Lawton Board OKs transportation center and tennis complex
Lawton Board of Education approved a $329,000 bid for a school system transportation center and carpentry shop and a $42,305 bid for a tennis complex at Eisenhower High School. Architect Perry Horacek was authorized to begin bid advertisements by May 17 for a June 7 contract, with completion projected for Oct 30, 1976. The meeting also covered bond plans, personnel moves, and various facility purchases and upgrades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton Board of Education
Perry Horacek
Transportation Center
Horacek
David Bruton
Lawton
Eisenhower High School
Bruton
East Lawton
Hugh Bish
MacArthur
Robert Sims
Funeral notices for Nannie Hulen and others in Lawton area
Funeral services are set for Nannie Hulen 83 of Oklahoma City with burial in Elgin Cemetery. Survivors include a daughter and son, plus extended O ODell relatives and grandchildren. Also listed are infant Christopher Lewis, former Lawton resident L C Laws, and Buryl Cannon. Additional services for Spec 4 Jacquelyn Jefferson are pending. details note birth, marriage, and stationing through Brooks Hospital and Fort Mead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elgin
Nannie Hulen
Oklahoma City
Church of Christ
Guardian Funeral Home
Hulen
Ardmore
Church of Christ In
Beaver Valley Inspirational Club
S. N. Dillberg
William L. Hulen
Phoenix
Ariz
Rosa Baum
Chickasha
Laura Smith
Lawton
Ruby Davis
Claude O'Dell
Ace O'Dell
Sacramento
Calif
Albert O'Dell
W.W
Bud) O'Dell
Albuquerque
N.M
Christopher Diane Lewis
Richard S. Lewis Jr
Miller's
Christopher
Reynolds Army Hospital
Fort Sill
Karonica
Chemitra
Fred M. Lewis
Richard Lewis Sr
Houston
Tex
Jacquelyn Jefferson
Fort Mead
Jefferson Funeral Home
Mulda Churry
Welk’s
Open House at Fort Sill Youth School
An open house at Fort Sill Youth School on Conklin Road runs 1 to 2 30 p m Friday. Director Johanna Seignious invites military related parents to view pre school kindergarten and first grade programs for 1976 77. Pre registration is May 10 21 with 9 11 a m and 12 30 to 2 30 p m slots. Children must be 3 4 5 or 6 by Jan 1 1977. Classes begin Aug 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Sill
Conklin Road
Johanna Seignious
Lawton-Fort Sill
Sierra Club Sets Session In Lawton
The Southwest Sierra Club will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday at the Lawton Police Station courtroom to debate Oklahoma's Granite Park Lands with David Halpern of Tulsa and Henry Zwaan, club chair, as speakers. The session is the last before summer, with regular meetings resuming in fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwest Sierra Club
Lawton
David Halpern
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Granite Park Lands
Henry Zwaan
Elgin Schools Schedule 5-Year-Old Kindergarten Signup
Elgin schools plan a Friday roundup and registration for next term’s kindergarten pupils. Children aged five on or before November 1 may register starting at 1 p.m. Required documents include birth certificate and immunization records.
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Elgin Schools
Elgin
Television Firms Buy Texas Station
KSWO-TV signs a contract to purchase KFDA-TV Channel 10 Amarillo Texas, in a joint venture with KMID TV Midland. the deal, subject to FCC approval, is valued at 2.8 million dollars and makes KFDA a Columbia Broadcasting System affiliate. The expansion will not affect KSWO-TV’s current operations or ownership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Communications Commission
Kswo-Tv
Kfda-Tv
Amarillo
Tex
Kmidtv
Midland, Tex
R. H. Drewry
Kswo Television Company Inc
Columbia Broadcasting System
Drewry
Amarillo TV
Bicentennial Art Winners Named in Lawton Show
Lawton Public Schools awarded $50 shrubbery prizes to first place art winners in the bicentennial show held at Eisenhower High School gyms. Elementary winners Cleveland Western Hills Pecan Grove and junior high MacroArthur High School top honors. Lawton High design by Jon Michael Grant wins booklet cover prize.
