Funeral notices and memorials from Lawton area
Graveside services for Jesse Lee Hamm 67 of 703 F were held at Highland Cemetery with Rev. Weldon Rightmer officiating. He was a World War I veteran, born 1910 in Greenville Texas, survived by two sons and a daughter in Phoenix Arizona and a brother. Burial under Lawton Ritter Dalton Funeral Home. George H Jorgenson 78, a World Wars veteran, death in local hospital. services pending with Glascock Greenlawn Funeral Home. survived by wife and four sons and two daughters. Frank F Chambers 79 of 1311 Cherry died Tuesday evening. burial in Memorial Cemetery Vincennes Indiana. survivor list includes wife two brothers and two grandsons. local arrangements Becker Funeral Home. Other notices list bank Series FE Savings Bonds promotion and several additional local memorials.
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Jesse Lee Hamm
Highland Cemetery
Weldon Rightmer
Liberty Heights Chapel
Lawton-Ritter-Dalton
Hamm
Greenville
Texas
Lawton
Jesse Lee Jr
Larry Ray
Lenda Laverne Hamm
Phoenix
Ariz
Wiley
George H. Jorgenson
Arlington
Glascock-Greenlawn
Jorgenson
Sleepy Eye
Minn
Europe
Henrietta Stock
Tacoma
Wash
Fort Sill
Emmanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church
Gerald H
Brainerd
Rolf E
Springfield
David L
Danville
Frank F. Chambers
Cherry
Mctlure Funeral Home
Bicknell
Ind
Memorial
Vincennes
Mr. Chambers
Knox County
Minta E. Randall
Aurora
Ruth McClure
Chambers
B&o Railroad
Thensylvania Railroad
IVN
Chambers Insurance Co
First United Methodist Church
Bruceville
Randall Chambers
William T. Chambers
Nacogdoches
Cecil Chambers
Becker Funeral Home
Waurika debt soars above estimates amid public vote questions
The Waurika debt totals 26 million surpassing the 23.3 million forecast as council members discuss public approval for future financing. City attorney Bennett cautions that extending debt may require a public vote and notes the authority’s 25 million revenue bond limit.
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Bennett
Waurika Water
Water Authority
Fair Housing Board
Tragedy as Boy Fatally Stabbed Then Struck by Train
Police report a first grade student was stabbed in the heart and lungs and died before a train at 1 a.m. found his body on railroad tracks. No weapon found. The boy, last seen between 9 and 9:30 p.m. riding a bicycle near his home, had a dollar and a quarter. Family members recall him as a typical little schoolboy and express shock. Local residents describe fear and grief as authorities investigate this fatal incident.
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Bonnie
Robert
Pawhuska
Rodina Warren
Michael
Sensemenne Items and Prices Collage
The fragment lists various numbers and cents with dollar amounts including 3.75 2.75 3.50 38.00 52.00 and 5.00 8.00 0c, indicating a mixed price ledger or catalog snippet without clear context or full item descriptions.
Police Log Details Complaints and Reported Thefts
A city police bulletin lists complainants and cases including money taken from a soft drink machine during a burglary at First Baptist Church addresses, thefts from residences, stolen items from vehicles, and construction site thefts with names and addresses of involved parties.
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Lawton
First Baptist Church
Ferris
Steven K. McCumber
Hurley Jackson
Sungate Blvd
Mark Dennis
Gore
John Bianco
N. 2Nd
William Mars
Fort Sill
Cache Road
Mororit Becker
Forest
Comerc
Lowton Construction Co
Lowton
11Th Southwest Moving & Storage
Sheridan Road
Merte R. Poim Jr
Cok
Jimmy Johnson
Apt 4
William &. Rosenavist
Mapie
Oak Yvonne Carlson
Jones Realtors
Cowie Road
Turtle Creek Drive
Robert Berrier
Andrews
U S grain stockpiles rise to 32 million tons of wheat
Grain is equivalent to 45 000 tons to 1 400 000 tons a metric ton equals 36 7 bushels of wheat or 39 4 bushels of corn. Exports in 1977 78 are expected to reach 29 9 million tons of wheat and 43 2 million tons of corn. Stockpiles may rise to 32 2 million tons wheat and 31 5 million tons corn by next year, the largest leftovers since the early 1960s.
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U.S
Goodwill Employees Honored As Bids Planned For New Building
Goodwill Industries of Southwest Oklahoma honored employees at a noon Thanksgiving event. The group plans to open bids on December 2 for a 20,000 square foot addition at 1203 W. Lee adjoining the current site, funded partly by a Community Development Block Grant.
