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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1953
Page
15
A New York hair stylist offers a three in one hairstyle called Confinety. One cut length and two rows of pin curls yield three versions including off the face style, casual back fluff, and an evening chignon. Maintenance tips include hot oil treatments and cream rinses for after shampoo use.
Golden Circle conducts installation services at the Douglass USO with golden white decor and a central candle. Commander-in-chief Sir J. S. Phillips leads remarks, aided by Willie Worley Duncan and Sgt. Crawford Fort Sill, as Loy al Ladies take vows and officers are announced.
Plans for a Valentine party were discussed by the Stitch and Chatter club meeting with Mrs Harry Stuenel. Attending were Mesdames J. B. Willis Theo Urbach James Barnett Theo Bender Jack Huddleston H. E. Davis Perry Willis Jr. and U. V. Jones II.
In Temple, the home of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Goodwin hosted a prenuptial shower for Edith Mae Adams, bride elect of Jimmy Free, an airman on furlough from the Army Air Force. Mrs. Tom K. Adams and Mrs. A. P. Freeman are her parents and future in-laws. About 75 guests attended as lace-trimmed white satin attire was worn and refreshments served.
Mr. and Mrs. L. Anderson celebrated their 64th wedding anniversary at the Wilhite home Altus with six of seven children present. Married in 1889 at Alvord Texas they moved from Pleasant Valley near Snyder to Altus after he retired from farming southwest of Snyder. About 45 attendees included many Anderson relatives and lodge members with a diamond ring gift and a three tiered wedding cake as centerpieces.
Unity Rebekahs Lodge No 121 installation night saw ill members installed at the IOOF hall. Plans for a covered dish dinner and initiation practice were set for Friday January 30 with initiation on February 6. Officers included Mrs Ellis Shirley noble grand and Mrs C C Weatherford vice grand assisted by installing officers from Lawton Rebekah Lodge No 87 and deputies.
Public invited to a seven p.m. Monday covered dish supper and canasta party at the American Legion hall Seventh and E to celebrate the auxiliary eighth birthday.
Miss Imogene Pope presented a Storey and Barton School of the Dance program at the Fort Sill Station hospital annex. Jack Storey announced. Don Barton accompanied. acts included tap numbers Walking My Baby Back Home and Who's Sorry Now, solos by Melvin Sexton and Judy Gramolini, a toe dance, duets by Marilyn Cookson with Koko Shelton and Ronald Honeycutt with Ronald Thomas, and a final Tea for Two trio.
About 75 people attended the chili supper hosted by the Evening group of St. John's Lutheran Women's Missionary League in the church recreation room. Afterward, members of the LWML Afternoon group, Lutheran Layman's League and Walther League joined in games.
In Long Beach California a birthday party for Paul McPhail 25 hosted by Jess McPhail and parents Omar and the McPhails celebrated his birthday alongside the 18 year old daughter of the hosts and her friend Harry Traywick who faces overseas duty. Thirty one attendees attended as each honoree received a cake. In Shawnee Oklahoma on January 26 28 Oklahoma Baptists meet at the First Baptist Church for an Evangelistic conference led by Rev. J A Pennington.
Miss Joan Schneeberger and Paul Fields plan a late spring wedding announced by Mrs. Fred A. Schneeberger and Mrs. Noble D. Fields. Schneeberger, a 1952 Lawton High graduate, shows leadership in Theta Rho Gamma and Spanish club. Fields, a 1950 Lawton High graduate, led the Latin club and National Honor Society and works at a Lawton Safeway.
In Indiahoma, the school auditorium hosted a piano recital by students of Mrs Odell Ethel. Performances included Edwina Singleton The Moon Boat Mike King The Submarine and The Muffin Man Dolores Hargrove Yankee Doodle Flow Gent ly Sweet Afton Joyce Glendon The Funny Bunny Jay Woodward Bone Sweet Bone Bunny Hop Old Gray Mare Carroll Williams Bunny Hop Lester Adler Old Gray Mare and others featuring Chipmunks Left Hand Study Jingle Bells Porcupines The Detective Monkey Business Janice Meadows The Whirling Dervis Judy Glandon Donkey Party Deanna Prince Rustic Dance Norma Geiger Spice on the Ice and Buck and Wing.
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