Funeral services for Nellie May Smith in Lawton
Nellie May Smith 74 of 1204 S 6th died Tuesday in a local hospital. Funeral at 2 p.m. Thursday at Lawton-Ritter-Dalton Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Marvin Schmidt officiating. Burial in Letitia Cemetery. Survivors include four sons, three stepdaughters, one stepson, three brothers, one sister, 18 grandchildren and 23 great grandchildren. Burial plans and church ties noted. Artie E Stamper 61 of 503 Monroe died at 2:45 a.m. in Oklahoma City after a lengthy illness. Funeral pending Becker Funeral Home. Stamper born Jan 18, 1915 in Lawton. Former city employee and WWII veteran. Surviving wife Viola, two daughters, five sisters, three brothers and four grandchildren.
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Nellie May Smith
Lawton-Ritter-Dalton
Marvin Schmidt
Wesley Methodist Church
Letitia Cemetery
Mrs. Smith
Dodson
Tex
James Moore
Texas
Nathan Smith
Anadarko
Charlie Caldwell
W. D. Caldwell
Noble Fields
Artie E. Stamper
Monroe
Oklahoma City
Becker Funeral Home
Mr. Stamper
Lawton
Viola Tyler
Stamper
Student Nancy Heim Wins National Sojourners Essay Prize
Nancy Heim daughter of Mr and Mrs William Heim of 1514 N 47th won a 50 dollar savings bond in the National Sojourners High School essay contest on What Is Patriotism in 1976 Finalists Loretta Parkhill Maria Rodriguez both from Lawton High School and Cliff Murphy Nancy Heim from Eisenhower also named Finalists received Bennington 76 flag kits
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Nancy Heim
William Heim
Sojourners High School
Loretta Parkhill
Maria Rodriguez
Lawton High School
Cliff Murphy
Eisenhower
Bennington
Youngest Presidents in U.S. History
Theodore Roosevelt became president at age 42 after McKinley’s assassination, making him the youngest president. John F. Kennedy was 43 at swearing in, the youngest elected president, while Ulysses S. Grant had been the youngest before at 46.
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Theodore Roosevelt
White House
McKinley
John F. Kennedy
Roosevelt
Ulysses S. Grant
Guardsman Held On Escapee Count at Fort Sill
North Carolina authorities seized Pvt. James Gattison, 31, tied to an escape from a Wilmington jail seven years earlier. Located at Fort Sill during training, he was arrested after a fugitive warrant arrived. Gattison, with ties to a Virginia National Guard unit, faced a six month larceny sentence and waived extradition.
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North Carolina
Fort Sill
James Gattison
Comanche County
Wilmington
N.C
Gattison
Virginia National Guard
Field Artillery Training Center
111Th Field Artillery
Richmond
Artillery Hunt Horse Show at Fort Sill Kicks Off
The Artillery Hunt Horse Show at Fort Sill’s Rucker Park runs Thursday to Sunday starting at 8 am with 66 classes featuring equitation jumper and hunter events. Sunday highlights include opening ceremonies at 1 pm with a bicentennial theme and a public debut of Thunder Over the Wichitas.
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Fort Sill
Rucker Park
Artillery Hunt
American Horse Show Association
David E. Ott
U.S
Bill Whisnant
Storm Toll From 1953 North Sea Disaster
Feb 1953 North Sea storms blamed for 443 British deaths, 941 Dutch fatalities, and 22 Belgian losses, marking one of the worst maritime disasters in five centuries.
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Britain
Holland
Belgium
Phone Loan Approved For Medicine Park
The Rural Electrification Administration approved a 757000 loan to the Medicine Park Telephone Company to connect 226 new subscribers and improve service for 331 existing ones. It funds 14 miles of line, upgrades to all one party lines, and a combined headquarters and dial central office building. Edward A. Hilliary Jr. leads the company. The hardy Northmen sailing in open boats reached Iceland, Greenland and North America in 1066.
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Rural Electrification Administration
Medicine Park
Iceland
Greenland
North America
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Area Funeral Services
Officers Club
2Nd Battalion, 2Nd Field Artillery
Army Emergency Relief Fund
Sheridan
Mellers Photo Drive-In
Erwin Acres Shopping Center
W. Sheridan
Gore Bivd
Midwest Furniture Mart
W. Cache Rd
America
Mellers Proto Drive- IN
Nacre
Montgomery
Sheridan & Gore
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