Births and medical notes parade across county entries
The column lists admitted and dismissed individuals by name, place, and medical status, including births with parent names and times, surgeries noted for multiple residents, and medical updates for families in towns such as Carnegie, Clinton, Fort Cobb, Anadarko, Meeker, Mangum, and Altus. Numerous entries name patients, ages, and relatives alongside hospitals and clinics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Purdy
Carnegie
An “Paheheka
Cache
Surwera
Winana Toycha
Anaderko
Clinton
Anna Berry
Fort Cobb
Rere White Turtle
Ciera Nayban
Elisit
Tehol Paddlety
Anadarko
Moeejecil
Eva Poisal
Colony
Det Codynah
Get Pirella Monre
Caryl
Legumes Urged For Soil Bank Planting Season
Bill Liew ASC office manager urged farmers with acreages in wheat or cotton to prepare for legume crops under the soil bank program. Jesume crops should be planted soon and farmers may receive half the seed and fertilizer cost, with sweet clover or alfalfa options. A soil test by the county agent is required before approval, with one to two weeks for testing and planting season extending through March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Liew
ASC
Sieg
Lawton-Chickasha Band Presents Concert Program
The combined band directed by Neilson performs pieces including Schwandal, Ballad for Band, Proud Heritage, The Pearl Fishers, El Dorado, Three Chorale Preludes, and selections from The Most Happy Fella, with works by Latham Bizet McRae and Loesser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schwandal
Weinberger
Gould
Lawton-Chickasha
Latham
Bizet
McRae
Loesser
Neilson
Texans Confined from Page One
A touring group of Texans eluded capture while visiting Fort Worth, Nacogdoches, Orange, and Jennings and planned a stop at Lockett hotel in Norman on another date. Lawtonian board president Jimmy Knox and directors J. C. Kennedy and P. G. Waggoner joined Frank Kitchens to greet the party at Municipal Airport. Members included Wedseworth, Hugh Burdette, Ivey Duncan, Frank Culberson, C. P. Vinson, E. Roy Smith and S. Cantrell, with pilots Ralph Procls and L. W. Jaily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Hills
Fort Worth
Tex
Nacogdoches
Orange
Jennings
Norman
Frank Kitchens
Lawtonian Board
Jimmy Knox
J. C. Kennedy
P. G. Waggoner
Zawton
Wedseworth
Hugh Burdette
Ivey Duncan
Frank Cu
Beer License Filed For Cache Road Tavern Purchase
The Cache Road Tavern property at 1801 D was bought Nov 28 from Karl Ferguson. A five acre tract sits on the north side of the highway with no protest filed against license issuance. County Attorney Warren Crane cross examined Mrs. Amys who testified she lived in Duncan eight years and now runs an oil field equipment firm. She described past Fort Worth tenancy and denied any link between a man named Green and the tavern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cache Road
Karl Ferguson
Warren Crane
Amys
Crane
Duncan
Fort Worth
Vox
Lawton
Jacksboro Highway
Cecil Green
Texas
Amyx
Green
Cotton Allotment Deadline Friday
Friday is the deadline for requesting new peanut and cotton allotments, said ASC Office Manager Bill Sieg. Only crops not grown in the past three years qualify. farmers with existing allotments are ineligible and must earn most income from the farm applying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Sieg
ASC
Sieg
Muust
City Officials Discuss Judgment Over Pipeline Contractor Debts
Hugh Garrall former Lawton resident and president of Selected Investments Corp met with Ely officials to review a court ruling requiring the city to return pipelines and pay 45 044 47 plus interest by May 1 or face the judgment. The city faces another federal suit by a Selected Investments subsidiary totaling about 83 000 plus interest. Total judgments may reach 400 000, with options to pay over three years via ad valorem taxes or ten years with funded bonds. interest estimates 48000 and 102000 respectively. Attending were Mayor Ellsworth City Attorney Chrisman City Treasurer Pippin and council members Hastings Kirkpatrick Zorger Shelton Parks and White.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugh Garrall
Lawton
Selected Investiments, Corp
Ely
Selected Investments Center
Lee Addition
Selectert Investments
Warren Chrisman
Carroll
C. R. Ellsworth
Chrisman
Nettie Pippin
H. D. Hastings
EL W Kirkpatrick
Blunt Zorger
D. Shelton
E. C. Parks
Arnold White
Testing Lab May Locate Branch Here
Mayor C R Ensworth announced prospects for a new testing laboratory branch of a state firm. The firm inspects and tests metals soils petroleum concrete asphalt water and related items with clients in building, schools, hospitals, sewage plants, water works and dam projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. R. Ensworth
