Singing Saturday Night Draws Visitors to Parish Chapter
Rural Communities of Pontotoc County notes a well attended singing event at Byford with visitors from Stratford. The column lists attendees by name and mentions additional social visits, church services, moves, marriages, and a local funeral with Rev. Bradford officiating.
Regular Sunday Service Attendance Edges Down
Bro. Oliver filled his regular appointment Sunday. Several attended Sunday school though the turnout remained small. Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Ross and Mr. and Mrs. Alvis Ross were at church in Ahloso Sunday night. Visitors stopped by the G. W. Thogmartin home Sunday.
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Bro. Oliver
W. M. Ross
Alvis Ross
Ahloso
G. W. Thogmartin
Inez Moore
Elmore City
Brown
Cleo Henderson
Jesse
Robert Ellison
Gladys Ellison
John Sanders
Lovelady
Owen Stout
Jim Brandon
Arthur Grisso
Edgar Brandon
Virl Loman
Cecil Brannon
Jess Brandon
Kilgore
Texas
Orba Ayakatubby
Jim McLain
S. B. Mayfield
Atoka
A. J. Mayfield
Louise
Leatha Hoover
Owl Creek
Lee Cherry
Jasper Turner
Arthur Langley
Homer Danzley
W. ¢. Siliacn
Otis Warris
Wewoka
Community Notes Mention Local Visits and Socials
The column records numerous visits and gatherings across the area. Families such as Fussells Brents Minor and Ford, plus many neighbors, share Sundays with relatives and friends. Singing at the local church, Sunday school, and upcoming events are highlighted along with new residents and recent moves.
Prayer meeting and moving notices fill local community
The town reports a well attended prayer meeting at the Blood home and many neighbors visiting relatives and moving houses. Numerous names amid daily life events include school openings, visits, plays, and athletic results with Ada, Summers Chapel, and Cotton Creek Ridge figures noted.
Democrats Will Nominate and Draft Platform
The town report outlines political planning with a focus on nominating candidates and drafting a platform. It notes Democratic efforts and a community tone toward forthcoming conventions and policy positions.
Local Families Share Weekend Visits Across Colbert and Oakman
Mr and Mrs Clovis Balthrop and children of Colbert and Mr and Mrs Clifton Tharp of Oakman spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Guy Binkley. Juanita Wade visited Alma Scroggins Saturday afternoon. Mr and Mrs E L Rogers of Oakman visited Grady Rogers Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carman Scroggins
George Scroggins
W. L. Binkley
Ahloso
Guy Binkley
A. A. Bandy
S. S. Lilley
W. E. Wilson
E. L. Rogers
Oakman
Billie Wilson
Happyland
Bobbie Wade
Percy Williamson
Andrew Bryant
Cedar Grove
J. B. Gates
Arch Bandy
Virgle
Virginia
Jarbare
Marion Williamson
Verlie
Beulah Wilson
Evelyn R. Bandy
Clovis Balthrop
Colbert
Clifton Tharp
Juanita Wade
Alma Scroggins
Grady Rogerts
Local social notes and visits across the community
Center Wood hauling and enttine is the order of the day at this writ ing Mr. Smothers took dinner with Mr. Pevehouse Monday. Dave Dame and others made a business trip to Oklahoma City Mrs. Clara Pevehouse called on Mrs. Dora Parker Tuesday eve ning. Mr. Buskirk has purchased him a car. William Miller called on his mother, Mrs. Clara Pevehouse and Mr. and Mrs. Tom Hughes spent Saturday night with their daugh ter and family, Mr. and Mrs. Joan Eddings. Mr. and Mrs. Mike Mills of near Vaness spent Saturday night with
