Lawton NSA to Award Top Secretarial Students
Lawton chapter of the National Secretaries Association will present annual awards at school year end. The outstanding graduating secretarial student from Lawton High and the top Cameron sophomore will receive cups. Selection is by LHS and Cameron instructors with NSA input.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
National Secretaries Association
LHS
Cameron
Geraldine Hair
Lawton Nsa
Hugh Bishi
Lawton High
Dorothy Goode
LHS Commerce Department
Vernon Howell
Blanche Beavers
Cameron Commerce Department
Miss Hair
Rain Strikes Oklahoma State With Widespread Showers
Rain and thunderstorm activity spread across Oklahoma causing river crests on Canyon Creek near Robinsons boat landing and flooding potential in key watershed areas. Reports included hail in Duncan Chandler and Witcher while a funnel cloud neared Duncan before dissipating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canyon Creek
Robinson's Boat Landing
Weather Bureau
Hobart
Gage
Oklahoma City
Ardmore
McAlester
Lawton-Fort Sill
Highway Patrol
Clinton
Summy
Duncan
Chandler
Witcher
Oklahoma County
Spann Murder Trial To Open Tomorrow
Elijah and Edith Spann face trial in WeWoka Oklahoma charged with murdering their 5 year old son by tying a string around his body as a bed wetting deterrent. District Judge Bob Howell will oversee jury selection from a pool of 160 jurors. The couple deny mistreatment of the child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wewoka
Okla
Elijah
Edith Marie Spann
Bob Howell
Spanns
Here
Lawton Parade to Helicopter Square Dance Schedule
Members of the Chamber of Commerce stamp a new cashier manager Yoakim at the Old South cafeteria as a petite brownette charm captures attention. A full schedule runs from 10 a.m. parade in Lawton to 4 30 p m helicopter square dance at t Field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Yoakim
Old South
Bill
Lucille
Papa
Lawton
T Field
Memorial Births Report From Local Hospital
Hospital notes list numerous births and admissions. Entries include newborns for Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Johnson, Billy McCann, William Jordan, Oswald Parton, Robert Burgess, Robert Sanmann, John Roskam, William Loftis, and others with times and weights. Dismissals note patients leaving after surgeries or medical care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar Johnson
Andrews
Billy McCann
Summit
William Jordon
Lindy
Ivan Garner
Lawton
Rgery
Geeerik Bearden
G. Wretha Lou Barnhart
Dearborn
de Blue
Garfield
Claud Holden
Billy Jack
Jeff Jack
Snyder
Melody LynneConnell
Lloyd McConnell
Wichita Falls
Tex
William Higgins
Everett Higgins
Fort Sill
C. M. Hardy
Jefferson
Alton Wallace
Mgay Stroud
D. J. Taylor
Olen Phelps
Oswald Parton
Provost
Shawnee
Narcise Personeau
Robert Sands
Pawnee
Leonard Cozad
Anadarko
Bucky Seymour
Robert Burgess
Robert Sanmann
Park
John Roskam
Chattanooga
William Loftis
N. 24Th
A Lund
Columbia
Weldon Cosgrove
Joe Payne
S. 19Th
Herman Greear
James Darnell
Apache
R. O. Morrison
Floyd
Lloyd Tackle
New York
Frankie Jordan
James Cunningham
Bill Hunt
Cen James Ellis
Cyril
W. A. Wilson
Walters
Armed Forces Day Observance in Lawton and Fort Sill
The Walters Rotary Club and Fletcher Lions host talks by Lt. Col. J. S. Kimmitt Henry Ford Col. Jack L. Rhodes and Bert Alford as part of Armed Forces Day events. A 10 a.m. Saturday parade through downtown Lawton launches the fifth annual observance with Civilian and military groups participating and the national slogan Power for Peace. After the parade the public may watch Fort Sill displays including range firing and an aerial square dance by four helicopters.
