Volume 16 , Issue 2

1914 January - Neighborhood News of Beaver County

Also in the 8 January 1914 newspaper out of Beaver, Beaver county, Oklahoma, page 2, we found some "Neighborhood News" from District No. 24.

A large crowd attended church at Cottonwood Sunday night. John Bonner and family, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. R. Wright and Mrs. Burnam and children visited at L. D. Godwin Sunday. W. S. Potter had his new cement house near completion. Hobert Wright purchased a horse of G. M. Jacobs. Brother Jewett of Laverne would commence a protracted meeting at the Busch Chapel Monday night, January 12th (1914). Everybody was invited to attend. L. D. Goodwin and family visited relatives near Balko recently.

Clear Lake

The snowstorm of 26 December 1913, brought a gladsome surprise to father and mother Dunlop in the shape of their son Fletcher, who for sometime had been a resident of Colorado. Ed Lane was one of the first to rig up a sleigh and take his wife out for a sleigh ride. The groceryman and blacksmith took a run to Knowles, 30 December 1913, in Mr. Macys car. Messrs. Chas. Jenks and Chas. Gumm were callers at T. L. How's for feed. The hardware merchant, R G. Dunlop, received quite a load of goods for spring trade.

News arrived the the school board at Clear Lake district 18 had refused the house for the Brick-Sturgeon debate the board of district NO. 1 got busy and offered Caleyville school house and their hotel landlord, John Raiborn, offered the coal, such was the desire of their people to help the good work along.

E. A. Macy had a farm ear Marengo. He ran a garage at Knowles so had rented for 1914 and the new tenant had taken possession. Harry Jones joined Mr. Macy on the south. He was up at Mullinsville for alfalfa seed, getting there the night before, 29 December 1913, leaving his load and went on home. Roads were very slick.

It was rumored that all the members of the Broomcorn Growers' Association were to dray their brush to the railroad and Mr. Benner was to secure a buyer for the brush. Thy not load it into cars and send it to St. Louis, where it was reported inferior brush was $80.00 to $100.00 per ton and extra good from $140.00 to $160.00?

December 31, 1913, the clerk of school board visited school and found good behavior, with school in splendid running order. He was glad to see among their pupils Miss Hazel Mendenhall. Hazel was the granddaughter of one of the first merchants, which they all referred to as "Grandma," and ran their hardware store for some time. Her son-in-law, Fred Caley, ran the grocery store and Dode Mendenhall, their pool room.

Harry Lane was running a slaughter house 1 January 1914. His brother Ed was assistant. John Lane, his brother, had been away on a visit had just returned and relieved his father, T. H, so Grandpa Lane spent the last night of 1913 at his son Ed's.

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