Love of Polly in War Time at Chelsey Farm
Polly Chelsey endures village gossip and longing as Jerry Whitfield’s absence at sea tests their bond. Amanda Pell probes Polly’s marriage, while Polly’s father Trepid and brother Dick bolster her. The newborn Richard Jeremiah brings fragile joy amid hardship and social scrutiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amanda Pell
Chelsey
Iitte
Olly
Richard Jeremiah Whitfield
Polly
Jerry
Whitfield
Massachuselts
Thermace
Mike
N Pell
Pell
Boston
West Indies
Jerry Whiteld
Willie Tipton Owenby of Vanoss Journal item
Willie Tipton Owenby was born February 11, 1937 near Fitzhugh Oklahoma. She finished the eighth grade at Lightning Ridge, entered Vanoss as a freshman, and excelled in Rome Economics English. She won a thimble for sewing, placed second in a county Legion oratorical contest, and joined the literary meet in English Literature. After East Central College, she plans to become an elementary school teacher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie Tipton Owenby
Fitzhugh
Oklahoma
Lightning Ridge
Vanass
Willie
American Legion
East Central College
Eighth Grade Class of 1938 Graduation Notes
Vaness School Journal outlines the 1937-38 year with eighth grade graduates, activities from Stillwater interscholastic meet honors, and a play titled Murdering the Language. It lists student names, class programs, language class progress, and notes a May 14 vacation ending nine months of school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vaness
Ada Evening News
Prade
Tilley
Vaness School
Calvin Rogers
Wil— Mildred McWhirter
Benton McCauley
Marjorie Solomon
Miss Thompson
Katherine Denham
Victoria
England
Adeanya Standridge
Mabel
Ivy Jewel
Ivy Jewel Alldredge
Jennie
Mildred Mary
Hattie
Eflen Cape
Gertrude
Evelyn Lewis
John
Joe Hunt
Arthur
Kenneth Standmage
Tred
Henry
Elbert
Lewis
George
O. F. Snipes
Frank
Herman Mister
Yeaders
Billie Odena Carter
Nadine McGeehee
Mildred Minyard
Kenneth Mulling
Arhs Martin
Helen Griffen
Africa
Dorothy Austell
Olen James
Gela Abston
Arlis Mat Itin
Geneva Childers
Watloss
Sign-up meetings announced for county farmers
County agents outline a county wide sign up for the 1938 soil conservation program. Reports on individual allotments have been mailed. County and community committees will meet farmers to explain the program and ensure smooth operation. City township schedules run May dates across Ada Allen Ol ive May 11 to 14 and others. A separate note states the world’s largest bell resides in a 1300 year old Osaka temple, bronze 16 feet high, heard two miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pontotee County
Fri- RY
W. B. Johnson
Paul Heyeerson
Allen
Olive
Oscar Rankin
Byars
Chickasaw
Ada
Francis
Aller
Steedman
High Hill
Conway
Stonewall Township
Lula
Owl Creek
Union Valley
Jesse
Pasant Hill
Stonewall
Burr Valley
Fitzhugh
Roil
Sunshine
Laxton
Rolf
Maxwell Township
Maxtwell
Galey
Summers Chapel
Parish Chapel
Worstell
Beber
Yeager
Osaka
Japan
For Love of Polly in War Time at Sea and Shore
Polly Chelsea faces war turmoil as Jerry Whitfield and Cabell Banks maneuver aboard the May Queen and Gray Gull. The pair disperse prisoners to an island, court prize legality at Wilmington, and head toward Connecticut and the Atlantic coast in a tale of loyalty debt and peril at sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connecticut
Polly
Atlantic
England
Jerry Whitfield
Cabell Banks
Jerry
Wall
Cabellent
Cabell
Matt
Jmicn
Jayhom
Iaimneck
Ersis
Whitfield
Wilmington
New Orleans
New York
Seilors
Oac
Jim
C. Banks
Norfolk
May Queen
Gadfies
Leere Q
Ada Debaters Swinford And Mayhue Return From National Meet
Two Horace Mann seniors Swinford and Mayhue returned to Ada after an eight day national Forensic League trip. They ranked among the 16 best high school teams, defeated Seminole to win the state title, then were edged by Duquoin Illinois at the national meet. They plan to continue debating in college with coach D J Nabors guiding their next steps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
Wich
Paul Swinford
Horace Mann
G. C. Mayhur
Swinford
D. J. Nevers
Mayhue
Wooster
Ohio
Seminole
Norton
Union
Oklahoma
Duquoin
Iinois
Kentucky
Churchill Downs
Louisville
Guess Wabors
Seminole High School
Elgin
Illinois
Nabors
Glassen High School
Oklahoma City
Coal Countians Plan Cross Country to Fame Tour
Three singing cowboys from Hollywood to New York will ride specially purchased cowponies for publicity. The Ranch Boys led by Jack Ross of Oracle Arizona will travel weekly from town to town broadcasting. Joe Bradley from Coalgate Oklahoma and Hubert Carson from Coal county Oklahoma join the trek, slated to last four months with spare ponies carried in a trailer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
New York
Jack Ross
Oracle
Ariz
Joe Bradley
Coalgate
Okla
Hubert Carson
Coal County
