Woman Arrested In Theft Probe In Lawton Case
A 25-year-old Lawton woman was arrested during the weekend in a theft probe linked to Oklahoma City man V. J. Drabek who says the woman dated him during a Lawton visit and took $60 from him between 3 and 6 a.m. Saturday. Detective Lt. Cleo Stout and County Attorney Manville Redman said the case is under further review before charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
Oklahoma City
V. J. Drabek
Drabek
Cleo Stout
Manville Redman
Texas
Mantie Key
Smith
John Cotton
Hospital Births and Admissions Across Southwest Region
Hospital notices list numerous births with parent names and addresses, including Jester, Rue, Martinez, Rothwell, Kling families, with times and weights. Admissions cover Marion Nelms, Beth Brown, Jennifer Brown, and others, plus several surgeries and discharges. Additional births noted in Southwestern section list Boardman, Green, Millhorne, Moore, and many more with dates and weights. multiple patients admitted or discharged reflected alongside military and civilian addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Audrey B. Jester
Ash
A. J. Rue
Gilbert H. Martinez
Arlington
Louis Rothwell
John A. Kling
Ferris
Marion Leon Nelms
Carl Nelms
Kinyon
Medical
C. W. Mills
Beth Diane Brown
Woodrow
W. Brown
Baltimore
Jennifer Kay Brown
Woodrow W. Brown
James I. Brown
Douglas
William J. Whitmen
Altus
Earnest Hillary
Medicine Park
H. W. Campbell
Frederick
Clara Pearl Gowan
John Schneider
Lee
Monte Johnson
Willard Johnson
Bell
Laura Jones
N. First
Dewey Credille
Richard Credille
John W. Stanard
Texan To Face Burglary Trial
James McGee a 55 year old Dalhart Texas man will face trial in Superior court on a second degree burglary charge filed Saturday. He waived preliminary hearing before City Court Judge Ralph Cline on a charge connected with theft of clothing from a car parked on a downtown street Friday night. McGee was charged with burglary of the auto and theft of a suit and shirt owned by Rodney K Chrumline Houston Texas. Lt Walter Asbery and Patrolman Fred Mitchell stated they watched McGee take the clothing from the car and arrested him, holding him in city jail until Chrymline reported the theft and identified the articles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James McGee
Dalhart
Tex
Ralph Cline
McGee
Rodney K. Chrumline
Houston
Walter Asbery
Fred Mitchell
Chrymline
Names For Needy To Be Recorded In Central File
Captain Lonnie Knight of the Salvation Army urged civic groups and individuals to submit names of needy families to the Central Clearing File to avoid duplication. He noted a group may aid a family directly but the name must still be cleared. Central File contact numbers 80 and 6062-J were provided as part of the Community Christmas Giving Effort supervised by the Salvation Army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lonnie Knight
Salvation Army
Knight
DeMolay Win Degree Trophy At 28th Conclave
Lawton Order of DeMolay members won a first place DeMolay degree trophy at the 28th annual conclave in Stillwater. Degree team members included Marvin Inman Charles Wilkerson Douglas Howard Rusty Williams Leigh Ewing Robert Martin and Ike Stothard served as local advisor. Attendees included Don Kouri Jimmy Jennings Jerry Moon Bobby Wallis LaRue Davidson and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton
The
Order of DeMolay
Stillwater
Marvin Inman
Charles Wilkerson
Chevalier
Representative DeMolay
Douglas Howard
Rusty Wiliams
Leigh Ewing
Robert Martin
Don Kouri
Jimmy Jennings
Jerry Moon
Bobby Wallis
LaRue Davidson
Charles DeArmond
Jackie Owens
Joe Woods
Kenneth Easton
Jimmy Stanton
Tommy Mansion
Wiley Sartin
Larry Angus
Ike Stothard
Funeral Rites for Arlie L. Ramsey At Hotel Coowner
Arlie L. Ramsey 60 co owner of the Ramsey Hotel Lawton was found dead Sunday at 1 30 pm in a hotel room by a porter. Death due to heart attack after inquest by Justice Marvin E. Cameron. Ramsey had heart condition and had lived in Lawton since 1938 arriving from Sulphur. Survived by wife Lola two sons Lt Cmdr William N Ramsey USN in Tokyo and Dallas Ramsey a daughter Mrs Margaret Copeland Lafayette La two sisters Mrs Mae Ellis Oklahoma City and Mrs Garrett Rt 3. Services to be announced by Lawton Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlie L. Ramsey
Ramsey
Marvin E. Cameron
Falls City
Neb
Lawton
Mae Ellis
Oklahoma City
Garrett
Rt. 3
Lawton Funeral Home
Joseph J Lorett Snyder dies after two week illness
Joseph James Lorett 64 died Saturday in Veterans Hospital Oklahoma City after a two week illness. He was born November 17 1891 in Rutland Vermont and resided in Snyder since 1922. He retired from Frisco Railroad and was active in Snyder Christian church IOOF and Veterans of Foreign Wars. Survived by wife Maude Hartman two sons James Lovett and Wilbur and 18 grandchildren and several siblings. Funeral services set for 10 a.m. Tuesday at Snyder Christian Church, burial in Fairlawn Cemetery. Walker Funeral Home in charge.
