New Kiwanians Speak To Club At Lawton Kiwanis Luncheon
New Kiwanians shared service views and improvement ideas at Thursday’s Kiwanis luncheon at the Hotel Lawtonian chaired by Oscar Cox. Members speaking included Bill Abbott Wesley Miller Floyd Zook Ken Carpenter Harris Austin Jake Lyons and Grady Conner.
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Kiwanis Club
Lawtonian
Oscar Cox
New
Civic Club
Bill Abbott
Wesley Miller
Floyd Zook
Ken Carpenter
Harris Austin
Jake Lyons
Grady Conner
Lindsay Whitten
Ross Morgan
Lawrence Higby
Warren Smith
Salvation Army
Lou Kaufman
San Fernando
Calif
Frank Radcliff
Springfield
Maurice Hendricks
Pueblo
Colo
Ed Keefe
Chickasha
Wayne Pollock
Duncan
Hendricks
Lawton
Equitable Life Insurance Agency
William Walpert
Monnett
Hugh Horn
Spavinaw
Arthur Irons
Washington, D.C
Northwest
Paratrooper Crosses Snoqualmie Pass After Harsh Ordeal
A sergeant trekking on improvised footwear faced freezing rain and frostbite, moving from a cabin to a distant inn. After emergency frostbite treatment at Madigan General Hospital near Ft. Lewis, he awaited word on family relocation to the base. He was 40 miles from Seattle and three children at home.
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Snoqualmie Pass
Madigan General Hospital
Ft. Lewis
Seattle
Algeria braces as Soustelle requests faster troop move
Algeria faced heavy violence as Jacques Soustelle urged accelerating troop reinforcements. Estimates range from 170000 to 200000 troops already deployed to quell violence while extremists threaten civil servants and civilian life during the holiday season.
Death of Mrs Frank Ihly in Dickinson North Dakota
Services will be held for Mrs. Frank Ihly 61 at Dickinson North Dakota. She died Tuesday after a seven week illness. She was the mother of Mrs Earl Miller secretary to Col Charles W Stratton at the Artillery and Guided Missile Center. Mrs Miller will return next week to her home at 2106 Oak.
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Frank Ihly
Dickinson
N. Dak
Earl Miller
Charles W. Stratton
Artillery and Guided Missile Center
Hospital News Items Brief Admits and Births
Hospital notes list multiple admissions and discharges across towns. Mrs Sue Blake and others admitted for medical or surgical care. births noted for several families including a daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. Bill Edg nom in Cyril. Dismissals include patients and newborns from Fort Sill Indian School and local addresses.
City Boy Speaks At Texas Kiwanis Club Luncheon
Lawton high school senior Jerry Brammer, International Key Club secretary, was principal speaker at the West Side Fort Worth Kiwanis luncheon. He discussed the Key Club program and its advantages, accompanied by his father T. P. Brammer and Kiwanis club members Lloyd Jacks and J Olen Conner from Lawton Downtown Kiwanis, and district governor Jim Walker attended.
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Jerry Brammer
Lawton High School
West Side
Fort Worth
Tex
Kiwanis Club
Brammer
Kiwanis
Jim Walker
T. P. Brammer
Lloyd Jacks
J. Olen Conner
Wl Lawton Downtown Kiwanis Club
Mars polar caps may be hoarfrost inches thick
Astronomers from the National Geographic Society say the white polar caps on Mars are likely hoarfrost only a few inches thick due to extreme scarcity of water, reshaping views of the planet’s climate and surface.
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Mars
National Geographic Society
Turkey Thawing Times for Christmas Dinner
Mrs. Clara J. Kelley warns home cooks that thawing a frozen holiday turkey takes two to four days in a refrigerator or four to six hours in cold water, depending on size. She covers thawing methods, stuffing timing, oven temperature at 325 degrees, and doneness indicators for various bird weights.
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Clara J. Kelley
Turkey carving an easy job if you follow this procedure
Mrs. Clara J. Kelley home demonstration agent explains the side style method and, using a sharp knife and two-tined fork, guides how to carve a Thanksgiving turkey. Steps cover wing tip removal, drumstick disjointing, thigh bone release, oyster removal, white meat slicing, and stuffing separation for serving.
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Turkey
Clara J. Kelley
Army weighing move of artillery center to expand Fort Sill range
Gen Key told an Oklahoma City group the Army may shift its artillery and missile programs to Fort Sill with land from a refuge needed for expanded range. Senators Kerr Monroney and Rep Wickersham led urging action while Interior blocked transfer of about 10 700 acres. Fort Sill described as a major state job and payroll source.
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Key
Fort Sill
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Robert S. Kerr
Mike Monroney
Victor Wickersham
Gen. Key
Congress
Department of Interior
Frontiers of Science Foundation
Army
Tom Steed
Lawton’s
Ex‑GIs in Peiping study Chinese history at People's University
Former POWs recount hunger in Detroit and breadlines, Fortune cites Marxist ideas solving basic problems. Several ex-GIs in China are studying Chinese and world history at Peiping’s People's University. Names include Harold H. Webb, Morris R. Wills, Richard G. Corden, William C. White, and others. some have returned home, work at a Tsinan paper factory, or hold lathe operator positions.
