Christmas Tree Plans Amid Rural Gatherings and Weddings
Sunday schools thrived at Hale and Union Hill with singing and a pie supper raising 22 dollars for a Christmas tree. Articles note visits, dinners, and a December 23 Christmas event, plus a wedding for Miss Ella Hinkle and Ray Stone. Local families gather in Elf-like holiday cheer and memory of Jimmy Finch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hale’s Hill
Emogene Phillips
Ollie Whisenhunt
Loretta Hamilton
Jim Curlee
Bert Curlee
Jesse
Arvie Reynolds
Lena
Herman Phillips
Lee Reynolds
Irene Rose
Homer
Waley Rose
Mayme Rowe
Lula
Barbaratei
la Nell Rose
Geneva Nix
Luella Teel
Irene Thomas
Ethel Wofford
Steednan
Ina Lee Curlee
Aline Stephens
Ransom Tatum
Ross Tatum
Emegete Phillips
Ollie Whisen
Summers Chapel Community Notes and Holiday Gatherings
Sunday school and singing events drew large crowds across the community. Families, including Hugheys, Jeters, and Andersons, shared visits and Saturday evenings with friends. A Kent home party honored Wyrfernia Roberts, while Dewitt Bryan visited relatives for Christmas. Summers Chapel boys closed the conference with a Dec 15 win. girls’ schedule remains with four games left.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loran Hughey
Leon
Milford Hughey
Eleanor Haskins
Ada
Walter Lewis
Brendle
Betty Lou Anderson
Lena Hughey
Martha Joe
Myrtle Mae Jeter
Mae
R. J. Jeter
Leva. Hughey
Kent Home
Bobby Hudson
Oklahoma City
Evans
Larene Johnson
Hart
Chapel
Girls Win Game by 22 to 6 in Dec 15 Match
The lineup lists Billy Joe Ward Richard Harris Marilon Flatt Odell Jones Glenn McGee and Paul Tucker for the boys. The girls lineup includes Violet Brendle Betty Lou Anderson Lena Hughey Gracie Muliniks Katherine Jones Alta Lovett guards Barbara Brendle Dorthy Major Nadine Roberts as substitutes. The girls defeated Worstell Yoursday 22 to 6.
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Billy Joe Ward
Richard Harris
Marilon Flatt
Odell Jones
Glenn Mcgee
Paul Tucker
Violet Brendle
Betty Lou Anderson
Lena Hughey
Gracie Muliniks
Katherine Jones
Alta Lovett
Barbara Brendle
Dorthy Major
Nadine Roberts
Hame
Worstell
Year In Oil Business By Monthly Note
Alfred Wall presents a Tulsa December 1941 summary charting 1923 oil activity month by month. It tracks demand, price moves, and refinery cutbacks from January gloom to December steadiness, noting specific regional prices and industry shifts and ending with a cautious 1939 outlook.
Williams Seeks 71st Year On Federal Bench
R L Williams marks his 71st year as he contemplates retirement from the tenth federal circuit bench. The Oklahoma jurist disclosed at an Alabama club gathering that he loves the state, plans to be buried in Oklahoma, and offered reflections on early Oklahoma and notable incidents. Roosevelt and Justice Department notes frame retirement timing, with pending cases delaying any immediate step.
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Oklahoma City
Robert Lee Williams
Tenth Federal Circuit
Oklahoma
Alabama Club
Williams
Justice
Oil Industry Faces Mixed 1939 Outlook In Tulsa Dispatch
Tulsa report from December reflects a cautious view of oil over 1938 with talks of happier prospects in 103d year while noting crude stocks at a 17 year low and prices down about 20 cents a barrel. It highlights cooperative actions by producers and refiners, Illinois field revival, and shifts in demand affecting Kansas Oklahoma and north Texas.
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Alfred Wall
Tulsa
Madison
Texas
Kansas
Kanotex | Refining Company
Mid-Continent
Aimeh
Roosevelt
Illinois
Oklahoma
Prison riot turns fatal at Oklahoma County jail
The Oklahoma County jail riot ended with a fatal shot during a brawl among inmates and guards. Willie Brady, serving a 14 year larceny sentence from Oklahoma county, suffered a forehead cut. George Wilson, serving a ten year assault with intent to kill sentence from Wagoner county, was involved. Authorities led by county attorney-elect Gotcher, with Warden Jess Dunn and Deputy Warden Bob West, investigate. Governor-elect Leon C Phillips and Dunn were nearby at a prison farm when the shooting occurred.
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Gotchey
Willie Brady
Oklahoma County
George Wilson
Wagoner County
Gotcher
Clark
Morton
Jess Dunn
Bob West
Leon C. Phillips
Dunn
Snow blankets vast areas across Colorado and Texas
A widespread blizzard delivers heavy to light snow across Colorado and Texas. Snow depths include four inches in San Bernardino and Lamar, three inches in Springfield, five inches in Dalhart, and four in Tucumcari and Jayton, with varied amounts across the Texas panhandle and Kansas. Wheat remains in good condition in western Texas.
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San Bernardino
Lamar
Geld
Prowers County
Springfield
Colorado
Kansas
Dalhart
Tex
Tucumcari
Jayton
N. Mex
Clovis
N. M
Hereford
Canyon
Pampa
Texas
Anthony
Santana
Elkhart
Liberal
Harper
Dodge City
Argonia
Scott City
Dighton
Brull City
Weekend Visits Around Center and Local Births
Center residents Mr and Mrs Clarence Tiner and son Billy Gene hosted and visited neighbors including Mr and Mrs Joe McCracken. Ada trips by Mrs Effie Henry Miss Rosie Henry and Frank Bennett. baby girl born December 18 to Mr and Mrs Burel Crosson. Billie Gene Tiner listed sick this week.
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Center
Clarence ‘Finer
Billy Gene
Joe McCracken
Effie Henry
Rosie Henry
Frank Bennett
Ada
Cloud Dame
Luther Parker
Jodie McCrackes
Pauline Real
Clarence Tiner
Dobson
Walter McCracken
Burel Crosson
Billie Gene Tiner
Comedian Hurt In Auto Collision
Hollywood December 21 Hugh Herbert film comedian was recovering from minor injuries after a automobile collision.
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Hollywood
Hugh Herbert
Oklahoma Retail Trade Improves In November
Oklahoma's retail trade rose notably in November, with the University of Oklahoma college of business administration noting improvement over last year in several areas. Mixed trends included bank debit gains and largely unchanged building permits and loans, while farm income slumped in October and new car sales stayed weak and business failures rose in the past two months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman
Oklahoma
University of Oklahoma College of Business Administration
Behind the Scenes in Washington by John T. Flynn
A critique of shifting government bookkeeping to treat current expenditures as investments. The piece argues the state and the country differ, noting government gains from projects like power plants and rural improvements. It warns that rising land values from public works should not be counted as government assets. It stresses taxation and the limits of government ownership versus public benefit.
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Washington
John T. Flynn
NER
R. F.C
City Misreads Finances Amid Delusion of Balance
A fragment notes a city faces a spurious financial impression as officials tinker with accounts. The text argues a fee may be justified in a case, but the city should not fool itself into a misleading budget or pretend perfection in its books.
Jimmy Roosevelt May Seek Office in 1942
Boston dispatch notes Timmy Roosevelt, son of the president, may run for public office in 1942 on his own qualifications. He said he will be busy in 1940 and left Boston for Christmas at the White House. He indicated it is not too remote a possibility to seek office at that time.
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Jimmy Roosevelt
Boston
Timmy Roosevelt
White House
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