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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1963
Page
8
Births and hospital admissions list for Lawton area with names and addresses. Includes newborns. multiple patients admitted for medical and surgical care. several births in memorial and regular sections with dates and weights noted.
Elementary coordinator Miss Thelma Talla will begin end of year meetings with first grade teachers Tuesday at Central Junior High School cafe. Other grade sessions follow on subsequent days through May 2.
Rolas Harmon and his son Ted won most prizes at the Waynoka rattlesnake hunt. They caught seven of the longest snakes, including a largest rattler 67 inches long. About 8,000 people attended and more than 2,000 rattlers were captured.
Funeral notices announce the death of Mrs Billie Jo Bolin 46 of 1306 Tennessee after a two year illness. Services 2 30 p m Wednesday Becker Memorial chapel Reverend John Heiderbrecht burial Highland Cemetery. Also listed are services for Mrs Maud Pearl Norris 82 in Cache Cemetery with burial at Ritter Dalton Funeral Home chapel officiated by Reverend Weldon Rightmer. Additional obituaries include Helen Waine Quoyah 69 in Comanche First Reformed Church burial Highland Cemetery and Mrs Laura Viola Murray 35 in Fletcher First Baptist Church burial Fletcher Cemetery with funeral home direction. Bearers and honorary bearers listed for Norris and Quoyah.
Oklahoma cowboy Jessey Hearn halted his trek to California in Palo Pinto after meeting widow Opal Ince who loves horses. They wed immediately after her invitation, taking him off the trip and replacing him with a younger rider and new horse. The original plan shifts to a California honeymoon by car.
Four Lawton elementary schools hosted bike safety talks as part of the Optimist drive. Co chairs Bud Marley and Al Terrill announced city police Captain Frank Murphy and Highway Patrolman Sid Berry would continue presentations this week with Noon and Breakfast clubs assisting. The program stressed correct riding techniques, brakes, lights, warning devices and a 20 rule safety code with a detailed schedule across multiple schools.
The long thin cigars called stogies earned their name from their design for Conestoga Pennsylvania wagon drivers who sought a large inexpensive cigar.
MOSCOW (UPI) The Soviet Union launched Cosmos 15, a new unmanned Earth satellite with scientific equipment, reportedly functioning normally. Observers warned of a possible upcoming manned flight, potentially involving a woman, and speculation about a linked capsule mission persisted.
Sen. Mike Monroney reports 24,312 more Oklahomans drew Social Security in 1962, bringing total monthly payments to over 121,000. Benefits reach 29,317 children, 5,621 mothers, 21,124 elderly widows, 438 elderly dependents, 10,027 disabled workers, and 8,239 survivors. Oklahoma SSA payments total about 14 million dollars monthly to 234,332 individuals.
The annual Lawton High School senior awards assembly has been rescheduled to May 21. Mrs. Minnie Attaway, senior counselor, announced today. Civic clubs and organizations presenting awards are asked to submit recipient names to Mrs. Attaway's office this week.
A new pocket radio paging system from Ray's Pocket Radio Paging Service and 2 Way Radio Dispatching Service offers portable voice messaging in Lawton and Ft Sill. The compact 13 1/2 ounce transistor receiver clips to belt or fits in a pocket and uses Motorola equipment. An operator relays messages via radio code to the subscriber who hears an alert tone and then receives the voice message.
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