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CONGRATULATIONS to Landen Yates and Lainee Yates! They were both selected to participate in the Legislative and Celebrity Showmanship Event at OYE where they will proudly be representing Hughes County Ag Youth and Holdenville 4-H!

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THE YEAR WAS 1945 – WETUMKA BOY HOME AFTER OVERSEAS DUTY FOR LIFE MAGAZINE Gail Peevey, junior war correspondent and photographer for Life magazine, is spending a 30 day convalescent leave here with his mother, Mrs. Ed Peevey.

Mr. Cletus Lowe, a teacher at the Shawnee Adult Learning Center, hosted their Black History Month Celebration in March honoring the legacies of Black history. The program included music and art. The students read histories of famous Black figures including Booker T.

On March 7, 2024, friends and family gathered at 611 S. 5th Street in Okemah, Oklahoma to recognize Theo CrawleyofWeleetka, Oklahoma for her hard work and dedication to CREOKS Health Services and to dedicate and name house in her honor.

In 1987, Congress officially declared the month of March as Women's History Month. Since then, Women's History Month has become an important step in honoring women’s contributions to history that have often been overlooked in general education for years.

In 1923, three years after the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment, Alice Paul and other members of the National Woman’s Party drafted a proposed constitutional amendment that would extend equal rights to women. Almost fifty years later, the U.S.

(1875–1930)One of Oklahoma’s most outstanding woman politicians, “Kate” Barnard was born Catherine Ann Barnard, in Geneva, Nebraska, on May 23, 1875, to John P. and Rachel Sheill Barnard. Shortly after her birth, her parents moved to northwestern Kansas.

Photos by Felisha Ring, Tribune Photographer