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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1957
Page
7
Hospital news item lists numerous births with parents names and birth weights, plus admit and discharge notes. Entries include births to Franklin Carter family June 17, Buddy D Youngblood June 16, and several others with dates, weights, and locations. Discharge notes mention patients such as James Shanahan and Audrey Teste, among many medical staff and addresses in Duncan, Cache, Elk City, and surrounding towns.
Richards Spur near Lawler West Virginia hosts special services for a newly organized Baptist church. Rev Cecil Whatley a Southwestern Theological Seminary student named minister, with Bailey Sewell and Don Burserue among speakers. Charter list aims at about 60 members as the former Spur Mission expands with ten new classrooms and a broadened plan.
Charles Wo Vari of the Lawlor branch receives credit conference involvement among 200 officials from across the region. Gene Patton and Ada Jetmsar appear in local social updates with family mentions and attending gatherings.
Mrs Florence Guinn 80 died Sunday night at her daughter’s home after an illness. Services were held at 1 p.m. Tuesday at Begkee Memorial chapel with Chaplain Caldbaghy officiating. Burial in Memorial Park Cemetery. She was born February 23 in Tahlequah and lived in Tulsa and Muskogee before moving to Denver in 1928, and later returned here in 1950. She was active in the Methodist church the American Legion auxiliary and the Rebekah lodge. Survivors include daughter Clyde Robertson Tulsa son Lester Vann Denver a half brother A Guinn Denver a half sister Mrs Bessie Carotte Denver and a grandchild and great grandchild.
State Sen. Fred Harris plans a trip to Washington to meet Oklahoma lawmakers on major legislation. He will discuss pension reforms allowing up to 50 dollars monthly income without losing benefits and other measures shaping current federal action.
Residents along the Porter Hill Meers road are invited to a 2 p.m. Tuesday meeting in District courtroom to discuss hard surfacing the gravel road. State Sen Fred Harris and Rep Earl Simmons will attend, with county commissioners and a Bureau of Indian Affairs engineer, as federal funds may be secured for the project. The plan calls for county and state agencies to work with the federal government.
Manville Redman and Mr and Mrs Gale Sadler and De and Mrs Lewis Fouts will depart Lawton Tuesday for Atlantic City New Jersey to attend the annual Kiwanis International convention. Redman Sadler and Fouts represent the Lawton Downtown Kiwanis Club. The gathering runs from June 24 to June 27.
Lawton police raided whisky operations Saturday detaining two prominent bootleggers who forfeited $120 in bonds on liquor possession running a joint and maintaining a nuisance charges. Other raids found no major bootlegger dens. Bonds forfeited included Ross Trinkle and WH4 Taylor with 24 fifths of whiskey and 12 pints of gin at one location and A P Bor Gentl with 188 half pints of whisky and 176 half pints of gin at another. Police say raids will continue daily. Several traffic and public order fines were issued for assorted offenses across the morning docket.
Dr James A Bushart and Mrs Q L Parsons attended the regular mid year meeting of the board of Directors Oklahoma Division American Cancer Society in Oklahoma City Saturday Dr Bushkart is a professional representative to the board and Mrs Parsons is a lay leader
In Grand Island Nebraska a Trans World Airlines super constellation faced a mid flight medical emergency when the pilot suffered a heart attack with two passengers aboard. The co pilot assumed control and executed an emergency landing after taking over on the leg from Chicago to Denver.
Captain Horton Hale, 53, of New Hyde Park New York, attacked in the cockpit aboard a TWA flight. Co pilot Captain L A Girard restrained him and landed the plane safely. Captain Tom Evans, a passenger, aided in removing Hale from his seat.
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