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A man who became one of Oklahoma’s most significant Civil Rights lawyers, Amos T. Hall was born on October 2, 1896, in Bastrop, Louisiana, and attended Bastrop schools. He graduated from Rust College, Holly Springs, Mississippi. Hall was admitted to the Oklahoma Bar Association in 1925 and then to the Tulsa County Bar Association. As the attorney for the Oklahoma Association of Negro Teachers, he led the fight for equal salaries for teachers via the case of Freeman v. Oklahoma City School Board (1948). He was appointed special judge of the District Court of Tulsa County in 1969 and served until 1970. In 1970, he was elected associate district judge of Tulsa County and served in that capacity until his death. Judge Hall was the first African American to be elected to a countywide office and the first African American to be elected a judge in Oklahoma.
Read moreOur sincere condolences and prayers to the Grundy and Zackery families upon the unfor-tunate death of Dorothy Grundy. Please keep in your prayers our sick Marguerite French, Alpheus Grundy, Billy Walker, Cornell Lucas, Otis Davis, and Kurrilue Johnson Jr., Jean Chatman, L.C. Carson, Marjorie Plunkett, and Kevin Stinnett. Please pray for his recovery. Please treat the COVID seriously, it attacks the young, the old, the strong and the weak. If you don’t want to protect yourselves, please protect others, wear a mask.
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Read moreThe Dustin Activities Committee will be hosting a City-Wide trash pickup on Saturday, October 17 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Volunteers will receive a FREE T-Shirt and gloves. Lunch will be provided. We need your help! Thank you!
Read moreThere will be a Community Revival October 5-10, 2020 at 6:30 nightly at the Lamar Park Pavilion in Lamar, OK. The speaker will be Mark Oswald and everyone is welcome to attend. Please bring your lawn chairs as there will be limited seating. Come and enjoy some good, solid Biblical preaching.
Read moreThe Holdenville Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture will be hosting the annual Fall Festival and Car Show this Saturday, October 3, centered around Main Street and Broadway. The festival is traditionally scheduled for the first Saturday in October and offers the citizens of Holdenville an opportunity to enjoy a day of fellowship with family, friends, neighbors, and guests. It also helps promote the community, especially the local businesses and organizations, to the many visitors the festival attracts from across the state and beyond.
Read moreWE’RE BACK! The Boots N Bows Square Dance Club started back Sept. 19 dancing again. We were expecting Charlie to start the dance, but he wasn’t expecting a flat tire. So, Jim Howard just happened to arrive early for the dance and he got to call for us until Charlie arrived. Charlie and Jim did a duet later on in the evening. Dean Lloyd also called a tip. I opened the door and there was a crowd from everywhere! We had two squares on the floor all night! Caller, Charlie Robertson, was in true form. He called a plus tip that didn’t slow down. It was a good dance; I kid you not! It was good to see everyone dancing! This was our first dance in 6 months, so we were glad to get together and see everyone and dance. We really had a lot of food for everyone!
Read moreThe Wetumka City Council held their regular scheduled meeting on Monday, September 14, 2020. Those council members present were June Fixico, Donna Dyer, and Richard Roush. Sherri Smith city treasurer/interim city manager and Mayor Norma Marshall were also present. City attorney, John Baca and councilmember Josh Howk were absent.
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