Rural Communities of Pontotoc County Notes
Round Top residents report visits and social news from Pontotoc County including Jack Jones and families in Vanoss Ada and Byars. Local references mention FERA project talk and Roosevelt relief hopes with multiple family and church ties noted amid small town greetings and visits.
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Pontotoc County
Illnesses Ripple Through Community Health Notes
In this community several residents battle pneumonia and other illnesses. Alene and Allen Sutton are ill. visits and care are ongoing as Mrs. Hughes and daughter spent time with the Suttons. Other neighbors, including Mrs. Effie Henry and Mr. Mellroy, are listed among the sick as gatherings continue to support the ill.
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Alene
Allen Sutton
Hughes
Sutton
A. J. Deaton
Myrtle Irfin
Gaar Corner
Suttegy
Mellroy
Effie Henry
Francis Pevehouse
Donnie the Tucker
Alene Sutton
Ona Hughes
Toga Murphy
Aga
Sam Pevehouse
Florence Peverouse
Lou Grindstaff
Tom Hughes
Ona
A. J. Eaton
Clarice Irwin
Lora Edding
Floy
Gaar Cover
William Miller
Knox
Ath Irwin
Parish Chapel
Local School Drops Ills and Welcomes New Pupils
The community reports attendance returning to normal as mumps and whooping cough subside. New primary students Merel Glenn and Betty Lou Deaton join the school, with various families visiting and traveling to Ada, Oklahoma City, and across the region for events, church activities, and a concert.
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Merel Glenn
Betty Lou Deaton
George Robbins
Lorene Laughlin
Clifford Deaton
Dinner honors Mr Kerr's 56th birthday in High Hill
Thirty four people attended a Sunday dinner in honor of Mr D M Kerr turning 56. Guests included Mr and Mrs David Grey Mr and Mrs Jack McMeans and families Mrs S E Sweat and sons Allen Rasco and others from High Hill with visits from Lakeside Burr Lone Lady Knox and nearby residents.
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Celia Watson
Brown
Alline Sweat
D. M. Kerr
Mr. Kerr
David Grey
Jack McMeans
Eva Jean
Doll
J. L
Roy Kerr
Gloria Jean
Henry McMeans
J. B
Leon
Irene
Bud Watson
Allen Sweat
Mary Kerr
Beulah
Sunday dinners and weekend visits noted in community
Household guests at the McGuire and Wood homes fill a weekend with multiple visits. Names include Le Roy Strickland Fay ette Drake Oba Robertson Newt McGuire and many more neighbors from Cottonwood Chandler and Stratford as well as local church groups and schools reporting activities and upcoming events.
Oklahoma farmers urged to boost cotton yield against boll weevil
Oklahoma A and M extension workers publish guidance on early planting and bed preparation to hasten cotton set and maturity, reduce weevil impact, and improve pest management. They advise selecting early maturing varieties, clean seedbed, weed control, shallow yet regular cultivation, and careful fertilization.
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Stillwater
Oklahoma A. & M. College
Oklahoma
Agricultural Experiment Station
Rain Helps Farmers and Notable Death in Maxwell
Rain Sunday night greatly benefits oats and likely corn planting. Sam Woods improves from pneumonia as his children stay at his bedside. The community mourns H. L. Norman of Maxwell who died in Marlin Texas and funeral services were held at the Maxwell school. Sympathy is extended to the bereaved Haskins family. Mrs. Madelson Rutherford received hospital care in Ada and has improved at home with her parents.
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Chassie Chaggs
C. O. Burk
California
Jewel Burk
Sylvia Evans
Alva Evans
Aubrey Rutherford
Summers Chapel
R. S. Rutherford
S. K. Duncan
Ruby Mae Burk
Ada
Lightning Ridge
Lowery
McKeel
A. Hennigan
Meek
John Ray
J. C. Wells
Lillie Coffey
H. G. Coffey
Craig Parker
Mildred Watson
Marie Griffith
William Patton
Marlow McKeel
Braiden Rhodes
Otis Coffey
Lucille Ables
Foy Pendleton
Davis
Mark Soloman
Roff
Bernice McSpadden
Fitzhugh
Brother Lowery
Lester Pitts
Buster Patton
Dosson
W. C. Patton
Herbert Herring
Watson
Wells
Fred Ray
Willis Ownbey
Hart
Patton
Leon Smith
Ab Stephens
Doris Pitts
Blanche Soloman
Conder
Arthur Carl Coffey
Dale Gentry
Cletta Faye Robins
Junior Turner
Myrtle Sutton
W. A. Kirby
Minnie Bolin
Eula Kirby
Dora Parish
Clinnie Crow
Georgia Bolin
Bud Owens
Kenneth
Oliver Crane
Rebee
H. Roper
Billy Joe Adams
Hickory
Holland
Jess Salone
Welcher
O. L. Bynum
Mr. Bynum
Dave Barrow
Jim Vincent
Becky Jane
Jim
Frank Vincent
Harry Thompson
Mill Creek
Arlene Clary
Evelyn Clary
Dave Barrows
Miller
Jessie
Pauline Baggett
Juanita Robertson
Ben Smith
Geo. Kimbrough
Stringtown
Claude Rennie
Oklahoma City
Grady Jinks
Murray Corbin
McAlester
Mr. Galt
Miss Galt
Dave Burrow
Albert Clary
