Weekend Traffic Complaints Crowding Municipal Court
Dozens of weekend drivers faced Judge J Merle Oaks in municipal court with offenses ranging from leaving the scene of an accident to reckless driving. Mary Helen Taylor, 36, was fined a total of 45 dollars for leaving the scene, reckless driving, and driving without a state license. Others including Isaac Youngblood, Florence Brown, Lydia Richards, Donald Lee Russell, and Pic Gerald Baker faced various bonds and fines for licensing, disturbing the peace, or reckless driving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Merle Oaks
Mary Helen Taylor
Washington
Isaac Youngblood
Bell
Sgt
Robert Chase Jr
Fort Sill
Florence Brown
SE B
James Mosley
William C. Mary Jr
James C. Tarleton
Lydia Richards
Donald Lee Russell
Wilma Kaulaity
Manfred Kaulaity
Pfc
Roy E. Williams
Jacqueline Sprague
Norman
Pic
Gerald Baker
O. H. Hubbard
Oklahoma City Market Prices and Oklahoma Livestock Report
Oklahoma City markets report mixed price levels for dairy and eggs with butter and wholesale prices steady, wheat and poultry values varying across towns, and Oklahoma City livestock complex showing steady to weaker demand. Beef steers around 21 to 22 dollars per hundred pounds, cows 10 to 14, hogs down about 25 to 58, lambs steady with prime lots near 19.50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
State Department of Agriculture Today
Guyman
Hooker
Vici
Blackwell
Medford
Alva
Clinton
el Reno
Enid
Kingfisher
Yukon
Bison
Hennessey
Lawton
Frederick
Hobart
Broilers
Tulsa
F.o.b
Muskogee
Vinita
Elk City
Woodward
Laverne
Pauls Valley
Watonga
Rush Springs
Marlow
U. S
USDA
Lawton Officials to Inspect New Tennis Courts
Lawton Board of Education to meet at 5 p.m. Wednesday at the new senior high tennis courts to inspect the completed layout. Superintendent John Shoemaker said approval will trigger notice of acceptance to the architect. The board’s next regular meeting is Sept. 6 at the Board of Education office. Progress on five projects includes Lincoln auditorium nearing completion and ready for opening. junior high renovation advancing. Andrew Jackson elementary classrooms expected ready though tight. John Adams and Grover Cleveland elementary schools to be fully usable by Sept. 6 with other parts finished during the school year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton Board of Education
John Shoemaker
Board of Education
Shoemaker
Lincoln School
Andrew Jackson
John Adams
Grover Cleveland
Ag Pre Enrollment Nears 300 Mark
Cameron College pre enrollment is close to 300 with 285 prospective students signed by Monday’s end. Enrollment ends at noon Saturday. Regular enrollment begins Sept 6 for freshmen orientation and placement tests at 7 45 a.m. Class work starts Sept 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cameron College
Gordon L. Paine
Dean Paine
Patrol chief changes and legislative probe in Oklahoma
Holt was demoted from major to captain and put in charge of the northern half of Oklahoma with patrol offices in Clinton and Lawton. Lookabaugh could not be reached for comment. A special Senate investigative committee led by Sen. Kirksey M. Nix and Sen. McAlester plans to study patrol operations once a quorum of the five members is present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton
Lawton
Lookabaugh
Legislative
Senate
Kirksey M. Nix
McAlester
YMCA Secretary Outlines Activities and Plans
Warren Smith secretary of the Lawton YMCA gave a history of the YMCA, described local activities, and discussed future plans during a Lions Club program at the Lawtonian Hotel. Walt Clements chaired and introduced the YMCA official.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Smith
Lawton Young Men’s Christian Association
YMCA
Lions Club
Lawtonian
Walt Clements
Twirlers Enrolled in Short Course Trials Across Cities
Judy Thayer Ho bart Judy Dutcher Anadarko Donald Jones Cordell Ima Jo Tompkins Nocona Carol Chil dress Oklahoma City Czarina Holl and Seiling Gary Ryan Duncan Annette Waller Temple Rob ert Hughes Writ Larry Sullivan Shawnee Rita Andrews Duncan Nancy Pickens Oklahoma City Ann Dyksterhuis Oklahoma City Carol Collins Sylvia Collins Pat Cooper all of Temple Sandra Messenger Marilyn Reid Nash enrolled in a twirling short course across multiple Oklahoma communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judy Thayer
Hobart
Judy Dutcher
Anadarko
Donald Jones
Cordell
Ima Jo Tompkins
Nocona
Carol Childress
Oklahoma City
Czarina Holland
Seiling
Gary Ryan
Duncan
Annette Waller
Temple
Robert Hughes
Writ
Larry Sullivan
Shawnee
Rita Andrews
Nancy Pickens
Ann Dyksterhuis
