Roderick Johnson And Bride Establish Home In New Mexico
Roderick Eugene Johnson and Melba Hoover Johnson establish residence in Las Cruces New Mexico after marrying at Frederick First Christian Church. The bride is daughter of Donald Hoover Manitou and the groom son of Ada Johnson Duncan. The wedding followed a formal ceremony December 29 with a large family gathering and reception. The couple plans to remain in Las Cruces while the groom completes electrical engineering studies at New Mexico A&M.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Las Cruces
N. Mex
Roderick Eugene Johnson
Frederick First Christian Church
Melba Gayle Hoover
Donald Hoover
Manitou
Ada Johnson
Gene Patton
Lafayette
Guy Shull
Jane Patton
Carol Shull
Nancy Patton
Bill Hunter
Eddie Jones
Niles Palmer
James Hoover
Noel Gene Rogers
Robert E. Warrick
Dorothy Loftis
Francis Lewis
Coy Rogers
Artesia
Lawton High School
Cameron College
Cameron
Phi Theta Kappa
Young Women’s Christian Association
Security Bank & Trust Company
LHS
New Mexico A&m College
State College
Sigma Tau
American Institute of Electrical Engineers
Tau Kappa Epsilon
Associated Student Commission
Fletcher OES Installs New Officers in Ceremony
Mrs Cephas M Kelly installed as worthy matron of Fletcher chapter 249 Order of Eastern Star during public services Sunday afternoon with installing officer Mrs Ivan Catshall Cement. Numerous officers and district deputies participated and guests from Lawton Elgin Ardmore Chickasha and Fletcher attended. A reception followed the installation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fletcher
Cephas M. Kelly
Fletcher Chapter No. 249
Order of Eastern Star
Ivan Catshall
Cement
Milton Capshaw
Lawton
Faye Cottingham
Alice Wolcott
Elgin
L. D. Whitlock
Art Harney
Harry D. Claypool
Elmo Littlefield
Harney
Sentinel
Pete Warren
Hal Harney
Marshal
Robert R. Henry
Ardmore
W. F. Lawler
Marlow
J. C. Brubaker
Billy
Nellie Layton
Harry Claypool
Gentry Cashman
Mesdames Lowell Anderson
Ida Cline
D. E. Cline
Edwin Bridges
Leo Pence
J. M. Weaver
Washington PTA Meets At School
Washington Parent-Teacher Association held a 2 45 p m meeting in the school auditorium with guest speaker Mrs Alvin Mc Kasson presenting a paper on Personalities of Children. Devotional by Mrs A E Newcombe titled Our Personal Inventory for 1956. Cub Scouts led flag ceremony. about 46 persons attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin McKasson
Washington
Parent- Teacher Association
A. E. Newcombe
Neil Kissick
Cub
Jimmy Botkin
Tony Brown
Alan Brummett
Larry Kissick
Randy May
Emerson PTA Hears Panel On What Parents Expect
Emerson PTA held a January 7:30 p.m. meeting in the school auditorium with Rev. J. J. Stowe Jr. moderating a panel on what parents expect of the school and what teachers expect of the home. Panelists included Mrs. Mary Cox, Mrs. Harold Olin, Robert Gemmell, and Bill Holloway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. J. Stowe Jr
First Methodist Church
Emerson Parent-Teacher Association
C. W. Walker
Mary Cox
Emerson
Harold Olin
Robert Gemmell
Bill Holloway
Fort Sill
David O. Wilson
W. W. Pippin
Walter Brown
Emerson Pta
Acorn
Monita Collins
Names Named For Scholarship At Xi Tau Beta Sigma Phi Meeting
At 8 p m Monday Xi Tau chapter of Beta Sigma Phi met at Mrs Al Lenz home to discuss a Cameron college homemaking major scholarship. Mrs Robert Cook, president, led a brief business period. A copper picture making program was given by Mrs Clarence Constant with each member crafting a piece. One guest Mrs Leroy Ream attended. Members present included Christina Robertson Made Wright Ethlyn Bassford William D. Bishop Sam Davis Dell Hagler Floyd Kennedy Jr. O J Pippin Jack Raulston Clarence Saffit Gene Welch Harold Whitlock Leona White.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cameron College
