Hospital Notes Virginia births and admissions list
A long hospital ledger fragment lists births with times and weights, named families and addresses, and dozens of admissions and discharges. It records newborns at various intervals, adults admitted for medical or surgical care, and many names including Prater, Webb, Collins, and Lane, with residences in Lawton Duncan Marlow Fletcher and others.
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Carol Gee Prater
Aie Mors
Adrian Prater
Sheridan Food
Jamey EH. Webb
Lawton
Pauline Dimery
Duncan
Jeff Banks
Cornell
Duane Moore
Lee
Budds Uunter
Harold Frank Poss
Park
Matthew Don Walker
W Cache
Clavente Delmare
Yelson
Perry Willis Sr
Snyder
Ben L. Wi
Tipton
Collier, Fletcher
Otis Booth
Marlow
Marcus K. Pennington
Months
Gary R. Pennington
Etta Spurnock
Temple
Margie Ross
Clifford Ross
Douglas
L. M. Baker
Trin
Sniper Retaliates For Bombings In Montgomery
CAITRO PRESS reports sniper fire linked to retaliation for police inaction amid weekend racial violence in the South. WCOV-TV news director Bob Underwood was cut by flying glass from two shots, as a mob of about 500 Negroes gathered nearby. A bomb damaged a Negro home and wounded a cab driver. another bomb hit the home of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Police say Underwood had received threats over the past 13 months accusing him of favoring whites in coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hy Caitro
News Directos
Bob Underwood
Wcov-Tv
Mountgomery
Ala
Pelivo
Aler Ad. Mire
Marin Luther King
Folie
Din Sundae
Underwood
Humphrey Urges Budget Slashes
Treasury Secretary George H. Humphrey urged Americans to press Congress to trim the administration's 71.8 billion dollar peacetime budget. He stressed the president backs reductions where feasible and called for public pressure before lawmakers act. He said the public must drive the economy drive through.
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Washington
Treasury
George H. .Humphrey
Congress
Eisenhower
Humphrey
Aorth
Tle
Executive
Speaker Lauds Lawton Spirit at Chamber Meeting
Daniel N. Casey praised Lawton's progress in a letter to Milton Keating secretary manager Thesburg Pa Chamber of Commerce secretary wrote of being on time and thrilled by exemplary progress in Lawton. The letter commends Lawton residents for strong leadership and the audience’s support at the annual meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel N. Casey
Chamber of Commerce
Lawton
Milton Keating
Thesburg
Six New Students Enroll At Yawton High School
Six new students joined yawton high school this morning as the second semester begins, bringing enrollment to 1,392, an all time high. New students include Ruth Elizabeth Brubaker Shannen Hartline Judith Clarke Aan Little Marlene Rastan and Gary Lively.
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Yawton High School
Ruth Elizabeth Brubaker
Shannen Hartline
Judith Clarke
Aan Little
Marlene Rastan
Gary Lively
Mrs. Ethel Cohn Dies. Rites Held at Becker Chapel
The body of Mrs. Ethel H. Cohn, 64, was sent to Winnipeg, Canada, for last rites and burial. Services were held Sunday at 2 p.m. in Becker Memorial chapel with Chaplain 1st Lt. Alvin Lieberman officiating. Mrs. Cohn died Saturday morning from a cerebral hemorrhage.
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Ethel H. Cohn
Winnipeg
Canada
Becker Memorial Chapel
Alvin Lieberman
Lawton Farm Family Man Harry A Cook Dies
Harry A Cook Jr of Rt 2 Lawton died 10 10 pm Saturday at Veterans hospital Oklahoma City after a long cancer illness. He born April 22 1895 in Taneyville Missouri and resided in Lotitia since 1918. He lived in Bovina Texas two years before Lawton. He served WWI overseas 12 months. Survived by wife Roxie Sims eight daughters three sons four brothers three sisters and seven grandchildren. Funeral 3 pm Tuesday Becker Memorial chapel Reverend Weldon Rightmer officiates. Burial Flower Mound cemetery east of Lawton.
