Iris Club Progr am Slates Coming Events
Iris Garden club held a program on How to Stage a Flower Show led by Mrs K F McClain with colored slides by Mrs John Gross. Officers announced a district convention in Roosevelt on March 21 and a flower show school in Altus April 17 19. Members plan a spring show with arrangements horticulture and junior gardeners and voted to plant 100 red bud trees in Metropolitan park with mayor Ellsworth backing the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. F. McClain
John Gross
Iris Garden Club
E. H. McKinney
Bell
McClain
D. C. Thomason
Roosevelt
Altus
Metropolitan Park
C. R. Ellsworth
Mesdames McKinney
Wolverton
E. D. Garrison
John Hobbs
Lawton Garden Council
William R. Evans
J. D. Glenn
Pledges Present Club Pantomime at Sue Botkin Home
A pantomime of records was presented by pledges of Sub Deb club at Sue Botkin 903 Dearborn. Barbara Waid presided as vice president. list of members and pledges included Connie Lassetter Genda Kinsey Judy Bledsoe Patti Fuqua Brenda Gould Norma Abbott Stella Price Ella Price Annette Carpenter Johanna Cargill Janice Griffin Pat Payne Linda Hawkins Karen Keegan Diane Hart Jane Babbitt Carol Barnes Colleen Cummins Sue Cochran Sharon Dixon Beverly Dayton Mary Lynn Emanuel Donna Fuqua Leslie Hamm Shirley Hester Deanie Hendricks Susan Green Paul Knight Sue Lacy Pam Matheny DAnn Pope Lynne Parmenter Gerry Page Rocky Strand Nancy Smith Marilyn Thompson Maylan Wolverton Faye Verma Jan Howard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sue Botkin
Dearborn
Barbara Waid
Connie Lassetter
Genda Kinsey
Judy Bledsoe
Patti Fuqua
Brenda Gould
Norma Abbott
Stella
Ella Price
Annette Carpenter
Johanna Cargill
Janice Griffin
Pat Payne
Linda Hawkins
Karen Keegan
Diane Hart
Jane Babbitt
Carol Barnes
Colleen Cummins
Sue Cochran
Sharon Dixon
Beverly Dayton
Mary Lynn Emanuel
Donna Fuqua
Leslie Hamm
Shirley Hester
Deanie Hendricks
Susan Green
Paul Knight
Sue Lacy
Pam Matheny
D’ann Pope
Lynne Parmenter
Gerry Page
Rocky Strand
Nancy Smith
Marilyn Thompson
Maylan Wolverton
Faye Verma
Jan Howard
Fete Tonight For IOOF Hall Lodges In Lawton
Junior Odd Fellows lodge and Theta Rho girls club No. 29 will be entertained tonight by Lawton Rebekah lodge No. 87 in the IOOF hall. Mrs. Edgar Peak presides with Mrs. Ina Mae McClanahan assisting. An invitation invites members to Busy Bee school in Oklahoma City March 16 where Margaret L. Watts will visit. A rummage sale is set for March 3 and two poems were read. Plans for a school of instruction March 1 at 1 30 p.m. and a 6 30 p.m. banquet were announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Junior Odd Fellows Lodge
Theta Rho Girls Club
Lawton Rebekah Lodge
IOOF
Lodge
Edgar Peak
Noble Grand
Ina Mae McClanahan
Busy Bee School of Instruction
Oklahoma City
Margaret L. Watts
International Association of Rebekah Assemblies
Floyd Tice
School of Instruction
Two OCW Lawton Students Nominated For Nash Award
Eleanor Bicknell and Ava Bilbrey from Oklahoma College for Women in Chickasha are among 14 OCW students nominated for the Nash award. Nominations come from OCW students who vote, with final selection by a faculty committee. The first semester recipient will be announced at the semiannual honors assembly on March 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
Eleanor Bicknell
Ava Bilbrey
Oklahoma College For Women
Chickasha
Nash
M. A. Nash
State Regents For Higher Education
OCW
Miss Bicknell
R. C. Bicknell
N. 24Th
Miss Bilbrey
Allen J. Bilbrey
Bethel WSCS All Day Session Opens With Prayer
Bethel Methodist Woman's Society of Christian Service held an all day session with Mrs. Jimmy Farrell opening prayer. A covered dish lunch followed the morning quilting. Mrs. Clifford Nunley led afternoon devotion and Mrs. Joe Fullerton closed with Combining Our Efforts for Lasting Peace. WSCS president Mrs. W. D. Cosgrove presided, with Rev. and Mrs. O. W. York among attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethel
Jimmy Farrell
Bethel Methodist Woman’s Society of Christian Service
Clifford Nunley
Joe Fullerton
WSCS
W. D. Cosgrove
O. W. York
O. W. York and Mesdames
Carl Dobbins
Goldie Hudson
Jim Nease
Eunice Stout
Z. W. Willis
Rotary Anns Banquet Honors Husbands With Address on Freedom
Dr. Poe Williams of Chickasha spoke at the Rotary Anns banquet in the Hotel Lawtonian banquet room. He urged learning to disagree without being disagreeable and said wealth without honest labor is the greatest sin today. Attendees included Fred Stephenson and John Morris, among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poe Williams
Chickasha
Rotary Anns
Lawtonian
Williams
Hendricks College
Conway
Ark
Southern Methodist University
Dallas
Tex
Designers Deny Women Going Back To Shapeless Dresses
New York report quotes Giovanni Giorgini and Maurice Rentner saying American and Italian designers reject shapeless 1920s style. They predict future fashions will enhance or preserve the figure with practical, natural lines and higher tailoring rather than reviving past flapper silhouettes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Giovanni Giorgini
Florence
Giorgini
Maurice Rentner
Rentner
Graduation Fete Plans Outlined
Members of Rho Kappa Gamma sorority voted to join with five other Lawton clubs to finance hiring of a name band for the graduation dance May 24. Vote was taken at a meeting at the home of Cathryn Stanley. Entertainment was furnished by pledges. Other members present were listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rho Kappa Gamma Sorority
Lawton
Cathryn Stanley
Denver
Sandra Wyatt
Susan Hawkins
Janice Pinchback
Barbara Davis
Loretta Osborne
Joyce Cable
Sherry Alexander
Shirley Faulkner
Mary Simpson
Sharon Black
Janet Mussen
Margie Johns
Susie Crawford
Mary Jane Osborne
Gwen Patterson
Vonda Pipes
Retha Langley
Carmen Cox
Mary Beth Ray
Marilyn Gordon
Jane Connell
Sherry Church
Loretta Hartline
Brenda Burton
Jill Babbitt
Billie Suggs
Linda Rhody
Mary Harris
Pat Horton
Carolyn Cole
Centenary WSCS Has Program
A Centenary Methodist Woman's Society of Christian Service meeting featured a program Women and Workers by Mesdames W. W. Godlove Howard Rice and Harold S. Johnson at 2 p.m. Tuesday in the church parlor. Circle IV hosted, Shirley Williamson presided, R E Elliott led devotionals, E D Garrison directed the program, Norma Curry spoke on Americanism, and T Haskell Ball D R Grimes sang a duet with accompanist Williamson. Sixty five attendees enjoyed refreshments on a George Washington motif table.
