Arts Campaign Kickoff Nears in Lawton
John Kilpatrick will speak at the Lawton Chamber of Commerce Forum luncheon signaling the fourth annual arts campaign to raise 42000 for four Lawton arts groups. Co chairs Sam Ard and Mrs Beverly Davis announce advance gifts. forum open to public with $3.50 tickets.
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Oklahoma City
Lawton Chamber of Commerce Forum
Lawtonian
Lawton
Lawton-Fort Sill
Lawton Arts and Humanities Council
Lawton Community Theatre
Lawton Philharmonic Orchestra
Sam Ard
Beverly Davis
Police Investigate Two Holdup Cases
Police look into two robberies Tuesday night. Robert W. Nolan 18 was attacked from behind at Sheridan and Cache Road and lost 160 dollars. At Cagie's 1601 D a clerk says two black men armed with a gun and wooden club robbed the store. Two suspects were detained then released.
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Fort Sillman
Robert W. Nolan
Sheridan
Cache Road
Cagie’s
Bond Issue OK'd In Faxon School District
Faxon school district voters approved an $80,000 bond election on Tuesday by a comfortable margin. The board clerk said funds will build a new structure adjoining the grade school to house a cafeteria and four classrooms, with major remodeling of the existing elementary planned.
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FAXON
Marvin Norrell
Norrell
Pears Need Sweetening In Cooking
Home economists suggest pears may be sweetened with corn syrup honey or molasses as sugar substitutes. They also recommend stuffing centers with dates or raisins when baking pears.
Mastrovito Named State VICA Vice President
Lawton High junior Frank Mastrovito, an electronics student at Great Plains Area Vo Tech, was elected state vice president of VICA for 1977 78 at the Tulsa conference. The vo tech chapter won superior chapter for 1976 77 and 1 500 Oklahoma VICA members attended the event.
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Frank Mastrovito
Lawton
Great Plains
Vo-Tech
Vocational Industrial Clubs of America
Nick Mastrovito
Fort Sill
Tulsa
Vo-Ted
VICA
Eugene Cooke
Danny Dees
Louis Spaniard
MacArthur High School
Cincinnati
Oklahoma
Lawton Police Recover Dismantled Harley from Northwest Residence
Police recovered a 1976 Harley Davidson motorcycle frame and assorted parts after a dismantling operation at a northwest Lawton home. Officers found carpet pieces and narcotics as well. Two occupants were being sought by authorities and the frame may match a Wichita Falls theft.
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Lawton
Wichita Falls
Tex
Loy Bean
Bean
Carl Lindgren
Cecil Davidson
Professor To Speak At Educators Meet In Lawton
Dr Jana Lou Scott associate professor at Southwestern State University will address the Association of Childhood Educators of Lawton at 7 pm Monday in the Woodland Hills School auditorium Her talk titled Hey Teach Do You Have Your Ears On Dr Scott teaches elementary and early childhood education courses and mentors student teachers She has consulted in area Head Start centers All ACEL Cameron Student Education Association members and other educators are invited to attend.
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Jana Lou Scott
Southwestern State University
Association of Childhood Educators of
Lawton
Woodland Hills
Scott
Southwestern
ACEL
Cameron Student Education Association
Great Plains Museum Launches First Newsletter
The Great Plains Museum released its first quarterly newsletter in March edited by Steve Wilson. It outlines education programs anthropology archaeology and history research and includes the Perspectives on Plains lecture series and Fort Sill site excavations. Non-subscribers can buy a copy for 25 cents at the museum.
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The
Great Plains Museum
Steve Wilson
Great Plains Journal
Plains
Mary Ruth Prose
Fort Sill
Death Attributed To Natural Causes In Lawton Baby
A preliminary autopsy found 15 month old Gregory Lewis dead from natural causes. Detec tives say the case is closed unless the full autopsy reveals new evidence. The child, son of Ford and Mrs. Lewis of 1113 Euclid, died at Oklahoma Children’s Memorial Hospital after being found not breathing. Initial reports of lung water were unconfirmed by the autopsy. The father said he found the toddler unresponsive and tried to revive him in the shower.
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Lawton
Gregory Lewis
Ford Lewis
Euclid
Oklahoma Children’s Memorial Hospital
Oklahoma City
Lewis
National award sculpture on loan to city health lobby
A polished wood abstract sculpture showing a fetus at four months is on display in the City County Health Department lobby at 1010 S Sheridan. It was presented late last year to the Lawton Jaycees and Jaycee Jaynes, the Wichita Mountains Chapter of the March of Dimes, and the health department for a joint immunization project in 1975 after previously being shown at Memorial Hospital.
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S. Sheridan
Lawton Jaycees
Jaycee Jaynes
Wichita Mountains
March of Dimes
Health Department
Memorial Hospital
Sill Picnic Nears at Fort Sill Training Event
The first annual Training Command Battalion event Almost Any Thing Goes Day will run 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at Landing Strip 15 Fort Sill. A picnic accompanies the program.
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Landing Strip
Fort Sill
Steed to Speak at Lawton Kiwanis Session
Fourth District Congressman Tom Steed will address the Lawton Kiwanis Club at Montego Bay Motel during a noon Thursday meeting open to the public. Tickets are 3 dollars at the door. Steed has served in Congress since 1967.
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Steed
Tom Steed
Lawton
Kiwanis
Rex Polone
Congress
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