Lawton social calendar colorful week of meetings
Tuesday events include Lawton high school vocational home making program at Emerson school auditorium led by Marlin Keathley, and numerous church and club gatherings. Wednesday through Saturday feature PTA study groups, square dances, luncheons, cultural clubs, and service group meetings with hosted coordinators and hostesses across Lawton venues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taft Parent-Teacher Association
Square D
American Legion Hall
Glen Fuque
Stanley Tyrone
Ernest Hunter
Kloster Powell
W. F. Griswold
Bell
Shasta Daisy Club
Leonard Rainey
McKinley
Wesley Chapel Methodist Woman’s Society of Christian Service
Perry Runyan
Lawton
Ready To
Home Demonstration Club
Safety Officers Named By Group
Four new safety officers were elected at the January ladies night and safety meeting of Larrance Tank corporation employees held at the plant. F. D. Stafford, Elmer Grooms, Clarence Grooms and Tom Leonhardt take over duties, replacing Jessie Jones, Vernon Lancaster and Ollias Adams. Hosts John Ford, Noble Fields and Jack Mason served cakes, coffee and Cokes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Larrance Tank Corporation
East B
F. D. Stafford
Elmer Grooms
Clarence Grooms
Tom Leonhardt
Jessie Jones
Vernon Lancaster
Oiias Adams
John Ford
Noble Fields
Jack Mason
Mrs A A Burton Hosts Fujii Club Meeting
Mrs. A A Burton honorary president recounted a snow storm she faced as a 10 year old while hosting Fujii club at her home 1601 Irwin. Mrs. M E Moore president led a business session scheduling Friday March 2 at secretary Mrs D R Davis 1434 Snow Road Artillery Village with refreshments for several members including D Gerald on C R Martinez and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. A. Burton
Fujii Club
Irwin
M. E. Moore
D. R. Davis
Snow Road
Artillery Village
D. Geraldon
C. R. Martinez
Leo T. G. W. Stewart
Leo Thorne
H. D. Williams
Tickets Available For Benefit Bridge At Lawton Bank Building
Tickets for a benefit bridge event sponsored by the Recent Graduate group Lawton branch may be purchased at the door for 50 cents. The 7 30 p m gathering is open to men and women in the civic room of the Security Bank and Trust company building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
American Association of University Women
Security Bank & Trust Company
United Press Employs Over Ten Thousand Staff Members
United Press operates with more than 10,000 editors reporters correspondents photographers and telegraphers across its news gathering network.
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United Press
Public Invited To Free Meat Counter Class
A free class titled When it's your turn at the meat counter will be held tonight at Emerson elementary school auditorium. Lawton high school vocational homemaking department sponsors the event and Marlin Keathley will conduct a 7:30 p.m. demonstration on cutting a beef carcass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton High School Vocational Homemaking Department
Emerson School
Marlin Keathley
First Presbyterian Women’s Organization
Ross H. Porter
Fort Sill Blvd
Kappa Kappa Lota
Will Rogers
D. A. Givens
Wesley Reagan
First Christian Young Matrons
Paul Baty
A. D. Poythress
RCA Wives Club
Beal Heights Presbyterian Women of the Church
Emerson Elementary School
Rebekahs Install Two New Officers at Lodge Meeting
Lawton Rebekah lodge No. 87 met in reg ular session at the IOOF hall. Mrs. Willie Shrum was installed as outside guardian and Mrs. Walter Franklin as left supporter to the past noble grand. Mrs. Jack Wheeler served as installing officer with Mrs. John Brooks assisting. A carnival for Theta Rho Girls club and Junior Oddfellows was announced for Wednesday night at the IOOF hall, with members asked to bring white elephants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie Shrum
Walter Franklin
Noble Grand
Lawton Rebekah Lodge No. 87
IOOF
Jack Wheeler
John Brooks
Edgar Peak
Ira Mae McClanahan
Ira Mae McClanahan, Vice Grand. Under the Good-Of-The-Order, Mesdames
Carl Wheatley
McClanahan
Jeff Wheatley
Alton Cox
Theta Rho Girls Club
Wickersham Opposes Cotton Parity Cut Studied
Washington reports Rep. Victor Wickersham says a House Agriculture Committee proposal to cut the cotton parity price by three cents and switch price support basis would harm producers in Oklahoma and Texas. He warns the change could cost $15 to $25 per bale plus potential losses from the current sliding scale program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Agriculture Committee
Victor Wickersham
D-Okla
Texas
Oklahoma
Wickersham
Cityans Attend Altus Chamber Banquet
R. E. Glenn chamber president and Milton Keating secretary represented the Lawton Chamber at Altus Chamber of Commerce 47th annual banquet. Mrs Glenn and Mrs Keating were guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. E. Glenn
Chamber of Commerce
Milton Keating
Lawton Chamber
Altus Chamber of Commerce
Glenn
Keating
Founders Day Dramatic Observance by PTA Group
A dramatization of Youth Takes a Hand by Mrs. George S Bridges was presented by students from her School of Speech and Drama during the Monday afternoon B C Swinney PTA meeting in the school auditorium. About 80 people attended with a silver tea following the program and room counts awarded to Mrs Irene Harris and Mrs Ivon Hoyt classrooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George S. Bridges
School of Speech and Drama
B. C
Clarence Gurtler
Cameron College
Glenda Atkinson
Sherry Cassius
Bill Fargo
Barbara Frank
David Gilley
Georgia Mattison
Eldon Crosson
Richard Frank
Jack Carter
Marion Corneil
Mesdames C. E. Cassius
Robert Dennis
Jay Dee Fountain
Dennis
Mesdames Cassius
Donald Conner
Alvin Ogilbee
Irene Harris
Ivon Hoyt
Three Of Family Injured In Wreck
POTEAU Oklahoma reporting three members of the Raymond Venna Adams family were in critical condition after a pickup truck was struck by a Frisco train at a Kansas City Southern crossing. The crash hurled the vehicle 78 feet. Adams, 26, and his two children Connie Lou, 2, and Jamie Wayne, 4, were injured with critical conditions. Mrs Adams escaped unharmed.
