Oakman Church Notes and Community Visits
News from Oakman by Mildred Lee details Sunday school and church attendance, guest lists, and a long roster of local visits. Highlights include youth Sunday plans, illness notes, and many names connected to Ada and surrounding areas along with fire department calls on a cold day.
Community Guests Share Visits Across Ada and Nearby Towns
A long list of local residents from Ada Latta Stratford Konawa Mena and surrounding areas spent time visiting relatives friends and neighbors in Stillwater Kingfisher Latta and Oklahoma City. Notable names include J T Tatum Billy Henson Eddie Collins and many McAnally Johnson and Rhynes families as weekend gatherings and Sunday dinners were held at multiple homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. T. Tatum
Eddie
J. T. Miller
Antlers
Gary Golden
F. J. Lancaster
Elton
Jamie
Pam Mahan
Ada
Josie McAnally
William Henson
Billy
Alvin and
Tammy McAnally
Latta
Dewayne McAnally
Tammy Ward
Bill McAnally
Lela Johnson
Kris
Gary McAnally
Kevin
Shelby Roberts
Evlyn Cossey
Kingfisher
Patty Tatum
Horace Golden
Freddie Duncan
Stillwater
Amon Cossey
Mena
Ark
Gene Cossey
Jimmy
David
Fred Muller
Barry
Lubbock
Texas
Ricky Ragland
Susan
Baton Rouge
Steve Ragland
Oklahoma City
Dick Newlyn
Tommy Johnson
Renny
Chris
Billy Delazier
Tammy Lynn
Lou Tatum
Nadine Summers
Charles Coplen
Danny Taylor
Brandy
Lee Keeling
Danny Powell
Bobby Briggs
Kevin Coplen
Wanda Cop
Sam Greenwood
Stratford
Harold Delozier
Billy Henson
Joesie McAnally
Lynn Kelley
Vicki
Alvin McAnally
Tommy
Teena
Pearl McAnally
Junior Rhynes
Tommy Long
Mary Long
Lois Rhynes
Phil Phynes
Wayne McAnally
Darlene Greenwood
J.T. Tatum
Gearldine McAnally
Sybil Collins
Bobby Adams
Lake Tenkiller
Konawa
Jimmy Mahan
Phil Rhynes
Terrie Newcomb
James Rhynes
Tim
Debbie Powell
Son
Nora Lancaster
Wilma Delozier
R.J. Delozier
Carl Roberts
Clinnie Crow
Nadene Summers
Byng
John Allen
Angie
Terry Roberson
Maud
Lillie Cossey
Eton Mackey
Darrel Mackey
Ronnie Mackey
Kevin McAnally
Robby Smith
Renny Johnson
Francis Scroggins Subscribers and Ada Arts News
New subscribers J L Doc and Betty Scroggins join the Francis community Weekly. Ada Artists elect Mildred West vice president and announce officers and meeting schedule. Also notes on local residents, military life at Lackland, a death, a heart attack, and visitors around Francis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.L
Doc
Betty Scroggins
Ada
Francis
Francis Alumni Association
Bill Ward
Sapulpa
Mildred West
Ada Artists Association
Oleta Alexander
Pauline Myers
Carol Williamson
Sunshine Mary Joe Green Sunday School and Social Notes
Sunday school had 34 attendees with visitors Julie and Sally Wyche and Bucky Pendergraft. The 18 member Sunday night service featured specials by Bucky Pendergraft Sheila Heard and Julie Wyche. Don Parr led services. Bea Wyche gave an evening special. Numerous local visits and social updates follow, including Ada and Sunshine area stops, trips to Oklahoma City, San Antonio, Laredo and Old Mexico, plus ECU basketball results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakman
Melody Polczynski
Marilyn Volz
Darla
Donna
Dorothy
Ada
Alisha Nail
Richard Sanders
Danny
Calvary
Roy Manuel
Anna Marie Haley
Patty
Ben Jackson
Kay Haley
Mike
Sonia Winters
Harold
Eddie
Vicki Kinstner
Melody
Mike Polczynski
Debbie
Jeanne
Steven
Marci Hobbs
David Gentry
David Hodge
Debbie Gentry
