Rural Communities News From Pontotoc County
The column notes crop troubles with corn burned and cotton damaged by weevils. Social visits populate the week as families travel between Pontotoc and Konawa. Several community figures advocate terrace farming and subsistence homesteads, urging Ebey’s return to the legislature.
Rain Wanted as Weatherman Hints Drought Relief
Farmers discuss uncertainty about rain as cotton holds but corn wilts. Oil field crews extract a 1000 barrel well on land owned by C. O. Burk, amid a reporting week of local happenings. Rev. Botwell leads revival, outdoors seats to cool crowds. social notes include Willie McDonnell and new Oklahoma City bride visiting family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. O. Burk
Grandpa Gray
Rev
Botwell
Willie McDonnell
Oklahoma City
R. S. Rutherford
Minnie Harris
Tecumseh
E. A. Easley
Egypt
Delma Flowers
Revival and social notices fill Owl Creek area
A Baptist revival continues in Owl Creek with local families hosting gatherings. Community updates list visits from Ada and Graham residents, church attendance, and births, illnesses, and picnics. Oklahoma relief debate and a local political appeal are noted among the church and social items.
Local Social Notes From Lightin Ridge and Red Oak Area
Sunday gatherings at Lightin Ridge feature singing and church youth work. Local residents report visits among families from Hart Ada Fitzhugh Steedman and Steubenville style mentions. Numerous residents listed on visits illnesses and weekend trips with names of Coffey Dunn Phillips Hays and other families in the community.
Local Social Notes Span Weekend Visits and Illnesses
Mr and Mrs Jack Vaughan called on George Rail Friday and Elvis Turner visited his cousin Jack Vaughan. Jim Car lee was called on by George Rail Sunday. Lee Roy Nichols left for Texas for two months of work. Alfred Nichols has been ill but is improving. Guests at the Stockton home included Hester Audie Truman Lula V Rail R J and J C Vaughn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse
J. H. Thompson
Miss Saint
H. T. Thompson
Hess Anderson
Alma
Sues Clinic
Bill Weathers
Sulphur
Charlie Hamilton
Ada
C. A. Thomason
Rae Thompson
Hardin
Ben Davis
Pontotoc
Irene Vanhouten
Sand Springs
Faye Rowe
Polk
Coalgate
McGehee
Reba Williams
Ruby Hill
Lewis Cripps
Leyi
Kiamichi River
Lorene Sparks
Union Valley
Azalea Odom
David Darden
Fitzhugh
Connie Hill
Worthy Hackett
Oklahoma City
Roden
Minnie Odom
Sunshine
Viola Odom
Woodrow Horton
H. J. Hall
Lee Byrd
Roy Estes
Rock Creek
Luther Hatton
Jimmie Cagle
Ruby Couch
Jean Williams
George Ann McKoy
George McKoy
Horseshoe Ranch
George Ann
Clifton
Jessie Mae Maples
Beaulal Jackson
Vernon Rogers
Vada Melville
Haskell Institute
Lawrence
Kan
Earnest Townsend
Jr. C. Odom
Lovelady
Sara Trigler
Centraloma
Worley Hakett
Chas. Welch
Tupelo
Elmer Trimer
Stonewall
Arthur Williamson
Eddie Melville
Konawa
Sam Fisher
Alabama
Jack Scott
Buck Scott
Nome Scott
Noble Holman
C. C. Couch
Arlatha Williamson
Melott
Junita Long
Lorene Crow
Opal Duncan
Church of God
Dawson
Charlie Crow
Graham
Oklahoma
Virgle Meek
Helen Jolene
W. H. Hightower
G. W. Wells
Ola Mae Palmer
Bert Jones
Oil Center
Lena Belle Jackson
Etta Hightower
Elva Jones
Charles Lee
Melvin Booth
Tom
Mildred Bennett
Jay Jackson
Cedar Grove
Lee Scroggins
Iiam Harris
Frank Scroggins
Ruth Akins
Christina Imogene
Eugene Bingham
Lois Scroggins
Loyd Jones
Guy Edwards
Eric Harris
Lawrence Scroggins
Louis Harris
Sybie Ausmus
Francis
Marvin Jones
Lucile Henson
Jess Lamb
Ethel Akins
Stratford
Henry Sailors
Edna Jones
Avery
Charley Shirley
Henry Sartors
Evelyn
Bertha West
Lucille Chism
Marie Harris
Virginia Hunter
Bill Henson
Helen Matthews
Steve Kellogg
Dock Jones
Mildred West
Jewel Lee
Loriie Harris
Lucille Henson
This Place
Monroe Chism
Mr. Morris
Clinton
David Wattley
Charley Ryder
Ruby Oneta
Sylvia Lamb
Dean
Tollie Chism
Booneville, Ark
Edna West
Orphus Jones
Allen
Jewell Lee
Jewell Phillips
Red Oak School
Charlie Johnson
Agnes Johnson
Euell Hays
Vera Phillips
Thelma Lee
Dock Phillips
Lee Roy Nichols
J. H. Hays
Berry Shandy
Scot Prince
Roy Malne
Lon Phillips
Sylvia Hays
Ivy Lee Hays
J. R. Phillips
Berry Gatewood
Hodge Coffman
Steedman
Walter Horne
J. R. Bryson
James Hopkins
Herman Phillips
Roy Horne
Virgil Thomas
Henry Phillips
Ross Hays
Opal Horne
Lou Phillips
Jack Vaughan
George Rail
J. R. Yoakum
Dowel Nichols
Callie Nichols
Leader
Ruben Stockton
Elvis Turner
Jim Carlee
Leader Community
Texas
Stockton
Hester
Audie, Truman
Lula V. Rail
R. J
J. C. Vaughn
Alfred Nichols
Cellie Nichols
Zetfie
Jared
Rev. Miller
Happyland
Miller
Allison
Leota Newman
Earl Cooper
Pat Toby
Leo McNeal
