Lawton Teen-Age Club to Elect State Officers for 1937 38
Fort Sill Teen-Age Club members will vote Friday at 7 30 p m to elect state officers for 1937 38. The meeting in Building 1105 Jordan Rosen, spokesman, said. Candidates include Rod Enko David Taylor Kay Colfman Don Barnett Sandra Tilson Rebecca Taylor Kathleen Belland Cud Herdener. Refreshments will follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Sill
Jordan Rosen
Rod Enko
Eideward Enko
Adams Road
David Taylor
C. A. Taylor
McGlaughlin
Kay Colfman
M. Set
Albert W. Colfman
Tucker
Don Barnett
M-Sss
Guy Barnett
Lincoln
Sandra Tilson
Forrest Tilson
Lauman
Rebecca Taylor
Msei
M. L. Taylor
Ganall
Kathleen Belland
Walter Belland
Lindsay
Cud Herdener
W. R. Herdener
Rosen
Impersonator of Federal Agent Nabbed in Fort Sill Case
Fort Sill police and military authorities investigate after a 22 year old man, arrested at 300 block S Third, is accused of posing as a federal officer. The FBI may review the incident as questions about credentials and a house visit arise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Sill
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Li. Cleo Stout
FBI
James C. Blackburn
Kenneth Stradley
Yooming Base
Fort Silman
Warman
US Seeks Bids On Earth Moving Equipment for Levee Work
Tulsa District Army Engineers invite bids for rental of earth moving equipment for levee repairs along Beaver Creek and related creeks between Sterling and Waurika in Comanche Cotton Stephens and Jefferson counties. One 3-yard scraper and seven dozers with at least 50 HP will be rented, with delivery to job sites. Bids due 10 a.m. Sept. 9, 1987 at 618 South Boston Tulsa Oklahoma.
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Tulsa District Army Engineers
Beaver Creek
Little Beaver Creek
Dry Creek
Sterling
Waurika
Comanche
Cotton
Stephens
Jefferson
Engineers
South
Boston
Tulsa
Oklo
P.O. Box
City approves broad salary increases for police and city staff
The ordinance lists monthly pay for numerous city workers from mayor and councilmembers to clerks, water office staff, and a long list of police, fire, street, and maintenance department employees. Key figures include Mayor Ellsworth at 323. councilmembers at 100. Fire Chief Harris Hancock at 425. Water department staff from 300 to 420. and numerous patrolmen, clerks, and technicians with varied monthly rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alford Hennessee
Frank Zanbranna
General Government
General Fund
Zeneral
Ellsworth
Charlie Mankin
Awo
Warren Chrisman
Neltie Pippin
J. Merry Oaks
C. F. Verner
Harris Hancock
Earl Christmas
McMahon
Lake Lawtonka
Communications Department
Water Department
Duncan Woman Speaks To Club On High Flight
Mrs. Thelma Jackson of Duncan sixth district Business and Provisional Women's club spoke on High Flight to Tavton club members. Leta Smith coordinated, Marie Delly presided, Ida Pair gave the invocation, and Betty Raulston accompanied. Jeneanhe Johnston reported on committee activities for the B P W style show at the Hotel Lawsonian in September with guests Art Bruce and Mrs. Florence Willhoff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thelma Jackson
Duncan
Sixth District
Tavton Club
Leta Smith
Marie Delly
Ida Pair
Betty Raulston
Delores Dremm
Jeneanhe Johnston
Fines Assessed In Police Court
A Lawton youth forfeited jam bond and a Walters teenager was fined for occupying a room for immoral purposes. The bond forfeiture involved Frederick M. Brickender, 17, Warren. Lavern Neide, 18, Walters, paid a fine. Judge Jd Merle Oaks levied $20 fines on Crola James, 30, No. 20% for soliciting, plus three others charged with public drunkenness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
Walters
Frederick M. Brickender
Warren. Hatel
Lavern Neide
Jd. Merle Oaks
Crola James
Traffic Charges Filed Against Three Suspects
County Attorney Warren Crane filed three traffic complaints this morning. Elmer F Wigdon of Denver faces improper registration in Woodrow Giles court. Dale Kent Johnson of Oklahoma City is charged with night speeding. Bory Austin Miller of Dallas faces night speeding in Marvin E Cameron court. A 28 year old Lawton man pleaded guilty to a December speeding charge. Dwight Davis of Jefferson is held for grand larceny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren Crane
