Rural Communities News From Pontotoc County
Local notes from Egypt, Pickett, McCutcheon, and surrounding areas list numerous visits, dinners, and social calls among families including Nevels, Hightower, Roberts, Jones, Hayes, and Crow families. School notes from Summers highlight a flagpole and upcoming report cards as students prepare for year end.
Ada boosters greeted warmly on rain-obstructed trip
Ada High School band drew crowds in Stratford Asher Maud Konawa and Wamego as boosters rode to promote Ada oil districts. Leaders A A Lucas J C Hynds M C Wilson L A Ellison Rev Johnstone Rev Calhoun Morris J E Williams spoke. W F Lindsay of Choctaw Cotton Oil staged playful mischief. Maud praised for oil boom growth and hospitality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
Maud
Lawa
Konawa
Stratford
Asher
Wamego
Ada High School
A. A. Lucas
J. C. Hynds
M. C. Wilson
L. A. Ellison
Charles Warren Johnstone
Clyde Calhoun Morris
J. E. Williams
W. F. Lindsay
Choctaw Cotton Oil Company
Main Street
Great Bowlegs
Earlsboro
St. Louis Field
Retail Merchant’s Association
Local farming activity and social visits noted in community
Farmers busy chopping cotton while several visitors call on residents. Names mentioned include Mr Ready and family, Zeilla Ashley, Cleo Roach, Nellie Pittman, Harvey Wilson, Mrs Ashley, Walter, Lucille and Irene Cochran, Lena Turner, Clifford Collins, Jack Heath. Several visits occur in Ada and Blue Mound areas over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Ready
Franks
Mr. Ashley
Walter
Ada
Walter Wilson
Trop
Oklia
Zeilla Ashley
Rosa Underhill
Cleo Roach
Blue Mound
Zella Ashley
Nellie Pittman
Bessie Cochran
Harvey Wilson
Lucille
Irene
Mrs. Ashley
Lena Turner
Clifford Collins
Roff
Ashley
Jack Heath
Fifth Sunday meeting at Center draws crowd
Center hosts a well attended Sunday school as residents share time visiting. Local notices report Edith Fae Bonds, daughter of Mr and Mrs Galloway Bonds, died with funeral services at Center cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Center
Corley
Bill Dryden
Oakman— Peaches
Community visits and kinfolk gatherings reported
Local notes show Jonathan Strickland visiting relatives in Homer while E. N. Massey of Ada, J. F. Flanagan and Pleasant Hill family, H. K. Baggett at Ada normal, and others including J. Hayes of Guthrie and Melba Conden visiting or staying with local families over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonathan Strickland
Homer
E. N. Massey
Ada
J. F. Flanagan
Pleasant Hill
L. T. Daniel
H. K. Baggett
Normal
J. W. Mobley
John Hayes
Guthrie
Gov. Byrd
Melba Conden
J. A. Durbin
Art Durbin
J. W. Stegall
New Bethel Cotton Chopping Underscores Community Work
New Bethel focuses on cotton chopping as the main activity of the day while planning a new teacherage due to the old one decaying. Community members and families are noted visiting relatives and each other in Ada and nearby areas throughout the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Fortenberry
Oliver Tracey
Byng
J. C. McAnally
Chester Hammond
Colbert
Haskell Tilley
Lucile Winters
Ona Lee Patterson
Fred Foster
Ada
R. E. Gillock
Barnes
Alma Roberts
Tom Sorrels
R. E. Sawyer
Martha Patterson
Sales
Bob Driver
Mr. Webb and Son
Blue Valley
Ada Commence
Roff
Rosf
Warm spell pleases farmers and neighbors gather stories
