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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1955
Page
2
Lawton Fort Sill United Fund launches a campaign cabinet headed by Charley Wade to plan the October drive targeting 95 503 as the 1955 56 goal. Members include Paul Harris Elmer Bauman O B Lord Ray Babbitt and George Page. A first meeting is set for 10 am Wednesday in Room 415 Koehler Building.
The 1955-56 budget reduces overall expenditures with major cuts in police, fire, utilities, and the city engineer's office. The general fund totals 1,103,241.40 with surpluses from general and utility funds and a 90 percent retreat of last year’s collections. Departments will receive fixed annual totals and must stay within them as partial budgets give way to consolidated funding.
The Oklahoma State Highway Patrol announced a major realignment and promotions within its ranks. Captains Hamilton Shackleford McIntosh Lester and Harmon named to key posts while Vandergriff Bumpass Holt see reassigned or reduced duties. Officers Holt Bumpass and others face reassignment to meet statutory limits of four captains.
Lawton residents James P. Medford Jr. and Keith Willard are home on leave. Medford, aboard the USS Kermit Roosevelt, has 30 days in Lawton with Long Beach as home port. Willard, a 1954 Lawton High graduate, has 15 days leave after finishing Dental Technician school in San Diego.
Fort Sill to Lawton pupils may transfer to Douglass school as boundary lines for 1955 56 elementary districts are approved. Shoemaker outlined zones for John Adams Grover Cleveland Douglass Dunbar Emerson Garfield Howell Jackson Jefferson Lincoln Roosevelt Swinney Taft Washington Whittier Will Rogers and Woodrow Wilson elementary areas, with maps to be published in the Constitution.
Rodeo officials announce a four day western show in Lawton with Smiley Burnette leading Wednesday’s parade. more than 20 riding clubs invited and prizes totaling about 3250 dollars for top contenders. advance tickets available at Hotel Lawtonian and Kiwanis. admission 1.25 adults 0.60 children. reserved seats extra. events include sunrise breakfast and Pioneer day parade.
Buster Long of the city water department is transferred to the sanitation department to replace G H Fletcher who was named custodian at McMahon following the resignation of Ralph Edwards.
City workers started laying 600 feet of four inch main line and about 200 feet of 14 inch service line to Memorial Park, baseball home of the Lawton Braves. The lines will supply drinking fountains and restrooms at the park, per Water Department Superintendent Jess McMillian.
A report notes about five hundred wildfires blaze daily across the United States, affecting numerous states and prompting ongoing federal and local firefighting responses. The data highlights the broad scope of fire activity and the strain on resources nationwide.
Services for Clarence V. Wise of Rt. 1 Cache are set for 2 30 p m Wednesday at the Lawton Funeral Home chapel with Rev J J Stowe officiating. Burial will be in Sunset Memorial Gardens Wise died in a Lawton hospital Monday after a short illness He was born January 31 1902 in Bridgeport Oklahoma He married Buelah Glasgow in 1928 and they lived in Cache for the last three years He is survived by his wife five brothers Arthur Siloam Springs Arkansas Earl D Faxon Bert L Odessa Texas Tom Wagoner Oklahoma and Keith 1307 Arlington Lawton.
Thomas W. Christian 77 of 193142 Washington died at 10 p m Monday after a months long illness Born in Texas January 18 1878 He married Eunice Eades in 1946 in Cleburne They lived in Lawton six years He is survived by his wife four daughters Mrs Henley Berendzen Walters Mrs Bill Steinbeck Hunting Park Calif Miss Nettie Christian Miss Karen Kay Christian both of Altus a son Homer Christian Los Angeles Calif four grandchildren and two great grandchildren Services 10 a m Wednesday at Lawton Funeral Home chapel with Rev L P Roberts Nazarene Church officiating Burial Blair Oklahoma Cemetery
Congress factions clash over a public housing measure. The Senate backed 135000 units yearly for four years while the House aimed to kill housing. A conference compromise set 45000 units for one year and dropped a displacement restriction. Provisions anger Republicans and Southern Democrats. White House warnings of a possible special session loom if no bill passes.
A long Monday night into the early morning saw VICE raids flood police headquarters with crowds and arrests. Officers Fuller Warren Hennessee led raids at 1108 Wisconsin 113 Euclid and 1205 S 13th confiscating whisky gin bourbon and wine while booking 11 men for gaming and a string of liquor violations. One woman kissed her boyfriend farewell before jail and a fleeing friend returned later with funds only to be jailed.
Engineers recommend channeling overflow from Squaw Creek to Cache Creek during heavy rains. Federal funding of 115000 dollars would cover canal construction and a 30000 dollar bridge. city and county to secure right of way. Attendees at the Tuesday meeting included Mayor Ellsworth, city attorney Warren Chrisman, attorney Charles Jennings, and county commissioners E L Woesner, Kleeman, and P M Wynn.
Gov Raymond Gary will headline a banquet for about 250 members at the three day Oklahoma Association of the Deaf convention in Shawnee. The event opens Friday with a statewide gathering and Friday night program scheduled.
Lawton shift announces Smiley a big businessman with Illinois oil interests plans oil drilling in Cuba in December. He has appeared in 170 cowboy pictures since 1934, 80 with Gene Autry as Frog Millhouse, with many TV features upcoming. He sings, imitates, and rides Ringeye in rodeo while his wife and two adopted children travel from California. He loves music, plays 100 instruments, and owns a Missouri publishing house with over 300 songs.
Edwards planned a Tuesday arrival in Canada for a 10 day vacation and gave no reason for withdrawing the firm as a prospective bond handler for the two months old Lawtonka Lake Authority. Funds from the bonds would fund a lodge and other recreational facilities at Lake Lawtonka with Tankersley Construction Co. of Oklahoma City as contractor. Details remain undisclosed, with brochures to be distributed to Lawton city officials at tonight’s meeting.
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