Elks Leadership Contest Deadline Set for Feb 1
Lawton Elks Lodge 1056 announces entry deadline February 1 for the annual Youth Leadership contest open to youths under 19. Winners at local level advance to state and national contests with bonds and cash prizes, recognizing leadership, citizenship, perseverance, and honor.
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Elks
Don Drumm
Lawton Lodge 1056
Drumm
Lawton
Oklahoma State Elks Association
Oklahoma State
Virginia Votes On School Issue
Virginia voters decide by referendum whether to authorize a limited constitutional convention to legalize state funds for private schooling. The move would allow public schools to close to evade desegregation decrees, with a record turnout anticipated and broad opposition citing education risks.
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Richmond
Doctors Seek More Time Studying Graham Sanity
Denver officials at Colorado Psychopathic Hospital request extra time to assess John Gilbert Graham's sanity amid the United Airlines bombing case. Judge Keating orders investigation into alleged court psychiatrist findings while Graham pleads not guilty by reason of insanity.
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Denver
Colorado Psychopathic Hospital
John Gilbert Graham
Beth
James Galvin
John MacDonald
Graham
Rocky Mountain News
Daisie E. King
United Air Lines
Here
Dist
Edward J. Keating
Denver Post
Graham Sane
Post
Keating
Leo V. Tepley
Robert Cohen
Denver District Court
Dying Man Shoots Self as Texas Trust Faces Debts
WACO Texas August Shoemake chief of U S Trust and Guaranty Co lay dying after firing on himself during a dispute among creditors over seven million dollars. He remained unconscious with infection and swelling in the head as Texas depositors in seven cities organize a statewide creditors group amid calls for a special legislature session on insurance scandals. Occidental Life reports indicate life policies on Shoemake amount to one million dollars, with proceeds limited to premiums paid if death results from self harm within two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waco
Tex
B. Shoemake
Boyd Alexander
U. S. Trust & Guaranty Co
Shoemake
Alexander
Texas
Ance Companies
U.S. Trust & Guaranty
Charles O. Betts
Austin
Betts
California
Occidental Life Insurance
Boy Still Excited About Gift To Ike
Five year old Tommy Lee Rodgers from Malden Missouri still loves the gift he sent to President Eisenhower. He bought 29 cent cotton work gloves after seeing the President in kid gloves and the family visited Washington to present the gift on the White House steps. Eisenhower said the gloves are just what he needs and Mrs. Eisenhower kissed the boy. Rodgers Sr. is an Air Force member stationed near Malden and the family will return to Norman Oklahoma after discharge.
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Malden
Norman, Okla
Dwight Eisenhower
Tommy Lee Rodgers
Tommy
Washington
Eisenhower
White House
J. Lee Rodgers
Air Force
Norman
Walters To Host Baptist Meeting Tonight in Walters
Walters young people plan a 7 30 p m program at First Baptist Church Walters featuring a Drama club production of A Certain Just Man led by Sally Sullivan. Gene Brook will direct congregational singing with Leonard Gregory reading scripture. Speakers include Jim Corner and Glen Pence. Board and WM A executives meet 5 30 p m, dinner at 6, Roy Edwards Jr will preside.
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First Church
Lawton
Sally Sullivan
Gene Brook
Cameron College
Cameron Baptist Church
Leonard Gregory
North Side Church
Jim Corner
Friendship Church
Glen Pence
Paradise Alley
Board of Directors
W.M.A
Roy Edwards Jr
Association Young People
Lawton High School Directories On Sale For 35 Cents
Lawrence Gee, president of the Trade and Industrial club, announced that the 1955-56 Lawton High School faculty and student directories are still available. The T and I club produced them and they sell for 35 cents per copy, listing all students and teachers with addresses class years and telephone numbers.
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Lawton High School
LHS
Lawrence Gee
Trade and Industrial Club
T&i Club
Senior Citizens Club Sets First Meeting of Year
Lawton Senior Citizens president A. W. Puttkamer reminded members the group will hold its first meeting of the year Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the Recreation Center at 14th and Bell. He invited all retired persons in Lawton to join and said no fees or dues are required.
