City Boy Sam Hamra Named State Hi Y Veep At Bartlesville
Lawton high school junior Sam Hamra elected vice president of the Oklahoma Hi Y at the state convention March 19 20 in Bartlesville Val Frakes also of Lawton named state publicity chairman Lauren Ellis sponsor of the local Hi Y received an advisors fellowship and Lawton Hi Y earned an AA rating for honors memberships listed include Bill Amis Jon Bledsoe Garland Clark Leigh Ewing Val Frakes Dan Dullerton Richard Glenn Keith Givens Don Morton and others Lawton Tri-Hi Y members attended with a separate roll call and list of names.
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Sam Hamra
Lawton
Bartlesville
Val Frakes
Lauren Ellis
Bill Amis
Jon Bledsoe
Garland Clark
Leigh Ewing
Dan Dullerton
Richard Glenn
Keith Givens
Douglas Howard
Allen Isbell
George Kouri
Don Kouri
Don Lacy
Jim Maddox
Don Morton
Paul Mass
Lawton High Students Prep For Barbershop Quartet Contest
Lawton high students practice for a Thursday morning assembly contest run by the Hi Y. The event supports the Parade on April 3 by the Lawton chapter of SPEBSQSA Inc. Winning quartets perform on the show and parade proceeds benefit Hi Y and Youth Ambassadors clubs. The week’s calendar also lists Fan Society initiation Tuesday and National Honor Society banquet.
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Lawton High School
Barber Shop
Hi-Y
Lawton Chapter
Youth Ambassadors
John McCary Jr. Leads Chatty Presbyterian Meeting in Chattanooga
John McCary Jr. led a Presbyterian laymen meeting program at a Chattanooga church. Assistants included Sam Dreith Rodney Warner and Roy Beavers. Attendees listed include Harold Dreith Karl Peters G H Schumpert Dickie Shhumpert Gutshall Calvin Strecker and others such as F C MinTop C W Kelley Ira Neal Fred Greb Adam Bohl Bob and J W Bohl Dreith and Dr John H Lamb.
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Chattanooga
John McCary Jr
Sam Dreith
Rodney Warner
Roy Beavers
Harold Dreith
Karl Peters
G. H. Schumpert
Dickie Shhumpert
Gutshall
Calvin Strecker
F. C. Mintop
C. W. Kelley
Ira Neal
Fred Greb
Adam Bohl
Bob
J. W. Bohl
Dreith
John H. Lamb
Four Charged On Traffic Counts for Traffic Stations
Sunday at Fort Sill Tuttle 22 and Johnson charged with reckless driving Johnson also charged for driving without a license Rudy Prohoska 19 charged with improper muffler He released to military authorities Police also arrested 17 others for various offenses Ten held for investigation five for drunkenness one for shoplifting and one for causing a disturbance
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Tuttle
Fort Sill
Johnson
Rudy Prohoska
Eight Drivers Face Speeding Arrests in Comanche County
Highway patrolmen arrested eight drivers Saturday and Sunday for speeding over the .55 mph limit in Comanche County. Charges against Joe Floyd Greenhaw and seven others list names and hometowns. One driver Rowena Kowena faces an accident leaving scene charge, and Eddie Kouri of Arlington was charged with driving without a license.
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Comanche County
Joe Floyd Greenhaw
Fort Sill
Clifford Leon Marshall
Norman
William Pahdocony
Ein
Euzeil Ansel Ogden
Washington
Charles Curren Reid
Faxon
Bobbie Curren Les Cash
Duncan
Earl Tidwell
Cushing
Acceed Evans
Mennett Kowena
Indiahoma
Rowena
Cache
Eddie Kouri
Arlington
Harkey Re-Elected Teacher President in Oklahoma
Lawton Dunbar principal Lemuel Harkey was re-elected president of the Western Oklahoma District Association of Negro Teachers at the Chickasha convention with about 180 teachers registered. New officers include Granville Smith Hobart vice president Emily Newton Chickasha secretary and other posts. The next district meeting is planned for spring 1955 in Clinton.
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Lemuel Harkey
Lawton
Dunbar
Western Oklahoma District Association of Negro Teachers
Chickasha
Granville Smith
Hobart
Emily Newton
Gladys Finch
E. V. D. Richardson
Watonga
H. C. King
Norris Federick
Elk City
W. C. Davis
Altus
Oklahoma Association of Negro Teachers
Glenn Smith
Clinton
Yugoslav Volleyball Players Desert Communism in Lisbon
Two Yugoslav athletes desert their national team in Lisbon Portugal and seek political asylum. Budisin Gavra captain and Jost youngest member turned themselves in to Portuguese police last week while the rest of the squad sailed to Bordeaux aboard a British ship.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Budisin Gavra
Julka Jost
Gavra
Jost
Bordeaux
France
Sooner's Trial Opens In Korea
Vinita Oklahoma man aged 25 faces trial in Seoul for evading customs charges on goods seized from his office. Higgins testified the U S Air Force was consignee and responsible for merchandise including watches pipes knives liquor decanters clothing and jewelry moved from an Air Force base to his office for storage.
