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Lawton Constitution

Location

Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America

Date

May 03, 1954

Page

4

Coffee Fetes Swinney PTA Executives

Swinney PTA officers and committee chairmen were honored at an all morning meeting hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Jay Dee Soame in Atlanta. New officers include the Pain replacement, with funds approved for auditorium equipment, a future TV, youth activities, and Tomlinson school PTA. Delegates named for membership, hospitality, publication, goals, law, and other tasks.

B. C. Swinney Parent-Teacher Association Jay Dee Soame Atlanta Tomlinson School PTA I. N. Woolman Cte R. P. Dennis Bi Ees J. T. Thomas Citizenship Council Bill Benge Garnet Howell Millard Hayes Ruth Rivers Christina Swanson Swanson Boy Scouts Carnival Milo Howenstine Dee Fountain Alton Bill Cox Robert P. Dennis Lindsey Whitten Carl Stephens

Founders Day Banquet Names Beta Sigma Phi Officers

Mrs Dan Hanna Jr presides over a new slate at the Founders Day banquet for all three Beta Sigma Phi chapters in the Old South cafeteria. Leona White and James Paul preside, new officers installed include vice president recording secretary and treasurer. Members performed poems and songs, with a Ritual of Jewels ceremony, Exemplar degree, and pledging rites. About 76.7 percent of rural North of homes had electric lights.

Dan Hanna Jr Beta Sigma Phi Sorority Old South Leona White James Paul White Dan Woesner Clente Bevitori Glenn Carter Jackie Ellis Jackie Hunsucker Mansfred Peterson Ronald Schnee Taft School Mary Ida Leich Berdina Aurel Mesdames Leigh Robert Thiel Herbert Stonehacker Beta Omicron Berdina Aurell Frances Biles Mary Jean Miller Edwin Odom Carolyn Conley Jesse Ikard Allene Bilbrey Mesdames Ray Bramsett H. B. Capozzi William Clay Joe Johnson Richard Morrison al Lenz B. C. Smith Richard Taylor Xi Tau P. R. Bennett Cal Clevenger Dan Hanna Lacey Holley Floyd Kennedy Stonehocker Gene Fcc Alpha Pi Paula Dickey Beta Sigma Phi Council Beta Sigma Phi Allan

Organization Set For H E Group Formation

A meeting of women with bachelor or higher degrees in home economics is planned for 7 30 p m Tuesday. Mrs Allie Swackhammer head of Cameron College home economics division will preside at the session in the new science and home economics building. Plans aim to form a homemakers group and potential members may join the American Home Economists association via dues.

Allie D. Swackhammer Cameron College Swackhammer Cameron

VFW Auxiliary Initiates Ten New Members at Fort Sill

Lawton district auxiliary president Mrs Mary Rust presided as ten new members were initiated and four officers installed during a Fort Sill VFW auxiliary session at the VFW hut. New members named include Mrs Cecil Bennett and Mrs Elmer Wilkins among others. floor work featured by a drill team from Lawton VFW post 1193.

Mary Rust. Lawton Ladies Leslie J. McNair Veterans of Foreign Wars Fort Sill VFW Margaret Dunbar Presia Cecil A. Bennett A. A. Calhoun William Jago Owen T. Moore John L. Neff Edgar B. Reynolds Frank Sauls Harry E. Smith Tony S. Smith Elmer L. Wilkins Ted Nelms Floyd Parker E. B. Eblen I. J. Kensell Lawton Mesdames Thayer Lewis Stillwater Mesdames Cecil Bennett G. D. Hunsucker

McKinley PTA Family Night Pot Luck and Games

A social calendar listing multiple community group events including McKinley PTA family night pot luck supper at 6 30 p m in the school auditorium and several organizations meeting at various times and locations around town with host names and officers noted.

Scholarship Winner To Be Guest Performer Recital Tuesday Night

National and Inter American Music Week observances continue in Lawton with superior winners from the annual Music Festival set to perform Tuesday at 8 p.m. in the McMahon Foundation building auditorium. Miss Sue Riddle, Schubert Music Club scholarship recipient, will be guest performer among a list of senior and area piano winners.

