Funeral Services for Minor K Sims Sr
Funeral for Minor K Sims Sr is set for 2 p.m. Tuesday at Cache Baptist Church with Rev. Kenneth Barnett officiating. Burial will follow in Cache Cemetery under Cache Funeral service direction. Sims was killed during a service station robbery Thursday night in Tecumseh. he was an attendant at the station. He was born May 29 1910 in Mr Sims married Esther Ruth Bolding on January 27 1961 in Lawton. He was a Baptist. Survivors include his wife mother five sons five daughters a brother five sisters and several grandchildren and great grandchildren.
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Cache
Cache Baptist Church
Kenneth Barnett
Cache Cemetery
Som Cache Funeral
Sims
Tecumseh
Esther Ruth Bolding
Lawton
The
Baptist Church
Melainne
Charles A
Kink
Cadhe
Brooksie Gross
Oklahoma City
Virginia Cockburn
Healdton
Evelyn Smith
Dallas
Tex
Irene Wise
Shawnee
Aileen Sherrill
Albuquerque
N. M
Death notice for Mrs. B. F. Abbott Ward in Lexington
Mrs. B. F. Abbott Ward reports the death of Mrs. B. F. Abbott, mother of Mrs. Gordon Paine of 56 Morford Drive, one of nine surviving daughters. Funeral is at 11 am Tuesday at the First Baptist Church of Lexington.
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Ward
B. F. Abbott
Gordon Paine
Morford Drive
Abbott
First Baptist Church of
Lexington
Death of former Lawton resident Ethel Mae Hancock
Ethel Mae Hancock 89 former Lawton resident died Saturday in Kerrville Texas Burial held Monday in Oklahoma City Survivors include son W L Hancock Lawton and other family members
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Kerrville
Tex
Lawton
Ethel Mae Hancock
Oklahoma City
W. L. Hancock
Enrollment Set For Sill Courses
Enrollment opens Wednesday for University of Oklahoma undergrad courses taught at Fort Sill this fall with evening classes 4 to 7 p.m. in Building 287. Graduate courses enroll Thursday 7 to 8 p.m. in Room 100 Lawton High School. All classes run 6 30 to 9 p.m. in Snow Hall Fort Sill. Tuition is 20 dollars per hour. Courses listed include Education 6040 Diagnosis and Remediation of Learning Disabilities, Anthropology 113 General Anthropology, Economics 84 Ele 1023, Political Systems in the World Elementary Logic Philosophy 1113 History of Development 1733, with varying meeting days.
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University of Oklahoma
Fort Sill
Lawton High School
Snow Hall
Tuvestdeys
Ion
Armed robbers shot by army firing squads in Nigeria
Nigerian authorities publicly executed convicted armed robbers with army firing squads. The event drew crowds as officials pursued deterrence and showcased swift justice amid security tensions.
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Nigeria
Lawton Newspapers Deliver Schedule Details
The notice lists Lawton publishing entities including The Lawton Constitution and Lawton Morning Press with operating days and mailing hours. It mentions subscription rates, post office handling, and carrier delivery areas in Lawton and Fort Sill.
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THE
Lawton Constitution
Sun
Lawton Morning Press
Lawton Constitution and Morning Press
Lawton Publishing Co
Fe & A Ave
Lawton, Okie
Okiehome
Fort Sill
Funeral services for Mrs Effie Scott in Duncan
Mrs Effie Scott 66 died at home early Sunday and funeral services will be held at 2 p m Tuesday at the Assembly of God Church Duncan with Rev E Roland officiating. Burial at Fairlawn Cemetery Morehead Funeral Home in charge. She was born November 3 1905 in Foster and married Joe Scott June 26 1926 in Duncan. He died December 1969. Survivors: one daughter Amanda Taylor Oklahoma City two sons Orville and Billy Oklahoma City six sisters and eleven grandchildren.
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Comanche
Effie Scott
Assembly of God Church
E. Roland
Fairlawn
Morehead
Scott
Foster
Joe Scott
Duncan
Amanda Taylor
Oklahoma City
Orville
Billy
Alta Henson
Maymie Williams
Lawton
Ethel Moran
Norman
Lucille Harper
Lillian Harrison
Apache
Ruby Frang
Rockford, Ill
Funeral for Mammie Lee Alford in Lawton Church
Former Lawton resident Mammie Lee Alford 79 died Friday after a lengthy illness in a local nursing home. Funeral at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Lawton Assembly of God Church with Rev. J L McQueen officiating. Burial in Highlands Cemetery. Survivors include two sons, a daughter, five grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren.
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Madill
Lawton
Mammie Lee Alford
Roscoe Madill
Victor Crabb
Victor Lee
Durant
Maybell Lachran
Funeral for former Sterling resident Odie Lawson
Funeral services for Odie Edgar Lawson 60 of Oklahoma City will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the First Baptist Church of Sterling with Rev. Paul Hampton officiating. Burial will be in Mountain View Cemetery under Robbin's Funeral Home of Fletcher. Lawson died Sunday after a lengthy illness. Born January 29, 1912 in Hackett Arkansas, he moved to Oklahoma in 1916 and lived in Sterling most of his life. He was a welder. Survivors include five brothers Joseph Earl of Santa Maria California John Austin and Roy Everett both of Claremore Oliver Bryson and George Elbert both of Sterling a sister Mrs Henrietta Jones of Sterling.
