Calendar of local clubs and society meetings
Qacial Viewss Calendar lists numerous social group gatherings and church activities in Fort Sill and area. Entries include 7:30 p.m. Vagabond club, 1907 Taylor. VFW Post 1193 sessions at 926 S Second. First Christian Women’s Fellowship 9 a.m.. Wesleyan Service Guild at 6:30 p.m.. various auxiliary and lodge meetings. square dancing at the American Legion hall. Zeta Eta chapter of Epsilon Sigma Alpha at 8 p.m.. Busy Bee club at 7 p.m.. NCO Wives luncheon at 12:30 p.m.. Unity Rebekah Lodge degree conferrals. Pioneer club and Pleasant Valley Homemakers. Sweet Pea Garden club 9:30 a.m.. Reddy Kilowatt Square Dance 8 p.m.. Lawton Golf and Country Club dance 10 p.m. to 1 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vagabond Club
Betty Rooney
Taylor
Woman's Auxiliary
VFW
First Christian Women’s Fellowship
Wesleyan Service Guild
First Methodist Church
Peter Starnes
Fort Sill
NCO Wives Club
NCO
John Lowry
Roy Harper
Square D
American Legion Hall
Ernest Hunter
Melvin Jennings
Hunter
Zeta Eta
Epsilon Sigma Alpha Sorority
Marjorie Welch
Unity Rebekah Lodge
IOOF
Pleasant Valley Home Demonstration Club
George Wickwire
Pioneer Club
Arthur Manning
Sweet Pea Garden Club
R. D. McCaskill
Leonard Oliver
Reddy Kilowatt Square
Home Service
Public Service Company
F. F. Hollander
Ernest Hynson
Ladies Association of Lawton Golf and Country Club
Graydon Miller's
Bethel WSCS Studies India With Sterling Guests
Bethel Methodist Woman's Society of Christian Service will hold an all day session Thursday with Sterling WSCS as guests. The event centers on India with a devotional by Mrs. Herman Greear and a study by Mrs. J. D. Scott. A play titled Lights Come to India will close the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethel
Methodist Woman's Society of Christian Service
Sterling Wscs
Bethel Church
India
Herman Greear
J. D. Scott
Georges Name New Daughter
Deborah Ann is the name chosen by Mr. and Mrs. Barton George for their 544-ounce daughter born August 2 in a Hobart hospital. Maternal and paternal grandparents and multiple great grandparents are listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saddle Mountain
Deborah Ann
Barton George
Hobart
Alton Delk
Harold George
Noah Elk
B. H. Zimmerman
F. E. Floyd
Tipton
Walter George
Mountain View
Casper George
Letitia Baptists Begin Revival Meet
Letitia Baptist church one mile south of Pumpkin Center started its annual revival Sunday to run two weeks. First sermon by Ted Clapton. Evangelist Rev. John Evans aided by Rev. E. A. Stoddard and N. J. West led songs. Sterling notes report a Methodist watermelon party after a revival service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethel
Letitia Baptist Church
Pumpkin Center
Ted Clapton
John Evans
Baptist Associational Missionary
E. A. Stoddard
N. J. West
Elk City
Mrs King Heads Willing Workers for Next Year
Mrs Ernest King was chosen to lead the Willing Workers club at a Locust Grove community house meeting over noon lunch. New officers include Mrs Cecil Watson vice president Mrs J L Siebold secretary treasurer and Mrs Damon Watson cancer and civil defense chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willing Workers Club
Ernest King
Locust Grove Community House
Cecil Watson
J. L. Siebold
Damon Watson
Cancer and Civil Defense
Siebold
Homer Coody
Mrs. Hinton Feted At Birthday Party
Sterling report notes Mrs Joe Hinton honored on her 59th birthday at the Brantleys home with refreshments for Mr and Mrs Oscar Hinton of San Francisco and guests Mrs T Holman Chicago Mrs L V Henderson Flavis Bessett Granville Miller and Dean Hoy Miller. Bethel special covers Bethel Methodist women's visit to Wesley House and Bethlehem Center in Oklahoma City Aug 3 by Mrs W O Cosgrove Mrs Virgil Smith and Mrs Eunice Stout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethel
Bethel Methodist
Wesley House
Bethlehem Center
Oklahoma City
W. O. Cosgrove
Virgil Smith
Eunice Stout
Tully Morrison to Serve Sixth Year as Expositor Treasurer
Local Jersey breeder Tully Morrison will serve his sixth year as treasurer of the Anadarko Indian Exposition planned for August 15. Morrison’s long tenure underscores stability in the exposition’s financial oversight and community support for the event featuring local agriculture and cultural displays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saddle Mountain
Tully Morrison
Jersey
Teens Like Straight Lines From Dorothy Roe
