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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1975
Page
7
A Sand Springs eight year old granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Simon ate mistletoe leaves and became seriously ill. Mrs. Simon urged Lawton elementary schools to warn students about mistletoe. Health official Clyde Mason cautioned that mistletoe berries and poinsettias are poisonous.
A dispersal sale of the late C A Chester Kinder Hereford herd will be Monday at noon at the Troy Kinder ranch between Chattanooga and Frederick. Eighty lots include three herd bulls ten young bulls six cows with 53 calves and seven open heifers. The herd assembled nationwide and partly from Canada over four years. A four-year-old Quarter Horse gelding also to be sold. Guy Shull of Elgin is sale manager.
The fire department logged multiple calls with locations including Sixth and Lee for a cor fire, Ferris and Laird for a grass fire, 45th and E Gore for a grass fire, and 4211 Dorchester for a minor house fire. Additional incidents occurred at 26th and Rogers Lane grass fire and trash fires in the 800 block of A. Later, 44th and Baltimore saw a minor house fire and a total dispatch count this year reached 1 472.
A civic recruitment message urges people from all occupations to volunteer locally. It promotes personal and community benefits and provides a mailing address in Washington DC for response and engagement.
Lawton officials shut the Ideal Gift Shop at 705 N Sheridan Rd after the city council rezoned the site to commercial use. The closure followed a violation notice issued when the ordinance passed without an emergency clause. Adjacent shoe shop was also affected but remains grandfathered under existing zoning.
Funeral services for a Lawton area resident will be held in Oklahoma City and Lawton with Rev. Vancel Garoutte officiating. Burial follows at Sunset Memorial Gardens. Born February 24 1904 in Burkburnett Texas he moved to Hulen with his parents and later settled in Lawton. He married Elsie Recer November 25 1933 in Lawton and was active in Farm Bureau Farmers Union and the Agriculture Soil and Conservation Service. Survivors include his wife four sisters and several nieces.
The U.S. Mint introduced the first five cent coin during 1866 marking a key moment in American currency history.
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