Mental Hospital Nurse Shortage To Be Discussed
A regional conference on the nurse shortage in mental hospitals will convene at Western Hills Lodge Sequoiah State Park in Wagoner Oklahoma. Sponsored by the Southern Regional Education Board the event runs Tuesday through Friday with Dr Wilfred Bloomberg directing the program and at least 12 Oklahomans including State Mental Health Director Be Donahue expected to attend.
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Wagoner
Western Hills Lodge
Sequoiah State Park
Southern Regional Education Board
Southern Governors Conference
Wilfred Bloomberg
Atlanta
Mental Healthh
BE. H. Donahue
Yearbook Autograph Party Planned At Central Junior High
Central junior high hosts a yearbook autograph party from 7 to 4 p.m. in the cafeteria. Principal A Richardson says students will use the 1957 Wolf Tales yearbook as admission tickets. Mrs. Lorena Fullerton coordinates the event and oversees arrangements.
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Central Junior High School
A. Richardson
Lorena Fullerton
Fullerton
Bad News Rebounds: Son and Friend Die of Strokes
In Hattiesburg Mississippi a man named J T Little heard by phone that his son’s close friend Julian Frye had died from a heart attack. The son Charles, 53, suffered his own heart attack and died en route to a hospital after attempting to reach him in Albany New York.
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Hattiesburg
Miss
J. T. Little
Albany
N.Y
Julian Frye
Little
Charles
Club To Tour Southwestern Bell Telephone Plant
Cameron College commerce club members will tour the Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. building Tuesday evening. Miss Blanche Beavers announced to club members and other Aggie students are asked to meet in front of the college administration building at 6 45 p m for the tour.
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Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
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Man Wins Bet With Clams Then Drinks Champagne
In Brie-Comte-Robert France Auguste Ibrelisle gulped over four gallons of fresh clams in under an hour to win a bottle of champagne. He then drank the champagne, completing the wager in a light humorous note from a Sunday event.
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France
Auguste Ibrelisle
Dancing Beacon Wins Southern Pines Cup Hunt Race
Dancing Beacon captured the Southern Pines title in the Sand Hills Cup series, securing the favorite status for Saturday’s Carolina Cup race at Camden over Timber.
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Southern Pines
Nlc
Camden
Aggies Cart Home 2 Speech Trophies
Cameron college Aggies won big at the 1957 Oklahoma junior college speech tournament held at the University of Oklahoma. They secured six firsts and three seconds in individual events, captured the one act play trophy, and placed second in radio play. Eddie Harp and Joyce Bess were named outstanding actors, with multiple faculty and cast members listed among participants.
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Cameron College
Aggies
Wekend
University of Oklahoma
Cameron
Bennet Daniel
Aggie
Eddie Harp
Joyce Bess
Fey Conrad
Glende Hood
Glenda Now‘lin
Mar
James Ci
Ed Stoddard
Miss Salyer
Corner
DJ Pierson
David Warner
Lohman Atwood
Paul Strang
Kenneth Denton
Denver Talley
Calvin McEntire
Miss Bess
Miss Nowlin
Miss Hood
Harp
Charles Carter
Beverly Beauchamp
Denton
Joe Lansden
Charlotte Dillard
Janice Tandy
Joe Bowman
Second In Series Of Rural Acquaintance Program Reaches Lawton
The second in a seven part Rural Acquaintance series sponsored by the Lawton Jaycees will be held at 7 30 p m Friday in Paradise Valley to foster better relations between Lawton and surrounding rural areas. Dr Jack Spencer chairs the project with Wayne Gilley as master of ceremonies. The Rural Acquaintance Band and vocalists Dr Larry White Bill Boykin and Dr Spencer perform. More than 100 attended the first show at Flower Mound. Remaining dates: Paradise Valley Friday Triangle April 3 Roseland April 19 Locust Grove April 26 Hillside May 3 Scott May 10.
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Lawton Jaycees
Paradise Valley
Lawton
Jack Spencer
Wayne Gilley
Carl Cooper
Jimmy Gold
Bill Holloway
Paul Murphy
Roy Reece
Tom Stanian
al Wilson
Special Education Teacher Sought for Slow Learners
John Shoemaker city school superintendent said efforts are being made to hire a special education teacher for 11 to 13 year olds. All leads have been pursued and if located the advanced class for slow learners will open for the 18 school year. At present no class exists for this age group.
