Revival ends as church closes for Pontotoc County
Sunday school drew 56 attendees at Union Valley while Brother Russell delivered a sermon and closed the revival. The community notes visits, horse races, rodeos, and church gatherings across Center Owl Creek and nearby towns reflect a busy weekend with multiple family and friend gatherings.
Vanoss Area Social Notes Highlight Local Visits and Club Meeting
Shawnee residents visit relatives and friends across towns while Vaness hosts a club meeting. The Vaness club gathers at Carl Solomon's home with ice cream and cookies served, Violet Nelson replacing Lois Lowe as president, and a large turnout for the landmarks revival. A hospital update notes Juanita Collins in Ada.
Local Folks Attend Visits and Family News
Regular preacher Brother Hayes fulfilled his appointment Saturday night and Sunday. Arlene Clayton left Saturday for Dallas to visit relatives. Clyde Allison of Bromide visited his parents Sunday. Kate Taylor and daughter Tillie spent Sunday with the Freemans. Mardis and Evelyn Roff with Ruby Herring visited the Fussells Friday. Tom Hill family and Joe Hill family visited Union Hill. Ida Stone hosted a well attended prayer meeting Thursday. Mart Hanrahan hosted his mother Mary and daughter Mamie Sunday. Raymond Hayes of Weleetka stayed with cousin Sherman Estes Friday. Stone family welcomed visitors Elbert Montgomery Loyd, Lilly Allen and Pearlee Hanrahan Sunday. Jock Montgomery and wife welcomed 8 pound daughter Zeva Lois. Florence Stone visited Pickett area Saturday night. McGee family and Juanita called on Annie Blood Wednesday. Haley Williams family visited Herrin of Vanoss Sunday. Andrew Tate stayed with Roy and Ralph Stone Saturday night. Shovie Keeling visited Eugene McGee Saturday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bro. Hayes
Arlene Clayton
Dallas
Clyde Allison
Bromide
Ben Allyson
Kate Taylor
Tillie
Pat Freeman
Mardis
Evelyn Roff
Ruby Herring
Roff
R. A. Fussell
Tom Hill
Joe Hill
Ida Stone
Mart Hanrahan
Mary Hanrahan
Mamie
Raymond Hayes
Weleetka
Sherman Estes
Will Corvin
Raymond
Edward Cantrell
Stone Home
Elbert Montgomery
Loyd
Lilly Allen
Andrew Tate
Roy
Ralph Stone
Shovie Keeling
Eugene McGee
Revival at Happy Land Opens With Call to Attend
The Baptist revival resumes in Happy Land after a week break with an all-community invitation. Local notices report numerous visits among residents, ongoing church events, and remembrances for Kenneth Foster and Fay Binkley who died recently.
Sunday Visits Share News Across Cotton Creek Ridge
Residents and relatives across Cotton Creek Ridge spent Sunday with family members in nearby towns and households. The gatherings included Edith Bryant with Clara Blankenship, Bass Fleck visiting O. F. Akins family, and multiple journeys of Scroggins and Akins relatives to see kin, noting frequent cross-town connections.
Sunday Singing Draws Crowd In Local Community
The community held a well attended singing Sunday night with visitors listed including Shan Bolen Ester Lollar Natie Beulah Price Orville Maxie Edison Craddock and Mike McCarty Mrs Luke Foster has been ill and went to Ada hospital for treatment The article notes several family visits and local church services with sermons by Bro O Donal from McLoud and Bro Austin Deaton from Allen Also mentions school progress and a Cedar Grove Center association session begun August 14 with a large turnout and various local visitors
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Foster
Ada Hospital
Oakman
Austin Deaton
Vada Foster
Alene Braham
Curtis
General Foster
Kenneth
Rubye Mae Mhouchens
Grace Bryant
Ed Crawford
W. R. Owens
Allie Lilly
Happyland
Olaf Myricks
Jack Leeds
Jackie
Lois Moberly
Donald Wayne
Wayne Moberly
Lonnie Bandy
Mayme McDaniels
Roy Eaton
Leonard McDonald
Letha McDonald
Evelyn Meeks
Eula Simpson
Neal McDonald
Elva Crawford
John McDonald
Center
Jewel Bandy
Denny
Walter Robinson
Esther Cook
John Cook
Stratford
Willie Myricks
Paul McDonald
Shan Bolen
Ester Lollar
Natie
Beulah Price
Orville Maxie
Edison Craddock
Mike McCarty
Luke Foster
Oma McGilliard
June McSwain
Rocky Chapel
Ruby Gray
Ada Jean Creech
Dal Sliger
Owen Voyles
Erma Jean
Frank Voyles
Alvin Minor
Reba Joyce
Pendergrass
Charles Sliger
Creech
Ada Jean
Fuller
Grandpa Cole
Dena Mae
Blankenship
Charley Blankenship
Ralph Horton
Dan and
Dean
Oklahoma City
H. B. Creech
Thurman Polk
Freeman Phillips
Pauline Fuller
Latta
Sam Jean Creech
O'Donald
McLoud
Allen
Center Association
Cedar Grove
Bro. Haskins
Summers Chapel
Edd West
Gaylor
Junior Chandler
Cleo West
Mr. O'Donald
Sheets
Local News Notes From Ada Area Family Visits
