Rebekahs Attend Anadarko Meeting Reception
Unity Rebekah lodge No 121 members from Lawton attended a reception in Anadarko at 8 p.m. Saturday hosted by Crystal Rebekah lodge No 95 honoring Alta Miller warden of the Oklahoma Rebekah assembly. Attendees included Mesdames Jack Wellington Norma Davenport C J Curley and J V Bunch.
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Unity Rebekah Lodge No
Lawton
Anadarko
Crystal Rebekah Lodge No
Alta Miller
Rebekah Assembly of Oklahoma
Mesdames
Jack Wellington
Norma Davenport
C. J. Curley
J. V. Bunch
Instruction Given At Youth Dance
Paul Tate was caller and instructor for the youth night square dance hosted by the Woman's Auxiliary of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1193 and the Dancing Kidettes. The event, at the VFW building, 926-S Second, ran from 7 to 10 p.m. About 100 youths enjoyed square and folk dancing with music by a trio and Kenneth Webber. Notable attendees included Sfc Roy Beene Bud Wade J W Edwards and several ladies and gentlemen from local groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Tate
Woman's Auxiliary
VFW
S. Second
Woody Hicks
Apache
Ken Wright
Hershel Andrews
Kenneth Webber
Sfc
Roy Beene
Bud Wade
J. W. Edwards
Mesdames
H. S. Pierson
Harvey Nelson
H. N. King Jr
Reynold Lewis
Sam Wright
Eldin Best
R. W. Kitchens
C. E. Leffel
Deward Stringer
Messrs
Hugo Taube
G. W. Webber
Suspect Held In $30 Fort Sill Robbery
Police hold 19 year old Fort Sill private in a $30 robbery of Sp. Leon Brown in Lawton. Wallet with $30 taken from inside coat pocket near Wolverton Hotel after an earlier downtown meeting and drinks. No charges filed yet. victim identified the suspect. Other weekend arrests included a 48 year old Elk City man for theft and several traffic, drunkenness, and assault cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Sill
Sill
Leon Brown
Lawton
Cleo Stout
Brown
Wolverton
Elk City
Johnny Spivey
James E. Bingham
Jeff Banks
Cornell
William P. Martin
Irene Fountain
Jefferson
Hugh Charles Reynolds
Sheppard Afb
Jewell McClure
Senior Citizens To Meet Tuesday
Members of the Lawton Senior Citizens club will meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Recreation center at 14th and Bell. A. W. Puttkamer, president, urged anyone over 60 to attend and participate in the program. Those needing transportation should call 218, Puttkamer said.
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Lawton Senior Citizens Club
14Th and
Bell
A. W. Puttkamer
Puttkamer
Archers To Give School Assembly At Lawton High
Bob and Jerry Dill an archery demonstration team will lead Wednesday morning's assembly at Lawton High School. Principal Hugh Bish announced the event. The team is affiliated with the National School Assemblies organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob
Jerry Dill
Lawton High School
Hugh Bish
National
School Assemblies Organization
CAA Appointment May Bring Inquiry
Charles J. Lowen Jr. succeeds Frederick B. Lee as civil aeronautics administrator in a disputed change that may trigger a congressional inquiry after Eisenhower accepted the appointment.
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Washington
Charles J. Lowen Jr
Frederick B. Lee
Civil Aeronautics
Eisenhower
Lee
Lowen
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Commerce Department
Funeral Rites for Mosley and Other Obituaries
Funeral services are planned for Thomas Mosley 70 of 212 Park who died at 7 30 a m Sunday in Oklahoma City after a heart illness. He practiced veterinary work in Lawton and later shifted to real estate. Survived by five sisters and a brother and a son in law. Also announced are memorials for Alvin T Steensrud 55 of Fort Sill who died of a heart attack while hunting and John J Clancy 83 who died in Apache after years of farming and church membership. Memorial notices detail rosaries, cemeteries, and survivors including wives and children. Services for Steensrud will be at Becker Memorial Chapel with Fort Sill cemetery burial. Clancy's rosary and church rites are planned in Apache and Winfield. Various family survivors and locations across Oklahoma and Kansas are listed.
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Thomas
Tom) Mosley
Park
Oklahoma City
Gladbook
Iown
Lawton
G. W. Mosley
Mosley
Chicago Veterinarian College
Lowery-Whitehead
American Legion
Catholic Church
Minnie Mosley
Margaret McClaflin
L. E. Higganbotham
L. C. Whitten
Vancouver
Wash
M. Costanzo
St. Louis
J. L. Mosley
Enid
Lawton Funeral Home
Alvin T. Steensrud
N. Evans
Fort Sill
Fort Sill East Range
Station Hospital
Madison
Wis
Honolulu
Hawaii
Japan
Germany
184Th Ord. Co
Steensrud
Hazel M. Trescott
Becker
Becker Funeral Home
Gordon Ornelles
Fort Lewis
James
Alfred T. Steensrud
U.S.S
John J. Clancy
St. Joseph
Kansas
Fayetteville
Ark
Apache
Frances Lee Wooldridge
Clancy
Mother of Sorrows Catholic Church
Lawrence
Frank
Copeland
Kan
Colby
Valery Vat
Helen Clancy
Wichita Kan
Catherine Clancy
Winfield
Charles
Colorado Springs
Colo
Emmett
Crews Funeral Home
John Cefai
Mother of Sorrows Church
Fairview Cemetery
Readers Digest December issue hits newsstands now
The December issue of the Readers Digest is on sale at newsstands. It highlights seasonal topics, feature stories, and new departments for readers this month.
