Jefferson Co. Okla. The Ringling Eagle

The Ringling Eagle
transcribed by Anita Emberlin

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The Ringling Eagle
Ringling, Jefferson County, Oklahoma

Some Items

May 30, 1929

Cabbage Grown near Ringling
MRS. V. T. NEWCOMB, who resides two and one-half miles northwest of Ringling, was in town Tuesday exhibiting some of the finest and largest cabbage heads that were grown in this section. She has about 500 heads in the patch and they will average four and three-fourths pounds. .. This is an excellent demonstration of which can be raised in this county.

County-Wide Growers Meet in Waurika
Next Saturday afternoon, June 1, there will be a county wide meeting of the cotton growers in Waurika… The committee in charge of the meeting: A. O.WOOD, C. DALE, H. R. BEAVERS and A. C. BURGER.

Obit for TOM WILMOTH
TOM WILMOTH, who has been in ill health for the past years, died at the family home in Ringling, last Friday morning at 1 p.m. He was 49 years old. MR. WILMOTH is survived by his wife, MRS. MINNIE WILMOTH, and five children, MRS. C. A GLASCO of Pruitt City, ETHEL WILMOTH who is attending school at Durant, IVA, RUBY and GEORGE WILMOTH of Ringling. All the children were at the funeral. He is also survived by his mother, MRS. G. W. WILMOTH, and sisters, MRS. FRED TURNER of Lone Grove, MRS. LON RISNER of Lone Grove and MRS. GEORGE POTTS of Madill. Interment was made in the Odd Fellows Cemetery Saturday with REV. H. A. LONGINO conducting the services.

Ringling Wins from Ardmore
The Ringling ball club opened play Sunday afternoon at Fair Park in Ardmore by scoring two runs in the first inning, and thereby gaining a lead that was sufficient to defeat the Ardmore Tigers 4 to 4. This was the first defeat of the season for the Ardmore club and left them tied with Marietta for first place in the league. A double by D. DULLA, a single by HARRELL and a base hit by G. BULLA netted the Ringling club an early lead. D. BULLA came to the rescue of his team in the seventh inning with a single, followed with another single by HARRELL, a sacrifice, a hit baseman, a walk and a sacrifice by BILL WALLACE and Ringling ended the scoring with three runs, Ardmore threatened to score in the eighth and ninth but could not launch the drive at the proper time.

Locals
MRS. J. P. GARRETSON of Addington is visiting her son, D. R. GARRISON and his family this week.

MRS. A. C. RISNER of Durant is visiting her sister MRS. J. W. MOORE this week.

MISS LUCILLE THOMPSON of Chickasha is visiting her aunt, MRS. L. JACKSON this week.

WADE HARVELL, who is employed at Bristow, spent a few days at home this week.

Mr. and Mrs. ERNEST HARVELL of Bristow visited here this week.

Mr. and Mrs. A. L. MEARS and children of Wilson visited in Ringling Sunday.

MISS GERTRUDE POPPLEWELL who is attending school at Durant spent Sunday with her mother MRS. G. M. FORD.

VICTOR WALLACE is here from Shawnee where he has been attending school.

MRS. S. G. ASHBY and son, FRANK, of Norman were in Ringling to visit with MRS. RUFUS STALLINGS of Asphaltum.

Mr. and Mrs. J. T. TRIMBLE and daughter DIMPLE of Duncan were visiting old friends here Monday.

Mrs. DAVE. K. SPRADLING returned Sunday from visiting her mother MRS. I. B. CLIFTON in Waurika.

MRS. NAYDENE LECONTE of Ardmore visited her mother MRS. GEORGE A. SONRICKER here.

ROBERT COTTON is visiting Ringling before returning to Wewoka.

MISS OUIDA JACKSON, MISS CORINNE BEAN and MISS LOUISE RICKETTS were shopping in Ardmore.

SHERIFF FRANK DRISKELL was here on business.

Thursday, June 6, 1939

New Preacher Sunday
REV. C. E. PAINTER of Lawton will fill the pulpit at the Baptist Church here next Sunday

MISS HILMER FOSTER, MISS ALMA FOSTER and MISS BESSIE FOSTER, all of Oklahoma City, visited HANNAH ASBY this week.

