Rural Communities of Pontotoc County Notes
Rural Communities of Pontotoc County reports from Haviland and Laxt on harvest season and social visits. Local residents including Wilson, Graham, Binkley, Shirley, Critchfield, Gentry, and Shahan are noted with family visits, church events, and travels to Ada, Shawnee, and OKC. Community members share greetings, dinners, and Sunday gatherings while reporting routine weekly activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haviland
Ode Wilson
Mary Wilson
Joe Graham
Metlurry
Colbert
Clebern Roper
Oakman
Guy Binkley
Willard Anderson
Ada
Raymond Lobbine
Lower Tharp
Maudie Lamb
J. M. Keram
Uy Binkiey
Mary Wite
Bird Nickgli
John Gann
Oklahoma City
Murt
L. O. Kifer
Steedman
Jack Thomas
Charley Thomas
Shawnee
Sailyann
Rucker
Vitcie Baser
Ozelic Cras
Maud Hewitt
Seizel Sorrels
L. O. Kiler
Glynn Shahan
Bazil Martin
Sallyann Rucker
Jewel
Ethel Kifer
Vircil Sorreis
Frederick
Letuel Sorreta
Jewel Kifer
Sallyann Ruecker
Virgie Eager
Maude Hewitt
Mildred Shahan
Orelle Crass
Kifer
Fay Sorrels
Lawrence Hurley
Otto Kifer
Jackie Lynch
Cecil Shahan
Austins
Mildred
Meiba Austin
Lenora
Pearly Wilson
Sunshine
All Day Singing and Dinner at Parish Chapel
Community invites the first Sunday in October for an all day singing and dinner at Parish Chapel. Many locals attend socials, church services, and visits with friends during the week with illnesses noted and revival meetings started by Teague of Ada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie Whitaker
Roy Brindle
Herbert Austin
Clifton Thompson
J. CC
Winfield Law
Edna Whitaker
Sunday School Plans and Local Visits Recap
Galey Sunday school plans to move to Chiem Sunday with no service at the current place and urges attendees to return next Sunday with guests. The record notes many visits: Rhoda and Thelma Shirley with Lorene and Irene Myers, Davis of Asher preaching, and numerous gatherings with Ward, Cole, Newby, Bevers, Ozbin, Gibbs, Ragland, and Jamer among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred Eston
Oil Center
Alice Newby
Sharman Ward
Roy Dunn
Allen
Jennie Ward
G. L. Cole
Winston Myers
George Myers
Pearson Switch
Calvin
Ray Dunn
Henry Jamar
J. T. Myers
Lorene Myers
Rhoda Shirley
Galey
Chiem
Rhoda
Thelma
Shirley
Lorene
Irene Myers
Davis
Asher
Ruth
Dosie
Ellen Wood
Edith Ward
Q. R. Beyers
Ina Mae Rhodes
Allie Rushing
Allie Newby
George Lee
Hubert Deatherage
Lue Ozbin
Q. R. Bevers
Lue Ozbinn
S. H. Newby
Jewell Thrasher
Tom
Deb Myers
Louis Cox
Otto Brecheen
Jim Ward and
L. M. Ward
Connie Gibbs
Ada
Henry Jamer
H. Newby
Horfit Ragland
Rosedale
Farmers Struggle with Farm Prices and Depression Mood
The article recalls widespread farmer hardship from low crop prices and high costs. calls for balance between agriculture and industry to lift general business conditions. It notes community efforts, meetings, and church activities as coping and social glue amid economic strain.
Sunday community notes and family visits in the
Cotton picking remains the focus as Sunday school progresses. Residents join prayer meeting and singing, with multiple family visits reported among Horton, Denton, Bushers, Daniels, and related households. Attends fairs and dinners noted. relief from illness mentioned.
