Caddo- My Home Town

Soldiers' Mail, 1942

The Caddo Herald

October 20, 1942

Frank B. Semple Writes about Soldiers Mail

And The Masons and Herald

 

Ft. Rackman, Mass. Sept 22, ‘42

Masonic Lodge, Caddo, Okla.:

I wish to take this opportunity and manner of thinking you for your contribution to the men from Caddo who are now in the services- The Caddo Herald.

The gesture is one of the finest and certainly one of the most appreciated that could be made by a group of home town men. The Army, Navy and Marine Corps feed us; give us weapons to make us the best fighting men in the world. But Uncle Sam cannot manufacture the mail, not the kind the young fellow out there likes to get.

The mail clerk calls out names of Jones, Smith, Brown. They grin, make a grab for the letter, card, or paper or package. One by one the contents of the mail sack are handed out. Faces are alight. Hearts beat a little faster. These are little pieces of home; home that may be thousands of miles away.

There are a few men who turn away from the eager circle around the mail clerk. Nothing for them. Out of sight; out of mind. Not that they are unloved at home. Just that some of the folks at home did not realize how desperately the youth at the front , sailing the dangerous seas, guarding some lonely beach, needed mail from home.

Mail is important in the armed services. Congress passed a bill so that service men could always write home.  The Government risked a submarine to carry United States mail to Corregidor.

The only copy of the Caddo Herald that arrives at this post is thoroughly digested every Tuesday a.m. I am sure the Caddo boys all over the world appreciate this little piece of home.

Very truly,

Frank B. Semple

 

July 1875

The Caddo Oklahoma Star

July 2, 1875

The Concert and Festival

The concert and festival of last Friday evening, given by Mrs. Professor Jones and Mrs. Harlan, was well attended and an entire success.  The music was of a fine order and well received, especially the last verse of the last piece, “The man who has a scolding wife is lathered pretty well, etc.”  Mrs. Jones is a skillful musician…But the Barber Shop was best of all and brought down the house and produced a little foot music and cheering which made the chapel ring in a very civilized way for the space of half an hour. Then came ice cream, lemonade, and cake and interchange of sentiment, compliment, and kindly feelings which are after all the best part of every feast.

 

Water Tank Needed in Caddo

Water will soon begin to get scarce in Caddo and no public tank yet. It was a great oversight in us to let the wet season pass without attending to this. It is well known that every influence is being brought to bear to take the government freight from us and while we acknowledge its importance to the town, we take no particular pains to retain it. All that is required to settle this question definitely is for us to provide a bountiful supply of water and feed and shelter for the stock and teamsters through the winter. Will we do it?

 

Star Lights

Those who wish to subscribe to the Star and have no money can pay for it in firewood.

Mr. Bennight, who lives on Judge Loring Folsom’s place near Caddo Hills, brought us a cotton bloom the 25^th of June, the first we had seen this season. He said he has ten acres of as fine a cotton as ever grew.

Br. Morrow gives a very flattering account of some three or four Sunday Schools within his missionary field composed entirely of full-blood Indian children. They are getting along much better than many white schools.

 

July 4^th Celebration to be at James Spring

Owing to some soldiers having camped at Beck’s Spring, the Committee of Arrangements have changed the place of holding the 4^th of July festivities to James’ Spring, about the same distance from town in a northwesterly direction. The procession will form on Main Street between Walner & Welch’s and the Star office at 8 o’clock a.m.

 

Sheriff Gardiner Ambushed

As the sheriff of Blue County, Mr. Simeon Gardiner, was returning home from Caddo a few evenings ago, an attempt was made upon his life by a party of white men who were lying in ambush for him a short distance this side of Blue. Mr. Gardiner made his escape and reached a neighbor’s house where he remained till morning.

 

Rail Road Hotel Ball

There will be a Ball at the Railroad Hotel in Caddo on Saturday night, July 3^rd. Ice cream to cool off and good music. Admission for gentlemen and ladies $2.00. Doors open at 7:30 p. m. J. H. Vieno

Locals, 1923

The Caddo Herald

July 27, 1923

Locals

 

Get it at Dodd’s.

