Rain Helps Little But Crops Still Lag Behind
The community notes a Wednesday rain that was welcomed though it did not aid the corn crop. Several residents and visitors are listed with movements and visits to relatives including J H Braham W H Miller Emma Driver and more. An invitation is extended for a cemetery working on August 8 and local gatherings like singing at Maxwell are announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Braham
W. H. Miller
New Mexico
Emma Driver
Roland Jack Aubrey
Breeo Hospital
Bill Hays
Ada
Lerline Kitchens
Tommie Brown
Flossie Chambers
Noma Stewart
Centrahoma
Charley High
Icey Roland
Leo Foust
Pearle Dobson
Myrtle Price
Sasakwa
Lela High
Davie Davis
Charley Kidwell
Roff
Flora Kidwell
Bernice Jones
Heloise Fulkerson
Pleasant Hill
Jon Burkhart
Frisco
Mr. Davis
Leo Faust
Carthal Anderson
Lovelady Community
Frisco Improves Main Street Sidewalks and Local Happenings
Frisco workers install two 40 foot sidewalks along Main Street. W I Lahue builds garage and coal house on rooming house property. Fred Bean reshingles and repairs his home. Cotton prospects look strong in Pontotoc county. A L Beeman takes a 15 day vacation. Davidson fills in. School walls rising. roof soon. opening planned September first. The board aims for a building to make all citizens proud. Jack Barnes returns from Arkansas for his brother’s funeral. Stride returns from Colorado with windy tales. Cooler weather boosts business activity. carpenters busy citywide. School opens at Cedar Grove with three teachers. two month term before cotton picking. C S Nerman and sons pivot Fred Bean stock into groceries and hardware. Rev Dunlap leads Methodist meetings bringing good to the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. I. Lahue
Fred Bean
Pontotoc County
Arkansas
Mr. Barnes
Colorado
Cave of Winds
Francis
Ceder Grove
C. S. Nerman
Sunday School Meeting Set by Ada Community
Ada residents plan a Sunday gathering at 10 o clock to organize a Sunday school with Neatta and Gladys Roddy inviting help. Various neighbors share visits and calls across Ada and nearby places as families and friends share weekend hospitality and church attendance.
Busy social round after rain in Pecangrove region
The Pecangrove community reports a flurry of visits and gatherings. Frank Dillard and family stayed with the Angellys, while many others including Marie Loman Mildred Bowers Addie Wainwright and Ruth Staggs spent time visiting friends and relatives across Homer Shamrock and Ahloso.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pecan Grove
Frank Dillard
Angelly
Marie Loman
Mildred Bowers
Addie Wainwright
Tishie McFarland
Lila McFarland
Irene Newton
Glenn
Kate Angelly
Francis Collins
Leighty Lee Bonds
Ahloso
Ruth Staggs
J. F. Angelly
Marvin Dee
Lorene
Tulsa
Walter Honeycut
Claud Hutchins
Lizzie Dillard
Grandpa Landrieth
Homer
Myrtle Loman
Jeff High
Sallie
Ellen Menry
Emma Smith
Shamrock
Arkansas
Overstreet
Delbert Stuart
Felix Grayson
Pontotoc
J. T. Angelly
Bob Fulton
Ben Newton
A. G. Hutchings
Jones Chapel Sunday School Sees Growing Attendance
Jones Chapel reports a large Sunday morning turnout with active boys and girls, singing sessions each Sunday night and Wednesday, and invitations for visiting singers. The community notes visits from McKinleys of Vanors and various local families, plus praise for rain aiding growth after a long drought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce
Cruce Nolen
Western School of Music
Ada
Buy it rent it sell it find it with a NEWS want ad
Classified ad brief offering advertising space for buy rent sell and find items in the local newspaper. Includes options to place a want ad quickly and reach nearby readers.
Laxton Area Notes Show Visits and Wedding News
Miss Mary Prewett and Miss Minnie Prewett wed in Ada. Local families hosted guests from Ada, Tecumseh, and nearby towns. The Laxton school opened with strong attendance, and a revival recently concluded with thanks to Horse Shoe Ranch, Lawrence, and Sunshine communities.
