Essay Program Honoring Robert E Lee Draws Rural Crowd
A large crowd gathered at the Pontotoc county school house Friday for an essay program honoring Robert E Lee. J C Campbell and Melton Thomas tied for first, each awarded a gold pin from Ada's W A Delaney. The program was followed by basketball games, with outside boys defeating the school 28 to 14 and school girls beating the outside team 18 to 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert E. Lee
J. C. Campbell
Melton Thomas
Charley Williams
Quincy Thomas
J. C. Campll
W. A. Delaney
Ada
Jewel Horton
Summers Chapel School Notes and Community News
School notes recount patient illness improvements and local happenings at Summers Chapel with visits, weddings, ball games, church programs, and community events. Notable items include student attendance notes, student awards, local travel to Ada and Stonewall, and a poem urging kindness to youth.
Maxwell beats Maxwell to claim weekend games
Several local residents share visits across the Worstell and Summers Chapel communities. Maxwell and companions recorded a boys score of 22 to 4 and girls 4 to 2, defeating us with plans to meet again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roe Nevels
Arthur Jones
Hightower
Lois Crow
Opal Duncan
Worstell
Nola Burk
Maxwell
Rebee
Bert Jones
John Jones
Modie
Jewel Burk
Summers Chapel
Frank Roberts
Hazel Crow
Nora Burk
W. H. Hightower
Ada
Frank Lewis
Jones Home
Abert Hayes
Jack Woods
Texas
Social Visits Plentiful in Happy Land Community
Will Prewitt and wife stayed with his uncle Ed Lamb Thursday night. Bessie Wilson visited Jackie and Dorothy Wilson on Wednesday. Clyde Wilson spent the same night with his brother Scott Wilson. Johnny Lamb attended Oakman church Sunday night. Russell Head and family stayed with Mrs. Head's parents J. J. and Mrs. Lamb Thursday. John Gann made a business trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
J. M. Ingram
Dovie Johnson
Gertie Lamb
Jack Deaton
Conway
Dallas Lamb
J. J. Lamb
Warren Baker
Francis
Blois Lamb
Pauline Laughlin
Dorothy
Rutie Tharpe
Gladys Wilson
Zella Lamb
Charlie Laughlin
Clifton Deaton
Leon Vaughan
Oakman
Ernest Vaughan
Mr. Ingram
Carmen Bonds
Cuba Jones
Alma
Lillie Berger
Tom Hughes
H. White
Carl Solomon
W. T. Buck
Jo Gibson
Billie
Carson Phillips
Pet Jones
Adella Jones
Alva Evans
Stratford
Myrtle Roberts
Maxwell
Baptist Church
Eld
P. A. Templeman
R. M. Bradley
Amsdon Bradley
Mattie Collins
Carl Denham
Willard Owens
Galey School
Jones
John
Pet
Jack
Alva
Casey
Jno. Kendrick
Cecil Kendrick
Frances Kendrick
Near Ada
Sallie Garroutte
Chas. Owens
Vanoss
New Bethel
Carl Tilly
Lucille Adair
Frank Studivant
Roy Adair
Williams
Virgil Norville
C. C. Nelson
Nelson
Federated Club
Happy Land
Will Prewitt
Ed Lamb
Bessie Wilson
Jackie
Dorothy Wilson
Clyde Wilson
Scott Wilson
Johnny Lamb
Russell Head
New Bethel Visitors and Local Notes
Mr and Mrs Arthur Walker visited Colbert. Mr Cunningham, once ill, resumes teaching. Mrs Sorrel called on Mrs Barr nes Sunday evening. F R Foster and Jewel Driver listed. Mr Noe traveled to Ada on business. Mr and Mrs BE Hammonds visited Mrs Hammonds parents in Anoso Sunday. Mrs Katie Walker called on Mrs Lelia Foster Friday. Mrs Barnes and daughter Pearl visited Mrs Effie Hammond Monday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethel
Arthur Walker
Colbert
Cunningham
Sorrel
Barrnes
F. R. Foster
Ada
Jewel Driver
Siex
Noe
BE. B. Hammonds
Pie Supper Aids College Drive Raises 20.37
The pie supper last Friday night drew a large orderly audience and raised 20.37 in proceeds. Horace Mann orchestra performed with a saxophone solo by Miss Jackson and piano by Mrs Winger of Ada. The event featured a two scene comedy Suppressed Desires by Susan Glaspell, directed by Mr O Connell, then pie sales led by Hugh Norris. Awards went to Miss Britt and Melvin Foster for popular and ugliest man, with J M Carter of Ada winning a soap prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Mann
Little Miss Jackson
Winger
Ada
Susan Glaspell
O'Connell
Hugh Norris
Miss Britt
Homer
Bonnie Simpson
Melvin Foster
Mr. Norris
Oakman
J. M. Carter
Ada Visitors Note Busy Week At Local Show
