Caddo- My Home Town

News of 1936

I love the way the highway bid is tucked in the middle of this.

 

The Durant Weekly News

May 15, 1936

Caddo

 

Rev. E. Hotchkin preached the Baccalaureate sermon for the graduates of the Caddo High School last Sunday morning at the Methodist Church. The following requisites for a well-rounded life were very emphatically present by the speaker, namely: Surrender, Service, and Suffer.

Commencement exercises were held Wednesday, May 13, at the High School auditorium at 8 p.m. with R. R. Tompkins, former superintendent of the Durant Schools and now an instructor in Southeastern Teachers College, delivering the commencement address.

The Caddo schools will close their 1935-36 term on Friday, May 15. The class roll of this year’s class is as follows: Royce Barber, Frances Bass, Corene Baxter, Lorene Baxter, Dorothy Bilbo, Maurine Craighead, Junia Craighead, Edith Craighead, Pauline Dobson, Zelpha Fagen, Edna Fowler, Jessie Guthrie, Lucille Jackson, Claudine Joines, Ida Mae Joines, Catherine Horn, Jennie Locke, Katherine McGraw, Caroline Moore, Eathel Claudine Nail, Winona Nation, Georgia Walla, Benson Jones, Tommy Jones, Orel McPherson, Persing Mills, Alton Pace, Dewey Reese, Orval Seago, Elmer Tatum.

Miss Royce Barber is valedictorian of the class and Miss Jennie Locke is the salutatorian. Scholastic honor students of the class in numerical order are Caroline Moore, Maurine Craighead, Jennie Locke, Royce Barber, Jessie Guthrie, Edith Craighead.

Four Caddo students at S.T. C. received bachelor’s degrees Thursday, May 14: Billy Edwards, Anna Jim Holman, Alvin Rose, and Haskell Taylor.

Mrs. J. C. Green visited in Durant Saturday.

Bruce Pace visited Rev. and Mrs. O. L. Peck in Wilburton Sunday.

Miss Lois McIntosh is now at home; her school at Haileyville closed last Friday.

Horace Sargent attended the state track meet in Stillwater last Friday.

Mrs. A. S. Eggner visited her aunt, Mrs. Dr. Green, in Durant Monday.

Miss Zuleika Boland gave a dinner at 7 o’clock Sunday evening for the honor roll students of the Senior class.

Lee Harris was the low bidder in the Highway underpass competition Tuesday for the work on 69 at the county line north of Caddo at $43,407.

Mrs. V. Locke, who has been visiting her daughter in Norman, returned home Monday.

The Seniors of the High School celebrated Senior Day at Turner Falls Thursday, May 14.

Mr. W. O. Beck of Durant visited his nephew, Morris Beck, Sunday.

Mr. W. W. Boone visited his son at Atoka Sunday.

Mrs. A. S. Eggner left Thursday for a visit with her son, Rev. Lyman C. Eggner, at Stuart.

Preaching at Freeney Chapel Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock. The pastor, Rev. A. S. Eggner, extends to you a cordial invitation to attend this service.

Blue Falls

Durant Daily Democrat

September 9, 1922

S.S. Class Entertained

On last Thursday, Mrs. O. R. Smith was hostess to her Sunday School class with an outing on Blue Falls with Mrs. G. B. Moran assistant hostess. At 6:30 o’clock they met at the home of Mrs. Smith and motored to Blue with well-filled baskets where a delicious supper was prepared and then a delightful plunge in Blue, after which toasted marshmallows and watermelons were enjoyed. At the wee small hours the noise was hushed for a short time, then breakfast was served, then a delightful swim, a ride home and all declaring themselves to have had a wonderful time. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Moran, Misses Holan Braudrick, Dott Smith, Eugene Sargent, Alga Moran, Helen Sargent, Morris Beck, and Mr. and Mrs. O. R. Smith.

Deputy U. S. Marshal A. J. Fryer

Dallas Morning News

July 28, 1891

Held for Horse Theft

Caddo, I.T., July 27-Isaac Impson, a Choctaw, was arrested today by Deputy United States Marshal Fryer on a charge of horse theft. He had made a trade with a negro named Anthony, in which he was to give Anthony a cow and a calf to boot. Anthony told him not to take the horse off until he had put the cow and calf in the lot, which was part of the trade, but while he was eating dinner Impson rode the horse off. Fryer left for Atoka today with Impson, where he will have an examining trial.

