French General To Visit Center In Lawton
Brig. Gen. Jean Compagnon French military attache arrives in Lawton Oklahoma for a two day orientation visit. He will meet Maj. Gen. L. S. Griffing and Brig. Gen. James W. Totten for briefings on the Center activities and the air assault artillery program. He will tour Snow Hall Guid e s Missile Department and the Honest John Little John rocket systems before departing Friday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Compagnon
Washington, D.C
L. S. Griffing
U. S. Army Artillery Combat Development Agency
James W. Totten
Usaams
U.S. Army Artillery Board
Air Assault Artillery
Snow Hall
Guides Missile Department
Honest John
Little John
Communication Electronics Department
Funeral Rites for Luther G. Pitts Held in St An drews Church
Luther G. Pitts 67 of 1208 Bell died Sunday. Services were at 10 a.m. at St Andrews Episcopal Church with Rev. Harold T. Shay officiating. Burial followed at Sunset Memorial Gardens under Beck er Funeral Home. Bearers were George Misel Earl Miller Johnny Moore Clovis Irwin J A Bumpers Arville Sanders. Military rites by Company B 2nd Battle Group 30th Infantry with bugler from the 97th Army Band and Sgt Terrell M. Anderson in charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther G. Pitts
Bell
St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church
Harold T. Shay
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Becker Funeral Home
George Misel
Earl Miller
Johnny Moore
Clovis Irwin
J. A. Bumpers
Arville Sanders
2Nd Battle Group
30Th Infantry
97Th Army Band
Terrell M. Anderson
Mrs. Tom Lewis 82 Services in Cement Baptist Church
Funeral services for Mrs. Tom Lewis 82 will be held at 2 30 p m Friday in the Cement Baptist Church. She died Tuesday night in Cyril hospital survived by her husband a son six daughters twenty three grandchildren and 35 great grandchildren. Rites conducted by Rev Whitley Garrett and Rev John Meador with burial in Cement IOOF Cemetery under Cyril Funeral Home direction.
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Cyril
Tom Lewis
Cement
Cement Baptist Church
Cyril Hospital
Thomas
Minnie Hayes
Cortez
Colo
Eva Gilliam
Helen Ezzell
Lacy Legore
Clarde Piiler
Florence Jones
Baxter Springs
Kans
Jack Clift
Anadarko
George Clift
Fort
Funeral services for Frank Cole 82 in Geronimo Baptist church
Frank Cole 82 of Geronimo formerly of Graham and Comanche county died after a yearlong illness Tuesday night. Funeral services Friday at 2 pm at Geronimo Baptist Church conducted by Rev Arduary Ritter with Rev Bobby Bartosovosky assisting. Burial in Letitia cemetery under Becker Funeral Home. Survivors include his wife Clara, a son Jim Cole, four stepsons, a stepdaughter, a sister and ten stepgrandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Cole
Geronimo
Geronimo Baptist Church
Comanche County
Cole
Arduary Ritter
Bobby Bartosovosky
Geronimo Assembly of God Church
Letitia Cemetery
Becker Funeral Home
Mr. Cole
Mississippi
Graham
Tex
Texas
Waurika
Clara Margarett Wofford
Graham Baptist Church
Jim Cole
James Wofford
Madera
Calif
Billy J. Wofford
Temple
Earnest Wofford
Santa Fe
N.M
William Wofford
Hobbs
N. M
Clarence Moore
Walter Barnett
Walters
Man Sentenced In Special Sessions Court
Roosevelt Weakley 50 of 230% FE Gore received a 10 day jail term and a $50 fine plus costs after conviction for petit larceny. Ward Homer Hill 17 and Coy Darrell Arnold 17 of Rt 2 Blanchard waived preliminary hearing on a vending machine burglary charge. Case moved to district court for disposition. One traffic count charged for operating an overweight vehicle against Amel Dale Percy 45 Drummond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt Weakley
Gore
Special Sessions Court
Ward Homer Hill
Darrell Arnold
Rt. 2
Blanchard
District Court
Amel Dale Percy
Drummond
Oklahoma City 4-H Livestock Show Crowned Grand Champion Steer
Ten-year-old Johnny Wray of Cache 4-H won grand champion with a 984-pound Hereford named Pretty Boy. It sold for 3.15 a pound to R. T. Stuart of Mid-Continent Life for 3099.60 at the four day Oklahoma City show auction. Gov. Henry Bellman auctioned. Other champions included Jana Richardson’s Chester White barrow bought by Roger Givens for 6.10 a pound and Kari Pitman’s Hampshire lamb bought by Humpty-Dumpty for 13.20 a pound. The event drew 1,225 barrows 579 lambs and 684 beef animals, marking the largest show in history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny Wray
Cache
