Cedar Grove church notes and community gatherings
A rural Pontotoc County column details sermons by Brothers Huddleston Truman and Bill Huddleston, visiting singers, Sunday school turnout, and a large crowd with many local families visiting, plus plans for upcoming singing and church events. It lists numerous residents visiting relatives, travel to nearby towns, school start dates, and revival meetings led by Rev. Hall and others.
Lula community notes recount visits and social events
Sunday attendance at Sunday school was strong though organizers hoped for larger crowds. Many local families share visits, picnics, ice cream socials, and Fourth of July gatherings. Rev Charlie Reed announces a two week revival, with numerous residents attending events and hosting guests from Ada, Maud, Okmulgee, and Durant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brother Blackhawk
Inez Moore
Isabel Miller
Gladys Ellison
Jude Chaffin
Clarence Stages
Clifford Miller
Elouise Davidson
Stonewall
la Verne Weaver
Eula Faye
Jo LaVerne Hyde
LaZena Fender
Ruby Hoover
Irene Loman
Robert Ellison
Wila Porter
Grandpa Chaffin
Moore
Ollie Jones
All Star Game: Americans Triumph Over Nationals 4-1
In Cleveland on July 8 1940 Lefty Gomez and Mel Harder combined on a four hit game as the American League defeated the National League 4 to 1. Jimmie Foxx hit a first inning home run and Foxx drove in two runs.
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Cleveland Stadium
Lefty Gomez
Mel Harder
Jimmie Foxx
Lou Gehrig
Bill Walker
Nationals
Hal Schumacher
Giants
Paul Derringer
Dizzy Dean
Nationals AB
Ort Co Initia Ae
Terry
Siemanabieii Ads
Berger
Ee Peereein
Schgmarchof PD
Abrhoa
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Colatanea
Johnson
Walker
Schumacher
Derringer
J. Dean
Gomez
Harder
Geisel and Ormsby
A. L
Sears
Magerkurth
National
Cutler Urges Discharged Prisoners Be Given Chance
Judge C E Cutler, pardon and parole attorney, lauds the State Prison League formed by the Volunteers of America with prison officials to aid ex convicts. He cites cases of rehabilitation through employment and warns of the difficulty of going straight without work. He recalls aiding a robber’s job with the highway department and contrasts with another ex convict who later failed. He emphasizes employment as key to reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Okmulgee
Co. E. B. Cutler
William H. Murray
State Prison League
Oklahoma
State Highway Department
Shiny Sunshine After Rain Brought Local Visits
Local residents enjoyed sunny weather after days of rain. The Moss family from Bradley spent midweek with G. W. Brown and family. Friends and relatives including Sweat Moshier Kerr Brown and McMeans households shared visits across Sunday and weekend gatherings in the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Moss
Bradley
G. W. Brown
Allen Sweat
Tom Moshier
J. M. McMeans
Allie Lancaster
Beulah Kerr
Lois Kerr
Irene McMeans
Florence Lee Brown
Ellea Ginn
Fittstown
Harg Sweat
S. E. Sweat
John Lancaster
Lola Fay Brown
Lavern Tomlinson
Hall's Hill
Roundy Mayer
Elbea Ginn
J. B
Knox Lee
Bud Sweat
Tupelo
C. H. Rowe
J. Loyd Brown
Leon McMeans
David Gray
Mrs. Gray
Lula
J. B. McMeans
Ashton Stevenson
Stonewall
Local Editor Returns Home After Long Continental Tour
Mrs Norrell and I are home again after nearly five weeks visiting the Grand Canyon San Francisco Seattle Alaska Yellowstone and Colorado Springs. We enjoyed the trip but no place compares to Pontotoc County as a home and plan to stay for a long time.
