Pioneer Walters Physician Dr George Washington Baker Dies
Dr George Washington Baker 81 longtime Walters physician died Thursday after a short illness in a Duncan hospital. Born June 10 1873 in Leed Alabama he moved to Walters 1906 practiced medicine from 1902 and received a 50 year service pin in 1952. Burial will be in Walters cemetery with services Sunday at 2:30 pm. Survivors include wife one son Cecil Baker Oklahoma City seven daughters and Pearson funeral home is in charge.
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Stamford
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Abilene
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T. G. Waggoner
Cheyenne
Pearson Funeral Home
Red Cross Secures Tortillas for Mexican Relief Effort
Washington July 16 The American Red Cross went beyond the call of duty delivering food to destitute Mexicans after Texas floods. To suit local tastes, the Red Cross arranged tortillas from a San Antonio outfit, replacing ham and salt pork with the staple Mexican meal item.
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Okinawa Villages Enter Community Improvement Test
Four Okinawa villages join a community improvement contest sponsored by the Ryukyuan American Committee. Entries cover village meeting places schools libraries and nurseries but exclude tea houses as publicized for the August moon observations.
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Okinawa
How Camera Produces Its Cheesecake
A studio scene shows Elizabeth being prepared for glamour photography. Eight crew members manage publicity, lighting, wardrobe, hair, and props while Elizabeth endures a costume hiccup with hose runs. The team adapts quickly, blocking and posing as photographer Virgil Apger captures eight distinct poses in three hours.
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Man Electrocuted As Pipe Struck High Voltage Line
W Mace Taylor of Leonard and Chester Carmichael were shocked while bore work on a well near U S Highway 68 six miles southeast of here. They were lifting an auger with a pipe attached when the pipe touched a high voltage line. Carmichael also lived nearby.
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Funeral Rites Set for Wilbur Garvin Lawton Resident
Wilbur Garvin 82 of 611 Euclid Lawton died at home at 1 20 p m Thursday after moving from Somerville Tennessee to Lawton in 1910 He was born July 9 1872 and worked as a grocer and in clothing trade Funeral services scheduled 10 a m Saturday at Ritter Funeral Home chapel with burial in Highland Cemetery Survivors include his widow Catharine and Grace Garvin one or two daughters
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Somerville
Tenn
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Grace Garvin
Sunset Motor warehouse fire costs Dallas $250000
Fire at Sunset Motor warehouse and adjacent offices destroyed six trucks a lone automobile and about 20 vans loaded with freight. Fire Chief C N Penn put losses at 250000. A drum of chemicals exploded triggering the blaze near Cockrell and Lamar streets injuring one firefighter.
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