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People’s University
Peiping
Harold H. Webb
Fort Pierce
Fla
Morris R. Wills
Fort Ann
N.Y
Richard G. Corden
East Providence
R.I
William C. White
Plummerville
Ark
China
Tsinan
Lowell D. Skinner
Akron
Ohio
James G. Veneris
Hawthorne
Calif
Aaron P. Wilson
Urania
Arlie H. Pate
Carbondale
Suit Filed Over $500 Injury From Traffic Crash
Martin Shepard filed a $500 damage suit in Superior Court for Lois Shepard a 10 year old injured in a Miss Ap misss accident on November 12 at First and Gore Louis Chester Glass named as defendant in the action seeking compensation for injuries sustained in the traffic collision.
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Superior Court
Martin Shepard
Lois Shepard
W Wo
Louis Chester Glass
First
Gore
Bike Lock Advised to Prevent School Bike Theft
Capt Otis Waldron of the detective force urged Lawton parents to gift bike locks to children with bicycles. He noted rising thefts, especially from Junior high students, but said most stolen bikes are used for transportation and later abandoned, with many recovered. no evidence of a theft ring or bikes being stripped for resale.
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Lawton
Otis Waldron
Waldron
Flooded valleys hit as Eel River swells after dam failure
Floods swept northern California and southern Oregon after Redwood Valley Dam overflowed. The Eel River valley flooded entire communities including Pepperwood Elinor and Weott. Evacuations planned by helicopter and boat while rail and road travel halted. California declared a state of emergency and relief efforts mobilized with Red Cross, Civil Defense, and National Guard units.
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Pepperwood
Elinor
Weatt
Civil Defense
Siskiyou County
Sierra
Sacramento River
Lake Shasta
Oregon
Southern Pacific
San Francisco
Portland
California
Goodwin Knight
Humboldt
Red Cross
National Guard
Funeral services for Anna Shanda at Blessed Sacrament in Oakland
Funeral rites for Mrs. Anna Shanda 67 of Oakland Calif were held at 10 am in the Church of the Blessed Sacrament with Rt Rev Msgr Ben Hulshof officiating Burial followed at Highland Cemetery with Lawton Funeral home in charge She died at home Tuesday morning Survived by son John Shanda Hot Springs Ark three brothers Charlie Picek Henry Picek and Stanley Picek and two grandchildren Bearers named Fred Togel Ed Havlick Frank Havlick Louis Bzneska Tom Murphy and Henry Nebeling
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Anna Shanda
Oakland
Calif
Church of the Blessed Sacrament
Ben Hulshof
Highland Cemetery
Lawton Funeral Home
Shanda
Hot Springs
Ark
Charlie Picek
N. 19Th
Henry Picek
Fort Sill Blvd
Stanley Picek
Indiahoma
Fred Togel
Ed Havlick
Frank Havlick
Louis Bzneska
Tom Murphy
Henry Nebeling
Mrs. Mary Rupp Dies at 84 in Lawton Oklahoma
Mrs. Mary Elizabeth Rupp 84 of 1411 Park died at 6 30 a m after months of illness. Born November 22 1871 in Arkansas she married R J Rupp and moved from Colony to Caddo County then Lawton in 1952. Survived by two daughters Vera Warrington Frances Goff a step daughter Neva Motley four sons Hiram Calumet William 1411 Park Monroe San Jose Henry Bakersville 11 grandchildren 21 great grandchildren. Services 2 30 p m Monday at Eakly Methodist Church burial Eakly Cemetery Lawton Funeral Home in charge.
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Mary Elizabeth Rupp
Park
Arkansas
R. J. Rupp
Oklahoma
Colony
Okla
Caddo County
Rupp
Lawton
Oak Dale Baptist Church
Vera Warrington
Frances Goff
Lubbock
Tex
Neva Motley
Weatherford
Hiram
Calumet
Willliam
Monroe
San Jose
Calif
Henry
Bakersville
Eakly, Okla
Eakly
Lawton Funeral Home
Mrs Sayles Services Held for 79 Year Old Evanston Woman
Mrs. Mary A. Sayles 79 Evanston Illinois died of a heart condition. Services were Monday with burial at Denison Texas. Survivors include daughter Mrs Harold Shore 2211 North 22nd a son Floyd Sayles Parsons Kansas a brother Frank Ruh Cape Girardeau Missouri and a granddaughter. Mr and Mrs Shore returned from Illinois and Texas. Mrs Sayles visited the Shors for three months this past summer.
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Mary A. Sayles
Evanston
Elgin Man Hurt In Road Crash
William James Parker a 20 year old Elgin man suffered head and chest injuries in a traffic crash about a mile south of Elgin on a county road at 8 15 a m. He was taken to Memorial hospital and said he was alone en route to an oil field job with W R Cook. A city collision on Fifth and Washington injured Mrs M S Stanley a 408 Washington as a passenger in a car driven by John Henry Eades 52 of 606 F. The other car was driven north on Fifth by Jerry Clark Yates 16 of 715 E. No drivers were injured.
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William James Parker
Elgin
Parker
Memorial Hospital
W. R. Cook
Fifth
Washington
M. S. Stanley
Jerry Clark Yates
Eades
J. H. Lee
Yule Day Observed With Office Closure and Santa Event
Yule will be observed as a regular holiday with the office closed and no deliveries. Postmaster Bennie Stephens said mail will be received and dispatched. Kids will see Santa at the Elks Lodge annual free movie and Christmas party at the Dome theater, with a 10 a.m. film and Santa handing out goodies bags.
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Bennie Stephens
Santa Claus
Elks Lodge
Dome Theater
Santa
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