Rural community notes share church and visits
Denne My and H J Bandy hosted relatives at the Bandy home weekend, with numerous callers including Beulah Williams, Clyde Williams and families, Mae Harris, and others. Revivals at Unis place, Sunday school and Young Peoples Union urged, and locals report regular visits, travels, and church activities across Vanoss, Allen, Latta, and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvie Bandy
Jewel Bandy
L. Walton
Floyd Graham
W. H. Bandy
Borman Bandy
Oakman
Bud Hill
Frances
C. Capps
Union bill tended Sunday crowd at Young People's League
The union meeting drew a well attended crowd with a lively program. Various locals visited friends and family across Walnut Grove, Ada, Egypt, Olney, and Pickett. Notable names include Mrs Braden, Irene Poteet, George Keeling, and Ray Binion amid a busy week of social visits and Friday night prayer meeting. Remember Sunday School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laxten
Dean Roundtree
Christina Oden
McGhee
Young Peoples Union
Young People’s League
Niel
Braden
Allene
Herrin
Walnut Grove
Florance Pollack
Fite
Hugh
Walter McAnally
Jimmie Rich
Dinger Jackson
Teesman Cowman
Irene Poteet
Texas
Joe Campbell
Claudie
John Norton
Pickett
Haley Williams
Local Social Notes From Old Midland Community
Ellen Ponder hosted visitors and neighbors visited Ellen Ponder and family over the weekend. Several families including Hedges Chambers and Hammond plus others called on W L McKinlay and C E Turner, with exchanges among Vanoss Stratford Ada Winniewood and East Texas residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Midland
Ellen Ponder
Elizabeth Gwens
Vaness
Earl Hedges
Hedges
Walter Wilkerson
Pauls Valley
Burns
Stratford
W. L. McKinlay
S. D. Chambers
Flint Hammond
Boyd Ponder
Edd Powell
Carl Denham
C. L. Turner
Carolyn Phillips
Ellen Cape
Helen Walker
Eughey Lahm
Elias Turner
Winniewood
Warne Sizemore
Robert
Tommy Joe Phillips
Lydia Wierk
Nelly Dinsmore
East Texas
Guy Wailker
Walter Roberts
Ada
T. L
C. E. Turner
Ellen
Steedman Beats Ahloso 10 4 In Sunday Baseball
Steedman lost 10 4 to Ahloso in a Sunday baseball game. The community notes list visitors and gatherings including dinners at the Beach home with Jesse Frederick J C Le Roy and Mary Kathryn Jones, and many local relatives visiting Ada M and Allen residents. Other items include travels to Oklahoma City Wichita St Jos Arkansas and Red Oak for family visits and a weekend fishing trip to the Kiamichi mountains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Steedman
Ahloso
Brrant Beach
Jesse Frederick
J. C
le Roy
Mary Kethryn Jones
Mere
Amanda Reynolds
Ross
Ada
Bill Sowards
Allen
Clark
Chay Sowards
Bill Brumley
Johnnie Horn
Oklahoma City
W. P. Stone
St. Jos
Arkansas
Boyd Kifer
Muskogee
Jack Kifer
Vaness
John Sears
David Gray
Arnold Phillips
Red Oak
Carmie Treas
Kiamichi
Harve Farris
Walter Melton
Marcel Walston
Cliff Walston
Connie Cobb
Corpus Christi
Texas
Truman
Jim Phelps
Oscar Johnson
Mary E. Nunley
Lola West
John’ Weld
Alene Melton
Laferne Phelps
Oscar
Coffman
Jim Gibson Pleads Not Guilty to Liquor Charges
Jim Gibson Allen pleaded not guilty to possession of intoxicating liquor. He was released on a $1,000 bond after being bound over to district court by County Judge Hoyt Driskill. Police said 12 pints of tax paid liquor, five pints of alcohol, and a gallon of corn liquor were found under a barn floor at Gibson's property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Gibson
Allen
Hoyt Driskill
Gibson
Edgar Dyson
Bill Martin
Three Killed In State By Storm Winds
A destructive Oklahoma windstorm killed three people and damaged buildings across northern counties. Victims include 12-year-old Lee Floyd near Vinita, 22-year-old Clyde Shrover near Carter, and 70-year-old B. McFadlen at Lake Ponca. Towns like Bluejacket saw major destruction with roofs torn and three main businesses wrecked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Lee Floyd
Vinita
Clyde William Shrover
Floyd's
Carter Community
White
B. McFadlen
Conomy
Lake Ponca
Ponca City
Bluejacket
Craig County
Wilbur Wallace
Wallace
Hawks In Battle Cut Power Line Near Post Falls
Two hawks fought in midair above Post Falls Idaho causing a short circuit on a power line and cutting electricity district wide. The birds tangled and fell igniting a grass fire which was contained before spreading to timber authorities said.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
Wash
Post Falls
Idaho
Washington Water Power Company
Weekend Fishing Outlook With Mixed Prospects
Oklahoma City reports fair to good fishing in areas with open streams and lakes. Rangers note excitement for the season opening September 11 for dave shooting. Lake Murray yields bream gulping worms, crappies on minnows, bass biting plugs. Bass still active in Sans Bois creek Mountain Fork near Quinto and Pennington creek Johnston county. Muskogee area streams remain unclear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
State Game and Fishy Commission
Dave
Lake Murray
Sans Bois Creek
Mountain Fork
Quinto
Pennington Creek
Johnston County
Muskogee
Fishing reports from several lakes noted mixed conditions
The report notes Pryor area fishing as fair with crappies and bass improving. Blanchard reports very poor fishing. Osage County reports three to five pound bass at Buckwerk. Lake Lawtonka water is very low and fishing poor. Carter and Love County lakes are in good fishing condition with bass starting to strike again.
