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Lawton Constitution

Location

Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America

Date

Apr 03, 1972

Page

9

Mabry rites set for Wanda Mabry in Lawton church

Funeral services for Wanda EF Mabry 47 of 2745 G will be at 2 30 p m Tuesday at the Ninth and Lee Church of God with Rev Ronnie Miller and Rev B F Ford officiating Burial is in Sunset Memorial Gardens under Becker Funeral Home supervision She was born January 31 1925 in Marion raised in Duncan married Loyd C Mabry October 5 1940 and came to Lawton in 1941 Survivors include her husband two sons Ronald Lee Chattanooga Tenn and David Edward Oklahoma City her mother Ida Cary Duncan five brothers Allen Mickey Cary both Oklahoma City Bobby and Andy Cary Jr Duncan and Bill Cary Stockton Calif three sisters Lucille Ryan Betty Watkins Duncan Joy Lee Vaughn Woodward and two grandchildren

Wanda EF. Mabry Church of God Ronnie Miller B. F. Ford Church of God In Kansas Sunset Memorial Gardens Becker Funeral Home Mrs. Mabry Marion Duncen Loyd C. Mabry Lawton Ninth and Lee Church of God Ronald Lee Chattanooga Tenn David Edward Oklahoma City Ida Cary Duncan Allen Mickey Cary Bobby Andy Cary Jr Bill Cary Stockton Calif Lucille Ryan Betty Watkins Corpus Christi Tex Joy Lee Vaughn Woodward Eunice Marshall Gene Rob Marshall Grantham Funeral Home Duncan Cemetery John Marshall

Benjamin Murphy Sgt. Retired dies in Texas hospital

Benjamin B Murphy 60 of 111 N Fullerton died Sunday at Brooke Army Hospital San Antonio Texas Funeral services are pending Lawton Ritter-Dalton Funeral Home Murphy born in Snyder Texas February 16 1912 married Polly A Lewis February 7 1948 in Alamogordo New Mexico member of Catholic Church Elks Lodge Southwest Oklahoma Chapter Association of the U S Army retired from the Army October 1969 at Ft Sam Houston Survivors include wife two daughters Mary Linda Still Tulsa Kathleen Elizabeth Rankin Amberg Germany three brothers Bruce in Gesing Nev James Garden Grove Calv Bill Amarillo and one granddaughter.

Benjamin B. Murphy N. Fullerton Brooke Army Hospital San Antonio Tex Lawton Ritter-Dalton Mr. Murphy Snyder Polly A. Lewis Alamogordo N. M Catholic Church Elks Lodge Southwest Oklahoma Association of the U.S. Army Murphy Ft. Sam Houston Mary Linda Still Tulsa Kathleen Elizabeth Rankin Amberg Germany Bruce Gesing Nev James Garden Grove Calv Bill Amarillo

Lawton Psi Epsilon Chapter Wins Activity Award

John H. Nelson of 3407 Abilene represented Psi Epsilon Chapter at Omega Psi Phi Ninth District Convention in Lake Charles Louisiana. The Lawton chapter earned the Chapter Activity Award for 1971 and Nelson was re elected to a district office. The district covers Arkansas Oklahoma Louisiana and Texas. The 1974 district convention will be in Lawton in April.

John H. Nelson Abilene Lake Charles Psi Epsilon Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc Lawton Nelson Arkansas Oklahoma Louisiana Texas

Britain launches HMS Wilton the world's first plastic warship

A 153-foot mine hunter named HMS Wilton is launched in Britain. Built from 100000 yards of woven fiberglass, it claims the distinction of being the world’s first plastic warship.

Wilton Britain

Job Barriers Cited In New Fiscal Report

Oklahoma City area report says about 95 000 people nearly 30 percent of the workforce in four counties will need assistance next year. Racial discrimination and lack of training education and transportation create barriers for minorities in metropolitan Oklahoma City. Unemployment averages .1 percent locally but 4.3 percent in other counties with Logan highest.

Oklahoma City Oklahoma Cleveland Canadian Logan Logan County

Eisenhower FFA Donkey Basketball Event Planned

Eisenhower High School FFA chapter announces a Donkey Basketball game Thursday at 7 p.m. in the school gym. The program includes team contests a girls race a hobby donkey derby and a trick mule act. Tickets are 50 cents for children 75 cents for students and $1 for adults.

