May Breakfast Closes Kappa Year at Lawton Club
Miss Nellie Weathers retire is honored at the Kappa Kappa Iota May Day breakfast at Lawton Golf and Country Club. New president Mrs. Bob Crutcher presided as outgoing leader Mrs. Glenn Dillingham received a Kappa honor. Attendees urged convention attendance, with performances by Storey & Barton School of the Dance and Prairie Larks boys choir.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Weathers
Kappa Kappa Iota Teachers Sorority
Lawton Golf & Country Club
Bob Crutcher
Glenn Dil
Lawton Woman's Forum
Ethel Dikes
Clarice McMillion
Janie Daniel
Jo Sessions
Blanche Crane
Jewell Bowman
S. E. Lowe
Laura Wells
Social Calendar Wednesday and Thursday events in Lawton
A packed list of local social and club events for Lawton includes the Order of Rainbow Girls election of officers at 7:30 p.m. in the Masonic temple on Wednesday, and a Thursday schedule with a First Christian church graduation banquet at Bryan's Coffee Shop, Dorcas Sunday School meeting rescheduled to June 3, American Legion auxiliary session at 7:30 p.m., Carolyn Hunt club officer elections at 2 p.m., Altrusa dinner at Martin's, Jamie Short Young Women's Association meeting at 7:30 p.m., Lawton High's Future Nurses of America meeting at 7:30 p.m., Fort Sill Panhellenic luncheon and games, and multiple other club activities including the Home Demonstration group and Union of Eastern Star.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Christian Church
Altrusa Club of
Lawton
Martin’s
Jamie Short Young Women’s Association of Central Baptist Church
Max Gregor
Arlington
Aaren
Fort Sill Panhellenic
Fort Sill
Farm water needs and labor for outdoors pumping
The average farm kitchen requires 20 to 30 tons of water each year. Carrying it from an outdoor pump would require about 30 eight hour days of labor.
Young Matrons Newsie Officers Form New Leadership
Mrs. Don Jones was named president of the First Christian Young Matrons at a 7:45 pm Tuesday church parlor meeting. Elected officers include Mrs. Ralph Wertz as vice president, Mrs. Willard Cochran secretary, and Mrs. F. F. Hulswit treasurer. Dr. Royce Means spoke as health director guest. Members voted to send funds to Phillips University Enid for a new girls dormitory. Refreshments were served by Kenneth Otis and Paul ty. one new member, Mrs. Jack Fulton, attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Jones
First Christian Young Matrons
Ralph Wertz
Williard Cochran
F. F. Hulswit
Royce Means
Warren Chrisman
Phillips University
Enid
Kenneth Otis
Paulty
Jack Fulton
Roosevelt PTA Ends Year's Meets
Roosevelt Parent-Teacher association held its final meeting at the school auditorium with 130 attendees for a 6:30 p.m. pot-luck. Mrs. Roy Burt led a brief business session while Mrs. Jerry Denton reported on the regional PTA convention at Clinton as delegates Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Dripler Miss Jennie Schwarte and Mrs. Melvin Keith were among the delegates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thelma Talla
Glen Dutcher
Roosevelt Parent-Teacher Association
Roy Burt
Jerry Denton
PTA
Clinton
Lloyd Dripler
Jennie Schwarte
Melvin Keith
Burt
McKinley PTA Has Program At School Supper
John Smith gave the invocation as McKinley PTA members and families gathered for a 6:30 p.m. covered dish supper. J. T. Moore led singing, adults played charades, women on the losing side. Children joined contests. arrangement committee listed several members across families. About 240 persons attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Smith
McKinley Parent-Teacher Association
J. T. Moore
Clarice Schott
John Holcomb
Claud Johnson
George Cookson
Gilbert Monotoboy
Swinney School First Graders To Present Operetta Thursday
National Music Week events at Swinney School feature first graders performing an operetta in the auditorium with a 7:30 p.m. show and a 1 p.m. children’s matinee. Ruth Rivers directs with assistants Betty Hill Woods and Mary Belle Ellis.
