Social Calendar Highlights Local Groups and Events
Wednesday listings cover Hook and Whirl Square Dance at the American Legion hall hosted by Cecil Carter Tallent. Jaycee Jaynes dinner at Hotel Lawtonian. Woman's Forum discussion of arts festival. Schubert Music Club at McMahon Memorial auditorium with Leta Mae Smith. Lawton Woman's Forum officers election. Deb club and garden club luncheon and spring flowers film. various club meetings and civic events across Lawton. Saturday features a benefit dance by the VFW auxiliary No. 1193 at the VFW building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hook & Whirl Square Dance Club
P.m
American Legion Hall
E. Art Ashline
Messrs
Cecil Carter
R. E. Tallent
Jaycee Jaynes
Hotel Lawtonian
Art Department
Woman’s Forum
Clarence Evilsizer
Columbia
Hubert Mann
Schubert Music Club
McMahon Memorial Auditorium
Metropolitan Park
Leta Mae Smith
Lawton Woman’s Forum
McMahon Foundation
Johanna Cargill
Oscar Cox
H. L. Porter
Mountain View
Lawton
American Association of University Women
Lawton High School
Woman’s Auxiliary
Veterans of Foreign Wars
VFW
S. Second
American Legion Auxiliary
Lowery-Whitehead
American Legion
Royal Neighbors Sewing Club
C. C. Weatherford
Arlington
American Business Women’s Association
Lawterian
Carolyn Hunt Club
Bill Joyner
W. R. Greer
Little Theater Group
Storey & Barton Cache Road
N. 15Th
Bateman Darling American Legion Post
R. J. Best
Andrews
Annie Bullock Sneed
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Wilbert Garvin
Euclid
Order of Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
S. Fourth
Paul Waddie
Claud Hight
Park
Lawton-Fort Sill
C. D. Payne
Sheridan Road
John Gross
J. D. Glenn
Friendship Home Demonstration Club
J. B. Lucas
Garfield
Wallock Memorial Congregational Church
C. Paul Tate
Queen Candidate Will Be Honored Tonight at Open Coffee
Miss Sarah Lund, radio queen representative sponsored by Wacker Stores, will be honored tonight at an open coffee by the American Business Women's Association. The fete at Mrs. T. L. Atkins home 1446 N. 23rd runs 8 to 10 p.m. Proceeds go to the polio drive. Herman Greear called to Oklahoma City to attend his father after a heart attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Lund
Radio Queen
Wacker Stores, Incorporated
American Business Women’s Association
T. L. Atkins
Bethel
Herman Greear
Oklahoma City
City officers installed by letter carrier auxiliary
Mrs Nat Robinson was installed as 1956 president of the National Association of Letter Carriers auxiliary. Others named were Mrs Lloyd Merritt as vice president, Mrs Lowell Dikes as secretary, and Mrs Ralph House as mistress at arms. The Robinson and Dikes hosted the meeting at 770 North 16th Street at 7 30 p.m. Monday. N J Hines led the social hour with What's in the Mail Box won by Mrs Dikes. Other attendees included Mrs Ralph Hawkins and Messrs Carl Fox Bill Pierce Bill Harrouff J E Frazier Nat Robinson Pete McMahon and James McCurty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nat Robinson
National Association of Letter Carriers Auxiliary
Lloyd Merritt
Lowell Dikes
Ralph House
Messrs
and Mesdames Robinson
Dikes
Robinson Home
N. 16Th
N. J. Hines
Mrs. Dikes
Ralph Hawkins
Carl Fox
Bill Pierce
Bill Harrouff
J. E. Frazier
Pete McMahon
James McCurty
Post-Nuptial Shower Honors Mrs Tucker At Indiahoma
Mrs Don Tucker formerly Miss Dean na Prince was honored at a post nuptial shower in the Indiahoma economics department with Hostesses listed among many families and friends. Pictures of the wedding were shown, gifts opened by the bride with her mother and the groom’s mother assisting, and a guest book supervised by Shirley Carothers and Annie Marcum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiahoma
Don Tucker
Deanna Prince
Arthur Prince
Eula Thorn
Dessig Hartman
Ruth Carothers
Shirley Carothers
Ada Harrell
Zella Beauchamp
Joyce Thorp
Muriel Beauchamp
Theresa Moore
Jewel Coffelt
Ruth Woodward
Victory Beavers
Opal Nelson
Doris Ellis
Ruby Marcum
