High Hill Cotton Planting and Local Home News
Farmers begin planting cotton as rain last Thursday helps. Mrs. Mary Kerr and daughter Gloria Jean visited relatives in Conway. Mr. and Mrs. James Farrow welcomed a baby girl born May 4. Irene McMeans and Lois Kerr attended Sunday school. Several neighbors spent evenings with each other. Continuous hoeing corn signals busy farm days in the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Kerr
Gloria Jean
Riddle
Conway
James Farrow
Irene McMeans
Ellen Farrow
Mary Nell Rowe
Florence Lee Brown
Bonnie Kerr
Bertha Gray
Lola Fay Brown
Mrs. Sweat
Lois Kerr
Hall's Hill
Jewel McMeans
J. L
Luther Hatton
Allen
Threcia
Dortha Fowler
Jessie Mae Maples
Oklahoma City
Hemker
Lucille
Ada
Keithley
Hokett
Couch
Ruby
Vivian
Woodrow Horton
Neilie Perry
Alma Scribner
Lois Scribner
Nellie Maud Scott
Stonewall
Hammonds
Martha Mae
Bettie Lou Kiethley
Gerty
Mrs. Brown
Ruby Couch
Gus Nebutt
Robt. Myers
Lou Cecil
Hatton
Eld A Templeman Preaches Cross Bearing Theme
Elda Templeman and wife preached at services with readings from Matthew and Timothy and a Sunday night duet. Visitors invited. Mothers day program planned for next week and a cemetery cleanup May 15 at Midland. Local social notes mention visits from Ripley Ada and Yeager residents and a tacky party prize event at Clyde Hobgood home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. A. Templeman
Oklahoma City
Elda
Templeman
Timothy
Myrtle Townsend
Normalee Kitchens
Beatrice Stevens
Charles Grindstaff
Eld
Jesus
Midland Cemetery
Lorena Biard
T. M. Nelson
Ripley
J. J. Shaw
Gerty Wood
Yeager
Anna Bell Berger
Frances Files
D. Wood
Ada
Carl Autin
Bob Mullins
Rocky
Peggy Rader
Grace Agnes McCauley
C. L. Berger Sr
Mary Shaw
Singers Welcome to Yeager District Convention
The Canadian district singing convention will meet at Yeager school house next Sunday May 14. Gospel singing planned all day with songs from various publishers. Attendance urged by Mrs Edna Pannell secretary. Yeager located five miles northeast of Stratford. Singing to start at 10 00 AM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yeager
Stratford
Edna Pannell
Community Notes Record Weekend Visits and Local Events
Local residents report numerous weekend visits among families in Parish Chapel Summers Chapel and nearby areas. Cotton planting begins in the community and a list of households and guests appears in this rural social roundup.
Rural Communities of Pontotoc County Briefs
Social notes from Wilson and surrounding areas list visits among families including the Stones Casadys Vandegriffs and Bells. Several adults host gatherings, a quilt presented to pastor Bert Jones, illnesses noted, and three new locations near Oil Center signal business pickup.
Community notes on visits and church events in Ada area
Local residents share Sunday and weekday visits with relatives and friends across Ada and nearby communities. People attend church at Center and Post Oak Park, with numerous social calls and illnesses noted.
