Delta Kappa Gamma Teachers Attend State Convention in Norman
Eight Lawton Delta Kappa Gamma members attended the state convention at the Oklahoma Center of Continuing Education, University of Oklahoma, Norman, March 22 24. Two participated in the program. Helen Elliott led a symposium Changing Patterns in American Culture and presided at the Birthday luncheon. Wilma Davis, state executive secretary, called Friday and Saturday sessions and led a Saturday practice for founders and chapter presidents and presided at Sunday breakfast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
Xi Chapter
Delta Kappa Gamma Teachers Society
Oklahoma Center of Continuing Education
University of Oklahoma, Norman
Blanche Beavers
Poly Cole
Helen Elliott
Carrie Fisher
Wilma Davis
Irene Harris
Lucille Kimbrough
Louise Scott
Elliott
Davis
Mrs Earl Racy Receives Rebekah Degree in Lawton Lodge
Lawton Rebekah lodge 87 awarded the Rebekah degree to Mrs. Earl Racy during a Monday meeting at the IOOF hall. Officers presided, and the group approved bus funds to Grand Lodge in Norman April 6 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Racy
Rebekahs
Rebekah
Lawton Rebekah Lodge
IOOF
Carl Wheatley
Ruth Wagnon
Noble Grand
Floyd Tice
Theta Rho
Sam Braddy
Enid
Clarence Kaufman
Southwest District
Odd Fellow Association
Byron Lasater
Cora Nix
Roxie Cook
Wheatley
Tice
Hobart
Anadarko School
Ted Parker
Altus
A. C. McDonald
Leonard Buchanan
Junior Miss Club Greets Pledges in Tipton
The Junior Miss club met at Sandy Ferguson’s home with 10 pledges. Plans for a jewelry party in April and a slumber party in May were discussed along with a bake sale report. Attendees included Susan Brillhart Jeni Leggett Karlann Bonifield Jeni Jackson Sandy Ferguson Gloria Beauchamp Sherry Bennett Jeanette Clevinger Ann Godfrey Pat Holley Shelly Lewis Janis Mackey Darlene Puckett and Patty Walker. The next meeting is 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Ann Godfrey’s home.
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Sandy Ferguson
Lake
Susan Brillhart
Jeni Leggett
Karlann Bonifield
Jeni Jackson
Gloria Beauchamp
Sherry Bennett
Jeanette Clevinger
Ann Godfrey
Pat Holley
Shelly Lewis
Janis Mackey
Darlene Puckett
Patty Walker
Social Calendar Sparks Busy Week Across Lawton Area
PEO Chapter EB meets northwest of Lawton at 7 30 p.m. Centenary Methodist WSCS hosts circles across multiple addresses. Senior Citizens visit Museum of the Great Plains at 7 p.m. Bear Heights Women meet at 7 30 p.m. Eastern Star hosts 7 30 p.m. VFW initiations at 8 p.m. Entre Nous club gathers at 2 p.m.
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Marvin Bicket
Lawton
Methodist
WSCS
Darold English
Bell
F. G. Blythe
Baldwin
John Wimberly
Lake
Eldon English
Gore Blvd
E. D. Garrison
Laird
Elman Haines
N. 38Th
Wayne A. Cousins
Lincoln
Museum of the Great Plains
Bear Heights Presbyterian Church
Cosmetologists Review Dinner Event by Lawton Group
The Lawton Cosmetology Association held a spring and summer Coiffure and Contour Review at the Holiday Inn Conference Room with dinner for 36 attendees. Unit president Mrs. M. B. Capshaw opened the program, directed by Mrs. Betty Bochantin, with invocation by Mrs. Laacille Parker and models showcased by five women including Mrs. Bochantin.
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Lawton Cosmetology Association
Holiday Inn
M. B. Capshaw
Betty Bochantin
Laacille Parker
Bill Hopkins
Sherry
Velma Nelson
Ava Maria Foley
Minnie Loftis
Bertha Wallis
Bochantin
Bird of Paradise
Faxon Baptist YWA Takes Lawton Tour
Faxon Baptist Young Women's Auxiliary toured Cedar Crest manor in Lawton with counselor Mrs. Oran Carson and guest Mrs. J. W. Allen. After a short program they visited patients too ill for services, had supper, and went skating at Dee Dee Park. Attendees included Judy Allen Paula Brannon Diana Carson and Joyce Tahah.