Xi Tau Chapter
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
al Lenz
Robert Cook
Clarence Constant
Leroy Ream
Christina Robertson
Made Wright
Mesdames Ethlyn Bassford
William D. Bishop
Sam Davis
Dell Hagler
Floyd Kennedy Jr
O. J. Pippin
Jack Raulston
Clarence Saffit
Gene Welch
Harold Whitlock
Leona White
Immanuel Baptist Faithful Workers Class Meeting
Mrs. Jesse Collins led a devotional at the 2 pm Monday Faithful Workers class gathering of Immanuel Baptist Church held at Mrs. Jim Spears home, 302 Jefferson. Prayer by Mrs. Paschal Austin. Hostess served refreshments to Nancy Spears and other members including Mesdames Sherry Austin, Guy Files, John Davis, Floyd Howell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Collins
Faithful Workers
Immanuel Baptist Church
Jim Spears
Jefferson
Paschal Austin
Nancy Spears
Mesdames
Sherry Austin
Guy Files
John Davis
Floyd Howell
Fields Seeks Re election as Democratic Committeewoman
Mrs Fields plans a vigorous re election bid for national committeewoman with Gov Gary not opposing her term continues from 1952. Contender Mrs Carl Mason of Shattuck announced Saturday for the party post. County meetings and a central committee session are set Friday and Saturday to organize leadership for the 1956 campaigns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertrude Fields
Lawton
Carl Mason
Shattuck
Fields
Raymond Gary
Democratic
Democratic Central Committee
Charles Jennings
Oklahoma
Gary
William C. Doenges
Bartlesville
Grace Kelly Rainier Wedding Date In Doubt
Conflicting statements from close to Grace Kelly and Prince Rainier raise doubt about the wedding date and site. Monaco plans April civil and Catholic ceremonies, while Rainier’s chaplain cites no official authority and a Philadelphia wedding is hinted but unconfirmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Grace Kelly
Prince Rainier III of
Monaco
Miss Kelly
Rainier
Paul Noghes
Monte Carlo
Wilmington
Del
J. Francis Tucker
Florida
Jeans
Hollywood
Stamp Club Names Officers at Fort Sill Meeting
The Lawton-Fort Sill Stamp club elected Mrs. J. H. Crosby as president and named Lt. E. J. Talamas secretary-treasurer, with Lt. Col. R. F. Meconi as vice president and Capt. F. E. Bernhardt as corresponding secretary. The group discussed Haiti stamps during the session in Room 11 Snowhall Fort Sill and set a future meeting for Friday Jan 20 at 7 30 p.m. Visitors included A. C. Huffman Sgt. W. W. Burnett Victor Burnett Joe Crosby and J. G. Strawbridge plus Lt. Col. J. F. Strawbridge Lt. J. A. Romiue Sgt. A. J. Murr J. H. Crosby and Mrs. Jane R. Walpole.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H. Crosby
Lawton-Fort Sill
Stamp Club
Snowhall
Fort Sill
E. J. Talamas
Haiti
R. F. Meconi
F. E. Bernhardt
Talamas
Snow Hall
Cow A. C. Huffman
Sgt
W. W. Burnett
Victor Burnett
Joe Crosby
J. G. Strawbridge
J. F. Strawbridge
J. A. Romiue
A. J. Murr
A. C. Marer
Jane R. Walpole
Chapter History Given At Meeting
Founders Day program for PEO Chapter BY featured Mrs. Bill Bentley presenting the history of its first year. The 2 pm meeting was at Mrs. H. N. Thompson’s home at 827 North 31st. One guest from Downers Grove, Ill., attended along with numerous chapter members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PEO
Bill Bentley
H. N. Thompson
C. K. Seely
Downers Grove
Ill
Mesdames J. Walter Browers Jr
Lawton Burton
F. L. Craig
Lemon Juice Flavor Booster for Veggies
Fresh lemon juice enhances the flavor of many vegetables and serves as a low calorie substitute for butter or margarine for those counting calories.