Sunday Socials and Visits in Jesse Community
Local residents share Sunday visits and social activities. Families including the Lees Morgan, Mack, Richardson, Craddick, Loman, Bishop, and Billingsley members meet with relatives and attend church and B Y P U events. A trip to Ada and a judging contest at Stillwater are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Addie B. Richardson
Opal
Ocalene Mack
Opal D
Cal Mack
Jesse
Bradford Watkins
Stillwater
Cotton planting week noted in local community
The community highlights a cotton planting week with about 60 in the class and a valuable lesson. Bro Bert Jones preached strong sermons Saturday night and both Sunday services drawing a large crowd. Attendees at the Gordon home included Mr and Mrs W E Brooks Mr and Mrs Ben McGuire from Fitzhugh Mrs Josie Galey and son David Summers Chapel and Mrs Mabel Choat and children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin Briges
Jimmie
Hughes
Files
Bro. McGehee
Manda Berger
Mary Bond
Bert Jones
Co. B. Gordon
W. E. Brooks
Ben McGuire
Fitzhugh
Josie Galey
David
Summers Chapel
Mabel Choat
Bert May
Orvie Bennett
Ada
Woodrow Scott
Audie
Verbal Oliver
Cleghorn
Ellea Ginn
Benna
Ruby Bennett
Everett Stone
Haskell
Treda Chilcoat
Elbea Ginn
Edgar Brantley
Dorothy May
Wewoka
John Gipson
Ben Hampton
Roff
Fannie Seates
Eva Stone
Sunday Social Notes and Death Row Poem
Sunday gatherings include Way Ward with Elsie Glover and Luther Lackey visits in Frisco. Ada visitors Cleo Jones and baby Lotta Fae stop by. Homer Reed attends a ball game in Frisco. The piece closes with Albert Ellis on death row reflecting on mortality and justice in a poetic monologue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther Lackey
Frisco
Dick Boyd
Nelson
Carson
Edd Clampitt
Oscar Dryden
Oklahoma City
Till Nealy
Ada
Elmer
Delmer Reed
Raymond McGalliard
Cleo Jones
Baby Lotta Fae
Henry Clampitt
Union Valley
Homer Reed
Sunday School Crowd Gathers as Hart Leads Regular Appointment
Wesley Hart preached at his regular Sunday morning service drawing a large Sunday school crowd. After services, families visited relatives and neighbors in Ada and Frisco with social calls and local outings noted, including dances and family visits.
Community Notes Highlight Sermon and Social Gatherings
Sunday services featured Rev. Simmons of Stonewall delivering the sermon and the P U L scene noted a well attended evening. Local families recall visits and weekend activities with friends in Ada Pleasant Hill Burrow and surrounding communities.
Local social visits and Sunday church gathering noted
Ingram visited Robert Nickell on Saturday night. Mrs Ode Wilson and children called on Mrs Austin Denton Sunday. Mr and Mrs Charley Laughlin and children Lorene Gertie Pauline and Harold spent Sunday with Willard Anderson. Everyone attended Sunday school and prayer meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verdl Wilson
Troy Lilley
Lonnie Bandy
Georgie Jones
Elvin Hammett
Earnest
Emma Williamson
Bernice
Ray Gee
Sherman Williamson
Ruth
Rachael Tharp
Woodroe Wilson
Jesse Lilley
Bernice Gee
Verlie Wilson
Oakman Church
Rachel Tharp
Aunt Edwards
Guy Binkley
Harve Bandy
Alger Jones
Ada
Weather warms as crops start to grow and gardens shine
The warm spell boosts crop growth and brightens gardens. Farmers plant cotton as pleasant days continue. Mr. and Mrs. Jimmie Isaacs and children with Mrs. Buen Stark and son Kenneth visited Konawa Tuesday. Mrs. Gladys Norman and children called on several neighbors Wednesday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmie Isaacs
Buen Stark
Kenneth
Konawa
Gladys Norman
Ona Boucher
Oral Dunn
Norma Jean
Lora Ellis
Etta
Oberia Norman
Rural visits and a local high scoring ball game
George Robbins and family visited Dallas Lamb near Ada. Several couples attended church in Maxwell and Oakman. A Happyland ball team defeated Denny 19 to 8. Marel Glenn Deaton stayed with Charley Laughlin, Carlos Laughlin attended Oakman church, and Bernice Anderson stayed with Cleo Pearson. Anderson and Henry (incomplete).