Relatives and friends gathered as Roy and Mary West visited with Mrs West’s parents, Jess and Bessie Lamb. The Wilson family spent Sunday with the Williams family, while Troy West of Ada visited Buck Henson’s household. Mrs Nick Wolf shows steady recovery after Ada hospital operation. Orville West visited Herrel and Floyd Lee on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy West
Local visits and social ties noted in Ada area
Ruth Solomon and Wanda visited Ada Thursday night and Friday. Marie Griffith stayed with Velma Goodpasture Saturday night. Jewel Frazier hosted Monday night with Sylvia Gurley. Dallas visitors Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Christian with Lola Christian. Vermell Roundtree visited Jewel Frazier Sunday. Henry Stephens weekend at Wapanucka for family reunion. F A Stephens visiting Pecan Grove with her mother. Turner Falls trip participants listed. Williams of Union Hill visited L L Herrin. Irene Roberson stayed with Sylvia Gurley. Lorene Channell of Maud visiting Henry Stephens. Stonum of Ada and Rube Undergriff visiting F A Stephens home. Sindee Drake of Springfield Illinois with brother Harry Drake. Opal Stephens stayed Wednesday with F A Stephens. Jewel Frazier party ended with praise of nice time. William Patton visiting Elmer Patton. Beatrice Stephens staying with Opal Stephens. Thomas family moved to Ada. Tom Watson returned near Allen.
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Cather Floyd
Ruth
Bruce Myers
Son Jones
Mildred Dunn
Alice Hunt
Alma Davis
Ada
Alma
Omer
Earnest Davis
Happyland
Juanita Floyd
Muriel Myers
Willie Graham
Johnny Myers
Roy Graham
Omer Davis
Happeyland
Little Joyce
Roy Dunn
Sugg Clinic
Elmer Willis
Erring
Union Hill
Charlie Burns
Mother
Babe
Della Dunn
Boog Dunn
A. R. East
Omer Bottoms
Callions
Will Myers
Bruce
Ruth Solomon
Wanda
Marie Griffith
Velma Goodpasture
Jewel Frazier
Sylvia Gurley
Clarence Christian
Lola Christian
Dallas
Texas
G. Christian Vermell Roundtree
Henry Stephens
Wapanucka
F. A. Stephens
Pecan Grove
Turner Falls
Harvene Hayes
Cliffton
Willene Christian
Velma
Cordell Goodpasture
Willie McCullar
Lem Kemp
Rube Undergriff
Sindee
Mr. Drake
Springfield
Harry Drake
Opal Stephens
William Patton
Elmer Patton
Miller
Allen
Revival gathers near Be bee with parishioners invited
Bro. Coffee and Bro. Jones host a camp meeting one half mile north and one mile east of Be bee. Families travel from Sulphur, Ada, Okemah, and other towns to attend evenings. Various locals visit relatives and attend services across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bro. Coffee
Bro. Jones
Bebee
J. A. Burk
Virginia Lea
Opal Duncan
Lorene Crow
Meliton Meek
James Duncan
Worstell
Elva Jones
Oklahoma City
Virgil Meek
Helen Jolene
Wolf City
Etta Hightower
Lorene
Sulphur
Ben Jackson
Okemah
Bessie Bowerman
Frank Long
Ada
Vernon Crow
Mayford Blankenship
Graham
Monroe Leonard
Sunday social notes from Okemah and Hightower visit
Mrs. Jackson of Okemah visited the Hightower home Sunday evening and night. Etta Hightower spent a short time with Mrs. Briggs Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Scaff
Mrs. Jackson of
Okemah
Hightower
Etta Hightower
Ada Adopts Utility Tax Ordinance on Gross Income
The Ada city board passed a new ordinance requiring public utilities to pay two percent of gross income earned within the city. Oklahoma Gas and Electric Co and Southwestern Bell Telephone Co have agreed to the payments, with the former already contributing about $5,000 in the last fiscal year. The measure aims to raise about $5,000 annually and reduce other property taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Commissioners
Ada
Oklahoma Was and Electric Company
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Southwest Gas Company
Local Hearings In Theft Of Cattle And Obscenity Plea
Tommie Starrett faced a preliminary hearing before Justice Sherwood W Hill on larceny charges for stealing a cow and a butchering animal. Held to district court under $1,000 bond. Jean Swartz pleaded guilty to obscenity and is held for district court sentencing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Starrett
Sherwood W. Hill
Hill
Jean Swartz
A. W. Oliver
Senate confirms postmasters in Oklahoma towns
The senate has confirmed postmasters including Jesse W. Haydon of El Reno Earl Witten of Pauls Valley and Watson L. Thurston of WeWoka Oklahoma in a formal confirmation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Jesse W. Haydon
el Reno
Okla
Earl Witten
Pauls Valley
Watson L. Thurston
Wewoka
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Rex Reed
Hopie Killion