Pretty Boy
Oklahoma City
Henry Bellman
FFA
Wray
R. T. Stuart
Mid-Continent Life Insurance Company
Comanche County
Barrow
Chester White
Jana Richardson
Elmore City
Roger Givens
Hampshire
Kari Pitman
Waukomis
Kelly Sharp
Lawton Ffa
Angus
Church Council Adopts Integration Program
The Oklahoma Council of Churches passed a resolution urging denominations to end internal racial segregation and promote an aggressive integration program. The meeting approved a $25,000 budget for the new fiscal year and welcomed the A.M.E. Zion Church as its 12th member denomination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma Council of Churches
A.M.E. Zion Church
Fort Sill Man Held By Police
A 19 year old Fort Sill man was arrested with a 16 year old girl in Elmer Thomas Park near the Lake Helen dam about 10 45 p m Tuesday. He is held for investigation of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Police also seek two stolen film projectors from Fort Sill Indian School and a spare tire and wheel from a 1963 Chevrolet pickup owner J B Woodward Rt 1 Indiahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Sillman
Elmer Thomas Park
Sill
Lake Helen Dam
Fort Sill
J. B. Woodward
Rt. 1
Indiahoma
Two Officers Join Sill Unit at Army Training Center
This week Battery E of the 3rd Training Battalion, U S Army Training Center Field Artillery welcomed two new assistant executive officers Lt Scott McNeilly and Lt Joseph Conforti. Both recently graduated from the Field Artillery Officer Orientation Course. McNeilly is a Boston University alumnus and Conforti a Pennsylvania Military Academy graduate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sill
U. S. Army Training Center
Field Artillery
Scott McNeilly
Joseph Conforti
Lt. McNeilly
Boston University
Conforti
Pennsylvania Military Academy
YMCA names O B Lord big gifts chairman for campaign
O B Lord of 3405 Baltimore was named chairman of the big gifts committee for the YMCA building fund drive. Rex Madeira, general chair, announced the $400000 campaign aims to raise $287500 from big gifts with $112500 to come from the team. An 8 am Thursday meeting at the Cattlemen's Cafeteria kicks off recruitment of civic leaders for the project designed to serve men women boys and girls with educational and social facilities and full physical amenities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. B. Lord
Baltimore
Rex Madeira
Madeira
Lord
Cattlemen
YMCA
Lawton Women Return From West Coast Hawaii Trip
Four Lawton women Mrs. R. T. Currell Mrs. J. Roy Dunning Mrs. Joe Boyd and Mrs. Etta Gartrell completed a month long vacation to California and Hawaii. They flew to Honolulu and sailed home aboard the Matsonia visiting Oahu Hawaii Maui and Kauai before California sightseeing on the return leg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
California
Hawaii
R. T. Currell
J. Roy Dunning
Joe Boyd
Etta Gartrell
Honolulu
Matsonia
Oahu
Maui
Kauai
Sergeant Owens Named Soldier of the Quarter at Training Center
Sfc. Marland L. Owens of Battery C, 3rd Training Battalion, was selected as soldier of the Quarter at the U S Army Training Center Field Artillery. A Woodward native now in Lawton with his wife Betty Sue and four children, Owens has served since 1962 with Battery C after Korea duty. He has 53 months in Germany and 26 months in Korea. earlier honors include outstanding soldier at Fort Hood in 1961 and Soldier of the Month at Fort Hood in 1955.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sfc
Marland L. Owens
U. S. Army Training Center
Field Artillery
Woodward
Owens
Lawton
Betty Sue
Battery C
Korea
Germany
Fort Hood
Tex
3Rd Armored Division
U.S. Army
Kennedy argues for targeted tax cuts to prevent deficit
Kennedy says expansion and modernization spending has been about 11 percent of output, now near 9 percent. He cites 1947-57 growth around 4 percent and post-1957 gains at 3 percent, blaming 1957-60 fiscal choices for budget deterioration and a $5 billion gold loss. He seeks a debt ratio reduction, a tax cut limited to $2.7 billion in the next budget deficit of $11.9 billion, warning a recession could widen the deficit without relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ness
Kennedy
Easter pageant seeks acting personnel and angels
