Lawton Students Eye Speech Talks
Twenty four Lawton high school students will attend the 11th annual Oklahoma speech and drama activities conference at the University of Oklahoma Thursday through Saturday. Instructors Mrs Oval Ford and K A Mc Clure will accompany the delegation to Norman with Mrs Ford serving as a critic judge for Friday events. Marilyn Salyer will deliver an original ovation before the conference delegation Friday. The three day event expects over 600 state high school speech students.
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Lawton High School
Oklahoma
University of Oklahoma
Oval Ford
K. A. McClure
Norman
Ford
Marilyn Salyer
LHS
Wayne Potter
Marilyn van Eston
Juanita Jones
Brad Agnew
Joan Godlove
Don Kouri
Jim Maddox
Don Hayes
Agnew
Joe Crosby
Lacy Warren
Glenda Nowlin
Norma Curry
Ellen Ewing
Frankie Ingraham
Ann Lyon
Joy Bryson
Rosemary Hoopert
Pete Love
Judy Huff
Kenneth Hamburger
Kenneth Easton
James Rammire
Hayes
Oklahoma High School Speech League
Giovanelli Hopes Bright Again After Victory
Danny Giovanelli once a top welterweight prospect seeks a comeback after a 1933 win over Vince Martinez. He rose to the top 10 with that upset at Madison Square Garden but faded. A unanimous decision over Paolo Melis at St Nicholas Arena revived his career prospects.
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New York
Danny Giovanelli
Vince Martinez
Brooklyn
Martinez
Madison Square Garden
Paolo Melis
Italy
St. Nicholas Arena
Danny
Segura Joins Kramer's Cast Another Player Still Needed
Los Angeles report says Pancho Segura will join promoter Jack Kramer's professional tour alongside Tony Trabert with a fourth competitor to be selected. Kramer planned to discuss potential inclusion of Richard Gonzales.
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Los Angeles
Pancho Segura
Jack Kramer
Kramer
Pancho
Tony Trabert
Richard
Pancho) Gonzales
Saints Scrimmage Oklaunion After Game Day Plan Falls Through
St Marys high school Saints of Lawton held a six man football scrimmage with Oklaunion high in Oklaunion Texas. A regular game was planned but Oklaunion had exhausted its allotment of games and could only scrimmage.
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Oklaunion
Tex
St. Mary’s High School
Saints of
Lawton
Oklaunion High
Texas
Motley Draws Release From Pittsburgh Steelers
Marion Motley, once among the original Cleveland Browns, became a free agent after being released by the Pittsburgh Steelers on Tuesday. He is noted as a prominent football figure previously with Cleveland in the early NFL era.
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Pittsburgh
Marion Motley
Cleveland Browns
Pittsburgh Steelers
Pro Cage Exhibitions Monday NBA Exhibitions
The Associated Press reports NBA exhibition results with Minneapolis beating Andrews AFB 91 to 79 and St Louis prevailing 91 in a Monday card. Philadelphia spent seven dollars in a separate note.
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Associated Press
Minneapolis
Andrews Afb
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Public Records Marriage Licenses And Divorces Listing
Public records show multiple marriage licensees Alonzo Eugene Bal i Lawton and Ne tee Gaee eee Joe A Van Engen Doon re Janice Van 19 Sheldon and Jerry Moore 21 of cme S Fourth and Fletcher Fowler 18 F. Divorces include Garland Pugh vs Bessie Pugh granted Oct 31 Mary Anne Kenmore vs Hoyt R Kenmore suit for separate maintenance Ethel N Jones vs Harmon Jones suit for separate maintenance Jake Long vs Lois Morel Long divorce granted with community property settlement Walburga Cook vs Calvin Cook divorce order set aside Sept 15 Juanita F Smith vs Odell K Smith divorce order set aside Vaughan Dennis Oren Vaughan divorce granted Cedric James McDonald vs Dejah T McDonald divorce granted custody of minor children awarded custody to defendant and plaintiff in respective cases.
