Rural Communities of Pontotoc County Notes Local Life
Rural residents engage in visits and travel across Texas Oklahoma and Arkansas. People attend church events school openings road repairs and religious meetings. Community members, teachers, and officials exchange greetings while organizing socials and mission society activities.
Farmers near end of harvest in Ada area
Farmers report nearly finished with crops. Cotton fares well with few boll weevils. Early corn benefits from rain. Social notes detail visits among Wood, McGee, Laughlin, and other families. School begins July 22 with new teachers and plans for 4 H and Boy Scouts. Local church and Colbert school projects advance with programs and a pie supper planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Wood
Nella
Flossie
Walter Reen
Flipkin
Ark
M. R. Wood
L. D. Haskins
Oklahoma City
A. J. Wood
Ode Frank
Jim McGee
Mr. McGee
Nora Ashburn
Ada Hospital
Harve Davis
J. H. Davis
Buel Kesner
Conway
John Scribner
John Williams
Addie Turner
Seminole
Mick Scott
Roff
Able Scott
B. S. Williams
W. M. Parker
Wesley Barnes
Ada
Barnes
Beulah Hatton
Loretta Odom
Hazel Bushers
G. P. Hatton
Willie Bennett
Bob Bushers
Jessie Daniels
Rev. McCord
Ahloso
Sill Mullins
Barney Estes
Union Hill
Campbell
Richard
Owl Creek
Bemon Laughlin
J. A. Laughlin
Bill Mullins
May Hood
Tulsa
Earnest Farr
Sutton
John Brumley
Homer
Jack van Hooser
A. R. Mullins
E. S. Mullins
Farr
Edna Allen
Grace van Hooser
Rosa Lee Tate
James Laughlin
Melton Petite
Dotson
Albert Allen
Vaness
Lynsa
Ye Colbert
News
Colbert
Davie Hyden
G. L. Morelock
Pauline Eppler
East Central College
Hyden
Miss Eppler
Oklahoma
Wichita
Kansas
Boy Scouts
Auditorum
Colbert School
Balthrop
Ancel Sales
Zelena Wise
Esther Wise
Pleasant Hill School Opens With Large Enrollment
Pleasant Hill school began July 15 with strong enrollment and a slow first week due to lack of books. The faculty, led by Superintendent Mr. Giles and Principal Mr. Stegall, promises to elevate Pleasant Hill as a top statewide school with two new junior students and active community support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleasant Hill
Pleasant Hill High School
Giles
Stegall
Myrtle Smith
Vida Simmons
Heloise Fulkerson
Johnny LaFever
Cantrell
Ada
Lee Wigris
Sears
Lester Thogmertin
Chaffin
C. T. Isaacs
Allen
Jared
Reeves
Hill
Inez Jolly
Viola Fuller
An Ester
Lois Hill
Almond Trobaugh
LaFever
Lula
G. W. Cole
Johnny Misenheimer
Elliot Hill
Oscar Dryden
Otis
Thomas
Louie Briscoe
Preston
Jim
Ted Sears
Mack
Bert Reeves
Lois Putman
Melvin Blansett
Bill
Jess Harris
Willard Stokes
Dick Rose
George Oliver
Union Valley
Lewis Blackwell
J. W. Durbin
Frisco
Vaness
Baird
Smith
Hickory
Catherine Pateet
Paris
Texas
Clara Austelle
Stonewall
Effie Lynn
Vanoss
Willard Owens
Carl Tilly
Frank Sturdivant
Ester Peek
Florence Standridge
Don Baird
Clare Austelle
Nannie Barnes
Earl. Roberts
Earl Roberts
Boy Scouts
Pat Toby
Pensacola
Joe Mayers
Alice
Blue Blackburn
Joe Montgomery
Claud Carpenter
Homer
Community Notes Highlight Ada Visits and Visits
The record lists numerous local visits and家庭 gatherings across Ada and surrounding communities. Residents including Emma Revell Minnie Bush and many Williamson Rogers Lindsey and Golightly families share weekend visits, shopping, and church attendance with plans for future meetings and summer teaching.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Revell
Minnie Bush
W. H. Bandy
W. E. Wilson
Wilson
Frisco
Tom Shannon
Mr. Shannon
Bessie Morris
McGee
V. K. Rogers
Zella Mae
Edna
Fay Thurman
C. E. Lee
W. K. Rogers
E. L
Jewel Rogers
Stratford
M. T. Williamson
I. C. Lindsey
Stella Mae Farley
Francis
Gradie Rogers
Author Lindsey
Joe Nix
Oakman
Gene Walton
STEEDMAN School Opens With Strong Attendance
STEEDMAN reports indicate good enrollment as Monday classes begin. Principal Tommie Ford and teacher Ina Miller lead a bustling start, with many local residents visiting and varied notes from Kerr, Laughlin, and Davis families. The Frisco notes mention threshing finished and area travel, plus an update from H. K. Baggett on high school affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommie Ford
Ina Miller
Jim Couplin
Lily Laughlin
Mary Ritchie
Jewel
Delia Little
Gladys Laughlin
Ben Walston
Mr. Walston
Grandpa
Grandma Walston
Jim Phelps
Emmit Ruddick
Grandma Clark
Thurman Latimer
Retha Melton
Vena Davis
Volney Blackburn
Guy Tucker
M. P. Barnes
C. J. Cueck
Inner Farris
Lizzie Norman
Miss Vena Davis
Ralph Barnes
Conway
Ola Sewell
Harrah
C. J. Cuckow
R. E. Gillock
Pearl Barnes
Stonewall
Lula Beach
Kerr
Charley Kerr
Five Mile
