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Seeking Obit

jgburgin1 — 2009-11-07 14:05:42Z

I am looking for and obit, death certificate or head stone photo for Cora E. Stroud-Burgin. She is alledged to have died around 1899, possible in Tennesse, Texas or Oklahoma.

Re: tombstone photo from Waurika Cemetery.

jm215391 — 2009-10-27 12:39:06Z

If you don't get what you need from Findagrave, maybe I can help. I'm a regular visitor to the Waurika Cemetery--it's a matter of finding the location of the headstone. You can email me directly at jm21539@aol.com. Jean Moore, Ardmore, OK

Re: tombstone photo from Waurika Cemetery.

TJFoster2007 — 2009-10-27 02:50:40Z

Thank You!

Re: tombstone photo from Waurika Cemetery.

gnphllps — 2009-10-27 02:24:45Z

She is listed on findagrave, you might request a photo there as well.
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gsr&GScid=...

tombstone photo from Waurika Cemetery.

jfkelley — 2009-10-26 21:25:29Z

I need to get a photograph of and verify the dates on the tombstone of Mary Ann Baker, wife of A.P. Baker, who died 17 Nov 1933 and is buried in the Waurika Cemetery. I will be happy to reimburse for charges. Thank you, Jean Kelley, Tampa, FL.

Re: Stallings Family

CarlStepp32 — 2009-10-12 14:09:43Z

Some members of the Baker Family attended the Asphaltum Community School. The North Center Point School was located about 2 1/2 miles east of the Ashpaltum Community School. Families that lived in these communities often attended church together. So, there was a lot of mixing. I am not aware of any marriages between Stallings and Baker family members though. You can identify the Baker and Stallings family members who attended Asphaltum and North Center Point Community Schools by consulting records at the Jefferson County Court House. I have no information about Billy Darrow.

Carl Stepp

Buisness in wauriks in early 1900

shalinathomas — 2009-09-28 15:55:54Z

Looking for any and all information on William Herschell Thomas Sr. or Jr and Jr's wife Adiie Talley. They had a grocery and hardware store in Waurika. I believe the store was on Main street. At one time I beleive William H.Jr may have been partners with brother-in-law Porter M. Smart. Addie also owned several bits of real estate in or around Wauirka.

Re: Few items May 20, 1938 Waurika News Democrat

shalinathomas — 2009-09-18 15:09:00Z

My great grandfather is mentioned here. Is there anyway to get a copy?

Re: Stuard's in Waurika

biddly — 2009-09-12 02:43:04Z

Thank you so much, David, for the wonderful pictures. They came through great! I will send you what pics I have to your email address.

Sue

Re: Stuard's in Waurika

plecostomousaz — 2009-09-12 00:33:46Z

Sue I sent you 2 emails today with pictures of Edgar, his wife Gertrude and their obituary's. Hope this helps. I would be greatful if you could send me any you have.

David

Re: Stuard's in Waurika

biddly — 2009-09-11 06:08:19Z

David,
Yes, I am very interested in getting pictures of Woodie's brother, Edgar. You can email them to sueb at provide dot net. I have a poor picture of Louis, Woodie's son (James Kerrigan) at my site. You are more than welcome to download it if you are interested. If you have trouble, let me know and I'll email you the picture direct.

Thank you for your help.

Sue

Re: Stuard's in Waurika

plecostomousaz — 2009-09-11 05:25:44Z

Sue,thanks for getting back to me so quickly, unfortunately I have no picures at all of Woodie or his family. My direct line is through his brother Edgar. I do have several pictures of Edgar including on his wedding day. Thanks for checking for me,if you'd like the pics, please let me know and I can email them to you.

plecostomous@cox.net
David

Re: Stuard's in Waurika

biddly — 2009-09-11 05:12:08Z

David,
Also, you can see all I have on the Stuards at my website at www.biddly.com. Just go to "Family Tree" and seach "Stuard".

Sue

Re: Stuard's in Waurika

biddly — 2009-09-11 05:08:41Z

David,
Thank you for your reply. I am sorry, but I have no information on Thomas and Polly Stuard, only info from Census records found when researching Woodrow (Woodford). I am related to his first wife India, who died young, early in their marriage.

Since 2004, when first posted this message, I have found some information on Thelma and Louis. Thelma I found was married twice - first to Robert March to whom she had two children - Robert and Louis. Second married to Donald Loehrke.

I found that Thelma's child Louis died at age 11 from an asthma attack while visiting relatives in Washington. Her son Robert lived to adulthood and died in 2004. He has three children: Melody, Bobbye, and Richard.

Louis, son of India and Woodie, changed his name to James Kerrigan (reasons unknown) and died in 1977. He married a woman named Ruth. Children, unknown.

I wish I could help you more with information on Woodie's parents, but have never had the need to research them further.

I noticed that I said that India was a sister to my great-great grandfather, Joseph. That is wrong. She is the daughter of my great-great grandfather, Joseph and sister of my great-grandfather, James.

Do you have any pictures of India, Woodie, Thelma, or Louis or any of their children? Any more information than I mentioned above?

Any help you can offer would be greatly appreciated.

Sue

Re: Stuard's in Waurika

plecostomousaz — 2009-09-11 04:10:59Z

Hello, my name is David Hopper and I might be able to help you. My mother step father was Clarence Lee "Bud" Stuard, I am actually named after him; Clarence David Hopper" and he was the grandson of Thomas Stuard and Polly Ann Scott Stuard. I have a fair amount of information regarding Woodrow siblings and quite about on Bud Stuards family. Do you have any ihnformation on Thomas or Polly?
I do have some information on Thelma and Louis Would appreciate any info or pictures you have.
David Hopper
plecostomous@cox.net

Re:Napolean Reynolds & wife Elasasine Burroughs & Burroughs connections

MBarnesTXtoNYC — 2009-08-09 16:10:35Z

I am related to Napolean's wife, Elasasine Burroughs by way of her brother, James Burroughs. James left Louisiana to fight for the Confederacy. He was wounded and captured at Gettysburg, survived the war and later moved to East Texas where he married Sarah Wilkinson. Their daughter Emma Burroughs is my great great grandmother. James Sr. was a Sugar Plantation farmer and is listed on the Sugar Census of 1851. I believe he also may have fought in the War of 1812 but not sure exactly where.

Re: MOORE/PATTERSON

jm215391 — 2009-07-31 21:22:39Z

Jewel Joe Roden was the husband of my father's sister, Ruth Moore Roden. You can reach me at jm21539@aol.com

(Phyllis) Jean Moore

Re: James Franklin Hill

waldrum65 — 2009-07-17 22:46:46Z

Boydstun Funeral Home was owned and operated by Glen Boydstun and had locations in Comanche and Terral Oklahoma in the late 1940's and early 1950's. It later became Pealor Funeral Home in Terral, Roy Pealor who is now desceased owned the home and it was located in the back of the Pealor Hardware Store on Main Street and later moved to the Pealor Home on the Old 81 Highway. In 1963, it was Phillips Elsey Funeral Home and later Moorhead Funeral Home and Morehead Goetz Funeral Home, all in Comanche, some in Terral and Ryan at different times. In 1996, when one of my uncles died, his service was handled by Moorehead Goetz in Comanche and they were able to pull records from 1963 when Phillips Elsey handled my grandmother's service. The Funeral Home in Comanche has been sold and I think now operates under the name Comanche Funeral Home. They are about two blocks north of the main street in Comanche and one block east of the old 81 Highway. Hopes this helps. I grew up in Terral and there were other Hill's who lived there. Who were his relatives? Perhaps, I can help.

Few items Feb. 11, 1938 Waurika News Democrat

RedRiverTXOK — 2009-03-19 02:39:05Z

Waurika News Democrat
Waurika, Jefferson County, Oklahoma

Friday, February 11, 1938

Mrs. J. W. GARRETT’S Uncle Dies in Texas
Mrs. J. W. GARRETT and her daughter Miss IRENE and her mother Mrs. MATTIE CHAPMAN were called to Burkburnett, Texas Monday to attend the funeral of Mrs. Chapman’s brother, J. M. MARCHMAN, 74 years old, who was found dead in bed Saturday night. Mr. Marchman was a nightwatchman at Burkburnett and when he failed to report for duty on time, investigation was made and he was found dead. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at Burkburnett with interment in the family lot at Temple, Oklahoma. Other relatives in attendance were a brother and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. P. C. MARCHMAN of Wetumka, and their daughter Mrs. CECIL CLARK of Mound; a sister Mrs. M. L. KENNEDY and Mr. Kennedy and a distant relative, FRANK JONES, all of Dallas.

W. E. CONNER
W. E. Conner, known among friends as BILL CONNER, died at his home in Wichita Falls Wednesday, following an illness of about two months. Mr. Conner was a pioneer citizen of Waurika, being one of the founders of the town. One of the best resident additions of the town bears his name. He was an active booster for Waurika during the early and trying days of the new town. He made a strike in the Burkburnett oil fields about 20 years ago and moved to Wichita Falls where he has since resided and where he conducted his oil operations over Texas and Oklahoma. Mrs. Conner preceded him in death in 1932. JAMES, the older son, died soon after the family left Waurika. The surviving children are one daughter, Mrs. HAZEL CLOUGHLY, and one son GLEN CONNER, both of Wichita Falls. A brother DAVE CONNER lives at Enid. Three sisters survive, Mrs. CATHERINE GANNON of Enid, Mrs. JIM GENDER of Indiahoma, and Mrs. WILL BECKNER of Higgins. Mr. Conner owned considerable property in Waurika and was president of the Conner Oil Company and had extensive oil holdings. He was born in Indiana February 23, 1867 and was nearing his 71st birthday. He made the run when the Cherokee Strip was opened for settlement and settled first at Kingfisher, coming from there to Waurika. Funeral services were held in Wichita Falls Thursday afternoon conducted by Dr. C. A. BEASLEY of the Episcopal Church. Interment was at Riverside Cemetery in Wichita Falls.

J. M. SMART
JAMES MARION SMART, prominent farmer of the Fleetwood community for 46 years, died at the family home northwest of Fleetwood Thursday, February 3, lacking only one week being 93 years of age. Mr. Smart was one of the county’s most highly respected citizens, an upstanding Christian gentleman in all that term means. He was one of the sturdy pioneers who braved the hardships of the early days to establish the home, the school and the church in this southwest country. Mr. Smart always stood for clean and honorable living and was an influence for the good in this county.

Mr. Smart was born in Benton County, Missouri February 10, 1845 and died in Jefferson County, Oklahoma February 3, 1938. He grew to manhood in Missouri and was married there, moving with his wife and children to a farm 5 miles north of Fleetwood, then in Indian Territory in 1892. He has since lived in the same community. He was converted at an early age and became a member of the Baptist church, remaining true to its teachings to the end…He was a member of the Goode Chapel church near his home at the time of his death.

Mr. Smart is survived by his widow and seven children. Mrs. Smart is 87 years of age and was sick at the time of the passing of her companion. Very little hope is for her recovery. Two children died in infancy and three after they reached maturity. The seven surviving children are: Mrs. MARY GOODWIN of Arizona, JOHN and BOB SMART of the home, TOM SMART and Mrs. ELLA SMITH of near Ryan, PORTER SMART of Stephens County, and Mrs. G. W. MORGAN of near Waurika. All were present at the funeral except Mrs. Goodwin who did not arrive from Arizona until the day after the funeral.

Funeral services were conducted from the Baptist church in Ryan Friday afternoon by Rev. J. H. BEARDON of Marlow, assisted by Rev. T. F. KELLER of Ryan and Rev. C. R. RHOADES of Terral. Interment was in the Ryan cemetery.

Miss PEARL ABSHIRE
Miss PEARL ABSHIRE, 17 years old, whose home was in Ringling, died Wednesday morning at the Waurika hospital from burns received Saturday morning. Miss Abshire was employed as housekeeper in the W. W. MILLS home at Center Point. Saturday morning, she started a fire for breakfast and in some manner, a can of kerosene caught fire and exploded, burning Miss Abshire all over her body except her face and the soles of her feet. She was brought to the Waurika hospital at once and was through to have a good chance for recover from the burns when her heart became involved to such an extent she passed away Wednesday morning. Funeral services were Thursday of this week at Ringling.

ANGUS A. SPRING
Again sorrow has descended on the old SPRING home in Ryan, which was left bereft of the wife and the mother of the household in December 14, 1937 in the death of the father ANGUS A. SPRIGN who passed away at the Clinic hospital at Wichita Falls, Texas February 3. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon in the Ryan Baptist church and were conducted by Rev. W. A. ROBERTS of Perry, assisted by Rev. FRED EASTHAM of the First Baptist church at Wichita Falls and Rev. K. F. KELLER of the Ryan Baptist church. Each of these friends sought to comfort aching hearts and paid beautiful tributes to the nobility and the strength of character of a Texas and Oklahoma ranchman, who helped make early day history in his every day living and who ascended from humblest beginning to achieve great financial success. But greater than any heritage of wealth that the sturdy old pioneer left his children and grandchildren and those who will follow them, is the influence and memory of a four square Christian life. ANGUS A. SPRING was born May 1, 1858 in Washington Parish, Louisiana, where he grew to young manhood and married Miss GLENDORA ELLIOTT at Tangipahoa Parish, La., November 10, 1877, taking her from a house of wealth and affluence to a humbler abode… (detailed description about their life at Fisher County, Texas then at Nocona, Texas) Then in 1900 the Spring family came to Ryan and located at their present site. They were the parents of five children, one of whom, CLOTEAL SPRING ALLEN, died five years ago. The others are Mrs. EDITH PETITFILS at Fort Worth, EARL SPRING at the home, Mrs. R. C. UNDERWOOD of Dallas, Mrs. T. S. JONE of Ryan. There are four grandchildren, FRANCIEL and MAURCIE PETITFILS of Fort Worth, and HAZEL and FRANK UNDERWOOD of Dallas. There are three brothers in Louisiana, R. H. SPRING, his son and daughter, SHEFFIELD and Miss EDITH of Frankelston were present at the funeral services.

Another Pioneer Gone to His Reward
Long obit for ALBERT E. LANDON, pioneer citizen of Waurika, known as Daddy Landon, died Friday afternoon from a heart attack. Funeral services were held in the Waurika Baptist church with W. Y. DILLEY, family friend, reading the obituary and paying tribute to his dead friend; Rev. G. LYLE SMITH, pastor of the Christian church, led in prayer and Rev. RALPH A. HILL of the Baptist Church brought what comfort he could to the bereaved hearts with scripture reading and consoling thoughts. A choir composed of singers from various churches sang. The pallbearers were old family friends, E. B. ELLIS, M. F. WALSH, O. E HEACOCK, JESSE J. HUNTER, G. A. NELSON, and W. Y. DILLEY. There was an uniformed escort from the state highway patrol, of which, ELMO POE, Mrs. Landon’s son, is a member.

ALBERT E. LANDON was born November 27, 1861 in Gallion, Ohio where he grew to young manhood and took up his life’s profession of railroading which he followed until his retirement several years ago. He married Miss EMMA SMITH February 17, 1887 and they established a home in Chicago. The Landons were not blessed with children of their own, but into their home came two motherless girls, both of whom grew to young womanhood under their guidance and instruction. Mrs. LULU HULL of Cincinnati, Ohio survives and was here eight years ago for her foster mother’s funeral. In 1901 Mr. and Mrs. Landon came to Waurika, he in charge of the construction for the E.& A. branch of the Rock Island from Anadarko to Waurika. The Landons lived part of the time during the building in a box card, and later located in Waurika, living in a tiny house adjoining the site of the present commodious home. Both were on the first train over the new branch into Waurika. … He retired as conductor on the Rock Island railway, then they engaged in business having the first successful Ford agency. They built for themselves a beautiful and commodious home in Waurika.

In 19309 Mrs. Landon passed away. In June of that year, he married Mrs. BLANCHE LYDIA POE. A few years ago Mr. Landon suffered the loss of one leg and two years later the other leg had to be amputated…

He is survived by a great niece and great nephew, MARIE and BUDDY LANDON of Chicago, neither one able to attend the funeral; two cousins, Mrs. PEARL WOOD and daughter of Dallas. Of his present family, he is survived by Mrs. Landon and her three sons, COY POE of Hollywood, ELMO POE of Edmond and BILLIE POE also of Hollywood.

Town Topics
Mrs. FINIS BLAY of the Hastings community underwent major surgery at the Waurika hospital.
Town Topics
Mr. and Mrs. BOB MOONEY and family of Temple visited her brother ARCH HENSLEY and Mrs. Hensley.
Mr. and Mrs. FAE BEARD of Snider were guests of her mother Mrs. H. H. BOWLES and Rev. Bowles.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. HOHLAUS of Lockney, Texas were guests of Mr. and Mrs. OLAN RIDINGS.
Dr. CLINTON MAUPIN was dismissed from the Waurika hospital after having the flu.
Little LEO JOE PROCTOR visited his aunt Mrs. ARTHUR BEAVERS and Mr. Beavers at Terral.
Mr. and Mrs. A. N. SUDDATH and little son BUDDY were guests of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. C. DIXON at Pauls Valley.
Miss VIRGINIA STOWE, attending C.I.A. at Denton, Texas, came home to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. H. STOWE.
Mr. and Mrs. JOHN COLLINS, Miss MAE and REX attended the basketball game at Terral.
Mr. and Mrs. SAM GRUNDY and Dr. and Mrs. W. W. BROWNING were guests of the former’s brother ARTHUR GRUNDY and family at Healdton.
Mrs. FLORENCE GAINES is home after spending a month with her daughter in Fort Worth, assisting in the care of her new grandson DON GAINES MOREHEAD.
Mrs. ED V. PARSON of Fort Worth was here to attend the funeral of a family friend Daddy Landon.
Mrs. I. B. CLIFTON came home from a visit with her son DORRANCE CLIFTON and family at Ardmore and relatives at Ada.
The D. E. PHILLIPS family spent Sunday at Sulphur with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. I. A. SMITH.
Mrs. M. C. GROSECLOSE returned from a visit with her son MYRON and his wife at Oklahoma City.
W. P. STEWART and daughter Miss VIRGINIA ALLEN and granddaughter PAT STEWART, all of Terral, were guests of Pat’s aunt Mrs. MABEL CASSADY.
Mr. and Mrs. ED VANBEBBER of Pauls Valley were guests the EDLMER VANBEBBERS.
Mrs. FRED HARRISON and baby son FREDDIE EARL were guests of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. YOUNG of County Line.
C. D. SNIDER Jr., ‘BRICK’ SNIDER, JACKIE COLEMAN, and DON MORRISON witnessed the Nebraska-O.U. basketball game at Norman.
Mrs. MILES MURPHY and Mrs. HOWARD CAIN were in Healdton as guests at contract bridge at the Magnolia club house.
Mr. and Mrs. PAT HAINES report that their aunt Mrs. C. C. PORTER at Hastings improving from her illness.
Mr. and Mrs. E. L. SMITH and children, ELVIN, WADE, BETTY JEAN and MAXINE of near Hastings were Sunday guests of Mrs. Smith’s brother BILL GRIFFIN, Mrs. Griffin and BILLIE JOE.
Miss NORA MAUPIN is not well enough to resume her teaching at Capitola Hill Junior high.
Miss IRENE BUTLER and Miss ZELLA HALL of Duncan were weekend guests of Dr. and Mrs. J. HOLLINSWORTH. Mrs. Hollingsworth and her guests attended the funeral fo PAUL PORCHEY, 74 years old, at Marlow.
Mrs. C. H. DAVIDSON and daughter Mrs. PAUL KETHCEN went to Dallas. Mrs. Davidson remained for a longer visit. Her mother Mrs. LUVISA TUCKER is not very well.
Mr. and Mrs. FLOYD MILLER were here for a short visit. They are spending most of their time at Marlow and Oklahoma City until they decide about a future location.
VERNON HUGGINS and Miss SEVELLE MOREHAD / MOREHEAD of Fort Worth were guests of her uncle LASTER GAINES and family. Miss JUANITA CLYMER and Miss IRENE WARREN of Waurika were also guests at the Gaines ranch house.
Mr. and Mrs. LAWRENCE BICKERSTAFF and Mr. and Mrs. ERNEST DAVIS, all of Dallas, were guests at the A. W. DAVIS home southwest of town. Mrs. Bickerstaff and Mrs. Davis are sisters of Mrs. A. W. Davis.
Mrs. W. J. LORD and baby daughter CAROLA KALIE of Shawnee were guests of Waurika friends.
Miss MILDRED MORRISON, who had employment at Continental Oil Co. at Ponca City for the past several months, returned home.
Mr. and Mrs. K. C. STROOPE, who lived in the Claypool community for a number of years, left to make their home in California. A farm sale at the Stroope place was well attended and brought good prices.
WINNIE, BOOTS and ABBIE of Winnie’s Specialty Shop, accompanied by Mrs. I. B. GOZA and Mrs. NORWOOD CURRY, went to Dallas to attend the style show. Mrs. MABLE CASSADY had charge of the shop during their absence.
Mrs. C. D. CULBERTSON called at the News office to have her address changed from Duncan back to Waurika. She is again at home and says she will not leave again. Her sister Mrs. BESSIE PRICE and son DAVID of Healdton spent some time here at the Culbertson home.
Mrs. H. R. BEAVERS of the Independence community left for Fort Worth to visit her daughter Mrs. L. W. LINDSEY and Mrs. Lindsey and rest from farm duties. The ‘baby’ of the Beavers family, BILLY JEAN, will stay with sisters Misses RUBYE and JESSIE BEAVERS in town.
HALEY SIES of Edithburg, Texas was here on business. He says he and his mother Mrs. WARD SIES are located at the gateway to the Rio Grande Valley and are nicely located. They are the only family members living now since Haley’s sister GALE died two years ago.
Dr. J. I. DERR returned from Pharr, Texas in the Rio Grande Valley where he was called by the illness of his brother W. L. DERR, 77 years old, suffering a chronic illness with not much chance for recovery. Dr. Derr was accompanied by his sister Mrs. J. O. MCBRIDE of Crosbyton, Texas.
Mr. and Mrs. CLENTE BEVITORI are the proud parents and Mr. and Mrs. TOM CUBINE are the proud grandparents, of a nine pound baby boy who arrived at the Waurika hospital early Monday afternoon, named CLENTE ALBERT.
Mr. and Mrs. NED COKER and baby son of Lewisville, Texas were here to visit Mrs. Coker’s parents Mr. and Mrs. J. F. GUTHRIDGE. Then they went to Walters to attend the funeral of IKE EDWARDS who was killed in a car wreck. The Cokers and Edwards were close friends.
SNOBIA CROWELL, nee SNOBIA LOWE, colored, underwent surgery at the Waurika hospital Wednesday. She had been ailing for some time. She is well known in Waurika, having been employed for six years at the HEACOCK home and having filled various long times of services at other homes where she has given excellent satisfaction. She is doing as well as could be expected.
Mr. and Mrs. RUSSELL DILL and little daughter MARTHA SUE left to make their home at Cordell where he will be senior assistant in the agricultural conservation department. Between 4000 and 4500 farms are scheduled in the county with soil erosion and soil conservation projects.
VERNON PHILLIPS, who is in the CCC camp at Lugert 18 miles out of Altus, came to spend the weekend with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. PAT PHILLIPS. Vernon is recovering from bronchial pneumonia, caused largely by the dust as that section has had no rain since September. There are 22 cases of the same illness at the camp hospital. Vernon is night watchman in camp and in charge of the motors and engines in use and has been promised a good job when he gets out of the camp in April.

Hastings Items by Mrs. EARL W. STEPHENS
Mrs. J. W JOHNSON is enjoying a visit with her daughter Mrs. L. B. MILLER at Hichita.
Mrs. PAT AHINES of Waurika visited her aunt Mrs. C.C. PORTER who has been very ill.
Mrs. E. O. MILLER and daughters MARY JO and Mrs. LORENE TYSON and Mrs. Tyson’s little daughters visited at Waurika.
Mr. and Mrs. FRED PETTY and son GARLAND EARL were at Temple.
Mr. and Mrs. JOE BROOKS of Tuttle visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. M. BROOKS.
J. G. OWENS renewed his paper subscription.
Mrs. A. B. HOLSTED of Temple visited Mrs. Earl Stephens.
Mr. and Mrs. B. L. WILLIAMSON and Miss BILLIE JO were in Wichita Falls.
Mr. and Mrs. HUBERT FITZGERALD of Paducah, Texas arrived to visit his parents, Mr. and Mrs. GUY FITZGERALD.
Mrs. ANDY DILLARD of Waurika visited her mother Mrs. E. O. MILLER who is ill with flu.
A.L. DAVIS of Chickasha was visiting old friends here.
Mrs. TED BAKER and little daughter MOVELDA were in Wichita Falls.
Recent Bride
To honor Mrs. RAYMOND JOHNSON, a recent bride, Misses LOYCE FREEMAN and HORTENSE DAWSON and Mrs. CLAUDE EMERSON entertained with a miscellaneous shower at Mrs. Emerson’s house.
Birthday
On January 28, HARRY G. VELEAU celebrated another birthday.
The W. W. HOUSTON family visited in Chickasha.
Mrs. CHARLIE GOIN and daughter GLADYS were at Temple.
The H. G. VELEAU family attended a Baptist meeting in Duncan.

Society News
Mr. and Mrs. E.G. BURGE, DEAN and EARLINE, and Mr. and Mrs. TOM SIMS enjoyed a barbecue steak picnic dinner on the Burge farm Sunday. The older son of the family, JORDON BURGE, with H. B. BROWN and LESLIE STOWE Jr. went bicycling over the country until hunger drove them home.

Miss REE PERRY SNIDER, Miss LORINA BIFFLE, Mr. and Mrs. O. E. HEACOCK were in Healdton to attend the christening of the Heacock little granddaughter ALTA CAROLYN SAMPLES. The service was at the Samples home, Rev. DAVIS of the Healdton Christian church, had charge of the beautiful ceremony. Mrs. GORDON MORRIS of Healdton was godmother and O. E. HEACOCK godfather.

Mrs. LASTER GAINS had a surprise birthday party at the Gaines ranch home Thursday of last week.

Miss FRANCES BICKERSTAFF, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. ROY BICKERSTAFF of Hastings community, and LEO HAKALA of Comanche slipped away Sunday, January 30, to Duncan and were quietly married. She attended high school at Comanche where she met her husband. Later she graduated from Waurika high school in 1935 and was as student nurse at the Waurika hospital, then she attended Cameron College at Lawton and was a sophomore at the time of her marriage. Mr. Hakala has lived in Comanche most of his life, finishing high school there in 1934 and has been associated with a bakery firm there. Recently he was given a position at Phoenix, Arizona where they will live. Wednesday night of last week, Mrs. Hakala’s aunt, Mrs. GORDON CRUCE and Mr. Cruce gave a family dinner and a farewell party for the couple.

Cornish Gleanings by W. C. HOGAN
Mrs. IVA ELLIS, Mrs. H. RAMSEY, and Mrs. LOIS STRANGE and daughter ALLIE were guests of Mrs. S. W. LAYTON.
W. H. HACKLER of Cornish visited his daughter Mrs. ZULA FLETCHER and family at Healdton.
Miss BILLY JEAN HUMPHREY visited her mother Mrs. W. B. HUMPHREY at Healdton.
Misses CORENE and MORENE DEAN spent Sunday with friends at Healdton.
CHARLES HUMPHREY visited relatives at Healdton.
Mesdames IVA ELLIS, MARY RAMSEY and LOIS STRANGE were in Ardmore.
Mrs. AMANDA MCKASSON had business at Ardmore.
Mrs. G. B. FLOYD was a guest at the Children’s Home here.
Mrs. J. A. BLAYDES returned home to Duncan.
Mrs. GEORGIE BUSSEY of Comanche was a guest of her children, LUCILLE, CLEO and HERBERT of Cornish.
HARVEY BRUMMETT of Konawa visited the Children’s Home.
Mrs. ALVA STITCH of Duncan visited here.
The M.B.C. club met with Mrs. CLARA WILLIAMS, the next meeting will be with Mrs. IVA WELLS.
Mrs. LOUISE BASS returned from visiting at Whitesboro and Gainesville.
Mr. and Mrs. CHARLEY EVANS of the Owl Branch community, spent last weekend visiting their daughter Mrs. R. V. DRUMMOND and other relatives in Cornish.
GROVER MOORE and CLARY REED subscribed to the paper.
Mrs. AUDIMAY EVANS has improved from her illness.
S. G. ODOM, T J. CREEL, W. A DAVIS, FRED STAGNER, MARVIN WHITTINGTON, C. T. and H. G. AWTREY, J. J. and W. A. MCLAIN, and W. W. MCCLAIN, all of the East Mountain Home community, were business visitors in Ringling Monday.
OMAR RAMSEY, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. R. RAMSEY of Cornish, is attending a linotype school at Dallas. Omar, who lost both legs several years ago, attended Ringling high school, most of the time in a wheelchair. After graduation he attended college at Tishomingo from which he graduated with honors. He took a type setting course at the Ringling Eagle office and is now fitting himself to be a proficient linotype operator. His physical handicap makes his accomplishments greatly outstanding.
Obit
Mrs. JOANA SLAYTON, 68 years old, died at the home of her son, W. S. SLAYTON in the Oak Grove community early Sunday morning. Funeral services were in the Baptist church at Ringling, Rev. C. O. BIGBIE, pastor, officiating. She leaves only one living child, W. S. Slayton, and was a sister to the late C.C. BRANUM. The remains were placed in the last resting place at the Cornish cemetery. Mrs. Slayton had been a member of the Baptist church since young womanhood.

News from Ryan
PAUL GROGAN of Byars, Texas was here.
LONNIE BLANCHARD is able to get around again. Several months ago Lonnie had his ankle crushed, which later made an amputation of the foot necessary.
JOHN SPEARS and JOHN COBB of Addington were here.
Mr. and Mrs. STANLEY GRAYSON of Frederick visited here.
Mr. and Mrs. J. R. MASSEY of the west side were in Ryan.
Mrs. LEORY GARRISON is better. Mrs. JESSIE SIMS of Waurika has been with her.
V. ROBNETT and N. E. TAYLOR, ULMER and LOY GILBREATH attended a big sale near Duncan where the latter purchased a fine polo horse for his sons and a Frasier saddle made in Pueblo, Colorado.
ROWE OAKS sold a load of steers.
HARRY BROWN, JIM FRENSLEY and HARRY BLAKE of Duncan were here on business.
JIM EWING of Monahans, Texas was here.
Mrs. HUBERT HUSKY, returned from Meeker where her mother had been ill.
Mrs. ROLLA WEATHERLY of Waurika was a guest of her daughter Mrs. GLEN MAJOR.
J. M. FULGHUM of Fort Worth was here to see old friends.
Miss ANNIE LEE CARRIKER of Bonham, Texas visited her mother Mrs. O. J. SMITH who has been ill.
Mr. and Mrs. CLAUDE THORP and Mr. and Mrs. BUD REED were in Wichita Falls.
WILMER SEAY of Oscar was here.
Dr. and Mrs. A. H. BARTLING, Misses FRANCES and RUTH SMITH and V. E. HAGA were in Ryan.
CURTIS COATS was in Wichita Falls.
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. ARMSTRONG and Mr. and Mrs. ROY MAGERWORTH of Oklahoma City visited the CLIFTON HUGHES family.
BOB TROGDEN took the Boy Scouts to Wichita Falls.
CARL HATCHER was at Wichita Falls.
Miss OTHELLO GRAYSON, attending school at Oklahoma City, is home.
Mr. and Mrs. VICTOR HAMILTON of Ringling visited her mother Mrs. LEM DURHAM.
Mr. and Mrs. TROY GILCHRIST were at Duncan.
RUSSELL WINTON spent Sunday with his parents at Riverland, Texas.
Mrs. MAY ANDERSON and Miss MARIE WILSON shopped at Duncan.
Mrs. JIM GREEN and Miss LOIS WILSON were at Terral.
EVERETT MCGREGON, who lives east of Waurika, visited his brother CLEVE MCGREGON.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. EVANS of Fort Worth were guests of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. CLABE BURNETT.]
Mr. and Mrs. JOHN HEENAN of Oklahoma City attended the funeral of A.A. SPRING.
Mrs. EULA RICHARDS of Marlow stopped for a short visit with friends after returning from Dallas where she attended the funeral of a brother-in-law.
NOBEL WRAY went to see his mother Mrs. SAM WRAY who is in a clinic at Fort Worth.
Mr. and Mrs. ROLAND SHARP of Grandfield visited home folks here.
Mrs. J. D. HARRIS of Paradise, Texas visited his parents here.
Mr. and Mrs. NOBEL WRAY and little daughter GEORGIE BETH visited Mrs. GEORGE HENDERSON. The Wrays purchased the farm known as the DAVID WRAY farm which is one of the best farms in the county and has a modern attractive farm home on it.
Grandma POOL of Duncan visited her friend, Mrs. CASSIE BROWN.
Mr. and Mrs. L. J. BROWN visited their son L. J. Jr. at Stillwater.
Dr. and Mrs. OVERBY had as guests Miss MARY PETERSON, Mrs. DENNIS CRAWFORD and Miss MARY NAYIER all of Dallas.
JONES BARRETT had business at Wichita Falls.
Mrs. T. N. FOSTER of Lawton, ill at the home of her mother, Mrs. LOOPER, is no better.
Miss AUDREY WEATHERLY is on the sick list. Mrs. ARCHIE GILCHRIST is teaching in her place.
Mrs. J. M. SMART is ill.
Mrs. EMMA WEST is on the sick list.
Mr. and Mrs. ALF ARNER moved to Royalty about five miles from where they did live.
Mrs. BELLE SEEKMAN was in Waurika on business.
Mr. and Mrs. JOHN L. WEBB and daughter and Mr. and Mrs. BILL WEST of Wichita Falls were guests of the JOHN GUEST family and Mrs. Guest’s mother who is ill.
Mr. and Mrs. T. A. ROBERTS and Mr. and Mrs. NEAL NORMAN went to take Betty Roberts back to Wichita Falls.

Mud Creek
The BUCK STALLINGS family visited the W. C. COTTON family.
Mrs. J. T. DAVIS and children were in Ringling to attend the funeral of Mrs. SLAYTON.
The ERNEST POWLEF(?) family of Claypool visited J. H. and DELMAR HAVRON home.
Mr. and Mrs. BENNIE MELTON and WINNIE JO went to the E. B. ranch community visiting the MELTON family.
Mr. and Mrs. CHARLEY LYONS moved.
The J. MYERS family of Oklahoma city moved to the place recently vacated by the MARVIN CROSS family.
HERSHELL LYONS was absent from school due to illness.
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. COTTON received word that a daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. CHARLEY KEENEN nee Miss FAYE COTTON.
L. B. WATSON of near Duncan was here and said they like their new place fine but Mud Creek still seems like home.

Grady News
Mrs. J. W. DUNFORD visited relatives at Spanish Fort.
Mrs. LUSTER MCDONAL is a patient at the Ryan hospital.
JOHN CAIN is a patient at the Waurika hospital.
Mrs. ARLISS ADKINS visited Mrs. LEE DORSETT at Ringling.
J. H. BAGLEY of Nocona, Texas is quite ill. His daughters Mrs. ZED STEWART and Mrs. N. T. DUNFORD are with him.
Miss OPAL WHATLEY visited BERNICE and CLODELL DANIELS.
Mrs. TOM HUGHES of Ryan, Mrs. NEWTON GANN, Mrs. N. T. DUNFORD, and Miss FAYE DUNFORD visited relatives and friends at Spanish Fort and the Nocona oil field.
Among those from here who were in Ringling for the First Monday were Messrs. and Mesdames GEROGE STANTON, BILL OWINGS, JOHN HALL, CECIL PRESCOTT and Willard; Mrs. HENRY TRIPP, FLOYD HILL, LUTHER HILL and DON, PAUL NEILL, SAM ROBERTS, JOHN BALL, ORD HANKS, and JOHN HILL.
Mrs. OLAN REILLY visited Mrs. ORD HANKS.
ANA LOU STEWART visited DOROTHY BALL.
Mrs. S. ROBERTS is visiting relatives at Clemscott.
Marriage
Miss CHRISTINE DUNFORD and J. D. SULLIVAN surprised their friends when they slipped off to Waurika last Thursday and were married. Christine is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. N. T. DUNFORD of this community but was staying with her sister Mrs. LEON GAMBLE at Union Valley and attending high school where she was a junior. J. D. is the son of Mr. and Mrs. SULLIVAN of Union Valley.

News from Terral by Mrs. J. H. PEALER
Marriage
Miss MILDRED MCKINLEY, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. AB MCKINLEY, and VIRGIL BUCHANNON, son of Mr. and Mrs. G. F. BUCHANNON, were married Saturday night in Ryan at the First Baptist church. They will make their home in Oklahoma City. Obit
Mrs. M. A. LONG, grandmother of ROY BARRENTINE, passed away Sunday morning at the home of Mr. and Mrs. WES GREEN of Ryan and was brought here to the Barrentine home until Monday when interment was at Pottsoboro, Texas. Relatives who met here to attend the committal service were JIM WEBB of Olney, Texas; Mr. and Mrs. J. D. LONG of Cache; J. P. BARRENTINE and son, J. P. Jr., Mr. and Mrs. CHESTER BARRENTINE of Reserow(?), New Mexico; Mr. and Mrs. WESS GREEN of Ryan, Mr. and Mrs. OLEN EDWARDS of Wichita Falls, Mr. and Mrs. PERRY WRIGHT and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Barrentine and daughter of Terral.

E. B. Ranch
BETTY LOU BACON was at the Waurika hospital.
WILLIS BANDY is ill.
Mr. and Mrs. TOM PURTELL and children of near Waurika visited their son GEORGE PURTELL and family.
LEONARD HARRISON was at Durant.
Mr. and Mrs. GARLIN WYRICK and children of the Wesley community visited her mother, Mrs. ANNIE COX and ‘Aunt’ MAGGIE LEE.
Mr. and Mrs. RUBELL PURTELL and daughters MILDRED and ZADA RUTH visited his brother, ED PURTELL and family in the Woolsey community.
Mr. and Mrs. ANTONE BREZINA and HELEN visited Mr. and Mrs. JOE BREZINA and family.
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. BACON and daughter, Mrs. WILLARD HARRISON were in Waurika.
Mrs. LILLIAN MELTON and daughter WINNIE JO visited Mrs. ANNIE COX and ‘Aunt’ MAGGIE LEE.
JOSH PURTELL left for Tom, Oklahoma.

