Community News From Pontotoc County Reflects Christmas Loss
Rural Communities column shares letters delayed by holidays, school notices, and tributes. Obituaries honor Granny Smith and Grandpa Hammonds, with funeral details and cemetery sites. Community reports, illness, new class members, and local visits fill the pages as 1933 plans and resolutions are noted.
Ed King of Stillwater Guests Over Christmas Period
Mr. and Mrs. Ed King hosted their son Ed ward Kine of Stillwater for the Christmas period. Miss Maud Truitt a Wawanucka faculty member visited Miss Jennie Hall Fowler. Dick Winn of Seminole and A. DPD. Patton of Ada visited friends here Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Hush Worley were Ada shoppers Thursday. Mr. Lillard made a business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tupelo
Ed King
Edward Kine
Stillwater
Maud Truitt
Wawanucka
Jennie Hall Fowler
Dick Winn
Seminole
A. Dpd
Patton
Ada
Hush Worley
Mr. Lillard
Ada Area Visitors and Local Social Roundup
Misses Rita and Bee Fowler visited Ada Thursday with several residents making pre Christmas and post holiday trips. Various residents conducted business in Stonewall and Denison Texas while others returned from coal gate and Tupelo visits. A card party hosted by Miss Jennie Halil Fowler preceded a busy weekend including Ada Saturday gatherings and multiple neighbors traveling for shows and errands.
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Ada
Rita
Bee Fowler
Ed King
Stonewall
Ruby Clark
Denison
Texas
Leroy Beauchamy
Coalgate
J. W. Bowen
Oliver Page
Oklahoma City
B. Hinning
Munkotee
Dorothy Lee
Davis Perry
Bob Clemmon
Jennie Halil Fowler
Irene McCardy
Stella Brown
Helen Proffitt
Hayden Walker
Gladys Gennings
Margaret Sue Brown
Bessie Brown
Maud Truitt
Messrs
Arathur Brown
Allen Gennings
Durward Bowen
Paul McCabe
Preston Crisp
Gene Hagar
Edward King
Martin McCurdy
Jack Ream
Wapanuka
Tupelo
Cannon
Talihina
le Roy Beauchamp
Rip Whitman
Louisiana
Virginia Livesay
Sunday School Attendance and Social Gatherings in Ada Area
A long list of Sunday activities outlines attendance at Sunday school and evening singing in Ada and surrounding areas. Families and individuals such as Fate Craddock Ruth Stegall Letha Carson Roxie Carson and Lela Mae Turner are noted with visits and social events. The piece also records the death of an infant of Prince Gray and extends sympathy to the bereaved family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fate Craddock
Ada
Lela Mae Turner
Ruth Stegall
Mary
Vivian Phelps
Letha
Roxie Carson
Prince Gray
Lawrence Polk
Malcolm Stegall
Ada Jean
Jewell Creech
Rocky Chapel
Kenkade
Ollie
Viola Parker
Carl Trippler
Odus Carson
Byng
Revival Begins At Oakman Church Invites All
A revival meeting started at the Oakman church inviting everyone to attend. Mrs. Neal McDonald has been ill this past week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakman Church
Neal McDonald
Community Notes Describe School Week and Local Visits
This week marks the fifth month of school with teachers pleased by pupil work. Sunday activities include Sunday school and Christian Endeavor, visits by multiple residents to Ada, Stonewall, and other nearby towns, and various family gatherings. Weather permitting, Delbert Ashburn and Walter Lovelady plan regular services next weekend. all are urged to attend with others.
