C of C To Hear Reserve Program At Friday Forum
Lawton Chamber of Commerce luncheon will explain how the expanded Army Reserve program affects Lawton's economy. Ewing Gafford of the 359th Field Artillery Battalion will discuss securing a reserve armory and income from the program, with Maj. R. M. Morris outlining the Reserve Forces Act of 1945. A film on active duty training for 17 to 18 year olds will be shown. the luncheon is at 12 noon in the Hotel Lawtonian.
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Lawton
R. M. Morris
U. S. Army Reserve
Fort Sill
Army Reserve
Maj
Morris
Lawtonian
Free State X rays reach residents in several towns
About 1,472 residents in Fletcher Elgin Sterling Medicine Park Indiahoma and Cache took part in Comanche County’s mobile X ray survey begun November 21. The State Health mobile unit visits Chatta nooga Faxon Geronimo then Lawton, with schedules through December 29. Local home demonstration club members host and register others.
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Fletcher
Elgin
Sterling
Medicine Park
Indiahoma
Cache
Comanche County
Hal Hallett
The
County Tuberculosis Association
State Department of Health
Chattanooga
Faxon
Nick Alderson
Howard Barnard
Don Cage
Walters
S. Fourth
Sheridan
Cache Road
Douglass
Dunbar
E Avenue
S. Fifth
S. Third
Three Are Taken To State Prison
Three persons were moved from Comanche county jail to the state penitentiary at McAlester this morning to begin sentences from two to four years. Stanley Fred Garbutt, 18, Lawton, received a four year term after a prior suspended sentence on a burglary conviction was revoked in Superior court. Garbutt was arrested recently for disorderly conduct. Also sent to the prison were Harold Joseph Fisher, 21, Fort Sill, and James McGee, 55, Dalhart Texas. Fisher pled guilty in Superior court to burglary of Denison Hardware on Sheridan Road last Oct. 31 and received a two year term from Judge Robert S. Landers. McGee pled guilty to burglary of an automobile parked on the 400 block last Friday night and drew a two year term. He was seen taking clothing from the car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Fred Garbutt
Lawton
Garbutt
Harold Joseph Fisher
Fort Sill
James McGee
Dalhart
Tex
Fisher
Denison Hardware
Sheridan Road
Robert S. Landers
Mgee
McGee
Landers
Council votes split over Montague district inclusion
The city council divided over Montague property inclusion in a sewer district. A 7-1 vote rejected protests, and a 4-4 tie on excluding the Montague parcel failed after the mayor’s tie break, prompting a revised plan to alter district specifications. The meeting also approved lighting upgrades and staff additions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. D. Hastings
Hastings
Lester McKenzie
E. W. Kirkpatrick
Buck Kinsey
Arnold White
Montague
Carpenter
Sherman Machine and Iron Works
Oklahoma City
Public Service Co
Lawton
Airport
Plane Crash Kills Jet Pilot at Fairbanks Base
Lt Alfred Pounders, 28, of Monticello Mississippi, died when an F84 jet crashed into apartment buildings near Ladd Air Force Base Fairbanks. Flames from burning oil tanks trapped residents as 500 to 600 volunteers and fire units battled the blaze across two blocks. Surviving witnesses recounted a high collision impact and debris strewn amid the chaotic rescue effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred F. Pounders
Monticello
Miss
Pamela Harris
Ladd Air Force Base
Fairbanks
Rudy Hamner
Hamner
Herb Porter
Eielson Air Force Base
Porter
Army
R. E. Marshall
4Th Infantry
Air Force
City Man Named Boy's Guardian
C. E. Wade, local automobile dealer, named administrator of the estates of the late Mr. and Mrs. William R. Lee in Comanche county court. He also was appointed guardian of William Joseph Lee, 17, son of the Lees, with the petition filed by Ruth Lee and the youth's sister. Mrs. Lee died Thanksgiving Day near Bowie en route to Texas, and Mr. Lee died March 12, 1953.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. Wade
William R. Lee
Comanche
Wade
William Joseph Lee
Lees
St. Gregory’s College
Shawnee
Mary Loretto Lee
Port Arthur
Tex
Ruth Lee
Fire damages post hospital annex in Lawton blaze
A brick veneer one story annex building with a frame upper story suffered a significant fire. Fifteen workers inside were evacuated without incident. no patients were in the annex. The northernmost structure is connected to the southern building by a brick walkway as flames surged and smoke was visible across Lawton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post Hospital
Lawton
Six Lawton Masons Earn 32nd Degrees at McAlester Reunion
Six City Masons received their 32nd degree at the Scottish Rite reunion in McAlester this week. The honorees are James H. Bates, James S Knox, Thomas P. Cullen, Harry V. Payne, Warren T. McCray and William J. Bowman. The reunion opened Sunday and continues through today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton Masons
McAlester
James H. Bates
James S Knox
Thomas P. Cullen
Harry V. Payne
Warren T. McCray
William J. Bowman
Calves Show Low Feeding Risk as Growth and Fattening Occur
Calves typically pose the least risk in feeding programs since they grow and fatten concurrently, reducing potential losses.
