Farewell Tea Honors Mrs T G Ferguson at Polo Club
Mrs T G Ferguson wife of the departing III Corps Artillery commander received a gold lion charm and a glamella corsage at a farewell tea hosted by the Wives of Officers of Missile Group No 9. Special guests included prominent officers' wives from III Corps and related commands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. G. Ferguson
III Corps Artillery
Polo Club
EF. L. Weber Jr
Ferguson
William McDowell Sr
Milton Kinne Jr
James Quinlan
Edward J. Johnson
R. F. Massey
Clement N. Salvador
Peter B. Dulcamara
Richard Price
Richard S. Wydur
Loren K. Thurber
David A. Keenan
Lawrence H. Caruthers
Fort Sill
Social Calendar Highlights Local Club Activities
A dense listing of social and church group events in Lawton Fort Sill including meetings at First Presbyterian, Cameron Baptist, Centenary United Methodist, and other venues. Activities feature luncheons, elections, installations, games, dances, and coffee hours with numerous organizations such as TOPS, Rebekah, VFW, NCO, Eastern Star, and AAUW.
Goodwill Officers Installed at Local Meeting
83 officers were installed at Goodwill Hall with Mrs. Jeff Brown presiding and assisted by a slate including Mrs. Ray Forrester and Mrs. Noble Fields. The ceremony named Mrs. Edd Tenopir as noble grand and listed multiple officers and color bearers. Flowergirls Beth Bailey and Tomena Ledford attended, followed by a refreshments service and gift exchanges among participants. In a separate note, washing soda is praised as a phosphate detergent alternative for hard water areas, aiding soap performance and soap scum reduction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goodwill Rebekah Lodge No. 83
Goodwill Hall
Jeff Brown
Ray Forrester
Noble Fields
Bertie Rath
Joe Simpson
Arthur Johnson
Earl Wheeler
Noble Grand
Howard Gear
Beth Bailey
Tomena Ledford
Theta Rho Club
New York City
Environmental Protection
Jerome Kretchmer
Auxiliary meeting of Comanche-Cotton-Tillman Medical Society
The Auxiliary to the Comanche-Cotton-Tillman County Medical Society met at Dr and Mrs Douglas F Wilsons home after a Lawton Country Club dinner. President Mrs Ronald Cagie led the session as plans were set for Doctors Day events and a February state project to donate medical supplies. Members were urged to learn current medical legislation and consider host family offers for Allied officers through the Lawton Woman's Forum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
che-Cotton-Tillman County Medical Society
Douglas F. Wilson
Lawton Country Club
Ronald Cagie
John Lashley
John McFarlane
James Shaw
Frances Honaker
Frederick
John Wennerbom
Melton P. Meek
International Affairs
Lawton Woman's Forum
Battery Hosts Dinner at Fort Sill Club
Lt. Col. James L. Champan presided over a dinner and sing along organized by the Officers of the 5th Battalion ATC and their wives at Fort Sill Golf Club. Newcomers Capt. Harry S. Truman and others were welcomed. farewells were said to several officers. Mrs Kay Walker of Wichita Falls attended as a guest. Wives of ATC Sergeants Major plan a coffee gathering at Mrs E J Ardoin’s home Friday at 10 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James L. Champan
5Th Battalion
ATC
Fort Sill Golf Club
C Battery
Harry S. Truman
Steve Dennis
Robert A. Bean
Richard D’amico
Larry S. Qualls
E. J. Ardoin
Rossbach
Fort Sill
Dear Abby column highlights nagging family advances and gift etiquette
A reader recounts unwanted advances by her husband’s grandfather and a mother in law’s insensitive reaction. The page also features a misdirected wedding gift scandal and Abby’s guidance on bullying procrastination and the ethics of acts performed in good faith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abby
Gramps
Luncheon Hosted by Field Artillery Officers Club
Officers of the Field Artillery Board and their wives held a luncheon in the Officers' Club. Maj. and Mrs. Richard Bell and Maj. and Mrs. Robert Wolpert hosted. Col. Robert T. Blake presided and welcomed Lt. Col. Paul Dickerson and others. Farewell gifts were given to Maj. and Mrs. Ralph Rethlake. Royal Neighbors of America meet next at Goodwill Hall with Mrs. Lara Suttle installing officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Field Artillery Board
