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Newspaper

Lawton Constitution

Location

Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America

Date

Nov 19, 1947

Page

7

Return To Faith Urged By Dorcas Dinner Speaker

Mrs. E K Caldwell spoke at the Dorcas Sunday school class Thanksgiving dinner held in the Coca Cola plant hospitality room at 7:80 p.m. Rev P Boyd Smith and Mrs Smith attended as special guests. Guests heard a call to faith in God and national renewal, with prayers, songs, and readings emphasizing religion as a guiding force in life.

Dorcas E. K. Caldwell Central Baptist Church Coca-Cola Plant P. Boyd Smith Smith Montgomery Rev. Smith Miss Stafford Clas David Caldwell Nati Ak Earl Austin Marion Austin J. W. Narmore Mary Lou Narmore Joleen Narmore Ellen Bowen M. Roy Montgomery Kirk Larry Irk Misa Pearl Hardin A. L. Hall Lou Hila Hall Bennie Olsen Benna Mare Olsen Sarah Olsen Perry Moss Ronnie Moss Wayne Moss Pat Woods Billy Wooda Joe Woods Claud Hight Tom Cubine Jonita Smith N Cc. B. Colelasuro

Dads Night At Roosevelt PTA Set For Thursday

Roosevelt PTA hosts Dads Night with three events at 7 30 p m in the school auditorium. Mrs Binnie Parrish says the program opens with a PTA address by Mrs Geral Smith followed by a one act play The Hen Peek Holler Sewing Club. A children's carnival and a women’s needlework display will also be shown with refreshments served.

Roosevelt Pca Uni Binnie Parrish Geral Smith te+ glonal PTA PTA

Rites Held For Kelsey A. Allison Pioneer Farmer

Services for 83 year old Kelsey A. Allison of Comanche county were held in Lawton Funeral home chapel with Rev. W A Wilcoxson officiating. Burial followed at Flower Mound cemetery southeast of Lawton. Allison died Sunday at his son Frank Allison’s home after a two year illness. Active and honorary bearers were named, with selections sung by local women and organ accompaniment.

Kelsey A. Allison Comanche County Lawton Funeral Home W. A. Wilcoxson First Baptist Church George King Virgil Halbroks John Davis R. K. Hathaway H. A. Woodward Leo Botts A. B. Dossey B. D Ras) Sullivan Leland John Fred Dove Earl Christmas C. P. Hues Walter Wilson Alya John Rafe Sharpe John Jones Lawrence Hunter Allison Frank Allison Lawton Flower Mound

Social Calendar Highlights Midweek Club Gatherings

Wednesday Alpha Pi chapter and Beta Sigma Phi informal dance at 8 p m at Legion bus Seventh and 5 Local branches of University Women meet at Coca-Cola plant 7 36 p m Dr Jewel Warte Oklahoma Norman speaks. Various clubs hold meetings across Thursday Friday with luncheon teas, discussions, and choir rehearsals at community houses churches and member households.

Alpha Pi Chapter Beta Sigma Fhi Legion Bus American Association of University Women Coca-Cola Jewel Warte University of Oklahoma Norman Paugh Schubert Music Club First Methodist Church Dawna Vorles Geronimo Edgar Thomson Mountain View Schubert Chorus Mary Lavinia Young Carolyn Hunt Bill Pierce Bete Mu Epsilon Sigma Sorority Margaret Day

Apache Rites Set For J. B. Mattoon

Last rites for Jacob E. B. Mattoon longtime Lawton resident and pioneer will be held 2:30 p.m. Thursday at Apache First Methodist Church with Rev. A. B. Carson officiating. Mattoon, a retired farmer of 18th and Tyler, died in Hobart hospital Monday after a two year illness. Burial will be in Apache Cemetery under Lawton Funeral Home direction. The item notes a separate historical subscription reference to Benjamin Franklin in 1731.

Jacob EB. Mattoon Lawton Apache First Methodist Church A. B. Carson Mattoon 18Th and Tyler Hobart Apache

Crusade Parley Set at First Christian Church In Oklahoma

About 750 people from 42 churches are expected Friday night at the First Christian church for a Southwest Oklahoma Crusade Assembly. The program includes three notable speakers Rev Gerald Sias Dr Eugene Briggs and Rev Virgil Havens.

Crusade Assemblies Southwest Oklahoma First Christian Church Brotherhood of the Church Gerald Sias Nationl Disciples For Christ Eugene S. Briggs Philips University Enid Virgil ©. Havens Department of Financial Resources United Christian Missionary Society National Board of Missions and Christian Education Disciples of Chirlot Sias Ponca City Slap Little Rock Ark Kansas Nebraska Slay Cotner College Lincoln Neb University of Chicago Divinity School Phillips University Oklahoma Missionary Society Disciples of Christ Briggs Bridges Lions International Christian Board of Publication North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools Christian College, Columbia Southeastern State College Durant Brigga Columbia University University of Missouri University of Iowa United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization Havens United States Havena

Pastor Educator Guides Village Outreach and Vocations

The subject directed pastors in village work and taught vocations. A Baker University graduate, he studied mechanical engineering at Purdue University and completed a year of specialized training at the College of Missions in Indianapolis.

Baker University Indianapolis Purdue University Lafayette Ind College of Missions

Flying boat crash kills crewman near Newport

A British Overseas Airways Corporation flying boat crashed in fog near Newport Isle of Wight during a positioning flight. One crewman was killed and three others were injured. all four were the only people aboard. The crash occurred on a night flight before a scheduled voyage to Singapore.

Newport Tale of Wight Britiah Overseas Airways Corporation Singapore

Guns Stolen From Walters Home. Clues Sparse

Absent clues hinder the Walters theft case as seven rifles and shotguns vanished from the Coker residence while the couple slept Monday night. Sheriff Boyd Vantine reports the entry unknown, with the thief fleeing in a 1947 Packard.

Walters Navy Boyd Vantine Cotton County Gordon Coker

Abandoned car linked to gang in Temple area crime

Sheriff Vantine suspects a three to four man gang fled in a highway car after an abandoned vehicle mud analysis. He links the case to a prior $1,500 jewelry theft from Mershon Drug Store two weeks earlier. A separate break in at Temple store yielded eggs, pecans, a torn produce room screen, and a missing ball gum machine. The sheriff notes the Temple burglary was by a different gang than the one involved with the copper arsenal incident.

Vantine Eaid Mershon Coker Arsenal

Caslers Patrol Power Lines Experiment From L A Power Dept

Los Angeles Water and Power Department conducts a 10000 dollar helicopter patrol of transmission lines between Boulder Dam and Los Angeles as part of an aerial survey experiment.

Los Angeles Boulder Dany

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