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Newspaper

Lawton Constitution

Location

Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America

Date

Jan 22, 1956

Page

14

Drama Clothed In Music At Schubert Club Program

Miss Leta Mae Smith led the program “Drama Clothed In Music” at Schubert Music Club in the McMahon Memorial auditorium Metropolitan Park. An auction by Mrs Avalo V Caldwell raised 35 for the March of Dimes polio fund. The club’s 2 30 pm session featured a storey Barton School of the Dance troupe performing Sleeping Beauty Swan Lake and original pieces with dancers Carol Anderson Mary Anne Ashlock Donna Jo Aust Elayne Bell Linda Brummett Cherrie Ellis Lynn Gramling Linda Harrison Joyce Isaacs Sherry Jacobs. Wagner vocal solo To the Evening Star sung by Melvin Keeney with accompanist Mrs Keeney. Spanish and American opera numbers Habanera and The Serenade from The Student Prince were sung by the Schubert Club chorus under Keeney with pianist Mrs D H Highfill. Chorus members included Miss Smith Mesdames T H Ball Robert E Ballew R C Bicknell Tom Chapman J F Darnell A A Denham D R Grimes O R Hendrickson Mesdames Charles L Hinch Wyatt B Hendrick Jack Raulston Virgil E Riddle C A Roberts Jr J J Stowe Jr R S Ward C A Wolverton. Meeting opened with federation hymn led by Mrs Virgil E Riddle and collect. Hymn January Awake My Soul Stretch Every Nerve performed as a vocal duet by Mesdames Grimes and Hendrick with Mrs Highfill at piano. Guests registered at linen table with red rosebud. Co-hostesses Mesdames Hendrick and Grimes. Other members present listed.

Leta Mae Smith Schubert Music Club McMahon Memorial Auditorium Metropolitan Park Avalo V. Caldwell C. R. Ellsworth Scott’s Apparel Shop For Women R. O. Ward R. E. Glenn D. R. Grimes Jack Storey Don Barton Storey & Barton School of the Dance Carol Anderson Mary Anne Ashlock Donna Jo Aust Elayne Bell Linda Brummett Cherrie Ellis Lynn Gramling Linda Harrison Joyce Isaacs Sherry Jacobs Mary Morris Dianne Ritzweiler Ruth Ann Williams Janie Brammer Nancy Cole Marilyn Cookson Jan Howard Gerry Page Lynne Parmenter Koko Shelton Anita Thomas Mesdames Clinton Bell Alma Brooks Wagner Evening Star Melvin Keeney Miss Smith T. H. Ball Robert E. Ballew R. C. Bicknell Tom Chapman J. F. Darnell A. A. Denham O. R. Hendrickson Charles L. Hinch Wyatt B. Hendrick Jack Raulston Virgil E. Riddle C. A. Roberts Jr J.J. Stowe Jr R. S. Ward C. A W. Clyde’ Shelton W. F. Shepard Robert S. Sprarue H. O. Webb Jr S. E. Williams Charles A. Wood Jr

No-host club memories mark 75th birthday surprise

Kellye Johnstone, a long time area resident born January 16, 1881 in Sanders Kentucky, celebrated his 75th birthday with a No Host club surprise party on the Duncan highway farm east of Lawton. Attendees included Mesdames J Roy Dunning Lula Dexter L H Fouts Velma Gartrell and Messrs and Mesdames James Dawes Oral Mahaffay Charlie Mankin Harry T. Miller. The gathering recalled past club meetings and featured a large birthday cake for Johnstone and his grandsons Kellye and Mike.

Kellye Johnstone Sanders Johnstone Honeywell Kans Indian Territory Lawton Duncan Highway Juliet Jack Sharp Kellye Mike Raton N. Mex First Christian Church Flower Mound Mesdames J. Roy Dunning Lula Dexter L. H. Fouts Velma Gartrell Messrs James Dawes Oral Mahaffay Charlie Mankin Harry T. Miller

Visitors Attend WSCS Meeting at Lawton Heights Church

Two visiting members Mesdames Max Porter and M L Roberts attended a Lawton Heights Methodist Woman's Society of Christian Service program meeting at the church on 16th and Andrews. President Mrs John Young led the business session. Mrs Jess Newby spoke on They Reach for Life and Mrs E T Quimby presented For the Glory of God and Christianity Brings a Need for Fellowship. Co hosts were Mesdames Edward Ditt erline and W L McGuire with other members listed.

