Rural Communities of Pontotoc County News
Subscribers are being trimmed for lateness with distant readers prioritized for contact. School resumes after holiday break. new students Irene Taylor and Louie Hamilton join, while Lucille Goodman departs to Hickory, inspiring a farewell poem.
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Louie Hamilton
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Lucille Goodman
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Scheel
Community notes from Vanoss church and town events
A crowded Young Peoples Training class in Vanoss discussed The Lilies of the Field from Matthew 6 28 34 and featured a quartet and piano solo. Local residents visited, returned from holidays, and school resumed January 1 with various family visits and gatherings across Ada Okla and nearby towns.
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Anna Belle Berger
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E. G. Messecar
Ripley
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Abigail Murphy
A. and M. College
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Wilma Jewel Berger
George Littlefield
Edna Mitchell
Lois Lowe
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Mavis Williams
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Adeila Jones
Roy Childress
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Otto Krausse
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Anna Bell
M. H. Jones
Otis Martin
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S. D. Wood
Farley
J. L. Willey
Jessie Mary
Anna Belle
Community Christmas and Sunday visits in Union Hill
The Union Hill column reports a festive holiday period with many residents enjoying Christmas and returning to school. Numerous small gatherings occur as families and neighbors visit during the weekend including the Dodson, Aaron, Stone, Palmer, Hanrahan, and Rich households plus others from Ada and Pickett.
Xmas Sunday Sermon Notes Highlight Local Preacher
Rev. Hallmark preached here Sunday and Sunday night. Frisco visitor Miss Beaulah Hatton joined Ada residents Mr. and Mrs. Cecil and Mrs. Hatton for Christmas dinner with the Hatton household. Ada residents Mr. and Mrs. Brice Thompson and daughter Elen also attended.
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Family thanks Conway for kindness during bereavement
The Barnes family expresses gratitude to the people of Conway for their kindness through the illness and death of their mother Mrs. Jennie Barnes and family members Mr. R. O. Barnes Mrs. R. E. Gillock Mrs. J. B. Farnham Mrs. Onno Fredrick and Miss Pearl Barnes.
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Parish Chapel Social Notes and Visits Across Town
Sunday gatherings and midweek calls fill the parish area as families from Severn Pleasant Hill and Gazebo share visits. Names include Dryden Cavener Isaacs Eppler Berryman Coventon and Moberly with relatives in Vanette Shawnee Ada and Oklahoma City.
New Year Greetings From Small-Town Community
Local note highlights social visits and gatherings. Charlie Davis and Fred Brown spent Monday night together while Mrs. Bob Anderson visited Jesse with her son. Rev. Flowers preached a Sunday sermon and Sunday School plans are announced for every Sunday.
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Frisco
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Community Notes From Summers Chapel and Nearby
Saturday night visits include Melvin Newby and Doyle Newby with Mrs. Lorene Ward taken to Ada hospital. Wednesday gatherings at George Deathrage's house featured cake and cocoa and a anticipated next party. Various families including Atchisons and Newbys visited, with several trips to Oklahoma City and Colorado noted. Preaching planned Saturday night and Sunday with singing on Sunday night.
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Doyle Newby
Lorene Ward
Ada
George Deathrage
Allie Ragland
Ralph
Atchison
Jack Mosley
Ethel Willoughby
Elles Atchison
J. R. Newby
Tom Myers
Irene
S. H. Newby
Ralph McGalliard
Melvin
Jessie
E. C
Larson
Ettar Cole
Twto
Anna Blevins
Local Social Visits and Church Announcement
Bertha West and Beatrice Baker visited Ruby Lamb Thursday afternoon. Mrs Mark Henson and daughter Lucille visited Mrs Mable Holliman Sunday. Woodrow Phillips and Hubert West called at Eli West’s home Sunday. Misses Ruby Oneta and Sylvia Lamb visited Mr and Mrs John Baker Sunday afternoon. Belle Henson and daughter Neomai called at Jess Lamb’s. Melvin West called on Roy West Saturday night. Beatrice Baker visited her uncle and aunt John and Mrs Baker recently. Everyone remember church next Saturday night. Bro Scott Jones will preach for us.
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Bro. Mellor
Gertie Pinley
McMaster
Ala Mae Palmer
Dude Hood
Johnnie Wilfong
Edith Kite
Charlie Palmer
Oklahoma City
Ola Mae Palmer
Dude
Bertha West
Beatrice Baker
Ruby Lamb
Mark Henson
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Mable Holliman
Woodrow Phillips
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Eli West
Ruby
Oneta
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Belle Henson
Neomai
Jess Lamb
Melvin West
Roy West
Bro
Scott Jones
Moving Lives in Small Town Notes on Local Families
Local column records frequent road moves and visits among Welker, Tate Oliver, Jack Jones, and other families around Vaness Yeager Ada Stratford and Wilson. It lists relatives visiting, illnesses, and social visits including Buskirk, Bragg, Gedion, Hunt, Diehl, and Hale families with several overnight stays and daytime calls.
Lightning Ridge Mr and Mrs Pet Soloman of
A fragment notes Mr and Mrs Pet Soloman of Lightning Ridge, with limited readable details. The sparse text signals a social or household mention rather than a full event or notice.
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Lightning Ridge
Pet Soloman
Freshman Sophomore Party Promises Gym Night
A group gathered at the Kurkindoll home after church Sunday night to ring in the new year. Sunday school at the Methodist and Baptist churches drew good attendance. Visitors included Ima and Bernice McSpadden Thelma Lane and Dorothy Moore. Loyd Watson spoke in Sunday school.
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Ima
Bernice McSpadden
Thelma
Lane
Dorothy Moore
Loyd Watson
City Mourns as Deadly Floods Sweep Los Angeles
A severe storm unleashed floods across Los Angeles and suburbs. The river became a 125 foot wide trap sweeping away homes and trapping victims. Rescue teams searched river beds for the missing as canyon torrents destroyed residences in Laurel Canyon and La Crescenta.
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Santa Monica Mountains
Laurel Canyon
Beverly Hills
Mme
Nell E. Anderson
la Crescenta
Earthquake Letter Puzzles Baltimore Police
Chief Inspector George G. Henry questions whether a recent Baltimore quake occurred and why it went unfelt. A Nova Scotia woman sent a letter asking about her brother believed to live in the city after hearing of the event.
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George G. Henry
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Henry
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