 

The Caddo Banner

December 22, 1893

Deputy Fryer arrested Perkins and Richardson and took them before Commissioner Grubbs at Atoka, charged with selling cider. They were held under a $250 bond.

 

March 9, 1894

At the last regular meeting of the Live Stock Association the following officers were elected:  C . A. Bilbo, president; Forbus Manning, vice-president; Peter Hamer, treasurer; P. L. Russell, secretary; A. J. Fryer, U. S. Marshal

 

The Indian Journal

April 23, 1894

Will Christie, a white man living eight miles northeast of Caddo left his home three weeks ago, telling his wife that he would be back in a few hours; that he was going to Caddo to see Deputy United States Marshal A J Fryer. Nothing more was heard of him until yesterday, when his body was found in a drift in Boggy Creek with a bullet hole in it. His horse was also killed, and was in the drift with him. The officers have a good clew, and are doing everything they can to find the murderer.

 

 

August 31, 1894

Deputy A. J. Fryer returned from Brooklyn, Wednesday night, where he had gone to carry 27 U. S. prisoners to the penitentiary. He was gone a month. He visited New York, Washington, Norfolk, and his old home in Kentucky. It was his first trip home in ten years.

 

June 14, 1895

Anthony Hillard was arrested here Wednesday by Deputy Fryer and taken to Atoka for trial. He was arrested on the complaint of a hotel porter at Atoka for breaking open a letter given him to mail. In his possession was found the check which the letter contained which amounted to over a hundred dollars. He had also given away some rings supposed to have been stolen from Mr. Wood. He admitted to having taken a pocket knife from his show case. Such worthless scoundrels as this one should be in jail and we hope Anthony will get what he so richly deserves.

The Tree

December

1875

Bring in your Christmas Presents

The Christmas tree will be displayed at No. 3 corner of Buffalo and Main Streets on Christmas Eve. Doors open at 7 o’clock p.m. All those who have any private presents they wish to contribute are requested to hand them in to the committee by 12 o’clock on the 23^rd so they may be properly arranged on the tree. The Committee, Mrs. Ainsworth, Mrs. Fox and Mrs. Conine are sparing no pains in getting everything up in the best of style and we bespeak for them a perfect success.

 

1901

Caddo children enjoyed Santa Claus to the fullest extent. An elegant snow house was given at the Baptist Church Tuesday night and many were the hearts made happy by the presents therein. The same night at the Methodist Church South, the Christmas tree was held and the little ones were likewise made happy, and Wednesday night at the Presbyterian Church another pretty tree was put up for the happiness of the children.

 

1926

The Lions Club has placed a Christmas tree in the middle of Buffalo Street. It is gaily lit at night and seems to breathe forth a spirit of Christmas.

 

1936

Christmas Spirit Prevails in Caddo’s Streets and Homes

With the coming of the Yuletide season of 1936 comes a Christmas spirit to Caddo that has never before been equaled. Never in the past has Caddo been so gaily and fittingly arrayed as she now is.

                A huge Christmas tree in the center of the street and colored lights across the main street are the features of the downtown decorations that are annually put up by the Lions Club. 

                Adding no little to the big attraction are the store windows that send out a light of Christmas suggestions up one side and down the other. Restaurants give out a glad, warm greeting, making one want to go in and eat. Ready-to-wear articles offer gift suggestions in a number of windows, all the more enhancing for the decorations and lighting effect. Toys for the children and novel suggestions of any type for any one are displayed in some windows. Again, a fireplace, burning so brightly, and a few chairs attract the attention of the children in one window. Furniture as displayed, reminds one that gifts for the house are good. Even in the barber shops the Christmas spirit can be kept up for they, too, have been decorated.

                The meat market with a small tree glittering there in the window, adds to the other decorations of the town; and from an upstairs window a lighted tree shines out into the night.