Lillie Knowles
Lydia Stoll
Willie Brenton
Valeria Hunt
Yorene Kreuger
Delores Stoll
Alma Watts
Bessie Robertson
Hoyt Tucker
Annie Marcum
Ruby Stoll
Rami Jean Stoll
Leola Ethell
Leona Boxberger
Mary Wallis
Rebecca Boxberger
Dianne
Bertha Skaggs
Ed Bland
Mary Beth Allitzer
Polly Stepp
Martha Bland
Casper Fischer
Jo Ann Messick
Ben Moore
Nora Christian
Ida Baker
Ray Powell
Stanley Hargrove
Peggy
Carl Fisher
Janice Fain
Jack Savage
Erva Vowell Ankney
Lois Thames
Henry Dotson
Estella Pitts
Henry Zitterkoch
Janice
Mesdames
Velma Messick
Ora
Guild Sees Color Slides at First Christian meeting
Mrs. Georgia B. Morris presented colored slides of the Holy Land to members of the First Christian Missionary guild during a Monday church parlor gathering. President Pauline English led a short business session, with Edith McDonald delivering the devotional. Co-hostesses were Mesdames W. C. Belcher and Ottis Stapp. Guests included Mesdames Fred Hamburger and George Gill, with many others in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Holy Land
Georgia B. Morris
First Christian Missionary Guild
Pauline English
Edith McDonald
W. C. Belcher
Ottis Stapp
Fred Hamburger
George Gill
Mesdames
W. H. Parsons
P. W. Littlefield
Fred Thomason
Robert Chrisman
J. A. Ludrick
Winifred LeBarre
Joe House
Lloyd Dupler
Lola Black
B. H. Wertz
Albert S. Brown
Annie Laurie Montague
W. P. Thompson
Mildred Brown
Eva Frazier
Dorothy Schenkel
Shower Honors Mrs. Tom Ray
A personal shower honoring Mrs. Tom Ray was hosted at the home of Mrs. Kenneth Snider. The Baptist church Women's Missionary society organized the event with numerous attendees and gift givers listed by name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Ray
Cache
Kenneth Snider
Women’s Missionary Society of the Baptist Church
Alvie Darn
Henry Renschen
Clarence Lee
Walter Morris
E. M. Woodard
Glen Watts
Don Speigel
J. M. Tidwell Jr
Archie Dupler Jr
Chuck Margon
M. D. Burk
Bill Beasley
Ned McCord
Lester Norris
Prentice Richards
A. E. Petty
Lila McDonald
Dora Shamley
Vera Maples
Carolyn Dupler
New Circle Formed by Northside Baptist Church
Northside Baptist Church members formed Bailey Sewell circle with Mrs. R. B. Killian as chair and Mrs. Troyce Price as co chair. The first meeting at Killian home included officers L. M. Young secretary treasurer Ed Kanady youth director and others. Guest speaker Mrs. Henry Ledford spoke on mission study book The Tribes Go Up and three guests attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northside Baptist Church
R. B. Killian
Bailey Sewell
Troyce Price
Killian
L. M. Young
Ed Kanady
Thomas Bowlin
Eunice Vestal
R. C. Montgomery
Carson Everett
Henry Ledford
Snyder
Fred Metscher
Women’s Missionary Circles
Everett
Norman Robertson
Betty Smith
W. M. Liles
Doyle Warner
Edgar Hallock
Walker Hill
Martha Cole
B. M. Ferris
M. A. Smith
B. H. Methvin
Dorene Hawkins
Williams
Francis Brnce
Jan Musgrave
Ed Hawkins
Sycamore
Hawkins
W. F. Hardy
C. T. Bullard
R. G. Alexander
D. E. LaClair
W. W. Maret
Circle Welcomes Newest Member
Circle welcomes Mrs. James Bowen as a new member of Circle V of First Methodist Woman's Society of Christian Service at a 7 30 p m meeting. Mrs. M F Bohl presided with Mrs. John Holcomb as chairman. Mrs. Charles Brooks gave the devotional and Mrs. William Porter led the lesson study Combining Our Efforts for Everlasting Peace. Guest was Mrs. Ray Coffey. Following the business session, several members were noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Bowen
First Methodist Woman’s Society of Christian Service
M. F. Bohl
Euclid
John Holcomb
Charles Brooks
William Porter
Ray Coffey
Alvin McKasson
Jess Griffin
Cecil Easton
Gary Anderson
Ashley Foote
J. J. Stowe Jr
Donald Kenney
Harold Ledford
Forget-Me-Not Club Donates $25 To March of Dimes
Members of the Forget-Me-Not club gave $25 to the March of Dimes at a Tuesday meeting at the Lawton Recreation Center. A 6:30 p.m. pot-luck dinner preceded business sessions, with twenty members present. Mrs. Dorothy Admire, president, led the meeting and posters were distributed in downtown stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton Recreation Center
