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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1963
Page
7
Readers seek tips on a husband who shaves twice daily and a soldier coping with a breakup from home. Abby counsels perseverance with lazy or vain partners, waiting promises, and avoiding loud TV during visits.
Cache Rose Garden Club raised 114.00 at a recent minstrel event plus 25.30 from club treasury totaling 139.30 given to the Medical Clinic during the July meeting. Hostesses included Mrs. Leah Worley and Mrs. Lena Jarvis presided as plans for district events were announced.
The Aviation Wives coffee, hosted by the 214th Artillery Group Officers Club pool, drew 25 attendees with Mrs. Stanley Frick and others serving on the committee. Visitors included Mrs. Mabel Fisher and Miss Anne Moore. New members present for the first time were Mrs. E. B. Derr, Mrs. Ernst Flippo, Mrs. Lawrence Fletcher, and Mrs. Russell Baugh. Mrs. Crichton announced August coffee cancellation due to leave. Fall luncheons resume September 10.
Officers Club patio hosted a Sill Coffee event for USAA MSC wives on a Wednesday. Hostesses were Mrs. Ralph J. Cooley and Mrs. Delbert West. Mrs. Sophie T. Finnegan poured. 20 attendees. Future hostesses named for August include Mrs. Cecil J. Burton and Mrs. Ralph Walden.
Cindy Needham hosted a Sub Debs meeting at 2416 Atlanta. After the business session, pledge court honored Ann Mitchell and Pat Angus. Attendees included Barbara Perry, Nancy Bride, Sharon Maling, Georgia Shepherd, Kathy Freeman, Mary Margaret Newcombe, Polly Nicklas, Susan Currell, Charlotte Littlefield, Carolyn Martin, Stephanie Jones, Lewanne Johnson, Susie Durdy, Connie Torbert, Cathy Hedges, Ann Smith, Susan Jones, Julie Smith, and Kim Champlin. Miss Newcombe will host next at 810 Fuend at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday.
Wives of officers of the 4th Battalion USATCFA met Wednesday night at Mrs. Larry Melton’s home for the monthly bridge session. Mrs. Donald Peters co hosted. Mrs. Jim Harwood was high scorer with Norvell West second and Chauncey Starkey third. A jello dessert, coke, iced tea, and cheese dip were served. Guests included Mrs. Woodrow Wallace, Mrs. Joseph Corder, Mrs. Carry Willison, Mrs. James Hurlbut and Mrs. Richard Frazee. Others in attendance were Mrs. Jakie Lee and Mrs. David Barlow.
The Goodwill club of the Rebekah Lodge 83 held a watermelon party at Mrs. Jack Persinotti’s home Thursday night. Vice President Dan McPhail led the meeting as officers for the next six months were installed by Mrs. Earl Wheeler and Mrs. Persinotti.
Friday social calendar notes a meeting at IOOF hall by Unity Rebekah Lodge 121 at 8 p.m. 10 percent: D.
Mrs. Bob Baxter and daughter Suzanne return from a month in London. Muriel Weightman Faux, now in Whittier, Calif., is guest of her sister. L. W. Ledgerwood and family visit Tulsa after his new posting with Jersey Research and Production Oil Co. True family spends weekend in Oklahoma City. John Looney and family host Dr. Charles Looney of Silver Spring Maryland, professor at the University of Maryland.
A basket supper was held in Union park Thursday night by the Old Settlers club. New members welcomed were Mr. and Mrs. Belton Stallings. Other attendees included Mrs. Rob ert Brown, Mrs. Mattie Reiser, Mrs. Myrtle Kuhn, Mrs. Mollie Randolph, Mrs. J. P. Hackett, Mrs. Louise Dobbins, Mrs. Cora Ann Hedrick, Mrs. Viva Martin, Mrs. Delores Davis, Mrs. Ethel Lanman, Mrs. Ethel Hackett, Mrs. Olga Livesay, Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Roy Cremer, Mr. and Mrs. S. T. Farmer and Robert Fietz.
Mr. and Mrs. Elbert Bazhaw hosted a July 4 family gathering at their home. Attendees included numerous Bazhaw relatives from Tuttle Albany Duncan and Oklahoma City, plus extended family from Georgia and other areas.
The board meeting at the Hotel Lawtonian covered admission policy for agencies joining the United Fund, with Creed Batson and others named to a study committee. New member Col. Jim Unger was welcomed as Fort Sill’s representative.
Ruth Millett argues some social traps women face do not pay. She highlights winning arguments, envy, copying others, seeking fashion advice, revealing faults, self criticism with men, and nagging. The column invites readers to mail 25 cents for more tips on teen agers.
A New York manufacturer integrates a small clutch with a 12 inch travel bag that unzips on the reverse side to hold urgent small items, addressing the problem of rapid access during trips.
Six Lawton area men were initiated into the Lawton Elks Lodge this week. New members listed as Ted Hightower Tom Conwell Bud Marley Bill Huddleston Ernest Bentley from Lawton and J S Humble from Chattanooga. Ritual was performed by the new 1963 64 officers led by Calvin Strecker.
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