Rural Communities of Pontotoc County News Highlights
The column from Lula, Pontotoc County, notes revival at Nazaren Church, social visits, teaching changes at Hall’s Hill, extensive Sunday church and Sunday school attendance, and a broad roundup of residents visiting, hosting, and continuing harvests. Referenced are names like Rena Moshier, Mildred Townsend, Lois Reed, Ada connections, and local events including dances and a CCC member at Van Oss.
Revival Attends Large Weekend Meeting and Local Visits
Brother Teague filled his regular appointment Saturday night and Sunday as a revival drew large attendance. Mrs. Truly Hudgins and children returned home from the city after a week visiting relatives. Miss Zelma Moore spent Sunday with Reba and Ree Milton. Mr. and Mrs. Luther Webb of Kilgore Texas visited Mr. and Mrs. Jess Brandon. Mrs. John Chaffin and daughters Edge Lee, along with Mrs. Wiley Porter and Mrs. M. E. Moore's family, were mentioned visits yesterday. Milton and Ola Hoover visited Mrs. M. E. Moore Sunday. Mary Shepherd spent Sunday with family relations referenced in the listing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nazarene Church
Rena Moshier
Charlie Moshier
Lillie Phares
Leona
Iona Mae
Whisenhunt
Gladstone Hall
Rose Moshier
Goldie Hill
Archie Angel
Tom Farquhar
Ola Lillard
Hall's Hill
Roy
Ted Smith
C . Whisenhunt
Elma Davis
T. W. Davis
Troy McCormick
Leibrand Leon
Carl Hill
Conway
Alene Gray
Annie Wooly
Naomi Wooly
Johnnie Farquhar
Troy McCormik
Forbus
Leibrand Glover
Buster Berger
James Ray
Virginia
O. K. Sneed
Charley Snow
Vaness
Lorraine
Vauline Riley
John Eddings
Floy Mae Eddings
Tom Hughes
Center
Bernice Hammond
Round Top
Orvil Abston
Calvin Lee
Oklahoma City
Morton Phillips
Leon Walton
CCC
Juanita Owens
Grandpa
Grandma Chaffin
R. H. Hagar
Mollie Henderson
John Sanders
Bee
Luschin Meyers
Billy
Shawnee
Noah Tallant
Lee Turner
Loyd Boyles
Mr. Norman
Virl Loman Vx
Cecil Brannon
Lovelady
Jim Hatcher
Chickasha
Ben Hatcher
Artie MceCrackin
M. L. Stegal
Rev. Pendergraft
Ada
George Cole
M. Kincade
Mat Summer
Norville Crawford
Thurman Sliger
Sybil Kee
Ralph Creager
Kansas
Henderson
Ralston
de Lolia
Mary Magilone
Clifford Voyles
Milton Glen
H. B. Creech
Ellis Parker
Louise
Preston Abbott
Tom MacGalliard
Russell
Leo
Willie Mc Ninch
John Chambers
Roye Sliger
Owen Voyles
Pecan Grove
Thurman Park
H. N. Fuller
Daphine Henderson
Wortha Flanagan
Ruby Gray
Pleasant Hill
Mercedes Musgrave
Ruby
Lula Mae Glover
Dal Sliger
Alvin Minor
Reba Joye
Ada Jean
Opal Creech
A. P. Gray
Cather Gray
Ralph Hullen
Ernest and Lee Webb
Jewell Creech
Marylin Kincade
Inez Brookie
Jack Ellis
Stonewall
Bonnie Mae
Ellise Hudson
A. Gouch
Latta High School
Ter Sylvia
Alva
Family of Oil Center
Points
Arkansas
Beulah Stark
G. W. Evans
Kenneth
Dick McClure
Gaar Corner
Tyson
Mary Lee Dean
Glenna
Robbie Jo
Allen
Annie Ellis
Maxwell
Ellis
Nadine
Lavern
Virgie Fletchers
Parish Chapel
Debs Thompson
Roy Brendle
Elbert Keef
Ira Mae Keef
Nadine Collins
F. E. Carmichael
Wynnewood
R. M. Crompton
C. H. Brendle
I. B. Haskins