Larceny Of Lost Property Charged To Lawton Woman
Ollie Fae Freeman of Monroe, 1904, was charged in Woodrow Giles' justice court with grand larceny of lost property. The complaint alleges she took a $77 welfare check payable to her, used it to pay a bank note for her sister, then left with the check which was later cashed at Jimmie's Grocery for the full amount.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ollie Fae Freeman
Monroe
Woodrow Giles
Justice of Peace Court
Don Richardson
Manville Redman
Redman
Jimmie’s
Lee
Hospital News Items Admits Births and Dismissals Noted
A Southwestern hospital list records admissions including John R. Kimball and Linda Pettijohn, discharges for Mrs. J. C. Hester and others, multiple births such as a daughter for Mr. and Mrs. Shannon Franklin and a son for Carl L. Newhouse, plus numerous surgeries and medical cases across Oklahoma locations and Nineteenth Ward addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R. Kimball
N. 29Th
A. A. Harred
Fletcher
Linda Pettijohn
George Pettijohn
S. 25Th Place
Brenda Pettijohn
Herman Young
Fred Adkins
Williams
Robert Powell
Shannon Franklin
Oklahoma City
George Pauker
Anadarko
James Twohatchet
Walters
Gladys White Goat
Concho
Mary Margaret Sweezy
Sam Begay
Bobby Dickon
Shirley Johns
Bobby Saupitty
Star Rt
Lawton
Violet Nauni
Angela Smith
Polly Pekah
Cache
Steve Morris
McMillian
Okla
David Starr
Apache
Thelma Stumblingbear
S. 15Th
Warner Bounty
Fort Cobb
Gery
Alfred C. Wallace
Edgar Marburger
Jackie Lynn Burnett
J. W. Burnett
Rita Kathleen Prichard
Cecil B. Prichard
Dearborn
Robert H. Fortner
Bell
Charles A. Armstrong
Sharon Ann Blair
Franklin Blair
Steven Shannon Gaskins
Willis Gaskins
Kinyon
Gilbert Martinez
Arlington
Edward Labrada
LeRoy Rogers
Jefferson
Rulah D. Spanagel
Randlett
Ee M. Mills
City Board to Attend State School Board Parley
Lawton Board of Education will send two delegates to the Oklahoma State School Boards association eighth annual convention in Oklahoma City on December 9. Sam Joyner Jr. president noted all members attended last year. R C Lantrip will speak on what membership expects of the association. About 500 delegates are expected. program includes awards luncheon and panels with education topics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma State School Boards Association
Oklahoma City
Lawton Board of Education
Sam Joyner Jr
R. C. Lantrip
Comanche
Oklahoma
White House
Emergency Relief Board Workshop Opens Tomorrow
Oklahoma City reports a two day county commissioners relief workshop starting tomorrow at the Capitol. Martin Garber of Enid, director of the USDA food distribution division, will be the principal speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Emergency Relief Board
Capitol
Martin Garber
Enid
Food Distribution Division
United States Department of Agriculture
Backwards Dance to Close Cameron Sadie Hawkins Week
A backwards dance will climax Cameron college Sadie Hawkins Week with a Thursday 8 30 p m dance in the college cafeteria Observed annually in Dogpatch tradition Aggie coeds invite the boys for dates and expenses in a lively campus event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cameron Sadie Hawkins
Saddie Hawkins
Cameron College
Aggie
Police Nab Father and Son in 672 Bottles Bootleg Haul
Lt Walter Asbery and Capt James Warren led a raid trapping a youth Ronnie Rodgers 18 and his father Shorty Rodgers in Law ton. The two seizures totaled 672 bottles of liquor from a car 1615 Kingsbury street and a garage. 117 bottles were found in the youth car then 555 more in the garage. Both Rodgers were charged with liquor transport and possession with the older held on bonds and the younger released after bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Asbery
Lawton
Asbery
Ronnie Rodgers
17Th
Kingsbury
