Mrs. Hawthorne Heads HD Club For Coming Year
Mrs J Hawthorne elected president of the Community Home Demonstration club for the coming year at the August meeting held in Blue Beaver Community house. New officers include Cassell vice president Runyan secretary treasurer Bard reporter. chairmen named for 4 H membership program civil defense cancer. Lesson on milk uses by assistant agent Louise Rupe. Devotional by Carl Elling. farm women’s creed read by L W Caha. County fair exhibits discussed. hostess served refreshments. three children attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Hawthorne
Community Home Demonstration Club
County Home
Louise K. Rupe
J. R. Cassell
Blue Beaver
Cassell
Bruce Runyan
J. W. Bard
Perry Runyan
Art Runyan
Stanley Caha
Bard
Carl Elling
L. W. Caha
Farm Women’s Club
OCW Names New Dance Instructor Nancy Chmilowski
Miss Nancy Chmilowski of Inglewood California is hired as a dance instructor at Oklahoma College for Women Chickasha for the 1955 56 term. She brings three years with Harriette Ann Gray Modern Dance Company and tours across continents plus teaching at YWCA Waterbury Amsterdam NYC and college studios, with summers at Camp Pocoho Perry Mansfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nancy Chmilowski
Inglewood
Calif
Oklahoma College For Women
Chickasha
Camp Pocoho
Lake Peekstill
N.Y
Perry - Mansfield
Steamboat Springs
Colo
University of California
University of Connecticut
Young Lawtonian To National Fete
Charles Watson son of Mr and Mrs E A Watson 1605 S Third will attend Oklahoma City University this fall joining the OCU student group to travel by special train to the Methodist National Youth convocation at Purdue University Lafayette Indiana He will return August 27 for the South Central Regional Student Leadership Training conference at Mount Sequoyah Fayetteville Arkansas He has served as student minister at Hollister Methodist Church this summer and is assigned there for the rest of the conference year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Watson
E. A. Watson
Oklahoma City University
OCU
Oklahoma City
Purdue University
Lafayette
Ind
Mount Sequoyah
Fayetteville
Ark
Lawtonian
Hollister Methodist Church
Showing Of Film Concludes Course
In Chattanooga a special outdoor study series called think-nic wrapped with a film showing of Empty Shoes. The final Baptist church session featured ice cream and cake as Rev. O L Jones and Mrs E G Goff led instructors Rev Everett Young Ralph Smith and Mesdames F L Bartholomew and Jack McCary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga
Think-Nic
O. L. Jones
E. G. Goff
Baptist Training Union
Everette Young
Faxon
Ralph Smith
Jack Creek
Mesdames F. L. Bartholomew
Jack McCary
Luncheon Served At WSCS Meeting Elgin
Elgin special report describes a covered dish luncheon at a noon WSCS all day meeting in the church parlor. Mrs Dick Horschler led the lesson with Mesdames Grace Farrar and John Stauffer assisting. co hosts included Bill Revel Scott Walling and E R Wolcott. Guests Miss Lorene Twineham and Mrs Ike Myers attended along with many members. Jack Bohl has returned from Fort Hood Texas where he took part in 45th Division training. He and Mrs Bohl will soon leave for college. HAL surgery Elgin special report notes Mrs Roy May convalescing at Wesley Hospital Oklahoma City after surgery early last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin
Elgin Methodist Woman’s Society of Christian Service
Dick Horschler
Grace Farrar
John Stauffer
Bill Revel
Scott Walling
E. R. Wolcott
Lorene Twineham
Ike Myers
Mesdames C. F. Brandon
Henry Cline
C. G. Coffin
R. C. Cheens
Lillian Keeney
Holden Miller
Chattanooga
Jack Bohl
Fort Hood
Tex
Bohl
Hal
Roy May
Oklahoma City
Wesley Hospital
Tulsa Teen Confesses To Five Bank Crimes Across Two States
Vernon Luther Young, 16, of Tulsa, admitted to five major Oklahoma and Kansas crimes. He guided officers to a Sand Springs pond where eleven Freeport bank safety deposit boxes were recovered. He said he and W. B. Thompson stole tools from a Santa Fe section house in Wellington before breaking into the bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Kansas
Oklahoma
Vernon Luther Young
Sand Springs
Freeport
Kan
Young
W. B. Thompson
Robert E. Lee Gresham
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Gresham
Thompson
Santa Fe
Wellington
Freeport Bank
Ben Riley
Yesteryears from The Constitution Files Ten to Thirty Years Ago
Ten years ago Altus invited President Truman to a victory celebration. Beef point values cut but rationing to continue. Four street improvement districts in downtown Lawton created by city councilmen. Twenty years ago Kiwanis district meeting with reps from Oklahoma and Texas. Funeral services for Wiley Post in Oklahoma City and Will Rogers in Hollywood. Fort Sill reports 109 officers enrolled in the Field Artillery school for the new term. FSIS students enter exhibits at Anadarko Indian exposition. Thirty years ago Hanbury well east of Lawton near an oil pool edge. County property evaluations okayed by state equalization board. Record attendance expected at the Comanche county fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Altus
Truman
Lawton
Kiwanis
Oklahoma
Texas
Wiley Post
Oklahoma City
Will Rogers
Hollywood
Fort Sill
Field Artillery School
FSIS
Anadarko
Hanbury
State Equalization Board
Comanche County
