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Newspaper

Lawton Constitution

Location

Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America

Date

Apr 04, 1957

Page

6

Baptist Women Start Meeting At Calvary Church Conference Opens

The opening session of a two day conference at Calvary Baptist church discusses problems and methods of youth readership. WMU members from 36 churches in Comanche and Cotton counties attend with leaders Miss Mary Fitzer and Mrs Thomas Spence directing Sunbeam and Girls Auxiliary groups. The meeting ends at 2 30 p m Friday.

Calvary Baptist Church Woman’s Mission Comanche Cotton Counties John J. Evans WAU Mary Fitzer Oklahoma City Sunbeam Sunbeams Thomas J. Spence Mangum R. C. Purcell Young Women's Auxiliary Spence Miller WMU Jackson-Greer

Explorer Scouts Win Scholarships To Summer Camp

Two local Explorer Scouts earned Frank Gouin scholarships to attend the Junior Leaders Training at Philmont Scout Ranch in New Mexico this summer. Larry Anderson of Troop 76 and Alson C. Woodward of Troop 72 won the local awards, with three Duncan Explorers Leland Brumley Kenneth R. Smith and James R. Scott also receiving Gouin scholarships. The 14 day course will prepare them to assist in Black Beaver council training programs and summer camps upon return.

Frank Gouin Philmont Alson C. Woodward Said John E. Woodward Euclid Woodward First Baptist Church Duncan Leland Brumley Kenneth R. Smith James R. Scott Black Beaver Council

Retired Civil Service Group to Meet at Carnegie Library

The National Association of Retired Civil Service Employees Chapter 167 will hold its regular monthly meeting at 2 p.m. Saturday in the Carnegie Public Library at Fifth and B. A. J. Menchen is president. Jack Webb seeks divorce in Mexico and mental cruelty claim filed in Superior Court. he and Dorothy Towne married in Chicago in 1955.

National Association of Retired Civil Service Carnegie Public Library Fifth B. A J. Menchen Web Los Angeles Jack Webb Dorothy Towne Mexico Webb Miss Towne Chicago

Lawton Students Enter T and I Field Day Contest

Twenty six Lawton high school students travel at 5 30 am Thursday to Oklahoma City for the eighth annual Trade and Industrial Field Day. The Lawton T and I club enters three group exhibits and eight vocational photography students film the event. They compete in auto mechanics body and fender carpentry nursing aide parliamentary procedure photography and printing. Awards honor top individuals classes and the school with Norman Monroe J A McCraw and Burris guiding. The banquet Friday night closes the day plus the state science fair runs at the Oklahoma City fairgrounds.

Mike Wyant Charles Dunham Dean Henderson Lawton High School Oklahoma City LHS Lawton High Sospel Lawton T&i Club W. C. Burris Ben Cook D. D. Raibourn Alvis Kenedy Warren Meadows Ronnie Hagler T&i Club Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce Jimmy Andrews Eileen Baty Bill Benge Ted Best Glen Clark Luther Green Ruth Ann Haroughty Bernard Kabvahrah DeLoy Misel Bryan Vestal Jerry Yates Norman Monroe J. A. McCraw Burris T&i Oklahoma City Fair

Promotions In Reserve Unit Announce Warden and Enlistees

Dale O. Ward of 614 Roosevelt has been appointed chief warrant officer W-2 in Co. A 700 Ordon USAR commanded by Capt. Billy P. Galyon. Promotions include Harold L. Crawford to sergeant first class and Robert B. Runyan to sergeant. Ten new enlistees are listed along with several towns and addresses. The annual Fourth Army inspection is planned for Friday.

Dale O. Ward Roosevelt Co. A Ordon Usar Billy P. Galyon Co F Ward Co A Harold L. Crawford Lee Robert B. Runyan Donne R

Walter predicts end of Hungarian refugee program

Rep. Francis E. Walter says the government will halt the Hungarian refugee program within two weeks. He chairs the House immigration subcommittee and asked Attorney General Herbert Brownell Jr. to stop admitting Hungarians, noting about 30,000 have already arrived since the revolt was crushed. He questions the adequacy of security screening.

Washington Francis E. Walter Walter House Herbert Browner Jr United Press

Field trip returns from Turner Falls excursion

Sterling high school students and chaperones including Mitchell Dennis Ed mound Tabb Travis Anthony Al Jon Zissman James Smith and Mrs Boyd Clark and Mrs Muriel Liles accompanied by Sterling seniors and juniors have completed a field trip and picnic to Turner Falls with the groups returning home.

Sterling Mitchell Dennis Edmound Tabb Travis Anthony al Jon Zissman James Smith Mesdames Boyd Clark Muriel Liles Turner Falls

Stuck With Sticker and City Refund Mentioned

A fragmented note cites Chattanooga Tennessee where a city council vote involved refunding five dollars related to a car sticker. The text also references the Inter-American Defense Board becoming a military planning agency for 21 American republics in the Western Hemisphere.

Chattanooga Tenn Inter-American Defense Board Military Planning Agency Hemisphere

Train Collision in Germany Kills Four Americans Safe

A German express train collided with an American military train near Kasel Germany injuring fourteen and killing four Germans. Officials report no American injuries. The crash occurred as the German engine forced a brake before impact and three cars derailed, narrowly avoiding a steeper fall down a 60 foot embankment. The military train carried armed forces personnel traveling to West Germany.

Kasel Germany Kiel Baltic Sea Lindau Bavaria West Germany

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