Lawton
Wayor Ellsworth
Food Distribution Starts Friday for Qualified Residents
Emil Woesner, county commissioner, announced monthly food commodity distribution begins at 9 a.m. Friday. Items include cheese rice corn meal and dry mill. Bring containers and identification. those collecting for others need that person’s ID and a signed authorization note. Distribution times are 9–11:30 a.m. and 1–3:30 p.m. Friday and Monday and 9–11 a.m. Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emil Woesner
Woesner
City Woman Denies Dope Charge Here
Anna Deanmaker, 27, of 211% Applington, pleads innocent to using a false name and address to obtain paregoric, a derivative of opium, on December 10. State narcotics agent Ted Magstrom signs the complaint. She was committed to county jail in lieu of $2,000 bond by Justice of Peace Marvin Cameron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Deanmaker
Applington
Cobain
Ted Magstrom
Justice of Peace
Marvin E. Cameron
Lawton Student Starts Practice Teaching Duty
Gwen de Gruchy, Lawton home economics education student at Oklahoma A&M, is assigned as a practice teacher in Guthrie schools through March 15. She is a Lawton High School graduate and Cameron College alum now at Oklahoma A&M, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. James de Gruchy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gwen de Gruchy
Lawton
Oklahoma A&m College
Stillwater
Guthrie
Miss de Gruchy
James de Gruchy
Cameron College
Oklahoma A&m
Funeral Rites for Florence K Miller Held in Pomona
Mrs. Florence K Miller 78 of Lawton died Monday night in a Pomona California hospital. Services were held there Wednesday with burial and services planned here later by Ritter Funeral Home. Surviving are her son William Miller Covina Calif daughter Beth Main Pomona Calif brothers Paul Terry Artesia New Mexico and Cleve Terry Marlow sisters Mamie Stroud Altus Beulah Stroud LaFayette Georgia and five grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence K. Miller
Lawton
Pomona
Calif
Ritter Funeral Home
Paul Terry
Valentine Day Activities Brighten Lawton Fort Sill Schools
On February 14 Lawton area schools held valentine parties as pupils opened boxes and read messages from anonymous friends. A Central junior high faculty party presented Principal A Richardson with a large valentine signed by all instructors. Also noted were fond legends about Valentine origins and a variety of gifts swapping hands across households. Boyce Ramming, son of Archie and Mrs. Ramming, was elected treasurer of Kappa Sigma at North Texas State College, Denton, as a senior majoring in business administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
Fort Sill
Lawton High School
A. Richardson
Valentine
Boyce Ramming
Archie L. Ramming
Dearborn
Kappa Sigma
North Texas State College
Denton
Tex
Major General Dunn to address Sill advanced class
Major General Thomas W. Dunn, commander of the U S Army Field Artillery Training Center at Fort Chaffee Arkansas, will address graduating members of the associate field artillery officers advanced class at 9 30 a m Friday in Snow Mall auditorium Fort Sill. He arrives at Post Field today and attends a dinner tonight hosted by Brig Gen Paul A Gavan. He will be presented with the Order of Saint Barbara Friday morning before departing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas W. Dunn
U.S. Army Field Artillery Training Center
Fort Chaffee
Ark
Will Adjdress
Field Artillery
Snow Mall
Fort Sill
Post Field
Paul A. Gavan
Gen. Dunn
Thomas E. de Sharo
U. S. Army Artillery and Guided Missile Center
Order of Saint Barbara
West Point
Dunn
U.S. Army
OCS
Australia
Dinh
40Th Division
Youths receive suspended three year terms in burglary case
Two Wichita Falls youths facing second degree burglary of a car received three year suspended prison terms in Superior Court before Judge Robert Sanders. Phillips Michael Neptune aged 16 and Ben Fielding Lumpkin aged 21 were charged with breaking into Donald Wayne Biffle's car parked at 602 5th Street and stealing shirts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita Falls
Robert 5. Sanders
Phillips Michael Neptune
Ben Fielding Lumpkin
Donald Wayne Biffle
Duncan
Business Women Hear Talk on Russian Tour
The Lawton Business and Professional Women's club held its annual International Relations banquet at the Old South cafeteria. Ted Warkentin spoke with color slides from his 1956 Russia Europe tour, while Helen Mattison oversaw arrangements and Leta Smith introduced guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Russia
Lawton Business and Professional Women's Club
Old South
Ted Warkentin
Europe