Aubra Clary
Leonard Etchison
McGuire
Leroy Strickland
Cal Wood
Fayette Drake
Oba Robertson
T. D. Stonecipher
Lawrence Drake
Grandma Wood
Newt McGuire
Ed Decker
Mrs. Dodson
Sandy Community
J. A. Waddle
Lowell Wood
Jack Lambert
Vivian Critchfield
Verna Jones
Cozy Haines
L. A
L. L. Drake
Norman Drake
Brother Denton
Round Top
Cottonwood
Coleman Pennington
Lavern Gibson
Geneva Isaacs
E. C. Cavener
Bruce Little
Maxwell
Stanley Teer
W. A. Bromley
Near Stratford
Monnie Kirby
Mozelle Cavener
G. W. Lamb
Ray Dryden
Gene Gibion
John Lewis
Ray
Ruby London
Ralph Brendle
Dan Teer
Jesse Lewis
Mt. View
Stanley
Dorothy Scarberry
Debs Thompson
Ralph
Ray Brendle
Jay
Sterling Isaacs
LaVern Gideon
George Gideon
Hunt
Stratford
Grandpa Hayes
W. Isaacs
Sam Woods
H. L. Norman
Marlin
Texas
F. B. Haskins
C. H. Brendle
Madelson Rutherford
Neighbors Remember Mrs Emma Henderson and Family
A note from Amanda Carson Pearl Hudgins Hattie Smith and relatives in Globe Arizona Stonewall Okla Oklahoma City and Webber Falls thanks friends for love and sympathy shown during the illness and death of Mrs Emma Henderson.
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Emma Henderson
Amanda Carson
Globe
Arizona
Pearl Hudgins
Stonewall
Okla
Hattie Smith
Oklahoma City
Jack Henderson
Lula
Bert Henderson
Webber Falls
Local social gatherings and visits across Homer and Ada
Saturday night home party at the Wheelocks drew a large crowd with many Latin pupils picnicking at Devil's Den. Dena Mae Blankenship recovering from scarlet fever shows improvement. Numerous visits and get togethers occurred among residents of Homer and Walnut Grove including Ellis, Creech, Jeter, Gooch, Rob erts, and Crane families. Prayer meeting planned Friday night with Bro. Scaff in charge.
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Robert
Wanda Hisan
Alen Tetters
Tommie Jeter
Homer
Ivan B. Lollar
Knox
A. W. Gooch
Johnnie Bedwell
Ada
Henry Creech
Gamble
Neal Hudson
Blues
Charlie Crane
Reds
Pauline
Jack Humphrey
Walnut Grove
Etta Hightower
Lorene
Otis Roberts
Lilia Corvin
Grandma Wells
John Crane
Johnny Owens
Worstell
Lorene Crow
Charley Crane
Thomas Bennett
QO. E. Roberts
George Wilfong
Dollie Scaff
O. E. Roberts
Grow Healthy Chicks For Poultry Profits
Grow Healthy Chicks For Poultry Profits by H. G. Ware outlines how poultry keeping can be profitable through breeding stock, hatching eggs, baby chicks, or market poultry. It stresses selecting stock, hatch timing, and management practices for best returns.
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H. G. Ware
Extension Poultryman Oklahoma A
M. College
Oklahoma
Oklahoma A
M. College Extension Service Poultryman
Oklahoma Rural Rehabilitation speaker inspires Latta class
J W Bridges state educational director of the Oklahoma Rural Rehabilitation corporation gave an inspiring address to rural rehabilitation clients at the Latta school on February 20. He urged encouragement at the right time, helpful planning for home and farm, and helping people to become self reliant as reports show growing public interest in the program.
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Oklahoma
Oklahoma A. and M. College
J. W. Bridges
Oklahoma Rural Rehabilitation Corporation
Latta School
Bridges
Ada School Board to Set Bid Date for New Building
Ada school board members plan to decide Monday night on the date to receive bids for a new building on the Irving ward campus after the old structure is condemned. Attorney general approval of the $42,000 bond is in place, with $16,400 PWA funds as a grant.
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Ada _ school board
Irving Ward
First National Bank of Ada
PWA
T. J. Lee Dies Brother of Josh Lee
Ponca City Oklahoma March 4 Thomas J Lee federal engineer on Ponca Citys PWA lake project and brother of Congressman Josh Lee died after a ten day illness from ruptured appendix He was OU graduate 1921 and had worked as petroleum engineer in Russia before the federal post Funeral services are set for Tuesday in Clinton He is survived by his wife a young daughter his mother Mrs Josie Lee and sister Miss Mary Virginia Lee of Nashville Tenn He had lived in Ponca City since last September.
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Ponca City
Okla
Thomas J. Lee
Pwa Lake
Josh Lee
University of Oklahoma
Lee
Russia
Clinton
Josie Lee
Mary Virginia Lee
Nashville, Tenn
Tulsa Oilers Breeze Through Light Texas League Workout
Henry Breyvs reports from Texas with Tulsa Oilers of the Texas league breezing through a light workout after last night’s rain left the field heavy. Nesien players reported today.
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Breyvs
Henry _ HENDERSON
Tex
Tulsa Oilers
Nesien
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