Friday, February 18, 1938

Town Topics
SAM HARRIS of DeQueen, Arkansas visited the HEACOCK home.
Mrs. R. G. THOMPSON of El Reno was a guest of her sister-in-law Mrs. C. MCLEAKE.
Mrs. ANNIE ROTHROCK of Temple, Texas visited her brothers WOODIE and CHARLIE STUART.
KENNETH EARL ALFORD visited his grandparents Mr. and Mrs. A. K. THOMPSON at Hastings.
Mrs. KATIE SMITH has been confined to her bed with neuritis.
Mrs. BOBBIE BARNES visited her sister Mrs. H. M. DAVIS then went to Sugden to visit her son GEORGE EDWARDS.
Mr. and Mrs. MARVIN L. BROWN visited her parents Mr. and Mrs. F. D. CUMMINGS at Bristow.
Mr. and Mrs. PRINCE ROBISON and Mr. and Mrs. DIEK COLEMAN were in Lawton to visit Mrs. Robison’s brother S. L. SUGGS and family.
LOUIS ATEN came home from Sudan, Texas where he joined Mrs. Aten and the baby in a visit to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. HERMAN LYLE.
Miss MATTIE LEE GAY of Dallas visited her grandparents Mr. and Mrs. B. PADDOCK of Waurika’s rural community.
Mrs. ANNIE WISEMAN returned from Singleton, Texas where she visited her younger daughter Mrs. JOHN A. ROBERTS and Mr. Roberts.
Miss JOSIE DAVIS, formerly of Waurika but now Stephens County home demonstration agent, and ELMER TAYLOR both of Duncan, visited friends here.
Mr. and Mrs. ROBERT REGGEN / REGAN of Waurika Route 2 have a fine baby boy born at the Waurika hospital Tuesday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. J. O. JONES and son and daughter JOHN and FANNIE BELLE of Yale were guests of Mrs. Jones’ sister Mrs. W. F. BRUTON and Mrs. Bruton and the HOBART BRUTON and HARRY ATEN families.
ARCH BURNS of Lubbock, Texas was a guest of his cousins, BILL MIDDLETON and Mrs. BERTHA CHOWNING and families. It was the first meeting the cousins had enjoyed in 23 years.
Miss LORETT OSTERHAUS accompanied Mrs. C. D. SNIDER and daughter, Miss REE PERRY, to Oklahoma City and visited her sister Mrs. JOHN PIERCE and family.
Mrs. JACK HENRY recently had an operation at the Waurika hospital and is making a recovery. Her sister Miss JUANITA DAVIS of Corum is with her.
Mrs. L. B. STRICKLAND and little daughter were in Duncan to visit their sister-in-law, Mrs. SHIRLEY ARMSTRONG and were accompanied by Mrs. Armstrong’s mother Mrs. HATTIE STRICKLAND.
Mr. and Mrs. CLYDE WEATHERLY of the Ryan community are happy over the birth of a baby daughter, named CLYDELL for her proud dad, and who arrived Friday at the Waurika hospital.
FLOYD SUTTLE, who has been out of school since September, spending several months at the Crippled Children’s hospital in Oklahoma City, was dismissed as a patient and allowed to enter the local school. He will report back to the hospital in March.
Mr. and Mrs. M. W. DIMERY, who spent the winter months at their pecan orchard near Addington, returned to their home at Sidney, Nebraska.
BUCK MOORE, former Waurika boy, now with the Zenith Gas Co. for a number of years at Cherokee, Oklahoma, was promoted to manager for the company at Woodward.

To compliment Mrs. TOM MOORE, who reached her 81st birthday Sunday, there was a great family visit and a lovely dinner at the DICK MILLER home.

Grady News
Obit
Relatives and friends were saddened by the death of little JAMES RAY CAINN, only child of Mr. and Mrs. JOHN CAINN, January 29. JAMES RAY CAINN was born February 7, 1937 at Spanish Fort, Texas. He had never been a healthy child and when double pneumonia and whooping cough set in, he didn’t have the strength to resist. He was laid to rest on Sunday, January 30 in the Grady cemetery with Rev. Bigbie of Ringling conducting the service.
Obit
This community was shocked Friday morning of last week when the news reached here that JAKE BEGLEY had passed away Thursday at Nocona, Texas of a brain infection. He was a pioneer resident of the county and lived in the Cornish vicinity. He moved to Nocona in 1908 then back to Grady in 1916, returning to Nocona in 1920. Mr. and Mrs. Begley lived alone but he was taken sick at the home of his son, DYKE BEGLEY, and was never able to be removed to his home. Mr. Begley was a devoted Christian and a member of the Methodist church. Funeral services were conducted from the Methodist church at Nocona Friday afternoon by Rev. LITTLE, Methodist minister at Spanish Fort, and Rev. BUSTER STEPHENS, Holiness pastor of Hindy City(?). Interment was at the Nocona cemetery. He leaves his widow, Mrs. ANNA BEGLEY, two sons, DYKE BEGLEY of Nocona and BILL BEGLEY of Tipton, Oklahoma., two daughters Mrs. MATTIE STEWART and Mrs. MYRTLE DUNFORD both of Grady, a stepson ANDY BOYD of Nocona, 28 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. He was 76 years 6 months of age. Mrs. Begley will make her home with her son Andy Boyd and his wife.

Friday, February 25, 1938

Dies in a Terral Fire
P. A. INGRAM, a man about 78 years of age and a familiar figure in Terral, was burned to death Wednesday morning of this week, when the little one room shack in which he was living caught fire and burned to the ground before help could reach the place…. The old man around about 5:00 and attempted to start his fire by pouring coal oil on burning embers. An explosion then probably came and he was enveloped in flames. His little shack was located near the business part of Terral just back of the DAN CAMPBELL grocery. It was made of scrap lumber and sheet iron. Mr. Ingram supported himself on the meager sum he received from the old age pension fund and from help given him by friends. He had relatives at Henrietta, Texas who came to Terral for his body and buried it at Buffalo Springs, Texas.

Few items May 13, 1938 Waurika News Democrat

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The Waurika News Democrat
Waurika, Jefferson County, Oklahoma

Friday, May 13, 1938

Fire Destroys Big Building at Mountain Home
Jefferson County lost its third large consolidated school building by fire Saturday night when the large building in Mountain Home district, four miles northwest of Ringling, went up in flames. Buildings at Ringling and Addington have been lost in fire during the recent years…

JAMES MONROE COBB
James Monroe Cobb, pioneer Jefferson County citizen, died at the family home in Addington Monday morning, May 9, as the result of his advanced age, hastened by injuries sustained by a fall at his home about two weeks ago. Mr. Cobb lacked only two months being 90 years of age. The Cobb family located in Addington in the early days but later moved to Ryan, where they lived until the death of Mrs. Cobb then they returned to Addington. He is survived by one son, JOHN COBB, and two daughters, Miss MATTIE COBB and Mrs. WILL EDWARDS, all of Addington, and vicinity. His wife and another daughter CORNELIA preceded him in death several years ago.

Funeral services were conducted from the Baptist church at Addington Tuesday afternoon by the pastor, Rev. M. W. PRESTIDGE, assisted by JAMES SAWYER of Ryan, a long time friend of Mr. Cobb, who read a tribute to his memory. JAMES READER SAWYER rendered two beautiful violin numbers with piano accompaniment by Miss RUTH CHAFFIN. Interment was at Addington cemetery.

Relatives and friends from a distance attending the funeral were: Mr. and Mrs. TOM COBB, JOHN COBB and Mrs. HATTIE CABLE of Fletcher; Mr. and Mrs. OSCAR COBB of Nocona; G. B. and CHARLES FULTON of Waurika, all nephews and nieces; Mr. and Mrs. GEORGE JACOBS of Tulsa, Mr. and Mrs. BUCK STALLINGS of Ringling, Mr. and Mrs. HOWARD EDWARDS and Miss BETH EDWARDS, all grandchildren. Mrs. L JACKSON, Mrs. VIDA DILLARD, Mr. and Mrs. CHARLES GEAR, Mr. and Mrs. ENOS GEAR, MARVIN GEAR, all of Ringling; Mrs. J. N. MADDOX, Dr. CRANE of Nocona; Mrs. JOHN WOMBLE of Henrietta, Texas; Mr. and Mrs. J. D. TRENT, JAMES READER SAWYER, Miss RUTH CHAFFIN, Mrs. GEORGE BROWN, Mrs. J. A. BLADES, Miss TRIXIE GRAHAM, Mrs. E. BROWN, Mrs. EDWARD, Mr. TRICE of Duncan; Mr. and Mrs. BUD PENISTON, WILL ARNER, W. L. GIVENS of Ryan; ED RYAN, J. C. GARDNER of Waurika.

JAMES MONORE COBB was born in McMinn County, Tennessee July 8, 1848 and departed this life at his home in Addington, Oklahoma May 9, 1938, 89 years ten months one day. At the age of about 18, nears Bonham, Texas, he was united in marriage with Miss LIZZIE RANKIN, who preceded him in death about 15 years ago. To this union four children were born, JOHN COBB, Mrs. WILL EDWARDS, Miss MATTIE COBB, all of Addington and Miss CORNELIA COBB whose passing preceded her parents by a number of years. He was early in life associated with the wagon train business, freighting from Jefferson, Texas to sundry points west and among others were Bonham and Panther City, now known as Fort Worth, he having known the latter when only a few long cabins constituted the improvements.

In relating his early day experiences to the writer, he always stressed the importance of honesty and called attention to the fact that at that time a man’s word was equal of his note or bond, and in this connection related how in handling the wagon trains he would receive from the merchant an order for freight together with a bag of gold with which to pay. On arrival at Jefferson he would present his order and remittance to the bookkeeper whose office was an air dome with close floor and a light railing surrounding. The bookkeeper would in turn count the gold and pile it in various denominations in different piles and proceed to issue an order for the goods when the loading would proceed. If necessary to remove any of the gold this was scooped into bags, using a small size scoop.

His was an age of pioneering, almost devoid of school, social, and religious opportunities and devoted almost entirely to providing a basis for those who were to follow. In 1892 he moved from near St. Jo, Texas to what was then Indian Territory…

Local
Mr. and Mrs. P. E. WAID / WADE went to Lawton Wednesday to attend the funeral for Mrs. CARTER WAID, which was held at the First Baptist Church in Lawton. Mrs. Waid died at a hospital at Lawton Tuesday morning. Carter Waid is a nephew of P. F. WAID and is employed with the Lawton Constitution.

Friends here will be interested in knowing that Miss ALLIE JAY SISK, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. ROBERT J. SISK, nee Miss ALLIE LEE MILNER, of Bay City, Texas, is a graduate of her home city’s high school this spring. The Milner family lived here for a good many years, were among our pioneers, and Miss Allie Jay’s mother will be well remembered here. Mrs. Sisk and her children, ROBERT LEE and Allie Jay visited here when the children were small.

Dr. D. B. COLLINS was at his office Monday after an illness that confined him to his room at home. Dr. Collins owns the Waurika hospital but when he was ill, there was not an available room or even a bed for his use as the hospital had 20 patients and three new babies as its quota.

Mrs. ALICE SPRADLING was made happy Mother’s Day when the following children visited her at her home with her daughter, Mrs. LOUESTA CAPPS: Mr. and Mrs. DAVE SPRADLING of Norman, Mr. and Mrs. W. H. SPRADLING and Mrs. A. D. MEANS and daughter JENNIE V. of Wilson. The other children of the family, QUENTIN, OLIVER and Miss LOUZELLE, all of Norman, called to give her messages of love. Other guests of Mrs. Spradling were Mrs. MARY BECKNER and daughter Miss HELEN of Dillard, Mrs. W. H. SPRADLING’S mother and sister.

VERNON WEST, who has been with the U. S. Navy for the past year, is located now at San Diego, California after having been out on sea duty for several months when the U. S. Navy was maneuvering about the Philippine Islands. Vernon is in Division F on the U. S. Battleship Maryland, where he is part of the ordinance department. Vernon is in the optical division where he sights one of the guns for firing but has no part in the actual firing of the gun.

Two women, Mrs. E. L. DILLARD of Waurika and Mrs. C. W. HOOPER of Hastings received the loveliest Mother’s Day gift in the world when their children, Mr. and Mrs. HILL DILLARD, presented them with an adorable little granddaughter, 8 ¼ pounds, born early Sunday morning at the Waurika hospital, named EVA CHARLENE.

In the magazine ‘Look’ appears this week the picture of TRUMAN ‘PINKY’ TOMLIN and his bride JOANNE ALCORN, formerly of Ponca City, who were married March 29 in Los Angeles, California. They are on the page with the JAMES BLAKE ROGERS and GEORGE MERCER NARIES couples, and other socialites. Waurikans are interested in Pinky largely because COY POE, son of Mrs. A. E. LANDON, is Pinky’s agent. Sunday night, Pinky’s and Coy’s latest song ‘Lost and Found” was on the air lanes, introduced by Kenny Rogers on the Jack Benny program.

Mrs. W. D. WATSON had a great Mother’s Day with greetings and gifts from all the children and grandchildren. BILL and his family who live at Tulare, California wrote home that Bill has been given a $10 a month raise effective this month by the lumber company which employs him; GRAYCE WATSON ETTER sent greetings and gifts from her family and said her husband, Rev. CARL ETTER, has been made a member of the Phi Delta Kappa honorary educational fraternity and that out of 2000 University of California students, only 40 were chosen for this honor and Dr. Etter was among them; the ROY PATTERSONS sent her a lovely gift. Mrs. BILL MANESS of Corsicana also remembered Mrs. Watson, who she claims a sort of ‘adopted.’

Mrs. FRED. E. WATKINS, who had been here several weeks, left for Easton, Pennsylvania to spend the summer months with her daughter, Mrs. L. BOLTON LOVE and Mr. Love. Mrs. Watkins will stop en route in Kansas City to visit friends and will attend, as a delegate from Waurika Delphian Club, the Triennial GFWC convention being held there.

Uncle BILL DIVERS was at El Reno with his niece, Mrs. P. J. DEVITT and Mrs. Devitt, then they went to Norman to visit Miss VIRGINIA DEVITT, a student at the university. They also went to Shawnee and Uncle Bill was thrilled over some paintings that were painted over 1500 years ago.

Miss MARY GRUNDY of Lawton visited her brother SAM GRUNDY and Mrs. Grundy, then they went to Healdton to visit another brother ARTHUR GRUNDY and family.

Mr. and Mrs. HAZEL MASSEY and sons BILLY JACK, JOHN EDMUND, and BOBBY LYN of Seminole visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. MASSEY at their ranch home. On their return, Mrs. Massey Sr. accompanied them to Oklahoma City where she visited her daughter Mrs. TROY BURROUGHS and Mr. Burroughs.

Miss WINNIE SUTTLE, who assisted at the Waurika Abstract office, left for Addington to visit the HENRY PRICE family, then went with them to Fort Worth. Miss Suttle will then visit Mrs. CLIFTON HARRISON, nee Miss JUANITA RENNEAU at Van Alstyne, Texas.

Mr. and Mrs. VERNON GRIMES and baby daughter and Mrs. L. H. STOWE and children LESLIE EDWARD and LINDA were at Denton, Texas, the three former guests of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. ERNEST NALL and the three latter visiting their daughter and sister Miss VIRGINIA STOWE.

Mrs. MATTIE CURTIS of the Chapel Hill community was in town and with her, was her brother DANK JONES of Howe who she had not seen for over 40 years, but who dropped in for a surprise visit.

Mr. and Mrs. JACK JASPER of Oklahoma City were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. B. G. RALSTON. They were joined here by their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. GLENN BEATY of Lubbock, Texas. Glenn returned to Lubbock and Wanda went to Oklahoma City to visit her parents and sister Mrs. FRANK BOWERS and Mr. Bowers.

Mr. and Mrs. ROY SANDERS and mother Mrs. A. C. SANDERS of Checotah were guests of her children, Mrs. C. O. BUTLER and RALPH SANDERS.

Waurika friends received the announcement of the graduation from C. B. MITCHELL Jr. from the Barnsdall H. S. May 19. His mother grew to young womanhood here and they lived at Addington for some time.

Mr. and Mrs. JOHN PIERCE and little daughter BARBARA Ann of Oklahoma City were guests of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. J. OSTERHAUS. Miss LORETTA OSTERHAUS returned with them.

Mrs. W. S. HUDDLE / HODDLE of Long Beach, California is here to visit her brother, Dr. J. I. DERR and family. Mr. Huddle went to Detroit for a new hearse for his undertaking business at Long Beach.

Mr. and Mrs. JEWEL RODEN of Duncan visited home folks here. He is a lineman for the Southwestern Light and Power Co. and he and his wife moved there last week. Their home here has been rented by Mr. and Mrs. TOM CUBINE.

Mr. and Mrs. HOWARD CAIN and daughter, LEW STEED, spent last weekend at Anson, Texas, their former home, and made arrangements for their furniture to be brought here as the apartments over the City Drug, which W. H. GRESHAM is remodeling for them, are completed.

Mr. and Mrs. H. ARANSON met with hard luck when their brooder house caught fired and 350 baby turks were burned.

Mr. and Mrs. C. L. TYSON had all their children and grandchildren, except for the youngest son MORRIS who is in California, with them Mother’s Day. They include Mr. and Mrs. LOREN TYSON and two daughters of Hastings, Mr. and Mrs. BILL DUNLAP and son of Comanche, and Mr. and Mrs. ENNIS TYSON of Waurika.

Miss HELEN HUFFMAN of Chickasha visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. I. HUFFMAN.

Mr. and Mrs. GAIL DURHAM drove to Gainesville, Texas where they were met by their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. LILLIS HEATH of Greenville, Texas. Mr. Durham left for a sales trip and Mrs. Durham went to visit the Heath family at Greenville.

Waurika friends will be delighted to know that Mr. and Mrs. PAUL J. KELLY of Phillips, Texas are the proud parents of a baby son, PAUL JOHN Jr. who arrived May 1, weighing 6 pounds. The Kellys lived here before moving to Texas.

Old Letter
A.L. TOTTY brought to this office Saturday a very interesting old letter which was handed him last week by some relatives and which is particularly interesting to him not only because of its age but because it was written by his father to his grandfather. The letter was written by W. C. TOTTY from Clerk Creek, Texas under the date of December 13, 1853 and was addressed to W. C. TOTTY’S father, ROBERT TOTTY at Totty’s Bend, Tennessee. (more details from the letter).

C. E. GOLDSMITH for County Commissioner
C. E. ‘ELZIE’ GOLDSMITH …candidate for county commissioner of the second district. Mr. Goldsmith is a farmer living 12 miles south of Ringling in the Grady community. He has been a resident of Jefferson county for 42 years and is a life long democrat…

Twins Celebrate
El Reno: Friends believe Mrs. SADIE COOKSEY of El Reno and Mrs. C. E. SNOW of Yukon are the oldest twin sisters in the southwest. The pair recently celebrated their 73rd birthday. They have lived in Canadian County since moved here from Caldwell, Kansas in 1889.

Few items February 4, 1938 Waurika News Democrat

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The Waurika News Democrat
Waurika, Jefferson County, Oklahoma

Friday, February 4, 1938

Local
MAXINE and LOIS GUINN were guests of their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. DAVE GUINN at Sugden. Their parents Mrs. and Mrs. GRADY GUINN went for them Sunday.

Mr. and Mrs. R. M. SEAT of Cox City, Mr. and Mrs. E. M. SMITH, Mr. and Mrs. PAUL SMITH of Empire City visited their mother and grandmother, Mrs. KATIE SMITH who is ill.

Mrs. CHARLES HUNTER slipped and tore ligaments in her back.

Mr. and Mrs. J. A. FITZGERALD of Hastings were here. Mrs. Fitzgerald is going for an indefinite stay at Glenrose, Texas and Mr. Fitzgerald will join her later.

FRANK FREEMAN, Waurika high school senior, is recovering from an infection in his right thumb.

Mr. and Mrs. LEWIS FOSTER and Mr. and Mrs. TED ALFORD and children were Sunday guests of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. K. THOMPSON at Hastings.

Mrs. GAIL DURHAM and daughter, Mrs. LILLIS HEATH, drove to Healdton for Mr. Heath who is employed at the Samples DryGoods store.

Mrs. A. J. OWEN of Loco spent several days last week with her daughters Miss FERN OWEN and Mrs. JIM WAY, and family. Most of Mrs. Owen’s time was devoted to her baby grandson.

WARD PARSONS arrived from Littlefield, Texas to visit his brother IKE PARSON. Ward was an early day resident of Waurika.

Miss NAOMI and Miss OLA DYE of Ringling community visited the G. M. DENTON family, while their father and uncle, MON DYE, is ill at the Waurika hospital.

Miss BERTHA NUTT, who substituted in the Prairie View Consolidated school near Nocona, Texas for the latter part of the first semester, came home. The new teacher was required to be an athletic coach.

Mrs. E. J. JOACHIM of Marietta visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. TOM DORSETT then they all visited her brother LEE DORSETT and family in Ringling.

DICK PRYOR was one of the referees at the Healdton tourney last week. He was accompanied by his wife and children and they were guests of his sister Mrs. GLENN BULLAH and Mr. Bullah at Wirt.

Mrs. LAURA SMITH came home from Sulphur where she had been called by the illness of her grandson, BOBBIE SMITH.

PAUL SULLIVAN of Lawton was here and took Miss DOROTHY SURFACE to Duncan on her return to Chickasha where she attends O.C.W.

Mrs. J. A. OVERTON of Duncan was here going over last minute preparations with Mrs. W. Y. DILLEY for the pageant ‘Women of the Bible’ to be presented at the Methodist church.

J. H. DEMPSEY of the Longview, Texas is the new bookkeeper for the Hardin Lumber yard.

Mrs. W. Y. DILLEY and Mrs. W. H. GRESHAM were in Terral attending a meeting of the Sorosis club.

Mr. and Mrs. BILL GRIFFIN and son BILLY JOE visited her sister Mrs. FERN BARBER and family at Electra, Texas. Then they visited the new Texas K.M.A. oil field and called on the OLIVER GILLESPIE family.

Mrs. DORA FARRISS of Fox visited her cousin Mrs. KATIE SMITH. They had not seen each other in 42 years and she had lived in Wilson 19 years and Mrs. Smith in Waurika.

Mr. and Mrs. LAMBUTH HILLERY went to Oklahoma City to visit the Hardware men’s convention. While they were gone, CORRINA JANE stayed with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. BEESON GRANTHAM at Duncan.

Guests who enjoyed a fried chicken dinner Sunday at the ranch home of Mr. and Mrs. J. R. MASSEY were their daughter, Mrs. TROY BURROUGHS, Mr. Burroughs, and Mrs. Burroughs’ son, LAWRENCE RAYMOND SCOTT, Mrs. ANNIE SMITH and Mrs. RAYMOND MASSEY all of Oklahoma City.

Mr. and Mrs. R. D. BROWN and four children of Oklahoma City were guests of their parents and grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. CAPEHART and Mr. and Mrs. WINFIELD DAVIS, and JIMMIE MATTHEWS was an additional guest at the Capehart home for a big family visit.

Mr. and Mrs. BOB ALLEN of Glenwood, Iowa visited their cousin TOMMY KIER and family. The Allens were en route home from a trip which had taken them to New Orleans then to Monterrey and Mexico City.

E. G. RAY, who is establishing a Cities Service office on Main Street in the old PAUL TOTTY building, had the fire there but the fire department prevented a disastrous blaze.

Mr. and Mrs. DEWEY STONE and Mr. and Mrs. HENRY PRICE of Addington were in New Orleans and reported a grand trip.

Miss MARY DAVIS, a talented young reader, was heard on the B.Y.P.U. Associational program at Comanche Sunday afternoon.

Mrs. C. M. MAUPIN and son Dr. CLINTON MAUPIN drove to Oklahoma City for her daughter Miss NORA MAUPIN who teaches at Capitol Hill Junior high school and had a relapse of flu.

ARTHUR GRUNDY, who took possession of the Rexall drug store in Healdton, formerly the Langston drug store which was owned and operated by CANTRELL & MCKNIGHT. His wife and children KATHLEEN and BOBBY have moved there.

Mr. and Mrs. R. C. TAYLOR and Mr. and Mrs. O. E. HEACOCK were in Healdton as guests of the latter’s daughter Mrs. H. P. SAMPLES and family. Mr. and Mrs. Taylor spent some time at the Rexall drug store recently purchased by Arthur Grundy.

Mr. and Mrs. P. B. TURNER of the Claypool community drove to Barndsall to visit their son GLENN and family. They arrived a short time before a new granddaughter, NANCY IRENE TURNER, joined the GLENN TURNER family to make her home. She is the third girl in the Glenn Turner home.

Mrs. A.L.HAYNES and sons LOVELL and KENNETH, formerly of Waurika, but for the past few years at Easterville, Iowa, spent several days with her daughter Mrs. JOHN CASHION and family. They were en route to Amarillo, Texas where Mr. Haynes has been transferred by the Rock Island RR.

BILLIE JEAN BOOTH and JOAN LAIRD, 7 to 10 years old, attended the News-Democrat cooking school last week.

A.G. COLLINS drove to Fort Worth to take back his son WARREN G. COLLINS, who is a freshman at T. C. U. They were accompanied by LASTER GAINES Jr. who went to get lined up for next year’s college attendance since he is a senior at Claypool high school.

A.P. BAKER had a letter this week telling him about the death of his brother, LEE BAKER, of Stewartsville, Missouri, who passed away at the age of 85. He is survived by Mr. Baker, another brother LABE BAKER of Longton, Kansas, and two sisters Mrs. LEE HARNED of McAlester and Mrs. ELLEN BRIDGES of Washington, D. C. of his father’s family.

Mr. and Mrs. OTIS FLINT and little daughter YVONNE of San Antonio, Texas were guests of Miss BERNICE MCCLELLAND, as they were en route to Leedey, called there by the serious illness of Mr. Flint’s grandmother. Mrs. Flint will be remembered as Miss DEEDE SHAW who taught expressions here a few years ago.

Mr. and Mrs. E. B. ANDERSON and Mr. and Mrs. J. I. VERTRESS returned from New Orleans where Mr. Anderson and Mr. Vertress represented clients in court. En route, Mr. and Mrs. Anderson were guests of their niece, Mrs. BALDRIDGE CRAWFORD and Mr. Crawford at Talco, Texas. Mrs. Crawford is the former Miss JEAN ADAMS.

Waurikans welcomed back Mr. and Mrs. JOE DILLARD who have been at Walteria, California. The Dillards are living in the smaller of their two houses on East G. which was vacated last week by Mr. and Mrs. IRWIN EVANS. Joe and Ann always have the prettiest grounds in Waurika.

S. M. CHAPMAN and daughter Mrs. EDGAR THOMAS and her three children, all of San Antonio, and Mrs. Chapmans’s sister-in-law, Mrs. S. H. CHAPMAN, and two daughters of Cleburne, Texas visited their sister and aunt Mrs. NELLIE GARRETT and their mother and grandmother, Mrs. MATTIE GARRETT, who lives at the Garrett home. It is the first time Mrs. Garrett has seen her brother in 13 years and a fine visit was enjoyed. MARJORY NELL CHAPMAN, Mrs. Garrett’s niece and namesake, was 12 years old and there was a birthday cake for her.

Claypool
In the morning typing class, GLEN LOCKWOOD is high with 34 words; ROY BENNETT next with 33 and MARY RUTH GAINES made 32. In the evening class, RUTH SLOAN reached 37.
Second grade: Perfect attendance for DOROTHY FAYE THOMAS, DOYLE DICKEY, DOYLE BUTLER, JIMMY DUANE BRYCE, ELLIS JETER, ROY MCCLELLAN, STACY PARKER, ROBERT SEBOURN, and S. L. SHOFNER. DOROTHY FAYE THOMAS made a star every day, except one, in reading. Those making 90 or above on the spelling test were BETTY HELEN ANDERSON, DOYLE BUTLER, ELLIS JETER, ROBERT SEBOURN, S. L. SHOFNER, OMA RUTH STONER, RUTH SMITH and Dorothy Faye Thomas.
Third and fourth grades: On the six weeks honor roll are LADELL SHOFNER, BETTY JO GROVES, DON TURNER, EDITH ROBINSON and DOROTHY WARDEN. Perfect spellers are JUANITA CRABB, DOROTHY WARDEN, LADELL SHOFNER, DOLL ANDERSON. ROY CRABB won the multiplication contest.

Sugden items
PAUL DAVIS left his home at Trinidad, New Mexico after visiting his parents Mr. and Mrs. J. A. DAVIS and family.
Mrs. MAUDE CAMPBELL and son CHARLES were at Bowie, Texas where her son JOE CAMPBELL is ill with pneumonia.
Miss DIAMOND MARMOR visited Miss LORENE WOOD at Waurika.
Mrs. HERBERT KNIGHTSTEP was ill.
Mrs. ARTHUR REED and daughter Mrs. ED POLLOCK had business at Waurika.
Mr. and Mrs. GLEN EDWARDS and daughter LAVERNE of Ardmore visited their parents, Mr. and Mrs. WILL THOMPSON.
Mrs. HATTIE DAY was ill with flu.
Mr. and Mrs. D.G. LITZENFILNER of Chickasha and Dr. and Mrs. E. B. THOMSON of Duncan visited their mother, Mrs. J. A. MYERS.

Texas Items
YVONNE, little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. EARL CASSADY, has been ill.
Mr. and Mrs. MAVIS RIMMER visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. W. RIMMER.
JACK MOCK of Rocky spent the weekend with his mother Mrs. R. M. MOCK and family of Waurika.
Mr. and Mrs. CHARLES KANERAUF and little daughter visited his mother Mrs. H. KAUERAUF.
Misses NETTIE and ZETTIE LONG of the Madden Grove vicinity visited their sister Mrs. T. O. PALMER and Mr. Palmer.
Rev. THOMAS and wife, pastor of the Methodist church at Hastings, visited in several homes here.
WES BOYDSTUN of Hastings was buying cattle here.

Oscar Oiler
The small baby of Mr. and Mrs. GREEN SKINNER and baby of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. ASHFORD both have pneumonia.
Miss DOVIE SMITH and Miss BERNICE KENNEDY were guests of Mrs. VONNIE SEAY at Nocona, Texas.
Mrs. AL CALVARY was at Ryan.
Mr. and Mrs. TOM MYERS were at Ryan.
Grandmother MERCER visited her daughter Mrs. D. G. MAYES.
OLA DYE of Ringling visited her cousins LORENA, IRENA, MAUDINE, and TOM DYE here.
BILLY DOUGLAS SPENCER is ill with flu.
Mr. and Mrs. CALVIN PHILLIPS had as guest their daughter and son-in-law from Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Several children in the JIM HAYS home are sick with head colds.
Mr. and Mrs. LEONARD and son were in Nocona.
Mr. and Mrs. BILL STEERMAN’s baby is ill with pneumonia.
TIM TERRY is working in Louisiana.
School
Improvements on the school yard with the grader were done by J. D. ASHFORD and L. B. DALRYMPLE.
TOM MCDONALD is a new student in the fourth.
Primary
Making 100 in spelling: BETTY JANE SKINNER and GRACE ANNA HAYES. Doing good work in arithmetic: MARTHA REBECCA ODOM, CECIL RAY TERRY, JUNIOR BOGGETT/HOGGETT, JANELL HAYS. MARTHA REBECCA ODOM and CLYDE WARREN attended PEGGY JEAN SEAY’S birthday party at Nocona.
Sunday School organized: About 30 met at the schoolhouse to organize a Sunday school

Mud Creek
CLYDE CROSS and ROBERT FULTON were guests of Mr. and Mrs. PERCY FULTON.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. HAVRON visited his mother at Addington.
Miss ILA NORVELL is making an indefinite visit with her sister Mrs. J. C.HINES and Mr. Hines.
The MARVIN CROSS family visited the J. T. CROSS family.
Mr. and Mrs. OBED BENNETT, FATE FULTON and Miss ALMA HUNT of the Irving community visited the CLETUS OWENS family at Pauls Valley.
Obit
Friends of the bereaved family of Mrs. S.W. SHARTZER extend sympathy. Mrs. Shartzer passed away January 23 of heart attack. She was an old settler in the community and will be missed. Funeral services were held at the Baptist church in Ringling Thursday afternoon of last week.
School Notes
Absent because of illness: HERSHEL LYONS and AUDRY COTTON. Two new pupils: J. E. and J. C.HAVRON who came from Mountain Home. Mrs. BENNIE MELTON visited our school.

News from Ryan
Mesdames LETHA JONES, MINNIE GANN, G. J. WILLIAMS, LEM DURHAM, TROY BLURTON, and the girls quartet Misses JANNILLA YOUNG, JERRINE JONES, RUTH and MILDRED CHAFFIN and MARY HELEN SCROGGIN, went to Ringling to attend a music meeting.
C. L. CHAFFIN from Ardmore visited his mother.
Mrs. NEAL NORMAN, Mrs. ED WORRELL and Mrs. J. R. THOMAS went to Wichita Falls and BETTY accompanied them home.
Mrs. ABE MANNIN, Mrs. RETHA MANNIN and Mrs. WALLACE were in Wichita Falls.
Mr. and Mrs. FLOYD EDANS of Waurika have a new five pound daughter born in the Ryan hospital.
Mr. and Mrs. A. KIMBERLING went to Norman.
Miss LOUISE PAYNE, attending O.C.W. at Chickasha, was home for the weekend.
Miss MARY JO OVERBY is here from Chickasha where she is in college.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. SAWYERS went to Temple.
CASS LEWIS of Waurika was here.
Mr. and Mr. E. A. DURHAM of Orr were here.
JOSEPH GIVENS of Lawton visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. GIVENS.
Miss JANE BROWN was home from Chickasha to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. LAWRENCE BROWN.
W. L. GIVENS and W. P. BAKER attended the tournament at Hastings.
CONLEY DURHAM of Orr visited JOHN CALVIN STEWART.
Mrs. MAY YOUNG was in Duncan.
Mrs. LETHA JONES took her son to a clinic in Fort Worth. Her sister Mrs. HATTIE GILCHRIST accompanied her.
JOHN DEAN of Sudan, Texas was here.
Miss VIRGINIA CHAFFIN went to Chickasha.
CLYDE JONES from Duncan was here.
VOLNEY JONES came from Duncan.
Mr. and Mrs. JIM GREEN were at Terral.
Mr. and Mrs. HERSHEL WILLIAMS of Nocona, Texas visited her mother Mrs. LEM DURHAM. TOM DURHAM, WILLIAM HUGHES REED and HAROLD SPARKS accompanied them home.
The wrestlers of Ryan high school are showing progress under the supervision of A. KIMBERLING.
Mrs. TOM RYAN and Miss OLLEN MAJOR were at Wichita Falls.
Miss OMA MAE FAULKNER was a guest at the BROWN Ranch east of Ryan.
VIRGIL BIFFLE of Waurika was here.
C. C. COPE of Ottawa, Kansas, who was the paving contractor when the Ryan paving was done, was here on business.
NEWT GANN of Grady visited relatives here.
O.B. CURLIN of Oklahoma City and B. F. SIMMONS of Lindsay were here on business.
GLEN MAJOR purchased cattle at Temple.
Mrs. NORA HOUSER of Lubbock, Texas is the guest of her niece, Mrs. L. J. BROWN.
Mrs. M. H. BARRETT, who was in ill in the Methodist hospital at Fort Worth, is home.
ELLIS MILLER of Terral, former deputy sheriff at Ryan, was here.
PHIL LOWERY, candidate for state senator, was here.
FIN BURNS of Mud Creek Store, visited relatives here.
Mr. and Mrs. CLABE BURNETT Jr., who live on the BURNETT ranch near Ryan, were guests of WILL BURNET at Iowa Park, Texas.
Commissioner and Mrs. CLAUDE THORPE had business at Wichita Falls.
Mrs. GRADY EPPERSON visited her sister Mrs. A. BARTLING at Waurika.
Dr. and Mrs. H. OVERBY had business at Oklahoma City.
BURT WINNINGHAM has business at Oklahoma City.

Cornish Gleanings by W. C. HOGAN
The CLAUDE FLETCHER of Healdton visited Mrs. Fletcher’s father W. H. HACKLER.
Mrs. M. C. JEFFREY of Ardmore was the guest of friends here.
Mr. and Mrs. RAYMOND ODOM and son RAYMONG MONORE of Greenville, Texas visited his sister Mrs. S. W. LAYTON and daughter BERTHA RUTH at Cornish.
The M. B. C. Club met at the home of Mrs. LEOPHA FLETCHER. Their next meeting will be with Mrs. CLARA WILLIAMS.
Mrs. EMMA MASSEY of Event, Texas was a guest at the Cornish Children’s Home.
Mrs. IVA ELLIS, Mrs. MARY RAMSEY, and Mrs. LOIS STRANGER of Ringling were guests of Mrs. S. W. LAYTON last week.
Mrs. JOHN JEFFREY of Healdton visited friends here.
R. J. CLARK of Terral visited here.
LEMUEL and JAMES MOYER of Davis visited friends here.
The ‘Zona Service Station located at the south end of 5th St. in Ringling was entered by a would be burglar Thursday night, smoking tobacco and cigarettes being his big haul. A young man named SUMPTER was arrested and jailed, admitting he entered the building by raising a window.
M. L. STAGNER of Prairie Chapel community visited friends in Cornish.
FRED WHITE of Davidson visited his aunt Mrs. W. L. WOODS in Cornish.
Mrs. EMMA EAST of Abilene, Texas is the guest at the home of Mrs. ANNA WOODS. Mrs. Woods is ailing and Mrs. East is here to help care for her. Mrs. East resided in Cornish years ago.
Mrs. EDNA MOODY of Waurika visited Mrs. ANNA WOODS.
B. F. HAMILTON had business at Wilson.
NEW CHAMBERLAIN, manager of the Ringling Sales, moved the yard to West Main.
Mrs. B. F. HAMILTON, her sister Mrs. H. T. CAVINS, and Mrs. BAXTER HAMILTON went to Alvord, Texas to visit their uncle JOHNNIE L. SMITH and other relatives.
Mrs. F. C. KEETON and Mrs. J. P. DELLINGER had business at Oklahoma City.
Mr. B. F. HAMILTON visited her daughter Mrs. B. L. ALBRITTON at Wichita Falls.
J. R. ARMSTRONG of the Hardy community subscribed to the paper.
ANNA and ROSA EVANS of the Boggy Swamp community visited their sister Mrs. R. V. UNDERWOOD and their brother ED EVANS in Cornish.
Obit
Mrs. S. W. SHARTZER
Mrs. S. W. Shartzer of the North Mud district died in the Hardy sanitarium at Ardmore Wednesday of last week. Funeral services were at the Baptist church in Ringling, conducted by Rev. C. O. BIGGIE and interment in the I.O.O.F cemetery in Cornish. Mrs. Shartzer is survived by Mr. Shartzer and a son HERBERT of Ardmore. She had been active until about a month before her death when she entered the hospital and was thought to be getting along well until her death came suddenly.
Wedding
CLARENCE BANKS of Ogalala, Nebraska and Mrs. ANNA BOWMAN of Cornish were united in marriage January 19, 1938. Rev. WALTER W. KOEING of the Lutheran church officiated with the beautiful ring ceremony. Mr. and Mrs. Banks are visiting here, her former home, with her aunt, Mrs. W. L. WOODS. Mr. Banks is in partnership with his father in a filling and service station.

