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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1955
Page
2
Lawton records show September was the heaviest accident month with 113 total mishaps, including 98 property damages and 15 personal injuries. Twenty-two people were injured as police filed 111 traffic complaints, 35 for reckless driving and other offenses, plus 45 miscellaneous notices.
Lawton Fort Sill United Fund Red Cross drive outlines first meeting for the Special Gifts division set Friday at 10 a.m. in the United Fund office Room 415 Koehler building. The division has 25 volunteers targeting firms with under ten employees and school children will receive red feathers and leaflets to take home. Coin boxes will be placed in every classroom with cooperation from the Lawton Board of Education. Beck er Funeral Home and Security Bank & Trust Co. reported 100 percent participation in their divisions, while the Employe division, led by O B Lord and George Page, pursues One Day's Pay with about 140 firms targeted.
Lawton area men plus four from Lawton, a Fort Sill soldier, and four others enlisted in the Army in two weeks. Recruter Robert Mason listed Robert A. Johnson Carl E. Hittle James D. Wilhide David G. Smith Robert C. Hicks Lupe Gooday Ernest Cook Robert W. Miller Bobby Snow. Hutch and Hicks are Lawton HS grads. Enlist before Oct 20 to complete basic training before Christmas.
Senate investigation into Oklahoma Highway Patrol shakeup continues in Oklahoma City. Testimony describes oral charges before resignations, six man board actions, and questions over Raley’s late reports. Witnesses include Forneris, Duckworth, and Green denying wrongdoing and asserting bidwell instructions.
A 55 year old Lawton man, Frank Griffin, was bound over on a charge of assault with a dangerous weapon after a Wednesday preliminary hearing and is free on $750 bond. The incident involved stabbing Fort Sill man Joseph Johnson near Frank's Coffee Shop on September 1. Johnson testified about the knife attack on a sidewalk, bleeding profusely and seeking help at a taxi and Southwestern hospital. Defense sought to connect Griffin to a fight with Fort Sill personnel and noted Griffin's injuries, while testifying witnesses included Fort Sill officers and soldiers.
A hospital notes section records admissions and discharges including Mrs. Ted Smith and others at various streets, plus multiple births. Entries list names, residences, and times of birth, with several patients undergoing surgery or medical treatment and others dismissed.
When stock is requested in recipes, you may substitute canned consomme or bouillon if desired. This provides a practical alternative that preserves flavor while using shelf stable products. Adjust seasoning accordingly to compensate for salt content.
Twelve delegates to an Oklahoma Conference on Education will be elected at a county meeting tonight at Lawton high school cafeteria. More than 100 educators and lay people from Comanche county are expected for the 7 30 p m conference. Six leaders will moderate discussion groups on education needs and problems. Recorders will report final conclusions. Five educators and seven lay people will represent Comanche county at the state conference in Oklahoma City October 18 19. A nationwide conference is set for November 29 30 and December 1 in Washington DC.
A two week Field Artillery Refresher Course for National Guard and reserve officers starts Monday at The Artillery and Guided Missile School. Brig. Gen. J. E. Theimer will welcome about 60 officers from lieutenant to lieutenant colonel at 10 30 a m in Snow Hall auditorium. The course aims to update Guardsmen and reservists on the latest Field Artillery methods and doctrines.
In the herbarium at Kew Gardens outside London are housed, protected, and studied forty five thousand different species of living plants.
Fort Sill Relief and Welfare Fund Council reports 116 percent collections with units like 41st FA Group 52nd FA Group Hystry A&GMC and 546th MP Company surpassing 100 percent. Campaign opened August 22 and runs into next week with most drives wrapping by Friday. Brig Gen John B. Horton heads the council at the Artillery and Guided Missile Center. Prior to the council, post drives were run by individual units.
Certification of needy Lawton area residents for free commodities will occur this afternoon in the courthouse with Oma Gish of the Oklahoma Emergency Relief Board. A Relief Board conference in Oklahoma City on Oct 4 shifted the weekly Tuesday certifying schedule.
Three men, including a Lawton native, will report for induction into the Armed Forces at Will Rogers Field in Oklahoma City on Friday morning. Otis Thurman Ray, 110 North First, Langston College chemistry BS student. Harvey George Byrd of Faxon. and Douglas Marion Phillips, formerly of Lawton now in Amarillo Texas, are the draftees. The November call totals six, double the usual. Mrs. Bertha Dupler, assistant clerk of the local selective service board, urges 18 year olds to register within five days of their birthday.
An Indian powwow to honor Marine Private Robert Taylor Kassanvoid of Indiahoma will be held at 8 p.m. Thursday at Cache ballpark. Kassanvoid, son of Jesse Komacheet of Indiahoma, is on leave from the San Diego Marine Training Base in California.
Funeral services were held at Becker Memorial chapel for Claude D Dew Stimpson 67 of sensible address two miles north and five east of Lawton who died of a heart attack while working on a cattle chute. Rev J Walter Browers Jr officiated with Dr Charles Green assisting. Burial followed in Chattanooga Cemetery. Stimpson a former Ford dealer in Chattanooga and born in Ivanhoe Texas on January 11 1888 left Chattanooga for Lawton in 1932. Surviving are three sons C D Stimpson Jr Howard and Bill all of Lawton and four daughters Mrs Walter Hayter of Carlsbad New Mexico Mrs Keith Roberts of Chattanooga Mrs Virginia Berrey of Frederick and Mrs Frank Krasser of Chattanooga. Also his mother Mrs T P Stimpson of Lawton along with three brothers and two sisters and many grandchildren.
The Navy signs up two men and a woman here with one Waves recruit. Janelle Pocowatchit of Cache, a Fort Sill Indian School graduate, will be sworn in in Oklahoma City before training at Bainbridge Maryland. Maynard Gerald Fuller Jr. of Oak Street enlists for four years under the junior college program. Albert McNeill of Mountain Park also enlists, both headed to San Diego NTC for training.
Ned Shepler editor of The Lawton Constitution and Morning Press spoke at a BPW club luncheon honoring National Newspaper Week. He highlighted press aims to inform the public and defend the right to know amid calls for censorship. Other guests included Bill Bentley Ted Ralston and Mrs Willie Patton.
Reports from the Forest Service show timber harvest amounted to 70 million dollars for the year ending June 30.
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