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THE CALVIN HIGH SCHOOL ACADEMIC TEAM competed in the OSSAA District Seeding Tournament Monday Oct. 12th at Moss High School. They came away with the top seed and will compete at the Regional level in November. (L to R) Nariah Bump, RJ Craven, Champ Florie, Race Tyler, Jonas Winningham, Raney Clay. (not pictured: Brayden Ingle)
Read moreWeleetka came out on top 12-6 in a hardfought game against Porum Thursday night. Both teams scored a touchdown in the opening quarter and neither scored in the second period.
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Holdenville Cubs Clean House at Wewoka Tri City Olympics
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A leader in the Oklahoma City, state, and national Civil Rights movement, James Edward Stewart worked very closely with Roscoe Dunjee, editor and publisher of the Black Dispatch, a weekly Oklahoma City newspaper. The son of Zena Thomas Stewart and Mary Magdeline Fegalee Stewart, James Edward was born on September 6, 1912, in Plano, Texas. He had one half-brother, Alfred, and two half-sisters, Ella, and Johnnie. The family moved to Oklahoma in 1916. Stewart’s father died in 1920, leaving James to assist in supporting the family. Stewart attended Orchard Park Elementary School and later Douglass High School. There he and noted author Ralph Ellison both played in the band and became close friends.
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Robert Benchley once remarked, “Drawing on my fine command of language, I said nothing.”
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Mildred was born near Okemah, Oklahoma in the community of Galilee on November 1, 1933. She left her earthly world on October 13, 2020. She was the daughter of the late Ray and Naomi Forshee Owens of Clearview and the wife of the late W. G. Thornton Sr. and the mother to Norma L. Roberts and the late Will G. Thornton Jr. Polly was the sister to Bonnie Cooper (Deceased) Irene Carson and Brothers: Clifford Owens Sr. (Deceased), Ray Owens Jr. (Deceased), Doug Owens Sr. (Deceased). Graveside services were held Tuesday, October 20, 2020 at Riverside Gardens Cemetery, 4720 N. E. 36 St., Oklahoma City, OK 73121 under direction of Temple and Sons Funeral Home of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
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