School champions and community notes from local correspondents
Week end reports list ciphering and spelling champions by grade and name, with Maud Vernon and Myrtle Hoyle predominating. Reports mention sick lists Nora Sallee and Bryan Martin, a fishing outing by Mr Turner’s family, Holiness meeting at the arbor, a $22 fundraiser for school well, and a Woodmen of the World tomb-unveiling for Roy Seattles. Ahlosa game results show 23 to 1 score in five innings and a postponed supper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ing
Maud Vernon
Jewel Truax
Alva Hoyle
Tom Morris
Jewel Dennis
Spelling
Rosa Greggs
Opal Truax
Ellen Belcher
Hattie Brigance
Clifford Voyles
Nora Sallee
Bryan Martin
Myrtle Hoyle
Debbie Dennis
Jewel Thomas
Irba Turner
Sigler Riddle
Chloe Thomas
Alvin Voyles
Clayton Stegall
Ahlosa
Frisco
Union Valley School
Union Valley
Center-Lanham Happenings and Nearby Visits
Sunday rain cooled the week as the Missionary Baptist meeting closed. Fourteen joined the church while numerous families from Dallas Midland Coleman Ashdown and Wannette visited kin and friends. The Center school starts in September with two teachers. Parkhearst the new principal moved in. Freewill Baptist Association meets at Stratford with delegates Grindstaff Henry Medlock and Dame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missionary Baptist Meeting
Bro. Stubblefield
Stringer
Anthony
Dallas
David Coggins
Leo Smith
Wannette
Ruby Viney
Center
Parkhearst
J. L. Stephens
Sulphur Springs
Freewill Baptist Association
Stratford
C. Grindstaff
J. W. Henry
J. H. Medlock
D. V. Dame. Semper
Fitzhugh Fire Hits Blacksmith Zumbro Trade
Fitzhugh notes report a Sunday night blaze that destroyed Mr. Zumbro’s property while his family was away in Texas. The fire also affected the home owned by John Hudson. Other local items list visits, fishing trips, store plans by Jones and Grimmet, and ongoing Cotton picking in North Egypt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fitzhugh
Zumbro
John Hudson
Texas
Amy McCracken
Durango
Colo
Nelia McDonald
Lizzie Morrison
McCracken
Ruff Cartwright
Ada
Edna
Mamie Fine
Mamie Bullock
Emmett Agee
Oscar Perdue
Mr. Perdue
Mr. Jones
Earl Bryant
Madill
Konawa
J. R. Perdue
Seminole
Cotton outlook and community notes from Lightning Ridge
The column reports hot dry weather shrinking cotton yields to about one fourth bale per acre and notes the last week of summer school. It lists local visits, visitors, births, illnesses, farm updates, and a dog loss with a Liberal reward, all from Lightning Ridge and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grandma Vandergriff
Dr. Sturdevant
Vaness
Austin
M. R. Dalley
J. T. Coffey
Vanoss
Tom Coffee
Tom
Benton McCauley
Olivet
Kansas
J. B. McCauley
Benton
Tow
Sturdevant
Pontotoc County Commission Minutes August 1913 Highlights
Pontotoc County Oklahoma Board of County Commissioners met August 4 1913 with full attendance. They approved July August 1913 reports for clerks sheriff and register of deeds and paid out funds from multiple accounts. A raise for Minnie Fields was debated and tabled. Agreement with Hommes Wilson Trave Co for office supplies was signed. Transfers of funds among several funds were ordered and sessions adjourned to August 18 25 with minor disallowances of certain claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. W. Swaffar
E. Mitchell
B. W. Hampton
Chickasaw Township
Lee Daggs
Dept. County
Treas
Fitzhugh Township
R. L. Zumbro
E. P. Woodard
Dept
Fitzhugh
Moffett Bros
Mary Richards
J. C. Richards
Minnie Fields
H. D. Richardson
G. W. Montgomery
Hommes-Wilson-Trave Co
Oklahoma City
A. L. Miles
Remington Typewriter Co
R. Co
Roland
W. S. Kerr
Ferfett
Notice of Real Estate Sale in Guardianship Case
Pushmataha County Court of Oklahoma orders sale of guardian estate property of Rampsey and Eden Cooper minors. Auction set for September 15 1913 at Ada court house with court confirmation required. Property includes multiple portions of Sections 22 23 24 in Township 3 North Range 4 East Indian Base and Meridian. Sale on cash at delivery of deed. Guardian Allen Cooper and Atty S S Lawrence. First pub Aug 28.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rampsey Cooper
Eden Cooper
Pushmataha
State of
Oklahoma
Ada
Pontotoc County
Rampgey Cooper
Malena Cooper
Ben
State Farmers Union Close. O W Taylor Re elected President
The State Farmers Union closed its session Wednesday with Pontotoc county delegates prominent among leaders. O W Taylor of Roff was re elected president, S A Fish of Stonewall became executive committee chair, and J W Bell of Stonewall was elected chaplain. Other officers include J W Baker vice president Geo J Christisen secretary and business agent and an eight member executive committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. W. Taylor
Rofs
S. A. Fish
Stonewall
J. W. Bell
Roff
Okla
J W . Baker
Mannford
Geo. J. Christisen
Davis
Marriage changes fortunes in small town tale
From the Cinnaminson Scimitar: Joseph Parker notes life favors the considerate. Jane Towie, once an old maid, wed Jake Hopking who died in a fall while juggling. Jane becomes a lively widow, a striking contrast in a brief local vignette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Parker
Jane Towie
Jane
Jake Hopking
Jake
Worry and Wherewithal in a Valley Story
A brief snippet shows a man asking an improvident Negro about his worries after losing a job. Maree Henry responds that she is not worried about sustenance but about the reason for the present circumstances. The passage ends with a prompt to try a news want ad for results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sambo
Maree Henry
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Cipher
Ella Hoggatt
Lanham
Berry McCraw
Midland
C. R. Adney
Messrs
Grady Garret
Noah
Chattanooga
Mrs. Lee
Collie Gunter
Coleman
Oklo
Grandma Little
Asher
John Coggin
Ashdown
Ark
Scott Lanham
Arkansas
Garnet Griffith
Bro. Tipton
Lightningridge
J. D. Gaar
Mrs. Pillar
Pickett
Granny, Mitchell
Blanchard
Luther Franklin
Lewis Emerson
Della Cartwright
Jones
Grimmet
Bohannan
Bro
Guy
Bee Stewart
Walter McDonald
Egypt
Mrs
Mrs. Treat
Mrs. Walker
Ray
McCrackin
Mabel Robson
Ida Bohannan
Manitou
Wess Hattox
Jim Philips
Dan Pemberton
Alvin Tillery
Houston George
Orville Simmons
Trinidad
Marshall Kirk
S. J. Philpott
RED Wing
S. M. Dial
Maxwell
J. O. Mullins
A. H. White
A.H. White
G. R. Montgomery
Sulphur
J. F. Long
Board of County Commissioners of
Reg
Ular
A. D. Tanner
J. W. Westbrook
J. Lee Dowdy
H. F. Mathis
Allen
Henry Kroth
F. Z. Holley
W. J. Shipman
Oficer
Marshall Dupree
W. B. Toney
Justice of Peace
Pushmataha County
Allen Cooper
Guardian
S.S. Lawrence
East Main
Sherwin-Williams
S.W.P
Gwin & Mays Drug Co
S. W
State Farmers Union
Merchants & Planters State Bank
W. Rives
Chilcutt
Active Vice Press
Leo Hughes
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