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Lawton
Fort Sill
West Point Graduate Horton Led 190th Field Artillery Battalion
Horton graduated West Point in 1923 and served across Forts Sill Bragg and Bliss. He taught ROTC at Virginia Military Institute, attended Command and General Staff School, then joined the 1st Cavalry division. In 1942 he went overseas as commander of the 190th FA Battalion and reported to the assault training center in Ireland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eral Horton
U.S. Military Academy
West Point
Fort Sill
1St FA
Fort Bragg
N. C
Virginia Military Academy
Command and General Staff School
Leavenworth
Kan
1St Cavalry Division
Fort Bliss
Tex
Horton
190Th FA Bn
Ireland
Assault Training Center
Turner Moves to Block Senate Primary Hearing
Roy Turner seeks to block a Senate primary hearing contending the Oklahoma Election Board lacks jurisdiction for matters beyond filing validity and qualifications. The challenge by David C. Shapard targets Turner and Sen. Robert Kerr with caps of 3000 dollars for primary spending, while subpoenas may be expanded and a ruling is due within days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turner
Mocratic Gama
U. S. Senate
Serables Seanad Sibeadie Toneat
David C. Shapard
Oklahoma City
Senate
Mae
Robert S. Kerr
Leon Shipp
Shapard
Shipp
George D. Key
Election Board
Kerr
Yennor
Falstaff Brewing Chief Visit Planned to Lawton
Joseph Griesedieck president of Falstaff Brewing and an executive group from St. Louis and Omaha will visit Lawton Wednesday to confer with P and D Distributing Co. personnel. The 35 year old Griesedieck leads Falstaff as a third generation family head and will travel with Saeger Branson Holtman Sherwood Obert and Burke to Oklahoma City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Griesedieck
St. Louis
Falstaff Brewing Corporation
Omaha
Lawton
Falstaff
P & D Distributing Co
Griesedieck
Roland A. Saeger
Gerry P. Branson
George P. Holtman
Roy D. Sherwood
Louis Obert
Oklahoma City
Territorial
Edmund Burke
New York
Dancer-Fitzgerald-Sample, Inc
Oklahoma Indian affairs meeting features hospital insurance talk
The session was attended by Comanche Indians chairman and John Thomas Jr. of the Chamber of Commerce committee on Indian affairs. Windham Hill of Tulsa spoke on extended hospitalization benefits from Blue Cross and Blue Shield. Special guests included Mrs. Margaret Lamb of Norman Municipal Hospital, state president of the Oklahoma Hospital Association, and Cleve Rodgers, executive secretary of the state association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Thomas Jr
Chamber of Commerce Committee On Indian Affairs
Windham Hill
Tulsa
State Case Department of Blue Cross
Blue Shield
Margaret Lamb
Norman Municipal Hospital
Oklahoma Hospital Association
Cleve Rodgers
State Association
Douglass Students Win Industrial Art Meet at Langston
Douglass high school captured first place in the exhibits division at the state Industrial Arts meeting held on Langston campus. Oklahoma City Douglass and Booker T. Washington of Tulsa finished second and third. Lawton earned a second in performance as reported by principal John Sadberry. The winning exhibit featured two coffee tables a magazine rack and a book shelf by Mairten Gaines James Gaines Henry Dillard and William Burks. E E Stewart led two students Carnell Fisher and James Gaines to the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglass High School
Langston University
Douglass
Oklahoma City
Booker T. Washington
Tulsa
Lawton
John Sadberry
Sadberry
Mairten T. Gaines
James Gaines
Henry Dillard
William Burks
E. E. Stewart
Carnell Fisher
Four Cityans Express Interest in Oklahoma Crime Study
Governor Johnston Murray announced four Lawtonians expressed interest in a state Crime Study commission to be appointed within two weeks. Names include George W. Barber, Mrs. J. Hale Edwards, Exall English, and Arch Parmenter amid a large statewide meeting in Oklahoma City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnston Murray
George W. Barber
J. Hale Edwards
N. 17Th
Exall English
Fort Sill Boulevard
Arch Parmenter
Bell
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City Live stock and Market Grades Report
Cattle receipts around 5 000 with 1 000 calves and 30 loads noted trade slow on slaughter cattle. High choice steers and yearlings 20.25 21.50, top cows 15.50, hogs steady to 25 lower, top 27.00. Eggs and poultry prices from state department of agriculture listed for several towns with varied No 1 and f o b farm quotes. Strawberry prices reported as steady with auction last Sunday strong range 7.50 9.05 per crate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
USDA
Sheen
State Department of Agriculture Today
Lawton
Guyman
Hooker
Alva
Hobart
Frederick
Vici
Clinton
Enid
Fairview
Medford
Blackwell
Reno
Hennessee
Kingfisher
Broilers
F.o.b
Shawnee
Muskogee
Vinita
Tulsa
Ardmore
McAlester
Pauls Valley
Laverne
Watonga
Elk City
Chickasha
Durant
Chandler
el Reno
Governor Murray Quits Democratic National Committeeman Race
Oklahoma City May 10 Governor Johnston Murray withdraws from the race for Democratic national committeeman and favors delaying the selection until after the July primaries. Bartlesville candidate William C Doenges resigns but the state executive committee has not acted. Murray cites his wife Willie’s candidacy for governor and says he will still offer a recommendation if the post is vacant after his term ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Johnston Murray
William C. Doenges
Bartlesville
Murray
Willie
Overnor
Smith Hester
Purcell
Gary
Madill
Robert S. Kerr
Senate
Orda
Kingston Baptist Church
Oklahoma Baptist Convention
Oklahoma Baptist University
Shawnee
Bertha Preuitt Seeks Reelection for Comanche County Clerk
Bertha Preuitt announces her candidacy for reelection as Comanche County Clerk in the Democratic Primary on July 6 1954. She notes long service since 1923 and eight years as county clerk, pledging an efficient courteous administration and continued staffing with trained personnel.