                If you have not seen the town with all its seasonal coloring, take time out and look at it closely. Then go to the residential section and see the beautifully lighted trees and wreaths in the windows of the homes and you will again be reminded that Caddo is a fine place in which to live and call HOME.

 

1947

Lions Club Decorates Street for Christmas

Caddo Lions Club has placed a beautiful Christmas tree in the center of downtown Buffalo St.

Varicolored electric lights are strung across the street at intervals so that the street will be a beauty to behold.

People with cars are urged and asked to be careful in driving in this district and not to park long trucks near the tree. We would not want the gaiety spoiled by a person getting hurt or killed.

Be careful in driving all the time, but more so at Christmas. The you’ll not be sorry.

 

Senior Letters to Santa

As I said earlier when I posted one of these, I don’t know if this was a class assignment or just an idea of the Cat’s Paw staff. Very entertaining!

 

The Caddo Herald

December 11, 1931

Cat’s Paw

Inez Hogan, Editor-in-Chief

Edna Earl McGraw, Associate

Tony Harris, Associate

 

Senior Sighs

 

Dear Santa Claus,

I am always a good little girl and I always make good grades.

Either bring me a cure for a love sick case or a proposal one. Also, bring me a machine as I am taking home ec and am a good seamstress. Jewell Seago

 

Dear Santa Claus,

I have tried my best to be a good little girl.

Please bring me a remedy to raise my grades to A. Also bring me a bed room suite, a set of dishes, and a broom because I want to practice on housekeeping. Ola Faye Burge

 

Dear Santa Claus,

I have been a real good little girl. I have been making A in my classes.

This being my last year in high school I want a large recipe book. I want to be a good cook. Lois Arnold

 

Dear Santa Claus,

As I have been an exceptionally good little boy, I hope you will not forget me. Most of all I want a box of candy. Then I want a new pair of basketball shoes and a good basketball. I would be very glad to get a little red wagon and lots of fruits, nuts, and candy. Melvin Witherspoon

 

Dear Santa Claus,

All I want for Christmas is a new flivver with good curtains so I will not get cold and also a new pair of mittens. Oh, yes, I want a good looking girl. Love, Liston Mills

 

Dear Santa Claus,

Please bring me something that will cause the girls to quit making eyes at me, even if it has to be some freckles. I want some skates and a new teddy bear and a nice red kiddie car. Your friend, Clarence Lacey

 

Dear Santa Claus,

All I ask for myself is to be well Christmas, but I have a few friends I wish you would remember. Paul wants a ring for a certain girl; Fred wants a girl; Templeman wants an A in all his classes; Ava Joe wants some new rouge and lipstick. And please don’t forget all the other good little girls and boys on our rounds on Christmas night. Love, Gracie Pierce

 

Dear Santa Claus,

As I have been an exceptionally good little girl I think I deserve quite a lot for Christmas this year. I want you to talk to a certain boy and tell him I would like to wear his new football sweater. Then I will be satisfied with a new doll, a little dresser, and lots of nuts and candy. Dora Mae Winsett

 

Dear Santa Claus,

I will not say that I have been a good girl because I do not like to tell stories, but I have a few requests I would like to make. Send Edna Earl a new tongue because her old one is nearly worn out. Also put a little more red in Clarence’s blood because he is forgetting how to blush. Melvin wants a big box of candy for Christmas, but all I want is a ticket home. Your friend, Bessie McGraw

 

Dear Santa Claus,

Please remember all the poor little boys and girls. As for me there is nothing you can bring me that I want, but please deliver us from the depression. Yours truly, Charles Allen Bilbo

 

Dear Santa Claus,

I am a little boy in the twelfth grade and I am a good boy. Send me a toy balloon and box of candy for my girl, whose name is Dora Mae Winsett. Love, Paul Castelow

 

Dear Santa Claus,

We have been very good this year and don’t care for so much. Besides clothes, we want material for public speaking. I, Charlotte, want a soft pillow to sit on and I think Ava Joe want some new skates and skating shoes.

We hope you won’t forget us, nor any of the other poor little kids. Charlotte (McCalman) and Ava Joe (Wright)

 

Dear Santa Claus,

I am still a good little girl and I think I deserve a big lot of pretty things for Christmas. I want a Senior ring and new Sec. book, also a few nickels if you happen to have any you don’t need. Your friend, Lois McIntosh

 

P.S. Also an A in Eng. Lit.

