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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Nov 23, 1955
Page
4
This recipe yields 4 1/2 cups of stuffing using rice oysters and vegetables. It instructs on cooking rice, sautéing onion and celery, adding pepper and oysters, then stuffing a fowl just before roasting at 325 degrees. A cloth cover method and grape garnish finish the dish.
Beta Omicron chapter members visit Mrs. Roy Barrick home to assemble Thanksgiving basket for a needy family. President Mrs John Littlefield Jr leads a business session arranging a Dec 17 dance at the National Guard Armory with reservations through meetings. Plans also set for a Christmas basket. Attendees include Mrs Bruce Drummond and Mrs Paul Nishimura with others listed.
Tickets go on sale Thursday at Hardy Suggs Music for the Red Barn Players production of Born Yesterday at Fort Sill. Lead roles go to Jack Bigelow and Tink Anderson, with a cast including Richard Barron, Jim Slusher, Ed Brown, Dorothy Phillips, Beverly Kimball, Sandy Ciley and Mike Caruso. Dec. 1 at the Red Barn theater. Fort Sill personnel and Lawton civilians may purchase tickets at multiple Fort Sill offices and service clubs.
Captain Lonnie Knight of the Salvation Army spoke at the First Christian Women's Fellowship on Tuesday in the church parlor. The program, run by Group V with Group I as hostesses, featured piano preludes, prayers, and musical numbers by students and local performers. A social tea followed with centerpieces and a Thanksgiving theme highlighted by arrangements by Mrs. Ledgerwood and Mrs. Weigley.
Mrs. George Tucker led the Royal Service program Christ for the World with Cameron Baptist Woman's Missionary Society meeting at 9 30 a m Tuesday. Members included Mesdames Wilford Johnson Frances Byars Carl McKelvey Zoral Young George Conway M H Dungan Vern non Satterwhite and Mrs Andrew Alien offered the opening prayer. Conway led a brief business session and gave the dismissal prayer. Week of prayer for the WMS begins Monday at the church. Mrs Doyle Bell was welcomed as a new member and others present were Mesdames Jake Burk and Ralph Klein.
Mrs. C J Curley heads a new officer slate at Unity Rebekah lodge No 121 Three Link club meeting in Mrs Ray Youngs home 506 Jefferson with prayer by Mrs Cliff Rath. New officers include Norma Davenport secretary Weatherford treasurer and parliaments Rath Welling ton Weatherford. Dec 97 Christmas party planned with new pals drawn. 12 members served refreshments.
Social calendar notes events: Square D Square Dance club at American Legion hall hosted by Otto Hilbert and Raymond Spratt with Ernest Hunter as caller at 8 p.m. Chapter EB of PEO meets 7:30 p.m. Louise Kirkham at 508 N 11th. Lawton Garden council 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. USC-YMCA. Pioneer club luncheon 1:15 p.m. Old South cafeteria with Mrs. Jay Waddle and Mrs. Mable Parks. Youth square dance by VFW post 1193 at 8 p.m. VFW building 926 S Second with Paul Tate calling. Reddy Kilowatt Square Dance at Public Service building auditorium hosted by Mr. and Mrs. F F Hollander Jr and Col. and Mrs. Eddie Shinkle with caller Johnny Robinson Duncan.
Mrs. F. Jack Allen president urges all officers of local garden club units to attend Lawton Garden council meeting Friday morning at the USC-YMCA. The 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. session will cover fourth important business.
Centenary Methodist Women organized Christmas circle parties as they study Indian Americans. Circle I met at 2 p.m. in the church parlor with Mrs Pat Brandon hosting and Mrs John Clabes assisting. Ten members attended. Circle III gathered at Mrs Minnie Cockrell’s home with 20 members present. Miss Katharine Harper from Outwood Ky was a guest. Circle IV met at 2 p.m. at 2215 Baltimore Circle. 15 members attended. Circle V met at 2 p.m. at 2213 Crosby. 15 members attended. Circle VI met at 7:30 p.m. at 711 N 17th. 12 members present. Circle VII met at 7:30 p.m. at 2925 Euclid with 13 attendees. Circle VIII met at 7:30 p.m. at 1706 Ash with 24 members and guests Mrs Ben Top and Mrs J A Bradford. The article notes the term panther is used for both leopard and puma.
Niners club members met at 9 a.m. Tuesday at Mrs. William Howse Jr. 1709 Pollard to continue copper tooling sewing and crochet work. President Mrs. W. E. Pendley led a business session outlining plans for a husbands and guests Christmas party on December 16 at Mrs. Tolbert Sparkman 11 N 35th. Attending were Walter F. Bradley Charles Dennis Bob Schrader Weldon D. Vaughan W. B. Wigington and Bill Prock.
Rotary Anns met at Hotel Lawtonian for a 12 30 p m luncheon with 25 members. They voted 10 to buy clothing for the annual in gathering for Lawton’s needy and decided to aid Lawton high school seniors lunch program. Mrs Jack Carter presided. Guest speaker Mrs Volney E Hamm spoke on Mental Health. One new member, Mrs R E Glenn, was welcomed.
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