Area Men In Service Area Men In Service
Fort Riley soldier on leave visiting parents as part of Operation Gyroscope reassignment. Others listed include Capt Redding at Yokohama Depot, Sgt Ballard in Hawaii, Sgt Laxson in Atlanta school, Maj Reynolds with Korean Advisory Group, and Altus sailor Bennie Ellis in nine weeks of Navy basic training in San Diego. Also Lt Gardner in Germany airborne drills and Sp3 McCarty stationed in Japan with 40th Anti Aircraft unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold T. Shaylor
Fort Riley
Kan
Harry Shaylor
Baldwin
Shaylor
Germany
10Th Infantry
Lawton
Maj
Gean H. Reynolds
Korean Military Advisory Group
Maj. Reynolds
Lodeene
1509
Fort Hood
Tex
Korea
ALTUS
Bennie Dean Ellis
San Diego
Calif
United States Navy
Navy
S “Oklahoma Company
Ellis
Bennie Franklin Ellis
Altus High School
Southwestern State College
Weatherford
Okklahoma Company
Oklahoma
John W. McCarty
Juanita
Snyder
40Th
Japan
McCarty
Far East
Eight Area Women At Vocational Teachers Meeting
Eight area women attended the annual conference for vocational homemaking teachers at Oklahoma A&M college last week. The 264 delegates discussed the theme Homemaking Education for Todays Family Living. Lawton delegates included Mrs Opal Clare Mrs Venna Lee Cook Carrie Fisher Mrs Leslie Fain and Gladys Rhodes with others from Sterling Elgin and Cache.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
Oklahoma A&m College
Opal Clare
Venna Lee Cook
Carrie Fisher
Leslie Fain
Gladys Rhodes
Muriel Liles
Sterling
Ann Ryan
Elgin
Rubena Reeves
Cache
Custody Fight Looms Over Schmidt Boy
Red Bluff California custody dispute centers on 22 year old Daniel Schmidt seeking custody of his son Danny from Una Schmidt now married to logger Alfred Fine. Schmidt accuses Una of unfit motherhood and extreme cruelty while Una resists relinquishing custody and remains separated from Schmidt awaiting legal resolution. The suit pauses allotments and a year long final decree follows an interlocutory order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Airman Schmidt
Daniel C. Schmidt
Una Schmidt
Tehama County
Calif
Alice E. Davis
W. J. Ferguson
Schmidt
U.S
Una
Danny Jr
Alford Fine
Korea
Red Bluff
Daniel Schmidt
Logger Alford Fine
Danny
Harold Berliner
Nevada City
Fine
Tehama County Court House
Portland
Ore
Nellie Peters
Walter F. Ferguson
Howard P. Welch
Sacramento
San Jose Area
Air Force
California
Funeral Rites Held for James Newton Wood 90
Funeral services were held for James Newton Wood at 3 30 p m Saturday in the First Christian church with Rev Royce Makin officiating. Burial followed in Highland cemetery with Lawton Funeral Home in charge. Wood a longtime Lawton resident died unexpectedly Wednesday from a suspected heart attack. Bearers were Bob Morford John White Fred Bentley Chandice Johnson Dutch Aschenbach and Jock Thomas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Newton
Jake) Wood
Cache Road
First Christian Church
Royce Makin
Highland Cemetery
Lawton Funeral Home
Wood
Lawton
Bob Morford
John White
Fred Bentley
Chandice Johnson
Dutch Aschenbach
Jock Thomas
Tokyo Population Report Sparks City Officials’ Note
City officials state Tokyo's population stands at eight million, highlighting official figures and the urban scale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Jackson Farmers Get More Water From Irrigation
ALTUS Special Lugert Altus Irrigation district farmers gain another inch of water per irrigable acre for the 1955 season bringing total allocations to six inches for the year. Howell Zinn, district manager, says the board expects the season to end around September 15 to leave 10 000 acre feet in Lake Altus under an agreement with the city of Altus. The new one inch allocation is the third of the season, following an earlier four inches and an April one inch. Water releases from Lake Altus run around 750 acre feet in 24 hours as storage holds near 40 000 acre feet. evaporation has been heavy and canal losses high in July, but August should see better delivery to farmers. Last year the season ended November 1 with Lake Altus storage above 100 000 acre feet before deliveries began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Altus