Soviet Praise Of Allies Marks V E Day In Pravda
The first deputy defense minister pages in Pravda hail Allied efforts in World War II and salute Eisenhower and Montgomery for leading U S and British forces against Nazi Germany. He criticizes U S postwar policy and military blocs while affirming Soviet resilience and anticommunist ideas.
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Moscow
Georgia
Europe
Britain
United States
Henethanes
Pravda
Communist Party
Zhukov
Eisenhower
Viscount Montgomery
America
U. S
Soviet Union
Russia
Asia
Welch Named to County Conservation Board
E. A. Welch of Rt. 1 Elgin was appointed to the county Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation board replacing K. V. Rhodes who resigned to run for sheriff. The three member ASC oversees price support allotments quotas and emergency programs. Welch, a former Dolese quarry operator, serves as Rod and Gun club president and is active in local governance. His son Emmett Jr and daughter Lillian live in California.
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E. A. Welch
Rt. 1
Elgin
County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Board
K. V. (Tink) Rhodes
ASC
Bert Wolf
Meers
Guy E. Wood
Faxon
Welch
Rod and Gun Club
Stony Point
First Methodist Club of
Expansion of Army Barracks and Quarters Program
The document outlines urgent construction to expand training capacity and housing. Five barracks will become three story dormitories with 263-man capacity each. The plan fits into a permanent barracks program for 41 078 spaces in the continental United States with authorization requested. Bachelor officers quarters will house 60 men as part of a larger total of 350 spaces in the continental United States for which approval is sought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Gary Seeks Governorship After Pay Raise Bar
Oklahoma State Senator Raymond Gary emerges as a leading Democratic gubernatorial hopeful in 1950. A longtime rancher and businessman, he built a steady campaign with strong Senate credentials including Appropriations Committee chairmanship. He faces questions on his regional appeal versus urban support and a past pay raise controversy.
Suspect Arrested In Theft Of Guns
A Lawton man is jailed in connection with the theft of guns jewelry and other merchandise from Buck's pawn shop at 101 N Second. The suspect sold a stolen watch which led police to the loot hidden in a garage rafters a downtown Lawton cab stand and an abandoned truck south of Lawton. Fingerprints on the recovered items are being checked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
Buck
N. Second
Everett Hale
Cleo Stout
Eulis Young
Third
G. Stout
Otis Waldron
Aggie Cow Completes 365 Day Production Test
Camstace June Pride a Cameron college Holstein Friesian cow completed a year long production test yielding 16 303 pounds of milk and 545 pounds of butterfat. Milked three times daily she began at three years seven months old with an average of about 21 quarts per day for the Lago Tests conducted by Oklahoma A&M College in cooperation with the Holstein Friesian Association of America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camstace June Pride
Cameron College
Oklahoma &M College
Holstein-Friesian Association of America
Nine Students Win McMahon Scholarships in Oklahoma
The McMahon Memorial Journalism Scholarships award $200 to nine top Oklahoma high school male journalists. Recipients include David Frost Jr, Ronald Thompson, Patrick Keenan, James Stepp, Mike Cox, Ronald Jaggers, Willard Thomas, Billy Wise, and Gerald Bone. Renewable after each Norman campus year, with future Norman announcements pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman
Oklahoma
McMahon
University of Oklahoma
George L. Cross
McMahon Foundation of
Lawton
Fayette Copeland
OU School of Journalism
David C. Frost Jr
Hobart
Ronald E. Thompson
Tulsa
Patrick D. Keenan
Tahlequah
James O. Stepp
Headrick
Mike S. Cox
Talihina
Ronald H. Jaggers
Claremore
Willard Y. Thomas
Duncan
Billy M. Wise
Tecumseh
Gerald H. Bone
Jay
Dr. Land
Visiting Maj Gen DeShazo Calls Fort Sill and Lawton Visit
Maj Gen Thomas DeShazo chief of the Military Assistance Group and former artillery school official toured Fort Sill and Lawton on a one day trip. He arrived Sunday night and will depart Tuesday morning after meetings in Washington. He met his son Lt Tommy DeShazo at Fort Sill and longtime friends on base. Mrs DeShazo is nearly fully recovered from polio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas DeShazo
Paris
Fort Sill
Lawton
General DeShazo
Washington
Fort Benning
Tommy DeShazo
DeShazo
Oklahoma Physician Draws Suspension for Patient Complaint
An Oklahoma physician drew a three month suspension from his county medical society after a patient filed a grievance with the Oklahoma Medical Association committee. Names and county of practice were not disclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
County Medical Society
Oklahoma Medical Association
Stop Taking Harsh Drugs for Constipation
A brief consumer notice promotes Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a gentler constipation remedy. It claims relief without harsh side effects and offers a money back guarantee with a mail order to Box 280 New York 18 NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Br. Call
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