Revival to Start at School House July 27
Loyce McCromick spent Sunday at the J. B. Gray home. A revival will begin July 27 at the school house conducted by N. H. Kuykendall of Pauls Valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loyce McCromick
J. B. Gray
N. H. Kuykendall
Pauls Valley
Social gatherings and visits around Midland and Ada
A sequence of Friday through Sunday social events includes visits among the Thomas family in Vaness and Ada. Attendees at a Casey Jones venue near Vaness share music and dancing with numerous relatives. A July Fourth stay, Sunday birthday dinner at S. D. Chambers, and multiple drop ins across Mrs. W. L. McKinley, Mrs. Lee Thomas, and others are noted with many local names and kin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frisco Vernon
Lee Thomas
Edith Miller
Virginia Thomas
W. L. McKinly
Casey Jones
Vaness
Mollie Capes
Boyd
Isa Ponder
Asa Thomas
Lonnie Miller
Marion
Francis Chambers
Old Midland
Lena Grace Turner
Helen Cape
S. D. Chambers
Minnie Miller
M. L. McKinly
Emma
Edith
Lorene Miller
Lora Thomas
Lorene Black
Willis Lowe
Baby
Ada
Center
Social roundup from Cotton Creek Ridge residents
Sunday visits fill Cotton Creek Ridge as Bryant Akins Scroggins and Green families host and call on neighbors. Local residents including Christina Bingham and Cecil Akins recoveries, plus visits from Judy Jones and Francis Ada area friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Canada
Edith Bryant
Cotton Creek Ridge
Imogene Bingham
Ruth Akins
Mildred West
Nettie Chandler
Leo Chism
Francis
Edd West
Virginia Hunter
Lea Gaylor
Louis West
Earl West
Cleo West
Edna Jones
Lornie Harris
Marie Harris
Jewel Lee
Esther Williams
Roy West
Sheets
Jewel
Herrel Lee
Ola Henson
Cedar Grove
Neal Matthews
Lovelady
Oklahoma Reports 127416 Unemployed Ready to Work
Report shows 127 416 jobless in Oklahoma able to work with funds to assist 70 000 men immediately and more as unemployed numbers rise. Governor Marland seeks 160 million while districts list county counts across the state including Oklahoma City Tulsa and Muskogee districts.
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Oklahor City
Oklahoma
W. S. Key
Works Progress
John Eddleman
OERA
Key
Marland
Eddleman
Oklahoma City
Don Nicholson
Oklahoma County
Cleveland County
McClain County
Tulsa
Cyrus S. Avery
Tulsa County
Pawnee County
Oscage County
Washington County
Nowata County
Rogers County
Wagoner County
Craig County
Mayes County
Cherokee County
Ottawa County
Delaware County
Adair
McAlester
Kelly Brown
Muskogee
Sequoyah
McIntosh County
Haskell
Pittsburg
Latimer
Leflore
Atoka County
Pushmataha Coun
Local Drummer Tale Ends With Fugitive in Custody
A Saturday chase began in the E and M store when Houston Mount chased a thief who grabbed trousers without paying. The man drew a knife, fled, hid under a porch, then was dragged from a wrecked car by C. C. Cox and turned over to Chief Raymond Rains after Cox fired twice in pursuit. No one was hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston Mount
Mount
C. C
Cox
Thirteenth Street
Massey Tire and Battery
Main Street
Raymond Rains
Mrs Arthur B Blanks Dies in Colorado Texas
Mrs Arthur B Blanks died suddenly Friday afternoon in Colorado Texas from heart failure. She had been ill for some time and will be buried in Colorado. Surviving are her husband a daughter Alice a brother and sister Mrs Clyde Meaders of this city. Mr and Mrs Meaders left to attend the funeral. The Blanks lived in Ada for years where he managed the Ada Steam Laundry and he is a brother of R E Blanks, pioneer of this city.