Bring your Kodak films. Dodd’s.

Vacuum cleaner for rent. Phone 136.

Quality bunds every day at the Bakery.

C. T. Johnson was a Dallas visitor Monday.

Miss Juanita Rogers was a Caney visitor Sunday.

Mrs. L. A. Morris was here from Atoka Monday.

Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Dodd were Durant visitors Monday.

A.B. Rutherford was here from Durant yesterday on business.

H. F. Bass and family are spending the week in Oklahoma City.

Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Click from Caney were Caddo visitors last week.

Miss Janice Crossett went to Eufaula Monday for a visit with friends.

Miss Lora Lievesay from Alex, Okla. visited relatives here this week.

A.E. McCreary and family spent Saturday night in Durant with relatives.

Edwin Hogan is home from Fort Smith for a few days visit with home folks.

Baker Archer was at home Sunday from Broken Arrow visiting his wife and son.

Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Smith and son, Macon, were Durant visitors Sunday morning.

Mrs. Cobb Trout has returned from a two weeks visit with relatives at Mena, Ark.

Little Miss Margaret Naylor, from Calera, spent the weekend with Caddo girl friends.

Rev. and Mrs. Mike Cassidy from Lexington, Oklahoma were visitors here Tuesday.

Rev. and Mrs. E. Rylant, and son, Russell, went to Sherman Monday to visit relatives.

From the number who go to Blue, looks like the river has more population than the town.

Mrs. C. W. Hill is back in her former position at I. Schaffer’s after several weeks in Texas.

Miss Zora Arnold was here from Durant Wednesday, the guest of Miss Willie Mae Trout.

Mr. and Mrs. A. B. McCoy and I. C. McCoy went to Dallas Sunday for eye treatment for Isaac.

Mrs. J. Walter Mills from Durant was the guest of Mrs. Virgil Slack last Saturday and Sunday.

 A ten-pound boy is making his home with Mr. and Mrs. T. F. Smith since ten o’clock Wednesday.

Caddo was well represented at the Ku Klux Klan parade in Durant Saturday night. There was no disorder.

Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Rohde arrived last (?) from Fresno, Cal. to visit his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Rohde.

Rev. and Mrs. W. B. Slack, Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Moran, and G. A. Crossett went to Ada last Friday in the Moran Ford.

Mr. and Mrs. Stanton Carroll were in town Sunday from their farm near Kenefick. Stanton says he has a dandy crop.

Mr. and Mrs. Ola Smith and daughter, Dot, left Saturday for Medicine Park for an outing, making the trip in a Ford.

Mr. and Mrs. Roy Lievesay and children were here this week from Alex, Oklahoma, visiting relatives and friends.

Mr. and Mrs. John Smith were here Sunday from Durant visiting Mrs. Smith’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Shofner.

Miss Ruby Craghead returned to her home in McAlester last Wednesday after several weeks visit her with relatives.

Mrs. G. W. Harrison and daughter, Nina and son Joe of Lufkin, Texas were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Jones last week.

Miss Phylis Hancock from Oklahoma City spent a part of the week with homefolks. She is one of the trusted secretaries to the governor.

We are in the hauling business. No job too small or too large for our close attention. Phone 84. We move it. Sargent Bros.

Pat Hardy, 1942

The Caddo Herald

October 13, 1942

Pat William Hardy is Enlisting in the Navy Voluntarily This Week

Pat William Hardy, a month or so ago, volunteered for enlistment in the U. S. Navy. Monday came his order to report to Oklahoma City for final examination and induction should he pass.

He immediately resigned his job in the Penney Store at Ada, came to Caddo, and will go to Oklahoma City Friday for finals. Should he not pass, his job at Ada is waiting for him, as it will be when he returns from service.

Mrs. Hardy will make her home in Caddo with their two children, Pat, aged 3, and Janice, aged 4 months. She will resume her studies at Southeastern where she left off when they moved to Ada ten months ago.

