April 5, 1935

Prince Shah Bawar and Princess Baigum are scheduled to arrive in Seminole this week. Princess Baigum is known to the radio world as the girl with the million dollar personality and the one who possesses the qualifications of thought television, with her uncanny power of mysticism. During her stay here in the city she will endeavor to solve the problems of every individual regarding their mental, physical, spiritual and financial circumstances, through the columns of this paper. Born in Persia, she is one of the members of a royal family and obtained her metaphysical training at an early age in the atmosphere of the East.

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Trading was spirited in the south end of the Keodukarea today and drilling was expected to take on new impetus as a result of a 20-acre drilling agreement reached yesterday by Carter and Magnolia Oil Companies. Previously drilling in the pool, in which 17 wells are now producing, had been limited to one well on each 40 acres. Top price of $2,000 was reported paid Floyd Aylor for one acre, directly across the road from Monte Davis store at Little.

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Chadwicks new funeral home, one of the most modern and beautiful in the state, will be opened to the public at 10 o’clock tomorrow morning for a three day inspection period and formal opening. Located in the old H.A. Born residence at the intersection of First and Evans, the home has been completely rebuilt and redecorated under the personal direction of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Chadwick.

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A handkerchief shower for Mrs. Charles Fazel who is moving to the Gypsy Camp was a special feature of the meeting of the Killarney Hills Club in the home of Mrs. Violet Williams. Dainty refreshments were served to Mrs. Bob Caffey, Mrs. Will Caffey, Mrs. Leo Bryant, Mrs. Bill Stevens and Mrs. Clara Dunham.

April 6, 1935

John M. Dunn of Wewoka filed district court suit against the city of Seminole and the Seminole Gas Company, seeking $100,000 damages for injuries he received in the explosion of the municipal building, December 30. Dunn seeks the damages as the result of skull fractures, broken bones and skin injuries received in the explosion, which the petition states, have maimed him for life. In naming the city and the gas company as joint defendants, the petition states that officials of both knew the gas pipes and fixtures in the building to be defective and that they were negligent in not ordering repairs. Dunn’s wife, Marie Elizabeth Dunn, was one of the three persons fatally injured in the explosion.

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Two young sisters, Elnora and Ruth Verne, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Coleman Davis, presented an hour’s entertainment of the noblest sort at their first recital, which was sponsored by the Seminole Junior College, with their teacher. C. B. Macklin, assisting. The girls exuded untold charm and radiant personalities apparently undaunted by stage fright as they sang and played entirely from memory through an ambitious program of classic selection.

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Relief activities in Seminole County, at virtual standstill for the past two weeks, were expected to be revived following receipt today of an allocation of $9,950 from the state OERA office. Even before the money was allocated to the county, a small crew of men, the first drawn in Seminole for some time, had gone to work today on the ditches around Lake Magnolia.

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Miss Fern Bottoms and Ray McFarland entertained jointly for the Brown Derby Bridge Club in the home of Miss Bottoms’ parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Bottoms, Killingsworth lease. A green and yellow color scheme was carried out in the card details, table decorations and prize wrappings.