Local Social Notes From Rocky Chapel Area
Mr and Mrs Henry Clampitt spent Wednesday with their son Oral. The McSwains and their son Harry visited town on Tuesday. Nelson and his two sons Rolen and Buck made a business trip to Ada Thursday. Oma McGalliard stayed Wednesday night and Thursday with the Price McGalliards. The Underwoods visited Buck Starke on Sunday. Mrs Wesley Hart and her mother visited relatives in Pontotoc on Sunday. Ada shoppers included Rotor Buck Nelson Denk Fat Reed Mr Lackey and Clifford Pittman. Wesley Hart is recovering from rheumatism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Denham
Near Vaness
Robert Henry
Beulah Briggs
Amos Old
Ona Hughes
Tom Hughes
John Eddings
Clarence Irvin
Oral Irwin
Ennis
la von
Wewoka
Sam Bradley
Tulsa
Buster Berger
Berger
Elwyn Old
Ada
Orlin Sneed
Bonnie
Donnie
J. H. Bradley
Novalee
Vaness
George Files
Bob McGeehe
Henry Clampitt
Oral
McSwain
Harry
Nelson
Rolen
Buck
Oma McGalliard
Price McGalliard
Robert Underwood
Buck Starke
Wesley Hart
Jones
Pontotoc
Opal Mack
Bertha
Virgie Holloway
Stonewall
Frank Ritchardson
Robert Owens
Mattie McKinney
Leonard Moren
Frisca
Bert Mack
Elouse
Smatha
Norma Lee Whitehead
Anderson
J. D. Anderson
J. B. Mack
Ray McKinney
Ire
Irene Whlson
Market Weehe
Zelma Tallent
Buel Bradford
Mr. Laughlin
Towda
Robert Watkins
Tallent
Lester Watson
Wendell
Mrs. Watson
Atwood
Arley Crain
Social Visit Remarks and Illness Report
Pleasant Hill residents Mr and Mrs Claude Sanders spent Thursday night with Mrs Edith Henry. Visitors to Dave Kerr home on Friday included Bud Watson Henry Gibbs and Riley Sansom. Irene MecMeans stayed Thursday night with Lois Kerr. Mrs Myrtle Ginn of Knox spent Monday night with daughter Mrs Celia Watson. Jessie Ginn of Knox spent Monday night with Irene MecMeans. Mr and Mrs Herman Phillips visited Friday with Mrs Edith Henry. Mrs Mary Kerr stayed Thursday with Mrs Jewell MecMeans. Mrs Lindon Ogee and children visited Mr and Mrs Henry MecMeans on Sunday. Edith Henry is ill with the flu.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer
Pendergraft
Ada
Kenneth CC. Jones
Tulsa
T. L. Jones
Ixters
Frances’ Jones
Mire
Orville Jones
Wendell
Dwight Morelock
Iaines
E. T. Landrith
F. P. Gaines
Nicit
W. C. Huches
Yonna
Oklahoma City
Mr. Hughes
State Board of Affairs
Lucy Biles
Patricia Louise
Loss Brumley
Herman Ford
Geraldine Brumley
W. H. Brumley
E. H. Roundtree
Henry
T. L. Stevens
Treva Stevens
Cleo Stevens
Helen Brumley
Alexander Home
Claude Sanders
Pleasant Hill
Edith Henry
Dave Kerr
Bud Watson
Henry Gibbs
Riley Stanson
Irene MecMeans
Lois Kerr
Myrtle Ginn
Knox
Celia Watson
Jessie Ginn
Irene McMeans
Herman Phillips
Mary Kerr
Jewell MceMeans
Lindon Ogee
Henry McMeans
Local Socials Highlight Bowerman Steele Family Visits
Mr and Mrs W H Bowerman and family plus Mr and Mrs Hillard Steele and families spent several hours at the L A Corbin home Saturday night. Ruth Noble of Ada visited her sister Bessie Bowerman over the weekend. Albert Jackson of Spiro was seen with friends and relatives in town while Mabel Brooks visited sister Hazel Stange of Oklahoma City this week. Bessie Bowerman spent Sunday with relatives and friends.
