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Lawton Constitution

Location

Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America

Date

Aug 21, 1953

Page

2

Cache Enrollment Slated As Faculty Announced For Cache

Enrollment in Cache will begin at 9 a m on August 28 with classes restarting September 1 the day after. Superintendent T E Lauderdale reports completion of the faculty for the coming year including Nancy Jean UpChurch as mathematics and science teacher. Faculty list includes Roundtree Clininger Donaldson Collins and others. lunch will be served after classes start. bus drivers named. trustees James Cook Kenneth Maloy E N Griswold Bob Green Lonnie Jones chaired by Sherman Machine and Iron Works for the sanitary disposal system.

Cache T. E. Lauderdale Lauderdale Nancy Jean UpChurch Langton Cache School James Cook Kenneth Maloy E. N. Griswold Bob Green Lonnie Jones Sherman Machine and Iron Works Oklahoma City Bob Roundtree Ernest Clininger Leo Donaldson Charles E. Collins Betty Roundtree C. E. Elling Rubena Reeves Dorothy Self Mary Johnson Halle Highfill Esther Norris Virginia Vokins Leila J. Donaldson Pauline Cloninger Lloyd Roberts Mary Orton H. C. Guthrie

Chinese Soldier To Be Christine In Taiwan Story

A Nationalist Chinese army sergeant with 20 years service in Formosa, Hsieh Chien Shun, age 36, is undergoing gender transition surgery to become a woman. A preliminary operation was done yesterday in southern Formosa and a final procedure is planned for September to enable him to lead a more normal life as a woman.

Taipeh Formosa Hsieh Chien - Shun Taiwan Hsieh

British Princess Margaret Birthday Fete at Balmoral

Princess Margaret turned 23 at Balmoral as Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh hosted a champagne birthday. Hundreds of messages and gifts arrived while a small gathering for close friends was planned in the castle drawing rooms.

Ballater Scotland Margaret Balmoral Castle Elizabeth II Duke of Edinburgh Balmoral

Oil Surveying Pioneer Dies in Paris

Houston reports Marcel Schlumberger 69 co founder of Schlumberger Well Surveying Corp died Thursday in Paris France. With brother Conrad he founded the company after early electrical logging research that led to patented processes and global drilling influence. Marcel often visited Houston headquarters, including the year a $6 million Gulf Freeway plant opened.

Houston Marcel Schlumberger Pierre Press- 3H Alsace France Gulf Freeway

Sears 67th anniversary fall catalogue cuts prices on 840 items

Catalogue ready in Chicago as Sears Roebuck announces its 67th anniversary mid season fall edition of 390 pages. Prices slashed on about 840 items including kitchen ranges home freezers snowsuits electric blankets and vitamins.

Chicago Sears, Roebuck & Co

Oklahoma City Livestock Market Report August 21

Market summary shows cattle offerings light with no beef steers or yearlings tested, hogs steady to up to 25 cents higher with top 25.25 and 190 to 240 pound butter lettuce cubic. Prices for sheep traded nominally steady due to thin demand. Chicago butter market steady with varying scores from 65 to 62 cents per pound.

Oklahoma City Livestock Oklahoma City USDA Chicago

Area Men In Service Training In Cruise Charlie Squad

Midshipman Walter Crow of Chattanooga is among about 1100 Naval Reserve midshipmen taking six weeks of seamanship gunnery navigation engineering and communications training aboard the Cruise Charlie squadron visiting Colon Panama Port of Spain Trinidad and Guantanamo Bay before returning to Norfolk August 2. William Harold Zea 20 son of Mrs. Glenn Zea of Lawton has earned an honor certificate for meritorious achievement during recruit training at San Diego and will attend naval photography school at Norman after transfer.

Walter Crow J. C. Crow Chattanooga Naval Reserve Charlie Crow Roanoke Colon Panama Port-of-Spain Trinidad Guantanamo Bay Cuba Norfolk, Va William Harold Zea Glenn Zea Lincoln U.S. Naval Training Station San Diego Calif Zea Lawton Navy Lawton Naval Recruiting Station Lawton High School Norman

Hospital News Items Admits Births and Dismissals

A list of hospital notices includes admissions for Joe T. Wood David W. Hughes Peggy Joy Ivy J H Black Arthur E Cornell and others with medical or surgical status. Births reported for a Bob My ers and a son born to Mr. and Mrs. J W Cooper and other dismissals noted, with multiple addresses and names across Oklahoma locations.

