Picketts and neighbors gather in Pontotoc County
Local notes from Pontotoc County recount weekly visits and social events. Families such as Teel, Couch, Lamb, and Richardson host and travel to Ada, Knox, Seminole, and Maxell for church, school, and community gatherings. A wedding in Denny joins a busy calendar with school progress, a work day, pie supper proceeds for song books, and a Century of Progress excursion in Chicago.
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Nannie Barnes
Mildred Maness
Henry Lamb
J. Norman
S. W. Morrison
Mark Raney
Edd Lamb
Ken Lamb
Chesley Madden
J. D. Lamb
Eloise Lamb
Arthur Lamb
Happyland
Denny
Scott Jones
Dernice Anderson
Denzil Richardson
Seminole
T .B. Weatherford
Ada
Juanita Daniela
Ruth
Norma Lamb
Vera Collier
Albert Lee
Willie Campbell
Miss Barnes
Miss Maness
Pauline Laughlin
Bessie Wilson
Association
Egypt
John Middleton
Baby
Scott Wilson
Leroy Wilson
Arley
Orville Morris
Tom Richardson
W. Laughlin
Harold Laughlin
Tom PD. Wilson
Delena Carney
Anna Ruth
Othe Head
Chicago
Community notes reflect a busy Stonewall week
Reading through Stonewall and surrounding areas shows a flood of visits and social events. Church revival and baptisms at Judge Busbys lake are noted alongside school fairs, baseball games, Nazarene revival reports, and many visits between Ada Durant Sulphur and Byng communities.
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Elmer Lee
Stonewall
F. W. Burkhart
Herman Crawford
Walter Clayton
Byng
Kidnapping scare ends as false visit in Pontotoc County
Late yesterday county officers chased a report of two men in a Plymouth coupe who abducted a 15 year old girl. A county check showed the girl was visiting two Holdenville friends in Allen, and the car turned out to be a Chevrolet.
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Mms. F. C. Lee
Lee
L. O. Lee
Depen
Valley View
Tex
Thelma Sear
Sanger
Jim Ward
Sulphur
John Hal Menzer
Seul ¥In
George
Allie Donaghey
Barrow
Ruby D
Gunter
John Reeves
Davis
A. L. Clary
Graham of
Adam
John Walling
Latta
Tey
Clay Gregory
Baptist Shurch
Arlene Clary
Lewis Giphart
Jess Salane
Horace Mitchell
Anna Hope Curry
Kimbrough
Lucille Norman
Ada
Gertie Blackwell
R. H. Bradley
Herman Hamilton
Stonewall High School
Ben Hatcher
Mike Young
Coalgate
Edgar Harper
Conway
Mendall Taylor
Gertrude Pendergraft
Stonewall
T. W. Stratton
Bessie Sinclair
Tupelo
Bill Sinclair
the Nazarene Church
Smith
Ben Cass
Colbert
Juanita Long
Joe York
Ivaleila Roberts
Paul Landrith
Loyd Roberts
Sone
Homer
Pontotee County
Allen
Kaiser
Holdenville
Murder Trial Draws Large Crowd in Pontotoc Court
The Pontotoc county district court room will resemble a convention next Monday as about one hundred witnesses are subpoenaed for the John H. Gray murder case. The defense now plans over seventy witnesses and the state twenty to thirty, with nearly 150 people connected to the proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc County
John H. Gray
Gray
Prsons
Ada Sees 1.43 Inches Rainfall Morning to Noon
Rain fell rapidly in Ada starting shortly after 7 am and lasted several hours before clearing to sunshine at noon. A total of 1.43 inches of rain was measured, per Dr. FE A MacMillan, custodian of the government sance Today's rain followed a day of elevated temperatures and a temporary rise in August normals.
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Ada
FE. A. MacMillan
Veterans Demand ALN Pension Rates in National Meeting
United Spanish American War Veterans and the women’s auxiliary nominated officers and debated resolutions after sightseeing. Grayson of Savannah led motions calling repeal of the national economy act and restoration of veterans benefits, with Army and defense plans and NRA endorsement discussed. Armstron of Racine is seen as leading candidate for commander in chief, while several seek the auxiliary president post held by Mrs. Jesmier.
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Los Angeles
United Spanish-American War Veterans
Women’s Auxiliary
William L. Grayson
Savannah
Resolutions Committee
NRA
William H. Armstrot
Racine
Wis
William J. Otten
Anne Jesmier
Pioneer Telephone Man Dies in Kansas
Leavenworth Kansas August 1 1920 Patrick W O'Brien 74 long associated with Bell Telephone died today after illness that followed his wife’s death last November He joined Bell in 1879 and helped build lines to Albuquerque and to Los Angeles he assisted in the first line into Mexico and later became plant manager in Leavenworth retiring in 1916.
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Leavenworth
Kas
Patrick W. O’brien
Southwest
O'Brien
Bell Telephone Company
Albuquerque
N. M
Los Angeles
Mexico
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