Students Begin Legislative Talks at State Capitol
Chief Justice N B Johnson will administer the oath to Don Kouri Lawton high senior who will head the fifth annual YMCA Youth legislature as governor at the state capitol for a three day session. A 24 member Lawton and Douglass High schools delegation joins about 275 delegates from Hi Y clubs statewide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. B. Johnson
Supreme Court
Don Kouri
Lawton
YMCA
State Capitol
Douglass
Kouri
Eddie Kouri
Arlington
Teolar House
David Craig
Warren Smith
Hospital Births and Admissions in Southwestern region
The Southwestern hospital notes list multiple births including a Morris daughter born Jan 26 at 10:50 AM, an Epp Walters daughter Jan 27, and Hoffmann daughter Jan 26. Numerous admissions and discharges appear with names and addresses across city areas, noting surgeries and medical stays for patients aged from infants to elderly adults.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobby Morris
Lawton
Harold Epp. Walters
John Hoffman
Martha Sprague
Robert Sprague
Robert Phelps
Stephan Barber
George W. Barber
George Brown
Margaret Nicholson
Cora Floyd
Louise Pierce
Date Changed For Alumni Meet In Stillwater
Oklahoma A&M alumni association reorganization dinner date shifted from Feb 9 to Feb 6 per local chairman Paul Harris. The 7 p.m. event will be at the Hotel Lawtonian and invites all former A&M students in the county. Husbands and wives of former students are invited as special guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma A&m College Alumni Association
Stillwater
Paul Harris
Lawtonian
A&m
Harris
Four Lawton youths get suspended terms in burglary case
Four Lawton youths, Jon Edward Haire 20 Freddie Eugene Warden 17 Jackie Monroe James 17 and Larry Tuttle 15, received three year suspended sentences after pleading guilty in Superior court to second degree burglary. Judge Robert S Landers followed the county attorney Redman recommendation noting restitution by parents for items stolen. The quartet looted a concession stand at the Austin Drive In Theater on Cache Road December 29 and the Veterans of Foreign Wars club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
Robert S. Landers
Manville Redman
Jon Edward Haire
Lee
Freddie Eugene Warden
Columbia
Jackie Monroe James
S. 18Th
Larry Tuttle
Lake
Austin Drive-In
Cache Road
Redman
Veterans of Foreign Wars Club
R.L. de Yong
Texaco
S. 11Th
S. R. Harper
JP Constable District Meeting Saturday Report
Constables and justices of the peace within a 150 mile radius of Lawton are invited to a district meeting Saturday of the Oklahoma Justices of Peace and Constables Association. The session starts at 10 a.m. in the District courtroom with Marvin E. Cameron noting the event and Harry H. Hamilton expected to attend. Membership is not required to attend.
Program listed for Men's Club Beal Heights church
Beal Heights Presbyterian church to host Monday night Men’s Club with the theme Christ Our Family Teacher. Bob Nauman as president and J H Davidson as vice president lead the session. Max Tague speaks. Dale Ward chairs. Sherman Crawford will show a sound film A Harvest From Holidays. A 6:45 p.m. supper will be served by a church women’s committee including Mrs. Kenneth Clapp Mrs. Jess Nelson and Mrs. J S Tuttle.
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Christ
Beal Heights Presbyterian Church
Bob Nauman
J. H. Davidson
Max Tague
Dale Ward
Sherman Crawford
Kenneth Clapp
Jess Nelson
J. S. Tuttle
State Poultry Eggs Oklahoma City Prices Report
State Department of Agriculture reports prices for wheat broilers hens eggs butterfat and livestock in Oklahoma listings include city by city prices for wheat No 1 hard broilers No 1 hens various towns and egg prices notes weaker eggs and steady butterfat Livestock markets in Oklahoma City show cattle calves hogs and sheep with limited supply and mixed results led by beef steers at 19.00 and lambs around 18.75 with others largely nominal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Poultry
Oklahoma City
State Department of Agriculture Today
Guyman
Hooker
Blackwell
Frederick
Medford
Vici
Clinton
el Reno
Enid Hobart
Kingfisher
Lawton
Yukon
Bison
Hennessey
Broilers
Muskogee
Tulsa
Vinita
Elk City
Sayre
Pauls Valley
Watonga
Laverne
Alva
Woodward
Enid
USDA
Officials To Air Reservoir Report At Elgin Meeting
City council water committee will meet Wednesday at 2 p.m. to plan a feasibility report on a municipal water supply near Elgin. Property owners in the lake area are invited, represented by three delegates. Core tests at the dam site must be conducted before the final report by Wyatt Hendrick can be completed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Council
Elgin
Wyatt Hendrick
City Man Waives Burglary Hearing
Lawton Oklahoma Paul Carson 19 and Cecil Hollingsworth 24 waived preliminary hearings in a second degree burglary case tied to the C C Stair farm west of Lawton on U S 62. A third suspect Charles Ivy 23 was held in Odessa Texas to face charges. Carson’s case moved to Superior Court and Hollingsworth awaits a plea by Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Carson
Lawton
Marvin E. Cameron
Cecil Hollingsworth
Hollingsworth
Odessa
Tex
Hanna Is Named Church Leader
Rev Paul D Hanna pastor of Beal Heights Presbyterian church has been elected a commissioner to the General Assembly of Presbyterian churches. He was elected at the Presbytery of Mangum meeting in Westminster church in Lawton. Hanna will represent Mangum as a pastoral commissioner to the Assembly meeting at Montreal NC on May 31. Ruling elder Bob Fienning of Duncan First Presbyterian church was elected lay commissioner and will accompany Hanna. Alternate commissioner is Rev W H Foster of Central Presbyterian church Oklahoma City.
