Services for Mrs. Julia Kitsmiller Held. Mrs. Capps Funeral Set
Funeral services for Julia H. Kitsmiller 86 longtime Lawton resident who died Saturday were held at Becker Memorial Chapel with burial in Sunset Memorial Gardens. Lillian Trader Capps 91 died Monday in Snyder after a lengthy illness. funeral is Wednesday at First Baptist Church with burial in Mountain Park Cemetery. Capps born 1886 in Fairmont West Virginia. moved to Oklahoma as a child. survived by three daughters five grandchildren and seven great grandchildren. married W G Capps in 1911. he died in 1935. member of Baptist church.
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Julia H. Kitsmiller
Lawton
Becker Memorial Chapel
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Kitsmiller
Dallas County
Texas
Lillian Trader Capps
Snyder
First Baptist Church
Ben Hotubbee
Mountain Park
Preston-Leckie Funeral Home
Capps
Fairmont
W.va
Oklahoma
Post Office Adds 190 Rent Lock Boxes at Lawton
Lawton Post Office at 102 SW 5th installs 190 new lock boxes to end waiting lists. Postmaster Kinley McClure notes 35 to 40 people on the rental wait list previously. Larger boxes sell for 17.50 per six months, others for 10 per six months.
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Lawton
5Th
Kinley McClure
Reading Courses Slated At Cameron University
Cameron University announces three free reading skill mini courses at the Reading Center in Nance Boyer Hall. Dr. Ward Williams notes enrollment is open to all students, with testing and registration at the first class period. Courses include Read With Speed, Study Makes the Difference, and Words Can Make You Rich, each with specific schedules and a March start for second sessions.
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Cameron University
Ward Williams
Department of Education and Psychology
Cameron
Nance-Boyer
Oklahoma City Man Given Five Year Burglary Sentence
District Judge J. Winston Rayburn sentenced 36 year old Eddie Ray Hare to five years in prison after Hare pled guilty in district court to second degree burglary of a vending machine. The former felony conviction was dismissed with the guilty plea. Assistant DA Robert Looney led the case.
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J. Winston Rayburn
Oklahoma City
Eddie Ray Hare
Robert Looney
Hare
Lawton School Board approves workbook purchase
Lawton Board of Education votes 3 to 2 to spend 21 536.39 for second semester workbooks. Superintendent John Elkins and four assistants are reappointed for 1978 79. The move ends a four month dispute over who pays, with a requested attorney general ruling considered but not required.
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Lawton Board of Education
John Elkins
Pat Conway
Robert Morford
Sharon Montague
Beard
Gary Wheatly
Robert Sims
Chuck Wade
Montague
Bob Roundtree
Wade
Elkins
Zear] Harmon
Gene Hancock
Dick Neptune
Albert Johnson
Eisenhower High School
Chris Jueschke
Jueschke
Wheatly
MacArthur Junior High
Hugh Bish
Lawton Associ
School board approves workbook purchases and staff hires
The board eyed plural options for providing workbooks to students, hiring four teachers including a drivers education coach, and restoring several administrators after a 45 minute evaluation session. Construction timelines and new security system bids were reviewed as well.
Instapoll Questions on Local Revenue and Sales Tax
Lawton Publishing records Instapoll survey items asking if county governments need more local revenue and if a county option should authorize a one cent sales tax for operating funds. Citizens are invited to call 353 0620 during dinner hours this week to participate or seek answers via the Hot Line.
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Lawton Publishing Company
Instapoll
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MacArthur High School
Jane Ballard
Tomlinson
James Lee Herron
EHS
Doris Hopkins
Cleveland
Janet Hoy
Edison
Rosalind Dorsey
Taft
Patti Hamm
Lincoln Elementary
Instapoll Questions
Lawton Glass
Avroi
Home Savings and Loan
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