U S Will Emphasize Aiding Farmers By Extension Work
A $7 million federal increase plus higher state and local spending has expanded agricultural extension to a unit approach aiding about 1,000 new workers. The plan boosts on the farm help, marketing, and education of handlers, processors, distributors, retailers, and consumers to strengthen farm families and business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kay Ray Washington
C. M. Ferguson
Federal Extension Service
Ferguson
Mrs. E. B. Dunlap Returns From Alabama Visit
Mrs. E B Dunlap of 1006 B returned from Greeksboro Alabama where she had stayed since July 1 to be with her mother Mrs J J Walton prior to her Aug 11 death. Mrs Walton 101 was well known here for winters spent with Dr and Mrs Dunlap. Also visiting were Mr and Mrs Martin Millard and children Micky and Lynnelle from Wichita Kansas, at the Horton home west of Lawton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. B. Dunlap
Greeksboro
Ala
J. J. Walton
Walton
Mrs. Dunlap
George Horton
Lawton
Martin Millard
Micky
Lynnelle
Wichita
Kans
Do It Yourself: Evanston Chemist Alters Lawn Color
Evanston amateur chemist P Mark Maxwell brewed a potion to kill crab grass but stained his lawn yellow and green. He then refined the formula and dyed the turf back to its original green, showing persistence in his home experiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evanston, Ill
Mark Maxwell
Bonds Forfeited In Whisky Case In Lawton Court
Garrett Travis a 49 year old Lawton man forfeited three $20 bonds after being charged with illegal liquor possession running a joint and maintaining a public nuisance following a whisky raid at 102 B Friday night. Officers Pa trolmen John Moore Jack Wheeler Eulis Young R A Davis and Night Police Chief Pete Fuller conducted the raid which confiscated 18 half pints whisky and 10 half pints gin. In other court action Judge J Merle Oaks fined Wiley B Rice 20 for assaulting Paul McDaniel and McDaniel 20 for assault on Rice after a 3 25 am Saturday fight at 1319 Washington. Also fined were William Thomas 51 and Wanda Heminokekey 19 for no driver s licenses Shirley Corneil 27 and Fred Loomis 22 for speeding Pfc Marion Morris 19 Fort Sill forfeited 20 for leaving the scene Geraldine Peahway 17 pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct and was fined 20. Two others were fined 20 each for public drunkenness and a third for vagrancy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garrett Travis
Lawton
Travis
John Moore
Jack Wheeler
Eulis Young
R. A. Davis
Pete Fuller
J. Merle Oaks
Wiley B. Rice
Washington
Rice
Paul McDaniel
Monroe
Judge Oaks
McDaniel
William Thomas
Wanda Heminokekey
Shirley Clairborne Corneil
Artillery Village
Fred C. Loomis
Pfc
Marion H. Morris
Fort Sill
Geraldine Peahway
Rt. 3
Harry Ritz A Father Hollywood Baby Boy Born
Mrs. Harry Ritz gave birth to a baby boy at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital yesterday. Dr. George Harris said both mother and infant are doing well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Ritz
Hollywood
George Harris
Dress Your Little Girl in Ree Drews Originals
Advertisement for Lawton made 910 F Dress Your Little Girl outfits in Ree Drews Originals. Custom-made children's garments in fine material for ages 2 to 12. Mrs. R. W. Andrews.
Funeral Rites Held for Rosa Etta Cook in Indiahoma
Services for 86 year old Rosa Etta Cook were conducted at Indiahoma high school auditorium with Pres ton and Leckie Funeral home in charge. Burial followed at IOOF cemetery south of Indiahoma. She died at her home north of town after living there 39 years. Survivors include husband C H Cook two daughters Mrs Gordon Ferguson Indiahoma and Mrs Bob Magness Clinton four grandchildren six great grandchildren and one sister Mrs P J Woodard Lawton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiahoma
Foyr
Rosa Etta Cook
Indiahoma High School
Preston and Leckie
IOOF
Cook
Here
Her¢G
C. H. Cook
Gordon Ferguson
Bob Magness
Clinton
Local man Herva Church Taylor dies after long illness
Herva Church Taylor 55 of 1902 Columbia died at 1 a.m. in a local hospital after a lengthy illness. Born November 16, 1900 in Columbus Tennessee he married Tennie B Massey May 8 1924 in Cordell. They moved to Lawton in 1941. He ran Help Your Self laundry at 1902 Columbia since 1948. Surviving are his wife two sons two brothers two sisters and seven grandchildren. Services Tuesday 1 p.m. Paradise Valley Baptist Church. Burial Hobart Cemetery. Lawton Funeral Home in charge. Also noted Wyeth Laboratories announced a new drug for quick relief from tension and anxiety to be available soon by prescription.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herva Church Taylor
Columbia
Columbus
Tenn
Tennie B. Massey
Paradise Valley Baptist Church
Hobart Cemetery
Lawton Funeral Home
Philadelphia
Wyeth Laboratories
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J. Hawthorne
OCW
Young Lawtonian
WSCS
A&m
Southwestern Radio & Sound
4Th & E
Tulsa Boy
Yesteryears
Constitution
Earl Deskins
Gore Boulevard
Llth Street
U.S
R. W. Andrews
B.F. Drich
B. F.goodrich Express
Go. Wy
B.f.goodrich
Ene
L.C
Corky” Higbee
Mgr
Ratcliffe’s Book Store
Lawton’s
A. B. Drug CO
4Th and
D Avenue
Mrs. Rosa Cook
John Denney
Gare
Mexsana
Hamilton-Bryan
Shelton
Pfaff Sewing Center of
Pfaffr
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