Rodgers
James Warren
Capt. Warren
Shorty Rodgers
Ronnie
Warren
Kingsbury Street
Funeral Rites for Gressie Bogan Kidd Held in California
Funeral rites for Gressie Bogan Kidd 64 Los Angeles Calif will be at 2 30 p m Friday at Ritter Funeral home chapel with Rev Henry Wall of Calvary Baptist Church officiating Burial will be in Letitia cemetery Kidd died in a Los Angeles hospital at 6 20 p m Nov 25 He was a tool and die maker and had lived in Los Angeles since 1920 He was a World War I veteran and a member of the Church of Christ Survivors include one daughter Mrs Mary Jane David Louisville Ky mother Mrs Martha Jane Kidd six sisters and a brother Allen Kidd of Madill
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gressie Bogan Kidd
Los Angeles
Calif
Ritter
Henry Wall
Calvary Baptist Church
Letitia Cemetery
Kidd
Church of Christ
Mary Jane David
Louisville
Martha Jane Kidd
Flora West
Oildale
Ella Jane Kious
Coalinga
E. N. Wheeler
Ellis Brogden
Lee
Eva Norris
Ramsey services for Arlie L. Ramsey held today
Arlie L. Ramsey, 69, co owner of the Ramsey building, was honored in a 10 a m service at Lawton Funeral Home. Dr H Tom Wiles and Rev H E Snodgrass presided. Burial follows at 2 30 p m in Sulphur Oklahoma cemetery. Ramsey died Sunday afternoon likely from a heart attack. Bearers were Curlee Tomlinson Owen Amphlett Ray Keegan John White John Love and Walter Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlie L. Ramsey
Ramsey
Lawton Funeral Home
H. Tom Wiles
First Baptist Church
H. E. Snodgrass
Centenary Methodist Church
Sulphur
Okla
Ramsey Hotel
County Convict Up For Parole
One Comanche county man among eight prisoners at the state penitentiary recommended for parole by the state Pardon and Parole board. Charles H. Gearin, serving two years for second degree forgery, is listed with others including James Clark Choctaw five years for attempted robbery and Lloyd Paul Wilson Ottawa five years for concurrent robbery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche County
State Penitentiary
State Pardon and Parole Board
Oklahoma City
Charles H. Gearin
James Clark
Choctaw
Lloyd Paul Wilson
Ottawa
Jack Kerr
Adair
Tony L. McCarrell
Cleveland
Floyd D. Pulliam
Kay
Ernest E. Abbitt
Oklahoma
Tony Fritsch
Woods
Stony Point school fire prompts desk offers from districts
Mrs. Alvin Rose reported smoke at 7 30 p m from the east side of the old frame Stony Point nasium. A gas heater failed earlier and two oil burners were lit but turned off after students left. Loss includes new classroom furniture installed this week and a movie projector with other equipment. insurance covers the building and contents. County official Bill Kleeman said Flower Mound and Woodlawn districts offered desks to Stony Point, with Flower Mound and Woodlawn representatives named. The districts lie southeast of Lawton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin Rose
E. W. Sheffield
Lawton
Bill Kleeman
Stony Point
Kleeman
Flower Mound
Woodlawn
E. D. Sullivan
Jack Sharp
R. F. Allison
Fred Dove
Joe Waters
Leo Botts
Bank Checks Theft Probe Deepens With FBI Aid
Local detectives join a FBI agent in ongoing inquiry into the bank theft case. The father of the boy who took the envelopes from the depository has been questioned. Bank officials seek reimbursement to avoid juvenile charges, with boys stating parts of two envelopes protruded from the deposit slot and one boy pulled them out by the unfitted portions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Stout
Delay Granted In Shaw Appeal
