Lawton HS to Expand Vocational Training Program
Lawton high school will launch a diversified occupation program in the 1955-56 term with Charlies E. Johnson as coordinator and instructor. The cooperative, part time program requires students to have a trade job before enrolling and aims for about 20 students first year. Johnson seeks local employers to provide job openings and notes the two hours of classroom time plus related courses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton High School
Charlies E. Johnson
Wichita
Kan
Johnson
Lawton
Trade and Industry
LHS
Hospital Births and Admissions Across Districts
Births listed from Apache, Kiowa, and Southwestern regions include daughters for Dewey Owen in Apache born 7 48 am August 24, and David Hodges in Hoover born 8 48 am August 25, with weights. Additional births near Dallas and Geronimo, plus several admissions for medical and surgical cases across towns like Tipton Chattanoo ga and Walters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey Owen
David Hodges
Hoover
George D. Ward
Smith
Gerald Palmer
Aron Charles Floyd
Aron J. Floyd
Tom Shults
Tipton
Bernie Hopper
Charles Scott
Roland Whitehourse
Dallas
Tex
Patsy Tahquechi
Geronimo
Rena Wauqua
Cache
Jesse Attockine
S. 10Th
Conroy Quoyah
Elgin
Sullivan White Crow
Clinton
Darlene Pebeahs
New York
Rachel Jozhe
Vincent Takone
Hubert Gore
Walters
K. R. Chronister
Monroe
Rickie Lee Carskabon
A. J. Carskabon
N. 31St
Howard
Post Unit Turns In Drive Quota Fort Sill Campaign
Fort Sill Safety Office reports firsts in the Relief and Welfare Fund campaign. The Post unit became the first to turn in funds and to reach its $30 goal, with campaign chairman Sfc. L. S. Cook delivering the full amount at 8 a.m. Ray W. Johnson, post safety director, leads the section.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Sill
Sfc
Tax rates rise in county school districts after March elections
Countywide tax changes follow 15 mill increase for general school funds as districts list new rates. Figures show Geronimo at 132.01 per 1000, Indiahoma 67.43, Chattanooga 72.34, Cache 55.502, Faxon 43.49, Fletcher 47.67, Elgin 88.85, Sterling 75.07, with Comanche county residents likely higher due to fair mill levy and 15 mill fund add. Official rates await corporation auditors review before issuance of receipts.
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Geronimo
Indiahoma
Chattanooga
Cache
Faxon’s
Fletcher’s
Elgin’s
Sterling
Comanche County
City Hall Moves Air Conditioner
Work underway to relocate a refrigerated air conditioner from council chambers to a second floor storage room. Ducts will feed cooled air to the council chambers, mayor’s office, building inspector’s office, and the city engineer’s quarters. Home Decor and Air Conditioning oversees the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hall
Robbery Reports Add To Central Texas Police Blotter
Lawtonians reported several thefts but none were major. Names include Jerome Meister, Archie Chapman, Bob Holcomb, Mrs. B. W. Tucker, Lester Hamilton, and Charles Brusseau. Incidents covered hubcaps broken glass missing wrist watch fender skirts hood ornament and a car impounded then listed as stolen. Police pursued Brusseau’s 1948 Hudson and aimed to locate him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawtonians
Jerome Meister
Archie Chapman
Bob Holcomb
B. W. Tucker
Lester Hamilton
Charles Brusseau
Funeral Rites For John H. Jones Veteran West Texan
John Henry Jones 64 retired county farmer died at 10 p m Wednesday at his home after a four year illness Services set for 2 p m Friday at First Assembly of God Ninth and Columbia Rev James W Gladney officiating Burial in Sunset Memorial Gardens Becker Funeral Home in charge Born Coryell County Texas September 29 1890 moved to Stillwater then Lawton 1947 Married Ruby Pemberton November 12 1912 a World War I veteran American Legion Post 29 Baptist Church survivor list includes wife three sons James Lubbock Calvin Lomita and Wesley 2115 Gore two sisters Annie Harveston DeLeon and Ophelia Hunter Eldorado Okla five grandchildren and one great grandchild
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John Henry Jones
First Assembly of God Church
Ninth
Columbia
James W. Gladney
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Becker Funeral Home
Coryell County
Texas
West Texas
Stillwater
Jones
Lawton
Ruby Pemberton
Stonewall County
American Legion Post
Baptist Church
James
Lubbock
Tex
Calvin
Lomita
Calif
Wesley
Gore
Annie Harveston
DeLeon
Ophelia Hunter
Eldorado
Okla
Robbery and assault at service station endangers clerk
A passerby heard Lamb call for help at a service station morning. Lamb bled from head and mouth as two carloads of suspects fled after a struggle over a pistol. The attacker struck Lamb multiple times, escaped with cash but not silver, while Waldron noted eight months of police work on the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A.m
Lamb
Waldron
City Alley Gets New Paving Strip
Superior Paving company workers began pouring concrete in the alley between C and D and Third and Fourth. By noon today almost half the alley block had received new concrete. The alley strip has been closed several weeks due to cement shortages impacting completion.
Correction notice in Raulston catalog description
A correction appears in Wednesdays Constitution and Thursdays Press clarifying a bedroom suite listing. The ad should read 119.95 for dresser mirror headboard footboard coil spring innerspring mattress, as the word innerspring was omitted by mistake.