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U. S. Air Force
Vinita
Okla
Japan
Air Force
Higgins
Kim In Ki
Seoul District Court
Cmy
Area Men In Service Moates Joins 25th Division
Pvt. Bobby R. Moates of Lawton joins the 25th Infantry Division in Korea. He entered the Army in March 1953 and trained at Camp Chaffee Arkansas.
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Bobby R. Moates
25Th Division
Claude R. Moates
Lawton
25Th Infantry Division
Korea
Moates
Army
Camp Chaffee
Ark
Missing Fighter Plane Found Crashed on Bee Mountain
A missing FS fighter plane en route from Battle Creek Michigan to Charlotte North Carolina was found crashed and burned on Bee Mountain near Tazewell Virginia. The pilot is identified by state police as Lt. R B Smith of Lansing Michigan, while the Charlotte Air National Guard had earlier named Lt. Robert Smith of Michigan.
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Tazewell
Battle Creek
Mich
Charlotte
N.C
Bee Mountain
Robert Smith
Air National Guard
R. B. Smith
Lansing
Michigan Air National Guard
Funeral Rites for Mrs Dorothy Tadlock Held in Lawton
Mrs Dorothy D Tadlock 75 died Sunday at her home 613 South 25th after months of illness. Funeral 2 30 p m Tuesday at Wilson Way of God Church burial in Reck Cemetery Ritter Funeral Home in charge. Born August 2 1878 in Hill County Texas she moved to Lawton in 1947 from Wilson. Survivors include sisters Mrs Betty Birch Oklahoma City and Mrs Manley Spray Anadarko 13 grandchildren seven great grandchildren.
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Wilson
Fundamental Loco
Betty Birch
Oklahoma City
Manley Spray
Anadarko
Mikeals Visit Fort Worth Relatives Over Weekend
Mr and Mrs C R Mikeal of Fort Worth spent the weekend with their son and family Mr and Mrs L I Mikeal at 2128 Lake They were joined by Mrs Fred Kinmonth at 1111 Dearborn and by Capt and Mrs C R Kinmonth en route to Washington Delaware where he resumes duties in the office of the chief They were accompanied by two sisters Mrs D A Marr of Kansas City and Mrs Elizabeth Kruger of Vancouver Washington.
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Fred Kinmonth
Dearborn
C. R. Kinmonth
Washington, del
D. A. Marr
Kansas City
Elizabeth Kruger
Vancouver
Wash
Brothers Nabbed In Bixby Holdup
Rich ard Nichols and Jim Nichols, brothers from Rudy Arkansas, were identified after a Bixby service station hold up. Jim was captured by Deputy Sheriff Houston Johnson and the Bixby marshal, while Richard fled to Tulsa in a stolen car and was later arrested by Tulsa officers Dick Cochran and Pete Annex.
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Turner Turnpike
Gate Without
Richard Nichols
Jim Nichols
Rudy
Ark
Bixby
Houston Johnson
Tulsa
Dick Cochran
Pete Annex
Six area men to take part in Flash Burn event
Six area men now stationed at among M. Ray son of Mr and Mrs John F 1006 Lee Bird Sfec Nel Ray son L Hendricks whose wife Rosie Hives at Si Patterson.
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M. Ray
John F
Lee Bird
Sfec
Nel Ray
L. Hendricks
Rosie
Si? Patterson
Pistol Name Origin Traced to Pistoia Italy
The term pistol traces its etymology to Pistoia Italy where early handguns were produced. The link highlights historical gunmaking roots and linguistic development from the Italian city.
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Pistoia
Italy
Rain Hinders French Air Strikes in Vietnam Siege
Heavy rains turned the fortress dust bowl into yellow mud as Communist artillery opened fire at dawn. A French spokesman warned weather would be crucial in the coming days, risking continued rainfall halting French air strikes and hindering supplies to Communist troops.
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Hewett
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Chwin Bicycles Mincey
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Firestone
Gene
Lith & D
Town & Country Store
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Insurance
Zwaan
Sooner
BOB Luther Hardware
Sheridan Road
Mac’s Drive-Inn
Lee
Caeder
Dee Dee
Dorothy Tadlock
Eugene L. Bowman
Southwestern Radio & Sound
James W. Pierce
Tenna
Lawton Iron & Metal
Bill. Smith Agency Auto Insurance
Eal Ai
Kswo-Radio
Popular Furniture Co
Bianco
ShamRock Club
Bobby Williamson
WFAA
Effrey
Donald Ynn-Crisf
Marilyn Alanh
Metro-Gol
United Artists
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Che
Alan Ladd
Cartoon & Comedy
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Goodyear
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Welch Oil Co
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