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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1963
Page
7
Births listed for several couples with times and weights. Admitted and dismissed patients across Southwestern and Indian Hospital with names and addresses. Include numerous local residents under medical and surgical care, plus a newborn in Cache and multiple March birth references.
Boyd Hoskins president of Lawton ABC was named Mr. AMBUC of the year at the regional convention in Ponca City over the weekend. He beat four other nominees for the honor reflecting ten years of ABC service and accomplishments.
William R. Carley 74 of Medicine Park died Wednesday. Services were held Saturday at Becker Memorial chapel with Dr. Tom B. Clark officiating and burial in Paradise Valley cemetery northwest of Lawton. Also noted is the death of Mrs. Elzia Bean 76 of 1011 T who died Sunday. Services will be held Wednesday at the Millsap Church of Christ with Homer Youngblood officiating and burial in Fairview cemetery. White Funeral home Weatherford is directing local arrangements. Mrs. Bean born May 20 1886 in Parker county Tex moved to Millsap then Lawton in 1938. She was married Dec 20 1907 to Earnest L. Bean who died in 1938. Survivors include a daughter Mrs. Viron Warren a son E E Bean five sisters and five grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
About 375 Comanche county 4-H members will compete next Thursday in the 1963 Timely Speech contest at Fort Sill Indian School. The event, split into junior and senior divisions, selects top speakers to advance to the state round-up at Stillwater.
Capt. Charles C. Bledsoe son of Mr and Mrs Charles Bledsoe 1313 Ash was injured in an auto accident Friday near Leon France while stationed there He is in an Air Force base hospital at Wiesbaden Germany with head and spinal injuries His parents were advised of his improving condition and that no further official word would be sent at this time
Vatican sources say Pope John XXIII will publish a peace encyclical titled Pacen in Ter ris or Peace on Earth. The document, likely released before Easter, will address peace and social issues and was disclosed in a telegram to Cardinal Micara.
The Lawton Philharmonic Society presented Doris and Nels Harveland in a Sunday recital at the Museum of the Great Plains McMahon room. The hour and a half program featured Mozart Haydn Brahms Mahler and Bizet and Ravel arias with strong piano accompaniment, drawing over 200 music lovers and signaling more recitals next season.
Maj Mort B Brigadier of Fort Sill, an instructor at the U S Army Artillery School, finished a five day Civil Defense management course at the Defense Department Office of Civil Defense Staff College in Battle Creek Michigan as part of OCD training centers offerings.
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