Family Ties

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Ocie Faudree had a trip to Durant Friday and learned something about the cause of our losing the mail route that are not for publication yet; hot on track of something not as clean(r?).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

Ira Banta

May, 1982