Items about Sulphur area Nov. 21 to Dec. 1918
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Items about Sulphur area Nov. 21 to Dec. 1918
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The Daily Ardmoreite
Ardmore, Carter County, Oklahoma
Thursday, November 21, 1918
Sulphur by MISS MYRTLE MASTERS, correspondent
W. E. RAINE was a Pauls Valley visitor.
JESSE TOMLIN, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. TOMLIN of this city, died at the family home Sunday.
JOHN A. MCCLURE of Oklahoma City is here attending to business matters. Mr. McClure formerly lived in Sulphur.
JESSE B. CUNNINGHAM of Gainesville is visiting his brothers here. He was formerly in business here.
MRS. G. L. HUDSON returned from Ardmore where she had been at the bedside of her daughter who became so ill last week visiting relatives at Ardmore.
G. I. PRICE of Ardmore has been appointed sexton in the Oaklawn cemetery and will move to Sulphur to take charge of the cemetery. The mayor plans extensive improvements about the cemetery and has employed a man of considerable experience.
JOHN CANTRELL and brother WILLIAM CANTRELL made a trip to Little Rock, Arkansas to visit a nephew in the U. S. Army at Camp Pike. Many of boys are preparing to come home.
WILLIAM MOSLEY Jr, cashier of the Peoples Bank of Hickory, was in Sulphur.
PRIVATE ROBERT TAYLOR PULLEN of Camp Travis, San Antonio, Texas, formerly city clerk at Sulphur, is here on a furlough.
Mr. and Mrs. GROVER FARQUHER entertained at cards last Thursday evening in honor of Mr. and Mrs. H. B. RYALS who leave soon for Hope, Arkansas to make their home. The guests were Dr. and Mrs. Ryals, MRS. IDA MASHBURN, MISSES KING, NEAL, COLLETT, MICHAEL, ARMSTONG, HOCKENSMITH, BAGGERMAN, and EARL MASTERS.
T. E. MOLACEK of Oklahoma City is here on business.
MRS. H. G. BEAN went to Ardmore Thursday on business.
MRS. J. T. WHITE entertained a few friends at a ‘spend the day’ party Saturday in compliment to MRS. H. S. NEAL of San Francisco who is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. TOWNSLEY. The honors were shared by MRS. FRANK LEWIS, MRS. T. P. GLACOMIM, MRS. REX CHANEY, MISSES UNA ROBERTS and MYRTLE MASTERS.
DR. DIXIE TUCKER went to Madill after a vacation here.
Mr. and Mrs. D. W. ALLEN returned Wednesday after a two weeks vacation in Hartshorne.
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Wednesday, November 27, 1918
Sulphur by MISS MYRTLE MASTERS
J. E. MARTIN, a farmer who lives near Fletcher schoolhouse, six miles south of Sulphur, died of pneumonia on last Saturday night. Mr. Martin was a member of the Masonic and Odd Fellows fraternities and members of both orders went to the home of the deceased and brought the body to Sulphur for shipment to Cleveland for burial. He is survived by his wife and two small children.
B. B. HANEY returned to his sheep ranch near Pauls Valley Monday after visiting home folks.
CHARLES A. BRYAN returned Saturday from Plattsburg, Missouri where he visited his parents.
MRS. W. L. SMITH returned Thursday from a month’s visit with her daughter at El Dorado, Missouri.
DR. R. S. ROSS came from Oklahoma City to attend to business.
JESSE SMITH, stationed at Camp Travis, San Antonio, was here for a short furlough last week.
JACK NOWLIN and FRANK SCOTT, who attending S. A. T. C. at Stillwater, spent Sunday with homefolks.
EARL SIMMONS and JAMES NOWLES /KNOWLES who are attending S.A.T.C. at Norman, visited home folks Sunday.
MRS. ANNA WEBSTER of Norman came Friday to visit relatives.
MISS REINE ESTILL returned after a four weeks’ visit with her sister, MRS. KIRK LUCAS at Cement.
SAMUEL HOBGODD, who is in training at College Station, Texas, is here for a short visit with his family.
JOSEPH CURTIS of Gainesville was a Sulphur visitor Saturday.
A letter was received in Sulphur from Corp. C. O. LOWRANCE. He is in Camp Mills, New Jersey.
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Saturday morning, November 30, 1918
Local Brevities in Ardmore
PRIVATE CLARENCE ROTTERFIELD, with the American Expeditionary Forces, was severely wounded in battle, according to a message received by MRS. E. E. DENTON. Private Rotterfield, whose home is in Davis, is well known in Ardmore, having been an employee at the Slaughter Motor Co. before going into service.