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Lawton
Eisenhower
Cleveland
Western Hills
Pecan Grove
Eisenhower Junior High School
MacArthur High School
Lawton High School
Jon Michael Grant
Lawton High
Grant
Cameron Teacher Receives 4-H Alumni Honor
Margie Mae McMahan, assistant professor of home economics at Cameron University, is named one of four Oklahomans honored in the 4-H Alumni Recognition Program. The 4-H Roundup Honors Night at OSU on May 27 will recognize her nine years in 4-H, dress revue wins, state Hall of Fame nomination, and roles as leader and judge. Other honorees include Hattie Bearden Hinkle, Donald L. Taggart, and Clyde Bower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margie Mae McMahan
Cameron University
Eugene Williams
Oklahoma State University
Olin Corp
McMahon
OSU
Williams
Comanche County
Chicago
Hattie Bearden Hinkle
Kerr Glass Manufacturing Corp
Tulsa
Donald L. Taggart
Clyde Bower
State Department of Agriculture
Oklahoma City
Police reports list thefts and other crimes in Lawton
Names and addresses of complainants filed with Lawton Police cover thefts from autos and residences, burglaries, vandalism, and vehicle incidents. Incidents include thefts of money, purses, bicycles, a pistol, tools, and electronics, plus vandalism and shoplifting. Several businesses and residents are named with specific locations and items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
William Loud
13Th
Pennsylvania
Dennis Moore
Baltimore
Cedrick O. Bourn
Diana Hill
Compass
Eisenhower Junior High School
Cathy Wood
Columbia
Lee Johnson
Ave
Josephine Bryant
Tg&y
N. Sheridan
Mito Gordon
Western Trail Motel
Cache Road
Frame Shop & Gallery
W. Gore
Waldrop Champlin
Robert M. Cabral
Oak
Guys & Dolls Club
N. Second
B. K. Fowler
Gladys Kirk
Williams
Bill Stratton
Cheyenne
Garfield
United Cerebral Palsy School
East B
Joan C. Davis
Fort Sill
Bill M. Griffin
21St Place
Smokey's
Joyce Conradt
SE 40Th
Ivan Puett
Tower Road
Goodwill Industries
Melort Motel
W. Lee
Conway & Hole Floor Covering Co
Kincaid
Spirit Lake Massacre details 1857 Sioux raid
A band of Sioux Indians killed 32 people and abducted four women during the Spirit Lake attack in Iowa in 1857, marking a grim frontier confrontation with Native American tribes.
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Spirit Lake
Iowa
Cameron ROTC awards day honors cadets and leaders
ROTC awards day in the Shepler Center mezzanine honored ADET Battalion Commander Mark Landrith with the President's Special Award from Cameron president Dr. Don Owen. Various sponsors presented multiple awards to cadets including Fritz Kirk lighter James Waugh Michael Gray Victor Aguilar Douglas Barton and others.
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ADET
Mark Landrith
Don Owen
Cameron
Shepler Center
Fritz Kirklighter
Department of the Army
James Waugh
Michael Gray
Victor Aguilar
Douglas Barton
Association of the U.S. Army
Benjamin Allen
Richard McCrea
American Legion
Ken Brown
Cyndy Fountain
American Legion Leadership
Gary Trede
Keith Winn
Oklahoma legislator and governor unite against benefit rise
A new Oklahoma City representative and Gov. David Boren pledged to oppose any increase in workers compensation benefits without reform. Rep. Jim Fried and Boren stressed they want meaningful changes, with Fried's own measure a possible vehicle for reform. Fried to meet with State Insurance Fund Commissioner Chris Sturm to craft a compromise draft for a special Senate House conference committee.
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Klahoma City
Oklahoma City
David Boren
Jim Fried
Boren
Fried
Senate
Senate- House
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Doris Cummings
Food Services Administration
Alton Charles
David Lucas
Charles Millender
Susan Putney
Johanna Rappsillier
Cynthia Tsonetokoy
Dorothy Yoder
Marion Bish
Alton Chiddox
Bonnie Evans
Jacqueline Knight
James West
W. D. Ford & Son
Douglass, Whittier
Roosevelt
IBM
CMI
St. Clair
Mich
MacArthur Junior High
Tomlinson
Central
Olen Williams Sales and Service
Eisenhower High
Douglass
Rogers
Roosevelt and Whittier
A & A Glass and Supply
Area Funeral Services
Christopher D. Lewis
Ars. L. C. Laws
Buryl Cannon
Park
Becker Funeral Home
Hoyt Ahuddell
Cameron Baptist Church
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Sill Youth School
Sierra Club
Texas
Dr. Vinton K. Arnett
Chiropractic
West Gore
United States
United States Steel
United States Steel Company
J&i Home Improvement & Siding Company
ROTC
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the USA
Michael Ramirez
Walter Hartely
Michael McLaughlin
Daughters of Founders and Patriots of America
Leonard Joiner
Steven McGuffin
Keith Ross
Michael Hudley
David Little
Thomas E. Campbell Association of the U.S. Army Company
Gerald Henley
Cameron Ranger
William Harris
Brent Ballard
James Freeman
Kurt Hansberry
Robert Riley
National Bank
Pee S
Bae DC
Zinc Coat Steel
Leila
UOMO
Maytag
Home Decor
Gore-Sales
Maru Atu Ere
Uc Ee
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