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Members of our family have served in every war since there were wars. It would be impossible to honor each one. 

Served in WWI

Store, 1923

The Caddo Herald

June 8, 1923

Liberty News

The people around Liberty are so busy they have about quit howling “hard times”.

Oscar Halpin is the proud father of a bouncing fine girl. Mother and child are doing well.

J.J. Drake was buried in the Folsom grave yard last Wednesday. Mr. Drake had lived in this community several years and had many friends. The Oddfellows had charge of the funeral services.

C.W. Banta has built a store house at Liberty and is putting in a stock of groceries. Some evidence of prosperity.

There is no sickness to report. With good gardens and plenty of milk to drink, everybody is well and hustling.

Sunday School was discontinued Sunday and the first Sunday in July.

The mad dog scare has about blowed over with lots of dogs left. Ye scribe wishes all the dogs in this community had gotten the infection. We have too many worthless dogs.

The wolves are killing the young turkeys. S. A. Kimbrough lost 20 in one raid Saturday.

The Farmers’ Business Club of Liberty is realizing some money by co-operative shipping of produce to the city markets. C. W. Banta is secretary and has charge of the marketing. We expect to do a good business this summer. Rufe Bolts

Springer-Mitchell

The Caddo Herald

August 3, 1917

Springer-Mitchell

Wednesday evening at 3:30 Mr. Roy Springer and Miss Winnie Mitchell were married at the thome of the officiating minister, B. S. Smiser.

Those accompanying the couple and witnessing the ceremony were Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Bathe, Mr. Fay Mitchell, and Miss Sylvia Springer, Miss Ruby Reed, and Wilburt Mitchell.

The young folks returned to the home of the bride’s parents where they had a musical entertainment and refreshments.

They will spend a week or two visiting in Bonham, and Paris, Texas.

The bride wore a lovely and becoming white silk dress, trimmed in dainty lace and together with a cheerful, smiling, pretty face she was a winsome and attractive young bride.

The groom is an honorable young man and we hope their life may always be as bright as their present prospects.

Future Farmers

The Caddo Herald

April 22, 1932

Liberty Hill News

Liberty is quiet since school closed and Mr. Lashly has moved away; we sure miss the old man, he was a great sport, he was a champion checker player; now that he is gone the young folks have turned their attention the mumblepeg.

Miss Leona Corbett is home again for a short while.

Troy Springer and family visited his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Springer.

This scribe had been requested to write an article on the subject of the Farmer returning to primitive methods in order to reduce the cost of production and return to prosperity. We could not do that without contradicting our better judgment, for it is my honest opinion that that would only make bad matters worse; our real trouble is lack of education; if a farmer educates his son he loses him as a farmer and the uneducated boy stays on the farm because he is not equipped for other walks of life; this continual drift of the educated to the city and the eighth graders and under staying on the farm has created a class distinction that is not altogether without foundation. Now don’t get me wrong- there is quite a lot of educated people farming but they are in the minority. The eighth graders and under can plow and hoe and make stuff, but have to get the other fellow to market it for him. The educated farmer has to compete with the uneducated in an open market and is therefore classed with this unfortunate neighbor.

My idea is that the present generation of famers is out of the running and the next generation will be in equally as bad shape if we fail to give our children an education along agricultural lines and not educate them for other walks of life. The survival of the fittest is a fixed rule of nature and we can’t escape it no matter how hard we try. Rufe Bolts

Family

Pies and Politics

The Caddo Herald

May 6, 1932

On Friday, May 13, everyone is invited to a pie supper and cake walk at Liberty Hill. There will be lots of pies and cakes so don’t fail to come. The Atoka County Candidates are especially invited out to speak.

May 20, 1932

The pie supper at Liberty last Friday night was a great success, the boys mooched the candidates for enough money to equip the ball team fairly well and quite a lot  of the candidates got to make their spiel; on the whole it was a very enjoyable affair.

There will be another speaking at Liberty Friday week. We will not have pies, but will have a good speaker to explain the new amendment that is to be initiated soon; we will also have some of the blank petitions and want a large crowd; the law requires that there must be 128,000 names on this new petition to get it on the ticket. We want to secure that number in a two day drive. This is a very important measure; the farmer owns less than 20 per cent of the wealth of the state and pays 80 per cent of the taxes. This bill is intended to correct this evil and if the farmer fails to get behind the governor in this effort and lets this opportunity pass he ought to have to continue to carry the big end of the taxes, and no doubt will.

We hope to have a big crowd next Friday week as we had last Friday. We will promise you there will be a speaker here that will interest you. We ought also to have some of the candidates with us. Rufe Bolts

Henry Banta

From John Springer Jr.

Ira Banta

The Caddo Herald

January 11, 1935

Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Banta have returned home after a two weeks stay at Wewoka where they attended the bedside of their son Ira who departed this life December 24, 1934.

Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Springer have moved from among us; we will miss them much. Ben Murray and family will occupy the Springer home.

Our community is all ablaze with excitement over the prospect of getting our mail route back by Liberty; we expect it to materialize in the near future.

Not much moving this new years; most everybody will stay where they are for another year.

Some few are breaking land for the 1935 crop; the early bird catches the worm you know.

Our school is making good progress under the efficient management of Mr. McCreary.

Mrs. Josephine Abbot spent Christmas with friends at Idabel.

We have our ears tuned in on Congress and the state legislature; will the editor keep us posted?

Rufe Bolts

Liberty Mail, 1934

The Caddo Herald

April 13, 1934

Liberty Loses its Mail Route,

Does Not Like It

Whatcha know about it? The Liberty School district has lost its rural mail service and we are isolated from the outside world without means of communication. Too bad, just at the beginning of elections when all are anxious to get morning papers to read the proposals that is dished out to us by aspiring candidates; but nothing is so bad but that it could be worse. We still have the Continental Congress, a lusty political youngster that may be able to help us enlightened.

Rufe Bolts and Ocie Faudree had a trip to Durant Friday and learned something about the cause of our losing the mail route that are not for publication yet; hot on track of something not as clean(r?). Our Liberty Mens’ Business Club is doing some good work for our community and confidently expects to have the service reinstated in a short time.

The Women’s Canning Club had some reverses in their work on account of measles that demanded their entire time for the time; but we expect great things of them very soon.

School had to dismiss two weeks on account of measles, but are now going in good shape.

Elmer  Cas Corbett of the Pentecostal faith authorizes us to say he would preach at Liberty the third Sunday of April; everyone is cordially invited to hear him.

Elder T. L. Ward holds service at Liberty the first Sunday in each month to which the public is cordially invited.

Rufe Bolts