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Sterling
Odie Edgar Lawson
Oklahoma City
First Baptist Church of
Paul Hampton
Mountain View Cemetery
Robbin
Fletcher
Lawson
Hackett
Ark
Oklahoma
Sterling Area
Joseph Earl
Santa Maria
Calif
John Austin
Roy Everett
Claremore
Oliver Bryson
George Elbert
Henrietta Jones
Sill Enlists In MAST Civilian Evacuation Test
Fort Sill UH- Huey from the 507th Air Medical Evacuation Co. made a test landing at Wichita General Hospital in Wichita Falls as part of the MAST program plans for North Texas. Health planner Randy Hempling says the effort will involve 12 counties plus Wise and Cooke and aims for full operation before January 1. Fort Sill has not yet received authorization to participate in Wichita Falls or Lawton area MAST efforts, though landings at area hospitals continue as tests.
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507Th Air Medical Evacuation Co
Fort Sill
Wichita General Hospital
Wichita Falls
Randy Hempling
Nortex Regional Planning Commission
North Texas
Wise
Cooke
Lawton
Sill
Oklahoma
Secretary of Defense Office
Hempling
Chickasha Girl Among Finalists in National Teen Pageant
Miss Mary Lou Tucker of Chickasha advances to the national grand finals of the Miss National Teenager pageant in Atlanta Georgia. The Oklahoma teenager earned Miss Oklahoma Teenager at the state finals in Oklahoma City on July 22. Fifty states and the District of Columbia are represented by finalists in the event at Symphony Hall Memorial Arts Center on September 2.
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Mary Lou Tucker
Chickasha
Symphony Hall
Memorial Arts Center
Atlanta
Tucker
Oklahoman Hotel
Oklahoma City
District of Columbia
Admiral Harold Stark Dies at 91 in Washington
Harold R. Stark former chief of U S naval operations and Pearl Harbor figure died of a heart attack in Washington at age 91. He urged a rapid shipbuilding program and a two oceans Navy to counter Axis threat, pressuring Congress for major fleet growth ahead of World War II.
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Washington
Harold R. Stark
U.S. Naval Operations
Pearl Harbor
Stark
United States
Congress
Stock Market Brief and Oklahoma Price Report
New York trading shows Dow Jones industrial average down 1.50 to 964.33 at noon. Oklahoma prices list cash wheat barley Milo alfalfa hay broilers and eggs with varied quotes across towns and suppliers. Oil stocks lead activity on the Big Board while S. S. Kresge falls on weaker earnings. auto shares mixed and exchanges hold steady near midday readings.
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New York
Talley Industries
American Motors
Ford
General Motors
Chrysler
New York Stock Exchange
American Stock Exchange
Public Records Report Missing Details at Residence
Public Records list partial names and addresses with garbled text claiming a burglary and a residence notice. The readable items include William Tee and Robert Hohn with a Bell Street address. more precise details about crime type, date, and authorities are not clear.
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Gui Sition
William Tee
Robert Hohn
N. Bell
Fire reports detail incidents from Lawton fire department
Fragmentary OCR notes detail two fire calls with times and vague locations. One entry cites 3 24 p.m. at 1710 Pork cor fire and another at MONDAY 8 55 p.m. 45 miles west of Bishop Road born fire.
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Lawton Fire Department
Bishop Road
Naval leader Stark rose to CNO during WWII era
Stark, a Wilkes Barre native and 1903 Naval Academy graduate, earned the Distinguished Service Medal in World War I for commanding a flotilla of old destroyers from the Philippines to combat German submarines in the Mediterranean. Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed him as chief of naval operations, a role he held until 1942 restructuring.
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Wilkes-Barre, Pa
Stark
U.S. Naval Academy
Philippines
Mediterranean
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Naval Operations
Police Seek Dog After Girl Bitten Incident
Police chase a dog after a girl was bitten at 1133 Oak Street. The dog was last seen near the city animal shelter as officers request tips from residents.
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Oak
Vo Tech Classes Set to Start at Great Plains Area
The Great Plains Area Vo-Tech School plans classes starting Wednesday at 8 45 a.m. for students from Cache Elgin and Indiahoma High Schools with 11 45 a.m. dismissal. Lawton enrollments begin Monday with 8 45 a.m. or 12 15 p.m. reports. Afternoon schedule shifts to 12 15 p.m. to 3 15 p.m. New courses include small engine repair and health occupations. Four new instructors Fred Emmert Eldon Goering Charley Winton Lois Holeman join staff.
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Great Plains Area
Cache
Elgin
Indiahoma
Lawton
Vo-Tech
Fred Emmert
Eldon Goeringer
Charley Winton
Lois Holeman
Tuttle Picnic Returns to Will Rogers Park
The 27th annual Tuttle picnic will be held September 10 at Will Rogers Park in Oklahoma City. Open to all former Tuttle residents, about 350 people are expected, said Joe A. Hartin, picnic vice president.
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Tuttle
Will Rogers Park
Oklahoma City
Joe A. Hartin
Tuttle Picnic
Mentholatum MPO Medicated Ointment for Hemorrhoids
Edema inflammation and infection in hemorrhoidal tissues cause agony. Mentholatum presents MPO medicated ointment offering soothing relief lasting hours. It quickly soothes itching burning and swelling, lubricates protects and eases bathroom movements. Available in ointment or suppository forms.
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M.P.O
M.P
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