It was a remote chance that Pat would ever have been called, but since the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor Pat has felt the urge strongly to re-enlist. There’s a reason. Some five years ago Pat Hardy joined the navy, serving about nine months stationed at San Diego, Cal.  He will enter the Navy at rating of second-class seaman, the rating he held when honorably discharged.

During that period of service he recalls the Panay incident; when Japanese flyers in China strafed a U. S. gunboat, the Panay, and for which they paid Uncle Sam $5,000 damages. He said on the coast of America the Navy really got busy; all shore leaves were cancelled and all ships got ready to fight. It was real activity such as was seen ever since Pearl Harbor.

Pat’s father, Clarence Hardy is in the Army at Camp Barkley.

His younger brother, Mike is in the Navy at Norfolk, Va. So it is seen all the masculine part of his family is in service.

Pat’s mother is Mrs. Bert Black, and grandmother is Mrs. Thomas of Caddo, in the café business.

Mrs. Hardy is the daughter of G. A. And Mrs. Crossett of The Herald, was born and raised in Caddo, is a graduate of Caddo schools and has three semesters at Southeastern. 

Business, 1900

I love these old ads. They just tell so much about the life and times. 

2012 Alumni Reunion

Had a great time visiting today. Hope YOU will be there in 2016!

Locals, 1913

The Caddo Herald

July 4, 1913

Mrs. Tom B. Reed is visiting in Sulphur Springs.

Cecil Bilbo was up from Durant in his car Monday.

If you want quick action list your land with J. H. Phillips.

Haralson’s groceries are fresh and clean. Give him an order.

Mrs. A. E. Folsom left Tuesday for her home at Corpus Christi.

Mrs. Scott from Rice, Texas is visiting the family of J. W. Overstreet.

A car load of Velie buggies just received. Brigance Hdw. Co.

Albert Matoy was in town Tuesday. He reports threshing going on in earnest now.

Summer lap robes and fly nets, sample lots, very cheap at Finley Saddlery Co.

Miss Phyllis Hancock, who is attending summer normal at Durant, spent Sunday at home.

Miss Kimbrough Overstreet left Wednesday to visit relatives in Paris, Texas, for a few weeks.

For quick and honest service see A. C. Chaney, Real Estate, Farm Loans, and Fire Insurance.

Don’t let your horses and cattle wear their lives away fighting flies. Get Dr. Hess’s Fly Chaser and keep them off.

Eggs for Sale- Pure Bred Rhode Island Red Eggs for sale at 50c per setting. See Mrs. E. E. Pitchlynn, Route 1.

Ladies, have rubber heels put on your shoes and see how they rest you in standing or walking, at Finely Saddlery Co.

New clean groceries at Haralson’s. Stock just put up. No old goods. I would like a part of your trade. Free delivery. Phone me your wants.

Clean up your premises.

J. K. Bass was in Durant Tuesday.

If its groceries you want see Freeny.

Pierson and Laurence furniture old and new. Phone 62.

Mrs. Mamie Saffard visited in Atoka Friday and Saturday.

Lee Jones and Bustis Cox of Calera were in Caddo Sunday.

Fly Chaser and sprays for sale at the Corner Drug Store.

W. H. Markham had business in Farris the first of the week.

Miss Antoinette Peters is attending summer normal at Durant.

Rev. Luther Roberts went to Lindsey Monday to aid in a meeting.

Misses Jewel and Welthy Wright spent Sunday with home folks.

Judge R. L. Williams was in Caddo a few hours Tuesday on business.

Miss Anna Merritt returned Tuesday from a visit to friends in Durant.

M. E. Merritt and Mrs. G. Goodman are new subscribers to The Herald.

A car load of Velie buggies just received. Brigance Hdw. Co.

Mrs. Garfield Dawson left Saturday night to join her husband at Granger.

Haralson at Thedin’s old stand, wants your grocery trade. He also sells ice.

Phone 62 if you have any furniture that you want to sell or trade for new.

City Loans- No stock selling, but straight city loans. See A. C. Chaney.

