Social Calendar Highlights Week Activities and Meetings
Community listings show Hook and Whirl Square Dance at the American Legion hall with Art Ashline calling, Jaycee Jones events at Carl's restaurant, and a Lawton theater meeting at Storey Barton terrace. Several clubs host demonstrations, socials, and plans for the 1956 Oklahoma Federation of Music Clubs convention, with readings on Girls State and Boys State speakers. Additional notices include an outing at Lake Quanah Parker campsite and a revival at the Church of Christ in Indiano ma and a medical observation for Albert Harper in Chattanooga.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton Little Theater
Terrace
Storey & Barton School of the Dance
Gore
Woman's Auxiliary
Lowery- Whitehead American Legion
American Legion Hall
Post and Auxiliary
Girls State
Boys State
Schubert Music Club
McMahon Foundation
of Oklahoma Federation of Music Clubs
Schubert Club
Roseland
F. G. Wood
Geronimo
Glenn
Hastings
Mountain View
Mary Ann Goode
Coke party honoring Barbara Schott host and guests
Barbara Ann Schott hosted a Coke party at her parents home 27 N 28th for houseguest Suzanne Seward of Barrington Rhode Island. The morning event featured a green cloth table, brown crockery bowl centerpiece with floating ice and yellow dahlias, peanuts and pretzels, and steak fingers and onion rings for lunch followed by a movie. Other attendees included Joyce Ludwig Gloria Ellis Deniece Schott Katy Rauscher and Susan Sanders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John E. Schott
Barbara Ann Schott
Suzanne Seward
Barrington
R.I
Joyce Ludwig
Gloria Ellis
Deniece Schott
Katy Rauscher
Susan Sanders
Worths Return From Illinois Vacation
Mr and Mrs Francis Worth and daughter Vanessa Lea have returned from a two week trip to Illinois. They visited his parents Mr and Mrs George Franklin in Decatur and relatives in Bloomington Crystal Lake and La Grange. The family also visited Lake Geneva Wisconsin and did shopping in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Worth
Vanessa Lea
N. Za
Illinois
George Franklin
Decatur
Bloomington
Crystal Lake
la Grange
Lake Geneva
Wisconsin
Chicago
Committees Named For Year By Lawton Rebekah Lodge 87
Lawton Rebekah Lodge No 87 installed vice grand Mrs Edgar Peak after illness during regular installation. Mrs Cecil Carter presided as noble grand with officers naming committees for the year including sick relief, auditing, lookouts, good of the order, examining, cards and flowers, kitchen, publicity, telephone, youth and charter draping. Donations were made to state president guilt fund for Oklahoma Odd Fellows and Rebekah Orphans home. Gifts were exchanged for service as staff captain amid about 60 members present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar Peak
Lawton Rebekah Lodge No
IOOF
R. E. Cullin
E. E. Quinn
R. E. Tallent
Cecil Carter
Noble Grand
Mesdames Nix
M. C. Dillingham
McDuffie
L. G. Vowell
Sam Braddy
Jess Brewer
Sam Bradford
Falk
Mesdames Vowell
Brogdon
McDiffie
Oklahoma Oddfellow and Rebekah
Checotah
Carl Wheatley
Brewer
L. G
Coffee meet marks First Methodist Woman's Society gathering
The First Methodist Woman's Society of Christian Service held a 9 30 a m coffee gathering at the church followed by a business meeting. Mrs O C Mahaffay president led the session and closed with prayer. Attendees included Rev J J Stowe Jr and numerous Mesdames plus Mr Charles Crew and Mr Guy Wilson among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard Montgomery
First Methodist Woman’s Society of Christian Service
O. C. Mahaffay
J. J. Stowe Jr
Mesdames J. S. Kuntz
L. H. Fouts
F. P. Aycock
Charles Crew
Area Young People Attending Camp at Boiling Springs
Three local youths Ronnie Creith Karen Harvey and Dickie Schumpert are attending the senior conference of a Presbyterian summer camp at Boiling Springs State Park near Woodward. Rev Paul W Roper Oklahoma City Christian education director directs the camp for high school age attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga
Ronnie Creith
Karen Harvey
Dickie Schumpert
Presbyterian
Boiling Springs State Park
Woodward
Paul W. Roper
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Woman Leads OCW Group on Europe Tour