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Snyder Christian Church
Ioof Lodge
Veteran’s of Foreign Wars
Johnny
Wayne
James Lovett
Elsie Fay Kirk
Snyder
Kathryn Nunn
Hearst
Tex
Frankie
Seaside
Ore
Wilbur
Farmington
N.M
Prosper Lorett
Hartford, Conn
Isaac Lorett
Norwich
Conn
Catholic Church Tightens Racial Rule in Louisiana
In Louisiana, a bishop suspended for alleged past conflicts with Black parishioners remains in place amid threats of excommunication for any challenger. A Catholic school teacher Lula B. Ortemond was violently beaten near a Jesuit Bend church, prompting charges of assault and battery from the injured educator. The episode follows church closures over objections to a Black priest and a broader FBI probe into related church matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Labbe
Jesuit Bend
FBI
Louisiana
Lula B. Ortemond
Abbeville
Ortemond
Etta FP. Romero
Soviet East Germany incident tested German law fears
A visiting American group including Ostertag and McQueen faced East German police at the Garden of Remembrance in East Berlin. Officers seized radios and detained them for hours before Soviet authorities released the party at 3 45 p.m.
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McQueen
German Democratic Republic
U.S
East Berlin
Vernon Hammonds
Henrietta
Tex
Hammonds
Soviet Commandatura
Oklahoma City Market Prices and Livestock Report
Department of Agriculture price bulletin updates No. 1 hard wheat ranges from 1.92 to 2.00 as listed across Guyman, Hooker, and other towns. Eggs firm with mixed regional highs, broilers steady, hens mixed, butterfat around 50 with some 22 in Elk City. Oklahoma City livestock sale slow with cattle, calves, hogs and sheep showing varied bids, weights, and price ranges. slaughter calves and stockers mixed, hogs down slightly, lambs up about 50, ewes 3.50-4.50.
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Oklahoma City
State Department of Agriculture Today
Guyman
Hooker
Blackwell
Medford
Vici
Clinton
Enid
Hobart
Kingfisher
Bison
el Reno
Frederick
Hennessey
Wanton
Yukon
Broilers
F.o.b
Vinita
Muskogee
Tulsa
Lawton
Watonga
Alva
Elk City
Woodward
Pauls Valley
Laverne
Kogee
Shawnee
Oklahoma City Livestock
P Usda
Elder to Office Amid Tulsa Meeting Over Doenges Spat
The Oklahoma league executive council in Tulsa on February 18 19 pressed Elder for action by naming Arrington as state league adviser and ambassador at the national convention. Hester backed Doenges for national committeeman while Elder’s brother Gene Elder was dismissed from the Highway Department amid claims of political timing.
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Ed Elder
Tulsa
Hester
Smith Hester
Arrington
League
Dave Neff
Shawnee
Doenges
Executive Council
Elder
Gene Elder
Highway Department
Chicago
City Man Faces Four Complaints in Lawton
Patrolmen Quanner Dewberry and Johnny Rhodes filed four complaints against Troy Prince 29 of 1316 Washington after arrest at 3 30 a m Prince was charged with obscene language resisting arrest drunkenness disturbance and threat to do bodily harm Weekend arrests by city police included five public drunkenness charges and three driving while intoxicated investigations Drunk driving cases were sent to county authorities Richard Salazar 22 Fort Sill released on 20 bond on reckless driving by speeding Floyd Smothers 43 7 N Seventh charged with drunkenness and disturbance Rosalee Ward 29 1807 McKinley and Willie Williams 38 1218 Georgia charged with disturbance by fighting Jack Clabhorn 20 Apache charged with reckless driving released on 20 bond Two others were arrested for investigation including a 30 year old theft tire suspect and a 49 year old theft of a camera suspect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quanner Dewberry
Johnny Rhodes
Lawton
Troy Prince
Washington
Prince
Ricardo Salazar
Fort Sill
Floyd Smothers
N. Seventh
Rosalee Ward
McKinley
Willie Williams
Georgia
Jack Clabhorn
Musk Ox Misnomer Ties to Sheep Family, Not Oxen
A note clarifies that the musk ox of the far north is not a true ox but a member of the sheep family, highlighting its distant relation to sheep rather than cattle.
