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Lawton Constitution

Location

Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America

Date

Aug 18, 1953

Page

3

Hospital News Births And Admitted At Two Oklahoma Hospitals

Memorial Birth small notes list a son born August 18 at 4 50 am in Lawton to Mr. and Mrs Lynex Jackson weight seven pounds plus a second Memorial line for a daughter Connie Sue Hobbs from Mr and Mrs Kenneth Hobbs with other births and admissions including Mrs Erenst Penick Mrs Ted Smith and Kenneth Woolums polio case plus Southwestern Birth a daughter to Cirill Kovar Jr at 151712 Kingsbury with a 1 38 am birth weight six pounds two ounces and multiple discharges and admissions for Lawton Apache Shawnee Cache and Fort Sill areas.

Lynex Jackson Erenst Penick Star Rt Lawton Ted Smith Arlington Medical Leverree Brown Connie Sue Hobs Kenneth Hobbs Kathy Eileen Hobbs Fred Wright Kenneth R. Woolums James O. Woolums Altus Mary Ruth Rice McKinley L. D. Lamb Geronimo Lowell Anderson Fletcher Cirill Kovar Jr Kingsbury W. F. Gillispie Peter Magee D. M. Bexter Fort Sill Billy Welch Lake John H. Bailey Walters

Land Sale Announced For Idaho Phosphate Leasing

Washington August 18 Secretary of the Interior Douglas McKay said the Bureau of Land Management will offer 627 acres in Bingham County Idaho for phosphate leasing at a sale set for September 9.

Washington Secretary of the Interior Douglas McKay Bureau of Land Management Bingham County Idaho

Feeder Calf Sale Meeting On Tap

A Comanche county feeder calf sale planning meeting is set for tomorrow at 2 p.m. in Security Bank & Trust Co. with Charley Campbell as chairman and Lawrence Banks as vice chairman. The group will draft by laws, name the organization, and outline calf numbers, dates, and site for the first sale of young, weaned calves aimed at long term feeding and beef sales.

Comanche County Security Bank & Trust Co Lewis Haydock Charley Campbell Lawrence Banks Oklahoma Missouri Claude Martin Chattanooga T. R.mccalla Chickasha Bob Collier Fletcher Gus Kluck Rt. 2 Lawton Luther Kinder Frederick al Green M. Robinson Johnny Couch C. E. Price

Rhee's Pet Bears Offer to Children of Korea

President Syngman Rhee gifts two bear cubs to U.S. children. Captured by Korean 1st Army Corps soldiers and kept at Seoul presidential grounds, the cubs will go to the Washington Zoo after Dulles's Seoul visit. State Department says Air Force will fly them here.

Washington Syngman Rhee South Korea United States 1St Army Corps Seoul Washington Zoo Rhee Korea Dulles State Department Air Force

Funeral Rites Held For Vernon Horn of Chattanooga

Vernon Horn 61 longtime Chattanooga resident died Monday in Sulphur veteran's hospital after a decade of illness. Born August 6 1892 in Clarendon Texas he came to Comanche county in 1901. He served with the 4th Balloon battalion in France in World War I. He married Mary Click in 1920 in Chattanooga. Services 3 p m Wednesday at First Baptist Chattanooga burial Chattanooga cemetery Mohr Funeral Home Grandfield. Survived by wife four daughters Eva Jojuana Naomi Juanita all at home two sons Pfc Billy Horn on emergency leave from Korea Leroy at home two brothers E C Loveland and Newman Richmond Calif.

Chattanooga Vern Horn Veteran’s Hospital Sulphur Horn Clarendon Tex Comanche County France Mary Click First Baptist Church Mohr Funeral Home Grandfield Eva Jojuana Naomi Juanita Pfc Billy Horn Korea Leroy E. C Loveland Newman Richmond Calif

Mrs. John E. Ray Dies in Cuba. Funeral at Fort Sill

Mrs. John E. Ray wife of Col. John E. Ray chief of the U S military mission to Cuba died this week in Cuba after a lengthy illness. The body will be brought to Fort Sill for services in the Old Post chapel conducted by Rev. Russell T Raus cher with burial in the Post cemetery. Arrangements by Becker Funeral home. Col. Ray was stationed here in the early 1930s. Survived by husband and one son Lt. John Ray Jr an emergency furlough from Korea.