Carol Collins
Sylvia Collins
Pat Cooper
Sandra Messenger
Marilyn Reid
Nash
Cash and clothing stolen from Fort Sill car
Police report a theft at Lake Jed Johnson in the Wichita Mountains where about $207 in cash a pair of men’s trousers and three wrist watches were taken from Lt. James J. Martin Jr.’s automobile. Thieves forced open the vent window and a wallet with nine twenty dollar bills a ten a five and two ones was stolen. Also two ladies watches a grey flannel suit and a Lord Elgin wristwatch were taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Jed Johnson
Wichita Mountains
James J. Martin Jr
Fort Sill
Lord Elgin
Driver Faces Assault Count In City Collision Case
Nathaniel Hendrick age 25 of Fort Sill was charged with assault with a dangerous weapon after a two car crash at Sheridan Road and Cache Road at about 6 am Sunday. Two Lawton women injured. Ida Mitchell 61 with ribs and skull injury at Memorial Hospital. Marie Mitchell 33 released from hospital. Noel Kenneth Mitchell 35. Hendrick and Mitchell uninjured. Detective Otis Waldron filed the complaint. Case before City Judge Ralph Cline. Arraignment likely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathaniel Hendrick
Fort Sill
Manville Redman
Hendrick
Sheridan Road
Cache Road
Lawton
Otis Waldron
Ralph Cline
Ida Mitchell
Taylor
Memorial Hospital
Marie Mitchell
Noel Kenneth Mitchell
Mitchell
City Hijacking Probe Continues at Oklahoma District Co.
Police detectives investigated a midnight hijacking at the Oklahoma District Co. warehouse, 615 S. Sixth, involving George Bull who was closing the door when a gruff voice demanded money from a night deposit sack. Two men fled south after the robbery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
Oklahoma District Co
S. Sixth
Otis Waldron
George Bull
Taylor
Four State Drivers to Compete in Lawton Boat Race Field
Kansas Oklahoma New Mexico and Louisiana will spice the all star field with national titlists and four Lawton and Fort Sill men led by John Littlefield. Lt Francis Fite of Sill is also a likely entry. The plan was postponed for lack of a date but an open date of September 18 was set by George Littlefield and accepted by the Lawton Boat Club, headed by Joe Andrews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Louisiana
Allstar
Lawton
Fort Sill
John Littlefield
Francis Fite
Sill
Lawton Boat Club
Joe Andrews
George Littlefield
Oklahoma Boat Racing Association
Female horseflies bite while males feed on flower juices
The female horsefly bites for blood while the male feeds on nectar and flower juices. This sexual dimorphism in feeding behavior highlights contrasting roles in the species. Female need blood for egg development, males rely on plant fluids for energy.
Births and hospital notices from the city minutes
Births include a daughter for Mr. and Mrs. Ray Strickland at 3806 Arlington weighing 5 pounds 1 ounce born Aug 15. Other entries list admissions and discharges for patients at various addresses and a separate birth for Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Rogers at 1208 New York at 3:50 p.m. Aug 15 weighing 6 pounds 1 ounce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Strickland
Arlington
C. K. Hinderlicher
Marie Macinni
Jack Allen
Clyde. Champion
Walters
Richard Cummings
Margaret Wright
Jean Ford
Columbia
Neema Worrell
Herman Simpson
Euclid
Emma Fontaine
Clare ‘Morford
Jennie Lennox
Marvin Rogers
New York
Wanda Fay Hall
Merlin Hall
Hollis
J. H. Sells
Mountain Park
James Sells
Wretha Sells
Tommy Sells
Patricia Sells
Elaine Sells
Esther Cooper
Garfield
Grace Cyphers
Oklahoma City
Raymond Parsons
Fullerton
Calif
Orland Ethell
Cecil McLaury
Snyder
Bob Wilkerson
Cornell
Emanuel Armstrong
Washington
Terry Seigler
Roosevelt
Earl Mahan
Ardmore
Virgil Coursey
Wesley Ivey
Charley Ivey
Charles Prior
Summit, Sur
Resignation of Lt. Cullen T. Raley Shocks Oklahoma City Patrol
Lawton news outlines Lt. Cullen T. Raley's immediate resignation from the Oklahoma Highway Patrol after 18 years. He cites reluctance and love for the force, while officials note no reason for the move. Raley had been demoted and transferred earlier in a patrol reshuffle tied to investigations of troopers and a bootlegging case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raley
Jack Rollins
Jim Lookabaugh
United Press
Lookabaugh
Rollins
Lawton Associates
Patrol
Faxon
Lawton
Holt
Carroll
Williamson
Claremore
Oklahoma City
Highway Patrol
Cullen T. Raley
C. T. Raley
Oklahoma police face funding gaps and car use concerns