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Harry A. Cook, Jr
Rt. 2
Lawton
Veterans Hospital
Oklahoma City
Cook
Lotitia
Taneyville
Bovina
Tex
Coox
Summit
Barbara Cook
Frances Cook
Lycurgus Cook
Yale
Okla
Gus Cook
Reed Springs
Circo Cook
Whittier
Cal
Alonzo Cook
Los Angeles
Bertha Miller
Springfield
Arthur White
Disney
Ralph Haralson
Fort Gibson
Becker Memorial Chapel
Weldon Rightmer
Liberty Heights Chapel
Flower Mound Cemetery
Colored Women's Federation Plans Tea This Sunday
The City Federation of Colored Women's clubs meets under president Mrs. Leeewberry to organize a get acquainted tea at 4 p.m. Sunday in the Masonic hall at First and Columbia. Members from Gay Ladies, Sunshine Benevolent, Bethune Literary and Art, Hospitality, Social Jolly Duch ess and IC clans attended planning at USC YMCA No 4 E Arlington.
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R. Leewberry
City Federation of Colored Women’s Clubs
Masonic Hall
First
Columbia
Sunshine Benevolent
Bethune Literary and Art
Duchess
Usc-Ymca
E. Arlington
Wichita Falls Woman Sues Over Rear-End Auto Crash
Miss Geral ding Barton of Wichita Falls sues Bobby Burney and his father for a total of 11757,470 in Grady County District Court over a December 16 rear-end collision on C Street near Fourth. Barton alleges neck and back injuries from whiplash, seeks damages for injuries, lost earnings, medical costs, car damage, and lost wages. The defendants include Burney, a student, and his father, a truck driver for Don Eaton Transfer Co.
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Wichita Falls
Lawton
Geralding Barton
Fourth
Bobby F. Burney
F. Burney
Don Eaton Transfer Co
Grady Crabtree
Barton
Bobby Burney
Crabtree
Burney
Studebaker
Miss Barton
Anderson, Latham and Castledine
Greater Lawton To Pick Officers
Greater Lawton Inc board, led by Allen J. Bilbury, to elect officers for 1957 at 4 p.m. in the Civic room of the Security Bank building. Members elected last week include James A. Black, Ralph Wertz, Ray Babbitt, Jerry Mustain, Bill Peters, Dale Thompson, Mayor R. Ellsworth, Elmer Bauman, Fred Larrance Jr., and Lewis Yarmuk. Retiring officers are Bilbrey, Bauman, Peters, and Mustain. A three cent stamp honoring polio workers goes on sale at Lawson post office, announced Postmaster Bennie Stephens.
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Greater Lawton, Inc
Allen J. Bilbury
Security Bank & Trust Co
James A. Black
Ralph Wertz
Ray Babbitt
Jerry Mustain
Bill Peters
Dale Thompson
R. Ellsworth
Elmer Bauman
Fred Larrance Jr
Lewis Yarmuk
Bilbrey Bauman
Peters
Mustain
Lawson Post Office
Bennie Stephens
Area Men In Service In Korea And Germany
Two area men have been assigned to the 7th Infantry Division in Korea. Pvt. George W. Bowers II of Temple serves as a cannoneer in the 4th FA Battalion, entered service July 1956, and is a 1955 Temple High School graduate. Pvt. Elec Watkins Jr., 20, whose parents live in Davidson, is in the division headquarters company, entered December 1955, and trained at Fort Chaffee. Ulysses Bookman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jessie Bookman, 1405 Leo, serves as a cannoneer with Battery A in Crailsheim, Germany, after enlisting February 1955. SFC Albert C. Bayer, son of Nelson B. Bayer of Medicine Park, recently graduated from Fort Bliss Antiaircraft Artillery and Guided Missile school, completing a surface-to-surface missile electronic materiel maintenance course after joining the Army in 1936. Pvt. Elmeabethel McMillan, 23, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse McMillan, 21008 Sixth, arrived in Japan and serves as a medical corpsman at Tokyo Army Hospital after entering the Army post–graduation from St. Mary’s High School.
