Rain Needed Across Pontotoc County Farmers
Rural Communities of Pontotoc County reports widespread social notes and local visits. Farmers seek rain while busy with weed control. many residents travel to Ada and nearby towns for work and school events. Numerous name‑rich updates chronicle visits, hospital cases, and community activities in late spring.
Sermons by Brother Flowers at Local Place
Saturday night and both Sunday services drew attendees in the community. Visitors included Mrs. Alban Sweat and children, Mrs. Grey and Beulah, and many in the Kerr and Brown families. Several relatives and neighbors shared Sunday visits and calls throughout the weekend amid illness notes and family ties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bro. Flowers
G. W. Brown
Alban Sweat
Grey
Beulah
Lois Kerr
Florence Lee Brown
Arnold
J. C. Burleson
Xnox Lee Sweat
Tupelo
Mary Nell
Lola Fay Brown
Irene MecMeans
Brown
Allean Sweat
Mrs. Grey
McMeans
Albean Sweat
Melvin Kerr
Brownie Kerr
Rain Needed Amid Good Crops and Social Visits
Crops look promising though rain is needed. Ada resident Miss Jackie Wilson called on her mother, Effie Brumley, Thursday night. Henry Ingram stayed with his sister Maudie Lamb in Conway Friday through Sunday. Divinnie family and children visited Annie Price on Sunday. Mark Rainey visited Mrs. John Gann Sunday. Vena Sowars of Steedman spent a few days with her mother, Mrs. Norman. Catherine Albert called on Mrs. John Gann Monday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. H. Watson
Albert Wilson
Buel Bradford
Beulah Maude
C. B. Mack
Centrahoma
Albert Sherrell
Edd Sherreill
Rocky Chapel
Watson
McDonald
Mayme Satterfield
Breco Hospital
Lula Hill
Frank Harper
Stonewall
Will Leslie
Mountain View
Hokett
Joy Barnes
Ada
Edge
Ester Horton
Baby
Oklahome City
W. M. Parker
Ruby Couch
Azalea Odom
Nickels
George Flowers
Carr
Oklahoma City
Ben Horton
W. W. Murphy
Crawford
H. J. Hall
M. D. Hammond
Annie Price
Viola Mitchell
Norman
H. C. Lamb
John Gann
Adrian Price
Bud Gann
Mitchell
E. E. Stephens
Mildred Mitchell
Viola Nickell
Gertie Lamb
Fountain Dickerson
Dave Reeves
Conway
Chesley Madden
J. D. Lamb
Kenneth Crosby
Minco
Effic Os
Nannie Barnes
Dexter Clark
Steedman
Jess Norman
Allen Simpson
J. D. Gann
Jackie Wilson
Effie Brumley
Henry Ingram
Maudie Lamb
Divinnie
Mark Rainey
Vena Sowars
Catherine Albert
Olaf Myrick
Oakman
S. S. Lilley
Herman Crawford
Jimmie Caton
Ruth
Rachel Tharp
Bernice Gee
Thelma Walton
Vera Ranelli
Wade
Vera Ranells
Ruth Tharp
Orvil Bandy
Georgie Jones
Norma Ranells
Herman Bandy
S. Lilley
Will Yates
Evelyn Bandy
L. Rogers
Ralph Gee
Walter Walton
Happy Land
Rogers
Jean Walton
J. B. Gates
San Juan
N. M
Guy Binkley
Norman Ranells
John Lansgston
Gracie Rogers
Tom Williamson
Harve Bandy
Sam Pevehouse
John Eddings
Gaar Corner
Bro
Lindsey
Leroy McDaniel
Robert Henry
Bud MccLeroy
Grandma Henry
Roda Henry
Lloyd McLeroy
Mamie Peck
Lorene Townsley
Rosie Henry
Floy Mae Eddings
Tom Hughes
Bill Huddleston
Atwood
Times
Cleve Beach
Blue Blackburn
Ralph Gillock
Caplen
Christine
Fern Phelps
Geneva Coffman
Gladys Laughlin
Verna Soward
Bessie Burgess
Happyland
Ruddick
Loney Jones
Anadarko
Jesus
Rosie
Norma Lee Henry
Ernest McDaniel
Ona
McLeroy
Effie Henry
Bildenham
Vaness
Hughes
Adams
William Miller
Virgie Fowler
Union Hill
Sherman Estes
Roy Crowley
J. A. Laughlin
Worley Estes
Lavinia Corvin
Anna Marie Fowler
Louise Estes
Laerenie Corvin
Dorothy Lee Finch
Craig Corvin
W. H. Meeks
Rosa Lee Vandergrift
Fowler
Clovis Meeks
Virgil Fowler
Elmer Sanders
A. M. Files
Willie Files
Union Valley
Haywood Fowler
Harmon Lee Coley
Effie Luttrell
B. F. Fowler
Lindsay
Sunda
Marvin Briggs
Gaar
Cushman Corner
Eloise Alston
Oklahoma
Cit
Beatrice
Bess McGeehee
Elbert Jared
Chickasha
Bartholomew
John Edding
J. R. Barton
Pie supper drew crowds for Galey event Thursday night
Galey sets a June 7 pie supper with live entertainment and candidates visiting. crowd expected. ladies urged to bring pies and pocketbooks. Sunday activities included church attendance. Numerous local families enjoyed visits and gatherings through the weekend at various homes and churches.
