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Lawton Constitution

Location

Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America

Date

Jul 15, 1953

Page

5

Comanche County Commissioners Convene June 1953 Notes

County meetings on June 12 15 23 and 26 1953 approve lumber purchases from Western Bridge & Supply Company and Long Bros Material. transfer appropriations. appoint deputies. adjust courthouse insurance. review numerous claims including hospital care and supplies. close offices for funeral. recessed to June 27. Notable: Oakbridge lumber purchase 481.58. bridge lumber 217? total. many juror and claim entries listed.

Board of County Commissioners Comanche County Court House P. M. Wynn Emil Woesner W. H. Kleeman Western Bridge & Supply Company Enid Oklahoma Court House Jack Shanklin Excise Board Everett R. Hale Carl Phillips M. A. Tompkins M. A. Tom Arthur L. Cavenek Vernon C. Field Investigors Oakbridge Lumber Long Bros. Material Company Oklahoma City Great American Insurance Group Road Builders Supply Duncan P. M Instruction Films, Inc Western Bridge & Supply Co Bridge Lumber Southwestern Stationeryst Supply Carl Allen Bridge Co Carl Allen Bridge & Supply Co P. F. Collier & Son Hoover Equipment Co Lawton Glass & Mirror Co Memorial Hospital McNulty Eddie Underwood Typewriter Acme Laundry Lawton Constitution H. Dorsey Douglas, Inc Manville Redman Milford Walker Fowler’s Paint & Paper Co Ron Stephens A. L. Pollard Qaim Hawkins Studio Miller Hdwe. & Impl. Co Southwestern Bell Telephone Co Oklahoma Tire & Supply Co Southwestern Stationery & Bank Supply R. L. McFarland Leo Wood Eugene Flowers Robert L. Colete Thad D. Hall Coy O. Moody Marvin Cameron Blaylock Clover Printing Co Western Bank & Office Supply Star Engraving Co L. R. Wilson Stout Co-Operative Publishing Co Southwestern & Bank Supply Jo G. Andrews John Moore Tabor Shelby Seals Jack Wheeler Jim Bradshaw Jerry Paul Scott Foresman & Co Vaseco, Inc Visual Education Jack’s Norge Sales & Service Robert H. Walker Mid-West Surgical Co Bennett Rogers Williamson Johnson Huffiman Reed Lowe Davidson Ingle Morales Bradford Smith Green Pierce Wright Thompson Odom Herrion Adams Williams Laurance Thomas Brown Wilson Macias Bedford Wages Taylor Fewell R. F. Neely Harlin Consolidated Gas Utilities Kathleen L. Riggs Southwest Chemical Co Public Service Co Carroll D. Davidson O’marra Alan Page Don Holman Bob Jones J. R. McCaig Burroughs Adding Machine Co Duff Hardware Co Morris Clark Carr’s Grocery Keys Chambers & Lowe Boxley Fletcher Funeral Home Lewis Central Ambulance Service Kirks Gilbert-Woods Drug Co Justus Jolley Earl Drug Wainscott G. G. Downing Sewell Allen Jackson Ricketts Bilbrey Food Store Justus, Baker Fennell Adamson Chochpagh Baker, Boyd Poyivetowarp Morrow Pekah Phelps Roberts Grocery J. N. Mitchell M.D Sullivan C. M. Martin Boydston Dr. L. M. White Hull Davis Carroll Burnett Chickasha Hospital Read J. C. Penney Co Adkinson Ballard DeWitt Gowan Ulrich Earl L. Simmons Ross Kennedy & Company Hoyt Shelby G. C. Wright Allan Page Alford T. Hennessee Jack Norge Sales & Service Bell Aim L. M. Gensman Wolverton Bros. Electric Co Miller Hardware & Implement Co Sexton Brock’s Trading Post J. D. Caldwell E. EK. Stanton Lillian Ward L. J. Ryan Jones Bertha Previtt Harrell Oklahoma State Department of Highways Kessler-Simon Machinery Co City of Lawton Bertha Preuitt Emily Woesner Pitts Lumber Company Boswell Manville

New York Vessels Having Hard Time

A sightseeing yacht carrying 169 passengers rammed a bridge piling in the Harlem River and then hit a pier, injuring eight slightly. Rudder trouble was blamed. The incident followed another in three days as boats carrying tourists faced trouble around Manhattan Island, with the Gotham stuck in mud nearby.

New York Harlem Manhattan Island Gotham

Baby Robins Fly Without Wings In Sacramento Park

In Land Park a mother robin nests in the kiddie flight structure. As planes spin the nest and birds, she feeds them and departs. Keeper Ray Silva sometimes halts flights to allow feeding. She returns with food and watches from a fence while the rides whirl.

Sacramento Calif Land Park Robin Ray Silva

Firehouse Is Best Place For Firebug

United States delegate Henry Cabot Lodge at a luncheon likened the United Nations to a fire department noting it is curious to have the principal arsonist in the fire service He added he may revise this view in six months though preferring to keep him visible in the department rather than unseen in the bushes

Los Angeles United Nations Henry Cabot Lodge United States U. N

Destroyer Bumps Whales En Route to Pacific Island

Tokyo The Navy states the US destroyer Blue collided with two or three whales while sailing toward a Pacific island. A Memphis Missouri crewman recalls returning to the area and finding a large red stain with two thrashing whales, suggesting a broader school was struck. The ship sustained no damage.

Tokyo Navy U. S Pacific Memphis

Insurance Rate Increase Draws Solons Warning

Oklahoma City July 15 A protest may be filed with the State Insurance Board against workmen's compensation premium increases for out of state industries. State Rep. Robert Cunningham warned the board that rates for industries not located in Oklahoma would discourage relocation here. He cited an asbestos maker facing 1.20 per 100 payroll up from 77 cents, and said the legislature did not intend to include such an industry.

Oklahoma City State Insurance Board Oklahoma Robert O. Cunningham National Council On Compensation Insurance J. H. Boyajian New York Council Cunningham

Apache District Free Fair Dates Set at Apache Park

Apache district announces the annual free fair for Aug 26 to 29 after a fair board meeting. Sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce, the event will feature a carnival, horse show, live stock exhibition and agricultural display at Apache municipal park under Tom Teaney’s leadership.

Fair Board Apache Chamber of Commerce Tom Teaney

Texas Cities Mull Cloud Seeding Plan

Dallas and Fort Worth officials discussed jointly hiring Dr. Irving P. Krick to boost rainfall. Dallas already signed a six month contract with Krick's Water Resources Development Corp. Cloud seeding raised Dallas lake storage by 80 000 acre feet while Fort Worth’s main lake fell by 7 700 acre feet.

Dallas Fort Worth Texas Irving P. Krick Denver Krick Water Resources Development Corp

Alvin Trapped by Rock Hole Rescued in Park

In Kansas City Alvin McCully ages unknown climbed into a rock cliff hole 15 feet high. Friends and Patrolman William Hutcherson freed him after 25 minutes with a screwdriver hammer and towel. Alvin escaped unharmed.

Kansas City Alvin MccCully Alvin William Hutcherson Hutcherson

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