District Judge Toby Morris granted an additional 60 days for attorney Githen Rhoads to perfect an appeal to the Criminal Court of Appeals for Howard Shaw who was convicted in a September term of maintaining a gambling nuisance. Shaw, 30, is jailed in Oklahoma City on $25,000 bond awaiting sentencing in federal court for the Nov. 4 Cement bank robbery. Judge Edgar S. Vaught set Jan. 3 as the federal sentencing date as Shaw and two others pleaded guilty to the $3,140 heist with $1,706 recovered locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toby Morris
Githen Rhoads
Criminal Court of Appeals
Howard Shaw
Shaw
Oklahoma City
First State Bank of Cement
Edgar S. Vaught
Jimmy Franklin Spann
Spann
Lewis Gordon Brewer
Lawton
Oklahoma A&M plans athletic complex with bond funds
The board of regents will accept sealed proposals for a new physical education building and fieldhouse funded by a $13.4 million bond package approved last April. Cameron’s share is $450,000 with most funds for campus repairs and modernization. Plans require a $50 deposit, refundable if plans are returned within seven days after the bid opening. The facility, to be built south of the practice field, aims for early 1956-57 operation, while the old gym may be sold or moved. The gym was moved to the Stillwater campus in 1947 from Frederick Air Base after World War II.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Regents
Oklahoma A&m College
Stillwater
Howell
Cameron
Frederick Air Base
Education conference debates funding and efficiency reforms
Education leaders discuss national progress and propose six minority recommendations to improve school efficiency and economy. Calls include state financial aid for qualified students, equitable taxes, service provisions beyond local districts, a 12 month school year study, freeing teachers from nonteaching duties, and fiscal independence under state law. Delegates acknowledge gains in teaching basic skills but deem further improvement necessary.
Suspect Returned In Burglary Case
Oklahoma City man John Brandt, charged with second degree burglary in the November 5 break in at Harry Russell Lumber Co., 2111 Cache Road, where 18 blank checks and a check protector were taken, faces trial in Woodrow Giles' justice court after being flown back to Lawton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma City
Lawton
Woodrow Giles
Justice of Peace Court
Manville Redman
John Brandt
Brandt
Harry Russell Lumber Co
Cache Road
Armory to Blend Into Parkland Beside New Lawton High
The U S Army Reserve plans a parkland armory beside the new Lawton High School building at a cost of millions. The facility will house about 200 men with 400 local reservists. National plan targets 500 000 reservists nationwide and 17 Oklahoma cities to receive armories in fiscal 1957, totaling about 1 858 000 dollars. Cities listed include Antlers Ardmore Bartlesville Chickasha Clinton Enid Guthrie McAlester Miami Muskogee Norman Okmulgee Ponca City Stillwater Tulsa and Woodward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wolverton
U.S. Army Reserve
Morris
Oklahoma
Department of Army
Lawton
Antlers
Ardmore
Bartlesville
Chickasha
Clinton
Enid
Guthrie
McAlester
Miami
Muskogee
Norman
Okmulgee
Ponca City
Stillwater
Tulsa
Woodward
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Floyd Zook
Gore
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George A. Morgan
Ralph Hennessee
Seventh Street
D and
City Planning and Zoning Board
Cook and Cottingham
District 90
Nettie Pippin
U. S. Treasury
Boy
City Masons
Sarah Berryman
Jerold Clark
Carl L. Newhouse
Hoover
Frank Hurst
Sur
State
Arlie Ramsey
Ctinayemer
Gibson
Norcross
Paramount
Ratcliffe’s Book and Gift Store
D Avenue
the McKee CO
Pho
Vle
Television Center
Southwest
Southwestern Radio and Sound
4Th & E - Ph
Armory
Lawton High School
Wolverton Electric and Appliance
S. 5Th
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Clingan
Sand & Gravel
S. 7Th
M & D Finance CO
E Ave
KEY Termite & Pest Control CO
A. L. Pollard Sporting Goods
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