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Elvaretta Cat
Joe Hunt
Eugene Coventon
Dale Simpson Taok
Jimmie Caton
M. M. Massey
Pearl Simpson
J. B. Berryman
Earl Lee
Marvin Wood
Doyle Newby
Galey
Racland
Rip Capps
Francis
Clyde Wilson
Ruth Wilson
Oklahoma City
Nellie Mitchell
Arlin Miller
Bird Nichols
Happy Land
Othar Ragland
Mrs. Nix
Martha
M. Ragland
Ada
F. C. Lindsey
Svivesia
Oakman
Mae Nix
Grover Tyree
Will Brecheen
John Hilton
Zelma Mackey
Earl McDaniels
Billie Murrel
Chester McDaniels
Barbara Ellen
Imogene McDaniels
Ethel Nix
Oscar Rankins
Ray Mitchell
Martha Lillie Ragland
S. H. Newby
Virgie Hunt
Stratford
Lee Eppler
Speights Eppler
J. H. Moberly
Paul Higgenbotham
Drumright
Marie Joplin
Nora Gray
Ft. Worth
Texas
Ray Jones
Dallas
Albert Smith
Alma Bandy
George Smith
Lee Roy ‘Fox
Cordell Lee
Nina Hunt
Crade
Santa Claus
Zellma Carter
Maudie Jones
Clara Gordon
Geneva Noble
Lillian Choat
John Hendrix
Sarah Hagar
Tulsa
G. W. Hazar
Bessie Boatman
W. T. Boatman
Bebee
Walden Home
Amos Nix
T. C. Sweet
Albert Jackson
Marie Brown
Turk Standridge
Jess Standridge
Jack Jones
Kenneth Dale
Bonnie Ruth
Mrs. James
Vinita Hunt
Ruby
Lennie McDonald
Ethel James
Claudia Ayres
Konawa
Leroy, Norrell
Vinita
Velma Hunt
J. C. James
Hugh Irang
Sadie Mae Standridzee
George
LaVern Gedion
James
Lorene Prewitt
Betty Lou
Wanda Lois
Ayres
D. Hunt
Duff Hunt
Mr. Stafford
Lonnie Mann
al Prewitt
Norrell Hunt
Lester Standridge
Jodie Norris
Opal
Olen James
Elmer McDonald
Edna
Eula Malloy
James Home
Margarite Scott
Aileen Waut
Harry James
Homer Ingram
Johnnie Tiner
Alen McDonald
Stanford
Leon Ayres
Homer
Leonard McGehee
Caldwell
Nadine Broughton
Lorene Ashburn
Joe Barker
Ray
J. W. Chaffin
Cora McLain
Pearl Jackson
Eula Fay Hyde
Ashburn
Alexander
John Sparks
N. A. Scott
Ida Jean
Owl Creek
Tip Mayfield
F. G. Mayfield
Geneva Chaddick
Stonewall
Thaddeus Akers
Sturday
A. A. Dean
Edom
Riddle
Cherry
Inez
Zelma
Ina Moore
Melton
Pecan Grove
J. D. Hudgins
Park Fish
Marvin Fox
St. Louis
Haskell West
Jim McLain
J. D. Flowers
Local Berryville Social Notes Highlight Christmas Week
A crowded weekend featured songs in place of literature and multiple visits across families. Elnora Fox and Irene Davis shared time Saturday while Ada Feares stayed in Ada with friends. Ruth Thompson and Irene Davis visited Sunday. horseback riding brought together Ruth Thompson Ann Hale Vivian Thompson Inez Lovelace Lorene Williams Anna Newal Dale Nix and Merion Lovelace. Arnold Phillips visited Butler Gray Wednesday night. J. J. Curlee Cecil Leader and Clarence Mayer traveled to Ada Saturday morning. Remember Sunday school at 10 and prayer meeting tonight.
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Elnora Fox
Irene Davis
John Pettyjohn
C. E. Pettyjohn
Lonnie Davis
Ada
Odell Davis
Anda Davis
Ada Feares
Carol Furlong
Dale Nix
Claude Nix
Morene Nix
George Moran
Ruth Thompson
R. L. Hale
Ray Thompson
Inez
Helen
Merion Lovelace
Jesse
Ann Hale
Vivian Thompson
Inez Lovelace
Lorene Williams
Anna Newal
Corral Furlong
Arma Miller
Georgeia
Thelma
Gladys Gray
Bonnie Ray
Claudia Gray
Lula
Cecil Bullard
Allen
Eubanks
J. H. Gray
Roy
Arvil Reynolds
Egypt School Progress Amid Bad Weather and Sickness
Egypt School advances despite illness and winter weather. Many students return to classes as a post poned Christmas tree event brings families together. A recent work day adds improvements while the traveling library plans expand with item loans and donations from parents and children.
Local Weather and Community Notes From Christmas Break Week
Rainy spells continue as students prepare to resume Monday after the Christmas break. The column lists visits and social calls among residents including Opal Mack, Bertha Holloway, Virgie Holloway, Bert Mack, Miss J. B. Mack, and others in Stonewall Frisca and Pontotoc.
Halos Hild Community News Roundup
Local notes describe social visits among residents of Lula Vanoss and Ada areas. People like Hayden Eubanks and Maudie Nickels spend time with relatives. multiple outings, church events, and holiday gatherings are recorded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halos Hild
Hayden Eubanks
Sister Maudie Nickels
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Clyde Walker
Mary McNair
Amsden Bradley
Carl Solomon
J. J. Shaw
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FP. A. Murphy
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Ada Hospital
Guy Binkley
Denny
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Do. W. Laughlin
Ollie Morrison
Miskell
Zella Lamb
Virginia
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Mary Wilson
Scott Jones
W. M. Anderson
Wilma Ruth
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Joe Graham
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