Rural Communities of Pontotoc County News Highlighting Local Socials
Regular reports cover Sunday services at ROFF Rev Feilder of Norman, a large Anthony-White sale crowd with stock and farm implements selling well, and many visits among residents. The bulletin notes flu cases, sewing rooms reopening, FERA activity, Measles reports, and community events across Ross Ada and surrounding areas.
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Roff Rev. Feilder
Norman
Rucker
Givens
Ewing
Elwood Jones
Ross
Lillian Collins
J. C. Wright
Mildred Smith
C.S.T.C
Ruby Russell
East Central
Mrs. Hays
Pickett 4-H Club welcomes new members and notes
The Pickett 4-H club held a Friday meeting with several new members: Marcella Hughes Ruby Agee G A and R W Anderson Thomas Hood Bulloch Glen Brown Opal Lee Whitson Evelyn Martin. An agricultural school will be taught here nightly this week and all are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nadine Bulloch
Mary Edith Ferguson
Imagine Benigan
Aileen Estes
Florence Stone
Johnnie Ferguson
Roy Crowley
Mr. Agee
H. W. Estes
Jesse Ward
Andrew Tate
Pickett
Thelma Norton
J. L. Coley
Clarence Chilcoat
J. L. Penrod
Egypt
Union Hill
Mr. Payne
Worley Estes
T. L
Fitzhugh
School
Pickett 4-H Club
Marcella Hughes
Ruby Agee
G. A
Pleasant Hill Community News and Upcoming Events
Births visits and social notes fill the week with neighbors hosting friends and relatives. The 4-H club met with Willie Woods and Virgie Holliday showcasing a team demonstration. Sunday school remains at 10 each week with Rev Bud Wheat preaching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleasant Hill
Willie Lee Woods
Virgie Holliday
Brashears
Gertie Holliday
Tupelo
Edna
Johnnie Belle Sawyer
Mrs. Cruson
Bromide
Jesse
Chester Nix
Ada
Ochis Jennings
Burrow
Bud Wheat
Oakman 4 H club forms with 36 members
Mrs Jessie Morgan organized a 4 H club in Oakman with 36 members. Miss Rubye Nelson is coach and officers are Conrad Massey president Raymond Owens vice president Arvie Maxwell secretary Melba Lee Eppler song leader Wynenna Coventon game leader. Meetings held each Monday morning. Numerous community visits and social notes follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie Morgan
Rubye Nelson
Conrad Massey
Raymond Owens
Arvie Maxwell
Melba Lee Eppler
Wynenna Coventon
Oakman Club
Irene Nelson
Ada
Eulah Simpson
Retha Lee
June Simpkins
Grace Bryant
Will Shockley
Grandpa Carter
Wynema Coventon
Zellma Carter
Bill Huddleston
Francis
Bro
Huddleston
Stratford
Harmon Owens
Charley Moberly
Donald Wayne
M. M. Massey
Union Hill Community Notes Recap Local Events
Mrs Morgan announces 4 H club start at Union Hill. Numerous visits and social gatherings are listed from Wednesday to Sunday, including church services, dinners, and neighbors calling on friends. Community members attend shows, musical gatherings, and Sunday school with ongoing invitations for visitors and help due to instrument absence.
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Union Hill
Center
Ada and
Wilson
McCause
T. B. Hudson
Fitzhugh
Florence Stone
H. W
Johnnie Ferguson
Elmer Sanders
Clyde Nolan
Andrew Tate
Jesse Ward
Louise Estes
Local travelers head to Arkansas and nearby towns
Bebee J A Burk, Fred Duncan, Bob Priest and Sarge Robinson left Tuesday for Arkansas. They will also visit friends at Cassill, Missouri and Spavinaw, Oklahoma. Lorene Crow is very ill with tonsillitis. Mrs Myrtle Sutton and Mrs Nettie Finley visited Mrs Dor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Burk
Fred Duncan
Bob Priest
Sarge Robinson
Arkansas
Casswill
Spavinaw
Okla
Lorene Crow
Myrtle Sutton
Nettie Finley
Parish Chapel Round Top Singers Attend Saturday Event
Parish Chapel hosted the Round Top singing class for a well attended Saturday night session. Families, visits, and neighborly calls are noted as Mr and Mrs Bill Keef and children, Mozelle Cavener, Ruby Lamb, Henry Jones and Baby, J W Law home, E C Cavener and G W Lamb home, and weekend visits by Mr and Mrs John Lewis to Pauls Valley.
