The Sayre Headlight, Sayre, Oklahoma · Thursday, April 26, 1934 pg 8
BILLYE NONA WALKER
HONORED ON BIRTHDAY
Mrs. C. L. Neely entertained with a children's party Saturday afternoon in her home on North Fourth street honoring the fourth birthday of her niece, Billye Nona Walker.
Guests were: Doran Jergison, Janette Woods, Betty Gene Tracy, Jackie Scroggins, Dan Woods, Norma Gene Neely and Buddy Skinner.
The Sayre Daily Headlight-Journal, Sayre, Oklahoma · Tuesday, June 28, 1938 pg 4, col. 5
. . .
Dan Woods, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Woods had his tonsils removed Tuesday.
. . .
1940 - US Census - Ward 3, Sayre, Sayre City, Beckham, Oklahoma
Household ..........Role ...........Sex .........Age ...Birthplace
Walter Woods .....Head ..........Male .......35 .....Oklahoma
Janette Woods ...Daughter ...Female ...10 .....Oklahoma
Dan Woods .........Son ............Male ........7 .......Oklahoma
The Sayre Daily Headlight-Journal, Sayre, Oklahoma · Sunday, April 27, 1941 pg 1
FESTIVAL TO
BE THURSDAY
Annual Event To
Be At Gridiron
Final practice sessions for the May festival to be held on May 1, are under way at the Whitehurst school and from all indications the fete this season will surpass any held in previous years.
The festival will get underway at 6 p.m. on May 1 at the gridiron and an international theme will be followed.
Miss Oleta Fullerton will present her second grade pupils in a folk dance of Argentine titled, "The Spanish Couple Dance." Partners for this dance are EImer Lee Herring, Florene Criswell; Dan Woods, Louise Minton: J. C. Muphy, Lois Hardin; Billy Talley, Doris Pownell; Lee Moseley, Ima Christian; C. L. Robertson, Betty Jo Davis; Chester Funderburg, Betty June Black-wood; Arthur Puckett, Mary Sue Price; Pat Hare, Geraldine Price; Dale Carmichael, Mary Francis Abbott; Jerry Lee, Genevieve Wright; Glen Reeves, Wanda Fay Mills.
. . .
In February 1942 Dan was active in the Cub Scouts.
The Sayre Daily Headlight-Journal, Sayre, Oklahoma · Thursday, April 15, 1943 pg 4
SOCIAL NEWS
Seeds Entertain
Junior Choir Of
Church Monday
Rev. and Mrs. W. C. Seeds were hosts to the Junior Choir of the First Christian Church Monday evening in the church basement.
Games of the evening were ping pong and skating.
A refreshment course was served to Christine Bushree, Laura Ann Windle, Mary Nell Truby, Helen Jo Brickell, Jackie Jarvis, Phyllis Jarvis, Sue Hunter, Jackie Ann wonder, Bobbie Stevens, Ross Dugger, Karl Mueller, Arthur Pucket, Dan Woods, Oma Claire Morris, Jeanett Livingston, Pat Schwer, Dean Smith, Myrtie June Smith, Charlene Willoughby, George Albert Stovall, Jo Anne Ward, Patty Neely, Virginia Ann Brown, Laverne Jones, Nita Joy Shadid, Louise Minton, Wanza Johnson, Bob Luttrell, Glen Hartpence, Rex Patterson, Ann Duff, Janet Woods and the hosts.
The choir meets twice a week for rehearsals on Tuesday and Friday afternoons from 4:45 to 5:30.
In December 1944 Dan was one of the Brownies in the grade school Christmas operetta "At Home With Santa Claus" at the Whitehurst school auditorium.
The Sayre Sun, Sayre, Oklahoma · Thursday, September 20, 1945 pg 1
New Officers
Are Selected
School Classes
Are Organized
The first class meetings of the highschool and the junior highschool were held last week for the purpose of electing officers for the coming year, B. H. Willoughby, superintendent, said today and added that the student council representatives would be chosen at meetings scheduled this week.
Class officers elected this year include: . . .
. . .
Seventh grade, Dan Woods, president; Ed Ivester, vice president; Carroll Mackey, secretary-treasurer; Arthur Puckett, song leader; Douglas Richardson, yell leader; Lois Hardin, reporter; Mrs. Vera Moore, faculty adviser.
The Sayre Daily Headlight-Journal, Sayre, Oklahoma · Monday, July 29, 1946 pg 6, col. 7
. . .
