Local residents host visitors across Francis and Francis county
Sunday night guests of Mr and Mrs A E Craft included their daughter and husband Garland and family from Kansas City Missouri. Other visitors noted are Mrs Joe Tom Griffith Audris Ann and Krista Jo Montgomery Alabama, and Herbert Griffith of Roff. May Johnson and Christine Walker exchanged birthday wishes from Lodi California. Several families from Pauls Valley Ada and Tulsa were mentioned visiting Francis residents, with moves to different homes and camps at Falls Creek noted, including church attendance and school plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. E. Craft
Mrs. Garland
Jackson
Kansas City, Mo
Mas
Joe Tom Griffith
Audris Ann
Krista Jo
Montgomery
Ala
Alvie Griffith
Herbert Griffith
Roff
Lloyd Briggs
Necia
Leslie
Stillewater
Mas. Griffith
May Johnson
Farrell Sales
Ada
Christine Walker
Lodi
Calif
Gertie Summers
Joe Summers
Anita
Audrey
Pickett
Gene Summers
Gina
Sherry
Cathy
Pauls Valley
Nettie Hodges
Phyllis
Koff
Laveta Summers
Gaylen
Cathy Summers
Albert Cassady
Galey
Virgil Haines
Union Hill
Larry Harber
Vaness
Floyd McNeill
Don
Juanita McNeill
Dean Ellis
California
Joe Don Bevers
Eugene’ S
Knight
Bart McNeill
Don McNeill
Hattle Beane
Dobie
Presley
Earl Boyd
Walter Young
Edd. Jarrett
Six Flags Over
Texas
Charles Johnson
Lonnie Raney
Melbal Rowe
Wichita
Kan
Melbal
W. D. Evett
Cleta
Jacobs
Charles
J. T. Evett
Mike
Robin Johnson
Janice
Hayward
Local visits and gatherings in Ada and nearby towns
A series of social visits and get togethers across Ada Union Valley and surrounding areas. Mr and Mrs Clifton Tharp hosted and visited neighbors J C Kirk and J E Knotthall. Several trips included Tom McNeill in Union Valley and Joe McNeill in Enid. Dorothy and Shirley Castoe attended a youth camp near Oil Center with 114 youths enrolled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton. Tharp
J. C. Kirk
Ada
Bill Beam
Clifton
Tharp
Effie Tharp
Chesty Rose
Younis
Angie Wright
J. E. Knotthall
Union Valley
Dorothy
Shirley Castoe
Free Will Baptist Church
Oil Center
James Castoe
Audry
James
Harmon
Roping Through weekend visits across several towns
A long list of relatives and friends gather in Tupelo and nearby towns visiting kin. Many travels include Ada, Lawton, Oklahoma and Texas, with rodeo events noted. Multiple households hosted kin from Jones, Reed, Sweat, Bullard, Carter and other families, sharing meals and church times.
Allen Area Social Notes Highlight Dozens Of Visits
Eunice Isaacs Allen lists local residents hosting and visiting relatives across Oklahoma and Colorado, with trips from Ven to California and Oklahoma City to Greenleaf Lake youth camp. Several families in Allen, Minni Springs, Cushing, Duncan and Decatur host relatives from Fresno Liberia Los Angeles Beverly Hills and Oxnard, detailing weekend gatherings and church events.
