4-H Club awards honor area youth at meeting
The session featured meat judging programs and county contests involving 4-H boys and girls with training reaching 600 youths over three years. Hillside 4-H won best display window, while other honors included $50 and $25 bonds and various program medals. Delegates were named for state and national clubs. the meeting drew about 150 at Cameron College auditorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Masters
Eurah Richards
John A. Brown-Dunkin Company
Oklahoma City
Tulsa
Larry Buchwald
Faxon
John A. Brown-Dunkin
Shirley Brantley
Bob Wood
National Club Congress
Chicago
Margie Mae John
Marvin Livingston
Jim Clower
Cadhe
Mary Jane Smith
Judy Kay Roberts
Indiahoma
Livingston
Federation
Jane Carson
Janeris Hager
Cache
Kathleen Woesner
Cameron College
Roofing worker burned at Oklahoma City project site
Roberts, employed by Bryan Roofing Co., suffered heat burns to the face and hands while smothering a fire at the new telephone exchange building in Oklahoma City. He lived in a hotel at 106 Lee during the project. The incident followed a prior serious fall by a building supervisor through a night opening into the concrete basement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roberts
Bryan Roofing Co
Oklahoma City
New
Inspecting Heating Systems Urged After Recent City Fires
Fire Chief Harris Hancock warned Lawton residents to inspect heating systems after a string of fires across the southwest. Two homes suffered damage, including a 6:05 a.m. blaze at D. B. Ely’s 1718 Ash, and an 8:15 p.m. Tuesday house fire at Albert Douglas’s 1302 Smith from a bathroom heater. Grass fires on 7:25 p.m. and 8 p.m. and a car yard fire at 115 Roosevelt followed, with cause TBD.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harris Hancock
Lawton
D. B. Ely
Albert Douglas
Smith
S. Third
Pennsylvania
Roosevelt
Area Man In Service Okinawa Arrival of Jessie Williams
Jessie Williams arrives on Okinawa and joins the 75th Regimental Combat Team. He is assigned to Headquarters company after leaving Fort Ord California. His wife Mary resides at 120642 Lee, and Williams is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Genus Williams of Barnesville Georgia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie Williams
Mary
Lee
Okinawa
75Th Regimental Combat Team
U.S
Far East
China
Formosa
Japan
Williams
Genus Williams
Barnesville
Fort Ord
Calif
Local art show awards honor high quality works
Regret was voiced that many paintings of superior quality did not place due to lesser historical meaning. Gift certificates for artists supplies were awarded to winners in oil water color and pastel divisions, donated by four city businesses. Firsts included Louis Shipshee's Buffalo in oil and Grey Sea and Fog by Mrs. Miller in watercolor. Honorable mentions went to Louisa Wilson, J N Wear, Kathleen Peace, and others. Cash purchase prizes funded by Exall English will join local galleries for permanent collections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Miller
Louis Shipshee
Buffalo
Mrs. Turner
Jacqueline Dent
Fort Sill
The
Aquarium
Louisa Wilson
J. N. Wear, Snyder
Louisa
Phipps Served in Infantry Then Led City Police and Fire Units
I N Phipps served with Co H of the 19th Infantry at Camp Travis San Antonio Texas. After the war he joined the fire department on Aug 1 1920 rising to captain and later fire chief for six months of a 20 year career. He joined the police department Nov 1 1941 and became traffic captain when the bureau started in 1951. He helped establish the citys uniform traffic code and worked with Trooper Wes Miller to start the school safety patrol. The Phippses daughter Mrs Wayne Emmons of Enid. Phipps belonged to American Legion Odd Fellows Fraternal Order of Police and Congregational church. He still heads the Civil Defense police unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co. H
19Th Infantry
Camp Travis
San Antonio
Tex
Fire Department
Phipps
Wes Miller
Highway Patrol
Wayne
Adelle) Emmons
Enid
American Legion, Odd Fellows, Fraternal Order of Police
Congregational Church
Civil Defense Police
Western ministers conclude East West talks with no German reunification
The Geneva meeting ends with failure to agree on German reunification and disarmament as Dulles notes some progress on European security but warns Moscow opposed unification. Western and Soviet drafts on disarmament collide amid blame for the collapse, with leaders returning to Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Dulles
Geneva
Europe
Washington
Eisenhower
Russia
Molotov
Soviet Union
City Council Accepts Resignations and Votes on Projects
The council accepted veteran city employee Tom Phipps's resignation after 14 years in police work and 20 in fire service, with pension at 138.50 monthly. Police Chief Hennessee offered no fill recommendations. paving, water, and bid actions followed, including street repairs on Ferris and Lake Lawtonka land sale, plus a 67,847.11 paving district total and various board appointments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. R. Ellsworth
Street Committee
Tom Phipps
Fire Department
Notion
Ralph Hennessee
Phipps
Police Pension Board
Lake Lawtonka
Douglas Smith
Ferris
Standard Paving Co
Continental Casualty Co
Chicago
Smith
Ith
Warren Chrisman
