latest
Dear Next Generation,
Read moreSunday, May 30th , at 2:00 PM, the Atwood Cemetery will have a memorial service. Donations will be taken for the upkeep of the cemetery Friday through Sunday, or they can be deposited in either First National Bank or First United Bank in Holdenville. New cemetery books will be available for sale.
Read moreThe Atwood Nazarene Church will be having Vacation Bible School June 7th – 11th, from 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM for ages 3 through 12. The theme is Rocky Railroad: “Jesus’ Power Pulls us Through”. If you need a ride or have any questions call 405-221-0972.
Read moreWe do not know how many rural cemeteries there are in Hughes County. However we do know that several of them have been neglected and are now hard to locate. One of the exceptions is the Fairview cemetery.
Read moreHONORARY MEMBERS OF THE WETUMKA FFA WERE RECOGNIZED AT THE RECENT BANQUET. Pictured are the honorees (center) Dayla Glover and Crystal Bray with the FFA officers (left to right) Haylee Dilday, Allison Bray, Wyatt Allford, Jaxon Reid, Jayden Young and Coral Mathews.
Read moreBooker T. Washington’s arrival in Muskogee caused a commotion. His arrival attracted a crowd estimated to number between five and six thousand when he arrived on November 20th, 1905. Naturally, most in the crowd were African Americans. The heavy foot of Jim Crow still separated the Black race from everyone else. Consequently, many in Indian Territory wanted to hear how they could finally, fully be free. The Civil War ended forty years earlier in Virginia. It was not lost on the crowd that Dr. Washington was born a slave in Virginia. It was also common knowledge that he had dined with the President of the United States. Everyone who came to Muskogee, it seems, wanted to learn how he overcame his humble beginnings. Booker Taliaferro Washington lived under slavery for nine years. After the war ended, his mother moved the family to the new state of West Virginia. There he began studying in school for the first time. It was under these circumstances that he learned to read and write at a later age than students do today. At age sixteen, Booker left home to enter the Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute back in Virginia. A couple of years later, he attended a seminary in Washington, D. C. In 1881, he became the first principal of the Tuskegee Normal and Industrial Institute in Alabama.
Read moreThere will be a Golden Family Reunion planning meeting on May 31 at 1:00 p.m. at the school pavilion. Memorial Day is approaching. The town is asking those who live out of town to please make your donations early. You may send your donations to the Town of Clearview, 302 West Main Street, Clearview, 74880. Two trustee positions are up for election in May. There are two trustee positions open. Anyone wishing to run for these positions may file with Shirley Nero, secretary/ clerk. Election will be help Tuesday, May 11 at the Clearview Main Street Community Building. Please continue your prayers for those on the sick list Joyce Barrett, Sharon Johnson Patton, L. C. Carson, Marjorie Plunkett, Kevin Sinnett, Kurrilue Johnson, Billy Walker, Cornell Lucas, Eugene” Cowboy” Tyler, and Jean Chatman.
Read more