Rural Community News From HAPPY LAND
Local column notes revived services and Sunday school attendance, with many visitors and neighbors listed. Reports of recovering sick, school opening, evangelist illness, and a busy social calendar including visits, parties, and election aftermath reveal community life in TEXACO NEW MEXICO and surrounding areas.
Steedman School Opens With Notable Community Notes
Steedman School opened Monday July 18 with good attendance under Principal J C Treas and Mrs L A Laila thin. The community mourns Grandma Watson age 82, funeral at Steedman and burial at Blackrock. A cake walk Friday July 22 raises funds for Home Demonstration Club equipment. numerous local families and visitors are listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Treas
L. A. Lailathin
Grandma Watson
Cliff Watson
Ben Watson
Steedman
Agnes Copeland
Ada Oliver
Texas
W. F. Jones
Blackrock
Stone
Muskogee
Francina Lallathin
Ada
Local Notices From Walnut Grove Community Events
Laula Couch and guests visit the Toler Paix and Vera Cross family last Thursday evening. The Walnut Grove school building will soon be repaired and ready for a big singing event. High School classes resumed. Adaard family daughter visited J. W. Crowley’s home Tuesday. Mereda Piney and Kenneth Kite celebrated. many friends extend best wishes. Sylvia Arron from Union Hill visited Louise Estas. Edna Tilley visited Winnie Tilley Sunday. Mrs. Lren Donley visited J. F. Agee Sunday. A shiverie gathering honored Kenneth Rite at his parents’ home. Mr. BE Agee stays with his mother-in-law Mrs. R. L. Moss. Remember Sunday School once the building is finished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Lamb
Clyde Wilson
Ragland
Mortix Ragland
BE. H., Simpson
Clara Thompson
Ahioso
Mits
Clifton Simpson
Childdren
Chelsey Madden
Rubye Jones
Ar Tour Lamb
D. Hammond
J. H. Collins
J. C. Hart
Stone
Knox
Robert
Atoka
Edeiar Madden
Conway
Delphia
Nova Head
Johnson
Sim Blackourn
Buddy
Charley Hague
New Mexico
John Gann
Scott Jones
Oaksman
Ope Lula Leon Hill
Byrd
Dorothy
Nellie Faye Upien
William Armstrong
Nanny Barnes
Moore
Bessie Byrd
Bernice Davis
Pauline Scott
Lois Scrivener
Jewell Hokett
Pauline Hudgins
Nellie Faye Upton
Lillie Fern Moore
Ola Betis
Faye (Rowe) Upton
Hill
Illa
Allie Byrd
Reba Wiles
Dorothy Nellie Feye
Vera Lois Upton
Faye Upton
Wilma Henderson
Forbus Glover
George Audry
Irvin Smith
Gene Porter Hamilton
Standly
Suvup
Lua
Dene
Walnut Grove
J. W. Crowley
Adaard
Mereda Piney
Kenneth Kite
Sylvia Arron
Nion Hill
Louise Estas
Edna Tilley
Winnie Tilley
Lren Donley
J. F. Agee
Kenneth Rite
BE. Agee
R.L. Moss
Don
Sunday School and Singing Sessions At Chapel
Sunday school was well attended with singing on Sunday evening and night. Several families visited and spent time with neighbors, with numerous mentions of Mrs. Bertha Grey, Wayne, Mrs. Beulah Kerr, Mrs. Laura Stephens, Mrs. Nancy Curlee, Mrs. Lottie Wofford, Mrs. Nore Hopkins, Ina Lee Curlee, and many others. The note urges continuing Sunday school and singing each week while listing weekend visits and gatherings around community homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Grove
Brother Mary
Brother Lee
Elmer_ Changier
Haskell Nance
See-Treas
Mre
Nance
Homer
Oakman
Happyland
Loveland
Egypt
Lawrence
Francis
Colbert School
Rainbolt
Chandler
Vance
Birds Mill
Parjents
Bertha Grey
Wayne
Beulah Kerr
Laura Stephens
Nancy Curlee
Lottie Wofford
Nore Hopkins
Senool
Vella Reed
Lula
Ina Lee Curlee
Alling Stephens
Charlie Vineyard
Billy
Owl Creek
Robert Manuel
H. C. Gebbs
Bil Hopkins
Will Kerr
Celia Watson
Jocie Kerr
Elmo Hamilton
Grady Ray
Hall's Hi
This Place
Valley View Hospital Opening Next Sunday
Formal opening of Valley View hospital is set for Sunday afternoon July 24 with a program at the tabernacle of the First Baptist church from 2 36 to 1 o clock and hospital inspection to follow at 4. The facility, funded by local contributors and the Commonwealth Fund, aims to serve a wide area and meets American Hospital Association standards. Additional program details will be announced in the coming days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baptist Tabernacle
Big, New Hospital
Valley View Hospital
Tabernacle
First Baptist Church
Commonwealth Fund
New York
American Hospital Association
Local families share weekend visits from county notes