Community notes on visitors and showers at local school
The piece mentions a sanitation contest won by the intermediate room led by Miss Blankettship with all rooms scoring above 95. It lists visitors including Mr and Mrs Will French and Sid Owens and notes Grandma Scott staying with Joe Scott and happy visits from relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E
Miss Blankettship
Will French
L. A
Sid Owens
Texas
Will Blankenship
John Murphy
Grandma Scott
Joe Scott
Vanoss and Center teams split as Vanoss wins 20 to 2
Vanoss consolidated school posts the best attendance on record at 300. Eld. Hardee opened a meeting last Saturday night. community invites all to attend. Staff and students praised for progress as Round Top moved, junk room built, and shed promised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eld
Hardee
Vanoss Consolidated School
Round Top
Consolidated School
Caroline Shaw
Leah Bradley
M.S. Collins
Oklahoma City
Vaness
Grandma Berger
C. I. Berger
Stork
Gordon Black
James Watters
Galey
Dave Watters
Violet Nelson
Aick
Nath Johnson
Ada
Barney Shaw
J. J. Shaw
George Littlefield
J. H. Auten
B. D. Garland
Baptists End Revival as 12 Baptisms Mark Week
Minsters closed their revival Tuesday to a large crowd with 12 baptisms on Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Buck left for Purcell to visit daughters for ten days. Mrs. Adella Jones and children visited friends in Vaness. Maxwell defeated home town team 20 to 2. Continued visits and family travel noted across the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maxwell
Sadie Fleming
Ous
Ada
Nellie Bales
Tom Carmichael
Lubbock
Texas
E. W. Cotton
Frank May
Joe Brecheen
Will Brecheen
Vanoss
Oscar Flowers
Bob Ray
Carl Good
Tom Mackey
Alvin Bales
Jim Brecheen
Donnie Brecheen
Verlin Light
Oral
Opal Isaacs
Mennie B. Cotton
Jeanne Creager
Ardmore
Cotton
Jim Isaacs
Singhon
Gusete
T. F. Buck
Purcell
May
Becka Wyatt
Adella Jones
Vaness
C. B. Smith
Mildred
Mill Creek
Revival Services Led by Sherman Preacher Draw Large Crowds
Sunday attendance rose at Blue Mound as a revival led by Clarence Neenhner of Sherman continued from Saturday night. Numerous locals and visitors, including families from Ada, Roff, Wynnewood, and Wichita Falls, stopped by for meals and fellowship.
Baptist Baptism at Roff and Local Visits
North of Roff attended the baptising at Roff on Sunday afternoon then visited Mr. and Mrs. G. R. Gilliland until church time. Miss Bernice Gilliland returned Monday from Stratford with friends. Willie Shalton stayed Friday night with J. R. Gilliland. A Stratford picnic drew Luther Walter and Violas Bagwell plus the Gillilands and Shaltons. Elvin and Dassie Cunningham were in Ada Sunday. Luther and Walter Bagwell visited Ruby and Queen Fisher. Ruby Eccles visited Bernice Gilliland Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roff
Ruby
Queen Fisher
Ruby Eccles
Luther
Walter Bowell
Jim Austin
G. R. Gilliland
Bernice Gilliland
Stratford
Willie Shalton
J. R. Gilliland
Walter
Violas Bagwell
Elvin
Dassie Cunningham
Ada
Walter Bagwell
Nennie Abbott
Thelma Corvin
Lora Scott
Opal Manley
Grace Hendrex
Willie
Violet Raymer
John Cantrell
Centraloma
John Laxton
Johnie May
Arebell East
Nora
Mary
Cantrelk
Bessie
Lela
Velma Graham
Cather Floyd
Edward Cantrell
Jones
Harris
Barnie Bottoms
Davie Patterson
Near Oakman
Myrtle Hobbs
Glennie
Alice
Opal Lee Binion
Danley
Walter Ray
Burnett
Willie Anderson
George East
John Abbott
Cleo Corvin
Lela Graham
Johnie May East
Texas
Orval Westbrook
