Awards Given To Cub Scouts Pack 81 At John Adams School
Cub Pack No. 81 at John Adams school received WolfBear Arrow Point and Lion badges with multiple den coverings. Awards list names L E Bender Calvin Wesley Helly David Parr Joan Schow Mike Thompson Theodore Key and others with Bear and Denner stripes and service stars for Anglophone members led by J P Duncan in W Norris absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Adams School
J. P. Duncan
W. L. Norris
den No. 1
John Bleathman
den No. 11
Howard Kemper
L. E. Bender
Calvin Wesley Helly
David Parr
Joan Schow
Mike Thompson
Ricky Harmon
Calvin Wesley Holly
Carl Schow
Dennis Day
James Roop
John Schow
Bill Goodier
David Bleathman
John Harmon
Eric Poindexter
Carl Sc
Letter From FDR Reaches Ike On Colin Kelly Cadet Hope
Roosevelt wrote a wartime appeal for Colin P Kelly III to enter West Point. The 15 year old, son of the first U S war hero Colin P Kelly Jr, lives in Concordville Pennsylvania and attends Westtown Friends School. Officials say he may apply after reaching 17, with Eisenhower approving the inquiry. The family asks for privacy and says Corky wants to attend West Point and has considered no other path.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
United States
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Colin P. Kelly
United States Military Academy
West Point
Kelly
Colin P. Kelly Jr
Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Colin III
Concordville
Philadelphia
J. Watson Pedlow
Westtown Friends School
White House
Eisenhower
Roosevelt
National Archives
National Archivist
Wayne Grover
Colin
Corky
Mrs. Cummins Named To National Advisory Board
Mrs. Margaret Cummins, local postmaster, has been appointed to the advisory board of the executive committee of the National Association of Postmasters representing Oklahoma. She previously served on the executive committee and was named by president John Fixa of San Francisco California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga
Margaret Cummins
National Association of Postmasters
Oklahoma
Cummins
John Fixa
San Francisco
Calif
Chattanooga 4-H Club to Meet February 10
Chat tanooga 4 H club will meet at 9 a.m. February 10 with Miss Betty Brannon assistant home demonstration agent and Arlen Johnson assistant county agent noting the schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga
Betty Brannon
Arlen Johnson
OU Accepting Scholarship Applications
Norman February 2 University of Oklahoma invites high school seniors to apply for numerous scholarships covering general fees for the fall term. Scholarships include OU and Alumni Development Fund awards plus LaVerne Noyes for WWI veteran descendants and limited McMahon journalism scholarships. Deadline March 15. over $13,000 from the Dad’s and Mother’s Associations allocated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman
Worthy
University of Oklahoma
Glenn C. Couch
University College
Couch
University of Okahoma
OU Alumni Development Fund
LaVerne Noyes
Veteran Fort Sil Employe Retires
Joel B. Sanders receives a 35 year certificate of service at a retirement ceremony in the Post Electrical shop. Lt. Col. C. F. Roberts Jr. presents the award to Sanders of 703 Euclid as about 20 colleagues and guests attend. gifts include perfume, roses, fishing tackle and a fixit kit. Sanders began as a civil service electrician in 1921, became Electrician Foreman in 1941, retired from the force in 1952, with a brief disabilty-related break in 1945 and a 1946 reinstatement. He belongs to the Masonic lodge and Centenary Methodist Church in Lawton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joel B. Sanders
Sanders
Euclid
C. F. Roberts Jr
Post Electrical
Sander
Post Engineer
Civil Service
Masonic Lodge
Centenary Methodist Church
Lawton
Gordon MacRae Sued For Traffic Injury Damages
Los Angeles singer Gordon MacRae is named in a federal suit seeking 125000 dollars in damages after a December 1 North Hollywood collision. Plaintiff Marion Dunn says his car struck another vehicle causing a chain impact to her car while she was injured. she alleges MacRae was drunk. Police records show a prior December misdemeanor drunk driving conviction and a 300 dollar fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Gordon Macrae
Marion Dunn
Film Studio
Macrae
Dunn
North Hollywood
Macree
Army Orders Move officers among Forts and overseas posts
Army orders authorize numerous officer transfers and assignments across Forts Bliss, Sill, Carson, Riley, Montery, Presidio, DC, and overseas posts. Several promotions and designations noted, including Jamie L. Taylor Jr. to first lieutenant and Major Ingram as Senior Army Aviator. Some retirements and temporary disability listings also appear.