John E. Ray Cuba U. S Fort Sill

Fire destroys paint in Detroit Corp building blaze

Firefighters responded to a second floor fire at the General Detroit Corp three story plant in Chicago yesterday. Sparks from an acetylene torch ignited paint accumulations, but crews quickly extinguished the flames. The company makes fire extinguishers.

Easy Job Chicago General Detroit Corp

Lawton Echoes Past in Constitution Series Notes

The Constitution’s Yesteryears surveys decades of Lawton news. Items recall Gov Walton amid martial law talk, a Lawton farmer preferring irrigated land, marriages, Legion activity, kidnap involvements, NRA blue eagle drives, local leaders, Fort Sill encampment, pay hike forecasts, cold snaps, and a milk shortage.

Constitution Walton Ce Ee Lawton J. T. Anthony Ruth Kimbell Altus Frank Nash Kansas City NRA Clyde Bowlby Lowery American Legion Cadillac Corps Fort Sill National Guard

North Korea lifts state of war and halts wartime law

North Korea’s Red radio in Pyongyang announced the state of war is lifted as of last Thursday and that general wartime mobilization law has been suspended as of yesterday, signaling a move toward normalization in North Korea.

Tokyo Communist Pyongyang North Korea Red Radio

Hulen Methodists To Start Revival

Hulen Methodist church announces its annual summer revival from August 19 to 30 led by Rev. Forrest A. Pierce. Evening services begin at 8 p.m. with a 7 p.m. prayer room opening and 8:15 p.m. children's object lessons. Special music planned under Mrs. Frost Phillips with Mrs. C. F. Schneeberger at the organ.

Hulen Methodist Church Forrest A. Pierce Frost Phillips C. F. Schneeberger

Flight Instructor Exam Announced At Fort Sill

An examination for the position of flight instructor GS-9 paying 5060 dollars yearly was announced by the executive secretary of the U S Civil Service board this week. The job would be at Fort Sill and full information and applications may be obtained from the post office or the examining board at the post.

U. S. Civil Service Board Fort Sill

Husbands Wives At All Drug Stores In Lawton

In Lawton Gilbert Woods notices the arrival of a health and household goods promotion at all local drug stores appealing to husbands and wives with featured offers.

Lawton Gilbert Woods

Doomed Boy Receives Call From Hopalong Cassidy

Six year old Paul Haley who doctors fear may die soon of cancer spoke with Hopalong Cassidy after a surprise telephone call just after President Eisenhower visited. Paul listened in disbelief then chatted for five minutes with actor William Boyd who plays Hoppy. the moment followed a visit from the president.

Denver Paul Haley Hopalong Cassidy Hollywood Eisenhower Paul Hoppy William Boyd

Over taker and Under taker on rear of Philadelphia truck

A Philadelphia truck displayed the phrases Over taker on the left rear and Under taker on the right rear as it rolled through city streets, drawing attention from passing motorists. The odd wording sparked curiosity among readers.

Philadelphia

Demos Finish Plan For Chicago Talks

Chairman Stephen A. Mitchell announced a Democratic National Committee meeting in Chicago on September 15 with a two day series of meetings starting September 14 Adlai E Stevenson, the party's 1952 presidential nominee, will make his first major public appearance since returning from abroad.

Washington Stephen A. Mitchell Democratic National Committee Chicago Adlai E. Stevenson

Poultry Growers Open Oklahoma City Convention

Oklahoma poultry growers begin their annual convention with more than 400 representatives from every phase of the industry expected to attend the three day meeting opening Thursday in Oklahoma City.

Oklahoma City Oklahoma

City Woman Marine Gets Boot Training

Pvt. Patsy R. Truesdale, daughter of Mr and Mrs Brooks L Truesdale, has been sent to Parris Island South Carolina for eight weeks of recruit training at the Marine Corps boot camp. She graduated Lawton high school last spring and enlisted in Oklahoma City for three years. Upon completion she will receive assignment for further study or duty at a Marine post.

Marine Patsy R. Truesdale Brooks L. Truesdale Parris Island S. C Marine Corps

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