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A. W. Puttkamer
Lawton
Texas Foursome Held In Ardmore Drive-In Holdup
Four suspects arrested after a late night drive in hold up at Sky Vue Theater. A 1955 sedan was pursued on US 70 north of Madill, a .32 caliber pistol and $153 in receipts were found under a front seat. Suspects include Raymond Terry and Loyd Stephenson both of Reidsville NC, a 16 year old girl claiming to be Terry's wife, and a 19 year old woman listing Detroit as home. Police check for links to other holdups in southern Oklahoma and northern Texas.
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Ardmore
Okla
Lubbock
Tex
Obert Bennett
Tom Harris
U.S. 70
Madill
Harris
Bennett
Jimmy Gaskins
Raymond Lee Terry
Loyd Edwin Stephenson
Reidsville
N. C
Terry
Detroit
Mich
Oklahoma
Texas
Richard Returns From Rites After Father’s Funeral
Mr and Mrs Richard of 1325 Cherry have returned from Baton Rouge Louisiana after attending funeral services for his father Joseph Camille Richard 63 who died unexpectedly last Sunday A Baton Rouge realtor Richard suffered serious injuries in an auto accident in November but was believed recovering when stricken Requiem mass held Tuesday Survivors include his wife and five children The elder Richard had visited several times in the Lawton home of his son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Richard
Cherry
Baton Rouge
Joseph Camille Richard
Richard
Lawton
Atomic reactor tested on bomber to study airborne power
Air Force Convair announces tests of an atomic reactor aboard a B36 in a program to develop atomic powered aircraft. Reactor used to study radiation shielding and effects on aircraft, materials, and systems with safety measures ensuring no nuclear explosion. Reactor operated only over designated areas and never during takeoffs or landings.
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Fort Worth
Tex.p
Air Force
Convair
Children Present Episcopal Pageant at St. Andrews Feast
Thirty two children took part in St. Andrew's Episcopal church Feast of Lights pageant for Epiphany held Sunday morning. Mrs. Bill Evans led the program with Mrs. Charles Matheny directing, aided by costume helpers and music coordinator Jess Bitterman. Rev. Russell T. Rauscher narrated as the rector. Adult choir performed. additional helpers included Wayne Cofer H. M. Nicholson Merle Brandon Murdock Matthew and Mr. and Mrs. Jack Allen.
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St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
Bill Evans
Charles Matheny
Mary Emma Smith
Bill Blair
Mary Lou Miller
Lanny Ikard
Frances Wright
George Glasby
Jess Bitterman
Russell T. Rauscher
Wayne Cofer
H. M. Nicholson
Merle Brandon
Murdock Matthew
Jack Allen
Egg Prices Dip Two Cents in Comanche County
Egg prices in Comanche County fall from 50 cents to 48 cents wholesale marking the mid season decline. Lawton Produce company notes further price drops expected throughout the week.
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Comanche County
Lawton Produce Company
Court Notes Civil Proceedings and Probate Reports
Superior Court civil filings include Frank Cornforth versus R C Langfitt over a $50 judgment. Ellis versus Grissom for $228.09 in a 1955 traffic crash. Phillips versus Dodson for $420.87. Garrison v Garrison under uniform support. Gale v Southland Development for deed to Medicine Park lot 13 block 45. Young doing business as Creditor’s Adjustment Bureau versus Ballou for $101.98. Herder v Herder under uniform support. District Court transcribes $499.22 judgment for M J Frantz. Walter Page McLeod Jr seeks majority rights. probate court hears will of Lucia Gensman valued around $100,000 with Jan 17 hearing. guardianship for James Michael May granted. estates of Cora Gleason valued about $15,000 with Jan 18 hearing for letters of administration.
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Frank Cornforth
R. C. Langfitt
Justice of Peace Court
Lewis M. Ellis
Lewis C. Grissom
Cache
Raymone L. Phillips
Glen Dale Dodson
U.S
Lawton
Mattie M. Garrison
Thane
Shelton Garrison
Charles B. Gale
Southland Development Corp
Medicine Park
A. W. Young
Creditor’s Adjustment Bureau
Harold L. Ballou
Mavis Herder
Wayne Herder
Uniform Support Act
District Court
M. J. Frantz
Z. B. Higson
Kay County
Walter Page McLeod Jr
Fort Sill
Vernon C. Field
Comanche County
Russell G. Jones
Lucia E. Gensman
Floyd W. Kennedy
James Michael May
Earl Willard
Cora Gleason
Dorothy McGuire Wins Divorce in Florida Case
Florida circuit judge George W. Jackson grants Dorothy McGuire a divorce from Air Force Sgt. John Henry Brown. The 27 year old singer, once linked to Julius La Rosa, and Brown married July 30 1951 in Miami Ohio and have no children. Brown will not contest the decree. Details of testimony were not released.