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Robbins
Dallas Lamb
Ada
Ava Flowers
Mary Wilson
Bessie
Maxwell
Millard Anderson
Henry Ingram
Austin Deaton
McCall's Chapel
Cleo Pearson
Bernice Anderson
Leroy Wilson
Harold Laughlin
Joe Graham
Colbert
Happyland
Denny
Marel Glenn Deaton
Oakman
Charley Laughlin
Carlos Laughlin
Anderson
Henry
Prayer meeting leads to next week's appointment
A well attended Wednesday night prayer meeting was led by Mrs. Pitt with Mrs. Lenard Ford chosen to lead it next week. Rev. Hayes of Ada filled his regular appointment here Saturday night and Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred
Melba Auten
Wilson
Oscar Belt
Jr. J. Belt
A. E. Ford
Pitt
Lenard Ford
Hayes of
Ada
Kite
Elnora Fox
Jesse
Opal Morrison
Evelyn Lambert
Arthur Johnson
Velma Lee
Simon Flad
Bee Ivey
Elmo Morrison
Rosa
Carl Ivey
Evelyn
Woodrow Lambert
Willis Fairchild
Joe Daniels
Clifford Daniels
Clarita
Jer! Morrison
John
Roy
Alfred
Claude
Bertha Rushing
Elzie Mayfield
Henry Lambert
John Daniels
Nora Daniels
Cole Underhill
J. R. Harding
Pontotoc
Otwell Aycock
Carl Fairchild
Clint Morrison
Edd Morrison
Reverend Nettles Preaches Twice in Sunday Services
Sunday and Sunday night the regular preacher served the church delivering two sermons. Local families visited and joined meals in various homes including the Hazar Sutton Hewett Kifer Crass and Whetstone households. A social note records multiple dinners and afternoon calls around Horseshoe Ranch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bro. Nettles
R. H. Hazar
Marvinelle
Sutton Home
Maude Hewett
Ethel Kifer
Hopgood
Sis
Crass
Davis
James Ford
Whetstone
Horseshoe Ranch
May Days News From Ada Area Community
Busy May days as residents visit relatives across Oklahoma City and Wewoka. Community members attend church services, share meals, and plan Sunday school and a Mother’s Day program.
Chickasaws Attend Desoto Celebration in Memphis
Oklahoma City May 8. The Chickasaw Nation will be represented at the Desoto celebration in Memphis Tennessee May 10 11 and 12 by Miss Douglas Johnson Smith of Oklahoma City. She is granddaughter of Douglas Johnston governor of the Chickasaw Nation and niece of Mrs William H Murray wife of the Oklahoma governor. Ben Carter of Durant will represent Governor Johnston. One of the first Chickasaw settlements was on the present site of Memphis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Desoto
Memphis
Tenn
Douglas Johnson Smith
Smith
Douglas Johnston
William H. Murray
Oklahoma
Ben Carter
Durant
Johnston
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Ed Horton
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R. E. Gillock
R. O. Frederick
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Clare Lillard
Thelma Lamb
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Jack Brents
Rucker
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Ozeltie Cross
Lee Nabors
J. C. Weingaard
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Pauline Hosne
Inez Lamo
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John Shirley
Gus Luster
J. M. Shirley
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Elena Roper
Stell Cosby
George Gray
Phinis Cosby
Lowell Wood
Roy Shirley
Mollie Hooten
J. D. Conn
Sasakwa
Charley Shirley
Parish Chapel
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Ellie Fox
Jessie
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Jim Stone
Dempsey
P. L. Casady
Lily Price
Gertie Vandegriff
Netie Price
Esther and
Ivan B. Loliar
Knox
Lois Cope
Austell Casady
Jack Tee
Union Hill
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Jeasie Gordon
Mabel Brooks
Oil Center
Opal Duncan
Hess Jones
Maudie Jones
Hien Jackson
Berbee
Bertha Williams
Say Bpenee
Guy Northcutt
Lindsey Davidson
Mack Fleming
Myrtle Roberts
H. L. Norman
Beatrice Isaacs
Ada Hospital
Jack Watts
Francis Norman
Sylvia Evans
Bueal Stark
Stark
Dan Johnson
George Johnson
Springfield
Lora Eddings
Myrtle Irwin
J. J. Burruss
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Sam Berger
Far Smith
Clarence Irwin
Lee Roy McDaniel
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Tom Hughes
Ona
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A. J. Deaton
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OWL
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Owl Creek
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