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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1953
Page
10
Police tallied 38 weekend accidents and eight traffic arrests after the Friday snow. Two people suffered minor injuries. property damage was high, notably a gas meter hit by a car into a ditch.
Jean P. Sullivan DK2 USN one of two WAVE recruiters stationed at Oklahoma City will be in Lawton Wednesday with the latest information on women in the service The local Navy recruiting station reports today Young women interested in any branch of the armed services especially the WAVES may contact Miss Sullivan Wednesday at the Navy recruiting station located in the post office building.
A rainstorm caused a bizarre crash on a busy New York West Side Highway injuring 11 people and damaging several autos. A car hit a light pole and caught fire, others collided and halted, while one vehicle struck a second pole and rammed into a group on the center island. Four injured were policemen, two in critical condition.
Claremore Oklahoma will host the first district American Legion convention on February 21 and 22, Commander Derm Cloud announced on Monday.
C I Cunningham chief petty officer of the Shawnee Naval Reserve unit teaches a weekly amateur radio class at Oklahoma Baptist University open to all Shawnee residents.
Lawton civic clubs hear outline of Salvation Army plan to raise 125000 for a local center. Joseph R. Peller, campaign general chairman, announced the program and garnered general endorsement from attendees including Rev. R. C. Weirs and Rev. Richard Hopper.
A three member board of regents inspection group and Cameron College head architect evaluated the nearly finished auditorium and authorized acceptance once minor details are completed. Regents P. E. Harrell and W. R. Williams, plus Earl Russell, visited with architect P. E. Wilber from Stillwater. President Vernon Howell noted a brief campus tour.
Jack Batten, newly appointed assistant director of the Wichita Mountains Sunrise Easter Pageant, will head a program at 7 30 p m Tuesday for Cub Scout Pack No 46 in Will Rogers grade school. Pack activities and attendance urged for all members and parents.
Final approval due within weeks as administrators Cypress Lynn and Henry Welker of Paul Harris Architects state the hospital is a completed project. Federal Public Health Service and State Health Department inspectors said the million-dollar facility is in good working order after final inspection, with operation since August 30, 1951 and only minor equipment shipments delaying approval.
Mrs. Anna Poles aged 72 a Langston Oklahoma resident since 1891 died at 5 20 p m Sunday at the home of her brother G G Slaughter 1331 Monroe after a brief illness She had come to Lawton only Thursday to visit She was born March 20 1881 at Murfreesboro Tennessee Survivors include two daughters Maris Dotsy Tulsa and Helen Mayes Los Angeles a son Cornelius Oklahoma City and a sister Lonie Mathis Sapulpa The body will be forwarded to Guthrie today Funeral rites and burial will be at Langston Local arrangements were directed by Fletcher Funeral home.
Twenty three Lawton High School students who completed the driver training course in the first semester have received Oklahoma licenses. The class includes Garland Clark, John Gorski, Alex Hansen, Gene Hays, Joyce Peterson, Alice Whitehead, Harold Bone, Patricia Casey, Jerry Gould, Robert Shotts, John Witt, Lewis Campbell, Charles Norton, Dennis Armstrong, Robert Carter, Elinor Hammond, Rita Crow, Donna Sue Little, and Doris Reeder.
Two Lawton men arrive in Japan and are assigned to the First Cavalry division. Corporal Roy O. Cunningham, wife Susie at 1515 Baldwin, previously with occupation forces in Germany, shipped from Fort Sill. Sergeant James E. Bowden, mother Mrs Ola B. Craft at 1916 Washington, finished 13 months in Korea with the Ninth Corps.
Southern Oklahoma schedules its first band clinic after postponement from Jan 26 due to Cameron college schedule conflict. James Matthews, president of the new Southern Oklahoma Band Masters Association, says the event will attract top students from 25 southern Oklahoma high schools, highlighted by a 125 piece all star band concert.
Lawton public school teachers began the second semester of the 1952 53 year. Some completed first semester records Friday. most spent the weekend correcting papers and averaging grades. Report cards will be issued tomorrow.
Lawton high school names Annie Get Your Gun as senior play. Herbert and Dorothy Fields authorship confirmed. Feb 23 and 24 dates set in LHS auditorium. Cast around 50 with music omitted. Mrs Henry T Ford leads, assisted by Mrs Mary Sue Silk and Gene Hancock.
James Francis Cardinal McIntyre, archbishop of Los Angeles, arrived at Idlewild International Airport in New York from Rome after attending the Vatican consistory. He was the newest American cardinal en route home from Vatican City.
Darwin Richardson 39 a Lawton sporting goods dealer and ex Cameron College athletic director was reported in good condition at Southwestern hospital after a two car crash near Chickasha on December 30. He had earlier been in critical condition at a Chickasha hospital with head and kidney injuries but is now able to sit in a chair briefly.
The report notes coal fuels nearly 50 percent of electricity generation nationwide, underscoring its dominant role in energy mix amid debates over cleaner fuels and policy shifts. The piece highlights large coal plants and regional contributions shaping the grid.
An intensive recruiting drive is under way by the Oklahoma 45th National Guard Division to fill vacancies in units scattered across the state.
Eastern State Hospital will observe its 40th anniversary in Vinita Oklahoma with an open house and a building dedication this Friday.
A compact ad note for a speed writing school affiliated with Dalton Business College. It lists contact phone numbers 2737 and 2906 W and claims high speed writing capability at 120 words per minute, with emphasis on accessibility regardless of age.
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