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Bunnell
Fla
Florida
Dorothy McGuire
Arthur Godfrey
Julius la Rosa
George W. Jackson
Joseph Hirschman
Air Force
John Henry Brown
Brown
Dorothy
Jackson
Hirschman
Miss McGuire
Miamisburg
Ohio
Korea
la Rosa
Godfrey
Rosemary Meyer
Perry Como
Sunday School Attendee Suffering Blood Clot Misses 34th Year
Huch Allen, longtime Sunday school treasurer at Decatur Presbyterian Church, ends a 34 year attendance streak after missing service due to a lung blood clot. He was hospitalized at Emory Hospital for treatment. The streak covered 1,769 consecutive weeks with no absence.
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Atlanta
Huch Allen
Emory Hospital
Allen
Decatur Presbyterian Church
Kiwanis Club Names Committee Assignments for Year
The 1956 Downtown Kiwanis year book honors Elzy L. Richardson and Marlin Keathley while Keathley announces this year’s committee appointments. Chairmen lead Youth Services Key club underprivileged children vocational guidance Citizenship Services Agriculture and conservation public affairs church support safety promotion administration attendance interclub relations education and fellowship membership and classification military affairs new club building programs and music public relations reception special events and more with numerous members named for each panel.
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Keathley
Hugh Horn
Walter Browers
Finis Hendrick
John Hicks
Lloyd Jacks
B. C. Mackey Jr
Buford Morgan
Charles Wade
C. A. Wolverton
Cricke K
Donald Wicker
Jess Forbess
Charles Horton
Arnold Newcombe
Clarence Roper
Key Club
Paul Williams
Richard Hopper
Emmett Keough
Marshall Looney
Bill Abbott
Grady Conner
Glen Fuqua
John Keathley
Ted Krisher
Jean Matthews
Earl McKinney
Henry Niederjohn
Ben Leva
Earl Austin
C. R. Ellsworth
Millard Emanuel
C. Y.A. Franklin
Bill Griswold
Lowell Hogan
Newton Irwin
James Ixnox
William Porter
James E. Cottingham
William Burleson
Kenzel Carpenter
Pete Monroe
Gerald Smith
Walter Smith
Wes Miller
Jesse Anderson
Leon Garrison
Laurence Higbee
Loyd Lowry
Dean Paramore
Robert Reeder
Neville Tinsley
Lindsey Whitten
Justin Kuntz
Donald Angus
Adelbert Angus
R. B. McCoy
Richardson
John Shoemaker
William J. Hanley
Roy Alston
Robert Gilbert
Grant Mangum
Glen Powers
Githen Rhoads
Park Stovall
Ralph Wolverton
LeRoy Leister
Lewis Fouts
Joe Porter
H. W. Hallett
T. P. Brammer
Cecil Easton
Paul Goode
Howard Hamilton
Ten Traffic Violations Highlight Weekend Arrests
County Attorney Manville Redman filed ten traffic counts this morning led by a driving while intoxicated charge against Frank Rodiger, 37, Rt. 1, after a Sunday accident with Trooper John Duke. Other cases include speeding at night and licenses suspended or absent, with multiple defendants across Cameron and Woodrow Giles jurisdictions.
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Manville Redman
Frank Rodiger
Rt. 1
John Duke
Highway Patrol
Redman
Ralph Cline
Jack Batten to Attend Joint Layman's Conference
Jack Batten a Christian lay leader from Lawton Congregational church will join 40 leaders from two Protestant denominations at a weekend joint laymen conference. The Evangelical and Reformed church and the Congregational Christian churches sponsor the Houston Texas gathering, the second of seven nationwide meetings following a Merom Indiana event with 11 midwestern states.
