Obituary notices from Lawton area military and civic figures
Death notices and funeral details for Lt. Col. (Ret.) Philip Hinckley Conner 58 of Miami Fla and others including Jack Harold Hanna Cecil E Bentley James Carl Johnson Ernest Teagues Alice Sipe Willie Lynch Lora Hallmark Clodene York and related survivors and service arrangements across Lawton Fort Sill Lawton hospital and area churches. Survivors include spouses children siblings and extended family with classic World War II World War I veteran connections and civic affiliations noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Hinckley Conner
Miami
Fla
St. Petersborg
Dade County
Oklahoma City
Jack Harold Hanna
Lage Baptist Church
Sherman-Demuth Funeral Home
Highland Cemetery
Lawton
Hanna
J and J Construction Company
Village Baptist Church
Masonic Lodge
Ada
Temple
First Baptist Church
Cecil E. Bentley
L. M. Cox
Campbell Long
First Presbyterian Church
Temple Cemetery
Wyatt Funeral Home
Mr. Bentley
Randlett
Temple High School
U.S. Navy
Bentley
Lions Club
American Legion
Temple Chamber of Commerce
Merlene Rylant
Carol Beth
Mickey
Tom and
Eula Lasser
Burkburnett
Tex
Bill
New Elks Officers Installed at Lawton Club Banquet
New officers for 1973 were installed at a banquet and dance at the Lawton Golf and Country Club. Elected officers include Paul Hughes exalted ruler and Bill Wolf leading knight with Ed Dodson loyal knight and Ted Fuqua lecturing knight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks
Lawton Golf and Country Club
Paul Hughes
Bill Wolf
Ed Dodson
Ted Fuqua
Harold Carey
Raymond Coughenour
Carl LaRouche
Paul Miquez
Robert Shaffer
Esquire
Harold Knowles
Beak Shape of Baltimore Oriole Described
The beak of the Baltimore oriole is conical and longer than its head indicating a distinctive feeding adaptation and identification feature for this species.
Suspect Held In Telephone Ruse Thefts
A 17 year old girl was arrested on grand larceny suspicion after a string of thefts where a black woman used a phone pretext to gain entry. Maj. Robert Gillian said valuables were recovered and victims identified the suspect. Two residents reported missing money or jewelry after a woman used their phones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maj
Robert Gillian
Gillian
Eight High Schools Compete In Drill Meet At Sill
Eight high schools from four states competed at Fort Sill for the First Invitational Drill Meet for Junior ROTC units sponsored by the Lawton Breakfast Optimist Club. The event at the 1st Advanced Individual Training Brigade Parade Field featured inspection regulation drill platoon drill and individual marching juried by 11 drill sergeants with Best Overall Team and other trophies awarded by the Optimist Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Sill
Lawton Breakfast Optimist Club
1St Advanced
Thomas and
Fort Sill Blvd
Highland Park
Dallas
Tex
Guthrie
Okla
van Buren
Ark
McDonald High School
Anderson
Rider
Wichita Falls
Lawton
Eisenhower
AIT Brigade
Sapulpa Man Dies in Crash Near Drumright
A Sapulpa man, 44 year old Paul Eugene Marrow, was killed when his pickup ran off Oklahoma 33 near Drumright, overturned 1.25 times, and crushed him beneath it. He died at Drumright Hospital. The 1973 traffic toll reached 161.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drumright
Sapulpa
Paul Eugene Marrow
Drumright Hospital
Oklahoma 33
Highway Patrol
Marrow
Stationery Sale Planned For Eisenhower High Band
Eisenhower High School band members will sell stationery over the next two weeks. Note paper is $1 per box. Proceeds fund a three day band trip to Amarillo Texas from May 3 to 5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eisenhower High School
Amarillo
Tex
Optimistic Reports Spark Market Rally Across Sectors
U S shares rise as optimism fuels a broad market rally. The Dow gains and NYSE issues show strength with notable activity in W T Grant and large block trades. Agricultural prices in Oklahoma are listed with corn, wheat, soybeans and cattle prices detailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Nixon
Burglary defendants face April hearing dates
Preliminary hearing set for April 24 for Rave Jeanette Banks and Reasey L. Gardner charged in district court with second degree burglary. Bond set at 2000 for Banks and 5100 for Gardner. Case involves the Monday burglary of a residence at 902 South Third Street owned by Kam S. Hampton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rave Jeanette Banks
