Social Calendar Highlights Local Clubs and Meetings
A compact schedule of social events across Fort Sill and Lawton area clubs. Included are Royal Neighbors initiations at IOOF hall, a Kappa Gamma sorority gathering, Hook and Whirl square dancing, First Christian Young Matrons meeting, Vagabond club session, Fort Sill Teen-Age square dance, NCO Wives officer installation, Centenary Methodist Circle TI, VFW auxiliary luncheon, Doreas Sunday School class, Junior Miss club, county home demonstration club camp, Pioneer club meeting, and Sweet Pea Garden club corsage making with flower choices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Neighbors of America Lodge
IOOF
D. Rho Kappa Gamma _ sorority
Rosalie Thomasen
Hook and Whirl Square Dance Club
American Legion Hall
Art Ashline
Ernest Hynson
Lee Hyson
First Christian Young Matrons Group
Rev. W. S. Parish
New Church
Warren Chrisman
Lee Woods
Glenda Doane
Fort Sill
Square Nee
Upen Road
NCO Wives Club
NCO
A. B. Whitehead
J. E. McFadden
Centenary Methodist Woman's Society of Christian Service Circle
Carl Partain
Women's Auxiliary
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Oklahoma Cottage Fund
Jess Stanley
Gore
Doreas
Central Baptist Church
H. D. Hastings
Brownie
Sue Robertson
Atlanta
Craterville Park
Lawton Business & Professional
Pioneer Club
A. O. Holliday
Sweet Pea Garden Club
Dewey Callahan
Kingsbury
County Home Demonstration Club
Engagement Told For Area Pair In Saddle Mountain
Miss Carolyn Jean Cox and Diehl Van Delk are engaged, announced by their parents from Cooperton and Saddle Mountain. No wedding date yet. Cox will be a Cooperton high school senior. Van Delk, a 1954 graduate who attended Cameron College last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saddle Mountain
Carolyn Jean Cox
Diehl van Delk
Clarence M. Cox
Cooperton
Alton Delk
Cooperton High School
Cameron College
Sterling Visitor Feted At Dinner
Sterling Special reports Mrs. Carl Rother hosted a dinner in Sterling to honor her nephew Dr. Donald Payne of Tyler Texas. Attending were D E Payne and Donald Payne of Rush Springs Mrs Payne and her sons Keith and Mark Tyler Texas and Mr and Mrs B Lowry. Dr Payne a Sterling high school graduate now works in Tyler with Dr George W Brown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling
Donald Payne
Tyler
Tex
Carl Rother
D. E. Payne
Donald
B. Lowry
Rush Springs
Payne
Keith
Mark
Sterling High School
George W. Brown
Dick Swaby Honored With Farewell Party By Friends
A going away party at the Elks lodge clubhouse honored Dick Swaby as he prepares to move with his parents to Pueblo Cole later this month. Hosts were Mr. and Mrs. Fuzz Barnes with chaperones and an evening of dancing. Refreshments were served to a long list of attendees including Elwyn Metcalf, Carolyn Cole and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Swaby
Elks Lodge Club
Ralph Swaby
Pueblo
Cole
Fuzz Barnes
Mapie
Effie Wickman
Luther D. Arnold
Charles Horton
Ed Ellenbrook
Bill Bowman
Swaby
Elwyn Metcalf
Carolyn Cole
J. W. Hunter
Dee Givens
Chlorica Stephens
Jim Warkentin
Pat Horton
Sam Smith
Linda Moye
Vonda Pipes
Mike Wyant
Billy Stamps
Monte Richardson
Nana Amis
George Glasby
1890 Births See 65th Anniversary Reach in 1955
About seven in ten American women born in 1890 survived to celebrate their 65th anniversaries in 1955. This demographic snapshot notes longevity trends among women reaching retirement era.