H. D. Hastings
Stitt Pair
E. C. Parks
Lester McKenzie
Pauline Bruns
Summit
City Planning and Zoning Board
Ellsworth
Robert B. Morford
Water Committee
Morford
Atlanta
Baltimore
Well Machinery and Supply Co
Fort Worth
Clowe and Cowan
Wichita Falls
Gainesville Foundry Inc
Gainesville
Tex
Anderson Fletcher - Livingston
Lawton
Sherman Machinery and Iron Works
Oklahoma City
Viking Supply Corp
Health Department
Blunt Zorger
Charlie Rowell
Meers
Rowell
Coyt Robinson
Roy W. Leggett
Jack Webb
O. D. G. Gelvin
Riley Pair
Roy Stephens
Lindy
Rogers Lane
Hoover
Williams
Euclid
Taft
American National Bank
Adlai Announces Campaign Plans for 1956 Run
Adlai Stevenson declared on Wednesday his entry into the Minnesota presidential primary and a renewed bid for the Democratic nomination. He named James A. Finnegan as preconvention campaign manager and Hyman B. Raskin as executive director, with Wilson Wyatt and Stephen A. Mitchell to again aid his campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Adlai Stevenson
Minnesota
Stevenson
Eisenhower
James A. Finnegan
Pennyslvania
Finnegan
Hyman B. Raskin
Democratic National Committee
National Democratic
Stephen A. Mitchell
Wilson Wyatt
Louisville
Mitchell
Ballot On Cotton Marketing Quotas Scheduled Dec. 13
Comanche county cotton growers will vote December 13 on whether marketing quotas will continue for the 1956 crop. County allotments totaling 825,673 acres were mailed to counties as a prelude to the referendum, with Comanche set at 13,985 acres. If quotas pass, price supports stay near parity. if rejected, supports drop to 50 percent and penalties vanish, though allotments remain in effect. Secretary Benson notes national quotas at 10 million bales with 14 million production this year and rising carryover. Local ASC officials anticipate revised county figures and urge selling when loans are favorable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche County
Lewis Haydock
Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service
ASC
Secretary of Agriculture
Ezra T. Benson
Haydock
Bill Sieg
Benson
Oklahoma
Area Man Draws Fine Jail Term For Drunk Driving
Sylvester Hill of Grandfield was found guilty in City court of driving while intoxicated. Judge Ralph Cline imposed a $100 fine plus costs and 10 days in county jail after a trial without a jury. Three state witnesses testified, with no defense witnesses. Hill is free on a $500 property bond during the three day appeal period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylvester Hill
Grandfield
Ralph Cline
Lewis Derke
Johnny West
Bryan Logan
Wayne Watts
Lawton
Hill
23Rd Street
Watts
Court Notes in Superior Court Civil Petitions
Summary of civil petitions and criminal appeal: Sunray Oil Co. Inc. vs Charles Hall and JoAnn Hall for money owed 273.99. Creditors Adjustment Bureau v Walter R. Young for 289.22. J T Porter et al v heirs estate of May Porter to quiet title on lot 8 block 4 Fields and Dunning addition with judgment for plaintiffs. Sentence affirmed in Jack Dempsey Scott v State of Oklahoma criminal appeal for illegal possession of narcotic drugs with 800 dollar fine and five year penitentiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior Court
D-X Sunray Oil Co. Inc
Charles Hall
JoAnn Hall
Lawton
A. W. Young
Creditors Adjustment Bureau
Walter R. Young
J. T. Porter
May Porter
Fields
Jack Dempsey Scott
State of Oklahoma
Criminal Court of Appeals
Science Finds Non Surgical Piles Cure in Preparation H
Science reports a healing substance that shrinks piles and relieves pain without surgery. Doctors note actual shrinking and patients say piles are no longer a problem. The compound Bio-Dyne, used in healing tissue, is now in Preparation H suppositories and ointment sold by druggists with a money back guarantee.
Bids Sought on 96 Indian Lands at Anadarko Kiowa Agency
Kiowa Indian Sub-Agency Anadarko invites bids on 96 parcels across McManche, Kiowa, Caddo, Cotton, Washita, Tillman, Stephens and Grady counties. Auction at 10 a.m. Dec 7 in Riverside Indian School auditorium. Parcels include 92 farmland plots, two houses, two town lots. Contact Robert L. Meshen for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiowa Indian
Anadarko
Comanche
Kiowa
Caddo
Cotton
Washita
Tillman
Stephens
Grady
Riverside Indian School
Aapche
Walters
Lawton
Hoover
Mountain View
Robert L. Meshen
Kiowa Indian Sub- Agency
Hillside 4-H Club Elects New Officers
Hillside 4-H Club elected Carlene Benke as president at Mondays meeting in Hillside school. Helen Bunch became secretary, Charles Benke vice president, Martha Wells song leader, Donald Pittman game leader, and Sherry Pittman treasurer. Next meeting scheduled for December 1 at the school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carlene Benke
Hillside 4-H Club
Hillside
Helen Bunch
Charles Benke
Martha Wells
Donald Pittman
Sherry Pittman
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Council
Wolverton Electric Co
Rae
Coe
TFA Hewery CO
Forgotton
Nin
Cherge
Lal Aay
Cee
Cood
Eugene L. Bowman
Roger Wilkerson
Serv
Mgr
Adlai
Greer Addition
North 31St Street
Jewel
Jayne
Dr. D
Buster Wyatt
Lincoln
Hudsons
Studebal
Lincolns
Hye
Chryslers
Studebakers
I. Rc
Ernie Wyatt
George Glasby
Ted Newman
Jack Griffin
Tom Saffa
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