Christmas Dinner and Square Dance Social Calendar
Three Link club holds its annual Christmas dinner at 6 30 p m hosted by Mrs Glen C Rading 1209 Summit for members and families with exchanges and Secret Pals to be revealed. Square D Square Dance Club meets at 8 p m at the American Legion hall Seventh and E Ernest Hunter is club caller hosting couples Eddie Hillhouse and Melvin Jennings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Three Link Club
Glen C. Rading
Summit
Square D
American Legion Hall
Ernest Hunter
Messrs
Eddie Hillhouse
Melvin Jennings
Past Matrons Host Holiday Yule Fete by Eastern Star
Past Matrons club members of the Order of Eastern Star held a 7 pm Christmas party at Mrs. Wesley T. Ford home 3316 Baltimore with co hostesses Fannie Boggs William Belcher and Jean Ford. Outgoing president Mrs. James Dale led a brief business session then Mrs. C A Wilverton read The Innkeeper's Neighbor. The group sang carols and collected food for a needy family's basket. Refreshments followed. Guests included Mesdames Jack Allen L W Williamson Melvin Phelps and John Japp plus many members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Order of Eastern Star
Wesley T. Ford
Baltimore
Fannie E. Boggs
William Belcher
Jean Ford
James Dale
C. A. Wilverton
School Faculty Breakfast Honors Principal Dewey Parker
Cleveland elementary school principal Dewey Parker received a gift from the faculty at a holiday breakfast at Kater Inn before classes. The event included a gift exchange and program with faculty members and staff named among attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey Parker
Cleveland
Kater Inn
Joanne Shackelford
Clare Floster
Leona Ikard
Allene Loomis
Bonnie McLinn
Luella Marshall
Evelyn Myers
Eula Thorn
Helen Whitley
Helen Lew
Louie Lewis
R. J. Bradley
Rachel Hallett Takes Job At Berkeley Residence Club
Miss Rachel Mae Hallett daughter of Mr and Mrs Harold W Hallett of Lawton recently moved to the Berkeley Residence club in Boston Massachusetts where she now works The Berkeley Residence club operated by the YWCA is a new residence opened in 1954 for young women and students It sits on the former site of a YWCA residence with about 65 years of history Single rooms are available for 200 permanent guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rachel Mae Hallett
Harold W. Hallett
N. 29Th
Lawton
Berkeley
Boston
Mass
The
YWCA
Holiday Dinner For Sophomores Hosts And Gifts
CHATTANOOGA Special A gift exchange occurred at a dinner hosted by Mr. and Mrs. F L Bartholomew for sophomore class members. Gifts were given to the Bartholomews and Mrs Ed Meece, the class sponsor, by the students. Attendees included Bryant Brady, Larry Bartholomew, Ronnie Creith, Leslie Greb, Juanita Horn, Jackie Jackson, Billy Roy Kinder, Mildred Turner, Kay Wilcoxson and Robby Wright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga
F. L. Bartholomew
Bartholomew
Ed Meece
Bryant Brady
Larry Bartholomew
Ronnie Creith
Leslie Greb
Juanita Horn
Jackie Jackson
Billy Roy Kinder
Mildred Turner
Kay Wilcoxson
Robby Wright
Bennett Family Hosts Christmas Dinner Guests
Christmas dinner guests at the home of Mr and Mrs M H Bennett and daughter Sandra included Mrs Bennett s son in law and daughter Jimmie and Cheryl Wagnon from San AntonioTexas. another daughter Mrs L E Coffer with June and Ty from Duncan. Mr Bennett s brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs Oscar Birden from Cache. Bennett s son R A Bennett Ricky and Sue. and Mrs Bennett s daughter in law Mrs Billy W Newport and her son Billy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. H. Bennett
Sandra
Lee
Bennett
