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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1957
Page
7
A fragmented hospital notices page lists numerous admissions and dismissals. It records newborns with names and weights, parents, and attending physicians, alongside patients under medical and surgical care at various Arlington and Fort Worth facilities. The jumble includes March births and March discharges, and several recurring family names appear in the hospital roll.
Oklahoma City reports mixed movements across markets with No 1 hard red prices steady near 2.15 at several locations including Enid, El Reno, and Clinton. No 1 broilers hold steady with improved lambs. butterfat prices linger around 50. Calves, steers, and heifers show modest gains in some classes, while slaughter cattle and feeder stock price ranges widen amid varying demand across regions.
Lawton high school will initiate 40 students into the National Thespian Society at 7 p.m. March 19 in the school auditorium. The Lawton chapter, chartered Dec. 31, 1918, is among the largest of 20 Oklahoma chapters and requires points from school and community drama activities for eligibility. Initiates include Norma Abbott Carroll Anderson Ben Ansley Larry Angus Alice Aurell Georgia Gill Linda Hawkins Billie Jean Heinz Roger Hoffman Jayne Holsinger Linda Jones Suzanne Jones Jerry Langston Gwendolyn Layne Stephanie Lester Jack Lord Marilyn Marr Judy Matthews Tommy Munson Mike Nelson Gary Wiemczyk Pat Payne Bob Powers Jack Rhodes Elaine Spright Macy Sheets Anne Shepard Gene Smith Rosalind Stanard Susie Swearingen Robert Thomas Victory Van Dyck Larry Watson Billy Weger. Officers conducting the ceremony are Pete Love and Kenneth Faston, with Pat Flatton, Rosemary Hoopert, Carolyn Streel, Marilyn Van Eaton, Brad Agnew, Sharon Rouse, Adele Skrdie, Joe Writing, Virginia Rice, David Craig, and Sherry Church. A reception follows in the LHS speech rooms.
Harold English, president of the Lawson Citizens Council on Education, announced a second in a series of education programs to be held at 5 30 pm. The note adds there is no basic language in Africa and references the local television station in the schedule.
Rites were held for infant Gail John Haydon at Worl Sill cemetery with burial at Station hospital. Capt Julius J. Haydon returned to Redstone Arsenal. James M. Reed, 24, a Marine reserve lieutenant, died in a Longmont Colorado plane crash. Military and church services followed at Highland cemetery and Church of the Blessed Sacrament.
The second casting session for Suds In Your Eye, Lawton Lit He Theater's third production of the season, will be at p.m. today in the Storey and Barton Cache Road Studio. Director John Denney invites Lawtonians and Fort Sill personnel to audition for 13 men and 10 women for the World War II junkyard comedy to be staged April 26-27 at Cameron College auditorium.
Parks, chairman of the city council water committee, reported major efficiency gains from recent plant upgrades. About 88 million gallons of water saved annually and around 500 man hours saved, due to a new wash water pump and constant-pressure wash beds. Additional projects include an emergency generator, a pipeline to store water, improved chemical delivery, a new water tester, and a radio linked remote control system to cut time and costs.
Principal Bish of Lawton High School will address freshmen at Central Junior High at 5 30 am Wednesday in the junior high auditorium. He will discuss a correct course of study for the sophomore year 1957 38 and hold conferences with individual students to choose the best path. The weekly assembly at Central Junior High is canceled Wednesday in place of the course discussion.
Five Guymon youths who vanished after leaving school last Thursday noon were located in Neosho Missouri by deputy Adam Nelson, after a search led by Texas county Sheriff Russell Mason. The youths are Delilah Carter aged 15, Darlene Brannon 14, Beverly Nelson 14, Pat Miller 16, and Zachary Marshall 20.
Ralph Weary 68 a retired Army sergeant died at Fort Sill hospital after becoming ill at his home in a case where autopsy plans were considered as next of kin Ollie Doolan Oklahoma City was reported as the probable relative. Officials said he was taken to the hospital by Central ambulance at 2 30 PM and died 25 minutes later. Four other items note tax assistance for Comanche county residents and a regional water development official changes along with a Panama Canal railway ticket offer.
OKLAHOMA CITY A House Legal Advisory Committee vote backed a bill to permit banks to close one weekday. Rep. Charles Oziman of Lawton chaired the panel as Rep. John Camp of Waukomis sponsored the measure, which would modify current Monday through Friday opening requirements.
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