Last Tuesday’s city council meeting opened with comments from several very concerned citizens of Holdenville. The first of four to speak was Trey Martch who addressed the council saying, “For those of you who don’t know me I am William Edward Martch III or “Trey”.

The Holdenville City Council voted unanimously last Tuesday night to rename the section of road running adjacent to the Holdenville National Guard Armory “Brigadier General J.C. Daugherty Memorial Road”.

(FRONT) FLO HOWARD, JIM HOWARD, NORMA HOWARD (BACK) B.R. AND SUE GORDON, LORI AND RONNY GORDON LOYD HUNTER AND LARRY KYLE WENDELL STEVENS AND D.R.

Cpl James D. Sanders is Missing in Action Cpl.

In the early morning hours of November 11, 1918, representatives of France, Britain, and Germany met in a railroad car near Compeigne, France, To sign an armistice ending World War I, or The Great War, as it was known at that time.

Jim Priest is CEO of Goodwill Industries of Central Oklahoma and can be reached at jpriest@okgoodwill.org. This week we celebrate Veterans’ Day and it brought to mind a trip I took with my Dad years ago.

On September 29, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed a bipartisan resolution introduced by Senators Jim Inhofe (R-OK), Jerry Moran (R. Kansas), Jon Tester (D-Montana), Jack reed (D-Rhode Island) and Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) to honor the centennial of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington...

Julia Ann Sims passed away in Tulsa, Oklahoma on Thursday afternoon, October 21, 2021, at the age of 80 years. Julia was the daughter of George Wilson Deel and Lucille Deel, born on December 25, 1940 in Holdenville.

Denver Milburn Sells passed away Saturday, November 6, 2021 at his home in Allen, Oklahoma at the age of 87. Denver was born November 13, 1933 in Coalgate, Oklahoma to Alexander Sells and Beatrice (Howerton) Sells.

Jon Stephen ‘Steve’ Benham was born December 5, 1949 to Lloyd Newman Benham and Jo Mae (Johnson) Benham in Holdenville, OK. He passed from his earthly home in Carson, OK, and into the arms of his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on October 12, 2021, with his adoring wife and daughter by his side.