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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1955
Page
2
More than 15 000 students begin enrollment for the 1955 56 year as classes start Tuesday Sept 6. The calendar lists specific enrollment times by grade and school including junior high Douglass high and Lawton high with locker assignments and teacher meetings. St Marys School begins classes Wednesday.
Funeral services were held for Beth Ann Hilliard infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Walter Eugene Hilliard at 10 am in Becker Memorial chapel with burial at Sunset Memorial Gardens. An Erik Daniel Fossum 16 month old son of Maj and Mrs Edward L Fossum had services at 10 am at the Lutheran church with burial in the Fort Sill post cemetery. Bearers included Lt Col Vestal D Avery and Lt Col W M Gilliam.
Frank C. Rice 80 of 62415 D died in a local hospital Saturday morning after five weeks with a heart ailment. Services were at 10 am in First Methodist Church with Rev J J Stowe Jr officiating. Burial in Highland Cemetery. Bearers were John Keathley George Page R V Scott Andy Wolverton B K Fowler Harry Miller. Attending groups included the church official board Pioneer club IOOF lodge and courthouse employees.
Hospital news lists births at multiple locations including Clear Grooms, Daniel Taylor in Medicine Park, and Leroy Byrd in a medical entry. Admitted and discharged patients span Mrs Edd Tickett in Oklahoma City, Walter Woods in Comanche, and George Turner in North 19th, with many entries for surgery and medical care across Southwestern, Kiowa, and surrounding towns.
Lawton businessmen will tour more than ten area county and district free fairs. A planning group led by J. C. Kennedy and John Keathley will organize a 60 member delegation with identification cards. The first tour occurred Saturday at Apache, and future visits include Fletcher on September 9 and five fairs on September 15 at Chickasha Duncan Warika Walters and Frederick, with more tours planned to Fort Cobb Snyder Marlow Altus and Anadarko.
Oklahoma post office officials released a detailed plan showing Lawton's 53,000 residents would benefit from nearly $2 million in facilities upgrades. The package includes 24,000 square feet for post office work and 12,060 for other federal agencies, with existing spaces plus annexes totaling over 5,600 square feet and a Sherdan station added in 1952. The overall program lists Ardmore and Chickasha remodeling projects at $1,750,000 combined, plus a long list of carryover projects across towns like Antlers, Beaver, Bethany, Boise City, Broken Arrow, Duncan, Guthrie, Shawnee, and Wagoner, among others with costs mostly between $200,000 and $235,000 each.
Oklahoma City market report shows butter and dairy prices steady or up slightly, with varied farm prices for wheat, broilers, eggs, and butterfat. Oklahoma City livestock report details slow trade in cattle and calves, with most bids lower on cows, mixed results for stockers, hogs weaker, and sheep firm to higher on prime lambs. Major markets cited include Enid, Lawton, Vinita, and Tulsa with USDA data.
Loyd Lowry chairman of the Chamber retail committee says Downtown Days planning will map events for Ton's second promotion. A 9:30 a.m. Tuesday meeting at the Chamber of Commerce office will select September dates. The first August 18-19 event was very successful and merchants are urged to attend.
Billy E. Speed, 19, Oklahoma City youth convicted last week of forgery, was transferred to the state penitentiary at McAlester during the weekend to begin a two year sentence. He pleaded guilty in Superior court and Judge Robert S. Landers imposed the term. Speed was accused of forging and passing two $20 checks.
Charles Henry Martinez aged 69 was found dead in an abandoned truck at No 11 F. A verdict of death from natural causes was returned by a justice of peace. William Kennedy reported seeing the body while walking a dog. Martinez had stayed in the truck off and on since last May. Funeral arrangements will be handled by Shaw Funeral home.
New Orleans report tells of Dickie Joe Ladner ten year old Mississippi carpenter’s son who walked from his plane to meet his parents after nine years unable to walk unaided due to polio. Dover police adopted him and arranged medical care and lodging with Patrolman Anthony Mackron.
Douglas Youth Center leaders outline plan for a 90 by 40 foot concrete block building to serve Negro youths. volunteers report about 266 dollars raised with pledges totaling 1200 to 1300 dollars. city support pledged, land sought in block 15 Ver non addition near Douglass school. plans include recreation facilities and a future swimming pool.
Comanche county plans and state federal highway work include a $500000 municipal auditorium and city office relocation project. First National Bank of Oklahoma City buys $235000 of Lawton school bonds as part of a county snapshot from ten years ago.
A single car crash five miles west and four north of Walters injured four men from Walters. Curtis and Harmon were treated for bruises, with Harmon remaining in hospital in good condition. Trice was treated and released, while Parkham received cuts and bruises and was hospitalized. Patrolmen reported the vehicle ran off the road before nose-diving into a bar ditch and not overturning.
A fire gutted a house at 1401 South 11th and heavily damaged a Washington Street structure around 10 45 p m Saturday. Investigators had not determined a cause by noon, with S 11th fire suspected to stem from faulty wiring or a stove burner left on. The three apartments in the Washington Street residence were vacant. Oby Harrison, ex husband of owner Minnie Harrison, had been working on the house. she said he dined there Saturday evening then left to visit a daughter.
The Central News Agency reports eight Soviet ships off the Chinese mainland coast about 120 miles south of Shanghai. The force, described as light cruisers and destroyers, likely on a convoy mission.
At Fort something Indian School, aptitude and achievement tests guide students toward college work or vocational training. FSIS aims to diversify to meet student needs by developing employable skills. Enrollees are mainly above seventh grade with a split class system. Navajo youths mostly junior or senior high. A special Navajo beginner class was moved. English remains core, with algebra biology and social sciences. Plans to send Indian students to public schools for unavailable courses are under discussion. Students begin regular classes Tuesday and live in eight dormitories with on site cooking.
Veronica Lake and Joseph McCarthy wed in a quiet ceremony yesterday at the First Congregational Church in Traverse City Michigan. Lake, a renowned film star, and McCarthy, a New York music publisher, sealed their marriage in a small ceremony attended by close friends and family.
City detectives investigated a burglary at Hammon Dry Cleaners 618 C where a soda pop machine was pried and about 15 cents in coins stolen through an east side window left partly open. An attempted burglary at S W Pair Grocery 1816 S Sixth failed after a rear door could not be pried. Over the weekend the windshield of a 1950 Ford at Jack Dees Motor Co 119 N 2nd was broken in an apparent car theft attempt.
Airman Gilbert Kidd of Shepperd Air Force Base Wichita Falls pleaded guilty to speeding before Peace Justice Woodrow Giles and was fined 20 dollars plus costs. Airman Leland V. Jones of Shepperd Air Force Base faced 35 dollars and costs after pleading guilty before Peace Justice Marvin E. Cameron. Monell Ornsby of Fort Sill posted 500 dollars bond on a driving while intoxicated charge and pled innocent before Judge Ralph Cline. trial set for September 14 at 9:30 a.m.
Five Lawton high school musicians returned from a summer band camp in Gunnison Colorado over the weekend. Attending were David Attaway new LHS drum major Peggy Wickman Richard Malone Jimmy Long and Ronnie Hagler.
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