Army Reservists Begin Second Week at Fort Sill Training
Reservists from Arkansas Texas New Mexico and Oklahoma join 315th Logistical Command at Fort Sill for two weeks of on the job training. Week one featured familiarization courses and field demonstrations while recreation facilities including golf courses and pools were enjoyed. Camp No 10 under Col Jeff W Sawyer will close August 15 with units returning home by air chartered buses or their own trucks. Survivors include two daughters a brother three sisters and several grandchildren and great grandchildren.
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Fort Sill
Arkansas
Texas
New Mexico
Oklahoma
315Th
Ft. Sill
USAR
Funeral Rites for Mrs Emma Hollingsworth Held
Last rites were held at 3 pm for Emma A Hollingsworth 75 of 611. Services were at Church of God 9th and Sec Rev E T Curtsinger officiated Burial was in Highland cemetery with Ritter Funeral home in charge Bearers included E L Coor Eldon Cooper L C Clark and others Funeral services for A W Harris 80 Lawton resident will be at 3 pm Monday at Lawton Funeral home chapel Harris died Friday at his home 716 Dearborn Charles E Green to conduct burial in Highland cemetery Harris born August 17 1873 in Richardson county Nebraska was married to Nellie Baker on November 2 1892 She died February 1949 He worked 17 years at the local Post Office before retiring in 1941 and had been employed at the time of death
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Emma A. Hollingsworth
Church of God
E. T. Curtsinger
Highland Cemetery
Ritter Funeral Home
E. L. Coor
Eldon Cooper
L. C. Clark
Oy Stafford
Lloyd Mabery
Devore Ratliff
Chester Ellis
Jay Cox
Lawton Funeral Home
A. W. Harris
Lawton
Dearborn
Charles E. Green
Richardson County
Neb
Harris
Nellie Baker
Reward Offered For Ex German Bride Missing From Lawton
Fort Sill sergeant Allen Jeffcoat seeks tips locating his former wife Erika M. Jeffcoat a 20 year old German national last seen after buying a Cleveland bus ticket July 15 They were divorced July 10 final January 1954 custody of their one year old son Frank Joseph and immigration papers given for one year. She left with about 160 dollars and had attended Lawton Beauty school and worked at Kater Inn in Lawton. Jeffcoat based at Fort Sill Trail er 24 Enlisted Men’s Trailer Court Enlisted Staff Battery 4050th ASU.
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Fort Sill
Lawton
Erika M. Jeffcoat
Allen Jeffcoat
Cleveland
Ohio
Jeffcoat
Frank Joseph
United States
Lawton Beauty School
Kater Inn
Trailer 24
4050Th
ASU
Education Bill's Effect on Lawton Schools Unknown
Local officials remain unsure how the new federal aid to education bill will affect Lawton schools. Superintendent John Shoemaker cites Kerr’s confirmation that the bill passed but says specifics depend on the final copy and category definitions. The measure provides 174 million dollars to aid construction and maintenance for two years, targeting areas with many government-related students.
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Eisenhower
John Shoemaker
Robert S. Kerr
Lawton
Senate House
House
Melon Feed For Gridsters At Grade School
Special note announces a watermelon feed Monday at 7 30 p m for all football players old and new at the grade school. Hal Hilpirt new coach will speak to the gathering.
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Snyder
Hal Hilpirt
Oleomargarine Uses Skim Milk in 1952 Volume
United States producers used about 213 828 000 pounds of skim milk in oleomargarine in 1952, reflecting the dairy input required for the product and its role in food manufacturing.
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United States
Hastings Author's Novel Introduction Slated At Capital
Francis Mitchell of Hastings introduces his novel The Wing and the Yoke at a luncheon in the Skirvin hotel Oklahoma City Gov. Johnston Murray attends and receives the first autographed copy Gen W S Key of the Oklahoma Historical Society also receives a copy Murray will accept the book for the state Mitchell born in Oklahoma when Indian Territory native farmer near Hastings Jefferson county biographical notes say the novel follows a young man under pressure on a western Oklahoma farm before World War II consisting of emotional and physical trials shaping manhood
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Francis Mitchell
Hastings
Skirvin Hotel
Oklahoma City
Johnston Murray
Mitchell
W. S. Key
Oklahoma Historical Society
Murray
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Jefferson County
Model City Pet Ordinance Plans Laid By Group
A plan for a model city pet ordinance and shelter operation was outlined. A meeting at 8 p.m. Monday in the Civic room will hear G W Rogers of the American Humane association and invitees discuss the plan. The city council may adopt the ordinance Tuesday to fund the $8300 shelter via pay as you go.
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Security Bank and Trust
G. W. Rogers
American Humane Association
Phil Hornstein
Apache Lodge to Confer Degree Thursday Night
Apache Lodge No. 223 AF and AM will confer an entered apprentice degree on a candidate at their Thursday night meeting.
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Apache Lodge No. 223
AF & AM
Lawton Lunch Room Workers Attend 5-Day Course
Lawton sent eight school lunch room workers to a five day workshop at Southwestern State College Weatherford. Attendees included Mrs. Elsie Stallings, Mrs. Mamie Ainsworth, and others from Lincoln Howell Post Swinney Post Oak Mission Elgin Cache and more. The course covered nutrition sanitation training and records with 15 state experts lecturing to 138 workers from 19 counties. About 1700 schools in the program serve 140000 students and spent 300000 on new equipment last year.
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Lawton
Southwestern State College
Weatherford
Post Oak Mission
J. H. Brantley
Roy Deeds
Sterling
Irene Lodes
Elgin
H. C. Guthrie
Cache
State Board of Education
Oklahoma
State Office
Drew W. Langgley
McKinley
Lincoln
Howell
Swinney
Whittier
Post
Douglass
Dunbar
Doctor charged theft at cafe in Lawton
Lawton physician Dr. E A Owens 37 of 123 Arlington Drive told police early Saturday a wallet containing about 400 dollars and papers was stolen at Franks Coffee Shop No 30 B near 8 a.m. Eight patrons submitted to searches but nothing matching the claimed money or papers was found.
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Lawton
E. A. Owens
Arlington Drive
Franks Coffee Shop
Owens
Revival Set by Former Mt Zion Pastor at Broxton
Jerry Currie, ex pastor of Mt Zion Christian Church in Broxton near Apache, will lead a revival at the Broxton institution starting Tuesday September 1.
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Jerry Currie
Mt. Zion Christian Church
Broxton
Apache
Islam gains 370 million followers after 13 centuries
The Islamic religion faced strong early opposition at its founding but now counts about 370 million adherents worldwide, reflecting extensive growth across regions and eras.
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