 

Dear Santa Claus,

I am just a poor Senior in Caddo High School and my wants are few. Please bring me a girl to go with.

I also want a chance to go to Lone Wolf this Christmas and dear Santa, please do away with the depression.

I also want a gold brick.

Scott McDonald

 

Dear Santa Claus,

I have been very good this year so please bring me a protector of the fairer sex and let him have curly hair like Oscar Henninger. Don’t let him be as fat as Willie Taylor, but let him be as pleasant as Mr. Bevens. Don’t let him be as unreasonable as Billy Dowd. You might send him in a good looking car like Arthur Campbell’s. Also send me a machine to work algebra. Little Edna Earl McGraw

 

Dear Santa Claus,

I am a little senior and I have been studying hard. I want you to bring me a little red wagon, a kiddie car and a monkey that will climb on a string. For goodness sake, bring me a soft pillow to light on when I skate. They say I am married, dear Santa, but don’t believe that. I am still a little boy and I want you to fill my sox full for Christmas. Be sure and bring me lots of candy and nuts. Floyd Flowers

 

Dear Santa Claus,

I have been very good this year. I have made A in all my classes. I want you to bring me a book on “How to Win Basketball Games”. Also bring me a doll, some candy, and send my Public Speaking teacher a big stick of candy. Cleo Murphree

 

Dear Santa Claus,

I have been a very good little boy this year. I have kept in training for athletics and all I want is an A in English Literature, A in Public Speaking, A in Algebra, A in Physics, and A in Problems of Democracy. Your friend, Charles Templeman

 

P.S. Please remember my dear teachers and especially Mr. Campbell. I want you to bring him a wig and a plug of Day’s Work.

 

Dear Santa Claus,

I am a little senior,

Whose wants are very few,

Just give me a four year

Scholarship at A.& M. or O.U.

Now listen dear l’ Santa

I don’t wanna ask for too much,

Just leave for me an airplane,

A pretty brick and such.

Give to our public speaking class

Information from all the states

And for each of our Seniors

Bring a new pair of skates.

Carl Seago

Dear Santa Claus,

I don’t expect anything. I am not asking for anything except a few A’s in about four of my subjects. As I like to write letters, please send me a pencil and some stationary. Ralph Nation

from the alumni records:

Class of 1932

1. Lois Arnold
2. Leotta Ballew
3. Paul Castelow
4. Glen Clark
5. Ola Fay Burge
6. Floyd Flowers
7. Clarence Lacy
8. Charlotte McCalman
9. Scott McDonald
10. Bess McGraw
11. Edna Early McGraw
12. Lois McIntosh
13. Liston Mills
14. Cleo Murphree
15. Ralph Nation
16. Fred Nickles
17. Carl Seago
18. Jewell Seago
19. Charles Templeman
20. Thomas Washington
21. Dora Mae Winsett
22. Melvin Witherspoon

 

There weren't any buses. When school turned out at 4:00 everyone walked home. The boys would aggravate the girls on the way home. Sometimes the tables would turn and the girls would give the boys a good scrapping. Some of the students rode horses 3 miles to school. On Monday morning the Superintendent would call a meeting of the student body and praise the horse riders for not being late.

Cat’s Paw, January 15, 1932:

It has been whispered that Ava Jo will not be with us anymore, having finished in three and a half years. We are sure sorry to lose her. Who will be our pianist now? Mrs. Womble, I presume. (Ava Jo Wright)

June 1924

The Durant Daily Democrat

June 18, 1924

Caddo News Notes

 

Mrs. Dick Grayson, Misses Ruth and Frances Hancock, Mrs. Magedel Braudrick, Mr. and Mrs. I. M. Worther and J. T. Gross were among those attending services at Liberty Chapel Sunday afternoon.

Mr. and Mrs. Adolphos Wood of Coleman were the guests of Mrs. Barney Wood just west of the city Sunday.