Walton Grove Community News and Visits
Busy cotton picking and corn gathering fill the Walnut Grove notes while neighbors report visits in Ada and Vanoss. Mr Crawley returns from hospital and family gatherings include bright reports from Hugo and Center. A missionary Baptist meeting at Union Valley draws attendees and a leadership talk follows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Law
Bill Keef
Baby
Tayeon
Machine Andreon
Hie Mae Keel
Oi’ Center
Dryden
Ineta
Ruby Dryden
E. C. Cavener
Hazel Meeks
Prentice Horton
Velma Anglin
Mogelle Cavener
Geneva Isaacs
Luther Dryden
Union Valley
G. W. Lamb
J. W. Isaacs
Mabel Tyson
Martha Dunaway
Syble Isaacs
Alline Burch
Ruth Bereh
A. P. Hayes
Webetka
M. RK. Hayes
London
Ruby_ Dryden
Velma Aagiin
Sterling
Walton
Isaacs
Edmond Cavener
Virgil Parmer
Mr. Crawley
Carl Tilley
J. D. Gaar
J. H. Biard
Benie Reird
Virgil Nelson
F. A. Murphy
N. N. Baker
G. M. Pitt
Donnie Shaw
Purcell
Vaness
Rachel Till
Bro
F. E. Tigue
W. T. Phillips
Mr. Denham
Opal Denham
D. Hunt
Eza Hunt
M. L. Hunt
McGee
Alvie Martin
Oklahoma City
W. H. Henderson
Kathern Denham
R. M. Bradley
Center
Cole Creek Missionary Baptist Association
Baptist Young Peoples
Naaman
Amaden Bradley
Carson Phillips
Hattie
Naomi Bradley
Vinita Hunt
Mr. Grindstaff
Elisha
Louise Pitt
Alpha Children
Myrtle Townsend
Nelson
Grindstaff
Rindstaff
Sunday Church Attendance at Lightning Ridge
Sunday school and church at Lightning Ridge drew a large crowd. Bro. Hurdy of Vanoss preached. Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Coffey and Mr. and Mrs. Owens, also of Vanoss, were noted attendees.
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ST Eee
Lightning Ridge
Chu c
Bro
Hurdy of
Vanoss
Arthur Coffey
Mrs. Weils
Mrs. Owens
Sunday School Seeks New Members and Special Programs
The community notes a growing Sunday school with calls for families to attend and help it double in size. A plan for weekly special events is announced, along with local visits, games, and social gatherings at Oil Center and Ada area towns.
Community News Notes Crops and Visits
The community enjoys pleasant weather as crops are gathered with cotton picked and corn harvested. Local residents make trips and visits to Ada Wetumka Springfield and unions shed for church. Individual households are noted for travel guests and family visits in midweek activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Crain
Ada
Ben Jackson
Wetumka
Charles Fellows
Standard Oil Co
Springfield
Lorene Crow
Juanita
Jack Humphrey
Wells
Western Oklahoma
W. H. Hightower
Lois
Mayfield
Juanita Long
Ola Mae Pamer
Union Shed
Carl
Hub Jackson
Carl Moore
Virgil
Charley
Joe Meeks
Lorene Summers
Thelma Duncan
Velma Duncan
Wess Hightower
Everett Mayfield
Union Valley hosts Baptist Coal Creek association meeting
The annual session met at Union Valley church from Tuesday September 13 at 8 p.m. to Thursday 5 p.m. with at least 50 ministers and about 18 churches represented. Revs Ingram Crawford Templeman and McCord delivered memorable messages to a large audience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Valley
Baptist Coal Creek Association
Ingram
Crawford
Templeman
McCord
Local Families Share Weekend Visits and School Closure
A rural note records a Friday school closure for September 16 with pupils to pick cotton and gather corn. It lists visits among Amos Williamson, Clyde Williams, H A Kite, Clara, and Ada area residents, plus shopping trips in Ada and several kinfolk staying with relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amos Williamson
