Stonewall and Pontotoc area notes and events
Local column compiles community letters and social happenings in Pontotoc County. Updates cover church youth programs at B Y P U meetings, upcoming organizers at Crossroad School, marriages, basketball tournaments in Durant, Stonewall high activities, 4 H and school events, visits between Ada and Stonewall residents, and plan for Easter observances.
Sunday School Attendees and Visiting Members Note
Sunday school was well attended with guests and members visiting. Mrs. Hardy is on the sick list this week. prayer meeting is set for Wednesday night and preaching Saturday and Sunday nights led by Brother Hayes. Visitors include Mrs. Gregory from Pharr, Texas staying with the Ivys, and several local families shared meals and fellowship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lege
Ada
Ethel Rives
Elma
Furman Gibson
Oklahoma City
Edgar Harper
Atoka
Clem Gibson
Stonewall
Stonewall High School
East Central Teachers College
Elliott
Pooche Elliott
East Central State Teachers College
John McKay
LaNell
Durant
Estle Henson
Freeda Young
Mike Young
Edd Sallee
Ora Morris
Billy Howard
Race Nix
Tulsa
Elmo Thompson
Thompson
Frank Tate
Joe Sallee
Herman Hamilton
Isaac Simonds
East Central
W. S. Furlong Jr
Dick Truitt
Fort Worth
Texas
Wayne Truitt
Walter Pike
Mountain View
John Gibson
Jerry Armstead
Ott Martin
Allen
Clyde Lillard
Earnest Austell
Shirley
Buddy
Austell
George Young
Lewis Richardson
Charley Burnett
Burnett
Cora Leach
Clarance Billings
Joe Beck
TR. Grace
Barnes
Teachers’ Club
Agred
D. B. Grace
Darrell Duke
Fred Upton
Orphin Human
Elma Rives
Lowell Brown
Pooch Elliott
Novella Gibson
Lee Elliott
Robert Greenlee Jr
Majorie Gibson
Charley Sawyers
George McKay
Hardy Jones
Buck Daniels
Fine
Hardy
Daisy Keener
Misses Ruther
Edna Tee
Clara Mae Phillips
Lois Lee
Zella Thurman
Brother Hayes
Lee
Thurman
Cora Henson
Bill Henson
Neal Durham
Mrs. Gregory
Pharr
Ivy
Gregory
Ruthie
Edna Lee
Christena Bingham
Old Schoolhouse Memories and Local Notes
Beulah Mae Thomas leads a sophomore class column as five boys miss the fat stock show for Paul Young Joe Auten Harold Smith Wilbur Holloway and Clarence Wilson. English II plans a class meeting to decide on spending 17 dollars and potential all day trip or party. The piece recalls teachers the old schoolhouse and sixth grade writers as neighbors attend dances shop trips and a budding baseball team forms while eighth graders take exams and plan high school entry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beulah Mae Thomas
Paul Young
Joe Auten
Harold Smith
Wilbur Holloway
Clarence Wilson
Hassler
George Washington
Community social and visits cap a Monday night
The Sulphur well gathering featured a school faculty meet and picnic with campfire supper. Local families hosted socials and Sunday visits included Frail Berley and Farley families, Ada and Okemah guests, and choir song “No Shadows Fall” with Anna Bell and Christine Berger. Sunday school and prayer meeting were announced for next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FE. J. Farely
Galey
M. S. Collins
Henry Collins
Oklahoma City
Bill Johnson
Charley Hale
Okemah
Irvin
West
Ada
N. D. McCauley
Nelson
Violet
Anna Bell
Christine Berger
Pitt
Louise
Myrtle Martin
Christine Bereer
Beatrice Collins
Mavis Williams
Community notes from church to 4-H events and home yearnings
A Methodist church gathering featured a Texas and Seminole Ada quartet. 4-H boys travel to Oklahoma City for fat stock calves with Fitzhugh district leading entries. Calves shown by Harold Smith and others. A Friday puzzle night drew about 50. Community project work slowed by cold. The piece ends with a long homespun poem about home and mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist
Texas
Seminole
Ada
Oklahoma City
Fitzhugh
Pontotoc County
Harold Smith
Jimmie Robinson
Wilburn Holloway
A. J. Wall
Paul Young
Jack Martin
Arthur Hart
Truett Young
Clarence Wilson
Joe Autin
L. E. Smith
Harry Smith
Aubrey Young
Junior Smith
Fifth Avenue
Denny community notes and school happenings page
Rain halts farm work with some corn planted others waiting. Eighth grade exams taken with names listed. Local visits, Sunday gatherings, prayer meetings, and church programs noted. School program planned for April 6 with Ada musicians. singing weekly. perfect spelling awardees named. Community events include visits from nearby towns, announcements of sermons, and a Boy Scout program.
