Welch Oil Co. Opens New Quarters with Big Grand Opening
Welch Oil Co announces a grand opening of its new Lawton Oklahoma quarters at Second and Lee Blvd running Thursday to Saturday. The complex costs about 150000 dollars and features 16 pumps plus a central office, a large service building with tire recapping, front end alignment, steam cleaning, and auto repair. John Jennings of Lawton was the contractor for the buildings and the business serves Lawton and southwest Oklahoma.
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New Welch Oil Co
Second
Lee Blvd
Old Southern Club
Paul
Gene
Billy
Welch
U. S. 277
Measur
Ing
John Jennings
Lawton
Welch Oil Co
Oklahoma
2Nd and Lee
3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment to stay in Germany
Washington reports the Kennedy administration will keep the 3 500 man 3rd Armored Cavalry in Germany. Plans to bring the unit home are reversed as part of broader troop reductions tied to pre Berlin crisis levels. About 22 000 of the 40 000 extra troops deployed to Europe have already been withdrawn. No reason given.
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Washington (Ap
Washington
3Rd Armored Cavalry
Germany
U.S
Berlin
Europe
Corregidor Memorial Bill Clears House for World War II Site
The House approved a bill by voice vote authorizing 1.5 million dollars as the U.S. share to convert Corregidor island into a World War II memorial. The Philippines would contribute a matching amount and maintain the memorial.
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Corregidor Memorial
House
Senate
U.S
Philippine Island
Corregidor
Philippines
Roosevelt Postal Chief Confirmed
The Senate confirmed four Oklahoma postmaster nominations by President Kennedy. Mildred F. Almack of Deer Creek Jean E. Haynes of Langston Marvin L. Johnson of Roosevelt and Ebert Q. Simpson of Thomas were approved.
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Washington
Senate
Oklahoma
Kennedy
Mildred F. Almack
Deer Creek
Jean E. Haynes
Langston
Marvin L. Johnson
Roosevelt
Ebert Q. Simpson
Thomas
Named to Council at Savage Hall Dormitory
Jan Loomis of 2816 North 35th Place has been named to the governing council of Savage Hall, the women’s dormitory at Southwestern State College.
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Jan Loomis
35Th Place
Savage Hall
Southwestern State College
Indian Veterans Day planned at Carnegie with dances
Plans advance for the annual Indian Veterans Day program on November 11 in Carnegie featuring intertribal dances Kiowa Apache Blackfeet and other dances. The Bill Koomas Sr. group sponsors the event with Navajo Judge William Yazzie as special guest and a Taos Pueblo singing group expected. Free movies for Indians, a round robin hand game and a youth social are on the day’s schedule. Proceeds from a benefit dance on October Saturday support the event.
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Carnegie
Carnegie City Park
Bill Koomas Sr
William D. Yazzie
Window Rock
Ariz
Judicial Branch
Yazzie
Koomsa Dance Group
Flagstaff
Gallup
N. M
Koomsa
Carnegie Liberty
Clint Applette
Henley Kaubin
Bishop Attends Semiannual LDS World Conference
Bishop Floyd A. Alldredge of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints travels from Lawton to Salt Lake City for the church’s semiannual world conference. The session concludes Sunday with a telecast special and David O. McKay, the church president, to conduct the event.
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Floyd A. Alldredge
Area
Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints
Lawton
Salt Lake City
Utah
World Conference of the Church
David O. McKay
Wolverine Pep Rally Moves to Thursday Morning
A Wolverine pep rally is set for 8 15 a m Thursday in Lawton high field house instead of Friday. The football team will depart Thursday afternoon for Hobbs New Mexico.
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Lawton High
Hobbs
N.M
Class To Pick New Officers At Tomlinson Junior High
Candidates for student government at Tomlinson Junior High were introduced today during the weekly assembly. Prospective officers collected petitions earlier this week and submitted them with signatures from home room teachers, parents and 50 students. Ballots are prepared Thursday with elections Friday in home room.
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Tomlinson Junior High School
Lorena Fullerton
Fullerton
Richard Hopper
Jackie Spradlin
Mary Mullins
Victor Garrett
Lou Whiteley
Billie Clark
Urban Renewal Talk Set by Lawton Chamber Forum
Progress of Lawton urban renewal will be discussed by Arch March Urban Renewal Authority executive director at a Chamber forum luncheon at 12 noon Friday in the Hotel Lawtonian ballroom. He will present colored slides. Sam Ari is program chairman.
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Lawton
Arch March
Urban Renewal Authority
Chamber of Commerce Forum
Lawtonian
Sam Ari
Hospital Births And Admits In Lawton Area
Memorial births include a daughter to Morgan Starrett at 901 C born Oct 1 weighing 8 10. A daughter to James Morgan at 1011 E born Oct 2 weighing 6 444 pounds. Admitted include Cathey Helberg and Samuel Overstreet for surgery, with numerous medical cases across Lawton Southwestern and Indian Hospital. Dismissals list several children and adults, detailing ages and hometowns.
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Morgan Starrett
James Morgan
Cathey Ann Helberg
Wanda Helberg
Samuel Overstreet
Cache
Sur
George Billy Wasington
Frederick
Frank Owens
S. Tenth
Carol Tapeto
Carnegie
Edmond Lee Mahseet
Apache
Christine Maroquin
Edwina Haag
el Reno
Nurses Attend Oklahoma State Convention
Six registered nurses from Memorial hospital left Lawton today to attend the Oklahoma State Nurses convention in Tulsa through Friday. Attending are Mrs. Delores Kruger, Mrs. Sally Boos, Mrs. Edna Hill, Mrs. Dorothy Small, Mrs. Evelyn Weber and Miss Wilma Cunningham.
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Memorial Hospital
Lawton
Tulsa
Delores Kruger
Sally Boos
Edna Hill
Dorothy Small
Evelyn Weber
Wilma Cunningham
Band Marching Contest Set For Oct 19 In Chickasha
Lawton and eight area bands invited to compete in the central district marching band contest October 19 in Chickasha. Invited schools include Cache Chattanooga Ringling Snyder Walters Tipton Grandfield and Randlett. About 3 000 bandsmen expected to participate.
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Lawton
Chickasha
Cache
Chattanooga
Ringling
Snyder
Walters
Tipton
Grandfield
Randlett
City Guard Unit Wins High Rating
An official rating of 91.98 was received by a Lawton National Guard unit during the 1963 summer encampment at Fort Chaffee. The rating for Company B, 700th Maintenance Battalion, was based on military courtesy discipline appearance personal hygiene and other facets of military training.
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Lawton National Guard
Fort Chaffee
Aucoin Returns From Southern State College Pharmacy Tour
Harry Aucoin of 713 Summit recently returned from Southwestern State College’s pharmacy tour visiting pharmaceutical laboratories in Kalamazoo and Detroit Michigan.
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Harry Aucoin
Summit
Southwestern State College
Kalamazoo
Detroit
Mich
Secretary Cecilia Sawyer Elected at Oklahoma College for Women
Cecilia Sawyer daughter of Mr and Mrs Cecil H Sawyer of Apa che has been elected secretary of the Canning residence hall at Oklahoma College for Women.
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Cecilia Sawyer
Cecil H. Sawyer
Canning
Oklahoma College For Women
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