Ada residents and visitors attended shows and events through Thursday to Saturday. Individuals named include I C Pigg Cecil Roberts Lulu Jackson Pauline Austelle Furman Gibson Chas Kessler Burnett Correll Ed King J S Isaacs Breedlove Mosley Murphy Sallee Rives and family Lois Furlong Clara Fish Novella Gibson Margartie McKay Ruth Garrett and Ora Morris among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amos
Allen
Edna Mae Peters
Tishomingo
Ruth Garrett
Novella Gibson
Coalgate
Stonewall
Warren
Ada
J. L. Sanders
Ray Whitlock
Ray George
Buster Jennings
M. M. Foreman
Tupelo
Foreman
Miss Evan
Eugene Acker
R. F. Mundy
Mary Byrd
Tishom
Snipes
Clyde Lillard
Magnolia Oil Company
W. P. Rives
Marvin Burris
Seminole
John McKay
George Burris
Adam
I. C. Pigg
Cecil Roberts
Louise Furlong
Mary Byrd Mundy
Lulu Jackson
Pauline Austelle
Furman Gibson
Chas. Kessler
Chas, Burnett
Jeff Correll
W. S. Furlong
W. 8S. Jr
Ed King
J. S. Isaacs
R. T. Breedlove
M. C. Mosley
T. R. Holloway
G. Walker
Edgar Sallee
John Murphy
Oklahoma City
Leamon Rives
Lois
Ada Friay
Effie Murphy
Roff
Chas. Sawyer
Roy Ethridge
Chas. Burnett
Clara Fish
Clifford Elliott
Centrahoma
Margarite McKay
Ruth. Garrett
G. W. Garrett
Ora Morris
Pauline Austell
Kind Words Song Fragment by Callie Templeman
A short verse extols kind words to bless the sad and lone. It urges living close to Christ and speaking gentle, loving language to win people’s affection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Callie Templeman
Christ Our King
Cities Service to Build Gasoline Station on East Seventh
Cities Service plans a wholesale gasoline station on East Seventh Street north of Shaffer Oil. Some materials are on site with more arriving soon. Cities Service is part of Empire Oil and already has distribution machinery across much of the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cities Service Company
East Seventh Street
Shaffer Oil Company
The
Empire Oil Company
Garter to Build on East Main Street
J. M. Carter plans a new produce house on East Main street on land leased from the Oklahoma City Ada Atoka railway. The building will sit north of Main and between the tracks. Carter has long been in produce and will enlarge his business and handle greater volume.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Carter
Gas tax receipts rise sharply in December 1927
Oklahoma City report shows December gasoline tax total already 571,870 with 533,000 in 1926. Officials expect January to set a new record as warm weather boosts travel. Projected 1928 gas tax revenue is about 8,000,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
A. S. J. Shaw
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Pontotoc County
OWL
Lillian Davis
Fannie Thomas
Frank Campbell
W. M. Parker
Quincy
Elza Reed
Roy White
Mark Sanders
Ellis Parker
Bushers
Griffith
Arnold and
Inez
G. O. Griffith
Fannie
Roxie Thomas
Esther Parker
Davis
Harrison Gill
Phillip Bradley
Judah
Jerusalem
Jno. Jones
Paul Corbin
Delethia Tilly
Lois Williams
Cecil Abson
Clarence Ingram
Jeakage
Mrs. Price
W. J. Standridge
Cecil Patterson
Enid
R. H. Patterson
Murry
Orville
Cecil Abison
Jac. Bradley
Teachers’ College
Corbin
Billie Auten
Pernecia Bowles
Wetumka
Bulah
Okmulgee
Jo Autin
Templeman
Franks
Lovelady
Ieey Roland
Opal
Lucille Cavner
Lewis Lea
Columbus Stewart
Bernice Jones
Berta Jones
John Chambers
Kenna Cross
Lorena
Roberta Hagler
Jim Slocum
Mrs. Crass
Pleasant Hill
W. J. McAnally
C. L. McAnally
Green Floyd
Fred Foster
Dallas Jones
Mattie Jackson
Edith Sanders
Verde Hudson
Roxie
Bertha Moncrief
Earl Moncrief
Vernon Smith
W. W. Stark
R. Co. Muncrief
G. D. Ray
C. C. Roberts
R. E. Balthrop
Mr. Sanders
Pecan Grove
Bee Oliver
Mattie Chestnut
Lois York
Wilson Balthrop
John Balthrop
Graves Hammond
C. N. Hammond
Nora Lee Wilson
Clovis Balthrop
Florita McAnally
Lottie McKilmurry
Eunice Lowe
L. M. Bray
Katherine Graves
Myrtle Ray
Lena Roberts
Geraldine Johns
Beam
Clark
Virgil Hunt
Henrietta Hall Shuck
China
Charlescy Carter
Leader
Hazel Lillard
Shuck
Ruby Eppler
Macao
Effie Bryan
Inez Berryman
England
Linval Lillard
Jim Berryman
Euell
Lucille
Nadine
J. W. Crawford
Earl Bryan
Noble Johnston
Benton Crawford
Dorothy Lillard
Loretha Eppler
Earl Speight
Pauline Eppler
Herman Crawford
Fort Smith
Arkansas
Hyden
Connie Clark
True Harris
George Carter
John Farley
P. O. Henson
Mr. Berch
C. W. Richardson
Bob Sanders
Jess Bryan
Rushing
Wyatt
J. Q. Moore
Sylvia Evans
Billie Boy
Wiseacre
Betty
Bebee
Shaw’s
New
Garter
East Main
Nettletons
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