Bridesmaids Luncheon for Miss Doris Ann Bowman Honors Bride-Elect
A bridal luncheon hosted by Mrs. Ross H. Porter at No 7 Fort Sill Blvd celebrated Doris Ann Bowman, with pink decorations matching her nuptial colors. Guests included Bowman and Stone families, plus bridesmaids Nora Merle Henderson Glenda Moss Joan Fite Beverly Paine Beverly Clemmer and Martha Sprague. Nuptial vows set for 8 p.m. Friday at First Presbyterian Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doris Ann Bowman
Noel Gene Rogers
Ross H. Porter
Fort Sill Blvd
Diane Porter
Bryan C. Bowman
A. H. Stone
Nora Merle Henderson
Glenda Moss
Joan Fite
Beverly Paine
Beverly Clemmer
Martha Sprague
Bowman
Stone
Roosevelt
First Presbyterian Church
Social Calendar Wednesday Activities Across Fort Sill Area
Activities include election of officers at Bateman Zarl ing American Legion Fort Sill. Hook and Whirl Square Dance at Seventh and E with Art Ashline calling. Jaycee Jones dinner at Hotel Lawtonian. Rainbow for Girls initiation at Masonic hall. Girl Scout Leaders and Royal Neighbors meetings. Roseland and Beaver Valley clubs hold demonstrations. Junior Miss and American Business Women meet. Lawton Little Theater and other groups schedule events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bateman - Zarling American Legion Hal
Fort Sill
Hook & Whirl Square Dance Club
American Legion Hall
Art Ashline
Messrs
Mesdames
R. E. Tallent
Bill Crow
Jaycee Jones
Lawtonian
Dan Woesner
Order of Rainbow
Masonic Hall
Girl Scout Leaders Club
Dan McPhail
Dearborn
Royal Neighbors Sewing Club
Union Park
12Th
Avenue I
Karl Aurell
Ray Allison
Warren Baty
Jewell Bigsby
L. P. Morrison
Roseland Home Demonstration Club
Bernice Watson
Sylvia Wigington
American Business Women’s Association
Lowery - Whitehead
American Legion
Seventh and
E. Lawton Little Theater
Security Bank & Trust Company
Mrs Doyle Thorn Hosts Cache Coffee Gathering
Mrs Doyle Thorn entertained a group of friends at a home coffee gathering in Cache. Guests included Mrs Edna Alliizer of Lawton and Mesdames Zella Beauchamp Barbara Caroth ers Ruth Carothers Pat Livingston Bonnie McLinn Merle Beauchamp Lydia Stoll and Ada Harrell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doyle Thorn
Cache
Edna Alliizer
Lawton
Mesdames Zella Beauchamp
Barbara Carothers
Ruth Carothers
Pat Livingston
Bonnie McLinn
Merle Beauchamp
Lydia Stoll
Ada Harrell
Get Together Fetes Serviceman and Family in Mountain View
A family gathering at the Mountain View home of Mr and Mrs E A Smith in Oklahoma City honors MSgt Verbal D Smith his wife and children Ronnie and Jerry before their three year assignment in Newfoundland. Also present were Mr and Mrs Valeris Smith and family Mountain View and Mr and Mrs Clifford Pirtle and children Gary and Gayla Sue Saddle Mountain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saddle Mountain
Msgt
Verbal D. Smith
Ronnie
Jerry
Oklahoma City
E. A. Smith
Mountain View
Newfoundland
Valeris Smith
Clifford Pirtle
Gary
Gayla Sue
58th Anniversary To Be Celebrated In Bethel
In observance of their 58th wedding anniversary on August 30, Clyde and Mrs. Peters will hold open house Sunday August 28 at their Lawton Avenue route 1 home, 1st north of Cox store, with calling hours 2 to 5 p.m. Mrs. Clay Sommers enters Wesley Hospital Oklahoma City Monday for major surgery scheduled the following day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethel
Clyde Peters
Lawton
Rve
Cox’ Store
Saddle Mountain
Clay Sommers
Wesley Hospital
Oklahoma City
Degrees Awarded At Lodge Meeting