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Mariage
Alonzo Eugene Bal i
Lawton
Joe A. van Engen
Doon
Janice van
Sheldon
Jerry Moore
Cme S
Fletcher Fowler
Garland Robert Pugh
Bessie Pugh
Mary Anne Kenmore
Hoyt R. Kenmore
Aiere
Francine Moonerham
Ethel N. Jones
Harmon Jones
Jake Long
Lois Morel Long
Juanita F. Smith
Odell K. Smith
Walburga Cook
Calvin Cook
Tia £. Vaughan
Dennis Oren Vaughan
Willie B. Alexander
Betty June Alexander
Cedric James McDonald
Dejah T. McDonald
Lawton High Crowns Football Queen For Homecoming
Rosa Mae Davis, a Lawton High senior, will be crowned 1955 football queen on November 11 during the homecoming game against Enid at Roosevelt Stadium. She was chosen with attendants Reddy Johnson and Delores Pannell, while Hugh Bish and Jerry Brammer lead planned activities.
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Rosa Mae Davis
Lawton High School
Wolverines
Enid
Rooseveltt Stadium
Miss Davis
R. A. Davis
Ferris
LHS
Reddy Johnson
Harold Johnson
Delores Pannell
J. A. Pannell
Atlanta
Hugh Bish
Jerry Brammer
Needy To Receive Free Food To Start November 17
Emil Woesner county commissioner said the central district free food distribution will begin November 17 to ensure needy families receive rations before Thanksgiving. The program starts early this month to assist during the holiday season.
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Emil Woesner
Central District
Woesner
Crawford Becomes National League Umpire After Career Switch
Henry C. Crawford known as Shay to local sandlot players, returned home from a truck driving job to learn he was purchased by the National League as an umpire. The 35 year old father of four had officiated in the American Association last season and joined the NL following Lon Warneke's resignation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Henry C
Shay) Crawford
Nationals
American Assn
Crawford
National League
Lon Warneke
Ice Hockey At A Glance
Monday's results show no games in any leagues. Tuesday's schedule includes Troy at Fort Wayne as the only international league game and Baltimore at Philadelphia as the sole Fastern League matchup.
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Troy
Fort Wayne
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Rams Face San Francisco Without Boyd and Van Brocklin
The Los Angeles Rams may be shorthanded for Sunday’s game against the San Francisco 49ers. Star end Bob Boyd will be out and quarterback Norman Van Brocklin may not start, according to team reports.
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LOS Angeles !S
Los Angeles Rams
Bob Boyd
Norman van Brocklin
San Francisco ‘49Ers
Methodists Grab Top Spot In Church Bowling League
Centenary Methodist led the standings at Sooner Lanes as Jim Gentry posted a 527 series guiding Centenary to four points from Westminster Presbyterian. St Johns Lutheran moved up with Joe Inselmann’s 529 series aiding a 3 point win over Congregational, keeping the race tight among top teams.
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Methodists
Jim Gentry
Centenary Methodist
Sooner Lanes
Centenary
Westminster Presbyterian
First Presbyterian
Central Baptist
Gentry
St. Johns Lutheran
Joe Inselmann
Congregational
St. Johns
Homer Pitts
Bill Ewald
Stevens Point Star Nobbs Miller Eyes Pro Football Push
Stevens Point State College running back Nobbs Miller, 185 pounds, starred in a 13-0 win at Eau Claire to seal the Wisconsin State College Conference title. He carried 31 times for 155 yards, scoring twice and the extra point, bringing his season ground gain to 1096 yards and earning league scoring honors with 56 points. Pro interest from the Rams and Packers has begun, with more teams expected to show interest as Miller’s durability shines through a recent illness.
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Stevens Point
Wis
Ted Fritsch
Norbert (Nobbs) Miller
Stevens Point State College
Dynamo
Los Angeles Rams
Green Bay Packers
Miller
Eau Claire
Nobbs
Wisconsin State College
Nubbs
Eisenhower Won't Commit To 1956 Run Soon
President Eisenhower is not rushing to decide on a second term. Top aides and old allies say he will complete his present presidency and may influence his successor. Officials discuss possible policy keeps and a later State of the Union. Summerfield mentions higher postal rates while White House medical updates show gradual recovery.