Dorothy Admire
Garretts mark 60th wedding anniversary at Bethel home
Bethel special notes that Mr and Mrs W A Garrett celebrated their 60th anniversary with family and friends at their home east of Lawton. All but one son Wesley attended from Washington DC along with grandchildren and great grandchildren. Additional Bethel Youth Fellowship members plan to attend a Lawton MYF sub district meeting at Centenary Methodist Church at 7:30 pm Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethel
W. A. Garrett
Wesley Garrett
Washington, D.C
Garrett Home
Lawton
Bethel Methodist Youth Fellowship
MYF
Centenary Methodist Church
Daddy Date Night by FHA Group at Lawton High
Toby Morris spoke at a daddy date night for Lawton High School Future Homemakers of America in the high school speech room. Fathers filled roles of attending daughters with 75 people present, enjoying contests, songs, and a barbershop quartet before fruit punch and cookies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FHA
Toby Morris
Lawton High School
Future Homemakers of America
Ed Goodgson
Paul Akers
Joyce Pursley
Rubena Hennessee
Bethel WSCS Holds All Day Meeting at Bethel Church
Bethel Methodist Woman's Society of Christian Service held an all-day session at the Bethel church with Mrs Joe Fullerton teaching on everlasting peace. Morning quilting, afternoon session after a covered dish lunch. Attendees included Rev O W York Mrs York and several listed members.
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Bethel
Joe Fullerton
Bethel Methodist Woman’s Society of Christian Service
Quilting
Eunice Stout
O. W. York
York
Bethel Church to Host Farewell Basket Dinner for Bill Welch
Bethel Methodist church plans a farewell basket dinner Sunday honoring Bill Welch who soon leaves the armed forces to return home to Kentucky and resume college.
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Bethel
Bill Welch
Kentucky
Bethel Methodist Church
Horses Retired From Farms Feed Millions
Over the past 25 years between twenty and twenty five million horses have been retired from American farms. This shift has freed up food production capacity that could feed about ninety million people.
Fletcher Seniors To Present Play The Night Owl
Fletcher high school seniors stage a mystery comedy The Night Owl with two performances Friday at 1 p m and 8 p m in the school auditorium. Cast includes Doris Johnson Billy Don Masters Don Harrell Claudia Reynolds Barbara Grisham Lowell Derryberry Darlene Jump Marion Miller Charlotte Whitfield and Danny Hayes.
Altrusa Club Sets Thursday Meeting at New Site
Altrusa Club will meet at 6 39 p m Thursday at Martin's restaurant after a change of venue. President Marie Detty urged reservations by 6 p m today for the dinner meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Altrusa Club
New Place
Lawton Altrusa Club
Martin’s
Marie Detty
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Letter Carrier Auxiliary
City
Marler’s Pet Shop
Tucker
Bob Singleton
Pearl Smith
Geneva Smith
Mary Jane
Colleen Hunt
Pauline Lafferty
Phyllis
Bid Ryder
Valois
W. C. Meadows
Betty Wilkerson
Ruby Meyers
Barbara
Ollie
J. R. Hill
Ralph Stoll
Edd Smith
John Beck
Bertis Baker
Bobbie
Roy Coffelt
Ed Cranfill
A. A. Prince
R. K. Allen
Sue
Otto Bussanmass
Ed Gordon
Lloyd McLinn
Bessie Singleton
Gladys Hannabass
Andy Bennett
Nina Parker
Lou Harrison
Esther Webster
Earlene
Shirley
Lorene Moon
Edith
Medline Chebahtah
Corrine
Chance
Guild
Coroate
Colgate
Club
Edwards & Edwards
Treadles
Singer
Jack Jumper
Juanita
Beverly
L. R. McClenny
Joan
Carlene Crow
Paulette
Vivian
Bethel Wscs
Fletcher
Clements Landscape Nursery
Ith
Our
Lawtonian
Fort Sill
Mr. and
Mrs. F. C. Dickens
Vy Price
P&m
LaVerne
Hotel
Singer Manufacturing Company
U. S
Singer Sewing Center
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