Helen Mattison
Ida Pair Jed
Mary Pokorny
Leta Smith
Nettie Q Oliver
Yvonne Royce
Fort Sill
Riyaz Ahmad
Pakistan
Fawzi Jamil
Iraq
Khalil Shojai
Iran
Ali Adid Hussain
Sedat Ilhan
Turkey
Manuel Cano
Spain
A. A. Burton
Lawrence Ciccarelli
England
Noel Cooney
Japan
C. W. Dutrean
D. E. Farrar
Hawaii
C. T. Freese
New Zealand
Arthur Gaona
William _ Gavigan
Giller Griswold
Belgium
Po J
Hegarty
Estelle Jones
Saratoga Springs
New York
Agnes C. Allen
Flandreau
Fannie Boles
Ringling
Oklo
Lawton
Maj
Charles F. Hammond
C. ¥.A. Franklin
John Stanard
Mary, Lee
Pastor Confined For Illegally Marrying Couple
A pastor on Page One was charged with unlawfully marrying a couple on December 2 and sentenced to six months in jail. Authorities traced him after a sheriff heard his prison of war talk to service clubs. Laskey claimed lost discharge papers, while officials noted duplicates exist. His FBI record traces to a Canadian boys’ school, Montreal asylum, and multiple prison escapes. Desertion charges are listed by U S and Canadian forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laskey
Korea
Towle
FBI
Ottawa
Canada
Montreal
Arizona
Minnesota
Boston
U. S
U. S. Navy
ROTC Training Shapes Future Army Officers at Fort Hood
ROTC continues as college juniors prepare for commissions. Cadets undergo intensive practical training in leadership and field duties at Fort Hood, with units in infantry chemical military police anti aircraft artillery and ordnance represented. Motor trucks account for 16 percent of total US motor vehicle registrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Hood Corp
Infantry
United States
Playlets Shown By Gold Elementary Third Grade
The third grade at Gold Elementary presented three playlets We All Like Valentines Why Send Valentines and Recipe for Safety during the regular assembly. Performers included Mrs Pearl Harmonons class and students such as Robert Wickliffe Kathy Rector Linda McCord Glenda Smothers Linda Watts and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Harmon
Gold Elementary School
Robert Wickliffe
Kathy Rector
Linda McCord
Glenda Smothers
Janet Freese
Giff Pittman
Richard Cornelias
Chuck Dickens
Linda Gordon
Linda Booth
Stan Lewis
Diana Austen
Daniel Parker
Page Re-elected Law Enforcement Council Leader
George Page was re elected president of the Lawton Comancha County Law Enforcement council for 1957 at a Wednesday meeting in the district court room. Lt Cal J F Bonifar named vice president and Milton Keating re elected secretary. Twenty two representatives from civic clubs city county and Fort Sill law enforcement offices and the City County Health department attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Page
Lawton-Comancha County
Clerk Homer H Wil son Suffering Stroke
Homer H Wilson, county clerk, remained under care at Memorial hospital after a stroke Tuesday morning at his courthouse office. Attending physician described his condition as satisfactory this morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer H. Wilson
Memorial Hospital
Wilson
Also Mentioned on This Page
U. S. Indian
Ligzia Ahaity
Connie Saupitty
Months Daugh
Carnie Sau
Vernon Mihccoby
Fletcher
Bedmond
Balteam
Walters
Urss Lynch
Bry
F Moor
Detares Jacques
John J
Jacques
Aya Gurlighd
Miedo
Ligharesor
Grandfield
John Rose
Fort Surgery
Srs
Bertrand Sullivell
Wichland
Mrene Rathif
Barbara Wilkerson
Marie Murray
Set
Harold Murray
Gore
J.C. Owen
Lake
Surs
Richard Taylor Singer
Williams
Sommers
Merrs
Holt
Frank Thompson
Smith
Raymond Sullivan
Columbia
Robert B. Mobley
Park
Marion
Hoover
James Hamilton
Deventer
Bill N. Boyer
Lincoln
Gail’ Mason
Washington
Jiridhan Lambert
Abe Shadid
Altus
Donnie Lou Mead
Clyde Hines
Mion Lowery
Wan Ask
Clarence Smith
Roff
James Rowland
Debra Barber
John L Barber
N. 24Th
Terry Mike Hickman
Bill Phipps
Frederick
Frite W. Dacke
Arlington
Harold B. Teague
Sgt
Mary Trantor Jr
Marry J. Trantor
Bell
Roy E. Trantor
Harry J. Bell
Cynthia Ann Trantor
Harry J. Trantor
Ralph E. Porter
Jet
Rantor
Lawrence Littlejohn
Olt FL Ross
Park, Sur
James Lades
Bill Watson
Roosevelt
James M. Russell
Altos
Medical
Lawrence Litlejohs
Dical
Jie B. Rose
Med
Cecil G. Bower
Kathleen Hrncir
Charles Arncir
Pollard
Charlotte Flint
Birs
Charles Hrncir
Pallard
Marilyn Arncir
Charles Hrneir
Raymond Jackson
Billy Don Poiry
Herbert Poiry
Oak
Donny Lee Ellison
George Ellison
Meeker
James C. Lolies
N. Th
John A. Strambler
Cecil C. Wilkins
Wilkins
Fort Huachuca
Ariz
537Th Field Artillery
Lubbock
Sill
Bruce H. Gibson
Page
BEER
City, Selected Investments
Florence Miller
ROTC
Law Enforcement Council
Keele Hair and Scalp Specialists
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Keele
C.D
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