Local Family News Sparks Weekend Visits Across Oklahoma
Mrs. Ora McPhearson returned to Astoma City to visit her sister and brother in law. Rae Garrett and Delbert attended a tent revival in Ada. Many relatives from Oklahoma City and surrounding towns traveled to visit parents and grandparents, with church attendance and dinners noted at Oil Center and Lake Murray Lodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mickey Cooper
James Alan
Mark
Lawton
Lon Cooper
Lula
Burl Canida
Tupelo
Charlotte Canida
Benny Roan
Jimmy
Stonewall
Donnie Sweat
Hugh Don
Anita Kay
C. B. Anderson
Sundey
Ora McPhearson
Astoma City
Lynnn Slader
Wesley Hudson
Oklahoma City
Sell Hit
Ser, Moore
Pug Garerett
Hansel Burk
Fhelma Jean Garrett l
Rae Garrett
Ada
Buddy Garrett
Joleta
McAlester
Garrett Beller
Lake Murray Lodge
Barney Hall
Roff
Mrs
Campground
Free Will Baptist Church
Weekend Guests Visit Palmer and Rinehart Families
Weekend guests included Mr. and Mrs. Robert Alexander of Arlington Texas who accompanied the Alexanders home. Grace Walker hosted her brother Herbert Kaiser from Ada as a Sunday guest. Saturday guests were Mrs. and Mrs. Carl Russell of Oklahoma City with the Hineharts at the rodeo. Mr. and Mrs. Garl Legg stayed with his brother and family, the Trellis Leggs of Duncan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donneta Norton
Inustin
Betty Hibbard
Cliff
Steve
Juanita McNeill
Leroy Harris
Bart
Oklahoma City
Bart McNeill
Voy Harris and Sons
Falls Creek
James Douglas Elkins
Dallas
Tex
Roy Elkins
Coalgate
Ester Guinn
Valdean Smith
Anadarko
Ernest , Smith
Effie ‘Turner
Clyde ,Miller
Cache
Vernon Simmons
Atount Pleasant
T. C. Collins
Roy Manuel
Effie Prater
V. E. Miller
Decatur
Daste McLarty
Mra
W. E. Miller
Clabourne Young
Decatur, Tex
Helen Morris
Nova Reed
Shawnee
Leroy Grove
van Ray Reed
Bill Reed
Terri Gray
Stratford
A. B. Palmer
Robert Alexander
Arlington, Tex
Palmer
Alexanders
Mrs
Grace
Walker
Herbert Kaiser
Ada
Lois Rinehart
Carl Russell
Hineharts
Mrs. Garl Legg
Mrs. Trellis i Legg
Duncan
Pontotoc Youths Honored at Murray State College Meeting
Vacation notes from Durant and Lake Texoma residents detaln visiting friends and relatives in Ada Oxnard and Okla City. Three Pontotoc County 4 H members earned recognition at the Southeast District Officers meeting with Lanny Bates Hyng Linda Williams and Jesse McLish receiving honors as friendliest boy and girl and citizen award during the event with fifteen Pontotoc youths in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc County
Murray State College
Lanny Bates
Hyng
Linda Williams
Stonewall
Jesse Green
McLish
Sunshine Church Sunday School Attendance and Visitor Notes
Thirty two members attended Sunshine Missionary Baptist Church Sunday School. Don Parr led the evening and morning services and spent the day with Jim Wyche family. Several visitors and relatives were mentioned visiting or visiting with local families including Eager, Hewett, Hobgood and Heard households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunshine Missionary Baptist Church