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Wednesday, December 4, 1918
Sulphur by MISS MYRTLE MASTERS
J. T. ALEXANDER of Drake was in Sulphur Monday transacting business.
MAYOR G. W. STEVENSON returned from a business trip to Oklahoma City.
CLYDE SHORT will arrive in Sulphur from New York . Mr. Short is the first arrival from France since the close of the war. He volunteered a year ago in the U. S. Navy and saw service in France in the aero division. He is returning home to stay.
HORACE PARKER, son of Postmaster W. F. PARKER, is a recent arrival overseas.
JUDGE F. B. SWANK opened district court Monday.
GUY SIGLER from Ardmore is in Sulphur attending court.
SUPT. A. C. FLOYD and PROF. ALBERT JACKSON attended the state teachers meeting at Oklahoma City.
MISSES HETTIE DAVIES, DELLA HAMMON, RUTH ESTES, LOTTIE HILLIARD, and others attended the state teachers meeting.
PRIVATE VERNON FIELDING of Norman visited his parents, Judge and Mrs. H. W. FIELDIN, here late week, returning to his work in the S.A.T.C. Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. LINDSAY of Davis were visiting relatives at Sulphur.
MISS JO JENNINGS was visiting in Oklahoma City.
E. C. SUFFUDY was in Oklahoma City Friday.
MISS LINN ALEXANDER spent Thanksgiving in Hugo with MISS FRONA MCBEE.
MISS ESTHER LIEBMAN went to Ardmore to visit Mr. and Mrs. EUGENE LANGSTON.
MRS. J. A. MORGAN and son of Amarillo, Texas are visiting her father, D. M. EZEL/EZELL and sister, MISS CORA EZEL/ EZELL.
MISS BESSIE JOHNSTON came from Sherman to spend Thanksgiving.
MISS NORA YOUNG came down from Norman.
Mr. and Mrs. A. D. NOWLIN had as dinner guests Friday Mr. and Mrs. SAM HAPGOOD, MRS. HUGH CUSHENBERRY, J. A. NORSWORTH, MISS CLARINE CUSHENBERRY, B. F. JONES, MR. REED and FRED NORSWORTHY of Dallas.
Mr. and Mrs. I. E. PACEY entertained at Thanksgiving Mr. and Mrs. R. S. GOFFE and Mr. and Mrs. FRED GAFFORD.
MRS. WILLIAM WALTERS of Holdenville is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. MAXEY.
CAPT. JESSE M. SALTER arrived from Fort Sill to visit his family on furlough.
F. M. DODSON, Y.M.C.A secretary at Carruthers Field at Fort Worth, is here attending to business. He is county clerk of Murray County and is on a leave of absence to serve in the Y.M.C.A. His family is spending the winter at Corpus Christi.
J. R. FANT of Oklahoma City is here attending to business.
R. J. VANDERSLICE, prominent farmer of near Wynnewood, was attending court here.
JUDGE W. N. LEWIS of Davis is attending court here.
Sheriff-Elect C. H. PARKS is moving from Davis to Sulphur, preparatory to taking up his new duties.
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Thursday Morning, December 5, 1918
Sulphur by Miss Myrtle MASTERS
F. T. WHITE was in Oklahoma City.
REV. J. W. STEWART, presiding elder of the Ardmore district, spent the past few days in Sulphur holding quarterly conference.
PRIVATE CECIL ROBINSON of Sulphur and PRIVATE THOMAS O. WILEY of Mill Creek have been recently discharged from Camp Pike and arrived home this week and will the be first Murray County boys to return to civil life. Both are well qualified young men.
D. F. ELLIS and E. M. RICE were in Sulphur holding commissioners court.
COL. J. W. SCOTT who is drilling an oil well near Dougherty is here attending to business.
PHIL GAFFORD, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. F GAFFORD of this city, is here visiting his parents after receiving an honorable discharge from the officers training school at Waco, Texas. He will return to his former position as city clerk of Sulphur Springs, Texas, from which duties he had a leave of absence while serving in the army.
MAJOR WALTER CALDWELL, a cousin of Mr. and Mrs. JOHN A. HASTE of this city, recently won the French cross of honor and the American award for distinguished service in France.
MISS LEE, a new teacher for Oklahoma School for the Deaf, has been teaching in Louisiana, arrived to take up her duties as a regular member of the O. S. D. faculty.