The Unity Rebekah lodge met at the IOOF hall to confer degrees on Mesdames Effie Green and W. J. Ringwald of Walters lodge No. 111. Mrs. Ray Young presided, with Mrs. Tommie Hartline assisting. A rededication ceremony marked the lodge seventh birthday, a poem by Mrs. Ethel Pendleton was read, and Mrs. Jess Stanley sang. About 40 attended with visitors from Walters and nearby lodges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Effie Green
W. J. Ringwald
Rom Walters Lodge
Unity Rebekah Lodge
IOOF
Ray Young
Noble Grand
Tommie Hartline
C. C. Weatherford
Ethel Pendleton
Hartline
Jess Stanley
Arthur Barrett
Liza Fansler
Zena Maples
Rebekah
Jack Wellington
Walters
Mesdames Grace Hatchett
Robert Rath
Bill Otis
Jesse Smith
Cissie Green
Eva van Tine
Lois Vowell
Jewel Phillips
Dorothy Phillips
Norma Davenport
Oriole Rebekah Lodge
Oklahoma City
M. C. Dillingham
Lawton Rebekah Lodge No. 87
BVI Club Holds Elgin Meeting At Home of L McCallister
Special report on a BVI club meeting in Elgin hosted by Mrs L McCallister with co-hostesses Mrs B Bullard and McCallister. Three guests Mesdames Brandon Harrel Wolcott attended a noon covered dish luncheon and quilting session. Other members present included Cline Harney Horschler Isman Hulen Pepson Lawson Mansell Miller Roll Snodgrass Stauffer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Isman
Bill Hulen
Pete Pepson
Edie Lawson
J. B. Mansell
I. Miller
Artie Roll
H. D. Snodgrass
V. Stauffer
Ash Grove 4-H Club meets at sponsor home in Bethel
Ash Grove 4-H club held a meeting at sponsor Mrs Herman Greear's home in Bethel Special program focused on work on record books Members present included Roger Van Devort Bobby McCormick Phillip Pittman Joey Pittman Coy Jerry Rogers Johnnie Rogers Teresa Patsy Rogers and Victor Stoddard
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethel
Ash Grove
Herman
Roger van Devort
Bobby McCormick
Phillip
Joey Pittman
Coy
Jerry
Johnnie Rogers
Teresa
Patsy Rogers
Victor Stoddard
Accountants Plan Parley for State Meet in Lawton
Over 35 accountants from southwest Oklahoma and their wives are to attend the Lawton chapter of the Oklahoma Association of Public Accountants at the Lawtonian Hotel Wednesday night. They will plan the annual state convention October 26 to 28 in Lawton, expected to attract more than 175 people. Principal speakers at the convention include Jay Robinson of California, president of the National Society of Public Accountants, and George Paul of New York, public relations officer for Dun and Bradstreet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Lawton
Oklahoma Association of Public Accountants
Lawtonian
State Association
Jay Robinson
National Society of Public Accountants
George Paul
Dun and
Crosby Son of Bing Crosby Transferred for Treatment
Raymond Washington UPI reports Pvt. Philip Crosby twenty one son of singer Bing Crosby was to be moved to Madigan Army Hospital Fort Lewis for further treatment after injuries from a Sunday automobile wreck near Raymond. He suffered three broken vertebrae when his car went through a guard rail and rolled down two banks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond
Wash
Philip Crosby
Bing Crosby
Madigan Army Hospital
Fort Lewis
Crosby
Gallagher Trial Nearing Its End
The court martial of Sgt. James C. Gallagher, 23, accused of collaborating with Reds and murdering three fellow prisoners in North Korea, nears conclusion. Gallagher defended himself, denying causation and blaming mistaken impressions on his unpopularity. Prosecution rebuttals followed, including a Marine witness who testified Gallagher spent a month at Chinese regimental headquarters and wrote pro Communist articles. A second witness described Gallagher kicking a fellow prisoner over trousers, with the accused claiming the victim lacked pants and could not run due to dysentery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
James C. Gallagher
Reds
North Korea