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Blanchard Section
Osage County
Buckerwek
Lake Lawtonka
Carter
Love County
New medicated paste aids slow ulcers and bedsores
ATLANTA August 26 Slowly healing ulcers and bed sores unresponsive to ordinary treatment improve with a new medicated paste prepared by local pharmacists. The paste, based on keeping the surface moist and feeding tissue cells, was described by Dr Bernard Fantus and H A Dyniewicz of the University of Illinois College of Medicine at the American Pharmaceutical Association meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Iphoraboey
Tony
Bernard Fantus
H. A. Dyniewicz
University of Mlineic College of Medicine
American “Pharmaceutical Association
Fantus
Sam Gorum Faces Jail Over Unpaid Fines
Sam Gorum in Seminole faces 418 days in the county jail unless he pays $698.45 in fines from six liquor possession convictions. County Judge Bob Aubrey issued commitments. Sheriff Rice Merrell to serve the terms. Gorum previously served three 30 day sentences and was later sentenced to 15 years in McAlester state prison after a bob Myers case appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Gorum
John M. Stanley
Gorum
Bob Aubrey
Rice Merrell
Servce
Gorus
Aubrey
McAlester State Prison
Bob Myers
Ada
Criminal Court of Appeals
Oklahoma to observe six-state oil shutdown meeting
Oklahoma officials represented by Ray Weems W J Armstrong Earl Taster and Ted Knoop planned to observe the Austin Texas interstate oil compact commission gathering. They will report back with facts to the corporation commission. Meantime 5 exemption requests from seven producers were heard as a quorum issue delayed a ruling. Weems would return by Wednesday for the state market demand hearing. The shutdown could end Thursday if not extended. The chairman favored ending the 15 day shutdown and shifting to restricted production. A second item notes the British American Engineering Congress for September 4 in New York was cancelled due to Britain's industrial mobilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Reford Bond
Oklahoma Corporation Commission
Austin
Tex
Corporation Commission
Corp
Ray ©. Weems
W. J. Armstrong
Earl Taster
Ted Knoop
The
Compact Commission
L. C. Phillips
Bond
Weems
Gilmer Oil Company
O. V
Elma Martha Beck
Gan
New York
British American Engineering Congress
Great Britain
Plant Redbuds Urged For State Tree Now
The redbud, Oklahoma’s state tree, is praised for its beauty and early spring bloom. Oklahoma home demonstration clubs urge planting a mile of highway trees and distributing seeds through clubs, urging widespread community planting on roadsides, schools, yards, and cemeteries to build state loyalty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Marks
Oklahoma
Extension News
Edna E. Wilson
Payne County Home Demonstration Club
Farm Women's Club
Wilson
Rural Schools Face Shorter Terms in Area
County schools confront reduced homestead exemption aid and tightened budgets as 1936-39 tax formulas skew funding. Superintendent Ray Stegall warns of transferring funds and possible term shortenings to balance the state budget, with some districts cutting maintenance below 300 and two counties receiving no exemption aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc County
Ray Stegall
Stonewall
Pickett
Stontwall
Stegall
Four H Camp At Bromide Starts With Arrivals
Bromide Boy Scout camp near Bromide hosts the two day 4 H camp with about 250 boys and girls expected. Cars arrived Monday morning and traffic featured gruck loads as youngsters settled in. Today includes recreational activities and an educational film this evening. Camp concludes Tuesday afternoon under state extension division directors and county agent staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc County
Bromide
President Plans What He'll Do in War Breakout
Washington August 28 7 A government official said President Roosevelt would invoke the neutrality law and call Congress to revise it if a European war erupts The act bars arms shipments to belligerents and the administration favors repeal to allow cash and carry sales The president would invoke the act when a state of war exists and would likely act if a continental conflict spreads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Germany
Poland
Texan in Attack On AAA Program
