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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1971
Page
12
Cub Scout Pack 102 organized a banquet at Fort Sill Indian School. Local youths and leaders celebrated achievements and honored scouts for their service.
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge staff logged over 1 205 training hours across 10 areas last year and expect more than 184 hours soon. Training ranged from law enforcement and Vascar operation to basic police firearms and defensive driving. Almost all administrative staff hold college degrees in conservation fields. The refuge serves recreational facilities and programs for over one million visitors annually, with high use requiring environmental protection. Other activities include camping picnicking and swimming.
Nine Lawton men and one Frederick resident received the 32nd degree in Scottish Rite Masonry during a Guthrie ceremony. The honorees included Edward C. Brown Leland W. Duncan Hampton P. Graves Virgil W. Mowrey and Donald R. Norwood among others.
The record lists births at Lawton Hospital on March 8 including a son born to Don Keeney at 11:20 a.m. weighing 7 lb 1 oz, a son to Eldon Wilson at 3:08 a.m. weighing 8 lb 6.44 oz, and a son to Asa Cook at 6:41 a.m. weighing 7 lb. Multiple patients are shown as admitted for surgery or medical, with names and addresses for several residents such as Odeeye Bostick, Ella Bowman, Brady Bradley, Lila Clemons, Addie Jones, Rex Watts, and more. Indian Births note a Shawnee infant to Edgar F. Hood and a Seminole infant to Jonah Harjo.
Oklahoma National Guard announces openings for Officer Candidate School Class of ’72. Maj. Gen. L. E. Weber says applications are being accepted with 75 periods in August available, followed by a next term.
The Security Bank and Trust Co. held its annual stockholders and directors meeting naming officers Exall English as president R C Brown Sr as vice president Jerry E Mustain as senior vice president Henry Weddle Rh D Scott Jr and Grover B White as vice presidents James D Hudderston Jack Munn and Jack Slaybaugh as assistant vice presidents Galen Robison and James L Vineyard as assistant cashiers Floyd W Kennedy Jr named trust officer J C Kennedy C E Price Sr secretary and English Brown Wyatt Hendrick Mustain Weddle and Kennedy Jr as directors.
Dennis Jerome Tin of the Service Battery was arraigned on a charge involving alleged marijuana. He received a deferred term in lieu of a $1,500 bond.
Children in five Lawton Model tal schools receive dental care funded by the Child Health and Family Guidance Project, as outlined by the Health Department officials.
International chess champion Svetozar Gligoric will give a chess demonstration at 7 p.m. on Thursday March 25 in the Oklahoma City Science and Arts Foundation Building at the fairgrounds 10th and May. Reservations via Ron Creech at 2728 SE 53rd.
The Lawton Civil Defense will test all sirens between 10 and noon Wednesday if weather permits, per director A. W. McGinnas.
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