Ringling Eagle 1930 Oct 02 - Jefferson County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Nita E. 13 Nov 2005 Return to Jefferson County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/jefferson/jefferson.htm ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ========================================================================== Originally posted at: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/CaB.2ACI/751 The Ringling Eagle Ringling, Jefferson County, Oklahoma October 2, 1930 4-H Members Win Premiums at State Fair EDITH CHAMBLESS won first on English peas; LADELLE DAWKINS sixth on luncheon set; EDTH HAMBERS canning exhibit of six jars; AZEL SMITH ninth on holder; and ONA REID six on scarf. Boxing SONNY HOBSON, weight 142 pounds, of Ringling and HARLEY GUINN, weight 141 pounds of Waurika, will meet in a six round bout Friday night at the Majestic Theatre. Healdton Boys Play Bandit Two seventeen year old boys giving their names as ROBERT MARLOW and SKEETS HICKMAN were lodged in the Johnston County jail Sunday following an attempted robbery of a filling station east of Tishomingo… DICK SMITH, operator of the filling station, said the boys appeared about 7:30 and demanded 'all the money in the place' at the point of a gun. Smith seeing they were only boys refused and a free for all fight followed. The boys were put to route, speeding away toward Milburn. A posse was formed at Milburn and as the boys drove into town, the car was surrounded… In attempting to escape, one of the boys tripped over his own gun and wounded his leg. Bass Evading Justice in Court Former deputy skips state in preference to facing trial. Man Identified as Wirt Bandit H. L. DARR, arrested in Oklahoma City last Saturday, returned to Ardmore by Deputy KEIRSEY, was positively identified by MRS. GEORGE SMITH and MRS. RALPH NICHOLSON as one of the men who held up the Wirt State Bank Sept. 11. F. M. BAREFOOT, owner of the Barefoot Variety Store, has been making arrangements for his fall opening sale. Oklahoma Farm News The first bale of the 1930 cotton crop in the vicinity of Elk City was brought there Sept. 1 by SAM CRABTREE, who is holding the bale for higher prices. Mr. and Mrs. J. D BULMAN of the Frisco community near Mill Creek, have 120 White Leghorn hens which netted them a profit of $361.85 last year. They own their own farm of 100 aces with some leased pasture land for a young herd of beef cattle. They have a good orchard and vineyard and cultivate a garden. THOMAS SAM, full blood Choctaw, now 100 years old, has purchased his hunting license for the 16th consecutive year. Sam has been hunting fame in Garvin County for the past 40 years. He draws water daily for seven head of cattle and shocks corn daily. The purebred Guernsey cow owned by TOM COOPER of Ardmore took first place for August in the report for Oklahoma Cow Testing Association with production of 2000 pounds of milk containing 78 pounds of 3.9% butterfat. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Jefferson County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/jefferson/jefferson.htm