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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1957
Page
6
A prep article notes a large group preparing for a major upcoming event in two weeks. It mentions staff figures, leaders, and plans for travel to locations including Niagara and Sechelt, with attention to camps and scout activities.
Police grilled suspects in the Oklahoma City black scarf killing of Mrs. Perkins. Fingerprints tied to the murder are being checked while autopsy confirms a fatal gunshot. Funeral services for Mrs. Perkins are planned in Durant with services at Street-Draper Funeral Home.
City council members approved a 200 yearly pay increase for themselves while reducing overdue parking ticket penalties. The first delinquency now costs 1 and subsequent delinquencies 2, down from higher amounts.
Suriray Oil acquires Arkla Coa oil and gas properties totaling 16 900 acres of developed leases in three counties. The Sun Mid-Continent firm reports net daily production near 2000 barrels and also buys a Lat gasoline plant now used for urea production.
A garbled court docket item lists multiple cases and parties including Iunertor Court, Happy vs Mis, TA Coste, and various names such as Wheeler Shulgin, Ruth Ve Tae, Mari Anes Meron Mol Facain, and AME WHE. It references payments, transfers, and estate matters, with mentions of creditors, trustees, and a probate filing.
Fragmented text lists petitions and names connected to various venues and individuals. It mentions The Witz Bar Harvie Lounge Cold Brink Star and Mars Delveth, along with several other bars, people, and places in a garbled format. The passage appears to be an OCR mishmash detailing requests or notices related to entertainment or estate matters.
Dr. Virgil Alexander will address Grandfield worshippers at 7:30 p.m. in a Methodist service led by Rev. Joe Caesan who will deliver the evening message. The piece notes Christian Standards as discussed by Alexander, district superintendent of Methodist churches, and adds agricultural trivia on pecan yields from 400 to 500 pounds annually with a 3000 pound record.
Eugene Carter, 2, son of My Vera Carter, is employed as a registered pharmacist at Owl Deeg, Chickasaw. He graduated from Southwestern State Pharmacy School and attended Cameron College before serving two years in the Army. He works at Burns-Ford Pharmacy and resides at 320 Sheridan Road. He is married with two children.
Fort Worth guest minister Rev. Millen Ferguson of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary will deliver the 11 am message at Trinity Baptist Church today officials said.
In Chicago on June 22 Theta Sigma Phi elected two Southwestern women to national posts. Mrs Dick Elam of Abilene Texas became vice president in charge of alumni at large while Miss Mary Kimbrough of St Louis became treasurer. Mrs Oakley Maxwell of Seattle was chosen president. Elam edits the alumnae journal and is book editor of the national magazine. Kimbrough is a St Louis Post Dispatch feature writer and Oklahoma graduate. Des Moines Iowa was slated for the 1958 convention and Seattle for 1959.
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