Negro Democrats Endorse Mrs Fields At County Rally
The League of Young Negro Democrats of Comanche County endorsed Mrs Bertrude Fields for national Democratic committeewoman at a Friday Bethlehem Church meeting attended by over 150. Tom Tipler and Rev J W Ivory were elected co chairs, Reece Thompson named secretary, and a district convention delegation was urged to back Fields. Local pastors Rev N H Jones Rev O B Davis and Rev T O Mitchell spoke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
League of Young Negro Democrats
Comanche County
Bertrude Fields
National Democratic
Clinton
Fields
N. H. Jones
Roosevelt
O. B. Davis
T. O. Mitchell
Defective paving to be replaced on Ferris near Fourth
Mayor C B Ellsworth announced that defective paving on Ferris near Fourth will be replaced by Standard Industries, successor to the original contractor Standard Paving. City Engineer Douglass Smith found cracking. work to start Monday at no cost to the city, with a paving crew from the Lawton area performing the job.
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Ferris
Fourth
Funeral Rites for Walter Tilton Smith Held in Terral
Walter Tilton Smith 80 Terral rancher died Friday at Ryan hospital after 43 years in Terral. Funeral services at 2 p.m. today Boydston Funeral Home Terral with Rev W W Carter officiating. Burial at Ryan. Born Sept 6 1875 in Texas. Survived by wife Alice six sons Oscar Joe D Smith L E Smith John Smith Donnie all of Terral and from Courtland Calif and Davidson and four daughters Janie Smith Lubbock Gertrude Evans Duncan Eula Carver Duncan Louise Williams Ryan.
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Comanche
Walter Tilton Smith
Terral
Ryan
Boydston Funeral Home
W. W. Carter
James E. Scott Dies at 93 Near Apache
James E. Scott, 93, died at 4 a.m. Thursday at the home of his granddaughter near Apache. Born Sept. 28, 1862 in Mulberry Ark, he lived with the Dunns about a year. Survived by three sons W. O. Scott Skintook A. T. Scott Bangley Colo and W. P. Scott Eunice N M, a daughter Mrs. W. K. Potts Tulsa. Services 10 a.m. Monday at Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints chapel Tulsa. Burial Kaw City Okla. Crews Funeral in charge.
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James E. Scott
David Dunn
Apache
Mulberry
Ark
Dunns
W. O. Scott
Skintook
A. T. Scott
Bangley
Colo
W. P. Scott
Eunice
N. M
Cityan's Father In Critical Condition After Brain Hemorrhage
Mrs. Rachel Wray of 30 North 25th received word that her father Fred C Bahr of Cedar Rapids Iowa was taken to an Iowa City hospital with a brain hemorrhage and is in critical condition. Mrs Wray's mother died last November.
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Rachel Wray
Fred C. Bahr
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Iowa City
Rare Eagles Attack Cattle Reported
Despite their small size eagles have been noted making occasional successful attacks on cattle. The reports describe the birds targeting livestock in rare cases, though such events remain uncommon.
Comanche County 4H Club Meeting Schedule Released
Statewide 4 H club meetings announced by Miss Betty Brannon and Arlen Johnson extend over two weeks. Dates range from February 1 to February 14 with multiple junior and senior meetings in Fletcher Elgin Stony Point Sterling Beaver Bend Flower Mound Cache Faxon Geronimo and Fort Sill Indian School schedule updates and rescheduling notes.
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Comanche County
Betty Brannon
Arlen Johnson
Fletcher
Medicine Park
Elgin
Stony Point
Hillside Club
Sterling
Beaver Bend
Ash Grove
Bishop
Flower Mound
Scott
Cache
Chattanooga
Faxon
Geronimo
Jndiahoma
Indiahoma
Post Oak Mission
Fort Sill Indian School Club
Book donated to Lawton High Library by Red-D-Mix
Hugh Bish principal of Lawton High School announced that Certified Red-D-Mix has donated The Tumult and the Shouting, an autobiography of sports writer Grantland Rice, to the school library. Saturday remarks accompanied the donation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton High School
Hugh Bish
Grantland Rice
New 1956 Chevrolet Blazes Up Hills With V8 Power
The 1956 Chevrolet lineup features a range of 19 Frisky Chevrolets with Fisher Body and engines up to 205 horsepower. It boasts hydraulic-hushed lifters in all V8 and 6 engines, a smooth climb on grades, and records set at Pikes Peak. Safety options include seat belts and padded instrument panels at extra cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pikes Peak
Fisher
Five Lawton men join Ready Reserve program
Five Lawton district men Charles R. Clifton Larry G. Lindgren Charles W. Howell William J. Stingily and J L Lawrence signed for the U S Army Ready Reserve announced by Lt Col Ralph Wolverton They will report to Camp Chaffee Arkansas around June 10 for training except Howell who goes to Fort Bliss Texas February 5 The program defers induction while Eight-year enlistees serve and may exempt from further induction unless an emergency Maj Rawlings Morris Fort Sill office in Building 2912 provides information in the Lawton area
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
U.S. Army
Ralph Wolverton
Charles R. Clifton
Larry G. Lindgren
Charles W. Howell
William J. Stingily
J. L. Lawrence
Col. Wolverton
Camp Chaffee
Ark
Howell
Fort Bliss
Tex
Ready Reserve
Oklahoma
Selective Service
Maj
Rawlings Morris
Fort Sill
Area Men In Service CAPT Tilghman Assigned For Korea
Capt Elwayne E Tilghman 33 and last posted at Fort Sill has been assigned to the Korean Military Advisory Group in Korea. The unit numbers over 2000 officers and enlisted specialists advising the RoK Army on training tactics and operations. He entered the Army in 1940 and holds the Purple Heart. He is the son of Mr and Mrs F W Tilghman of Duncan. Weldon E Cosgrove of Rt 1 will complete recruit training Feb 3 at the San Diego Marine Depot. The 10 week course covers basic military subjects and firing of basic infantry weapons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elwayne E. Tilghman
Effie
Lake
Korea
U.S. Army
Republic of Korea Army
Tilghman
Fort Sill
F. W. Tilghman
Duncan
Weldon E. Cosgrove
Rt. 1
Marine Corps Recruit Depot
San Diego
Calif
W. D. Cosgrove
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Lawtonian
C. R. Holley
Mickey Castro
Oklahoma City Biltmore
Emmett Keough
Frank Kitchens
Board of Directors
Mrs. Fields
Walter T. Smith
Cityan
Southwest Chemical
CALL
Southwest Chemical Company
Neil Ashlock
C Ave
W. C. Ohl
64Th Ordnance Battalion
G. E. Hughes
1St Ordnance Group
William Wayne
64Th Ord
The
Quartermaster Corps
Pittsburgh Paints
Farmers Lumber Company
Chevrolet CO
Chevrolet
W. C. Bonnell
Southwest Chemical Co
E Ave
Denison Hardware
Sheridan Road
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