Community notices from Konawa area church and visitors
A Konawa region column notes a Saturday night church gathering led by Bro. Coffee and a next Sunday service at the Holloways. It also lists visitors including Mrs. Mary Buchanan and children, Mrs. Ona Boucher, Mrs. Mae Barnes and Pauline, Lorene Buchanan with Pauline Barnett, and travelers such as Mr. and Mrs. Jake Watkins from Arizona visiting Mrs. Sam Riley. Several locals, including teachers and families, share weekend visits and social calls while school ended Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maxwell
Carter Holloway
Mary Buchanan
Konawa
C. A. Barnett
Ona Boucher
Mae Barnes
Pauline
Gladys Norman
Lorene Buchanan
Pauline Barnett
H. J. Tyree
Dewey Cox
Marrion Powell
Powell
Jud Powell
Pauls Valley
Mildred Barnett
Ernest Hampton
Mae Barnett
Laura Isaacs
Mary Tyree
Edna Buchanan
Jake Watkins
Arizona
Watkins
Sam Riley
Travis Norman
Tim Boucher
W. A. Berry
Pleasant Hill Wedding Bells Unite Two Teachers
Pleasant Hill reports wedding bells as Malcolm Stegall and Inez Lovelace, both teachers here, wed Sunday. The ceremony was performed by Rev Grimes of Ada. The couple and community wish them a long and happy married life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleasant Hill
Pendergraft
Mary Lena Park
Almarine Hobbs
Thurman Sliger
Artie Grey
Malcolm Stegall
Inez Lovelace
Grimes
Ada
Parish Chapel meets with Brother Smith at Stratford
Brother Smith of Stratford leads a Church of Christ meeting at this place with well attended singing Saturday night. Numerous visitors and locals attended while Sunday school stayed strong. A brief note invites more friends for next Saturday night and June 3 meeting as services expand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brother Smith
Stratford
Church of Christ
Sharp
T. G. Fowler
Ada
Pannel
Summers Chapel
Bro. McGhee
Carnell Brewer
Ruby Lamb
Mozelle Cavener
Community Gossip and Obituary Notes
Farmers in this community include Mrs Chadd visiting Mrs Jim Phelp and many calls among local families such as Brumleys Laughlins and Burgesses. A newborn Billie Marie nine pounds, son and relatives visit Ada and Amarillo. The piece closes with a family obituary for Tom Alexander and a sentimental poem about rest and passage.
Cedar Grove Community Gossip Highlights Local Visits
Edith Baker calls on Mrs Chloe Ramsey Friday. Numerous visits and overnight stays recur across Cedar Grove and Egypt, including Edison Baker and Beatrice Baker with W T Baker, Otto Harris with Sankie Hunter, Edna Jones with Marie Harris, and many other neighbors. Social ties, kinship, and local hospitality color a long list of weekend and weekday drop ins. Numbers, names and places anchor a portrait of small town life.
Community notices of visits and assemblies in center area
Center cotton chopping continues as residents share visits across families including McDaniel Henry Hughes and Wood families. Notable events include a new eight pound baby girl for Melvin Hinkle, and Rev Ward Wood delivering services at New Bethel with a gathering at the Ward Wood home.
