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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1955
Page
18
Morford Hills offers a five room brick house with two large bedrooms, separate living and dining rooms, carpet, concrete patio, floor furnace, panel ray, and monthly payments of 67.55. Near Woodrow Wilson School.
Various sale items include CHIHUAHUA pups and real time phones, furniture such as cherry wood tables and a Windsor walnut desk, a Kenmore gas stove, brass fireplace accessories, steamer trunks, and an array of home appliances. Also listed are air conditioners bargains, a Brevitype with lessons, refrigerators, dishware, bedding, formica remnants, and sewing machines. Contact numbers and addresses are provided for each item.
Leading company in its field opens a Lawton office to handle hundreds of inquiries from newspaper TV and direct mail advertising. They seek 15 men to work from leads in Lawton and surrounding counties. Sales experience helps but is not required. Top commissions guaranteed bonuses and facts available.
A 68 year old top rated manufacturer seeks salesmen to earn $10,000+ yearly in protected territory. Peak fall selling period, field training, 16-20 percent commission weekly, annual bonus. Car required. Contact Carl Sieber, district manager, The Osborne Co. 1611 N Broadway, Oklahoma City, OK RE 65730.
Community notices offer help for problem drinkers with Family Group box 673 Lawton and Alcoholics Anonymous lines. Nursing home care details include Thompson Nursing Home and Lawton Elderly Care, with phone numbers. Real estate ad for 100 by 200 foot lot at $65 monthly and 1602 Columbia nursing home and business listings follow.
Allstate founded by Sears offers a permanent sales position with no travel, on the job training, and above average income potential plus benefits and profit sharing. Requires 28 to 38, prior direct selling. Interview with Mr Ward P Pohly at Hotel Lawtonian on Oct 2 3 and 4. Also multiple help-wanted items including a shirt lady wool presser, Watkins independent business, route work in Lawton or Altus, girls 18 plus, waitress, and more.
A compact scanned page lists varied notices and want ads tied to Fort Sill and Lawton. Items include safety checker car company drivers, carhop and salesman roles for All State and Sears tied to direct premiums, in person applications at Wayne's Burger and Hotel Lawtonian interviews, cleaner and housekeeping posts, distributor opportunities for toy town division, wool and silk presser, lost pets, yard and hauling services, mowing and gardening, real estate auctions, and farm listings across Lawton and nearby towns with dates and contact info.
George Stinnett of 1215 Oak leads Pack 29 recruitment with Mar sha ls Looney Jim Reese and others named as officials. Den mothers listed for dens 1 through 10. October theme set as Halloween. Awards given to Sim Ely Granoff David Lee Chapman Allan Ray Haynes Larry Crews Donald Beavers Robert F Stephens Russell Schaefer and Edward Krisher. Future meetings scheduled monthly on second Thursdays and last Friday in October.
A safety program was adopted at the sixth district VFW and Ladies Auxiliary meeting at Fort Sill on Oct 1 2. The program offers an essay on safety to all district school children. VFW officials and auxiliary leaders attended, with John B. White visiting area schools to provide information. The extended meeting attracted 193 participants and honored banquet supervisors with letters of appreciation.
North Dakota's cattle population increased for the fourth consecutive year in 1954, according to the Agriculture Department marketing service.
In Buenos Aires troops surround three packing houses as dissident CGT factions challenge the six million member union. Pro and anti-Peron groups clash in Mar del Plata while CGT leaders press Lonardi for elections to decide union leadership. Peron remains exiled in Asuncion.
Mrs Hal Hallett announced six leaders for Thursday evenings Comanche County Conference on Education with six discussion groups on needs problems and possible solutions The event at Lawton high school cafeteria starts at 730 pm The leaders include Dr Charles Green T E Lauderdale Walter Gray Ed Cagle Wayne Gilley and Rev J J Stowe Recorders will be named for each group A state delegation to Oklahoma City Oct 18 19 and a nationwide session in Washington DC Nov 29 Dec 1 will be elected and sent Mayor C R Ellsworth and Sam Joyner Jr will speak at the meeting
North Addition property offers a five room house with a small rear income unit. Owners seek larger home, price 8975 dollars.
Twelve Lawton delegates attended the Texas-Oklahoma Kiwanis district convention in San Antonio. Jay Dee Fountain was elected lieutenant governor for the division, becoming the fourth Lawtonian in that office. John Hopper of Duncan was elected governor of the division as it added four clubs for 26 organizations in division 18. Next year’s convention is in Corpus Christi with Tulsa hosting in 1957. Attendees included Olen Conner, Reginal Brown, Marlin Keathley, Paul Goode, Lewis Fouts, T. P. Brammer, Jerry Brammer, Lawton high school key club president, Harold Wilson, LeRoy Leister, Gale Sadler, Elmer Bauman, Ken Martin, and Fountain.
A division command inspection of Company A 700th Ordnance Battalion of the 45th Infantry Division based in Lawton was conducted Tuesday. Col. Dwayne Box and Capt. Quinton Hurstine led the visit with Capt. Herman H. Horst and 1st Lt. Lesse M. Smith assisting. several promotions and discharges followed including Sergeants Harold Crawford Kenneth Hilliary Wayne Young and Corporals William Barnett Robert Muse Alfred Stalten. Private First Class slots filled by Wayland Brown Leland Brown Derrel Musgrove Troy Weddle Almus Dick inson Avery Thompson. discharged M-Sgt George Cornwell M-Sgt George Wilson Sgt Paul Stigler. Pvt Larry Arnold enlisted.
Comanche county court received applications for two beer licenses. Emily J. Hickson seeks a license for Hickson's Bar-B-Q at 103 Columbia Street. Ruth A. Pierce applies for a license for Angelo's Restaurant at 505 N. Second Street.
County 4-H members face Oct 8 and Oct 15 deadlines for top honors in the state program. Miss Betty Brannon notes Oct 8 requires qualifying materials at the county office in the courthouse basement. Oct 15 covers personality improvement candidates. Two boys and two girls will be chosen for area awards in Altus on Oct 26, with workbooks due Oct 15 and talks required at area meetings. Last year’s district champions from Comanche county won state prizes, but are ineligible this year.
About 90 percent of Denmark’s land is productive and roughly 75 percent is actively farmed, reflecting extensive agricultural use. This highlights Denmark’s agricultural economy and land management patterns amid the country’s rural landscape and farming practices.
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