Keough Highlights Men’s Role in Camp Fire Work
Emmett Keough civic leader spoke to 60 convention delegates at the Lawton Country Club stressing men’s vital, interwoven role in Camp Fire Girls. He warned society’s heart falters when men stop giving time money and energy to youth character programs. He urged men to recruit volunteers and support ongoing education, noting the chain reaction to future mothers and a healthy democracy. Local leaders Andy Wolverton and Jo Johnston introduced officials W H Hackney Felix Harris spoke briefly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Fire Girls
Emmett Keough
Lawton Country Club
Keough
America
Andy Wolverton
Lawton
W. H. Hackney
Marshall
Tex
Jo Johnston
Lawton Council
Felix Harris
Dallas
Election Ends Regional Camp Fire Girls Parley
Election of regional officers and national council members closed the region four convention of Camp Fire Girls Inc. W G Chouteau Tulsa was named chairman and Everett Crews Enid treasurer and finance chair. Other regional officers and a long list of executive committee and national council members were announced as part of the closing session in Lawton. Delegates also passed a resolution praising Lawton council hospitality at the weeklong gathering begun Monday with a workshop. Julius Johnston chaired the session with assist from Mrs W W Godlove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Region
Camp Fire Girls
W. G. Chateau
Tulsa
Wendell Lindsay
Lake Charles
E. B. Ingram
Fort Worth
Tex
Everett Crews
Enid
Will Miller
Corsicana
Holy City
Andy Cabin
Faxon
National Council
Camp Fire Girls, Inc
W. G. Chouteau
W. H. Hackney
Marshall
Baker Duncan
Waco
R. F. Harris
Shawnee
Carroll Hobart
Baton Rouge
O. H. Miller
Ada
M. E. McCullough
North Central Texas
H. J. Parrott
Denison
Frank Scurlock
Dallas
Joe Threadgill
Albuquerque
N.M
T. A. Hamra
Lawton
R. J. Keller
George Riggs
Carlsbad
N. M
C. B
Portales
Bruce Wiley
Norman
Malcolm Langley
Sapulpa
John Douma
Robert Moody
Tom Cook Jr
East Texas
Robert Lockhart
Bonham
Gene Roe
Collin County
Texas
A. L. Borchardt
Wilbarger County
Lawton Council
Julius Johnston
W. W. Godlove
Col William B Means Arrives as Oklahoma Army Advisor
Col William B Means former U S embassy attache to Belgrade arrives in Oklahoma City to serve as Senior Army Advisor for the Oklahoma Military District at Will Rogers Field. He replaces Col Robert L Rhea who departs for an assignment in France. Rhea and his wife Colleen have a daughter Vivian who attended Taft Junior High School. Means, a Boone Iowa native, began his Army career in 1935 after graduating from the United States Military Academy and later attended ceremonial and intelligence schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William B. Means
U.S
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma Military District
United States Army Reserve Headquarters
Will Rogers Field
Robert L. Rhea
France
Rhea
Vivian
Taft Junior
Col. Means
Boone
Iowa
United States Military Academy
Infantry School
Command and General Staff College
Army Language School
Strategic Intelligence School
Britain On Brink, Labor Leader Calls for Eden Ouster
Rawtenstall England Anthony Greenwood a Labor shadow cabinet member in Parliament attacked the Eden government in a rally speech saying Britain stands on the brink of war over the Middle East crisis including Jordan and Cyprus. He urged Conservative MPs to overthrow Prime Minister Eden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rawtenstall
England
Britain
Labor Party
Anthony Greenwood
Eden
Middle East
Jordan
Cyprus
Greenwood
Servants Named Beneficiaries in Janis Estate Will
The will of late El sie Janis, WWI sweetheart of the AEF, leaves most of her estate to housekeeper Eileen Lamb and chauffeur Frank Reme. It also provides for estranged husband Gilbert Wilson and gifts to several charities. Estate not to exceed 75,000, though film rights could raise the total. home in Beverly Hills worth about 30,000 passes jointly to Lamb and Reme. Janis died February 26 just before her 67th birthday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Elsie Janis
AEF
Gilbert Wilson
Tacoma
Wash
Arthur McGregor
Janis
Beverly Hills
Eileen Lamb
Frank Reme
Oklahoma Pageant Rehearsals in Garvin and Wichitas
