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Glory (Bilby) Cemetery is in need of donations to maintain the cemetery for this year. Donations may be mailed to: First United Bank, P.O. Box 709, Holdenville, OK 74848. Or dropped off at the bank at: 102 East Main Street, Holdenville. Make checks payable to the Glory Cemetery fund.

The Dustin Activities Committee would like to publicly thank all the volunteers that participated in our “Great American Trash-Off” that was held Saturday April 30 th . This was the greatest turnout in the last four years with 29 volunteers and 34 bags of trash collected within two hours’ time.

1868: The first Memorial Day is declared. General John A. Logan, the commander of the Grand Army of the Republic, an organization of Civil War Veterans, issued a proclamation declaring May 5 to be “Decoration Day.

Clearview News: The town of Clearview is scheduling a town clean up day for Saturday, May 7 th beginning at 10:00 a.m. The city officials are asking everyone owning property to join in to clean your lots and roadways and to clean the cemetery.

The town of Clearview recently developed a tourism plan to bring tourism to Clearview. There was a need to transport small groups of tourists around town to historic sites. Through a private donation, the town was able to purchase a covered trailer.

On April 29 th at 8:00 p.m., 220 Jack and Jill of America youth and parents departed Tulsa, Oklahoma to tour three of the thirteen original all-Black towns of Oklahoma. This group was just a fraction of a group of nearly seven hundred visiting the Greenwood District during the weekend.

FELONIESCameron Bourne OSW— larceny of automobile, aircraft or other motor vehicle X2Logan Elizabeth Gibbs— rape second degree by instrument—II countsAustin Hasbell—possession of sawed off shotgunMARRIAGESJohn Ryan Baker and Kelsea Leeann Crow, both of AtwoodTodd Jackson Gale and Tori Renee...

PROFILES OF WETUMKA #2This is the second in a series of “Profiles of Wetumka” written by the late Hazel Sheppard for the Wetumka Bicentennial celebration. They were written in 1975.

Graham-Dustin Boys golf team members, who play with the Henryetta Golf Team, wrapped up their team season finishing just one spot out of the top six to qualify for State. However, Graham-Dustin Sophomore Eli Benard, shot his second-best score of the year (85) and qualified as an individual.

Anita Golden Arnold was born in Tecumseh, Oklahoma and grew up in Oklahoma City. She graduated from Douglass High School in Oklahoma City in 1957.