Bob Mosley
Galey
John Gibson
Bud Lance
Crompton
Mallie Cape
Helen
Ellen
Charlie Turner
Virginia Ann Thomas
A. E. Miller
Herman
Daisy
Bud Ragland
Esther Welker
Pauls Valley
Lora Thomas
Helen Cape
Ila Ponder
Lois Jones
Annie Jones
Stratford
S. D
W. J. McKinley
Earl Hodges
Asa Thomas
Seminole
Lena Keplinger
Grace Turner
Leon Ragland
Carl
Charlie Thomas
A. J. Primm
Tishomingo
Lonnie Miller
Edith Miller
Lora
Emma Thomas
S. D. Chambers
Ellen Cape
Virginia Thomas
Brother Teague
Truly Hudgins
Zelma Moore
Reba
Ree Milton
Luther Webb
Kilgore
Tex
Jess Brandon
John Chaffin
Wiley Porter
M. E. Moore
Edge Lee
Milton
Ola Hoover
Mary Shepherd
W. L. Hudson
Holdenville
John Hudson
J. A. Stevens
Southerland
Tecumseh
S. E. Brown
G. W. Heard
Melvin Southerland
Mary Ann Southerland
Mesdames Brown
Heard
Stevens
Rofs
Sutherland
Baby
Houston
Texas
Walter Givens
Baxter Gibson
Durant
B. F. Keith
Gibson
Givens
Mary Joe Holland
McAlester
Stella Snoddy
Fred Odell
Mitchell Strother
East Rofs
Willard Duncan
Tulsa
A. M. Duran
Willa Dean
Master Pete
Willis Nichols
I. G. Nichols
Bradford
Ross Baptist Church
Baptist University
Jall Smith
Smith
Charles Bryant
Griffin Gro. Co
N. E. Davidson
Roff
Robi. Dowdy
Forrester Orr
Fred Orr
Murrell Mathews
Rice Hotel
Aubry Pippin
Douglas Meharg
R. O. Laseman
Jess Hall
Thurman Bunyard
Maygie Cartwright
Atoka
Altus Davidson
Ivan J. Young
First Christian Church
Cunning
Mr. Parker
Clark
C. B. Holland
Dewey Etchieson
Marietta
Hickory
Warm weather brings farmer activity and July sermons
The note mentions warm weather and farmers working crops. Superintendent Br. Carter will preach on S day July 28 and everyone is invited. Bro. Miller gave sermons Sunday and Sunday night, with two people visiting Nazarene Church. Jared and Miller families visited Mullins and Lankford homes, while Sam and Mrs Sliger of Rocky Brook spent Sunday with Andrew Sliger of Lovelady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Br. Carter
Bro. Miller
Nazarene
Jared
Ches Mullins
Ray Lankford
Sam Sliger
Rocky Brook
Andrew Sliger
Lovelady
Local visiting and family gatherings in Lovelady area
Mr and Mrs Hoyt West and Reba Wiles visited relatives at Lula Sunday. Mr and Mrs W A Oliphant spent Friday night with Mr and Mrs Bryan Robison. Joan Price stayed with Bran don and others and attended church at Conway Sunday night. Oliphint and Robison families spent weekend at Sulphur. Joan Price visited grandmother Friday night. Floyd Thogmartin visited Robison Monday. Leatha Robison spent Monday evening with her parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Bryan Robison
Joan Price
Floyd Thogmartin
Robison
Leatha Robison
George Thogmartin
School Opens With Haskins Back in Charge
School started this week at this place with Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Haskins back in their old roles and children glad to be back in class. Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Coffey of Allen visited with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. B. Haskins. Mrs. G. W. Evans and daughter ...