Chapel Hill
Mr. and Mrs. OBIN CURTIS and baby and A. J. CURTIS arrived from Pearmound, Texas to visit their grandmother Mrs. MATTIE CURTIS.
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. ISENBURG, SARAH MCELORY, and Mr. and Mrs. A. L. MCKELROY (both spellings used) and daughter visited Mrs. W. MCKELROY at Waurika.
The SYLVESTER COCKRELL family are moving to Waurika.
The OTIS B. PATTERSON family were guests of the JONES family.
The FLOYD PHARRIS family visited the FRED PHARRIS family at Addington.
MARY BROOKS visited RUTH CLAYTON.
The WHITFIELD family visited the SAMMIE THOMPSON family.
The W. C. LONDON family visited the JONES family.
Mr. and Mrs. ELVIS WEBB returned from west Texas where they visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. m.b. webb.
Mr. and Mrs. ORBIN CURTIS and baby A. J. and Mrs. MATTIE CURTIS visited Mrs. ALVA CURTIS.
The SYLVESTER COCKRELL family and FRANCES JOHNSON visited the MCMASTER family in Waurika.
BOBY BERRY and A. L. MCKELROY made a business trip to Gas City.
FANNIE MAE CLAYTON visited her sister Mrs. W. H. MARNEY and family at Ringling.

Madden Grove
Mr. and Mrs. LIGE YORK and son, Mr. and Mrs. A. C. YORK and children, Mr. and Mrs. LOYD LINDERSMITH and children, Mr. and Mrs. L. B. LINDERSMITH visited the W. M. LINDERSMITH family.
Mrs. M. E. MORRIS visited the T. J. WELCH family at Addington.
Mr. and Mrs. RAYMOND POYER were at Waurika.
The G. W. KELLEY family visited the ROY MCGINNIS family.
The LEO LINDERSMITH family visited the S. L. GLENN family.
Misses EMMA and ETHEL BEST moved to Rush Springs last week and Mrs. MAUDE PIERCE and family moved to the BEST farm.
LARRY LEWIS and DESSIE WILLENE WELCH visited their grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. WILL ISENBERG.
Mrs. ROY MCGINNIS and daughter and Mrs. LEO LINDERSMITH visited the ODES COKER family near Duncan.
Mrs. M. C. MCGINNIS returned from the PATTERSON Hospital at Duncan where she had been a patient for two weeks.
Mrs. OTT WELCH is sick.
Mrs. FLOYD BROWN visited Mrs. HADEN WELCH.
Mrs. EARL SEVIER, nee Miss RUBY KELLEY, was honored with a cleverly planned shower at the school house Monday evening. Mrs. Sevier was called from the teacherage to play a wedding march for a play. When she started playing, BETTY JUAN WELCH, the bride, and ELLIS YOUNG, the groom, pulling a wagon loaded with gifts, entered with Clinton reading the vows. After the ceremony he presented the gifts to Mrs. Sevier. Refreshments were served and games played. Mr. Sevier is working for the KINDER-KING Lumber Co. at Duncan.

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The Ringling Eagle
Ringling, Jefferson County, Oklahoma

Thursday, March 11, 1948

MARGARET DAVIS
Funeral services for Mrs. MARGARET LOU DAVIS were held at the Church of Christ in Bokchito Monday, Monday, March 8. Rev. WATSON officiated and interment was directed by Gus Pool & Son Funeral Home of Durant. Mrs. Davis died in a Dallas hospital Sunday following a three weeks illness. She had lived in Bokchito for 24 years and was a member of the Church of Christ. She was born August 5, 1877 in Arkansas. Survivors are her husband, CHARLES M. DAVIS; six sons, NAT DAVIS of Dierks, Ark.; FRANK DAVIS of Holdenville; HOLDER DAVIS of Broken Bow; TILDEN DAVIS of Mean; CLARENCE DAVIS of Walters; REX DAVIS of Ringling; three daughters, Mrs. ELATHA MANASCO of Amarillo, Texas, Mrs. LEEVY DAVIS of Dierks, Ark.; Mrs. AGNES DEERE of Amarillo, Texas; four brothers, 18 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Pallbearers were DOOLEY VEAL, BILL WORTHY, EARL TAYLOR, HOLLAND ROBINSON, TRELLA HOUSTON, and CECIL PARKER.

Thursday, April 1, 1948

VERNON TICEY MOYER
Funeral services were held Thursday afternoon in the Assembly of God Church for TICEY VERNON MOYER. He was born December 27, 1901 in Sherman, Texas and died in Andrews, Texas March 23, 1948. He is survived by his wife, IRENE CARROL MOYER, two daughters Mrs. HOWARD GABRIEL and REBA JO MOYER, one son JACK VERNON MOYER, and three grandchildren of Hobbs, New Mexico, his mother MARY MOYER of Ringling; two brothers, DEWEY of Byers, Texas and SHIRLEY of Ringling; and one sister PRUNEY HELMS of Stillwater. He moved to Jefferson County at an early age with his parents. He spent most of his life near Ringling, moving to Hobbs, N. M. six years ago. He was married to IRENE CARROLL March 25, 1923. To this union were born three children, all surviving. Those from out of town who attended the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. JOHN GILMORE of Shawnee; Mrs. NEIL HELM of Stillwater; Mrs. ERNEST MULKEY of Hobbs, N. M.; Mrs. TILLIE MOYER, Mr. and Mrs. H. B. CARROLL of Alec; Mr. and Mrs. M. MOYER, Mr. and Mrs. OAK TEMPLETON, Mr. and Mrs. MARVIN ANDERSON, Mrs. EFFIE EVANS, Mrs. VADA BATES, Mrs. POPE all of Waurika, Mr. and Mrs. PHILLIP HUGHES of Hines City, Texas.

ROBERT WATSON MOORE
Funeral services were held Wednesday in the First Baptist Church for ROBERT WATSON MOORE, who died Monday. T. W. PHILLIPS of Ardmore, minister of the local Church of Christ, conducted the services. Mr. Moore was born August 15, 1862 at Palestine, Arkansas. He was married in 1884 to Miss MARTHA WILSON at Hope, Arkansas. To this union were born 14 children, eight of whom are living. Mrs. Moore preceded her husband in death in 1931. Mr. Moore had been a resident of this vicinity since 1886. Immediate survivors are four sons, R.E. MOORE of Antlers, CLYDE MOORE of Lawton, GEORGE MOORE of Salinas, California; FATE MOORE of Amarillo; and four daughters, MYRTLE GRAVES of Oklahoma City, EDITH MOORE of Salinas, Calif.; PEARL HAWKINS and Mrs. W. C. WRIGHT, both of Amarillo, Texas. Funeral arrangements were made by Collier Bros. and interment was in the Cornish cemetery.

EMMA UNDERWOOD
EMMA JANE UNDERWOOD (nee REYNOLDS0 was born November 2, 1881 at Sunset, Texas. She passed away at Oklahoma City March 12, 1948 at age of 66 years 4 months 10 days. At the age of 16, she was united in marriage with R. A. UNDERWOOD at Montague, Texas. Eleven children were born to this union, eight of whom are living. They are GERALD UNDERWOOD of Healdton, FLORENCE BOYLOR of Healdton, EDDIE PERKINS of Stroud, BEULAH STOCKTON of Santa Paulo, California; ALTA PHFONETIEN of Buena Park, Calif., JOHNNIE UNDERWOOD of Stroud, ARVIL UNDERWOOD of Bakersfield, Calif. She has a brother W. B. REYNOLDS of Ardmore and a sister OLLIE SIMON of New Mexico. Mr. and Mrs. UNDERWOOD moved to Healdton in 1887. They lived in and around Healdton, Atlee, Ringling and Cornish. Her husband died some years ago.

The flower girls were JACKIE UNDERWOOD, CHRISTINE UNDERWOOD, EMMA LEE UNDERWOOD, WILMA JEAN THORNBERRY, BETTY RUTH PERKINS, MARY FRANCES PERKINS, WANDA CROSS and JOYCE BOYLOR. The body, which lay in state at the Richards Funeral Home, was taken to the home of her niece, Mr. AROLA MIDDLEBROOK of Healdton where loved ones gathered for a farewell before she was taken to the Baptist church for funeral rites. …written by Mrs. M. E. HARRIS.

Mrs. ELLA COLSON RICE
ELLA FRANCES COLSON RICE, widow of D. N. RICE, passed away March 24, 1948 at the age of 60+(age not on my copy). Mrs. Rice was born at Clarksville, Texas March 31, 188_(year?). She had resided at Healdton for the past six years. Mrs. Rice was married in Ardmore in 1896. Her husband preceded here in death three years ago. She is survived by one son, W. D. RICE of Baton Rouge, La., four daughters Mrs. W. W. SPARROW of Healdton, Mrs. M. O. TUCKER of Big Spring, Texas, Mrs. N. BIHN of Evansville, Illinois, Mrs. AUDRY WAGGONER of Oklahoma City, a brother W. M. COLSON of Ringling, a sister Mrs. A.SARRAT, a stepmother Mrs. J. COLSON of Ardmore, one half-sister Mrs. OUIDA ELLIS ; two half-brothers, J. B. COLSONof Marietta, and OLLIE COLSON of Phoenix, Arizona, 15 grandchildren and a host of nieces and nephews.

Burial was not until Saturday, the 28th, to due to the arrival of children. She was buried at Rose Hill Cemetery, Ardmore, arranged by Bettes Funeral Home.

Thursday, May 6, 1948

ANNA R. STALLINGS
ANNA RHETTA STALLINGS was born January 9, 1876 in Sumner County, Kansas. She departed this life April 29 at her home in Ringling at age of 72 years 3 months 20 days. She was united in marriage with LEE C. STALLINGS April 9, 1900 at Winoka, Oklahoma and to this union were born 2 children, one of whom survives. Mrs. Stallings was converted and joined the Baptist church at Fairview in 1910 at age of 34 years. She has been a resident of this community for the pats 34 years and a member of the Baptist church at Ringling. She is survived by her husband, LEE STALLINGS, a son JAMES L. STALLINGS of Pawnee, seven grandchildren, and a host of relatives and friends. Funeral services were held Friday by Rev. JOE H. MUSIC, pastor of the First Baptist Church, assisted by Rev. J. C. DODSON of Duncan. Richeson Funeral Home of Wilson directed arrangements for interment at Loco.

Few items from 1947 Ringling Eagle

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The Ringling Eagle
Ringling, Jefferson County, Oklahoma

Thursday, April 17, 1947

Mr. and Mrs. BILL COLSON sold their residence to BOB MANNING.
Mesdames BILL COLSON and JOE HARPER transacted business at Ardmore.
Mr. and Mrs. BILL COLSON stored their household goods and took a room in the apartment house with their son CECIL and wife. Mrs. Colson plans to visit in Missouri and Arizona this summer. Mr. Colson wants to buy another house.
FRANK GRAHAM of Center Point is in the hospital at Ardmore with pneumonia.
Mrs. ARTHUR ELLIS is suffering from gallstones.
Mrs. CLARENCE BIGBY of Weleetka, wife of the former Baptist minister here, visited her mother Mrs. DOVIE COFFEY.
VIRGIL LEONARD of the Savage Laundry says it requires long hours of labor to keep pace with the volume of work that comes through the laundry.
Mrs. WALTER BELL reports that she got a letter from her friend in Woodward who was taking care of her piano informing her that the friends’ house was blown away, leaving the floor and furniture intact. The piano is sitting out in the weather.
In observation of National Music Week, Mrs. A. C. SWINNEY and Mrs. W. W. WOODWORTH will present their music students in a recital at the high school auditorium.
Mr. and Mrs. CARLOS MONTANDON and children JENNY LYNN and BUDDY of Oklahoma City were here in the interest of his work for the O.C.U. financial drive. He is the administrator of the First Methodist Church in Oklahoma City under the leadership of Dr. C. R. HOOTEN.
Elder WILLIAM LIGHTFOOT of Sour Lake, Texas is bringing the Gospel message at the Gospel Tabernacle.
JAEMS DILLARD is expected home from A. & M. College.
Mrs. VIDA DILLARD had as guest, Miss JENANE LUTTRELL of A.&M. College.
Mr. and Mrs. TOMMY THOMAS of Oklahoma City were guests of her mother Mrs. W. BROCK and her sister Mrs. CECIL ROSE.
PATTY ROSS and LETHA JEAN BROCK attended the operetta ‘Blossom Time’ at Oklahoma City.
Miss PATSY ROSE was elected secretary-treasurer of the Y.W. at Central State College.
B. F. HAMILTON, who has been ill for some time, went to Wichita Falls to go through a clinic. He was advised to take a rest. Mrs. HAMILTON and VICTOR drove there to bring him home.
Cpl. LAVOICE KING, son of Mr. and Mrs. LESLIE KING, is in the Will Rogers Hospital at Oklahoma City due to an infection from his tonsils.

Mrs. EULA LEE EVANS
Mrs. EUAL LEE EVANS, wife of JOE EVANS, pioneer citizen here, passed away at the family home Thursday after an illness of several months. EULA LEE PEMBERTON was born February 10, 1883 at Courtney Flat, Indian Territory, where she grew up. She was married to JOE EVANS March 14, 1906 at Ryan. To this union was born one daughter, Mrs. GLADYS RICHOR / ELCHOR of Matton, Illinois. She was united with the Christian church at Cornish in 1910. She is survived by her husband, Joe Evans, her daughter Mrs. LONNIE ELCHOR of Matton, Illinois, and three grandchildren, and two grandchildren, her mother, Mrs. ANN PEMBERTON of Ringling, one sister Mrs. SAM HARGIS of Ada, four brothers, PETE PEMBERTON of Ft. Collins, Colorado; LEONARD, GROVER, and LEE PEMBERTON, all of Ringling. All were present except Pete.

JOHN MOSS of Lawton was in Ringling. He is a grandnephew of the late ‘DOC’ MCCASSIN. Mr. Moss was linotype operator for SIDNEY BOLES when he was editor of the Ringling Eagle.
EDD MILLER has been employed at Texoma on the job training.
Mr. and Mrs. HENRY HERRIN of Antlers are visiting his mother, Mrs. HENRY HERRIN, and Mrs. Herrin’s sister Mrs. WEBSTER MITCHELL and Mr. Mitchell.
HAMP HARWELL, now in California, visited in Ringling and Cornish.
HOYT HARWELL, now working at Elk City, came to visit his mother, Mrs. DALE HARWELL.
Mr. and Mrs. OLEN THOMAS and daughter DORIS of Oklahoma City spent the Easter with Mrs. JANE LYLE, mother of Mrs. Thurman. A number of relatives, including the J. B. AUSTIN family, enjoyed the Easter festivities.
NANCY TURNER, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. GLENN TURNER, is recovering from an illness.
HAMP WINTERS, employed near Ada, visited his family here.
Mr. LESTER is offering his furniture store for sale.

Thursday, July 10, 1947

CHARLEY GRAHAM
Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon in the First Baptist Church for CHARLES MARTIN GRAHAM. Mr. Graham died July 6 in a hospital at Ardmore at age of 68. Masonic rites were conducted by the Cornish lodge. Richeson Funeral Home of Wilson was in charge of arrangements with interment in the Odd Fellows cemetery. MASON BONDURANT of Orr was the officiating minister. He is survived by his wife, three brothers and a host of friends.

Resolutions of respect for CHARLES MARTIN GRAHAM who died July 6, 1847 from the Cornish lodge by H. C. GARNER, CECIL COLSON, A. W. ROGERS.

GEORGE MCCANNS Hold Family Reunion
Mr. and Mrs. GEORGE W. MCCANN of Cornish had all their children with them for a family reunion, the first time they had all been together in 18 years since 1929. The group enjoyed a sumptuous meal, prepared by Mrs. George McCann, who has passed her 80th birthday. Mr. McCann, who is 85, is just as spry as his wife, and was right there enjoying every minute of the reunion. Those present were Mrs. ORA GRAVES of Hominy; Mr. and Mrs. OTIS MCCANN of Bakersfield, California; Mrs. LELA BURGESS and family of Desert Center, California; Mrs. ZELLA POWERS of Orr; Mr. and Mrs. OSCAR EVANS and son LEONARD, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. MCCANN and children DONALD and MARY of Ringling.

Visit
Mr. and Mrs. T. S. MARTIN and son BUDDY of Beville, Texas arrived July 3 to visit his sister Mrs. C. M. CAGLE. The Martins and Mrs. Cagle went to Kingston on the Fourth to visit Mrs. S.M. HUTCHINSON, mother of Mr. Martin and Mrs. Cagle.

Fish Fry at Claypool
The Fourth was celebrated by the residents of Claypool community by a fish fry at the LUNT GAINES home. Among the 54 present were Mr. and Mrs. C. W. PARKER, Mr. and Mrs. CLAUD PARKER and son, Mr. and Mrs. CLYDE PARKER and daughters, Mr. and Mrs. ELBERT GRIFFIN and son, Mr. BILL GRIFFIN and son, Mr. and Mrs. DARWIN GRAYSON and family, Mr. and Mrs. CALVIN BEAM and family, SAM BEAM, Mr. and Mrs. CHOC MENDENALL and daughter, Mrs. MITCHELL and family, RANDOLPH GRACE, Mr. and Mrs. R. D. PAYNE and mother, Mr. and Mrs. L. A. LINDER, Mr. and Mrs. CLIFFORD LEARD and family, Mr. and Mrs. LESTER GAINES and mother, Mr. and Mrs. LUNT GAINES, HOLLIS DICKEY, BETTY BELL RANDOLPH, JEAN ALLEN and WILMA WRIGHT. A late arrival was RAY MENDENALL who was home for the weekend.

BAXTER HAMILTON of Long Beach, California visited relatives here.

At Turner Falls
A group of Ringling folks at Turner Falls for the Fourth: Mr. and Mrs. CECIL STROUD, Mr. and Mrs. BUCK STROUD and son DEAN; Mr. and Mrs. E. DOSS, and family, Mr. and Mrs. BERT DILLON and family, Mr. and Mrs. VERN DILLON and family, Mr. and Mrs. DICK DILLON and family.

DANNY YEATS of Ringling and BILL GREEN of Duncan will leave for Carlsbad, New Mexico where their newly organized dance band has a two months engagement at the La Conga Club. Dr. and Mrs. Yeats will drive through with them.

Cpl. DALE J. LAWRENCE, who is serving in the Army Air Force, spent the weekend with his grandmother, Mrs. L. E. POWER. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. JAKE LAWRENCE of Mesa, Arizona and is stationed at Salina, Kansas. Another grandson GENE KING is attending college at Ada and spent the Fourth with Mrs. Power.

Mr. and Mrs. B. M. EAKIN announce the engagement of their son WAYNE A. EAKIN to Miss JOAN THROCKMORTON, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. B. THROCKMORTON of Capron, Oklahoma. The wedding vows will be exchanged Aug. 2 at the home of the bride. He attended Courtney and Ringling High Schools and is a graduate of Oklahoma A. & M. at Stillwater. He spent 4 ½ years in the Army, earning a captain’s rating. He is now assistant county agent of Woods County. She attended Northwestern and Oklahoma A. & M. colleges. She is employed as a sewing instructor with the Singer Sewing center in Dallas, Texas.

Open House for the Fourth
Mr. and Mrs. ARTHUR ELLIS of Cornish had as July Fourth guests: Mr. and Mrs. BURTON GORMAN and sons BEN and JOE of Connersville, Indiana, Mr. Gorman’s mother, Mrs. W. J. GORMAN of Moores Hill, Ind., Mr. and Mrs. THEODORE ELLIS and daughters ERLINE and NAOMI of Dallas; Mr. and Mrs. SCOTT and daughter of Dallas; Mrs. E. B. STANGER of Pryor, Mr. and Mrs. V. A. BURTON and sons LONNIE and JOHNNIE, and daughter MARILYN ANN of Ardmore; and Miss CAROL HARSELL of Ardmore, Mr. and Mrs. L.R. RAMSEY of Ringling.

Baseball
ED THOMAS, newly elected manager of the Mountain Home baseball team, has announced a game to be played at Mountain Home this Sunday afternoon. The game is called at 2:30 p.m. and there is no admission charge and the public is invited. The Mountain Home team has played several practice games and is now rounding into form. Their opponents Sunday will be the Lone Grove team.

Mrs. E. C. GARNER is attending the two weeks School of Missions at Mt. Sequoish, Fayetteville, Arkansas, sponsored by the Women’s Society of Christian Services of the Methodist Church.

Mrs. FANNIE WARD
Funeral services were held Thursday, July 8, at the Assembly of God church for Mrs. FANNIE WARD, with Rev. M. C. WALTER, pastor, officiating. Mrs. Ward was born December 11, 1902 at Weatherford, Texas and passed from this life July 6, 1947 at the University Hospital at Oklahoma City. She had been a resident of Ringling community for the past 24 years and leaves a host of friends and loved ones to mourn her passing. She is survived by her husband, W. V. WARD; three sons, FORREST, KENNETH, and MAXIS RAY, all of Ringling; six daughters, VYDA PORTER of Orr, WANDA MAE COPELAND, OCTAVIA, DOROTHY, BETTY and OTTRESSIA WARD, all of Ringling; her mother, Mrs. J. H. MARTIN of Clifton, Texas; one brother CLYDE MARTIN of Weatherford, Texas; three sisters, Mrs. T. F. KING of Vernon, Texas, Mrs. P. L. CONLEE of Weatherford, Texas, and Mrs. DALTON BLAND of Clifton, Texas. Pallbearers were GEORGE SULSOM, DAN SHIPMAN, JOE SHIPMAN, BULER MCGOWAN, SAM BEAN and BARON AWTREY.

County Commissioners
PERCY LAMBETH replaced T. F. ALLEN as county commissioner in district 3; GUS BRYANT replaced W. R. BERRY in district 1 and G. W. ENGLISH is a hold over from last term in district 2.

Mr. and Mrs. F. F. COWAN and family of Seneca, Illinois visited Mr. and Mrs. ZOE DOSS in Ringling. Then Mr. and Mrs. Cowan and their son and daughter left for Corpus Christi, Texas to visit Mr. and Mrs. LON DOSS Jr. and family.

HOWARD GRACE, manager of the Ringling Livestock Auction, reports good results in his first three weeks of business.

Mr. and Mrs. L. D. CAIN had as holiday guests, Mrs. Cain’s three sons and two of their families, They were Mr. and Mrs. W. E. CARROLL and three children of Steward, Nebraska, and Mr. and Mrs. O. T. CARROLL and two children of Oklahoma City, and ELMO CARROLL of Marlow.

Picnicking and swimming at Turner Falls were enjoyed by Mr. and Mrs. COKER TARR, Mr. and Mrs. EVERETT DOSS and family, Mr. and Mrs. OLIVER ALLEN and family, J. D. DOWDY and EZRA ABSHIRE.

Thursday, July 24, 1947

Mr. and Mrs. ROY GRAVLEY and family from Escondido, California are visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. O. B. GRAVLEY at Ringling. Their daughter Miss GUSTA GRAVLEY, who is employed at the Patterson Hospital in Duncan, visited them last weekend.
D. J. HINCH, who is teaching at Draughon’s Business College at Wichita Falls, visited his family here.
Mr. and Mrs. OLIVER PIERCE returned from a vacation to Carlsbad Caverns, the Grand Canyon and Yellowstone National Park.

Mrs. Nannie Brown
Funeral services were held last Wednesday July 22 at County Line for Mrs. NANNIE BROWN, 81. Mrs. Brown was the grandmother of DOYLE, BOB and EWELL “SAM” SINGLETON. She was a former Ringling resident. She is survived by ten children, living in various parts of the United States and all were able to attend the funeral. Also attending were 29 grandchildren with six of the grandsons acting as pallbearers.

Mt. Home School
A special election was held at Mt. Home School Thursday, July 17, for the purpose of voting a building bond to erect a gymnasium. The measure carried, with 82 voting for the issue and 24 voting against. ..

LEON UNDERWOOD of Healdton drove here for his grandmother, Mrs. EMMA UNDERWOOD, who returned to Healdton with him to visit in the home of her son GERALD and to be with her grandson, KENNETH UNDERWOOD, Apprentice Seaman, who is home on leave from San Diego.

Visits Step-Son
J. W. PATCHEL / PASCHEL of Wilson visited in the WALTER BELL home last weekend. Mr. Patchel, who is 98 years young, does not wear glasses and is very active. He is a graduate of the University of Dublin, Ireland and is Mr. Bell’s stepfather.

The Claypool Home Demonstration Club met Thursday at the home of Mrs. JACK STEWART with Mrs. Stewart and Mrs. ETHEL GRIFFIN as hostesses. Mrs. OLLIE RICH was leader… Mrs. H. L. BANFOM presented a lesson. Mrs. ENOS GEAR discussed women’s work dresses and aprons. Miss DORA BOLLINGER, county home demonstration agent, displayed some new fall styles.

Mrs. JOHN BRIDGES, who was in the Waurika hospital, received a blood transfusion.

TED COLSON and PHILLIP DELLINGER enjoyed the rodeo at Healdton.

Mr. and Mrs. J. P. DULANEY received word that a son was born to Mr. and Mrs. BASIL DULANEY at Sherman, Texas, named BASIL Jr.

Mrs. TALLEY BARNES left to receive medical treatment at the University Hospital at Oklahoma City.

Mrs. NANCY VAUGHN and Miss OPAL VAUGHN were hostesses at a shower honoring Mrs. BUCK HALL at their home at Grady. They were assisted by Mrs. SCOTT DENNIS and Mrs. BILLIE ROBERTS. Present were Mesdames ARTHUR BERRY, OTT FRASIER, ANDY GRIFFIN, ORVIN HALL, HERMAN GRIFFIN, THOMAS HARRIS, LEONARD DUNFORD, CECIL EVANS, T. A. HAM, JOHN COUNTISS, and daughter FRANCES ANN, HENRY VAUGHN, L. B. WHATLEY, MARY SMITH, SUSAN RICH, GERTRUDE JOHNSON, and Misses BILLY IDELE GRIFFIN, HELEN EVANS, EDNA HALL, little SONNY ROBERTS and the hostesses.

Mr. and Mrs. GEORGE WASHINGTON had as guests her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. S. BAYSINGER of Gainesville, Texas and her sister Mrs. S. R. FRIEDSAM of Austin, Texas. Mr. Washington and daughter, Mrs. COKER TARR, motored to Gainesville and Mr. Baysinger returned with them.

Eightieth Birthday
Monday, July 21, friends and relatives of L. R. RAMSEY, took well filled baskets of fried chickens, cakes and other good things to eat and helped him celebrate his 80th birthday. He was presented with a floor fan. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. GUS SLATON and children WANDA and KENNETH of Fresno, California; Mrs. VIVIAN RIPLEY of Noble; Mr. and Mrs. REX RAMSEY and sons KENNTH and JOE of Davis; Mr. and Mrs. HASKELL RAMSEY of Wynnewood; Mrs. E. B. STANGER and son BUSTER; Mr. and Mrs. SID VANSICKLE and PATRICIA; Mrs. JEFF VANSICKLE; Mr. and Mrs. M. E. HARRIS; WALTER BELL; Mrs. BOB CARROLL and son PETE; Mr. and Mrs. ARTHUR ELLIS and LESLIE PERKINS.

Mrs. C. M. CAGLE spent the week in Durant visiting the home of her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. S. O. POOL. While she accompanied them with their son SAMMY to Lake Texoma Dam.

Mr. and Mrs. D. F. FLYNN and children and Mrs. and Mrs. MAURICE ARMSTRONG and son spent Sunday at Turner Falls.

Miss FAYE HAMMER of Ardmore visited her cousin KATHLEEN QUICK and her aunt Mr. LOVIE COFFEY.

Mr. and Mrs. CLYDE BARNES and daughter FERNE visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. HARRY LUCAS and her sister Mrs. BOB MCLAIN at Tulsa.

CECIL ABSHIRE, who has been in the Army for the past 18 months and recently stationed in Japan, is home on terminal leave.

Thursday, August 21, 1947

The athletic directorship of Ringling Public School is assigned to WALTER GUNGOLL due to the resignation of E. O. CHAPMAN.

Mr. and Mrs. P. T. NALL of Edmond announce the birth of a daughter Aug. 17, named LURA LABETH. Mrs. NALL is the former DRUSCILLA MOSELEY, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. HENRY MOSELEY of Ringling and a former teacher in the Ringling school.

Mt. Home Tournament Schedule Announced
ED THOMAS, manager of the Mt. Home baseball club, announced the tournament schedule to be played this weekend at Mountain Home….

Colson Family Reunion
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. COLSON were surprised by an unplanned family reunion. All their children were at home for the first time in years. First to arrive were Mr. and Mrs. LEO DICKSON of Protection, Kansas. Mr. Dickson is Mrs. Colson’s brother. They arrived early then were joined by their daughter NORMA JEAN Sunday. A few hours after the Dicksons arrived, Mrs. R. C. CONRAD (DOLL COLSON) of Springfield, Missouri arrived. They were followed Friday night by Mr. and Mrs. J. C. COLSON and daughter of Phoenix, Arizona. Sunday the group was completed by the arrival of Mrs. HOWARD THOMSEN (THEO COLSON) of Louisville, Kentucky…

Fore Reunion at Sulphur
A swell dinner and a good time was enjoyed by everyone who attended the Fore family reunion at Platt Park, Sulphur. Attending were: the DIKE HERALD family, the THOMAS HERALD family, the D.J. FORE family and D. J. Jr., DANIEL HERALD family, ZACK FORE family, JEWEL P. RILEY family, RAY BERRY family, THURL TINER family, J. T. FORE family, WILLARD HARRIS family, ARCH FORE, ALLEN MELTON family, MATTIE MELTON family, Mrs. EVA STORKEY family, Mrs. RUBY TIMS family, Mrs. ANN FORE, J. C. FORE family, LOIS LATHAM family, Mrs. LESSIE WRIGHT family, L. P. MANESS family, O’HARA WRIGHT family, HAL FORE family. Visitors were the LOYD HESTER family, JOE LOCKWOOD, NAN HAMMONS, MARSHALL LOVE, ROSE PEEK, PAT MORGAN, OSCAR and MARY LINDSEY, the HOWARD BAILEY family, BETTY JUNE NORDMAN, BARBARA NORDMAN, RICHARD and WILLARD HOPKINS.

Mr. and Mrs. CHARLIE DOYLE and family returned from Quanah, Texas where they visited their new granddaughter, RUTHIE MAE, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. DOYLE.

Thursday, September 28, 1947

Mrs. FANNIE BURT
Funeral services for Mrs. FANNIE BURT of Brushy Mound community were held Saturday, September 6 in the home of Mr. and Mrs. BOB GREGG, with Rev. T. V. TEKEL officiating. Mrs. Burt was born March 1, 1862 in Fannin County, Texas and passed away September 5 after a short illness. Mrs. Burt, whose maiden name was FANNIE BAILY, was married in 1878 to TOM BURT and to this union were born 16 children. She was preceded in death by her husband and 7 children. Surviving relatives are 4 daughters and 5 sons, HENRY BURT of Gore, GEORGE BURT of Anadarko, JOHN BURT of Wichita Falls, JACK HURT of Plains, Texas; JIM BURT of Tokio, Texas; SUSIE HORN of Orr, STELLA WEST of Coolidge, Arizona; JESSIE GREGG of Orr, and LOTTIE GILCREASE of Oklahoma City, 39 grandchildren, 59 great-grandchildren, and one great-grandchild. Mrs. Burt became a member of the Free Will Baptist Church at age of 14. Interment, directed by the Bettes Funeral Home, was in Crow cemetery. Pallbearers were her grandsons.

Mrs. J. R. HOOPER
Funeral services were held for Mrs. J. R. HOOPER Thursday afternoon, Saturday, Sept. 11 at Marlow, Oklahoma. Mrs. Hooper, mother of GUY HOOPER of Ringling, passed away Sept. 9 at the Anadarko hospital after an extended illness. She was 72 years of age. She is survived by her husband, J. R. HOOPER of Marlow; two sons, CLYDE HOOPER of Oklahoma City and GUY HOOPER of Ringling; two daughters Mrs. ELSIE CROTTS of Oklahoma City and Mrs. CLIFFORD JONES of Cyril; seven grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. The Steele Funeral Home directed the funeral services with grandsons as pallbearers. Interment was at the Marlow cemetery.

Mr. C.B. JACKSON was hostess for a nursery shower for Mrs. ROY TROXELL.

Few items March 1938 Waurika News Democrat

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The Waurika News Democrat
Waurika, Jefferson Co., Oklahoma

Friday, March 4, 1938

Society News
Long column about the fortieth wedding anniversary celebration of Mr. and Mrs. M. C. GROSECLOSE of Waurika with their children, Mr. and Mrs. MYRON GROSECLOSE of Oklahoma City, Mrs. HENRY DAMM of St. Louis, MO, Mr. and Mrs. FRANK GROSECLOSE of Waurika and Mr. and Mrs. HERMAN GROSECLOSE of Borger, Texas….Herman Groseclose, the ‘baby’ of the family, told how CLARENCE GROSECLOSE and Miss DELIA WISHARD were married Sunday night, February 27, 1898 at the Beulah Church, Prof. House, president of Kingfisher college, performed the ceremony.

Parker-Green
Saturday afternoon at the Assembly of God church was quietly solemnized the marriage of AURBERY PARKER of Fleetwood and Miss MARY GREEN of the Irving Consolidated community. The vows were read by Mrs. COY SPENCE, pastor. Witnesses were the groom’s mother Mrs. MAGGIE WALLS, the bride’s mother Mrs. R. M. GREEN; the groom’s sisters Mrs. BENTON BROWN of the Irving community and Mrs. TOM CUBINE of this city. The groom is employed at Fleetwood by Uncle RUBE WEAVER for several years, with time out for the CCC camp at Cache last year. Uncle Rube has a small tenant house on his farm where the couple will live.

Town Topics
Mr. and Mrs. H. P. SAMPLES and little daughter ALTA CAROLYN of Healdton and his sister Mrs. E. E. COPELAND, Mr. Copeland and daughter ANNA MAE of Ringling were Sunday guests of the MARSHALL SAMPLES and HEACOCK homes.
Mrs. FINIS BLAY of Hastings, who had surgery in the Waurika hospital, is recuperating at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. GUTHRIDGE.
Mr. and Mrs. B. G. RALSTON moved from the TURNAGE property north of the Methodist church, where they had lived from several years, to the JOE DILLARD home on East G St. the Dillards are occupying a smaller house.
Mr. and Mrs. CLENTE BEVITORI, nee Miss GENEVA CUBINE, moved to the W. H. FULLER home on East G St, formerly occupied by the FLOWERS family who recently moved to the new home purchased from Mrs. C. G. STUARD, which is next door to the Stuard home.
Mr. and Mrs. L. B. GOZA and Mr. and Mrs. ROY RICHERSON and little daughter SYLVIA RAE were at the Dillard ranch east of Ringling looking over the fine whiteface cattle, especially the calf that JAMES DILLARD plans to exhibit.
Mr. and Mrs. LANHOM SPIVEY and sons DON and JERRY spent the weekend in Mangum with his brother, WELDON SPIVEY and family. They were accompanied there by his mother Mrs. JOHN SPIVEY will visit there. Weldon teaches in the Mangum high school and is a coach.
Mr. and Mrs. LELAND BALL and little son JERRY left Friday for their new home at Perry where he is employed by an electric refrigeration company.
Mrs. NELLIE GARRETT, supervisor for education in home making, has been given charge of the NYA program for girls at Ryan. At present the girls are working on wool tapestry on a burlap foundation.
PRINCE ROBISON was the chauffeur Monday when he took his wife, WINNIE, and BOOTS DAVIS, both of Winnie’s Special Shop, Mrs. WALTER ROBISON and Miss MARY DAVIS to Dallas. Winnie and Boots were shopping for merchandise for the store.
Mrs. M. C. GROSECLOSE had a message last week telling the death of her oldest brother, JAMES WISHARD, 68 years old, who died at his home in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, Canada where he and his family have lived for the past 20 years and where two of his five children are teachers in the schools.
Friends here received announcement of the birth of a son to Mr. and Mrs. LAWRENCE JOHNSON of Pasadena, California, February 21, named DAVID LAWRENCE. Mrs. Johnson will be remembered here as Miss INEZ POLLOCK.
The Waurika Independents stepped out Tuesday night and took the measure of the Sugden basketball team with a score of 28 to 18. The Independent team are: ROY WALL, OTIS WAINSCOTT, CLENET BEVITORI, ANDY WAX and CHIEF HYDE.
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. GUTHRIDGE were called to Chickasha Friday to attend the funeral of a veteran Rock Island engineer, OSCAR WILKES, 67 years old,, who had made the run here for the past 30 years, and a friend of the Guthridge family. While there, they visited Mr. Guthridge’s sister Mrs. TOM GUTHRIDGE, who had a broken arm.
Mrs. FIN BURNS of the Mud Creek store was here, accompanied by Mrs. WILLIE WALL, who lives near her. Mrs. Wall sold the Mud Creek store four years ago after having lived on this side of the creek and part of the time on the other since 1917. Mrs. Wall was having a great time visiting various business people she knew here while Mrs. Burns looked after business.
Word to home folks from Mr. and Mrs. HUGH PLUMLEE, who are at Cleveland, Ohio where Hugh was sent to taken a refrigeration course prior to taking over a district managership for the Sears Roebuck wholesales stores, states that Hugh is finishing the course sooner than planned and he might be in Kansas City.
Mr. and Mrs. H. E. BARNES and children returned to California after visiting relatives here.
Mrs. FENDER PATTON of Comanche was here the guest of friends and relatives. Mr. and Mrs. E. B. PATTON, TRAVIS and BILL HUTCHINSON spent Sunday at the FENTON PATTON home. She was taken home by HOMER PATTON and Miss CORALETHE LEVERETT.
Daddy and Mother SIMS are having birthdays this week, he will be 88 next Sunday and she was 82 Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. JERRY BRANDON have a baby girl born Tuesday morning at the Waurika hospital, named SHERIDAN ANN. She has a sister JERRY MARILYN BRANDON. Her aunt Miss LILLIE MAE NALL got laryngitis from bragging about the new baby.
Miss WILLA MAUD SIMS, who has completed her 24th week in bed taking a rest cure, is now permitted to sit up in bed. It will be several weeks before she will be better.

