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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1963
Page
5
A 40 foot long jellylike invertebrate was seen 25 miles southeast of Times Square off Sandy Hook. Dr. Lionel A Walford says it resembles jelly with no bones or eyes and cautions not to call it a sea serpent while observers test oceanography near sharks.
Forty children from the Masonic Home at Guthrie will attend a four district Masonic picnic at Quartz Mountain State Park near Altus on August 29 starting at 6 30 pm. Blue Lodge Order of the Eastern Star Rainbow and DeMolay members and families join Grand Lodge and Grand Chapter officers with a film The DeMolay Story and a concert by the Masonic Home band.
A silent retreat for Centenary Methodist church senior high youth fellowship will be held Friday night at the Holy City in the Wichita Mountains wildlife refuge. Members meet at Centenary church little chapel at 6 p.m. Rev. Don English of Grace Methodist Church Altus will speak. Sponsors are Mr and Mrs Paul Powell.
U S Savings Bonds purchases in Comanche county for the first seven months of 1963 totaled 1 022 652, county chair man Guy Shull announced. This is 60.16 percent of the county goal of 1 700 000 for 1963. Statewide purchases for the seven months reached 33 038 041 with 55.3 percent of the 59 700 000 goal.
Dallas Police Lt. William R. Fulghum a former Lawtonian receives a 1280 scholarship from Republic National Bank to attend Northwestern University Traffic Institute at Evanston for nine months of police management and administration training. He joined the Dallas force in 1954 and has ties to Fort Sill through Army service.
Between August 11 and August 17 at Fort Sill U.S. Army Hospital, a total of 35 births were logged: 21 boys and 14 girls. Parents include service members Sp/Sp4, Pfc, Sgt, Capt, Lt and their spouses, with numerous names and ranks listed for each newborn.
The death of Kevin Duane Donkin, 1, in Keota, raising Oklahoma's traffic toll to 424, matches last year's count. He died after being hit by 72 year old Columbus Hill inside Keota town limits and was dead on arrival at a Fort Smith Arkansas hospital.
Scientists disagree on tektites dark glassy pebbles found worldwide. Some link them to the moon or a long lost exploded planet, while others argue they formed on earth.
Services for Norma Mae Felts 33 of 1814 N Sheridan Read were held in Pearl River La. She died after arrival at Fort Sill hospital Sunday night. Born November 16 1929 in Pearl River she married MSgt Edward Felts in 1947 at Poplarville Miss. They moved to Lawton in May. Survivors include her husband and her parents Averice and Pearl Craddock of Pearl River and brother Douglas Craddock of New Orleans.
Mrs Vera Pearl Shreve 48 of Chattanooga died Saturday morning in a local hospital. Services were held Monday at 2 p m in the Presbyterian church with Rev Herman Ledford officiating. Burial followed in Highland Cemetery. Ritter Dalton Funeral Home in charge. Bearers were F C Minton D L Martin Ferrill Harvey J W Rohl Woodrow Patton and Gene Copeland.
Funeral services for Jack Pete Cox 66 a Lawton fireman long time employee who retired in 1944 were held at 10 am Monday at Centenary Methodist church with Rev Argus Hamilton Jr officiating burial followed at Marl ow cemetery Lawton Funeral home in charge bearers J B Colwell Curtis Witten C E Price Sr Emmett Long Woody Long and A Richanison served as pallbearers
Mrs G W Ford 89 of 704 Columbia died in a local hospital after a short illness. Services were held at 10 30 a m today in Lawton Funeral Home chapel with Rev Richard Smith officiating. Burial followed in Highland Cemetery under Lawton Funeral Home direction. Bearers were Carl Wheatley William McDowell Oliver Lee George Jung Wes Ashbery Vernon Greer.
Second Lt. Orvis L. Rigsby Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Orvis Rigsby, 3417 Kinvon, received a letter of commendation for work on a Fort Gordon training test. Maj. Victor L. Odds praised his initiative, judgment, and energy. Rigsby, commissioned after OSU graduation in January 1982, is a Lawton High School graduate.
Bishop School in Comanche county will enroll students for the new term on August 30 from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Buses will run as usual and lunch will be served. Classes begin September 3 with larger expected enrollment due to Ranch Oak addition. last year enrollment was about 145 students.
An electronic computer typesetting device will be demonstrated at the third annual Mid-American Newspaper Mechanical Conference opening Thursday. About 700 newspaper executives from Kansas Nebraska Iowa Missouri and Oklahoma are expected to attend the three day sessions. William Dorriss of the Des Moines Register and Tribune is president of the conference.
S Sgt Roger R Cook Air Force recruiting specialist assigned to the federal building office representing Lawton Frederick Altus and Hobart He joins T Sgt Hashall Thomas recruiter in charge at the office Thomas will represent Duncan Walters Waurika and Lawton With Cook the office will be open five days a week Cook recently completed recruiting school in San Antonio Texas He specialized in prior service college graduate and registered nurse programs for the Air Force He is a graduate of Oklahoma high school Texas and enlisted in the Air Force in 194 He last served as administrative supervisor at Travis AFB California His other assignments have been in Texas California Arizona and Okinawa He and his wife Harriet and two daughters will reside at 1404 Orman
Tulsa County officials approved a 4.27 million dollar budget on Monday, cutting slightly more than 1 million from the initially requested 5.28 million. The action was taken by the Tulsa Exe Cise Board in Tulsa.
A list of births on August 17 to August 19 includes infants to Dun can at 2301 N. 20th and Phillips on 4528 Cherokee and St Johns on Rt. 2. Other entries note admissions and discharges for patients from Lawton area, with names and addresses and involved medical events.
A planned commando cliff scaling and river crossing demonstration at Fort Sill will be closed to the public. Only Artillery and Missile School students and invited guests may view, due to limited viewing space and large student attendance.
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