Carl Jackson
Jesus
Marsha
Steven Hobbs
David
Deanna Binkly
Bea Jackson
Billie Sullivan
Medlady Polczynski
Eugene Hobbs
Debbie Hobbs
Onella Manuel
Marcella Jackson
Eddie Kinstner
Sunshine
Julie
Sally Wyche
Bucky Pendergraft
Sheila Heard
Julie Wyche
Don Parr
Bea Wyche
Kay
J. L. Green
Jess Green
Mildred Young
Mrs. Green
Georgia Cash
Oklahoma City
Tillie Parish
Ola Clark
Lucille Woodall
Louie Odom
David Swart
Roff
Mary
Leroy
Mary Summers
Addie Stringer
Leroy Summers
Sidney Green
Phyllis
Clyde Hobgood
Delmar Reed
Daily Phillips
Bernice Reed
Bill Oliver Jr
Bill Oliver Sr
Larry Heard
Buck Heard
Cuba
San Antonio
Laredo
Old Mexico
Claude Hewett
Margene
Stonewall
Claude
Vergie Hewett
J. B. Eager
Vernie Henley
T. J. Roquemore
Henry Childs
Leroy Cox
Houston
Texas
Oxnard
Calif
Julia Thomas
Odus McGaillard
Wendell Sawyer
ECU
McLish
Center Rae Garrett and Stratford Visit Notes
Center Rae Garrett and daughter Rebecca visited Stratford and ate barbecue sandwiches with Rae and her mother. Pug Garrett and Vera Lanham traveled to Stratford. Mr and Mrs Midge McDonald returned home from Oklahoma City on Jan 3 1977 after surgery. The Old Church in Center had no services for two weeks due to widespread illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hildry Brown
Davis
Elmer Lee
Helen Loman
Sue Manuel
Calvin Lee
Norma
Erma
Kinstner
Harold
Eddie
Vicki
Little Foster
Alisha Nail
Grace Henry
Ada
Mike
Sonia
Brian Winters
Vicki Kinstner
Robert Kinstner
Alisha
Oklahoma City
Lee Hardcastle
Kim, Pickett
Lonnie V. Manuel
Dora Manuel
Sybil Davis
Westview
Lillian Manuel
Kay Webb
Elmer Manuel
Ray Allen
Rovel
Lonnie
Collin Hampton
Viola Kennedy
McAlester
Ginger Lamb
Leota Savoie
Westwego
Johnie Brassfield
Ida Brassfield
Dee Bevers
Inlaw
Johnny Brassfield
Judy
Jannett
Shawn
Tip Vanderer
Rebecca
Stratford
Rae Garrett
Pug Garrett
Midge McDonald
Bill Wood
Old Church
Center
Oil Center
Gene Garner
April
Dustin
Pug
Thelma Jean
Vera Lanham
Antlers
Leroy Grove
Bill Reed
Leroy
Helen Morris
Nancy Morris
Danny Morris
Spring Signup Slated At ECU
Regular registration for the spring semester at East Central University begins 8 a.m. Friday in the Robert S. Kerr Activities Center with classes starting January 16. Freshmen and transfers with under 12 hours meet in Room 214 for advisement and a pre registration clinic, then enroll in the afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Central University
Robert S. Kerr
Registry Office
Kerr Center
ECU
Mistletoe Express Expanding Facility Expansion at CAPACITY
Mistletoe Express Service plans a 75000 expansion to add over 3000 square feet at 230 W 13th. Glen Prevett OKC says the project will nearly double space and dock area with a drivers room for paperwork. Construction started Jan 2 and should finish in 75 days amid a rising business demand and possible new rural route service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mistletoe Express Service
W. 13Th
Mistletoe Administrative Services
Glen Prevett
Oklahoma City
Prevett
Donald Choate
Citizens Board To Study Rural Area Problems
3rd District Congressman Wes Watkins forms a citizens review board with colleges private business civic leaders to read federal agency rules for local impact before they become law. The group will evaluate Federal Register rules for district applicability and meet monthly to assess programs affecting the district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citizens Board