Mr. and Mrs. R. M. SEAT and son BOBBY of Cox City visited their mother Mrs. KATE SMITH who is still confined to her bed.
Mrs. J. S. COLE, Mrs. EMMA CLEMENTS, and Mrs. CORA HOHLER were in Lawton to attend the women’s division of the WRA.
Mr. and Mrs. C. L. PROCTOR and daughter ODESSA and Miss MARGARET CHANDLER and Mr. and Mrs. ELDON PROCTOR and little son visited with Mr. and Mrs. ARTHUR BEAVES near Terral.
Mrs. PETE HENDERSON fell in her yard and cut and bruised her face.
C. L. PROCTOR and daughter Mrs. ARTHUR BEAVES were in Electra, Texas with Mr. and Mrs. FERN BARBER and children.
Mrs. D. E. WAGGONER of Dallas visited her sister Mrs. W. A. ROACH and Rev. Roach. Mrs. Waggoner is a life long Democrat but her husband is Republican and a candidate for governor in Texas in the last election.
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. FIGG, former residents of Waurika, now at El Reno, write they are vacationing with his relatives at Memphis, Tennessee.

Cornish Gleanings by W. C. HOGAN
Tucker-Cumbie
VERNON TUCKER of Loco and Miss PAULINE CUMBIE of Ringling were united in marriage February 20 at the home of the bride’s parents, Rev. and Mrs. C.A. CUMBIE, with Rev. C. O. BIGBIE of the Baptist church reading the vows. Relatives in attendance were Mr. and Mrs. JOE KING, NOWELL CAMPBELL, WADE CUMBIE and family of Duncan. The bride is one of Ringling’s popular young ladies, having resided here since childhood. She has been owner and manager of the post office newsstand for several years. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. FRED TUCKER of Loco and is an employee of Gulf Oil Co. in the Fox field. They will make their home at Fox.
Birthday Dinner
Mrs. CECIL LOCKWOOD honored her mother Mrs. MYRTLE BARNS and her nephew BUSTER BARNS with a birthday dinner. Attending were Mrs. CECIL LOCKWOOD and family, LENEORNA LOCKWOOD, Mrs. LOM LAMBETH and family of Atlee, DOCK LOCKWOOD family, ODIE BARNS family, JOHNNIE BLACKWELL family and OTTIS BARNS, all of Cornish; WESLEY WESTBERRY family, Prof. and Mrs. W. W. MILLS, PAUL and DUFFY BUTLER all of South Center Point, LARENCE BARNS family, WALLACE ROGERS family of Ringling. Plans were made for a quartet birthday celebration for PAULINE BLACKWELL, BUDDY BARNS, EDITH LOIS MILLS and MOZELL LOCKWOOD on March 6, all their birthdays coming then.
Miss BILLIE JEAN and CHARLENE HUMPHREY of Cornish were at Healdton.
Mrs. EMMA BENNETT of Duncan visited friends in Cornish.
M. EDWARDS of Wilson was here.
Rev. and Mrs. DOLLAR and Mr. and Mrs. D. J. FORE of Ringling visited the Cornish Children’s Home.
Mrs. ETHEL HUMPHREY of Oklahoma City visited her children BILLY JEAN and CHARLES.
Miss JODINE ARNOLD of Cornish was at Duncan.
Misses RUBY, VANITA BELL, BILLY JEAN, and GERALD ARNOLD returned from visiting relatives in Duncan.
Mrs. ASA WILLIFORD of Duncan visited friends here.
Miss ROSA LEE SATTERFIELD of Bokchito visited friends here.
Mrs. GEORGE BURT and son GEORGE RAY of Henrietta, Texas were guests of Misses CORENE and MORENE DEAN of the Cornish Orphans’ Home.
The M.B.C. Club of Cornish met at the Cornish Orphans’ Home to quilt. The club will meet this week with Mrs. ROSA OVERTURF.
W. H. HACKLER of Cornish was in Ardmore.
Mrs. LOUIS BASS of Cornish is visiting relatives in Gainesville, Texas.
Mrs. MARY MUSKGRAVE of Ringling was a guest of Mrs. S. W. LAYTON.
J. R. NIBLETT and I. H. EDWARDS of McAlester are working out from Corsicana, Texas exhibiting and advertising the “Bryant Pedigreed Cotton.”
Mr. and Mrs. H. D. SESSUM, GEORGE SULLIVAN and Mrs. RED SULLIVAN and TOM MEEKER of the North Center Point community were in Ringling.
ALFORD ROGERS, L. M. LAMBETH, CLYDE HUDSON, and C.C. WADE of Atlee were here.
ODE BARNS and family moved to North Cornish and Mr. and Mrs. G. B. FLOYD moved into the place vacated by the Barns family in South Cornish.
An infant son of Mr. and Mrs. O. B. D. MORRIS died Monday of last week after being here only long enough to take his place in the hearts of the family. Interment was at Cornish cemetery.
BILL DAVIS, HENRY AWTRY, G. C. DAVIS, J. L. BAKER, ALERT TURNER, and Mr. and Mrs. BARON AWTREY of the East Mountain Home community were in Ringling Saturday.
Thanks to N. ALLRED and J. T. DANIEL for their subscriptions to the paper.

Claypool
First Grade
We are glad to welcome BETTY LOU BARNES who, with her parents, moved to the Claypool community from Empire. We are also glad to have OMIE PAULINE SEABOURNE, MARTHA SUE LINDERMAN and WILMA LEE KEITH back in school after several weeks of absence. EPPIE MITCHELL, LAVON LYONS, DONALD GOATES, JIMMIE H. GRACE, MARTHA JANE BURNETT and JAMES GRIFFIN made 100 on the spelling test. DEAN SMITH has been absent due to illness and we hope he will be back soon.
Second Grade
We are happy to have SONNY HARRISON, RUTH and VONDEE SMITH back in school after a week’s absence due to the bus not making complete routes because of bad roads. ELLIS JETER and JIMMY DUANE made 100 on a spelling test. BETTY HELEN JACKSON, LEON LINDERMAN, STACY PARKER and S. L. SHOFNER made 90 or better on the test. Small awards were given to ELLIS JETER, BETTY HELEN ANDERSON, and S. L. SHOFNER for making the most stars this month for reading. Ellis has read 9 and LEON LINDERMAN read 6 new library books.
The winners in the third grade were DON TURNER and LADELL SHOFNER and the winners in the fifth grade were DOROTHY WARDEN and VERNE THOMAS.
Fourth Grade
Those who were neither absent nor tardy for the last six weeks were JIMMIE ANDERSON, EMMETT BENNETT, LAROY GOATES, DALE GRAVLEY, and THEDA GRAVLEY. The highest average for the six weeks went to NELL HOUSTON and THYRA BURNETT with an A average and the third to HOBARD SEABOURN with a B average.
High School
JOHN LEONARD HARRISON, ROY BENNETT, AUDA NELL SLOAN, JOHNNY BESHEARS, CHRISTINE GOATES, FRANCES LANDRUTH, GLENN GAINES, and EUNICE MITCHELL made the highest averages in high school; IDA MAE RILEY and GLEN POPE from the 8th grade.

Thursday, March 11, 1938

Local
Mrs. FRED. E. WATKINS and daughter Mrs. J. BOLTON LOVE of Easton, Pennsylvania arrived. Mrs. Watkins will make an extended stay in her Waurika home. Mrs. WATKINS and Mrs. LOVE enjoyed a motor trip from Pennsylvania to Florida where they visited their son and brother, MILO D. WATKINS and family at Fort Lauderdale, then made a leisurely trip through the southern states to Oklahoma.

R.A. PHILLIPS and JESSE WILEY made a trip to Weatherford, Texas to take Mrs. ARCHIE WIRT there to join her husband who is an employee of the Rock Ogle Ranch. Mr. Wirt went to Weatherford some time ago and Mrs. Wirt stayed here. Mr. Phillips and Mr. Wiley report the OGLES are nicely located and liking their new home very much.

Mr. and Mrs. LILLIS HEATH visited her mother, Mrs. GAIL DURHAM. Mr. and Mrs. ROMIE DAVIS also visited the Durham home. Mrs. Davis is a sister of Mrs. Durham.

Miss RUTH ELEANOR STORMS, who is a senior at the university at Norman, visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. S. STORMS then her father took her back to Norman. Ruth came home due to the illness of her grandmother, Mrs. ALLIE WARREN.

The JOHNNY FERGUSON home burned Saturday. The entire family was away from home when the fire broke out. Everything was lost. The Fergusons lived in East Waurika near the W. H. GOLDEN home.

Mr. and Mrs. C. G. STUARD returned from a visit with their daughters, Mrs. CHICK CRISP at Sayre, Mrs. A. C. MEACHEM at Clinton and their families. Mr. Stuard spent several days at the two towns, then Mrs. Stuard and their younger son, Dr. C. G. STUARD Jr. of Kansas City, Mo., joined him.

Miss PEGGY TURNER and Miss RUTH GAINES of the Claypool community were weekend guest of Miss Peggy’s aunt, Mrs. J. D. HANNA and family. They were joined their by Mrs. Hanna’s niece, Miss JEANNE TRIPP, and the three girls had a great time, assisting with cooking, housekeeping, and the care of little NITA SUE HANNA, a job they all coveted.

ROY EHLRR, who has a job at Alpine, Texas assisting in work on the new post office building there, writes some interesting letters.

Mrs. G. K. KIETH of Ryan, a pioneer there, was brought to the Waurika hospital Monday afternoon by her son and mother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. JIM KIETH of Addington, suffering from a dislocated shoulder.

Mr. and Mrs. EZRA HOOD nee LULA MAE LIVELY are the proud parents of a baby girl who arrived Monday morning at the home of her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. LIVELY, weighing 9 ½ pounds and named MAYBELLE.

Miss NORA MAUPIN, who has been home and ill for several weeks from a serious attack of flu, is recovering nicely and expects to return to school work at Oklahoma City.

Mrs. EDWARD KOENINGER of Oklahoma City visited her mother Mrs. OLA TAYLOR. Mr. Koeninger had been to Bridgeport, Texas and visited her husband’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. KOENINGER.

Mr. and Mrs. DANIEL N. BROWN and family and his mother Mrs. D. E. BROWN of Glenwood, Arkansas were guests of the J. E. FOWLER home where a family reunion was held. The Browns were joined by daughter and sister, Mrs. CHILTON DRISKILL and little son of Wichita Falls.

Dr. C. G. ‘BUD’ STUARD of Kansas City was here for a short visit. He is serving his internship in a Kansas City hospital while his wife is dietician in a hospital there. He counts on two years of internship and hopes to specialize in ear, eye, nose and throat.

Mr. and Mrs. CLAUD DILLON, nee Miss KATIE LEE IVY, of Duncan mourn the death of a infant daughter, born at Duncan Monday night and passed away Tuesday morning. Funeral services were attended by Mr. and Mrs. DEWEY KING and JESSE WILEY of Waurika.

Rev. C.C. MONTANDON of Sulphur, former pastor of the Church of Nazarene here, was a guest of his daughter, Mrs. CECIL ANTRIM, nee Miss FAYE MONTANDON, and Mr. Antrim.

Miss ELIZABETH GRESHAM and Miss ANNIE SUE FLOYD, both at O.C.W. at Chickasha, were home for the weekend. Miss Elizabeth visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. GRESHAM and Miss Annie Sue visited her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. W. Y. DILLEY.

Mr. and Mrs. EARL C. MORRIS and youngest son PAT, and their sister, Mrs. O. C. CLOUGH, of Hobart were in Oklahoma City where Earl attended the State Funeral Home Directors meeting. Then they went to Norman to visit Earl Jr., a junior at the university.

Mr. and Mrs. ARTHUR GRUNDY and son BOBBY of Healdton were here taking in Winnie’s Style show in which Miss KATHLEEN GRUNDY was a model.

At the National Livestock Commission entertainment held at the Biltmore Hotel in Oklahoma City were Messrs. and Mesdames OSCAR SCOTT Jr., JIMMIE BIFFLE, VIRGIL BIFFLE, VALINTINE HOWARD, and ROY WIRT.

OWEN SAUNDRS IV of San Diego, California spent ten days here with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. OWEN SAUNDERS III. He joined the U. S. Navy and will assigned ship duty soon.

Mr. and Mrs. LOY STOUT, Mrs. L. B. GOZA, Mr. and Mrs. OLAN RIDINGS, Miss LENA MOORE, and Miss JESSIE BEAVERS were among those at Wichita Falls to hear Mrs. ELEANOR ROOSEVELT speak.

Mr. and Mrs. D.E. PHILLIPS and three children spent Sunday at Sulphur with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. F. A. SMITH, who sold their mercantile business in Sulphur and are moving to Seminole.

A.J. OWENS of Loco visited his daughters Miss FERN OWENS and Mrs. JIM WAY and family. He spent a lot of time with his young grandson, JIMMIE LEE.

Mr. and Mrs. JOHN COLLINS and Miss MAE COLLINS went to Wichita Falls to bring home Miss EDNA COLLINS, who finished her course in business college.

Mrs. CLYDE KING and children BILLY and MARY ANN returned after visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. W. A. MAYO at Chickasha.

Mr. and Mrs. O. C. CLOUGH of Hobart visited her brother EARL C. MORRIS and family and with her son, MORRIS DULANEY and Mrs. Dulaney.

HOWARD WALTERS has been seriously ill at the Waurika hospital.

W. D. MCINTYRE of Addington, ‘the fruit tree man,’ is hobbling around with his injured left foot.

Mr. and Mrs. HENRY ROACH of San Antonio were guests of his parents, Rev. and Mrs. W. A. ROACH, who fell in love with their new daughter-in-law. Henry is head of an oil company organized in Maryland to operate out of San Antonio.

Miss LENA ALLEN, 15 years old, of Sugden underwent surgery on her appendix at the Waurika hospital and has done nicely.

Mr. and Mrs. ORVILLE HEATH and his mother Mrs. S. F. HEATH of Bowie, Texas and Mr. and Mrs. W. C. CROWE and son BILLY HEATH of Waurika formed a family gathering.

Cornish Gleanings by W. C. HOGAN
Mrs. JANE LINZY and daughter ZETTI SUE of Comanche visited here.
Mr. and Mrs. GEORGE BURT and son GEORGE RAY of Henrietta, Texas visited here.
JODINE ARNOLD of Duncan visited at the Cornish Children’s Home.
J. D. LEWIS of Cornish visited relatives at Fox.
Mr. and Mrs. E.F. LUCUS of Temple visited here.
J. E. JACKSON of Ardmore visited here.
Miss LOTTIE BURT of Waurika visited here.
W. H. HACKLER of Cornish visited his daughter Mrs. CLAUSE FLETCHER and family at Healdton.
There were 79 at Sunday school. Miss BURNICE GLEN resigned as secretary, so Miss BERTHA RUTH LAYTON was elected as the secretary.
Mesdames M. P. PATTERSON and FLOYD MAGNESS of Wilson visited here.
Mrs. NOLA GARNER of Fillmore, California visited here.
Mrs. C. R. FLETCHER of Healdton visited her cousin Mrs. S. W. LAYTON.
Mrs. M. E. RICHARDSON of Lawton visited the Cornish Children’s Home.
Mrs. EMMA BENNETT of Duncan was a guest of Misses RUBY, VENITA BELL, and BILLIE JEAN and GERALD ARNOLD.
Mrs. C. J. LONGEST and father, GREEN KENNEDY, of Petersburg were guests of the Cornish Children’s Home. Mrs. Longest is president of the Forrestburg Ladies club and brought two quilts to the home the club had quilted.
Mrs. GEORGE W. BOWLING and Mrs. JACK BREWSTER of Ardmore were guests of Mrs. EARL COX at Ringling.
Prayer meeting was well attended with Rev. and Mrs. C. DOLLAR of the Holiness church.
SID VANSICKLE of Ringling and father JEFF VANSICKLE of Cornish went to Wichita Falls for Mrs. SID VANSICKLE who visited friends there.
Mrs. MARVIN REYNOLDS of Graham visited her aunt, Mrs. A. E. WOODS of Cornish. While here, Mrs. REYNOLDS, Mrs. BANKS and OTIS COGDILL visited their father J. L. COGDILL at Claypool.
Mr. and Mrs. RUSSELL COGDILL and son JIMMY of Claypool visited his aunt, Mrs. A.E. WOODS.
Miss CORRINNE WHITE, who attends O.C.W. at Chickasha, visited her mother Mrs. NEVADA WATTS.
Cornish School
Pupils with perfect attendance for the past six weeks:
Primary: J. T. WILLIAMS, DONALD TARR, VELMA RICHARDSON, BILLY FLOYD WILLIAMS, IRENE GREER.
Second Grade: JOE ELLESWORTH DEAN(?), EUGENE RICHARDSON.
Third Grade: BUDDY DEAN, EMMET MORRIS, JUANITA WILLIAMS.
Fourth Grade: DANNY JONES, BOBBIE PASH, ANNA PASH, BUSTER TARR, JESSIE MAE and HERBERT SHAWN.
On the Honor Roll:
Primary: BONNIE WALLACE, DONALD TARR, IRENE GREGG.
Second Grade: GERALD ARNOLD, DANELL AUSITN, BONNIE FLOYD, DORIS SHAWNEE.
Third Grade; BILLIE JEAN ARNOLD, WANDA JEAN PHILLIPS, JUANITA WILLIAMS, JOHNNIE GINN.
Fourth Grade; BUSTER TARR, HERBERT SHAWN, JESSIE MAE WINTERS, THELMAN GRIFFITH, FLORINDA HAYES.
We thank Mrs. SALLIE RANDOLPH and L. B. BARNS for subscribing to the paper.
Obit
M. F. ROGERS, 68 years, old time resident of the Atlee community, died suddenly Tuesday morning of last week. He had not been in good health for some time but was able to do his farm work. He worked in the field Monday, sowing oats, and was in good spirits. He had awakened at 5:00 Tuesday morning but when called for breakfast, he had died in the meantime. Funeral was at the Baptist church Wednesday with Rev. C. O. BIGBIE officiating. The local I.O.O.F. gave the ritual at the grave in the I.O.O.F. cemetery. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Rogers, and three sons, WALLACE ROGERS of Ringling, ALFORD ROGERS of Atlee, WALTER ROGERS of Abilene, Texas; three brothers, JACK and TOM ROGERS, whose homes are in Kentucky, CHARLEY ROGERS at Wetumka who attended the funeral; and other relatives. Mr. Rogers had been a member of the Baptist church for many years and a member of the I.O.O.F.

Madden Grove
MURIEL PIERCE and INA MAE MASSEY visited EVELYN FARRIS.
Mrs. HENRY STRADER and Mrs. EDNA WALKER visited Mrs. D. B. KINDER.
Mr. and Mrs. LEE LINDERSMITH and Mr. and Mrs. ROY MCGUIRE and daughter MURIEL visited the S. L. GLENN family at Moran.
Mrs. G. W. KELLEY visited her sister Mrs. DWIGHT BEARDEN at Duncan.
Mr. and Mrs. M. E. MORRIS visited the T. J. WELCH family at Addington.
Mrs. L. B. LINDERSMITH and family visited the C. MCGINNIS family.
The BUSTER LINDERSMITH family visited the LONNIE LINDERSMITH family.
Mr. and Mrs. WOODS and Mrs. EVERETT SIMMONS went to Duncan.
Mrs. O. E. HARLIN visited the J. W. MCKINNEY family.
Rev. MILBURN will preach here.
The Home Demonstration Club met with Mrs. L. B. LINDERSMITH. New Members: Mrs. FLOYD DAUGHERTY and Mrs. TOM SORRELL. Visitors: Mrs. M. C. MCGINNIS and Miss ALENE MCGINNIS. The next meeting will be with Mrs. M. M. LINDERSMITH.
Mr. and Mrs. E. BARNETT visited her parents at Moran.
Miss YVONNE BARNETT visited Mr. and Mrs. E. BARNETT.
The OTTO WELCH family visited the HADEN WELCH family.
Little DESSIE WILLENE and LARRY LOUIS WELCH visited their aunt Mrs. FLOYD BROWN at Addington.
The R. BROWN family visited the OTTO WELCH family.

Texas Items
Mr. and Mrs. JACK TURNELL of Waurika visited her mother Mrs. MARY E. BRANDON.
The W. H. CASSADY family visited the LEE WATKINS family.
Mr. and Mrs. W.F. BRUTON and Mr. and Mrs. HARRY ATEN of Waurika visited Mr. and Mrs. M. V. PLESS.
Miss GENEVA BOYDSTUM, the teacher in our district, was taken ill and Mrs. FRED PETTY of Hastings was the substitute.
W. M. JAMES began planting corn.
Mr. and Mrs. BILL BRANDON visited her mother Mrs. M. MOCK and family.
Mr. and Mrs. ROY BICKERSTAFF visited his parents Mr. and Mrs. J. B. BICKERSTAFF.
The EARL CASSADY family visited the JAMES MELTON family at Hastings.
Mr. and Mrs. GEORGE POWELL visited at Comanche.

Mud Creek
Mr. and Mrs. J. MYERS and Mr. and Mrs. MARVIN CROSS visited their parents and grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. T. CROSS.
J. B. FULTON and son FATE returned from Springfield, Missouri where they visited relatives. Miss MARY FULTON who attended school at Springfield returned with them and plans to attend school at Edmond.
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. DAVIS visited her brother JUDD AYERS and family at Claypool.
Mr. and Mrs. DELMAR HAVORN visited Grandpa POWLEN at Claypool.
Mrs. BUCK STALLINGS and Misses IRENE and AUDRY COTTON were in Ringling.
Mr. and Mrs. BENNIE MELTON and daughter visited her parents Mr. and Mrs. PURTELL of near Waurika.
School Notes
HERSHEL LYONS is back in school after a long absence.
ANNIE MAE LYONS is our best speller. Those making 100 on the spelling test were IRENE COTTON, YVONNE DAVIS, WINNIE JO MELTON. YVONNE, VELLA C. and LOWELL DAVIS had perfect attendance for February.

Friday, March 17, 1938

Pioneer Preacher at Duncan
Rev. J. J. WARD, for 52 years a Baptist preacher and well known to all the old timers in this section of Oklahoma, died at his home in Duncan, Saturday of last week, after an illness of about two weeks. Funeral services were conducted from the First Baptist Church at Duncan Monday afternoon and interment was in the Duncan cemetery. Rev. Ward came with his parents from Mississippi to Indian Territory when he was 13 years old and the family settled on a farm near Courtney Flat, now Jefferson County. He spent all his active ministry in this section of Oklahoma and Indian Territory and was long time a missionary to the Indians. He and the late Rev. BRAD HAYES preached all over this section and founded many of the well known Baptist churches. He was active to almost he end and during recent years had pastured the Immanuel Baptist Church at Duncan. He filled the pulpit just two weeks before his death. …

The wife of HARRY HARRISON, convicted in Jefferson County in March 1920 on a charge of having robbed the Hightower Dry Goods store at Terral and who escaped from the Granite penitentiary six months later, has written the warden of the penitentiary protesting his pardon. The woman, GLADYS STENIZ of St. Paul, Minnesota, wrote that Harrison married her in 1938 under the name of HARRY STENIZ then deserted her…

Cornish Gleanings by W. C. HOGAN
Miss MARIE WILLIAMS of Wilson visited her sister JUANITA of Cornish.
Mrs. N. ALLRED was a guest of Mrs. S. W. LAYTON.
The M.B.C. club met with Mrs. N. Allred. They will meet with Mrs. WALTER ROSE.
J. W. ARNOLD of Duncan was a guest of his children RUBY, VANETA BELL, BILLY JEAN and GERALD at Cornish.
W. H. HACKLER, BILLY JEAN ARNOLD, BERTHA RUTH LAYTON, JODIE ARNOLD and Mrs. NEVADA WATTS visited in the Dixie community.
Miss XOA XAN RAMSEY of Tishomingo was a guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. RALPH RAMSEY of Cornish.
Miss RUBY HOLLOWAY returned to Tishomingo.
CLINTON BALL visited his mother Mrs. VADA BALL at Ada.
Mr. and Mrs. M. F. ARNOLD and children AUSTIN, AGATHA, ZADA FAE, and LAWRENCE of Comanche visited here.
Miss MARY HARRIS, a college student at Tishomingo, visited her parents Mr. and Mrs. T. W. HARRIS.
R. E. CHITWOOD, superintendent of the Children’s Home at Tipton, visited here.
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. WILLIAMS and JUNIOR of Clemscott visited JESSE, BILLIE JEAN and DON JONES at Cornish.
JODINE ARNOLD visited her sister Mrs. OTT BENNETT at Duncan.
Mr. and Mrs. L. R. WHITE of Lawton visited here.
Mr. and Mrs. WALTER SCOTT and children WALTER LEE and DORIS ANN of Wilson visited the Children’s Home.
The C. R. FLETCHER family of Healdton visited the RICHARD FLETCHER family of Cornish.
EMERY and Miss ETHELYNE HARRIS went to visit at Tishomingo.
Funeral services were held for the infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. CLAUD DILLON at Loco Tuesday of last week. Relatives from here attending the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. BERT DILLON, Mrs. C. C. STROUD and Mrs. EVERETT DOSS.
Mr. and Mrs. FRED EVANS visited his sister Mrs. R. V. UNDERWOOD in Cornish.
Mrs. N. C. WOOD of Ardmore is directing the choir at the Methodist church for their practice in the Easter cantata.
Mr. and Mrs. A. A. SHAW were with their daughter MARY BETH at the Waurika hospital.
Mrs. EDNA MOODY of Waurika visited here.
NEWT CHAMBERLAIN, public sales yard manager here, was injured Sunday when a large truck wheel rim blew off and struck him in the head.
WAYNE DALE TUCKER is the new son of Mr. and Mrs. WAYNE TUCKER in Cornish, arriving Tuesday.
The E. D. CHAPMAN family of Loco visited MARY SHAW at the Waurika hospital.
Mrs. HENCE MEEK of the Prairie Chapel community spent Thursday with Mrs. ANNA WOODS in Cornish.
Mr. and Mrs. MARVIN REYNOLDS visited her father and brother, JAMES and RUSSELL COGDILL in Claypool community.
FRED MORRIS had business at Wichita Falls.
W.C. BERRY, residing about a mile north of Ringling, had an arm badly lacerated by a broken windshield.
Mrs. IRA BACHELOR and children of Wilson visited her mother Mrs. MINNIE CUMMINS.

Hastings items by Mrs. EARL W. STEPHENS
Miss DOCIA JAMESON and GEORGE COFFMAN of Comanche were married Saturday evening March 5 at the Methodist parsonage. Docia is the second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. GUY JAMESON and had lived in Hastings until about three years ago they moved to a farm near Comanche. They will live in Comanche where he works for a grocery store.
Pioneer Passes
Funeral services for ED BULL were held at the Methodist church Sunday afternoon by Rev. O. TROY THOMAS. The body was interred at Hastings cemetery. Mr. Bull died at the Waurika hospital Saturday after a prolonged illness. He leaves his widow and three children and a host of friends.

Friday, March

Mrs. LELA P. NASH and son Busy Folks
Mrs. LELA P. NASH and youngest son ROBERT LEE NASH of Union Valley were in Waurika on business and called at the News-Democrat office. They reported that the two oldest sons, EUGENE and MARCUS, were in Chickasha, having gone there to enter their six months old pigs in the Southwestern Junior Livestock Show. .. This is Eugene’s last year in high school and Marcus is a junior… both boys hoping for further schooling at A. & M. College. Mrs. Nash and the three boys are head over heels in all kinds of farm work. They sold 18,000 tomato plants last year and have over 30,000 plants for this year…. They have 240 chicks ready for the frying pan by Easter. With all the things Mrs. Nash and the boys do on their own farm, she takes time out to coach the 4-H boys and girls for their demonstrations.

Grandfather Died
Mr. and Mrs. ELLIS SUTTLE and children Miss FRANCES and FLOYD were called to Shannon, Texas Thursday of last week by the death of their grandfather, JAMES SELF. SONNY, the oldest of the Suttle family, had been there to assist his grandmother in the case of his great-grandfather, who had been confined to his bed for two years from a broken hip. Funeral services were held Friday in the Shannon Baptist church and interment was in the family lot at the Shannon cemetery. Mr. Self was 95 years old. He was born in Alabama where he grew to manhood and married. He and his wife came to Texas more than 60 years ago and lived at Shannon on what they called the home place. Mrs. Self passed away there about ten years ago…

CURTIS HARIN LANHAM
Calling out a cheerful good night to his son-in-law and daughter Mr. and Mrs. CHESTER ROBERTSON, C. H. LANHAM went quietly to sleep Wednesday night and said ‘good morning’ to Mrs. Lanham, three daughters and a son in that land beyond the shadows… Funeral services were held at the Christian church Friday afternoon, conducted by the pastor, Rev. G. LYLE SMITH and interment was in the Waurika cemetery by the side of his wife who had preceded him in death nearly three years….Mr. Lanham was born April 6, 1875 at Rockport, Texas. Here his wife, JULIA DAY, was also born, they grew up together and were married November 1, 1899. Here their children were born, four of them passing away at the old home place. Five years ago, Mr. and Mrs. LANHAM came to Waurika and established themselves in a little home where she passed away August 9, 1935. Since that time Mr. Lanham maintained his home, eating part of his meals with his daughter Mrs. R. A. PHILLIPS and part with his younger daughter, Mrs. OPAL ROBERTSON, living with him. Mrs. Phillips and Mrs. Robertson and two children, HOWARD and EVELYN and Mr. Robertson are the only survivors of the immediate family. Mr. Lanham was a devout Christian, …joined the Christian church early… deacon in the local Christian church…

Friday, March 25, 1938

Storm Does Damage
Farmers report considerable damage from s stiff wind storm Tuesday morning…A brooder house and a wind mill were blown down at the home of Mrs. E. J. DAWKINS; a garage and cow shed at the TRENT LEWIS place, chicken houses at the OREN HEATH, EMEL HEATH, FRANK ALLEN, JERRY MORGAN and ASHAL RICE places.

Twister Hits Loco
A small twister hit Loco, 20, miles east of Comanche, Tuesday morning, damaging a school, several homes and killing three cows and a horse. The wind tore the roof from the home of Mrs. R. C. WHITTEN, ripped the porch from the G. A. WISDOM home and carry away barns owned by Wisdom and HENRY PRICE. Mr. Price lost three cows and a horse

J. W. MCKENNEY
JOHN W. MCKENNY, pioneer of the Addington community, died Wednesday afternoon after a long illness. Funeral services will be conducted from the farm home northwest of Addington Friday afternoon by Rev. W.A. ROACH of Waurika.

Mrs. SUSIE QUINSEY
Funeral services were held Sunday at the Waurika Church of Christ for Mrs. SUSIE QUINSEY, who died March 19 at the home of her son, EDWARD QUINSEY, in Hobbs, New Mexico, after a long illness due to heart trouble. Interment was in the Waurika cemetery where she was laid to rest by the side of Mr. Quinsey who preceded her in death by two years one day. Mr. and Mrs. Quinsey lived in this community for a number of years and were among our most highly respected citizens. Mrs. CLYDE EDWARDS is their daughter.

Mountain Home has Father-Son Banquet
The third annual Father-Son banquet for the Mountain Home East community was held at the schoolhouse banquet room Friday night…

Marriage licenses: O. L. STROUD and ANNA MAE BRISCOE, both of Electra, Texas; JOHNNIE ROBINSON of Comanche and RACHEL FREEMAN of Tishomingo; WILLARD HELLIN and NORMA FAE HUTTON of Jacksboro, Texas; LEE ROY PATTON and EDWINA SUE FARR both of Gainesville, Texas.

Local
Relatives and friends here last week to attend the funeral of C. LANHAM were: his brother, T. B. LANHAM, Mrs. Lanham, their daughter and son of Martha; a sister Mrs. MOLLIE WELBURN and a sister-in-law Mrs. JESSE SCOTT and daughter EDNA EARL, a nephew OTIS SCOTT, all of Rockwall, Teas; an uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. BERRY JACKS of Fate, Texas; a nephew R. E. HOLT, Mrs. Holt and son of Wichita Falls; two nephews, MANSELL HOLT, CLYDE HOLT and his wife and son from Gainesville, Texas; and friends, Mr. and Mrs. A. B. PHILLIPS of Fort Worth, Mrs. D.L. PHILLIPS of Bowie, Texas, Mrs. OLETA HOLDAWAY of Fort Worth, Mr. and Mrs. ERNEST COEN and Mrs. CHARLES COEN of Wichita Falls and some friends from Temple, Oklahoma.

There was a great family visit at the I. B. CLIFTON home last week and the children and one little grandson were there. They include Mr. and Mrs. DAVE SPRADLING of Norman, Mr. and Mrs. DORRANCE CLIFTON and little DORRANCE WALKER, who had been living at Ardmore but he was transferred by the state highway to Lawton where they will live.

Mrs. FLORENCE GAINES is ill with gall bladder trouble at the home of her sister Mrs. CHAM JONES in Duncan. ROY MURPHEY, a son-in-law, and her daughter Mrs. LEE MOOREHEAD, Mr. Moorehead and baby son DON GAINES of Fort Worth were all here when Mrs. Gaines was taken to Duncan that afternoon by Judge and Mrs. Jones. Mr. Murphy and the Mooreheads were guests of the LASTER and LUNT GAINES families in the Claypool area.

Miss ANNA PICKLUN, who is with the state health department in Oklahoma City and who held the Crippled Children’s clinic here, visited Mrs. R. A. GRIMES. Miss Picklun, formerly of El Reno, nursed Mrs. Grimes and her daughter VADA through long illness with typhoid fever when Vada was about five years old.

P. C. LARGENT, CLYDE DRIVERS, K. J. PITTS and J. W. MARR were in Lubbock, Texas.

FRANCIS ‘SOCKS’ SMART, recovering from an eye injury after being in a hospital in Oklahoma City, is ill with flu and tonsillitis at the home of his aunt, Mrs. W. H. THOMAS. Francis was injured when a piece of steel hit him.

Mr. and Mrs. VIRGIL BIFFLE and sons MANTON and HAROLD, and PAT TRIPP attended the Fat Stock show at Fort Worth. Pat, 7 years old, did not sleep much over the excitement of the trip. Pat takes after his grandfather P. B. TURNRE and is already a cow man and rancher at heart.

BILL WATSON of Tulare, California writes that his city is preparing for a some kind of pioneer celebration and all the men in the town are letting their whiskers and hair grow.

Mr. and Mrs. E.G. BARGE were in Oklahoma City to help their son JORDAN and his show calf get set for the Junior Fat Stock show. Mrs. Burge is staying over to visit Mr. and Mrs. EDWARD KOENINGER.

Mr. and Mrs. JESSE VANBEBBER and little daughter DELIA VAE moved to Lawton. She was transferred by the Souhtwestern Bell Telephone Co. Jesse has good prospects of a job there.

Mr. and Mrs. G. M. BENTON and Mr. and Mrs. FRANK LEWIS were in Ryan to attend the funeral of Mrs. R. E. ENGLISH which was held at the home of her brother-in-law, JOSH ENGLISH. Mrs. R. E. English, who was 60 years old, died of pneumonia after a brief illness just nine days after her husband’s death.

Mr. and Mrs. HENRY PRICE and sons COOTS and BOB, and daughter Miss MARGARET were at the Fat Stock show at Fort Worth. They were met by Mr. and Mrs. JOHN HENRY PRICE and daughter FLORENCE, who accompanied her grandparents home.

Mrs. P. B. TURNER of Claypool community has been ill for six weeks but is now on the mend. Mr. and Mrs. J. DAN HANNA and children, Mr. and Mrs. L.J. TRIPP and children were Sunday guests at the Turner home.

Mr. and Mrs. P. W. DENNEY, who spent the winter at Mission, Texas, came home Friday, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. MILO STRAIGHT who were en route to their home at Crystal, Michigan after spending the winter at Mission. BEN ASHLAND of Harrold, Minnesota was a guest of the Denneys and he had also spent the winter at Mission.

Mr. and Mrs. TOMMIE RYAL spent several weeks in west Texas then returned home.

Mr. and Mrs. ROY NICHOLS and daughter EDAH of Fort Worth were guests of his sister Mrs. W. M. BROWNING and Dr. Browning. Mr. and Mrs. BILL PEEBLES and baby daughter JO ANN of Frederick were also guests of the parents and grandparents, Dr. and Mrs. W. M. Browning.

Miss VIRGINIA LINDSEY, Miss JESSIE BEAVERS and Miss LENA MOORE spent the weekend in Fort Worth with relatives. Miss Jessie with her sister Mrs. C. H. LINDSEY and Mr. Lindsey, and Miss LENA visited her sister Mrs. MELVIN WINTON and Mr. Winton.

Miss MINNIE TEAGUE, who is at Colorado Springs, writes that her sister Mrs. WILLIE PARK is taking a rest cure at the state tubercular hospital at Colorado Springs.

CLIFFORD MCPHERSON, MARY PAULINE and RUDY GOOD, FRANCES TALLANT, and Mrs. TALLANT went to east; Mrs. Tallant stopped at the home of J. M. GRUBBS at Claypool and the others on to Healdton to visit the ARTHUR GRUNDY family.

Mr. and Mrs. EDWARD HARRISON are the proud parents of a baby girl born March 17, named PEGGY LYNN. Grandpa and grandma FRED HARRISON have joined the Proud Grandparents Club.