Wentz plan for Tas fee sales eyed in Kay county
Oklahoma City July 19 state highway commission announced a plan to use chamber of commerce secretaries as tag agents in Kay county and other towns. The move aims to reduce politics in collections and boost chamber budgets while ensuring proper funds flow and strict accounting. Mathilda the cat endures five days in a tree to escape wasps until sprayed free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
State Highway Commission
Kay County
Secretary of Chambers of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Matawan, N. J
Mathilda
Margaret L. Terrihune
Warm Weather Hopes For Rain Amid School Start
In Worstell residents report unusually warm conditions and hope for rain. School began Monday. three Worstell students attend Vaness High: Loriie Walden Alfie Kurby and Floyd Russell. David Bowerman visited Albert Jackson Saturday night. Belle Walden has returned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worstell
Worste
Vaness
Loriie Walden
Alfie Kurby
Floyd Russell
David Bowerman
Albert Jackson
Belle Walden
Eufaula Man Convicted in First Degree Serious Case
Lester Bouyer alias Charles Harris was found guilty of a first degree serious case by a Barbour county jury for a July 10 roadside incident involving mechanic Jack Hines. Circuit Judge J. S. Williams sentenced him to be electrocuted at Kilby Prison in Montgomery on August 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eufaula
Ala
Lester Bouyer
Charles Harris
Barbour County
Jack Hines
J. S. Williams
Kilby
Montgomery
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Pontotoc County
Roff Dewey Etchieson
Gene Byrd
Wewoka
R. M. Suddath
Aubrey Pippen
Amarillo
J. J. Robnett
Stanley Chastain
H. D. Richardson
Mable Rucker
Ed Smith
W. S. Pickens
Ralph Clark
A. J. Crain
A. F. Bickel
Bro. Reed
Durant
Methodist Church
E. C. Larsh
Sherman
Jack Moran
Ross
R. J. Pollock
Jesse Collins
Geée King
Ina May Simpson
George J, Bason
Huy
Carlyle Phillips
West Point Academy
Douglas Phillips
Vincent Clark
Hal Crumley
Nilson Morgan
Seth
Max Crain
Gaecke Church Lawn
Missionary Society
B. E. Braselton
Bowman
Lois Davis
Frank Davis
Laxton
Rev. Williams
Methodist
Tishomingo
Rush Etchieson
Arthur Taylor
Cleo Fairchild
Virgil Stanfield
The
J. Pippen
King
Phillips
Void Burnsed
Marea
Rance Tucker
Tucker
Earlin Haskins
Vel
Neva Nedric
Haskins
T. H. Burch
Homer Strickland
John McEntyre
Irene Magar
E. H. Light
Grandma Light
Alvin Summers
Bebee
Bebee Field
Sam Wood
Lewis Wood
Bella Lust
Cleburn County
Berry Walden
oWrstell
Mrs. Medlock
Rebee
Pal
OWL
Miss Smith
Simons
Fulkerson
Dates Hill
Franks
Rubye Flanagen
Myrtle Beeve
J. A. Georges
Haskell Coker
Neal Thompson
Henry Thompson
Ruth Stegall
Lillian Palk
Lillian Davis
Jack Miller
John Reeves
Bessie Lee
Geneva Hugh
New Thompson
Harman Blankenship
Arthur Massey
Artie Smith
Nan Thompson
Louie Mosier
Lillian Park
Houston Kirby
I‘ranks
Happyland
Scott Wilson
W. H. Wilson
Steve Lily
Denny
Austen Denton
G. H. Binkley
S. W. Morrison
Addie Solomon
Edna Hart
Ruby Tharp
Bertha Head
Edith Hilton
J. E. Lamb
Dorothy Tharp
aVnoss
High School
Fred Daniels
Near Stonewall
Vaughn
Chas. Laughlin
Clif Deaton
Ken Lamb
Guy Binkley
George Korem
Dallas Lamb
Cedar Grove
Happy Jack
L. McAnally
Onto
Shelby Richmond
Byng
Eppler
Ches Roberts
Josephine McDaniel
Mary Moddeat Patterson
Jettie Smith
Daugherty
Earnest
Bradley
Plainview
Owns
L. E. Wise
H. E. Wise
Mrs. Sutton
Onward
Dorothy Sutton
Ore Sutton
Kenneth Smith
George
Kell Coker
Mary A. Roland
Mary A. (Roland) Kerr
High Hill
Grandma
Chas. H. Kerr
D. M. Kerr
Will Kerr
O. E. Kerr
Robert Kerr
John Kerr
Chickasha
Okla
John Rutledge
A. M. Kulms
Lubbock
Bill Walker
Maxwell
Corley
Myrtle Woodruff
J. B Owens
Bill Beckham
Pauls Valley
Carl Auten
Shaw
A. H. White
Hart
H. B. Williams
Earnest Williams
Wynnewood View
Young Peoples
Casey Jones
Morten Phillips
Phillip Bradley
R. M. Bradley
Fitzhugh
C. L
Willie Berger
Sammie Woods
Mill Creek
Christine
Annie Berger
Alvertia Berger
Holdenville
Leman Hewitt
Kiowa
Hewitt
R. H. Patterson
Brooks
Adella Jones
Henry Eaves
St. Louis
J. J. Shaw
Florence Owens
Galey
Galey School
Colorado
Florence
Arkansas
Freewill Baptists
D. McGheechee
Eld
Caroline Johnson Shaw
Alton Johnson
Vanoss Consolidated School
Vaness Consolidated
Charlie Moore
Center
Steedman
W. L. Chappel
A. J. Durbin
Atoka
Ambrose Nettles
Calvin Baggett
Wapanucka
H. K. Baggett
State Department
WENTZ
J. L. Leverett
Leverett
M. D
J. L. Leverett, M. D
Fred F. Brydia Co
W. Main Ada
Ilinois Bankers Life Association
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