Clyde Wiliams
Frances
H. A. Kite
Clarita
Hodie Lee Kite
Lillie Wiliamson
Georgia Jones
Dortha Capps
Marie Harriss
Cedar Grove
Herman Bandy
Farmer Wilson
Happyland
Marion Caton
G. R. Lilley
Willie Yates
S.S. Lilley
Premium list due next week for county fair winners
The fair managers did not finish checking county fair premium winners in time for this week's paper. The list will appear next week. Mr and Mrs W H Fulkerson and family left this morning to Bowlin Green Kentucky for the 50th wedding anniversary of Mr Fulkersons sister. They plan to visit Mammoth Cave and other sites and will visit relatives in Arkansas on return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. P. Gaines
Frank Whitaker
Frances Jones
Orville Jones
Jack Gaines
Ed Brumley
Opal
Bill Derrick
Henry Johnson
Osher Johnson
Atoka
Clarence Duke
Ada
Lee Carney
Daina Dyes
John Allen
Louie Soward
Madie Burk
S. K. Duncan
Arthur Duncan
C. O. Burk
J. W. Roberts
Leo Holliday
California
Stratford
Pearl Bittles
Bittles
E. H. Light
G. M. Northam
Mable Malloy
Millie Bittles
Frank Kirks
Evert Tolar
Habel Malloy
Russell Cable
Frank Roberts
Linnie Burk
John Alen Hudson
Linnie
Bull Cachin
John
Dwight McGee
Aubrey
Jack Rutherford
Roy Soward
Bud Malloy
Kirk Duncan
Ruby Mae Burk
Minnie Duncan
Johnnie Soward
Earl Summers
Rebee
Lorene Summers
Deltha Watts
Ruth Soward
Connie Rutherford
Shawnee
Union Springs
Denver Jrs
Denver Oil Co
Hudson
Grant
Denver
Owens
Elgin Smith
Blanchard
A. S. Rutherford
Jack
Victor
Charles
Bill Thomas
Neal Hudson
Verlin
Bill Keef
Oil Center
Dewitt Bryan
Kansas
E. D. Bryan
Mi Jo Camp
W. H. Fulkerson
Relatves
Bowlin
Green
Mr. Fulkerson
Mammoth Cave
Realtives
Arkansas
Farm Problem Is Everybody's Problem
Editorial argues farmers may withhold produce as a peaceful protest to secure prices that cover costs. It defends organized actions as understandable given three decades of agricultural struggle and failing Farm Board efforts. The piece emphasizes a national farm crisis requiring attention from all classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chickasha Express
Farm Board
Middle West
Business moves sluggish as editors note mixed trade signals
Editors of business and industrial magazines report a slow movement in many lines across the country in early September. Building contracts rise and cement prices hold, car loadings improve, credit for railway work expands, labor troubles ease, and textile demand strengthens though oil output slows. In Sharon, Farrell works restarts 30 mills with 15 turns weekly after two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Associated Busines
Papers, Inc
Sharon
Pthe Farrell Works
American Sheet and Tilt Plate Company
Miller seeks removal of Inland Empire receiver Clarke
Colonel Zack Miller the last survivor of the lol Ranch founders filed in Kay county district court a motion to dismiss Fred C. Clarke as receiver for Inland Empire properties and name a new receiver. The motion accuses Clarke of incompetence neglecting preserves and mismanaging assets with decayed ranch buildings and grazing horses in a Luther Burbank plum orchard. Hearing is set for the first week in October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
UPA
Kay County District Court
Zack Miller
Fred C. Clarke
Winfield
Kan
Inland Empire
Capitol
Henry S. Johnston
The
Pioneer
Clarke
Miller
Joe Miller