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FAXON
The
Faxon Baptist Church
Cedar Crest Manor
Lawton
Oran Carson
J. W. Allen
YWA
Faxon Group Reports on Oriental Accents Program
The Faxon Intermediate Girls Auxiliary of Faxon Baptist church met at the church for a program titled Oriental Accents in the American Way. Mrs. Mark Scherler served as counselor with attendees Jackie Boyd Linda Borden Carol Scherler Marie Lewis and guest Lela Berry. Refreshments followed.
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FAXON
Faxon Intermediate
Faxon Baptist Church
Mark Scherler
Jackie Boyd
Linda Borden
Carol Scherler
Marie Lewis
Lela Berry
Parole Board Approves Reviews of Pate Case and 14 Paroles
The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board recommended paroles for 14 reformatory inmates and agreed to hear a commutation plea for Gerald Pate’s death sentence at May hearings in McAlester. Pate, condemned for the 1959 murder of 15 year old Mary Jane Haygood, faced a previously split vote.
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Granite
UPI
State Pardon and Parole Board
Gerald Pate
Pate
McAlester
Roehm West
Tulsa
Mercy
Mary Jane Haygood
Seminole
Gene Baldwine
Kiowa County
David Ronald Cox
Oklahoma County
James F. Fender
Pontotoc County
Clifford Littlefield
Okmulgee County
Floyd Pekah
Comanche County
Jackie Rollins
Floyd R. Rush
Payne County
Freddie Salazar
Washita County
Cecil Smith
Okfuskee County
County Commissioners Have Broad Authority Over Lands
Oklahoma county boards may sell lease or lease county lands with petition. They can charge parking fees create airports, parks, and joint city county buildings. The machinery includes sales at not less than 80 percent appraised value and contracts with higher governments for public uses.
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Boards of County Commissioners
Oklahoma
Board of County Commissioners
United States
State of
Comedy Writer Felix Adler Dies At 72 In Hollywood
Felix Adler, 72, a vaudeville alum turned comedy writer after being hired by Mack Sennett in the 1920s, died of cancer Monday at the Motion Picture Country Home. He wrote titles for silent films and later contributed to acts including Will Rogers, Harold Lloyd, Laurel and Hardy, Abbott and Costello, and the three Stooges.
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Hollywood
Felix Adler
Mack Sennett
Adler
Will Rogers
Harold Lloyd
Laurel and Hardy
Abbott and Costello
Tulsa County approves May 7 election on $119 million bond issue
Tulsa County commissioners set a May 7 election for a $119 million high bond issue. The notice lists Burglary charges for Logan County and Carter County residents, auto theft charges for Tulsa and Okfuskee County residents, and bogus checks for Cleveland County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TULSA
Logan County
William G. Bivens
Tulsa County
Paul Wayne Dearman
Okfuskee County
Jerry D. Pelton
Carter County
Melvin D. Ruth
Cleveland County
Police Court Disposes Cases Before Municipal Judge Oaks
A list shows Ronald Wright and others charged with offenses from leaving the scene of an accident to vagrancy and gambling. Fines and bond forfeitures range from 10 to 20 dollars, with several defendants noted for gambling and public nuisances. Public drunkenness adds three fines of 10 dollars each.
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J. Merle Oaks
Ronald Thomas Wright
William Haney Owen
Edgar Taylor
Lucille Love
Cache Road
Maurillor A. Gaster
Jack D. Pinchback
Larry Leon Zumwalt
Lawton
Carence A. Wimple
Ignacio Maroquin
Richard Wooten
Alford Weaver
Jeff Reager
Red Barn Players plan Bye Bye Birdie at Fort Sill
Red Barn Players at Fort Sill schedule the Broadway musical Bye Bye Birdie with 32 cast, six major roles, and an eight piece orchestra. Auditions set for April 15 at 7:30 p.m. at Fort Sill Theatre east of Key Gate entrance. Production runs June 5-8 directed by Jane Quaid with music by Charles Straus and book by Michael Stewart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Barn Players
Fort Sill
Fort Sill Theatre
Key Gate
Red Barn
Jamil Joseph
Birdie
Jane Quaid
Cameron College
the Barn
Charles Straus
Michael Stewart
Lee Adams
Black Gold opens Wednesday at the Waska
Oklahoma writers Bob and Wanda Duncan present Black Gold about the state’s black oil. The production uses minimal props with actors pacing through light and space in a staged reading style. The work debuts Wednesday at the Waska Theatre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waska
Oklahoma
Bob
Wanda Duncan
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