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Swinney School
Ruth Rivers
Betty Hill
Woods
Mary Belle Ellis
Mari= Thompson
Elizabeth Porter
Jean Majors
Terry Riddle
Lee Hayes
Kendall Heidt
Billy King
Larry Klos
Danny Redding
Eddie Roberts
Danny Smith
Wesley Sparks
Ross Nash
Peter Stone
Jimmy Morris
Robert Ivey
Imps
Brad Bradley
Melvin Cervey
J. W. Crawford
David Dennis
Kent Fountain
Mike Francis
Sparky Hearin
Michael McCloskey
la Pain
Trent Rust
David She
Jerry Henderson
Henry Gresham
Larry Patton
Wesley Holley
Freddy Schwarz
James Bishop
Bruce Blakely
Keith Farris
Patrick Giddings
William Hodge
Stephen Ward
Jerry Warren
William White
Benny Wiggins
Rodney Nauschuetz
John Selfe
Harold McCurry
Barbara Williams
Debby Donoho
Sandra Jolly
Oneda Slatten
Judy Wilson
Roberta Connelly
Ann Lynn Parker
Gail Tehman
Susan Bivins
Carolyn Fye
Kathy Ivey
Sherrin Tully
Barbara Moye
Mercille Wisakowsky
Lynn Bucher
Ruthie Jones
Pamela Lewis
Kristine Nelson
Aleta Patterson
Linda Peck
Joan Randall
Kathryn Safer
Lani Smith
Carol Speakes
Mary Lynn Zahn
Mary Lea Montgomery
Arlette Jones
Reachel Berger
Moonbeams
Sharon Beeman
Cheryl Bywaters
Fort Sill speeders drive and local election moves
30 Years Ago a Fort Sill Blvd speeders crackdown was threatened by officers after weekend incidents. E. E. Butler announces re election bid for county superintendent. John McTaggart, Cyril schools chief, runs for county superintendent. 20 Years Ago Weldon Gentry and others from Lawton earn honors at Central State Teachers College. Lenna Spear Sherry enters race for Comanche County Schools superintendent. Bill Stibling seeks Comanche County sheriff. 10 Years Ago Theron D. York, Lawton aerial sergeant in Australia, earns Air Medal. Piper Cub maker W T Piper speaks in Lawton. J F Howenstine of Cache elected president of Comanche Pecan Growers Association.
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Constitution
Fort Sill Blvd
E. E. Butler
John McTaggard
Cyril
Weldon Gentry
Chester M. Capshaw
Charles H. LaCrosse
Nigell Mayes
Lawton
Central State Teachers College
Lenna Spear Sherry
Comanche County
W. S
Bill” Stibling
Theron D. York
Australia
W. T. Piper
Chamber of Commerce
J. F. Howenstine
Cache
New
Miners Trapped as Gas Explosion Hits Italian Mine
In Grosetto Italy rescue teams labored through rock after a gas explosion trapped 20 to 50 miners about 1,000 feet underground. By Tuesday 16 bodies were pulled from the coal mine and 13 others were reported missing or alive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Grosetto
van Raalte
Dawnelle
Echo
Vera
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Carol Best
Helen Elliott
Glenda Moss
Ernestine Rollins
Louise Smith
Roscoe Beauchamp
Orville Cox
Daroldne Carl Fitch
Adolph Jetz
W. A. Humble
Jessie Mae Hines
George Kalbfleisch
Jack Kerans
Irma Lou McCray
Helen McCrory
W. C. Newton
C. A. Roberts
James Sanders
Claude Sexton
Virgie Wallace
Pat Woods
KKI
Bennie Jo Akers
Carrie Fisher
Ruth Fullingim
Hallie Hanna
Amelia Heintz
Pauline Riley
Anna Sherry
Maurine Stabler
Marjorie Stevenson
Cecil Baker
W. J. Becker
E. L. Bowman
John H. Bowman
Mildred Coltharp
Gertrude Cook
Joe Curb
Tom Duncan
John Fullerton
D. A. Givens
Edward Graham
R. L. Gensman
Beatrice Hoover
Tex Harris
Ruth Hunter
Willis Huffman
Lara Johnson
Carl Johnson
Ben Leonhardt
Ralph Little
Furman Lowry
Vada Grooms
Albert Martin
Betty Provine
Grace Payne
Wesley Regan
Wesley Silk
Evelyn Shelby
Christina Swanson
Seigiar
L. A. Wickman
Oscar Williams
Rainbow Girls
Masonic Temple
Triangle
Ruth Clark
Order of Eastern Star
Shakespeare Club
First Presbyterian Church
Love McDuffie Tolbert
White House
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Columbus
Tolbert
Wheeler
James
Arch
Jack Tolbert
Newsie
Roosevelt Pta
Hann
E. Oliver
D Avenue
Elgin
Wadsworth
Benrus
Gruen
Mae
C Avenue
Fourth Street
McKinley Pta
Kirby Sales & Service
Jan Little
Donna Loftin
A Mengel
Karen Paulson
Laura Ruble
Cynthia Sif. Sifford
Lou Ann Smith
Claudia Wenzel
Linda Whitten
Carol Wuest
Donna Boroughs
Carolyn DeMerritt
Susan Hayes
Sue Horch
Jan Hornbeck
Donna Kosewitz
Barbara Laib
Leslie Patten
Betty Rolston
Janis Shrader
Rosalind Winchester
Judy White
Mary Lou Selfe
Charlene Jelks
Joan Neher
Judy Neher
Cmne
Tom Oliver
Fairmont
U.S.P
Pure Ice Company
E Ave
S&h
Best Cleaners & Fur Storage
Ave. Ph
Scott
Bill Smith Agency Auto Insurance
Eos Onip Nonole Sou
Suip’n Sucre
Meyranyal
Scott's
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