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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Mar 19, 1963
Page
9
Birth announcements list daughters and sons born to multiple couples on March 12 to March 19 with weights and times. Admissions include Edward Pannell and Vera Crowley among others. numerous patients listed under medical or surgical care. Discharges note several mothers and newborns. long roster captures Southwestern region births and hospital updates.
Hobart resident Bobby Ray Lee aged 21 was charged with murder in the fatal stabbing of Glorene Sharp. He was arraigned before Peace Justice Henry Witcher and asked for 24 hours to enter a plea.
Mr and Mrs F Rae Scott longtime Grandfield residents were named missionaries to the Philippines by the Southern Baptist Foreign Mission Board at a Richmond Virginia meeting. He is a seminary student and former music and youth minister with prior posts in Oklahoma and Texas churches. She taught elementary education and the couple has two daughters. They are among 24 missionaries appointed in March bringing active SBC foreign missionaries to 1649.
District Judge Luther B. Eubanks announced 34 450 has been contributed to build a new Boy Scout headquarters and service center in Lawton Oklahoma. Laura Fields Trust leads with 20 000, others donate from 25 to 1000 while several banks pledge more than 100. The project aims to equip a 3.68 acre site in Elmer Thomas Park with city council land lease for 1 a year.
Four men from Lawton and Medicine Park are due to report for induction in Oklahoma City on Wednesday. The group includes Hollis James Deck and G John Sexton Coffman along with Jesse Lavert Davis and Donald LeRoy King.
Following today’s police court session Judge J Merle Oaks disposed multiple speeding and drunkenness cases. Harvey W Still 16 of 6914 Snow Road fined 16 dollars for speeding Richard L Shelton 22 of 2016 Gore fined 5 dollars for speeding Dieter R Franze 28 Fort Sill fined 15 dollars with 5 dollars suspended for speeding Public drunkenness charges included one 10 dollar fine and one 0 bond forfeiture.
A Harper County man, James Robert Craig aged 21 from Buffalo, died when his car ran out of control on U S 183 and overturned six miles north of Buffalo. The Oklahoma 1963 traffic toll rose to 134 at the time, up from 131 a year earlier.
The gifts committee for the YMCA building fund campaign will launch with an 8 a.m. kickoff breakfast Thursday in the Cattlemen’s cafeteria. O B Lord, chairman, announced. About 35 workers will start making calls after the meeting as the drive for 400000 dollars begins.
Miss Linda Kerr a 17 year old Walters high school senior will travel to Fort Chaffee Ark this summer as representative of the 2nd Recon Squadron 245th Armor Oklahoma National Guard to the governors reception at the guard s annual two week summer encampment She won the squadron queen honor after four candidates competed with Troop B Walters winning 102 points while Troop C 100 Troop A 99 and HQ Troop 96 points
Comanche county officers led by Superintendent Clarence Scott and Assessor Lester Paden will travel to Altus for a Southwestern district county officers meeting at Quartz Mountain lodge. The day-long event starts at 9 a.m. with departmental sessions.
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