Rural Communities notes from Pontotoc County
Community news from Conway and nearby areas recounts a large Saturday gathering for Brother Peak’s sermon and improving Sunday school with new members. A wedding, visits, homecomings, and farming updates mingle with health notes, travel to Ada and Muskogee, and a golden wedding anniversary in the region.
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Conway Brother Peak
Cleve Black
Ruth Rogers
Edna Toby
Joe Montgomery
Ada
Ralph
Pearl Barnes
Steedman
Lucile Montgomery
Dorothy Davis
Lovelady
Dave Reeves
Lea McNeal
Toby
Opal Smythe
Thelma Allison
Clarence Deaton
Lois Brumsey
Guy Clark
Muskogee
Sam Clark
C. M. Deaton
Sam Deaton
Haskell
Fitzhugh and area residents share news and events
In Fitzhugh and nearby communities a flurry of social visits, engagements, moving plans, school updates, ball games, baptist meetings, and family gatherings populate the week. People from Ada, Sulphur, Francis, and Erick attend parties, weddings, and sports events while local schools report steady progress and revival services close.
Our Boy Scouts Visit and Local Church News
Our Boy Scouts enjoyed a visit by Mr. Miller who shared stories of a Pensacola trip with Pontotoc County scouts. The rural community notes a peppy ball game with Homer, upcoming matches, Sunday school rallies August 25, and a program by Nazarenes of Ada titled Friendship.
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Denny
Cedar Grove
Bessie Waston
Cordelia Lindsey
W. E. Wilson
Emma Williamson
Pearl Hammett
Glendale
Arizona
Ollie Rogers
Flora Harris
Jim Williamson
Dorothy Rogers
Oakman
W. T. Little
Ada
Earnest Williamson
Wilburn Little
Clarence, Wade
Zella Mae Thurman
Georgia Jones
I. C. Lindsey
Norman Floyd Little
W. K. Rogers
Jewell
W. E. Lindsey
A. C. Nix
Charles Mathew
Gradie Rogers
Ellie Hammette
Bulah
Verlie Wilson
Wilburn
T. J
Mae Lindsey
Allie
Jessie Lilly
Roy Williams
E. L. Rogers
Buster Harris
Francis
Marrion Williamson
John Wilson
Boggy
Zella Mae
Edna Thurman
Herman Bandy
Evlen Hammette
Louis Harris
Raymond Williamson
Heart Jones
Roy Williamson
Scipio
Okla
Tom Williamson
Miller
Florida
Turner Falls
Baird
Dallas
Texas
Myrtle Pike
Wayne
Claude Carter
O. U. Medical University
Aldridge
Bro. Maxwell
Bill Dryden
Maggie Harris
Okmulgee
Willie Campbell
Delpha Taylor
Charley Carter
Pauline Eppler
Ed Crawford
Lee Collins
Myrna Strickland
Purcell
John Heath
Edna Ferguson
Seminole
Blackburn
Earl West
Fort Worth
W. H. Brumley
Lee Carney
Lanier
Davis Dyer
Ina Miller
Steedman
Bud Blackburn
H. A. Blackburn
Puryear
Charley Lee
Byrd's Mill
Jim Carney
Anna Ruth
Anna Ruth Visited Mrs. Carney’s Father, Mr. Sam Deaton of Tupelo
Ezra Fletcher
Center
Clifford Miller
Cecil Hobbs
Union Valley
Dexter Bailey
Lawrence
Essie
Cecil Miller
Pleasant Hill
L. P. Carpenter
Mildred
Alice Bowers
Pecan Grove
Edith
Essie Sanders
Stella Landrith
This Place
Printas
Haskell West
Garland Rose
Minnie Lovelady
Miss Murphy
Buck
Mike" Lovelady
Thelma Williams
Ruby Dell Miller
Bill Bowers
Major Bailey
Aaron Staggs
Angley
M. H. Hobbs
Oklahoma City
Lois
Opal Phillips
Fitzhugh
Lois Bailey
Annie Mae Hobbs
Ahloso
Howard Whitehead
Bailey
van Roberts
Lovelady
Flapper
Teague
Addie Solomon
Happyland
Carl Solomon
Archie
Eldred Solomon
Tom Cushman
Beller
Western Oklahoma
Sam
J. E. Kersey
Adella Jones
Cecil Abson
R. M. Bradly
Pence Shaw
Henry Eaves
St. Louis
J. J. Shaw
Oma Hughes
Vaness
Robert Foster
Pickett
Carl Denham
Ada Hospital
A. H. White
S. G. Heflin
Frisco
Vanoss
Willard Owens
Byars Lake
Lester McKay
Wilburn Hu
Pensacola
Pontotoc County
Homer
Marion Moncrief
Reds
Glen Wise
Blues
Jack Smith
the Nazarené Church of
Local vendor builds store and hamburger stand near Worstell
Bob Rusell operates a small shop and a ham burger stand one mile west of Worstell. The Sunday school is progressing well. There are 53 in roll.
