Lawton elects Future Teachers of America leader at state convention
Jerry Jeffries of Omega Oklahoma, a Southwestern State College student, was elected state coordinator of the Future Teachers of America at the closing session of the state convention in Chickasha. Officers named include Deanne Hitzman, treasurer. Kay Johnson, historian. Clairre Olson, editor. Anne Cronin, president. Walley Byrdson, vice president. Kay Meyer Woodward, secretary. The group will meet at Oklahoma A&M College in Stillwater next year. High school leaders include Larry Morrison as president and Pat Sewell as vice president with Erxinda Buckner as secretary.
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Chickasha
Okla
Jerry Jeffries
Omega
Southwestern State College
Future Teachers of America
Oklahoma A&m College
Stidwater
Oklahoma College For Women
Deanne _ Hiltzman
Sapulpa
Kay Johnson
South Barnes
Oklahoma City
Clairre Olson
Tulsa. University
Anne Cronin
Sayre
Oklahoma City University
Walley Byrdson
Langston University
Kay Meyer Woodward
Larry Morrison
Hinton
Pat Sewell
Stillwater
Erxinda Buckner
Terrace
Oklahoma Legislative Week Faces Budget Balancing Bills
Oklahoma legislators enter the 14th week of the session with focus on budget balancing for the next two years. Key items include liquor legislation, meat price controls, wildlife and water resources policies, the Grand River Dam Authority power deal, and a University of Oklahoma television contract under scrutiny.
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Dayton
Blair
Oklahoma City
Sov
Raymond Gary
New Wildlife Conservation Commission
Water Resources Department
Grand River Dam Authority
Public Service Co
Oklahoma
Roy C. Beecher
Kingfisher
Senate
Sste and Government Committee
House
J. D. McCarty
State Agriculture Department
McCarty
Agriculture Department
Chatty Students To Eat Pancakes In Chattanooga
About 1830 Chattanooga elementary students from grades one through five will attend the Lawton Downtown Kiwanis Club Pancake Day on Tuesday. Tickets were bought for the students by the Chattanooga Chamber of Commerce.
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Chattanooga
Lawton
Kiwanis Club
Chattanooga Chamber of Commerce
Oklahoma Reserve Officers set 1938 convention site
Githen K. Rhoads Maj. Rawlins Morris and Bill Love returned from Ardmore after attending a state convention of the Oklahoma Department of Reserve Officers association. Oklahoma City was selected as the site for the 1938 convention.
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Githen K. Rhoads
Maj
Rawlins Morris
Bill Love
Ardmore
Oklahoma Department of Reserve Officers Association
Oklahoma City
Area Men In Service Area Men In Service
Derrell G Andrus son of Mr and Mrs Delden E Andrus Sir McKinley recently completed eight weeks of basic combat training at Fort Carson Colo Andrus whose wife Anne lives at Elk City is a graduate of Southwest State College AcC Paris B Young spends leave A3C Paris B Yung grandson of Mrs Mary Truesdell 1611 F is home on 12 day leave from weather observer s course at Chanute AFB Rantoul Tl Young enlisted through the Lawson Air Force recruiting station and has completed 17 weeks of the 2 week course
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Derrell Andrus
Derrell G. Andrus
Delden E. Andrus
McKinley
Fort Carson
Colo
Andrus
Anne
Elk City
Southwest State Colege
Acc
Paris
Young
B. Yung
Mary Truesdell
Chanule Afb
Rantoul
Lawson Air Force
Tornado Hoax Triggers Durant Shelter Panic
A Durant Oklahoma tornado alert prompted six ambulances and mass sheltering after a call claimed a tornado injured seven people. The hoax caller, later found safe at Willow Springs resort cafe, insisted a boat broke apart on Lake Texoma and swam three miles to land before admitting the ruse. The man was jailed for questioning. missing boat details remained unconfirmed.
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Durant
Oklahoma City
Highway Patrol
Paul Oliver
Lake Texoma
KSEQ
Willow Springs
Lan
KSEO
Former Cityan Leon Rensch Dies on Coast
Leon Rensch aged about 61, a former Lawton resident and former circulation manager for the Lawton Constitution, died of a heart ailment Sunday in Seattle. He had lived there about 10 years and is survived by his wife Kathryn and a cousin Harry Bowers of 812 Euclid. Services are pending.
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Leon Rensch
Funeral Rites for Micheal Paul Sims Held in Walters
Graveside services were held at Walters Cemetery for Micheal Paul Sims one day old son of Mr and Mrs Paul Sims of Mineral Wells Texas. He died Wednesday in a Mineral Wells hospital. Survivors include the parents a brother James Robert Sims a sister Sherrell Ann Sims and grandparents Mr and Mrs W E Sims Lawton. Officiating was Rev John J Evans superintendent of missions for the Comanche-Caton Baptist Association. Joe W Cox former Lawton resident died Sunday in an Oklahoma City rest home. Services are pending with Becker Funeral home. Cox moved to Chac taw last September from Lawton where he had been a farmer since 1943. He was born Sept 6 1899 in Mississippi and married in 1919 at Alex. Surviving are his wife Sarah four daughters Marie Sheppard Houston Mildred Lyon Odessa Kath erine Hobbs Choctaw and Helen Phillips Rt 16114 B two sons Thomas J Cox Houston and Charlie Cox Choctaw six sisters Willie Cox Chickasha Maude Ingle Nell Sullivan both Fletcher Katie Ward Lillian Rogers both Cache and Sybel Hart Rt 3 Lawton two brothers Howard Cox Rt 2 Lawton and James Cox Cache and 10 grandchildren.
