Bride and Groom Recall Silver Anniversary in Lawton
Gwen Fisher profiles Ben and Hort on their 25th anniversary sharing memories of a 1947 wedding on the Bride and Groom radio show. The couple received an all expense honeymoon and describe early broadcasts from Hollywood with family travels and a large circle of friends.
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Gwen Fisher
Dunes
Wyoming
Ben Horton
NW 57Th
Dude Ranch
Horton
Lawton
Rio Grande Valley
Keith
Debbie) Aycock
Germany
David
Jennifer
States
Hollywood
Calif
Reports Given To Homemakers Elgin Oklahoma Special
The Meers Extension Homemakers Group met in the Meers Community Building with Mrs. Bobby Bressman presiding. Members reported on the Lawton southwest district meeting, a lawton flower and garden show, and an educational tour to Oklahoma City including the Cowboy Hall of Fame and Western Heritage Center.
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Elgin
Meers
NCO Wives' Club Sets 9:30 A.M. Board Meeting
A board meeting for the NCO Wives' Club is planned for 9:30 a.m. Wednesday at the NCO Club. Chicken wings are noted as an economical dish. A two pound batch yields 12 to 16 wings for four eaters.
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NCO Wives’ Club
NCO Club
Lawton Civic Groups Host Social Calendar Events
A dense list of local activities includes Lawton Chapter 82 Order of the Eastern Star dinners and meetings at multiple venues, TOPS clubs, Altrusa officer installations at Hotel Lawtonian, Great Plains Writers picnic, Buckaroos dance, FAOAC luncheon, First Christian Church salad luncheon and officer installations, handicapped children benefit dessert bridge, Senior Citizens Club at Museum of the Great Plains, Eastern Star friendship night at Mount Scott Temple, Lawton Fort Sill Bird Club meeting, NCO Wives Club board, Lawton Business and Professional Women lunch, church congregational picnic, Citizenship Class at Comanche County Court House, and several Legion and USC TOPS activities.
Abigail Van Buren Four Day Week and Family Strains
Dear Abby and readers discuss the four day workweek and its impact on marriages with husbands home more often. Letters cover parenting safety iron tablets, mother in law dynamics, and a suggestion to address a spouse’s brewery smell with practical steps.
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Abby
Malcolm S. Forbes
Forbes Magazine
Malcolm
Hillsborough
Building Bridges Lesson At Elgin Methodist Women
United Methodist Women of the Elgin church met with hostesses Mrs. Arthur Farrar Claribel Farrar and Minnie Heal. A covered dish luncheon followed. Mrs. Maurice Bentley and Miss Lorene Wineham presented the lesson Build Bridges Instead of Walls. Rev. Vancel Garoutte offered vocal selections. Mrs. Matt Johnson Ada Swhercinsky assisted. Mrs. W A Garman presided.
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Elgin
United Methodist
Oklahoma Auxiliary Plans Convention Roles and Travel
Representatives of the Auxiliary to World War I Barracks No. 1168 at a Tulsa convention named Mrs. Ernest Schortemeyer state legislative director and Mrs. Ernest Floyd banner bearer. Mrs. Clyde Nigh of Oklahoma City is the new state president. They joined a memorial service for deceased members and arranged chartered buses for the national Palm Springs convention September 14 to 19 with guests Mrs. Fairy Harrell national president and J. B. Koch with Mrs. Koch.
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Department
Tulsa
Ernest Schortemeyer
Ernest Floyd
Schortemeyer
Floyd
Clyde Nigh
Oklahoma City
Palm Springs
Calif
Fairy Harrell
J. B. Koch
Norman
Koch
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John Nelson
Dee McCallister
Enid
Don Blanding
Laurette
Hawaii
Kenneth Wolf
Isabel Vanbebber
Edna Alitizer
Comanche County Fair
Shagaroo
Cosmetic
Georgia Bignonette
Beauty Center
N. Sheridan Road
Oklahoma
Order of the Eastern Star
York Rite Masonic Temple
Ok Tops
Altrusa Club of
Hotel Lawtonian
Great Plains Writers’ Association
Holy City of the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
Buckaroos Square Dance Club
Fort Sill
Christian Women’s Fellowship of the First Christian Church
Comanche County
Senior Citizens Club
Museum of the
Mount Scott Masonic Temple
Security Bank
Lawton Business and Professional Women’s Club
Noon
First Presbyterian Church
USC
Bateman - Darling
American Legion
Medicine Park
Abigail van Buren
N.Y. Post
Count Zeppelin
Hot Pants
Com
Cam
N. Sheridan
Elaine Powers
Gore Blvd
Fuller Brush Co
Lawton Products Center
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