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eva Hicks
A. F. Bickel
Sidney Ozbirn
Lawrence
H. C. Gilliland
California
Ross
C. P. Lehr
Adam
Roff
S. Pickens
J. Lee Dowdy
Emma Mitchell
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Powell
Lexington
Dewey Etchieson
Austin Taylor
Ada
South Roff
James Buell
Winifred
Charles
George
Joy Callaoay
South Rofs
Jeff Scott
Emmit Bradford
Albert Bradford
Chickashe
Watson Hibbert
Oklahoma City
Parker Brewer
J. N. Bradford
Tulsa
Buell Bradford
Allen
Allen ‘Roctor
Wilson
Kansas
Don Bradford
Amarillo
Texas
Beulah Bradford
Milton
Borger
Lowell Brown
Harry Deering
Nola Hill
Herman Threatt
Coleman
W. B. Grey
Brewer
Wynnewood
Hazel Welch
Claud West
Leather Council
Amos Brandon
Offie Brannon
Reba Wiles
Lee Looney
Andrew Mitchell
Bertha Sanders
Robert Ellison
Union Valley
Patterson
Elora Matthews
Tom Burgess
Tennessee
Oklahoma
Lovelady
Alvis Ross
Commodore Wiles
J. S. Brannon
Mamie Cantrell
Egypt
Robert Ross
Pearl Garrison
Newark
G. W. Thogmartin
George Price
LaVanehn Sanders
Elzie Wiles
Heavener
Wirl Loman
C. H. Brannon
Luke Taylor
Seminole
Odus Wiles
T. W. Wiles
Maggie Walton
L. G. Brannon
Afton Lloyd
Leon Todd
R. O. Wiles
Cecil Brannon
Virl Loman
E. H. Brannon
Fred Elam
Harold
Herman
Curtis
Geraldine
Lucille
Ardmore
CCC
Konawa
W. H. Ebey
W. M. Ross
Betty Taylor
J. J. Brannon
George Keeling
Ethel Archer
John Sparks
Buel Jackson
Billie Imolita
Sonny
Grover Keeling
Beulah McGee
Iva Cantrell
Lawrence Faulkenberry
Lightning Ridge
Faulkenberry
Far
J. J. Akers
Sro. Ford
This Place
Vance Minor
Bobbie
R. A. Fussell
W. W. Brents
W. H. Brents
May
Bromide
Herbert Kinzey
Leonard Ford
Kate Taylor
Mill Creek
T. J. Fussell
Milvin Underhill
Letitia Fussell
Herbert Herring
Alvin Minor
W. H. Minor
Marie Shahan
Marie Martin
T. Conner
Joe Yount
Ira Rose
Owl Creek
Ralph
Ruth Lassen
Leslie Peterson
Otis Hagler
Avery
Johnny McNeil
J. D. Pweritt
Juanita Shahan
Ruth Burrows
Bill Jetton
Frank Nordean
Okay
Ark
East Hill
Corf
Morris
Tobe Wingard
Wes Prewitt
W. A. Pollock
Rucker
Harve Prewitt
Dean
Fay Rhodes
Cecil Shahan
Jack Brents
Mr. Brents
Sunshine
Arlene Clayton
Hester Collins
Bowlegs
Jess Magus
J. R and
Jane
Sam Pevehouse
Pevehouse
Mills
Louie Rogers
Near Hart
Rogers
Jimmie Sutton
William Miller
Leroy McDaniel
Clara Pevehouse
Ida Tucker
Ethel Dame
Alvin Fikes
Florence Pevehouse
Shorty Fikes
Clinton Dame
Purcell
Voss
Pauline Parker
Mabel Smothers
Donnie Tucker
Ima Gene Parker
Jim
Morris E
Hubert Tucker
Francis
Helen Pevehouse
Wanda Joe Cox
Ted Cox
Glenn Peck
Brother Stone of
Knox
Mr. Fox
Raymond of
Jesse
Mr. Hughes
Mrs. Hughes
Little Floy Mae Eddings
Joe Thompson
Ellen Thompson
Joe Cantrell
Brice Thompson
Slinger
Jim Odom
Satterfield
Stuart
Couch
Bud
Oliver Vernon
Mr. Bryant
Mr. Weller
Odom
Rowin
Cupops
George Ann Mckloy
Mr. Reece
Western Oklahoma
Jack Scott
Hokett
Hatton
Erwin York
Gladys Hale
Don Smith
Rose
Fitzhugh
Charles Winyard
Jimmy Isaacs
Maxwell
J. B. Abney
David Galey
Melotts
L. D. Rutledge
Buel Starks
Kenneth
G. W. Evans
J. O. MclIntyre
Ernest Payne
Mozelle