Tournament ends in quarter finals with next year in Beverly Hills
The event concluded this year with a quarter final elimination. Next year the tournament will take place in June in Beverly Hills California. The debated question will be “Resolved That the United States should enter into an alliance with Great Britain.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverly Hills
Calif
United States
Great Britain
One Injured When Car Hits Ditch
Scott Brown a Fittstown resident was injured in a Thursday night car accident and reported to be recovering satisfactorily by Friday evening hospital attendants noted the injury mainly from blood loss. The wrist was severely cut and four other riders in the car escaped serious harm with their names not known. The driver reportedly lost control after hitting a bump in the road causing the car to crash into a ditch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott Brown
Fittstown
Brown
Colonel Tim's Wild West Show Stranded in Real Jam
Washington May 8 Fans aided the Col McCoy wild west troupe as federal court receivers took inventory of assets. Melvin Hildreth and Dr William Mann volunteered to help performers paid 3 to 5 dollars each. Some troupe members planned rail or bus travel home, others hitchhiking west. 235 horses were to be pasture near Benning track as assets came under federal control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Tim McCoy
Melvin Hildreth
Fang
Amelia
William Mann
Hildreth
Providence
Benning
Justice Courts Collect Big Sum
Justice courts collected 10904.20 in fines and costs paid to the county treasurer over the last three years and four months, a sharp rise from 920.50 in the prior four years. Most justices began three years four months ago when W. V. Stanfield became county attorney. funds arise from criminal cases handled through the justice courts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. V. Stanfield
Stanfield
Juste
Mortgage filed to fund Ada power line project
Wayne Wheelock took charge of Ada parks after a petition and board abolition by city commissioners. A $1,000,000 Rural Electrification Administration loan funds the Ada Interstate Cooperative Power and Light Co to extend 125 miles of lines, with surveys underway and office expected by June 1. New firms announce openings as lines reach farmers’ homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Wheelock
City Park Board
J. H. Pryor
Wheelock
Ada
Pryor
C. D. Ansell
Wintersmith Park
Glenwood Park
Ada Interstate Cooperative Power and Light Company
Rural Electrification Administration
E. N. Jones
Jones
REA
Stanfield Seeks Re-Election as County Attorney
V. Stanfield, the current county attorney, authorizes The News to announce his candidacy to succeed himself. A fuller statement will follow in a few days outlining his record in criminal prosecutions and safeguarding the county’s financial interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
V. V. Stanfield
Veegil
Latta Group Returns From Carlsbad Trip
Latta seniors teachers and patrons returned home Friday after a weeklong Carlsbad Caverns trip begun last Monday following graduation. The group included Chas Johnson Rosemary Johnson Ruth Gay Auld and many others with Supt M L Stegall and Everett Bowers among chaperones. In Cushing May 7 Bryan Roberson received Easter bread baked with five Greek Easter eggs hidden inside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Latta
Carlsbad Caverns
Chas. Johnson
Rosemary Johnson
Ruth Gay Auld
Gwendolyn Morgan
Lorene Teeters
Oleta Fulton
C. Russell
Junior Swanson
Vere Simmons
Willard Haines
Delma Scott
Vinita Davis
Jess Lee
Windall Winn
Juanita Grindstaff
Marcene Oliver
Ruth Haines
Genna Lee Choate
Carmeda Earnest
Cushing
Bryan Roberson
Young Niece Of Rickenbacker Takes Up Flight Dreams
Marian Pflaum, 18 year old niece of Eddie Rickenbacker, has begun aviation lessons at Ohio State University Flying Club. A freshman, she expects her first solo soon, with Uncle Eddie supportive. The Kansas worm-raising note closes the piece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Marian Pflaum
Eddie Rickenbacker
Marian
Rickenbacker
Eddie
America
Mary A. Pilsum
Ohio State University Flying Club
National Inter-Collegiate Flying Club
National Aeronautics Association
Edd
Also Mentioned on This Page
Rags
Polly Chuelaey
London
Dabell Banks
Dritiak Shin
Tured
Canell Yaanke
Frente Occualen
THE
Vanoss School Journal
James Richardson James Richardson
W. M. Richardson
James
Stillwater
Herbert Carmichael
Albert Pinley
Bunny Rogers
Waifoss
Ammount
Ada News
Midland Township
Gaar Corner
Hart
Center
Wilson
Polly Chelsey
Loudon
Kora
Yankee
Coal
Tim
Kansas
Justice Courts
Bill Porter
George ScaTbo
Mark
U.S. Patent Office
the Paramount Gym
Barbara Jackson
Pasadena
Paramount Little Theatre
Frisco
Park Board
Latta Group
Carlsbad
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!