Justice of Peace
Woodrow Giles
Elmer EF. Wigdon
Denver
Giles’ Court
Dale Kent Johnson
Oklahoma City
Marvin E. Cameron
Bory Austin Miller
Dallas
Tox
Cameron
Lawton
Dwight Davis
D Jefferson
Cityan Receives Safe Driving Award for Firm’s Record
Jackson R. Webb, manager of Po and D. Distributing Co in Lawton, Oklahoma, won a safe driving award from Electric Ruin Site Co Toledo. The Leansister radio prize was presented by C. D. Hustlers, district manager for the Ohio firm, honoring the firm’s safe driving history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson R. Webb
Po and D. Distributing Co
Lawton
Electric Ruin Site Co
Toledo
C. D. Hustlers
Oklahoma City
Ohio
Webb
Fitm
Howdy Week Kicks Off At Lawson High
Lawson High School launches Howdy Week to greet new students with friendly welcomes from upperclassmen. Each student receives a Howdy name tag during enrollment as Brad Agnew leads planning for the second annual Howdy Week dance. Graydon Miller's combo to provide music with Kenneth Easton as dance chair and Robert Thomas as wrecks activities chairman. the event is sponsored by the student council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawson High School
Brad Agnew
LHS
Graydon Miller
Kenneth Easton
Robert Thomas
Schoolmasters Plan Meeting in Lawton Okla
Comanche County schoolmasters will meet at 8:30 p.m. Monday September 9. Clarence Davis president of Cameron College will speak at the first meeting of the term. A round table on the Oklahoma Education Association workshop in Lawton September 16 will follow. Meeting in Old South Cafeteria club room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche County
Ed Meece
Clarence Davis
Cameron College
Oklahoma Education Association
Lawton
Old South
Excise Board approves multiple district budgets and funds
The excise board approved general fund budgets across districts including Cache, All Oklahoma, Sterling, Geronimo, Fletcher, Elgin, Cache town, and Indiahoma with sums for general and building funds and sinking funds. Special allocations covered free fair board, spring stock show, and the Memorial hospital budget totaling 740,276.55 with 508,748.73 for salaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cache
Aenool
Tthe
All Indiahoma
Sterling
Geronimo
Floccher
Blein
Chattanooga
Fletcher
Elgin
Indiahoma
Ransfer
Free Fair Board
FFA
Memorial Hospital Beare
Three Suspects Receive 2 Year Terms With Suspensions
Superior Court judges handed two year prison terms to three suspects accused of forgery, grand larceny and disposal of mail based property. Two sentences were suspended for good behavior. Defendants include Delmos Smith 29 Alex Wilson 22 Tom Sill and Gerald Vanover 16 with Vanover and Hudson receiving suspended terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tedge
Landers
Vanover
Hudson
Woman Reports Indecent Exposure Near Home
A Lawton woman told police a heavy-set man in a 1935 model car exposed himself after she asked for directions to Bell Avenue. She stepped from a city bus near her home and was approached by the vehicle when she began walking home. The man exposed himself while she listened to directions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
Bell Avenue
Sill Man Reports Money Is Stolen
Pvt Albert L James of Fort Sill reported early this morning that $60 in twenty dollar bills was stolen from his billfold. He left the wallet under the car seat near First and C and found it missing on return. Other theft reports include a 26 inch bicycle taken from W W Bipp, 1916 C, and a radio stolen from Ruth Fames, 402 H.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert L. James
Fort Sill
First
James
Bern
W. W. Bipp
Joss
Ruth Fames
Funeral Rites for Joe Polone Held in Okmulgee
Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. Tuesday in the Buchanan Funeral Home chapel in Okmulgee for Joe Polone 2 died Aug 22 in an Oklahoma City hospital after a several day illness. Burial followed in Okmulgee Cemetery. Survived by his parents Mr and Mrs Tom Polone and brother Bill. The Polone family had lived in Cement three months where the father worked as a truck driver for Mohawk Petroleum Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Polone
Tom Polone
Tueday
Buchanan Funeral Home
Okmulgee
Oklahoma City
Polone
MoHawk Petroleurma Co
Bill
John David Bagley of Terral Dies at 87
John David Bagley 87 a Terral resident since 1900 died Tuesday at his home of a heart attack Rev Carson Everett Terral minister will officiate burial will be in Terral cemetery He was born June 10 1870 in Mississippi Survivors include his wife Mary Blaneha at the home and two sons M F Bagley of Nocona Texas and A D Bagley of Duncan
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terral
Boydston
John David Bagley
Carson Everett
Bagley
Mississippi
Mary Blaneha
M. F. Bagley
Nocona, Tex
A. D. Bagley
Duncan
Death in Carnegie: Mrs Emme Calisay Succumbs to Heart Attack
Mrs Emme Calisay aged 6 and her sister Erma Calisay die in an Indian hospital after a heart attack. They lived in Carnegie all their life. Survived by husband Lee Calisay. Becker Funeral Home handling local arrangements. funeral details to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erma Calisay
Carnegie
Lee Calisay
Becker Funeral Home
Flu response plans debated amid new vaccine orders
Officials discussed fall and winter influenza control at a Public Health Service conference. The Army and other services increased vaccine orders to over seven million doses for military personnel, while civilians face a single planned dose. Surgeon General Leroy E. Burney noted priorities vary by location. State health officers urged weekly influenza reports, rapid pneumonia data for severity assessment, keeping schools and public gatherings open, and forming a commission to study civilian influenza effects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army Sursiean
Leroy E. Burenev
Purney
Public Health Service
Mensa
Western Plan proposes partial disarmament framework
The article explains 11 points of the Western Plan for disarmament, including limits on nuclear weapons and a potential treaty form. It details self defense use rules, inspection and control machinery, and the possibility for nations to renounce commitments by written notice if another nation commits a grave violation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
London
Britain
France
Russia
International Control Organization
City polio clinic faces decision on program duration
Public response at polio clinics will determine how long the immunization program runs. Sessions set for today 4 to 7 pm and Saturday 2 to 4 pm drew 560 and 740 people last week, prompting cancellation of a Central Junior High clinic. The program continues in Lawton High School cafeteria with vaccine on hand for 20,000 more shots. 20,000 additional doses were cancelled earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polio Cies
Tom Lansden
Central Junior High
Lawton High School
Lansden
Brucker Calls Jupiter Missile a Spectacular Success
Secretary of the Army Wilber E. Brucker praised the U S Army 1500 mile Jupiter missile as a spectacular success in Miami Beach while questioning whether Russia has an intercontinental missile ready for immediate use. He declined to comment on timelines for completing an ocean spanning missile.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami Beach
Fla
Wilber E. Brucker
U. S
Russia
Brucker
ABC Club Hosts Hamburger and Watermelon Feast
Members of the Lawton American Business Club gathered at 1796 Columbia for a hamburger and watermelon feast. Hosted by Mr and Mrs Lacy Holley with cooks Holfey Gene Welch and Ken May. About 50 members and guests attended at Bryan's Coffee Shop. meetings held each Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton American Business Club
Lacy Holley
Columbia
Holfey
Gene Welch
Ken May
Texas Girl, 11, Cuts Fangs Out Of Hand
Frances Marks, 11, played near a wreck pond in Hughes Springs when a water moccasin struck and embedded its fangs in her hand. She used a pocket knife to sever the fangs and was removed from the critical list after treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Hughes Springs
