Junior Senior banquet in Pontotoc County town
Rural Communities of Pontotoc County reports a busy weekend with the Junior-Senior banquet in Britton Okla. and multiple visits by teachers and students. highlights include baccalaureate sermons, school programs at Roff high school, Turner Falls picnics, and community meetings at the Methodist and Civic leagues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Forest Welch
Britton
Okla
Loretta Welch
Hickory
Roff
Tollie Crumley
Okemah
R. F. Crumley
Oscar Parker
Burgess Steed
Ada
George Dale
Lloyd Pinnick
Margaret Crumley
Ross
Turner Falls
Clyde Kelso
Missionary Societies
Methodist Church
Jesus
N. C. Bowen
A. A. Taylor
A. J. Crain
A. F. Bickel
Geo. Dale
Loretta Seaborn
Civic League
Mesdames Gray
Pickens
Heathman
Roff High School
A. L. Fentem
The
Missionary Society
Tyson
Coalgate
Roof
Ed Thomas
Jack Morris
Dorothy Turner
Idaho
W. W. Price
Amarillo
Maud
Mesdames Ewing
Gaither
Jennie
T. B. Trek
Litle
Patricia Ann
Lee Dowdy
Oklahoma City
Rainy days spark simple social notes from town
Rain and social calls fill the week as Mrs Jones visits Mrs Arnett on Tuesday and Leola Batson calls on Ethel Stewart Friday. Roy Hearn and Miss Cleo Nabors, both local residents, surprised friends by slipping away to marry on May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleo Roach
Sam Cole
Driver
Ethel
Sherman Chambers
Cleo Hearn
Ethel Stewart
Tootle
Bill Austin
Ada
Imma
Ethel Driver
Bonita Miller
Josie Brashears
Bud Dean
Durant
Lewis Lea
Louis Timmons
Willie Reidel
Bernice Stewart
Jones
Autrey Jones
Georgie Reidel
S. Jones
Reidel
Willie
Kidwell
Lawrence
Eula Kilcrease
Ansley Wilson
Norman
Conway
Floyd Russell
Cather Cude
Jim Cude
Stella May
Berry Walden
Dan Jackson
Albert Jackson
Anice Golden
Loriie Walden
Hazel Jackson
Bill Crow
Joe Bowerman
Henry
George Spurlock
Wesley Oberland
Frances McDaniel
Henry Stange
Jackson
Lorene Walden
Bill Sweet
Gim Lance
David Bowerman
Jackson Home
Bill Gordon
Dude Home
Dewey Bowerman
Elton Williamson
Mrs. Jones
Mrs. Arnett
Leola Batson
Roy Hearn
Miss Cleo Nabors
Okla oil production restrictions eyed for relief
Oklahoma City reports the corporation commission may lift production limits to 725000 barrels daily as demand exceeds current potential. Wells could reopen and state supervision remains to curb any later overproduction. hearings featured Prairie Oil and Papoose Oil company reps amid debate on storage and new fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Corporation Commission
Collins
Prairie Oil Company
Papoose Oil Company
Wirt Franklin
Ardmore
Joe Cromwell
T. J. Arnold
Houston
Texas
Arnold
Ray M. Collins
Seminole
Tulsa
Commission
Wimbish 13 Speaker at Junior Banquet
Ada High Juniors held their annual banquet at the Presbyterian church. Miss Gertrude Pendergraft gave the welcome as Phillip Wimbish answered. Robert Wimbish spoke for the class of 1929 and I S Hinshaw for 1930.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada High
Presbyterian Church
Gertrude Pendergraft
Phillip Wimbish
Robert Wimbish
I. S. Hinshaw
Mr. Witherspoon
Voice of the Board
B. R. Stubbs
Capital Booster Visitors Feted In Ada Oklahoma
Oklahoma City boosters praised Ada during a visit that highlighted East Central College. Governor Holloway and Dr. Linscheid led remarks praising state education and Ada institutions, with plans hinted for future roles. The group toured Maud Konawa Shawnee towns before returning home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Linscheid
Orel Busby
Oklahoma City
W. B. Bizzell
University
W. J. Holloway
Stone
Goodwill Train
Ada
Judge Busby
Dr. Bizzell
East Central
Dr. Linscheid
Linscheid
Holloway
Busby
Country Club
Maud
Konawa
Shawnee
Women Talk At Southern Baptist Convention Stirs Debate
At Memphis, May 11, delegates rejected a push to bar women from addressing the Southern Baptist convention amid applause for Mrs. Cox. Dr. J W Porter argued it unscriptural and noted feminism as a trend. Porter walked out as Cox began to speak. The home mission board, facing past theft by treasurer Clinton Carnes, retained its independent status after merger attempts failed. The 1930 convention opens in New Orleans May 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Truett