Margaret Ann Mood, a 1955 OCW graduate from Chickasha, tours Europe with a Defense Department sponsored group called the Kids from Home Show. The ensemble, including 20 graduates and three high school performers, performs at Army posts from Weisbaden to Bad Schwalbach, with Mood playing bass violin and featured as cello soloist. Mood reports bustling crowds, daily concerts, and the surreal feeling of being in Germany while many servicemen read like home states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Margaret Ann Mood
Oklahoma College For Women
Chickasha
Oklahoma
Miss Mood
Defense Department
Weisbaden
Germany
Southwest
Wewkon
OCW
Robert Darnes
Enid
Dorothy Tulloss
Wichita
Kans
Ambherst
Mass
Bad Schwalbach
Newfoundland
Bud Schwalback
U.S
Social Fellows Church Meeting Held After Worship Hour
INDIAHOMA Special Rev Virgil Alexander district superintendent of Lawton Methodist church conducted quarterly conference Sunday night at the local Methodist church after delivering the worship hour message. Refreshments were served during a social hour following the church services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiahoma
Virgil Alexander
Lawton Methodist Church
Theta Rhos Set Coming Events
Lawton Theta Rho Girls club No. 29 held at the IOOF hall discussed coming events and reports on past affairs. Fifteen members planned to attend the state Junior Oddfellow and Theta Rho girls camp August 17 to 19 in Claremore. Plans for a watermelon feast July 26 at Doe Dee park were made. A pancake breakfast at the IOOF hall was reported, as was a program by 17 girls at Fort Sill Station hospital. Twenty-nine members attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton Theta Rho
IOOF
Ann Kepler
Lois Hill
R. E. Tallent
Theta Rho
Claremore
Doe Dee Park
Cecil Carter
Tallent
Fort Sill Station Hospital
Surprise anniversary party at Fort Sill dining room
Mrs Davison celebrated her 13th wedding anniversary with a surprise party hosted by Sgt and Mrs Harris Shellman at NCO Open Mess Fort Sill at 7 p m Dancing and games followed the dinner Sgt Davison stationed in Yokohama Japan among guests Miss Joan Perdue Tulsa C J Keltner Mesdames Willie Brown C H Davis Walter De Geuff Roy Tedder and B H Methvin with R E Greem
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Davison
Sfc
Harris Shellman
NCO Open Mess
Fort Sill
Sfec
Davison
Sgt. Davison
Yokohama
Japan
Joan Perdue
Tulsa
C. J. Keltener
Willie Brown
C. H. Davis
Walter de Geuff
Roy Tedder
B. H. Methvin
R. E. Greem
Cameron WMS Meets For Study
Cameron Baptist Woman's Missionary Society met at 9 30 a m in the home of Mrs Edwin Inman 1415 Smith President Mrs M H Dungan conducted the business meeting A study of the book So Sure of Life was led by Mrs Hiram Boice Devotional by Mrs Jake Burk Refreshments were served Hostess was present with one guest Mrs Katherine Wooten Grinnell Iowa and Mesdames Jim Tucker John Roberson Carl McKelvey Vernon Satterwhite James Odell Iva Rhodes Lucille Isbell Zoral Young and Harvey Parson
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. H. Dungan
Cameron Baptist Woman's Missionary Society
Edwin Inman
Smith
Hiram Boice
Jake Burk
Katherine Wooten
Grinnell
Iowa
Jim Tucker
John Roberson
Carl McKelvey
Vernon Satterwhite
James Odell
Iva Rhodes
Lucille Isbell
Zoral Young
Harvey Parson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Paris
New York City
Hook and Whirl Square Dance Club
E. Art Ashline
Jaycee Jones
Carl
Pioneer Club
Lawtonian
Scott
Marvin Bickett
35Th Division Park
Sixth
Columbia
Paul Tate
NCO Wives Club
John Lowrey
William Blake
B. Abraham
Rho Kappa Gamma _ sorority
Saddle Mountain
Lake Quanah Parker
Wichita Mountains
Messrs
Clyde Sloan
Paul Madden
J. F. Zimmerman
Gordon Briggs
Church of Christ
Bob Wilkerson
Lawton
Albert Harper
Veterans Hospital
Mrs. Worth
Cociety
Lucile Creswell
Lawton Rebekah Lodge
Bill Crow
Byron Lasater
Otis Waldron
Jack Wheeler
Lydia McDuffie
Agnes Plummer
Quinn
Cora Nix
Jennie McCutcheon
Emory Cowley
Hal Falk
B. P. Hann
Benrus
Hamilton
Elgin
WSCS
C. J. Ellegood
R. T. Currell
H. M. Tilton
B. F. Smith
C. W. Banta
A. W. Langston
W. J. Porter
Gladys Zarling
Leslie Hamm
M. McIntosh
C. E. Smith
Social Fellows Church Meeting
Fairmont’s
U.S.P
D Avenue
the Orchid & Flower Shop
Caladium
Doe Doe Park
Theta Rhos
Mrs. Davison
Cameron Wms
Colgate
KanKil
Betty
Faille
Ours
C Avenue
Fourth Street
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