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HOLDENVILLE - During the last few months COVID-19 virus has held the world hostage. However, among all the fear and uncertainty during the coronavirus pandemic one Holdenville man has reason to celebrate. Jewell Thomas Akin celebrated his 100 th birthday May 8.

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SEMINOLE STATE COLLEGE BASKETBALL HEAD COACH DON TULEY honored the Seminole County Ministerial Alliance with the Crusaders in the Community Award at halftime during the men’s basketball game on Feb. 27 at the Raymond Harber Field House.

If you have any news about the Clearview area and would like it published contact Shirley at 405-786-2400 or email at annnero@aol.com The All-Black towns of Oklahoma represent a unique chapter in American history.

The town of Langston in Logan County is located on State Highway 33, ten miles northeast of Guthrie. The name honors John Mercer Langston, an African American educator and 51st United States Congress from Virginia.

Memorial Day is near. If you will not be able to come to the cemeteries in Clearview and would like to donate for the maintenance of the cemetery, please send your contributions to Town of Clearview, 302 West Main, Clearview, Ok 74880. We depend on you.

2 cups boiling water 4 tablespoons black tea Juice and rind of 3 lemons 2 cups sugar 1 ½ teaspoon each; vanilla and almond extracts 2 (46 oz.) cans unsweetened pineapple juice, chilled 2 quarts ginger ale, chilled 1 package frozen fresh pineapple Pour water over tea; cover.

Edward P. McCabe was born in 1850 and died in 1920. As a land developer and speculator, a lawyer, an immigration promoter, a newspaper owner, and a politician, E. P. McCabe was an important contributor to the Oklahoma scene.

In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead.

Oh! you who sleep in Flanders Fields, Sleep sweet – to rise anew! We caught the torch you threw And holding high, we keep the Faith With All who died.