J. W. Porter
Lexington
Kyry
The
American Baptist
General Association of Kenucky Baptists
Porter
M. E. Dodd
Shreveport
Southern Baptist
Kentucky
Baptists
Memphis
Tenn
Home Mission Board
Southern Baptist Church
Foreign Mission Board
Southern Baptist Board of Missions
Clinton S. Carnes
J. J. Wicker
Richmond
Home Mission
Hboard
Frank H. Tripp
St Joseph
New Orleans
Charley Chambers Freed On Charge
For the second time this week an alleged slayer was free as a result of a jury verdict a dozen men returned a verdict of not guilty in the case of Charley Chambers charged with manslaughter Chambers was charged with shooting to death his brother in law Marion Cape at Cape s
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charley Chambers
Chambers
Marion Cape
Cape
Five Burned Ten Deaths At Amarillo Tourist Hotel Fire
Trapped by flames at the Tourist Hotel in Amarillo early today, five men died after jumping from third story windows. At least a score were injured, three seriously. Victims include Peter Kearns, Raymond Cozart, Hoyt Crowe, J. P. Perdian, and an unidentified man. Fire discovered about 3 30 a m. exits blocked by smoke and flames. the building, a longtime fixture in the business district, had only a frail wooden fire escape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Peter Kearns
Pine
Cole
Raymond Cozart
Detroit
Tex
Hoyt Crowe
Tulsa
Texas
J. P. Purdian
Oklahoma Appropriations Panel Finalizes New State Budget
Oklahoma City May 8 A tentative biennial budget totals 28 195 588 59 to be introduced in the extraordinary session starting May 164 The plan aims to erase a 2 million dollar treasury deficit and is 3 9 million 763 14 below the January budget The health department changes include moving maternity control under the health commissioner and potential removal of the maternity director position with nurse supervision under the commissioner
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Ben Harrison
H. Tom Kight
House Appropriations Committee
Wade Loofbourrow
Senate Appropriations Committee
Holloway
State Department of Charities and Corrections
State Marketing Commission
Clyde W. Beson
Bureau of Maternity
Lucile Blachly
Bucget
Board of Agriculture
State Board of Affairs
C. E. Dudley
Death sentence stayed pending appeal for Claude Hagar
Oklahoma City May 11 The criminal court of appeals ordered the death sentence of Claude Hagar for murder in Ottawa county stayed until the appeal before the court is decided. Hagar was condemned February 18 and filed his appeal April 20. The court informed Governor Holloway it would not issue an opinion while the appeal is pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Criminal Court of Appeals
Holloway
Claude Hagar
Ottawa County
Hagar
State Penitentiary
Criminal Court
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Worstell
OWL
Maud Lesley
I'riday
Viola Fuller
Lois
Esther Hill
Goldie
Floyd Fuller
Pleasant Hill
L'Riday
Eldo Whipple
Beulah Hatton
Willie Bennett
Rufus Killian
Hap Killian
Union Valley
Ruby Ashburn
Esther Parker
W. A. Ashburn
Frisco
Chas. Hutchings
Jess Mason
McCullough
Waller
Bessie Jones
Lenor Burk
Lois Crow
J. A. Burk
Burt Jones
Lonesome Pal
Yeager
Elzy Yandell
Red Oak
Alex
Earlin Haskins
Lois Woods
Clarence Canaday
Obar
Grandma Ledford
Parzee Ledford
Pyatt, Ark
W. G. Jervis
Tucker
Will Jervis
Edna
Effie Hunt
McGee
Effie
Ray Cosby
Arch Cosby
Linzy
Chickasha
Virgil Norville
Juanita
Ima
Pearl. Norville
Stratford
Ivy Norville
John Norville
Purcell
Myrtle Roberts
Augustus Gaar Jr
J. H. Griffith
Franks
Ne 'S. Bebeer
Bebee
Hattie
Ruth Jones
Charlie Haggard
Box X
Philip Summers
Willie Webb
Chick
Clarence Nader
Adella Jones
Arthur Johns
Elmer McDonald
Charlie Chambers
Alton Johnson
J. J. Shaw
Everett Meeks
H. B. Williams
J. B. McCaulley
J. I. McCaulley
Olivet
aKnsas
Robert McCaulley
Earnest
Smith
Frank Lynn
J. F. Lynn
Wimbish
Governor Holloway
Oklahoma City Party
Anna Weaver Jones
College
Hart
Frank
H. C. Wilson
E. P. Wallace
J. R. Williams
Elk City
Jacob Dollard
Dallas
Sam Scott
Fred Rogers
General Assembly
Southern Baptist Convention
Charley Chambers Freed
East Main
Kansas
Asc
J. M. Barker
T. G. Fowler
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