Tribute planned to honor Kiowa artist James Auchiah
A memorial tribute with traditional Indian dances will honor Kiowa artist and historian James Auchiah, who died at 68 in 1974. The 2 p.m. Saturday program at Chieftain Park near Carnegie is hosted by Woodie Greer, Emma Auchiah Doyebi, and sponsors including Kiowa Tia Piah Society and Kiowa Historical Society. Linn Pauahty will MC. a supper follows at 5:30 p.m. Auchiah helped shape Kiowa art in the 1920s under Dr. Oscar B. Jacobson and served at Fort Sill Museum from 1967 to 1973.
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James Auchiah
Chieftain Park
Carnegie
Woodie Greer
Auchiah
Emma Auchiah Doyebi
Kiowa Tia-Piah Society of
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Kiowa Historical Society
Kiowa Black Leggings Society
Linn Pauahty
Oscar B. Jacobson
University of Oklahoma
Fort Sill Museum
Adolph Zukor 103. Paramount founder dies
Angeles AP reports Adolph Zukor, Hungarian immigrant and pioneer of feature films, who built Paramount Pictures and mentored stars like John Barrymore and Mary Pickford, died Thursday at age 103. Tass reports Soviet WWII tank commander Marshal Mikhail Katukov, later defense ministry official, died after a long illness at 76.
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Angeles
Adolph Zukor
America
John Barrymore
Mary Pickford
Paramount Pictures
Mikhail Katukov
Moscow
Defense Ministry
Tass
Walters graveside for Cy Simmington 65 in Walters Cemetery
Funeral notices list Melvin Cy Simmington 65 of Oklahoma City died Thursday in a nursing home. Graveside services set for 2 p.m. at Walters Cemetery with Wendell Smith Funeral Home handling arrangements. Simmington born February 16 1911 in Olustee owned Cy s Auto Parts and Machine Shop and served in World War II. Survivors include wife Babe two brothers and four sisters.
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Melvin
Cy’’ Simmington
Oklahoma City
Wendell Smith
Mr. Simmington
Olustee
Cy’s
Church of Christ
Babe
Bill
Alden
Salem, Ark
Bessie Burk
Mae Frost
Amarillo
Tex
Dorothy Christian
Opal Hardesty
Hot Springs, Ark
Timber Cutting Act grants free timber from public lands
The Timber Cutting Act allowing a settler to obtain free timber from public lands was enacted into law on June 3, 1878. The First American Expeditionary Force to depart the western hemisphere sailed May 25, 1898, from San Francisco bound for the Philippines.
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Western Hemisphere
San Francisco
Philippines
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Montgomery
Lawton Constitution
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Constitution
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Coast Constitution
APO
Melvin Simmington
Yolanda M. Anderson
Jefferson Funeral Home
Yolanda Malinda Anderson
Pfc
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Alvin Jr
Myrtle Anderson
Albert Young
Richmond
Robert William
Alvirta Young
Dorothy Mae Brown
Union Baptist Church
C. W. Whitlow
J. L. Davenport
St. John’s Baptist Church
Highland Cemetery
Miller’s Mortuary
Chain Link Outfit
Gore
Timber Act
Cache Road
Sheridan Mall
Ratcliffe Book & Office Supply
Cache Road Square
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