J. D. Wagnon
Jimmie
Cheryl
San Antonio
Tex
L. E. Coffer
June
Duncan
Mr. Bennett
Oscar Birden
Cache
R. A. Bennett
Ricky
Sue
Mrs. Bennett
Billy W. Newport
Billy
Hann Diamond Watch Ad Promotes Benrus Timepieces
An old printer ad promotes B. P. Hann Diamond confidence and integrity, listing Hamilton Elgin and Benrus watches with a contact line at 118 308 S. 4th, presenting itself as successor to Osborn's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Elgin
Benrus
Osborn
John C Dunn Honored After 50 Years Civil Service Duty
John C Dunn, a Lawton native with 50 years in civil service, retires Dec 31 after a career spanning the Army Ordnance Corps, duties at Fort Sill and Ogden Utah. A retirement banquet in Tooele celebrated his service, with Cols Harber and Eichorn recognizing his meritorious work and his wife Vivian Dunlap Keniston attending. He intends to reside in Alabama after retirement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army Ordnance Corps
Alabama
Dunn
Fort Sill
Army
Ordnance Corps
Regular Army
Second Field Artillery
Cuba
Coast Artillery School
Fort Monroe
Fort Wadsworth
N.Y
Philippines
Frankford Arsenal
E.A.C. Baldwin Locomotive Plant
Eddystone
Ordnance Department
Rochester War Salvage Corporation
Raritan Arsenal
Picatinny Ordnance Depot
Curtis Bay
Nansemond
Charleston
Columbia Salvage Corporation
Demolition Company
Fort Bragg
Aberdeen Proving Ground
Fort Benning
Ordnance Ammunitions Command
Joliet
Ill
Ogden Arsenal
Tooele Ordnance Depot
National Field Service
Department of the Army
E. L. Cummings
Ordnance
William V. Harber
Ordnance Ammunition Command
Joliet, Ill
Chickasha
Frederic N. Eichorn
Tooéle Ordnance Depot
Area Guild Has Holiday Party
Chattanooga special reports Mrs. A. A. Schumpert gave the Christmas message at a Chattanooga Presbyterian guild meeting. Recorded carols provided background music as gifts were distributed from a decorated tree. Guests included Mrs. Elsie Adkisson and several named members. Agnes Koons of Topeka, Kansas, spent Christmas Day with Mr. and Mrs. Perman Henderson at 1403 Taft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga
A. A. Schumpert
Chattanooga Presbyterian Guild
Elsie Adkisson
Frederick
Aubrey Patton
Walter Crow
Henry Payne
G. H. Schumpert
J.C. Crow
Harold Creith
G. E. Kerr
Gus Labude
A. S. Patton
Woodiw Patton
Gordon Hagar
Leston Patton
Perman Henderson
Taft
Agnes Koons
Topeka
Kans
Progressive Fete for Juniors Ends With Gift Exchange
Moving pictures of the class were shown and a progressive dinner for junior class members concluded at the home of class parents Mr and Mrs George Goodknight. Other courses were served in the homes of class sponsors Mr and Mrs Jim Morrison near Faxon and Mr and Mrs Ferrel Harvey west of town. Attending were Judy Capshaw Patsy Dooley Karen Harvey Eleanor Strecker Billy Beavers Wesley Carson Kenneth Couch Johnny Goodknight Henry Harris D W Hudderston Robert Sarah Bob Regan Richard Roberts Butch Watts and Lee Woods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga
George Goodknight
Jim Morrison
Faxon
Ferrel Harvey
West of Town
Judy Capshaw
Patsy Dooley
Karen Harvey
Eleanor Strecker
Billy Beavers
Wesley Carson
Kenneth Couch
Johnny Goodknight
Henry Harris
D. W. Hudderston
Robert Sarah
Bob Regan
Richard Roberts
Butch Watts
Lee Woods
Local holiday visits include Ensleys and Ridgeway
Mr and Mrs Bob Ensley of Niceville Florida visit Grace Kennard and A L Johnson in the family homes totaling 709 Summit and 507 Bell Jan 1 upcoming. J B Ridgeway stationed at Fort Bliss El Paso Texas is a holiday guest and will return about Jan 1. Jeannine Roper freshman at University of Oklahoma Norman visits her parents 316 Ferris as a Gamma Phi Beta pledge. Ben Hoyt and son Roger stay with her parents 1103 Laird in Chattanooga after Christmas day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Ensley
