Lawton School Board Seeks Federal Aid for New Elementary
Lawton public schools move to meet the June 30 deadline for federal aid to build an elementary school. A 2.8 acre site near 27th and Park is purchased at 2000 per acre, with another planned at Greer addition. Funds depend on Congressional appropriations. The board also awarded a 3518.28 bid for a 48 passenger bus from Green Phillips Chevrolet.
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Lawton
27Th
Park
Robert S. Landers Sr
Fite
Washington
Greer Addition
Tomlinson Addition
Board of Education
Tomlinson
Landers Land
John Shoemaker
Green Phillips Chevrolet Company
Green Phillips
Owest
Morrison Body Sales Company
Exell Body Corporation
Durant
Jake Witzel
Earl McKinney Motor Company
Green Howenstine
Knox-Jensen
Hor
Consolidated Gas Corporation
Electrolux
J. S. Kuntz
Hugh Bish
Public Service
Hardy Suggs Music Company
Bill Fae Music Mempty
Oklahomaity
Milner and Putney of
Oklahoma
Cit
Jefferson School
Kane
Bollinger
Barbara Carothers
Violet Boudreaux
Vondle Osen
Elizabeth King
Dee Sykes
Gladys Finch
Helen Henderson
Lorraine Follett
Aleen
Tyn
Barbara Cofield
Dora Hargrove
Samuel
Nannie Pres*y
Marian Guest
McKinley School
Taft
McKinley
Kuntz
Woodrow Wilson
Truex Couple Welcome Walter Louis II At Comanche County Memorial
Mr and Mrs Walter L Truex of 2212 Williams welcomed a son named Walter Louis II born at 315 am on June 23 at Comanche County Memorial Hospital. The baby weighed six pounds five and a half ounces and is the couple's first child. Maternal grandparents are Mr and Mrs L N Farris of Gracemont and paternal grandparents are Mr and Mrs A C Truex of Anadarko.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter L. Truex
Williams
Walter Louis II
Comanche County Memorial Hospital
L. N. Farris
Gracemont
A. C. Truex
Anadarko
Tulsa man freed of manslaughter charges in wife’s death
Oman Phelan, 20, was freed of manslaughter charges at a preliminary hearing before Judge Leslie Lisle in Tulsa. His wife Wilma Jean, 21, an expectant mother, was shot in the chest on June 12 after an argument with another couple who lived in the same apartment building.
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Tulsa
Okla
Oman Phelan
Wilma Jean
Leslie Lisle
Phelan
BPW Officers Set Instructions Here
BPW officers and members from Arko Duncan and Marlow attended a BPWC event in the Old South cafeteria building. Delegates from Duncan, Marlow, Chickasha and Anadarko joined, as Alvin C Turner of Southwestern Bell demonstrated a high IQ gadget and discussed calls nationally. Frances King and Ida Denney were elected delegates to the national convention in St. Louis with alternates Lela Wilson and Nell Franklin.
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Arko
Duncan
Asha
Marlow
Old South
BPWC
Anadarko
Opal Meers
Myrtle McMllon
Lucille Davenport
Ida Livingston
Beulah E. Reece
Bird K. Bradford
Marie Pickett
Alva Stalder
Ruby Trotter
Ruth M. Cox
Demetrice Coffey
Velen Hunt
Josiph Smith
Edna Jeannet
Thelma Jackson
Cleo Cordell
Dimple Smith
Lorene Lanar
Blanche Laudetrap
Rachel Gilbert
As Terry
Ruby Watson
Rose Hadley
Chickasha
E. L. DeHart
Sylvania Dennis
Lois Luster
Billie Mannen
Marjorie Watkins
Nellie Waterman
Montressa Wantland
Evelyn Hassebrook
Lucille Morris
Loretta Lawson
Telephone Company
Frances King
Ida Denney
St. Louis
Lela J. Wilson
Nell Franklin
Solons Vote Funds For Boggy Creek
Washington June 24 UP A house public works subcommittee approved 965000 for a new channel for Boggy Creek in Enid Oklahoma. The measure has the support of the Oklahoma delegation. Enid would fund part of the right of way and street alterations. The Boggy Creek funds are part of 178123500 flood control authorization headed to the House floor then to the Senate.
