Jefferson Co. Okla. The Rural Co-Operator Mar. 1923

The Rural Co-Operator
transcribed by Anita Emberlin

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The Rural Co-Operator
Ringling, Jefferson County, Oklahoma

March 14, 1923

New Paper
This is to announce the launching a new paper at Healdton. It is to be a four page, six column sheet to be known as the Healdton Hustler. D. P. ABBEY is the owner and publisher. MISS VERNA ALLEN is the local editor and business manager and the office of publication is located in the northeast corner of Post Office News Stand in Healdton. Call or phone the local office. Send all copy of ads, news, etc. to D. P. ABBEY, P. O. Box 878, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, early in the week.

Poultry Exchange
ANDREW BRANCH, barred rocks
The Square Deal, white leghorns at East Main Street, Ringling
R. L. HOUSTON, 7 miles north, barred rocks
J. W. JONES of Ringling, Rhode Island reds
M. O. DYE, 6 miles northwest of Ringling, brown leghorns
CLIFF COLLIER, 6 miles north of Ringling, barred rocks
MRS. O. O. HOLLINGSWORTH, north of Ringling, white leghorns
MRS. ETHA STORY of Ringling, white Wyandottes
ROY WALKER, six breeds of chickens
MRS. J. A. LEAVER of Ringling, white leghorns
W. J. HORTON of Fleetwood, exclusively Johnson strain of white leghorns

The Ringling Booster
Ringling, Jefferson County
D. P. ABBEY, owner and publisher
MRS. J. A LEVER, local editor

Local items
MISS LENA EWING and brother BRUCE of carver spent the weekend here with relatives and friends.

HOYT HARWELL of Harwell spent the weekend here.

MRS. ETHA STORY and TINA BELLE HARWELL spent the weekend in Ardmore.

Mr and Mrs. J. R. FRENSLEY of Duncan spent the weekend here with Mr and Mrs. J. M. ROBBERSON.

JIM HENDERSON of the Mountain Home community was a business visitor here.

J. L. CATES of the Oak Grove community was a business visitor.

EDGAR POE of the Loco community was a business visitor.

MRS. HOMER TIPTON and MISS ESTHER LASURE motored to Waurika.

Mr and Mrs. WILSON PARKER of Cornish had a telegram Saturday stating that their son, TOM PARKER of Carlsbad, New Mexico was very ill with pneumonia, not expected to survive. They left at once for that place.

T. B. LAYTHAN of Marlow passed through Ringling Saturday on his way to Madill to visit relatives and friends there.

GEORGE BATEMAN and ZACK STIDHAM of Atlee were business visitors.

TOM GIBSON, just living north of town, was a business visitor.

ELLIS THOMPSON, who has been visiting his sister, MRS. H. M. KIDWELL, left o the O. N. M. & P. train early this morning to his home at Tuskahoma.

MRS. J. H. CROW of Healdton, who has been at the home of daughter, MRS. W. H.HACKLER of Cornish where Melvil Hackler has been suffering with pneumonia, left Friday for her home. She reported that her grandson’s condition somewhat improved.

W. S. GILLEY and his daughter RUTH HUNTER made a business trip to Ardmore.

Wanted--Several pens of full blood hens for Boys and Girls Club work. They will return two for one in year. D. P. ABBEY

Pig Club boars--Service--Poland China Boar, Glenwood Liberator No. 493.963 at Ringling Pig Club headquarters. Members $1.00. Others $3.00 or a pig at 8 weeks old.

ARCH CARPENTER, at one time in the meat market business here, but now of Ardmore, was a business visitor in Ringling Friday. He is a stockholder in the Ringling Refinery here and the cal had been made for a stockholders’ meeting was his main business.

JOE EVANS, who resides on the Jackson Ranch place in the East Plainview community west of Cornish, was a shopping and business visitor.

WALTER HODGES was a Ringling visitor Saturday. He stated that he would soon be up with his work and would hen take a day off and go fishing--he just wants to try a change of meat.

MRS. J. G. STEADMAN of Healdton spent several days with her sister, MRS. C. A. CULBERSON, just east of Ringling. Mrs. Culberson has been bedfast for some weeks jut is rapidly improving.

LEO STALLINGS of Asphaltum was a business visitor and stated positively that a railroad would soon be contracted through his town--we think he must aim to move to Ringling or Cornish to get one.

LON LAMBETH was a Ringling visitor.

JOE BAUCOM from northwest of town was a business visitor and attended the hog and poultry sale.

L. KEETON from northwest of town was a business and shopping visitor.

G. W. NEWMAN of the North Center Point community was as Ringling visitor.

TESS INGRAM of the Orr community was a friendly business visitor.

TOM GARDNER passed through Ringling.

OTT BUTLER of the Claypool community was a business visitor.

W. C. RICHARDSON and WILL WILLIAMSON were visitors from Oak Grove community.

JOHN and FRANK RITTER of the Dixie community were business visitors.

GILBERT BENTON of the Dixie community was a business and shopping and Radio visitor Thursday and Friday.

W. A. NELSON of the Mountain Home community was a business visitor.

F. C. HARRIS of the South Center Point community was here.

MRS. SIM STOTTS is reported sick with the flu.

JOHN WHITTLE was ‘whittling’ away in Ringling on business Friday.

CLIFF COLLIER of the Dixie community was a visitor, watching the sale of poultry and hogs.

ERNEST FOREST of the Asphaltum community was here.

W. E. ROCHE, JOHN WHITTLE, HENRY DOSSETT, and F. C. HARRIS of the South Center Point community were here Monday.

A. A. WHITE left the first of the week for the Smackover country on business and will be probably gone ten days.

A. E. PRESTWOOD, P. FH. CARTER, TOM DOSSETT, J. L. HARPER and other Ringling folks were shopping in Waurika Monday, some were there to do jury duty, some as witnesses while others just wanted to see and hear for themselves just how things were going.

W. B. STAFFORD of the Grady community was a friendly visitor and telling us how that Grady and Cornish is now brought together by the Radio and saying it will not be long till they, the two towns mentioned, will be connected by rail.

WILL RACHEL of the North Center Point community was a business visitor.

JEFF HAWKINS and C. E. LOCKWOOD of the South Center Point community were Ringling visitors.

W. C. KING, one of the foremost farmers in the community just west of Ringling, came in Saturday to be at the hog and chicken sale.

GEORGE ALLEN of the Atlee community was a Ringling shopping and business visitor.

Z. L. BOLES of Ardmore was a business visitor

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