J E McDonald Texas commissioner of agriculture denounces the AAA program as un American in a Missouri Farmers association speech. He asserts that state lines are imaginary and calls for discontinuing the AAA to restore American agricultural ideals and prices. He links farmer prosperity to fair prices and purchasing power for farmers nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sedalta
J. E. McDonald
Texas
America
McDonald
Girls Are Being Returned: Two Aga Girls Recovered
Sheriff Clyde Kaiser traveled to Shamrock Texas on Friday to return two Aga girls who disappeared Sunday night. The 12 and 15 year old sisters, Farnia Lee Rhodes and Bessie Wilmoth, were located by officers after parents sought help from authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Kaiser
Shamrock
Texas
Farnia
Lee Rhodes
Bessie Wilmoth
Harden sues over alleged gyp scheme for 7500
Andrew J. Harden, 85, files a district court suit alleging a gyp scheme to steal 7500. He names George Casey of Caddo County and as co-defendants The First State Bank of Cement Oklahoma and The First National Bank and Trust Company of Oklahoma City. The petition claims Casey posed as an oil man with a lease on Caddo County land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew
J. Harden
George Casey
Caddolounty
First State Bank of Cement
Okla
First National Bank and Trust Company
Oklahoma City
Casey
Caddo ‘County
Harden
Drilling Contract Dispute Over Lease Interest
Harden accuses Casey of fraud alleging a rig and slush pit were arranged for a $7,300 half interest in a lease and a 3,600 foot drill. Harden refused to sign but received $3,500. August 28 contract explained showed discrepancies with prior agreement. He seeks $3,500 judgment, contract cancellation, and restraining orders preventing checks and recording the contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harden
Fitts Field
Casey
Cement Bank
Oklahoma City Bank
Sam
Loot Recovery Reported In City Theft Case
Police report recovery of about 250 dollars worth of clothes stolen Friday night with two black youths arrested Monday and held for questioning. Investigating other angles as more suspects believed. Also recovered were a typewriter, spark plugs from Mid-Continental Petroleum offices, and a portable phonograph from a West Main shop. Clothing items included ten trousers two suits a jacket from Rodgers Cleaners and two suits a coat and shirt from a parked car of C. C. McCarty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mid-Continent Petroleum Company
Tadia
West Main
Rodgers Cleaners
C. C. McCarty
Diamonds Found in Meteor in Arizona
Smithsonian Institution says blue diamonds were found in a meteor that struck Arizona thousands of years ago. Recovery is not commercially practical due to high cutting costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arizona
Washington
Smithsonian Institution
Phillips Still Determined To Slash Expense
Oklahoma City August 29 Governor Phillips moves to curb state spending and avert a special session by forming a committee to study cuts across departments boards and commissions He stressed loyalty to the Democratic platform and vowed any session would only occur after a tax program agreement and after January 1 Authorities estimate a 5.6 million deficit with limited relief from salary cuts and a proposed equal reduction plan for all institutions including OU where tuition would require legislative action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
City
Phillips
Roger Phelps
Carter
E.P. Ledbetter
University of Oklahoma Board of Regents
Three Oklahomans Die In Weekend Road Crashes
The weekend's Oklahoma highway crashes killed three people and left another critically injured. Richard Newton McWilliamis, 71, of Kay County, died Sunday after a collision near Tonkawa. John Bradley, 58, of Copeland Kansas, died Saturday from injuries in the same wreck. In Norman, Mrs Mathie Jewell Gillispie, 40, was killed and Mrs John Morgan was seriously hurt in a Chickasha area collision. Morris children suffered leg injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Presa
Oklahoma
Richard Newton McWilliamis
Kay County
Tonkawa
John Bradley
Copeland
Kansas
Mathie Jewell Gillispie
Norman
John Morgan
Chickasha
Morris
Notice of Motor Carrier Permit Hearing Oklahoma
The Corporation Commission of Oklahoma gives notice that an application to operate as a motor carrier on a specified route is filed by T B Traylor. Interested persons may obtain hearing details by contacting the Secretary of the Corporation Commission in Oklahoma City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. A Traylor
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