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Denver
Eisenhower
Arthur Summerfield
Summerfield
Fitzsimons Army Hospital
GOP
Mitchell
Montgomery
Congress
Washington
White House
Gettysburg
Paul Dudley White
Boston Heart
Dillon Anderson
Guided Missile Warship Is Ready To Join Fleet
The Navy commissions the Boston, a World War II cruiser converted to carry Terrier guided missiles with 20 mile range. Captain Martell notes autonomous loading and rapid salvos, marking the fleet’s first robot weapons warship. Canberra will follow as the second guided missile firing cruiser.
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U.S.S. Boston
Navy
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Elton C. Fay
Philadelphia
Boston
Navy Yard
Charles B. Martell
Canberra
Lehman Sees Federal Disaster Insurance Bill Next Year
Sen. Lehman of New York predicts a federal disaster insurance bill will reach Congress next year though he criticizes administration for lacking specific proposals. Hearings continue with Sen. Payne and SBA, Agriculture, Interior witnesses. Boston and Hartford trips noted.
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Lehman
Washington
Sen
Congress
Sen. Payne
Maine
Small Business Administration
Departments of Agriculture and Interior
New York City
Boston
Providence
R. I
Hartford
Conn
Cityan Accused of Drunk Driving
Austin Briertoff, 36, of 1805 A, was committed to county jail on $500 bond after pleading innocent in county court to driving while intoxicated. Police reports allege Briertoff was arrested by Trooper W. W. Flanagan following a file by County Attorney Manville Redman.
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Austin Briertoff
S. R. Harper
Manville Redman
Brierton
Highway Patrol
W. W. Flanagan
Woodrow Giles
Jake D. Alexander
Fort Sill
Albert Raymond Elam
Wichita Falls
Marvin Cameron
Elam
Flanagan
Pastor to Show Pictures of Trip at Northwest Extension
Dr. H. Tom Wiles of First Baptist will display photos from his Holy Land trip at the Northwest Baptist extension on Pollard Street tonight at 7 p.m. John Rey Harris serves as superintendent of the northwest city group.
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H. Tom Wiles
First Baptist Church
Holy Land
Northwest Baptist Extension
Pollard
John Rey Harris
Northwest City
Mystery Reappears as Girl Stages Posthumous Return
In Durban a 14 year old girl declared dead received a death certificate and sleep in a coffin. Her eyes opened and she asked for milk as officials launch inquiry into the death claim. The girl remains in government hospital in fair condition after the startling revival following three days of supposed death.
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Durban
South Africa
Maria Sitebe
Maria
November Convention Slacks Off After Busy Month
Lawton's November convention calendar is light compared with October's, with the largest event November 10-12 as the Oklahoma Association of Licensed Practical Nurses meets at the Hotel Lawtonian. About 400 delegates are expected, and Erma Stake ly leads local arrangements. An opening Sunday session will host Business and Professional Women from five organizations in district six, with 75 attendees and Vera Pederson of Oklahoma City as luncheon speaker. Delegates hail from Anadarko, Chickasha, Duncan, Marlow, and Lawton. Kiwanis workshop is set for November 20 at Public Service Co. building, drawing 100 to 150 Civic club members from division 18. Jay Dee Fountain leads Northwest Kiwanis as division lieutenant governor.
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Lawton
Oklahoma Association of Licensed Practical Nurses
Lawtonian
Erma Stakely
Business and Professional Women's Club
Lela J. Wilson
Vera Pederson
Oklahoma City
Anadarko
Chickasha
Duncan
Marlow
Kiwanians
Public Service Co
Civic Club
Kiwanis
Court Notes Laws, Foreclosures, Receivers and Quiet Title
Cambridge Savings Bank of Cambridge Mass sue Maynard L Revard and Mary Rose Revard on two notes and foreclose mortgages on Lawton Heights Addition lots 3 4 block 59 Lawton with receiver Robert Williamson of Lawton Realty. First National Bank of Indiahoma sues Edwin Bland to record abstracts of judgments totaling 419... granted plaintiff. Leon R Burks Elnora M Burks vs A W McCright and others quiet title to Lawton View Addition lots 30 32 block 6 petition granted.