Weekend Houseguests Feted By Sfc and Mrs Dudek
Weekend houseguests at 1815 Kingsbury included Miss Marie Cohick of Williamsport Pennsylvania and Sfc Charles Krempa of Fort Hood Texas. A dinner preceded a visit to the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge and Fort Sill. Miss Cohick is spending a two week vacation with the Dudek family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sfc
Thad Dudek
Kingsbury
Marie Cohick
Williamsport
Charles Krempa
Fort Hood
Tex
Dudek
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
Fort Sill
Recent Bride Complimented With Shower
Four women co hosted a post nuptial shower for Mrs Frank Arnold formerly Betty Sanders in the Elgin Baptist church educational building. Guests registered by Alma Lee Schultz. The honoree was shown with gifts and refreshments served from a linen covered table with punch poured by Mrs B Mansell. A large number attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin
Frank Arnold
Betty Sanders
Elgin Baptist Church
Mesdames J. Bentley
V. Abrams
N. Hanks
M. Stevens
Alma Lee Schultz
Ellsworths Return From Colorado Vacation
Mayor and Mrs C R Ellsworth and daughter Miss Helen Lynne Ellsworth have returned from their annual vacation to Silverton Colorado. They were accompanied by Mrs Ellsworths mother Mrs Helen Sewell and reside at 1901 Dearborn. They enjoyed jeep trips into the high country trout fishing dinner parties and picnics and made colored pictures of the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. R. Ellsworth
Helen Lynne Ellsworth
Dearborn
Tall Gals Proportion Is The Key By Alicia Hart
Tall women face beauty questions that hinge on proportion and posture. The columnist notes rising rates of women over five feet eight, advising that clothing should elongate the frame with vertical lines and balanced accessories. Downward lines and deep crowned hats suit tall figures, while properly fitted dresses and waistlines create graceful silhouettes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alicia Hartner
Guests Attend Square Dance at Public Service Auditorium
Mr. and Mrs. Arlen Swanson hosted the Reddy Kilowatt Square Dance club at 8 p.m. Saturday in Public Service company building home service auditorium. Johnny Robinson was caller. Guests from Temple included Tab Lewis and others. Duncan, Gainesville, Lubbock, Dallas, and San Diego residents attended with several members listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlen Swanson
Reddy Kilowatt Square
Home Service
Public Service Company
Johnny Robinson
Tab Lewis
D. P. Stopper
Karan Johnson
Carol Collins
J. C. Collins
Temple
Messrs
Mesdames
Bob Carter
Bill Powell
Jack Davis
Duncan
G. C. Andrews
Gainesville
Tex
Blaine Parish
Lubbock
Roy Wickham
Dallas
Dan Hines
San Diego
Calif
E. F. Lowe
June Lowe
and Mesdames Orville Andrews
Fred Jennings
Hayden Berryhill
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Art
The
Fabulous New
Mercury
Montclair
Buster Wyatt
Lincoln
2Nd & B Ave
Smitty Barnes
Ronnie Hartline
Linda Rhody
Jayne Holsinger
Cliff Swaby
Bill Newman
Gloria Stevens
Barbara Patton
Vivian Pursley
Donna Lacy
Erlene Poston
Ann Milne
Jo Milne
Peggy Wickman
Jerry Lyon
Adele Skrolle
Barbara Ramey
Carl Cooper
Marie Violett
Darrel Alldredge
Larry Hargett
Jimmy Vickers
Capitol Records
Unchained
Les Baxter
Frank Sinatra
Nat King Cole
Jackie Gleason
Hardy Suggs Music Co
A. B. Drug CO
Mrs
Miss Cohick
Dudecks
Ellsworthe
Colorado
Fairmont’s
U.S.P
Mincey’s
C Avenue
Toyland
Johnson’s
Johnson
Ann
Roaches
Scorpions
Virgil Laird
D. D. Raibourn
Chester McCord
B. P. Hann
Melvin Jennings, Gene Wickham and
Ernest Hunter
Eddie Shinkle
M. Mynes
J. L. Sherrod
Earl Jackson
Paul Powell
Ira Lanman
Donna Reed
Paramount
Vistavision
Technicolor
Hollywood
National Bakers Services, Inc
Chicago
Cai
Eleanor Day
Holiye
Wolverton Electric & Appliance
Pho
Sheridan
Wary Wet Fairmont Consumer Service
Mary Manning
Fairmont Consumer Service
P.O
Omaha
Nebraska
Fairmont
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