The report notes Oklahoma cities pay police below national averages and rely on officers using personal cars and funding own guns. It cites mileage costs, under patrol risk, and calls for group insurance, retirement plans, training, and uniforms to improve services. It stresses many officers are hardworking but hampered by insufficient public support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Konawa
Oklahoma
Mincey Family in Lawton Tragedy and Funeral Plans
Kent and Tanna Mincey suffer critical and serious injuries after a crash that killed Mr. and Mrs. Mincey and Kandis Kay. The couple's children remain in Texarkana hospitals, with nurses delaying pain relief until stable. Funeral services are set for Lawton in First Baptist Church with burial beside a previous child in Temple’s cemetery. Survivors include two other children, siblings, and extended family across Oklahoma and Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Michael’s Hospital
Huff
Kent Mincey
Tanna
Momma
Mincey
Lawton
Biloxi
Kandis Kay
Orville Wilson
McKinley
Texarkana
Bob Hammons
Trinity Baptist
First Baptist Church
Hammons
H. Tom Wiles
Minceys
Temple
Okla
Linda Yvonne
Becker Funeral Home
Cyril
Sears Roebuck
Kenyon Auto Supply
Trinity Baptist Church
Yuma
Tenn
Walters
Kandis Kay Mincey
Kent
Howard Mincey
Silas Jay Mincey
Jackson
Tommy Mincey
View
Edith Taylor Mincey
Clayton Taylor
Clayton Taylor Jr
Mattie Smith
Suspects Arrested In City Burglary
City detectives say four Negro suspects were arrested in connection with a burglary at the House of Joy on First and E Bell early Sunday. No charges filed yet. Detective Otis Waldron calls them good suspects as questioning continues. Thieves stole $30 from a pinball machine and $50 from a music machine after breaking in through restroom windows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Joy
First
E. Bell
Otis Waldron
Senator Stennis Critiques Cotton Export Policy
Senator John C. Stennis of Mississippi attacked the administration's cotton export policy saying it fails to address the surplus. He noted the plan delays action until January and offers no guarantee of an adequate program afterward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John C. Stennis
D-Miss
Stennis
Funeral Rites for Lee J. Peden Held in Wichita
Lee J. Peden 43 a former Comanche county resident died Monday at a Wichita Kansas hospital. Born March 17 1907 in Fletcher he moved to Wichita in 1946 and worked for Beech Aircraft. Surviving wife Stella two sons Ralph and Jonathan father John L. Peden three sisters and two brothers. Funeral services set for 2 p.m. Friday at Broadway Mortuary with Rev. Ted Wilcox of Immanuel Baptist Church officiating. Interment in White Chapel Memorial Gardens Cemetery. Broadway Mortuary in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee J. Peden
Comanche County
Wichita, Kan
Peden
Fletcher
Wichita
Beech Aircraft Corp
Immanuel Baptist Church
Stella
Ralph W
Jonathan J
U.S. Navy
John L. Peden
Reuben
Couch
Marlow
Leola Hilbert
Walters
Tris West
Pauls Valley
E. Lacy Peden
Elm
Lawton
Gerald Peden
Hesperus
Colo
Broadway Mortuary
Ted Wilcox
White Chapel Memorial Gardens
Coast Guard Rescues 46 From Burning Trawler
A U S Coast Guard ship rescued 46 men and a dog from a burning Portuguese fishing trawler 800 miles southeast of Newfoundland in the Atlantic. An RC AF spokesman said the 984 ton Ilhavense Segundo caught fire Monday while at sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halifax
U.S. Coast Guard
Atlantic
Newfoundland
Air Force Search and Rescue Headquarters
RCAF
Ilhavense Segundo
45th Division HQ Moves Into Field at Fort Hood
North Fort Hood Texas reports the 45th Infantry Division headquarters set to move into the field for its second week of summer camp. The unit concentrates on weapon firing and infantry tactics as training progresses with Oklahoma's 45th Division joining in the exercise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Hood
Tex.s
Oklahoma
45Th Infantry Division
Also Mentioned on This Page
Chicago
Bimneen
Cncn
Joe Ford
Sta
Tion
Russell and
Ford
Insurance Agency
Lth & C
Berdina Holder
Mary Lou Amis
Vivian Nievo
Cache
Oscar Grant
Cushing
Janice Seymour
Gery
Wendell Phillips
Cheyenne
Darel Oswald
Fort Cobb
Ruby Carney
Elva Carney
Ralph Erwin
Andrews
Bob A. Anderson
Norman Holt
Kiwanis Club
Raymond Gary
Lawton, Okla
Bill Greenhaw
LYON
Artcraft Center
Ith & D Ave
Zale
America
Coast Guard
Sauerman
Burns Ford Drug
Cache and Sheridan Road
Jo. G. Andrews
45Th Division
James W. Parker, M
Gore Boulevard
M & D Finance CO
E Ave
KEY Termite & Pest Control CO
Eee
Insurors Realtors
Llard Sporting Goods
D Ave
Pha
de Uy Insurance
D Avenue
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!