Last Friday, Mr. and Mrs. LUTHER HIGHTOWER entertained with a six o’clock dinner in honor of MISS MILDRED HIGHTOWER and MISS GENE JOHNSON of Loco and MISS FLOSSIE FLUSHER of Okfuskee. There girls were students at Edmund this past year.

KEMPER-WILMOTH
J. S. KEMPER, age 36, and MISS IVA WILMOTH, age 29, both of Ringling, were married last Sunday at the home of REV. B. A. LONGINO, who read the marriage vows. The couple will make their home in Ringling. MISS ETHYL and MISS RUBY WILMOTH were present at the wedding.

A. E. LAMBERT Wins the $25 First Monday
A very large crowd attended Ringling’s First Monday and A. E. LAMBERT of Orr won the $25 in cash that was given by the business men. D. L. MCLAIN was the lucky man at the Thomas Cash Store and was given a $20 gold piece. E. A. SMITH received $5 in cash from the F. & M. Cash Grocery. Hamm Grocery gave away five prizes in order as follows: T. J. CREEK a 32 piece Blue Bird Dinner Set; W. R. FLOYD $2.50 sack of Chic O Line Dairy Feed; J. BRAMLETT a 48 pound sack of Loud Speaker Flour; W. R. FLOYD 1 pound of Red Rose coffee and MRS. G. B. STOWE 2 pounds of candy. The Service Grocery gave away six prizes listed as follows, W. A. MCLAIN 100 pound sack of Chic O Line Egg Mash; BILL ANDERSON 48 pound sack of flour; MRS. BOB CAMPBELL one half gallon of comb honey, V. L. SOUTHERLAND, 17 pounds of sugar, D. J. TAYLOR 1 pound of candy and J. J. MCLAIN, 1 package of merchandise.

Obit for WILEY J. DICKEY
Funeral service for WILEY J. DICKEY, age 65, a resident of Southern Oklahoma for more than 45 years, was held at 3:00 Sunday afternoon at Bettes Funeral Chapel in Ardmore, DR. CRAYTON S. BROOKS, pastor of the Ardmore Christian Church, conducted the service and interment was made at Rose Hill cemetery. MR. Dickey died at the family home near Ringling last Friday morning at 10:00. He was a native of Georgia and moved to Oklahoma in the early days. He is survived by his widow, MRS. B. M. DICKEY, four sons, BERNICE and ERNEST of Ringling and ERB and JIM of Lubbock, Texas; six daughters, MRS. AUDREY ISHER and MRS. BLANCHE CRUMP of Wichita Falls, MRS. CLARA GREEN of Lubbock, Texas, MRS. EUNICE WILLIAMS of Shawnee, MRS. MOLLIE ALTA ELLIOTT of Carlsbad, New Mexico, MRS. PEARL BELL of Hale Center, Texas, his mother MRS. MOLLIE DICKEY of Chickasha, three sisters, MRS. MILDRED WILSON of Ardmore, MRS. CARRIE BOGUS of Dallas, MRS. ELLA ROACH of Chickasha, and two brothers LON DICKEY of Lone Wolf and JOHN DICKEY of Shawnee. He is also survived by four stepchildren, MRS. G. B. COURSIER, MRS. LEONARD WILLIAMS, MRS. SAM BLACKBURN, and JESS MAYRANT.

$3300 Damage in Lone Grove
Last Friday night, three buildings containing a filling station, a grocery store, a lunch room and a barber shop and the post office were completely destroyed by fire of unknown origin at about 3 p.m. with an estimated loss of $3300. The grocery store operator was the only one carrying insurance. The blaze was said to have started in the back of the filling station where JOE CANNON lived. His family was visiting in Lindsay at the time and he narrowly escaped being burned to death.

4 Arrests Made in 4 Raids
County Sheriff FRANK DRISKELL assisted by his deputies B. E. ADAMS, W. M. BASS, and JOHN MASSEY made four raids during the weekend. Arrested: BOB EPPERSON, FRANK ROWE, Mr. BOWEN and his son

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