Texans donate over 19 million to Salvation Army this Christmas
Texas donors contributed more than 19 million dollars to Salvation Army and affiliated groups, equating to over 2 per person for eight million residents. Lt. Col. Morrison notes philanthropy as a major industry, with 2.25 million raised by the Army itself and 17 million by 131 Chest and United Fund units in Texas. The drive funds toy stores, groceries, and aid for families in need, including a wheelchair for a child and gifts for numerous households. The Salvation Army plans to distribute over 30,000 toys and provide script to about 50,000 people, aiding roughly 80,000 individuals during the season. Its work spans hospitals, jails, prisons, veterans facilities, and disaster scenes worldwide, continuing beyond Christmas.
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Lee Bond
Dallas
Texas
Salvation Army
John A. Morrison
America
131 Chest
United Fund
United Press
Faith
Morrison
The
World-Wide Organization
Free World
Santa Claus
Area servicemen in training and exercises in Japan and Texas
Pvt. Kenneth R. Jones of Lawton completed a 10 week diesel engine repair course at Fort Belvoir Virginia. A C Norris, airman apprentice USN, reported for Navy training at Corpus Christi Texas. Marine Pvt Harold G Thomas from Lawton took part in an amphibious landing exercise with Kin Beach Okinawa troops, supported by air and naval fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth R. Jones
Lester R. Jones
Rt. 2
Lawton
Fort Belvoir
Pvt. Jones
Lawton High School
Army
Fort Carson
Colo
A. C. Norris
USN
Grover West
Naval Auxiliary Air Station
Cabaniss Field
Corpus Christi
Tex
Navy Air Advanced Training Command
Harold G. Thomas
S. J. Thomas
S. 13Th
3Rd Marine Division
Kin Beach
Okinawa
9Th Marine Regiment
Japan
Custer’s Last Stand Fought on Little Bighorn River
General George Custer led about 225 U S Cavalry against more than 2 500 Sioux and Cheyenne warriors at the Little Bighorn River on June 25 1876 in a pivotal clash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Custer
Little Bighorn River
Tth
United States Cavalry
Army Orders list promotions and reassignments across units
Department of the Army issued orders detailing promotions to first lieutenant and brigadier general, retirements and retraining actions, and reassignment moves for numerous officers stationed at Forts Bliss, Hamilton, Sill, Dix, Devens, and other bases including Thule Greenland, Washington DC, and Oakland Army Terminal. The document lists names such as Edward A. Rew, Marion Quaas, Dwight B. Johnson, Bertram Ellis, Wilton O’Neal, and others with destination posts and duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of the Army
Washington, D.C
Edward A. Rew
Washington, DC
Ft Totten
Major Clark
Ft Hamilton
Bernard R. Moseley
John D. Smith
Cecil R. Sykes
Marion J. Quaas
St. Louis
Thule
Greenland
John J. Sawyer
Ft Bliss
Richard C. Hagerty
Herbert F. Hardy Jr
Miller Field
Henry F. Morris
Silver Spring
Ronald J. Rose
Berkeley
Calif
Theodore F. Sandstrom Jr
Hanford
Walter M
Mass
Washington
Mt. Ephrain
Harvey FE. Ramsey
Denver
Colo
Anthony Damico
QMC
Arty
Sill
Ft Lee
Albion M. Carleton
Chicago
Sta
Oakland Army Terminal
Ft Dix
Powell Arrives For Yale Visit
Leslie Powell from New York City arrived in Lawton to visit his father C. S. Powell during the holidays. His watercolor works are on display at the Oklahoma Art Center in Oklahoma City and will travel to an exhibition in New York City with the Architectural League and the National Society of Mural Painters. He plans a split show with Ruth Gutman at the Barzansky Gallery in April featuring European paintings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie Powell
New York City
Lawton
C. S. Powell
New York
Powell
Oklahoma Art Center
Municipal Auditorium
Oklahoma City
Architectural League
National Society of Mural Painters
Lawtonian
Ruth Gutman
Barzansky Gallery
Europe
Gary appeals for presents for mental hospital patients
Oklahoma Governor Raymond Gary called for Christmas gifts for state mental hospital patients. He noted Central State Hospital at Norman has received only 1,700 gifts, enough for about half the patients, and other facilities face similar shortages, with most needed for adults.