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Bill Huddleston
Francis
Truman Huddleston
Alex
Scott Jones
Happyland
Cedar Grove
Elige Williams
Scroggins
Opal
Tom Harris
Jewel
Junior
Sasakwa
Isom Harris
Coy Chandler
Nettie Chandler
Cecil Canada
Virgie Chandler
James Wilbur
Charles Norman Tigret
Cunningham
Kansas
Chandler
Charles Norman
Chester Tigret
Robert Harris
Loyd Jones
Louis Harris
Buck Hilton
West Tulsa
Thelma West
Louise Chandler
Madge Eslick
Helen Bryant
Cotton Creek Ridge
Othalene Rainbolt
Henry Ridgeway
Patricia
Shawnee
Ridgeway
Cleo West
Oklahoma City
Santhna Rainbolt
Effie Rainbolt
Bertie Hilton
Tulsa
Effie Henson
Maud
Buck Henson
Essie Hammonds
Neil Lavern
Herrel
June Webb
Dortha Bell Hoosier
Neema Henson
Woodrow Phillips
Phillips
Ely West
Troy West
Clyde Chandler
Dewey Jones
Ada
Elmer Chandler
Louise
Viola West
Mac
Harry Troutman
Solomon Bars
Violet Nelson
Louise Pitt
Mary McWatt
Cuba
Bob Peek
Lula
Chloe
Bill Collins
E. J. Farley
Helen S. Curry
Hackler
Norman
Carrie Salisbury
Sammie
Tom Phillips
Carson
Bonnie
Dorbie Smith
Willard
Leonard Hickey
Barney Hall
S. D. Lowe
Lonzo Tilley
H. B. Williams
Mavis
Ray Williams
Walton Laubaugh
Earnest Williams
Ruby Baker
Susie Jones
Naomi Bradley
Hattie
Mattie Childres
G. M. Pitt
Crawford Martin
Lightning Ridge
Murphy
R. R. Rogers
Hall
Wilson Philips
Philip
Ray Bradley
Archie
Melvin Solomon
Alpha
Selam Hunt
Geo. Collins
Woodrow
Madonna Fae
Peavine
Oklo
R. M. Bradley
J. W. Denham
Adella Jones
Anna Belle Berger
Mary
Sibyl Troutman
Benny Biard
Vergie Nelson
J. J. Shaw
Evelyn Mitchell
Ruth Pitt
Anna Belle Farley
Velma Goodpasture
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Mose Lee
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Henry Stephens
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Laura Cross
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Oklahoma
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Odra Mae Glover
Burtis Smith
Elmo Davis
Ted Smith
Okmulgee
Irene Rose
Leona Misenheimer
William Misenhimer
Alva Glenn
Ruth Boyd
Busby
M. Hall
Lindsey
Lula Glover
Annie Moore
Pauline Rodgers
Oma
Louise Busby
Tupelo
Essie Brown
Doris June
Durant
Cecil Glover
Carl Davis
E. B. Harbin
C. Cooper
B. B. Glover
Henryetta
B. E. Byrd
Bob Ray
Roy Glover
Blaine Glover
Guy Busby
Mozella Echols
Manda Harbin
Leibron Glover
Gene Porter
Dewey Phares
Dorthy Upton
Ila Byrd
A. A. Bryant
Suedora Guthrey
Mancey Green
Doyle
Madgeline
Lee Scroggins
Ruth Akins
Imogene Bingham
Mildred West
Jim Houston
Andrew Bryant
O. F. Akins
Annie Scroggins
Lavern Scroggins
Minnie Green
Enda Jones
Christina Bingham
Fittstown
Cecil Akins
Frisco Hospital
Frank Scroggins
Arthur B. Blanks
Colorado
Texas
Alice
Clyde Meaders
Dust Bowl Dust Storm Threatens Sailors at Sea
Captain J E Shields of the schooner Sophie Christenson reports a dust storm over the Bearing Sea endangering about a score of fishermen. He notes uncertainty if the cloud is from midwestern dust storms or volcanic ash from the west.
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Seattle
J. E. Shields
Sophie Christenson
Shields
Middle West
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