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Goodwill Industries
Oklahoma
Don Landrum
St Pauls United Methodist Church
W. Lee
Lawton
SW 2Nd
Landrum
Walters man pleads guilty in assault on trooper
Timothy Dean Wilcox, 21, pleaded guilty in Cotton County district court to assault and battery with a deadly weapon for trying to run down Trooper Tom Downs near Lawton. He received a two year prison sentence. Charges of eluding, reckless driving and littering were dismissed.
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Timothy Dean Wilcox
Walters
J. Winston Raburn
Tom Downs
Sear
Lawton
Wilcox
Cutty
Christ Atty
Robert Schulte
Downs
Schulte
Cotton County
Heavor
Accusation Lodged Against Rickey Turner on Mistreatment Claim
Charges of improper mistreatment allegation were filed in district court Tuesday against Rickey Ricardo Turner a 20 year old Fort Sill man. Turner was arrested after a 6 year old Lawton girl told her mother she had been sexually mistreated. Police said the girl later disclosed the incident leading to a warrant and arrest on base.
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Rickey Ricardo Turner
Fort Sill
Turner
Cecil Davidson
Lawton
Lawton Hospital
Davidson
Turkeys Across Contexts From Dinner Tables To Geography
The piece notes tranquilizers for turkeys in confinement and wild birds evading hunters. It cites a Wisconsin season where 1,100 hunters bagged 18 birds, discusses turkey geography in the United States, slang meanings, and historical coinage notes. Minnesota leads in production with 23 105 000 birds in 1977. national output is 138 million.
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Wisconsin
Turkey
Texas
Turkey River
Iowa
Turkey Flat
Ariz
Minnesota
Intersection at Rogers Lane to gain divided interchange
The Rogers Lane and Pioneer Expressway intersection now has a traffic light only. A planned divided interchange will remove a highly hazardous junction and clear one of the final hurdles to interstate designation of the route.
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Page One
Rogers Lane
Winners Named in Lawton Native American History Week Contests
Winners in essay and art contests held during Native American Heritage Week were announced by Indian Student Services of Lawton Public Schools. Tina Brady, Lawton High School senior, won the essay prize. Karen Hammond, senior at Fisenhower High, won top senior art honors.
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Lawton Public Schools
Tina Brady
Lawton High School
Hazel Yackevonny
Arlington
Karen Hammond
Fisenhower High School
James Hammond
Cottonwood Dr
Mitchell Chadwick
Suspect In Cameron Theftes Jailed Here
Lawton police hold a 19 year old Cameron University student on theft charges from university dressing rooms at the football field. Investigators say several youths may be involved and thefts have occurred over a period.
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Cameron
Lawton
Cameron University
Shutts
Cutback to ease civilian medical care amid military doctor shortage
CHAMPUS offers financial assistance to beneficiaries for medical care from civilian sources when care is unavailable from uniformed services. The program aims to reduce delays and coverage gaps caused by shortages in military medical personnel.
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Champus
Uniformed Services
Precincts Reorganized In Lawton Election Changes
Lawton voters in 2 535 households receive notices of precinct changes after the county election board created five new precincts Park Lane in East Lawton and Gray Warr Crosby Park Meadowbrook and Great Plains in West Lawton. Voters will learn by mail which new precinct to vote in.
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Cunty Election Board
J.N. Logan
Lawton
Election Board
Park Lane
East Lawton
Gray Warr
Crosby Park Meadowbrook
Great Plains
West Lawton
Oklahoma City Cattle Auction Daily Prices Mixed Results
Oklahoma City market reports 1400 cattle and calves with feeder cattle near steady and slaughter cows 50 to 1.00 lower. Prices vary across weights from 28.10 for a 1365 lb bull to 46.50 for 300-500 lb feeder steers, with several ranges for heifers cows and replacement stock reflecting mixed good to utility grades.
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Oklahoma City
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Nancy Riotto
Marty Langley
Sharon Linski
Marcia Broomfield
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Kelly Kleehammer
Area Funeral Services
Frank E. Chambers
Waurika
Gilley
Vic Ramirez
Human Relations Council
Reuben Brown
Brown
Crystal Halls
Kay McMann
Cindy Holden
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Sun Lawton Morning Press
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Sunday Constitution
Lawton Publishing Co., Inc
3Ra & A
Ave
Okla
Constitution Press
Constitution
Sensemenne
Press & Sunday
APOS
Press and
Press and Sunday Sunday Constitution
Bobby Joe Williams
Goodwill of
Southwest
Allied Goodwill Organizations
Goodwill
Wydur’s
LEE
Citizens Bank
U.S.D.A
Capon
Penobscot Smoked & Butt
Turkeys
Jack Shutts
Oklahoma Morris Plan Company
Cache Rd
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