City Man Forfeits Bonds After Raid
A. P. Gent, known as Boots, forfeited three bonds totaling 60 in Municipal court after a liquor raid at 411 McKinley. Other cases include Reed fined 15 for unsafe speed and multiple Fort Sill personnel surrendering bonds for driving without licenses, reckless driving, and related offenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. P
Boots) Gent
Lawton
McKinley
Gent
Jerry David Reed
Frankie Rinehart
Ferris
Hamra to Head Knife and Fork Club
T A Phillip Hamra new president of Knife and Fork club presides at Thursday banquet at Hotel Lawtonian succeeding Dr Robert Dennis. Hamra joined since February 1947, served on board and as publicity chairman. Jack Carter as VP and Mrs J Olen Conner as secretary treasurer. New directors Gale Sadler Joe House Elmer Bauman. Ismet Sanl to speak on Near East Key to World Peace. Club season ends April 19 with Sidney R Montague on A Philosophy of Life Long Adventure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. A. Phillip Hamra
Knife and Fork Club
Lawtonian
Robert Dennis
Dinner Club
Hamra
Jack Carter
J. Olen Conner
Gale Sadler
Joe House
Elmer Bauman
Dr. Dennis
Paul Hanna
Ross Porter
Sam Maddux
Ismet Sanl
Sideney R. Montague
Fuqua on Habeas Corpus Testimony in Robbery Case
Fuqua testified at a habeas corpus hearing that he knew nothing of the bootlegger robberies linked to Orville Lindsay Chambless. He described his background, noting unemployment, a Jackson club operation until year’s start, and prior Mississippi whisky business. He also disclosed a 1946 Mississippi sentence and recent travel with his wife and daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orville Lindsay Chambless
Oklahoma City
Chambless
Criminal Court of Appeals
Fuqua
Dave Tant
Manville Redman
Jackson
Miss
Redman
Melody Club
Mississippi
Illinois Central Railroad
McComb
Sunflower County
Oklahoma
Lake Texoma
Kingston
A. H. Potts Jr
Herbert Carter
Jay Cox
Everett Weaver
Wayne Tisdel
A. D
Dan) DeLozier
al Davis
Davis
Ardmore
City Student Named President of Fraternity Pledge Class
Dave Stritzinger a Fort Sill cadet son of Col and Mrs F G Stritzinger has been named song leader of the pledge class of Phi Delta Theta on the University of Oklahoma campus He is a freshman majoring in pre medicine and part of a 24 fraternity national on campus
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Stritzinger
F. G. Stritzinger
Fort Sill
Phi Delta Theta Fraternity
University of Oklahoma
Stritzinger
Funeral Rites Held for Mrs Margaret Bolger at Becker Chapel
Funeral services were held for Mrs. Margaret Bolger 71 mother of Sgt Thomas E Bolger 1923 Gore assigned to the U S Army hospital at Fort Sill Rev Bob Hammons pastor of Trinity Baptist Church officiated at the rites Burial followed at Sunset Memorial Gardens Bearers were M Sgt Lawrence A Larson Sfc Donald E Cross Sfc R B Olive Sfc Meade J Wilcox Spl J R Kincy and Sp Neill H Hintz all members of Fort Sill VFW Post 5263
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Bolger
Thomas E. Bolger
Gore
U.S. Army Hospital
Fort Sill
Bob Hammons
Trinity Baptist Church
Becker Funeral Home
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Lawrence A. Larson
Donald E. Cross
R. B. Olive
Meade J. Wilcox
J. R. Kincy
Neill H. Hintz
Williams Named Rotary President
Col. Ret. E. C. Williams was elected president of the Lawton Rotary club at a Tuesday luncheon in the Hotel Lawtonian. Outgoing president Jack Carter will serve on the board. Willard Baker was re elected secretary and Bill Wulf treasurer. New directors are Dale Thompson Sr Paul Harris and Damon Watson. Installation rites will be in June with officers taking office July 1. Visiting Rotarians included Gene Truscott Yarl Smith L B Meaders Ray L. Smith Earl Coker and guests Rev Jim Smith Eddie Highfill and Charles Garrett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. C. Williams
Lawton Rotary Club
Civic Organization
Lawtonian
Jack Carter
Dale Thompson Sr
Paul Harris
Damon Watson
Vernon Howell
George Page
Wyatt Hendrick
Don Billingslea
Gene Truscott
Shawnee
Yarl Smith
L. B. Meaders
Duncan
Ray L. Smith
Midwest City
Earl Coker
Walters
Jim Smith
Eddie Highfill
Charles Garrett
Oklahoma City
Haydock to Speak at Chamber Forum on Agriculture
Lewis Haydock county agent will discuss Comanche county agriculture and the Junior Fat Stock and Dairy Show at the Chamber of Commerce forum luncheon. The meeting moves to the Artillery room at the Hotel Lawtonian. R. E. Glenn announced. The county’s Junior Fat Stock and Dairy Show runs March 7 to 9 at the free fair grounds on 19th and G.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche County
Lewis Haydock
Chamber of Commerce
Artillery Room
Lawtonian
R. E. Glenn
Jack Carter
Chamber Agriculture Committee
Jaycees and Janes Seek Coffee Cans for Tom Toms
Jaycees and Janes seek old coffee cans to build Indian tom-toms for their national convention. About 175 cans needed. pickup arranged by calling Mrs. Bill Capshaw, No. 2533-R.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jaycees
Janes
Tom Toms
Bill Capshaw
Denial Ties To 1950s Oklahoma Bootlegger Network
The article details claims linking Orville Lindsay Chambless and others to bootlegging rings around Lawton and Ardmore in 1954 with hijackings and a robbery near Ringling. Fuqua testifies about facial scars from a Miami traffic accident and declines lineup participation amid attorney objections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ringling
Davis
Ardmore
DeLozier
Potts
Oklahoma City
Lawton
Weaver and
Tisdel
U. S. 277
Carter
Cox
Sears
Fuqua
Miami
Fla
Redman
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Bernard H. Graham
Leonard W. Adams Jr
Will George Tingue
Betty Jo Welch
Euclid
William Robert Ebisch
Ray Ross
English H. Collier
Monroe
Ann Tamplen
Park
Kenneth Campbell
John Frederick Raminez
Opal Mae Pee
Bell
Harold R. Witt
Junior Gardenhire
T. A. Hamra
City
Williams
Rotary
Willard Baker
Bill Wulf
Carpenter’s Studio
Nentinel
Wichita
Corwin
McCord’s
C Avenue
Mercury Hardtop
Southwest
Marie
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