Four drunken driving charges filed by county attorney
Four men from Fort Sill Sheppard AFB Duncan and Wichita Falls face drunken driving counts after complaints signed by highway patrol troopers. Also six speeding cases were filed after radar checks by Troopers Flanagan Morgan and Carroll, with incidents across Lawton area Friday night and Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manville Redman
Fort Sill
Sheppard Afb
Duncan
Wichita Falls
Charles L. McElhaney
Second and
Lee
W. W. Flanagan
Flanagan
McElhaney
Lee Blvd
Donald Elvin Pearson
H. D. Morgan
Thomas J. Barnes
Lawton
S.H
Marvin Dewain Bayless
John Duke
Duke
Bayless
Ruby MaeLanman
Oak
38Th Street
Joe Neil Beard
Ratliff City
Oscar Lee Jackson
John W. White
Woodrow Giles
Wavely Johnson
Rannell Edward Tallent
Arthur Massey
Marvin E. Cameron
Norman Carroll
Morgan
Oklahoma City Market Report Highlights Cattle Hogs and Grains
Market notes show cattle receipts at 7000 with 1500 calves, trade slow on slaughter cattle, beef steers around steady initially, cows weak, bulls steady to 25 lower, hogs at 12.50-13.00 for 180-240 lb, sows 9.50-11.50, lambs mixed with prices up to 18.50 for select lots. Oklahoma wheat and dairy prices listed, No. 2 hard at 1.92-2.01, eggs and butterfat steady to firm with regional variations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
USDA
State Department of Agriculture
Guymon
Hooker
Blackwell
Hobart
Medford
Vici
Clinton
Enid
Frederick
Kingfisher
Lawton
Bison
el Reno
Hennessey
Yukon
Broilers
F.o.b
Muskogee
Vinita
Tulsa
Pauls Valley
Woodward
Laverne
Elk City
Alva
Watonga
Pecans
Shawnee
Bud Wilkinson Named Sportsman of the Year in OKC
Charles Bud Wilkinson, Oklahoma Sooners coach, was named Sportsman of the Year by the Oklahoma City Quarterback Club. He has 28 straight victories and eight Big Seven titles since 1947, the first two-time winner in six years. The award, chosen by local sports writers and sportscasters, honors impact on Oklahoma sports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sooner
Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Biltmore Hotel
Wilkinson
Deaths toll in midwest highway crashes rises
Victims include members of the Jimmy Palmers dance band from Turtle Creek and Pittsburgh. The Nebraska crash near Forreston Illinois and other wrecks claimed multiple lives, scattering bodies and wreckage over distances. Families from Illinois and Missouri were among the dead in separate grade crossing and head on collisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martello
Turtle Creek
Jack Renn
Pittsburgh
Lou Case
Rock Island
Ill
Don Sheffield
St. Johnsbury
Jimmy Palmers
Norfolk
Neb
Nebraska
Forreston
Princeton
Union Pacific
Dixon
Vernon Harold Musgrave
Kansas City
Johnny Musgrave
William McKay
Kansas’ City
Arven L. Smothers
Davis City
Town
Gary Lane
Blythedale
Death claims in Lawton area car crash victims
A Lawton accident page reports Sgt. Adams a 29 year old Army service member, his wife Marie Heitfeld Adams and two children among those killed and injured when their Vernon car rear ended the Adams vehicle near Lawton. Donna Vernon 7 escaped serious injury, others critically hurt. Police describe the car leapfrogging, top torn off, car fire. Funeral arrangements to be announced. Additional weekend fatalities include a Medicine Park man struck on US 277 and a Lawton man named Davis who died after his car overturned near the Nelsonville y in Grady county. Charles Goodin sustained injuries.
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Dennis Vernon
Horace Vernon
Donna Vernon
Cooksey
Vernons
San Antonio
Wichita Falls
Adams
Vernon
Lawton
Texas
88Th FA
Army
Korea
Brooke Army Medical Center
Marie Heitfeld
H. Heitfeld
Lutheran Church
Heitfelds
Apache
Donald Joseph
Carol Ann
Sgt. Adams
C. J. Judice
Port Arthur
Dallas Adams
Orange
Tex
Allen Webb
Groves
Becker Funeral Home
Lawton Area
Medicine Park
U. S. 277
Davis
Nelsonville “Y
Grady County
Charles Goodin
Morford Drive
Postcards Found In Trash Prompt City Painting Change
Druggist Charles Heifers observed a tourist mailing letters placed in a trash can. A subsequent check uncovered 22 post cards. City officials decided to repaint letter boxes red and white and keep waste cans green.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bamberg, S
Charles Heifers
Trooper Wes Miller to Speak at Safety Parley
Trooper Wes Miller of the Lawton district will be principal speaker at an open meeting in the Veterans of Foreign Wars hall 926 S Second at 8 p.m. He will discuss Safe Driving Day and the public is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wes Miller
Highway Patrol
Lawton
Veterans of Foreign Wars
S. Second
Miller
Water Yearbook Highlights U.S. Agriculture Focus 1955
The U.S. Department of Agriculture announces its 1955 Yearbook titled Water, a 752 page volume on drought floods and water uses. County agent Lewis Haydock notes the work, with 95 chapters by 149 specialists from USDA colleges and federal and private groups. Secretary Ezra Taft Benson writes the foreword.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Lewis Haydock
USDA
Secretary of Agriculture
Ezra Taft Benson
Army boys visit Fort Sill and parade kickoff
Army field artillery battalion hosts a Boys Town tour at Fort Sill with a visit to the 109th Tank Company and a tank demonstration. They plan Thanksgiving events, a theater outing each night, and a downtown parade at 4 PM Wednesday led by Central Junior High band. Guides are Sp3 Robert Tirey and Sp3 James E Benge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army Field Artillery Battalion
Fort Sill
109Th Tank Company
Lake Elmer Thomas
Headquarters Battery Mess Hall
Roosevelt Stadium
Robert Tirey
James E. Benge
Enid
Central Junior High School
Fuzz Barnes
