Rural Community Notes Highlight Local Visits and Visits
Center George Grey and Owen Grey host family members. J. C. Fike and son Kenneth return from Arkansas. Various neighbors visit each other across Ada Blanchard Fort Smith Stonewall and Bebee. A dance at Carl Denham's draws a crowd and travel to meet relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Grey
Owen Grey
J. C. Fike
Kenneth
Arkansas
Jack Kirk
Burk Standridge
Ada
Virgle Medlock
Brazil
Blanchard
Bobbie Lou Snipes
Aliene
Mrs. Viney
Charlie Moor
Colorado
John Conners
Aca
Pearl Horton
Rosa Fay Henry
Mary Jane Cummings
Wanda Jean Peck
Mayme Peck
J. D. Sutton
Dave Cummings
Ruby Elmore
Myrtle
Elbert Sullivan
Texas
Letha Robertson
Pickett
Byron Crossland
Carl Denham
Fort Smith
Wedding Bells End August Ninety Weekend in Sasanka Area
Wedding announcements recall Mr. Ted Scroggins and Miss Lilly May Ashley unite on Wednesday evening August 25 in this locale. Notes of visitors include Mrs. Merrel Wilson and baby and several visits among neighbors and relatives including the Chisms and Rainbolts. A son arrives for Mr. and Mrs. Roy West on Monday August 23 and both mother and child are reported well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted Scroggins
Lilly May Ashley
Sasanka
Merrel Wilson
Baby
Woodrow Phillips
Roy West
Virginia Hunter
Marie Harris
Mildred Greene
Lantha
Athalen Rainbolt
Tollie Chism
Janet
Effie Rainbolt
John Chism
Jerusalem
Arkansas
Isam Harris
Bill Phillips
Sunday School and Meet at Owl Creek Areas
The column lists social visits and church activities across Halls Hill and Owl Creek communities. Families visiting relatives, Sunday dinners, and weekend gatherings are noted, along with a protracted meeting led by Rev. D. E. Pendergraft and Rev. W. P. Sibley.
Walnut Grove Hymns and Visits Mark Quiet Church Weekend
Local notes record Walnut Grove tending Sunday and a Thursday singing session. Families like Moss Estes and Gann share visits in Pickett and nearby homes. A memorial poem honors Eva Lee Houchen, with verses by Louise Estes, reflecting faith and loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eva Lee
Louise Estes
Sunshine Church Meeting Closes with Baptisms at Old York Crossing
The Sun shines on a Sunday meeting ending with a sermon to converts and six baptisms at Old York crossing. Community activity lists numerous family visits, dinners, and social calls across Sulphur Ada and nearby towns, with church services scheduled for Saturday and Sunday.
Sunday visits and guest list at local homes
Ruby Dryden was the Sunday night guest in the J. W. Law home. Alpha McCause visited Jewel Dean Gideon Sunday. Mozella Cavener spent Tuesday with Inetta London. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Dryden visited Monday with his mother, Mrs. W. E. Dryden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silas Freeman
Stratford
Henry Standridge
Mozelle Cavener
Vaness
Milo Pennington
Maddox
Gaar Corner
John Law
Martha Ward
Chism
Geneva Isaacs
Mozelle
Edmond Cavener
Gene
Jewell Dean Gideon
Alpha McCause
Avery Pennington
Elvin Mitchell
Jeff Reed
Roy Maner
Byars
Byron Coffman
Jewel Cowe
Oklahoma City
A. T
Leola Shackleford
Bevna Reed
Floy Hayes
Center
L. T. Mitchell
Eer
Ruby Dryden
J. W. Law
Jewel Dean Gideon
Mozella Cavener
Inetta
London
Ray Dryden
W. E. Dryden
Local social roundups and community notes
A long list of Sunday visits and family gatherings across Happyland, Latta, Sasakwa, Wewoka, and nearby towns, plus school notes, ball games, and summer camp updates. Reports include visits among Hices, Gouchs, Gordons, Flanagans, and many others, with notes on attendances and local events.