Veda Tucker spent Sunday with Thelma Flats. Lillie Tiner visited Friday with Clastine Allen. Mr. and Mrs. Rey Lamb spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. George Lamb. Mr. and Mrs. Nix and family visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. John Tiner and family. Mr and Mrs. Rotlie Grass spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Howard Gross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veda Tucker
Thelma
Lillie Tiner
Clastine Allen
Rey Lamb
George Lamb
Galey Sunday School Sees Low Attendance Amid Rain
The report notes few attendees at Galey Sunday school due to rainy weather. Various residents visited family in Ada Pauls Valley Telephone Texas and Oklahoma City. A spelling match is announced at the Galey school house every other Friday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galey
Myers
Irene
Texas
Georgie Lee Deathrage
Jamar
Fred Wadlaw
Pauls Valley
Clara Fox
Floyd Stone
Maxwell
Nora McMeans
Ada
Mace Willonby
Littie Alien
Telephone
Ida Stone
Burness LeeForce
Adar Wadlaow
Jewel McMeans
Fred Wortman
Wortman
J. T. Lewis
Oklahoma City
Billy Smith
Henry Jamar
Galey School
Desert's Heat Claims Life Of Engineer
Hermian E. Van Thijn a 38 year old Los Angeles mining engineer died in Death Valley California The body was found by a search party after his companion Robert L. Wicks wandered to Cave Springs seeking help They had traveled from Los Angeles to inspect mining properties and stalled on a rural Death Valley road Officials noted dehydration as the cause of death and cited the desert heat Delayed travel and extreme conditions contributed to the tragedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Death Valley
Calif
Hermian E. van Thijn
Los Angeles
Mojave
van Thijn
Robert L. Wicks
Cave Springs
Wicks
Owl Hole Springs
Shewshone
Dutch Water-Seeker Van Thijn Is Dead in Mojave Wasteland
A search party traced water seeking explorer Van Thijn who collapsed and died after wandering greasewood country near Cave Springs. Companion Wicks guided supplies and witnesses details of the trek before a posse recovered the body. Van Thijn, once of the Hague, had lived in Southern California a decade, wife and daughter abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
van Thijn
Wicks
Cave Springs
Europe
van Thyjn
Los Angeles
Aust
Hague
California
Tragedy at 5 305 PWA tunnel blast details
Construction of the T mile tunnel between the Lake Montebello filtration plant and the Powder River was under way from 1937 by J F Shea Co of Los Angeles. A 450 pound dynamite charge exploded in the shaft end killing and injuring workers. Walter Colston, badly cut and dazed, described the blast and chaos as smoke filled the shaft and men lay scattered, some trapped under a dirt truck, before rescuers pulled them free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gunpowder River
J. F. Shea Co
Los Angeles
Baltimore City
PWA
Phillips supporters flood capitol chamber as count stalls
In the state house, supporters of Phillips and allies of the leading camp pressed for the governor race results. Employees and crowds packed the representatives chamber as suspense grew while the official tally remained incomplete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillips
House of Repuguantatives Chamber
Capid
Key Board Dismisses Governor Recount Petition For Improper Service
The state election board dismissed W. S. Key’s petition to recount governor votes after determining not all candidates were served as required by law. The ruling, read by Albert C. Hunt, concluded the board lacks jurisdiction to consider the petition. Key may pursue a supreme court write to halt Phillips nomination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert C. Hunt
State Election, Board
Phillips
Key
Lee Thompson
R. A. Billups
Capitol
Supreme.court
Ira M. Finley
Supreme Court
Hunt
J. William Cordell
Charles D. Campbell
Lawton
Obituaries list for local residents shows multiple deaths
Obituary notices report the deaths of Mrs. Mary Walston 82 of Steed man July 16 services at Blackrock with Criswell Funeral Home. Ruth Opal Morgan of Rolf died July 17 with services in Rolf. Harvey A. Smith of Frisco died with services at Prisco. Noah Hill Morgan 63 died at 132 East Eighth with services at Keith Funeral Chapel. Surviving relatives include spouses children and grandchildren, with interment in local cemeteries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Walston
Steedman
Blackrock
Criswell Funeral Home
Cliff Walston
Alien
Rt 1
Ben Walston
Alten
Agnes Copeland