Music Appreciation Club McMahon Foundation Dorothy Bell Oklahoma Federation of Music Clubs Sue Riddle Schubert Music Club Marilyn Billingslea Mel Black Judy Bollinger Carolyn Cole Helen Lynne Ellsworth Paul Ferguson Lynda Freeman Judy Gibson Mary Sue Grimes Wade Harrison Sharon Haines Roxie Sue Hamilton Mark Hoffman Sandra Hoffman Kenneth Hoffman Jan Howard Dallas Howard Dixie Lee Massad Billie Norris Janice Pope Max James Roderick Jr Sharon Uy Sather Mary Sue Clower Faxon Gari Nelson Temple Priscilla Cook Nancy Eubanks Karen Hertzler John P. Jones Patricia Purnd John Turnbull Wales Lawton Miss Riddle Virgil E. Riddle Liberty John Nelson Okmulgee Tulsa Lawton High School Carlos Moseley University of Oklahoma Norman Clare McGovern Oklahoma Baptist University Shawnee Fort Sill

Emerson P T A Family Night And Officers Installation

Emerson Parent-Teacher Association hosts a family night pot-luck supper at 6 30 p m in the school followed by 7 30 p m installation of officers in the auditorium Howell P T A holds its final meeting at 7 30 p m in the school auditorium Lincoln P T A meets at 3 30 p m in the school auditorium City wide P T A conducts School of Instruction 9 15 a m to noon at First Baptist Church basement sponsored by City P T A council

Emerson Parent-Teacher Association Howell P-Ta First Baptist Church New Basement

Freshmeats Served At Event With Attendees Listed

Freshmeats were served, Mrs. Carl Stephens poured. Names of attendees include Arthur Messner Curtis D. Nelson Carl Ste Christina Swanson C G Thomas D F Van Gundy L C Wathen P G Waggoner Lindsey Whitten and I N Woolman.

Carl Stephens Little Arthur Messner Curtis D. Nelson Carl Ste Christina Swanson C. G Thomas D. F. van Gundy L. C. Wathen P. G. Waggoner Lindsey Whitten I. N. Woolman

Cook-Out Fetes Fort Sill Girl Scouts

A Lawton Fort Sill Girl Scout event at Harmon Park brought 80 scouts and 14 leaders together for a cook out. The fifth and sixth graders prepared can stew lunches, built fires in small groups, cleaned sites, and concluded with a taps song fest and friendship circle. Mrs. C. J. Blake and Mrs. Carl Ekstrom organized the fete.

Fort Sill Lawton Harmon Park Park Girl Scout Friendship Circle C. J. Blake Carl Ekstrom

Bride-Elect Shower Honors Miss Shirley Baker in 1814 Williams

Bride-elect Miss Shirley Baker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Baker of 2206 Andrews, will wed Nelsonine Yates son of Mr. and Mrs. Yates of 1717 A. A prenuptial shower was held with games and prizes for the honoree, followed by refreshments. Attending were Mesdames Ella Sherrill DeWayne Sherrill Nick Alderson M. C. Baker Doug Yates Lee Condrey T. D. Allen Oscar Pamplin John Warrick Quenton Elam and others along with several Baker and Yates relatives. The couple plans a June 6 ceremony at Trinity Baptist Church. The groom-to-be works for Green-Phillips Chevrolet.

Shirley Baker Nelsonine Yates Plin Williams M. C. Baker Andrews Yates Trinity Baptist Church Green-Phillips Chevrolet Company Mesdames Ella Sherrill DeWayne Sherrill Nick Alderson Doug Yates Lee Condrey T. D. Allen Oscar Pamplin John Warrick Quenton Elam E. A. Baker Hayden Berryhill Allen Smith George Pettijohn

Global Sky Colors After Krakatau Eruption

The National Geographic Society reports that for two years following Krakatau’s 1883 eruption there were unusually long twilights and vividly colored sunsets worldwide, a striking atmospheric consequence observed across many regions.

Krakatau The National Geographic Society

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