Niceville
Fla
Grace Kennard
Summit
A. L. Johnson
Bell
J. B. Ridgeway
Fort Bliss
el Paso
Tex
Raymond Thomison
Thomison
Gore
Jeannine Roper
University of Oklahoma
Norman
C. E. Roper
Ferris
Ben Hoyt
Roger
Laird
W. C. Crook
Chattanooga
Christmas Guests Visit Households of Local Residents
In Ardmore and surrounding areas, Christmas guests visited residents including Dr and Mrs H Tom Wiles at 1124 Elm with son-in Wyatt Needham and children Martha Fae David Mary Sue Paul and Paula Beth. John Keathley hosted relatives Col ret L B Worth and Mrs Ira Hart and Johnny Anadarko. William E Smith and son Michael left Rolla Mo after a holiday visit with Alford Hudson 2334 Tulane. Jewett Huff hosted Gene Huff Fort Sill Bob Huff and children Robin Harriet Harley and J L McConkey Patsy Sayre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Tom Wiles
Elm
Wyatt Needham
Martha Fae
David
Mary Sue
Paul
Paula Beth
Ardmore
Needham
Ardmore First Baptist Church
John Keathley
Col
Ret
L. B. Worth
Denver
Colo
Ira D. Hart
Johnny
Anadarko
William E. Smith
Michael
Rolla, Mo
Alford Hudson
Tulane
Jewett Huff
1925
Oak
Gene Huff
Fort Sill
Mr. Huff
Bob Huff
Robin
Harriet
Harley
Lubbock
Tex
J. L. McConkey
Patsy
Sayre
Hughes Family Christmas Visit Recalls Local Gatherings
Visiting at the home of Mr and Mrs Hal Hughes at 2110 Columbia are grandsons Robert Hal and Jeffery Allen Burnham Norman. Mr and Mrs Herman Hughes at 3798 Kinyon spent Christmas with the Shope family Ada returns through Chickasha to visit mother Mrs L O Baker. The Hugheses and son Doug of 1806 Lawton will travel Thursday to Woodward to visit brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs Ben Knight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Hughes
Columbia
Robert Hal and
Jeffery Allen Burnham
Norman
Herman Hughes
Kinyon
Bill Shope
Ada
Chickasha
L. O. Baker
Paul Hughes
Doug
Lawton
Woodward
Inlaw
Ben Knight
Hunters Plan Week Visit to Glasco Kansas
Planning to leave Sunday for Glasco Kansas are Captain and Mrs John C Hunter and children Nancy Bobby and Becky of 24 N 25th for a weeklong visit with her mother Mrs Edna McGaughey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glasco, Kans
John C. Hunter
Nancy
Bobby
Becky
N. 25Th
Edna McGaughey
Visitors depart from Hurt home in Aransas Pass group
Leaving today after a visit in the home of Mr and Mrs Frank B Hurt at 1902 Oak were their son in Barney Sanders and their children Sharon and Steve of Aransas Pass Texas Mrs Hurt s sister Mrs Stu art Bayles and children Ronnie and Julia Ann of Oklahoma City and her sister Mrs Wiley Hearn of Durant Mrs Julia Davis Mrs Hurt s mother who has been a guest will stay longer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank B. Hurt
Oak
Barney Sanders
Sharon
Steve
Aransas Pass
Tex
Hurt
Stuart Bayles
Ronnie
Julia Ann
Oklahoma City
Wiley Hearn
Durant
Julia Davis
Christmas Reunion Breaks 19 Year Family Gap
G. D. Hunsucker of 1412 Bessie shares Christmas with sister and brother-in-law Mr. and Mrs. McHenry Hargus of El Paso Texas marking the first such gathering in 19 years outside the immediate family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. D. Hunsucker
Bessie
McHenry Hargus
el Paso
Tex
Wonders of Feed Sack Craft Steady Fashion Reforms Flour sacks spark inventive sewing
