Stonewall and Ada residents visit in Pontotoc County
Ada visitors and local residents frequent Stonewall Morris Byng Jesse Clarita and Jesse area towns Tuesday and Thursday. Teachers and students travel for school and civic events while 4-H members and families discuss crops and farm life amid community updates and local visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Bebele
Ada
Walter Sharrock
Coalgate
Stonewall
Jesse
Estle Henson
Charles Watson
Eva Mae
Amos
Austelle
Glen Rives
James McKay
Mary Bird
Frank Tate
Byng
Cloud Justice
J. N. King
Telle McMillan
Frank Kyte
Clarita
Morris Marcus
Oklahoma City
Wm. Weise
Wolfe Marcum
John Murphy
Otto Martin
Allen
C. T. Walker
Zeb McKay
Zebeline
Norman Correll
E. M. Correll
Buster Jennings
Pauline Austelle
Lillian Heneger
Teile McMillan
Clarence Billings
Luther Correll
Roy Whitlock
Roy George
C. A. Acker
Ora Morris
Amos Austelle
Emitt Gill
St. Louis
H. F. Williams
Evan
Edgar Sallee
Eugene Birge
Franks
Elma
Aline Rives
Glenn Rives
Ray Heneger
T. J. Rives
Bitge
Keith Underhill
Claude Miers
Elma Winn
Roff School Opens with Large Enrollment and Staff
The term starts with many Hickory area pupils joining Roff. Grade school teachers named Edith Frye Cula Meharg Anita Seaborn Dowell Bunyard and Rice plus Mary Miller Ella Raper Edith Murray. High School leaders include B W Weems principal Mrs Phillips and C E Schultz coach. Several local residents relocate or travel for schooling and work, while crops and cotton yield improvements are noted in the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hickory
Roff
Edith J. Frye
Cula Meharg
Anita Seaborn
Miss Dowell
Bunyard
H. P. Rice
Mary Miller
Ella Raper
Edith Murray
B. W. Weems
Phillips
Corinne Tuttle
C. E. Shultz
R. F. Crumley Jr
Ada
East Central
Lula Matthews
Leroy
Edwin
Tom Burch
Old McGee
Willie Gibson
Willie Isaacs
Jim Magar
Wilburn Stone
Oklahoma City
New Castle
George
Flippin
Ark
Mrs. Younger
J. J. Burrus
Karlin Haskins
Stratford
Missouri
Joplin
Phoenix
Ash Grove
Irene Magar
Helen Burrus
A. J. Wood
L. D. Haskins
Edie Summers
Cook
E. H. Light
G. W. Evans
Social visits and home news from Worstell and nearby
The report lists local residents visiting and visiting times across families in Worstell Ada and Oakman including Burk Hightower Jones and Robertson households. It notes Mrs Hightower's illness and several travel departures with friendly remarks from A Happy Kid requesting more Worstell news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Happy Land
Russell Head
Mrs. Head
J. J. Lamb
G. W. Robbins
J. M. Ingram
Grandma Jenkins
Sam Morrison
H. C. Lamb
Ada
J. D. Gann
Mrs. Jones
Okemah
Adrian Price
Hitchita
Okla
W. H. Hightower
J. A. Burk
Virginia Lee
F. E. Duncan
Louise Adams
Worstell
Crane
Haynes
C. O. Burk
Elva Jones
John Jones
Oakman
Hightower
Odis Roberts
Paul McCutcheon
Frank Long
Elmer
Bill
Eartie Robertson
John Haggard
M. C. Burk
Colorado
Wess Hightower
Johnnie Burk
Oklahoma
The Promised Letter: A Westward Trip Description
A travel note recalls leaving Oklahoma City at 8 30 a m to tour western fields and Kansas farms. It describes fertile fallow ground in Oklahoma and plowing in Kansas, plus prosperity shown by nets on horses, tractors, homes, barns, silos, and cattle. A 25 minute supper stop at Herrington precedes an overnight near McFarland with a choice to wait until 11 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Kansas