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Washington
House Public Works
Enid
Okla
Oklahoma
Congress
Robert S. Kerr
Senate
42 Year Old Kidnap Case Solved After 42 Years
Springfield Mass police received a call from Robert Wilson Pitman in Charleston West Virginia who claimed his father’s alias and past. Pitman learned of his true name after his father’s death and contacted authorities to inquire about his mother Rose Tracy now of Jericho Center Vermont. The mother is hospitalized in Burlington Vermont after eye surgery. Pitman plans to travel to see his mother and is married with two children.
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Springfield
Mass
West Virginia
Robert Thompson
Robert Wilson Pitman
Japonica Land
Woodrum Park
Charleston
W. Va
Pitman
Ruth Rawson
Rose Tracy
Jericho Center
Burlington
House committee votes to buy ticket to Russia for Americans
The House Foreign Affairs committee on June 24 approved a plan to offer a permanent emigration option to Russia for any U S resident who wishes to relocate there. Chairman Robert B Chip erfield urged reciprocal Soviet eligibility for Americans seeking entry to the United States.
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Washington
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Russia
United States
Soviet Union
Robert B. Chiperfield
R-Ill
Jaycee Officers Installed in Lawton Ceremony
Dr. Cuffie Waid and Mrs. Jack Botts led joint installation as Jaycee and Jaycee Janes officers at a Lawton Country Club dinner dance on Wednesday. About 80 members and guests attended the event marking the handover of leadership.
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Cuffie Waid
Jack Botts
Lawton
Waid
New Jaycee
James O. Marshall
Manville Redman
Fred Larrance Jr
Ewing Gafford
Ernest Winter
Lorance White
William L. Hanney
Vance Lenz
Leslie Brauer
J. W. Spencer
Wesley Elkins
New Janes
Botts
Warren Chrisman
Jack Batten
Henry Weddle
Ted Ralston
Earl Botkin
Bill Peters
Jaycee
The
Janes
Ward
Mrs. Botts
Funeral Rites for Herbert L. Bailey Apache Pioneer
Funeral services pending for Herbert L. Bailey 33 Apache resident who died unexpectedly of a heart attack at his home. Survivors include wife Hazel Love and five sons and three daughters. He worked at T. H. Rogers Lumber Co. for 26 years and was a Baptist. Crews Funeral Home in charge. Additional notes cover Jaycee and Janes installations and social acknowledgments.
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Herbert L. Bailey
Ince
Mr Bailey
Hazel Love
T. H. Rogers Lumber Co
Te Baptist Church
Greer
Lawrence
Stillwater
Walter
Holloman Air Force Base
New Mexico
Donnie
Stanley
Dan Williams
Salinas
Calif
Jack Myers
Oklahoma City
Maurice Hubert
Apache
Ndchildren
Rawigh
Pete Bailey
Bill Neal
Maysville
Earl Bowen
Crews Funeral Home
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Suzie
Sally Hart
Ogen
Charles E. Hart
Comanding General
V Corps
Germany
Hart
Fort Sill
Holton Arms Junior College
Washington, D. C
Carolyn Lineweaver
Norfolk
Charlotte Gresham
Johnson City
Tenn
Europe
Artillery Center
Mrs. Truex
Tulsan
Eugene L. Bowman
Mary Grundy
Adelaide Fox
Dennis Donuts
Dennis
Dennis Donut CO
20Th and
Cache Road
Southwestern Radio & Sound
E Pho
BPW
Hann
Joe Ford
Russell’ Ford Insurance Agency
Cole Sa
American Motors
Hornets
WASPS
Earl McKinney
Lee Bivd
GMC - Hudson Lawton
Lazier’s
Theda Trosino
Jaycee, Jane
Herbert Bailey
Rhoads
Jaycee Aux
Howard Eisenhour
el Reno
Southwest
State
Jaycees
Peters
Jack
Stan Yousghel
Eisenhour
Zeke
Pnella
Einiger
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