Officers’ Club
Richard Bell
Robert Wolpert
Robert T. Blake
Paul Dickerson
James Treadway
Larry Banks
Lowell Martin
Clifford Eby
James Ethridge
Ralph Rethlake
V. Vavougios
R. Papastyrou
Thelma Lockhart
Carnation Camp
Royal Neighbors of America
Goodwill Hall
Lara Suttle
Duncan
Earl Wheeler
Alice Miller
Frank Catalfamo
Lester Dawson
Field Artillery
Wilburn E. Ferrill
Robert Shearer
Bobby Sikes
Joint Meeting Of Wesleyan Service Guilds
A joint gathering of Wesleyan Service Guilds from First, Centenary and Lawton Heights United Methodist Churches convened in Currell Hall at First United. Mrs. R E Lamb presided at the covered dish dinner while entertainment came from Lincoln Elementary School sixth graders including David Young on a solo and Becky Shirel on piano with bell choirs providing music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wesleyan Service Guilds
First, Centenary
Lawton Heights
United Methodist Churches
Currell Hall
First United Methodist Church
R. E. Lamb
Guild of the Host Church
Gertrude Cook
Lincoln Elementary School
David Young
Becky Shirel
Bell Choirs
Spirit of Moral Life in Local Women Groups
Reading the Spirit of Christian Morality featured by Lydia Circle at the First Presbyterian Church with Mrs W P Roberts hosting and Mrs Joe Hampton presenting. Iris Society in Southwest Oklahoma gathered chez Mrs Fred Melon with show chair C L Waltermire and plans for Spring Comes to the Wichitas on April 29 at the Museum of the Great Plains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia Circle
United Presbyterian Women's Association
First Presbyterian Church
W. P. Roberts
Joe Hampton
THE
Southwest Oklahoma Iris Society
Fred Melon
James G. True
Also Mentioned on This Page
E. L. Weber Jr
Church
Lawton
Goodwill Rebekah
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
VFW Hall
S. 2Nd
Opti
Club
Darold English
Euclid
NCO Association
NCO Club
Cameron Baptist Church
Robert J. Bayne
Women’s Society of Christian Service
Centenary United Methodist Church
W. W. Easley
Oak
Lew Johnson
Comanche County
Legal Secretaries’ Association
Old Mill Room
Ramada Inn
United Presbyterian Women’s Association
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Lincoln
Lawton Humane Society
Security Bank
Carnation
Lawton-Fort Sill
Church Women United
USC
NCO Wives’ Club
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Lawton Woman's’ Forum
YMCA
Carolyn Hunt
Dorcas
Central Baptist Church
Quana Mitchell
Park
Mountain Tops Club
S. Sheridan
IOOF
Lawton - Fort Sill
American Association of University Women
McMahon Foundation
Comanche County Fairgrounds
FE. J. Ardoin
School of Continuing Learning
Lawton Garden Council
Museum of the Great Plains
Officers Wives
VFW
Bateman-Zarling
American Legion
Square Toppers Square Dance Club
Edd Tenopir
Mickey Johnson
Opal March
Fae Cottingham
Bonnie Hodges
Wylie Box
W. R. Kensell
Mary Ann Priest
Cecil McLain
Dorothy Horvath
Bill Smith
C. C. Weatherford Jr
Neva Aubrey
Madeline Finney
Billie Ledford
Eunice Davis
Nell Lillard
Ludwig Werner
Gwen Fisher
State International Health Committee
Organization
Adams Carpet Cleaners
Mrs. Ancell
Abigail van Buren
Joyce
Valentine
Cear Abby
Rabbi Hillel
Charleston, S
Shirley
Los Angeles
Cal
Uests
Beta Omicron
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
R. A. Briggs
Eddie Sims
Briggs
Warren Schimmel
Don Bynum
First Christian Church
Pat Shuman
Roy Ross
Grover Lowe
M. N. Schortemeyer
Louis LaFountain
Joe Beznoska
Lola McDaniel
Ike Love
L. W. Mitchell
M. N. Wilcoxen
Edith Story
Paul B. Walter
Lawrence C. Peterson
Richard P. Dudley
Nuclear Weapons Employment Division
Tactics and Combined Arms Department
Walter
Guy A. Rogers
NWED
D. S. Webley
Amos Mitchell
Philman A. Erickson
Vito Bruno
Survey Division
Target Acquisition Department
Officers Wives’ Club
OWC
Field Artillery Officers
David Mosser
James McDonough
Richard Kosonen
William Odle
Homer Baxley
18Th Field Artillery
Charles Weeks
George C. Green
7Th Battalion
Robert FE. Duffy
George G. Collins
Clark Lozes
Calvin J. Landau
Frederick Schenker
Meee Ea National Bank
N. Sheridan Rd
Venicelon
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