Bourland Ray is home this week from Oklahoma City, visiting his parents and friends.

Seems like when it rains it pours. Heavy rain Tuesday, Wednesday, and yesterday.

Thirty-seven marriage licenses were issued out of the county judge’s office last month.

R. A. Chesnut came up form Durant Saturday to spend the week end with his family.

Miss Minnie Markham and brother, Joe, visited relatives in Idabel the first of the week.

Your old shoes made as good as new and a little better too at Finely Saddlery Co.

Miss Edith Bell returned home Saturday from a visit to relatives in Kingfisher, Okla.

Miss Ethel Rivers from Daingerfield, Texas is visiting her sister, Mrs. Sherwood Turner.

Miss Mary Howe visited her sister Mrs. T. B. Turnbull, east of town the first of the week.

For Rent- Manse of Presbyterian Church. Apply to A. S. Eggner or Security National Bank.

Mrs. H. W. Braudrick and children returned Sunday from a two weeks visit to relatives in Honey Grove.

Velie Buggies- the best in the world. Brigance Hdw. Co.

Keep cool by buying ice of Haralson. Also keep pleasant by buying your groceries of him. NO disappointments.

A car load of Dain Mowers, hay rakes, and sulky and gang plows. Brigance Hdw. Co.

2 hay presses for sale, cheap. Amos K. Bass

Mr. and Mrs. John L. Boland left Saturday night for St. Louis to attend the bedside of Mr. Boland’s father who is ill.

Carl Drake sends The Herald three months to Eaker Gray who is in the U. S. Cavalry, stationed in the Hawaiian Islands.

Mrs. Robert McGuire returned to her home in Granger, Texas last Saturday night after a week’s visit to relatives in Caddo.

Rid your premises of chicken mites, lice, and fleas with Dr. Hess’s Dip and Disinfectant. Get it at the Corner Drug Store.

Miss Lilly Maytubby left yesterday for Virginia to be present at the marriage of Miss Bessie Payne who formerly lived here.  

Spirella Corsets are made to measure. A trained corsetiere is at your service. Either phone or sent a post card to Mrs. B. E. Homer.

Ray’s Realty Co. makes liberal loans on residence property in Caddo. Quick actions. Reasonable rates. Rooms 5 & 6. Telephone building.

W. C. Hatcher has called a meeting of the Farmers’ Institute to elect a delegate from this county to Stillwater.

J. N. Scribner Monday reported cotton in bloom, and some bolls already in his field. This is rather early but Caddo farmers are always first. 

A car load of Dain Mowers, Hay Rakes, and Sulky and Gang Plows. Brigance Hdw. Co.

Dr. Hess’s Fly Chaser. The only preparation on the market that is guaranteed to keep the flies away from your stock. For sale at the Corner Drug Store.

The W. H. M. Society will meet next Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. G. S. Cobb and Mrs. J. C. Hogan at the home of Mrs. Hogan. All members are requested to be present.

There is no load too heavy and none too small to obtain our careful attention. Hauling is our specialty, our business. Let us know your wants. Phone 84. Sargent Bros.

LOST- In Caddo, railroad credential mileage book No. E 5495; had some 4c and 10c stamps and other papers in it. Leave at Smith, Moore, Williams Co.  H. B. Roach

Bring that old watch along with you when you come to town and have it repaired at the Corner Drug Store. All work guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction. W. F. Dodd

That was a lovely rain that fell here Tuesday. It insures a big corn crops and will be of great help to the cotton. Oats were already cut so they escaped injury. Verily we have much to be grateful for.

Fly Chaser guaranteed to keep flies away from your stock for six hours after each application. Remember, if it don’t do it, your money cheerfully refunded. For sale only at the Corner Drug Store.

