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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1972
Page
11
Readers question Abby on promoting marriage preservation while acknowledging self risk. Notes include a child begging Santa for a mother who quits smoking, a teen seeking body image help, and a grandmotherly reply advising self confidence. The column invites readers to write in with problems for personal responses.
The community calendar lists numerous meetings and events across Lawton and surrounding areas. Highlights include Goodwill Rebekah Lodge chili dinner and drill practice at Goodwill Hall, VFW and American Legion post gatherings, Western chapters like the Rose Garden Club and Shakespeare Club, and various senior citizen and civic group activities at venues including the Museum of the Great Plains and the YMCA.
The Fort Sill Brownie Troops host a father daughter box dinner Friday at 6 p.m. in the Geronimo Road School. About nine girls prepared decorated boxes for food to share with their fathers. The troop will present an informal program of songs folk dances and skits. Mrs Walter L Mayo is arrangements chairman.
Mrs. Allyn Wilson hosted a farewell for Sgt and Mrs Chuck Bird who move to Ohio. Attendees included Mrs Bud Carothers Ada Harrell Vic McCarthy Gerald Thorn Bob Hickey Raymond Stoll Bennie Barnard Joyce Jaye. Indiahoma Future Homemakers raised funds for cerebral palsy to send to Lawton center. Chattanooga specials note Rev Jim Brown and Mrs Brown at a Tulsa evangelism conference.
Alpha Pi Chapter members of Epsilon Sigma Alpha held a costume party at the Waller home. Attendees wore hobo attire and prizes went to Shirley Howell as hobo queen and K Michael Waller as hobo king. Decorations used logs, paper walls, park benches and hobo dinnerware. Food featured cornbread beans and coffee cooked over an open fire.
Two circles of the Lawton Heights United Methodist Church Women’s Society of Christian Service met recently. Martha Circle gathered in the church parlor with Mrs Bill Harrison as hostess and Mrs Nan cy Green presiding. Mrs Jess Newby led devotions and Mrs Roy Munson led the lesson. Twelve members attended. Addie Circle met at hostess Mrs Louis Vann’s home with Mrs Odessa Ander son presiding and leading devotions. Mrs Herb Gatlin gave the lesson. Nine members attended.
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