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Walters
Micheal Paul Sims
Paul Sims
Mineral Wells
Tex
New Salem
James
Robert Sims
Sherrell Ann Sims
W. E. Sims
Lawton
John J. Evans
The
Comanche - Catton Baptist Association
Joe W. Cox
Oklahoma City
Becker Funeral Home
Cox
Chactaw
Cache
Rush Springs
Baptist Church
Mississippi
Alex
Sarah
Marie Sheppard
Houston
Mildred Lyon
Odessa
Katherine Hobbs
Choctaw
Helen Phillips
Thomas J. Cox
Charlie Cox
Willie Cox
Chickasha
Maude Ingle
Nell Sullivan
Fletcher
Katie Ward
Lillian Rogers
Sybel Hart
Howard Cox
James Cox
Three Oklahoma driver education teams qualify for regional contest
Three teams from Lawton Cache and Chattanooga earned spots in Oklahoma's 11th annual regional driver education contest at the University of Oklahoma Norman after winning top honors at Lawton high school's district elimination. Team members include Travids Laird Joe Freund Judy Thomason Carroll Rising er Janet Maloy Ray Bard Larry Jones Mary Wash burn and Patsy Meece.
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Lawton
Cache
Chattarooga
Oklahoma
University of Oklahoma
Norman
Lawton High School
Travids Laird
Joe Freund
Judy Thomason
Carroll Risinger
Janet Maloy
Ray Bard
Larry Jones
Mary Washburn
Patsy Meece
Chattanooga
Baptist Workers Group to Center Monthy Conference
The Comanche Cotton Baptist Association begins with a fellowship dinner at 6 p.m. today at Geronimo Baptist Church. Rev. J. J. Evans says Rev. J. Lee Fincher Rev. Carson Everett and Rev. W. E. Russell will participate. Elmer Price will deliver the evening sermon. The May conference will be May 6 at Fellowship Baptist Church hosted by Rev. Jim Corner.
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Comanche
Geronimo Baptist Church
J. J. Evans
J. Lee Fincher
Sterling
Carson Everett
Northside Baptist Church
Lawton
W. E. Russell
Walters
Elmer Price
Union Valley Baptist Church
Cookietown
E. A. Stoddard Jr
Friendship Baptist Church
4Th and Jefferson
Jim Corner
Secretaries Eye Institute In City
Plans are made for an Advanced Secretarial Training Institute at the Hotel Lawton on April 16 and 17. Thirty eight secretaries from Lawton Altus Clinton Frederick Wichita Falls Duncan and Chickasha are expected to attend the two day sessions from 3 am to 5 30 pm. Miss Mary Markulin of Vision Inc and the National Foremen Institute will teach. The event is co sponsored by the Lawton NSA International chapter and the Chamber of Commerce. Miss Gerri Hair and Mrs Martha Safvit attended a similar course in Tulsa last year.
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Lawton
Altus
Clinton
Frederick
Wichita Falls
Tex
Duncan
Chickasha
Mary Markulin
Bureau of Business Practices
Vision, Inc
Instite
New London
Conn
New York City
National Secretaries Association - International
The
Chamber of Commerce
Gerri Hair
NSA- 1
Martha Safvit
Tulsa
Two Lawtonians To Attend National DE Club Meeting
Lawton high school seniors Jerry Pursley and Roby Browers will attend the national Distributive Education club convention on April 24 in Oklahoma City. Pursley was elected state DE club president for 1957 58 and Browers was elected secretary.
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Jerry Pursley
Roby Browers
Lawton High School
Oklahoma City
Pursley
Miss Browers
School Official Attacks OPA Bill Aimed at Publishing Expenditures
Coalgate Oklahoma school superintendent E g Emerson accuses the Oklahoma Press Association and president George B HM of backing a bill to publish school board expenditures to boost advertising revenue. He argues the measure harms initiative, hurts recruiting, and would force costly audits while noting existing audits protect funds.
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Coalgate
Okla
Oklahoma Press Association
George B. HM
E. G. Emerson
Hill
Coalgate Records Register
Emerson
Board of Education
State Highway Department
OPA
Probe Counsel Arrives In Seattle
Senator Kennedy counsel from the Senate Rackets Investigating Committee arrives from Chicago and plans a two to three day stay in Seattle. He hopes to take the names of several more witnesses to testify in the Teamsters Union probe but declines to identify them. He will not meet with Teamsters President Dave Beck in Seattle.
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Seattle
Robert F. Kennedy
Senate Rackets Investigating Committee
Chicago
Kennedy
Washington
Senate
Teamsters Union
Dave Beck
Seaton Recovery After Spinal Operation Update
Interior Secretary Fred A. Seston continues to recover well from a spinal operation at Walter Reed Medical Center. Physicians report he is up and walking around his hospital room after the procedure last week for a chronic spinal ailment.
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Washington
Fred A. Seston
Army Walter Reed Medical Center
Seaton
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Hotpoint
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HILES
Probe Counsel
Excelsior Institute
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