Lugert-Altus
Zinn
Howell Zinn
Lake Altus
Bridge Span Reused to Build Five in Comanche County
A 150 foot span from the old Norman bridge over the South Canadian river will be dismantled and relocated to Comanche county to construct five small bridges over unnamed streams near Lawton and Sterling. County commissioner Bill Kleeman secured the span at no cost, posted a state bond, and expects completion soon with materials including eye beams, master beams, lattice beams, channel iron, angles, and laminated flooring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Canadian River
Comanche County
Bill Kleeman
Kleeman
Eastern District
Beaver Creek
Sterling
State Highway Department
State Accountants To Hear National Officers In City
Public Accountants associations national and state officials attend the 11th annual convention in Lawton at the Hotel Lawtonian October 27-28. A. B. Gosselin announces officers will be installed October 28. Jay Robinson will speak on Where Do We Go From Here. D. D. Monroe to address that night. George Paul of Dun and Bradstreet to speak October 28. Wake-Up programs and factory tours noted. sessions focus on Social Security and farmer coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Accountants’ Associations
Lawtonian
A. B. Gosselin
Lawton
C. W. McAllister
National Society of Public Accountants
State Association
Son
The
National Accountants Society
Robinson
San Bernadino
Calif
George Paul
Dun and Bradstreet
New York City
Gosselin
Fort Sill
Earl Ford Builds FiveRoom Home in Sterling
Special from Sterling reports Earl Ford is constructing a five room house in Sterling and intends to sell the home upon completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling
Earl Alford
Specializing Lawn Mowers Sharpened Motors Repaired
Authorized service on RPM. Pickup and delivery offered for any make. Phone number listed as 758 in the ad.
Speech Therapy Added At Altus
Altus school system will offer speech therapy this school year for junior high and elementary students with speech defects. Miss Sue Overfield, a local graduate, begins as full time therapist in September. Severe cases will be taught individually, while smaller groups handle mild defects after a survey found 80 to 90 affected students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ALTUS
Sue Overfield
Miss Overfield
Southwestern State College
Oklahoma College For
Diaphanous jellyfish drift unseen by swimmers
Many jellyfish are so diaphanous that a swimmer can move among them without knowing they are there.
Tax changes expert panel to discuss 1954 law effects
Experts from the Bureau of Internal Revenue will discuss tax problems arising from the 1954 law changes. The briefing aims to clarify adjustments, exemptions, and filing implications for individuals and businesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Also Mentioned on This Page
City Man
John Redding
Yokohama
John D. Redding
Melva
N. 24Th
Redding
Sgt
James R. Ballard
Hawaii
James A. Ballard
Ash
25Th Infantry Division
Ballard
90Th Field Artillery Battalion
Army
Camp Chaffee
Ark
Daron D. Laxon
Ordnance Automotive School
Atlanta, Ga
Set. Laxson
Perry B. Laxson
Chambersburg, Pa
Gean Reynolds
Ralph Gardner
Ralph L. Gardner
Ralph W. Gardner
Comanche
4Th Infantry
Gardner
8Th Regiment
Sigma Chi
Daron Laxon
Wml
Lots Deep Co AL. G
KEM Iglo
Schmidt Boy
James
Jackson
Flecher
Safety Cab CO
Checker Cab CO
Your P & M Merchant
P & M Thrift
P&m
English Furniture Company
Lawton Glass and Mirror
D Avenue
Lawton Novelty Co
C Avenue
Ford Drug
Southwest Men’s Store
Stinson Drug Store
Fountain Home Hardware
Sheridan Rd. & Gore
the Townes Men’s Store
Gillis Liberty Drug
Letto Plumbing
Smokey’s Prescription Shop Medical Center Bldg
12Th & Arlington
Stephen's Arts and Crafts
Sheridan Road
Stark Cleaners
Ft. Sill Blvd
Dennison Hardware
Seamon’s
Kenneth Cohen
Lawton Boot and Western Store
Merry Circle Grocery & Market
Medicine Park
Young Modern
Children’s Wear
Gore
la Verne Shop
Lawtonian Hotel
Morgan Cleaners
Calaway’s Grocery & Market Medicine Park
Bentley Plumbing
Everest & Jennings
W. F
Bill
Glasgow
Robertshaw
International Harvester
Sprague’s Furniture Mart
E Avenue
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