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Readers Digest
Students Place At Speech Meet
Norma Curry of Lawton high school earned second in standard ovation finals at the Oklahoma Baptist university tournament in Shawnee last weekend. Debaters Brad Agnew and Don Kouri were rated excellent in discussion. The team of Kouri Maddox and Agnew won five of seven debates but lost in the quarter finals. Finalists included Ann Lyon dramatic literature Rosemary Hoopert Bible reading and Joe Crosby critical analysis of public address. Coaches: Mrs Opal Ford and Kinley A McClure.
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Norma Curry
Lawton High School
Oklahoma Baptist University
Shawnee
Brad Agnew
Don Kouri
Kouri
Jim Maddox
Agnew
Ann Lyon
Rosemary Hoopert
Joe Crosby
Opal Ford
Kinley A. McClure
All Legions Urges War Veterans Commission Overhaul
Thomas P. Gilmer of Okmulgee proposed at a banquet that all three members of Oklahoma's War Veterans Commission be appointed from the American Legion. He argued a Legion majority would prevent further controversy, noting the current two Legion members and one VFW representative amid a long struggle including last August's firing of Don Davis as director. The VFW and Disabled American Veterans had urged limiting Legion representation to one seat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
American Legion
State War Veterans Commission
Legion
Thomas P. Gilmer
Okmulgee
Charles W. Hashall
Gilmer
WVC
Veterans of Foreign Wars
VFW
Raymond Gary
State Legion
Don Davis
George Bourland
Overbrook
Disabled American Veterans
DAV
Northwest Kiwanis selects 1956 committee chairs
The Northwest Kiwanis Club named committee chairmen at its annual session. Theme Build as Free Men. Elected officers to be installed next month include Hutchins Stanard Humble Garison Bluethman Sieg Oswalt Atchley Neal Cagle Contway Bauman. The club meets Tuesday noon at Lawton Heights Methodist Church.
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Northwest Kiwanis Club
Walt Hutchins
Zeke Horne
John Bluethman
Paul Atchley
Les Contway
Bill Sieg
Fred Thomason
Walter Gray
Tom Ray
Walter Oswalt
Kiwanis
Paul Baty
Elmer Bauman
John Elkins
J. T. Neal
Guy Phleegler
Hutchins
John Stanard
Gale Humble
Howard Garri
Bluethman
Sieg
Oswalt
Atchley
Neal
Ed Cagle
Contway
Bauman
Northwest Civic Club
Lawton Heights Methodist Church
16Th and Andrews
Science Shrinks Piles With New Healing Substance
A healing substance called Bio-Dyne, already used to treat injured tissue, now comes as Preparation H in suppository or ointment form. Doctors report shrinking piles and relief from pain and itching, with sellers offering a money back guarantee. Reg. U. 8. Pat. Off.
Two County 4 H Members Honored at A&M Meeting
Miss Margie Mae John of Lawton and Jim Clower of Faxon received recognition at the annual Ag gie society award meeting at Oklahoma A&M for outstanding 4 H work. Both are freshmen, children of local families, and joined other college students honored for 4 H club competition state offices FFA campus leadership and School of Agriculture leadership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margie Mae John
Lawton
Jim Clower
Faxon
Oklahoma A&m
FFA
School of Agriculture
First Methodists To Hold Breakfast
Members of the First Methodist church will serve breakfast in the church basement at Eighth and B on Tuesday morning to raise funds for the new church. The public is invited, and officials say you do not have to be a Methodist to attend.
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First Methodist Church
M. E. Olmstead
Excelsior Institute
Excelsior Springs
Misson Ady
Lawton High Students Join Busy Department Christmas Week
Lawton high school students will attend multiple department Christmas events this week. Office club hosts its Yale party at 7 30 p m today in the speech classrooms. Other parties include the National Thepsian Society and Forensic League Tuesday Distributive Education Wednesday and faculty and band events later in the week.
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Lawton High School
Office Club
Yale
National Thepsian Society and Forensic League
Distributive Education Club
Aggie Officials Attend Meeting at University of Oklahoma
Gordon L. Paine dean of administration and registrar and Alvin R. Hand dean of students at Cameron College attend the annual junior college conference at the University of Oklahoma. The meeting aims to better coordinate programs between junior colleges and OU and provides Cameron alumni at OU a chance to speak with Aggie administrators.
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Gordon L. Paine
Alvin R. Hand
Cameron College
University of Oklahoma
Aggie
St Marys School Dismissal For Holidays
St Marys officials announced noon dismissal on December 20 for Christmas holidays. Classes will resume January 3, 1956.
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St. Mary’s School
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Rebekahs
Anadarko Meeting
CAA
By Lewis Gulick
Thomas Mosley
A. T. Steensrud
Denver
Rothschild
Louis S. Rothschild
Weeks
White House
Southwestern Radio & Sound
Business College
Comanche
Gaylord E. Giles
Draughon School of Business
North Broadway
Oklahoma
Corwin’s
All-Legion Vet Agency
NW Kiwanis Club
4-H
Miss John
Ste
Jewelers
C Avenue
Lawton Morning Press
C & H Supply
Lawton Chamber of Commerce
Hollywood
Fyi
Cache Road Super Market Furniture CO
Cache Road
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