Patsy Thompson Receives East Central Degree Honors
Miss Patsy Thompson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rae Thompson, graduated from East Central University last week as Jesse’s sole college graduate. She earned multiple honors, including Alpha Honor Society sweater and key, an inscribed leather bound book from Alpha Psi Omega, and initiation into Alpha Psi Omega with a celebratory banquet at Asher's Ranch House. The evening featured a Lakeside Park visit and a large decorated cake.
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Patsy Thompson
Rae Thompson
Jesse
East Central
Alpha Honor Society
Alpha Psi Omega
Pi Alpha Speech Fraternity
Asher
Thompson
Oklahoma guests visit Rogers as plans for new home rise
Mrs Ella Ott Mrs Loy Ott and their son with Miss Dorothy McCurtain Miss Elsie O Eddy and Mrs Myrtle De Camp of Oklahoma City were guests of Mr and Mrs Fred Rogers on Sunday. Mrs Ott hopes to begin building a new home in about two weeks to replace the one burned about a year ago.
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Ella Ott
Loy Ott
Dorothy McCurtain
Elsie O’eddy
Myrtle de Camp
Oklahoma City
Fred Rogers
Ott
Thrall Family Visits Relatives in Jesse Then Heads to Seminole
Mr and Mrs Louis Harry and grandson Roy of Thrall Kansas spent Thursday and Friday visiting kinfolk in Jesse between visits with the A M Pharrs and Leroy Pharrs. They planned to spend the holiday weekend in Seminole and Dilton with other relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Harry
Roy
Thrall
Kansas
Jesse
A. M. Pharrs
Leroy Pharrs
Seminole
Dilton
Local Servicemen Return Home After Trips
Pfc. and Mrs. Kenneth Clinton visited the Martin Dale home over the long weekend. Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Lynch returned from a business trip in Oklahoma City on Thursday after several days away.
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Pfc
Kenneth Clinton
Martin Dale
Lloyd Lynch
Oklahoma City
Fish Fry After Market Finds Fish Filled Fridge
Odell Underhill learns the Markley refrigerator holds fish and persuades friends to a Wednesday fish fry. A.M. Pharrs Le Pharr Charlie Lee Hall and others bring sides and join in supper. Mrs. Underhill oversees the lengthy fish frying, lasting over an hour.
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Odell Underhill
Markley
A. M. Pharrs
le. Pharr
Charlie Lee Hall
Louis McDonald
Jay
Cole Underhill
Janey
Perry
Colene
Betty Ann Lynch
Tulsa birthday party ends with picnic style dinner
Mrs Wesley Vanhoutean birthday surprise brings together extended family from Tulsa Hayward California and Oklahoma City. Attendees include Jesse Van Harlin Ed Harlin Edgar Harlin Myrtle Jackson and many grandchildren. Dinner was served picnic style.
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Wesley Vanhoutean
Marie Harlin
Tulsa
Jesse
van Harlin
Ed Harlin
Edgar Harlin
Myrtle Jackson
Vanhoutean
Walter Pryce
Edwin Isaacs
Doyle Vanhoutean
Glen Clugston
Clarence Clugston
Jackson
Hayward
California
Roy Koch
Koch
Ella Thompson
Elmer Austin
Bob
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Growth Under Willie Murray Program Promises Progress
Oklahoma City's growth under the current administration features a 166 million four year road plan, paved dirt roads, no bond issue, and no tax hikes. The state leads in mental health progress with two award winning hospitals and 80 percent of new patients released within nine months.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Central
Willie Murray
Coal County Singing Convention Brings Crowds to Pleasant Hill
The Pleasant Hill School hosted a large singing convention with many attendees outside the building. Local talent performed while a two week singing school paused for two weeks and will resume later. A church grounds workday completed fencing clearing undergrowth and whitening tree trunks. The committee plans to drill a well soon. Bro Logan Cornelius will preach Sunday morning.
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Coal County
Pleasant Hill
Logan Cornelius
Local trip yields dinner with Newport couple
Lee Pharr and L. J. McDonald visited the City on Thursday and dined with Clyde and Nora Newport. The Newport restaurant now needs six waitresses to handle its heavy trade, a sign of growing business.