Little ALTA CAROLYN SAMPLES was the guest of her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. D.E. HEACOCK, then returned home with her parents Mr. and Mrs. H. P. SAMPLES of Healdton.

Misses THELMA LOUISE LARGENT and ELIZABETH GRESHAM, students at O.C.W. at Chickasha, spent the weekend home.

WILL CLARY of Fleetwood was here to renew his subscription.

Mrs. DAVID WRAY went to Bowie, Texas for her mother Mrs. CORA HIGHTOWER who will visit here. Mrs. Hightower had visited her daughter Mrs. J. R. GADDY at Bowie for some time.

Miss MILDRED LIVELY of Ryan was a guest of Miss LOUISE DRUMGOOLE. Then Miss Louise and Miss MAXINE HOPSON accompanied Miss Mildred home and visited Miss BERTHA HUSKEY and Miss HAZEL BROWN at Ryan.

Family friends will regret to know that P. J. KETCHEN is very ill at his home in Fort Worth. His children, Mr. and Mrs. PAUL KETCHEN and Mr. and Mrs. HENRY NALL were called to his bedside.

EARL C. MORRIS and MORRIS DULANEY went to Hobbs, New Mexico for the body of Mrs. SUSIE QUINSEY and made the trip in 17 ½ hours driving hours in the Morris combination hearse and ambulance.

Mrs. H. W. LEMONS and daughter Mrs. JIMMIE BIFFLE came home from the ‘Garden Pilgrimage’ visiting several of the interesting cities of the south.

Mrs. KATIE SMITH, who has been ill for several weeks, is worse this week with an attack of flu. Her granddaughter, Mrs. JAMES BOX, Mr. Box and little son MONTE ROLAND, of Tulsa were weekend guests.

Grandma PLANT, who lives with her son DOCK PLANT on West D St., is in a serious condition since her fall last week. ABE PLANT, another son, is assisting in his mother’s care.

Mr. E. C. JOACHIM of Marietta visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. TOM DORSETT, then they drove to Ringling to attend the funeral of ‘Uncle JOE’ COLSON, an old family friend.

Mrs. W. M. BROWNING, who has been ill for more than a month with an aggravated case of shingles, is showing some improvement. Miss NORA TABER, R.N., has been nursing her.

HAYS DILLARD returned from Sulphur where he spent a week in the interest of his health.

Mr. and Mrs. JOE E. WHITTAKER of Decatur, Texas were guests of his cousin, Mrs. BILL BECKER and family.

Mrs. GAIL DURHAM, who spent last week with her son-in-law and daughter Mr. and Mrs. LILLIS HEATH at Durant, returned home.

The new baby girl at the GEORGE BENNETT home in Kansas City, Missouri, has been named JUDITH ANN, the second name for her grandmother Mrs. W.M. STIVISON.

Mr. and Mrs. HAROLD HINKLE and two little daughters were at Oklahoma City then drove to Hobart to see Mrs. Hinkle’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. FRANK DAVIS.

Mr. and Mrs. E. N. SMITH of Empire City and Mr. and Mrs. JAMES BASS and Sonny Boy visited their mother, Mrs. A. N. SMITH.

Mr. and Mrs. HERBERT EVANS of Hastings are rejoicing over the birth of a baby daughter Monday. She is the first baby in the family.

Mr. and Ms. LEO WEAKLEY and three children of Terral were guests of their brother and uncle, JESSE RICHERSON and family.

Dr. and Mrs. J. I. HOLLINGSWORTH, Mr. and Mrs. ROBERT ELKINS and children attended the Fat Stock show at Fort Worth.

HOWARD MORGAN of Oklahoma City was a guest of his uncle L. MORGAN and family and his grandparents Mr. and Mrs. J. P. MORGAN.

Miss BETTY JO MCBRIDE and Miss MARJORY PEARCE were weekend guests of Betty Jo’s uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. ZACK HARDY at Comanche.

HAROLD HINKLE, wire chief for the Southwest Bell Telephone Co., was back on the job after an illness.

Mr. and Mrs. DELL SEAY and son BILLY, and Mrs. SEAY were in Oklahoma City to attend the Junior Fat Stock show.

Mrs. R. M. SIMMONS and daughter Miss BETTY of Sweetwater, Texas were guests of her sister and aunt, Mrs. J. S. MIZE.

Ryan News by Miss AUDRA STEWART
Mr. and Mrs. BILLY SEAY from east of Waurika were in Ryan Friday of last week en route to Ringgold to attend the funeral of his cousin.
J. D. THOMPSON and GRADY EPPERSON were in Waurika.
JIM STEWART went to McKinney, Texas Wednesday to attend the funeral of his aunt, Mrs. BUD BLALOCK.
Mrs. ZELLA MANNIN, Mrs. C. L. PURVIANCE, Mrs. RETHA MANNIN and CHARLES VAN ZANT were in Wichita Falls.
Mrs. C. N. NORMAN and Mrs. R. M. HATCHER went to Chickasha to see their parents who were in a hospital recuperating from injuries received in a car wreck Sunday.
Mrs. BILL HOLCOMB and son JAMES CARROL returned home to Odessa, Texas. Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. JIM DODD, accompanied them and will visit there.
Obit for A. J. PHAGANS
A.J. PHAGANS, for 25 years a citizen of Jefferson County, died at the family home southeast of Ryan Sunday, March 20, after a long illness. Funeral services were conducted from the Methodist church in Ryan Tuesday afternoon by Rev. W. S. DABNEY, pastor of the Methodist Church, assisted by Mrs. COY M. SPENCE, pastor of the Assembly of God Church at Waurika and Rev. BURTON, pastor of the Nazarene Church of Ryan. Interment was in the Ryan cemetery. Mr. Phagans was born in Georgia March 10, 1874 and had just passed his 64th birthday. He came to Texas in 1890 and about 1913 moved to Jefferson County, Oklahoma locating near Ryan. Mr. Phagans was a good citizen and a Christian gentleman and a kind and loving husband and father. In 1907 he was united in marriage with Miss MARY LOU NELTON. To this union twelve children were born. The widow, five sons and four daughters survive. They are: Mrs. WILLIAM H. SALT and WILTON PHAGANS of California, LOWELL PHAGANS of near Dallas, Mrs. BRUCE ATKINSON of Chickasha, Mrs. F. L. WILSON of Nocona, OTIS PHAGANS, Mrs. OSCAR NESMITH, Mrs. A. M. SHELTON and Miss RUTH PHAGANS of Ryan.

Family Gathering
Sunday at Temple was held a reunion in the home of Mrs. WILL ALLEN, who was 59 years old. She is the sister of J.J. MALEY of Waurika. Guests were; Mr. and Mrs. J. J. MALEY, Mrs. WALTER KAUERAUF and LAVERA JO; Mrs. HOBART BRUTON and sons BOBBY JEAN and BILLIE JOE, all of Waurika; Mr. and Mrs. FRED MALEY of Decatur, Texas; Mr. and Mrs. W. M. MALEY, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. WALKER and GAYLE; Mr. and Mrs. ELDON MALEY and MARILYN; Mrs. RAY CASTLE and GLEN RAY and Mrs. J. W. MALEY, all of Altus; Mr. and Mrs. A. B. PRIDDY Sr., Mr. and Mrs. A. B. PRIDDY Jr. and son BILL; Mr. and Mrs. L. G. HIXON, Mrs. S. R. MOSER all of Headrick, Oklahoma; Mr. and Mrs. FLOYD WINANS and DATHEL JANE and NEWANA FLO, and Mr. and Mrs. LYNN SIMS and JOYCE and LYNETTE, all of Oklahoma City, Mr. and Mrs. ESLIE JOHNSON and WANDA FAYE of Duncan, and Mr. and Mrs. J.M. HAYES of Temple.

Cornish Gleanings by W. C. HOGAN
Senior and Junior Clubs Meet
Mrs. A. C. SWINNEY, assisted by Mrs. E. C. GOODMAN, entertained the Senior and Junior Music clubs at her home last week. The program was presented by: PATRICIA CLINE, DORIS HOWARD, ANNA LOUIS SAMPLES, HOWARD LEE ROBERTSON, MARTHA RUTH GARNER, ANNE KATHERINE SWINNEY, ADA MARIE GARNER, CLIFF KEETON, BETTIE and EDDIE FRETRESS, MARY B. WYCHE, PEGGY TURNER, DICK GARNER, PATRICIA FENTRESS, ADA MARIE GARNER, PATRICIA CLINE, LOYD WATTS, ANNA JUEN WALLACE, JOY DELL POLLARD, MARGARET STEWART, JEAN EAKIN, MARIE HAMM, THO COLSON, GWENDOLYN DULANEY.

Thanks to S. G. ODOM and G. W. MCCANN for subscribing to the paper.
Mr. and Mrs. TALLY BARNES and children visited his sister Mrs. JOHNNY BLACKWELL and Mr. Blackwell in the East Mountain Home community.
Mr. and Mrs. A. A. SHAW have a new son, LEONARD EDWARD, born Thursday, March 17.
Mrs. MARGIE MUSGRAVE of Amarillo, Texas is a guest of her daughter Mrs. MARY MUSGRAVE in Ringling.
WIRT FRANKLIN and daughter LOUISE of Ardmore visited in Ringling and Cornish.
Mr. and Mrs. B. M. NEWMAN and children MARY LOUISE and J. E. visited the Cornish Children’s Home.
Mrs. CLAUDE FLETCHER and daughter MAUNETTE of Healdton visited Mrs. S. W. LAYTON and daughter BERTHA RUTH.
Mrs. ETHEL HORTON and daughter ESTER of Wirt visited here.
Mesdames H. C. HOSKINS and E. E. COUCH of Healdton visited the Children’s Home.
Mrs. CHRIS C. JONES of Ardmore visited here.
Mrs. C. A. MILNER of Ardmore visited friends in Cornish.
J. M. Colson Passes
JAMES MONROE COLSON died at his home in Ringling early Saturday morning after five years of lingering illness. Funeral was at the Baptist church in Ringling Sunday afternoon, conducted by Rev. C. O. BIGBEE of the Baptist church, Rev. CHARLES MANN of the Ringling Methodist church, and Rev. F. E. DOLLAR of the Assembly of God church. Interment was at Rose Hill cemetery at Ardmore. Pallbearers were JOE HARPER, FRED MITCHELL, L. D. THOMAS, CHARLES HACKLER, SAM MCGOWAN, and A. C. SWINNEY. Mr. Colson was born at Boonesville, Mississippi in 1859. He moved to Indian Territory in 1889, first settling at Ardmore. He moved from Ardmore to Cornish in 1909 and served as constable of Earl township for several years. He was well and favorably known. Survivors of his immediate family are his widow and three daughters, Mrs. ELLA UZIE of Wichita, Kansas; Mrs. A. E. SARRETT of McMann, Mrs. OUIDA WOOD of Ringling; three sons, WILLIAM M. and J. B. COLSON, both of Ringling, O. L. COLSON of Phoenix, Arizona, two brothers, BRYSON COLSON of Madill and FRANK COLSON of Oklahoma City, 22 grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren.

Mrs. Ehler Called to Funeral of Brother
Mrs. ROY EHLER was called to Kilgore, Texas for the funeral of her brother, GEORGE DEWEY GIBSON, 39 years old, who died suddenly the day before with a heart attack. Funeral services were held Friday afternoon at the First Baptist Church in Kilgore and Rev. L. E. HOLT, pastor, was in charge of services. Burial was in the Kilgore cemetery. Mr. Gibson was 39 years old and the son of Mr. and Mrs. GRANVILLE GIBSON of Ringling, where he grew to young manhood. He was married there in 1917 to Miss MAYME AWTREY of Ringling and they were the parents of three children, HAROLD D, PERNIE and LONE, who with their mother, survive. Mr. Gibson was an employee of the BYRD FROST Oil Co. and was stricken Thursday afternoon while he was at work. He was rushed to the Kilgore hospital but passed away in a very short time. Other surviving relatives are his parents, and the following brothers and sisters, J. C. GIBSON of Hutchinson, Kansas; CLAUDE GIBSON of Chickasha; JACK GIBSON of Ada; Mrs. CORA ODOM of Kilgore, Texas, Mrs. ROY EHLER of Waurika, Mrs. RUBY HARMON of County Line, Mrs. ADA MCMAHON of Springer, Mrs. HESTER DUNN of Tuttle, Miss CLARA RUTH GIBSON of Ringling, many nieces and nephews.

Few items June 1938 Waurika News Democrat

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The Waurika News Democrat
Waurika, Jefferson County, Oklahoma

Friday, June 3, 1938

News from Terral by Mrs. J. H. PEALOR
W. L. HILL had a message last week that FULLER HILL of Dallas had passed away.
MARTHA and GORDON ABADEAR of Detroit, Michigan are visiting the CEPHUS home.

Hastings Items by Mrs. EARL W. STEPHENS
Miss BILLIE JOSEPH left for her home at Elk City. She will enter the University next week to work on her master’s degree.
Mr. and Mrs. CLEMENT WANSON moved to Deer Creek. They will be in school at Edmond this summer.
Rev. and Mrs. O. TROY THOMAS drove to Custer City to get their daughter IMOGENE who will visit with them then she will go to Weatherford to work on her master’s degree this summer.
Miss RUTH CRAVEN will attend school at Edmond this summer.
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. WILLIAMSON visited relatives at Holliser.
Mrs. C. J. RODDAM and children went to Bristow to be with her mother who is sick.
Students arriving home last week were: HARLAN OWENS, CHARLES CARVEN and Miss MAGDALENA CLEMENTS from Stillwater; JACK TAYLOR from Tulsa University; LAROYD BENSON from Connor’s College at Warner.
Miss GRACE JOHNSON will attend school at Edmond this summer then return to her school at Atlee.
Mr. and Mrs. JACK HADDOCK and daughter VIRGINIA LEE and Mr. and Mrs. WHITE drove to Clemscott to attend the funeral of Mr. Haddock’s aunt, Mrs. CLEM BROOKS.
Miss CYLVANIA DENNIS went to visit her brother and family at Hollister before attending the University at Norman this summer.
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. BOYDSTUN and daughters GENEVA, MILDRED, IRENE, and EMMA GENE drove to Oklahoma where the two older girls will go to school. Miss Geneva will enter the teacher college at Edmond and Miss Mildred will enter Draughon’s Business college in Oklahoma City.
Miss PATSY ALLEN of Temple visited her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. C. C. PORTER.
Mr. and Mrs. ARCH MCCLARTY had as guests, his mother and sister from Randlett and brother, GEORGE MCCLARTY and wife of Burkburnett and his sister, Mrs. PRICE and Mr. Price of Temple. They came to attend the commencement of their grandson and nephew, CALVIN MCCARTY.
The JOE BROOKS family visited his parents, the C. M. BROOKS. Mr. and Mrs. JOE BROOKS will enter school at Edmond.
Mr. and Mrs. GUY FITZGERALD tried their fishing luck at the new lakes in the Wichitas.
Mr. and Mrs. ALVIN THOMPSON and daughter MARY ELLEN of Irving were guests of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. K. THOMPSON.
Mr. and Mrs. H. G. VALEAU and daughter CHARLOTTE ANN and Mr. and Mrs. LEO PRYOR went to the Quanah Parker Lake where they met Rev. and Mrs. G. F. GLOSSUP of Chattanooga.
Friends will be glad to learn that REUBEN BOWERS who suffered a stroke of paralysis is improving.
Mr. and Mrs. HOMER EDWARDS and children, Mr. and Mrs. DAN ALLEN of Temple visited Mrs. Edwards’ parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. L. THOMPSON.
Mr. and Mrs. LUTHER FITZGERALD and son of Comanche visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. FITZGERALD.
Busy Bee Club
Members of the Busy Bee club were guests of Mrs. ARCH MCCLARTY. Mrs. FERN BARBER, a former member, rejoined. Mrs. EARL R. DAVIS entertained members.
Shower
Mrs. LAVERNE FOSTER was the honoree of a stork shower at the home of Mrs. J. W. WALLACE Monday. Mrs. JACK HADDOCK and Mrs. LEE RYALS of Electra, Texas were co-hostesses.
Obituary
GUY H. MATHER was born October 7, 1883 at Greenwood, Nebraska and died May 23, 1938 at age of 54 years, in a Walters hospital from a ruptured appendix. In 1902 he moved to Hastings, Oklahoma where he made his home. On January 26, 1913, he was united in marriage with Miss MATTIE LEONA JONES. To this union three children were born, one died in infancy. Surviving him are his widow, Mrs. MATTIE MATHER, and two daughters Mrs. CARL PRICE and LUCILLE who is at home, a grandson, a sister, Mrs. HELEN E. JONES and a brother, J. L. MATHER of Moore, Oklahoma. Guy was one of Hastings’ pioneers, coming here while a youth and Hastings was just being built. He made a host of friends, when he maintained the highway between Hastings and Waurika for many years. Late in life, he united with the Baptist church. Rev. T. F. GLOSSUP was called to assist Rev. TRUITT SHERIFF conduct the funeral services held at the Baptist church Monday afternoon, followed by interment at Hastings cemetery.

Friday, June 10, 1938

Cornish Gleanings by W. C. HOGAN
J.T. ROACH and Miss QUITA TRIPP, both of the East Mountain Home community, came to Ringling Wednesday of last week and were united in the holy bonds of matrimony in the presence of relatives and friends as witnesses. Rev. O. E. HILL officiated.
Mrs. ESTELLA MOORE of Ringling had a major operation at Ardmore last week.
Mrs. CECIL LOCKWOOD of the South Center Point community was taken to an Ardmore hospital for a major operation.
Mr. and Mrs. R. V. UNDERWOOD and children and LUELLA visited Mrs. Underwood’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. CHARLEY EVANS and other relatives at the Boggy Swamp community.
Mr. and Mrs. JOHN GONZOLES and daughter PAULINE of Atlee visited their mother, Mrs. MARTHA KIETH and other relatives at Cornish.
Mr. and Mrs. SAM PERKINS and children of Healdton visited their mother, Mrs. EMMA UNDERWOOD and other relatives at Cornish.
L. B. HODGES and A. C. SWINNEY subscribed for the paper.
M. E. HARRIS returned from Chickasha.
Mrs. JEWEL GIBSON of Chickasha visited her children and VEDA MARIE at Cornish.
J. M. LAND of Waurika was here.
Mrs. MARY MCALISTER and children of Healdton visited the UNDERWOOD home.
Mr. and Mrs. J. S. COLLINS of Ardmore were here.
W. H. HACKLER went to Chickasha.
Those of Cornish attending the pie supper at South Center Point were Misses RUBY HOLLOWAY, MARY HARRIS, EDYTHE HARRIS, ROSE MARY CARROLL and EMERY HARRIS.
Mr. and Mrs. C. L. BRENT and son GENE of Graham visited here.
Misses PAULINE JENNINGS, and FREDA MAY FRY of St. Louis, Okla., visited here.
Miss SYBLE ALLEN of Clemscott visited here.
T. C. and LESTER DEAN of Henrietta, Texas visited their sisters Misses MORENE and CORENE DEAN of Cornish.
T. P. REED returned from Chickasha.
Mrs. TOMMIE HUGHES returned from visiting her sister at Sentinel.
The M.B.C. club held a meeting with Mrs. LOIS STANGER last Thursday and quilted. The ladies will meet with Mrs. MARY RAMSEY this week.
Obit
THOMAS DILLARD GOLDSMITH, a pioneer of this county, died at his home near Terral Tuesday of last week and was interred in the Cornish I.O.O.F. cemetery the following day. He was nearing his 77th birthday and had spent about half of his life in the Atlee and Cornish communities. The surviving members of the immediate family are his wife, three sons and four daughters: ELMER GOLDSMITH of Cooper, Texas; CLYDE GOLDSMITH of Amarillo, Texas; ELZA GOLDSMITH of Ringling; Mrs. ALMA KEETON of Lubbock, Texas; Mrs. LIZZIE BRANNUM of Terral; Mrs. BULA AUTREY of East Mountain Home, and Mrs. BULAH WRIGHT of Atlee. Two brothers also survive: MARION GOLDSMITH of Belle, Tennessee and WILLIE GOLDSMITH of Olney, Texas. All his children and one brother attended the funeral which was held at the cemetery by Rev. O. E. HILL of the Zaneis Methodist church.
Obit
H. F. LOCKWOOD died at his home in the East Claypool community Wednesday of last week and was buried in the Cornish I.O.O.F cemetery the following day. Rev. CHARLES MANN conducted the services. Mr. Lockwood had been in poor health for some time. He was stricken with paralysis six months ago and never fully recovered. He was well and favorably known. Mr. Lockwood became a Christian in early life and lived consistently through to his death. He is survived by his widow and four children, ROBERT and GLENN LOCKWOOD of Orr, Mrs. HELEN LOWERY of the Union Hill community and Mrs. ANN GRAVELY of Waurika; one sister Mrs. SUZIE WIGHAM of South Center Point; two brothers, JOE LOCKWOOD of Wilson and WAYNE LOCKWOOD of Corona, California….All attended his funeral except his brother Wayne.

Ryan News by Miss SYLVIA BROWN
R. E. WELTY had business at Duncan.
Mrs. T. B. SMITH left for Artesia, New Mexico where her mother, Mrs. MARTIN, is very ill.
Mrs. ROBERT ARMSTRONG and small son ROBERT CLARK of Jacksonville, Texas visited parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. B. SMITH and Mr. and Mrs. R. C. ARMSTRONG and other relatives here.
LOUIS STEGER, long time photographer of Ryan, is remodeling his studio, changing it into an apartment. Mr. Steger plans to retire.
THOMAS KUYKER was ill.
Miss FAY NELL MILLER is attending the university at Norman.
Mrs. R. C. ARMSTRONG is suffering from rheumatism.
Mrs. LEWIS YOUNG was dismissed from the Ryan hospital and returned home to Duncan.
Mr. and Mrs. ED WORRELL went to Oklahoma City to take their sister Mrs. FLOYD DAVIS and her baby GERALDINE to see a baby specialist.
LEWIS YOUNG of Duncan was here.
Mr. and Mrs. FRED GRAYSON and daughters Misses LOUISE and MARIAN IGAZ of San Francisco, California arrived to visit his cousin, OTTO BOUND then they will visit ARLEIGH GRAYSON and family east of Ryan. The FRED GRAYSONS are on vacation.
The JIM DODD residence in southeast Ryan is undergoing some inside improvements.
Mr. and Mrs. RILEY KENNEDY of New Mexico are visiting his brother J. R. KENNEDY and family.
Miss RUTH CHAFFIN of Ryan presented some of her pupils in a musical recital at her home.
Mr. and Mrs. WILMER SEAY, SUE CARROL, and Mr. and Mrs. WAYNE SEAY and CLARA BETH were in Wichita Falls to attend a dance recital at the Knickerbocker studios when both girls had a part in the program.
A son was born recently to Mr. and Mrs. JOE KIRBY nee Miss PAULINE VICKERS at Albonnac, Michigan.
R. F. GODBEY and daughter MARJORIE were guests of Mr. and Mrs. JACK SHILLINGS at Waurika.
Mr. and Mrs. FREEMON HILBERT of Oklahoma City visited her sister, Mrs. L. R. LOVELADY.
GEORGE WILLIAMS Jr. returned from attending school at Tyler, Texas.
A family picnic was enjoyed last week at Ryan by Mr. and Mrs. RAYMOND MILLER, her brother, JUNIOR KENNEDY of Healdton, and Miss WANDA MCCORKER and Miss ADELL MILLER.
Visiting in Duncan were Mesdames CLAUD THORPE, CHARLIE DODD and Rev. W. S. DABNEY.
JOHN HENSLEY of Jacksboro, Texas visited his sister Mrs. G. J. KEITH.
Mrs. HATTIE ROBISON of Tulsa visited her niece Mrs. A. J. PHAGANS.
Mrs. JOHNNIE WEBB of Wichita Falls visited relatives here.
Mrs. OSCAR NESMITH and brother OTIS PHAGANS of Ryan were at Chickasha.
E. J. SHIELDS was surprised when three of his sisters, Mrs. HARROLD CONNER of Wichita, Kansas, Mrs. WEST IRVIN and Mrs. CLYDE STANTON of Marlow arrived to visit.
LUTHER PORTER, an old timer of this county, now of Archer City, Texas, was here.
Mr. and Mrs. L. J. BROWN went to Chickasaw after their daughter JANE who attended O.C.W. Miss OUHIVAKE FAULKNER of Claremore accompanied them to Ryan to visit her sister Mrs. M. H. BARRETT.
Mrs. JONES BARRETT is enjoying a visit from her mother Mrs. CARROLLTON of Ringgold.
Mr. and Mrs. CHARLIE GRANTHAM and daughter MARY VIRGINIA of Wichita Falls visited relatives here.
WILLIAM DABNEY is home from dental college at Kansas City.
J. M. SAWYERS and son JAMES REEDER went to Fort Worth to bring home Mrs. Sawyers who had visited her mother there.
L. L. WEATHERLY and family and GEORGE THURMAN ODOM of Ryan joined the V. C. JOHNSON family and other friends in Duncan then they went to Turner Falls.
The Ryan band went to Nocona to take part in a celebration and annual homecoming. Mesdames L.L.WADE, W. T. ANDY, F. U. GREGSTON and OTTO BOUND furnished the cars.
Mrs. JACK NESBIT, nee Miss ALTA REED, of Coronado, Colorado, is visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. S. REED and other relatives.
Mrs. LINN WARREN of Cleburne, Texas visited her brother, J. R. KENNEDY and family.
Mr. and Mrs. RUSSELL WINTON visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. R. WINTON of near Henrietta.
The J. D. THOMPSON family left on vacation in the Kiamichi Mountains.
Mrs. J. H. HUFF of San Angelo, Texas came to visit her son R. L. HUFF and family.
LUCIAN PALMER left to attend school at Norman.
Mr. and Mrs. C.M. DEAN of Fleetwood were here.
Mr. and Mrs. CLAUDE THORPE, GLEN MAJOR and BUSTER DODD attended the rodeo in Ardmore.
Mr. and Mrs. GRADY EPPERSON and Dr. and Mrs. A. H. BARTLING of Waurika went fishing at Lake Murray.
The B. F. HUFF family visited in Bowie.
R. HATCHER’S father is very ill at Hastings. Mr. Hatcher is 89 years old and has been in bad health for some time.
SHIRLEY SHORTES, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. SHORTES, was operated on for appendicitis at Wichita Falls.

Friday, June 17, 1938

Mrs. ARGABRIGHT
Services for Mrs. JOHN ARGABRIGHT, who passed away at her home at Henrietta, Texas June 9, were held the following day at the First Baptist Church in her home town, by the pastor, Rev. E. L. MOODY, assisted by Rev. PAUL J. MERRILL of the Christian Church. Interment was at Bellvue cemetery. Mrs. ARGABRIGHT was born March 11, 1859 in Arkansas. She moved with her parents to Grayson County, Texas when 8 years old. In 1879 she was married to JOHN ARGABRIGHT and in 1882 moved to Vashti, then to Bellvue in 1907 where she lived until 10 years ago when she moved to Henrietta. She had been a member of the Baptist church since girlhood. She is survived by a daughter, Mrs. BLAKE POWERS of Henrietta; two sons, R. C. of Henrietta and W. C. of Antelope. There are 22 grandchildren. One of her children died in infancy, and a son LON ARGABRIGHT died three years ago at Ryan where he had lived a number of years.

Small Boy Drowns
Little BOBBY LEE BURNS, 5 years old son of L. D. BURNS and his divorce wife, Mrs. NELLIE BURNS, formerly of Waurika, was drowned at a cistern at the home of his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. ED CLAY northwest of Duncan Tuesday morning of this week. Bobby Lee and his older brother L. D. Jr. were left by Mrs. Clay to play in the yard while she went to the garden. When she returned, she missed Bobby Lee and a search revealed that a rock had been removed from the cistern rim and the boy had fallen in… The child’s mother lives in Duncan and the father has made his home at Ryan recently.

Leave for California
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. DYER and Mr. and Mrs. E. OSTERHAUS left by automobile for San Francisco to attend the Rotary International Convention.

Hastings Items by Mrs. EARL W. STEPHENS
Mrs. H. H. SKAGGS of Dallas brought her mother-in-law Mrs. T. H.SKAGGS home Wednesday after she had visited in Dallas. Mrs. Skaggs returned home and took her mother Mrs. MART ANTHONY for a month’s visit with her.
To complement Mrs. J. A. MARLEY who is moving to Ozona, Texas, the Needle Craft club met at the home of Mrs. R. L. THOMPSON.
Mr. and Mrs. H. H. JONES, Mr. and Mrs. NOEL NORMAN and Mrs. E. L.WORRELL of Ryan attended the funeral of R. R. HATCHER at Hastings last week.
Obit
R. R. HATCHER
R. R. HATCHER died Wednesday of last week. With his death, Hastings lost another pioneer. He owned and operated a meat market in the early days, later he sold bakery products and was mail messenger for about 20 years. He had the reputation of never missing a train or being late with the mail. He and his wife devoted much of their spare time to the needy and sick until their health failed. Both have been bedridden for the greater part of two years. ROBERT R. HATCHER was born August 25, 1849 in Ohio. On April 8, 1877 he and Miss SUSA MUNRO / MONROE were married. To this union five children were born. They are, in order of the birth, RUFUS C. HATCHER, CORA (Mrs. MCCOLLUM of Beeville, Texas), LELA (Mrs. ABEL of Monahans, Texas), ROBERT MONROE HATCHER of Ryan and ETHA who passed away November 11, 1898… Mr. Hatcher was converted 12 years ago and joined the Baptist church. Funeral services were conducted at the home Tuesday afternoon by Rev. TRUITT SHERIFF of the Baptist church. Interment was at Hastings cemetery.
Death
Mrs. TOM ROSS, who died at the Waurika cemetery Monday morning following a major operation, was buried last Tuesday at the Hastings cemetery by the side of a little daughter. Funeral services were conducted at the Church of Christ Monday afternoon.

Riverview
Mr. and Mrs. BUCK STONE, Mr. and Mrs. W. R. BERRY and Mrs. EVIE STONE went to Frederick to attend the funeral of R. M. WITT, who was well known here, and the father of Mrs. CARL STONE.
Mrs. BEATRICE GILLESPIE was the guest of Misses MIDDIE and FAYE STANLEY.
Mr. and Mrs. ALVIN OWEN, and daughter BLANCHE, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. BRALY, Miss LOIS WINTON, and ARLINE FROST were Sunday guests of the MILLER KING family.
Mr. and Mrs. OLLIE GUINN and son returned to California after visiting relatives here.
OLIVER KING returned from California.
Mr. and Mrs. GARNET KENDRICK were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. MARK BRIDGES.
WILKES KING returned with his daughter Mrs. COY PACE after she visited relatives here.
Mr. and Mrs. ROY KING, Mrs. WILKES KING, Mr. and Mrs. EMMET LOKEY, Mr. and Mrs. RAYMER QUALLS, Mr. and Mrs. ROY KEELE and Misses PAULINE and JEAN PORTERFIELD were missed in their Sunday school classes.

Friday, June 24, 1938

Local
BILLIE JEAN BEAVERS visited her brother OLIN BEAVERS and family at Ada then returned home where she also had fallen on a barbed wire and required ten stitches in her leg.
Uncle BILL DIVERS came home from Salina, Kansas where he visited his daughter Mrs. JOE BREDENGERD and family. The Bredengerds are the parents of five boys, two graduated from high school and the youngest is 6.
Mr. and Mrs. TRUMAN WALDRON moved back to Great Bend, Kansas after moving to Wichita Falls several weeks ago.
Mr. and Mrs. P. W. DENNEY are having a time with carbuncles, he had one and she had three.
Mrs. EARL HOLCOMBE, nee Miss THELMA VICKERS, of Fort Worth and Mrs. HOWARD CAIN of this city spent three years at the Academy of Mary the Immaculate at Wichita Falls when they were both girls. They enjoyed a visit at the Cain home. Mrs. Holcombe and the children spent two weeks with her sister Mrs. A. G. COLLINS and family at the ranch home.
Mr. and Mrs. H. P. SAMPLES returned to Healdton after a week in Colorado. Mrs. SAMPLES and ALTA CAROLYN visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. O. E. HEACOCK.

Grady News
Miss MAUDIE ENGLISH of Oklahoma City visited her aunt Mrs. OLAN REILLY and other relatives here.
Mrs. BERT ROBINSON and children and MATTIE JO and DWAYNE STEWART were dinner guests of the LLOYD SAPPINGTON family.
MAXINE RICH is ill.
Mr. and Mrs. LEON GAMBLE, Mr. and Mrs. J. D. SULLIVAN Jr. of Union Valley were supper guests of the N. T. DUNFORD home.
Mr. and Mrs. ROY TRIPP visited the TOBE RICH family.
Miss DELLA GOLDEN was a guest of Mr. and Mrs. BRUCE GRIFFIN and daughter RETHA.
Mrs. LLOYD SAPPINGTON gave party for her son BILLY FRANK’S 7th birthday.
Obit
DAVID CROXTON
DAVID CROXTON died in a hospital at Hereford, Texas last Friday. His death was caused by a horse falling on him Thursday evening while rounding up cattle on a ranch near Dawn, Texas where he had been working for his friend, DOYCE GRIFFITH. JAMES DAVID CROXTON was born at Nocona, Texas September 27, 1908 and would have been 30 years old his next birthday. He was brought back to Roosevelt to his brother RAY’S home and the funeral services were held at the Presbyterian church Sunday afternoon and laid to rest at the Roosevelt cemetery. His father, two brothers and a sister preceded him in death. He leaves his mother, Mrs. JIM CROXTON of Tulare, California, five brothers, SCOTT, CHELTA, VEECH, ORAN and RAY. Oran and Ray were the only brothers able to attend the funeral. Since his relatives moved away several years ago, David made his home much of the time with the ZED STEWART and DUNFORD families.

WILLIS STONE MATTHEWS
Thursday of last week, the body of WILLIS STONE MATTHEWS, father of Mrs. MARSHALL SAMPLES, was taken to the old cemetery at Pontotoc and laid to rest by the side of a daughter, MARY ELIZABETH, who had preceded him in death by several years… Funeral services were conducted by Rev. FRED TUCKER, pastor of the Tishomingo Methodist church with FOREST ARMSTRONG reading the obituary. Mrs. W. D. BODENHAMER of this city sang “Jesus Savior Pilot Me.”

WILLIS STONE MATTHEWS was born March 27, 1863 at Patriot, Perry County, Tennessee, a son of GRANVILLE and ELIZABETH MATTHEWS. They moved to Texas when he was a small boy and settled at Paris. On June 13, 1888, Mr. Matthews was united in marriage with KITTY JANE BOATRIGHT at Gainesville, Texas and their golden wedding anniversary was celebrated last winter. Mr. and Mrs. Matthews came to Oklahoma in 1890 and settled at Tishomingo where they had a confectionary and café, later moved to Pontotoc where he carried the mail and farmed for two years. Then the family moved to Loco in 1923 where he carried the mail for two years, and from there they went to Ada where he have service as mail messenger for three years. At the end of that time, he developed a bad heart ailment and dropsy and for the past eight years he has been almost an invalid, cared for tenderly, patiently by his devoted wife.

Mr. and Mrs. Matthews have been living at Tishomingo and a few weeks ago, they were here for a visit…. Mr. and Mrs. MATTHEWS were the parents of sic children, three of whom died before their father, two infants and daughter Mary Elizabeth who was grown at the time of her passing. There are two daughters, Mrs. SAMPLES, the baby of the family, and Mrs. J. F. COMPTON of Ada, and one son, W. A. S. MATTHEWS of Oklahoma City. There are 12 grandchildren, and a sister Mrs. LAURA HOLLAND of Fort Worth. All the children and grandchildren attended the funeral, and a nephew, HUBERT HOLLAND of Fort Worth, also attended.

Friday, July 8, 1938

LUCY CAPPS WILSON
LUCY COLLIER CAPPS was born May 1, 1887 near Liberty, Missouri. It was here that she lived until moving with her family, Mr. and Mrs. E.T. CAPPS and EDWARD, her only brother, who preceded her in death, to Waurika, Oklahoma in 1906. She taught school at Waurika for a few years. October 13, 1908 she was united in marriage with L. E. WILSON who survives here. Before going to Britton, Oklahoma to establish the present Wilson home, they lived in Arkansas and in Dallas, Texas. Mrs. Wilson united with the Christian church when she was 16 years. At the time of her passing, she was Sunday school class teacher and an active worker in the Britton P.TA. She died at St. Anthony’s hospital in Oklahoma City after having been a patient there one week. The funeral services were held at the Christian church in Britton last Saturday afternoon and interment was at Memorial Park cemetery.

Mrs. Wilson is survived by her eight children, JENNIE, BESSIE, RUBY, MINNIE JEAN, NORA MAY, W. E., L. E. Jr. and JOE ALLEN. She is also survived by her mother Mrs. ANNA CAPPS and one grandson.

Mrs. LOUESTA CAPPS and JOYCE, LOY STOUT and WILEY WILSON from Wilson attended the funeral. Mr. and Mrs. JOE BALLARD, JOE PORTER of Norman, and HARDIN BALLARD of Oklahoma City also attended. JOE BALLARD is an uncle of Mrs. Wilson. She is the granddaughter of Mrs. LOU BALLARD, who was a resident of Waurika many years before her death some 18 years ago.

Very few items April 1938 Waurika News Democrat

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The Waurika News Democrat
Waurika, Jefferson County, Oklahoma

Friday, April 1, 1938

Mother of SAM ASH Dies at Vernon, Texas
…Mrs. HARRIET ADELINE ASH, age 80 years, died Thursday morning of last week. Mrs. Ash was at the home of her daughter, Mrs. LEE STOUT, at Vernon, Texas. EARL C. MORRIS went to Vernon for the remains and brought them here to the home of her son, SAM ASH until Friday afternoon when funeral services were held at Terral, Mrs. Ash’s old home, conducted by Rev. CRUTCHFIELD of Vernon, Rev. RHODES of Terral, Rev. CUNNINGHAM and Rev. G. LYLE SMITH of Waurika…Interment was at the Terral cemetery by the side of Mr. Ash who died in October 1927 and a son, ARTHUR ASH, who passed away in 1920.

