Lawton Fort Sill Recreation Council Event Calendar
City wide events calendar listing many February to May activities in Lawton and Cameron Oklahoma. Highlights include Kiwanis TV auction Easter Pageant rehearsals and School Arts events. Community concerts, theater performances, demon strations, and dances are scheduled with dates and venues across local schools and hotels.
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Lawton-Fort Sill Recreation Council
Lawton High School
Faculty of Junior High
LHS
Dental Health
Weatherford
Okla
Comanche County
Cameron College
Holy City
14Th and Bell
Lawton and
Cameron
Wichita Mountains
Lawton and Cameron
Lawton School
Wil Rogers School
Sidney R. Montague
Lawtonian
Nan Merriman
McMahon
Will Rogers School
New Senior High
Lawton Public Schools
County Soil Conservation District Busy In 1954
Comanche County Soil Conservation District reports a busy 1954 with 6 miles of new terraces and 148 ponds. Plans prepared for 94 farms covering 17 600 acres, while 961 farms are on conservation plans totaling 276 054 acres. 122 farms completed all original projects, with continued maintenance urged.
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Comanche County
Jean Matthews
SCS
Matthews
King’s Ranch
Negro Democratic Precinct Chairmen To Elect Officers
City Democratic precinct chairmen will elect officers at a meeting Monday night in the Greater Galilee Baptist church. Robert Brownlee said Saturday the meeting will begin at 8 p.m.
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City
Greater Galilee
Three Zimmerman Brothers Reunited in Germany
Lawton family learns all three Zimmerman sons are serving in the Army and stationed near Darmstadt in the Darmstadt district. Pvt. Jerry D. Zimmerman and Sgt. Cecil L. Zimmerman are at Battery A of the 216th Field Artillery Battalion. Cpl. Reggie Zimmerman is about 60 miles away. The mother, living at 1115 Summit, expresses joy at the near sighting distance and family reunion potential. Jerry joined the Army in June 1955 and arrived in Europe last November after basic at Camp Chaffee Arkansas.
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Zimmerman Brothers of
Lawton
Germany
R. E. Zimmerman
Summit
Darmstadt
Zimmerman
Army
Pvt
Jerry D. Zimmerman
Set
Cecil L. Zimmerman
Jerry
216Th Field Artillery
Sgt
Europe
Camp Chaffee
Ark
Lightships World Trend From 1860 to 1913 Rise
From 1860 to 1913 the number of lightships worldwide rose from 136 to 800, a growth noted by the National Geographic Society. The report traces expansion as maritime safety needs increased and coastal navigation benefited from new stations and technologies.
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The
National Geographic Society
Area Men In Service Reassignments and Marine Family News
SFC James C. Johnson Jr., 32, re enlisted in the U S Army and has returned from Germany awaiting reassignment. He and his wife visit Mrs J H Moore at 103 Euclid with three children James III Carolle Lynn and Linda Ann. Johnson served since 1942 and was a squad leader in the 34th infantry platoon at Goppingen. The Reed family reports two Marine sons Robert S Reed and Matthew Reed pilots with Marine Attack Squadron 251 and a reunion planned at El Toro California. Lt Matthew Reed escaped instrument failure near Phoenix and an emergency landing was required. Robert Reed is due back Feb 9 after duty in Atsugi Japan and Korea.
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Sfc
James C. Johnson Jr
U. S. Army
Germany
Lucille Johnson
Gore
Johnson
Goppingen
Europe
Fort Sill
S. A. Reed
Arlington
U. S. Marine Corps
el Toro
Calif
Robert S. Reed
Matthew Reed
Marine Corps
Matthew
Robert
Atsugi
Japan
Korea
United States
Phoenix
Ariz
Lawton
Robert Reed
Marine Attack Squadron
Justices of Peace Seek Broader Jurisdiction in Oklahoma
In Lawton district meeting 35 members of the Oklahoma Justices of Peace and Constables association voted to push higher limits for civil and criminal cases. They urged raising civil suit authority from 200 to 500 dollars and increasing fines to 500 dollars with 90 days jail, seeking broader jurisdiction to better serve the public. Harry H. Hamilton of Tulsa will present the plan at other district meetings ahead of the state convention.
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Otis James
Oklahoma City
State Justices of Peace and Constables Association
Marvin E. Cameron
Lawton
Justice of Peace
Harry H. Hamilton
Tulsa
Hamilton
Cameron
Justices of Peace and Constables
Oklahoma
Justices of Peace and Constables Association
Justice of Peace Courts
Ses
World Day of Prayer Observed Downtown
Downtown workers and business people will observe Lawton's World Day of Prayer on February 17. The First Baptist church opens 11 a.m. to 1 30 p.m. for meditation and Mrs Roy B Hooper coordinates. All participating churches open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. for personal meditation with a unit service at St Andrew's Episcopal at 1 30 p.m.
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Lawton
Whit Ozier
First Baptist Church
Roy B. Hooper
St .Andrew’s Episcopal Church
Cityan’s Father In Hospital
Ward reports George Fincher of Marlow is hospitalized at Talley Walker clinic in Marlow. He is the father of Jack Fincher, born 1907, of Taft.
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George Fincher
Marlow
Talley-Walker
Jack Fincher
Taft
First Annual Rural Church Conference Set by Baptists
Oklahoma City January 28 The Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma announces the first annual rural church conference to be held February 9 and 10 at Cush ing. Rev. Sam W Scantlan, superintendent of rural and city missions, said the two day meeting will discuss the problems and future of rural and small town churches.
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Oklahoma City
Baptist General Convention of Oklahoma
Cushing
Sam W. Scantlan
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Southwest Oklahoma Cattlemen's Assn
Arch
Duke Otto
World Danger
Kiwanis TV
American Dairy Association of Oklahoma
Oklahoma City Symphony Orchestra
McMahon Auditorium
Guy Fraser Harrison
Lawton Little Theater
Claudia
Lola Monts
Ismet Sanli
United States Air Force ‘Band
Washington, D. C
Lawton High School New Auditorium
Lawton Woman’s Forum
Festival of Arts
Lessie Smitherman
Howell
LCS
TREGO
Ourice
Lawton Boot & Western Store
the Constitution
Cpl
Reggie Zimmerman
James C. Johnson
Marine Pilot Brothers
Jps
Toby Morris
Superior Court
Robert S. Landers
S. R. Harper
World Prayer Services
I National Bank
Lawton, Oklahoma
F.D.I.C
Edwards & Edwards
McCord
C Avenue
Roach
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