Dave Sandstrom executive director issued an urgent appeal for volunteers to join the annual Easter pageant. he seeks acting personnel especially girls and women to play angels and asks interested people to contact the Easter Service office or attend a rehearsal at the Holy City. the 16 person reading cast is already chosen and the full pageant features 55 scenes to be performed Easter morning from 2 to 5 a.m. on april 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Sandstrom
Sandstrom
S. Fifth
Holy City
Charter Stamp To Commemorate Carolina Charter Anniversary
A five cent postage stamp marking the 300th anniversary of the Carolina Charter will go on sale soon at the Lawton post office. The Edenton post office will issue the initial stamp on April 6, with first day cancellations available via Edenton Postmaster. Selected mint stamps will be sold at the Philatelic Sales Agency in Washington. The design features the Charter’s first page against a red velvet background, with brown lettering, tied to the Magna Carta through its historical significance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
Charlie Payne
Edenton
N. C
Philatelic Sales Agency
Post Office Department
Washington 25
D. C
Carolina
Floods devastate Covington and Kentucky coal regions
Floodwaters washed away homes and bridges across more than 20 Virginia counties and eastern Kentucky. In Virginia the six county damage reached about 5.2 million dollars with 1 000 families evacuated from Richlands. A steam explosion in a nearby coal mine hurled rock killing one person near Appalacha Virginia. James Mullins of Richlands led a 22 member rescue squad evacuating families through Monday. Evacuations and rescue efforts continued as authorities tallied losses in the flood disaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Appalacha
Virginia
Richlands
James Mullins
Mullins
Kentucky
Oklahoma University housing elects Lawson dorm president
Barbara Frank daughter of Mr and Mrs Richard F Frank 1620 N 24th was elected president of Lawson house girls dormitory at the University of Oklahoma Elizabeth Alice Petersen daughter of Mr and Mrs Raymond L Petersen 1622 N 26th serves as treasurer of Bizzell house as a junior nursing major.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbara Frank
Richard F. Frank
Lawson House
University of Oklahoma
Bizzell House
Elizabeth Alice Petersen
Raymond L. Petersen
Police Court dispositions list for Judge Oaks session
The police court today disposed cases of defendants from Fort Sill and Abilene with fines and bonds. Notable entries include reckless driving for Adair Echols Sydor and Graham, driving under the influence for Farris and Lahren, and various violations such as speeding red lights improper turns and public drunkenness. Bond forfeitures totaled several cases and fines ranged from 5 to 20 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Merle Oaks
Max D. Adair
Lee R. Echols
Fort Sill
John G. Sydor
Jo Ann Craig
Michael S. Cornelius
Cameron College
Elmore K. Curry
Monroe
Curtis Wayne Steel
Abilene
Tex
Ernie Lee Holmes
S. 4Th
Jerry Gilliam
Washington
Homer L. Farris
James D. Graham
Mary B. Lahren
Marshall Pearson
Pollard
Christiana V. Caudilil
Ernest L. Heath
Louis V. Rich Jr
S. 12Th
Robert J. Zemko
Muffiers
Veterans Meet Thursday at Eight and B Hovind Reports
World War I veterans and auxiliary will gather at 7 30 p m Thursday in People s Baptist church at Eight and B A K Hovind commander urges all veterans to attend to discuss important business
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
People’s Baptist Church
1943 Graduates To Hold Reunion Dinner Dance
Mrs. Elmon Ethell announces a reunion dinner dance for the LHS graduating class of 1943 at 7 p.m. June 15 in the Hotel Lawtonian ballroom. Members of the classes of 1942 and 1944 are invited, with reservations available by contacting Mrs. Ethell at EL5-9260.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LHS
Elmon Ethell
N. 40Th
Ethell
Lawtonian
Elks Club Initiates Five Members At Dinner
The Elks lodge at 1001 A hosted a Tuesday dinner and initiation for five new members: Billy T. King Ward C. King A C Brigham On Park and Don Lawrence. A film The Third Challenge on communism was shown. A future dinner initiation and officer election is set for 7 p.m. March 26 at the lodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elks Club
Nis
Elks Lodge
Billy T. King
Ward C. King
A. C. Brigham
On Park
Don Lawrence
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Air Force S
Charles M. Brooks
New York
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Ferris
J. E. Bess
Chattanooga
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