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John Shoemaker
Shoemaker
Leaders named for Oklahoma camp attendance
Faulette Akers and Judy Warner of Lawton High School will attend a leadership camp August 19 to 25 at Camp Cimarron near Coyle. The event, sponsored by the Oklahoma Girls Recreation Association, draws two delegates from forty Oklahoma schools with Lawton picks chosen by LIS Girls Recreation members, club sponsor Miss Margaret Leard.
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Faulette Akers
Judy Warner
Lawton High School
Oklahoma Girl's Recreation Association
Camp Cimarron
Coyle
Oklahoma
Lawton
LIS Girl's Recreation Association
Margaret Leard
Pulitzer Prize Winner To Speak At OC April 30
Oklahoma City will host Pulitzer Prize winner Mrs. Caro Brown of Alice Texas as guest speaker at the first annual Byliners Banquet of the Oklahoma City Alumnae chapter of Theta Sigma Phi. Brown earned the prize in 1935 for courageous reporting on the Duval County political scene.
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Oklahoma City
Caro Brown
Alice
Tex
Theta Sigme Phi
Brown
Alice Echo
Nixon Discharged From Hospital After Cold Treatment
Vice President Richard M. Nixon was discharged from Walter Reed Hospital after treatment for a cold picked up during his Africa tour. Hospital officials said he was much improved and discharged following consultations with his doctors. He had entered the hospital on Friday.
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Washington
Richard M. Nixon
Walter Reed Hospital
Africa
Nixon
Northwestern State announces 131 to receive degrees at Alva
Dean John B. Stout says 131 seniors will receive bachelor degrees at Northwestern State College in Alva on May 20. Among them are Cache students Bobby G. Lee and William M. Mahaffey.
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Cache
Northwestern State College
Alva
John B. Stout
Bobby G. Lee
William M. Mahaffey
Ag Enrollment Ends Tonight At Cameron College Night Classes
Deadline nears for late enrollments in Cameron College second term night classes. Gordon L. Paine, registrar, says 177 students are currently enrolled. term ends May 20 after classes began March 21. Courses include accounting, typing, English, history, sociology, German, algebra, trigonometry, calculus, welding and more with listed instructors.
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Cameron College
Gordon L. Paine
Blanche Beavers
Rennie Stehr
Ronald Martin
Helen McCrory
Jane Cottingham
Rubye Lea Hodges
Aircraft Engine Mechanics Sought by Civil Service
The U S Civil Service commission announces examinations for aircraft and engine mechanic positions with the Department of Commerce Civil Aeronautics Administration at Will Rogers field Oklahoma City and other CAA installations in Oklahoma. Applicants may use the local post office and for more information contact the secretary board of U S Civil Service examiners CAA Aeronautical center P O Box 1092 Oklahoma City.
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Department of Commerce
Civil Aeronautics Administration
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Will Rogers Filed
Oklahoma City
CAA
Oklahoma
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CAA Aeronautical Center
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Senior Citizens To Meet Tuesday In Lawton
The Lawton Senior Citizens hold their March meeting at 7 30 p m Tuesday at the Lawton Youth Center 1308 Bell Clark Botkin spokesman said Mrs Myrtle Boyett leads the hosting committee The group meets on the fourth Tuesday evening of each month.
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Lawton
Bell
Clark Botkin
Myrtle Boyett
Slides On Holy Land Slated For School Friday
Mr and Mrs Pete Becker present colored slides from their Holy Lands trip at Central junior high schools eighth grade travelogue. The program starts at 9 30 a m Friday in the school auditorium.
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Holy Land
Pete Becker
Holy Lands
Speck Sanders Drive In Cleaners Ad
Speck Sanders Drive In Cleaners offers green stamps with laundry and dry cleaning services. Call LOth and C Dial EL 5 3644 for details.
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Cleaners Loth
Lawton Education Group Meets for March Session
The Lawton Citizens' Council on Education will meet at 7 30 pm in the Board of Education Rooms Central junior high school Inday will give an address by Wirs Hazel Son Garfield elementary special education instructor She will illustrate her talk on mentally retarded children with slides Program chairman is Mrs O L Parsons
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Lawton Citizens’ Council On Education
Inday
Wirs
Hazel Son
Garfield Elementary
Cotton County School Consolidation Vote Set
Oklahoma City. A proposed consolidation of three Cotton County districts Randlett Union Valley and Devol will be decided by district residents on April 8. State Superintendent Dr Oliver Hodge announced the merger plan aims to unify administration and resources across the affected schools.
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Oklahoma City
Cotton County
Oliver Hodge
Randleltt
Union Valley
Devel
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