O. L. SMITH, prominent farmer and former county commissioner living between Sulphur and Wynnewood, was here Monday and received a German helmet from his son MANLY SMITH, who is with the American forces in France. The helmet showed signs of warfare and also had the name of the German soldier written inside the helmet. He prizes this souvenir very highly.
SERGT. SAMP P. HALE of Davis, who is now in the serve at Fort Worth, was in Sulphur, transacting business on a short furlough.
D. T. PRICE and son of Ardmore arrived to make this their future home. He will have charge of the cemetery. His family is presently visiting in Eufaula.
The flu epidemic is raging in the rural districts near Sulphur. Palmer, five miles north of Sulphur, has as many as 60 cases and the communities near Mill Creek and Drake are seriously affected.
R. L. BUCHANAN, whose residence burned a month ago in the big westside fire, is now rebuilding a nice bungalow on the same location, West 11th ST.
BEN JONES, county chairman for the December Red Cross drive, is very active with his organization.
DR. G. W. SULLIVAN has recently returned from an extended visit with his wife at Marathon, Texas. Mrs. Sullivan has been quite ill, but is now improved.
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Sunday, December 8, 1918
Sulphur by MISS MYRTLE MASTERS
LIEUT. ROBERT J. BAGUES, noted French officer, will speak in Sulphur Sunday afternoon at 2:30 in the interest of the Red Cross membership campaign.
C. W. COPELAND, recently discharged from the U. S. Army, is now at home with his family in Sulphur.
MRS. B. F. ELEAZER, who has been with her husband in Wilson for the last two weeks, returned home.
ELDER R. H. MUSGRAVES has accepted the pastorate of the Church of Christ of this city and will preach his first sermon Sunday.
The Masons of Dougherty will hold a St. John’s Memorial Service Sunday at 11 a.m., REV. W. C. ADAMS of Shawnee will deliver the address.
Mr. and Mrs. WILSON BROADBENT of Corning, Kansas are visiting their son HON H. W. BROADBENT in this city.
MRS. C. E. TAYLOR of Oklahoma City is visiting here sister, MRS. I. E. PACEY this week.
JUSTICE J. M. COLLINS, who was stricken with apoplexy several weeks ago, is still confined to his home and recovery is slow.
The Women’s Missionary Society of the First Methodist Church has elected officers for the a new year: MRS. I. E. PACEY, MS.J. E. SIMMONS, MR.S C. F. MITCHELL, MRS. JOHN SUMMERS, MRS. M. D. FRIER, MRS. B. A NELSON, MRS. BOURLAND, MRS. SAM MORELAND, MRS. G. B HANEY, MRS. H. G BUTT.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. BOSWELL will leave for Oklahoma City to make their home.
Mr. and Mrs. R. S. GOFFE will leave for Salina, Kansas. He was formerly owner of the Sulphur Telephone Co. and recently sold to A. COOPER of Burden, Kansas, is leaving for new fields of business. He was a director of the Sulphur Chamber of Commerce and a very successful and enterprising business man.
J. W. WILLIAMS, well known resident of Davis, was knocked down by a Santa Fe freight train Tuesday afternoon on the Y in the Davis railroad yards.
SERGT. PRESTON STEDMAN of Davis, son of R. Y. STEADMAN/STEDMAN, arrived in New York a few days ago from France and now is in New York hospital, recovering from a minor ailment. He expects to be home in a few weeks.
LUKE AUTRY of Davis is a recent arrival overseas.
G. W. PULLEN of Davis, former representative from Murray County, was in Sulphur transacting business.
H. G. BARNETT, lumberman from Hickory, was transacting business in Sulphur.
New was received in Hickory Thursday morning of the death of LIEUT. JOSEPH PEARSON MITCHELL which occurred on the western front Nov. 6 in the last big drive of the 90th Division. He was killed in action.
MRS.JOHN SHARP of Turkey, Texas is visiting her mother, RMS. FROSSARD and family this week.
PERRY JONES, prominent farmer of Palmer, was in Sulphur Thursday transacting business.
SAM RYAN of near Mill Creek was in Sulphur Thursday.
WILL BAUGHMAN, who has been out traveling many sections of the state, returned home Wednesday to spend the weekend with his family.
COL. R. A. SNEED was called to Guyman Tuesday by the serious illness of his son, LUCIAN SNEED/
J. R. FANT of Oklahoma City is a business visitor here this week.
MRS. C. E. TAYLOR of Oklahoma City is visiting her sister, MRS. I. PACEY and Mr. Pacey.
JOHN MCCLURE is here transacting business.