Just received a full line of the celebrated South Bend Watches. The kind that keeps time all the time. Come in and let us tell your about these good watches, also how you can get one on the easy payment plan. W. F. Dodd

I have several nice residence properties well located; will sell at a reasonable price or exchange for farm land. I also have several nice farms, some well improved, will sell at a bargain. Terms to suit the purchaser. H. D. Pierson

Post Office Store for Ladies Home Journal, Saturday Evening Post, Country Gentleman, Oklahoman, Muskogee Phoenix, Sunday St. Louis Globe and Republic, Denver Post and all the leading magazine, stationery, candles, cigars, light racket goods and novelties. W. W. Hendricks, Caddo, Oklahoma

We are unloading a car of sewer pipe; when you are ready to connect with the sewer system see us for your pipe and if you have a wash on your farm we want to talk to you about it. The Lingo-Leeper Co.

Notice- On account of having a good contract we are able to pay you more for your 7ft. posts; see us for prices. It will make you a good summer job. Lingo-Leeper Co.

Dempsey’s House Burned- Monday night about 8 o’clock the residence of J. H. Dempsey burned. The fire was caused by a defective flue in the kitchen. All the family were present and most of the furniture was saved. 

Off to war...

The Caddo Herald

May 28, 1942

Large Crowd Bids Godspeed to Seventy-Five Inductees

A large crowd of loyal Bryan County citizens gathered early Sunday morning in Durant to extend their best wishes and farewell to a group of 75 boys who were leaving to be inducted into the Army; it was the second largest group to be sent from Bryan County.

Band music and singing was provided. Rev. W. N. Scholl advised the boys to take God with them.

Mothers, sisters, wives and sweethearts with tears in eyes and prayers on lips bravely bade them goodbye.

Word has since been had to the effect that all of them are safely in camp at Fort Sill. 

Post Office

I have been trying to trace the demise and removal of this building. Found one clue yesterday. Anyone know when it came down or why?

The Caddo Herald

May 26, 1942

Post Office Fixtures Being Put in Place-

Removal by April 1

Workmen have about finished putting in the new post office fixtures in the Franks building, middle of the block, north side of Buffalo Street.  

Removal will be had by the first of April.

The old fixtures have quite a history. They were put in the McCoy building thirty years ago, and a few patrons have had the same box all this time, The Herald being one.

Many a letter carrying joy or gladness or sorrow has gone through those fixtures.

The new fixtures are owned by the post office department and the old ones rented. Some $2,600 has been paid in rental for them. 

 

Building Boom, 1913

The Caddo Herald

July 4, 1913

$60,000 Worth of New Building

Building activity in Caddo is something to brag on. A trip over town reveals many new houses in course of construction. A total of more than $60,000 worth of work is now going on.

Mr. and Mrs. Olie Smith are building a nice bungalow east of the residence of J. A. Wood.

Amos K. Bass is building a 50x100ft warehouse with cement floor, steel roof, and wood sides.

H. G. Huffman has just completed a handsome two story home on buffalo Street east of Amos K. Bass.

Work is about complete on the remodeling of J. H. Frank’s residence.

Frank P. Semple is having extensive additions made on his home just south of town. When completed this will be one of the nicest homes in the county.

The Katy Mill & Elevator Co. has recently made additions to their plant, adding a new bin and engine room.

The Caddo Cotton Oil Co. is building another engine room preparatory to installing another engine with which to pull their gin, the main engine hardly developing power enough for all their requirements.

Scott Powell has started work on his new home across the street south of A.P. Braudrick’s home.

C. C. Semple has begun work on a handsome residence on his Buffalo Street lot.

H. T. Chiles is preparing to build a modern home in Bungalow Addition.

The Caddo National Bank is planning extensive improvements to their business property, work having already begun on the foundation. New furniture and fixtures will be installed, the room and vaults enlarged and working conditions made better. They will have more room to accommodate their large and growing business.

H. A. Wilson is repairing and fixing up the Phillips gin, putting gin new machinery for the fall business.

Ebb Ingle has about completed his new bungalow west of the old school building.

The Christian Church is nearing completion, lacking only finishing touches. This building cost nearly $5,000.

The sewer system is also well under way, and will cost nearly $30,000.

And several blocks of cement sidewalk are being laid in town every week.