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Far North
Faxon Postmaster’s Assault Trial Set for Wednesday
Joe High, postmaster at Faxon, will face trial Wednesday at 2 p.m. before Peace Justice Marvin E Cameron on a charge of assaulting Ed Hoeman. The trial was moved from Nov. 23 after attorney William Porter requested the continuance. High allegedly struck Hoeman with his fists on Nov. 15 at Faxon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe High
Faxon
Marvin E. Cameron
Ed Hoeman
William Porter
High
Deputies Probe Two Burglaries Near Victims Recounted
Deputies investigated breaks at a service station and an auction house on U S 277 two miles north. Suspects escaped with about 15 dollars total including ten from the auction house and five from the station. Entry to the station was through an east window. a cigaret vending machine and about five dollars in change were taken. Two cigarets, a flashlight and a pillow case were left behind. At the auction house a broken old lock allowed entry. a money sack with ten dollars and about 28 bars of candy were stolen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett Ray Hale
U. S. 277
Lawton
S. W. Ackerman
Carl Phillips
Phillips
Ackerman
Church to Show Film On Luther at St John’s Lutheran
Martin Luther a feature length film will be shown at 7 30 p m Wednesday at St John s Lutheran church Seventh and A Rev Donald V Hafemann pastor said today There is no admission charge however a free will offering will be taken The congregation made special arrangements for an extra large screen open to the public
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Luther
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Donald V. Hafemann
Suit Seeks Damages Over Fatal Collision Involving Dyas Vehicle
Maj. McBride sues for injuries to his mother plus 3900 funeral, 1000 grave markers, and 900 for damages to the 1951 Kaiser car her mother was driving. He says the mother was southbound when her car collided with a northbound Dyas car owned by Nellie H. Dyas. The Dyas car allegedly crossed into the wrong lane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maj. McBride
Kaiser
James Herbert Dyas
Nellie H. Dyas
Dyas
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Frank Boardman
Gore
Richard Green
John Millhorne
Sycamore
Lee Moore
Walter A. Hendricks
Mike Parsons
O. L. Parsons
Euclid
Alvin Bartling
Gertie Biles
Monroe
Byron Bradford
Rita Wilson
Cache Road
Hattie McMichael
Apache
Fred Earls
Kathrine Carmichael
Lexington
Marion Shelton
L. V. Shelton
Walters
Allan Shelton
Frank Kuepker
Chattanooga
Charles Krauss
S. Seventh
Arthur Goad
Jefferson Medical
Clifton Wilson
Howard Kinmonth
Laird
William Brown
Joel Homar
Johnnie Boydston
Edward Caldwell
Denver
Cynthia Marcom
Sam Marcom
J. R. Raines
Jennette Murdoch
Columbia
Harry King
Star Rt
Ellen Young
Lloyd Overman
Bennie Kassanavoid
Elgin
Phoebe Little Raven
Katy Jenkins
Duncan
Lucille Tustische
Stonewall
Okla
Charles Goodin
Morford Drive
Canton
Joy Gover
Weatherford
Clifford Clark
W. C. Bonnell
Surerier Uate Ca
Peri
Wap
Fle
Tong
Television Center
Southwest
Southwestern Radio and Sound
4Th & E -Ph
DeMolay
A. L. Ramsey
Lindsey R. Harris
Little Nick Oil Co
Cement
Harris
Lynn
John
Delmar
Alta Loma Montgomery
Leota Stokes
St. Mary's
Ohio
Anita Smith
Elyria
Jean
Betty
Joan
Fletcher Funeral Home
Joseph J. Lorett
Ostertag
Attica
N. Y
Naval Academy
Commission On Inter - Governmental Relations
Boland
Springfield
Mass
City Man
the McKee CO
Church
Luther
Dee
Greer Addition
North 31St Street
Buster Wyatt
Oklahoma
2Nd and A Avenue
Excelsior Institute
Xcelsior Institute
Excelsior Springs
Missow
Tennant
Kelly Little
Little’s Printing and Stationery Company
Main Street
M & D Finance CO
E Ave
Pho
KEY Termite & Pest Control CO
Lawton, Okla
A. L. Pollard Sporting Goods
D Ave. Pho
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