Around The County Centered Notes Of Community Life
A long list of weekend visits, church events, and family updates from Center area residents. Dozens of names such as Henson Garrett Gray Franks and McDaniel appear with mentions of Sunday school, baptisms, showers, holiday travel, and local prayers. The piece records social ties, visits, health notes, and church revival efforts across multiple families and nearby towns.
Man Turns Wagons Into Modern Camp Trailers In Oklahoma
Ross Langston, a wagon maker from Langston, Oklahoma, has become a specialist in building movable wagons repurposed as house trailers for a Methodist church camp at Texoma. He handcrafts wheels, frames, and canvas tops with sycamore bows and red oak parts, working from a shop near Byng along SH 99. Langston’s unusual venture grew after a church superintendent urged him to apply his skills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Organization of the Methodist Church
Texoma
Langston
Byng
Union Valley
Mabel Morgan suffers arm injury and hospital stay
Mrs. Mabel Morgan sustained a painful arm injury when she fell on a sidewalk Friday evening. She was treated at a hospital and remains hospitalized for further treatment. Several relatives and friends visited, including Lewis and Abilene Morgan, Jess and Ruidoso White, Pete Bowie, Raymond Laseman, and others from Sherman, Sulphur, and Memphis. Memorial Day origins noted with 1868 Arlington observance by Grant and Garfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Morgan
Lewis
Abilene
Jess White
Ruidoso
N. M
Pete
Bowie
Alvin Mantoasth
Stratford
Raymond Laseman
Ol Nic Laseman
Pete Clifton
Arlington National Cemetery
L Ulysses S. Grant
James A. Garfield
Francis By Mrs Bob West
Mr and Mrs Edd Marshal and children spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs Cadis Marshal. They are from Oklahoma City. Mr and Mrs Isom Harris visited Sunday evening with Mr and Mrs Alex Harris, Mr and Mrs Curtis Canada. spam. Saturday night with Mrs Canada s parents, Mr and Mrs C Thompson in Allen. Donna Phillips spent Saturday night with Mrs Hellen Canada and Mr and Mrs Woodrow Phillips visited their daughter and family Mr and Mrs Gene Wheeler Moore Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Henson
Mrs. Grover
Mrs. Henson
Mrs. Bullock
Ada
Hazel Price
William Miller
Karen
Kathy
Mike Bays
Larry
Allie Denham
Leola Denham
Oklahoma City
Allie
Edd Dollahan
Grandma Grove
Bill Reed
Ray Magar
Will
Gren
Dackey
Susan
Shirley West
Mary Malay
Alg Jen
Calvin
Thurman Gray
FHA
Oren Gray
Priday
Woran Winklee
Comerooville
Alex Harris
Joe Gray
Miss Day
Isom Harris
Ifane Cole
Andrew. Bryant,ay
Clellon Scroggins
Leon Scroggins
Willie Scroggins
Thelma Dean Garrett
Sondra
Hansel Burk
Billy Nickerson
Sondra Garrett
Joylare
Port ‘ Smith
Ark
Francis
Grover Keeling
S Church
Tom Harris
Harris
Jasakwa
Otto Harris
Earl Franks
Janice
Linda Campbell
Ode Franks
Lena Soward
Dorotha Tucker
Janice Franks
James Galey
David Galey
Galeys
Clarence Moore
Tulsa
Mrs
Mardis
O'Dell Jones
Ruby Bolin
Clint
E.G. Kendall
Kig Crow
Shawnee
Jones
Gaylen
Crow
Prank
Lewis
Jack Persing
Nancy
Steve
Daidguk
Floy Burk
Johnson
Wichita
Kah
Sesi
Donna
Okla
Pee-homa
Marlow
Earl
Kane
Abert Crow
Eddie
Mitt de Lamire
Hayes
Valley View Hospital
Ralph Brendle
Billy Jim
Robertson
Tamra
Roe Robertson
Eunice Galey
DeLamire
Val ‘Ley View Hospital
Effie Morcis
L. C. Riddie
Togo Wood
Joan
L. C. Riddle
Tom Murphy
Beulah Littles
Pauls Valley
Thelma Garrett
Oklahoma
Joe Henson
Randy Harris
Lsom Harris
Mr. Harris
Lydia Canada
Ravern Canada
Erbie Lollar
Aga
Baxter Scroggins
Scroggins
Velma Chandler
Marie Tigert
W. N. Isaacs
Leonard Hallaway
Steve Gray
Cathy Stratford
Tucker
Phylis Lamb
Gary
Nannie Cox
Jry
Dale Gray
Cox
Vernon Mary Cox
Helen Gray
Martha Love
Vernon Gray
Rachelle
Virginia Henderson Vis
Thurman
Gray
Herbert Henderson
Connerville
Lizzie Nelson
Gordon Nelson
Berton
Jane Lou Hurley
Terri, Pryor
Mable Nelson
Leo Nelson
Dorothy Terry
Cloak Farmer
Judy
Norman Deemer