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Paul D. Hanna
Beal Heights Presbyterian Church
General Assembly of Presbyterian Churches
Presbytery of
Mangum
Westminster Church
Lawton
Hanna
Montreal
N.C
Bob Fienning
Duncan First Presbyterian Church
W. H. Foster
Central Presbyterian Church
Oklahoma City
Funeral Rites for Graham Russell Upper 95
Funeral services were held at Becker Memorial chapel for Graham Russell Upper a retired Army master sergeant of 2811 N 24th who died Tuesday in Oklahoma City Veterans Hospital. A military graveside ceremony followed at Fort Sill with Chaplain Hargrave Lt Bush and an honor guard. Masons Mt Scott Lodge and local Army personnel attended with Fuzz Barnes and Leonard Layton giving orations and prayers.
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Graham Russell Upper
Becker Memorial
H. Tom Wiles
First Baptist Church
Upper
Veterans Hospital
Oklahoma City
Fort Sill
Charlie W. Hargrave
William A. Bush
Franklin Billings
C Brry
77Th Army Band
Louis A. Vanderpool
Mt. Scott Lodge
F. B
Fuzz) Barnes
Leonard Layton
Alfred Beasley
Ezra Standifer
Spencer Hardin
Roy Tedder
Sfc
L. A. Newman
William Miller
Army
Robert A. Pike
Henry Nebeling
Ange C. Marer
Thomas A. McArdle
Hereford Sale Under Way At Ferrell Ranch Elgin
Seventy five head of purebred Herefords will be sold starting at 1 p.m. at J. F. Ferrell and Son ranch eight miles north of Lawton on U.S. 277. Breeders from California North Carolina Missouri Kansas Nebraska Texas and Oklahoma gathered for the production sale marking the Ferrells 20th year in Hereford breeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. Ferrell and Son Ranch
Elgin
California
North Carolina
Missouri
Kansas
Nebraska
Texas
Oklahoma
Ferrell
Lawton
U.S
Ferrells
Shull Hereford Farm
Ferrell Ranch
Deluge continues flood rescue across Los Angeles area
Police report renewed danger as heavy rainfall threatens Long Beach Venice Torrance Lennox Firestone Norwalk Artesia Lawndale after 6.05 inches fell in 24 hours. By midnight storm total reached 7.39 inches with 150 Venice homes flooded and 100 elderly evacuees aided. Schools largely open except Venice Canoga Park Gardena Narbonne.
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Long Beach
Venice
Torrance
Lennox
Firestone
Norwalk
Artesia
Lawndale
Los Angeles
California
Harold J. Ryan
Santa Monica
Wheaton
Tujunga
el Camino College
168Th Street
Los Angeles Examiner
156Th Street
Larch Avenue
154Th Street
Crenshaw
Rosecrans
Paramount
Sheriff's Deputies
Baldwin Park
Seacoast Venice
Canoga Park
Gardena
Narbonne
Traffic Charge Filed On Sill Man
M Sgt Ralph A Little 48 of 2114 Lake posted 20 bond Thursday to gain freedom on a Municipal court charge of reckless driving. Police transferred a 22-year-old Fort Sillman to military authorities after arrest for drunken driving. Two women aged 20 and 19 were arrested for investigation and held. Judge J Merle Oaks fined 20 after finding 30-year-old Clarence A Wimple guilty of window peeping. Wimple 1414 J taken into custody at 15th and Easter after Melvin O Bone reported seeing someone looking into a window. L Dewayne Hendricks 18 Medicine Park James L Alexander 19 Fort Sill Ernest J Faubush 23 Walters forfeited 20 bond each on reckless driving charges. Della West 23 162712 Garfield fined 7 for driving without a license while Terrence L Powell 24 Lawton forfeited 11 bond for failure to yield right of way. Judge Oaks dismissed a theft charge against a Lawton woman accused of stealing a wrist watch.