Mrs. Mattie Lynch and daughter, Miss Pearl, left Monday for a visit with relatives and friends in Mineral Wells, Texas, making the trip in their Ford coupe.

Music Club Outing

The Junior Music Club and a number of their friends, chaperoned by Judge and Mrs. J. D. Boland, Mrs. C. J. Coffey, and Mrs. Vivia Locke, motored to Blue on “Blue Dale Farm” Monday afternoon and enjoyed a delightful swim and then a most enjoyable feast of the most tempting peach and apricot ice cream was added to the pleasure of the evening, a joy ride home, happy voices mingled with latest melodies was heard as they went to their respective homes.

 

Mr. and Mrs. Lamar Cortley, of Durant, are here for a visit with the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Pierson. Mr. Cortley is one of the official salesmen for Perkins Dry Goods in Durant.

Mrs. Alice Bradley returned yesterday from a pleasant visit with friends in Denison. She has entered the S. T. C. for the summer term.

Mid-week prayer meeting tonight at 8 o’clock at the Methodist Church. You are urged to be present; come and bring a friend with you. Enjoy an hour in worship, singing, and praising God; it will do you good.

Mrs. Ed Bennett and children of Oklahoma City are here, the guests of Mrs. H. Edwards and other friends.

Mr. and Mrs. Talmage Markham and children have returned to their home in Dallas after a few day’s visit here with the former’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. U. S. Markham.

 

Frank Hall Wright

This is just one interesting item included in my new book, “Preaching God’s Word in Indian Territory”. The book is scheduled for completion in the next few weeks. Then it will be indexed and printed.  

 

Mr. Wright was from Boggy Depot.

 

The Caddo Banner

March 9, 1894

Work of Choctaw Revivalist

New York- March 2- The Protestant churches of Passaic, N. J. have recently had a remarkable revival. The revivalist, Frank H. Wright, a full-blooded Choctaw Indian convert, has taken the city by storm, and prayers, penitence and pious deeds are more than ever the lenton (sic) fashion.  The C. K. R. Society, composed of the very cream of the wealthy and fashionable youth of the city have disbanded because Revivalist Wright convinced the members that dances, however select, and all card-playing, are sinful.

The Lawn Tennis Club, the Dinner Circle, the Buds of Promise- all factors in high society- are melting away under the religious influence of the converted Indian, like snow before the sun and the “400” of Passaic are changing their society papers and books of etiquette for hymn books and Bibles. The C. K. R.’s closing dance of the season, although all billed and advertised, has been declared “off” and some have organized themselves into a club called the “Wright Club”.

Evangelist Wright left here Tuesday night and is now at work in Dr. Hasha’s reformed church of Hoboken. The Wright club has organized a party of sixty young ladies to go there and hear him preach Saturday afternoon or Sunday. The Evangelist seems to be especially popular with the ladies, though he is not a handsome man by any means. He has the high cheek-bones, swarthy complexion, and stiff jet black hair peculiar to his people. He is slim and angular and has a rather shambling gait. But his eyes are wonders. They are round and black as ebony, and they glisten like diamonds in the sunlight.

An effort will be made to bring him back to Passaic again for a few days next week.

 

The Bourbon News (Paris, KY)
August 4, 1922
WRIGHT
          Information was received here of the recent death at Muskoka Lake, Ontario, Canada, of Dr. Frank H. Wright, known as the "Indian Evangelist." He was sixty-one years old and a son of the late Governor Allan Wright, who was a full-blooded Choctaw Indian, and a noted minister of the Southern Presbyterian church.
         Dr. Wright a few years ago conducted a successful revival meeting in the Paris Presbyterian church. He possessed an unusually strong singing voice, which was a factor in his evangelistic work. While here he was assisted by Miss Mary Dan Harbeson, as soloist. The body of Dr. Wright was taken to St. Louis for interment beside the body of his son, who lost his life in the world war."

Locals, 1923

The Caddo Herald

June 29, 1923

 

Bring your Kodak films. Dodd’s

Vacuum Cleaner for rent. Phone 136

Quality buns every day at the Bakery.

A.G. Wright of Atoka was here Tuesday night.

Stanton Carroll of Kenefick was in Caddo Saturday.