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Oklahoma City
Raymond Gary
Central State Hospital
Norman
Student Directories Ready For Sale At LHS
Lawton Junior and senior high school directories will be sold Wednesday at LHS. Assembled by the Trade and Industrial club, the books cost 35 cents each, the same as last year. They list all students by class and include addresses and telephone numbers. Lawrence Gee, T I club president, says Charles Johnson is the sponsor. Distributive Education club members published last year’s booklets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
LHS
Trade and Industrial Club
Lawrence Gee
Glee Club Plans Tour For Carols
About 150 members of the Lawton high school glee club will present their annual Christmas carol concert in downtown business firms Thursday morning. The group will start from the Hotel Lawtonian and visit stores to sing Christmas songs, vocal instructor Miss Ira Jean Snow said.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton High School Glee Club
Lawtonian
Ira Jean Snow
Two Convicted Of Kidnapping Mom In Kansas City
A federal jury convicted Thomas A. Cochran and Archie Smith Jr. of kidnapping Vera Kelly, a Kansas City mother of five, during last summer. The death penalty was not imposed. Judge Arthur J. Mellett will set sentencing after a pre-sentence investigation. Kelly testified she was abducted June 8 while her husband fished near the state line and escaped while the two assailants slept in their car near Stilwell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Vera Kelly
Thomas A. Cochran
Belton
Archie Smith Jr
Stilwell
Kas
Arthur J. Mellett
Missouri
Cochran
Smith
Funeral Rites Planned for Cpl Jim Carter
Cpl Jim Carter 21 son of Mr and Mrs Bob Carter 1709 N 15th died Monday at Brooke Army Medical Center Fort Sam Houston Texas He had been in hospital since returning from Korea last May Born in Pauls Valley Oklahoma Aug 21 1934 He was Lawton High School graduate 1953 Army entrant June 1953 stationed in Korea 18 months Survivors include parents two sisters Mrs Bob Williams Idabel and Mrs Betty Bailey Baton Rouge La a brother Pvt Kenneth Carter Camp Chaffee Arkansas three aunts and two other relatives Services pending at Idabel funeral home burial to be held there
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Cpl
Jim Carter
Bob Carter
N. 15Th
Brooke Army Medical Center
Fort Sam Houston
Tex
Korea
Pauls Valley
Okla
Carter
Lawton High School
Army
Fort Leonard Wood
Brooks Army Hospital
Bob Williams
Idabell
Betty Baily
Baton Rougue
Pvt
Kenneth Carter
Camp Chaffee
Ark
Maude Bennett
Lawton
Ida Fitzgerald
Kate Toy
Euclid
Idabel, Okla
Benton Terral Obituary for Eliza Benton 70
Elizabeth Benton Terral Special Mrs Eliza beth A Benton 70 of Terral died Dec 17 at home Born Oct 22 1865 in Louisville Ky she lived in Jefferson county since 1917 Survivors include granddaughter Dorothy Benton of Albuquerque NM two nieces Ruby Langford Charlotte Wray both Terral two nephews John Brisco Bartlesville Wilton Brisco Neosha Mo Services 10 am Wednesday Terral Rev L N Nelson burial Terral Cemetery Boyston Funeral Home Comanche directed
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terral
Elizabeth A. Benton
Louisville
Jefferson County
Dorothy Benton
Alburquerque
N. M
Ruby Langford
Charlotte Wray
John Brisco
Bartlesville
Wilton Brisco
Neosha
Man turns sharecropper to landlord with $200 purchase
In Fairdealing Missouri BOB SELLS a sharecropper in the bootheel area buys an 80 acre farm near Poplar Bluff for 200 dollars then upgrades to two farms with a 10 thousand dollar lift from United Farm Agency. The deal makes him a landlord for his wife Aleene and their seven children Delbert 15 Bobbie Jean 13 Jerry 10 Larry 8 Ronnie 6 Rickie 4 and Twyla Faye six months.
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Bob Sells
Aleene
Sells
Poplar Bluff
Kansas City, Mo
United Farm Agency
Kansas City
Roscoe L. Chamberlain
United
Chamberlain
Peach Orchard
Fairdealing
Cecil Martin
Arkansas
Delbert
Bobbie Jean
Jerry
Larry
Ronnie
Rickie
Twyla Faye
Auto Ownership Rise in American Families
It is estimated that 71 percent of all American families now own automobiles, with 12 percent of car owning families having more than one car.
Employment up in Oklahoma City manufacturing sector
The state Employment Security Commission reports manufacturing employment at 91,700 last month, up 100 from October and up 8,600 from a year ago, signaling modest growth in the sector.
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Oklahoma City
State Employment Security Commission
Also Mentioned on This Page
NAVY
Raymond W. Fraley
Benjamin Harrison
Henry J. Nagao
Ft Devens
Charles L. Faulkner
Patrick H. Foster
Selfridge Afb
John FE. McGlone
Robert H. Robb
Andrews Afb
Yale
Gary
Oklahoma Tire & Supply
Philco
Philco Clock Radio
D Avenue
Charles Johnson
T&i
Distributive Education Club
Glee Club
Elizabeth Benton
By Charles Nethaway
Bootheel
Southwestern Radio & Sound
4Th & E
Olsen-Stelzer
Tregos
H-Bar-C
Lawton Boot & Western Store
Glenn Fuqua
Harry
WIEST
S 33 Auto Service
Ford
Lifeguard Design
Third & B Avenue
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