Orientation Highlights BPW Meet
Orientation for 16 new BPW members highlighted Wednesday's luncheon at the Old South cafeteria. Kate Loud chaired the program with new members Betty Ross and others. Mary Frazier explained symbols of the emblem while Hazel Lee and Mildred Hunter spoke on belonging and committee duties. Bobbie Ruth Boucher attended as a guest. Next week's meeting will be a Christmas party and luncheon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old South
Kate Loud
Betty Ross
Hazel Crouch
Arlene Hargrove
Rae Wertz
Barbara Blair
Florabelle Helvey
Norma Gumm
WAC Set
Jo Howland
Helen Markham
Pauline Wise
Martha Lou Lawson
Peggy Johnson
Edna Fordacey
Jenny Lund
Loretta Lawson
Beulah Ozman
Loud
Mary Frazier
BPW
Hazel Lee
Mildred Hunter
Minnette Zak
Lela J. Wilson
Bobbie Ruth Boucher
City police vow tougher stance on juvenile gangs
A 14-year-old attacked a boy after a dispute over a shirt as police outline a get tough policy. Officers say the beating was driven by a gang of youths from a junior high area and stress cooperation with parents and schools to curb gang activity before it escalates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fahner
Ralph Hennessee
Hennessee
Police Department
Drunk Driving Plea Trends Under New Mandatory Jail Law
The county reports 34 cases of driving while intoxicated since the law's start, eight reduced to reckless driving on motion, with four pending. Seventy five percent of disposed cases were pleas of guilty, and total fines in City and County courts reach $18, is that $18,175? No, figures show $2,800 plus $875 in City, and $9,300 in County court. Jail time totals reach 235 days, with 205 days tied to City court sentences. Experts cite intoximeter tests and plea dynamics, noting a high guilty plea rate and deterrent effects from the 10 day jail mandate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cline
S. R. Harper
Manville Redman
Redman
Tipler pleads guilty after cafe assault during 1950s Lawton politics
In Lawton an African American officer Tipler admitted guilt to assault and battery after describing a cafe confrontation over a dime. He also pleaded guilty for a vagrancy charge against Hart woman, paying her fine. The incident is tied to long running tensions with former police chiefs Adair and Cable and Tipler's fraught 1953 policing career.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hart
Tipler
Peace Justice
Cameron
Southwestern Hospital
Newt Adair
Joe Cable
Lawton
Adair
Cable
Force
Hennessee
Gratitude For Messiah Performance By Mr Fletcher
A reader thanks all who contributed to the Messiah performance expressing love and Christmas spirit. They praise the holy singing and believe the event conveys Christ's piety and universal love. The writer commends every performer and notes tears of joy.
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Lord
Christ
Fletcher
Santa to head parade and lawn party in Cameron county
Santa Claus returns for Cameron county events with a 2 p.m. parade led by Earl Botkin followed by a Christmas lawn party on the courthouse lawn. Jaycees sponsor the event and Christ in Christmas floats join Lawton ministers, Cameron Baptist church, and Rebekah lodge. Elementary band accompanies. Sacks of goodies will be given after Santa visits. Newt Burrow Jr. is general chairman with Centenary MYF organizing a Santa Claus Service likely on Christmas Eve or the day before.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa
Comanche County
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Earl Botkin
Jaycees
Lawton’s Ministerial Alliance
Cameron Baptist Church
Rebekah Lodge
North Pole
Central Junior High School
Botkin
Newt Burrow Jr
Jaycee
Centenary
MYF Group
Fuzz Barnes
St. Nick
England
Zale’s
Parking Fines Bring In Millions, Officials Brace
Solomon docket followed the judge's pattern and were dismissed. City hall alarmed as parking fines topped six million dollars in last year’s revenue and exceed that level this year. On Wednesday Set, Lawrence Lucey of the police legal bureau told patrolmen to seek adjournments if defendants in parking cases refused vehicle ownership admission to allow subpenas of state motor vehicle records and car owner identities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Lucey
Police Legal Bureau
Solomon’s Court
State
Lucey
Judgment Awarded To State Security Officials
A District court judgment for 1 537.74 was won by the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission against H M Wilson who operates Wilson Tile and Cement Co for unemployment taxes from 1949 to 1954. The commission also sought records from Ray P Anderson of Anderson Tile Co covering wages July 1, 1954 to Sept 30, 1955 and a court order required Anderson to appear with records in Lawton at 10 a.m. January 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma Employment Security Commission
H. M. Wilson
Wilson Tile and Cement Co
Commission
Ray P. Anderson
Anderson Tile Co
Anderson
Toby Morris
N. M. Anderson
Lawton
Funeral Rites Held for Mrs Wilhelmina Koeppling 91
Mrs Wilhelmina Koeppling 91 of 815 Monroe died at 10 a m at home after a long illness from a stroke in 1938 She was born December 16 1864 in Wiedenburg Germany and lived in Russia New York the Dakotas Hastings Neb and Loveland Colo before settling in Law ton in 1939 to be near daughter Mrs Ella C Sanders Survivors include three daughters Mrs David Hoffman Denver Colo and Mrs August Smith Reno Nev and Mrs Ella Sanders and three sons George Renz Denver William Renz Santa Barbara Calif and Edward Renz Loveland plus 22 grandchildren and nine great grandchildren Services 10:30 am Friday Becker Memorial Chapel with Rev E G McGill of Seventh Day Adventist Church officiating Burial Loveland Colo.