MISS UNA ROBERTS entertained at dinner Monday night for Mr. and Mrs. R. S. GOFFE, who leave this week for Salina, Kansas.
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Friday Morning, December 13, 1918
Sulphur by Miss Myrtle MASTERS
The Murray County Singing Convention will convene December 14 and 15 at the Wheeler school house, between Davis and Wynnewood. Several large classes will be present and complete with songs. The song leaders of the county are Messrs. SMITH, NOWLIN, CRAWFORD, OPLIN, HALFORD, HODGES etc. MISS EFFIE HODGES of Scullin is the secretary of the convention.
Golden Rule Lodge of I.O.O.F. of Sulphur elected officers: CHARLES BRITTON, IRA POTES, H. E MALONE, G. M. ANDERSON.
A. M. WRIGHT was an Oklahoma City visitor this week.
PRIVATE IVAN M. ANDERSON arrived Monday from Camp Cody, N. W. where he was discharged from the service. He has been in the hospital for several weeks and is not fully recovered.
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. SPARKS leave this week for Corpus Christi to spend the winter.
CAPT. F. S. HOWELL will leave for Oklahoma City in charge of a number of National Guardsmen who go to take examinations for commissions. They are J. E. LITTLE, JAMES MEDLOCK, OSCAR BUCHANAN, LESLIE PHILLIPS, MILLER and E. VERON. Capt. Howell will take the examination for a major’s commission.
FRANK HARRIS of Drake was in Sulphur transacting business.
A. J. STEVENS, county agent, returned Monday from a business trip to Purcell.
Four deaths have occurred the past week near Nebo: JOHN LANSFORD, LEE EVERETT, MR. STOCKTON, MR. NICHOLS.
JOHN HASSEN went to Ardmore to accompany the body of his friends MR. JOSEPH who died in Ardmore Tuesday to Sulphur where he will be buried.
CORPORAL LANCE BARROW, stationed at Camp Bowie, Texas, spent a few days at his home at Hickory.
PAUL HOGGARD, stationed at Kelley Field, Texas, is visiting relatives this week on a short furlough.
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Tuesday Morning, December 17, 1918
Sulphur by Miss Myrtle MASTERS
DR. and Mrs. W. O. BOURLAND went to Oklahoma City to hear the Paris Symphony Orchestra.
MRS. R. B. BEARD had as dinner guests MRS. C. M. MAYS, MRS. FRANK EMANUEL, MRS. A. D. NOWLIN, MRS. HUGH CUSHENBERRY, MRS. CHARLES BRYAN, MRS. MAY BRYAN of Plattsburg, Missouri and MISSES NOWLIN and CLARINE CUSHENBERRY.
E. T WHITE heard the Paris Symphony Orchestra in Oklahoma City.
MRS. FRANK LEWIS entertained a few friends Friday afternoon for her sister MRS. H. S. NEAL of San Francisco. The guests: MRS. G. W STEVENSON, MRS. E. T. WHITE, MRS. T. P. GIACOMINI, MISSES ROBERTS and MYRTLE MASTERS.
MRS. H. S. NEAL left for San Francisco after a three months stay with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.L. TOWNSLEY.
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. SPARKS left in their car for Corpus Christi to spend the winter.
MRS. GEORGE BARRIER went to Oklahoma City to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. CLAUD WEAVER.
MAYOR G. W STEVENSON, C. A BRYAN, FRANK SAMUEL, C. G WHITE, C. M. MAYS, I. B. MOSLEY, R. J. CARTER and JOHN HASSEN, and other business men went to Oklahoma City to appear before the corporation commission in a hearing on light rates in Sulphur.
CORP. POKE BEARD, son of MRS. LAURA BEARD of Davis, was wounded in action in France, Oct. 4. Mrs. Beard also received a telegram that another son, PRIVATE WILLIAM BEARD, reported missing in action some weeks ago, was now reported present and on duty.
SAM TUTOR and MISS GOLDIE TODD were married in Davis Tuesday with JUDGE L.H. POWELL officiating.
J. W. OWENS, state Masonic instructor, is holding school in Davis this week.
HUGH ALEXANER, former Sulphur business man, has now located in Ada, having moved his family there this week.
JIM WILSON of the U. S. Navy, who is an electrician on the U.S.S. Waters, a destroyer, visited his parents at Davis on a short furlough.
W. A. COOK, a business man of Sulphur for the past 15 years, has sold the Sulphur Grocery Co. and is preparing to move to his farm in Kansas for next year.