Marie South
Robins
Emma Cassidy
Laxton
John Graham
Aaron
Brace
Smith
Velma
Bessie Graham
Cantrell
Scates
Charlie Meek
Community News Highlights and Local Visits
A broad collection of social notes from a rural community lists rainy weather enjoyed by farmers, visits among Hayes Owens Bowerman families, and multiple Sunday guests. Many characters such as Archie Hayes Opha Davis Ada Dewey Bowerman and Emma Walker are named among ongoing social visits and dinners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archie Hayes
Esta Owens
J. W. Parish
Stratford
Owens
Harry
Ada
Dewey Bowerman
Union Hill School News and Social Visits
Rain blessed Union Hill last week while farmers plant feed. School attendance remains strong as Miss Alma Goggans and many neighbors visit relatives at Colbert Wynnewood Center and Center church. Notable sightings include Luther Bottoms buying a Chevrolet and numerous social visits among the parishioners and students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Hill
Alma Goggans
Ellen Exrnest
Colbert
Odell Wilfong
Haskell Tilley
Daisy Raimoland
Opal Cowan
Susie Cooper
Parlee Stone
J. R. Floyd
Foy
Harem Jones
Bud Yancy
Roy
Raimoland
Autry
Oleta Yancy
Lessie
Ellie
Pilgrim Petroleum Builds Rig on Harris Farm for Gas Test
Oil item notes Pilgrim Petroleum building a rig on Harris farm west of Ada for a gas test. Entries list drilling plans at various sections with companies Hughes T P Co Wilcox Norris Pilgrim T P Co Whitaker and Brinson Doyle moving skids near Starritt farm from section 32 toward 6-4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American
Hughes
T. P. Co
Ray
Pilgrim T. P. Co
Whitaker
Wilcox
Norris
Pilgrim Petroleum Corporation
Harris Farm
Ada
Brinson & Doyle
Starritt
Obituary of Mrs Eliza Vaughn 85 at Henryetta
Mrs Eliza Vaughn aged 85 years and 23 days died at her daughter’s home in Henryetta on Saturday morning August 1. The body was shipped to Ada and then to Center the deceased’s old home for services conducted by Rev J W Richardson and burial. She leaves six sons and two daughters including R Vaughn of Ada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eliza Vaughn
Henryetta
Ada
J. W. Richardson
R. Vaughn
Bebee Community News Highlights And School Plans
Rain brings activity as locals work and socialize. Ira and Edith joined Mamie Farmer for a Saturday night visit. Norman Mitchell leads Bebee school with Magdaline Reed as assistant. A singing class forms with Mitchell president Roberts chorister and Elvie Jones organist. A pie supper at Bebee schoolhouse is set for Friday night August 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ira
Edith
Mamie Farmer
Gladys Roddy
Bessie Owens
Della Mayhan
Cliff Northam
Summers Chapel
Bebee
Norman Mitchell
Magdaline Reed
Mitchell
Carl Roberts
Elvie Jones
Bebee School House
Auto ownership law details delay enforcement
A. R. Sugg, Pontotoc county auto license collector, says the legislature’s auto ownership bill requiring bills of sale or affidavits will not be fully enforced soon. The highway department must complete administration details before enforcement increases. The law aims to deter auto theft by proving ownership in each vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. R. Sugg
Pontotoc County
Sugg
Highway Department
Oklahoma City Livestock Market Report August decline in hogs and cattle
