Vaness High alumni banquet set for June 23
Seniors celebrate graduation while countywide views shift toward college education with about 60 percent planning further schooling. Vaness High School alumni gathering will span classes from 1923, June 23 at 8 p.m. in the school auditorium with prizes for oldest grad, farthest traveler, and longest-serving teacher. The event chaired by Glenda Briggs with J T Murphy as treasurer. A local calf with unusual sightless traits is reportedly kept by Doug Farmer two miles east of Byng on the Byng to Francis road, guided by a built in radar system.
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Ivery
Vaness High School
J.T. Murphy
J. T
Vaness
Glenda Briggs
Skippy Cunningham
J. T. Murphy
Lavonna Jones
Doug Farmer
Byng
Francis Road
Allen News Highlights Range From Birthday to Church School
Thomas Arthur Oliva marked his 90th birthday on May 7 while visiting his son-in-law and daughter in Pauls Valley, with roots tracing back to Gainesville Texas. The Around the County notes cover Vacation Bible School at First Baptist Allen, a 15th annual Allen Pioneer Club reunion, local visits, graduations, and community events across Allen and nearby towns.
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Thomas Arthur Oliva
A. W. Hutchins
Pauls Valley
Oliva
Gainesville
Tex
Allen
McCall's Chapel
Claudie Clack
Marvin
Holdenville
W. H
Oklahoma City
J. B
Hutchins
Lelia Evett
Lena Jumper
Gertrude Perkins
Allen Pioneer Club
Busby Lodge
Bessie Stary
Zana Wilbanks
Minnie Pitt
Anna Donaghey
Mamie Compson
Committal service for Mrs Edna Johns held at East Hills Cemetery
Friends and relatives attended the committal service for Mrs Edna Johns on Saturday morning at East Hills Cemetery. Mr and Mrs Burl Heathman Jessie Lee and Lois of Oklahoma City and Mr and Mrs Melvin were among attendees.
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Dennis Huckeby
Oklahoma City
Mrs
Cecil Huckeby
Roff
Mary Laseman
Edna Johns
East Hills
Burl Heathman
Jessie Lee
Lois
Oklahoma ‘City
Mrs. Melvin
Coon Hunt Ends With Exhausted Treeing In Byng
Byng High School sophomores held a closing school picnic at Sulphur with chaperones Mrs. Luther Brandon Mrs. Ed Christian and others. New Bethel Baptist Church intermediate class also picnic at Sulphur with Pastor Earl Coff and teachers. Dewey McDonald welcomes a baby girl born Monday. parents are Byng graduates Earlene Gray and Bud Godfrey. Warren Dellinger at Byng High School awarded a university math scholarship. will join top state math students group at Oklahoma University.
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Byng ‘High School
Luther Brandon
Ed Christian
L. A. Godfrey
John. Collier
Bud ‘Lawson
Seates
New Bethel Baptist Church
Earl Coff
George Milligan
Bud’ Godfrey
A. Christian
Dewey
McDonald
Earlene Gray
Byng
Warren Dellinger
Byng High School
Oklahoma University
Education program to teach higher math begins soon
The ed program aims to teach higher math with eight hours daily over nine weeks. Construction on the new gymnasium is about to start, though the bid is not yet set and expected in a few days. The building will include a gym and seven classrooms. Mr and Mrs Charley Gentry are grandparents again. a son was born this week to Mr and Mrs Bill Gentry of Tulsa. The couple has another son, William Scott, two years old. Bill teaches in Tulsa, formerly pastoring New Bethel Baptist Church at Byng.
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Gladys Russell
George Isaacs
Plainview
Idaho
And
Bob Allen
Oklahoma City
Alice Isaacs
Charlie Walker
Jason
Ann
Kay
Russell
Walker
Ark
Bob Gadaberry
Ennis
Tex
Bel
Co. M
Lucille West
100Th Inf
East Central
Jercy
Beoker
Preston Harvill
Roy Stagard
Allen High School
Glen Tiley
Mexico
Riends
David Forester
B. F. Simmons
First Baptist Church
Tom Gray
Tiley
Atoka
Denison
A. G. Pipkin
New Mexico
Floyd Simmons
David Alred
W. B. Denison
Charley Gentry
Bill Gentry
Tulsa
William Scott
Bill
New Bethel Baptist Church
Byng
Amharic Alphabet Details and Appalachian Trail Pioneer
Amharic, the Ethiopian language, uses a 247 character syllabic alphabet. Earl V. Shaffer completed the first full Appalachian Trail hike in 1948, covering the 2,050 mile route in about four months. Classified ad note mentions buying selling trading and renting via News Classified Ads. Dial FE 24433.
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Ethiopia
Earl V. Shaffer
Dial
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