State Business Activity Holds Firm In August
Oklahoma's business activity stayed firm in August with an index 142 percent of the 1947-49 average, 10 percent above August 1953. Manufacturing lagged national levels, oil and coal output varied, and construction boomed with contracts totaling 31.5 million dollars. Retail sales dipped seasonally but remained higher than August 1953.
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Norman
Oklahoma
Bureau of Business Research
University of Oklahoma
Francis R. Cella
Eee
Cella
Registration places listed by ward and rural precincts
Here are the county registration sites by ward and rural precincts. Names and addresses cover Lawton wards and various precincts including Brown, Crosby, Hulen, Lake, Lawton, Lincoln, Mangan, Painter, Quanah, Richards, Wichita, Zella, and Fletcher with multiple residents specified. Exact locations include 105 E Arlington and 512 Euclid among others.
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Chandler
Lois Sisk
Elgin
Crosby
Delpha Baughman
Geronimo
Earl] Mallow
Lawton
Cache
Quanah
May Lee
Richard
Grace Howard
Fletcher
Richards
Evelyn Mayer
Wichita
Barnie Barker
Mt. Park
Zella
Earl Shriver
Eee Harmon
R. B. Johnson
Honest John rocket first firing closes Fort Sill roads
The Fifth Field Artillery Rocket Battery will fire the 762mm Honest John missile Monday morning causing brief closure of U S 277 north of Lawton from 6 50 to 7 05 a m and blocking much of Fort Sill west range The Med icine Park Y to Stevens bridge segment will be closed and a helicopter check will be conducted prior to launch Four fire trucks and two tankers will be placed along the firing corridor to guard against propellant fires
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U.S. 277
Lawton
Fort Sill
West Range
Fifth Field Artillery Rocket Battery
Medicine Park “Y
Stevens Bridge
Medicine Creek
Robert W. Barnhart
Dodge Hill
Jones Ridge
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State employment and wages trend in August report
The report shows state total employment at 804,616 in August, 2 percent of the nation, down 5.5 percent from August last year. Industrial wages rose 1.5 percent to 78.12 dollars, 3 percent above last August. Personal income fell 11 percent from July but remained 6 percent higher than August.
Bachelor Gives Girls $120,000 Donation at Belton College
In Belton Texas 75 year old bachelor P M T Good man donated 120000 to Mary Hardin Baylor College presented as real estate and notes. The gift aims to support Christian mothers and the board plans a new recreation building with the funds.
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Belton
Tex
Library Winter Hours Begin At Carnegie Library
Mamie Small announces winter hours at the Carnegie public library. Weekdays open 1 to 9 p.m. and Saturdays 1 to 7 p.m. The library will be closed Sundays and holidays.
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Carnegie Public Library
Mamie Small
Four City Educators Attend Norman Speech Conference
Four Lawton educators attended the Speech Educators conference at the University of Oklahoma on Friday and Saturday. They are Mrs Opal Ford Norman Monroe high school Mrs Effie Wickman for high and Mrs Clarice Mc Jefferson elementary school.
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Lawton
University of Oklahoma
Opal Ford
Norman Monroe
Effie Wickman
Clarice Mc Jefferson
Funeral rites for Myrtle Newashe 63 in Shawnee
Mrs Myrtle Newashe aged 63 of Shawnee died Saturday in a local hospital after a month long illness. Survivors include her husband William Newashe of Shawnee. Services are pending at Becker Funeral Home.
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Myrtle Newashe
Shawnee
William Newashe
Shawne
Becker Funeral Home
Funeral for J Edwards Held in Duncan Baptist Church
J Ed wards 42 son of Mrs J J Ed wards of 815 Park will be laid to rest at 2 p.m. Monday at Duncan First Baptist church. He was drilling company superintendent found dead from gas fumes Thursday at an oil field location. Born Aug 8 1912 in Storm county he left Duncan and is survived by wife Emma and son Russ 20 two sisters Mrs Maurice Clanton Rt 2 Lawton Mrs Lucille Plemmons southeast of Lawton and three brothers Dennis east of Lawton Haze of Falfurrias Tex and Guy of Duncan.
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Marshall
J. Edwards
J. J. Edwards
Park
Duncan First Baptist Church
Edwards
Storm County
Duncan
Emma
Russ
Maurice Clanton
Lawton
Lucille Plemmons
Dennis
Haze
Falfurrias, Tex
Guy
L R Campbell 91 Retired Farmer Dies in Frederick
L R Campbell 91, a retired farmer born July 11 1863 in Witley County Kentucky died about 4 am Saturday in Frederick Oklahoma. He married Lucy Foley in December 1886. The Campbell family moved from Cisco Texas to Oklahoma in 1917 settling at Manitou and later lived in Manitou and Frederick. He was a Baptist active in church work and belonged to Woodmen of the World. Burial will be in Duncan Cemetery. Surviving are six children.
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Tipton
L. R. Campbell
Frederick
Mr. Campbell
Witley County
Lucy Foley
Duncan
Oklahoma
Cisco
Tex
Manitou
Campbell
The
Baptist Church
Woodmen of the World
Duncan Cemetery
Pecinosky Funeral Home
Campbell Kin in California and Texas Family Notices
Mrs 7 Frederick W A Campbell of California Mrs Tackston of Overton Texas Mrs Oracee Seagraves of Texas L D Campbell of Lebanon Oregon and Mrs Sue Phillips of Vernon Texas plus a sister in Kentucky and brother J D Campbell of Jellico Creek Kentucky. Services are pending.
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Frederick
W. A. Campbell
Rande
Calif
Tackston
Overton
Tex
Oracee Seagraves
L. D. Campbell
Lebanon
Ore
Sue Phillips
Vernon
Kentucky
J. D. Campbell
Jellco Creek
Real Estate Help For the Smiths By Walter M Smith Agency
A couple visits the Walter M Smith Agency seeking more space and better layout. The agent proposes a buy one and sell theirs strategy and within a couple of months the Smiths move to a larger home after selling their previous one. Contact C. J. Constant at 330 D Ave. for real estate needs.
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C. J. Constant
Walter M Smith Agency
D” Ave
News Dealers Rebel Against Houston Comic Ban
News dealers in Houston defied a city ordinance that bans sex crime and horror comics and threatened to pull all books from sale after bans on newsstands last week.
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Houston
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Oscar Goodin
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Donald Dean Stewart
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Memorial
Roy Bee
Maple
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Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
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Lawton Tent and Awning Company
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