Local Farmers Attend Ada Stock Show in Ada
Most farmers report corn planting and gardens tended. A notable number from this area attended the stock show in Ada on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
Lanton Bro Ford Preaches to Three Crowds at Local Service
Ford filled his regular appointment here Saturday night and Sunday drawing three crowds. Miss Ethel Kifer visited Mrs Majors on Monday morning and Mr and Mrs James Ford spent Sunday with her mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ira Critchfield
Myrtle Raper
Moses
Lewis Wood
P. Bates
Cleve Stonecipher
Carl Conn
Asher
J. M. Shirley
Luther Ashley
Jack
Vivian Critchfield
T. G. Roper
Guinn
Maud
Sunvine
Juanita Lone
Ada
Lorene Summers
Homa Myrks
Ola Mae Palmer
Beasie Jones
Chartie Palmer
Vick Palmer
Pickett
Mre
Summers
Lorene
Earl Summers
Norma Joan
Ruby Hill
Miller Lee Shepherd
Pleasant Hill
Irene Davis
Elnora Fox
R. N. Davis
Buster Harden
Melvin Nix
Earl Billingsley
Vergie
Bertha
Gertie Holiday
van Harlin
Lonnie Davis
Lenard Thompson
Claude Nix
Valeria Fulkerson
Elouise
Samanthia Whitehead
da Wilson
Jere Morrison
Miss Tennie
Ruth McGehee
Odell Davis
Wallace Howard
G. B. Thompson
B. F. Fox
Elouise Whitehead
David
Morgan Russell
Oliver Finch
Ruell McGehee
Vergie Holiday
Vivian Rogers
Jack Brower
M.L. Boyd
Cecil Clouse
John Doyle
Jewell Howard
Homer Howard
Sunshine
Toy. Davis
Hickory Hill Singers
Mildred Shahan
James Ford
Hazel
Lois Nordean
Nora Owens
Garnett
Opal Fussell
Lightnine Ridge
Rev
Bullman
J. W
Lowell Wood
Ruby Lamb
Mozelle Cavener
Leola Stinnett
Geneva Isaacs
Alta Light
Billy Gene
John Henry Ross
Ross
Coleman
FE. C. Cavener
H. R
Lillie Horton
C. A. Pennington
E. C. Flatt
Clyde Meeks
Noah Anglia
Floyd Gray
Alva Pennington
C. C. Stinnett
B. Dryden
Cecil Ricker
J. W. Law
Ethel Wood
Stinnett
J. W. Medlock
Stratford
Ray Lamb
G. W. Lamb
Brandon
Union Valley
Jared
Lovelady
Pearl Cochran
Bynzg
Lulu Riddle
R. E. Gillock
Vernell
Mamie Cole
Allen
McNeal
Lillard
Clara
Davis Home
James Williamson
Arletha
Oklahoma City
Sherwood Walisre
Sherwood Wallace
Jewell Arnold
Brad Shahan
Ethel Kifer
Maude Hewitt
S. W. Sorrells
Hurley
Ethel
Jewel Kifer
Ruby Vinguard
Ruby Odom
Claude Hewitt
Tulsa
C. L
Billy Kifer
Warren
Tommie Hague
Mayme
Lynnia McDonald
Irene Townsley
Henry
E. C. Rose
Walnut Grove
L. L. Crockett
Cecil and
Alton Crockett
Tima Rae Garrett
Billie Garrett
Juanita Townsley
Johnnie Henry
Lorene Townsley
Bessie Dame
Stella McDonald
Nellie Wright
Revival services and local visits fill Sunday schedule
Sunday school was well attended as Rev. B. G. Murr of Stratford conducted a revival at this place. Numerous residents visited Ada area churches and kept up with family and friend calls during the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. G. Murr
Stratford
Bessie Boatman
Ada
Mabel Brooks
C. B. Gordon
W. H. Bowerman
Eva Mae Hendrix
Bud Lawson
Vaness
Henry Sweeney
Ruth Noble
Earnest McDaniel
Horace Robbins
Lehmann Gordon
Reba Page
Hillard Steele
John
Sunday Night Sing at This Place Draws Crowd
Sunday night singing drew a large attendance and invites everyone to return next Sunday with guests. Several locals attended church and rodeo events in Worth Texas and Ada area, with visits to friends and extended family noted throughout the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reba Page
Daisy Mae Burk
Bill Haggard
Frank Curts
Melvin Booth
Bill Finley
Forth Worth
Texas
Lorene Crow
Worstell
Elie Sterling
Leota
Virginia Webb
Ada
E. A. Mayfield
Juanita Long
Near Ada
Ola Mae Palmer
Thelma Duncan
Virgie Meek
Bill Hageard
Minnie Ola Corbin
Lehmann Gorden
Hazelle Boatman
Otis Roberts
Jessie Gorden
Lola Boatman
Bessie Jones
Ruby Jones
Virginia Lea Burk
Von
Local residents share visits and songs at Norman household
Mrs. Grover Tyree and Mrs. W C Norman spend Tuesday together. Several families visit relatives Friday to Sunday including Stark, Isaacs, Crowe and Summers. A singing gathering at Mr. and Mrs. W C Norman’s Sunday night invites all neighbors to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grover Tyree
W. C. Norman
Bueal Stark
Kenneth
Isaacs
Oral Dunn
J. W. Barnett
Gladys Norman
Jack Watts
Mollie Vick
J. S. Isaacs
R. L. Crowe
Mr. Crowe
Stonewall
Bryan
Johnnie Trimble
George Evans
Jimmie Isaacs
Konawa
Etta Ellis
Helen
