Lawton Delegation Heads to Midwest Roofing Meet
Lawton will be well represented at the annual Midwest Roofing Contractors convention in Oklahoma City Friday and Saturday. Five Lawton firms and their wives will attend with A B Hambrick presiding at business sessions and Mrs Hambrick assisting in entertainment. Attending from Lawton are S A Reed Vern Ford John Lee and James D Lancaster with Emmett Keough master of ceremonies at the Saturday banquet. The 1955 convention is in Nebraska with a bid to host Lawton in 1956.
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Lawton
Midwest
Oklahoma City
P Nt
A. B. Hambrick
S. A. Reed
Vern Ford
John Lee
James D. Lancaster
Emmett Keough
Biltmore
Military Takes Window Peeper
A Fort Sill soldier arrested in Lawton over the weekend tied to a five month window peeping spree has been turned over to military authorities. Officer Henry Bartels and Merchant Policeman Frank Garrett said the 21 year old suspect admitted peering into about 100 Lawton homes since July and described nocturnal visits to watch women.
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Fort Sill
Lawton
Henry Bartels
Frank Garrett
Bartels
Ralph Hennessee
Commissioner Escapes Injury In Two-Car Wreck
U. S. Commissioner Charles Dun can Campbell aged 78 and two other occupants narrowly escaped serious injury when two cars collided near First and Ferris on U S 62 Monday afternoon. Patrol Lt. Adams said Lela Edwards 1115 Gore riding with Campbell suffered a head bump when thrown into the windshield. No other injuries were reported. Marvin Pittman 22 of Fort Sill slowed to turn left when Campbell s car struck from the rear laying down seven feet of skid marks. Both cars were southbound and extensively damaged.
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U. S
Charles Duncan
Campbell
Ferris
U.S. 62
C. W. Adams
Lela Edwards
Gore
Marvin Pittman
Fort Sill
Pittman
Adams
English Teacher Sought At FSIS
James D. Wallace, Fort Sill Indian School principal, said Monday that applications are being received for a high school English teaching position. Mrs. Madge Addeo, English instructor, resigned this week. The new teacher must live in a cottage dormitory on campus and serve as counselor.
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James D. Wallace
Fort Sill
Madge Addeo
FSIS
Wallace
Lawton Seeks Bond for High School Auditorium Needs
Lawton faces severe staging and acoustical problems in gym performances due to lack of auditorium facilities. Teachers cite echoing notes and crowded junior high schedules as key barriers. The plan seeks a $500000 bond to complete an auditorium, with taxes dropping about two mills next year and existing foundations and partial walls ready.
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Accoustices
James Matthews
Ira Jean Snow
Opal Ford
LHS
Ford
Cameron
McMahon
Lawton
Lawton High School
Enrance
Four Attend Student Council Conference at Duncan
Lawton high school sent four delegates Val Frakes student body president Dick Swaby Marilyn Morris and Sam Hamra to the annual Federation of Oklahoma High School Student Councils convention in Duncan. They were accompanied by Mrs. Mary Sue Silk girls' guidance director and sponsor. In senior high news group pictures for Wolverine Lore were taken this week in the gymnasium and a new microphone was installed to improve sound as the public address system lacked power, Principal Hugh Bish reported.
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Lawton High School
Federation of Oklahoma
Duncan
Val Frakes
Dick Swaby
Marilyn Morris
Sam Hamra
Mary Sue Silk
Wolverine
Hugh Bish
Indians Meeting Deliberations Continue With Speeches
The Indians meeting resumes with an inspirational address by Rev. D Grundman from Walters and reports from committees. A noon luncheon closes Wednesday sessions in the church basement with guests Rev F Thompson Bacone College Muskogee Miss Robinson Durant Dr Douglas Majors Oklahoma City and Dr D D Etcheson state director of Methodist Indian work.
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A.m
D. Grundman
Walters
Rev
F. Thompson
Bacone College
Muskogee
Aay. Robinson
Oklahoma Presbyterian Cottage
Durant
Douglas Majors
Oklahoma City
Presbyterian Synod
D. D. Etcheson
Methodist Indian Work
Oklahoma state poultry and eggs price report
State Department of Agriculture reports prices for wheat, bison, broilers, hens, eggs, butterfat, and pecans across Oklahoma City and multiple towns. Includes live cattle and hog market figures in Oklahoma City Despatch dated December 7 with per hundredweight ranges for steers, cows, calves, hogs, and lambs, plus regional egg and butter statistics from Chicago.
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Oklahoma City
State Department of Agriculture Today
Bison
Alva
Frederick
Hennessey
Kingfisher
Blackwell
Enid
E! Reno
Medford
Vici
Yukon
Clinton
Hobart
Lawton
Oklahoa
Guyman
Hooker
Broilers
F.o.b. Farm
Muskogee
Vinita
Ardmore
Tulsa
Hens
McAlester
Elk City
Watonga
Laverne
Chickasha
Pauls Valley
Durant
Elk Reno
el Reno
Shawnee
USDA
Chiropractors Pick Four From Lawton For District Posts
Four Lawton chiropractors were elected to Southwest District Chiropractic association posts at a quarterly Clinton meeting. Re-elected were Dr. J. W. Spencer as secretary treasurer and Dr. H. E. Troop to the state executive committee. Hollis president Blaine Donley, Duncan vice president R. Santelli, and Duncan’s R. E. Wolff also new terms. The auxiliary re-elected Mrs. Spencer as president and named Mrs. Troop to the state executive committee. Mrs. Wolff and Mrs. Donley served as officers. Dr. E. R. Dunn of Oklahoma City led the program on polio treatment techniques. Local attendees included Drs. Spencer, Troop and C. S. Williams.