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Lee Pharr
L. J. McDonald
Clyde
Nora Newport
Newport Resturant
Jesse Neighbors
Nix Garden Survives Cold Spell. Beans Canned Tomatoes Ripening
Mrs. Nix reports a hard freeze spared their garden with beans canned. She says tomatoes are nearly ripe and cucumbers setting on as neighbors watch with envy. Chester and Jim keep a cautious watch over the plots.
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Chester
Jimmie Nix
Local social notices list Fat Truitt Pickens Brannon Wayne families
Mr. and Mrs. Fat Truitt, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Pickens and son Bobby, Dunk Brannon and Wayne are named in a community social note.
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Fat Truitt
Bob Pickens
Bobby
Dunk Brannon
Wayne
Truitt Stars At Stratford Rodeo Through Thursday Friday
Truitt attended the Stratford rodeo on Thursday and Friday nights. Mrs Pickens and Wayne were entered in the Cloverleaf barrel racing. Wayne won third day money and third in the average. Now a high school sophomore, he won his first rodeo money at age nine.
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Truitt
Stratford
Mrs. Pickens
Wayne
Colene Underhilt and Betty Lyn Visit Fat Truitt Family
Colene Underhilt and Betty Lyn spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Fat Truitt and family.
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Colene Underhilt
Betty Lynch
Mrs. Fat Truitt
Truitts Compete in Ft Smith Rodeo
Rocco Dick and Dixie Truitt perform in Ft Smith Arkansas rodeo. Dick enters bull dogging with lifetime entrance fee privileges granted by the Ft Smith rodeo association. Dixie competes in barrel racing and had recent Camden Arkansas winnings including first day money and high placing with Streak.
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Dixie Truitt
Ft. Smith
Arkansas
Rodeo Association
Dixie
Camden
Streak
Tom Nesmith
Daddy Dick
Local man travels to Sherman for Noble Drilling job
Louis McDonald left Friday for Sherman Texas on a welding job for Noble Drilling Co. expecting a short absence. By Sunday his wife sent an S O S asking for clean clothes as the job extended. She departed Monday with her mother and son to Atoka to stay with Mr and Mrs J A Chapman.
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Louis McDonald
Sherman
Texas
Noble Drilling Co
S. O
Cemetery Working Seeks Volunteers For Community Cleanup
This column urges everyone interested in beautifying the cemetery to meet Wednesday June 9 at 8 p m at Jesse school to discuss ways and means. Each family should bring homemade ice cream and cake for refreshments. Local residents and others from nearby areas are invited.
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Jesse School
Authorities Invite Attendance at Public Meeting
Officials urge residents to attend a public meeting as part of a community outreach effort. The notice calls on local residents, organizations, and stakeholders to participate and hear updates from city representatives.
Fishing Folks Reel In Big Sandies At Roosevelt Bridge
Reports from local waters note anglers at the Roosevelt bridge bringing in sizable sandies while others along Boggy Creek and Butcher Pen report catches. The Beebe area mentions herring activity and a Texas trotline best. Weatherly updates drilling progress at the Keller shallow oil well with cement setting and rotary crew departing.
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Lester Weatherly
Kittell
Weatherly
Pfc Bill Thompson Reassigned to Veterinary Corps
Pfc Bill Thompson formerly at Ft Sill is reassigned to the veterinary corps and now stationed in Dallas Texas.
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Bill Thompson
Ft. Sill
Veterinary Corps
Dallas
Texas
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J. T. Allen
Kamay
Sonja Thompson
Zor
Crourt
Welahowa
Coal County Sing
Ities
Fishers’ Report
Roosevelt Bridge
Earl McFarlands
Garber
C. P. Wades
O. Q. Condit
Owasso
Wade
J. R. Broughton
Chester Nix
J. R. Richards
Bee
John Blanchard, Jr
Tupelo
Rodney Harlin
Mae Webb
S. Edwy
Homer
Essick
Frigidaire
Great Circle Cooling
Acios.se
BIG
Whittles
Whittle
West Main
Missouri
United States
U. S. Office of Education
House of Representatives
Virgil Medlock
Senate
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