Youth Recovers After Shotgun Accident Near Lawton
Delmar D Raibourn Jr a 15 year old Lawton youth was sprayed with shotgun pellets to the legs when a .410 gauge shotgun accidentally discharged while he and a companion were hunting on the Wilsons farm eight miles west of Lawton about 6 p m Friday evening Sheriff Everett Ray Hale said the shooting was an accident Raibourn son of Mr and Mrs D D Raibourn 1604 Gore was reported doing fine in Memorial hospital last night hospital authorities termed the injury not too serious and said he was resting comfortably George Stanley Wilson Jr the companion was interviewed by authorities with Night Deputy Lewis Davis Hale said the investigation was complete
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Delmar D. Raibourn Jr
Lawton
Memorial Hospital
Raibourn
D. D. Raibourn
Gore
George Stanley Wilson Jr
Wilson
Everett Ray Hale
Lewis Davis
Hale
Funeral Rites for Harry H. Herndon Held Monday
Funeral services for Harry H. Herndon 208 N Seventh Lawton will be Monday at 2 30 p m in the Lawton Funeral Home Chapel He died Friday at 4 40 p m after months of illness He was born March 1 1880 in McKinney Texas married Cora Bonner April 13 1902 in McKinney The couple moved to Geronimo later farmed there until 1925 then to a new farm east of Lawton in 1943 they moved to Lawton He worked at Larrance Tank Co in Lawton He was a member of Geronimo Baptist Church Survivors include his wife three daughters Mrs J M Smith Pleasant Hill Missouri Mrs Ray Lehman 1993 Lincoln and Mrs Joseph Coomer Baumholder Germany one son Lloyd Herndon Duncan one brother Huey of McKinney two sisters Mrs Lizzie Tucker Oklahoma City and Mrs Jennie Wilcox Dallas six grandchildren and three great grandchildren Dr H Tom Wiles and Dr Charles Green will officiate burial in Sunset Memorial Gardens Lawton Funeral Home in charge of arrangements
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Harry H. Herndon
Lawton Funeral Home
Herndon
McKinney
Tex
Cora Bonner
Geronimo
Lawton
Larrance Tank Co
Geronimo Baptist Church
J. M. Smith
Pleasant Hill
Ray Lehman
Lincoln
Joseph Coomer
Baumholder
Germany
Lloyd Herndon
Duncan
Police Get New Uniform Pants
City policemen this week were issued two uniform trousers purchased from funds raised at the annual Policeman's Ball in March by the local Federal Order of Police chapter. Walter Asberry, desk sergeant and FOP official, said officers would receive one uniform blouse when shirts arrive, likely this week. These are the first uniforms issued since June 1954 and probably the last purchased this year. The uniforms are the same green and gray colors.
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Federal Order of Police
Walter Asberry
FOP
Asberry
Cityans Attend Workshop At A&M
Twenty four people from Lawton and one from Geronimo among 548 attendees at Oklahoma A M annual school lunch workshop last week. Hazel Morris represented Geronimo. Lawton participants included Mamie Ainsworth Rosa Gray Myrtle Hand C H Harper Cora Ann Hedrick Myrle Humble Elsa Lawson Josephine Lewis Opal Medford Elsie Nagel Alma Pahdoco Vivian Podbreger Avis Porter Julia Richardson Edna Rogers Leota Ramage Iane Berryhill Elsie Vaughan Gladys Vaughan Opal Ricketts Helen Leu Elsie Stallings Willie M Parson and D E Fincher. Topics covered meal planning food preparation purchasing nutrition equipment and other phases of the school lunch program during the five day workshop.
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Lawton
Geronimo
Oklahoma A&m College
Hazel Morris
Mamie Ainsworth
Rosa Gray
Myrtle Hand
C. H. Harper
Cora Ann Hedrick
Myrle Humble
Elsa Lawson
Josephine Lewis
Opal Medford
Elsie Nagel
Alma Pahdoco
Vivian Podbreger
Avis Porter
Julia Richardson
Edna Rogers
Leota
U S to Give 102 Million Aid to Formosa in 1955 56
The United States will provide 102 million dollars in mutual security aid to Formosa for fiscal 1955-56. Martin Wong, secretary-general of the council for U S aid, said 37 million will go to support the Nationalist Chinese Army, 34 million for commodities, and the rest for industrial reconstruction and technical aid.
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Taipei
Formosa
United States
Martin Wong
The
Council For U.S
Sill Man Is Held For Old Shooting
A 29 year old Fort Sill resident Earl Whitman signs extradition papers and will be delivered to Henderson Tennessee authorities to face an attempted murder charge stemming from a 1951 shooting. Deputy Arvil Roberson says Whitman was not in the Army at the time and was arrested at his Fort Sill home after Tennessee officials provided arrest papers. Whitman claims he was single then but is now married with two children.
