County 4-H Members Gather Safety Program Honor
County 4-H members in Pontotoc County have earned top state safety program honors. Mike Lucas James During and Harold Swink of Roff led area efforts contributing prize money from Folgers and other sponsors. The group surveyed 1443 homes and checked over 1000 vehicles, promoting home and automotive safety through demonstrations and news articles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike Lucas
James
Lucas
Harold Swink
Ross
Folgers Coffee Company
Chevyl Mellon, Vanss
Carol State Safety Program
al Howell
James Lucas
Harald Swink
Nan
Maxine Bieh
State Highway Patrol
Sunday Socials and Family Visitors Reach Ada Area
Long column of community notes recounts visits and gatherings around Ada Oklahoma. Vicki Jean Scott at Bert Scott home draws family from Seminole Sasakwa and Ada. Numerous relatives including Au tens Peters Lackey Davis and Enis travel for birthdays dinners and church events. Ongoing local tales cover travel to Texas for Six Flags, a Dallas ride, weddings showers and a mix of school and hospital news with health updates and yard work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Scott
Vicki Jean
G. W. Scott
Seminole
Otto Eberje
Sasakwa
Betty Brinsfield
C. 4. Dove
Heavy Rainfall Douses Ada No Damage Noted
Heavy rainfall drenched Ada and nearby areas on Wednesday with 1.31 inches in Ada and stronger totals elsewhere such as Hickory 8.3 inches and the U.S. Wildlife Refuge 2.53 inches. No major damage reported beyond typical erosion. a Roft bus crossing floods stalled a bus. Power outages in Hickory lasted about three hours. Tishomingo and Atoka area roads flooded and high winds noted in some spots.
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Ada
W. E. Pitt
Hickory
Roff
U.S
Tishomingo
Roft
Richard Swink
Swink
Frank Fudge
State Highway Department
Antlers
Atoka
U.S. 69
Oklahoma
Highway Department
Bryan County
Marshall County
Baby Caroline Spears Dies Soon After Birth
Day old Caroline Spears, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Derrell Spears of 350 Southeast County Road, died Tuesday in a local hospital. Born October 8, the infant’s graveside service is set for Friday at 2 p.m. at Vamoosa Cemetery near Kenawa with Rev. John Asaby officiating. Funeral arrangements are by Smith Funeral Home. The family includes Kirby, Kevin, and Juana Spears. Grandparents are H. Q. Spears of Oklahoma City and H. H. Atkinson of Odessa, with great grandparents W. W. Aylkinson of Konawa and John Berry family of Tishominga.
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Caroline Spears
Derrell Spears
Road
Vamoosa Cemetery
Kenawa
John Asaby
St. Luke's Episcopal Church
Smith Funeral Home
Juana
H. Q. Spears
Oklahoma City
H. H. Atkinson
Odessa
Texas
W. W. Alykinson
Konawa
John Berry
Tishominga
Patterson William A Drew Patterson dies at 70 in Pontotoc County
William A Drew Patterson a seventy year old Pontotoc County resident and former Odessa businessman died at 9 43 p m Monday in a local hospital. He was born January 13 1877 in Russellville Arkansas to George and Rhoda Farr Patterson. He moved to Pontotoc County in 1892 and settled near Allen. He married Dora Ellen Davis in 1904 at Allen. He was a member of Assembly of God Church and the Odd Fellows. He is survived by wife Dora E Patterson of 1025 East Ninth two sons Clarence Patterson Odessa Texas Carl Patterson Odessa a daughter Mrs L R Tracy Oklahoma City two grandchildren Captain Carl Patterson US Air Force and Gloria Tracy Oklahoma City a sister Mrs Jane Campbell Holdenville and a brother Jess Patterson Okmulgee. Services were held at 11 am Thursday in the Criselwell Funeral Home chapel with burial in Rosedale Cemetery.