HARRIET ADELINE PENDERGRASS was born in Hayesville, North Carolina November 17, 1857. Here she grew to young womanhood and in July 1876, was united in marriage with WILLIAM ASH. In 1883 they moved to Merkle, Texas and in 1894 they came to Terral where they lived until Mr. Ash died. After his death, Mrs. Ash broke up her housekeeping and made her home with her children where she was always a welcome guest. During the years Mr. and Mrs. Ash lived in Terral, their hotel was managed more like a home than a dwelling place for transients… Mrs. Ash was converted in early life and joined the Methodist church…Her membership had been in the Methodist church at Terral for more than 40 years. Mrs. Ash is survived by six children, SAM ASH of Terral, Mrs. A. T. KEITH and V. E. ASH of Granbury, Texas, OTTO ASH and OSCAR ASH, of Fort Worth, and Mrs. LEE STOUT of Vernon, Texas, eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

Mrs. L. C. QUINSEY
Mrs. L. C. QUINSEY, 76 years old, died March 19, 1938 at the home of her youngest daughter, Mrs. E. L. WATLON of Monument, New Mexico. Funeral services were at the Waurika Church of Christ March 20 and were conducted by Elder LANDON, pastor of the Healdton Church of Christ. Interment was in the family lot in the Waurika cemetery by the side of loved ones.

SUSIE ADA THACKER was born March 12, 1872 at Nashville, Tennessee. The family later moved to Waco, Texas… leaving there, the family moved to Indian Territory where there were plenty of room for change and expansion…They located in the tent camp of what is now Ardmore. These were the days of horse thieves, cattle rustlers and the real bad men. Here SUSIE ADA THACKER met and married L.C. QUINSEY on March 5, 1892. They established a home at Overbrook where they lived for a number of years. Later they moved to Marietta… they went to Michigan then back to Texas and arrived again at their starting point, Love County.

In late summer of 1912 Mr. and Mrs. QUINSEY purchased a farm northeast of Waurika and spent several years there. In 19209 they moved to Arizona. Twice more they left to return. Broken in health, Mr. and Mrs. Quinsey returned to Waurika four years ago for their last move together. On March 20, 1936, Mr. Quinsey passed away and since that time Mrs. Quinsey made her home with her children where she was a welcome and honored guest. Of a naturally religious nature, Mrs. Quinsey was converted in 1911 and became a member of the Church of Christ… The last few months of her life were spent in the home of her younger daughter, Mrs. E. L. WATSON of Monument, New Mexico where she made many true and lasting friends…The beautiful flowers sent by the Hobbs and Monument churches as final farewell…

There are only six of the eleven children born to Mr. and Mrs. Quinsey surviving and all were at the funeral: EARL QUINSEY of Plainview, Texas; Mrs. C. H. EDWARDS of Waurika; Mrs. ROY BANNISTER of Oklahoma City; Mrs. F. H. RUTLEDGE of Waurika; Mrs. E. L. WATSON of Monument, N. M.; and EDWARD QUINSEY of Hobbs, New Mexico. There are 14 grandchildren and one great-grandchild. ..

Ryan News by Miss AUDRA STEWART
Mrs. C. N. NORMAN returned from Chickasha where she had been called to be with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. MORRIS, who are recovering from injuries sustained in a car accident Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. ROLAND SHARP of Grandfield visited relatives here.
Mr. and Mrs. JONES BARRETT are sick.
Mrs. W. M. STEWART visited Mr. and Mrs. GILLIE MCGEE at McKenney.
Mr. and Mrs. CLAUDE SHARP, Mr. and Mrs. BUD REED, and Mr. and Mrs. E. J. SHIELDS went to Wichita Falls.
Miss NEVADA HOUSTON had business at Dallas.
Mrs. C. N. NORMAN, Mrs. MARY KIETH, Mrs. A. H. BARTLING, and Mrs. GRADY EPPERSON shopped in Wichita Falls. BETTY NORMAN, who attends school there, returned with them for the weekend.
Mrs. FRANK ARNER and son THOMAS EARL returned from a visit to Monahans, Pecos and other points in Old Mexico.
Dr. ANDY made a business trip to Wichita Falls.
BRUCE BURNETT and JIM DODD recovered from the throat trouble.
Mr. and Mrs. MCGROUDER were here from Earlsboro to visit Mr. and Mrs. JIM GREENE.
Mr. and Mrs. EARL MCCLOUD of Duncan visited the ROTHA MANNIN family.
Mrs. CLOYD EDENS of Waurika visited her parents.
Mr. and Mrs. BILL WEST of Wichita Falls visited the JOHN GUEST family.
Mr. and Mrs. T. A. GILCHRIST visited at Terral.
Mrs. JOE YOUNG and Miss VERMONT BEAVERS were in Wichita Falls.
CARL HATCHER and O. B. GARRISON had business at Duncan.
JOE CARIKER visited here. He has been in Enid.
J. D. BURGE of Duncan visited the SAM KEPLER family.
LAMBUTH HILLERY of Waurika was here.
JOHNNIE and MAVIS BAKER were at Chickasha.
Mrs. STANLEY BOND and son GILL attended the singing convention at Bowie, Texas.
Wreck
Mr. and Mrs. LESTER DUNCAN were in a near serious car accident on the highway just north of Ryan when their car ran into a Model A Ford driven by some people from Tishomingo.
Obit
Ryan mourns the loss of its oldest citizen Mrs. CARRIE WILLIS who passed away Thursday afternoon of last week. Mrs. Willis was born at Sparter, Tennessee in 1839 and was 98 years 6 months, and a few days old at her death. At the age of 20 she married Mr. DODSON and located at Mount Vernon, Illinois. Mr. Dodson died and she was married with Mr. Willis. Mr. and Mrs. Willis moved to Burkburnett 55 years ago and resided there 20 years, then moved to Ryan where the family has been for 35 years. Mr. Willis died in 1925. Mrs. Willis made her home with Mrs. CASSIE BROWN for the past few years. She was sick only a few hours and passed on suddenly with a heart attack. Mrs. Willis was converted at age 20 and joined the Methodist church, later joined the Nazarine church at Ryan. Her life was long, happy and useful. Funeral services were conducted from the Nazarine Church in Ryan Friday by the pastor, Rev. BURTON, assisted by Rev. DABNEY of the Methodist church. Relatives attended the funeral from Burkburnett and Wichita Falls. The only surviving relative at Ryan is a nephew, ANDREW WILLIS.

Addington News by ALBERT HUFFER
TRUMAN MURPHY and family are visiting Dr. G. W. MURPHY and Miss MABEL.
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. LIGHT returned from visiting relatives at Drumright.
CLAUD JAY of Olney, Texas, formerly from here, visited here.
Addington school news
Primary room: the following were neither absent or tardy for the past month: JOHN PAT EDGAR, AMY MARIE GREEN, BENNY HAWKINS, BOBBY JOE SMITH, PAT WEBB, HOWARD CALHOUN, JOYCE CERNY, RAYMOND CERNY, BOBBIE HOLMAN, MARCK RECE MCLEMORE, J. E. PARKS, JAMES PECK, BETTY LOUISE SCOTT, DON DAVID WILLOUGHBY.
JACKIE LEE MAYBEN had the highest average for the last month in the third, DOROTHY HAWKINS in the 4th, followed by HENRY BERRY.
Neither absent or tardy for the past month: JACKIE LEE MAYBEN, ALLIE SUE WEBB, EVELYN WILLOUGHBY, DOROTHY HAWKINS, CHARLES RAYMOND FRANKLIN and JUNE KELLEY.
Fifth and Sixth Grades: MARY HUTCHINSON had the only perfect grades in spelling last week. ALMA WYCKOFF, MARY HUTCHINSON, and LEROY WHITFIELD will represent the sixth grade in the county academic contests and GLADYS ARMSTRONG, EFFIE ANDERSON and LOAL JEAN PACE, fifth.
Seventh and Eighth Grades; BOBBY GENE SMITH celebrated his 11th birthday Thursday and HOWARD REEDER his 14th Monday. GEORGE SMITH got 8 cents a pound for his calf he entered at the Chickasha and Oklahoma City stock show.

Friday, April 8, 1938

Addington News by ALBERT HUFFER
Miss ESTHER HEADRICK visited at Bowie.
HARRY BAKER from Duncan was here on business.
Mr. and Mrs. I. C. MCGINNIS of Terral visited here.
Misses RUTH and MARY ARNOLD visited at Duncan.
FRANK HARTZOG of Hobart visited the B. F. GARRETSON family here.
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. KEITH and Mrs. J. S. PRICE were at Duncan.
M. D. FRANKLIN went to Duncan.
Mr. and Mrs. R. C. WHITE went to Duncan.
Miss JOY JEAN WEBB, who attends school at Bowie, spent the weekend with homefolks.
Mrs. M. D. FRANKLIN was in Duncan where she met her daughter MARY JO who attends O.C.W. and came home for the weekend and Miss DOROTHY MCMILLAND of Chickasha to visit the Franklin home.
Rev. and Mrs. M. W. PRESTIEGE visited in Woodward then Shamrock, Texas.
K. A. HARRIS and WALTER LIGHT were in Comanche.
Rev. STEWARD DICKEY preached at the Holiness church.
Mrs. CHARLIE CAMPBELL was in Waurika.
CARL SIMON came home from the hospital.
Miss RUTH PARKER had a minor operation at the hospital at Duncan.
Mr. and Mrs. CULLUS HEADRICK and little CHARLES HENRY visited Mr. and Mrs. HENRY BOWLES.
Mrs. R. MCKINNEY and Mrs. E. M. MONSON and DICKEY visited Mrs. DAVE BRYAN.
Mr. and Mrs. ROY VELEAU and Mr. and Mrs. M. A. RISLEY of Hastings visited Mr. and Mrs. JAMES PHIPPS.
Mr. and Mrs. F. L. SUTHERLAND and daughters Misses FLORENCE and JUHREE visited their parents Mr. and Mrs. R. R. FORSYTHE at Corum.
J. W. FOSTER visited his parents at Rush Springs.
Miss ELIZABETH EDGAR from Duncan visited her parents Mr. and Mrs. J. C. EDGAR and family.
Mrs. GRACE FORGEY visited in Waurika.
Mrs. JENNIE C. HALLUM visited relatives at Minneapolis, Minnesota.
In Duncan, Miss DELIA DIMERY was installed as worthy high priestess …at Masonic temple.
School news
Third and Fourth grades
JACKIE LEE MAYBEN and ALLIE SUE WEBB were the only perfect spellers.
Seventh and Eighth grades: On the chapel program: ROBERT PRICE, D. C. HEADRICK, MYRTLE MAE AKEN, MOZELLE CAMPBELL, C. G. PATTON, AUSTIN BOWLES.
High school: Boys tennis tournament: HAROLD MORRIS, BILLY BRYAN, OSCAR SCOTT, LLOYD EDMONDSON, EUSTACE BROOKS, MAX BOWLES, MARION WHITFIELD, JACK PECK, WELDON CAPPS, QUINN CALHOUN.
Seniors and sophomores in county academic meet: FLORINE SUTHERLAND, ESTES MITCHELL, 12th; BILLY BRYAN and JOHN SMITH, 10th.

JOHN W. MCKENNEY / MCKINNEY
The death of JOHN W. MCKENNEY, pioneer citizen of Addington community, occurred at his farm home northwest of Addington March 23 after an illness extending over a period of five or more years. He bore his affliction patiently and was always cheerful.. Mr. McKenney was in his active days one of the county’s most useful citizens… He engaged in business at Addington for a number of years until sickness forced his retirement. JOHN W. MCKENNEY was born in Oregon, Illinois in 1865 and died at Addington March 23, 1938, age 73 years. As a young man he located in business at Chicago but heard the call of the Southwest in 1901 and came to Oklahoma, located at Addington. He was first married to Miss PINKEY W. DRAKE, to this union, one son RICHARD MCKENNEY was born. She died soon after the son’s birth and the son died several years ago. In 1896 he married Mrs. ALICE GALBRAITH, who has been his faithful wife and companion. She and her son WILLIAM GALBRAITH, also of Addington, are the only surviving relatives of the immediate family. Mrs. JOHNSTON, a sister of Mrs. McKenney, came from Kansas City to attend the funeral. Funeral services were conducted from the family home Friday by Rev. W. A. ROACH, pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Waurika. …Interment was at Addington cemetery.

Posted: The HENRY L. HUBER farm 3 miles northeast of Terral is posted against hunters and trespassers.

Chapel Hill
The DAVID CLAYTON family visited the J. B. CLAYTON family.
The J. O. SLOAN family of the Beam community visited the W. C. LONDON family.
Mrs. WILL ISENBURG and Mrs. SARAH MCKELROY of the Madden Grove community and Mrs. LOLLA BROWN of Addington spent Friday with the A. L. MCKELROY family.
The C. E. JONES family spent Sunday with the GEORGE WOODS family of Foster.
The H. M. MARNEY family visited the J. B. CLAYTON family.
Mr. and Mrs. DAVID ROCHELL and Mr. and Mrs. BOB ROCHELL visited Mr. and Mrs. R. D. ROCHELL and CLIFTON ROCHELL and got acquainted with the new baby.
Mr. and Mrs. CLYDE EDWARDS of Waurika and Mr. and Mrs. L. C. BROOKS and daughters, and Mrs. E. B. BROOKS visited Mr. and Mrs. G. A. EDWARDS.
Mrs. ELLEN RICHARDSON and son DEWEY of Sugden, Mrs. ANNIE BOYD and children of Waurika, and JURHEE, BILLY, and ELWOOD LONDON visited the SOMMIE THOMPSON family.
School Notes
We are proud of the boys and girls who entered the county contest last week. We won the cup for fine arts by the following: story telling by NATHANIEL FOWLER, first; reading for 3 to 5 by JOYCE LEE JONES, first; piano solo by IMA ANITA JONES, first; and boy’s oration by ARNELY STROUD, first.
We took the cup for academics: JACK GILLIAM first in 3rd grade; RUTH BROOKS first in 4th grade; JOYCE LEE JONES first in 5th grade; IMA ANITA JONES first in 6th grade; JURHEE LONDON second in 7th grade; MARY BROOKS first in 8th grade.
Mrs. GRACE FOWLER and daughter ANN visited the school.
ANN GILLIAM visited the school.
We took six weeks tests last week. Those making the highest were RUTH BROOKS, JACK GILLIAM and PETE PHARISS in primary room; in the higher grades were MARY BOOKS, IMA ANITA JONES, and JOYCE LEE JONES.

Waurika Local
Tuesday afternoon at Comanche, Miss NETTIE LONG of Hastings and ROY PALMER of Hastings were united in marriage by Rev. HARRY HAMBLIN of the Baptist Church. They were accompanied by Mrs. T. O. PALMER, sister of the bride. They will make their home at the T. O. PALMER house until they establish their own home.

April 15, 1938

JOHN PLEAS STORY, father of JOE STORY of Lawton, died in the home of Joe Story Thursday of last week. He was 76 years old and had been ill for more than a month. Funeral services were at the Rangley Funeral chapel at Duncan Friday with interment in the Duncan cemetery. Mr. Story had been a patient at a Duncan hospital for some time before he was taken to Lawton. Mrs. Story had died at Mexia, Texas more than two years ago. Mr. Story came to Oklahoma from Texas many years ago. He settled at Hugo where he was in the mercantile business and was one of the first city’s commissioners. He is survived by several children, JOE of Lawton; CLYDE of Duncan; CLAUDE of Cameron, Texas; HOMER of Van, Texas; WILBUR of Waco, Texas; Mrs. JEFF DAVIS of Cisne, Illinois, and Mrs. LYNN DAVIS of Mexia, Texas. Mr. Storey was born February 22, 1862. He had lived at Waurika with Joe and his family for some time and was a well loved person.

Five Years for Stealing Chickens
JOHNIE GUNTER was sentenced to five years by Judge JONES Tuesday on a plea of guilty to stealing chickens. ..he had already served four penitentiary sentences and had been jailed on several minor offenses… Mrs. MAY COLEMAN, his accomplice, was given one year in the penitentiary. Gunter and Coleman were arrested two weeks by deputy ALLEN on the highway between Ringling and Waurika, had two sacks of chickens, a rain coat stolen from HARRY VELEAU near Hastings, an auto tire and rim stolen from MART RISLEY at the Veleau place, part of the chickens were stolen from the J. B. CLARK place near Hastings.

Friday, April 22, 1938

Oscar Oiler
Mr. and Mrs. B. L. DYE and Mr. and Mrs. EARL HOSLER of Ryan were in Norman over the weekend.
Mr. and Mrs. LONNIE EICHOR and daughters LAWANDA and SHERRIENE were at Wichita Falls.
The D. V. STONE family were guests of the DAVE INGLEDALE family.
Mr. and Mrs. CALVIN PHILLIPS, Mr. and Mrs. JOHN PHILLIPS and BILL PRIBBLE and Miss DORRIS SMITH enjoyed an outing Sunday.
JACK and HELEN CLAY were guests of MYRTLE EMBREE.
Mr. COURTS and GARRET MAYES are drilling a new water well for Mr. BARRETT who is having a new home built north of Oscar.
Mrs. CLIFF ROBISON and Mrs. JAKE MAYES enjoyed fishing Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. HENRY STARR attended the wedding of a friend at Wellington, Kansas.
Miss BERNICE KENNEDY spent Easter with her parents in Ryan.
Mr. and Mrs. C. H. ODOM shopped in Waurika, then were accompanied home by Miss VERDA WELLER.
Mr. and Mrs. BILL PARR visited relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. VOLNEY EMBREE and boys BILLY WAYNE and TOMMY were guests of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. FULLER of Bowie, Texas.
The CLAUD TOW family attended the singing at Orr.
Mr. and Mrs. ARCHIE TAYLOR and son PERCY were guests of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. JONES.
TOM SUTTLES, who got his leg run over by a truck last week, is showing some improvement, walking with a cane.
Mr. and Mrs. BOYCE BAKER were Easter Sunday visitors of relatives and friends at Nocona.
Mr. and Mrs. BILL GIBSON were guests in the JESSE SKINNER home.
Mr. and Mrs. JOHN LEONARD and BILLIE DALE visited relatives at Nocona, Texas.
Mr. and Mrs. PERCY SPENCER visited the LYNE PARKILL family at Wilson. The Parkhills are former Oscar residents.
Mr. and Mrs. AVERT of Duncan visited her sister Mrs. PERCY SPENCER and Mr. Spencer.
Mrs. KINNMAN from Fleetwood visited the C. T. TOW family.
The families of ROSE ROMINES, MAY ROMINES and C. H. ROMINES enjoyed an Easter egg hunt.
Mrs. DEWEY CLINE and BILLY visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. TOM EMBREE at Ryan.
Mr. and Mrs. JACK TERRY and son H. J., and Mr. and Mrs. A. B. CALVERY and boys EUGENE and DERRAL had a picnic Sunday.
Mrs. R. L. EMBREE visited her mother and other relatives at Norman.
Mr. and Mrs. WILLIAM GIBSON of Decatur, Texas visited the J. V. SKINNER family.
The JIMMY HAYS family visited relatives at Archer City, Texas.
Mr. and Mrs. CARLOS MONTANDON and children JENNY LYNN and CARLOS Jr. visited the families of PERCY SPENCER, M. E. STORY and CLIFF ROBISON.
Several men here plant to help WILMER SEAY with branding. Wilmer plans a barbecue for them.
BOYCE BAKER, PAT BAKER and BUC CAMP helped LAWRENCE CAMP with branding.
Mr. and Mrs. DULEY of the Gypsy Oil Co. are expecting their son and his wife to visit them. Their son is finishing at the University of Oklahoma law school.
Mr. and Mrs. JOE COOPER visited her parents at the Woodrow community.
Church
Rev. BURTON of Ryan will hold a revival here.
Next Sunday Rev. G. N. STONE of Nocona will preach here.
School
The 7th and 8th grades took the state examination last week which determines whether or not the student shall be promoted. Those taking the test were: LUCILLE SKINNER, JACK CLAY, MYRTLE EMBREE, WANDA MAYES, LORENE DYE, MAUDINE DYE, ROBERT SKINNER, SHERRIENE WADE, IVA LEE STONE and ALMA FAYE STONE.
Primary: In the Easter egg hunt, JOE LEE SKINNER go the prize and HAZEL DEANE RAGLEY found the golden egg.
BETTY JANE SKIINER, BILLY EMBREE, JUNIOR and LILLIE ROMINES made 100 on an arithmetic test in the second grade. In the first grade, the following made 100: MARTHA REBECCA ODOM, JUNIOR HOGGATT, HAZEL LEANE BAGLEY, JOE LEE SKINNER and BILLY CLAY.

Mud Creek
Mr. and Mrs. CLETUS OWEN of Pauls Valley visited the PERCY FULTON family.
The families of BUD LYONS and ARTHUR LYONS visited their parents, the JIM LYONS family.
LEONARD HARRISON, CLYDE CROSS, FATE FULTON, Misses ALMA HUNT and CLAUD CROSS attended the Easter Pageant at Lawton Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. BENNIE MELTON attended church service at E. B. Ranch Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. MYERS are the proud parents of a girl born Wednesday, April 13, named MARY LOUISE.
Mr. and Mrs. BUCK STALLINGS went to Oklahoma City.
Mrs. J. T. DAVIS and children visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. G.W. AYERS at Ringling.
Mr. and Mrs. BENNIE MELTON, Mr. and Mrs. CLAUD CROSS, Mr. and Mrs. PERCY FULTON, CLYDE and RALPH CROSS, FATE, ROBERT and Miss MARY FULTON, attended the senior play at Claypool Tuesday night of last week.
School Notes
Refreshments were served to the pupils by Mesdames J. T. DAVIS, BEN MELTON, CLETUS OWENS, CARROL OWENS and VERA MAE OWENS.

J. D. DAVIS
J. W. DAVIS died at Agawam Sunday after a long illness. He was 48 years old, born on Easter Sunday in Indian Territory and died on another Easter Sunday. Funeral services were held at the Sugden cemetery Monday afternoon, conducted by Rev. G. LYLE SMITH of the Waurika Christian Church. Mr. Davis was a law abiding citizen.. Of his immediate family, he is survived by his Mrs. Davis and three children, a brother and two sisters. Mr. Davis lived in Jefferson County about 35 years, later moved to Rush Springs then to the Agawam community where he was known as a good neighbor and friend.

News of Terral by Mrs. J. H. PEALOR
Members of the freshman class gathered at the home of CHARLIE ROBERTS for refreshments. They are DAVID ELLIFF, CECIL WHORTHOM, DOYLE RICHARDSON, BARLEY GOBLEN, BARNEY ROBERTS, HAZEL WINNINGHAM, MORRIS ROBINSON, FRANCES HENSLEY, CHARLES LEON SMITH, VERNON DUNCAN, HELEN BARRENTINE, VETA RICE, RUBY STEPHENS, with guests GEORGE HOOPER, CHESTER CLARK, HERSHEL ROBINSON and HENRY GREER.
Illness
Mr. and Mrs. V. I. MCPHERSON of Dallas, Texas, BRYAN and GUY MCPHERSON of Alice, Texas; Mrs. JOSIE GRONNOW of Montague, Texas, Mrs. BEULAH NEALS of Crescent, Mr. and Mrs. ALLEN CRAIN and son BILLY of Sasakwa, Mrs. E. J. MCGOULDRICK and sons JACK and JAMES of Dallas, and Mr. and Mrs. STERLING MCPHERSON and daughter, Mrs. BONNIE BUSSEY of Fort Worth have been at Terral, called here by the illness of their father, Dr. J. W. MCPHERSON.

Friday, April 29, 1938

W. H. TRIPP
Mr. and Mrs. L. J. TRIPP were called to Abilene, Texas to attend the funeral of his father, W. H. TRIPP, who was almost 98 years old. Mr. Tripp and his wife, who is 82 years old, came to Abilene 66 years ago and had resided there since that time. He was one of the old grand pioneers… Mr. Tripp was a carpenter and many are the buildings in Abilene that speak of his ability and good workmanship. Mr. Tripp was a charter member of the Christian Church in Abilene and his membership was in the same church at his death. Funeral services were Saturday and interment was in the family lot at Abilene. Mr. Tripp is survived by his wife, and three children, L. J. TRIPP of Waurika, Mrs. C. Y. HUGHES of Oklahoma City, the only daughter, and D. F. TRIPP of Abilene with whom the aged couple made their home. Mr. Tripp had been confined to his bed following a fall a year ago. Mr. and Mrs. L. J. TRIPP were accompanied by Mrs. Hughes to Abilene and it was the first time in 20 years that all three children of the family had been together.

Mrs. E. D. FORSHEE
Mrs. E. D. FORSHEE, mother of BEN F. FORSHEE of Waurika, and sister of T. L. MCMENAMY of Waurika, died suddenly while seated at the supper table in his home at McKinney, Texas, Saturday morning, April 23. Mr. and Mrs. MCMENAMY, who had gone to McKinney to visit Mrs. Forshee and two other sisters who live there, were in the home at the time of Mrs. Forshee’s passing. Mrs. Forshee was a pioneer citizen of Texas and had lived at McKinney for over 25 years. She would have been 78 years of age on her next birthday, October 8. She was a member of the Christian Church and funeral services were conducted from this church at McKinney Sunday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Ben Forshee and R. E. MCMENAMY, another brother at Elk City, attended the funeral.

L. T. WELLS
L. T. WELLS, for 13 years a resident of this community, died Monday after an illness of more than a year. He was 75 years one month 14 days old. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at the Christian Church conducted by Rev. G. LYLE SMITH, with interment at Waurika cemetery. Mr. Wells was born in Illinois March 11, 1868. He moved to Texas when a young man and came to Oklahoma 50 years ago. He came here from Lindsay. Mrs. Wells died four years ago and since that time, he lived alone. He is survived by five children; HENRY of Oklahoma City; HERSHEL of Los Angeles, California; FREDDIE of Texas; HERMAN of Jacksonville, Florida and Mrs. DAISY WELCH of Lawton, the only daughter. Henry was the only member of the family to attend his father’s funeral.

Mrs. MAX THOMAS
With her baby son, GEORE MICHAEL, sleeping quietly in her arms, as she had dreamed so many months that he might do, Mrs. MAX THOMAS, nee Miss ALTA EDWARDS, came home Thursday afternoon. Together in a flower covered casket, they were left to sleep on a sunny sloped in the Waurika cemetery until time shall be no more. Joint funeral services were held at the Waurika Methodist church Thursday afternoon conducted by the pastor, Rev. J. D. CUNNINGHAM… Mrs. ERNEST JEFFREY, nee Miss FANNIE CASHION, a close girlhood friend of Alta, sang “Face to Face.”…

ALTA REA EDWARDS, the youngest child of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. EDWARDS of the Irving community, was born at the old home place July 24, 1910. She grew to young womanhood, attending the Waurika high school, graduating in 1938. The following year she attended business college at Wichita Falls and after finishing there, was bookkeeper for the MACK TAYLOR Drug co. of that city for four years. September 1, 1935, Alta was united in marriage with MAX OTHOEL THOMS and they established their home at Comanche later moving to Duncan where they have since lived.

Alta was taken terribly ill Wednesday night and on Saturday, a Caesarian operation with little Michael stillborn. Alta seemed to rally but …She is survived by her husband, her parents, and the following brothers and sisters, HOMER EDWARDS of Temple, GLENN of Ardmore, FRANKLIN CANADA of Tutwiler, Mississippi; Mrs. R. C. WILLIS of Newton, Kansas; and Mrs. HAROLD NICHOLS of Woodland, California. Alta was converted at a young age and her membership was at her home church.

Few items May 6, 1938 Waurika News Democrat

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The Waurika News Democrat
Waurika, Jefferson County, Oklahoma

Friday, May 6, 1938

Local
Mr. and Mrs. G. R. MCDANIEL of Ryan, Route 2, renewed their subscription to the paper.

Mr. and Mrs. L. C. ALLEN and children, their sister, Mrs. ROLLA WEATHERLY, and their mother Mrs. W. E. DYER were in Wayne to visit Mrs. Dyer’s daughter, Mrs. J. L. ROBERTS who is very ill.

Mr. and Mrs. LOUIS TOTTY and family, who have been living at Lawton, moved to Waurika and are now in the tenant house of Mr. and Mrs. W. H. GOLDEN. Louis is employed at the JERRY BRANDON service station.

Mr. and Mrs. TOBY WIDENER and baby son of Fort Worth were guests of her sister, Mrs. HENRY NALL and brother PAUL KETCHEN, and families.

Mr. and Mrs. R. E. TAYLOR of Altus were guests of their son E. C. TAYLOR.
L. E. WILSON Jr. and Miss MARGARET PEARCE of Britton were guests of his aunt, Mrs. LOUESTA CAPPS and family. It had been five years since L. E. had spent any time here.

Mrs. J. M. DYER and Mrs. O. E. HEACOCK had an unusual experience on Friday on Highway 81 just north of the D. H. STONE place, a good sized coyote loped nonchalantly across the road just in front of the car and took off for the timber.

Little RICHARD TABE is making a nice recovery from a broken leg.

P. B. TURNER, who lives west of Waurika on his ranch, is in the Waurika hospital having undergone an operation for a hernia. Mrs. Turner is staying with her daughters,

Mrs. J. D. HANNA and Mrs. L. J. TRIPP while he is in the hospital.

Mr. and Mrs. M. J. MCGRAW received a message last week about the death of ROBERT STIVISON in Linden, Kansas. Funeral services were Friday at Linden with interment there. Mr. Stivison was a brother of Dr. W. M. and Dr. ROY STIVISON, both of whom used to live here.

Mr. and Mrs. BENNETT BOND and little son NOLAN were at their home at Chickasha. Bennett, who was hurt in a car accident recently, had convalesced at the home of his mother, Mrs. RUBY BOND here.

Judge E. L. DILLARD spent some time at the dentist’s last week and is now entirely toothless.

Mr. and Mrs. W. Y. DILLEY went to Chickasha Saturday to attend the funeral of GEORGE MELTON, a long time family friend. Mr. Melton was one of Chickasha’s most highly respected citizens, a great civic and church worker.

Mrs. JOSIE BOYD went fishing two weeks ago and fell off the footing. To save a good dousing in the creek, she caught on a limb bruising her left hand until an infection set in and had to be lanced three times.

Mr. and Mrs. PRINCE ROBISON and daughter Miss BILLIE JEAN were guests of his sister, Mrs. LUNT GAINES, and family at their ranch home. Miss Billie Jean and the Gaines boys spent most of the time in the saddle, the former on a cow pony and the latter two on their own paint ponies.

Mr. and Mrs. WALLACE GARRISON, son GENE and daughter JOAN of Olney, Texas were guests of their sister Mrs. G. B. RALSTON and Mr. Ralston. They were accompanied by Mrs. Ralston’s father, T. I. GARRISON, who makes his home with the Ralstons but who had spent some weeks with his son and family.

W. O. WEAVER of Long Beach, California returned home after visiting home folks here. He drove a new truck home from Houston, Texas. He has been employed driving an dynamiting truck for the Texas Company since he was been in California and likes his job and adopted state.

Mrs. W. Y. DILLEY, Mrs. PAUL KETCHEN, and Mrs. HARLEY IVY were in Duncan Tuesday as luncheon guests of Mrs. RAYMOND GLASS who was hostess to the Ninth district Federated Music club officers who gave service under Mrs. Glass as district president, Mrs. Dilley was finance officer, Mrs. Ketchen historian and Mrs. Ivy president of the Waurika Choral club.

Miss WINNIE SUTTLE, who took a leave of absence from the Waurika Abstract company, dropped by to visit and was promptly put to work at her old job to assist D. H. STONE through the resale of tax property.

FRANCiS (SOCKS) SMART and LEON BERRY were in Oklahoma City where he went to the specialist who has been treating his injured eye and was told it was making an improvement. After improvement he will be fitted with glasses.

ALFRED KEELE was in town and reported that he had taken Mrs. Keele and little CYNTHIA ANN, who was born at the Waurika hospital. Both of them are doing nicely under the care of Mrs. CECIL ANTRIM. Cynthia Ann is tiny and was known as Midget during her stay at the hospital.

Relatives and friends here Thursday of last week to attend the funeral of Mrs. MAX THOMAS, nee Miss ALTA EDWARDS, were: Mr. and Mrs. HAROLD NICHOLS and two children of Woodland, California; Mr. and Mrs. FRANK CANADA of Tutwiler, Mississippi; Mr. and Mrs. H. C. WILLIS of Newton, Kansas; Mr. and Mrs. HOMER EDWARDS of Temple; Mr. and Mrs. GLENN EDWARDS of Ardmore, all of whom were sisters and brothers of Mrs. Thomas; Miss EILEEN WILIS, a niece from Kansas State College at Manhattan, Kan.; J. D. THOMAS of Fort Worth; Miss MATTIE THOMAS of Dallas; Mr. and Mrs. JOE THOMAS of Seminole; Mr. and Mrs. GLEN POTTS of Hebronville, Texas; Mr. and Mrs. CHARLES BROWN of Ada; Mr. and Mrs. C. E. THOMAS and family of Wewoka; Mr. and Mrs. IRA GENTRY, Mr. and Mrs. GUY SCHOLLS, Mr. and Mrs. JOHN D. TAYLOR, MACK TAYLOR, Mrs. OTTO GRIGGS, Mr. and Mrs. W. T. ADKINS, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. LAWS and miss BEATRICE SILVEY, all of Wichita Falls.

Mr. and Mrs. GUY GREEN returned from Athens, Texas where they were called by the serious illness of her brother and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. JACK WOFFORD.

W. I. MCGUIRE of Breckenridge, Texas visited his sister and niece, Mrs. KATIE SMITH and LILLIE MAE.

Mr. and Mrs. E. M. SMITH and Mr. and Mrs. PAUL SMITH of Empire City visited their mother and grandmother, Mrs. KATIE SMITH.

Mrs. H. M. DAVIS and daughter Miss MARY of this city, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. DAVIS and Mrs. BOBBIE BARNES and little son, GEORGE EDWARDS of Sugden were Sunday guests of the A. B. MCKINLEY family at Terral. Mrs. McKinley is a sister of Mrs. Davis and Mrs. Barnes, and daughter of Mrs. Davis. Mr. and Mrs. VIRGIL BUCHANAN of Oklahoma City, son-in-law and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. McKinley, were also guests.

Miss LOUCILLE STOUT, who taught at the Seay school this year and who has been one of Jefferson county’s successful teachers, was notified that she had been elected to the departmental work at Eagletown, which is an eight teacher school. The Seay school board kindly gave her permission to accept the Eagletown offer, although she had been offered the Seay school for next term.

Mr. and Mrs. HAROLD NICHOLS, nee Miss RUTH EDWARDS, and two small sons of Woodland, California, who were called here by the death of her sister Mrs. Max Thomas, left for northern Oklahoma to visit Mr. Nichols’ parents, then they will return here for a short visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. EDWARDS before their return to California. Mr. Nichols is Y.M.C.A. secretary for his district in California and is in the midst of his camp work for the summer.

News from Terral by Mrs. J. H. PEALOR
Mr. and Mrs. W. P. STEWART and daughter Miss JENNIE and granddaughter PATRICIA were guests of Pat’s aunt, Mrs. ROY CASSADY in Waurika.
Mr. and Mrs. IRA VESSEL of Brown’s Chapel visited his parents Mr. and Mrs. C. E. VESSEL.
KENNETH WEATHERLY of Fleetwood visited CHARLES LEROY PEALOR.
DALE MORROW attended a lumbermen’s convention at Anadarko.
NOBLE RICHARDS of Graham, Texas visited his father W. L. RICHARDS.
J. P. PEALOR and son JAMES attended court at Waurika.
JOHN CEPHUS, Misses KATHLEEN and WILLIE MAE CEPHUS, BEAULAH DUFFLE and Mrs. ROY PEALOR were in Wichita Falls.
Miss DELIA COOLBAUGH returned to Fort Towson where she makes her home with her uncle after visiting homefolks here.
Mr. and Mrs. DAVID WRAY and daughters of Waurika and Mr. and Mrs. J. R.GADDY and children of Bowie, Texas were Sunday guests of their mother and grandmother, Mrs. CORA HIGHTOWER who accompanied the Gaddy family home to visit there.
J. H. PEALOR and RUBE WEAVER were at Waurika on business.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. WALLING and family of Bowie, Texas visited their son, JOHN HOMER WALLING and family.
Mr. and Mrs. LESTER WRAY, Mrs. MAUDELL WALLING, and Mrs. DORA HULLUM attended the Baptist workers’ meeting at Loco.
CARL WEATHERLY of Waurika visited JAMES PERRY PEALOR.
E. R. CHAFFIN of Ryan visited his daughter Miss DOROTHY.
Rev. and Mrs. CLAUDE RHODES, Mrs. W. F. RODGERS, and VIRGINIA PEALOR were in Duncan to visit Mrs. SPEED who is improving.
Little JAMES GAMBLE is in the Waurika hospital with pneumonia.
N. B. SMITH and family visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. R. L. SMITH at Union Valley.
Mrs. MORGAN GLENN of Ryan visited the EDDIE GAMBLE family.
Rev. W. I. ARMSTRONG, presiding elder of the Chickasha district, preached at the Methodist church.
R. L. ANDREWS and I. C. MCGINNIS had business at Chickasha.
C. VESSELS and family visited the CHESTER VESSELS family.
Mrs. GROVER STEWART of the Bellvue community and daughter Mrs. DICK CEPHUS of Comanche were guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. CEPHUS after they had visited relatives at Kilgore, Texas.
Miss LOIS PEACOCK of Union Valley visited Mrs. ELLA HILL and Mrs. LAURA HIGHTOWER.
Mr. and Mr. JOHN PRYOR and son and VIRGINIA PEALOR visited at Hastings.
HENRY COMBS of Duncan was a guest in the ROY PEALOR home.
JAMES PERRY PEALOR, CHESTER CLARK, LEROY CHAPMAN, and MAX GORDON ALLEN, with Prof. CLARK, made a bug hunting trip to Craterville for their biology class.
CHAP LOVING and family and Mrs. BELL of Henrietta, Texas were guests of the C. B. HODGES and ABNER HANCOCK families.
Mrs. J. E. FRISH entertained her Sunday school class Wednesday. Attending were TOMMIE HIGHTOWER, DOROTHY HILL, HALLIE SUE SPOON, JAMES LEE ROGERS, HARLAN IVY, CLARENCE RHODES, VIRGINIA PEALOR, EDITH GREER and OBERA CROW.
Mesdames A. A. CHALLY, PEARL HULLUM, THELMA ROGERS, ILA ROARK, PAULINE MCKINLEY, LINNIE ALLEN, ALMA MCGINNIS, LULU TROUT, LAURA HIGHTOWER, OLGA EDDLEMAN, IDA PEALOR, and I. C. MCGINNIS attended the Eastern Star school of instruction at Duncan.
CARL KIRBY renewed for the paper.
Mr. and Mrs. JIM GREEN and baby of Ryan visited here.
J. H. and D. W. MORGAN of Comanche, Mrs. DORA BOMLON form Weleetka, Mr. and Mrs. AUSTIE SMITH, and Mrs. LINNIE MUNDY of Fleetwood were guests of Mrs. THOMAS and daughter DOLLIE.
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. DAVIS and children of Ardmore, Mr. and Mrs. RAY SCOTT and children, and Mr. and Mrs. ELMO SCOTT of Union Valley were Sunday guests of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. WILL FANNIN.
Mrs. ROY WELTY of the Bellvue community visited Mrs. J. E. CEPHUS.
Expresses gratitude from the family of Dr. J. W. MCPHERSON from Mrs. J. W. MCPHERSON, Mrs. W. D. NEALE, Dr. and Mrs. W. D. MCPHERSON, Dr. and Mrs. V. L. MCPHERSON, Mr. and Mrs. ALLEN CRAIN, Miss ESSIE MCPHERSON, Mrs. E. J. MCGOULDRICK, B. G. MCPHERSON, GUY MCPHERSON, and LINDON MCPHERSON.