Ex-Con Gets 10 Years For Robbery
Garland Hair, an ex-convict from Ada and Sulphur, pleaded guilty in district court to armed robbery and was sentenced to 10 years in prison. He was identified as the gun man in a December beer truck robbery near Tecumseh lasting $967, with Harlie Richardson of Ada pleading guilty as an accessory and later sent to McAlester penitentiary on revocation of a five year burglary sentence.Hair also carries a four year sentence on a charge of receiving stolen property under appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shawnee, Okla
Garland Hair
Ada
Sulphur
Harlie Richardson
McAlester
Hair
Drivers Urged To Stock Up Food and Water
Detroit text quotes Dr. Stafford L. Warren urging every motorist to carry a week’s supply of food and water in case of attack. The UCLA dean and former Manhattan Project medical chief cites groceries, water, tools, blankets, and a canvas sheet as essential car shelter, evacuation aid, and safety asset against nuclear bombs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Stafford L. Warren
University of California At Los Angeles
Manhattan
U. S
Warren
Wayne County Medical Society
Convention Plans For 1956 And 1957 In Lawton
The chamber of commerce convention committee outlined plans for 1956 conventions and two on tap for 1957. About 2,500 plastic covered brushes imprinted with Compliments Convention City Lawton Okla will be included in convention packets. Attending included Emmett L. Keough chair Capt Robert E. Kren Fort Sill PIO C R Holley Hotel Lawtonian manager John L Burns Doug Fife and Mrs Henry F Howell with Dr Frank Austin and William C Love absent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce Convention Committee
Lawton
Henry F. Howell
Chamber
Convention City
Chamber of Commerce
Oklo
Emmett L. Keough
Robert E. Kren
Fort Sill
C. R. Holley
Hotel Lawtonian
John L. Burns
Doug Fife
Howell
Frank Austin
William C. Love
Hungary Rejects U S Protest Note
Hungary rejects the United States protest note accusing the Communist government of persecuting nationals employed by the U S delegation and curtailing press freedom. Radio Budapest said the Hungarian ambassador in Washington was instructed to return the note. It cited sentences against Endre Marton and his wife Ilona. The U S note said travel bans on U S citizens in Hungary would be reinstituted and new restrictions on Hungarian diplomats in the United States would follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Austria
Hungary
Foreign Ministry
U. S
Legation
Radio Budapest
Washington
Endre Marton
Associated Press
Budapest
Ilona
United Press
United States
Hal Boyle Champions Mencken as Great Questioner of Life
Hal Boyle argues H L Mencken deserves lasting literary status beyond mockery. He cites Mencken’s defiant immortality stance, his role transforming American language, and his zest for life. Boyle praises Mencken as a humane, generous mentor who attacked pretension and defended liberty, ending with a whimsical epitaph quote.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonathan Swift
Voltaire
Samuel Butler
Thomas Hardy
Mark Twain
George Berard Shaw
Swift
Shaw
Mencken
Menchen
Tax Collections Up Oklahoma City January Rally
The Tax Commission reports January collections up 3 percent from the same month in 1955. Total receipts reached $25,531,305, an increase of over $750,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Tax Commission
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Alice Aurell
Dearborn
South Central Dental Assistants Association
Old South
BPO
Elks Lodge
Oklahoma State Nurses Association
Comanche County Memorial Hospital
C. E. Cameron
Busy Bee Club of
Rebekah Lodge No
Floyd Miller
Stephen’s Arts & Crafts
Sherian Road
Woman's Auxiliary
Veterans of Foreign Wars
VFW
Roseland Home Demonstration Club
J. E. Dove
Lawton Book & Play Review Club
McMahon Foundation
Lawtonian
F. E. Weller
Adjutant General Women’s Group of Artillery & Guided Missile Center
Little Mexico
Cache Road
Dewey Callahan
Post Children’s School Parent- Teacher Association
Alice Sowers
Fam
Ily Life Institute
University of Oklahoma
Norman
Girl Scout Leaders Club
Centenary Methodist Church
Quest Club
Byron Aycock
Lon Parks
R. V. Scott
Sweet Pea Garden Club
Bob Morford Jr
Attlanta
Clarence Thomas
Pioneer Club
Mount Scott Masonic Hall
Womans’ Auxiliary
S. Second
Pleasant Valley Home Demonstration Club
Roy Wilkins
Wallock Memorial Congregational Church
C. Paul Tate
Reddy Kilowatt Square
Home Service
Public Service Company
Fred Jennings
David Sease
Johnny Robinson
Wolverton Electric and Appliance
Sheridan Rd
Mrs
C Ave
NabZegGgo
Business College
ME Progressive Business Schoo
S. Sheridan
23Rd & F
Fairmont’s
U.S.P
Holseys
Rebekahs
Altus
Fairmont
Mary Manning
Omaha I
Nebr
Fairmont Consumer Service
PTA
Tecumseh
Clements Landscape Nursery
Convention Department
U.S
Hal Boyle
H.L. Mencken
New York
Curbstone
H. L. Mencken
Baltimore Sage
Sam Johnson
Card Ed
Dorothy Worthen
Singer Desk
Singer
Singer Sewing Machine Guarantee
Singer Sewing Center
By van Kaalte
van Raalte
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