Eisenhower High School Future Farmers of America Eisenhower Ffa Ron Long Eisenhower High Voag

Arraignment Set For Youths From Chandler High

Two Chandler High School basketball players Ronnie Maxwell 18 and Phillip Booker 18 along with Kenneth Neal 19 face burglary charges. Arraignment scheduled for today in Chandler Oklahoma. Neil dropped out of school earlier.

Chandler Okla Chandler High Ronnie Maxwell Phillip Booker Kenneth Neal

Stock Mart Prices Drift Slowly Higher

New York AP reports a quiet day with stocks drifting up as traders await first quarter earnings. Dow up 2.63 to 944.33 amid mixed advances and declines. utilities drop and most groups uncertain. Agricultural quotes list cash wheat barley Milo alfalfa hay. blue chip gains cited from Texaco and Jersey Standard.

NEW York New York Stock Exchange Texaco Jersey Standard

GOP Precinct Meetings Set for Comanche County Delegates

Comanche County Republicans plan precinct meetings tonight to choose delegates for the county convention. Mary Crawford says only four or five precincts are assured, urging party members to attend. The April 15 Hotel Lawtonian gathering will select 26 delegates for the state convention in Oklahoma City May 6 and 13 for the district convention at Chickasha April 29 with a new county chairman to be chosen. Louise Ratcliff serves as vice chairman.

Comanche County Mary Crawford Lawtonian Oklahoma City Chickasha Louise Ratcliff

New York Feb Oklahoma Construction Contracts Soar

February contracts for future construction in Oklahoma reached 93.6 million dollars, more than twice the level a year earlier, per F W Dodge. Year to date totals stood at 146.3 million, up from 101.4 million, with residential and nonbuilding sectors reported.

New York Oklahoma F. W. Dodge McGraw-Hill Information Systems Co

Lawton grad wins Freedom Medal for patriotic poem

Kathleen Kea a 1964 Lawton High School graduate received the Freedom's Foundation George Washington Honor Medal for her poem The New American. A psychiatric technician at William Beaumont General Hospital El Paso she toured Valley Forge and Washington DC to accept the award. She is the daughter of M Sgt Ret Clement Kea and Mrs Kea of Redwood Falls Minnesota.

Kathleen Kea Lawton High School Freedom's Foundation George Washington William Beaumont General Hos Washington, DC M. Sgt Clement Kea Redwood

Crimes Reported To City Police In Local Ledger

A list of reported thefts burglaries vandalism and assaults filed with the Lowton Police Department includes names and addresses such as iven Peosesetovic 1409 WN Sheridan reporting theft of 195 at a business, Kathleen Stearns 2332 Gore theft of shoes and books from home, and Maria Robles 2573 J theft of 25 from residence. The notices cover various residences businesses and individuals with incidents ranging from bicycle and television thefts to vandalism and attempted break ins.

Lowfon Iven Peosesetovic WN. Sheridan Kathleen Stearns Gore George Sifrig Robert O'Neal Bobbitt Andrew Newsome Myers Road Cute Virgil Mowrey Dunlop Ron Helett N. Scott Dora Brown Cerver Eve's Beauty College Lonny Edwards N. Ath Jock Glesby Williams Maertin Kecthley Cherry James L. Leyton N. List Son Eddie J. Edwards Bishop Reod Joe Schimmel Lake Herry Jarvis Marion Burkett’s Laundry Martin Pinnock

Injuries Reported After Sunday School Parking Lot Crash

Police relitigate Sunday incident noting drivers Fernando A Lopez 20 and Tommy Robinson Jr 17. Injured Patricia Robinson 22 Betsy Sanders 43 and Sonia Love 2 transported to Memorial Reynolds hospitals by Royse Royal and Greentown Ambulances per Officer Nick Akerson.

Fernando A. Lopez Tommy Robinson Jr Wisconsin Patricia Robinson Bishor Memorial Hospital Royse Betsy Sanders Bishop Reynolds Royal Ambulance Sonia Love Reynolds Army Greentown Ambulance Nick Akerson

Fire Department Reports Blaze Dispatches and Locations

Lowton Fire Department reports multiple calls including a grass fire at 712 N Sind at 3:00 PM, a foundry fire on 1301 Andrews at 8:21 PM, a 72 percent Monday house fire at 305 N 3th, and a house fire at 3 Pork area at 4:40 PM.

N. Sind Andrews

Western Australia Nurses Survey Shows 4351 Married Women Working

A survey reports 4351 married women employed on hospital nursing staffs in Western Australia. The finding highlights the role of married women in regional health services and hospital staffing.

Western Australia

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