City Delegation To Attend Texas Kiwanis Installation
A Lawton Kiwanis delegation will attend the installation ceremonies of the University Kiwanis club in Wichita Falls Texas. Jay Dee Fountain newly elected lieutenant of division 18 will participate. Attending are Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Bauman Mr. and Mrs. Walt Hutchins Ed Garrison Mrs Fountain Mr and Mrs J Olen Conner and Dr and Mrs Lewis Fouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton Kiwanians
New University Kiwanis Club
Wichita Falls
Tex
Jay Dee Fountain
Elmer Bauman
Walt Hutchins
Ed. Garrison
Fountain
J. Olen Conner
Lewis Fouts
Thanksgiving services set at First Baptist Church
Holiday closures extend to government offices as Lawton residents gather for Union Thanksgiving at Fifth and B. Rev. Parrish delivers sermon with Rev. J. Otis Smith leading the program and Kenneth Myers directing music. Other ministers participate. service begins at 9 30 a m with Lawton Ministerial Alliance organizing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eral
Kenneth Myers
First Baptist
H. C. Brammer
J. Walter Browers Jr
Centenary Methodist Church
Paul Hanna
Beal Heights Presbyterian
H. Tom Wiles
Lawton Ministerial Alliance
Hummingbirds Clocked At Sixty MPH In Flight
Hummingbirds have been clocked at 60 miles per hour and may fly even faster, according to recent observations. Researchers note the tiny birds achieve remarkable speeds in bursts during courtship and feeding flights, hinting at greater agility than previously recorded.
TIDY 55 musical revue to be staged at Fort Sill Theater No 3
Lawton residents are reminded of two Fort Sill performances of the musical revue TDY 55 on Tuesday and Wednesday at 8:30 p.m. in Theater No 3. Originally slated for McMahon auditorium, the show was moved with no admission, open to the public, and invitations not required. Signs will guide attendees at Gates 3 and 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawtonians
Fort Sill
McMahon Auditorium
Lawton Woman’s Forum
Tulsa Convention Elects Officers for Students Group
Tulsa hosted a convention for the state Students organization featuring installation of new officers, general sessions, and group meetings on citizenship relations between teachers principals and students and community projects. Representing Lawton were president Ben Ansley Findley Means Louise Lewis Anita Thomas and Danny Preston with Mrs Fullerton accompanying the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Lawton
Ben Ansley
Findley Means
Louise Lewis
Anita Thomas
Danny Preston
Fullerton
Lawtonian Fined On Driving Count
Arthur Kirkpatrick 26 of 1807 McKinley was fined 100 dollars and costs after pleading guilty to reckless driving before Peace Justice Marvin E. Cameron. Florence B. Sterling 39 of Fort Sill was fined 100 dollars and costs for public drunkenness. Kirkpatrick was driver in a collision with Deputy Sheriff M T McCrack’s vehicle. Sterling was a passenger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Kirkpatrick
McKinley
Marvin E. Cameron
Florence B. Sterling
Fort Sill
Veterans urge special session to curb Legion appointees
Sparkman urged force only as a possibility while Hardy and Bourland rejected it. The VFW fifth district, at Harrah, urged Gary to call a special legislature session to remove the provision requiring two of three commission members be Legion picks. Cleo Fitzgerald says legal action will be filed against Gary soon. The Legion executive committee backed Frey but refused to contest his ouster and attacked Hardy's method of appointment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hardy
Bourland
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Gary
Commission
American Legion
VFW
Harrah
Cleo Fitzgerald
Stillwater
Lawton Men Deny Petty Larceny Charge in Court
Two Lawton men Vernon McFarland and Bobby Lawson pleaded innocent to petty larceny in Peace Justice Mar vin E. Cameron's court. Bond set at 500 dollars each, victims accuse they stole salvage metals from the city dump ground west of town. Trials scheduled for Nov 30 at 2 p.m. and suspects remanded to county jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
Marvin E. Cameron
Cameron
Vernon McFarland
Bobby Lawson
Science Shrinks Piles Without Surgery with New Preparation H
Science finds a healing substance that shrinks piles and relieves pain quickly without surgery. Doctors report actual reduction and patients say piles are no longer a problem. Bio-Dyne, used to heal injured tissue, is the key. available as suppository or ointment under Preparation H. Money back guarantee. Reg U.S. Pat. Off.
Will Admitted To Probate Court In Walter C Bryan Ruling
A 1935 will of the late Walter C Bryan former restaurant operator died Nov 1 has been admitted to probate in County court. The will names Mrs Dora Bryan as executrix of 28 250 in holdings. Daughters Lucile Bryan Sanders and Gladys Bryan Bonneau both of Los Angeles are legatees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter C. Bryan
Dora Bryan
Arlington
Bryan
Lucile Bryan Sanders
Gladys Bryan Bonneau
Los Angeles
Cremer Couple Returns From Farm Bureau Convention
Personal Mr and Mrs Roy Cremer of 716 Washington members of the Comanche county delegation to the annual Farm Bureau convention in Oklahoma City this past week have returned home. Mrs Cremer is chairman of the county Farm Bureau women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Cremer
Washington
Comanche County
Farm Bureau
Oklahoma City
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Lawton School
Vernon Howell
John Shoemaker
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Lawton All - Stars
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Charlie Dean
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