Rural Communities Notes From Pontotoc County
Local letters and snippets describe social visits, family news, and church happenings in Pontotoc County. Residents attend events in Ada Coalgate and Tulsa, welcome new babies, recover from illness, and share community observations from weekend gatherings and school activities.
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Pontotoc County
Farm Column urges continued meat canning amid drought
Mrs. Jessie Morgan urges farm families to can meat during heat due to pasture feed and water shortages. Advice from Miss Martha McPheters covers chilling animals 24 hours, processing within hours, equipment needs, and potential meat exchanges among families to speed work. Last-resort canning without chilling may cause tougher meat and losses.
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Jessie Morgan
Pontotoc County
Martha McPheters
Extension Foods
Oklahoma A
M. College
Miss McPheters
Louise Stanley
Bureau of Home Economics
Local Residents Share News From Steedman Ada and Nearby Areas
Mr and Mrs John Welden of Steedman visit parental home of Mr and Mrs C W Death erage. Mrs Albert St P agns returns home after visiting her parents in Ada. Various families attend singing at Ade and visit friends including Doug Christian Claude Arter Cordell Goodpasture and Harvene Hayes. The Holiness meeting opens at W A Meeks. Mrs Leo Johnson recovering from appendicitis.
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John Welden of
Steedman
Mrs
C. W. Deatherage
Albert St.p
Ada
MecCullar
Harvene Hayes
Ade
Claude Arter
Cordell Goodpasture
Tom Jr
Billy Watson
McBroom
Turner Falls
Jewel Frazier
Hermat Solomon
Velma Goodpasture
James Roper
Willie McCullar
Douglas Christian
Corde Goodpasture
Geo. Short
Melton Owens
Fort Sill
J. D. Solomon
Fite
Tidwell
Lawton
Howard Boyd
Paola
W. R. Frazier
Roy Shook
Lightning Ridge
Loris Shook
Tom Waters
Gilbert Stephens
Rube Vandercrift
Melzonia Solomon
Willeen Christian
Tom Smith
Stephens
W. A. Meek’s
Cathern
McCalls Chapel
Tom Watson
Leo Johnson
Solomon
Wanda Joy
Ola Newkirk
Roper
Roy
Hanley
Revival Continues A Week As Souls Are Saved
The revival extends for another week with several souls saved and more expected before closing. Mr and Mrs Price visited Mr and Mrs Allen on Sunday. Families including Norman and Mel ten visited Corene Price and Virginia Allen. Grandpa Hammond from Ahloso visited Sunday night. Noah Albert and family from Oklahoma City visited sister Cathlene Albert Sunday. R D Hammond visited Annie Price Tuesday night. Effie Brumley and Jackie Wilson took a business trip to Allen Monday.
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Gaar
Jewell Cam
Mrs. Smith
Duff Hunt
Lynnia
Linden McDonald
Nellie Buttram
Loris Shook
Wilson
Velma Hunt
Round Top
Buster Berger
Myrtle Ballard
Amanda Berger
Alma Maddox
Clarence Irving
Oklahoma City
Orval Merryman
Mill Creek
Robinett
Truman Huddleston
Atwood
Bill Huddleston
Bond
Ruth Crisp
Adam
Bill Richardson
Bowman
Ponca City
Annie Price
Effie Brumley
Jackie Wilson
Allen
Ice Cream Supper Attended at Nichols Farm
The entry notes a well attended ice cream supper Saturday night at Mr. Alfred Nichols. Several neighbors visitations are listed including Earnest Davis visiting George Rail and Charlie Davis spending Sunday with Ruben Stockton. School opened Monday July 16 with a new Ada teacher and local visits continue between families in the Stockton Vaughan and Nichols households.
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Jesse
Genell Howard
Pontotoc
Virgie Burris
Adolphus Pharr
Atoka
Laura Harlin
Louise Holkum
Elvara Fox
Mary Ward
Fox
Burrow
Bro. McCarroll
Wewoka
Gene Byrd
Lugene
Billie
C. A. Thomason
Konawa
Jim Thompson
Ruth
Gertie Holiday
Pleasant Hill School
Ada
Joe Arnold
Bob Davis
Ed Stevenson
Willie Lee Shepherd
Opal Ward
Oliver Hall
Alfred Nichols
Earnest Davis
George Rail
Dowel Nicks
Mae Stockton
Jack Vaughan
Ruben Stockton
Harve Nickels
Cellie Nichols
Zebbie
LeeRoy Nichols
J. H. Hays
Stockton
Clyde Dean
Allen
Charlie Davis
Local Social Visits Across Wewoka and Ada
Irvin Wilson of Wewoka visited Walter Horne on Friday. Mr and Mrs Ross Hays called on friends in Allen Sunday. Mrs J A Phillips and daughter Ola visited Mrs Loma Bryson and Ola Phillips called on Miss Ivy Lee Hays Monday.
