Norma Collins Visits Connecticut After Stay with Hazel Family
Mrs Norma Collins returns home to Connecticut after a two week visit with her uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs H T Hazel of 2318 N 43rd. Lawton resident Vivian Gray attends her son Seaman Timothy Donovan Gray's Naval recruit graduation in San Diego California where he is praised as top recruit of his company. After two weeks leave he returns to San Diego for medical corps training.
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Norma Collins
Connecticut
H. T Hazel
Vivian Gray
Lawton
Seaman Timothy Donovan Gray
Naval Recruit Training
San Diego
Calif
Seaman Gray
Lawton High School
Mr Music Finds Path From Mechanics to Accordion Teaching
Waldbauer, an Austrian immigrant known as Mr. Music, arrived in Lawton in 1963 as a broke German speaker. He found work as a grease monkey, then taught accordion for Hardy Suggs, later buying the music store after a 1967 fire and marrying Elfriede from Linz in 1971 in Wichita Falls. He had studied at the Linz Conservatory and played since age six.
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Karl Waldbauer
Mr. Music
Lawton
Waldbauer
Hardy Suggs
Linz
Austria
Antoine Bruckner Conservatory
United States
Fall River
Mass
Empire Chevrolet Company
Blue Danube
Law Waldbauer
Suggs
Ken Hatch
Graydon Fooshee
Elfriede
Wichita Falls
Lawton Polka Kings Lead German Club Music Scene
Karl Waldbauer of Lawton and his Polka Kings headline a thriving Lawton German American Club. The club formed in 1972 now lists over 200 members with monthly board meetings and dances. The Polka Kings perform German tunes at local events and festivals including a three day Missouri festival, while Waldbauer builds a new group The Serenaders. They plan fall dances and Oktoberfest open to the public.
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Waldbauer
Lawton
Karl Waldbauer
Owen Kirby
the Serenaders
Fort Sill Officers Club
Texas
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Missouri
Freistatt
S. Sheridan
Nick Mikulai
Wally Salazar
Abby Says Keep Both
A reader panel inquires about a 24 year old daughter who plans to keep one twin with a club foot and cleft palate while giving the other up for adoption. The letter includes multiple Abby responses on domestic issues and hunting fairness.
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Abby
Grief and ethical clash over twin adoption dilemma
A grandmother pleads as her daughter plans to place a perfect twin with an adoption-minded couple. The grandmother fears separation and urges psychiatric help for the mother, noting surgery could fix the club foot and cleft palate and hoping the adopter’s patience lasts a year before finalization.
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Granny
Oklahoma Junior Music Festivals Held Across State
Miss Leta Mae Smith and Mrs. Lois Cullen chaired a workshop in Oklahoma City for the state junior music festivals. The Oklahoma Federation of Music Clubs oversees nine district events and a state play-off with nationwide reach, serving over 40 000 students ages three to eighteen. The Lawton festival at Cameron University is set for March 4 1978.
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Leta Mae Smith
Lois Cullen
Oklahoma Federation of Music Clubs
Oklahoma City
Cullen
M. Nancy Pope
National Federation of Music Clubs
Oklahoma
Lawton
Ponca City
Anadarko
Durant
Bartlesville
Lindsay
Shawnee
Muskogee
Wilburton
Cameron University
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Gwen Fisher
Abigail van Buren
Chicago Tribune-N.y. News Synd. Inc
New Mexico
L.L
N.M
Dear Abby
Kay Self
Cache Rd
Bank- Americard
Mr. Z
Little Mexico & Cantina
BIG Mama's
13Th and Gore Blvd
SEARS
Bass
Lawlon
Fashion Corner
Okla
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