Report from a region noting exceptionally warm weather enjoyed by farmers. A string of social visits follows with Florence Bevers at Brumley, Lula Loving and Etelia Bucklew with Lela Newby family, Roy Shirley visiting Jewel Shirley, and Mrs. Hough with Iris Odom at Pinkle Estes. Families from Sulphur, Vernon, and nearby areas share Sunday activities and a car wreck concern is mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Bevers
Brumley
Adams
Vernon
Texas
E. C. Jamar
Charlie Davenport
Bevers
Newby
S. H. Newby
Doyle
Jesse Newby
F. M. Wood
Fred
Walter Jones
Local Socials Highlight Weekend Dining Visits
Eura Jackson and Esther Parker shared a Sunday dinner with several friends while various families visited relatives. The weekend included supper with Roxie Thomas and a stay with Esther Parker, with multiple households hosting relatives across Ada Tupelo and nearby areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eura Jackson
Esther Parker
Gustina Jackson
Dora LeFeavors
Collene Williams
Ollie Lee Sliger
Lillian Davis
Harve Sparks
Wekend
C. F. Hill
Otis Hoggatt
Ada
Fred Hoggatt
Alfred Horton
Tupelo
Birdie
Cordie Thompson
Ruth Jackson
Fannie Thomas
Lula Haton
Leathie Sanders
Roxie Thomas
Mildred Odom
Maud
Alta Odom
Leslie Barnett
J. Thomas
Eldo Whipple
Roff Alumni Association Holds 1927 Class Initiation
The Roff high school alumni association held its annual reception in the high school banquet hall on Saturday evening May 21 initiating the class of 1927 into the association. Out of town members and graduates from other years attended to enjoy a program of music and stunts with refreshments for seventy five members and guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roff High School Alumni Association
Eastern Star Honors Members Leaving Roff
The Eastern Star chapter held a May 18 initiation and social for Miss Enid Holloway and Miss Josephine Bullock who are leaving Roff. Holloway served as conductress and Bullock taught in local schools this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastern Star
Enid Holloway
Josephine Bullock
Roff
Miss Holloway
Miss Bullock
Adah Point
Roff High School Honors Fifteen Seniors at Commencement
Fifteen seniors of Roff high school graduated Thursday night May 19 in the school auditorium. Rev Joseph A Gist delivered the commencement address before a large crowd. Decorations were beautiful and the program included processional invocation welcome salutatorian address and diplomas presented by Supt B W Weems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roff High School
Joseph A. Gist
Roff Methodist Church
Dorothy Crumley
R. J. Reynolds
Baptist Church
Vian Bgo
Cine
Margaret Crumley
East Central College
Kathryn Hamer
Tortie de “the Wind
Miss Hattie Tingle Weds Mr Clayton Bentley in Ada
Ada learns of the marriage of Miss Hattie Tingle of Roff to Mr Clayton Bentley of Tulsa. The ceremony occurred Monday May 23 at 3 pm in Ada with Dr C C Morris officiating. Bentley will reside in Tulsa with his bride, eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs E P Tingle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia Furlong
Yeager
Joel Furlong
Mary Byrd Mundy
Ada
Ben Meachum
Antlers
Stonewall
Pearl Sharpless
Tihomingo
Jas. King
Paris
Texas
Logan A. Spann
Norman
O. VA
Cate Crawford
W. S. Furlong, Jr
Oklahoma City
Pauline Austell
Clara Patterson
Novella Gibson
Thelma Scrivner
Beggs
C. O. Scrivner
Wilma Letteer
Madill
W. H. Letteer
J. M. Young
Nell Slater
G. W. Garrett
Ruth
Wichita Falls
Garrett
Collins
Josie Mae
Ethel Rives
Lillian Henegar
Coalgate
Rives
John Polk
Glen Reaves
Bernice Snider
Helen Carrol
E. C
eAlroy
Gwendolyn Hollman
Louis Rogers
R. F. Mundy
Ethel Roam