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Wilhelmina Koeppling
Monroe
Wiedenburg
Germany
Russia
New York
Lawton
Ella C. Sanders
David Hoffman
Denver
Colo
August Smith
Reno
George Renz
William Renz
Santa Barbara
Calif
Edward Renz
Loveland
Becker Memorial Chapel
E. G. McGill
Seventh Day Adventist Church
Mrs J W Arbaugh Graveside Rites Planned
Mrs J W Arbaugh 66 mother of Mrs C E Putney of 610 N Lott will be buried at Sunset Memorial Gardens Friday at 2 30 pm after dying Friday at her Augusta Arkansas home Born June 27 1889 in Plantingon South Carolina she wed in 1923 Survivors include her husband one daughter and two grandchildren Gary Eaton of 610 N Lott and Mrs Billy McCarter of 1811 D Lawton Funeral home handles arrangements
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Arbaugh
C. E. Putney
N. Lott
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Arbaugh
Augusta
Ark
Plankington
S. C
Gary Eaton
Billy McCarter
D. Lawton Funeral Home
Jury Deadlocks In Drunk Driving Case With False Teeth
Fort Sill Sgt. Robert Nelson, 30, testified his broken dentures caused his slurred speech after a Oct 31 crash on S Third Ave. Police and CID witnesses said he smelled of alcohol and staggered, while two officers noted he could not blow the balloon test. The six man City court jury deadlocked 3 3, and the judge observed no further unanimity was possible. If tried again, the case moves to superior court for manslaughter charges stemming from a March 6, 1954, crash that killed a 16 year old Lawton girl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Norman Nelson
Fort Sill
Ralph Cline
Githen Rhoads
Sillman
Sgt
Nelson
S. Third
D and C
Ralph Hennessee
Henry Bartels
Criminal Investigation Detachment
Sfc. C
Lawton
Superior Court
Officers Seek Larceny Suspect John B Jackson
Local and area peace officers were asked today to be on the lookout for John B. Jackson a 34 year old man wanted for livestock larceny at Pryor He may be driving a Ford truck or a Buick with a woman named Paula Brown The patrol warned he may be armed with a .22 caliber pistol
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highway Patrol
John B. Jackson
Pryor
Jackson
Paula Brown
Local Boy Kills Couple Then Fires At Police
William Smail shoots J Warren Smail and his wife amid a family tragedy. The incident unfolds after Smail drives to seek help. a youth named Fallone then shoots Smail and kills the couple. Police describe a dynamite attempt and a wooded flight, with a heavy guard placed on the Fallone home and relatives weeping at the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King
Smail
Failone
Fallone
J. Warren Smail
William Smail
Justice of Peace
Gladys
Ernest
Mrs. Fallone
City Employees To Receive Yule Party Prize Tonight
City employees and their spouses attend the annual Christmas party in City Hall with a $100 prize for the most outstanding worker. Six judges selected the winner this morning. final reveal comes at the party climax. Ballots from employees and the public noted reasons for votes. Mayor Ellsworth funded the prize to honor service and courtesy in public dealings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. R. Ellsworth
City Hall
J. Merle Oaks
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Pope
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