C. A. BRYAN and FRANK EMANUEL went to Oklahoma City Saturday on business.
Ardmore, Carter County, Oklahoma
Thursday, November 21, 1918
Sulphur by MISS MYRTLE MASTERS, correspondent
W. E. RAINE was a Pauls Valley visitor.
JESSE TOMLIN, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. TOMLIN of this city, died at the family home Sunday.
JOHN A. MCCLURE of Oklahoma City is here attending to business matters. Mr. McClure formerly lived in Sulphur.
JESSE B. CUNNINGHAM of Gainesville is visiting his brothers here. He was formerly in business here.
MRS. G. L. HUDSON returned from Ardmore where she had been at the bedside of her daughter who became so ill last week visiting relatives at Ardmore.
G. I. PRICE of Ardmore has been appointed sexton in the Oaklawn cemetery and will move to Sulphur to take charge of the cemetery. The mayor plans extensive improvements about the cemetery and has employed a man of considerable experience.
JOHN CANTRELL and brother WILLIAM CANTRELL made a trip to Little Rock, Arkansas to visit a nephew in the U. S. Army at Camp Pike. Many of boys are preparing to come home.
WILLIAM MOSLEY Jr, cashier of the Peoples Bank of Hickory, was in Sulphur.
PRIVATE ROBERT TAYLOR PULLEN of Camp Travis, San Antonio, Texas, formerly city clerk at Sulphur, is here on a furlough.
Mr. and Mrs. GROVER FARQUHER entertained at cards last Thursday evening in honor of Mr. and Mrs. H. B. RYALS who leave soon for Hope, Arkansas to make their home. The guests were Dr. and Mrs. Ryals, MRS. IDA MASHBURN, MISSES KING, NEAL, COLLETT, MICHAEL, ARMSTONG, HOCKENSMITH, BAGGERMAN, and EARL MASTERS.
T. E. MOLACEK of Oklahoma City is here on business.
MRS. H. G. BEAN went to Ardmore Thursday on business.
MRS. J. T. WHITE entertained a few friends at a ‘spend the day’ party Saturday in compliment to MRS. H. S. NEAL of San Francisco who is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. L. TOWNSLEY. The honors were shared by MRS. FRANK LEWIS, MRS. T. P. GLACOMIM, MRS. REX CHANEY, MISSES UNA ROBERTS and MYRTLE MASTERS.
DR. DIXIE TUCKER went to Madill after a vacation here.
Mr. and Mrs. D. W. ALLEN returned Wednesday after a two weeks vacation in Hartshorne.
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Wednesday, November 27, 1918
Sulphur by MISS MYRTLE MASTERS
J. E. MARTIN, a farmer who lives near Fletcher schoolhouse, six miles south of Sulphur, died of pneumonia on last Saturday night. Mr. Martin was a member of the Masonic and Odd Fellows fraternities and members of both orders went to the home of the deceased and brought the body to Sulphur for shipment to Cleveland for burial. He is survived by his wife and two small children.
B. B. HANEY returned to his sheep ranch near Pauls Valley Monday after visiting home folks.
CHARLES A. BRYAN returned Saturday from Plattsburg, Missouri where he visited his parents.
MRS. W. L. SMITH returned Thursday from a month’s visit with her daughter at El Dorado, Missouri.
DR. R. S. ROSS came from Oklahoma City to attend to business.
JESSE SMITH, stationed at Camp Travis, San Antonio, was here for a short furlough last week.
JACK NOWLIN and FRANK SCOTT, who attending S. A. T. C. at Stillwater, spent Sunday with homefolks.
EARL SIMMONS and JAMES NOWLES /KNOWLES who are attending S.A.T.C. at Norman, visited home folks Sunday.
MRS. ANNA WEBSTER of Norman came Friday to visit relatives.
MISS REINE ESTILL returned after a four weeks’ visit with her sister, MRS. KIRK LUCAS at Cement.
SAMUEL HOBGODD, who is in training at College Station, Texas, is here for a short visit with his family.
JOSEPH CURTIS of Gainesville was a Sulphur visitor Saturday.
A letter was received in Sulphur from Corp. C. O. LOWRANCE. He is in Camp Mills, New Jersey.
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Saturday morning, November 30, 1918
Local Brevities in Ardmore
PRIVATE CLARENCE ROTTERFIELD, with the American Expeditionary Forces, was severely wounded in battle, according to a message received by MRS. E. E. DENTON. Private Rotterfield, whose home is in Davis, is well known in Ardmore, having been an employee at the Slaughter Motor Co. before going into service.