Obit
Dr. J. M. MCPHERSON, a pioneer physician and well loved person, died April 29, 1938 at his home in Terral. Funeral services were held at the Methodist church of Terral Saturday afternoon and were conducted by Rev. CLAUDE RHODES, pastor of the Terral Methodist church, assisted by Rev. G. A. ELROD, pastor of the Terral Baptist church. Pallbearers were J. P. PEALOR, L. G. HIGHTOWER, J. O. LINTON, BOB SMART, R. L.ANDRES and DOCK CAMPBELL. Dr. McPherson was born near Harrison, Arkansas March 4, 1860. He was married to Miss LAURA ANN LASTER of Harmony, Arkansas November 16, 1883 and to this union eight children were born, all of whom survive him: Mrs. W. B. NEALE of Crescent; Dr. W. H. MCPHERSON of Wynnewood; Dr. V. L. MCPHERSON of Dallas; Mrs. ALLAN CRAIN of Sasakwa; Miss ESSIE MCPHERSON of Casper, Wyoming; Mrs. E. J. MCGOULDRICK of Dallas; B. J. and GUY MCPHERSON of Alice, Texas. The children’s mother died December 18, 1925 and on March 4, 1928, he was united in marriage with Miss ROSA BERRY of Terral and they had a son LINDON BERRY. ..Dr. McPherson took his medical course at the School of Medicine at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. He began his practice of medicine at Wister, Indian Territory in 1898. For two years he was at Fanshaw, Indian Territory, and was located at Sasakwa, Oklahoma from 1902 to 1919. Then he moved to Corpus Christi, Texas, then returned here to practice medicine at Dillard, Grady and Oscar. In 1926 he moved to Terral where he was active in his profession until his last illness. He was a member of the Oklahoma State Medical Association and the Jefferson county Medical association of which he was president for one year. Dr. McPherson was a member of the Cumberland Presbyterian church. He was a widely read man, kindly and genial and will be sadly missed.
Terral School Notes
First Grade: We are glad to have VONNETTE WILLIAMS back in school after a long absence.
Second Grade: our tadpoles became frogs.
Third grade: CARROLL PHILLIPS, BEEY JO SCHWARTZ and CHARLES ALFORD gave talks.
Fourth Grade: Perfect spellers were A. C. GREER, FLOYD GUNTER, DOROTHY HILL, THOMAS HIGHTOWER, DOWE KIETH, LOYAL SEEDS, HALLIE SUE SPOON and JAMES WAGGONER.

Mrs. FRED PHARISS’ Father Died Monday
Mrs. FRED PHARISS of the Addington community was here Tuesday to take a bus or train from Waurika to Okemah where she had been called by the death of her father, CHARLES EVANS, who was making his home with another daughter, Mrs. IRENE GREGG of Okemah. Funeral services were held at McAlester afternoon with interment in the family lot there. Mr. Evans had lived most of his life in Jefferson County, a good deal of the time in the Mud Creek community. Several years ago he went to Okemah to make his home with Mrs. Gregg. He was 65 years old and well known in this county where he had pioneered.

Mrs. D. P. ZELLNER
…Mrs. D. P. ZELLNER died Sunday…Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at the Waurika Methodist church, conducted by Rev. W. A. ROACH and Rev. J. D CUNNINGHAM. JOHN CUNNINGTHAM sang “Lead Kindly Light.” Interment was at Waurika cemetery. EMMA ELIZABETH HARREL, the fourth child of J. C. and SARAH MOORE HARREL, was born at Montgomery, Alabama May 15, 1885 and her death was the first in the family circle of seven daughters and one son. The Harrel family came to Texas 44 years ago and located near Decatur where she grew to womanhood and was united in marriage July 31, 1904 to D. P. ZELLNER of Boyd, Texas. She and Mr. Zellner were the parents of eight children, two dying in infancy. With the exception of Miss VELMA ZELLNER who is at home, the surviving children are all married and there are five grandchildren. Mrs. Zellner was devoted to her home and children and the daughter and four sons were as close to her heart as those born to her. She is survived by her husband, Z. P. Zellner, Mr. and Mrs. OZELL ZELLNER and children, DON and DORIS; Mr. and Mrs. HUBERT WELCH and daughter YVONNE; Mr. and Mrs. JACK WEST and daughter PEGGY JUNE; Mr. and Mrs. ESTEL BARNETT and daughter CHARLENE; Mr. and Mrs. JULIUS LIVELY and VELMA. With the exception of Mr. and Mrs. West, who live at Wichita Falls, all the children live near home and made frequent visits. …By 1910, Mr. and Mrs. Zellner moved to Jefferson County and made their home in the Waurika community, living 14 years on the M. C. GROSECLOSE farm six miles south of town and for the past two years on one of the CAROLAND farms south and west of town. Mrs. ZELLNER was converted at Sand Hill, Texas in 1901…A short time ago she became ill and a surgical operation was advised.. a malignancy was discovered of proportions that the case was hopeless… Her going was so sudden the shock… to her six surviving sisters and one brother, Mrs. JEFF GOODGER, Mr. R. B. ETTER and Mrs. H. M. TOBIAS of Waurika; Mrs. RAY BURBANK of Pratt, Kansas; Mrs. WES BOYDSTUN of Hastings, Mrs. J. C. MCDOWELL and A. H. HARRELL of Phoenix, Arizona…

A.B. STANLEY
ARISTO BULUS STANLEY was born February 9, 1881 in Cash County, Texas near Queen City and passed away April 26, 1938 at the Waurika hospital after a long illness due to cancer. Funeral services were conducted from his home church at Riverview community Friday afternoon by Rev. RALPH A. HILL, pastor of the Waurika Baptist church and interment was at Sugden cemetery by the side of his son DERR who preceded him in death a year. A. B. STANLEY was the second son of ALAN and LOU STANLEY and lived with them in Cash County until he was 13 years when the family moved to Grayson County where he grew to manhood. From there he moved to Oklahoma with his parents, brothers and sisters. October 13, 1912, Mr. Stanley was united in marriage with Miss ELLA AMANDA BYBEE and to this union six children were born, one of whom, DERR, died a year ago. The surviving children are Mrs. EDITH QUALLS, FAYE, BRUCE, MIDA, and BILLIE. There is a little grandson, ROBERT DALE QUALLS, and three brothers, ALEC and MAYO, both at Comanche, and CECIL of Odessa, Texas; three sisters Mrs. BENTLEY EDWARDS of Hastings, Mrs. RUEY EDWARDS of Clemscott and Mrs. IVY TRESDELL of West Point, New York. Mr. Stanley was converted at Independence, later moving his membership to the Baptist church at Hastings. He was active in church affairs, having a regular part in Sunday school and in the song services where he will be sadly missed…

Few items January 1938 Waurika News Post

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The Waurika News Democrat
Waurika, Jefferson County, Oklahoma

Friday, January 7, 1938

Former Ringling Woman
Mrs. J. A. BROWN, age 33, a former resident of Ringling, was found dead in her car near her home in Chickasha Wednesday night of last week.

Home Destroyed by Fire
A fire caused from an oil stove in the kitchen completely destroyed the JOHN HODGE home with almost all contents in north part of town Sunday afternoon…Mr. and Mrs. JOHN HODGE and family and their son COLLIN and his family had just returned from church and Mrs. Hodge lit the oil stove to prepare dinner..

JOSEPH YEARLY
JOSEPH YEARLY, honored pioneer citizen of the Hastings community, passed away at his home in Hastings, December 29, after an illness of about two weeks. He had been in failing health for some time and his going was not unexpected. Funeral services were conducted from the Christian Church in Hastings Thursday, December 30, by the pastor, Rev. OSTERLOH. Interment was in Hastings Cemetery.

Mr. Yearly was born at New Canton, Illinois February 28, 1863. he was married July 8, 1894 to Miss MARY ELIZABETH BUSH and to this union seven children were born. One daughter ROSA died at age of six on October 13, 1914. Surviving relatives are his widow; four sons, JOHN and WALTER both of Hastings, GEORGE and JOE of Holtville, California, and two daughters, Mrs. WALTER TUPIN of Wilson and Mrs. O. B. DALE of Liberty, Missouri, and ten grandchildren. All the children were present at the time of his death except the sons who live in California.

In 1902 Mr. Yearly united with the Christian Church at Sugden and always took an active interest in church work. He also took an active interest in public matters, especially school matters. A faithful husband, a kind and loving father, and a friend of everyone who has passed on to his reward.

Texas Items
Quite a lot of moving was done in our vicinity. LOUIS DALE moved from the BRIDGES farm west of Waurika to the CLEMENTS farm in Madden Grove vicinity. GEORGE POWELL of near Comanche is moving to the VICKERS and CASSADY farms that he bought recently. T. A. CASSADY moved to Hastings where he bought a nice home and several town lots.
Miss NELLE RIDDLES of Hominy who spent the holidays with relatives here returned to her school work.
ARTHUR SANDERS hauled cattle to Oklahoma City market for C. W. BRANDON.
Mr. and Mrs. WARNER MOCK and children spent Sunday with his brother, Mr. and Mrs. G. M. MOCK and family near Addington.
CULLEN, youngest son of MR. and Mrs. R. C. HATCHER, who has typhoid, is improving. His mother is improving and gaining strength.
Mr. and Mrs. ROY BICKERSTAFF visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. BICKERSTAFF.
Mr. and Mrs. IVIN BRANTLEY visited his mother Mrs. F. H. BRANTLEY and brother WALTER and family.
Mr. and Mrs. BARNEY KENDRICK and Mrs. KENDRICK visited Mr. and Mrs. FLOYD DAUGHTERY.
Mrs. W. H. KING of Hastings and Mrs. W. H. CASSADY visited Mrs. R. C. HATCHER and family.
Mrs. O. E. HARLIN of Madden Grove visited Mrs. MARY BRANDON.
Miss RUTH SLOAN of the Beam vicinity visited here.
ALICE and BILLIE HARPER moved to the Madden Grove district.

Oscar Oiler
TOM EMBREE and family, who have residents of this community for many years, moved near Ryan last week. Mr. Embree will be missed because of his efforts to promote church and Sunday school.
CLAUDIA PEMBERTON of Ringling visited her cousins, SHERRIE WADE and LAWANNA EICHOR.
Mr. and Mrs. D. V. STONE had as guests his mother of Nocona and his sister, Mrs. NORRIS, of near Spanish Fort.
BOB SKINNER and family had as guests HOMER SKINNER of Wichita Falls and RUSH STALE of Pecos
BELVE RUTLEDGE and family of Burkburnett visited the home
of BERT DYE.
Miss ALMA FAYE STONE and father went to Nocona.
Mrs. EFFIE FAGAN of Ryan visited her sister Mrs. B. L. DYE.
Mr. and Mrs. BOWMAN and family visited his parents at Ponca City.
Mr. and Mrs. VOLNEY EMBREE and boys visited her parents Mr. and Mrs. FULLER near Bowie.
Mr. and Mrs. STEARMAN visited relatives at Meeker.
Mr. and Mrs. GEORGE FULLER and children visited her parents Mr. and Mrs. JOHN ESTES in Fleetwood.
Mrs. ROMINES and children visited her mother near Ringling.
Mr. and Mrs. BILL RUTLEDGE of Wichita Falls visited the ABE DYE home.
Mr. and Mrs. JOHNNIE LEONARD Jr. had as dinner guests Mr. and Mrs. THURMAN TATUM and BARBARA JEAN, Mr. and Mrs. BART BONDS and JIMMIE RAY, all of Nocona, and Mr. and Mrs. JESSE KILLIAN and KENNETH of Oscar.
Mrs. ABE DYE and children, Mrs. ELMER BENTON and MARY DELL visited Mrs. Dye’s mother, Mrs. MAY at Marlow.
Mr. and Mrs. B. F. SPENCER of Ringling visited Mr. and Mrs. P. D. SPENCER here.
HOMER SKINNER of Wichita is visiting his father BOB SKINNER.
Mr. and Mrs. A. B. CALVEY visited her family in Carnegie.
EUGENE CALVEY / CAIVEY visited his grandparents at Oklahoma City.
Mr. and Mrs. C. T. TOW and family visited relatives at Antlers.
Mr. and Mrs. GEORGE FULLER and family spent Christmas at Fleetwood.
DANIEL TOW of Alvord, Texas is visiting his uncle C. T. TOW.
Mrs. MARY ROMINES and family visited RICHARD HUDGINS near Grady Christmas.
Mr. and Mrs. JOHNNIE LEONARD and BILLIE DALE visited relatives at Nocona.
Mr. and Mrs. B. S. STEARMON and children visited relatives at Seminole, Meeker and Oklahoma City.
Mr. and Mr. BOYCE BAKER and boys returned from Watkins, California to make their home.
Mr. and Mrs. V. T. EMBREE and boys spent Christmas with her parents near Bowie.
Mr. and Mrs. LYNN PARKHILL of Wilson visited Spencer.
JOHN ESTIS / ESTES of Fleetwood visited the RULLERS(?) Sunday.
School News
3rth and 4th grades: Perfect attendance awards went to ROBERTA DYE, BILY DOUGLAS SPENCER, DELOIS SKINNER, EUGENEE CALVERY, MAXINE WARD, JAEMS ROMINES, BILLIE DEAN STEARMAN and BTOMMY EMBREE. We are glad to have BOBBY GENE BAKER as a new pupil.
Primary
MARTHA REBECCA ODOM, JUNIOR HOGGATT, and CECIL ROY TERRY are reading in new books now, this is their sixth reader this year. AUSTIN BAKER, GRACE ANNA HAYS, BETTY JANE SKINNER, and LILLIE ROMINES made a big improvement in arithmetic.

Mrs. JIM TERRY Dies
Mrs. RUTH THELMA TERRY of Oscar passed away December 18, 1937. Mrs. Terry had been ill for a month or so, and was 33 years 1 month 28 days old. She is survived by her mother, Mrs. WRIGHT, who lives in Houston, Texas; three brothers; her husband JIM TERRY of Oscar; two children, CECIL RAY age 6 and RUTH MARIE age 4; four stepchildren, WILLY, JAMES, J. T. , and MARIE. Mrs. Terry had lived in the Oscar community since 1932, previously living in Ryan. She was a member of the Baptist Church. Funeral services were held in the Oscar school auditorium with Rev. CLAUD GRANTHAM of Ryan officiating.

Antrim-Montandon
Miss FAYE MONTANDON, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. C. C. MONTANDON of Sulphur, became the bride of CECIL ANTRIM of Waurika, Saturday, January 1, 1938 in the home of the bride’s brother, CARLOS MONTANDON at Oscar. The ceremony was said by the bride’s father, Rev. C. C. MONTANDON, assisted by Rev. J. H. TAYLOR of Gouldbusk, Texas, grandfather of the bride. … The bride is a graduate of Waurika high school and attended Central State Teachers College at Edmond for the past two years…. Mr. Antrim is a graduate of Waurika high school and has been a student at Conners College the past 1 ½ years where he doing work in chemistry and botany and a member of the track team. Relatives and friends attending the wedding were: Rev. and Mrs. C. C. MONTANDON and family, CHARLES, GLENDORA, PATSY LOU and JAMES TAYLOR of Sulphur; Mr. and Mrs. HAROLD STIVERSON and son HAROLD DON of Oklahoma City; Rev. and Mrs. J. H. TAYLOR of Gouldbuske, Texas, accompanied by Miss MYRTLE THOMAS; HOMER ATRIM and wife, Mr. and Mrs. KEELE and Mrs. OSBORN and daughter of Waurika; Miss BETHEL HALLEY and Mr. and Mrs. CARLOS MONTANDON of Oscar.

Boy and Girl Scouts
AL CALVERY, scoutmaster, and Miss VERDA WELLER, girl scout captain, were successful in securing old toys that the scouts repaired and gave to the needy of the community.

Grady News
1st and 2nd Grades: Perfect attendance: WAUNELL ALLEN, IVA JEAN FARMER, HELEN RUTH PREWETT, MAXINE PREWETT, NADINE PREWETT, DON ROBERTS, BILLY FRANK SAPPINGTON, RUFFICE SMITH, JOY MEEX ALLEN, WINSTON DENNIS, DORIS HILL, PEGGY MCDONALD, HAROLD JOE ROBINSON, BOBBY LEE SMITH, WILBER TRIPP, DOROTHY WHATLEY. First graders making most stars in reading: BILLY FRANK SAPPINGTON, VUNAH MARIE MEYERS, LOYAL WHATLEY, MAXINE PREWETT, WAUNELL ALLEN, HELEN RUTH PREWETT, JOYCE PRESCOTT, IVA JEAN FARMER.
3rd and 4th Grades: TALL TOM received one dot this week; BILLY DOUGLAS OWEINGS and DUAYNAD HILL were absent after Christmas. The doctor and nurse this week are KENNETH ROBERTS and WANDA GILMORE. Making a perfect score in the Health Chart this week are OBRIE LEE EVANS and HELEN EVANS.
5th and 6th Grades: The superintendent HOWARD KING gave the first semester County tests. The three highest scores in fifth grade were ALMARIE GOLDEN, ALVIE AUSTIN and LOYCE MORGAN. The three highest in 6th grade were PATTY JEAN GANN, MAXINE RICH and EARL RICHARDSON.
7th and 8th Grades: The highest County semester tests in 7th grade: VIRGINIA CRANFILL, MYRLE RICHARDSON, CHARLES GRIFFIN. In 8th grade: ELLEN RICH, CONRAD RICH and CLETIOUS HILL.

Cornish Gleanings by W. C. HOGAN
Mr. and Mrs. W. P. EARLS of Cornish treated relatives and friends to Christmas dinner. Attending were Mr. and Mrs. F. A. WILLIAMS, Mr. and Mr. LEE WILLIAMS and family of Stonewall, Mr. and Mrs. ROE WILLIAMS and children of Kilgore, Texas, Mrs. CORDIE WILLIAMS and children of Healdton, Mr. and Mrs. K. JOHN WILLIAMS and children, Mr. and Mrs. O. T. TARR and children, who furnished a good part of the music, Mr. and Mrs. CUREL ANDERSON, Mr. and Mrs. ED KEY and son, Mrs. NOLA STEWART and daughter.
Mr. and Mrs. C. C. STROUD entertained the following relatives at Christmas: the CECIL STROUD family, the BUCK STROUD family, the EVERET DOSS family, the BERT DILLEN, Mrs. IRENE PORTER and daughter PATRICIA PORTER, Mrs. CAL DAVIS, the CLAUD ROBERT family, DWIGHT BELL of Ardmore, Mrs. J. KELLEY and LON JOHNSON of Duncan, the BILL LANTZ family of Pampa, the EARL BLEVINS family of Perry, Mr. and Mrs. ELMER DILLON and son of Loco, WILLARD HARRIS of Oklahoma City, Mrs. ELLA CEDELL and Mrs. ARTV HENDRSON of Long Beach, California.
SAM W. LAYTON
SAM W. LAYTON died at the Children’s Home in Cornish Sunday afternoon. He had been an invalid for more than eight years. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at 4:00. Interment was in the Denison, Texas cemetery Monday. The surviving relatives are his wife, Mrs. MATTIE LAYTON, and one daughter Miss BERTHA RUTH LATYON; three brothers, two present at his death, ROBERT LAYTON and JOHN LAYTON. Mr. and Mrs. B. F. ODOM, Mrs. Layton’s parents from Whitesboro, Texas, were present. The funeral here was conducted by Rev. MANN of the Methodist church. Other relatives were here from Texas.

Friday, January 14, 1938

Think Forgotten Grave Is Located
Several families in Waurika have been interested in a tree trunk which was cut down on the JOHN POOL acreage near town, the wood from which was purchased by D. P. STURGEON. An oak tree about two feet through was cut down and the trunk split, exposing a smooth surface with the letters W. B. N. C. 1898-1870 burned in. … likely used as a grave marker. Mr. Sturgeon plans to have the tree stump taken and out and careful digging below it to exhume…

First Baby Born
Jefferson County’s first 1938 baby was remembered with gifts from the Capehart Variety Store… given to SYTHA JANET STONE born January 3 to Mr. and Mrs. OLEN STONE.

Dr. R. B. NALL
Mrs. FANNIE NALL, Miss LILLYE MAE and HENRY NALL spent Tuesday in Sherman, Texas where their brother-in-law and uncle, Dr. R. B. NALL died. Dr. Nall was 69 years and died as a result of a paralytic stroke after 10 days. Funeral services were held Tuesday… man who had lived in Sherman 47 years… Dr. Nall is survived by Mrs. Nall and a little six year adopted daughter. They had reared the child’s father after his parents had died, and when he lost his wife, the little baby was left and they adopted her. She and her father are part of many children who have known Dr. and Mrs. Nall as their only parents. ..

W. E. ‘BILL’ KNIGHT
W. E. Knight, known as Bill, died at the Waurika hospital Monday, January 10 after a lingering illness of cancer. Mr. Knight had been a patient at the hospital for the past six months. Funeral services were conducted from the Waurika Chapel Tuesday, January 11 by Rev. G. LYLE SMITH, assisted by Rev. RALPH A. HILL. Interment was in Waurika cemetery. Mr. Knight was born November 25, 1870 and died January 10, 1958, age 67 years. He had been a resident of Jefferson County since statehood, settling on a farm about five miles southwest of town which he still owned at the time of his death. He is survived by two sisters, Mrs. E. C. PACE of Clovis, New Mexico and Mrs. WILL KNIGHT of Waurika, Mr. Knight is a cousin of the deceased. Both sisters attended the funeral.

Local
LILLIS HEATH, who has been with the local SAMPLES Dry Goods Store for six years, will leave for Healdton where he will be associated with H. P. SAMPLES in the Samples Dry Goods Store in Healdton.
Mrs. C. E. KENNEY, who with Mr. Kenney and their little daughter, lives seven miles east of Waurika was in this office and states they are here for a year’s stay as her husband is now a member of the U. S. Navy reserve after spending 20 years in the Navy. Of course with the situation in China as it is, a recall may come for Mr. Kenney.
Mr. and Mrs. P. W. DENNEY, accompanied by their son-in-law, TOMMY KIER, left for Rio Grande Valley to spend the winter on their acreage near Mission, Texas.
Mr. and Mrs. CHESTER ROBINSON, who have lived here at various times, are back. Chester is with CHARLES MCBRIDE in his barber shop.
Mrs. L. E. THOMPSON of Ryan spent the holidays with her daughter Mrs. MAX WARD and Mr. Ward, their son JIMMY in Oklahoma City.
Mr. and Mrs. GUY SEWARD of Duncan were here and were accompanied home by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. P. MORGAN. Mrs. Morgan is ill with flu and Mr. Morgan is blind, so the children decided it was not best for them to be left alone.
Mr. and Mrs. HOWARD CAIN and daughter LEW STEED moved from the J. P. MORGAN Apartments to apartments at the A. L. DUNKIN home on South Main.
Miss MINNIE TEAGUE, who left here Christmas week for Pueblo, Colorado to spend some time with relatives, but was called there by the illness of her sister, MR. WILLIE PARKS.
W. O. WEAVER of Long Beach, son of Mr. and Mrs. N. E. WEAVER, underwent a serious operation.
Mrs. ANNIE SIMMONS subscribed the paper to be sent to her daughter Mrs. C. A. MARCUS at Guthrie.
Mrs. BARNEY FULTON and her baby son have been sick. STEVE CHANDLER is also sick. The father and grandfather, T. N. CHANDLER, has been confined to his bed, it has been a strenuous time at the Chandler-Fulton home. Mrs. PAULINE WRIGHT, who has been with the family for several months as nurse, was also taken sick and went home.
Mr. and Mr. H. N. TOBIAS are rejoicing since her son, VAYDEN WRIGHT, is taking a course in mechanical engineering in Oklahoma City. Vayden has been with the CCC camp at Duncan, now transferred to the Yukon camp.
Mr. and Mrs. M. T. WIGLEY and son DON MELVIN of Edmond visited her mother, Mrs. PEARL HOPSON. They were accompanied by her brother, ORVILLE HOPSON, who is recovering from a six months illness due to an automobile accident last July.

Golden Wedding Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. J. P. MORGAN celebrated their golden wedding anniversary… Miss STELLA GARNER, daughter of Rev. and Mrs. JOHN GARNER, was united in marriage with J. P. MORGAN at the home of the bride’s parents at Denison, Texas on January 11, 1888. … in 1908 the Morgans came to Waurika. Mr. Morgan was employed by the Rock Island RR until 1927 when his eyesight was impaired so he retired. They are the parents of five children, JOHN of El Reno, MATIE, Mrs. JBILL FOWLER of Bartlesville, PHIL of Holbrook, Arizona, LAWRENCE of Waurika, and Mrs. GUY SEWARD of Duncan. They have six grandchildren. DOROTHY ANN and JANE MORGAN are the only two living here. (one column long article)

Addington News by ALBERT NUTTER
Mrs. JOHN H. WALTON
Mrs. EVA MAE WALTON passed on to her reward Saturday, another of Addington’s pioneers. Mrs. Walton was born in Missouri October 10, 1864 and passed away at the family home in Addington January 8, 1938, being 73 years old. She married JOHN H. WALTON 59 years ago in 1878 and to this union ten children were born, all surviving. They are LEE WALTON and Mrs. BERTHA TREECE of Duncan, Mrs. CLEO GAITHER and Mrs. DORA VINSON of Hale Center, Texas, K. H. and OTIS WALTON of Henderson, Texas, ESSIE AHLEA of Oklahoma City, Mrs. GERTRUDE HINSON of Lawton, Mrs. ARTHUR MATTHEWS and Mrs. MARY MCCORMICK of Burkburnett, Texas. There is a step-daughter Mrs. L. L. CLEMMER in Mississippi and her daughter adopted daughter KATHLEEN, Besides mothering her own family, Mrs. Walton raised four orphans…. Funeral services were held from a funeral home at Duncan with interment at Duncan cemetery… There are also about 50 grandchildren.

Cornish Gleanings by W. C. Hogan
SAMUEL W. LAYTON
SAMUEL W. LAYTON, husband of the matron at the Cornish Children’s Home, died Sunday afternoon, January 2, 1938 after an illness of 11 years. He was born at Carthage, Illinois Dec. 17, 1881 and later moved to Callisburg in Cooke County, Texas where he spent the greater part of his life. In 1918 Mr. Layton moved to Denison, Texas where he was in the grocery business until his health failed. He came to Ringling three years ago. He as a member of the M. E. Church at Denison for 17 years… Funeral services were held at 4:00 Sunday afternoon at the Children’s Home. Rev. C. P. D. MANN and Mrs. N. ALLRED had charge of the services. Interment was at Callisburg, Texas Monday afternoon. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. MATTIE LAYTON, a daughter Miss BERTHA RUTH LAYTON of Cornish; four brothers, CHARLES LAYTON of Kansas City, Missouri, J. G. LAYTON of Denison, Texas, ROBERT L. LAYTON of Whitesboro, Texas, WALTER S. LAYTON of Amarillo, Texas, and one sister Mrs. FANNIE HARRIS of Bisbee, Arizona.

Hastings Items by Mrs. EARL W. STEPHENS
Mrs. IVA FOSTER and brother JACKY RAY were called to Clemscott to attend their little niece’s funeral.
FRED BALDWIN and GEORGE COLLINS drove to Guthrie Monday to attend the latter’s brother’s funeral.

News from Terral by Mrs. J. H. PEALOR
Mr. and Mrs. BILL SEEDS mourn the death of their eight months old baby son who passed away Tuesday with pneumonia.

Friday, January 21, 1938

C. S. STORMS Called by Death of Relative
C. S. STORMS was called to Platte City, Missouri Saturday by the death of his brother-in-law, Dr. E. L. DUDGEON, who had been ill for several weeks with a lung infection that developed into pneumonia. Funeral services were conducted at the family home Monday afternoon by Rev. WILES of Springfield, Missouri, former pastor. Mrs. DUDGEON will be remembered as Miss MABEL STORMS who taught in the Irving school in Waurika in 1908 and 1909. She and Dr. Dudgeon visited her brother and family two years ago.

Youth Killed
The body of MANSELL MORGAN, age 19 of Temple, was found beneath a wrecked truck Saturday morning on a desolate spot about four miles north of Hastings and the boy later died in a Duncan hospital from injuries and exposure. It is reported that Morgan had asked for a ride from AARON NORMAN to Johnson’s Corner east of Temple and while Norman was in a store buying supplies, Morgan took the wheel and sped out of town, going toward Walters. .. Funeral was held at Temple.

Dewey Stone’s Mother Died
A message was received here Saturday night that Mrs. WILLIAM E. STONE, age 80, mother of DEWEY STONE here, had died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. NORA GLOVER, at Ada after an illness of several months due to old age and complications. Funeral services were held at the Criswell Funeral Home at Ada Sunday afternoon with interment in the Ada cemetery by the side of her husband who preceded her in death nearly four years.

DILLA LEWIS was born at Camden, Arkansas where she grew to young womanhood and was married to WILLIAM E. STONE more than a half century ago. A good many years ago the family came to Oklahoma and settled near Pauls Valley where they lived for years. Eventually Mr. and Mrs. Stone came to Waurika to be near their son DEWEY STONE, but after six years, they became dissatisfied, never liked the prairie country, and preferred some place with timber. They moved to Ada. Mr. and Mrs. Stone were the parents of nine children, two girls and three boys surviving. They are: Mrs. CORA TAYLOR of Walters, Mrs. GLOVER of Ada, ROY of Madill, WILLIAM J. of Stillwater and DEWEY of Waurika. There are many grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren. Mrs. Stone converted and joined the Christian Church when a young girl.

Ruth Ella Bacon in Hollywood
Mrs. J. H. DEES gives the news that her sister, RUTH ELLA BACON, finished her first picture in Hollywood, “Springtime in the Rockies” with Gene Autrey. She has a singing and speaking part. Miss Bacon is a native of Tillman County at Davidson and has been in Hollywood only since last March. ..

Addington Man Dies on Trip to City
T. H. DIMERY of Addington was stricken with a heart attack Monday at Oklahoma City and died in a short time. Mr. Dimery with his son JOE and his sisters Mrs. JENNIE EVANS and Miss DELIA DIMERY of Duncan, was in Oklahoma City attending a Farmers Union meeting when he became ill and rushed to a hospital…. Funeral services were Wednesday afternoon at the Baptist Church in Addington. Services were in charge of Rev. PRESTRINGE, Rev. WARD of Duncan, Rev. STEWART DICKEY, each of whom had known Mr. Dimery. Interment was in the Duncan cemetery.

THOMAS HENRY DIMERY was born October 17, 1875 at Beaver Crossing, Nebraska where he grew to manhood and was married to Miss MARIE LIEBHART September 10, 1902. To them was born one son, JOSEPH WILLARD. The family lived at Beaver Crossing until September 1917 when they moved to Addington. While there Mr. Dimery engaged in various business enterprises. He was converted March 24, 1938 at the first revival meeting Rev. PRESTRIDGE held in Addington and united with the Baptist Church…. Mr. Dimery leaves his immediate family, Mrs. Dimery, their son JOE and his wife, two sisters, Mrs. JENNIE EVANS and Miss DELLA DIMERY, two brothers, J. T. DIMERY of Beaver Crossing, Nebraska, W. M. DIMERY of Sidney, Nebraska; a niece, Miss JANE DIMERY of Sidney; two nephews, C. F. DIMERY of Beaver Crossing and V. T. DIMERY of Addington.

County Officers Assist in Capture of Alleged Murderer
Sheriff BOB BERRY and under sheriff CURT GARDNER were instrumental in helping solve a baffling Oklahoma City robbery and slaying case when they assisted BILL EADS, homicide deputy of the Oklahoma County Sheriff’s force, locate the slayer of D. L. MARTIN, Oklahoma City café operator. Martin was slugged and robbed of about $125 Wednesday night of last week when he closed his café on north Harvey Ave. He stumbled into a café in another part of town the next morning and died in an Oklahoma City hospital…

Officers BERRY and GARDNER, accompanied by EADS, went to the home of W. J. JAMES nine miles northwest of Waurika and learned the wife of the alleged slayer had received a card from him but it was torn up. It was this tip that led to the arrests of A. C. ACRE at Russell Springs, Kentucky. Mrs. Acree is a granddaughter of W. J. JAMES… Acree is an automobile mechanic but had never worked in Waurika. Acree’s father lives at Russell Springs and he was driving the car taken from Martin in the robbery…

Local
Mrs. R. M. HUNDLEY received a message the first of the week about the death of her oldest sister, Mrs. E. M. CRUMP, at Los Angeles, California. The body was shipped to Potst City, Texas for burial Wednesday and Mr. and Mrs. HUNDLEY left to attend the funeral and burial at Post City.

Mr. and Mrs. L. H. STOWE and younger children LESLIE EDWARD and LINDA have moved to their farm near Waurika. They rented their home, furnished, to Mr. and Mrs. J. H. DEES.

C. A. PACE and daughters Misses RUBY CAROLYN and DORIS of St. Vrain, New Mexico and Mr. and Mrs. C. O. PACE of Hobbs, N. M. were called here for the funeral of W. E. KNIGHT. The Paces were guests of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. WILKES KING.

W. E. ‘BILL’ KNIGHT
WILLIAM ENOCH KNIGHT was one of Oklahoma’s pioneers. He was born November 25 (no year given) at Auburn, Texas and died in the Waurika Hospital January 10, 1938. He lived with his parents at Ellis, Jack, and Young counties in Texas during his earlier childhood. At age of three, death claimed his father. He, his mother and baby sister made their home with his uncle until her mother married HOWARD KENNEDY. When Bill was 18, the family moved to Sugden, Indian Territory. Here Bill earned his first wages horse wrangling for the Suggs Brothers ranch. For 9 years he worked on the ranch and developed his love for music by singing with the other cowhands at roundups and other times. The Cherokee Strip opened for claims in 1889, Bill and his stepfather were among those who ran for homesteads, locating near Union City. Here Bill helped till the soil that provided most of the food for his parents and five sisters and later he plowed extra deep furrows for a sod house which was built. Indian neighbors liked Bill and he developed a great comradeship with them, hunting and fishing together…

The family moved to what is now Jefferson county and lived east of Waurika before the town was established. Bill helped drive the stakes for the commissary, which was established in a tent and held the food supplies for the men engaged in town lot drawing and sale. In 1900 many people registered for claims and Bill was among the lucky ones, drawing a claim 5 miles west and 1 mile south of Waurika. The first house was a half dugout. The same year Bill’s parents filed on an adjoining claim and they began farming together, lasting for 19 year, then his parents moved to Waurika. For the past eight years his sister Mrs. HATTIE KNIGHT and family lived with Bill. For three years he was afflicted with cancer…

Bill was laid to rest in Waurika cemetery beside his parents. He is survived by two sisters, Mrs. KNIGHT, and Mrs. C. A. PACE of Clovis, New Mexico, and many nieces and nephews.

Cornish Gleanings by W. C. Hogan
Mrs. LELA MCKAY
Mrs. LELA MCKAY, wife of ED MCKAY, died at her home in Cornish Wednesday of last week. She had been in ill health for several years afflicted with asthma but passed away suddenly after lying down to rest in the afternoon. Funeral services were held at the home Thursday conducted by Rev. C. O. BIGBIE of the Baptist Church at Ringling and interment was in the Cornish cemetery. Mrs. McKay professed religion and joined the Baptist church in early life and was a faithful worker more than 50 years. She was nearing her 67th birthday. Surviving are her husband; four sons, JOHN, JACK, GUY and DEXTER MCKAY; five daughters, OLA, Mrs. LORICE KING, Mrs. NOLA STEWART, Mrs. LORINE LAYTON, all of Cornish, Mrs. LILLIAN LAIRD of Eldorado, Texas, one sister Mrs. CHOCK WOOSLEY of Chickasha.

Society News
Family Gathering
There was a big family gathering Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. ALVIN THOMPSON in the Irving community, when all the children and grandchildren were back under the roof, Mr. and Mrs. A. K. THOMPSON, Mr. and Mrs. OTHO THOMPSON and daughter CAMILLE, Mr. and Mrs. EARL THOMPSON and son A. K, all of Hastings; Mr. and Mrs. LEWIS FOSTER and sons ROBERT LEWIS and DONALD WAYNE, Mr. and Mrs. TED ALFORD and son KENNETH of Waurika.

A prenuptial shower was given to Miss BONNIE FAYE YODER of Whiteface, Texas who will married SAM DIAL of Lubbock, Texas on February 1.

A post nuptial shower was given to Mrs. JIMMIE BYRD, nee Miss LILLIE TALLANT, at home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. D. TALLANT.

Thursday evening at the home of the groom’s niece, Mrs. L.J. TRIPP, GEROGE C. TURNER of Fort Sumter, New Mexico and Mrs. RUBY FISHER of Ardmore were married. Mr. Turner came to Waurika via Ardmore where he was joined by Mrs. Fisher and they came to the ranch home of his brother, P. B. TURNER near Claypool… Mrs. Turner is a sister of Mrs. JOE WILLIAMS of Duncan, who formerly lived here and made her home in Ardmore for some year. Mr. Turner has lived in the Pecos Valley for a number of years.