Rehearsals for a world famed Easter pageant proceed in Garvin and surrounding towns with participants from Theta Rho Fort Sill Indian School Lawton High Central Junior High Camp Fire Girls and local church groups. Out of town actors will join the Triumphal Entry and March to Calvary scenes. The event features more than 50 scenes depicting the Birth Ministry Passion and Resurrection of Jesus Christ and begins at 2 a.m. Easter dawn with thousands expected to attend in the Wichitas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calvary
Theta Rho
Fort Sill Indian School
Lawton High School
Central Junior High School
Camp Fire
United States
Dunbar Students To Get Eye Check
Sixty one Dunbar school students in Temple will have eye exams conducted by Temple Lions club members on Monday. Defective vision will lead to referral to an optometrist for further testing, completing a project that tested about 250 first four grade pupils in Temple. The effort was directed by Lawrence T. Canary along with Lions members Rev Campbell G. Long Wayne Dougass Lavern Westfall and Lewis Knight. Equipment was loaned by the Walters Lions club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Temple
Temple’s Dunbar School
Temple Lions Club
Temple School
Dunbar School
Lawrence T. Canary
Campbell G. Long
Wayne Dougass
Lavern Westfall
Lewis Knight
Area Men In Service In France and Oceanside Electronics Class
W A King of Hastings is a mechanic in the 7833 Army Unit stationed at Braconne, France after entering the Army in 1955. He arrived in Europe May 2 1955 and is a Temple High School graduate of 1947. James Coffer of Temple, top graduate of Treasure Island electronics school, led his class with 91.4 average and has been assigned to a ship at Long Beach California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. King
France
Temple
James Coffer
J. M. Coffer
Treasure Island
San Francisco
Calif
Coffer
Temple High School
Oklahoma A&m College
Long Beach
Temple Principal Leads at Western Oklahoma Teachers Meet
Dunbar School principal LeRoy W. Kirk will head the elementary grades workshop at the Tenth Annual conference of the Western Oklahoma district association of Negro Teachers in Enid on March 16. The event, sponsored by the Southern Education Foundation and the State Department of Education, centers on The Teacher's Responsibility in a Changing Society. Classes at Dunbar are canceled March 14 to 16. Kirk, Langston University graduate, will also attend a March 14 session at Langston. He holds a master’s degree from the University of Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Temple
LeRoy W. Kirk
Dunbar School
Western Oklahoma District Association of Negro Teachers
Enid
Southern Education Foundation
State Department of Education
Kirk
Langston University
University of Illinois
Nugent Returns For Duty At Sill
Lt Col Ambrose H Nugent, once a POW and acquitted of collaboration in a 1955 court martial, returns to duty at Fort Sill with a retroactive promotion to Lt Col dated Nov 17 1954. He previously served at Fort Hoad Texas for artillery and five months as assistant controller, plans transfer to Germany on July 30, and his two children Pat 17 and Marcia 15 attend St Marys High. The Nugent family will reside at 2334 Denver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ambrose H. Nugent
Fort Sill
Nugent
Col. Nugent
Fort Hoad
Tex
Germany
Pat
Marcia
St. Mary’s High School
Denver
Porpoises Seen Near Ships Signal Fair Winds, Sailors Say
Old time sailors believed porpoises swimming near vessels foretold favorable wind and weather. Eyewitness accounts describe pods guiding ships along calm seas and steady progress. This superstition links marine life to navigation and seamanship culture.
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Col. W. B. Means
Army
Col. William. B. Means
Laborite
U.S. Weather Bureau
Lakes States
New York
New England
Ohio Valley
Middle Atlantic
Mississippi Valley
Dakotas
Rocky Mountain States
Oregon
Mississippi
Western Lakes Area
The
Plains
Garvin
Christ
Dunbar
Walters Lions Club
Sill
Deal IN
Custom Tudor
Monterey
Montclair
Releue
Montclair Phaeton
Buster Wyatt
Southwest
Oklahoma
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