Wild Fruits and Berry Picking in Rural Oklahoma
Article notes the enduring appeal of wild blackberries and grapes in Oklahoma rural life. It mentions low sugar berries best eaten preserved or jellied, along with quince like may apples paw paws and simmons wild apricots. It describes blackberry picking by families, wild grapes in mountains and Quachita and Kiamichi regions and sand plums affected by insects, with jelly and preserves common in bumper years.
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Donna Moore
Oklahoma
North America
Europe
Concord
New England
Rural kids harvest blackberries amid Oklahoma summer
In Harden City four local children Donna Moore 7 Danny Moore 11 Kenneth Beall 8 and Douglas Lawson 12 pick wild blackberries each morning. They sell at one dollar per gallon to a growing list of customers while dodging briars snakes and chiggers. The piece links their effort to long standing rural traditions of gathering wild fruit for family use and market, noting family ties and local origins.
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Oklahoma
Gladey
Harden City
Donna Moore
Danny
Kenneth Beall
Douglas Lawson
Donna
Clyde Moore
Mrs. Moore
Mama
Daddy
Mill Creek
Broken Arrow
Eric Allen
Sanders Family Hosts County Hospitality Gathering
Around the County notes a family supper hosted by E N Sanders and relatives including Sanders families from Santaelena and Corpus Christi. Visitors J B Barnes and Violet Bang joined W S C S at the Methodist Church. Agnes Vault of Fresno tours relatives in town. The Sand ers and Rosalee returned home after a weekend visit.
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Nolen Sanders
Jarel Sanders
Clarence Sanders
Rosalee
Santaelena
Tex
Doll Sanders
E. N. Sanders
J. B. Barnes
Violet Bang of
McAlester
Mayes Couple Vacationing in Allen Texas Visit
Mr and Mrs Fommy Mayes of Corpus Christi Texas are on vacation visiting relatives and friends in Allen.
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Mrs. Fommy Mayes
Corpus Christi, Tex
Allen
Family Visits Spread Across Californias Morris Household
Mrs R L Morris hosts Joe Morris mother Mrs R L Curtis and grandson Michael Curtis from Paramount California. Curtis visits her mother Mrs Dora Morrison and sister Mrs Cora Williams. Recent guests at Doyle Blackburns include Mrs Art Herbert and Mrs Archie Louis from Andrews Texas. Betty Brown celebrates fourteenth birthday with pool party at Wintersmith Park Ada with Kathy Cozad Kay Laidlacke Din Patterson Linda Wells Deanna Kimbrell and Virginia Bailey.
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R. L. Morris
Joe Morris
R. L. Curtis
Michael Curtis
Paramount
Calif
Curtis
Dora Morrison
Cora Williams
Liams
Doyle Blackburn
Art Herbert
Archie Louis
Andrews, Tex
Alva Blassingame
Betty Brown
Wintersmith Park
Ada
Kathy Cozad
Kay Laidlacke
Din Patterson
Linda Wells
Deanna Kimbrell
Virginia Bailey
Hughes Couple Weekend Visit in Marietta
Mr and Mrs Tom Hughes spent the weekend in Marietta visiting Mrs Hughes sister and family. Mr and Mrs Jim Cowen also joined the gathering while Alfred Brown and his family planned to meet them there.
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Tom Hughes
Marietta
Frisco Social Notes Record Visits and Guests
Mrs. Bertie Sharrell of Harflen City visited her sister Mrs. Coy Byrd on Tuesday. Bob Byrd and Coy Byrd hosted Sunday dinner with their parents. A fourth Sunday singing convention at Free Will Baptist Church in Stonewall saw Coy Byrd and Simon Patton in attendance. Various families from Ada, Byng, Union Valley, Noble, Ill., Latta Road, Latta, and California joined visits and home projects over the weekend.
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Minnie Thomas
Ada
Sarah Sallee
Duard Thomas
Una Lee
Jack West
Jackie Lynn
Joe Sallee
Antlers
Vernon Aldridge
Medow
Tex
Lee Forehand
Lee
Simon Patton
J. P. Willingham
Bro
Mack Caffey
Training Union
First Baptist Church
Byars
Will Attaberry
John Allred
Pauls Valley
Coalgate
Joe Spears
Bertie Sharrell
Harflen City
Coy Byrd
Bob Byrd
Coy Byrds
Free Will Baptist Church
Stonewall
Jack Barnes
Inyokern
Calif
Luther Brandon
Byng
John Daniel
Mamie Dillard
Pueblo
Colo
Grover Barnes
Homer Barnes
Dillard
Brandon
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Clinton
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Latta Road
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