Hitler Don Parr
Pentecostal Holiness Church Holds Sunday Services in Oil Center
Ninety five attended at the Oil Center Pentecostal Holiness Church Sunday led by Rev. Glen Eaves. A trio sang. visitors from Oklahoma City Dallas and Sapulpa joined. A dining hall and new classrooms planned for September. The Rev. and Mrs. Eaves and family visited in McAlester. Several locals attended events including a Buck Heard rodeo and a tent revival. continued on Page Six.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Lewis
Pentecostal Holiness Church
Glen Eaves
Oil Center
Lynn Slader
Oklahoma City
Bill Hood
Dallas
Tex
Bert Jones
Donnie Lamb and Son
James Abbott
Debbie
Sapulpa
Johnny Sheppard
Hansell Burk
Ruth Sutton
Vannie North
Ada
Buck
Also Mentioned on This Page
Galiey
Thne
Jake McGee
Mr. McGee
Karen. Penrod
Jessie Kimmel
Mary Penrod
Miss May Johnson
Naomi Stanfield
Alma Dunn
Charlie Dunn
Alma Stewart
Fitzhugh
Rhonda Belt
Bob Hatcher and
Mollie Summers
Bob Hatcher
Robert
Darryl
Arvilla Hatcher
Paul Rutherford
Aline
Albert
Doc
Hatcher Home
Francis
Alpha Attebery
Coy Henson
Jerry and
Davie Attebery
Quanah
Glen Attebery
Diana
Quanah, Tex
Jean Harris
Tom Harris
Sasakwa
Isom Harris
Dennis Harris
Doc Norris
Chet ‘Tigert
Atwood
Red Jeters
Stinson
Coy Chandler
Cedar Graye
Rubin Chandler
Cedar Grove
Rubin
Mable Carperton
Miami
Fla
St. Thomas In the Virgin Isands
Lakeland
Hiran Jones
Cragent City
Bob Lee
Florida Harrison
Sam Harrison
Raymond Matthews
Ethel Ray Wood
Dustin
Baptist Church
Jall
Jerry
David
Dison
J. N. Attebery
Brent Felkins
Tulsa
Ray
Kim. Williams
Oakman
By Juanita McNeill
A.T. McNeill
Tom McNeill
Bill
Joe McNeill
Dale
Steven
Enid
Effie Sharp
Sharon Wiser
Jennette Koopman
Peggy
Nancy
Glen
Shirley
Wayne
Bobby Ramer
Littie
Karen Buchanan
Vincent Bolen
Platt National Park
Tawanna Harjo
Koop
Man
Rosie Lee
Raymond Lee
Pendergrass
Trena West
Glenda
Ila Pevehouse
J. R. Pendergrass
Hugh Sweat
Patti
Patti Fowler
Roideo
Knox Lee Sweat
Donna
Bill McDonald
Norman
McDonalds
Oklahoma
Stockton
Thelma Lee Sweat
Margie Kirby
Danny Bond
Dwayne
Gene Beck
Lee
Judy
Bertha
Vince
Frank Slader
Bonds
F. A. Webb
Walter Boamer
Sharon
Patty
Laura
Gadsden
J. D. Reed
Angie
Jammie
Jamie
O'Bannion
Lois Clifford
Ora Thompson
Walter McWethy
Millie We Ouauere
En Bag Smith
Bylvia Hillburn
Lehigh
BI Mc
Wethy
Mrs. Foreman
Lucy Cates
Millie Smith
J. W. Sarratt
Jamita Tyler
Doris Waugh
Sulphur Springs
J. L. Wilson
Smith
Annie Sarratt
San Frances Nursing Home
Ads
Elane Gould
Brad
Phyllis Wilson
Russel Ray
Annie Belle Ray
Carl Rhynes
Denison
Tee
George Caret
Hsler Guinn
Dorothy Summers
Mattie Jen
Carter
Ronald Cox
Wikaton
Mary Pat de Camp
Pat Gregg
Junior
Ollive Summers
Guinn
George Carter
Mrs. Stella Rush
Chartsey Meek
Kay Lynn Haley
Zelma Haley
Myrtle Smith
Charlsey Meek
Charlsey Meeks
Lee Looney
Roger Lancaster
Marion Lankaster
Chuck
Chuck Lancaster
Falls Creek Baptist Assembly
Connie Beam
Dormeta McNeill
Dusty
W. A. Norton
Richard Norton
Albert Hurley
Latta
U.S. Air Force
Turkey
Monroe Hurley
Price
Karen
Jane Dustin
Kenneth Bearo