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Wednesday, December 4, 1918
Sulphur by MISS MYRTLE MASTERS
J. T. ALEXANDER of Drake was in Sulphur Monday transacting business.
MAYOR G. W. STEVENSON returned from a business trip to Oklahoma City.
CLYDE SHORT will arrive in Sulphur from New York . Mr. Short is the first arrival from France since the close of the war. He volunteered a year ago in the U. S. Navy and saw service in France in the aero division. He is returning home to stay.
HORACE PARKER, son of Postmaster W. F. PARKER, is a recent arrival overseas.
JUDGE F. B. SWANK opened district court Monday.
GUY SIGLER from Ardmore is in Sulphur attending court.
SUPT. A. C. FLOYD and PROF. ALBERT JACKSON attended the state teachers meeting at Oklahoma City.
MISSES HETTIE DAVIES, DELLA HAMMON, RUTH ESTES, LOTTIE HILLIARD, and others attended the state teachers meeting.
PRIVATE VERNON FIELDING of Norman visited his parents, Judge and Mrs. H. W. FIELDIN, here late week, returning to his work in the S.A.T.C. Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. LINDSAY of Davis were visiting relatives at Sulphur.
MISS JO JENNINGS was visiting in Oklahoma City.
E. C. SUFFUDY was in Oklahoma City Friday.
MISS LINN ALEXANDER spent Thanksgiving in Hugo with MISS FRONA MCBEE.
MISS ESTHER LIEBMAN went to Ardmore to visit Mr. and Mrs. EUGENE LANGSTON.
MRS. J. A. MORGAN and son of Amarillo, Texas are visiting her father, D. M. EZEL/EZELL and sister, MISS CORA EZEL/ EZELL.
MISS BESSIE JOHNSTON came from Sherman to spend Thanksgiving.
MISS NORA YOUNG came down from Norman.
Mr. and Mrs. A. D. NOWLIN had as dinner guests Friday Mr. and Mrs. SAM HAPGOOD, MRS. HUGH CUSHENBERRY, J. A. NORSWORTH, MISS CLARINE CUSHENBERRY, B. F. JONES, MR. REED and FRED NORSWORTHY of Dallas.
Mr. and Mrs. I. E. PACEY entertained at Thanksgiving Mr. and Mrs. R. S. GOFFE and Mr. and Mrs. FRED GAFFORD.
MRS. WILLIAM WALTERS of Holdenville is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. A. MAXEY.
CAPT. JESSE M. SALTER arrived from Fort Sill to visit his family on furlough.
F. M. DODSON, Y.M.C.A secretary at Carruthers Field at Fort Worth, is here attending to business. He is county clerk of Murray County and is on a leave of absence to serve in the Y.M.C.A. His family is spending the winter at Corpus Christi.
J. R. FANT of Oklahoma City is here attending to business.
R. J. VANDERSLICE, prominent farmer of near Wynnewood, was attending court here.
JUDGE W. N. LEWIS of Davis is attending court here.
Sheriff-Elect C. H. PARKS is moving from Davis to Sulphur, preparatory to taking up his new duties.
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Thursday Morning, December 5, 1918
Sulphur by Miss Myrtle MASTERS
F. T. WHITE was in Oklahoma City.
REV. J. W. STEWART, presiding elder of the Ardmore district, spent the past few days in Sulphur holding quarterly conference.
PRIVATE CECIL ROBINSON of Sulphur and PRIVATE THOMAS O. WILEY of Mill Creek have been recently discharged from Camp Pike and arrived home this week and will the be first Murray County boys to return to civil life. Both are well qualified young men.
D. F. ELLIS and E. M. RICE were in Sulphur holding commissioners court.
COL. J. W. SCOTT who is drilling an oil well near Dougherty is here attending to business.
PHIL GAFFORD, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. F GAFFORD of this city, is here visiting his parents after receiving an honorable discharge from the officers training school at Waco, Texas. He will return to his former position as city clerk of Sulphur Springs, Texas, from which duties he had a leave of absence while serving in the army.
MAJOR WALTER CALDWELL, a cousin of Mr. and Mrs. JOHN A. HASTE of this city, recently won the French cross of honor and the American award for distinguished service in France.
MISS LEE, a new teacher for Oklahoma School for the Deaf, has been teaching in Louisiana, arrived to take up her duties as a regular member of the O. S. D. faculty.
O. L. SMITH, prominent farmer and former county commissioner living between Sulphur and Wynnewood, was here Monday and received a German helmet from his son MANLY SMITH, who is with the American forces in France. The helmet showed signs of warfare and also had the name of the German soldier written inside the helmet. He prizes this souvenir very highly.
