Easter Pageant Plans Live on at Holy City Center
Pageant organizers at the Holy City announce preparations for the 32nd Easter Pageant set to unfold through April 21, 1957 with a full schedule including May installation service June dramatizations Joseph and His Brothers July Esther and December Christmas program. John F. Thomas Jr. directs out of town groups for the event. The 50th anniversary of Oklahoma statehood will be marked in 1957 with additional state observances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Batten
Reece Russell
Bert Blasingame
Hudson B. Phillips
John Carter
Craig Pierson
Millard Cody
Frank McFarland
Harold F. Ross
John Robertson
John F. Thomas Jr
Holy City
Holy City Chapel
Joseph
Holy City Hillside
Oklahoma
West Point appoints Maj. Gen. Gar Davidson as chief
Maj. Gen. Gar Davidson, war veteran and longtime Army football coach, was named the 44th superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Davidson, a 1927 West Point graduate, became the academy’s youngest head football coach in 1932 and led the team until 1938.
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Gar Davidson
New West Point
Washington
Garrison
Gar) H. Davidson
West Point
City Workers Busy On Diversion Canal
City workers mobilize for a diversion canal to carry overflow from Lake Elmer Thomas to Lake Lawtonka. Two large concrete tile pipes cross SH 49 after lowering the highway section, with a headwall and a mile long ditch directing water to Lawtonka. City Engineer Douglas L. Smith oversees the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Elmer Thomas
Lake Lawtonka
C. R. Ellsworth
Lawtonka
Elmer Thomas
Christian Science Lecture by Earl E. Simms in Austin
Earl E. Simms of Austin Texas a member of the Christian Science Board of Lectureship will speak at 8 15 p m Thursday in Emerson auditorium Fourth and B on Christian Science Its New Light on the Ten Commandments The public is invited without charge Simms formerly held executive posts in Austin including president of the Austin Insurance Exchange director of the Austin Chamber of Commerce and president of the Kiwanis Club He has since 1946 traveled in the United States and abroad as a Board of Lectureship speaker
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl E. Simms
Austin
Tex
Christian Science Board of Lectureship
Emerson Auditorium
Simms
The
Austin Insurance Exchange
Austin Chamber of Commerce
Kiwanis
Oklahoma
Texas
United States
Voting Places Mapped for March 20 Primary Election
City voters are assigned polling sites across wards and precincts for the March 20 primary. Locations include Bethlehem Baptist Church, McKinley School, Dunn residence, Washington School, Youth Recreation Center, Woodrow Wilson School, Missionary Baptist Church, Laundromat, Lawton Monument Works, Whittier School, Fire Station, Taft School, Liberty Heights Christian Church, Greer Addition Office, Swinney School, Warren Hotel basement, Courthouse, Elks Lodge, Gelvin residence, First Pentecostal Holiness Church, Trinity Baptist Church, Church of Christ, Creagle residence, Lincoln School, Calvary Baptist Church, Will Rogers School, Mike Brandon residence, Roosevelt School, Lawton View Mission, and Dunbar School.
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Ward I
Bethlehem Baptist Church
N. First
McKinley School
Columbia
Dunn
Bell
Washington School
Woodrow Wilson School
Arlington
Missionary Baptist
Missionary Baptist Church
St. Laundermat
N. 25Th
Lawton Monument Works
Sill Blvd
Whittier
Laird and Oak
17Th
Ferris
Taft School
Taft
Liberty Heights Christian Church
Elm
Greer Addition
Kinyon
Swinney School
23Rd
Baltimore
Warren
Elks Lodge
Gelvin
First Pentecostal Holiness Church
Trinity Baptist Church
Gore. Pet
Church of Christ
Cornell
Also Mentioned on This Page
Elmer Thomas Canal
Elmer Thomas Lake
Lake
Wildlife Service
Fort Sill Military Reservation
Pageant
Ellsworth
Douglas L. Smith
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Christian Science
First Church of Christ
Scientist
Christ Jesus
Chris
Robert L. Shore, M.D
Lawton Clinic
Gore Blvd
Buster Wyatt
Lawton
Creagle
Summit
Lincoln School
Park
Calvary Baptist Church
Jefferson
Will Rogers
S. Ninth
Mike Brandon
Roosevelt
Lawton View Mission
Wisconsin
Dunbar
Compton
Ertle W. Kirkpatrick
Democrat
Whitewall
Monterey
Monclair
Phaeton
Montclair
2Nd & B Avenue
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