Man Rescues Dog Buried For 4 Days in Seattle
Jim Sneddon a University of Washington photographer and his family survived a mud slide that buried their home. After a hospital return he dug for Bonnie the 2 year old wire haired terrier under debris for hours. A passerby tipped him to bark sound heard in the wreckage and Bonnie was rescued gaunt but alive in an air pocket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Bonnie
Jim Sneddon
Sneddon
Heather
University of Washington
Irene
Man Kills Wife Two Little Girls In Ann Arbor Tragedy
In Ann Arbor Michigan police say Harold A Johnson 38 shot his wife Margerie 35 and two daughters Barbara 3 and Margaret 1 to death in their new home. He then took what was thought to be poison later deemed phenobarbital pills. Johnson survived and was in good condition at University Hospital. He telephoned his sister from the scene and confessed saying he would be with them in two to four minutes. He had claimed false credentials as a physician and physicist and said he worked for the National Research Council. Police note he was unemployed since his 1941 University of Michigan graduation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Arbor
Mich
College City
Harold A. Johnson
Johnson
University Hospital
G. D. Porterfield
Houghton Lake
Margie
Barbie
Margaret
Margerie
Barbara
Porterfield
National Research Council
University of Michigan
Jet Pilot Bails Out Four Miles Off California Coast
Marine Sgt. Robert Riggs of Pendosa Oregon bailed out of a flaming Skyraider at 7000 feet and was rescued two hours later by a fishing vessel four miles offshore. The pilot M Sgt Clarence H Graves of Orange California and Radioman 2C Peter E McEachtron of El Toro landed at El Toro Air Station. both were uninjured. Riggs was in good condition with exposure only.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newport Beach
Calif
Robert Riggs
Pondosa
Ore
Riggs
Clarence H. Graves
Orange
Peter E. McEachtron
el Toro
Man Accuses Ex-Wife of Nude Contact with Chaplin Jr
Irving Zeitlin claims his ex-wife Dolores Zeitlin consorted in the nude with Charles Chaplin Jr. in her home last June while disputing custody of their adopted son Barry. Dolores Zeitlin and Chaplin denied the accusation before a domestic relations court commissioner after the couple divorced in April.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Charles Chaplin Jr
Irving Zeitlin
Dolores Zeitlin
Chaplin
Zeitlin
George Says Ike illness Hurts U.S. Foreign Policy
Senator George of Georgia asserts Eisenhower’s heart attack last September has left U.S. foreign policy in a weak mood. As chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee he criticized limited progress in recent months while avoiding direct rebuke of Secretary Dulles. He spoke on the MBS Reporter’s Roundup program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sen. George
D-Ga
Eisenhower
Russia
George
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
MBS
State Dulles
Honest He Just Wanted To Get Date
Stanley Morton Finger a 17 year old Long Beach State student attempted a date via a note reading This is a holdup He handed it to clerk Ann Jerry at Long Beach Federal Savings and Loan A second clerk Wanda Wiley alerted police and FBI agents swarmed the scene Finger was handcuffed and questioned before release He still wants the date but without notes
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Beach
Calif
Stanley Morton
William Penhollow
FBI
Jerry
Afghanistan Expels Pakistani Attache in Kabul
Afghanistan declares Pakistan's military attache in Kabul persona non grata and orders his withdrawal in a dispute over Pathan tribesmen in Pakistan and prior expulsion of the Afghan consul in Quetta. The move follows months of tense exchanges between Kabul and Islamabad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karachi
Pakistan
Afghanistan
Kabul
Quetta
Northwest Frontier
Reds Blast Quarles Tokyo Sabre Rattling Charge
The Communist radio in Peiping accused U S Air Force Secretary Donald A Quarles of sabre rattling during his Far East visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Peiping
U.S. Air Force
Donald A. Quarles
Far East
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Roderick Johnson
Bride
New Mexico
Fletcher Oes
Washington Pta
Chaplin Jr
Zeitlins
Barry
Ike
U.S
Insurors Realtors
Farmers Lumber Company
BIG M
Mercury
KWFT
Chann Wyatt
Southwest
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