1609
Garfield
Reasey L. Gardner
Roosevelt
Gardner
Miss Banks
S. Third
E. Lee
Sheridan Road Improvement Plans Reviewed by City Officials
City councilmen mayor and city manager reviewed Sheridan Road improvement plans at Hendrick and Hendrick engineers. Project to undergo major improvements funded by local state and federal sources with a public hearing possible within two weeks. State Highway Department to administer contract work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheridan Road
Hendrick and
Hendrick
Oper Road
Larry Fountaine
State Highway Department
Stepson Held In Rape Killing OKLAHOMA CITY
A 15 year old stepson is held after the rape and death of Joyce Hegel in a southside Oklahoma City home. Flora Woodward 18 allegedly assaulted Hegel with a brick and took her to another address. Hegel died at South Community Hospital. Marvin Ward Jr. 15 is jailed. Marvin Ward 45 is held as a material witness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Bill Anderson
Joyce Hegel
Flora Mae Woodward
Marvin Lee Ward Jr
Marvin L. Ward
Miss Woodward
Great Lakes as Canada's Major Fresh Water Source
The article emphasizes the Great Lakes system as Canada's principal source of fresh water. It discusses the lakes' vast supply, regional importance, and potential stresses from pollution and overuse, underscoring policy and conservation implications for Canada and neighboring jurisdictions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Great Lakes System
Work Day Set for Wichita Mountains Easter Pageant
Final preparations for the 48th annual Wichita Mountains Easter Service begin with a Saturday work day at the Holy City. A 2 p.m Sunday rehearsal is pivotal for out of town participants from Oklahoma and Texas. About 400 cast members participate in pantomime and readings for the April 2 dawn service themed The Light Shines in the Darkness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita Mountains
Wes Miller
Holy City
L. A. Ellis
Miller
Oklahoma City
Wichita Falls
Tex
Burkburnett
Fort Worth
Sill Infantry Simulates Attack at East Range
Fort Sill will host a Friday demonstration on East Range featuring a mechanized infantry unit in a simulated attack using live ammo and a simulated nuclear blast with all organic weapons and supporting artillery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Sill
East Range
Also Mentioned on This Page
Philip Conner
Jack H. Hanna
James Carl Johnson
M. Set
E. Gore
Reynolds Army Hospital
Jefferson Funeral Home
Mr. Johnson
Chattanooga
Tenn
Columbus
Ohio
Field Artillery
Lucille R. Munford
Fort Knox
Douglass School
Bethelehem Baptist Church
Lucille Boutee
Bedford Drive
James
Bell
Albert
Ted Johnson
Jack Johnson
Chicago
Robert Johnson
Denver
Colo
Emmet Johnson
Grambling
Preston
Johnson
Ft. Leavenworth
Kan
Anna Edwards
Hammond
Ind
Ernest Teagues
Arlington
Veterans Administration Hospital
Barnett Chapel Ame
Edward E. Davis
Post Cemetery
Alice M. Sipe
Ward
Marietta
Ona A. Sipe
Hampton-Vaughan Funeral Home Chapel
Boyd Sawyer
St. Mark’s United Methodist Church
Doyle Sipe
Willie D. Lynch
Willie Debbie Lynch
S. Tenth
Lawton - Ritter - Dalton
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Lynch
Ardmore
Essie Cornell
Lucille McNeal
St. Louis
Fay Rogers
la Puente
Calif
Lora E. Hallmark
Lora FE
Hallmark
Greenlawn
Weldon Flanagan
Cornell Church of Christ
South Heights
Charles Swearingen
Norman G. Harvey
Eunice
N.M
Mary Walker
Amy Bush
Liano, Tex
Ramona Cooper
Blanche Mihills
Leland Hallmark
Bill Hallmark
Liano
Glyndon Hallmark
Clodene O. York
Funers
S. Avalon
Pentecostal Church of God
Charles Ledbetter
Becker Funeral Home
Charles W. York
Katherine Hurley
Irving
Blanche Payne
Jeffersonville
Leona Wells
BPOE
Sill
THE
Associated Press
New York Stock Exchange
Martin
Bruns, Nordeman & Co
W.T. Grant
American Stock Exchange
McCrory Corp. New
State Department of Agriculture
Manchester
Afton
Keyes
Liberal
Perryton
Geary
Medford
Clinton
el Reno
Okeene
Watonga
Weatherford
Altus
Muskogee
Hobart
Yukon
Enid
Gulf
Mangum
MILO
Chickasha
Lamont
Pauls Vailey
Oklahoma
Choice
Bonds
Tord
Cache Road
Ica Pierson
K Mart
Ney Lholise
Save
Kmart
Lady Bugs
Appliques
S. S. Kresge Company
N. W. 38Th Street
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