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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1945
Page
4
Ernest P. Welham, 39, Tulsa resident, died from injuries sustained in a traffic accident last Saturday. His body will be returned to Tulsa today for funeral services and burial. Grant county fair board abandons plans for a fall county fair but votes to revive the annual event in 1946.
A city council resolution in Lawton Oklahoma adopts plans for paving and drainage on streets including West 42 and Victory Boulevard, with 15 foot width in places. It authorizes grading manholes, sewers and curb work, and directs publishing notice for six issues in The Lawton Voter newspaper. The mayor and city clerk will levy assessments to fund the project and issue revenue bonds.
Long, dense church notices list services across multiple congregations including First Church, First Methodist, Christian Science, Calvary Baptist, and Westminster Presbyterian. The items describe worship, youth groups, choir, Sunday school, prayer meetings, and planned events with pastors and locations across several streets and avenues.
A former prisoner of war, Lt Geary, recently released after eight and a half months in German captivity, visits Apache with a group of friends recounting his forced landing and aftermath. His leg wounds were treated by a German doctor, and he endured dehydration and illness during captivity before rejoining comrades.
A garbled excerpt mentions a detainee and a healer reading a notice. Geary recalls an event linked to the Red Army, described as something to be long remembered, though the text is unclear and fragmentary.
Flight officer Way stationed at Lincoln and a Nebraskan couple, Raymond Reed and his wife formerly Miss Alin Boardman, arrive with their children Lyn, Sandra, and Jerryman Reed. They will report back to Mrs Reed who will stay here as arrangements are made for a new station posting.
A garbled ad style excerpt touts Tris Skin Relief to help heat discomfort and skin irritations. It mentions family use, medicated power, and overseas sales, with calls to ask for Messuaa and several larger sizes.
Last concrete work on Fort Sill Boulevard was expected to be poured today by Standard Paving. Portions of the new road are already in use, with only the Fort Sill and Cove boulevards area and a few driveways left to finish. Completion was anticipated during the day amid earlier winter and spring traffic delays.
A man identified as Marvin Zipen was fined STU on charges of speeding on a military reservation. The hearing occurred before US 5 Commissioner PB G Fullerton and the compint was signed by military police.
Altus Oklahoma July 13. Partners meet to organize an Altus country club with initial public offerings. Thirty business and professional men each pay 250 dollars to form the nucleus of the club. The goal is 100 members. Historians link ancient man Isar to a force now known as electricity.
A local ad promising a home test to improve hearing invites people with deafness or tinnitus to try the Qurine Ear method at Gilbert's Drug Store 431 D Ave. Call to hear better or get a money back guarantee.
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