Tex
Frances Marks
Filibuster Session Over Breakfast With Eisenhower Update
Thurmond continued a 24 hour filibuster into the night while Knowland warned Congress might adjourn. Eisenhower received news that the Senate had been in session all night as Thurmond read a prewar statement with two aides supplying papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thurmond
Senate
Alex McCullough
Harry 8. Dent
Ten Lepers Killed in Korean Village Clash
Ten lepers were killed and 21 seriously injured last night near Samchonpo, five miles west of the village, after villagers demanded the settlement move. The fighting began when the lepers refused to relocate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seoul
Samchonpo
Felice
IOOF Lodges Schedule Drill
IOOF Lodges plan a drill in Lawton sponsored event with Lodge No 7 organizing. The 500 block on C Jack Wellington will host the grand march at 8 p m as judges from Altus Duncan Carnegie Oklahoma City and Wichita Falls take part under Wellington and committee member Nobel Fields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
C.F
C. Jack Wellington
Wellington
Altus
Duncan
Carnegie
Oklahoma City
Wichita Falls
Tex
Nobel Fields
DULLES Seated Blocked by Senate Leaders Over Proxmire Seating
Senate turmoil over seating Wisconsin Democrat William Proxmire prompts Knowland to block the ceremony pending official word from Gov. Thomson. Johnson and Humphrey frame foreign policy as a key 1958 issue while Proxmire and Kohler reflect liberal positions amid party disputes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Knowland
California
Wisconsin
Vernon W. Thomson Tf
Proxmire
Lyndon B Johnson
Texas
Sen
Humphrey
D-Minn
Smathers
Congress
Eisenhower
Kohler
Mundt
Capehart
R-Ind
Willey
R-Wis
Wohler
Johnson
Thomson
Rural Teachers To Meet Friday
The Comanche County Rural Teachers Association opens its 1957 58 year with a 9 30 a m meeting in the Civic Room Security Bank and Trust Company Building. A Rose serves as president guiding the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche County Rural Teacher's Association
Security, Bank and Trust’ Company
A. Rose
Trial details confess motives behind Confidential story
De Stefano testified that Todd helped with the article How Mike Todd Made a Chump Out of a Movie Mogul and supplied photos. The defense questioned Allyson and Ladd links amid a broader Confidential trial narrative involving Miss Allyson and her reported romance with Alan Ladd. Francesca De Scaffa appeared again in testimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Stefano
Todd
Tae
Mike Todd
New York
Allyson
Alan Ladd
Dick Powell
Artele
Miss Allyson
Ladd
Powell
June Allyson
Sue Carol
Francesca de Scaffa
Calvet Interviews Stir Debate Over Actress Reputation
In a fragmented excerpt De Stefano notes Calvet and others discussing a French actress described as pretty and charming. The line hints at public flattery and questions about her reputation within Paris circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hytiss
de Stefano
Deaths of Capt Kren says Holbrook Bradford Owens die in service
Capt Kren reports Holbrook died of abdominal injuries and Bradford of chest injuries. Holbrook, from Philadelphia, entered the Army in 1955, served in Korea, later at Fort Sill with the 5th Armored. Bradford, Baltimore native, enlisted 1955, trained at Fort Jackson and Fort Chaffee, joined Fort Sill then 6th Armored. Owens, Madisonville resident, funeral arrangements handled by Becker Funeral Home.
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Kren
Holbrook
Bradford
Lillian Holbrook
Philadelphia
Army
Fort Jackson
S.C
Fort Challee
Ark
Korea
Fort’ Sill
Armored
Catherine Bradford
Baltimore
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Sill
Emme Calisay
ABC Club
Hamburger
IOOF
Dulles
Masonic Lodge 183
WIEST
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B Ave
Gunnison Hole
Gunnison
Colorado
Lady Lenenox
Lady Lennox
Memphis
Tena
Isso
Foye
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