Rural Community Notes from Pontotoc County
Saturday and Sunday social life fills Pontotoc community with visits and gatherings. Preaching by Bro. Bird, Sunday school events, and numerous neighborly calls mark a bustling weekend in High Hill and nearby areas with extended family visits, parties, and revival plans.
Dry weather threatens local farmers crops in distress
The community faces crop loss due to long dry spell as residents recount visits and social events. Notes mention Mrs Boren and children shopping, various families visiting, and a 10 pound baby born to Stell and partner with mother reportedly fading. Local activities include parties, fishing trips, swimming, and church services amid drought concerns.
Rain Urgently Needed for Local Crops
In this community crops need rain badly. Mrs Mae McDaniel spent Monday evening with Mrs Beulah Briges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mae McDaniel
Beulah Briges
Community Notes From Union Valley Obituaries and Socials
Sunday gatherings at Union Valley feature families visiting friends and relatives with 62 attending Sunday school. New church officers include Earl McDaniel as superintendent and Hazel Brecheen as intermediate teacher. Preaching by Earl McDaniel highlighted weekend services. Local families mention visits, rain talk, and garden concerns amid seasonal heat and wind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl McDaniel
A. H. Ellis
Hazel Brecheen
Alfred Summers
Zora Wilson
Oral Dunn
Calvary
Buen Stark
Kenneth
Alva Evans
Oil Center
Regular Appointments Noted in Local Services
Bro. Joe Deaton filled his regular appointments here Saturday and Sunday with sermons described as very interesting. A long list of visits follows including Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Lavender and Mrs. Cleghorn with Hollis, Miss Elba Ginn with Miss Louann Scates, and numerous social visits among residents such as the Ginn, Cleghorn, Bennett, Ginn, and Price families. Several trips to Ada are recorded, including Joe Tatum, Johnnie Green, and Fannie and Ford Scates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bro. McGehee
Card
Beatrice Stephens
Edith Arter
Fletcher Watson
J. H. Drake
Ben Gurley
Deatherage
L. L. Herrin
H. G. Coffey
Lola Mae Boyd
Velma Goodpasture
A. A. Adams
Johnnie Tilley
Cordell and
Courtes Goodpasture
Douglas Christian
Ozell Clark
Chilco
Joe Deaton
Clarence Lavender
Cleghorn
Hollis
Davis
Ada
Joe Tatum
Johnnie Green
Elba Ginn
Louann Scates
John Gipson
Wewoka
Bert May
Henry Oliver
Marceene
Jennie Lee Choat
Latta
Burl Oliver
Lora
Della
Willie Cleghorn
Benna
Ruby Bennett
Elba
Maimie Lee Ginn
Alton Seates
L. J. Brooks
K. Ginn
Celia Watson
High Hill
Ivan LB
Esther Lollar
Lillie
Netie
Margie Price
Hazel Bennett
Bob Fink
Hoover
Union Valley
Jessie Hampton
Ben Hampton
Buck Kerr
Leroy Ginn
Theo Glover
W. E. Stone
Orvill Bennett
Jack Dilbeck
George Bennett
Fannie and
Ford Scates
Buster Whitaker
Local Socials Highlight Allied Visits and Family News
Madeson Anderson Glennie Flatt and Ruth Brendie spent Sunday with Elma and Pauline Tyson. They enjoyed a Sunday afternoon kodaking. John Wood stayed Friday night with Clarence Wood and wife. Mr and Mrs Stell Cosby welcomed a 16 pound boy. Mrs C H Brendie and children. Mr and Mrs John Gibson and daughter visited Mr and Mrs B M Crumpton Sunday. Bill Murray Parish Chapel spent Saturday night and Sunday with Tyson. Sarah Hagar Worstell spent Saturday night and Sunday with Alene Burch. Mrs Dallis Burk and Jewel Burk called on Mrs Elmer Robinson. Clyde Evans and Dave Bryan of Mino camp visited the Impson Anderson home.