Hastings News by Mrs. EARL W. STEPHENS
Miss FRANKIE FITZGERALD returned from Comanche where she served as an attendant when her aunt THETA DEEDS became the bride of JESSE DURRETT Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. C. M. GOIN and daughter GLADYS drove to Comanche to visit her brothers, JAMES and LUTHER FITZGERALD. Miss Gladys remained to visit her cousin ANITA LEE DEEDS.
Mrs. Earl W. Stephens and mother was called to Wilson Wednesday by the death of her uncle and brother-in-law, Dr. A. B. DAVIS.

News from Ryan
Miss BERNICE KARR, daughter of Mrs. SADIE KARR, and O. B. GARRISON, son of ROY GARRISON of Ryan, were united in marriage at the Ryan Methodist Church January 14. They are both 1937 graduates of Ryan high school.
Mrs. M. S. CHAFFIN announced the wedding of her son CLYDE CHAFFIN to Miss DORIS FRENSLEY at Ardmore October 17. Clyde is employed at Harvey Brothers Funeral Home and had been employed by Grantham Funeral Home for several years here.
Mr. and Mrs. A. J. ALLEN are the proud parents of twins, born January 17, first twins of 1938 in Ryan.

Mountain Home West
Pupils new since January 1 are DOROTHY, TEX, ARCHIE, and BETTY JO SPENCE, MAXINE HALE, NICH BOZARTH, MILDRED and LORENZ BRIDGES and RICHARD and RUSSELL.
We are sorry to have the following move from our community, Mr. and Mrs. CECIL CHANDLER and son, Mr. YOUNG and children, Mr. and Mrs. BERN BOYDSTUN and children.
We welcome the following to the community: Mr. and Mrs. FLOYD BRIDGES and family who moved to the HADDOCK farm; Mr. and Mrs. T. Y. SPENCE and family who are on the J. A. MORLEY farm, and Mrs. and Mrs. R. W. HALE and family who are on the Boydstun farm.
GRACIE LEE BOZARTH visited BETH EVANS.
Mr. and Mrs. R. W. RUSSELL and son RICHARD of Bogota, Texas visited her parents Mr. and Mrs. W. A. RANDOLPH.
Mrs. CHARLES CONWAY and daughter BEATRICE returned from visited her mother at Ardmore.
Mr. and Mrs. JOHN HOGGATT and JOHN Jr. visited her mother Mrs. TAYLOR at Temple.
RALPH OWENS of Fort Sill visited his aunt Mrs. FRANK DIXON.
FRANKIE LEE DIXON visited NINA RAGAN.
Mr. and Mrs. BERT EVANS and family visited Mrs. HERBERT EVANS at Hastings.
PERRY CHANDLER of the Duncan CCC camp visited his parents Mr. and Mrs. FATE CHANDLER.
Pupils neither absent nor tardy for the past six weeks are DOYLE, TROY, ROBERT and LILLIA VEE ROWE, JESSE DERRYBERRY, QUAY CONWAY, JOHN HOGGART Jr., BETH EVANS, NINA RAYAN, and GRACIE LEE BOZARTH.
HOWARD BOZARTH of the Luggard CCC camp visited his parents Mr. and Mrs. DEE BOZARTH.

Chapel Hill
Mr. and Mrs. JONES went to Duncan.
The infant daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. DAVID CLAYTON January 8 died Wednesday, January 12 and was laid to rest in the Addington cemetery.
Mrs. MATTIE CURTIS and Mrs. OWENS visited Mrs. WEBB.
Mrs. FLORENCE HARPER, Mrs. W. T. TIDWELL, and granddaughter KOLETA VON MOORE of Waurika visited Mr. and Mrs. L. C. BROOKS.
Mr. and Mrs. K. T. RICHARDSON, Mr. and Mrs. VERNON MCNABB, Mrs. ELLA RICHARDSON and son, and Miss ALICE THOMPSON visited Mr. and Mrs. SAM THOMPSON and family.
Mr. and Mrs. CHARLEY HOUSTON and Mrs. C. D. CLAYTON of Comanche visited Mr. and Mrs. JOHN CLAYTON and family.
Mr. and Mrs. WILL ISENBERG and Mrs. SARAH MCKELROY of the Madden Grove community visited Mr. and Mrs. A. L. MCKELROY.
Mr. and Mrs. ALVA CURTIS and children visited Mr. and Mrs. HUTCHINSON.
Mr. and Mrs. A. K. GILLIAM visited Mr. and Mrs. BURGER.
Mr. and Mrs. L. C. BROOKS went to Waurika.
The Ladies Home Demonstration Club will meet with Mrs. W. C. LONDON.
Mr. and Mrs. W. MCKELROY and children of Waurika visited Mr. and Mrs. A. L. MCKELROY.
School Notes
ARNLEY STROUD and FRANCES ROBINSON missed school due to illness. Miss BOLLINGER met with the 4-H Club. Mr. RILING, rural school supervisor and Mr. King visited our school.

Union Valley
Commerce High School: Everyone is trying for the required speed of 15 words. JAMES MCCREDIE stepped far ahead with 53 words, the next highest EUGENE NASH with 39 words. EUGENE NASH has the perfect score of 95, then EVA ENGLISH with 94 points then IMOGENE WILLARD with 87 points.
Improvements were made in the school building, including two new rooms, one for manual training and one for home economics.
School lunch: Our school lunch program is progressing nicely with 150 pupils eating each day. Each pupil brings a potato, onion or a small piece of meat each week, and with what we get from the Welfare Board, is plenty for everyone. Each pupil is served a hot dish (beans or bean soup or tomato soup), and a cup of cocoa. The ladies of the community help cook.
8th Grade: The state semester examinations were given. We averaged 57 points, the state norm is 52 points. GARNETT REYNOLDS and MARIE DAVIDS scored highest, 75 each.
6th and 7th Grades: Neither absent nor tardy for the semester: MAXINE SMART, BILLY MILLER, QUINNAN PEACOCK. New students in the 7th: NELL SUE MCKINLEY and MARY JO BAKER. Perfect attendance for the six weeks: BILLY MILLER, QUINNAN PEACOCK, BETTY LEE CARMON, MAXINE SMART, JOYCE BETH WATTS. DAVIE WALDRUM made the highest grade in the 7th grade test. JOYCE BETH WATTS and CHARLES REYNOLDS tied for high score in the 6th. NILA BUSSEY and MARY LOIS COTTRELL tied for high score in six weeks spelling, average 98.
4th and 5th Grades: Perfect attendance this week; BOBBIE, LA VANA, BETTY, ROBERT, ELMER, PANSY, LOREINE, PAUL, MARTIN, ALDENE, ROY, NELLIE RUTH, BESSIE, WAUKERA, OPAL, and MYRTLE ANN. On the Huff tests given this week, MYRTLE ANN made high score for the 5th and ROBERT and MARGARET tied for the 4th.
3rd and 4th Grades: Highest score on the semester exams: CARL NEWEM, RAYMOND SHELTON, CLARA NELL BURGIN, DAVID BAKER in 3rd; ZIONETTE WILLIAMS, VON WATTS, MIRA MAE SHOFFNER and HARVEY TINDOL in 4th. Perfect attendance for semester: CLARA NELLE BURGIN, ELWANDA JO THOMAS. For the chapel program next week, the play “Mollie Meets the Unwiseman,” CLARA NELLE, TRESSA DOYLE, CARL, VON, COY and ELWANDA JO will have a part in the play. Visiting this week were Mr. GOODGION, Mrs. SUSSEY and Mrs. GLEN MORGAN.
2nd Grade: Highest semester reading scores: COLLEEN, BILLY FRANK and NORMAN. In arithmetic, AMY JO and PRESTON made perfect scores. Perfect spellers this week: AMY JO, QUIDA, MARY MAY, TUNNEY, JUNIOR, BILLY FRANK, LESTER, JOE BAILY, HATTIE DALE, and GARLAND.
Primary: Showing improvement in writing: PEGGY SIMS, MOZELLE BRYANT, JAMES GAMBLE, FLOYD NICHOLS, JED WILLARD, J. W. CRAWFORD, JOE DURRETT, PATSY RITCHIE, BONNYIE WATTS, and OLEN THOMAS. In nature study, we have birds of Oklahoma and collecting bird nests. MOZELLE BRYANT brought a yellow warbler’s nest.

Friday, January 28, 1938

ARTHUR GRUNDY became owner of the Tribby Drug Store in Healdton and will move his family there. The Grundys have been in Waurika for 10 years.

PAT WATTS, who has been at Miami and Ruby, Arizona for several years except college during the past two years, came home Wednesday and will enter the university at Norman. He worked the first semester in the copper mines at Ruby, missing much of the school year. Ruby is a new town and a former Waurikan, CLAUDE PARKER, is the mayor, married with a charming wife and two little sons. Pat’s brother, ROBERT, is assistant superintendent of the Miami mines. … After a visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. B. WATTS, he will go to Norman.

W. D. MCINTYRE of Addington was painfully injured Sunday night on the highway at Addington when he was knocked down by a car driven by J. R. BACHAM of Wichita Falls. Mr. Bacham stopped and rendered every assistance possible.

Mr. and Mrs. LEON MCEACHERN of Comanche have a new baby daughter born Sunday in the Waurika hospital, first baby of their family.
Mrs. R. E. SCHOOLFIELD of Wichita Falls visited her niece, Mrs. DAVID WRAY, last week. Mrs. Schoolfield had a heart ailment and this is first visit in three years.
JOHN BARGENHOLT of Creston, Iowa, who had spent much time in California, especially at Tulare where he knew MOLEN LONDON, was here to visit Molen’s brother, JAMES LONDON. He also called on Mrs. O. E. HEACOCK as he is a friend of her brother-in-law, W. R. GOODMAN of Greenfield and A. E. BROWN of Fontanelle.
Mr. and Mr. FRANK HUFFMAN, after living in town for some years, moved to the country last week, now living on the J. D. HUFFMAN farm, which was owned, until his death, by Frank’s father. Mr. and Mrs. Huffman started their married life on this farm and lived there for 11 years. Now with the children grown and gone, except daughter FAYE, they are back where they started.
TERRENCE FRANK MAUPIN was born January 20 to Dr. and Mrs. CLINTON MAUPIN, with Dr. and Mrs. C. M. MAUPIN as grandparents.
Dr. and Mrs. M. A. NASH of Chickasha have a fine eight pound baby boy born Saturday.

Ryan
Friends in Ryan received the message Friday of the death of Mrs. JIM CURRY at Duncan. Mrs. Curry was accompanying her son LILLARD home from Norman where he is in college, when a big truck collided with her car and killed her instantly. Lillard was injured. Mrs. Curry was a resident of Ryan for some years, then moved to Duncan where Mr. Curry is part-owner of the Curry-Stover Ponitac Co. She is the mother-in-law of LEWIS YOUNG, son of Mr. and Mrs. JOE YOUNG of Ryan.

Claypool Community
Photo of three winning horses from the Ogle Farms: GEORGE OGLE with Merrily On, RALPH EMIC with Patch Pockets, and DOC OGLE with Infodox.
Photos and short bios about 4 members of the Claypool 4-H Club: LORENE STOWE, PEGGY GURNER, MARY JO ANDERSON, CLAUDE TURNER Jr.

Hastings Items by Mrs. Earl W. Stephens
SHORTY KOHLER took NORMAN FREEMAN to Ardmore to the Naval recruiting officer. He is now on his way to the naval base at San Diego, California.
Mrs. RED HILL, who died at the Waurika hospital Thursday morning of last week, was buried in the Hastings cemetery Friday afternoon. Funeral services were conducted at the Church of Christ by Elder OSTELLAH.
E. E. BEEBE returned to Imperial, California after visiting his brother, L. C. BEEBE here.
Mrs. O. O. SNIPES entertained her mother, Mrs. J. A. MARLEY, and sisters Mrs. FRANK ELKINS of Waurika, Mrs. JOHN HENRY PRICE of Addington, and Mrs. JAY CALHOUN of Kingfisher.
Pioneer 90 Years Old
On Tuesday of last week, January 18, Dr. E. C. WHITCOMB celebrated his 90th birthday (96 is also given as his age) and to honor him, his niece, Mr. NELLIE LANDES, who makes her home there, assisted by Mrs. CLAUDE EMERSON, prepared a real birthday dinner and invited friends and relatives. His daughter, Mrs. MABLE CALKINS of Onieda, Illinois, and her son JUDSON CALKINS of Chicago, Rev. and Mrs. O. T.THOMAS, Mr. and Mrs. GEORGE MITCHELL, Mr. and Mrs. H. G VALEAU, Mr. and Mrs. COLLINS HODGE of Irving, and Mr. and Mrs. CLAUDE EMERSON.

Few items May 20, 1938 Waurika News Democrat

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The Waurika News-Democrat
Waurika, Jefferson Co., Oklahoma

Friday, May 20, 1938

Cornish Gleanings by W. C. HOGAN
Mrs. JOHN MEANS
Mrs. LAURA MEANS, widow of the late JOHN MEANS, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. ERENST PRUITT in the East Mountain Home community early Thursday morning of last week after suffering a month from paralysis. Funeral and interment were in Rock cemetery Friday. Mrs. Means is survived by three sons and two daughters: CRUCE and CHAMP MEANS of Orr, BAILEY MEANS of Healdton, Mrs. ERNEST PRUITT of East Mountain Home district and Miss MARGARET MEAN of Garber. Mrs. Means was well and favorably known throughout this part of the country and will be sadly missed by her children and friends.

R. C. LESLIE accepted a position with an undertaking concern at Weatherford and moved there last week with his family from Ringling.

Senior Class Night
Tuesday evening of last week was class night for the seniors of the high school and as they passed through the portals, they hand their key to the Junior Warden BEN J. CAGLE. ‘The dust comes floating by’ was presented by MARIE HAMM; the salutation was given by GRACE V. ALKIRE; ‘Pan’ by JOE SHELINGBERGER; BILL ROCHE was the class pessimist; JOE HARPER historian; JAMES FITZPATRICK, lawyer; MARIE LONGEST as spinner of dreams; JOAN EAKIN as muse; MARY MERKLE STEELE was goddess of wisdom; MARY ACREE as historian; “The old apple tree’ was presented by Mary Hamm. THEO COLSON was valedictorian.

OTIS COGDILL and DOCK LANCE were in Texas on business.
Mrs. MYRTLE CLINE’S music pupils gave a short program at the Rotary Club at the Fish Hotel. ED GARNER reported on the Rotary convention held at Stillwater.
Mr. and Mrs. MIKE BAILOR and children of Dundee visited her mother, Mrs. EMMA UNDERWOOD and other relatives at Cornish.
Mrs. EMMA REYNOLDS of Fox visited her aunt Mrs. A. E. WOODS and other relatives here.
Misses RUBY and ROSIE EVASN of the Boggy Swamp community visited their sister Mrs. R. V. UNDERWOOD and other relatives here.
Mrs. FRANK CARROLL and baby of Asphaltum visited her brother, JOHN WALLACE and family.
W. P. FOLSOM, J. L. BAKER, W. A.D AVIS, H. G. AWTREY, T. J. CREEL, JIM DUCK, TOM NOLAN, RUDOLPH FOLSOM, BARON AWTREY, H. D. SESSUM, BILL ENGLE, CURT SORRILL, CALVIN DAVIS, HERMAN LONGEST, WID EAKIN, JESS MERSER, and RUFFIN LONGEST of Courtney and Bellville were business visitors at Ringling and Cornish Saturday.
G. W. AYERS subscribed to the paper.

Baptist Women’s Union
Mrs. B. N. NEWMAN, assisted by Mrs. DEE CONNELL, entertained the Baptist Women’s Missionary Union and some friends, with a social at Mrs. Newman Tuesday. It was Mrs. Newman’s birthday and the members of the Union surprised her with a handkerchief shower. Mrs. DOW GREER sang ‘Because of you.’ A duet was given by Mrs. Greer and Mrs. BUCK FOX and devotionals by Mrs. BOB MANNING. Refreshments were served to Mesdames L. R. MASSEY, O. B. TARR, EARL STANGER, WES HAMMONDS, INEZ GLASGOW, H. J. HOWARD, C. O. POLLARD, R. Y. MANNING, HARMON, HAWKINS, GREER, C. O. BIGBIE, O. S. DAVIS, GEORGE FALKNER, NORMAN SKINNER, HOWARD MCINTYRE, MARSHALL THOMAS, L. M. KING, L. WHITE, ODE FREEZE, FRED MITCHELL, EARL CUMMINS, JESS ROBERSON, and Miss MINNIE BETH COFFEE.

M. E. Women’s Meet
The Methodist Women’s Missionary society met at the church last week, Mrs. CHARLES HACKLER presided. Mrs. W. W. WOODWORTH was appointed to fill the unexpired term of the vice president caused by the resignation of Mrs. H. L. HOLMES who is moving to Pauls Valley. Mrs. HENRY SMITH was appointed treasurer, taking the place of Mrs. R. C. LESLIE who moved to Weatherford. Plans were made to attend the zone meeting at Loco this week.

News from Terral by Mrs. J. H. PEALER
Dr. and Mrs. SMITH of Ada spent the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. N. B. SMITH.
Mr. and Mrs. FRANK PHILLIPS were at Dallas.
WALTER SCHWARTZ is home from the hospital.
CLYDE STANTON of Marlow and Miss MOZELLE TROUT were in Fort Worth.
LUCIAN PALMER of Union Valley was here.
Mrs. FRANK PHILLIPS and Mrs. EMMIE HILL were in Ryan.
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. T. V. JACKSON last week at the Ryan hospital. He was named THOMAS RAY.
H. L. FINLEY is here.
Mr. and Mrs. W. P. STEWART and Mrs. MARY GAMBLE were in Waurika.
Mr. and Mrs. GEORGE BEACHAM of Newton, Kansas and Mr. and Mrs. W. E. HILL of El Reno visited their sister Mrs. ROY PEALOR and her husband.
Mr. and Mrs. ROBERT KIRBY, son R. C. and daughters Misses EULA and LOSSIE were in Bowie.
Mr. and Mrs. ELMER HAYS attended the program at Union Valley.
Mr. and Mrs. JAP LOVING and daughters Miss THELMA and Grandpa BELL visited the CHARLEY HODGE family.
Miss BEULAH DUFFLE and BOB SMART attended the show at Waurika.
J. P. PEALOR was in Waurika and brought home the little 7 year old son of EDDIE GAMBLE from the Waurika hospital where he had been very ill.
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. ANDREWS and son BOBBIE were at Wichita Falls.
Mr. and Mrs. HARRY WILLIAMS and daughter VANETTE made a business trip to Waurika.
Misses WILLIE MAE CEPHUS, JENNIE VEE HOOD and DOROTHY CHAFFIN and Mrs. W. R. WAGGONER went to Ryan.
EARLE GREEN of Ryan visited friends here.
SAM DONALD and JOE ALEC BEATY of Henrietta, Texas were here on business.
Mr. and Mrs. DICK CEPHUS of Comanche visited the JOHN CEPHUS family here.
Mrs. W. E. SPEED returned from the Duncan hospital.
Mrs. R. L. ANDREWS and children visited in Wichita Falls.
Mrs. STANFEILD of Wichita Falls is visited Mrs. J. S. VANDERBURG.
Mrs. JOHN BRISCOE and Miss DOROTHY CHAFFIN were in Ryan.
Mrs. ROY ELLIS of Wichita Falls and Mrs. SCHOOLKOFF of Oklahoma City visited Mrs. ORA BARNETT.
ROY PEALOR and ROY BARRENTINE are on the sick list.
Mrs. JIM PICKINS and daughter BETTY JO of Winfield, Kansas visited her niece, Mrs. LOYCE THOMAS and Mr. Thomas.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. WALLING were at Wichita Falls.
Sorosic Club
Mrs. BERTHA CAHLLY was hostess to members of the Sorosic Club and guests May 17 at the last club meeting for the year. After a roll call, an one act play, directed by Mrs. MAUDELL WALLING, was given by cast members, Mrs. BERNICE GALLIMORE, Mrs. EILEEN THOMAS, Mrs. THELMA ROGERS, and Mrs. PEARL HULLUM. Afterwards, refreshments were served to club members and the following guests< Mrs. JIM PICKENS of Winfield, Kan., Mrs. OPAL SHAW of Wichita Falls, Mrs. O. P. GREER, and Mrs. HALLIE SPOON of Terral.
School Notes
School closes Friday, May 27. There are ten seniors graduating.
Among the seniors: LOYCE WILLIAMS, valedictorian for 1938, born July 26, 1939 at Terral, glee club and mixed chorus, girls quartet, leading role in plays, plans to be a nurse; EMMA DELL WEATHERLEY, salutatorian, born in Ryan, May 26, 1922, basketball player, softball, glee club, mixed chorus, school plays, plans to attend Central State Teachers College to become a commercial teacher; EMILY ROBERTS, born Feb. 25, 1921, had been valedictorian of her 8th class; glee club, glass club, highest speed in typing, plans to take nursing training; AILEENE COFFEY born June 29, 1920 at Terral, softball team…

Ryan News by Miss AUDRA STEWART
HOUSTON BURNS is visiting his mother Mrs. VADA BURNS.
Mrs. GLEN MAJOR and daughter MARGIE visited her mother Mrs. ROLLA WEATHERLY at Waurika.
HASKELL ALFORD of Wichita Falls visited relatives here.
Miss OLLEN MAJOR and Mr. and Mrs. GLEN MAJOR and little daughter MARGIE were at Wichita Falls.
JOHN COBB of Addington was here.
J. T. DANIEL was in Ryan.
CLABE BURNETT and granddaughters, GEORGIA and MARTHA JANE, and his daughter Mrs. MARY KIETH visited the WILL BURNETT family at Iowa Park, Texas.
Mr. and Mrs. I. C. MCGINNIS of Terral visited in Ryan.
Mrs. CLAUDE THORPE and Mrs. VADA BURNS attended a dinner at the ELKINS home near Waurika.
Mr. and Mrs. W. P. BAKER and Mr. and Mrs. CARL BAKER visited relatives at Burkburnett.
Mr. and Mrs. JIM GREENE and little son visited Mr. and Mrs. OTTO ROBINSON at Terral.
Mrs. J. T. ROARK and family of Terral visited the T.A. GILCHRIST family.
GORDON CARVER and JONES WORRELL were at Duncan.
HERSCHEL WILLIAMS of Nocona was here.
The BILL WEATHERLY family visited the homecoming at Fleetwood. GORDON and BILLIE GILCHRIST accompanied them.
HASKELL ALFORD of Wichita Falls visited here.
Mrs. R. E. WELTY and Mrs. AETHEL ALFORD visited the HERSCHEL THOMAS family at Waurika.
The R. E. WELTY attended the homecoming at Fleetwood.
The E. E. HASTINGS family visited at Hastings.
Mrs. R. F. U. HOUSTON from Irdale, Texas visited Mrs. NEVADA HOUSTON.
Mrs. JOHN CURTAIN of Wichita Falls visited NEVADA HOUSTON.
The TOM SMART family visited the BUSTER DODD family.
Mr. and Mrs. NELSON ECKLEBERRY, nee Miss ALTA RUTH CARVER, visited here.
BOBBY HATCHER visited his parents Mr. and Mrs. R. M. HATCHER.
Mr. and Mrs. NOEL NORMAN went to Shamrock, Texas to attend the funeral of CHARLIE BARNETT.
Mr. and Mrs. TOM BARRENTINE of Duncan visited Mrs. C. P. JONES and family.
Mr. and Mrs. P. HENDERSON of Waurika visited the C. P. JONES family.
Mr. and Mrs. R. L. BEARE of Freer, Texas were guests of J. H. BEARE. Their host returned home with them.
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. MAINS went to Jolly, Texas to attend the wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. L. C. CAMPBELL.
Mr. and Mrs. RUSSELL WINTON visited her parents at Henrietta, Texas.
Miss BERNICE RICH visited her mother at County Line.
Senior Clubs Entertained
The Senior girls were entertained with a slumber party at the home of Mrs. LESTER ALLEN Monday night with Miss VERA HUNTER as hostess. Attending were PEGGY MCCULLY, LAURA BELLE UTZMAN, MITCHIE MALONE, JERRINE JONES, JAUNILLA YOUNG, FAYNELL MILLER, FATIE ARMSTRONG, IRENE STANTON.

WILLIAM BENNETT SULLIVAN
William Bennett Sullivan, one of Waurika’s best honored and respected citizens, passed away at the Oklahoma Confederate Soldiers’ Home at Ardmore, Thursday, May 12, the advanced age of 92 years. Uncle Billy, as he was familiarly known among friends, had lived in the old soldiers’ home for the past two years. Death came as the result of a general breakdown due to his advanced age. He was active until the last and had been to Waurika only ten days previous to his death to visit his daughter.

The body was brought to Waurika for funeral services, which were conducted from the Christian Church here Sunday afternoon by the pastor, Rev. G. LYLE SMITH, a friend of long standing. Interment was made in the cemetery at Ryan by the side of his wife who preceded him in death in March 1930.

Mr. Sullivan was born at Nashville, Tennessee May 3, 1846. At the age of three years he moved with his parents to Searcy County, Arkansas where he grew to manhood and married. In 1863 when he was a lad of but 17 years, he enlisted with his father in the army of the Southern Confederacy and served with distinction until the end of the war.

In June 1869, he was married to Miss MALINDA JANE CASH and to this union eight children were born, four of who survive and were here to attend the funeral of their father: Mrs. J. M. RUFF of Waurika, Mrs. W. T. HINDS of Milburn, F. A. and W. C. SULLIVAN of Lawton. There are 13 grandchildren, 19 great-grandchildren and three great-great-grandchildren.

Uncle Billy became a Christian in early life and united with the Church of Christ, living a consistent Christian through all the years. He was a great student of the Bibl and made a life long study of the Book. He was also well informed on history and government and was an interesting conversationalist on these and other topics. His death marks the passing of one among the last of that sturdy group of pioneers that blazed the trail in the West and are responsible of the development of all that is best in our civilization. His life may be summed up in the statement that he was a good citizen in all that the term meant, in his home, in his church, in his community and in his nation. He stood for what was right and best. We need more like him.

The Sullivan family moved to what is now Jefferson County, Oklahoma in 1893, locating on a farm near Terral. At the opening of the Kiowa-Comanche country in 1902 he settled on a school land lease northwest of Waurika which he afterwards bought and which remained his home until he retired and moved to Waurika.

For many years he was a familiar figure about Waurika, always jolly and with a kind word for everybody. Few men had more friends.

ED WISEMAN
The community was shocked Sunday afternoon when the news was spread about town that ED WISEMAN had fallen into Beaver Creek and was drowned. A search for his body was begun at once and it was located only a few feet from where he had fallen in. Efforts to revive him were unsuccessful as he had probably been in the water two hours or more. He was last seen about noon as he was walking towards the creek, as he did frequently to rest under a tree. He had been trouble with a lame leg for some time and this time he probably stumbled and fell over a high bank. The body was recovered and taken to the EARL C. MORRIS undertaking rooms. Funeral services were conducted from the Chapel at the Waurika cemetery Monday afternoon by Rev. G. LYLE SMITH, assisted by Rev. J. D. CUNNINGHAM.

ED WISEMAN was born at Waco, Texas October 19, 1889. He was a son of Mr. and Mrs. E. S. WISEMAN, early day Waurika residents. The elder Mr. Wiseman was one of Waurika’s first merchants and prior to that had a general mercantile business at Marietta, Oklahoma. On July 5, 1908, Ed was married to Miss ANNIE ROBERTS of Waurika. Following his marriage, he kept the books for a time for Miller Brothers at Altus, and later had a like position with O. B. GARRISON of Ryan. He was also employed for a time in his father’s store. Ed was a most capable man in his line of work and he had few equals as a bookkeeper and advertising man, widow decorator or sales promoter. In the early days of Waurika his services were much sought after in this line of work. He was a jolly, good natured man, with many friends and no enemies. He is survived by his wife, and two daughters DOROTHY, Mrs. ENNIS TYSON of Waurika, and SUE JANE, Mrs. JOHN A. ROBERTS of Longview, Texas; his mother, Mrs. A. M. WISEMAN of Lancaster, Texas; one brother ALBERT WISEMAN of Longview, Texas; and three sisters, Mrs. JAMES LONDON of Chickasha, Mrs. J. A. MEADOWS of Maryville, Louisiana, and Mrs. LOYD LARSON of Valleyjo, California. His mother, brother and a niece, Mrs. LOIS MILLER of Tyler, Texas, were here to attend the funeral.

FRED HARRISON Loses Only Brother
PAUL HARRISON, who had spent his entire life in the neighborhood of the Red Store, died Tuesday evening of last week at his home a mile south and a quarter mile east after a long illness due to ulcerated stomach. Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at the Baptist Church at Hastings and were conducted by the Baptist minister of Temple…PAUL HARRISON was the younger son of Mr. and Mrs. JAMES HARRISON, pioneer settlers here and at his death, he was 32 years, 4 months and 20 days old. He is survived by his widow, and one son LOUIS, age 8 years old. He and his brother FRED HARRISON of Waurika were the only children of their father’s family. Four years ago, the mother died and last December the father and with Paul’s death, Fred is quite alone, the only survivor of his family. Paul was converted during his illness and had made his peace with god before being summoned from this sphere of usefulness. He will be sadly missed in his home and community. Mr. and Mrs. BOB HULL of Marlow, Mr. and Mrs. B. SHIRLEY of Duncan, uncles and aunts, were among the out of town relatives attending the funeral.

Re: The Town of Linwood

gnphllps — 2009-03-01 03:37:00Z

"Oklahoma Place Names" put the location as 6 miles southeast of Waurika. There was a post office there from 19 Jan 1895 to 2 Jan 1907.

Re: Searching for A. J. WALDRUM living relatives.

wilmalooney — 2009-04-05 17:00:44Z

I have found living relatives of A.J. Waldrum. It took a long time, but it was worth it. I have made friends along the way in my search. Thank you so much.
Wilma Looney

James Franklin Hill

ferrellway — 2009-03-23 22:33:21Z

I ordered and received my ggrandfather James Franklin Hill death certificate. It states he died in Waurika hospital and was buried in Terral, Oklahoma cemetary. I have looked at the records for this cemetary online and can not find him there. He would have been buried around the first week in Nov. 1950. The funeral home is listed as Boydstun Funeral home, address given Terral, oklahoma. Would anyone have any ideas? Did the cemetary keep burial records? I have found everyone else but him. Please help me solve this mystery....Donna

James Franklin Hill

ferrellway — 2009-03-23 22:32:33Z

Re: James B. Bailey family

garybaley — 2009-07-04 14:38:54Z

Thanks Richard. Actually William was his younger brother. Would you tell me where your James B lived and his descendants so I can rule them out when I scan census records?

Thanks again

Gary

Re: James B. Bailey family

garybaley — 2009-07-04 08:45:34Z

I am searching for a Marshal Bailey too but mine would be older than the one you mention in your posting; however I do have a letter from a James B Baley to his brother William dated 1871 in which he refers to getting a letter from Marshel. This name is pretty rare so I'd be interested in sharing whatever information you have. My letter can be found online at
http://picasaweb.google.com/Gary.Baley/Genealogy?feat=direct...

There are several letters there stored as photos of each page.
Also I know some of my family did migrate to Indian Territory in OK around the late 1800's. Maybe we have a connection. I would like to hear more about your Baileys.

Gary Baley
gary.baley@gmail.com

Re: Newspaper/Ryan/1958

antiquemll — 2009-06-13 12:26:05Z

I did a search on ancestry.com and found a short article in the Odessa, TX newspaper. I sent it to your yahoo e mail so if you don't see it in your inbox, check your spam folder. Julie

Sheridan B. Drowatzky

leeshlynch — 2009-04-16 12:22:37Z

Sheridan B. Drowatzky

March 1, 1938 - March 11, 2009

Visitation
Time: 2:00PM - 4:00PM, Sunday, March 15, 2009
Place: Broadway Mortuary
1147 S. Broadway, Wichita, Kansas 67211

Services
Time: 1:30PM, Monday, March 16, 2009
Place: College Hill United Methodist Church
2930 E. 1st, Wichita, Kansas 67214

Burial
Place: Lakeview Cemetery
12100 E. 13th St. North, Wichita, Kansas 67206

Memorials
College Hill United Methodist Church
2930 E. 1st
Wichita, Kansas 67214

Sheridan B. Drowatzky, 71, retired elementary educator with USD 259, passed away Wednesday, March 11, 2009. Visitation: 2:00-4:00 P.M., Sunday, March 15, Broadway Mortuary, 1147 S. Broadway. Funeral Services: 1:30 P.M., Monday, March 16 at College Hill United Methodist Church, 2930 E. First. Interment will follow at Lakeview Cemetery, 12100 E. 13th.
Sheridan was born on March 1, 1938 in Waurika, Okla., the daughter of Jerry and Edwina Brandon. She graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 1960 with a degree in Elementary Education and was a lifetime member of the University of Oklahoma Alumni Association and the Sooner Club. She was active with the OU Club of Wichita and served as their Membership Chair.
Sheridan also was active through her church, College Hill United Methodist, in which she served on various committees and most recently was serving as Chairwoman for the Board of Trustees and was a longtime member of the Builders Sunday School class. She also was active with the Daughters of the American Revolution.
In her free time, Sheridan enjoyed playing bridge, going to Bridge Camp, doing genealogy research, cooking, supporting OU Sooner athletics and the quest for the perfect margarita.
She is survived by her husband, Ernest, son Eric of Burlington, N.C., daughter Stacy (Dean) Zimmer of Andover, Kan., son Clark (Becky) of Spring, Texas, granddaughter Madison Zimmer, grandsons Gordon and Garrett Zimmer, grandson Luke Drowatzky and granddaughter Kate Drowatzky.
Memorials to College Hill United Methodist Church, 2930 E. First, Wichita KS 67214. Send condolences at www.CozineMemorial.com. Services by Broadway Mortuary

Newspaper/Ryan/1958

knrburris — 2009-06-13 02:22:38Z

I don't know if this is possible but I would like to see if there was a newspaper article about a car accident on Oct. 12, 1958 in Ryan Oklahoma. Two young girls were killed...Hazel and Patsy Bingham...a brother Wiilie and a sister Juanita were injured but survived. Thet are cousins of my husband. Does anyone has access to an achive?

Re: Newspaper/Ryan/1958

knrburris — 2009-06-13 16:14:59Z

Oh my gosh! Thank you. Willie lost part of his left arm and they though Juanita was going to lose a leg but didn't. Thanks again.

Hood family Reunion

EdithPolk — 2009-03-02 19:18:30Z

Come join our Hood family reunion in Waurika,0kla. at 125 East Anderson,Hood ancestors.

Re: GEORGE R. TUCKER & MARTHA ELLEN CHAPMAN

NormanBrown62 — 2009-05-03 17:38:50Z

Scott
I am convinced that Ellen was 1st wife of George R. Tucker.
I discovered (1) Tucker was in Hill Co in the 1870's & (2) a news article proves he was Deputy Marshal in Duncan, I. T. in 1894.
You said you believe she died there. While no other proof exists at least these are clues to support the claim.

Re: The Town of Linwood

kathleen9654 — 2009-03-02 03:30:50Z

What were the dates that he went to school there? Thanks for your reply.
Kathleen

Re: The Town of Linwood

kathleen9654 — 2009-03-02 03:29:42Z

Thank you for the information. If you know anything else I'd love to find out.
Thanks again,
Kathleen

The Town of Linwood

kathleen9654 — 2009-02-28 19:21:46Z

I'm looking for information about the town of Linwood which my great, great grandmother and grandfather started around the early 1890's. They had a homestead in the territory and then had a store because they were centrally located and about 10 miles from Ryan. They also sent to washington for a postal permit so had a post office there as well. The town no longer exists but I'm looking for the location anyway..
Thanks for any help on this. Their names were Hans H. Smith and Martha L. Smith.
Thanks!

Re: James B. Bailey family

RichardFoster591 — 2009-07-04 13:18:42Z

My James B. Bailey didn't have an older brother named William, but his father had a brother named William. Thanks for the information on the letter.

Re: James B. Bailey family

RichardFoster591 — 2009-07-04 16:20:31Z

Here is his descendanats:

1. James Buchanan BAILEY. Born in 1857 in El Dorado, Union Co., AR. James Buchanan died in Jefferson Co., OK, in 1941; he was 84. Buried in 1941 in Ryan Cemetery, Ryan, Jefferson Co., OK.

On 14 Dec 1876 when James Buchanan was 19, he first married Alice DILL, daughter of John Franklin DILL & Mary Ann Amanda ADCOCK, in El Dorado, Union Co., Arkansas. Born on 23 Sep 1857 in El Dorado, Union Co., Arkansas. Alice died in Rising Star, Eastland Cty, Texas, aft 1892; she was 34.

They had the following children:
2 i. Charles O. (~1883-)
3 ii. Marshall Oscar (1885-)
4 iii. Ollen Pierce (1888-1959)
5 iv. Alice Ora (1899-1964)

James Buchanan second married Lucinda Rella. Born in 1857 in Alabama.

They had one child:
6 i. Lula Eulala (1895-1973)

Re: James B. Bailey family

RichardFoster591 — 2009-07-04 16:17:17Z

My James Bailey (GGG Uncle) was born in Union County, Arkansas, married my GGG Aunt, Alice Dill in Union County. They also lived in Eastland County, Texas when she died about 1892. He then remarried and lived in Jefferson County, Oklahoma until he died in 1941. My James B. Bailey didn't have a younger brother named William.

Re: The Town of Linwood

jm215391 — 2009-03-02 21:16:55Z

My dad, Dallas Moore, was born in 1911 so I would guess he went to Linwood School around 1920, give and/or take years. If you'll email me at jm21539@aol.com I'll call you and see what I can tell you. Jeannie Moore, Ardmore, OK

Re: The Town of Linwood

jm215391 — 2009-02-28 21:30:10Z

I don't know if the Linwood school was in the same area, but it was located about 3 1/2 miles east (Hwy 70) and a little north of Waurika. My father went to school there. Jean Moore

Charles Warren Slack obituary

brcox1 — 2009-04-06 16:11:14Z

I am looking for the obituary of Charles Warren Slack, who died in Jefferson county, Oklahoma, February 1,1925.