The article profiles a state fair sewing contest where cotton feed sacks yield diverse items from quilts to curtains. Winners Mrs. Norman MacNeil and Mrs. Julius Jones showcase hand quilting, dyeing, and careful patterning, turning 100 lb sacks into decorative household pieces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Norman MacNeil
Midvale
Utah
Julius Jones
Woods County
Okla
MacNeil
Jones
Osnaburg
Wood County
Oklahoma
Relatives Visit in Garner Home
Holiday guests in the home of Mr and Mrs Conway Garner at 1516 Dearborn included their son and daughter in law Mr and Mrs Conway Garner Jr of Kansas City Kansas and their son in law and daughter Capt and Mrs Dale Davis Fort Smith Arkansas Capt and Mrs Davis left Sunday for Chicago where he will attend a subsistence technology course before going overseas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conway Garner
Dearborn
Conway Garner, Jr
Kansas City
Kans
Dale Davis
Fort Smith
Ark
Death Demanded For Iranian Rebel Leader
Tehran, Iran: Gen Hussein Azemadeh, chief army prosecutor, called for the death penalty for Naval Safavi leader of the Fedayan Islam and seven others accused of plotting to overthrow the government. Zulghadr, a society member, tried to kill Premier Hussein Ala in a Tehran mosque. Safavi allegedly instructed Zulghadr to assassinate Ala while others face charges of plotting against the monarchy and encouraging arming the people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tehran
Iran
Hussein Azemadeh
Naval Safavi
Fedayan Islam
Crusaders For Islam
Muzzafar Ali Zulghadr
Hussein Ala
Safavi
Zulghadr
Ala
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi
Noted writer Robert Garland dies at 60 in New York
Robert Garland, 60, playwright and drama critic, died after a stroke in New York. He served as drama critic for the New York Journal-American 1943 to 1951 and previously for the World-Telegram and other Hearst papers. Garland, a Baltimore native, served as an Army lieutenant in World War I and was married to actress Queenie Smith before their 1937 divorce. Funeral services were being arranged in Baltimore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lone Star Ordnance Plant
Texarkana
Tex
Ordnance Corps
Secretary of War
Washington, D.C
Chicago
Army and Navy Explosives Board
United States
New York
Robert Garland
Baltimore
New York Journal-American
Old New York World - Telegram
Old
New York American
Garland
Hearst
Scripps-Howard
Old Baltimore American
Old Baltimore Daily Post
U. S. Army
Siberia
Queenie Smith
Violence at Westinghouse strike flares in Sharon PA
Pittsburgh Associated Press reports renewed violence amid a 72 day Westinghouse Electric strike as 200 non strikers confront 44 000 IVE and 11 000 UE members at Sharon plant. Police disperse crowd. two marchers treated for injuries amid stalled talks mediated by John R Murray.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Sharon, Pa
International Union of Electrical Workers
United Electrical Workers
Sharon
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Jack E. Allen
L. W. Williamson
Melvin Phelps
John Japp
J. R. Burton
Milton Capshaw
C. C. Clothier
Fae Cottingham
C. P. Crandall
Hub Crawford
Roland Croft
C. W. Detty
Carl Froneberger
Glen Fuqua
C. W. George
C. T. Magill
Riley Park
R. L. Robins
John Seaman
Anne Wear Smith
William Weaver
Rachel Hallett
B. P. Hann
Morford Hills
Cali
J. A. Pannell
John C. Dunn
Area Guild
Fairmont’s
U.S.P
Testes Rs Company
Rtes
Realtors
Harry
WIEST
S 33
Johnson’s
Johnson’s Farm
Garner
Eugene
L. Bowman
Olsen-Stelzer
Tregos
H-Bar-C
Lawton Boot & Western
Glenn Fuqua
Origin Fog Service Company
C Avenue
Westinghouse
John R. Murray
U. Pat
Southwestern Radio & Sound
4Th & E
Installia
Everett Thompson Plumbing
D Avenue
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