The David News 1924 Feb 21 - Murray County, Oklahoma Submitted by: Nita 06 Nov 2005 Return to Murray County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/murray/murray.htm ========================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ========================================================================== Originally posted at: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/UaB.2ACI/1248 Some Items The Davis News Davis, Murray County, Oklahoma February 21, 1924 MRS. EDNA SWEARENGIN seeks re-election as court clerk. Death of S. P. HUNTER Through a letter to friends here the death of S. P. HUNTER at Childress, Texas on Feb. 12th became known. Mr. Hunter was a citizen of Davis for many years and was engaged in the saddlery and harness business. He left here 12 years ago, going to Dallas where he remained a couple of years, and has lived in Carlsbad, New Mexico, the past ten years. He was a good citizen, a fine man, and Davis citizens are sorry of learn of his death. He was a Presbyterian and was active in church work here. Bad health overtaking him, he left Carlsbad and went to his former home, Childress where he passed away. He is survived by his wife and one daughter, MRS. LAWRENCE MCADOO. Notice to Our Friends and Customers Starting March 1, 1924, we, the undersigned garages of Davis, will put our places on a cash basis… Harper's Garage by S. B. HARPER; Davis Garage by PETERMAN Bros.; Palace Garage by T. H. HORTON; SAM P. HALE Motor Co. by SAM P. HALE. Basketball Next Saturday night at the Davis gym, the Davis Pierce Arrows play the team from the Deaf School at Sulphur. Childers Co. Brings in 3 New Wells Within the last three weeks, three new oil wells have been brought in in the Homer field by the Childers Oil & Gas Co. Mr. Childers resides in Davis. F. S. HUNT for County Commissioner BRYAN WILSON died Feb. 11th in Arizona A telegram received by MRS. C. O. WARREN announced the sad news of the death of BRYAN WILSON at Desert Inn Hospital, Phoenix, Arizona, Feb. 11th. Bryan, as he is known by Davis friend, had the flu in January of last year which settled in his lungs. He went to Arizona in August of last year…. Three brothers and one sister, A. C. WILSON of N. M., LOYD of Texas, HOMER of Rodeo, New Mexico, and a sister Mrs. Inez in St. Louis, Missouri. Cards announcing the marriage of VERNON H. FIELDING and MISS ROSE KIRKPATRICK at San Diego, California last Thursday have been received by Davis friends. The contracting parties are employed in the railroad office at Dodge City, Kansas and were married while on a vacation in California. The groom was born and raised in Davis, a son of Mr. and Mrs. H. W. FIELDIGN of Sulphur and grandson of Mr. and Mrs. O. M. WARE of this city. W. S. BELL for Constable Mr. Bell has been a nightwatchman here for years. C. L. STONE returned from a few days business trip to Oklahoma City. MESDAMES SLOVER, RICHARDSON, and REEDY, accompanied by Mr. Slover, motored to Ardmore yesterday. G. M. DODSON laid the foundation yesterday for a five room bungalow on his lot in west part of town. W. M. FINDLEY, who was operated on at Sulphur about a month ago, was brought home Sunday. He seems to be rapidly improving. Next week, O. C. FRANCIS will begin remodeling his dwelling. He will change it into a bungalow and modernize it inside and out. MRS. SAM P. HALE left for Sherman, Texas to attend an alumni reception at the Kidd-Key college. WALTER COX, who was operated on at Williamson Hospital, is reported as doing nicely and will probably be brought to Davis in a few days. He is the brother of MRS. R. B. HUTCHINS. For rent--my home place, the W. H. RICHARDSON place, and the second place of my home. R. L. FREEMAN W. L. SPRINGER, Santa Fe agent, attended