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Raulston
Six Are Charged By City Officers
City police arrested six people between 6 p.m. Wednesday and 9 a.m. today on charges from reckless driving to threating bodily harm. An additional man was ordered arrested on two complaints but remained at large. A. L. South, 28, 1512 Avenue A, reckless driving. Jett D. Lewis, 20, Altus Air Force Base, reckless driving. Beulah C. Anderson, 1608 Irwin, disturbing the peace. Herbert Haston, 34, 1212 Taft, threat to do bodily harm. Ellis J. Henry, 34, 1710, wasting water. Billy H. Jackson, 21, Fort Sill, running a red light. The Altus airman posted $20 bond and was released. Mrs. Anderson posted $20 bond after a Haston complaint. Haston posted $20. Henry posted $11 for wasting water. Livingston, 21, 1606 S 10th, was ordered picked up on complaints by Lawanna Livingston and Bruce Elliott alleging assault and disturbing the peace.
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A. L. South
Avenue A
Jett D. Lewis
Altus Air Force Base
Beulah C. Anderson
Irwin
Herbert Haston
Taft
Ellis J. Henry
Billy H. Jackson
Fort Sill
Altus
Anderson
Haston
Henry
Jackson
Donnie L. Livingston
S. 10Th
Lawanna Livingston
Livingston
Bruce Elliott
Cotton Dresses Demonstrated At BPW Meeting
Miss Kathleen Woesner, Cadhe high school senior, demonstrated cotton dresses at a Business and Professional Women luncheon. She modeled 11 changes under the theme You Can Dress Better and Save With Cottons, designing and sewing pieces at a total cost of 11.85 dollars. Blanche Flickinger and Mildred Hunter presented a savings bonds program, Jewell Whitson reported on a Honolulu vacation, guests and two new members were introduced, and new yearbooks were distributed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kathleen Woesner
Cadhe High School
Business and
Professional Women Club
Miss Woesner
Blanche Flickinger
Savings Bond Committee
Mildred Hunter
U. S
Jewell Whitson
Honolulu
Eula Mae Gibson
Cora Woesner
Ova Lambdin
Willie Pleamons
Pauline Williams
Hazel Crouch
Milk Production Blood Cost Claim Questioned
An estimate claims that 10 tons of blood must flow through a cow's udder to produce 50 pounds of milk. This figure, lacking sourcing, is presented as a controversial cost claim about dairy farming.
Doan’s Pills Offer Relief for Nagging Aches
Doan’s Pills relieve nagging backache and muscular pains brought on by overexertion and stress. They soothe bladder irritation and act as mild diuretics to help kidney output, promising relief that has benefited millions for over six decades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
Doan
Lawton Douglass schools prep under desegregation plan
Douglass and Dunbar school districts prepare for the 1954-55 term with mixed-race student assignment, transfers allowed to majority-race nearby schools, and bus routes serving Lawton View to Douglass. Enrollment at Douglass totals 652. Sadberry expects 25-30 losses, with Fort Sill students joining Douglass. New courses, renovations, and faculty summer programs are noted as the district readies for graded enrollment in September.
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Lawton View
Douglass School
Fort Sill
Shoemaker
Douglass
Lawton
Sadberry
Temple Negro High School
Cotton County
Douglasse
Artillery and Guided Missile Center
Roscoe Dunjee
Oklahoma City
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Dunjee
Board of Education
Tulsa
Muskogee
Dunbar
Lemuel Harkey
Racquel Bradford
Elmer Stewart
Douglass and Dunbar
University of Oklahoma
O. A. Patterson
M. L. Guest
Viola Jefferson
R. I. Patmon
N. K. Presley
Elweda Dewberry
Jerle
Don’t Scratch That Itch Ad Promotes Itch Me Not
An old advertisement urges swift relief from eczema, ringworm, athlete’s foot, and insect bites using Itch Me Not, promising satisfaction within 15 minutes with purchase at Gilbert-Woods Drug today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert-Woods Drug
Russians Tour Statue of Liberty Delegation Visit
New York reporters note that eight members of a visiting Russian farm experts delegation toured the Statue of Liberty on Wednesday. The full twelve member group plans to depart for Canada by air Thursday before returning to Russia.
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New York
Canada
Russia
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Kansas
U. S. Navy
Kansas State Teachers College
Oklahoma A&m College
Johnny
Joyce
Gery
Chris Hudman
J. D. Hudman
Mary Hall
Park
George Boucher
E, Gargery
Archie Casey
N. Loth
James Williams
J. F. Fitzsimmons
Elbrege Sullivan
Rt. 2
Herman Jackson
Evelyn Tahpay
Elizabeth Barcindebar
Karen Burgess
Southwestern
Mattie Oakford
Rodney
Ark
J. A. Hurley
Darwin Jones
Frederick
H. L. Null
Comanche
Burl Cagle
Morford Drive
Stanley Sasser
Zetta Pierce
Santos Esparza
Wichita Falls
Sauerman
Clarence Scott
R. M. Dodson
City Alley
FBI
Stinson Drug
sReith
BPW
Chicago
National Colored Parent Teachers Association
San Antonio
C. E. McPeters
A. Warren
R. B. Houston
J. E. Jones
B. A. Reed
E. S. Holmes
Albert Johnson
Douglass High School
Charles L. Henry
L. R. Hunter
Herbert C. Kine
Alexander
Reece
University of Oklahoma, Smith and Stewart
Langston University
Nelson
University of Southern California
Walker
Tipler
Denver University
Harkey
James W. Parker, M
Gore Boulevard
Baylor
Zale Jewelry Company
Tip
Ame
Newac
C.C.D
Oklahoma
Jo. G. Andrews
M & D Finance CO
E Ave
KEY Termite & Pest Control CO
Llard Sporting Goods
D Avenue
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