City Man 95 and Sister Board Plane to El Paso
A 95-year-old Lawton man John W. Jordan and his 87-year-old sister Mrs J W Berryman boarded a Continental flight at Municipal Airport making them the oldest to fly commercially. They will move to Tucson to live with relatives after meeting nephew R C Dewey in El Paso. Mrs Berryman had never flown before and both said you are never too old to fly.
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Lawton
Continental Airlines
el Paso
Municipal
Tucson
Ariz
John W. Jordan
J. W. Berryman
R. C. Dewey
Dewey
Jordan
Berryman
Wallie Tedder
S. Ninth
Cuba Cutler
Cora Bell Bundy
Municipal Airport
Mrs. Berryman
Oklahoma Bank Balance Sheet Saintly 1956 Figures
The document presents financial items for a bank in Comanche County Oklahoma dated January 5 1956. Notable totals include deposits and assets with figures such as 2 430 450 01 and 7 826 880 82. Signatures from W F Barber president and other officers authenticate the statement.
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United States
Federal Reserve Bank
State Man Denies Embezzlement Case Filed Against Grove
Harold Grove, 34, Oklahoma City, pleaded innocent to embezzlement charges and was jailed on a $1000 bond after a complaint signed by Tommy Dixon of Bob Appliances. Preliminary hearing set for January 20 at 2 p.m. Grove is accused of embezzling a sewing machine entrusted to him while working for the appliance firm. Witnesses listed include Dixon and Jack Crow of Post Pawn Shop. Grove was brought to Lawton from Oklahoma City by Deputy Oral Ridgeway.
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Harold Grove
Oklahoma City
Marvin E. Cameron
Grove
Tommy Dixon
Bob Appliances
Dixon
Jack Crow
Post Pawn Shop
Lawton
Oral Ridgeway
Dulles to visit Pakistan for SEATO meeting
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles will fly to Pakistan in March to attend a strategy meeting of the anticommunist Southeast Asia Treaty Organization.
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Washington
John Foster Dulles
Pakistan
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
Command changes as Seaward leads 93rd Group at Fort Sill
Lt Col Gordon W Seaward takes command of the 93rd Field Artillery Group from Col A T Terry Jr at Fort Sill. Col Terry becomes assistant chief of staff G2 at the Artillery and Guided Missile Center. Lt Col W K Oneal departs for duty with the 2nd Division at Fort Lewis Washington en route to Alaska.
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Col. Seaward
Terry New
Gordon W. Seaward
93Rd Field Artillery Group
Col
A. T. Terry Jr
Terry
Artillery and Guided Missile Center
W. K. Oneal
Fort Lewis
Wash
Alaska
Oneal
Sill
Europe
Korea
Normandy
Dday
France
Ardennes
Germany
Belgium
Louisiana State University
20Th Field Artillery
4Th Infantry Division
Japan
8Th Field Artillery
Fort Sill
TAC
98Rd FA Group
Gordon V. Seaward
Col. Terry
Naples
Italy
Allied Forces Southern Europe
Col. Oneal
548Th Field Artillery
2Nd Field Artillery Battalion
A. T. Terry
93Rd FA Gp
Gordon W. Seawall
U.S. Army
Lawton Postal Receipts Show 7.5 Percent Dip in 1955
Lawton post office reports 1955 total receipts of 469,480.10, down from 508,356.91 in 1954, a drop of 38,876.81. Postmaster Bennie Stephens and Assistant Postmaster Murray Gilbert cite population loss as the main cause, noting similar declines in the last quarter and comparable mail volumes in December 1954 and 1955.
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Lawton
Bennie Stephens
Stephens
Murray Gilbert
Gilbert
Mrs Charles Abney Attends Pentecostal Holiness Conference
Mrs Charles Abney attends the quarterly district conference of the Pentecostal Holiness churches marking participation in church leadership events and faith gatherings of the denomination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cyril
Charles Abney
Pentecostal Holiness Churches
Funeral Rites for Mrs Gladys H Skinner in Lawton
Funeral services for Mrs. Gladys H Skinner 46 of 3825 Arlington will be at 10 am Tuesday Becker Memorial Chapel. Burial in Fort Sill Post cemetery. She died after a heart attack last Tuesday morning. She was born Sept 4 1910 in Dallas Oregon and lived in Oregon most of her life. Survivors include husband Edward L Skinner two daughters Mrs Char lene Lane and Mrs Marie Smith four sons Peter G Smith James Jack and Charles one brother Jack Horsfall and six grandchildren. James is a Lawton high school senior.
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Gladys H. Skinner
Arlington
Becker Memorial Chapel
Fort Sill Post
Skinner
Germany
63Rd Ordnance Company
Dallas
Ore
Oregon
Los Angeles
Calif
Lawton
Edward L. Skinner
Las Vegas
Charlene Lane
Salem
Marie Smith
Peter G. Smith
Anid James
Jack
Charles
Civil Service Group Chooses Alfred Mietchen President
Alfred J. Mietchen was elected president of the Civil Service Employee organization Chapter 167 at a Saturday luncheon. New officers include Mrs. Aubrey Martin as vice president and Deah Timmons as secretary, succeeding retiring president G. M. Brooks.
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Alfred J. Mietchen
Civil Service Employee Organization
Chapter No
Aubrey Martin
Deah Timmons
G. M. Brooks
School Heads Elect President
Philip J. Hickey, superintendent of instruction at St. Louis, chosen president-elect of the American Association of School Administrators. He will begin his term as president March 15, 1957, after a nationwide ballot of members.
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Washington
Philip J. Hickey
St. Louis
American Association of School Administrators
Hickey
Netherlands Prince Plans Visit To United States
Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands will depart Tuesday for a two to three week U.S. visit with stops in New York, Los Angeles, Texas and Washington DC. The announcement came on Saturday.
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Netherlands
United States
Amsterdam
Holland
Bernhard of the
Juliana
New York
Los Angeles
Texas
Washington, dC
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Ray Atteberry
Peoria
Ill
Tn Lawton
Centenary Methodist Church
American National Bank
Oklahoma
Dacaaia Ee
George W. Barber
W. F. Barber
W. F. Wulf
Joe L. Porter
State of
County of
Comanche
Margery Banks
ASSI
U. S
Lee
American Fund
Emmett L. Keough
John White
C. E. Price, Jr
Kenneth Alexander
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Rae Ces
Dulles
Gordon Seaward
Lewis
Headquarters
10Th Army
Okinawa
Philippine Islands
United States Military Academy
Purdue University
Industrial College of the Armed Forces
Fort Leslie J. McNair
Washington, D.C
Field Artillery School
Coloneal
403Rd Field Artillery Battalion
85Th Infantry Division
82Nd Field Artillery Battalion
By Lawdis Gandy
Gladys Skinner
Civil Service Group
Alfred Mietchen
Olsen-Stelzer
Tregos
H-Bar-C
Lawton Boot & Western
Glenn Fuqua
Eugene L. Bowman
Roger Wilkerson
Mgr
Crook
General Electric
Wichita Falls
M&d Finance
Public Service Company
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