Few items May 13, 1938 Waurika News Democrat - Jefferson County, Oklahoma Submitted by: RedRiverTXOK 19 Dec 2010 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 ===================================================================== Orignally posted at: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.oklahoma.counties.jefferson/1246/mb.ashx 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 ΒΌ 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Jefferson County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/jefferson/jefferson.htm