Mesdames Max Porter M. L. Roberts Lawton Heights Jess Newby

Pledges Accepted By Sub Debs

New pledges accepted into the Sub Deb club at a 730 p m meeting held in the home of Johanna Cargill 1117 Elm were Karen Carpenter Linda Hawkins Patti Puqua and Karen Keegan and Norman Abbott Members present were Ella Price Stella Price Barbara Waid Ginda Kinsey Janice Griffin Lynn Williams Nan Waller Liz Ryan Roddy Johnson Sue Botkin Anette Carpenter Donna Lacy Kay Crossland Brenda Gould Diana Hart Judy Bledsoe Pat Payne Nancy Klass and Stephanie Lester Other pledges attending were Rocky Strand Colleen Cummins D Ann Pope Sharon Dixon Mary Lynn Emanuel Jan Howard Donna Fuqua Marilyn Thompson Pam Matheny Sue Lacy Fay Verma and Paula Knight Also Jane Babbitt Susan Green Maylan Wolverton Lynne Parmeter Gerry Page Sue Cochran Nancy Smith Shirley Hester Danielle Hendricks and Carol Barnes

Johanna Cargill Elm Karen Carpenter Linda Hawkins Patti Puqua Karen Keegan Norman Abbott Ella Price Stella Price Barbara Waid Ginda Kinsey Janice Griffin Lynn Williams Nan Waller Liz Ryan Roddy Johnson Sue Botkin Anette Carpenter Donna Lacy Kay Crossland Brenda Gould Diana Hart Judy Bledsoe Pat

Home Cheer Club Meets For Lesson

Snyder Special report: Home Cheer Home Demonstration club members gathered at Mrs. Ted Myers home for a leadership lesson led by president Mrs. Jackie Myers with aid from Kiowa county agent Miss Eva Stokes. Refreshments were served. guests included Mrs. A. M. Jack and members such as Mrs. Everett Downs, Fritz Jack, Luther Maxwell, O. D. Terry, Jack Richardson, Fay Willis, and Charlie Gray.

Members Receive Secret Pal Gifts At Sew and So Club

At the Crews home Sew and So club members held a meeting where Mesdames Bobby Crews Tom Manor and M T Wilhite received gifts from their Secret Pals. Other attendees included Miss Louise Smith and Mesdames Carl Benson M W Goodman Bob Hughes Leonard Jones Fred Keeling George Levite Frank Myers C H Malone C G O Connor Dan Simmons and E P Wilkinson.

Bobby Crews Tom Manor M. T. Wilhite Crews Miss Louise Smith Carl Benson M. W. Goodman Bob Hughes Leonard Jones Fred Keeling George Levite Frank Myers C. H. Malone C. G. O’connor Dan Simmons E. P. Wilkinson

Love Circle Begins New Study in Snyder

Snyder Special report shows members of the Love Circle of the Snyder Baptist Woman's Missionary Society meeting at Mrs. Adrian Richardson's home to start a study of The Tribes Go Up. Mrs. Maldus Easley led the session with Mesdames K. B. Costen Luther Maxwell and O. D. Terry present.

Snyder Love Circle Snyder Baptist Woman’s Missionary Society Adrian Richardson Maldus Easley Mesdames K. B. Costen Luther Maxwell O. D. Terry

Noble Dotson Rites Revealed

Snyder reports the marriage of Thelma Lee Dotson to Tommy Noble on Saturday January 14 in Lawton. The couple plans a short wedding trip to Texas and New Mexico and will establish a home nearby. The bride is the daughter of Henry and Mountain Park’s Dotson family, with Mr. and Mrs. W T Noble of Mountain Park as her parents. Attendants were Gaston Boman Jr and his wife. The bride wore a brown and white two piece suit with avocado accessories.

Snyder Texas New Mexico Tommy Noble Lawton Thelma Lee Dotson Henry Dotson Mountain Park W. T. Noble Gaston Boman Jr

Wesleyan Guild Completes Study A Testament of Devotions

Wesleyan Service guild of Centenary Methodist Wesleyan discusses A Testament of Devotions by Thomas R. Kelley led by Mrs. Ralph Knight. Supper at 6 30 p m in church basement prior to the program. Mrs. Furman Lowry gave a devotional with many members present.

Thomas R. Kelley Ralph Knight Centenary Methodist Wesleyan Service Guild Furman Lowry Gladys Smith Helen Elliott Hallie Hanna Velma Kluck Margaret Spencer Leta Mae Smith Thelma Talla Frankie C. van Hoozer Nellie Weathers Louise Agnew E. L. Bowman T. J. Coursey Dorothy Cunningham J. A. Hammond Na Hines Riley Park Wesley Ilk

Oklahoma singers audition for four state regional event in Tulsa

Nine notable musical figures led by former Metropolitan Star Marjorie Lawrence will hear forty Oklahoma participants among seventy two entrants at Tulsa University January 28 and 29. Judges will eliminate to thirty for Sunday auditions. top winners may advance to New York for further Met Opera opportunities.

Southwest Marjorie Lawrence Tulsa University Tulsa Rosalind Bauer Carmen McCuistion Luber Dolores Scherler Rose Mayo Partlow Lawton Cecil W. Holley Jr Fort Sill Louis Cunningham Oklahoma Baptist University Music Department Shawnee Eleanor Bicknell Oklahoma College Chickasha John Gutman Metropolitan Opera Gutman New York City National Council of the Metropolitan Met Partlow Arkansas Kansas Missouri Oklahoma

City School Children To See The Wizard Of Oz Tuesday

The Wizard of Oz will be staged at Central Junior High on Tuesday in two shows at 9 30 a.m. and 1 30 p.m. Admission is 50 cents for grades one to three and kindergarten. ACE sponsors and Reed-Lawton and Penthouse Productions bring the musical to Lawton under ACE auspices featuring Dorothy and friends on the yellow brick road.