Orchids Farm Club Program In Lawton Garden Club Meeting
Lawton Garden club held a 10 am Orchid Farm Club Program at the president Mrs Paul Harris home 3924 Arlington with guest Scotty Bates of Art Florists giving a growing and corsage making demonstration Mesdames Bern Klein and G B Garden received corsages. Mrs Harris presided after social hour with Mrs William A Matthey pouring. Members present included Mesdames James G True F W Hammond E Brent Mitchell Avalo V Caldwell Clayton S Valder William J Porter and Henry Johnston plus many other attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton Garden Club
Paul Harris
Arlington
Scotty Bates
Art Florists
Gore
Bern Klein
G. B. Garden
Harris
William A. Matthey
James G. True
F. W. Hammond
E. Brent Mitchell
Avalo V. Caldwell
Clayton S. Valder
William J. Porter
Henry Johnston
John W. Tyree
J. W. Redeker
Sam Maddux
G. S. Barber
G. H. Pennington
Irwin Ozman
M. L. Denney
T. A. Hamra
J. M. Bakley
Sylba Adams
Frank Hurt
John Erwin
E. K. Caldwell
Jeff Avera
Eighth Birthday Marked At Party
In observance of their daughter Sandra Lynn's eighth birthday Mr and Mrs L V Howard hosted a party at 2 pm at 708 Roosevelt. Guests included Connie Buttram Sheryl Leffel Sandra Lefe l and others with gifts from a long list and the honoree's grandmother Mrs Susie Hollingshead and aunts Mesdames W B Lee and Ruby Simmons present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandra Lynn
L. V. Howard
Roosevelt
Connie Buttram
Sheryl Leffel
Sandra Leffel
Susan Howard
Cheryl Hughes
Wayana Nease
Jan Green
Delores Howard
Elaine Parker
Paula Dodson
Janie Bardsher
Albert Howard
Tommy Zanovec
Gary Zanovec
Chuck Doss
Larry Buttram
Darrell Buttram
Scott Hughes
Susie Hollingshead
Mesdames
W. B. Lee
Ruby Simmons
AAUW Host Thursday Dinner Speaker on The Cold War
The Lawton branch of the American Association of University Women will host a 7 p.m. international relations guest night banquet in Cameron College cafeteria with Dr. M. L. Wardell of the University of Oklahoma as guest speaker on The Cold War 1956. Wardell is a noted historian and author who has addressed local groups previously.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. L. Wardell
University of Oklahoma
Norman
Lawton
American Association of University Women
AAUW
Cameron College
Highland WSCS Names New President
Mrs. Glen Sims was chosen president of Highland Park Methodist Woman's Society of Christian Service at a meeting held in the home of Mrs. Stanley Ward 2618 Gore. The 7:30 p.m. session Tuesday featured Mrs. Sims teaching "The Driving Power" and set the next meeting with Mrs. W. D. Roux 2320 Evans. other attendees included Mesdames Neal Burk R D Jones John Mitchell Dale Pettijohn Homer Robertson and M L Southerland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glen Sims
Highland Park Methodist Woman’s Society of Christian Service
Stanley Ward
Gore
Mesdames Neal Burk
R. D. Jones
John Mitchell
Dale Pettijohn
Homer Robertson
M. L. Southerland
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Iris Club
Hall
Bethel Wscs
Rotary
John Brown University
Siloam Springs
Fred Stephenson
Chamber of Commerce
Stephenson
John Morris
Chickasha Rotary Club
Morris
Fred Browner
Elks City
Rotary Club
Browner
Dorothy Kirby
Cleveland
Ohio
George Washington
Dale Thompson
Robert Dennis
Jack Carter
Toby Morris
Joe Lansden
Elizabeth Toomey
New York
Madison Square Garden
Rome
Centenary Wscs
California
Slim
Stauffer
Courthouse
Orchids Farm Club
Curlee
South
Plymouth
Adolph Fietz Motor Co
Lide
Knox-Jensen Motor Co
Green-Howenstine Motor Co
Snookie
America
Highland Wscs
Card Ed
Dorothy Worthen
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