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William. A. “Drew
Patterson
Russellville
Arkansas
George and
Rhoda Farr Patterson
Pontotoc County
Allen
Dora Ellen Davis
Pontotes County
Assembly of God Church
Lodge
Dora E. Patterson
East’ Ninth
Clarence Patterson
Odessa
Texas
Carl Patterson
L. R. Tracy
Oklahoma City
U. S. Air Force
Gloria Tracy
Oklahomas City
Jane Campbell
Holdenville
Jess Patterson
Okmulgee
Two Day Workshop Teaches Range Conservation Plans
A two day slate will attend a workshop with Sticham guiding nine trainees from area towns including Chester Fry Ardmore Alton Moss Claremore and Alvin Triswell Okemah. The group will survey range sites to determine suitable grasses and conservation plans for local farms and ranches.
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Slate
Sticham
Chester Fry
Ardmore
Alton Moss
Claremore
Alvin Triswell
Okemah
Prince Charles Island Found in Foxe Basin North of Hudson Bay
A Royal Canadian Air Force pilot on a routine flight in 1948 discovered an island in Foxe Basin north of Hudson Bay nearly the size of Connecticut. The land mass was long hidden by snow and ice before the sighting and was named Prince Charles Island after the British heir.
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Connecticut
Canada
Foxe Basin
Hudson Bay
Royal Canadian Air Force
Prince Charles Island
Hard Times in Cotton Fields Demand Labor
The passage recalls Lula All as a symbol of scarcity and labor in cotton fields, noting that pay was by the pound and that children often left schooling to work. It highlights the willingness to endure hardship for money in the cotton industry during difficult days.
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Lula
Frisco Social Notes Mention Visits and Job Change
Mr and Mrs Coy Byrd visited with Mrs Byrds sisters and other relatives including Mrs Troy Sherrill and Mrs Homer Jumper in Harden City and Pleasant Hill. Coy Byrd returns to work on a laundry route. Burl Phillips and Pop Woodruff of Ada visited Frisco and fished with Alfred Baylis. Joe Daniel and Alfred Baylis attended a home demonstration council meeting as voting delegates. Vernon McCarty and children from Okmulgee visited Windell Price's family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coy Byrd
Burl Phillips
Pop Woodruff
Ada
Alfred Baylis
Joe Daniel
Home Demonstration Council
Frisco Club
Vernon McCarty
Okmulgee
Social Visit Notes From Local Families
Bro and Mrs Jerry Fielder with Steve and Gregg hosted Sunday gathering. Mr and Mrs Hisaw and Mr and Mrs Bud Brooks of Stonewall joined Saturday night. Mrs Maresila Jackson and her daughter visited Mrs Laura Snow in Fittsown and had lunch with Mrs Snow’s sister Mrs Sager Hisaw Sr.
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Vance Minor
Jack West
Ada
George Minor
Stonewall
Vance Minors
Alvin Minor
George Corneil
Calif
C.T. Wilburn
Lang
Betty Hayes
Nannie Cox
Horn Drive-in
Claren
Edith Cook
Roms Weightman
Leonard Holloway
Stratford
Floyd Burk Sr
Calvin Pennington
Norman
Albert Crow
Willie Pierce Saint
Eddie Hayes
Earl Johnson
Earl Franks
Wichita
Kan
Bob
Visganice
Ford
Marlow
Ode Franks
Milo Pennington
God
Bavonne Franks
Odajatd
Jack Perrine
Willie Pierce
Franks
Janice
Willie
Joy Tucker
Cloreta Gray
Marie
Melvin Booth
Welch
Paul Tucker
Paula
Tonya
Newt Amer
Billy Jim Robertson
Tamra
Ceeds
Treasury
Clareta Gray
Vicky
W. N. Isaacs
Dewade Patton
Oklahoma City
Drennan
Tupel
Odus Wiles
Drennans
Jerry Howard
Joyce
Cynthia Brannon
Lovelady
Jim
Marshall
Wwere
Sid Marshall
Virgil Johnson
Jerry Moore
Kitty Johnson
Broken Arrow
Grace Marshall
Nieve
Pat Camp
Jerry Fielder
Steve
Gregg
Hits
Boda “Tsaw
Hisaw
Gregg Fielder
Ro I
Bud Brooks
Alfred ‘Baylis
Maresila Jackson
Laura Snow
Oil Center Sunday services attend 87 at Pentecostal Holiness
In Oil Center 87 attended church and Sunday school at the Pentecostal Holiness Church. Rev. Littlefield led the morning service and Rev. Smith led the evening service.
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Atl
Pentecostal Holiness Church
Littlefield
Rev. Smith le
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