Citizens Review Board
3Rd District
Wes Watkins
Ada
Watkins
Citizens’ Review Board
Federal Register
Congress
Three More Seek Pontotoc School Board Posts
Three incumbent school board members filed for re election at the Pontotoc County Election Board Office Monday afternoon and this morning. The latest filings for the January 24 election include Edward O Coffey Vaness Elmo Fulton Latta and Royce Sliger Stonewall. Charles Mayhue Ada J R Corvin Byng and Don Waldrum Pickett Center also filed their intent to run.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc County
Candidates file for Pontotoc school boards on Jan 24
Residents of Ada Byng Latta McLish Allen Stonewall and Roff may file for their school boards post 3 at the Pontotoc County Election Board Office on the courthouse second floor until 5 p.m. Wednesday Citizens will vote for board members and millage levies supporting the school systems Jan 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Election Board
Ada
Byng
Latta
McLish
Allen, Stonewall
Roff
Pontotoc County
Senior Citizen Program Extended For One Year
The Pontotoc County Information Referral and Transportation Center for senior citizens will be funded for one more year through Oct 1978 with $23,979 administered by the Southern Oklahoma Development Association. City of Ada and Pontotoc County subsidies of $4,000 and $2,000 will continue, and federal funding ends after the extension. After that, the program will rely on contributions from government and private sources to continue serving residents aged 60 and over.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotoc County
Mike Faulkenberry
Faulkenberry
Southern Oklahoma Development Association
City of
Ada
One
C. T. Loman
Also Mentioned on This Page
By Mildred Lee
Erma Kinstner
Bill
Estelle Elmore
Roy Martin
Edna Sever
Ruth McVelia
Kate Wade
George Carter
Myrtle Smith
Zelma Haley
T.H. Haley
Fridga
Thelma Crawford
Hazel Kymes
Macky Crawford
J. D. Fulton
Annie Brandon
Nora Hobbs
Angie Wright
Valley View Hospital
Elva Duvall
Mark Brewer
Dixie
John Leslie
Bud
Don Cook
J.W. Berryman
Zora Lee
Roberta Nelson
J.W Berryman
Inez Brown
Buster Hobbs
David Stettler
Charles Jones
Keven
Lydia Jones
Shirley Jones
San Frances Nursing Home
Marci
Mike Winters
Norma Stettler
Billy Lee
Sonya
Preston Lee
Bonnie Lee
Junior Cope
Kent Lee
Linda
Lesa
Sheri Sliger
Sonya Lee
Gene Joplin
Seminole
Ola Joplin
Richard
Kay Hubbard
Cammy
Tammy
Edd Berryman
Tammy Hubbard
Durant
Ardmore
Bro
Eddie Bullard
Bryan
Tupelo
Allene Bradam
Alene Lancaster
Shawnee
Allene Braham
Lela Foster
Neatha Henry
Cheri
Terry Lee
Charlene Gentry
Lori
W. A. Lee
Marion Lee
Galey
Tim Thomas
Richard Henry
James
Travis
Shanna
Dwayne
Michael
Neta Thomas
W. A
Vi Lance
John Haskins
Lonnie R. Manuel
Union Hill
Angie Tillery
Elmore City
Sheron Moody
Troy
Gary Hussey
Pauls Valley
Jerry Wilson
Caye Denton
Betty Vandegriff
Carmen Turley
Mary Lobaugh
Laquita Philpott
Maureen Harper
Arts and Humanities Council
Helen Way
Association
Kerr Lab Road
Leslie Scroggins
Lackland Air Force Base
Ruth Wynn
Mary Ward
Joe Wests
J. Monroe Chism
Claud Freeman
Cedar Grove Free Will Baptist Church
Cedar Grove
Melvin West
Tahlequah
Harley West
Valley View
Mary Scroggins
Germany
Jewell Wilson
Frank Johnson
Randy Bryant
Jr. Wynn and
Wendell
Homer
Written By
Mary Joe Green
Studets
Mistletoe Express
Choate
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