Dan Woods, grandson of Mrs. Nora Woods, has returned from a two-week vacation in points of New Mexico. He accompanied his aunt.
. . .
The Sayre Daily Headlight-JournalSayre, Oklahoma · Wednesday, August 11, 1948 pg 2
For Sale or Trade 17
. . .
_____________________________________
FOR SALE - Bicycle, Good Schwinn. Dan Woods. 803 North Fourth. Phone 273-W. 18p
_____________________________________
. . .
The Sayre Sun, Sayre, Oklahoma · Thursday, May 12, 1949 pg 3
Sophomores In
Sayre FFA Work
. . .
DAN WOODS
Dan Woods, grandson of Mrs. Dora Woods, lives at 803 Fourth street.
At the beginning of 1948-49 he started raising 50 chickens for a project. He fed these chickens for 10 weeks and then started selling them. He made a profit of approximately $18.
Early in the year he went to Elk City to judge dairy cattle.
He played halfback in football this year. He played forward on the basketball team. He is also a member of the track team this year.
He is a member of the student council, vice-president of sophomore class and plays a cornet in the band.
He has also been sports editor of the Eagle Scream for the year.
The Elk City Daily News, Elk City, Oklahoma · Saturday, October 08, 1949 pg 2
Sayre Line-Up
Due to the fact that the jerseys of both teams are similar in color, the Eagles will don their red jerseys tonight. Some of the numbers are different and a few starters have been changed since last week.
No. Player ........................Pos, ..Wt.
12 Billy Tally .....................LE ...160
28 Willard Hartpence .......LT ...175
18 Buddy Passmore .........LG ...150
16 Harold Stringer ...........RT ...160
15 John House .................RG ...155
30 Doug Richardson ........RT ...160
26 Bill Heard ....................RE ...150
25 Dan Woods .................QB ...145
23 L. T. West .....................RHB 155
20 Floyd Hardin ...............LHB 140
21 Artie Puckett ...............FB ...175
Reserves
10 C. L. Roberston
11 Phil Devanney.
11 Harry Fairless
13 Loyd Carlile
14 Lewis Lowrance
16 Bobby Martin
16 Billy Joe Lowrance
18 Keith Dowdell
19 Joe Summors
24 Joe Kersey
22 Glen Waters
29 Bob Bussey
J. T. Williams
David Hill
Gardner Atteberry
Tommy Payne
Robert Jarvis.
1950 - US Census - Sayre, Beckham, Oklahoma
Household .............Role ........Sex ......Age Birthplace
Lenora Wood .........Head .......Female 76 ..Arkansas (widowed)
Dan Walter Woods Grandson Male ....17 ..Oklahoma
They Sayre Record, Wednesday, January 10, 1996 pg 11
Deaths
Woods
Dan Walter Woods was born on November 16, 1932 in his Grandmother Woods house at 803 North 4th Street in Sayre, OK. He was the son of Walter Woods and Jewell (Puckett) Woods, who both died before Dan was ten years old. Dan and his sister Janet lived with their Grandmother Nora Woods until they graduated from High School.
Dan attended the Sayre Public Schools for twelve years, graduating in May 1951. Dan lettered three years each in football, basketball and track. His senior year in high-school, he was the quarterback of Sayre's only State Championship football team and was selected to the all District Team. Dan was also president of the Student Council. After graduating from high-school, Dan enlisted in the U.S. Navy and served as a systems radar operator in an airborn early warning squadron. He was honorably discharged in June 1955. Dan attended Oklahoma State University one year. He married Jan Allison on August 25, 1956 in Sayre, OK, Dan enrolled in the school of pharmacy at Southwestern Oklahoma State University at Weatherford, OK and graduated Magnum Cum Laude in 1959 and was President of the American Pharmaceutical Association during his senior year. After graduating they moved to Texas. He was a pharmacist for 36 years.
Dan passed away Monday, January 8, 1996 at his home in Mt. Pleasant, TX at the age of 63 years.
He is survived by his wife Jan of Mt. Pleasant, TX; two daughters, Lori Woods of Dallas, TX and Allison and Randy Monts of Pittsburg. TX; one son, Mark and Connie Woods of Mt. Pleasant, TX; one sister, Janet and George Stovall of Richardson, TX; two grandchildren, Amber and Lincoln Woods.
Funeral services will be Friday, January 12, 1996 at 2:00 p.m. in the Sayre First Baptist Church with Tom Cooksey and Bill Talley officiating.
Interment will be in the Sayre-Doxey Cemetery under the direction of Rose Chapel Funeral Service of Sayre.