Dimple Brecheen
Alvin Summers
Alfred Summers
Lou Bell
Cordelia Melott
Nellie
Ershel Mitchell
Delia Watts
Hazel
Cleo Brecheen
Lawson Watts
John Wood
Ona Boucher
Etta Hilton
Edith Henry Spends Thursday Night With Irene Townsley
Edith Henry spent Thursday night with Irene Townsley. Miss Holiday spent Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Henry
Irene Townsley
Miss Holiday
Tuesday Night Singing Remains Popular in Local Community
Attendance is strong for Tuesday night singing with frequent visitors and porch calls. Local residents Estell Simpson and Alyne Simpson travel between Stonewall Ada and Union Valley as they attend services and gatherings.
Burrow Valley Missionary Baptist church formed
The article notes Sunday services and a dinner on the ground with five preachers on Sunday night for organizing a new church. The congregation named Burrow Valley Missionary Baptist church and planned Sunday school and B Y P U, with weekly prayer meeting and general invitation.
Japanese Patrol Annihilated Near Fanchinkow
A Japanese dispatch reports a patrol annihilated at Fanchinkow after engaging a superior Chinese force. The bodies were found, but casualty numbers were not disclosed. The fighting has continued along the great wall passage near Hsifengkow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Hsifengkow
Great Wall Passage
Fanchinkow
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Otis Light
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Russell
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Truman Williams
Haskell Williams
F. A. Fasley
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Maxwell
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Kay Freeney
Homer Reed
A. W. Couch
Dink Reed
Raymond McGalliard
Sam Haines
Ruth
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Eugene Hatcher
Fitzhuch
A. A. Harrell
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Clarence Tullings
Lorrce
Ed Sallee
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Clorinne Stratton
Dorothy Fox
Isaac Simmonds
Marjorie Gibson
D. B Grace
Johnny
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Kaiser
Jen Crockett
Elmer Winn
Elmer Corell
Charney Scrivner
Bill Scrivner
Garvin
Mike Youne
Mary Ellen Hatcher
C. A. Acker
T. W. Stratton
Floyd King
Tupelo
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Aline Rives
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Vanoss
Ritzhugh
Denny
Ruth Tharp
Georgia Jones
Euell Williamson
Herman Bandy
Luther Gee
Gene Walton
Cedar Trove
H. A. Kite
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Clarita
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Leonard Wade
Reuben Battershell
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Walter Walton
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Ila Tharp
Clifton Tharp
Guy Binkley
Ernest Williamson
Ford
Orville Bandy
Miss Old
Virginia Fletcher
J. C. Law
Avery Pennington
Neville Pennington
Winona Mae Law
Willa Dean Gray
Mrs. Light
Winfield Law
Virginia Dale Meeks
Martha Amos Old
Homer Farmer
Buster Ingram
Marlton Flatt
Floyd Anglin
Glennie Flatt
Vasto Penningios
LaVada Farmer
Virgie Fleter
Leo Anglin
Sterling Isazes
Velma Anglin
Velda Fletcher
Amos Old
Rennie Flatt
Inetta Landon
Parisi
Carran
Butch Mitchell
Leonard Cantrell
Charley Horton
Ruby Dryden
Center Schoolhouse
Joe McDonald
Oi Center
Mr. Brooks
Mr. Jackson
Rebee
J. M. McDonald
Elva Fennell
Lena Bell Jackson
Viola Choat
Jessie Gordon
Ruth Choat
Mrs. Jones
A. Marwell
Lhlolo
Cora McLain
Johnnie Mae
Ara Belle East
Junior Cherry
Millburn Miller
Walter Lovelady
Clyde Nolan
Lonnie E
Ehure
Melton
Orlie Adams
Milburn Miller
Comstock
Ernest Webb
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Alyne Simpson
T. W. East
Lee Keeling
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Ina Lock
Carl Ivey
Viola Find
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Evelyn Lambert
Bertha Russan
Opal Morrise
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Juanita Truitt
Tex
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Venstera Whipple
Virzil
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Kite
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Elsie Mayfield
Jerf Morrison
Holdenville
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