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Lawtonians
Southwest District Chiropractic Association
Clinton
J. W. Spencer
H. E. Troop
Chiro Practic Association
Blaine Donley Hollis
R. Santelli
Duncan
R. E. Wolff
Spencer
Troop
Wolff
Shear
Blaine Donley
Ollis
E. R. Dunn
Oklahoma City
C. S. Williams
Arson Probe Narrows Focus After Suspect Interrogation
Police say arson may be unrelated to earlier fires as boarders were held at knifepoint. Officers concluded the link after segmenting the suspect today. The suspect was questioned last month in the bedroom incident and Chief Ralph Hennessee said the inquiry could conclude today or tomorrow.
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Ralph Hennessee
Bank Robbery Chronicle With Escaping Bandit Pursued
Rouse City bank president Joe Van Cleave chased a gunman after a robbery. Bandit, about five seven, fled in a white late model car toward Quinlan as highway patrol set roadblocks from Royse City. Irwin and Miss Shaw describe the holdup and the bank vault raid while Van Cleave recounted his near capture and pursuit through town.
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Joe van Cleave
Rouse City Bank
Quinlan
Highway Patrol
Royse City
van Cleave
Irwin
Jowell Shaw
Mr. Irwin
Trial reveals blood spots amid Sheppard case doubts
Corrigan questions whether a man in the trousers could stand by Marilyn Sheppard's bed with so little blood, sparking clash over testimony about newspaper coverage and incidents at the Sheppard home. Dr. Richard described a blood trail from the garage to his car and four men seen building a high platform, later noting possible planting of evidence.
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Corrigan
Marilyn Sheppard
Richard
Sam
Sheppard
Edward Blythin
Hospital Births and Admissions Report
Births include Lawrence Ashmore Cache born 3:00 a.m. Dec 7 weighing 3 pounds 3 ounces and Charles Irick at 8:38 a.m. Dec 7 weighing 7 pounds 14% ounces. Others note multiple births and surgeries. patients listed with addresses across Oklahoma locales such as Cache Clinton Marlow and Marlow. Medical and surgical discharges and admissions feature numerous individuals including Anita Dow Dwight Traina and Wanda Hathorn.
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Eugéne Dod
Floyd
Earl Gene Thompson
See
Lawrends Murphy
Columbia
Bess Belcia
W. L. Hammon
Ernest Corderman
Waurika
O. L. Parsons
Euclid
Johnny Kitchens
John Kitchens
Chester Kendrick
W. J. Harbison
Richard Butts
H. L. Butts
Rte
Anita Dow
Dwight Traina
Summit
Ross Lee Traina
P. J. Blubaugh
Alvarez
McKinley
M. A. Smith
N. 21St
Lawrence Ashmore
Cache
Charles Irick
R. P. Woodward
Myrtle Bailey
A Martin
Marion
Medica
Florence Patterson
Bell Drive
Lahoma Floy Vaughan
L. J. Vaughan
Henry Shehorn
Andrews
William J. Ringwald
Walters
Sandra Ay Ba
A 'Alee Julius Banks
Pain
Janette Ise Walker
Harold Walker
Marlow
Joe Edwin Hurst
Lee Hurst
Eeehilippa Monsey
P. R. Monsey
Pollard
Wanda Marie Hathorn
Sid Hathorn
Monroe
Irene Virginia Wiard
Council Considers Minor Items at City Session
A routine city council agenda before tonight’s meeting includes bids for water department equipment. Late business anticipated from prior action includes a proposed ordinance creating a end of control for rec cone facilities at Lake Law onka.
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Water Department
Lake Lawonka
Sheriff Fails to Locate Ottawa Clerk After Indictments
Miami Oklahoma sheriff James A. Allemann reports Evelyn Gaines a 35 year old former Ottawa County deputy clerk is missing after three true bills from a grand jury last week. Gaines faced charges of first degree forgery conspiracy and uttering a forged instrument with a warrant issued by Judge William Byrne.
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Miami
Okla
James A. Allemann
Evelyn Gaines
Ottawa County
William
Gaines
Major Sears Dies From Bullet Wound At Fort Sill
Fort Sill Maj Oscar R Sears 48 died after a bullet wound in bachelor quarters on post. Officials call it personal safety related. He was adjutant to headquarters 77th Field Artillery and served in Europe in World War II earning the Bronze Star. Funeral services pending Becker Funeral Home.