Thursday with Mr and Mrs Ward Attend Stratford Church
Mr and Mrs Ward and Mr and Mrs Cleve Stonecipher joined Mrs Pierce and Mrs Hooten for church at Stratford on Saturday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ward Wood
Cleve Stonecipher
Pierce
Hooten
Stratford
Oakman School Closes For Vacation And Graduates Named
Vacation days arrive as the Oakman school ends a term with May 18 program. Eighth grade graduates are Norma Jean Carter Geneva Kendrick Marguerite Eppler Evelyn Meeks Earl Rutz Loyd Winters Thurman Wright Albert Smith and Gertie Dunnegan. Several families visited and others illness noted with measles and whooping cough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakman
Norma Jean Carter
Geneva Kendrick
Marguerite Eppler
Evelyn Meeks
Earl Rutz
Loyd Winters
Thurman Wright
Albert Smith
Gertie Dunnegan
John McDonald
Cecil Kendrick
Will Yeat
B. A. Horton
Lewis
Center
Conner
Aubry Eaton
Ada
D. C. Kendrick
Myrtle Meeks
Wert Seeds
Weekend visits fill Lightning Ridge and Pickett notes
Local social items list weekend visits among Lightning Ridge residents from Ada Hart and Davis areas. Includes Mrs. S C Evans Mrs McDonald Mr and Mrs Wells Mr and Mrs Webb T S Sissell and many others visiting relatives and friends. Also mentions church services singing Sundays and two local baseball results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lightning Ridge
S. C. Evans
McDonald
Jeff Bailey
Ada
Wells
Fred Ray
Johnnie Webb
T. S. Sissell
Woodrow Coffey
Davis
Luge Coffey
Joe Watson
Jack Pendleton
Leon Smith
Hart
Patton
Ross Montgomery
L. O. Cobb
M. S. Tipton
Bennie Owenbey
Virgle Hoover
Meek
Fay Pendleton
Oren Shook
Lester Pitts
Mr. Pitts
Ada County Singers to Perform Next Sunday Night
Mr and Mrs Winfrey McKeel H G Coffey and Ada visitors Odis Coffey and family are hosting. The Ada quartet led by Mr and Mrs Sharp Other Floyd and Vestal Henry will sing next Sunday at the Hennigan home. All are invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winfrey McKeel
H. G. Coffey
Charlie Laseman
Ada
Hennigan
Doris Pendleton
Thelma Lois Tipton
Odis Coffey
Little Son
Louise McKeel
Robins
Bob Fussell
Wilson visitors share Saturday with local families
Mr. and Mrs. Lorse Shook of Wilson spent Saturday with Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Bond. Mr. and Mrs. John Binion visited Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Old. Visited friends at this place Sun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaar Gorner
Lorse Shook
Wilson
Raymond Bond
John Binion
Alvin Old
Bill Huddleston
Atwood
Sunday School Attendees and Local Visits Noted
Lovelady Sunday school drew several attendees including Delena Deaton Marie Sliger and Ruth Taylor. Area residents visited families, shared meals, and joined singing gatherings with frequent mentions of visits to and from Tim Taylor Opal Brandon J B Robison and others amid reports of whooping cough affecting John Sanders' children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lovelady
Delena Deaton
Marie and
Ver Sliger
Ruth Taylor
Ila Pendegrass
Albert Pevehouse
Sam Sliger
Bryan Robiso
J. B
Jamem
Tim Taylor
Opal Brandon
Calberton
Ausby Timmons
Olin Brando
J. B. Sliger
J. T
Opal Dell Taylor
Jamema Robinson
Jewell Barton
Ada
Tennie Brannon
Governor Rolph gravely ill at Linthorpe ranch near San Jose
Governor James Rolph Jr. lay critically ill at Linforth ranch near San Jose as his family stayed at the bedside and doctors fought to stabilize him. A heart stimulant was used during a long nocturnal vigil, with Dr. J M Scanland saying the immediate injection of the drug stood between life and death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Jose
Cal
James Rolph, Jr
Linforth Ranch
J. M. Scanland
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T. H. McGalliard
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J. W. Law
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E. C. Cavener
M. R. Lamb
L. T. Mitchell
Searberry
Egypt
Berch Mitchell
Gene Galey
Ruby Jewel Mitchell
Geneva Isaacs
Clarence Wood
Carran Mitchell
Estelle Little
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Ira Flowers
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Edith Baker
Chloe Ramsey
Buddie Scroggins
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Joy Norris
Louis Harris
Robert Harris
Alvin Chism
Weleetka
Duel Chism
Tollie Chism
Evalyn
Monroe Chism
Francis
Bill Baker
Charles Baker
Otto Harris
Sankie Hunter
Edna Jones
Marie Harris
Edith Bryant
Helen Scroggins
Lucille Henson
Lorene Harris
Leo Chism
Evalyn West
Edith
Beatrice Baker
J. H. Kellogg
John Baker
W. T. Baker
Helen Matthews
Edith Lee Gailer
Isom Harris
Dee Jones
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Jewell Lee
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Edna West
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Norma Jean
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Velma Chandler
Schuster
Effie Rainbolt
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Iantha Rainbolt
Ruth Akin
Imogine Bingham
Christina Bing
Ethel Akin
Omer Davis
Boog” Dunn
E. B. Jones
Willie Graham
Ewell Hays
Son Weldon
Kalifomia
Henry Gregory
Henry Dunn
Juanita
Laverne Floyd
Velma Graham
H. Dunn
Truman Ramner
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Graham
Magmie
Dewey Cantrell
Edward Cantrell
Alma Davis
Agnes Johnson
Ivy Lee
J. H. Hays
Mildred Dunn
Mildred
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Louise Rice
Pauline Floyd
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Chester Brumley
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A. R. Cosby
Lela
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Lewis Wood
Stork
Melvin Hinkle
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Grandma Johnson
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