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Fort Sillman
Henderson
Tenn
Arvil Roberson
Earl Whitman
McKinley
Tennessee
Roberson
Whitman
Oklahoma A&M student to spend summer at Cache home
Bobby F. Jackson, a radio and television student at Oklahoma A&M Tech, Okmulgee, will spend his summer vacation at his home in Cache. Classes will be dismissed at 5 p.m. on August 17 and resume September 6.
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Bobby F. Jackson
Oklahoma A&m Tech
Okmulgee
Cache
Agust
Shoemaker Picked For Health Talks
John D. Shoemaker Lawton superintendent of schools was among 22 appointed to represent Oklahoma Advisory Health council at a regional conference toward a late November White House education conference. The group includes nurses doctors health educators and school administrators. Regional meetings begin in October as O. E. Shaw announced. Formal recommendations on school health issues will be drafted and sent to the national conference via the state conference.
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John D. Shoemaker
Lawton
Oklahoma Advisory Health Council
White House
Woman jailed then released after suspected Lysol attempt
Lawton police released a tavern owner without charges after overnight protective custody for a possible suicide attempt by drinking Lysol. Officers said she caused a disturbance at a Washington street club and that little Lysol remained in the bottle.
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Lawton
Southwestern Hospital
Grady Crabtree
Tom Phipps
1300
Washington
Two-Tribe Indian Parley Scheduled
The eighth annual Choctaw Chickasaw Labor Day Meet will be at the old Choctaw Council House one mile north of Tuska homa on September 4 and 5. Harry J. W. Belvin announced the schedule with Sunday set for religious services and an all day singing session. Monday features free barbecue at noon, messages from officials, tribal welfare reports, and a general round-table on Indian Affairs.
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Tuskahoma
Harry J. W. Belvin
Good Samaritan Stabbed By Pair In Downtown Fight
Police investigate an alleged stabbing in Lawton near First and Gore after a man tried to separate a couple fighting. George Ashby of 504 N Railroad says a man struck him in the mouth and a woman stabbed his shoulder. He was treated at Memorial hospital and released after reporting around 8:30 a.m. Saturday.
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Lawton
Gore
George Ashby
N. Railroad
Ashby
Memorial Hospital
Frederick Legion Names New Officers for Year
The John S. Kerr Post of the American Legion elected officers for the new year. Ron Wheeler was chosen commander with Melvin Wells as first vice commander and Clyde Meeks of Tipton as second vice commander. Clyde Hudson is finance officer Floyd Cameron service officer and Carl Lawton sergeant at arms. John L. Stacy retires as commander to become historian. Installation set for early September with a September meeting date to be announced.
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Frederick
John S. Kerr
American Legion
Ron Wheeler
Melvin Wells
Clyde Meeks
Tipton
Clyde Hudson
Floyd Cameron
Carl Lawton
John L. Stacy
Mussolini Omitted From Forli Polyclinic Donations List
In 1939 Benito Mussolini gave the equivalent of $56,000 in lize to help build Forli pol yclinic. At the hospital’s Friday unveiling, two marble plaques listed contributors but excluded Mussolini. The gift was credited to “the Italian people.”
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Forli
Italy
Benito Mussolini
Mussolini
Dairy cattle and farm equipment auction in Jones Okla
80 head Holstein cattle plus 36 adult cows and various heifers and calves from Wisconsin foundation stock. TB Bangs tested March 1955 with no issues. Farm equipment includes IHC milker, tanks, can cooler, wash down systems, multiple tractors, plows, harrow, planter, trailer and more. One owner, cash terms, lunch at noon. Jim and Nadine Dunaway owners. Auctioneers Heldenbrand McCorkle.
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Wisconsin
TB & Bangs
Jim
Nadine Dunaway
Jones
Okla
Heldenbrand McCorkle
Youth Is Jailed In City Burglary
A 15 year old Lawton youth is held in county jail for burglary at Lawton Feeder's Supply 420 F about 2 a m Saturday. Policemen John Moore and Frank Murphy arrested him near the store after he admitted entering and taking $2.42 from a soft drink machine. He was headed away from his stated destination, raising suspicion, and after questioning he admitted the burglary. He will be taken before Juvenile Judge S R Harper likely Monday morning.
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Lawton
John Moore
Frank Murphy
S. R. Harper
Chinese Students in U S Face Return Effort
The Nationalist Chinese government studies how to handle about 6000 students in the United States. Foreign Minister Shen Chang-Huan left for a survey of the situation. The government is pressing students to return to Formosa.
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Taipei
Formosa
United States
Vic
Shen Chang-Huan
Russians Italians Sign Trade Treaty
Moscow reports a trade pact where Russia will export oil oil products timber anthracite and other goods to Italy while Italy will send artificial silk fruit and hoisting gear. The Soviet press gave no figures on the agreement value.
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Moscow
Russia
Italy
Pravda
Izvestia
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