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80 YEARS AGO DECEMBER 15, 1944 Leora Simpson of Muskogee Oklahoma, superintendent of nurses at the Oklahoma Baptist Hospital, was appointed, by Governor Kerr December 5, as a member of the board of Nurses Examiners. In the town election Tuesday not one of the officials had opposition. In case you’re not familiar with Coffeeville’s official…

Happy Veteran’s Day which occured Monday, November 11. From Google: Fighting ended November 11, 1918 – World War One as the allies and Germany signed an armistice aboard a railroad car in the forest of complegne in Northern France. -0- When Tammy and I were going to Oxford Wednesday, I exclaimed, ‘Oh, they have the…

This past Sunday, the congregation and guests at Coffeeville First Baptist Church celebrated the 150th anniversary of our church. Our brothers and sisters in Christ at Coffeeville Methodist Church also had a special service this past Sunday as they celebrated their 200th anniversary. This past week, Mr. Steve Bailey and I were talking about the…

Wasn’t that rain we had last week wonderful? And they are saying we are getting more this week. We only had three little Trick Or Treaters Thursday night. I guess they wasn’t wanting to brave all the rain we were having . David’s been eating candy all week. We did get to see our lil…

October Sourdough Bread Class: Another Sourdough bread class in the books. I had lots of fun on Tuesday evening with these ladies! They learned about starter, discard, feeding and more. They sampled several recipes. And everybody received a sourdough starter so there should be lots of fresh baked goods for the holidays. 4-H Participates in…

Native American Heritage Program at Oakland Nov. 6 November is Native American Heritage Month. Oakland Public Library and Friends of the Library will host Allen Winters with the MS Band of Choctaw who will present a program Wednesday, November 6, at 2:00 PM at the library. This program is free and open to the public.…

90 YEARS AGO DECEMBER 7, 1934 Last Thursday, November 29, Captain John L. Collins celebrated his ninety-sixth birthday at his home here. Last Saturday some 11,000 gridiron fans saw Ole Miss defeat Miss. State in a close football game in their annual scrimmage at Jackson. The final score was 7 to 3. Tuesday of this…

I was told there was 700 people who came into our small church building for Jason Purdy’s funeral services last Tuesday. I think that is the most people ever to come into the church. Jason was loved by so many. -0- My team, the Los Angeles Dodgers, won the World Series. They fell behind 5-0…

As I think about Revelation 3:1-6 where we find the Lord’s letter to the church at Sardis, I imagine the postman delivering the Lord’s letters leaving Thyatira and making his way south along the trade route. The thirty-five or so mile walk from Thyatira to Sardis would take the average person around two to three…

Waylon and Holly Dukes took their two children, Haven Rose and Waylon Jr. to Cossar State Park Saturday for a Trunk or Treat event. Haven Rose had a good time and met up with sweet little Jolee Robinson, daughter of John Adam and Blake Robinson. Baby Waylon slept through most of the time but next…