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Raymond P. Johnson
Washington, DC
Leghorn
Italy
Sill
James M. Lowerre
Grand Island
Paul D. Fleming Jr
Bliss
Milwaukee
Wis
Leland V. Hamlin
Stewart
Presidio of
Monterey
John J. Hammonds
Carson
Ralph E. Moore
Hancock
Andrew E. Morin
Ceaser A. Walker
Ft Bliss
Ft Banks
Ben L. Walton
Ft Devens
Ft Carson
Frederick J. L. Burbach
548Th
Ft Sill
Presidio of Monterey
Carl L. Carpenter
Armd
Robert D. Dahlem
Stu
AAA
GM Sch
Raymond Day
Paul J. Fromme
Philadelphia
George P. Furlong
Flint Hill Farms
Sta
Warenton
Erice E. Hubble
Lawrence E. May
Ft Hancock
Robert M. New
Ft Dix
John V. Lanterman
Norfolk
Wellington
Zealand
James E. Ingram
Everett L. Alvey
Silver Spring
Thule
Greenland
James A. Ross
AIC
Ft Holabird
45Th MI Co
Ft Ho
Palo Alto
Calif
James A. Brown
San Francisco
Army
Richard B. Barnett
Fellowship Set Up For OU Chemical Engineering School
A $10,000 fellowship program has been established in the University of Oklahoma chemical engineering school by the William A. and Elizabeth B. Moncrief Foundation of Fort Worth. The gift will fund a $2,500 annual fellowship for four years, said Dr. C. M. Shepcevich, head of the department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman
University of Oklahoma School For Chemical Engineering
William A
Elizabeth B. Moncrief
Fort Worth
Moncrief
C. M. Shepcevich
Chemical Engineering
Fire Destroys Home in INDIAHOMA Special
A two room house owned by Mrs. Martha Tenequer burned to the ground while she was away. The entire structure and contents were destroyed and the cause was undetermined. The Tenequer children were at school at the time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Tenequer
Tenequer
Truckers Back Pay As You Go Highway Plan
Tulsa address by A M C of Oklahoma official says the American Trucking Association will back the Democratic pay as you go highway plan worth 53 billion dollars. He credits industry lobbyists for defeating Eisenhower era highway proposals that would have taxed truck owners heavily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Okla
Fisher Muldrow
Associated Motor Carriers of Oklahoma, Inc
American Trucking Association
Sertoma Club of
Eisenhower
Funeral Rites for B. R. Ellis
B R Ellis 56 of Caddo died after an extended illness. Services pending. He was a retired rancher. Survived by daughters Mrs Walters Mrs Doris Mayhue and Patricia Ellis and Mrs Norma Coker and son Bruce Ellis. Mrs Walters and family left for Caddo after noon Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. R. Ellis
Caddo
George Walters
French Vets Blast Cold American GIs at Tomb of Unknown Soldier
French veterans criticized three American soldiers who warmed their hands at the Eternal Flame beneath the Arc de Triomphe. A letter to France Soir sparked the controversy, with a veteran urging short lectures for foreign troops before Paris visits. Guards removed the GIs after the incident occurred about three weeks earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
France Soir
Paris
Lawton
Jane Powell
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Cub
FDR
Colin Kelly
Ike
Fort Sil Employe
Department of Army
Washington, D.C
Cart James H. Lesler
Ft Belvoir
Ft Rucker
Ist
Donald W. Cameron
Thomas F. Monahan
Hugh F. Orr Jr
Malcolm P. Wollard
Robert E. Bond
Stueet Aaa
Thomas L. Alexander Jr
Ft Riley
OU Chemical Engineering School
Lawson
Lith & F
Wat’l. Plumbing
Hardy Sages Music Co
the Record Shop
Santa Monica
Pat Nerney
Miss Powell
Geary
Suzanne
Geary Steffan
Nerney
Mona
Mona Freeman
New York
N. Y
Chicago
Twin Trees
SEARS
Allstate
Sears, Roebuck and CO
Lth
Gore
Lawton, Oklahoma
Dinette
Sprague’s
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