SERGT. SAMP P. HALE of Davis, who is now in the serve at Fort Worth, was in Sulphur, transacting business on a short furlough.
D. T. PRICE and son of Ardmore arrived to make this their future home. He will have charge of the cemetery. His family is presently visiting in Eufaula.
The flu epidemic is raging in the rural districts near Sulphur. Palmer, five miles north of Sulphur, has as many as 60 cases and the communities near Mill Creek and Drake are seriously affected.
R. L. BUCHANAN, whose residence burned a month ago in the big westside fire, is now rebuilding a nice bungalow on the same location, West 11th ST.
BEN JONES, county chairman for the December Red Cross drive, is very active with his organization.
DR. G. W. SULLIVAN has recently returned from an extended visit with his wife at Marathon, Texas. Mrs. Sullivan has been quite ill, but is now improved.
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Sunday, December 8, 1918
Sulphur by MISS MYRTLE MASTERS
LIEUT. ROBERT J. BAGUES, noted French officer, will speak in Sulphur Sunday afternoon at 2:30 in the interest of the Red Cross membership campaign.
C. W. COPELAND, recently discharged from the U. S. Army, is now at home with his family in Sulphur.
MRS. B. F. ELEAZER, who has been with her husband in Wilson for the last two weeks, returned home.
ELDER R. H. MUSGRAVES has accepted the pastorate of the Church of Christ of this city and will preach his first sermon Sunday.
The Masons of Dougherty will hold a St. John’s Memorial Service Sunday at 11 a.m., REV. W. C. ADAMS of Shawnee will deliver the address.
Mr. and Mrs. WILSON BROADBENT of Corning, Kansas are visiting their son HON H. W. BROADBENT in this city.
MRS. C. E. TAYLOR of Oklahoma City is visiting here sister, MRS. I. E. PACEY this week.
JUSTICE J. M. COLLINS, who was stricken with apoplexy several weeks ago, is still confined to his home and recovery is slow.
The Women’s Missionary Society of the First Methodist Church has elected officers for the a new year: MRS. I. E. PACEY, MS.J. E. SIMMONS, MR.S C. F. MITCHELL, MRS. JOHN SUMMERS, MRS. M. D. FRIER, MRS. B. A NELSON, MRS. BOURLAND, MRS. SAM MORELAND, MRS. G. B HANEY, MRS. H. G BUTT.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. BOSWELL will leave for Oklahoma City to make their home.
Mr. and Mrs. R. S. GOFFE will leave for Salina, Kansas. He was formerly owner of the Sulphur Telephone Co. and recently sold to A. COOPER of Burden, Kansas, is leaving for new fields of business. He was a director of the Sulphur Chamber of Commerce and a very successful and enterprising business man.
J. W. WILLIAMS, well known resident of Davis, was knocked down by a Santa Fe freight train Tuesday afternoon on the Y in the Davis railroad yards.
SERGT. PRESTON STEDMAN of Davis, son of R. Y. STEADMAN/STEDMAN, arrived in New York a few days ago from France and now is in New York hospital, recovering from a minor ailment. He expects to be home in a few weeks.
LUKE AUTRY of Davis is a recent arrival overseas.
G. W. PULLEN of Davis, former representative from Murray County, was in Sulphur transacting business.
H. G. BARNETT, lumberman from Hickory, was transacting business in Sulphur.
New was received in Hickory Thursday morning of the death of LIEUT. JOSEPH PEARSON MITCHELL which occurred on the western front Nov. 6 in the last big drive of the 90th Division. He was killed in action.
MRS.JOHN SHARP of Turkey, Texas is visiting her mother, RMS. FROSSARD and family this week.
PERRY JONES, prominent farmer of Palmer, was in Sulphur Thursday transacting business.
SAM RYAN of near Mill Creek was in Sulphur Thursday.
WILL BAUGHMAN, who has been out traveling many sections of the state, returned home Wednesday to spend the weekend with his family.
COL. R. A. SNEED was called to Guyman Tuesday by the serious illness of his son, LUCIAN SNEED/
J. R. FANT of Oklahoma City is a business visitor here this week.
MRS. C. E. TAYLOR of Oklahoma City is visiting her sister, MRS. I. PACEY and Mr. Pacey.
JOHN MCCLURE is here transacting business.
MISS UNA ROBERTS entertained at dinner Monday night for Mr. and Mrs. R. S. GOFFE, who leave this week for Salina, Kansas.