Herrington
McFarland
Branson Declared Official Democratic Nominee for Oklahoma Supreme Court
Chief Justice Fred P. Branson of Muskogee became the official Democratic nominee for the state supreme court from the seventh district after the election board issued a nomination certificate. The ruling ended a protracted challenge by rival W. H. Brown of Muskogee, who sought a Creek county recount alleging irregularities. Brown did not file a rehearing petition, leaving Branson’s nomination in effect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Fred P. Branson
Muskogee
State Supreme Court
Seventh District
W. C. McAlister
State Election Board
W. H. Brown
Creek County
Supreme Court
Branson
Election Board
Brown
Sapulpa
Johnston
Porter Morgan
Skeleton of Mastadon Found Near Jesse
Fragmentary OCR notes report a mastodon skeleton found near Jesse in a region once a mastodon habitat. The fragmentary text references a large prehistoric elephant and ancient geography, indicating paleontological significance in the Phéntotoe county area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mastadon
Jesse
Phéntotoe County
Monster bone discovery near Jesse attracts Ada witness
John Fitts of Ada reports uncovering a large fore leg bone of a monster near Jesse. He describes the bone as roughly the diameter of a fair sized tree and says other bones are exposed in the bank where this one was found, with more expected beneath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galley Ray Donaho
Nick Ward
Rab Newby
Geneva Gorgens
Dimple Engle
Hattie
Juanita Donoho
Lela
Virgie Newby
Lela Newby
St. Louis
Lizzie Maner
Edd
John Jones
Asher
J. R. Newby
Iris Odom
Richard Newby
Abenary Sutton
Maxwell
Ada
Miss Engle
J. O. Henderson
Norman
Jesse
John Fitts
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Weems
George E. Tyson
Rebecca Sue Crain
Reading
Elizabeth Ann _ Pickens
Robert Seaborn
Tennessee
S. L. Seaborn
Jessie Lee Bolson
J. J. McLeod
George Dale
Mary Ann
Mexico
N. C. Bowen
Rush Etchieson
S. L. Barton
Main Street
Margaret Givens
Eva Robinson
Tollie Crumley
H. Underhill
Harmon
Octavia
John L. Southerland
Hart
Ross
Underhill
S. Ninth
Mildred Smith
Birmingham
Ala
L. Pippen
Amarillo
Texas
Aubrey Pippen
Roy C. McKee
Edwin Pickens
Ross Richardson
Tom Taylor
Peene
Carl Till
Joe J. Shaw
Willie Berger
Casey Jones
Buck
Raymond Bond
Timothy
Cecil Abson
Paul
Dolly Watters
Eldred Solomon
Carl Tilly
Dorothy Watters
Leona Walker
Ona Hughes
Cuba Jones
Stephen
Christ
Supt
Baird
Tom Jamar
Galey
Joe Whitehead
Cotton County
Joe
Rance Tucker
Jack Watts
State Line
Norrell
Centennial
Flagler
Kit Carson County
Heathman
Lula
Vanoss
Cecil Alison
Floy Bradley
Tom Hughes
Dave Watters
Western Oklahoma
O. J. Emerson
Waurika
Frank Montgomery
Tiffin
Cordell
Peltner
Henry Eaves
Ray White
A. H. White
Eld
P. A. Templeman
Grandma Weldon
Grandma Hearse
Woodie Templeman
H. B. Williams
Purcell
Earnest
Viola Martin
Roundtree
Lightning Ridge
Annie Spears
Strickland
McDonald
Garland
John Bradley
Co. T. Frank Owens
Littlefield
J. B. Owens
Lester Shaw
Eld. Johnson
Methodist Church
Bebeer
Universal
Harry Pollal
Felt and Suede
American Beauty
Big Brother
Union
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Jean Cloth
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Rayon
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