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Lawton Constitution

Location

Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America

Date

Aug 31, 1948

Page

7

Oklahoma News and Other Notes From The Constitution

Oklahoma items recount a Lawton boy’s punch board luck yielding 30 plays for 3 dollars, Apache crochet champions winning first in a national contest, a Jacksonville wallet recovered by a city officer, a New Mexico trip by the Mitchells, Taos Indian artist visit, Mesa Verde cliff dwellings, and a street discovery of a hog nose ring with farmer banter.

Lansdon D. Stitchell Euclid New Mexico Taos N. M Topah Et Cache Mitchells Gallup Mesa Verde Southwes Colorado Brazos River

New Rector to Arrive Thursday for Saint Andrews

Rev. KR T Rauscher, former Saint Matthews vicar Iowa Falls Iowa, will arrive Thursday to assume duties as Saint Andrews Episcopal rector J H Crosby senior warden announced. He will lead first Sunday services and bring wife Marjorie and 4 year old Catherine Sigrid to establish a home here.

KR. T. Rauscher Saint Matthews Episcopal Church Iowa Falls Iowa Saint Andrew's Episcopal Church J. H. Crosby Rauscher Diocese of Reuscher Marjorie Catherine Sigrid

Former Lawton Newsman Oscar W Williams Dies

Services were held in Fort Stockton Texas for Oscar W Williams 31 assistant sports editor of the El Paso Times and former Lawton Constitution reporter who died in El Paso after an emergency operation He was a 1938 graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism and served in World War II survivors include two sisters a stepmother and a stepsister plus a cousin Mrs Pike Hamilton The death notice was received in Lawton by W H McKenzie from Lois M Godfrey of El Paso former Lawton teacher

Fort Stockton Texas Oscar W. Williams el Paso Times Lawton Constitution el Paso Williams University of Missouri School of Journalism The Constitution Lawton Fort Bliss John Coulter Washington, D. C Cletus Schultz San Pablo Calif Waldo Wiliams L. F. Beard Pike Hamitton

Sterling Spray Irrigation Experiment Near Sterling

Carl Rother conducts a spray irrigation test on a 214 acre alfalfa patch at Stockton farm drawing water from a creek. The patch has been sprayed twice and revived from near death and will be cut this week.

Sterling Carl] Rother Stockton Rother D. M. Cravens San Diego Calif W. A. Robison Stella Shelton Lawton Herbert Jackson John Seibold Robert Pipkin Ruben Attaway Shol Clinton Air Base John Sare Loyd Lemons Cecil Brannon Coolidge Ariz John Bartlett Kermit Bevett Oklahoma City Mattie Bevett Tap Rankin Ernest Hicks Methodist Church Methodist Jess Barnett Joe Best Elwyn Bailey Tulsa Tex Morgan Weaver J. A. Hale

Weekend Visitors from Oklahoma City to Seale Area

Seale residents hosted Oscar Jacobi Jr and family of Oklahoma City and Merle Cooper family of Bethany to weekend visits with grandparents Mrs. Cooper and J. A. Lancaster. Edward Brockett family from Chickasha stayed with the T. C. Talla family. Baptist Sunday School attendance reached 134. An birthday party for Sandra Kay Halbrooks drew many friends and relatives from Winslow Arkansas and Bowlegs Oklahoma. The passing of Bill Swain marks the end of the 1901 era on local farms. American Legion auxiliary hosted a Saturday night party with Mrs Zetta Rother and Mrs Charles Duncan assisting. weekly parties planned.

Aleta Kay Smallwood Stanley Williams Winslow, Ark Hodge Oldham Bowlegs J. B. Oldham Bill Swain

Oklahoma City's ad valorem tax rate reaches record high

Oklahoma City's ad valorem tax rate will rise 5.48 mills to 45.973 per 1000 dollars of property value. The unofficial estimate shows a new all time high for this fiscal year. A five mill building fund levy for city schools is blamed for the increase.

Oklahoma City

Youths Return Stolen Pistols From Oklahoma History Society

Oklahoma City police recovered several old pistols stolen from the Oklahoma History Society last Thursday. Two teenage boys admitted the break in with hunting rifles and returned the loot after irate parents intervened within 24 hours. Museum manager Dr Charles Evans said no prosecution was pursued.

Oklahoma CETY Oklahoma’ Historical Society Bert Gibbons O. K. Bivens Scife Charles Evans Deeds Sundey End Evans

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