Luther Burbank
Ball Club Traded Pitcher for Baseballs Amid Liabilities
Muskogee club manager Marr traded a southpaw for four baseballs late in the season citing baseballs as more vital to a minor league club. A bankruptcy petition filed by C. C. Ellis lists $2375 in liabilities and no assets, including $1618 owed for baseballs and other bills tied to uniforms, supplies, and a clothing account.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muskogee
Tuat Marr
Ellis
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Pontotoc County
J. PF. Bates
Springebrook
J. AB. Shirley
Paris Valley
Vivian Critchfield
Zelma Luster
Wallace Southworth
Bill Merridith
Allen Gentry
Jine Brewer
Pegcle Canady
Clawrence Conn
Crumel
J. M. Shirley
Vivian Critichtfield
Lorene Shirely
Cleo Hollingsworth
Pauline
Alva Jodel
Ried
Ade
Riedel
J. B. Shirley
Pauls Valley
Robert Jones
Wynanewood
Crafford
Mica Emmer Hitton
Gracie Drake
Floeste Gentry
Laxton
Pais Chapel
John Eddings
Ona Hughes
Lee Roy McDaniel
Edith Wendell
Tom Hughes
Long
Lora Eddings
Myrtle Irwin
Hughes
Bond
Mec Cause
Gaar
Joe Walker
Mac McDaniel
Edith Wondel
Abston
Amos
J. Deaton
Iho
Teague
Opal Irwin
Edith Maddox
Robert Henry
Ellis Roberts
Pat Manning
Carrence Irwin
Worstell
Bert Jones
Sister Orwell Oberlin
W. E. Brooks
C. B. Gordon
John Downs
Jessie Gordon
Lola Boalman
Cheat
Boatman
Mr. Crowley of
Seaman Gordon
Hazel Boatman
Maudie Jones
Mamie Mounger
Son Marlow
Shook
Odis Coffey
Roff
Evans
Lillie Mae Evans
Pendleton
Dunn
Standfield
Earl Stewart Sunda
Francis
Elmer Johnson
Potter Henson
Connie
D. S. Keener
Callie Bevels
Addie
Daisy Keener
Ella Jones
Herbert Thurman
Wewoka
Shorty Thurman
Maud Munger
Callie Strickland
Willi
Henry
Okllahoma City
Harvey Wilson
Onward
Creager
Clarence Hagler
Lorena Hagler
Elmer Burrows
C. H. Burrows
Jim Ashley
Ardell Clayton
Caritha
Melvin Hough
eGorge Burrows
George Jordan
P. P. Hayes
West Texas
Harvey Creager
Roy Lindsay
Elmo Gipson
Millard Gren
Latta
Wil Hagler
Juanita Crisp
Will Hagler
Roberta
Lorena Lawanda Lindsay
J. E. Burrows
Buck Ashley
George Burrows
Willie Cochran
Will Walker
Lee Jordan
T. H. Burrows
Ted Creaser
Jack Fussell
Presley Hayes
J. G. Burrows
Whitstone
Horse Shoe
OWL
Bro. Fox
Vivian Horton
Mary Barnes
Bob Bushers
Centrahoma
J. C. Odom
Ellis Horton
Bonney Bushers
Burpo
la Fern Scott
Clyde Daniels
Ode Deaton
Clell Deaton
Elza Reed
Roy Killion
Tulsa
Elles Horton
Bushers
Clara Bushers
Corrine Scott
Burt Curley
L. A. Denton
Grandma Scott
Millie Maud
M. A. Beco
Lorene Daniels
Hazel
Barney Bushers
B. S. Williams
Walnut Grove
Sybel Adams
Opal Kirkpatrick
Arch Collins
Tommy Hurley
Sybel Cude
Lee
Lillian Collins
Leona
Ina Crawley
Maise Cude
Sonia Bailey
Frank Penley
Jessie Bowerman
Willis
Cora Lee
Kenneth Goodson
Beatrice Blanton
Gee Ellis
Eva Ball
Lena Owens
the Hood
Mabel Kirby
Homer
Lois Lanham
Pauline Laniere
E. T. Laurich
Blue Blackburn
Conway
Bud Blackburn
T. E. Bennett
Olus Center
Mildred Easton
Frank Lewis
Jewel Burk
Dale Bryan
Everit Tolar
Elma Tyson
Impson Anderson
Lois Bryan
Alva Evens and
E. H. Hudson
Bobie
Haskell
Mary Keithley
K. Duncan
Jud
Johnnie Smith
Margie Brooks
Lula
Virgil Holt
Sid Cooper
Oran Kerr
Alma Smith
Dave Smith
Ruby Duncan
Lyda Keithley
Cooper
Bud Smith
Alpha
Emery Holt
Clarence Mayer
J. D. Anderson
Retta Odom
Dowe Smith
Theos
Frank Lovelady
Lum Smith
Oma Lee Hallman
Bebee
Denny
Roy Williamson
Near
T. J. Williamson
Slavily
Wpanard
Ball Club
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