Aga Linker
Minnie Brown
Pat Ellis
Michelle Ellis
Okemah
Okemat
Raymond Ellis
Terry
Diane Ellis
Michelle
Bernie Ellis
Connie
Donna Sweat
Luta
Vernon Sweat
Virgina
J. R. Perrys
Way
Ronnie Stone
St. Louis
Ernest Lee Sweat
Vernon
Vaughn
Lea
Virginia
Donald Brooks
Linda
Diane
Roy Johnston
H. DB. Bullard
Brenda
Carol
Joyce
Danty
Billy Jace Caruthers
Bullard
Arthur Morgan
H. D. Bullard
Kansas
Forrest Mason
Vickie
Masons
The
Bullards
Dodge City
Wee Bullard
Omer Norton
Jan
Melinda
Vonda
Dick Plowman
Carla
Troy
Tight Jennings
Lady Wayne
Wick Bullards
Harmon Bullard
Matilda Huff
Valley View Hospital
Walter
Centers
General Hospital
Holdenville
Edna Lane
Pauline
Pearlie Mae Edvards
Ramie
Alverta Lane
Larry
Déobie
Gary
Paula
Los Angeles
L. M. Rush
Patri
Hugh Brinson
Frida
Jeannie Harkins
Amy
J. R
Ayd Simmons
Perry
Stella Rush
Clarence Starks
Civil City
Ricky Good
Jack Starke
Sugboyd
Jackie
Marvin Brashears
Doyle Brown
Vanessa
James Hippton
Jeff
Blake
Durant
J. R. Linker
Robin
Mickey
Muriel
Ronald
Dean Smith
Ada Linker
Stella
Charles Boyett
Jan Kennon
Midwest City
R. &. Boyett
Mrs.Charles Leader
Donna Kay
Donnie
Ronnie
Dickie
Ronnie Clifford
Mrs. Charles Leader
di ‘Ana
Pete Parks
A. C. Stonecipher
Vernon Thedford
Ashland
Vernon Stonecipher
Harland Stonecipher
Allen
Doyin Stonecipher
Joe Wooly
A. C. Stone
Eunice Isaacs
Davie Bishop
Anderson, Mo
Amos Cross
Gwin Clever
Goodman
Ola Williams
Ochis Vinson
Earl Nickell
Fresno
Jack Robinson
Liberia
Africa
Ramsey Jonson
Long Beach
Mamie Thompson
Oleta Crain
Kenneth Sooley
Greenleaf Lake
Arnold Bryant
Jack Hammonds
H. J. McKenzie
Everett McKenzie
Gerald Moore
Jenks
Elmer Moore
Charlie Wilkinson
George Bain
Harvey Bair
Free Will Baptist Church of New
Edgar Burton Chisum
Holdenvilfe
Mr. Chisum
3. L. Coultraup
Houston
Harry Hensler
Leafy Durham
J. 0. Hensler
J. L. Joultroup
J. R. Hensler
Leola Taylor
Beverly Hills, Calif
Crable Chiles
W. B. Norman
Leon Jones
Corpus Christi
Bill Jestes
W. A. Riess
Tracy
Shellie
W. B. Evett
Cushing
Ronald Jones
Rhonda
Terri
Oxnard
Charlie Sanders
Alvin Jones
Warren and
Cedar Vale
Wee Betty
Bell
Earl Nolen
Sunda
Uenville
Bill Denton
Cloyce Eas F Mn
Morris Knighten
Greenwood
Ark
Bryant and Children
Homer Reed
Owen Magar
Ray Magar
Sanford Ayers
Pug Garrett
M C. Kirkland
Ronnie Matheny
Steve Roundtree
Midlothian
Ed Roundtree
Ruidoso
N. M
Don Parr
Parr
College
Reba Dianne Ellis
Kaye Williams
J. L. Green
Melissa
Rex Burchett
Tania
Teresa
Lake Texoma
Linda Meltabarger
Mrs. Green
Nice
Georgia Cash
Theo Cash
Will Rogers
Julia Thomas
Mrs. Thomas
Pamela Lamb
Beulah Mac Smith
Oxard
Allen Young
Modesto
Melissa Green
Sunshine
Mary JO Green
Jim Wyche
Wyche
Marshall Cox III
Fred Braddock
Fittstown
E.D. Eager
Joe and
Ruby Crisp
E. D. Eager
Vernie Henley
Delmar
Otella Mardis
Claude
Hewest
Clyde Hobgood
Claude Hewetts
Virgie Hewett
Mattie Eadger
Jeanne Hewett
Wacker Park
Charles Bigham
Lenny Harbor
Buck Heard
B.C. Wilson
Scott Harlin
Heards
Hudie Lee
Willis Sutton
Konawa
Lona Soward
Marshall Cox
Mrs. Whitie Wilburn
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