Joe T. Wood Columbia David W. Hughes Clarence Hughes Apache Peggy Joy Ivy Zabie Ivy New York J. H. Black Fletcher Arthur E. Cornell Park John McEntire Cleveland Rabin Lee Ehler Clyde Ellison Cache L. D. Lamb Geronimo Edward Griffin Lawson Virginia Freeman Ferris Franklin Perry Medicine Park Bobby Myers Jefferson Pratt Clinton Cynthia Ahtone Anadarko Lucy Geary Chandler Ralph Willliams Fort Cobb Richard Cash Oklahoma J. W. Cooper Star Rt. Lawton E. M. Pettijohn Marlow J. E. Elkins W. T. Miller Wandalea Allen J. J. Taylor Mountain View Billy J. Hale W. F. Gillispie Elmo Richardson Robert Crews R. L. Crews, Jr Margaret Jackson Southwestern Hospital Nurses Home John James Smith Jr J. J. Smith John R. Foster

Twins la​mb funeral rites held at Flower Mound

Graveside services for infant twins Johnny R. Lamb and Donnie Keith Lamb were conducted at Flower Mound cemetery in Geronimo at 10 a m today by Rev. H E Snodgrass. The babies were born Tuesday evening in a local hospital and died shortly after birth. Burial followed under Becker Funeral home supervision.

Johnny R Donnie Keith Lamb Lester Dale Lamb Geronimo Flower Mound Cemetery H. E. Snodgrass Becker Funeral Home

Buffalo Barbecue Tickets Sell Ahead of Sept 11 Dinner

Tickets for the Chamber Buffalo Barbecue at Lake Quanah Parker on September 11 are described as going along fine. The event supports the Advanced Officers class at Fort Sill and their wives, with sponsorship by the Lawton Chamber of Commerce. Secretary Milton Keating cautioned that no tickets will be sold after September 5.

Buffalo Lake Quanah Parker Fort Sill Lawton Chamber of Commerce Milton Keating Chamber Military Affairs Committee

Fort Sill Indian School Escorts Navajo Students Home

Fort Sill Indian School will send two instructors Sunday to New Mexico and Arizona to escort about 100 Navajo students back for the 1953-54 term at the local institution. Levi Beaver, boys' advisor, goes to Shiprock and Sylvester Amos, elementary teacher, to Toadlene. The group should reach the school Saturday, Aug. 8, and start classes two days later.

Fort Sill New Mexico Arizona Lawton Levi Beaver FSIS Shiprock Ariz Sylvester Amos Toadlene N. Mex

Constable Ousted Over Habitual Drunkenness

District Judge Glen O Morris in Oklahoma City issued a permanent ouster for Ace Andrew Cartwright a 50 year old Oklahoma County constable based on alleged habitual drunkenness. The action upholds a suspension first ordered August 4 by Judge W A Carlile.

Oklahoma City Glen O. Morris Ace Andrew Cartwright Oklahoma County Morris W. A. Carlile

Sugar Heir Held As Wife Beater in California

Adolph Spreckels II, 41, jailed in Newport Beach on suspicion of felonious assault after allegedly beating his fifth ex wife actress Kay Williams, age 36. She suffered head and body injuries. the couple’s children stay with Spreckels on Balboa Island. Bond set at ten thousand dollars.

Newport Beach Calif Adolph Spreckels II Kay Williams Miss Williams Spreckels Joan Adolph III Balboa Island Orange County

Kerr Predicts GOP Will Ask Tax Hike

In Tulsa Kerr told a Chamber audience that Congress will be urged to extend renew and raise taxes. He, on the Senate Finance Committee, condemned Eisenhower’s veto of a bill to remove theater taxes and cited 150 closed movie houses in Oklahoma since 1949.

Tulsa Okla Robert S. Kerr City Chamber of Commerce Congress Eisenhower Kerr Senate Finance Committee

Cake For Feed Sales Reached

Washington reports the Agriculture Department announced a policy change on 1953 crop cottonseed cake and meal. Crushers may buy back cake or meal and sell to the government under a package price support, with prices set by area from 53.50 to 56.50 per short ton.

Washington Agriculture Department

United States and India clash over Korean armistice talks

U S delegates view an Indian procedural move as a potential path for Communist combatants to comment on UN decisions. India seeks participation in the Korean peace talks while Britain and Canada back the procedural approach. Lodge opposes India’s attendance and signals a tough position to sway wavering members. The U S supports Russia’s potential participation if Moscow’s allies wish to join.

Menon U. S U. N Lodge Red China North Korea Britain Canada India United States Russia

Navy Bomber Down In Gulf

A Navy Martin torpedo bomber crashed in the Gulf about 40 miles southwest of New Orleans during a gunnery practice. Two men were seen in the water with one spotted on a life raft and another in a Mae West life belt. Coast Guard and Navy rescue planes searched the area.