Dorothy Roe describes Jack Horwitz, a dressmaker with three daughters, who designs fall fashions for teens and college women. New straight line outfits dominate, including a Postman's Cape suit with a slim sheath and cape, a Toddler Coat with Empire-style flare, and a few full-skirted party dresses. The collection targets teen to young adult wear with practical day pieces and festive party options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Roe
Jack Horwitz
Horwitz
Nugent Court Martial Recall Highlights Erwin Testimony
The West Coast court martial of Lt. Jefferson D. Erwin revived interest in Maj. Ambrose Nugent’s Fort Sill trial. Erwin’s dramatic defense testimony included the line about brainwashed POWs and propoganda. He described signing documents in 1951 due to starvation and poor camp conditions and said the final peaceful messaging came from Koreans. Col. Liles and Maj. Harold Kaschko faced charges of aiding the enemy while POWs. Nugent was the first to be acquitted in the related POW camp cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson D. Erwin
Maj
Ambrose Nugent
Fort Sill
Erwin
Nugent
Maj. Nugent
Blanchard
Okla
Col. Liles
Lawton
Paul V. Liles
Korean
Sgt
John L. Tyler
Moundsville
W. Va
Houseguest Listings From Local Homes Describe Visiting Families
Mrs. Myrtle Fields of Detroit Michigan stays with Mrs. Elizabeth Catchings at 518 H until weekend then heads to Oklahoma City. In another home Mrs. Viola Brereton on 604 Gore hosts her son Ben Brereton and daughter in law with granddaughter from Firebaugh California for two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Catchings
Myrtle Fields
Detroit
Mich
Fields
Oklahoma City
Viola Brereton
Gore
Ben Brereton
Firebaugh
Calif
Legal Papers Delay Hearing For Brother Bank Bandits
Failure of legal papers to arrive in time postponed the appearance of two brother bank robber suspects before a federal judge in El Paso. Robert Dale Boyes and Trent Boyes, both of Wayne County, Ohio, are held under $50,000 bond each on charges of robbing banks in Ohio Missouri and Oklahoma. They were captured July 13 in El Paso.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EL Paso
Robert Dale Boyes
Trent Boyes
Wayne County
Ohio
Missouri
Oklahoma
Guardsmen Attend Fort Hood Training Camp
Two National Guard reserve men Buddy Lawin and Bill Barnett attend a two week training camp at Fort Hood Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Sterling
National Guard
Buddy Lawin
Bill Barnett
Fort Hood
Tex
Vacation Bible School Opens at Bethel Methodist
Hulen Methodist Church launched a two week Bible school starting Monday with classes daily Monday to Friday from 9 to 11 a.m. Mrs. Glen Davis serves as supervisor.
Mt Etna eruption dwindles to almost nothing
Catania Sicily Mt Etna’s latest eruption has dwindled to almost nothing. The volcano Europe’s highest began belching smoke July 1 and lava from a crater on the northeast side spilled several weeks ago. Lava stopped well above nearby villages in its path.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catania
Sicily
Mt. Etna
Europe
Bethel Methodist Revival Set For August Dates
A two week revival at Bethel Methodist church is scheduled from August 14 to 28. Evangelist Rev. G. T. Statser of Hennessey will lead the meetings, with Rev. O. W. York serving as host pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethel
Bethel Methodist Church
G. T. Statser
Hennessey
O. W. York
Mrs Summers Hosts Guest Sterling at Fresno
Wayne High student Sterling is spending a furlough in Fresno with his grandmother Mrs. Nancy Summers. The brief item notes the visit and family connection in a local Ohio style community column format.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Busy Bee Club
Floyd Tice
Washington
Jennie McCutcheon
George Lutz
Ellis Shirley
Rhoda Dean
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Hurshel Parsons
Columbia
Bethel Wscs
Georges
Letitia Baptists
Sterling
Methodist Church
Mrs. King
Louise Rupe
Susan Brittain
Charley Shotts
Tom Johnson
L. H. Schumann
Don Ingram
Claud Watson
Ed Schumann
Mrs. Hinton
Morrison
Scott's
Bermuda
Koret
California
Life Magazine
Cornell
By Stephanie Koret
Corel
Korel
Brother Bank Bandits
Bible School
Prentiss Ave
Mid-West Maytag Co
C Avenue
John Denney
Jean
Wallace Co-Starred
Allied Artists
Eleanor Day
Hollywood, Calif
ROMA
Edamney
Hollywood
Dottie Lee
National Bakers Services, Inc
Art
South
Darey
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