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Ralph A. Little
Lake
Fort Sillman
J. Merle Oaks
Lawton
Clarence A. Wimple
Melvin O. Bone
D. Wimple
15Th
E Aster Bone
L. Dewayne Hendricks
Medicine Park
James L. Alexander
Fort Sill
Ernest J. Faubush
Walters
Della West
Garfield
Terrence L. Powell
Oaks
Youth Groups Gift to Beal Heights Church
Members of the Beal Heights Presbyterian youth division will present a baptismal font, pulpit scarf, and communion linens plus building upgrades at Sunday worship. The service coincides with General Assembly Youth Sunday. Groups include Evangel Choir, Pioneer Youth Fellowship, Scout Troop, Senior High Fellowship, and Westminster age representatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young People’s Division
Beal Heights Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian Church
United States
General Assembly
Evangel
Sherman Crawford
Pioneer Youth Fellowship
Ted Newman
O. L. Parsons
Mike Parsons
Oklahoma Governor Opposes Net Tax on Oil Industry
Governor Gary refutes severance taxes on natural gas or refinery taxes on gasoline while noting more legislators favor oil industry taxes. He cites rising Oklahoma crude production near 600 000 barrels daily, up about 100 000 from a year ago, boosting the state economy. He plans to rebuild US 66 west of Oklahoma City to four lanes before year end and defends budget and travel habits, promoting an open door policy for reporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gary
Oklahoma
Rocky Mountain States
Rocky Mountain
US 66
Oklahoma City
Department of Commerce and Industry
Lawtonian Hotel Marks First Year of Community Ownership
The Lawtonian, Lawton’s only community owned hotel, celebrates its first year with praise for management led by C R Holley and board president Kitchens. Conventions boosted local economy with 9,932 attendees spending at least 497,600. Directors and department heads listed. past fundraising totals and stock investment exceed 1,700 locals. The chamber and civic leaders plan for 1957 conventions as the hotel’s reputation grows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawtonian
C. R. Holley
Lawtonians
Holley
Wayne Brown
Lloyd Outland
Lena Oberste
Elmer Steele
H. P. Brady
Brown
Kitchens
P. G. Waggoner
Clare Morford
J. G Knox
J. C. Kennedy
Ned Shepler
Exall English
Joe Turner
Clyde Shelton
Milton Keating
Andy Crosby Jr
W. F. Lewis
Ted Warkentin
R L. Gilbert
Jake Witzel
Lawton
Chamber of Commerce
Henry Howell
Lions
Rotary
American Business Club
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Kiwanis
Pennsylvania
C. A. Carney
Paul Harris
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Letzo National Plumbing Litho and F Phone 5888
Readable text notes a plumbing firm named Letzo National Plumbing with a lithographic listing and a contact number 5888. No further context or events are provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Letzo Nat’l. Plumbing Lith & F
Extradition Hearing Set In California Case
Sheriff Everett Hale awaiting extradition hearing in San Bernardino for E A Burt a former Lawton painter charged in Superior court with passing a 49 dollar bogus check filed June 4 1953 Bond forfeit in December 1953 after Burt failed to appear for trial installments only 150 paid by Oct 7 prior suit to collect remaining balance Manville Redman County Attorney Burt principal Glenn Huffman as surety Also charged with embezzlement of an auto and automobile theft on June 16 1952.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett Hale
San Bernardino
Calif
Lawton
E. A. Burt
Burt
Manville Redman
Glenn Huffman
Eagles Attack Reports Surpass Observers Doubt
Some instances have been reported where a group of eagles attacked and killed smaller deer, though many observers deny that such attacks are common.
Epoca argues public kissing is natural and not immoral
The Spanish paper La Epoca contends kissing expresses affection or friendship and should not be considered a public morality violation, urging readers not to view it as immoral. It cites Britain and Germany as examples of a more tolerant stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Germany
la Epoca
Area Man Released After Payment Of Fine Costs
P. R. Baker Jr., 39, Rush Springs, was freed from county jail Thursday after paying a fine and court costs totaling 38.71 on a bogus check charge. Baker was charged with passing a $10 worthless check to Myles Lawin. the complaint was filed before Peace Justice Marvin E. Cameron.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. R. Baker Jr
Rush Springs
Baker
Myles Lawin
Marvin E. Cameron
Alaska Holds Over Seven Million Acres of National Parks
Alaska contains more than seven million acres designated as national parks. The vast protected lands span diverse ecosystems from coastal temperate rainforests to rugged interior ranges, highlighting the state’s conservation magnitude and tourism appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alaska
Extra Savings On St Joseph Aspirin 200 Tablet Bottle
Advertises St Joseph Aspirin in a 200 tablet bottle for 79 cents, claiming fast relief and economy. Emphasizes keeping a supply handy and urges immediate purchase for savings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joseph
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KEY Termite & Pest Control CO
M & D Finance CO
E Ave
A L. Pollard Sporting Goods
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Hereford
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