the loss and damage conference of railroad men in Fort Worth last Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. JOHN JOHNSON, who live on the GEORGE PIERCE place near Davis, gave a big turkey dinner last Sunday in honor of the 83rd birthday of MRS. JOHNSON's father, 'UNCLE JOE' WARREN. The families of JULIAN DICKSON, G. W. PULLEN, CECIL PULLEN, C. M. CREWS, WILL HARRIS and JOHN HARRIS of Sulphur were present and enjoyed the dinner and the day with Uncle Joe who is an old Confederate soldier and a fine old gentleman. He has lived in and around Davis the past 18 years. A Ford car belonging to T. G WARNOCK of Oklahoma City, which has been stored in the Palace Garage for some time, caught fire about midnight last Thursday and caused the fire department to be called out. The car's upholstery was burned off. There was a camping outfit in the back of the car and it is presumed that mice got hold of the matches and started the fire. Hennepin Items The county superintendent MASON HART visited the school. MRS. E. R KING, LOYD W. KING and MRS. H. G. LOONEY returned Sunday from Dallas where they were called the first of the week on account of the illness of NATHAN ROSS whose condition when they left was improved. B. F. LOONEY of Pauls Valley was a business visitor last week. The band boys will render a play on Tuesday night, March 4th,, the title of which is 'Out in the Street.' The proceeds will be spent for general expenses of the band. MISS ANNIE WINGO entertained the young folks with a party Friday night. All reported a nice time. MRS. JOE MARTIN of Davis is visiting relatives here. OLIN WILSON was a visitor here Friday. He was on his way to Wilson to take his position there after being transferred to Shawnee for several weeks. The Hennepin basketball girls will play a matched game with the Woodland team on the Woodland court next Friday afternoon. MRS. V. E. MORTON and MRS. V. MCNEIL of Wynnewood visited home folks last week. JESSE SHORT and MISS CLARA MARTIN and MISS PEARL SHORT visited friends at Hennepin Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. R. D. L. MEEKS were in Davis Sunday visiting Mr. FINDLEY who was brought there from the Williamson hospital Sunday. The Christian Endeavor Sunday night under of the leadership of MISS RUBY WINGO was well attended. A. D. JOHNSON and family moved to their new home near Maysville. WLATER MORTON and family left Saturday to reside at Graham. MRS. W. F. MCNEILL leaves this week to visit relatives at Drumright. JOE B. POE was a visitor here Sunday. Fairview Items There will be a Literary at the school house Friday night, Feb. 22nd. Everybody invited. MISS BEULA CLARK spent the weekend at Sulphur and Hickory. Mr. and Mrs. JOHNIE FRANTZ spent Saturday with Mr. and Mrs. JOHNIE DURHAM. MRS. MAUDIE FRANTZ spent Sunday with homefolks. MISS MYRTLE GARGIS spent Sunday night with her sister at Davis. Mr. and Mrs. GARGIS and family visited the family of E. G. HOLLAND Sunday. J. H. BUCHANAN and family of Sulphur with Mr. and Mrs. W. M. BUCHANAN Sunday. HERBERT BUCHANAN spent Sunday with J. T. HARRELL. MISS EUNICE CHADWICK was the guest of MISS DORA VERNON Sunday. There was a party at Mr. and Mrs. PITCHFORD's last Thursday. All reported a good time. MISS BESSIE CARPENTER spent Sunday with MISS BERNICE WELLS. MISS IDA CHADRICK spent Sunday with her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. TRUITT. MISS BERNICE WELLS, MISS ERA CHAFFLIN and FOSTER WELLS attended the singing at Sunshine Sunday night. MISS MYRTLE GARGIS was the guest of MISS ATTIE SELPH Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. JOHN BOUNDS and family spent Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. PERRY THOMASSON. Chigley News The new song books