Arlie Falter
Fred Falter
Isabel Miller
George Ellison
Gene Landrith
Anadarko
Dave Loman
John Chaffin
Jude Chaffin
Shawnee
Seminiole
Willis Melton
Virgil Hoevr
Owl Creek
Dexter Bourn
D. F. Bourn
Ruby Hoover
Lula
Irene Loman
Inez Moore
Mary Hoover
Dan Hoover
Andrew Cecil
D. L. Bourn
Russell
R. H. Hagar
M .E. Moore
Lorene Sparks
Lorene Marshall
Stonewall
Anna Bowles
LaZena Fender
Mirs
Lee Langley
Carlie Stephens
Melt Stephens
Frazier Pierce
Stephens County
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Lee Henderson
Jesse
Bee
Brandon
Sam Pevehouse
William Miller
Wanda Joe Cox
Tommie Parker
Bill Pevehouse
Vigo
Mike Mills
Tulip
Helen
Francis Pevehouse
Donnie Tucker
Geneva Kendrick
Florence Pevehouse
Noma Garrett
Billie
Floy Hayes
Elbert Sullivan
Near Vaness
Luther Sullivan
Bro
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Hughes Hone
Dave Dame
Mrs. Henry
Tom Hughes
Henry
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Ona Miller
Pevehouse
Hughes
Hayes
Tulia
Orie Pevehouse
Tex
Robert Bennett
Egypt
Ross
Albert Wilson
Verna Eager
Letha Moore
Laxton
Coley Nabors
N. A. Miller
M. H. Fox
Y. J. Fussell
Sammie Cantrell
Tillie Mae Taylor
Willie Underhill
Novelee Minor
Chloe Peters
Garnett Fussell
Maud Hewett
Elmer Wilson
Claremont
Calif
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Harvey Creager
Buck Ashley
Tom
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Jack Brents
Melvin Underhill
Joe Crisp
Hewett
Claudine Allison
Mansville
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Claude Hewett
Vance Minor
Sallie Keeling
Lula Keeling
Ola Montgomery
Louie Backus
Edna Simpkins
Brannon Thomas
McAlester
Oma Lee Zaner
California
Rocky ,Brook
Tev
Nettles
Sliger
Oscar Keener
McCall's Chapel
Mary Nunley
Calvin
Onno Fredrick
W. W. Wilbanks
Jim
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Dick Staggs
Ralph Barnes
Mary Tillery
Sam Sliger
Howard Jared
Tom Jared
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Leo
Jack McNeal
Lela
Hilger Kifer
Conway
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George Stages
Ruff Davis
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J. M. Tilley
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Oral
Earl Murray
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Dawson
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Edith Bryant
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Galey
Clarence Stephens
Anna Texas
Wel Cole
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Sam Rankin
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J. R. Newby
Effie Stephens
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Charlie Newby
Maxwell
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Jewel
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M. B. Creech
Joe Durbin
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Porter Frost
C. T. Krausse
H. B. Williams
Vanoss High School
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Vaness
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Earnest Williams
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C. T. Johnson
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Virgie Ranelis
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Earl Bandy
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Foy Binkley
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Ing
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Happy Valley
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Sulphur Springs
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Alabama
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Stillwater
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Clary
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Sid Asbirn
Lawrence
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Helen Bryant
Hazel Scroggins
Noma Benham
Wilma Scroggins
Minnie Green
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Berwyn
O. KF. Akins
Hubert Canada
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Dink Scroggins
J. Norris
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C. F. Akins
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A. A. Bryant
Onella
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Sasakwa
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Rosie Buner
Bill and
Alford
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Chil
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Jewel Lee
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Amy Manning
Alonzo Bryant
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Tommie
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