Revival Meeting At High Hill Attracts Attendees
Mrs Lucy Body and Mr and Mrs Clifton of Centrahoma hold a revival meeting at High Hill inviting all to attend. Mayme Gina of Stonewall visited relatives here from Saturday to Monday. Several local residents called on Stella Mae Rowe and others Sunday. An ice cream and domino party hosted by Mr and Mrs Shortie Spence Friday night ended in socializing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kate Gibbs
Wewoka
Pete Leslie
Bill Leslie
Owl Creek
Arvil Sweat
Stella Mae Rowe
Tom Moshier
Irene McMeans
Shortie Spence
Woodrow Jones
Jones
Sasakwa
Seaborn Kerr
Herman Kerr
J. H. McMeans
Carrie Johnson
Pleasant Hill
Dorothy Kerr
Wanda Lee Hopkins
Charlie Moshier
Tom and
L. D
J. B. McMeans
Lawrence Drennon
Stonewall
Harg Sweat
Cain
W. W. Bonham
Tishomingo
Elizabeth Carmichael
Stillwater
Mesdames Mona _ Broughton
Oscar Ansell
Ada Feris
Odell Underhill
Ada
Walker Blevens
Ruby Rogers
W. R. Branscomb
Stella Beauford
Ben Easterling
Walter Easterling
Lela Leris
Hazel Smith
Carrie Easterwood
W. H. Leflett
Robert Hood
Della Epperson
Robert Sutton
Isaac
High Hill
Lucy Body
Clifton
Centrahoma
Mayme Gina
O. G. Brown
Naomi Chambers
Mary Nell Rowe
Bertha Grey
Gon Wayne
Bonnie Jared
Mary Kerr
Rose McMeans
Medrith Moshier
Louie Ray
Busy Syrup Time Grips Oakman Community News
Nearly every resident in Oakman is shown making syrup as community life centers on harvest chores. Several visits and social gatherings occur across Union Valley Ada and Konawa with families including Owens Massey Pendergrass Wallace Scroggins Weatherford and Eppler among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. K. Owens
Union Valley
M. M. Massey
Pauline Pendergrass
Pernie Lillard
Loyd Winters
Byng
Emmett Walling
Earnest Williamson
Cotton
Oklahoma
Elmer Scroggins
Cedar Grove
A. A. Bandy
Sherman Shockley
Ada
W. T. Shockley
Jean Berryman
Virginia Weatherford
Homer
Mabel Smith
Juanita Rancier
Marion Williamson
W. H. Bandy
Denny
Retha Lee Simpkins
R. A. Simpkins
Gladys Morgan
Letha McDonald
Ernest Williamson
W. E. Wilson
Lester Lillard and Sons
Spieghts Eppler
J. L. Eppler
Miskell Anderson
Bernice Richardson
Ilan Landrith
George Nash
Alice Risenhoover
Marvin Lewis
Robert Scott
Konawa
Shirley Massey
Margerite
Melba Eppler
Bell
Donald
W. R. Owens
Red Oak Social Notes Include Visits and Dance Attendees
Dortha Erwin spent a week with sister Doris Hyndon in Wewoka then returned home Sunday. W. R. Dean of Brook Haven stayed with Hubert Horne Saturday night. Emogene Phillips spent Wednesday night with Jessie Curlee. Mrs. Walter Horne visited Fay Wallace of Citra Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Grady Henly of Wewoka visited Jim and Mrs. Erwin Sunday. Dance Saturday night hosted by Opal Horne drew Hubert Bryson and wife and family, J R, Martha Ella, H D Nix, Irene and Ralpha Nix, Roland Eubanks, W R Dean, Williams, J M Ratliff, Marshall Joe Donald and Emogene Phillips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hall
Stonewall
Ethel Hamilton
Bodsey
Centrahoma
Jim Curlee
Walde Rose
Leona Misenhimer
Pearl Sutterfield
Barbara Teel
Henry Teel
W. G. Rowe
Gabe
Irene Thomas
Jessie Curlee
Wollie Ray
Eddie Roberts
Roy
Red Oak
Brook Haven
Hubert Bryson
Allen
Herman Phillips
Nix
Martha Ella Bryson
Opal Horne
Irene
Ralpha Nix
Dortha Erwin
Emogene Phillips
Marshall Erwin
J. R. Bryson
Artis King
Halls Hill
Joe Cozad
Hubert Horne
Herman Donald
Mildred Woodall
Florene
Frank van Winkle
Citra
Butler Gray
Gerty
Dock Phillips
W. R. Dean
Laverne van Winkle
Kirt Woodall
Junior Hyndon
Wewoka
Jim Erwin
Louis Roy
Iriogene Phillips
Wilce Prince
Black Rock
Thomas Knighten
John Ratliff
California
Roy Horne
Johnnie Wallace
Doris Hyndon
Walter Horne
Fay Wallace
Grady Henly
J. R
Martha Ella
H. D
Roland Eubanks
Williams
J. M. Ratliff
Marshall Joe Donald
Cotton picking time and a wary eye on machines
A Texas editor recalls his best years as a picker and wages in 1894, notes optimism about a new cotton picking machine, laments boll weevil damage, and recalls a Texas legislative effort to curb planting in border belts. The piece ends with a cautious forecast about pests and progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Mexico
Rio Grande
Pittsburgh hotel strike traps guests at two big hosts
A labor walkout by elevator operators cooks and other hotel workers left about 1,400 guests stranded at Pittsburgh's William Penn and Fort Pitt hotels. The two properties with 1,600 and 800 rooms are owned by the Pittsburgh Hotels corporation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
