Denny School Progress and Community Callers
Denny School is progressing, with a noted food attendance. Numerous residents and families visited various homes including W. H. Bandy, D. Capps, E. L. Rogers, and Shumard’s circle. Church services, revivals, and Young Peoples Union drew sizable attendance, with several communities reporting active religious gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakman
Oscar
Capps
G. A. Smith
Will Yates
Car
Billy Ray Williamson
Ruby Lilley
Herman Bandy
E. Wilson
G. R. Lilley
Lilley
Bill Larson
Local residents share visits and weekend gatherings
June Overton spent Saturday night and Sunday with Beatrice Golightly. Many locals from Aga, Ada, Millburn, and Paris Chapel visited relatives in recent days, including families of Beach, Russell, Walston, Thomas, and Shumard. Notable notes include Lizzie Johnson improving after a burn and numerous social calls across Vanoss and Stringtown areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren and
Vernell Shumard
Ed Roundtree
Alva Johnson
Lightning Ridge
Ed Johnson
Bond
Bill Morrison
Bertherm
Ray Johnson
Hart
June Overton
Beatrice Golightly
Cora Francis Flippin
Aga
R. E. Beach
Donald Campbell
McAlester
J. C. Russell
Joe Harold Beach
Milburn Sears
J. W. McCarty
W. T. Sales
Lakeside
Corene Reynolds
Allen
Ben Walston
Luther Short
Ada
Jim Cobb
Blackburn
W. J. Beach
Lizzie Johnson
Gay Pernell
Adella Jones
Roy Childers
Lannie Miller
Miller
Henderson
Tennie Brown
C. L. Berger
Velma Jewel
Willie Berger
A.C. Thomas
de Wayne
Manuel Shumar
Foote
Walker
Demariel
T. ¥. Branscome
Sidney Walker
J. W. Hickey
C. J. Farley
P. J. Richardson
Manuel Shumard
Ten States Suffer From Drought Across Northeast
The Asci general press reports drought stricken northeast facing water shortage and increased forest fire risk with crop losses in many states. Parts of Pennsylvania foresee five percent crop failure in nine year drought. Scattered storms bring heavy rains to New England as hail damages windows and crops in Framingham and Clinton Massachusetts. Water and power shortages affect New York and New Jersey dairying and fruit crops suffer heavy losses.
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Asanciatenl
Pennsylvania
New England
Framingham
Clinton
Mass
New York State
New Jersey
Heavy Fire Loss At Aurora Factory
A fire on the Majestic Mill fourth floor in Aurora Missouri at about 1:50 a m caused an estimated 250000 damage and destroyed most of the plant. Foreman Roy Teittenhorst was injured after falling while being helped to the ground by his father. Fire departments from Springfield Mount Vernon Monett and Marionville were unable to control the blaze due to low water pressure. The blaze likely started from a short circuit or spark from metal entering grinders. Damage totals pending assessment of 475000 bushels of wheat stored onsite.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aurora
Majestic
Roy Teittenhorst
Walter Pettenhorst
Rom
Vivian White World Champion Cowgirl To Appear At Rodeo
Vivian White and sister Grace White world champion riders will headline the firemen’s rodeo August 10 to 13. They own a ranch at Enid and train their own horses. The sisters have appeared in major rodeos and will perform in Cheyenne and Sidney before joining the Oklahoma event. Pens and chutes are being erected at the fair grounds as horses and stock arrive for the opening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vivian White
Grace
Earl McKencree
Vivian
Madison Sqnare Garden
New York City
Jalyca
Grace White
Elly
Cheyenne
Wyo
Sidney
Iowa
Enid
Fairgrounds
McKendree
Callie
Oklahoma
T 19
Mother's Effort At Music Is Success
In Shattuck Oklahoma, a mother who sold the family organ to fund music lessons saw six children perform after 45 years. The group included Mae Langford piano and organ instructor and W Kreiger printer joining with siblings in Oklahoma. Family members Fred Kreiger Guyman band leader and Herman E Kreiger noted violin master, the eldest, now deceased.