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. B. Haskins
Eddie Coffey
Allen
G. W. Evans
Daugh
School Begins At This Place Amid Revival Plans
The article notes the start of school on July 22 with Mrs. Ocle Lewis as principal and Mrs. Hazel Horton as primary teacher. It mentions family visits, Sunday dinners, and community activities including church at Gaar Corner, a revival led by Rev. Scott Jones and Rev. Caton, and various social visits and travels among local families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nannie Barnes
Mildred Weatherford
Scott Jones
Caton
Homer
Miss Barnes
Herman Britt
Eloise Lamb
Pauline
Lorene Laughlin
Roff notes visitants and community happenings
Ada area and Roff reporters share a long list of visitors and local events. Names include Jack Billingsley Debs and Rosa Richardson with family, plus numerous Ada Frisco and Harden City social guests. A baby Joyce Wyvonne born July 16 to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Brown. Revivals, sewing room reopenings, and a softball game against Wynnewood also feature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Billingsley
Debs
Rosa Richardson
Ben Owen
St. Louis
Ada
Coy Byrd
Jim Cradduck
Monroe Richardson
Ben Richardson
Kuykendall
Frisco
Virginia Brady
Dolly May Harris
Elizabeth Watkins
Lorena Blevens
Jones
Rocky Chapel
Student recalls teachers, travels, and Lincoln influence
No. 2 student at East Central reflects on today’s college crowd and teaching, recalling hardships when $40 monthly pay was high. He lived six miles from the county seat in Arkansas, traveled 12 miles daily to classes, and jokes about his 15,000 mile round trip to school. He majors in English and admires Abraham Lincoln.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Central
Stephenson
Arkansas
Abraham Lincoln
Fight Launched on Cattle Diseases
Washington July 24 The senate and house agreed to spend more funds to eradicate cattle diseases the total to be settled in a conference over the agricultural adjustment bill. An amendment for a 40 million dollar appropriation was added at the insistence of Senator La Follette of Wisconsin to empower the agriculture department to continue its efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
House
AAA
LaFollette
Wis
Agriculture Department
Pair admit theft of chains fined in Fittstown case
Jim Bass and G. E. McKelver pleaded guilty to petty larceny before Justice A. W. Oliver. They were fined $10 and costs and sentenced to 20 days in jail for stealing chains chain hoists and boomers at Fittstown. The stolen goods were recovered and total costs reached $21.65 each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Bass
G. E. McKelver
A. W. Oliver
Fittstown
Pioneer Merchant of Two States Dead
John R. Frazier, 72, pioneer merchant of Arkansas and Oklahoma, died in a city hospital. He began in Mansfield, Arkansas in 1887, moved to Wilburton, Oklahoma, in 1892, ran a store until 1929, then relocated to McAlester. Funeral services set for Thursday afternoon in McAlester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
John R. Frazier
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Mansfield
Ark
Wilburton
Okla
McAlester
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Alma Davis
Pauline, Junior
Juanita Love
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Muriel Moyers
Mildred Willis
Ruby Myers
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Juanita Floyd
Beckie Jones
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T. B
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Blue Blackburn
Vanoss
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Marion
Lee Thomas
Worstell
Mattie McNair
Carl Denham
Odd Midland
Tom Cook
Ponder Home
W. L. McKinley
Charles Marion
Frank Chambers
Bob Reeves
Guy Welkers
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Old Midland
Beulah Vernon
van Oss
Sam Cole
George Smith
Richardson
Mr. White
Valera Fulkerson
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Hazel Horton
G. W. Lamb
Bruce Little
M. R. Lamb
E. C. Cavener
Bethh Mitchell
John Wood
George Gidion
Ray Dryden
LaVern Gidion
Geneva Isaacs
Syble Jones
J.W. Isaacs
Inetta London
Monnie Kirby
Berch Mitchell
Calman Pennington
J. C. Stinnett
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George
Ray
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Winona Mae Law
Jewel Dean Gidion
R. M. Maness
Esther
T. B. Weatherford
Bill Hopkins
Vinita
Margaret Raney
Hubert Davis
Casley Lamb
Ira Flowers
Stuart
Virginia Allen
Alyne Simpson
Ruby Wilson
Gertie Laughlin
Martha
Eunice Morrison
Ollie Allen
Bert Jones
J. W. Isaacs
Jessie Isaacs
Rebee
Senate Agriculture Committee
Sale Summer Shoes
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