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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1957
Page
9
A dense ledger of hospital notices lists numerous admissions and discharges across Indian, Memorial, and Southwestern facilities. Entries name patients by first or surname with associated towns such as Geary Fort Sill Apache and Duncan, detailing births, surgeries, and medical statuses for December dates and recent weeks.
Funeral services for James B Nease were held at the South Methodist Church in Lawton. Rev Charence Ball, a Missouri Methodist minister, officiated with Rev WL York assisting. Bearers were nephews Leo, Lenty, Willard, Nease, Joe and Tray Roberson. Burial followed at Telilia Cemetery under Becker Funeral Home direction.
Comanche county commissioners authorize Walker Gas Company of Ardmore to lay a gas pipeline along a northeast county road. The line will run from wells about four miles north to a half mile east of Porter Hill, northwest of Elgin, connecting to a Consolidated Gas Co. station. Buried 24 inches near the fence line.
Sianton high school speech and music students will present The Christmas Story at 7 p.m. today in the LHS auditorium. A morning student body performance set the scene with participants from speech and vocal music. Chairs include Pat Bouman and Leon Pulnay. Narrators Susie Swearingen and Caral Allison. Kinley McChire leads pantomimes. Mrs. Opal Ford directs stage settings and narration. Ira Jean Snow and John McHenry lead vocal and instrumental music.
In the quarter finals of the National Moot Court competition here last night the University of Oklahoma Law School team was defeated by Michigan. Michigan will join Montana State and Pennsylvania in the semifinals as the event advances.
Fort Sill firemen fought a last night blaze along the Frisco railroad tracks north of the Medicine Creek bridge east of US 277. The fire burned about a half mile north, on both sides of the right of way, crossing into the range. Winds diminished by morning as five fighters worked to contain the fire, reported at 10 p.m. Friday and brought under control around 4 a.m. Captain Robert E. Kren, information officer, said the fire covered a wide area before containment.
Medicine Park hosts a community Christmas program at 7:30 p.m. in the school auditorium. Principal Gerald Middleton notes the highlight is the play The Littlest Angel.
Five professional acts from Atertainment Agency in Omaha headline a Fort Sill Christmas show. A magician ventriloquist clowns and clog dancers perform in Theater No 3 with dancing and music. Santa Claus appears as part of the program. Admission is free through Ad Services and National Enission.
Elks Club schedules a Kids Party at the Dome Theatre on December 24 starting 10 a.m. Cartoon films run until 11 50 a.m. Santa will appear after the movies and distribute candy and fruit to about 800 900 children. The event aids last minute shopping for parents. Assisted by Herman Holland and Harold Carey, with Dome Theatre furnished by Video Independent Theatres Inc and projection by the local union. Last year over 600 children attended despite bad weather.
A dense OCR of the evening listings shows a wide mix of programs and events across channels. It includes film titles, theater plays, boxing, detective shows, weather forecasts, parades, and news segments featuring various hosts and actors.
KANSAS CITY UP James Grady Geraldson 47 escaped from a hospital for the criminally insane at Wichita Falls Texas Dec 18 1953. He is charged by the FBI with violation of the Dyer Act for transporting a stolen car from Okmulgee Oklahoma to Joplin Missouri. Arrested in Joplin he told police he lived on money from passing bogus checks in Texas California Oregon and Arizona.
Judy Hull a Lawton high senior entered in district contest with How Hiring The Handicapped Helps You and Me. Hull won first place in local event receiving a radio from Mayor Co. K. Ellsworth. Other local winners Fred Schaal second with a record player Delores Baxter third with a record album. Mrs Minnie Attaway LAS teacher also awarded a gift.
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