Fort Sill PX Manager Retires After 32 Years Service
Sam J. Saunders, 77, of 809 D, retires as manager of PX Branch 17 at Fort Sill after service here since October 23, 1945. His wife, formerly assistant manager of PX Branch 12, retired a week earlier. Saunders, born in Blossom, Texas, once operated a wholesale candy business in Paris, Texas for 26 years, later joining Camp Maxey and then Fort Sill. He received a 10-year service pin from Brig. Gen. James F. Brittingham and a Certificate of Achievement in Army and Air Force Exchange Service sales methods. The couple will live in Paris after retirement.
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Sam J. Saunders
Fort Sill
Saunders
Mrs. Saunders
Blossom
Tex
Paris
Camp Maxey
James F. Brittingham
Egype 4 Center
Earl Gross
W. L. Crozier
Army
Air Force Exchange Service
Maj. Gross and Crozier
Branch 17
Post Exchange Branch No. 17
The
Artillery Center
U.S. Army
Former Official Reveals Trap For Haymes in Deportation Case
HOLLYWOOD June 24 A former immigration official testified that a superior ordered him not to warn crooner Dick Haymes that a Hawaii trip could lead to deportation. Richard Cody head of the border crossing unit said Landon told him it was unnecessary to warn an alien at that time. Haymes deportation hearing paused for a one day recess as the case continues Friday morning with Haymes’ lawyers seeking Landon’s testimony.
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Hollywood
Dick Haymes
Hawaii
Richard Cody
The
Immigration Service
Haymes
Herbert Landon
Immigra
Rita Hayworth
Cody
Landon
Ralph Farb
David Marcus
Bartley Crnn
Crippled Vet Cited for Marine Recruiter Work in McLoud
World War I Marine Jus tice of the Peace Bill Beach received a citation from the Marine Corps for volunteering as a recruiter. In 12 months he enlisted 23 youths from McLoud Harrah and Dale, including most of the 1953 McLoud high school class. Lieutenant Jim Manning presented the letter signed by Brig. Gen. Ridge n Jr. Beach, paralyzed since 1930, edits the McLoud Monitor and joined the service after wartime wounds and schooling. He and wife Rose married in 1930 and he later edited the local paper.
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Beach
American Legion
McLoud Monitor
Rose
6 Year Old Walks Again On New Artificial Leg
Shawnee Oklahoma reports 6 year old Ernie Stell who lost a leg in a March train accident walked unaided with a new artificial limb. The child, son of Mr and Mrs M B Stell, was struck near the railroad track on March 5 and had his leg amputated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shawnee
Okla
Shawnee Masons
Ernie Stell
M. B. Stell
Hospital Bond Defeated in Edmond Oklahoma
A $298,000 bond for a new Edmond city hospital failed by wide margins with 362 votes in favor and 1,076 against. The outcome ends the proposal and leaves hospital expansion uncertain for the city.
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Edmond
Okla
Warren Petroleum completes Louisiana wildcat well
Warren Petroleum Corp. reports the completion of a Terre Bonne Parish Louisiana wildcat well that flowed 3,400,000 cubic feet of gas daily and yielded seven barrels of distillate per million. The well is designated South Coast No.
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Tulsa
Okla
Warren Petroleum Corp
Terre Bonne Parish
South Coast
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Westernaires
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Murray
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Everett Hale
I Crocker
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Minature
Monkey Island
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Studebaker
Ob Dawes Motor Company
Louisiana Wildcat
Lawton Welding Shop
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Bsmetrius
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Yicoloi
Bill Pe S
FOX
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Liberace
Austin Drive-In Theater
Cache Rd
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Prince Valiant
James Mason
Janet Leigh
Robert Wagner
Debra Paget
Victor McLaglen
Donald Crisp
Brian Aherne
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Malaya
Wits Aster
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Sadie
Bley Crawford
Tess Huston
Craterville Park
Hawthorne Bears
America
Cache, Oklahoma
Messalina
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God
Tarrin Os Amessalin
Michael Rennie
Anne Bancroft
Say Robinson As
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