This Obituary written by Bill Talley.
BILLYE NONA WALKER
HONORED ON BIRTHDAY
Mrs. C. L. Neely entertained with a children's party Saturday afternoon in her home on North Fourth street honoring the fourth birthday of her niece, Billye Nona Walker.
Guests were: Doran Jergison, Janette Woods, Betty Gene Tracy, Jackie Scroggins, Dan Woods, Norma Gene Neely and Buddy Skinner.
The Sayre Daily Headlight-Journal, Sayre, Oklahoma · Tuesday, June 28, 1938 pg 4, col. 5
. . .
Dan Woods, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Woods had his tonsils removed Tuesday.
. . .
1940 - US Census - Ward 3, Sayre, Sayre City, Beckham, Oklahoma
Household ..........Role ...........Sex .........Age ...Birthplace
Walter Woods .....Head ..........Male .......35 .....Oklahoma
Janette Woods ...Daughter ...Female ...10 .....Oklahoma
Dan Woods .........Son ............Male ........7 .......Oklahoma
The Sayre Daily Headlight-Journal, Sayre, Oklahoma · Sunday, April 27, 1941 pg 1
FESTIVAL TO
BE THURSDAY
Annual Event To
Be At Gridiron
Final practice sessions for the May festival to be held on May 1, are under way at the Whitehurst school and from all indications the fete this season will surpass any held in previous years.
The festival will get underway at 6 p.m. on May 1 at the gridiron and an international theme will be followed.
Miss Oleta Fullerton will present her second grade pupils in a folk dance of Argentine titled, "The Spanish Couple Dance." Partners for this dance are EImer Lee Herring, Florene Criswell; Dan Woods, Louise Minton: J. C. Muphy, Lois Hardin; Billy Talley, Doris Pownell; Lee Moseley, Ima Christian; C. L. Robertson, Betty Jo Davis; Chester Funderburg, Betty June Black-wood; Arthur Puckett, Mary Sue Price; Pat Hare, Geraldine Price; Dale Carmichael, Mary Francis Abbott; Jerry Lee, Genevieve Wright; Glen Reeves, Wanda Fay Mills.
. . .
In February 1942 Dan was active in the Cub Scouts.
The Sayre Daily Headlight-Journal, Sayre, Oklahoma · Thursday, April 15, 1943 pg 4
SOCIAL NEWS
Seeds Entertain
Junior Choir Of
Church Monday
Rev. and Mrs. W. C. Seeds were hosts to the Junior Choir of the First Christian Church Monday evening in the church basement.
Games of the evening were ping pong and skating.
A refreshment course was served to Christine Bushree, Laura Ann Windle, Mary Nell Truby, Helen Jo Brickell, Jackie Jarvis, Phyllis Jarvis, Sue Hunter, Jackie Ann wonder, Bobbie Stevens, Ross Dugger, Karl Mueller, Arthur Pucket, Dan Woods, Oma Claire Morris, Jeanett Livingston, Pat Schwer, Dean Smith, Myrtie June Smith, Charlene Willoughby, George Albert Stovall, Jo Anne Ward, Patty Neely, Virginia Ann Brown, Laverne Jones, Nita Joy Shadid, Louise Minton, Wanza Johnson, Bob Luttrell, Glen Hartpence, Rex Patterson, Ann Duff, Janet Woods and the hosts.
The choir meets twice a week for rehearsals on Tuesday and Friday afternoons from 4:45 to 5:30.
In December 1944 Dan was one of the Brownies in the grade school Christmas operetta "At Home With Santa Claus" at the Whitehurst school auditorium.
The Sayre Sun, Sayre, Oklahoma · Thursday, September 20, 1945 pg 1
New Officers
Are Selected
School Classes
Are Organized
The first class meetings of the highschool and the junior highschool were held last week for the purpose of electing officers for the coming year, B. H. Willoughby, superintendent, said today and added that the student council representatives would be chosen at meetings scheduled this week.
Class officers elected this year include: . . .
. . .
Seventh grade, Dan Woods, president; Ed Ivester, vice president; Carroll Mackey, secretary-treasurer; Arthur Puckett, song leader; Douglas Richardson, yell leader; Lois Hardin, reporter; Mrs. Vera Moore, faculty adviser.
The Sayre Daily Headlight-Journal, Sayre, Oklahoma · Monday, July 29, 1946 pg 6, col. 7
. . .
Dan Woods, grandson of Mrs. Nora Woods, has returned from a two-week vacation in points of New Mexico. He accompanied his aunt.