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Korea
7Th Infantry Division
Kerra
George W. Bowers II
Rueben R. Bowers
Temple
Army
Temple High School
Pfe
Elec Watkins Jr
Davidson
Fort Chaffee
Ark
Cannoneer
Germany
Ulysses Bookman
Jessie Bookman
Leo
74Th FA
Crailsheim
Bookmen
Ann
Albert C. Mayer
Army School
Albert C. Bayer
Nelson B. Bayer
Medicine Park
Fort Bliss
Tex
Bayer
McMillan
Japan
Elmeabethel McMillan
Jesse McMillan
Tokyo Army Hospital
St. Mary’s High School
Fort Sam Houston
County official to attend Oklahoma City meeting
Pete Wynn, Western district county commissioner, will attend an executive board meeting of the Oklahoma County Commissioners association in Oklahoma City Tuesday. Wynn is president of the Sixth District association.
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Pete Wynn
Western District
Oklahoma County Commissioners Association
Oklahoma City
Wynn
Sixth District Association
Barbara Moore Arrives in Lawton After Heart Surgery
Five year old Barbara Moore arrives in Lawton with parents at 7:30 am after a delicate heart operation on January 19 at Mayo Clinic. Delayed by weather, the family landed El Paso before proceeding by bus. Barbara will stay in bed for three weeks, with a Mayo Clinic check planned for August. Open Your Heart to Barbara fund reaches 4353.70.
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Barbara Moore
Lawton
Moores
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
el Paso
Tex
Oklahoma City
Lubbock
Hobbs
Barbara
Enrollment Set for Licensed Practical Nurses Course
Enrollment for the Licensed Practical Nurses course will be at 7 p.m. today in Lawson High School room 137. The 10 week course costs $12. classes meet at night twice weekly. Nurses aides are not eligible to enroll.
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Lawson High School
Norman Monroe
LHS Diversified Occupations
Masons to Meet for Fellow Craft Degree Tonight
Masonic Lodge No. 183 AF and AM will confer the Fellow Craft degree at 6:30 p.m. today, secretary W. L. Casey said. The event focuses on fraternal rites and initiatory proceedings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AF & AM
W. L. Casey
Lawton High Pep Rally Prepares Benefit Basketball Game
Lawton high school students and faculty held a Beat Central Junior High pep assembly led by Dolores Krebs Ann Kirkpatrick Donald O’Dell and Jack Greear ahead of tonight’s benefit basketball game at 8 p.m. in the high school fieldhouse. Proceeds go to the 1957 March of Dimes drive.
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Lawton High School
Central Junior High
LHS
Dolores Krebs
Ann’ Kirkpatrick
Donald O'Dell
Jack Greear
Hugh Bish
St Joseph Aspirin Shown Fast Absorption In Tests
An independent laboratory test shows St Joseph Aspirin dissolves and absorbs three times faster than leading brands, delivering quick relief for headaches muscle aches and colds. It emphasizes gentle action without stomach upset and notes pricing 12¢ for 100 tablets 49¢ for 200 tablets 79¢ for larger bottles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Joseph
City Conventions To Draw 750 Delegates To Lawton
About 750 delegates will descend on Lawton next month for major conventions. Jeanne Howell, convention secretary for the Chamber of Commerce, announced that the Oklahoma Society of Professional Engineers will meet February 8 to 10 at the Hotel Lawtonian for the group’s first convention outside Oklahoma City and Tulsa. About 300 state engineers and their wives are expected. The Oklahoma Bankers Association meeting February 21 to 22 at the Lawtonian will attract about 450 delegates. 1956’s convention here drew that many attendees.
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Lawton
Jeanne Howell
Chamber of Commerce
Oklahoma Society of Professional Engineers
Lawtonian
Oklahoma City
Tulsa
Oklahoma Bankers Association
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Harry A. Cook
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Avenue
Greater Lawton
Wolverton Electric Co
Sheridan Rd
Kenneth Otis
Crosby EL
Uettion
Codec Creditors Adjustment Bureau
Security Bank
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Johnson Wax & Floor Machines
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Ly Cups
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Brammer
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Cache
Hitchen
The
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W. D
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Harry Wiest
S 33 Auto Service
RCA Victor TV
RCA Whirlpool Appliances
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D Avenue
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Massey - Harris
Oklahoma
Grandfield Implement CO
Highway
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Tae
A. B. Drug Co
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