American Federation of Labor Unions
William Penn
Fort Pitt
The
Pittsburgh Hotels Corporation
Maxwell School Completes Six Weeks With Stable Enrollment
Maxwell School reports six weeks complete with enrollment near normal at 98 and average daily attendance of 80, 94 percent overall. Upper grades lead with 96 percent attendance and 25 students were never absent or tardy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monty Lou Hopper
Edna Sue Cox
Nadine Ellis
Wilma Jean Jones
Orlan Harold Dees
Bobby Lee Buchanan
Lester Hampton
Bobbie
Negro Charged For Attack On Commissioner
A man described as a Negro, Terry Mur, is charged in connection with an early day assault on a commissioner of the Oklahoma State Highway Department. Coffey, 39, was slashed in the chest during a collision near Hot Springs and treated at a local hospital before being released to friends at Lake Hamilton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phy
Hot Springs
Richard Ryan
Coffey
Jim Nance
Oklahoma House of Representatives
B. L. Biggers
Oklahoma City
Biggers
Nance
Roy Emery
Emery
Murphy
Oklahoma Highway Commission
State Board of Agriculture
Highway Commission
Scott Ferris
National Democratic
Oklahoma
Road Board
Anadarko
Okla
Ermey
Joffey
Here
Arkadelphia
Ark
John L. Coffey
Lake Hamilton
Friends
Terry Mur
Johnston County Women Camp At Witch Hole Highlights Fashion Show
Johnston County farm women held a two day camp at the Pon totoc Council Boy Scout camp near Bromide. Activities included boating, swimming, games, a moonlight folk dance and a style revue tracing dresses from Civil War era to 1937.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry W. Miller
Pontotoc
Johnston County Farm Women’s Club
Johnston County Farm Women
Clara Backhaus
Boy Scout
Bromide
Delaware Creek
Witch Hole
Mess Hall
Miss Backhaus
Ben Easterling
Connerville
Shaw’s
Ada Rock Asphalt Plant Starts Production for State Use
Rock asphalt mined two miles west of the cement plant near Ada is processed at the Harry Barndollar plant. The material, ground and mixed with flax oil, will be tested on state road S. H. 19 west of Ada for about a month. Trucks shuttle between quarries and the highway, delivering finished material for a one and a half inch layer on a gravel base to evaluate performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ada
Harry Barndollar and Associates
Pontotoc County
Oklahoma Sets September Oil Allowable At 600000 Barrels Daily
Oklahoma's September oil allowable was set at 600000 barrels daily by the corporation commission, a reduction of 33600 barrels daily below the Bureau of Mines estimate. The August allowable was 633400 barrels daily. The Oklahoma City Wilcox zone, the only class A pool in the state, was trimmed from 128006 to 113516 barrels daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Corporation Commission
Bureau of Mines
Oklahoma City - Wilcox
Also Mentioned on This Page
Henry Odom
C. C. Couch
Alma Bennett
Parker
Jamie Barnes
Mary Scrivner
Effie Capps
D. E. Pendergraft
W. P. Sibley
Abilene
W. B. Hokett
Viola Odom
Joe Hokett
Lula
Lafern Scott
Fort Worth
Jackie Anderson
Estes
Wallace
Lon Cecil
Mrs. Hatton
Dan Thompson
Mrs. Sliger
Walnut Grove
Carl Moss
R. L. Moss
H. W. Estes
Fowler
Lodema Avent
Southerland
I. W. Tilley
Albert Pinley
Bebee
Leon Pinley
Little Glen Odell Wilfong
A. W. Estes
Allene
Rosa Lee
S. W. Gann
Mrs. Cook
Clara
Emma Agee
Bill Boland
Jesus
Old York
Bro. Sankey
Stevens
Floyd Hobgood
Jack Brents
White
Winona
Margie Coplin
Opal Fussell
Walter Minor
Vanzant
Wilson
Pat Freeman
Ray Goodwin
Fitzhugh
T. Bonner
M. Conner
W. H. Brents
Bro. Hayes
Melvin Underhill
Woodrow Brents
Glover Goodwin
Billie
Max Kirkes
R. A. Fussell
Jack
Lithia
H. W. Herring
T. J. Fussell
Eugene
Junior Peters
Hice
George
Gardner
Foster
Coal County
Akers
Pelts
Commarde Glover
Virgil
Lula Mae
Vivian
Frances Glover
Ida
Delia Stella
Emly
Ella
Dale Spears
Happyland
Schol
Oakman
Elma Wilson
Ruby Wilson
Kathrine Albert
Meeks
Scott Wilson
Russel Head
Iiead
George Robbins
Summers Chapel
Vorster
Worstell
Maxwell Township
W. A. Alexander
Alexander
Calvin Massey
Arkansas Fuel and Oil Company
Massey
Wayne Bobo
N. S. Nickell
Tommie Lee
Tom Matthews
Omhar Pierce
Kenneth Ray
Virgil Aldridge
Julia Jo
Aldridge
Opal Flowers
Dewey Vinson
J. D
J. P
Don Vinson
A. and
M. College
John Ryan
Holdenville
Marceline Smith
L. R. Watson
Doyle Triplett
Ada and
Paul Miller
Tom Miller
Ola Miller
Corrine Reynolds
Vera Wilcox
J. T. Miller
Shawnee
Maxwell School News
Johnston County
Bureau
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