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Jack Batten
Lawton
Cameron Cow Completes Test at Cameron College Farm
Cameron Cow Camstaco Pabst Roburke Dotty finished a 315 day test in the Oklahoma Holstein herd improvement registry. The Holstein produced 13,732 pounds of milk and 436 pounds butterfat while milking three times daily for about 20 quarts per day. She was two years four months old at the start.
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Cameron College
Camstaco Pabst Roburke Dotty
VA Rejects Loyalty Charges Against Crippled Veteran
The Veterans Administration dropped charges that veteran James Kutcher aided enemies while continuing his $329 monthly compensation for loss of his legs from World War II. Kutcher admitted SWP membership but denied aiding Communist China or North Korea during the Korean War.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
James Kutcher
Newark
N. J
Kutcher
Socialist Workers Party
China
North Korea
Funeral Rites for Stanley Morse Held at Ritter Chapel
Funeral rites for six month old Stanley Lee Morse, son of Mr and Mrs Sidney Lee Morse, take place at 2 p.m. today in the Ritter Funeral home chapel with Rev George Bradford of El Dorado Methodist church officiating. Burial is in Sterling cemetery. The infant died Friday morning at the Ozark Alabama family home. The father works for Spartan Aircraft Co there.
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Stanley Lee Morse
Sidney Lee Morse
Ritter Funeral Home
George Bradford
el Dorado Methodist Church
Sterling Cemetery
Ozark
Ala
Spartan Aircraft Co
Square Dance Class Opens at Fort Sill Indian School
A 14 week square dance course starts at 8 p.m. today at the Fort Sill Indian School. Instructors Mr and Mrs Art Ashline have taught about 2,000 couples in the Lawton area since 1949 and have done professional square dance work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Sill Indian School
Art Ashline
Lawtonians
Brother Dies in Portland After Leaving Oklahoma at 23
Hugh Cunningham, 64, longtime Oklahoma native, died December 29 1955 in Portland Oregon. Born and reared in Comanche county he moved from Sioux City Iowa to Portland where he made his home. He was well known in the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Brown
Hugh Cunningham
Portland
Ore
Oklahoma
Cunningham
Sioux City
Iowa
Comanche County
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Fuzz Barnes
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Harvey Mathis
Tom Cullen
Dewey E. S. Kuhns
Charleston
W. Va
Grand Lodge of Elks
Kuhns
Virginia
Democratic Party
By Carl Linde
Ike
Golly
Mrs. Eisenhower
Walters
Comanche - Cotton Assn
First Baptist Church
John S. Evans
Southwest
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Dallas News
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Hobbs
N.M
Eugen 620 S
EL. Bowman
Kiwanis Club
Kiwanis
Elzy L. Richardson
Marlin Keathley
Howard Kinmouth
Lonnie Knight
Ross Malson
Glenn Roe
Walter Wicker
Harold Woodward
P. G. Waggoner
Floyd Wood
Thurston Nicklas
Blake Bryant
Jack Dalton
Oscar Elkins
Arthur Lawrence
Jake Lyons
Grover Ralston
S. Vernon Carmichael
Walter D. Ford Jr
Cullen Raley
Robert Billman
J. Olen Conner
Howard Freeman
Henry Johnson
John Patterson
John Salvo
House
Joe W. Narmore
Leon Cole
Vernon Greer
Robert Lamphere
Walter Magner
Joe Wood
Floyd Zook
Ben Ansley
Ray Boulton
Joe Cable
Shannon Cox
A. B. Gosselin
Duane Huscher
Frank McCoy
Ralph Wertz
Kiwanis Education and Fellowship
Joe Peller
Cecil Conner
Glenn Friman
Fred Fox
Clyde Nelson DePew
Elgin
Marvin E. Cameron
Doris Pueblo
Snyder
Cameron
Cameron’s
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Tanzy L. McMurrey
David A. LaBelle
Sheppard Afb
Woodrow Giles
Jerry Wade Loula
Carnegie
Doris Odell Hatter
S. 25Th
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Patterson
Paul Wayne Pickett
Monroe
Norman Carroll
H. D. Morgan
W. W. Flanagan
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Cameron Cow
Roach
Mae Service
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C Ave
Wolverton
Eugene L. Bowman
Roger Wilkerson
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Mgr
B. F. Goodrich
Glasstex
F Goodrich
L. C
Corky” Higbee, Mgr
Harry
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Chicago
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