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Shattuck
Mae; Langford
W. ©. Kreiger
San Fedro
Cail
Oklahoma
M. A. Butterbaugh
Luckhole
Butterbaugh
Shem
Fred Kreiger
Guyman
W. E. Kreiger
Charles Kreiger
Langford
George Butterbaugh
Texhorna
Roy Butterbaugh
Boise City
Herman E. Kreiger
Revival Services Open in Owl Creek Community
Rev Joe Laffoon led a Sunday revival at Owl Creek with a large attendance after his regular appointment. Nearby, families and individuals enjoyed weekend trips and visits across Ada, Stonewall, Perry, and Anadarko. The report notes a Baptist revival closing with four church additions amid ongoing regional drought impacts in Pennsylvania’s Lancaster area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lula the Nazarene Revival
Christian Church
Higgins
Joe Upton
Mer
R. E. Byrd
Bernice
Oscar Russell
Stonewall
Upton
Grandmother Smith
Grandfather Smith
Essie Waters
Bessie Byrd
Bernice Davis
Ruth Davis
Joe Laffoon
Fittstown
W. W. Murphy
Elmo Park
Coolgate
C.C. Couch
Ada
Creach
Frisco
Luther Hatton
Capps
Callie Hatton
Perry
Henry
Marlo
Ed Walker
Andrew Sliger
Tom
Allen Tuesda
Chirch
Winston Bennett
Fink
Cooperton
Gentry Hatton
C. H. Martin
C. C. Couch
Years Of Faithful Service Rewarded
Cambridge will inherit the insulated wire and cable business built by Frank M. Ferrin of Newton after his July 11 death. Miss Mary A. Brennan, Ferrin’s long time secretary, receives the business, nine months salary, life income from a $30,000 trust, and a place in a $400,000 residual trust should Ferrin’s widow survive. The bulk of the estate, about $1,000,000, goes to Mrs. Ferrin. Several longtime employees receive nine months salary and gifts of $25,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Mass
Mary A. Brennan
Boston
Frank M. Ferrin
Ot Newton
Ferrin
Middlesex
Brennan
May T. B. Ferrin
Rocky Chapel Social Notes and Casual Visits
The July Time club drew 27 members on Wednesday. Next Monday’s gathering promises a party. Several residents, including Joe Scott of McLish high school, visited friends and family around Rocky Chapel and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Scott
McLish High School
Frank Scott
Rocky Chapel
Denzill Sherrell Andister
Fittetown
Juanita Wyche
Mildred Creech
Dorothy Bradsock
Dee Wyche
J.B. Smith
Fred Bradsock
Binns
M. HL Phillips
Alyas ‘Ross
Lovelady
J. E. Smith
LaRuthe Wyche
L. M. Braddock
W. L.wyche
Milee
Latta
Pauline Phillips
Lawrence
Maudie Phillips
Poodle dies at 21 in McAlester long-lived pet
Maxine a French toy poodle of the H. T. Riddle family died at age 21 in McAlester. Elba Inez Riddie recalled the dog as a faithful watchdog and constant companion since childhood then domestic life in Chicago. The piece notes Shawnee’s oldest dog title passing to Nibs a 17 year old fox terrier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Maxine
Riddie
Ray P. Stauffer
Drowning Death Near Omaha Believed Involving Local Student
In Omaha on July 25 a rescue squad raced to a beach after 17 year old Creighton University student Robert Ostronic drowned while swimming with a friend. His father Jann Ostronic voiced shock as crews worked at the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
Neb
Jann J. Ostronic
Here
Robert
Creightonniversity
Resting after Arab kidnaping in Jerusalem
The Rev. Gerould Goldner described his captivity to friends after a week in a bed. His father secured release for about 200 to 2 500 dollars paid to the gang, while Goldner planned escapes by hiding stones under blankets to fool guards, and drew strength from letters from his wife brought by Bedouin intermediary. He longed to return to his wife and child in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerusalem
Gerould Goldner
Pervice
Jacob Goldner
Ohio
Goldner
Tickets go on sale for Oklahoma State Fair bargain event
The Oklahoma State Fair ticket sale opens next Tuesday August 1 with 40 000 tickets across the state and 60 000 more in local venues. Tickets cost 25 cents each and admit one person to grounds or two to a grandstand. one ticket may also admit a car. The sale is run by C R Anthony stores. ENID July 24 UP a thief removed an old iron hitching post from in front of E L Swigarts home after it had stood for 25 years. The post once held the family horse but was worn out. The steel industry spends about 26 million dollars yearly on research.
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Olahoma State Fair
Oklahoma
Ada
C. R. Anthony
Enid
E. L. Swigart
Law and Order
Edward Curtis
Tulsa
Okla
Roosevelt
Lea
Dcalif
House Interstate Commerce Committee
Rep
Cole
D-Md
Ickes
Atleri
United State
Phillips
Oil and Gas Journal
Illinois
Kern County
California
Michigan
Kent County
Montague County
Texas
Hobart
Kiowa County
Little
Cowley County
Kansas
Public Nuisance Complaints Highlight City Life
A Tulsa desk column lampoons petty disturbances from birds and piping to noisy games, noting cops’ lack of humor as citizens seek relief. The piece segues into a Roosevelt petroleum conservation push, economist forecasts, and oil industry activity across Illinois Michigan Texas and Oklahoma with new pools and rising demand.