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Anna Belle Berger
G. M. Pitt
Ruth
Files
Rachel Jones
Clint Sturdivant
E. J. Farley
Francis May
Marjorie Berger
C. L. Berger
P. J. Richardson
Old Midland
W. F. Mayo
Eld
Howard Gales
Mr. Scarberry
Lew
Geneva Isaacs
Ruby Dryden
Lee Farmer
E. C. Cavener
Ruby Lamb
John
Lou Wood
Summers Chapel
This Place
Bruce Little
H. R
G. W. Lamb
Sylvia Evans
Mozelle Cavener
J. W. Law
Melvin Newby
Maxwell
Kenny Ward
Frank Dryden
John Lewis
Zona Bragg
LaVerne Gideon
Sherman Horton
C. H. Brendle
Law Home
Ira Mae Keef
Ray Tyson
Frank
M. R. Lamb
Byng
Tupelo
John Henson
Marion Roseberry
Marvin
Ferdinand
Bill Jones
Edwards
Duke
Wisely
Myrtle Henson
Cora Lucille Driver
Jennie Sharp
Charlie Bridger
Crews
Henry Jones
Co. E. Thurman
Ray Cariker
Melba Rae
Oklahoma City
Mary Elizabeth Smith
Dorothy Bell Hoosier
Helen
Beatrice Driver
Marie Johnson
Phyllis Watson
June Webb
Clara Mae Phillips
Cedar Grove
Ralph Hooper
Shawnee
Woodrow Phillips
Robert Williams
Trave East
Johnnie Myers
E. A
Nance
Bill Keef
Baby
Weleetka
C. H. Bowie
Pauls Valley
Ruth Brendle
Pauline Tyson
Sunday School Attendance and Dinner Gatherings
A Sunday report notes 40 attended Sunday school with plans to invite more. Several groups share dinners with relatives, including Robisons, Brandons, Thogmartins, and Oliphants. Local social highlights include Floyd Thogmartin playing ball and neighbors enjoying singing Sunday and Thursday nights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robison
Amos Brandon
Delena Deaton
Gladys Barton
Geraldine Tedder
Wanda Hisan
Wiles
Hoyt West
Jamema Robison
Thogmartin
Floyd Thogmartin
Ahloso
Letha Robison
Ophia Brandon
W. A. Oliphant
Local Community in Oklahoma Neighbors Gather and Visit
A sequence of Sunday and Saturday gatherings across the community includes visits by Georgia Jones Evelyn Bandy and Rachel Tharp to various families. Neighbors move and host as Ilene, Bandy, Kerr and Teel families share calls, dinners, and tales of moving in and out while planning church services and candy making at the Tomlinson home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Wilma
Grady Rodgers
Cedar Grove
Rachel Tharp
Ruby Lilley
Roxie Jane Smith
Oakman
Dorthy
Vernie Capps
Archie Bandy
Guy Binkley
Ben Fox
Jesse
Edith Fox
Orvil Little
Charley Carder
Clyde Willis
Doris
John Williamson
Wallace Capps
Harve Bandy
Omma Williamson
Georgie Jones
Evelyn Bandy
Rachal Tharp
Aunt Edwards
Francis
Georgia Jones
Lena
C. T. Johnson
Hubert
Virgil Williams
Ruby Lilly
Ila Tharp
Happy Land
Lonnie Bandy
Geo. Lilley
Bandy
Vera
Norman
Virgil Ranells
Alger Jones
Ahloso
Orvill Scroggins
George Lilley
Doris Binkley
Evelyn
Oran Kerr
Donald
Smith
Owl Creek
McMeans
Irene
Leon
Lois Kerr
Edith Henry
Lovelady
Lola Fay Brown
Mary Nell Rowe
Hugh Sweat
Arnold Burleson
Tupelo
Allen
Roscoe Sweat
Dave Kerr
Roy Kerr
J. B
Irene McMeans
Herman Kerr
J. B. McMeans
Mannie Lee Ginn
Stella Mae Rowe
Florence Lee Brown
Willie Kite
Burr
Bertha Burleson
S. E. Sweat
Howard Jared
Lakeside
Bertha Grey
Mary Kerr
Jewel McMeans
Ada preacher to lead second Sunday services
The Ada gospel minister who preached Sunday night will fill the second Sunday night slot. Sunday school attendance reached 50 with hope of more next Sunday. Neighborhood residents traveled to visits and social calls noted throughout the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
Jared
Black Rock
Charley Davis
Sherwood Wallace
Hilger Kifer
Leo McNeal
Pearl Barnes
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