Public Invited To View Art Exhibits Today
Lawton residents are invited to Cameron College library 1 to 5 p.m. for the sixth annual Festival of Arts displays including paintings and photographs. Arts department hosts will be present.
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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1956
Page
15
Lawton residents are invited to Cameron College library 1 to 5 p.m. for the sixth annual Festival of Arts displays including paintings and photographs. Arts department hosts will be present.
Members of the Woman’s Auxiliary to Veterans of Foreign Wars post 1193 held a benefit card party at 8 p.m. at 926 S. Second to raise funds for cancer. Admission cost one cent per inch around the worst year of age the event featured pinochle canasta and pollyanna. Winners included Deward Stringer Robert Ebisch John Neff Nick Markastomas Frances Silas and Charles Hixenbaugh.
Mrs. John M. Scott led the Pansy Garden club’s first flower show with wins in sweepstakes and tri color in both cultivation and arrangement. Mrs. I J Kensell also earned sweepstakes in horticulture and tri color in arrangement while club officials details of schedule staging and judging ran the event amid an Early Oklahoma theme at 1316 F General chairman Mrs. Scott.
In a 2 pm Saturday ceremony at Rucker park Fort Sill Mrs T J Counihan was surprised with a silver chafing dish as a farewell gift from the jumping class she has taught for three years. She and Col Counihan depart for Fort Monroe Virginia where he is assigned.
Four couples will host the 7 30 p m Monday meeting of the First Presbyterian Couples club in the church recreation room. Hosts are Robert Bailey Jack Dillard Earl McCullough and Larry Mitchell.
Lucile Creswell Potter reports Lawton’s Comanche County Medical Society will observe Doctor's Day with a 7 p.m. dinner at the Lawton Golf and Country Club hosted by the women's auxiliary. A red carnation will mark each desk, with several auxiliary officers and committee members named. The observance honors living and deceased doctors. Dr. Crawford W. Long’s historic anesthesia use is noted, and graves of deceased doctors are visited with flowers.
Wichita Mountains Wildflower Garden club for March featured Mrs Jane ODonnell Lowe presenting Yucca program at Mrs J A Bumpers home. Awards announced for Cache Junior High and grade school posters with prizes to Suzy Rush Johnny Wimple Carolyn Holden Joe Peak Delaine Brewer Leroy Treisa.
Fort Sill's 41st Field Artillery group wives held a comic spring fashion show after a 1 pm luncheon at the Fort Sill Polo club. Thirty to forty five attendees modeled humorous hats, with prizes awarded for funniest, far fetched, best Easter, and prettiest designs.
Maj. Gen. Thomas E. DeShazo and Mrs. DeShazo attended the Juli ette Low silver tea at Fort Sill Girl Scouts and Brownies marking the 44th anniversary of Girl Scouting in America. The 3 to 5 pm event showcased crafts, nature displays, and a birthday centerpiece gifted by a former council vice president.
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