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Lawton Constitution

Location

Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America

Date

Feb 26, 1963

Page

3

Funeral Rites for Mrs Verna B Bell Held in Frederick

Funeral services for Mrs Verna Beatrice Bell 86 were set for 11 a m Wednesday at Fish Memorial chapel after a long illness. She was born November 5 1886 in Lexington Kentucky and attended Vanderbilt University and Southwestern State College Weatherford. She taught at Arapaho and married William Foover Bell in 1905. Surviving are daughter Mrs J D Norton Frederick grandson Jay Bill Norton three sisters and one brother. Burial is in Frederick Memorial cemetery.

Frederick Servces Verna Beatrice Bell Fish Memorial Chapel Walters George Gibbs First Christian Church Carlyle Yates Oklahoma City Frederick Memorial Cemetery J. D. Norton Jay Bill Norton Oscar Lovell Otosi W. H. Beckham Memphis Tenn W. J. Johns Union City Charles C. Brown St. Louis

Marlow Obituaries For Lewis Palmore Dillingham Fite

Services for Sam L. Lewis 82 died early Sunday in an Oklahoma City hospital. Burial was in Marlow cemetery. Survivors include a daughter and five sons. Services for Walter C. Palmore 77 were at Calloway Smith chapel with burial in Marlow cemetery. Daughters and sons listed, funeral attendees named. Services for Mrs. C. H. Dillingham held in Frederick with burial at Frederick Memorial cemetery. Survivors include a son and grandchildren. Services for Geral D. Fite 42 were in Ritter Dalton chapel with burial in Highland cemetery. Bearers listed.

Marlow Sam L. Lewis Oklahoma City Callaway-Smith Tal Bonham First Baptist Church Marlow Cemetery Mr. Lewis Brown County Tex Lessie Medcalf T. C. Hargett John Stanley Mark Muril Lloyd Grand Junction Colo Annie Anderson Anadarko Kate Lewis el Monte Calif Levina Lewis Yucaiata Walter C. Palmore Callaway-Smith Funeral Home Clarence Ball Passnor First Methodist Church Mr. Palmore Ravinna Marrid Artie Givens Bailey Bai v Methodist Church Burl Jones Lawton Robert Williams Woodrow Dennis Frederick Gish Memorial C. H. Dillingham Albuquerque N. M Frederick Memorial Cemetery C. H. Dillingham Jr Geral D. Fite S. Second Ritter- Dalton Funeral Home Clayton S. Walder First Christian Church Highland Cemetery Cecil Carter A. J. Peck Paul Dunbar Oscar Cox Wayne Cox Doc Ramey

Subscription Rates for Lawton Area Newspapers

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Lawton Constitution Comanche Cotton Tillman Kiowa Caddo Grady Stephens Jefferson Jackson Counties Oklahoma Press & Sunday Const Press & Sun Sunday Constitution Press

Gourley Accused Of Using State Funds For Chauffeur Hire

Oklahoma City AP Senate Investigating Committee meets again to probe operation and expenditures of the State Insurance Fund under former commissioner J Leland Gourley. Accused of using state funds for a chauffeur, central purchasing and merit system issues, and political employe freezes before his resignation.

Gourley Oklahoma City Senate J. Leland Gourley Ray Fine Gore Insurance Fund Jennings Fowler Fine Fowler McAlester Jennings State Insurance Fund Rotary Club Chamber of Commerce Ed Berrong Weatherford

Centenary Methodist Plans Monthly Supper and Film

Centenary Methodist church hosts its monthly fellowship supper on Wednesday at 6 30 p m in the Fellowship hall. Mrs W W Godlove chairs social concerns and oversees the program featuring the film Broken Mask about racial prejudice. Attendees bring two covered dishes for the covered dish event.

Centenary Methodist Church W. W. Godlove Committee On Social Concerns

Cityan Named President of Scottish Rite Class in McAlester

Joe H. West of Lawton was elected president of the 102 member Scottish Rite class at the McAlester Consistory reunion held Friday and Saturday in McAlester. Other Lawton Masons attending included Joe Paul Conner Graves L Dearmond Jefferson Davis Ervin Darby A Gay Gary Oliver Gordon L Omndal Charles Richard Rogers Charles Preston Stafford John William Tipsword Lowry Glenn Trull Wayne Stanton Don Ray Williams and Billy Parker Woodruff.

Joe H. West Lawton McAlester

Belief in Reincarnated Souls Protecting Inuit Children

Some Eskimos hold that the souls of the dead reincarnate as newborns to guard growing children. When the child can care for himself the spirit departs.

Day's News Digest Covers Global Tensions and U.S. Politics

The Castro government denies Cuban planes fired on a U.S. shrimp boat and accuses U S jets of machine-gunning Cuban territory. Mansfield and Dirksen agree four Americans died at Bay of Pigs. Kennedy campaigns for a tax cut amid fiscal trouble. International talks hint at five on-site inspections yearly for underground tests, with Senate doubt. Eight deaths and seven missing in four ship disasters worldwide. Moscow claims revived Siberian prehistoric vertebrates hinting at space travel freeze. National: Reuther warns 35-hour week may hurt economy. support for flexible weeks with 40-hour pay. Oscar buzz widens to Bette Davis and Katharine Hepburn. Mardi Gras in New Orleans.

Washington Sen Mansfield Dirksen

Film Highlights Scout Banquet in Hoover School

A Blue and Gold scout banquet at Hoover School hosted by Cub Scout Pack 177 drew 163 Cubs and families. Den 3 led a flag ceremony and awarded badges including wolf bear and gold arrows to multiple scouts. Den 5 closed with the ceremony. Committee leaders included Thomas Davis and Louis Hawkey.

Hoover School Den. 3 Larry Sherie Kendall Hatch Ken Brox Delbert Charles Keith Caldwell John Johnson Terry Miller Bret McDonald Robert Cox Robert Symuleski Webelos Lee Bourn Allen Hawkey Joe Campbell Stephen Hollingsworth Lee Bourne Joey Rosas Bobby Shireling Louis Dechert Pete Cooper Larry Shern Mike Burton Alvin Wright Denner Stripes Tommy Davis Jim McCool David Desautel Denner Den 3 Den 5 Thomas Davis Louis Hawkey Ed Campbell Steve Porter K. D. McDonald

Mariner 2 declares Venus lifeless after flyby

NASA's Mariner 2 mission concludes Venus is too hot and too dry to harbor life. After 109 days journey, the probe passed within 21,600 miles of the cloud covered planet and sent data from two instrument packages.

Mariner 2 Venus Earth National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA

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