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Friday Morning, December 13, 1918
Sulphur by Miss Myrtle MASTERS
The Murray County Singing Convention will convene December 14 and 15 at the Wheeler school house, between Davis and Wynnewood. Several large classes will be present and complete with songs. The song leaders of the county are Messrs. SMITH, NOWLIN, CRAWFORD, OPLIN, HALFORD, HODGES etc. MISS EFFIE HODGES of Scullin is the secretary of the convention.
Golden Rule Lodge of I.O.O.F. of Sulphur elected officers: CHARLES BRITTON, IRA POTES, H. E MALONE, G. M. ANDERSON.
A. M. WRIGHT was an Oklahoma City visitor this week.
PRIVATE IVAN M. ANDERSON arrived Monday from Camp Cody, N. W. where he was discharged from the service. He has been in the hospital for several weeks and is not fully recovered.
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. SPARKS leave this week for Corpus Christi to spend the winter.
CAPT. F. S. HOWELL will leave for Oklahoma City in charge of a number of National Guardsmen who go to take examinations for commissions. They are J. E. LITTLE, JAMES MEDLOCK, OSCAR BUCHANAN, LESLIE PHILLIPS, MILLER and E. VERON. Capt. Howell will take the examination for a major’s commission.
FRANK HARRIS of Drake was in Sulphur transacting business.
A. J. STEVENS, county agent, returned Monday from a business trip to Purcell.
Four deaths have occurred the past week near Nebo: JOHN LANSFORD, LEE EVERETT, MR. STOCKTON, MR. NICHOLS.
JOHN HASSEN went to Ardmore to accompany the body of his friends MR. JOSEPH who died in Ardmore Tuesday to Sulphur where he will be buried.
CORPORAL LANCE BARROW, stationed at Camp Bowie, Texas, spent a few days at his home at Hickory.
PAUL HOGGARD, stationed at Kelley Field, Texas, is visiting relatives this week on a short furlough.
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Tuesday Morning, December 17, 1918
Sulphur by Miss Myrtle MASTERS
DR. and Mrs. W. O. BOURLAND went to Oklahoma City to hear the Paris Symphony Orchestra.
MRS. R. B. BEARD had as dinner guests MRS. C. M. MAYS, MRS. FRANK EMANUEL, MRS. A. D. NOWLIN, MRS. HUGH CUSHENBERRY, MRS. CHARLES BRYAN, MRS. MAY BRYAN of Plattsburg, Missouri and MISSES NOWLIN and CLARINE CUSHENBERRY.
E. T WHITE heard the Paris Symphony Orchestra in Oklahoma City.
MRS. FRANK LEWIS entertained a few friends Friday afternoon for her sister MRS. H. S. NEAL of San Francisco. The guests: MRS. G. W STEVENSON, MRS. E. T. WHITE, MRS. T. P. GIACOMINI, MISSES ROBERTS and MYRTLE MASTERS.
MRS. H. S. NEAL left for San Francisco after a three months stay with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.L. TOWNSLEY.
Mr. and Mrs. J. J. SPARKS left in their car for Corpus Christi to spend the winter.
MRS. GEORGE BARRIER went to Oklahoma City to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. CLAUD WEAVER.
MAYOR G. W STEVENSON, C. A BRYAN, FRANK SAMUEL, C. G WHITE, C. M. MAYS, I. B. MOSLEY, R. J. CARTER and JOHN HASSEN, and other business men went to Oklahoma City to appear before the corporation commission in a hearing on light rates in Sulphur.
CORP. POKE BEARD, son of MRS. LAURA BEARD of Davis, was wounded in action in France, Oct. 4. Mrs. Beard also received a telegram that another son, PRIVATE WILLIAM BEARD, reported missing in action some weeks ago, was now reported present and on duty.
SAM TUTOR and MISS GOLDIE TODD were married in Davis Tuesday with JUDGE L.H. POWELL officiating.
J. W. OWENS, state Masonic instructor, is holding school in Davis this week.
HUGH ALEXANER, former Sulphur business man, has now located in Ada, having moved his family there this week.
JIM WILSON of the U. S. Navy, who is an electrician on the U.S.S. Waters, a destroyer, visited his parents at Davis on a short furlough.
W. A. COOK, a business man of Sulphur for the past 15 years, has sold the Sulphur Grocery Co. and is preparing to move to his farm in Kansas for next year.
C. A. BRYAN and FRANK EMANUEL went to Oklahoma City Saturday on business.