. . .
The Sayre Daily Headlight-JournalSayre, Oklahoma · Wednesday, August 11, 1948 pg 2
For Sale or Trade 17
. . .
_____________________________________
FOR SALE - Bicycle, Good Schwinn. Dan Woods. 803 North Fourth. Phone 273-W. 18p
_____________________________________
. . .
The Sayre Sun, Sayre, Oklahoma · Thursday, May 12, 1949 pg 3
Sophomores In
Sayre FFA Work
. . .
DAN WOODS
Dan Woods, grandson of Mrs. Dora Woods, lives at 803 Fourth street.
At the beginning of 1948-49 he started raising 50 chickens for a project. He fed these chickens for 10 weeks and then started selling them. He made a profit of approximately $18.
Early in the year he went to Elk City to judge dairy cattle.
He played halfback in football this year. He played forward on the basketball team. He is also a member of the track team this year.
He is a member of the student council, vice-president of sophomore class and plays a cornet in the band.
He has also been sports editor of the Eagle Scream for the year.
The Elk City Daily News, Elk City, Oklahoma · Saturday, October 08, 1949 pg 2
Sayre Line-Up
Due to the fact that the jerseys of both teams are similar in color, the Eagles will don their red jerseys tonight. Some of the numbers are different and a few starters have been changed since last week.
No. Player ........................Pos, ..Wt.
12 Billy Tally .....................LE ...160
28 Willard Hartpence .......LT ...175
18 Buddy Passmore .........LG ...150
16 Harold Stringer ...........RT ...160
15 John House .................RG ...155
30 Doug Richardson ........RT ...160
26 Bill Heard ....................RE ...150
25 Dan Woods .................QB ...145
23 L. T. West .....................RHB 155
20 Floyd Hardin ...............LHB 140
21 Artie Puckett ...............FB ...175
Reserves
10 C. L. Roberston
11 Phil Devanney.
11 Harry Fairless
13 Loyd Carlile
14 Lewis Lowrance
16 Bobby Martin
16 Billy Joe Lowrance
18 Keith Dowdell
19 Joe Summors
24 Joe Kersey
22 Glen Waters
29 Bob Bussey
J. T. Williams
David Hill
Gardner Atteberry
Tommy Payne
Robert Jarvis.
1950 - US Census - Sayre, Beckham, Oklahoma
Household .............Role ........Sex ......Age Birthplace
Lenora Wood .........Head .......Female 76 ..Arkansas (widowed)
Dan Walter Woods Grandson Male ....17 ..Oklahoma
They Sayre Record, Wednesday, January 10, 1996 pg 11
Deaths
Woods
Dan Walter Woods was born on November 16, 1932 in his Grandmother Woods house at 803 North 4th Street in Sayre, OK. He was the son of Walter Woods and Jewell (Puckett) Woods, who both died before Dan was ten years old. Dan and his sister Janet lived with their Grandmother Nora Woods until they graduated from High School.
Dan attended the Sayre Public Schools for twelve years, graduating in May 1951. Dan lettered three years each in football, basketball and track. His senior year in high-school, he was the quarterback of Sayre's only State Championship football team and was selected to the all District Team. Dan was also president of the Student Council. After graduating from high-school, Dan enlisted in the U.S. Navy and served as a systems radar operator in an airborn early warning squadron. He was honorably discharged in June 1955. Dan attended Oklahoma State University one year. He married Jan Allison on August 25, 1956 in Sayre, OK, Dan enrolled in the school of pharmacy at Southwestern Oklahoma State University at Weatherford, OK and graduated Magnum Cum Laude in 1959 and was President of the American Pharmaceutical Association during his senior year. After graduating they moved to Texas. He was a pharmacist for 36 years.
Dan passed away Monday, January 8, 1996 at his home in Mt. Pleasant, TX at the age of 63 years.
He is survived by his wife Jan of Mt. Pleasant, TX; two daughters, Lori Woods of Dallas, TX and Allison and Randy Monts of Pittsburg. TX; one son, Mark and Connie Woods of Mt. Pleasant, TX; one sister, Janet and George Stovall of Richardson, TX; two grandchildren, Amber and Lincoln Woods.
Funeral services will be Friday, January 12, 1996 at 2:00 p.m. in the Sayre First Baptist Church with Tom Cooksey and Bill Talley officiating.
Interment will be in the Sayre-Doxey Cemetery under the direction of Rose Chapel Funeral Service of Sayre.
This Obituary written by Bill Talley.