Brooklyn
Troy Williford
Norfolk
Gallagher
Emuel Turner
Evarts
Turner
Gallacher
Zoning Commission Adds New Member Williams
Five renewals awarded to Harry Miller Ewing Gafford Rev Joe Stowe Harvey House and John Plaxco plus new member Bob Williams named to Lawton Zoning Commission by Mayor C R Ellsworth. Williams succeeds J B Forbess on the six member board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
Missing Girl Found In Oklahoma Creek Area
Bristow Oklahoma police report 3 year old Brenda Jefferson found alive along Deep Fork Creek between Enda and Slick after more than 18 hours missing. She was tired and hungry but in good condition. A game and fish plane spotted her, guiding ground searchers to her location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristow
Okla
Deep Fork Creek
Creek County
Enda
Slick
Brenda Jefferson
Game and Fish Department
R. R. Wallace
Buddy Jefferson
Brenda
Airman Killed on Wedding Day in One-Car Crash
A 21-year-old airman from Perrin Air Force Base in Sherman Texas, Bobby D. Mann, was killed in a one-car crash on U S 271 five miles south of Clayton Oklahoma. Mann apparently fell asleep at the wheel, the car overturned three times, and Mann died of a skull fracture at the scene. A 15-year-old passenger, Vanola Barnard, survived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perrin Air Force Base
Sherman
Tex
Pushmataha
Bobby D. Mann
Oklahoma
Hubert Hibben
Charles Case
Mann
U.S. 271
Clayton
Oklo
Vanola Barnard
Couple on way to Fort Smith for wedding unharmed in Sherman
Sherman Texas reported no injuries as a couple, en route to Fort Smith Arkansas for their wedding, were involved in an incident noted by the highway patrol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherman
Tex
Fort Smith, Ark
Highway Patrol
Muralist Diego Rivera Secretly Marries Emma Hurtado
Rivera, 69, and Emma Hurtado, another Mexican painter, wed a week ago in a private ceremony in Mexico City. He disclosed on Tuesday that he is suffering from cancer but remains hopeful, plans to travel to Russia soon for an operation believed to be performed by a Russian surgeon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Diego Rivera
Emma Hurtado
Rivera
Russia
Genuine 11 Dollar Bill Found In Philadelphia
In Philadelphia an eleven dollar note with the Washington portrait and a ten dollar seal appeared. Miss Lillian Knoff a federal government secretary owned the bill. A local stamp and coin dealer suggested it could be extremely valuable to collectors though she could not recall its origin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Lillian Knoff
Washington
Knoff
Mrs. Sommers Convalesces at Mountain View Home
Mrs. Frank Sommers Sr. leaves Southwestern hospital Lawton and is convalescing at her Mountain View home after a period of illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saddle Mountain
Frank Sommers Sr
Southwestern Hospital
Lawton
Mountain View
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Friendship Home Demonstration Club
L. O. Bunca
Beaver Valley
Goldie Nease
Mrs. Doyle Thorn
Colgate
BVI
Elgin
Greear
Zoning Commission
Wolverton Electric and Appliance
S. 5Th
Sheridan Rd
United Press
Rex Lee
South
John Denney
Gore
S&h
Retex
Cleaners & Fur Storage
Wolee
R. W. Andrews
B. P. Hann
Benrus
Hamilton
W. C. Bonnell
Fairmont’s
U.S.P
Kinneys
D Avenue
Oxford
C Avenue
Sanitone Dry Cleaners
Marshall Field & CO
Chicago
United Air Lines
Sanitone Division
Emery Industries, Inc
Cincinnati
Ohio
United Airlines
Sanitone Dry Cleaning Service
Motorola
Amana Room
Westinghouse Electric Coffee Makers
Dormeyer Electric
Dormeyer Electric Flyers
Westinghouse
Qu Elizabeth
U. S
Griswold’s Cleaners & Fur Storage
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