Central Junior High School Association For Childhood Education Taft Lincoln Swinney Emerson Will Rogers Cleveland Adams Wilson Jackson Post Children’s Washington, Howell, Roosevelt Garfield Jefferson, Whittier Dunbar Douglass Magic Land of Oz Strawman Tin Woodman Lion Yellow Brick Road Emerald City Dorothy Ace Spon Sors Reed-Lawton Productions Hollywood Penthouse Productions New York Lawton ACE

All Day Study Session at Roosevelt PTA

Roosevelt PTA hosts an all day study session from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Roosevelt School with lunch at noon. Moderators include Clarence Scott for Exceptional Children, Mrs W W Godlove for Citizenship, Rev. Andrew Allen for Character and Spiritual Education, and Manville Redman for Juvenile Protection.

Roosevelt School Clarence Scott W. W. Godlove Andrew Allen Cameron Baptist Church Manville Redman

New Pupils Enroll in Snyder first grade

Bennie Higgins from Amarillo Texas and Leroy Reed from Mountain Park join Snyder first grade taught by Mrs Anta Harbour. Enrollment announced by the teacher.

Snyder Bennie Higgins Amarillo Tex Leroy Reed Mountain Park Anita Harbour

University student Miss Bar bara Wernli visits parents in Sterling

Sterling dispatch notes Miss Barbara Wernli of the University of Oklahoma is home from Norman between semesters visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Leonard Wernli.

Sterling Barbara Wernli University of Oklahoma Norman Leonard Wernli

Mrs. G. G. Goodier Named New President of Woman's Forum

Mrs. G. G. Goodier of 3609 Nob Hill Drive was elected president of Lawton Woman's Forum at a general meeting in the McMahon Foundation building. Installation will occur this spring. New officers include Mrs. Jack Carter as first vice president and Mrs. Paul Harris as second vice president.

G. G. Goodier Nob Hill Drive Lawton Woman’s Forum McMahon Foundation VU. S. Andrews Jack Carter Paul Harris Rn. SB. Scott Clifton Glandon J. C. Kennedy Nick Carras O. B. Lord Charles Ozman

Saddle Mountain rancher Clay Sommers hospitalized

Clay Sommers, 58, Saddle Mountain rancher and cattleman, is receiving medical treatment at Hobart General hospital after a heart attack last Monday morning. No visitors are allowed. His wife is attending him. The couple has two daughters, Mrs. Lee Wood of this community and Mrs. Don Farris, Cooperton.

Saddle Mountain Clay Sommers Hobart General Hospital Lee Wood Don Farris Cooperton

Faxon WMS Study At Church For Royal Service Program

Mrs. Alex Richardson chaired the Royal Service program We Give Thee but Thine Own at Faxon Baptist Women's Missionary Society meeting. Assisting with topics were Mesdames B. O. Ribison M. L. Hurst Bill Peters Mabel Paden and C. F. Perry. Lt. and Mrs. Fred J. Attaway Jr. visit from El Toro Calif en route to Pensacola Fla. He will train in VMF All-Weather Jet Fighter squadron and teach in the Primary Training command. Sterling: Don Kirkpatrick and wife have not named their six pound ten ounce daughter born Jan. 19.

FAXON Alex Richardson Faxon Baptist Woman’s Missionary Society Mesdames B. O. Ribison M. L. Hurst Bill Peters Mabel Paden C. F. Perry Fred J. Attaway Sr Ash Inlaw Fred J. Attaway Jr el Toro Calif Pensacola Fla Attaway VMF Sterling Don Kirkpatrick

Gorham Sterling Pattern Offer Promises Easy Ownership

Advertiser promotes owning Gorham Sterling patterns through a Silver Club Plan offering pennies daily or 33 cents weekly. Highlights include the exclusive seamless knifehandle, described as dent resistant and rattle proof, with wedding day sentiment shown.

Silver Club Gorham

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Schubert Club Jyell Lucile Creswell Potter Woman's Page Joan Pierson Matthew A. Kazlauskas Newton Ala Kazlauskas Paul Lawtonians Joan Civil Service New York State Fort Rucker Iea Pierson Ferris Germany WSCS WMS Love Circle Modern Landscape Co Hugh Payneon Sheridan Road Wesleyan Guild Roosevelt Parent-Teacher Association Viron Warren PTA C Ave Fairmont’s U.S.P House OF Color D Avenue Woman's Forum John Gorski Harold Hallett Tom Lansden N. A. E. Clemmons Frank Austin Social Service Department Faxon Wms Sieling Melton Clifford’s Valentine Candy Schraftts Chocolates Tallies Stationery Party Fes
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