Memorial Honors Planned For 63 County Pioneers
The Lawton Constitution notes an upcoming memorial honoring 63 county pioneers who died in 1955. The list includes J. L. Rhoads 84, Thomas J. Conch 89, Lula C. Lindsley 88, S. M. Cunningham, Mrs. Fred Hollander 81, Mrs. M. H. Howard 54, Mrs. Rhoda Morehead 91, Louise Teague 5, Miss Johanna Jones 86, Raleigh E. McKee 79, Jess Roof 55, J. W. Johnson 72, and C. R. Simpson 83 with dates spanning January to April.
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Lawton Constitution & Morning Press
Pioneer
J. L. Rhoads
Thomas J. Conch
Lula C. Lindsley
S. M. Cunnigham
Fred Hollander
M. H. Howard
Carney Coffee
Rhoda Morehead
Louise Teague
Johanna Jones
Raleigh E. McKee
Jess Roof
J. W. Johnson
C. R. Simpson
Pioneer Day memorial honors 63 Comanche county pioneers
Sixty three Comanche county pioneers will be honored at the Memorial program during Pioneer Day picnic in Union Park. Rev J Walter Browers will deliver a short address followed by taps. The memorial roster has grown by twelve since last year with 35 established pre 1904 pioneers and 28 arriving before 1904.
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Comanche County
Union Park
J. Walter Browers
Centenary Methodist Church
C. C. Clements
Pioneer Women’s Club
Ruth Carothers
LHS
J. D. Poole
Bertha Chapman
Mable Parks
Stella Debdy
Ida Whitescarver
Neville Carlock
Jess Percival
Lawton
George Walters
Cpl. Carroll Proctor
Fort Sill
Abe March
America
Sales Tax Figures Show County Gains and Losses
May kept gains for most counties while Cotton Tillman and Jefferson lagged. June collections fell 31.69 percent from 1954 in Cotton County and Jefferson and Tillman also declined. McCurtain led losses at 40.38 percent, with several counties posting gains including Grady 15.18 and Harmon 23.34. City revenues across various towns are listed, with Muskogee and Ardmore among higher totals.
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Home
Tillman
Jefferson
McCurtain County
Grady County
Caddo
Stephens
Kiowa
Jackson
Greer
Harmon
Walters
Anadarko
Chickasha
Mangum
Hollis
Altus
Waurika
Hobart
Muskogee
Comanche
Duncan
Marlow
Frederick
McAlester
Ada
Shawnee
Ardmore
Pioneer events and rodeo mark Lawton celebration
Lawton hosts Pioneer Week with a four day rodeo and parade. A memorial program at Union Park includes bands, speeches by officials, and a sunrise chuck wagon breakfast. A second Pioneer Parade caps the festivities with prizes for pioneers and floats.
Youth Arrested In Bank Holdup In Republic Missouri
A youth was arrested in Springfield after a Farmers State Bank of Republic robbery in which about $3,500 was taken. G. P. Tappinger and R. W. Brown detained Bennie Edmondson, 17, and a 16-year-old girl, with money found in his car ten miles from Republic. No charges filed yet. a prior January robbery remains tied to Edward L. White.
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Edward L. White
Greene County
Fort Sill expansion clears final hurdle in Congress
Lawton civic and business leaders hailed Fort Sill land expansion as vital to national defense. The measure, backed by Rep. Victor Wickersham and Senators Kerr and Monroney, cleared the House and Senate after months of advocacy by the Lawton Chamber of Commerce.
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Lawton
Fort Sill
Keough
Chamber
Oklahoma
Defense Department
Congress
Milton Keating
Chamber of Commerce
Washington
Keating
House
Senate
Conference Committee
Rep
Charges Filed After Liquor Raid On Railroad Street
Doss James known as Lawton's red headed lady bootlegger was charged by city police with illegal possession of liquor running a joint and maintaining a public nuisance after a raid at No 8 Railroad street about 9:15 p.m. Saturday. Officers confiscated one case of wine, twelve fifths, in the raid.
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Doss James
Lawton
Railroad Street
Grave Tycoon Marries Model Aboard Airliner
International cemetery tycoon Ed ward Williams aged 52 wed model Marion Sutton aged 27 in a sky ceremony over northern Iowa. The bride and groom exchanged rings aboard a chartered airliner carrying 44 people, the $25,000 ceremony lasting 90 seconds as they crossed the Minnesota Iowa border at 5,000 feet.
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Minneapolis
International Cemetery
Edward L. Williams
Marion Sutton
Iowa
Williams
Kansas City
Minnesota-Iowa
Worth County
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Steiner
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Bell
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Ellsworth
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Ashline
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Foldor
C Avenue
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4Th & E
C Ave
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M & D Finance CO
E Ave
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Tom Oliver
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