Family Ties

February 15, 1940

Mrs. Banta in the News

The Caddo Herald

May 3, 1912

Mrs. C. W. Banta is very ill this week.

June 19, 1914

Mrs. C. W. Banta was very sick Friday, but is much better now.

July 3, 1914

Mrs. C. W. Banta is up again after a three weeks’ spell.

December 31, 1915

Mrs. C. W. Banta and children spent Christmas in Atoka and returned home Monday.

February 25, 1916

Mrs. C. W. Banta is in bad health as the effect of lagrippe.

October 12, 1917

Mrs. C. W. Banta is visiting in Atoka a few days.

Indian Citizen (Atoka)

May 16, 1918

New Red Cross member: Mrs. C. W. Banta

March 10, 1932

Mrs. C. W. Banta is spending the week with her children in Wewoka this week.

November 16, 1933

Mrs. C. W. Banta came home last week after a three weeks visit in Wewoka with her children.

August 12, 1937

Mrs. C. W. Banta of Liberty is spending the week with her daughter at Caney.

June 9, 1938

Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Faudree and Mrs. C. W. Banta were in Atoka to hear W. H. Murray speak last Thursday.

Liberty Hill

June 20, 1913

Liberty Hill

June 20, 1913

1913

Ran across several news items from 1913 by searching "Liberty Hill" rather than C. W. Banta or Rufe Bolts. This one is from May 30.

Easter 1916

The Caddo Herald

April 28, 1916

Liberty Hill Items

                We had a good attendance at Sunday School last Sunday, also prayer meeting Sunday night.

L.W. Banta has moved to the Harmon place near Liberty Park and will make a crop there.

                The School at Liberty Hill had an Easter egg hunt on Friday. The children had 146 eggs and there were 41 children. They enjoyed the hunt fine. Harden Green won the prized by finding the most eggs.

The Herald will please tell its readers that we have no more duck eggs for a while; the demand far exceeds the supply.

                The weather man seems friendly inclined; he gives us fair weather through the week and a rain on Saturday night.

                Farm operations are moving on nice and prospects for a big crop is flattering.

1941

Liberty Park Grocery Ad

Grandpa Banta's store, 1916.

Syrup

December 10, 1915

No news of interest this week, health remains good and crops about all gathered.

Vol Trimmer was called to Durant last week to see his mother, who was reported very sick.

Jim Council has moved to Caddo and F. L. Green has moved to Jim’s place.

Abe Wilson has moved to his new house.

Tim Galvin was in Caddo Saturday on business.

C.W. Banta is still making syrup.

There was singing at H. T. Faudree’s Sunday night.

Mrs. Garrett and family visited Bill Murray Sunday.

Robert Aortn (?) and family visited his mother Saturday night.

Don’t forget that there is at all times fresh meal and syrup at Liberty Park grocery.

Bobby Lee Simmons

On this day in 1930 my dad was born during a week of sleet and cold that according to the Durant papers caused “more damage and more personal injuries than any such spell of weather in a quarter of a century”. Gran told me that by the time Dr. Cochran was able to reach their home near Pleasant Hill, he was only needed to verify that Dad was healthy. (He is the older one in this photo.)