came in Saturday and there was fine singing Sunday night. WALTER BOREN and wife from Iona cam Sunday night to help sing. BROTHER ABSTON preached an interesting sermon Sunday. MRS. R. A WEBB, who has been down for 10 weeks, is reported to be showing a small improvement,. Chigley basketball team went to Wheeler last Friday to challenge a game. The scores were 23 to 20 in Favor of Wheeler. ABLE BROWN is going to teach a singing school here beginning Monday night. VIRGIL GREEN and wife moved from Ardmore to MR. BRISTOL's farm. Mr. and Mrs. NORT MOSES and family are preparing to leave for Texas this week. Mr. and Mrs. MORRIS went to visit their son, WELCOME MORRIS, who lives in Tulsa and is very ill with flu. We are expecting Sunshine to come and play basketball. MISS TEDDY MORRIS spent the weekend at Sulphur. ARTHUR HOFFMAN and KENNETH ROSE from New Hope and OSCAR REED and RAYMOND DOUGHERTY from Iona were here Sunday. MRS. L. D. CLARY is visiting her daughter at Calvin. Dougherty News The following boys played for the Dougherty basketball team: THAD GARDENHIRE, J. T. NEAL, 'KID' ROSS, BILL JAMES, THOMAS THORNTON, JOHN T. TOMLINSON, HUNTER TOMLINSON, DOE NEAL, and BUSTER LEWIS. The girls won their game easily and were at no time threatened by opponents. Points during the game with Berwyn: Dougherty boys, GARDENHIRE, 5; JAMES 6; THORNTON, 1 Girls--HOOPER 20, ALLDAY 8, BRUBAKER 4. MRS. VELMA MORGAN of Thackerville spent the weekend here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. THORNTON. LEE JONES made a business trip to Davis. MISSES VERA JAMES and EDNA MCCLURE and Messrs. DRANNON, OWENS and ROY WILKINS were in Dougherty Saturday night. Mr. and Mrs. TOM MCGIBONEY and Mrs. SIM LANSFORD were in Sulphur Saturday. ROY MAYS, ERNEST GUESS, and ERVIN JAMES of Berwyn were visitors here Sunday. SAM JONES and LEE JONES who have been visiting in Duncan and Ardmore returned home here. MRS. P. C. HOLDSCLAW of Sulphur has been here nursing her son ROY HUNTER who is seriously ill. LOYD SAMPLES and CLAUDE WILLIAMS were in Ardmore Sunday. MRS. N. B. BRUBAKER and daughters were in Davis Saturday. MRS. LOCKETT and little daughter were in Davis Saturday. OLLIE MOORE has moved to Dougherty from Crusher. JACK HERRING made a business trip to Davis. Mr. and Mrs. L. D. GRIFFIN and Mr. and Mrs. J. J. HUNTER motored to Sulphur Sunday. WALTER JONES is racing the streets of Dougherty in a red racer and GENE CALL is not far behind in a new Ford roadster. A birthday party was given Saturday night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. OLAND DEEL in honor of their son CLARENCE's 17th birthday. The entire evening was enjoyed with card games and dancing, after which refreshments were served. Euterpean Music Club The student recital with CORINNE ADLER and THELMA CRIPPEN as leaders, given at the home of MRS. SAM ADES, Feb. 13, was one of the most enjoyable affairs given this season. Mrs. Ades' home was beautiful, a profusion of cupids and hearts added to the decorations of the room. Guests for the afternoon were Mesdames ADAMS, GANT PETERMAN, CROSSETT, JIM KELLY, IKE ADLER, TOM GREER, W. A. SMITH, T. H. SLOVER, MOSE CHIGLEY, BURGESS, and MISS LUCILLE HUTCHINS. A splendid program given by student members was as follows: BERNICE NORMAN--Piano solo JIMMIE RUTH and MARY JO KELLY--Piano duet GENEVIEVE GREER--Piano solo BESSIE JOHNSON and GRACE HARRIS--Piano duet EDITH SLOVER--Reading MARGUERETE DRAUGHON--Violin solo THELMA CRIPPEN--Voice solo LILLIAN WOLF--Piano solo MARY FAY CROSSETT and GRACE HARRIS-Piano solo MARY LOUISE SMITH--Voice solo MARY LUCILLE WOODWARD, CORINNE AD -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Return to Murray County Archives: http://www.usgwarchives.net/ok/murray/murray.htm