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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1954
Page
11
Births and admissions are listed for February with details on newborns and patients. Entries include families in Lawton, Duncan, Anadarko, Elk City and surrounding areas. Dismissals feature several patients from medical and surgical wards at multiple addresses.
Fifty members attended the Northwest Kiwanis club Valentine ladies night held Thursday in Fellowship hall at Centenary Methodist church. E D Garrison led group singing while games were directed by committee members Bill Sieg Bill Robinson and Howard Garrison. Refreshments were served.
Services were held Wednesday at 2 30 p m at Lawton Funeral Home chapel for Thomas F Givens 77 who died unexpectedly Sunday The Rev Otis Smith of Congregational Church officiated Out of town relatives attending included Mr and Mrs L G Burks Tulsa Miss Evangeline Burks Oklahoma City Borse McKinney Enid Mr and Mrs T E Breedlove Alice Texas Mrs W H Wanglin Joplin Missouri
Five Oklahoma 4-H Club members from Miami and Oklahoma City will travel to Kansas City for a national poultry conference. Bob Pender graft, Tom Pender graft, Bobby Jones, Jim Powers, and John Ed Allen are listed to attend.
Alvie Harfield statistician announces Tillman county has gained more than 51 000 bales of cotton from the 1953 crop in Frederick Oklahoma.
Melvin Munn of Dallas told 275 guests at the Lawton Kiwanis ladies night banquet that Kiwanis always serves. He described service as a core value and likened Kiwanis aims to a religion of community betterment. The night featured the Lawton high school chorus and entertainment, with proceeds from a recent radio-TV auction reaching 6700 dollars.
McAlester Oklahoma February 12 UP The Rita Hayworth movie Miss Sadie Thompson will not be shown at the Okla Theater due to church complaints about its trailer being too sexy The McAlester Ministerial Alliance asked cancellation for the next Sunday and Monday The ministers viewed the full film and found the trailer the roughest part The film was also shown in Oklahoma City without complaints and carries an adults rating from the Legion of Decency The replacement film would be Rosemary Clooney in Red Garters
Rebel financier Robert R. Young publicly challenged powerful interests for control of the New York Central Railroad. Central president William White pledged a bare fisted fight to keep current management. On the NYSE more than 100000 shares traded as Young moved to buy stock and seek support for a new board ahead of the May 26 Albany meeting.
Green Leaf Lake near Muskogee in the Cookson Hills was formally taken into state possession today. It was obtained from Army Engineers in a five year lease without charge.
Sgt. Davis in Munich with the Seventh Army NCO Academy as part of the largest class. Pfc. Harry Jones trains at Camp Irwin and heads to Fort Lewis with the 106th Tank Battalion. CWO Theodoream assigned to the Third Armored Division. Pfc. Billy Monteer serves in Korea with the Seventh Division after enlisting in 1952.
Captain Charles O. Smyre 32 was in critical condition at Camp Carson hospital after an automatic ejecting seat fired in a T33 jet trainer piloted by Major Frank Dowell. The crash occurred after the plane arrived at Colorado Springs from Perrin Air Force Base Texas.
Lincoln fourth graders under Mrs Flossie Van Dervort and Miss Delora Gray presented an assembly themed by February holidays. Music teacher Mrs Gertrude Cook accompanied with piano, featuring songs and dances, readings about Valentines and Washington, and multiple student performances including piano solos, accordion, ballet, and a vocal trio. Mary Ann Clanton led the Lord's Prayer and flag salute with many students listed in supporting roles.
Sen. Robert Kerr urged the Norman PTA to support a federal education aid bill that funds states on a matching basis, calling the measure an investment in national security. The Norman group was asked to join the effort to secure U.S. educational assistance.
Rep. Victor Wickersham announced federal maintenance and operation funds for Geronimo and Fort Cobb schools. Geronimo will receive 1428 dollars and Fort Cobb 658 dollars based on service personnel and federal employee children. Earlier approval covered 237431 dollars for Lawton system, with total entitlement 316575 dollars.
E Neptune of Oklahoma City joins Sigma Phi fraternity at the University of Oklahoma. Neptune is a graduate student in chemistry and part of the OU scholarly community.
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