Sam Foster
S. A. Peters
Ardmore
Chester Byrd
Ed Sallee
Bill Jones
Lee Cruce Holmes
Claremte Billings
W. S. Furlong
Fred McKay
Wayne Truitt
Gordon Crawford
C. O. Martin
Elaine
Date Crawford
Thomas Boatright
Henryetta
Hattie Tingle
Roff
Clayton Bentley
Tulsa
C. C. Morris
First Baptist Church
E. P. Tingle
Roff High School
Crops Around Maxwell Report Good Stand and Rain Favors
E. W. Cotton notes fields near Maxwell show a fine stand of crops with no drought stress and rains not yet needed, signaling favorable growing conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W. Cotton
Maxwell
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pontotoc County
Edgar Nevels
Egypt
Roberts
Jones
Hightower
Hugh Britt
Arkansas
Carl Roberts
Elva Jones
Roe Nevels
W. H. Hightower
Elmer Duncan
J. A. Burk
Ardal Hayes
Lee Edith
Wess Hightower
Ethel Boyers
Juanita
Cora Lee
Bristow
Elzie Deatherage
Shawnee
G. R. Deatherage
Charleston
Lightning Ridge
Doris Shook
Edythe Shook
Nola Lunsford
Fussell
Bill Castleberry
Drumright
A. J. Webb
Lee Hall
Wilson
Rhodes
Otis Webb
Charlie Dunn
Babe
R. A. Fussell
Novellia
Loutishia of
Bertha Faye Holkum
Ellen Dunn
Leon Smith
Hickory
Ada Mony
Mattye Patton
Opal Young
Chursey Rhodes
Chloe Fussell
Grover Castleberry
Ross
Webb
Willis Ables and Sons
W. C. Patton
Elmore Patton
Cecil Pitts
Shook Home
Vanoss
Ruth Sneed
J. H. Bradley
Lucy Palmer
Denison
Mrs. Emerson
Herbert McKinley
Gia@ys Barnes
Marvin Briggs
Bulah McKinley
Pauls Valley
Robert Mullens
P. A. Templeman
Arkansas City Kan
Chas Nelson
Violet
Wapaneka
Bob Nelson
Crowder
Strickland
Christian Berger
Farley
George Collins
Tom Hughes
Holmes
Menyard
Lucile Holmes
Mary Patterson
Herman Baer
Near Stratford
Callie Templeman
Woodie Templeman
Mollie White
Carl Auten
J. J. Shaw
Eanes
Borger
Shaw
Nelsons
Tillys
Norvilles
Williams
Ada Hospital
B. D. Garland
Mrs. White
Booneville
Ark
Standridge
J. B. McCaulley
Sulphur
Guss Watson
Healdton
Bill and Pleas Richardson
Bill Criss
Dosie Brooks
Adellia Jones
Brooks
Near Hart
Duff Hunt
Sam Hunt
Adella Jones
Osie Brooks
Sam Bradley
R. M. Bradley
Carl Solomon
Templeman
Solomons
John Tully
Young Peoples
Frida
W. L. Chappell
Billie
Union Hill
Ellis Roberts
Our Tabernacle
The
Shed
Charley Bradie
Near Frisco
Luke Russell
Busy Loyd
Lonie Ashburn
Joe Hays
Sam Melville
Fink
Wesley Barnes
Lovella Goforth
George McKay
Tom Henson
Louis Furlong
T. M
Ralph
Ray C. McKee
Je Oonaale
Monda
G. ‘Lambert
Crossen
L. Winpin
Ed Conley
Conley
Hugo Hughes
Paul
Sherman
O. E. Nelson
Otha Lee
Crowell
Bert Ratliff
A. J. Crain
T. L. Seaborn
Aneta
Loreta
R. F. Reynolds
J. M. Etchelson
Durant
F. R. Laird
C. L. Orr
Robert Dowdy
Frank Robinson
Alva Odom
Eugene Acker
Steedman
D. Cc. Crabtree
Thompson
W. D. Brewer
Clemscott
W. C. Sawyer
Tishomingo
Cr. L. Burnett
Dr. Holloway
W. M. Wise
E. K. Kennedy
W. C. Bebele
Tis
Roff Bayford Gray
Seminole
Glen
Dorothy Turner
E. W. Turner
Oscar Parker
Burgess Steed
W. S. Pickins
Alta Simmons
Fitzhugh
Miss Simmons
Rosa Jackson
Miss Jackson
Pat Straughn
John Boyd
Hugh Smith
Mill Creek
S.T. Barnard
Hughes
Leo H. Hughes
Arden L. Bullock
Josephine
Raymond Hamer
Clay Jones
Joe Roff
Lawrence Peck
Harry Deering
Charlie Brandon
T. A. Hil
J. W. Ewing
Mamie
Hilda Newman
McMinville
R. F. Crumley, Jr
Jessie Lee Martin
Britton
Clyde Welch
J. O. Kile
A. E. Kile
A. O. Bavis
Nedra Bullock
Retail Merchants Assn
Oklahoma
Murphy’s Cafe
Murphy’s
Bert Harris
Maud Commercial Club
New Bethel
Galey
OWL
B. W. Weems
Hoff
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