ongoing heavy rain with many visits and social calls. Several families address illness such as scarlet fever and other sickness, while others announce visits, weekend gatherings, and upcoming church services. Residents urged to attend Sunday school and worship, with Bonnie Bee signing off.
Sunday School Attendance and Local Visits Highlight Rural Journal
Rain-soaked Sunday with strong Sunday school turnout and Bro. Cousin preaching at 11. Several visits noted including Miss Ida Smith with Aunt near Fitzhugh. Eight pupils sat for state eighth grade exams last Thursday and Friday at the local site.
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Rocky Chapel
Cousin
Ida Smith
Robertson
Fitzhugh
Blankenship
Akers
Pearl Phillips
Gertrude Creech
Gladys Fussell
Margarete Wyche
S. C. Smith
Clampitt
Ada
Ed. Smith
W. L. Mc.Kinley
Vaness
Candy Smith
Webb
Chapman
Alma Foster
Hogs Slightly Lower at Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City hog market report shows receipts at 19,000 with prices opening steady to 10c lower and finishing slow. Shippers bought about 1,500, with top around 10.95 and most hogs 10.80 to 10.95, lighter weights cheaper and 100 to 130 pound pigs mostly 10.00 to 10.50.
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Oklahoma City
Guardian sale of Elsie Robeson estate in Pontotoc County
Notice of sale of real estate by guardian in Pontotoc County Oklahoma to the highest bidder at public sale on April 28, 1922 at 10 a.m. at Ada courthouse. Describes multiple parcels in sections 10 township 2 north range 6 east. sale subject to court confirmation. cash in hand upon confirmation. Guardian Co. Floyd signs.
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Aklahoma Pontotoc
Elsie Robeson
Pontotoc
Oklahoma
Ada
Okla
Pontotoc County
State of Oklahoma
Co. W. Floyd
Guardian
Rapid Rise in Oklahoma School Enrollment Report
Oklahoma City April 11. A state enumeration shows 712,766 school children for next year’s tax division. Tulsa County leads with 31,154 pupils, Oklahoma County 27,808, Creek 22,523, Muskogee 21,457, Okmulgee 19,303, Cimarron 1,304. The 1921 figure was 697,616, up 15,150 in a year and about 33 percent over the decade.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
R. H. Wilson
Tulsa County
Oklahoma County
Creek County
Muskogee County
Okmulgee County
Cimarron County
Barrett to Speak in Wewoka on April 19
The News announces Charles S. Barrett National President of the Educational and Co-Operative Union of farmers will be in Wewoka to speak at 1 PM on Wednesday April 19. Pontotoc county farmers are invited to attend. Barrett is a prominent figure in the agricultural world and longtime leader of the Farmers Union.
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Charles S. Barrett
Educational and Co-Operative Union of Farmers
Wewoka
Pontotoc County
Mr. Barrett
Coronor's Jury Frees Judge Day From Blame
Oklahoma City noting that Jean P. Day a prominent attorney and oilman was justified in the killing of Lieut. Col. Paul W. Beck at the Day home. The coroner's jury returned a verdict recommending no charges against Day. The crowded courtroom heard the verdict. Day and his wife showed no emotion as they rose and departed.
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Oklahoma City
Jean P. Day
Paul W. Beck
Day
Brydia Loyal to Democratic Party After Unseating
Fred F. Brydia says he remains loyal to the Democratic Party after losing to the State Central Committee in Oklahoma City. He supported Wimbish as the new chairman and moved to endorse seating Wimbish while seating himself. Brydia affirmed Pontotoc county's presence and said he accepts the committee’s decision.
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Wimbish
Democratic Party
Pontotoc County
Fred F. Brydia
State Central Committee
Oklahoma City
Brydia
Seamans
News Announces New Serial Story Amid Fresh Start
The News reports a new serial story will begin next week or the following week. The installment is described as shorter than the last but promising, signaling continued serialized coverage for readers.
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the News
Breckenridge and McCauley Wed at Ada Home
Elmer Breckenridge of Bristow and Miss Dora McCauley of Ada married late Monday afternoon at the bride’s brother B. F. McCauley home at Twenty first and John son. Justice H. J. Brown officiated with only relatives of the bride present.
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Breckenridge-McCauley
Elmer Breckenridge
Bristow
Dora McCauley
Ada
B. F. McCauley
Johnson
H. J. Brown
Ellis County girl nets 840 from purebred hog sale
One girl club member in Ellis County sold purebred hogs for 840 dollars, per county agent Tom M Marks. She had previously sold 590 dollars of hogs, all descendants of a single gilt purchased in 1920, and she still maintains a full stock in her pens.
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Arnett
Ellis County
Tom M. Marks
Hamburg Set to Erect Germany’s First 16 Story Skyscraper
Germany’s business district in Hamburg will soon see its first skyscraper. The 16 story tower will surpass the nation’s tallest buildings by five stories, signaling a major leap in German urban architecture.
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Germany
Hamburg
Cottonseed Disinfectant Offered by Mail Enclose $1.00
Ada Oklahoma advertisement notes Hensler and Smith selling Cottonseed Disinfectant by mail. Enclose one dollar with order to receive prepaid one bottle. Postal guidance and business names appear in the notice. The item is a chemical product marketed through mail order in the local business section.
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Hensler & Smith
Ada
Oklahoma
Okla
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