New Orleans Gulf Navy Coast Guard

Lawton Merchants Honor Sharpshooters With Trophies

Lt Col Carl Tyler of the State Department of Public Safety attended the ceremony praising Lawton merchants for presenting trophies to the sharpshooters. He called the gesture a fine act as the trophies would be inscribed with each year’s winner and passed to a new district.

Phy Carl Tyler State Department of Public Safety Lawton

Parliamentary Rule Talk At City Credit Club Parley

Mrs Sibyl Wilson presented a program on Principles of Parliamentary Procedure at the Lawton Credit Women's Breakfast club meeting Thursday. Plans were set for the annual club picnic at 4 p m Sunday at Miss Genevieve Schram's home 403 Arlington. Members present included Cath erine Kims Sophia Roundtree Neely Weeks Sue Osborn Mollie Garrett Oma Lee Gillespie Anna Mary Mullin Mary Jane Provine Flora Warren Sibyl Wilson Nora Burger Virginia Brewczynski Bess Christy and Genevieve Schram.

Sibyl Wilson Lawton Credit Women’s Genevieve Schram Arlington Catherine Kims Sophia Roundtree Neely Weeks Sue Osborn Mollie Garrett Oma Lee Gillespie Anna Mary Mullin Mary Jane Provine Flora Warren Nora Burger Virginia Brewczynski Bess Christy

County Polio Funds Go Fast in Comanche County

Comanche County polio funds rapidly deplete with 12,000 cash on hand as the emergency National Foundation reserve may drain by September 1. Over 11,000 already paid on 1953 claims, with a backlog of cases from previous years requiring costly treatment and post polio operations. New claims include three old cases for every one new, while two new county cases were approved for payment at the recent meeting.

Comanche County Polio Foundation National Foundation For Leslie Pain National Foundation Bdolio Board Pain Tom Lansden Lansden Memorial Hospital Pev’s International Club Jaycee Janes

Miyamura Heroic Stand In Korea Holds Last Man Back

Miyamura, a machine gun squad leader, leaped from shelter with bayonet for close combat and killed about 10. He aided wounded, directed his squad to safety, manned a gun until ammo ran out, and, after being surrounded, bayoneted his way to another U.S. position. He fought on alone to cover his men’s retreat, reportedly killing over 50 Reds before wounded and overrun. The citation praised his indomitable heroism and devotion to duty.

Miyamura U. S Korea

Pies Once a Privileged Delicacy for Aristocracy

A historical note explains that pies were for a long period reserved by law for the aristocracy, reflecting trappings of social hierarchy and food access in earlier eras.

Four City Baptists to Attend Southwest Baptist Meet

Four Lawtonians join 127 Oklahomans at the Southwest Baptist student retreat to Glorietta New Mexico from the 24th to the 30th. Ava Bilbrey and Allene Bilbrey from Oklahoma College for Women. Wanca Colelasure and Geraldyn Smith from Oklahoma Baptist University. Opal Wiley from Baylor University. Also Ralph Capshaw of Chattanooga and Edward Laging of Fletcher, Oklahoma, members of the Baptist Student Union at the University of Oklahoma. This six day retreat is the first student week at Southern Baptist's Western assembly. Similar Ridgecrest programs in North Carolina have drawn many state students.

Ava Allene Bilbrey Oklahoma College For Women Wanca Colelasure Geraldyn Smith Oklahoma Baptist University Opal Wiley Baylor University Comanche County Ralph Capshaw Chattanooga Edward Laging Fletcher Baptist Student Union University of Oklahoma Southern Baptist New Western Assembly Ridgecrest N. C

Danner Appointed To Insurance Post In Oklahoma City

Danner, a Lawton insurance agent, is named assistant general agent for John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance. He will office in the First National Building, Oklahoma City, after four and a half years as special agent. A director of the Oklahoma State Life Underwriters association, he leads in civic work as president of the Optimist club and member of the Lawton Junior Chamber. The Danners reside at 2112 Dearborn with their children.

Jack . Danner Lawton Insurance John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance Company Southwest Oklahoma Life Underwriters Association Danner First National Oklahoma City Lawton Oklahoma State Life Underwriters Association

Cattlemen sue feed firms over possible adulteration breach

A damage suit alleges feed firms failed to notify plaintiffs of possible adulteration to mitigate losses. It claims breach of express and implied warranties of fitness and condition. Local law firm Logan Cummins and Godlove represents the Hewes family of northwest Comanche County.

Logan, Cummins and Godlove Hewes Trio Comanche County

Tennyson Once England’s Poet Laureate

Alfred Lord Tennyson served as poet laureate of England in the 19th century, shaping national verse with his acclaimed works and courtly duties. He held the post during a period of literary prominence and national culture.

Alfred Lord Tennyson England

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