The Sayre Headlight, Sayre, Oklahoma · Thursday, April 26, 1934 pg 8
BILLYE NONA WALKER
HONORED ON BIRTHDAY
Mrs. C. L. Neely entertained with a children's party Saturday afternoon in her home on North Fourth street honoring the fourth birthday of her niece, Billye Nona Walker.
Guests were: Doran Jergison, Janette Woods, Betty Gene Tracy, Jackie Scroggins, Dan Woods, Norma Gene Neely and Buddy Skinner.
The Sayre Daily Headlight-Journal, Sayre, Oklahoma · Tuesday, June 28, 1938 pg 4, col. 5
. . .
Dan Woods, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Woods had his tonsils removed Tuesday.
. . .
1940 - US Census - Ward 3, Sayre, Sayre City, Beckham, Oklahoma
Household ..........Role ...........Sex .........Age ...Birthplace
Walter Woods .....Head ..........Male .......35 .....Oklahoma
Janette Woods ...Daughter ...Female ...10 .....Oklahoma
Dan Woods .........Son ............Male ........7 .......Oklahoma
The Sayre Daily Headlight-Journal, Sayre, Oklahoma · Sunday, April 27, 1941 pg 1
FESTIVAL TO
BE THURSDAY
Annual Event To
Be At Gridiron
Final practice sessions for the May festival to be held on May 1, are under way at the Whitehurst school and from all indications the fete this season will surpass any held in previous years.
The festival will get underway at 6 p.m. on May 1 at the gridiron and an international theme will be followed.
Miss Oleta Fullerton will present her second grade pupils in a folk dance of Argentine titled, "The Spanish Couple Dance." Partners for this dance are EImer Lee Herring, Florene Criswell; Dan Woods, Louise Minton: J. C. Muphy, Lois Hardin; Billy Talley, Doris Pownell; Lee Moseley, Ima Christian; C. L. Robertson, Betty Jo Davis; Chester Funderburg, Betty June Black-wood; Arthur Puckett, Mary Sue Price; Pat Hare, Geraldine Price; Dale Carmichael, Mary Francis Abbott; Jerry Lee, Genevieve Wright; Glen Reeves, Wanda Fay Mills.
. . .
In February 1942 Dan was active in the Cub Scouts.
The Sayre Daily Headlight-Journal, Sayre, Oklahoma · Thursday, April 15, 1943 pg 4
SOCIAL NEWS
Seeds Entertain
Junior Choir Of
Church Monday
Rev. and Mrs. W. C. Seeds were hosts to the Junior Choir of the First Christian Church Monday evening in the church basement.
Games of the evening were ping pong and skating.
A refreshment course was served to Christine Bushree, Laura Ann Windle, Mary Nell Truby, Helen Jo Brickell, Jackie Jarvis, Phyllis Jarvis, Sue Hunter, Jackie Ann wonder, Bobbie Stevens, Ross Dugger, Karl Mueller, Arthur Pucket, Dan Woods, Oma Claire Morris, Jeanett Livingston, Pat Schwer, Dean Smith, Myrtie June Smith, Charlene Willoughby, George Albert Stovall, Jo Anne Ward, Patty Neely, Virginia Ann Brown, Laverne Jones, Nita Joy Shadid, Louise Minton, Wanza Johnson, Bob Luttrell, Glen Hartpence, Rex Patterson, Ann Duff, Janet Woods and the hosts.
The choir meets twice a week for rehearsals on Tuesday and Friday afternoons from 4:45 to 5:30.
In December 1944 Dan was one of the Brownies in the grade school Christmas operetta "At Home With Santa Claus" at the Whitehurst school auditorium.
The Sayre Sun, Sayre, Oklahoma · Thursday, September 20, 1945 pg 1
New Officers
Are Selected
School Classes
Are Organized
The first class meetings of the highschool and the junior highschool were held last week for the purpose of electing officers for the coming year, B. H. Willoughby, superintendent, said today and added that the student council representatives would be chosen at meetings scheduled this week.
Class officers elected this year include: . . .
. . .
Seventh grade, Dan Woods, president; Ed Ivester, vice president; Carroll Mackey, secretary-treasurer; Arthur Puckett, song leader; Douglas Richardson, yell leader; Lois Hardin, reporter; Mrs. Vera Moore, faculty adviser.
The Sayre Daily Headlight-Journal, Sayre, Oklahoma · Monday, July 29, 1946 pg 6, col. 7
. . .