Ira L. Smith was in Caddo Monday from Blue Dale Farm.

Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Braudrick were in Atoka Sunday visiting.

Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Hardy have a fine boy at their home since Tuesday.

Miss Tollie Rice of Clarksville, Texas is visiting her nieces, Miss Permelia Rice.

Mrs. J. E. Bass and children have been this week visiting relatives in Hugo.

Mrs. A. B. McCoy and Ike McCoy Jr. are visiting Mrs. Smith in McAlester this week.

The Caddo Junior Music Club entertainment will be at the Royal next Tuesday night.

Mrs. Rev E. Rylant spent several days in Sherman this week visiting her mother who is ill.

Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hancock visited Mrs. Hancock’s mother, Mrs. Mapp in Achille Sunday.

Alvin Dunham and Roy W. Rogers saw “Souls for Sale” at the Liberty in Durant Tuesday night.

Miss Ellie Jones of Madill will dance at the Junior Music Club entertainment Tuesday night.

Dr. and Mrs. C. H. Ricks and children and Miss Mae Hillgar of Durant visited in Caddo Sunday.

Mr. and Mrs. M. A. Linch have a new girl making her home with them since yesterday morning.

Congressman Carter, Porter Newman, and W. F. Semple were greeting friends in Caddo Friday.

Miss Mattie Lynch and Miss Pearl Lynch visited Rev. and Mrs. Frank Naylor in Calera last Sunday.

There will be out of town artists to assist the Caddo Junior Music Club in their entertainment Tuesday night.

Lonnie Rice, who is attending the Normal at Durant, was here last weekend visiting homefolks and friends.

Little Miss Daisy Council returned Friday from Caney where she has been visiting her aunt, Mrs. Joe Williams.

Mr. and Mrs. Bill Kuschke and Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Jenkins returned Sunday to their homes in Ponca City.

Misses Maurine Kuschke, Mabel Harper and Ruth Hancock spent a few hours Sunday with friends in Tishomingo.

Miss Ola Harmon and Miss Velma Shelby, with a party of young folks of McAlester, went to Devil’s Den last Sunday.

Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Crossett and daughters, Little Misses Janice and Nina Fay, visited in Durant and Calera Tuesday night.

Mrs. Roy Barber is home from Sherman where she spent several days undergoing treatment in the hospital. She is improving.

Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Alexander and family of Mundy, Texas, were visiting Mrs. Alexander’s sister, Mrs. C. O. Markham this week.

Caddo Normal School, 1894

Caddo Banner

August 31, 1894

Caddo Normal School

Have acquired the Grayson residence which was recently been moved east of the railroad and is now being fitted up for a school. I will reopen school Monday, Sept. 3^rd.

Thanking the good people of Caddo and vicinity for past patronage, I hope by the faithful discharge of duty to merit a liberal share of future support.

Parents or guardians will be duly informed of the good or bad conduct of their children at school and no case for bad conduct will be punished without the knowledge and consent of such parents or guardian and if they choose to inflict the punishment, it shall suffice.

Tuition rates: orthography, reading, writing, arithmetic, geography, history, English grammar and composition- $1.00 per month strictly in advance and no __ or lost time.

Having arranged with the district trustee for a Nations School to open on the first Monday in Nov. all citizens can send their children up to that time and will take the work. J. E. Robuck

Awards, 1927

 

The Durant Daily Democrat

April 28, 1927

Caddo Missionary Society Wins Three Cups

It was with much pride Mrs. L. M. Nettleton, district secretary of the Woman’s Missionary Society and for six years president of the Caddo Adult Society, returned from the conference last Friday, bringing with her the three loving cups won by the Caddo societies: the Adults, the Young People, and the Juniors. This is the first time in the history of the conference that the cups have been given to the three societies at one time. It is indeed something to be proud of and much credit and honor is due Mrs. Nettleton for her work, her untiring efforts to raise the standards of the societies so as to receive the much prized cups. It is the first time the young People have ever received the cup though they reached the honor roll in ’25. Their superintendent and assistant are indeed proud of the fact as well as the Junior superintendent. The cups will be on display at Boone and Styron’s; see them and tell your young people, adults, and juniors just how proud you are of them.