Carl Riddle
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Elmer Lillard
Byng
Clare Lillard
Jewel Mae Cook
Ogee
Hildon Malone
Glen Eddie Brumley
Teesday
Shawnee
Elmer Cooper
Blackburn
Pat
Toby
Josephine Blackburn
Edna Taylor
Midway
Mary Kerr
High Hill
Jack Riddle
Ralph
Jimmie Dunnegan
Sam Zearley
Pearl Barnes
Loss Brumley
Haskell Lillard
Tom Jared
Black Rock
McNeal
Grandpa
Mattie Wallace
Lula
Ken Lamb
Lenon Ogee
Community Sunday Socials and Visits Reported
Rev Grimes led a Sunday service while neighbors shared visits at homes around the community. Numerous families including Hobbs, Beatright, Phelps, Parker, Sliger, MecGaillard, Wheelock, Voyles, Muncrief, Moore, Hughes, Hoovers, and others hosted or visited on Sunday and Saturday night. The column closes with a light verse about rain and a singing school as residents keep daily pace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grimes
Almarine
Lorene Hobbs
Laveda Beatright
Mary Lena Park
Mary Phelps
Viola Parker
Roxie Carson
Wennie Bell Looney
Alvin Minor
Sunshine
Don Sliger
Willis Looney
Goldie Fuller
Vivian Phelps Visits Friends in Ahloso
Vivian Phelps spends a few days with friends in Ahloso. Goldie Fuller and Edd Hudson attend the Ada preview on Saturday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vivian Phelps
Ahloso
Goldie Fuller
Edd Hudson
Ada
Revival Opens As J Miller Preaches At Happyland
Sunday services mark the start of a revival as Rev Jared Conway and Rev Miller lead gatherings in Happyland. Dozens attended, with several baptisms reported and plans for Bible services and a Sunday 3 00 P M B Y P U revival program announced.
Local Social Roundup From Ada And Dallas
Douglas Christian visiting in Dallas returned home. Dorothy Solomon spent Friday night with Velma Goodpasture Harvene Hayes Mrs Sprague Willie McCullar were shopping in Ada Friday. Clifton and Carl Christian home from broom corn harvest. Miss Lola and Mrs Clarence Christian visiting their mother Mrs G Christian. Willeene Christian and Chris tene Gurly with Melzonia Salomon Tuesday night. The party at Mr McCullar's Saturday night was well attended. Velma Goodpasture spent Saturday with Dorothy Solomon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irry Wood
Bione
Bob Wood
Clark
Rube Larson
S. H. Newby
Charlie Crow
Graham
Grandma Crow
Summers
Bebee
Rubie Cox
Hazel Brecheen
Rubie Reeves
Allie Ragland
Ss. P. Atchison
John
Chism
Cleo Newby
Jim Shirley
Mack Fowler
Annie Previns
Henry Jamar
Marvin Wood
Joe
Douglas Christian
Dallas
Dorothy Solomon
Velma Goodpasture
Harvene Hayes
Community Notices From Center My My Dry Weather
Mrs Myrtle Irwin of Gaar Corner visited Center My My with Mr Hughes and A J Deaton. Sunday gatherings included Eddings Miller McDaniel and Huddleston families with ice cream time. Clyde Dame of Alabama visits relatives. Marvin Chilcoat stayed with Alten Sutton. Prayer meeting Wednesdays and Sunday school at 10. Everyone invited.
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Gaar Corner
Brother Huddleston
John Eddings
Texas
Clyde Moore
G. T. Files
Galloway Bond
Marvin Chilcoat
Pickett
Alden Sutton
Center
Beatrice Tiner
Cletis Bond
Myrtle Irvin
Clarence
Oklahoma City
Curtis Bond
CCC
Ada
Loris Shook
Wilson
Bobbye Snipes
Stonewall
Johnnie Tiner
Clarence Tiner
Leonard Tiner
Haskell Wright
Sanford Ayres
Ellen McDonald
Dick McClure
Debs Thompson
Mr. Hughes
A. J. Deaton
Myrtle Irwin
Hughes
Floy
William Miller
Leroy McDaniel
Truman Huddleston
Atwood
Clyde Dame
Alabama
Alten
Alberta Sutton
Indicts Involving H. T. Douglas and Bank Officials
Oklahoma City July 17 federal grand jury re indicted H T Douglas Jr and seven others in four counts alleging mis appropriation of funds and false entries. Four named include Roy Bowman and A J Shorney. Douglas senior and Donald Douglas were acquitted in Guthrie bank collapse cases. Julian Hawthorne dies at 88 in San Francisco survived by widow seven children five grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
H. T. Douglas Jr
Central Oklahoma
Roy Bowman
Douglas
Douglas Jr
Donald Douglas
Newton Douglas
F. D. Keeler
A. J. Shorney
Cecil B. Wright
Guthrie
San Francisco
Julian Hawthorne
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Hawthorne
Six-born birth tale debunked as twins in Bucharest
Medical circles chased a report from Jontesti claiming a woman gave birth to sextuplets. A stream of scientists visited Mrs. John Jordas, but the story collapsed when Bucharest newspaper garbled the message and twins were confirmed.
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Bucharest
Romania
L.P
Jontesti
John Jordas
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