Dan Woods, grandson of Mrs. Nora Woods, has returned from a two-week vacation in points of New Mexico. He accompanied his aunt.
. . .
The Sayre Daily Headlight-JournalSayre, Oklahoma · Wednesday, August 11, 1948 pg 2
For Sale or Trade 17
. . .
_____________________________________
FOR SALE - Bicycle, Good Schwinn. Dan Woods. 803 North Fourth. Phone 273-W. 18p
_____________________________________
. . .
The Sayre Sun, Sayre, Oklahoma · Thursday, May 12, 1949 pg 3
Sophomores In
Sayre FFA Work
. . .
DAN WOODS
Dan Woods, grandson of Mrs. Dora Woods, lives at 803 Fourth street.
At the beginning of 1948-49 he started raising 50 chickens for a project. He fed these chickens for 10 weeks and then started selling them. He made a profit of approximately $18.
Early in the year he went to Elk City to judge dairy cattle.
He played halfback in football this year. He played forward on the basketball team. He is also a member of the track team this year.
He is a member of the student council, vice-president of sophomore class and plays a cornet in the band.
He has also been sports editor of the Eagle Scream for the year.
The Elk City Daily News, Elk City, Oklahoma · Saturday, October 08, 1949 pg 2
Sayre Line-Up
Due to the fact that the jerseys of both teams are similar in color, the Eagles will don their red jerseys tonight. Some of the numbers are different and a few starters have been changed since last week.
No. Player ........................Pos, ..Wt.
12 Billy Tally .....................LE ...160
28 Willard Hartpence .......LT ...175
18 Buddy Passmore .........LG ...150
16 Harold Stringer ...........RT ...160
15 John House .................RG ...155
30 Doug Richardson ........RT ...160
26 Bill Heard ....................RE ...150
25 Dan Woods .................QB ...145
23 L. T. West .....................RHB 155
20 Floyd Hardin ...............LHB 140
21 Artie Puckett ...............FB ...175
Reserves
10 C. L. Roberston
11 Phil Devanney.
11 Harry Fairless
13 Loyd Carlile
14 Lewis Lowrance
16 Bobby Martin
16 Billy Joe Lowrance
18 Keith Dowdell
19 Joe Summors
24 Joe Kersey
22 Glen Waters
29 Bob Bussey
J. T. Williams
David Hill
Gardner Atteberry
Tommy Payne
Robert Jarvis.
1950 - US Census - Sayre, Beckham, Oklahoma
Household .............Role ........Sex ......Age Birthplace
Lenora Wood .........Head .......Female 76 ..Arkansas (widowed)
Dan Walter Woods Grandson Male ....17 ..Oklahoma
They Sayre Record, Wednesday, January 10, 1996 pg 11
Deaths
Woods
Dan Walter Woods was born on November 16, 1932 in his Grandmother Woods house at 803 North 4th Street in Sayre, OK. He was the son of Walter Woods and Jewell (Puckett) Woods, who both died before Dan was ten years old. Dan and his sister Janet lived with their Grandmother Nora Woods until they graduated from High School.
Dan attended the Sayre Public Schools for twelve years, graduating in May 1951. Dan lettered three years each in football, basketball and track. His senior year in high-school, he was the quarterback of Sayre's only State Championship football team and was selected to the all District Team. Dan was also president of the Student Council. After graduating from high-school, Dan enlisted in the U.S. Navy and served as a systems radar operator in an airborn early warning squadron. He was honorably discharged in June 1955. Dan attended Oklahoma State University one year. He married Jan Allison on August 25, 1956 in Sayre, OK, Dan enrolled in the school of pharmacy at Southwestern Oklahoma State University at Weatherford, OK and graduated Magnum Cum Laude in 1959 and was President of the American Pharmaceutical Association during his senior year. After graduating they moved to Texas. He was a pharmacist for 36 years.
Dan passed away Monday, January 8, 1996 at his home in Mt. Pleasant, TX at the age of 63 years.
He is survived by his wife Jan of Mt. Pleasant, TX; two daughters, Lori Woods of Dallas, TX and Allison and Randy Monts of Pittsburg. TX; one son, Mark and Connie Woods of Mt. Pleasant, TX; one sister, Janet and George Stovall of Richardson, TX; two grandchildren, Amber and Lincoln Woods.
Funeral services will be Friday, January 12, 1996 at 2:00 p.m. in the Sayre First Baptist Church with Tom Cooksey and Bill Talley officiating.
Interment will be in the Sayre-Doxey Cemetery under the direction of Rose Chapel Funeral Service of Sayre.
