Dairymen form bulk milk group to cut costs
A Lawton Oklahoma dairy cooperative launches with initial funding options and 10 000 to 12 000 gallon bulk tanks. Members pay 4 to 5 cents per hundredweight and gain access to cheaper equipment and coordinated pickup. The aim is to switch dairies from bottle to bulk milk, improve distribution, and keep prices fair for producers and processors.
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Sullivan
Lawton
Wilk
Bill Ball
Comanche County
Bill Barett
Barrett
Sterling
Association
Oklahoma teachers honored at NSPE convention in OKC
The Oklahoma event awarded two science and math teachers with engraved wrist watches and plaques for top department status. Speakers included W D Owsley and Rhinehart urged stronger high school programs and greater production of engineers, with Oklahoma City hosting the 1958 NSPE convention.
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Rogers i Martin
Oklahoma City
OSPE
Murl FE. Price
Ardmore
J. E. Sutton Jr
Midwest City
W. D. Owsley
Halliturton Oil Well Cementing Co
Duncan
Rhinewary
National Society
United States
Rhinehart
Stile Engineering Society
Oklahoma
Rinnehart
Fisis
USSA
Yale
NSPE
City updates retirement rule for Lawton firemen
Lawton revises 20 year retirement rule for firefighters to allow retirement after 20 years or at age 53 automatic retirement for those with 20 years by 53. Those with less than 20 years may serve to 55 if health permits. Capt. Claude Hennessee says majority of men approve and are helping develop a civil service style rating and promotion plan with the city.
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Seibold, Sullivan and
Wilson
Ed Terry
Snyder
Ernest Wael
Tipton
Garland Giles
Carnegie
Raymond Webber
Apache
Claude Burchfield
Minco
S. J. McClure
Anadarko
Brock
Fletcher
Henry Hn
Canton
Paul Powell
Charles McClung
Meclark
Alfred Buller
Marlow
Charles Fleetwood
Duncan
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Lawton
Comanche County
Caddo
Stephens
Tillman
Kiowa
Jackson
Selferson
Fire Department
Claude Hennessee
City Council Fire Committee
Capt. Hennessee
Commodity price declines and government loans for farmers
Prices for staples such as cotton oats barley rye and sorghum show declines from last year while mid January averages indicate modest drops in producer prices. Cottonseed delivered under loan stands at 46. a ton with cash market at 42. Milk and butter prices remain near previous season levels.
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Lawton Chapter Members Attend Redbud OKC Luncheon
Three members of the Lawton chapter National Secretaries Association International attended a Saturday luncheon of the Redbud chapter in Oklahoma City. Lawton attendees were Mrs. Martha Saffit chapter president and members Miss Gerrifair and Miss Oweta Mitchell.
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Lawton
National Secretaries Association-International
Redbud
Oklahoma City
Martha Saffit
Ane
Gerrifair
Oweta Mitchell
House To Decide On Mayor's Race
Marvey House ipvar developer expressed interest in the March 1% mayoral race and will be prepared to announce this week. If House enters, the contest will include at least three candidates Mayor C R Ellsworth Councilman Stitt Pair and House.
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Marvey House
Ipvar
House
C. R. Ellsworth
Stitt Pair
Three Car Crashes Wound Three In Lawton
Two collisions on Lawton streets injured three people Saturday. A three car wreck at Second and I near noon hospitalized Theodore Durt, 34, with a possible back injury and Thelma Burris, 24, for multiple bruises. A second two car collision on Cache Road injured Alma Walker, 44, when her husband’s car collided with a 1954 Chevrolet driven by Opal Pope.
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Lawton
Theodore Robert Dut
Memorial Hospital
Thelma Burris
Roosevelt
J. R. McCaig
Collie Wallace
Durant
Johnnie Lee Burris
Robert Lee Clinton
Fark
Burris
Burris Auto
Alma Walker
Irwin
Cache Road
Opal Mae Pope
E. Bell
Eulis Young
Mrs. Pope
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