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Bro. Yandell
Dewey Dryden
Oklahoma City
G. W. Lamb
M. R. Woods
Edmond Cavener
J. C. Stinnit
Howard Wood
J. W. Isaacs
Beavers
E. C. Cavener
Clarence Wood
Ruth
Jana Lou Burch
Burch Mitchell
Irene Galey
Geneva
Jay Isaacs
Ineta London
Irene Wennington
Buday
Velda Fletcher
Floyd Grey
Lois Self
Stell Cosby
Center
Ruby Dryden
Virgie Fletcher
EF. C
Alva Jennington
Leclare
W. E. Dryden
Glennie Flatt
Ineta
London
Claude Pennington
Milo Pennington
Elmo Miner
Arkansas
Ethel Woods
Phillips
Alex
C. L. Wood
Mra
Clara
Evelyn
Preston
M. R. Lamb
Clarence Woods
R. L. Hayes
Cement
Dovie Hayes
Felton Massey
Elia Phelps
Florine
Joyce Mae
Mary Ellen
Lewis Wood
Bud Dry
George Files
Ada
Lawrence
Dryden
Parish Chapel
Files
Hughes
McGehee
Effie Henry
Dempsey
Beulah Abston
Orvilee
Gertie Wood
Yeager
Granny Berger
Sarah Deatherage
Wilson
Carmen London
Bond
Joe Gibbons
Ada Berger
Aud Briggs
Marvin Briggs
Robert Henry
Tom Hughes
Buster Berger
John Bradley Jr
Vaness
Lee Roy McDaniel
Myrtle Irwin
Tollie Walker
Texas
Bro. Lindsay
Jones Chapel
Mr. Files
Cletis Bond
Eloise Alston
Gallaway Bond
Richard Martin
Earl Smith
Carl Denham
Ona Hughes
John Eddings
Irwin Home
Bro
Dame
Grandma Henry
Bessie Dame
Irene Townsley
Lindsay
D. Hunt
W. M. Bragg
T. L
Emery Welker
Ezra Hunt
Guy Welker
M. M. Stafford
Lester Standridge
Clarence Phillips
Prairie Grove
Eorce
Gene Gedion
J.C. James
Valma Hunt
Lavern Gedion
F. D. James
Leona Jones
Mattie James
Stratford
Jewell McGehee
Vera
Selma Hunt
Rufus Aguliar
Theodora Aguliar
Robin Scott
Cyril Stafford
Pauline Mann
Norene James
Roy Jones
Ben Mullins
Claudia Ayres
Edna Malloy
Joseph Lambert
Esther Welker
Lavern Gedson
Edgar Dosier
Allen
Manley Bragg
Leona Brock
Bertha Warren
Mrs. Welker
W. C. Norman
Mr. Norman
Ralph Berry
Julius Ellis
Barney Brown
Wanda
Eugene Lance
Edward
Love Wood
Layton Wood
Old McGee
Kell Barnett
Konawa
Marvin Carmichael
Bowers
Chism
Ruth Soward
Delta Watts
Bill Barnett
Roy Mitchell
Eva Mae Lovelet
George Hilton
Emma Jean
J. W. Trimbie
Oral Dunn
Anna Ellis
Nadine
Zora Wilson
Oscar Krieger
Edd Cotton
Daniel Brecheen
George Evans
Sylvia and
Melton
Bueal Stark
Madie Burk
Kirby Lee Anderson
Preston Mole
Mino Camp
E. E. Sutton
Hansell Burk
George Grey
McGee
Orville Beavers
Leola Stinnett
Syble
Jay
Geneva Isaacs
Ralph
Ray Brendle
Kirby Lee
Madelon Anderson
Elma Tyson
Carran Bureh
Elven Mitchell
Gene Galey
Rachel McCutcheon
C. O. Burk
M. C
Abney
Bob Humphrey
Don Rives
A. L. McNinch
Leo
Willie
Haskell
Guy Clark
Stella Kitchens
Anadarko
Irene Roland
Arline Wyehe
Moffeet Wyehe
Onward
Luke Braddock
Rocky Chapel
T. J
Charlie Timmons
W. H. Miller
A. M. Vaden
Little Dorene Fuller
Helen Driver
Lloyd McNinch
Orville Maxey
Pecan Grove
Buster Overton
Ira Kidwell
Tom Wyche
D. Wrehe
Lois Braddock
Bonita
Carmalett Miller
Bill Ready
Stonewall
Oliver Thomason
Mabel Herion
George Driver
John Eehols
Archie Winfield
Ramon
Elmer Miller
Billie Ready Jr
Bill Willis
Billie Jones
Miller Home
Randolph Bledsoe
Sunshine
T. C. Timmons
Fred Braddock
Luella
Ora May Cunningeham
Jackson McCarty
Homer
Alva Evans
Connie Rutherford
Juanita Duncan
Madie
Jewel Burk
Shawnee
Jewell Burk
E. H. Light
E. Flatt
Inetta
Omer Dunlap
Drumright
Bryan Thomas
Dunlap
Mrs. Thomas
Dale Bryan
Clyde Evans
Boyd
Lester
Cunningham
Bryan
Dale
Lois
Ada City Lake
Madeson Anderson
Ruth Brendie
Elma
Pauline Tyson
John Wood
C. H. Brendie
John Gibson
B. M. Crumpton
Bill Murray
Tyson Home
Sarah Hagar
Worstell
Alene Burch
Dallis Burk
Elmer Robinson
Dave Bryan
Impson
Singing school closes after ten days of nightly sessions
The singing school conducted here for ten days ended Thursday night. Gratitude is extended to Ada visitors including Mr. and Mrs. Milton Garner and family, Mr. and Mrs. Bishop and family, and Charley Rushing for their performances. A weekly singing ceer will continue Wednesdays and a young people's training class Sundays.
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Ada
Milton Garner
Bishop
Charley Rushing
Young Peoples Training
Nagging pains warn of underlying illness says ad
Temporary relief masks a warning signal. When periodic pains distress a weak condition, treat the cause without delay. Take Cardus to build up strength and reduce nagging symptoms of womanly ailments. Seid at drug stores and try it.
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Cardus
Francis Nazarene revival to begin in July at Francis
Bryan Carter leads a Church of Christ revival meeting in Francis with attendance urged. Local residents visit, travel plans noted, and community updates include illness, visits, and school and sports mentions. The Nazarene revival is scheduled to start in July at Francis.
Mary Pickford Inherits Over One Million From Mother
Toronto reports Mary Pickford, born in Toronto, receives 1 144 972 dollars from her mother Mrs Charlotte Smith alias Charlotte Pickford who died in Beverly Hills on March 21 1929. Probate granted by York surrogate court. The will leaves the bulk of the estate to Mary with the mother citing her daughter’s business role and generosity.
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Toronto
Mary Pickford
Charlotte Smith
Charlotte Pickford
Beverly Hills
York
Federal action filed against Col. Zack Miller over unpaid rentals
The federal government filed a case against Col. Zack Miller of the 101 Ranch and others seeking $708.27 in alleged unpaid rentals on land held in trust by him in Kay County Oklahoma City.
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Oklahoma City
Col
Zack Miller
101 Ranch
Kay County
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