This Obituary written by Bill Talley.
BILLYE NONA WALKER
HONORED ON BIRTHDAY
Mrs. C. L. Neely entertained with a children's party Saturday afternoon in her home on North Fourth street honoring the fourth birthday of her niece, Billye Nona Walker.
Guests were: Doran Jergison, Janette Woods, Betty Gene Tracy, Jackie Scroggins, Dan Woods, Norma Gene Neely and Buddy Skinner.
The Sayre Daily Headlight-Journal, Sayre, Oklahoma · Tuesday, June 28, 1938 pg 4, col. 5
. . .
Dan Woods, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Woods had his tonsils removed Tuesday.
. . .
1940 - US Census - Ward 3, Sayre, Sayre City, Beckham, Oklahoma
Household ..........Role ...........Sex .........Age ...Birthplace
Walter Woods .....Head ..........Male .......35 .....Oklahoma
Janette Woods ...Daughter ...Female ...10 .....Oklahoma
Dan Woods .........Son ............Male ........7 .......Oklahoma
The Sayre Daily Headlight-Journal, Sayre, Oklahoma · Sunday, April 27, 1941 pg 1
FESTIVAL TO
BE THURSDAY
Annual Event To
Be At Gridiron
Final practice sessions for the May festival to be held on May 1, are under way at the Whitehurst school and from all indications the fete this season will surpass any held in previous years.
The festival will get underway at 6 p.m. on May 1 at the gridiron and an international theme will be followed.
Miss Oleta Fullerton will present her second grade pupils in a folk dance of Argentine titled, "The Spanish Couple Dance." Partners for this dance are EImer Lee Herring, Florene Criswell; Dan Woods, Louise Minton: J. C. Muphy, Lois Hardin; Billy Talley, Doris Pownell; Lee Moseley, Ima Christian; C. L. Robertson, Betty Jo Davis; Chester Funderburg, Betty June Black-wood; Arthur Puckett, Mary Sue Price; Pat Hare, Geraldine Price; Dale Carmichael, Mary Francis Abbott; Jerry Lee, Genevieve Wright; Glen Reeves, Wanda Fay Mills.
. . .
In February 1942 Dan was active in the Cub Scouts.
The Sayre Daily Headlight-Journal, Sayre, Oklahoma · Thursday, April 15, 1943 pg 4
SOCIAL NEWS
Seeds Entertain
Junior Choir Of
Church Monday
Rev. and Mrs. W. C. Seeds were hosts to the Junior Choir of the First Christian Church Monday evening in the church basement.
Games of the evening were ping pong and skating.
A refreshment course was served to Christine Bushree, Laura Ann Windle, Mary Nell Truby, Helen Jo Brickell, Jackie Jarvis, Phyllis Jarvis, Sue Hunter, Jackie Ann wonder, Bobbie Stevens, Ross Dugger, Karl Mueller, Arthur Pucket, Dan Woods, Oma Claire Morris, Jeanett Livingston, Pat Schwer, Dean Smith, Myrtie June Smith, Charlene Willoughby, George Albert Stovall, Jo Anne Ward, Patty Neely, Virginia Ann Brown, Laverne Jones, Nita Joy Shadid, Louise Minton, Wanza Johnson, Bob Luttrell, Glen Hartpence, Rex Patterson, Ann Duff, Janet Woods and the hosts.
The choir meets twice a week for rehearsals on Tuesday and Friday afternoons from 4:45 to 5:30.
In December 1944 Dan was one of the Brownies in the grade school Christmas operetta "At Home With Santa Claus" at the Whitehurst school auditorium.
The Sayre Sun, Sayre, Oklahoma · Thursday, September 20, 1945 pg 1
New Officers
Are Selected
School Classes
Are Organized
The first class meetings of the highschool and the junior highschool were held last week for the purpose of electing officers for the coming year, B. H. Willoughby, superintendent, said today and added that the student council representatives would be chosen at meetings scheduled this week.
Class officers elected this year include: . . .
. . .
Seventh grade, Dan Woods, president; Ed Ivester, vice president; Carroll Mackey, secretary-treasurer; Arthur Puckett, song leader; Douglas Richardson, yell leader; Lois Hardin, reporter; Mrs. Vera Moore, faculty adviser.
The Sayre Daily Headlight-Journal, Sayre, Oklahoma · Monday, July 29, 1946 pg 6, col. 7
. . .
Dan Woods, grandson of Mrs. Nora Woods, has returned from a two-week vacation in points of New Mexico. He accompanied his aunt.