Bob Simpson
Edd Marshal
Mrs. Cadis Marshal
T Hey
Isom Harris Vis
Mrs. Curtis
Canada
Mrs. Canada
C.thompson
Allen
Donna Phillips
Hellen
Woodrow Phillips
Gene Wheeler
Moore
Hazel Newby
Larry Newby
Weldon Prince Debra
Terri
Pryor
Newby
Rodney Gray
Shaw
Giles
Gailen Teory
Davie Shaw
Homer
Verna Adams
Vanasster
Kim
Ads
Roger
Dwain
Warren Neale
Andrews
Tex
W. F. Gra Zham
Nel Fson
Corthin
Jo Shaw
Johnny Qualls
Joyce Lance
Galey
Emmett Light
Dean Thompson
Judy Northen
Ladania Welch
Mrs. Light
Light
Aren
Wests Visit Cal West This Saturday
Mr and Mrs John West visited for a while Saturday with Mr and Mrs Cal West, sharing time and hospitality in a small community gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John West
Mrs
Cal West
Local Visits and Family News From Cedar Grove
Mr and Mrs Jay Norris host visitors including Wirs Vennie Norris and Mrs Bell Saulch. Mr and Mrs Jake Hammonds stop by with them. Dan Burkhead hosts Mrs Ruth Melton of Seminole this week. Willigra Pherigo visits grandparents Glenn Phillips and family. Lavern Scroggins ill with a bad cold. Norma Jane Baker now married. her family visits Cedar Grove church and old friends, daughter of Lewis Baker who moved to California twelve years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay Norris
Wirs
Vennie Norris
Bell Saulch
Baxter Scroggins
Jake Hammonds
Norma Jane Baker
Cedar Grove
Lewis Baker
California
Summers Chapel Teen Contest Draws Pretty Girl Hopefuls
Community notes from Summers Chapel recount visits among residents in Pryor and Seminole areas. Families like the Shaws, Grays, and Lanes socialize, attend 4H, and celebrate a golden wedding anniversary in Stratford.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Rae Garrett
Mrs. Garrett
Lillian Morris
J.T
Bonnie
Roger Layne
Murpheys
Keeling
Leon Menry
Shelli Beth
Joe Dean West
Harry Chambers
Fort Elmort
Jimmy
Tigert
Tana
Dockal
Duncan
Wanda Ray
Debra
Florence Henlents
Chet Tiger
Coy Chandler
Remode Henson
Sadie Kirth
Westview Church
Minnie Lewis Thase
Methodist Church
Adariday
Clorda,Gray
Ruby Wood
Elsie Lamb
Mildred Alto
Demetra
Joy Tucker
Sarah Jane, Robinson
Pearl Jones
Marie Welch
Minnie Lewis
Summers Chapel
Nashville
Fred
Oil Center
Kinney
Jimmy Standridge
Jewel Willoughby
Earl Johnson
Wichita, Kan
Albert Craw
Calvin Pennington
Norman
and Mays
Willie Pierce
Pierce
Bill Rose
Walnut Grove
Pentecostal Holiness Church
T. E. Lovelace
Wanette
B. V. Pendley
Pendley
Byars
Derell Newbyard
Carol Price
Alva Evans
Donnie Ray
Donnie Evans
Cara
Price
Doyle Newby
Gerald
WR. E. Riggins
Martha Ann Pope
Frank Roberts
Center Baptist Church
Elmer Robertson
David
Pinils Valley
Gene Standridge
Walter Crews
Vinion Marshall
Juanita Thompson
Paula
Aldridge Hotel
Geneva McCullar
Mathie Miller
Lorene Wiliams
Melva Gray
Cloreta Gray
Frank Lewis
Fred Lewis
Harriman
Tenn
Bert ‘Jones
Winford Parrish
Clinnie Crow
Linwood Hallaway
Matt Hudson
Blanchard
Ruth Sutton
Chris
Vance Price
Pres Sutton
Gerald Sutton
Beverly
Huth Sutton
Lona Soward
Helen Ken
Éall
Opal Ward
Beverly Suton
Grandson
Gil Center
Albert Crow
Robert Bolin
Ross Langston
Nchurch
John Wesley
Limon Crockrall
Konawa
Farmer
Juan Megee
Denny Vis Jents
Jim Megee
von Vaughn
Johnston Islands Oil Center
Arabia
Altus
Roff By
Mary Laseman
Hame
Jack Rammock
Laseman
Sherman
Pattie Jones
Iris Nichols
Nora Etchieson
C. W. Shaw
Emily
Memphis
Ted Croner
Riends
Ross
Ted
Walter Hammack
Garland
Sportsmens Club
Kenneth Larsh
Lowell Laseman
Tony Morgan
Grady Coston
Grady Truitt
Temily
Walters
Estelle Evans
Bob West
Dan Burkhead
Buckhead
Ruth Melton
Seminole
Little Willigra Pherigo, Ads
Glenn Phillips
Ind
Nanniejing Joe Gray
Janes
Coles
Jimmy Ward
Hersman Ward
Carl Carr
Burk
J. 8. Lanes
John Stinson
Olive Belle Wood
Ode Skinner
Loy Wood and Sons
Mildred Altom
Demerta
Alene Anderson
Ebey-McCauley
SPC
the Daily
Oklahoman
The
Oklahoma City 1
Daily Oklahoman
Toyear
Didvinma NesWeahs
Addrait
Eday-McCauley Co
Edwy
B. M
Mack” Welch
Cyvomars
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