O. E. Gray
Ruth Woods
Willie Isaacs
Ernest Summers
Rubern Holland
Fittstown
Jack Kent
Jocke Galey
Mozelle Payne
Pearl McIntyre
Edna Parnell
Juanita Collins
Deveraux Rutledge
Sulphur
F. B. Haskins
Grant Isaacs
J. D
Wanda Joyce
J. D. McIntyre
Dewitt Bryan
Mi Jo Camp
E. H. Light
Pearl
Alpha McIintyre
Emitt McHard
Oil Center
Fred Gray
Thomas
Don Summers
John McIntyre
George Evans
Sylvia
L. E. Rutledge
Eddie Jo
Dennie Brecheen
I Lula
Ruth
Oma Arm Strong
Oma Whisenhunt
Leona Misenhimer
Montie
Sander Hagar
Lula
Jeff
Dorothy Upton
Illa Byrd
Thelma Smith
Robbie Upton
Opal Henderson
Floyd Byrd
Don Moore
Church of Christ
Elmo Davis
Tom Farquhar
Forris Glover
Gladston Hall
Leibr
Glover
Troy McCormick
Joe Woolley
Johnnie Farquhar
Alma Farquhar
Naomie Woolley
Tremble Home
Virgil Smith
Tupelo
Carl
Stonewall
J. W. Davis
Lula Felton
Paul Harbin
J. D. Hill
Arkansas
Leonard Hill
Richard Haskins
Harold Cecil
R. E
Rocky Point
George Riley
W. W. Armstrong
Bob Ray
C. M. Ray
Mr. Smothers
Dave Dame
Dora Parker
Mr. Buskirk
Tom Hughes
Joan Eddings
Mike Mills
Near Vaness
Arthur Coffee
Shelby Standfield
W. T. Riffe
G. W. Watson
Mr. Watson
Jack
Denver
Colorado
Connie Hoover
Hart
Meeks
Mr. Jett
John Johnson
Foy Pendleton
Leon Smith
Elmore Patt
James Richardson
Gaar Corner
Negro loses argument against election law
I. W. Lane a 66 year old Black man claimed the 1916 Oklahoma election law was artificial and fraudulent but Federal Judge R L Williams ruled the statute constitutional. Lane sought 10000 damages and the judge refused to submit the case to a jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muskogee
I. W. Lane
Oklahoma
R. L. Williams
Lane
Williams
Community Notes on Weekend Visits
Local residents shared Sunday and Saturday visits across nearby households. Families mentioned include Watts, Isaacs, Brecheen, Vickers, Holloway, Ellis, Cox, Covington, Barnett, Norman, and Van Cleve, with newcomers from near Mountain View welcomed into the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Watts
Joe Isaacs
Mary Vickers
Ada
K. C. Brecheen
Delta
Hazel
Carlos Holloway
Young
Kroeger
Alex Ellis
Donnie Brecheen
D. C. Brecheen
Lawson
Survey Locates Bell of Phosphate in Oklahoma
The state mineral survey reports equipment arrival and readiness to thoroughly prospect land for mineral deposits. District Supervisor Cash M. Cade Jr invites landowners to contact the Ada office with locations and data. A phosphate discovery east of Section 27, Township 3N, Range 6E suggests potential deposits along limestone contact, though no commercial Oklahoma deposits exist yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Mineral Surey
Ada
Cash M. Cade Ill
Section
Sycamore
Woodford
Oklahoma
Geological Survey
Old City Hall
M. Cade
Meningitis quarantine extended in Vinita after fifth case
Vinita January 15 UCP Dr D B Stough county health commissioner postponed lifting the meningitis quarantine indefinitely after a fifth case since January 6. The infant child of Joe Huffman the family has one meningitis death and another child ill. Two other meningitis cases have even chances to recover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vinita
UCP
D. B. Stough
Joe Huffman
Stough
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