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Cambridge Savings Bank of
Cambridge
Mass
Maynard L. Revard
Mary Rose Revard
Lawton Heights Addition
Lawton
Robert Williamson
Lawton Realty Company
First National Bank of Indiahoma
Edwin Bland
Leon R. Burks
Elnora M. Burks
A. W. MecCright
Lawton View Addition
Michigan Coastline Longer Than Atlantic Reach
Michigan spans 3,121 miles of lakeshore the longest coastline of any state and equal in length to the Atlantic shoreline from Maine to Florida.
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Michigan
Lakeshore
Union
Maine
Florida
Surgeons Launch Probe Into Alleged High Fees
ALTON L. BLAKESLEE reports Chicago on a special committee of the American College of Surgeons and its six to seven distinguished surgeons will investigate surgical fees. A preliminary report is planned by mid-December to regents of the college. The panel will publicize findings, if any, and will not name its members initially.
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Chicago
American College of Surgeons
I. S. Ravdin
Philadelphia
ACS Board of Regents
College of Surgeons
Ravdin
ACS
Kerr and Wickersham Seek Open Storage Of Cotton
Sen. Robert S. Kerr and Rep. Victor Wickersham urged the Commodity Credit Corp to allow open storage of cotton in southwestern Oklahoma. They asked CCC regional director F. P. Biggs to permit Mangum Frederick area plants to sign warehouse receipts so farmers could obtain full government loans on their crop.
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Oklahoma City
Robert S. Kerr
Victor Wickersham
Commodity Credit Corp
Oklahoma
F. P. Biggs
New Orleans
CCC
Mangum
Frederick
Truman Morgan
Farmers Union Co-op
J. H. Wells
Traders Compress
Cecil Black
Funeral Rites For Capt Leon Pingenot Reported En Route
Capt Leon A Pingenot long associated with Fort Sill and the 43rd Armored Infantry Battalion is identified as killed in action near the Chosin Reservoir Korea in 1950. His body has been recovered and identification established Col Jack L Rhodes Fort Sill provost marshal informed. He served in World War II Omaha Beach Nor mandy invasion and survived. He married Virginia Rhodes in 1944 and is survived by a son Daniel.
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Leon A. Pingenot
Fort Sill
United States
Far East
Jack L. Rhodes
Department of the Army
Pingenot
Rhodes
1St
Chosin Reservoir
Korea
43Rd Armored Infantry Battalion
106Th Infantry Regiment
Omaha Beach
France
San Antonio
Tex
36Th Division
Texas National Guard
Virginia Rhodes
Daniel
City Man Finds Tractor In Yard
Lawton resident awoke to a Ford tractor with front-end loader parked in his yard a Halloween prank. The tractor belonged to J. B. Howard and was dropped in George Walters' front yard at 206 North 31st after being taken from 34th and Baltimore.
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Lawtonian
J. B. Howard
George Walters
34Th
Baltimore
Walters
Flower Gift Shop Names New Manager In City
Charley Snyder of Oklahoma City today assumed management of the J Wiley Richardson Flower and Gift Store here. Snyder has 16 years with Richardson shops. Mrs Addie Sheets and Watt Fleming had led the store since Talya Dorband left three months ago. Mr and Mrs Snyder have a two year old son and will reside here.
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Charley Snyder
Oklahoma City
J. Wiley Richardson
Snyder
Richardson Floral
Richardson
Addie Sheets
Watt Fleming
Talya Dorband
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The
Oklahoma Speech Association
League
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Saints
Motley
Pro Cage
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Rams
Ray Fisher
West
Stevens Point College
Ernest B. Vaccaro
Roger Jones
Budget Bureau
Executive Branch
Walter Williams
Williams
Jones
Cityan
Trip
Jay Dee Fountain
Northwest Kiwanis Club
Superior Court
Southwestern Radio & Sound
4Th & E
H” Avenue
the McKee CO
Pho
Complete Insurance Service
By Alton L. Blakeslee
Capt
Leon Pingenot
A. B. Drug CO
Ith & D Ave
Jim
Las Viernes
Locatee Aa
Ade
Cleas
BEL Air
NASH
Trader Jim Gaskins
Lawton-Fort Sill
John Schneider
Leeu, 911
Lee
Lawton, Okla
Chevrolet
Chevrolet Company
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