. . .
The Sayre Daily Headlight-JournalSayre, Oklahoma · Wednesday, August 11, 1948 pg 2
For Sale or Trade 17
. . .
_____________________________________
FOR SALE - Bicycle, Good Schwinn. Dan Woods. 803 North Fourth. Phone 273-W. 18p
_____________________________________
. . .
The Sayre Sun, Sayre, Oklahoma · Thursday, May 12, 1949 pg 3
Sophomores In
Sayre FFA Work
. . .
DAN WOODS
Dan Woods, grandson of Mrs. Dora Woods, lives at 803 Fourth street.
At the beginning of 1948-49 he started raising 50 chickens for a project. He fed these chickens for 10 weeks and then started selling them. He made a profit of approximately $18.
Early in the year he went to Elk City to judge dairy cattle.
He played halfback in football this year. He played forward on the basketball team. He is also a member of the track team this year.
He is a member of the student council, vice-president of sophomore class and plays a cornet in the band.
He has also been sports editor of the Eagle Scream for the year.
The Elk City Daily News, Elk City, Oklahoma · Saturday, October 08, 1949 pg 2
Sayre Line-Up
Due to the fact that the jerseys of both teams are similar in color, the Eagles will don their red jerseys tonight. Some of the numbers are different and a few starters have been changed since last week.
No. Player ........................Pos, ..Wt.
12 Billy Tally .....................LE ...160
28 Willard Hartpence .......LT ...175
18 Buddy Passmore .........LG ...150
16 Harold Stringer ...........RT ...160
15 John House .................RG ...155
30 Doug Richardson ........RT ...160
26 Bill Heard ....................RE ...150
25 Dan Woods .................QB ...145
23 L. T. West .....................RHB 155
20 Floyd Hardin ...............LHB 140
21 Artie Puckett ...............FB ...175
Reserves
10 C. L. Roberston
11 Phil Devanney.
11 Harry Fairless
13 Loyd Carlile
14 Lewis Lowrance
16 Bobby Martin
16 Billy Joe Lowrance
18 Keith Dowdell
19 Joe Summors
24 Joe Kersey
22 Glen Waters
29 Bob Bussey
J. T. Williams
David Hill
Gardner Atteberry
Tommy Payne
Robert Jarvis.
1950 - US Census - Sayre, Beckham, Oklahoma
Household .............Role ........Sex ......Age Birthplace
Lenora Wood .........Head .......Female 76 ..Arkansas (widowed)
Dan Walter Woods Grandson Male ....17 ..Oklahoma
They Sayre Record, Wednesday, January 10, 1996 pg 11
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Woods
Dan Walter Woods was born on November 16, 1932 in his Grandmother Woods house at 803 North 4th Street in Sayre, OK. He was the son of Walter Woods and Jewell (Puckett) Woods, who both died before Dan was ten years old. Dan and his sister Janet lived with their Grandmother Nora Woods until they graduated from High School.
Dan attended the Sayre Public Schools for twelve years, graduating in May 1951. Dan lettered three years each in football, basketball and track. His senior year in high-school, he was the quarterback of Sayre's only State Championship football team and was selected to the all District Team. Dan was also president of the Student Council. After graduating from high-school, Dan enlisted in the U.S. Navy and served as a systems radar operator in an airborn early warning squadron. He was honorably discharged in June 1955. Dan attended Oklahoma State University one year. He married Jan Allison on August 25, 1956 in Sayre, OK, Dan enrolled in the school of pharmacy at Southwestern Oklahoma State University at Weatherford, OK and graduated Magnum Cum Laude in 1959 and was President of the American Pharmaceutical Association during his senior year. After graduating they moved to Texas. He was a pharmacist for 36 years.
Dan passed away Monday, January 8, 1996 at his home in Mt. Pleasant, TX at the age of 63 years.
He is survived by his wife Jan of Mt. Pleasant, TX; two daughters, Lori Woods of Dallas, TX and Allison and Randy Monts of Pittsburg. TX; one son, Mark and Connie Woods of Mt. Pleasant, TX; one sister, Janet and George Stovall of Richardson, TX; two grandchildren, Amber and Lincoln Woods.
Funeral services will be Friday, January 12, 1996 at 2:00 p.m. in the Sayre First Baptist Church with Tom Cooksey and Bill Talley officiating.
Interment will be in the Sayre-Doxey Cemetery under the direction of Rose Chapel Funeral Service of Sayre.
This Obituary written by Bill Talley.
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