Funeral services for Billye L. McCollum
Funeral services for Billye L. McCollum will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the First Baptist Church West with Rev. Wilford Wisel and Rev. Laverne Laing officiating. Burial follows in Sunset Memorial Gardens under Greenlawn Funeral Home direction. She died Wednesday in a local hospital after a lengthy illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billye L. McCollum
First Baptist Church West
Wilford Wisel
Laverne Laing
Trinity Baptist Church
Brownfield
Tex
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Greenlawn Funeral Home
Ott Will Address Boy Scout Group
The Annual Recognition Dinner of the 1 county Black Beaver Boy Scout Council will be at 7 p.m. today at the Caisson Recreation Center Fort Sill. Four Silver Beaver awards will be presented to volunteer scouters for distinguished service to youths. Maj. Gen. David E. Ott Fort Sill commanding general will speak. Col. Jon Porter leads arrangements with Mrs. Robert P. Dennis council chairlady Bob Brown council president Jack Carter master of ceremonies and Dr. Robert P. Dennis ceremonies chairman.
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Black Beaver Boy Scout Council
Caisson Recreation Center
Fort Sill
David E. Ott
Ott
Col
Jon Porter
Robert P. Dennis
Bob Brown
Duncan
Jack Carter
Lives Remembered Across America And Europe
World attention turns to notable deaths including Anna Louis Alberger Clapp founder of a baby food business who died at 83 in Sarasota Florida. Houston’s Jack English aged 110, a man who retired before Social Security was enacted, dies. Dayton professor emeritus Brother John George Geisler dies at 90 after a long teaching career shaping clergy. London’s Alastair Buchan former Observer Washington correspondent and founder of the International Institute for Strategic Studies dies at 57.
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Sarasota, Fla
Anna Louis Alberger Clapp
Houston
Jack English
Congress
Dayton, Ohio
John George Geisler
University of Dayton
London
Alastair Buchan
Washington
the Observer
International Institute For Strategic Studies
Lawton Doctor O L Parsons Honored For Scouting Work
Lawton physician Dr O L Parsons receives a proclamation naming today Dr O L Parsons Day in conjunction with Boy Scout Month. Parsons has 57 years of service to scouting and 40 years with Southwestern Clinic Hospital, plus notable regional and national roles.
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O. L. Parsons
Lawton
Parsons
Wayne Gilley
Southwestern Clinic Hospital
Boy Scouts of America
Scouts
Black Beaver Council
National Council
University of Oklahoma School of Medicine
Dorothy
Korea
American College of Obstetricians
Estimated 1974 losses from shoplifting and crime reach 20 billion
The article cites a total estimated loss of 20 billion dollars in 1974 due to shoplifting bad checks robbery and vandalism across businesses. It notes the scale of crime impact on commerce and potential economic consequences.
Manry Sails Atlantic Solo in Tiny Tinkerbelle
Robert Manry captained the small craft Tinkerbelle in a nonstop Atlantic crossing. He departed Falmouth Massachusetts on May 31 1965 and landed at Falmouth England on August 17 1965.
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Robert Manry
Manry
Falmouth
Mass
England
Bicentennial Committee Seeks Painting Probe and Wagon Train Support
Members of the Chamber of Commerce Bicentennial Committee select Alan Day to study fire plug paintings in the Minute Men style. They favor Chamber backing for the bicentennial wagon train arriving February 13 and review Lawton history plans due July 4.
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Chamber of Commerce
Alan Day
Chamber Board of Directors
K. A. McClure
Lawton
Henry Zwaan
Great Plains
Great Plains Museum
Sirens Triggered by Power Line Interference
Two storm warning sirens were inadvertently activated this morning due to power line interference. The Comanche County Courthouse and the McKinney and Lith Street sites reported the false alarms as city electronics engineer Trois Helvy investigated the incident.
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Trois Helvy
Comanche County
McKinney and
Lith
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Boy Scout
Anna Clapp
John Geisler
DR. 0. L. Parsons
Randy
Lee Bivd
Hong Kong
Mexico
Piler
Cache Road
Toyota
Federal Energy Administration
Paul Davis
Great Plains Country
Davis
Oklahoma City
Washington, D.C
Great Plains County
Oklahoma
Mens Coats
Mazda
EPA
California
Crazee Savings
Mens
Bank Americard
Safeway
Lee Blvd
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