Livestock market at Oklahoma City shows cattle generally active with prices up to 25 cents higher on slaughter kinds, steer volume limited, cows mainly 5.00 to 6.00 for good cows and 3.50 to 4.50 for plain to medium, calves steady 7 to 7.50 for good lights. Hogs total 700 head, weak, top 13.60 with bulk 13.25 to 13.50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Robertson May Be Candidate for Governor
Oklahoma City July 31 The Oklahoma City Times says former Gov J B A Robertson plans to run for governor next year. The paper reports close friends urged him to seek another term and run on a platform opposing the Trapp administration. Joe O Brien is said to be preparing the ground for a comeback for his former boss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City Times
J. B. A. Robertson
the Times
Robertson
Colse
Trapp
Joe O’brien
McKeowns Enjoy Hawaii Trip Notes In Letter
Blaine Gilbreath reports Congressman Tom D McKeown wrote from San Francisco describing a pleasant voyage to Honolulu. The itinerary included overnight stops in McLean Texas Clovis New Mexico El Paso Juarez Mexico and a night crossing the Yuma desert by plank road amid extreme heat. He admired Imperial valley irrigation and visited the Tobias family in San Diego before meeting Duke Stone in Los Angeles and learning C J Warren of Burbank is in good health before boarding in San Francisco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blaine Gilbreath
Tom. D .McKeown
San Francisco
Phoenix
Yuma
Arizona
Imperial Valley
San Diego
Tobias
Los Angeles
Dule Stone
Ada
Duke
C. J. Warren
Burbank
Aerial Photos Used in Connecticut Tax Assessments
Aerial photographs are being used in Connecticut for tax assessing purposes. From the hammering and yammering at the Santa Fe Denver Railroad hearing you would think West Texas had run out of parking space.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connecticut
Santa Fe-Denver
West Texas
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Franks
Northcut
Mack Fleming
Dave Good
Julius Ellis
Topsy
Marie Bethel
Neatta
Corinne Owens
Sarah Humphers
Lee Johnson
Jeck Humphers
G. W. Wells
Galdys
Roddy
Ike Mayhan
Buskirk
Pearl Wells
Myrtle Humphers
Center
Josie
Mabel Northam
A. B. Rains
Ellis Maxwell
Rebee
John Wells
Jack Humphers
Miss Reed
Grandpa Burns
Mary Prewett
Linnie Odom
Misses Carrah
Malenda Hagler
Linnie
Ruby Odom
R. L. Hagler
F. L. Odom
L. Hewet and
W. B. Rucker
Fitzhugh
Nora Russell
Vera Allen
Wilma Good
J. P. Freeman
Tecumseh
John Berryman
Turkey
Minnie Prewett
Jake Brady
Rofs
Carrah Hagler
John Hammond
J. W
Horse Shoe Ranch
Lawrence
Sunshine
J. L. Rose
Iva
Mr. Simpson
Jesse Odom
Ross
Shery Younts
Marlow
Oklahoma
Lula Thompson
Holdenville
Sallie Rucker
J. D. Peterson
Otis Hagler
J. W. Lynch
Maud Yoder
Gustava
Orval Kenner
Laxton School
Rev. H. Walters
Colbere
Arthur Allen
Courtney Allen
J. W. Prewett
I. B. Benton
Laxton High School
Union Valley
Vanoss Vanoss
Blue Mound
Clarence Neenherner
Sherman
Albert Jones
J. W. Cross
Will Hagler
Carrence
Roy Lindsey
John Batey
George Cantrell
P. P. Hays
Eloise
Jim Crownover
Wynnewood
N. M. Hays
Ozell Cross
Worstell
Opha Davis
Jessie Gordon
Gladys Layne
Etta McDaniel
Ethel Owens
Earnest Molloy
Ford
Roy Soward
Denver
Fred Owens
Ona Clay
Trudie Robertson
Emma Walker
Myrtle McDaniel
la Verne Cude
Connie Coulger
Byars
Harry Owens
Adam
Florence
Viola
George Kirby
Davis
Viola Molloy
Norah Bolen
Bro. Maxwell
Ziona Milligan
Hubert Molloy
la Velle Cude
Charlie McDaniel
Gus McDaniel
Arizona Walden
G. Y. McDaniel
Hudell Bolen
Francis McDaniel
Kirby
McKeowns
Hawaii
Millcrest
Pride of Dixie
Charlies
Madras
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