Congress Leaders Struggle Toward Action On Bill
Washington July 26 1941 Harassed congressional leaders race to reunite factions over a 2.49 billion lending program amid proposed amendments in the Senate and House. Democratic leaders seek to placate 51 members urging action with a potential caucus while aiming to win release of a housing bill from the rules committee. Senate leadership predicts passage this week with night sessions planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Bath Houses
Senate
House
House Democrats
Rules Committee
Barkley
Kentucky
Congress
Mare and Driver Spark Springfield Construction Clash
In Springfield Clarabella the mare and her non union driver Richard H. Smith sparked a labor dispute at a new trade school project. Three hoisting engineers quit, paralyzing brickwork while the PWA seeks a ruling to resume work. James J. Bird of the Hoisting Engineers union urged hiring a union man for the job.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Mass
Clarabella
Richard H. Smith
PWA
Civilian Conservation Corps
Army
McNeill Prepares For Spotlight In Seabright Tennis
SEABRIGHT, N J July 26 McNeill regarded as one of America's up and coming players in the Seabright tennis tournament. The 21 year old Oklahoma McNeills star is seen as a rising force and likely to move above his No 12 ranking by season's end. He has a French championship win over Bobby Riggs and now faces Gardnar Mulloy seeded sixth who has beaten him twice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Gambier
Bobby Riggs
Ronald Lubin
J. Gilbert Hill
McNeill
Gardnar Mulloy
Coral Gebles
Fla. Mulloy
Texarkana Pilot Killed In Crash
Texarkana pilot Robert A. Jenkins a 27 year old Texarkana native died when his plane crashed into a cotton field 15 miles south of Indianola Mississippi He was en route to consult a planter about dusting cotton for Bell Crop Dusting Co His skull was fractured and his body was to be taken to Texarkana for burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenville
Miss
Robert A. Jenkins
Air
Texarkana
Texas
Indianola
Jenkins
Sunflowers County
Bell Crop Dusting Company
Owe TS
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Lula
Nora Wall
Annie Roundtree
David Coffey
Delroy
Eugene Bell
J. B. Newby
Doris Odom
Doyle McCoy
Hall's Hill
Bod
Onda
Eyerly Tilley
Bill Rose
Vancele Rose
Misenheimer
Leon Nix
Aller
Marty Rose
Walker Tilley
Walnut Grove
Ethel
Earl Woffard
Steedman
Jessie Wolford
Joe Teel
Parlie
AEBS
Mrs. Bratcher
Wetumka
Thelmary Beateher
Sybil Lee Turner
Mary Mabeth Fasm
Colberg News
Walout Grove
Pearl Travels
Vera Hays
Ruby Jo Hays
Ganeta
Hays
Palmer
Lydia Jones
Irene Lynch
J. D. Eldred
Irene Lyneh
Kenneth Williams
Hershel Patent
Prairie View
John Williams
Bill Williams
Hubert Hays
Mae Bol Feaster
Sulphur Hospital
Sherman Farley
Pauls Valley
Thelma Roberts
Oak Grove
Sherman ¥Ariey
Ean
Arthur Trowell
Oliver Lynch
Irene
Wes Pruitt
Billy Wood
Hughes Wood
Edna Jamar
Lorene Peterson
Ellery Wood
Dee
Junior Willoughby
Lowell, Anglin
Warret Rycroft
Freddie Wardlow
Albert Jamar
Evert
Daisy Wood
Edna Jama
Harry Tyson
Dan Tyson
Marie Tress
Henry Jamar
Ellen Wood
Lela Hinkle
Shady Grove
Oma Jamar
Aca
George Holbrook
Woodville
E. C. Jamar
B.Y.P.A
Edith Wottman
C. O. Wortman
Bro. Hudgens
Ada News
Melba Mullins
Beatrice Wade
Thelma Tones
Tupelo
Willie Mac Davis
Will Jones
George Wood
Christine
Laferne Phelps
Marcelle
Geraldine Melt
Burl Jones
Barlene
Stockton
Calif
John Sears
Clyde Sales
George Woods
Lois Sears
Pauline
Louise Sales
Black Rock
Hilger Kifer
Orville Reynalds
Citra
Letha Chadd
Vanoss
Middle Atlantic
Majestic Mill
OWL
Lancaster
Susquehanna
Hugh
Ely
Shedicat College of Cambridge
United States
Anthony
Bill
Nickelodeon
New York
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