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Robinson
Haskel West
Dorothy West
Jamema Robinson
Taylor
Ruth Taylor
Helen Thompson
Ada
Marie Sliger
Dulena Deaton
Bonnie Jared
Black Rock
Irvin Wilson
Wewoka
Walter Horne
Ross Hays
Allen
J. A. Phillips
Ola
Loma Bryson
Ola Phillips
Ivy Lee Hays
Vera Phillips
Thelma Lee
Letha
Emogeane
D. T. Gray
Coy Jones
Herman Phillips
Opal Horne
Janie Phillips
Jewel
G. W. Brown
Grey
Red Oak
Henry McMeans
Knox Lee Sweat
Tupelo
Lois Kerr
Irene McMeans
Bill Misenheimer
Hall's Hill
J. B. McMeans
Lois
Mary Kerr
Bertha Grey
Alban Sweat
Lou Phillips
Florence Lee
Lola Fay Brown
Mary Nell Rowe
Jewel McMeans
W. R. Harper and Son
O. G. Brown
Detroit
Local Revival and Social Visits Highlight Week
The community records a busy week with visitors from Detroit Ada and Black Rock, calls on local residents, and revival meetings led by Rev. Miller and Rev. Messer. Parental and grandparent figures frequent homes. several have been saved and sanctified as the revival continues through Sunday.
Ada Dough Boys Deliver Loss to Egypt Team
The Ada White House Dough boys played Sunday against Egypt and lost 20 to 5. Mr and Mrs Omer Davis visited Sunday with Mr and Mrs Bud.
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Ada White House
Egypt
Omer Davis
Bud
Local social notes mention visits across towns
Dorothy Searberry spent Thursday night with Mozelle Cavener in Geneva. Isaacs was Sunday dinner guest of Jane Lou Bureh. Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Payne born last Monday July 16. Mr. Charley Thomason and family visited E. C. Cavener. Ruby Dryden spent Sunday with Winona Mae Law. Carran Mitchell spent Tuesday.
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Lillie Floyd
Raymond Stephens
Ros
Omer Davis
Willie Graham
Mildred
Ray Dunn
Sammie Lou Floyd
Wanda Fae Foster
Magmie Cantrell
Lula Robbins
Lightning Ridge
Mildred Dunn
Leona Dunn
Theo. Reid
Tupelo
Alma Davis
Theo
Hester Horton
Evelyn Harris
Floyd Graham
Roy
Lawrence Floyd
Velma Graham
Akers
Union Hill
J. W. Isaacs
Virgil Farmer
Mrs. Isaacs
Allen
E. C. Cavener
M. R. Lamb
Jim Brandon
Ruby Jewel
John Wood
Ruby Lamb
Mozelle Cavener
Ada
Ineta London
Elma Tyson
Jane Lou Burch
Geneva Isaacs
Ruby
H. R
RE. C .Cavener
Dorothy Searberry
Geneva
Isaacs
Jane Lou Bureh
Ernest Payne
Charley Thomason
Marie
Homer Stout
Altus
Mr. Thomason
Ruby Dryden
Winona Mae Law
Carran Mitchell
Rainless Days Crop Hope Dims In Arkansas And Ada Ball Game Score
The piece notes continued drought with corn burnt and cotton failing without rain in Arkansas. Bill Eaton and family from Heber Springs visited the McDonald home. Ada flour mill team defeated local opponents 20 to 5 as sickness sidelined the visitors. Next Sunday’s rematch was planned in Ada. Casual notes cover visits from Jack Jones Joe Danley and others and a minor incident involving Dale McDonald.
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Bill Eaton
Heber Springs
Arkansas
Marcus McDonald
Mr. Eaton
Ada
Butch Bolen
Wiskee Clayton Easley
Ezgyp
Jack Jones
Joe Danley
Porter Danley
Johnnie Nsinton
E. A. Easley
Dale
McDonald
Prayer and Rain Called in Faith During Dry Season
A religious note urges believers to pray for rain amid a severe drought. It cites John 15 7 about abiding in the word and asking in faith, and references John 14 13 as guidance for prayer and divine response.
Penitentiary Visit Reveals Suffering and Loss
A reader recounts a visit to McAlester prison exposing severe sickness and cruelty, urging young readers to avoid crime. The author recalls personal grief since his brother Roy Foster vanished for an operation eight months earlier, describing deep sorrow and memories tied to the Texas cotton fields.
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McAlester
Roy Foster
Texas
Roosevelt landslide shifts eighth district GOP balance
The note suggests the eighth district, previously Republican, may now be carried by Roosevelt with the landslide theme.
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