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Worstell
William Gordon
Dan Jackson
Belle Walden
Hazel Jackson
Tom Starette
Eldo Whipple
Berry Walden
Willerson
Lena Owens
Aredell Offi
Ralph Roper
Rusell
Bill Gordon
Ada
Bob Rusell
4-H Roundup notes from Ada club visits to A and M college
Mrs Morgan reports Ada 4-H boys and girls attending Stillwater events at the A and M college. The team placed fifth in the Model club program with Eldred Solomon Vaness Glen Watson and Elizabeth Bonnie Bulloch winning top demonstrations. Lorena Anderson placed second in evening dress. Short courses in cooking canning and sewing were held daily and farm women praised the college experience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldred Solomon
Vaness
Glen Watson
Ada
Elizabeth
Bonnie Bulloch
Fitzhugh Club
Lorena Anderson
Stillwater
Oklahoma City
R. H. Hagar
Laxton School
I. R. Gilmore
A. and M. College
Dr. Bennett
A. and
M. College
Holloway
Senior High Students Enjoy Riverside Outing
Otis Light and Mr. and Mrs. Sam McNair hosted a senior high school outing with swimming, boat riding, and a jolly afternoon. Ice cream, wine, watermelon and sandwiches were served as three seniors were entertained by the hosts.
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Ger
Otis Light
Sam McNair
Wall Street Advances Led by Blue Chips on Aug 26
The stock market rose on August 26 led by blue chips trading above 200 a share. U S Steel General Electric Allis Chalmers Westinghouse Electric and others hit new highs with gains up to 29 points. Total volume neared 4.2 million shares as utilities and merchandise stocks also rose.
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Wall Street
Associated Press
New York
U. S. Steel Common
General Electric
Allis Chalmers
Westinhouse Electric
Commercial Solvents
New York Central
Norfolk and Western
Allis-Chalmers
Midland Steel Products
International Telephone and Telegraph
North American
Montgomery- Ward
Eastman Kodak
Oklahoma City Livestock Prices Mixed on Slow Trading
Receipts of about 1 000 cattle and 1 000 hogs showed slow trading with a 25 cent decline in calf values and lighter weights dropping 10 to 12 cents. Cattle class prices ranged from 5.60 to 8.25 with calves steady to 16 cents lower than last week. hogs traded around 16.60 to 16.40 with others unchanged or down 50 cents from the prior week.
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eSilas Herion
D. G. Johnson
Carillo
Texas
R. W. Gilstray
O. M. Sallee
Stonewall
Aia H. K. Baggett
Milburn
Irs
J. W. Mobley
Sonen
Ada Monty
John Ryan
Hallie Kidd
O. S. Massey
Ruby Fuax
Truax
Henry
Bill Brady
Oklahoma City
Richard Reed
Dallas
Cyrith
Ardis Henson
Francis
Live stock market report Kansas City stakes mixed in late August
Cattle and hogs trade mixed as 12,000 cattle and 14,000 sheep move. Hogs show slow activity with top prices around 11.96 for light 178–200 lb butchers and 89.00 for sows. Cattle see scarce choice native steers with top 16.00 for 1,173 lb, while cows and cutters trade weakly. Lambs steady to weak with Colorado lambs at 13.25 and mid weights around 11.75 to 13.15.
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Kansas City
U.S.D.A
Colorado
Poultry and Produce Prices Noted in Kansas City Listings
Auction style price notices from Kansas City list produce shifts for August including eyes firsts and seconds with cents per unit. Butter creamery and packing butter details appear with per pound rates, plus poultry categories covering hens broilers roosters springs and related prices.
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Kansas City
Wheat Tumbles Then Rebounds on Bearish Crop Estimate
Wheat in Chicago on August 26 fell sharply to near a bushel before a late rally as Canadian railroads denied causing a bearish crop estimate that spread to Liverpool and Buenos Aires. North American demand was largely inactive with no notable sales. Futures closed unsettled, oats and provisions largely unchanged or modestly off.
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Chicago
Liverpool
Buenos Aires
Cern
Grain market quotations from Spots Chicago
Wheat No 3 red quoted at 1.30 with No 4 mixed at 1.26. Corn No 2 yellow 1.03 and sample grade white. Oats No 3 white 42 44e and No 4 white 40 42e.
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Chicago
New Orleans Cotton Market Sees Profit Taking After Rise
In New Orleans on August 26 the cotton market, which had advanced over a dollar per bale, reversed gains with profit taking. October slipped from 18.84 to 18.64 as active months dropped 17 to 21 points, aided by Texas drought weather and higher Liverpool cables. Exports for the day reached 12 174 bales.
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New Orleans
Texas
Liverpool
Cotton futures steady after nervous crop signals in southwest
Early advances of 20 to 35 points gave way to cautious selling as nerves over the southwest crop and firm Liverpool market persisted. By mid afternoon, trade was quiet and steady with active months showing net gains of about 12 to 16 points.
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New York
Liverpool
Cotton futures close steady with gains on Aug 20
New Orleans markets show cotton futures up seven points on Aug 20 with mixed highs and closes. Spot cotton also steady with sales 1511 and middling prices around 18.75 to 19.30 per unit. New York reports quiet Sep cotton at 18.85.
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New Orleans
New York
Ada Hatchery Announces Fall Fryer Program
Poultrymen urged to raise fall fryers as Ada Hatchery plans to run a Smith 52 000 egg incubator with a setting on September 2. People seeking reserved hatching trays or chick orders should contact Ada Hatchery at 600 West 25th by phone 805-1.
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Ada Hatchery
West 25Th
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