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Fort Sill
Oscar R. Sears
Sears
Kinton
Public Information Office
77Th Field Artillery
Artillery
Seventh Army
Europe
Becker Funeral Home
School building plans move ahead in bond issue
The board files a 2000 iD bond proposal to voters on December 14 with a senior high auditorium and a grade school project under review. Architects Noftiger and Lawrence praised for long range program while a bid strategy favors one architect for both projects. Delegations from Taft and Jefferson districts seek classroom relief amid ongoing construction. Superintendent Shoemaker vows rapid solutions as funds allow.
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Noftiger and
Lawrence
Taft and
Jefferson
Frank Crawford
John Shoemaker
Sam Joyner Jr
Shoemaker
Fort Sill 4-H Students Attend Tractor Demonstration
Fort Sill Indian School 4-H club students and sponsor Spencer Queton attend a tractor training school at Duncan. Comanche county representatives Marvin Livingston, newly elected president of the county 4-H Federation, and Bob Wood of Faxon also participate.
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Fort Sill
Woman Breaks Hip In Garage Door Accident
Mrs. Bessie Wyatt, 80, fell and broke her hip Monday while closing a garage door at her home at 1708 C. She is resting well at Memorial Hospital today.
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Bessie Wyatt
Memorial Hospital
Funeral Rites for T. M. McCrary Held at Cache
Funeral services for T. M. McCrary 83 pioneer of Comanche county were set for 2 p.m. today at Cache Funeral Home with burial in Cache cemetery. He died Monday in Chanewalees county Texas after months of illness. Born July 27 1872 in Reklaw Texas he moved to Altus in 1900 then Cache in 1903 as a farmer and rancher until 1939 when he moved to New Mexico. Surviving are daughters Mrs E F McGee Chattanooga and Mrs J E Shamley Norman two sisters Mrs Reklaw Tex and a brother W H McCrary Reklaw.
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T. M. McCrary
Comanche County
Cache Funeral Home
Cache Cemetery
Monaepee H. L. N
Chawelees County
Tex
Altus
Cache
New Mexico
E. F. McGee
Nat. Tanooga
J. E. Shamley
Norman
Reklaw
W. H. McCrary
Fletcher Pioneer Mell Cornwell 83 Funeral Held
Mell Cornwell Fletcher 83 pioneer farmer died after illness. Funeral at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Baptist church officiated by Rev. Eulis Gresham with burial in Fletcher cemetery, Dalton Funeral Home directing. Survivors include two sons J. F. and Guy, and three grandsons. Wife died March 1951. Born September 29, 1871, near Comanche, farmed south of Fletcher.
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Fletcher
Mell Cornwell
Baptist
Eulis Gresham
Dalton Funeral Home
Cornwell
Rye Mitchell
Ind
J. F
Guy
Funeral services for N. C. Kenyon in Mohr and Ponca City
N. C. Kenyon aged about 60 a Tillman county farmer and rancher will have services at 4 p m today at Mohr Funeral Home. Another service will be held Wednesday in Ponca City with burial in Kansas. Rev Faris T Weaver of the First Methodist Church will officiate. He died Sunday night after a lengthy illness. Survivors include his home in Lawton a son Harlan Kenyon Grandfield and a daughter Mrs Clifford Burton Stillwater. Mr and Mrs Elbridge Sullivan of Lawton attended.
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N. C. Kenyon
Tillman County
Mohr
Ponca City
Kansas
Faris T. Weaver
First Methodist Church
Kenyon
Harlan Kenyon
Grandfield
Clifford Burton
Stillwater
Lawton
Elbrege Sullivan
Services for Ben Jennings Held at Bethlehem Bapt is
Funeral services for Ben Jennings of 203 N. First were held Wednesday at 2:30 pm at Bethlehem Baptist Church with O B Davis, pastor, officiating. Burial followed in Highland Cemetery under the direction of Fletcher Funeral Home.
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Ben Jennings
Bethlehem
Arlington
O. B. Davis
Highland Cemetery
Fletcher Funeral Home
Officers Hunt Jealous Lover After Gunplay
Police failed to find the jealous lover who fired a pistol at Perry Parton near S Sixth and Railroad after Parton said a masked man shouted insults about “going with my girl.” The assailant fled in a car with another man aboard. Parton escaped injury as the bullet pierced his jacket.
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Quinlan Road
Perry Parton
S. Sixth and
Railroad
Parton
Woman Attacked by Robber Sought in Lawton
Police seek a young robber who assaulted a Lawton woman returning from the grocery store Monday night at 9 p.m. in the 900 block B. Margie Dunbar reported the assailant struck her on the head and pulled her down twice before grabbing her purse containing about $17. City Judge John Pete Fullerton witnessed the suspect fleeing.
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Lawton
Margie Dunbar
John Pete Fullerton
Geasey Weteees
Unity of command anchors Hawaii defense plan
Pearl Harbor serves as home port for warships and hosts transient carriers. In an emergency, air replacements would take at least 72 hours to reach Hawaii, with warning potentially provided by intelligence. The Hawaiian Defense Command unites Army Navy and Air Force and civil defense to manage post disaster needs and run a tidal wave warning system.
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Pearl Harbor
Air Force
Hawaii
Hawaiian Defense Command
HDC
Army
Navy
Civil Defense Organization
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