Allen Rt
Ada Oliver
Texas
Harvey A. Smith
Frisco
Prisco
Joe Laffoon
Keith Funeral Chapel
Smith
Alice Smith
Opal Simmons
Shirley Smith
Big Springs
Ruth Opal Morgan
Rolf
Phoenix Arizona
M. & Church
C. C. Morris
Ada
East Hill Cemetery
Rolf, Criswell Funeral Home
Miss Morgis
620. Morgan
Roff
Jewell White
Wilson Morgan
Tillstan Morgan
Davis
Louis Morpen Af
Heer
Wo OM. Dass
WN. H
Morgan Noah Hill Morgan
East Eighth
Keith
Roland C. King
Pontotoc Cemetery
Morgan
James Evelyn. Morgan
Leta Poe
V. C. Huttman
Ponca City
Finland to Stage 1940 Olympic Games in Helsinfors
Finland accepts invitation to hold the 1940 Olympic Games in Helsinfors after Japan renounced the event. The report notes Finland originally bid and was given first call by the International Olympic Committee while authorities observe that youths under 20 are most active in passing another cat on a hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helsingfoors
Fisland
Helsinfors
Finland
Internatunal
Japan
Ada social notices include numerous visitors and travels
Local residents host relatives and friends from Los Angeles Oklahoma City and Francis while planning trips to Canada New Mexico Minnesota and across the western United States. Readers note guests at Ada homes range from Vera Bloom to Talicia Crawford with several families visiting White Pigeon Chama and Irving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Biles
Ada
G. M. Henley
Ardmore
Yellowstone
Salt Lake City
Oregon
Washington
van Couvier
British Columbia
Canada
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Grand Canyon
Santa Fe
Crawford And Tone Part As Friends
Hollywood stars Joan Crawford and Franchot Tone issued a joint statement announcing their separation. Tone would move to separate quarters, but they declared they are parting on friendly terms. They said divorce discussions had not begun in earnest and there is no hurry on that detail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Joan Crawford
Franchot Tone
Tone
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B. F. Gurley
Milgeed
Ed Roundtree
Beulah Mae Shumard
Walter Brown
Fittstown
Lorene Johnson
Nay Dean
Stella Mae Roundtree
Barney Hall
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Alva Lee
Jess Gurley
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Genege Minyard
George Lee
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Lee
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Flint Harmonds
Tom Cock
Katherine
Kerene Sizemore
Allen
Edd Powell
N.E. Ponder
Lumn
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Mollie Ponder
Alen Boyd
Marie
Bertie
Etna Turner
Helen Walker
Edne Givins
Stringtown
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Hina Turner
Ethyl Cook
Ellen Ponder
Marion Chambers
C. D. Chambers
Lena Grace Turner
Ellen Cape
Molle Ponder
Lora Thomas
Annie Jones
Stratford
Sylvia Luma
Annie McKinley
Vanoss
C. E. Denham
Desmond Blaylock
Louise Pitt
G. M. Pitt
Willie Shaw
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Ben Walters
Jeff Farley
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G .W. Rowin
Elma Palk
Leon Pall
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Almia Bennett
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Lena Rugney
Betty Sellers
Lemon Hively
Glen Kent
Wallace Cris
W. CD, Jeter
Earl Mulkinks
Mable Driskill
Evans
Fred Keatley
Fred
Evelyn
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Avery Pennington
Rye
Malbe Driskill
Jess Ward
Earl Mul
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Marvin Tiner
Wanda
Lee Smith
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Nora Brendle
Fay Tyson
Walter Lewis
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Charlie Smith
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Conrad Brannon
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Bud Suthft
Blackwell
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South Cherry Avenue
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Frances Catton
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Deorkin
Chama
Claude Herring
Nina J. Herring
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Sowers, Texas
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Georgie Tech
Atlanta
Homer Hensler
A. Doner
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W. W. Barefoot
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G. Morelock
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