Geronimo School Board Publishes Policy Statement
The Geronimo School Board releases its first policy booklet under Superintendent Glen R. Hastings. It covers board organization, duties, administration, teaching staff policies, student rules, curriculum, transport, athletics, and school operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geronimo Board of Education
Glen R. Hastings
Board of Education
Geronimo Public Schools
Geronimo Board
John S. Lewis
Emery W. Crow
Charlie F. Bard
Donald J. Garrett
Fayne V. McCuiston
Funeral Rites for Lt Col Lathrop Held at Sumner
Lt Col George E Lathrop 41 chief of eye ear nose and throat at Fort Sill died Tuesday in Brooke Army Medical Center San Antonio Texas from hypertensive cardiovascular disease He served as ENT consultant to the Far East command in Japan and became Fort Sill chief in September Survivors include wife Jeanne M Lathrop Sumner services were held Saturday in Sumner Funeral home burial in cemetery Also note Mrs Willa Mae Kriss 1814 Arlington will have services Monday in Lawton Funeral Home chapel for the deceased Kriss died Thursday after illness in Oklahoma City hospital
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George E. Lathrop
U.S. Army Hospital
Fort Sill
Sumner
Lathrop
Brooke Army Medical Center
San Antonio
Tex
Texas Hospital
Brooke
United States
Far East
Japan
Fort Sill Hospital
Illinois
University of Ilinois
Urbana
Col. Lathrop
Wayne University
Chicago
Army
Jeanne M. Lathrop
Willa Mae Kriss
Arlington
Lawton Funeral Home
Kriss
Oklahoma City
Chamber Banquet Set for Frederick
Annual Chamber of Commerce membership banquet will be Monday evening November 15 at the VFW hut. Reverend W H Bill Alexander pastor of the Christian Church in Oklahoma City will be the speaker.
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Frederick
Chamber of Commerce
W. H
Bill) Alexander
The
Christian Church
Oklahoma City
Outstanding 4-H youths depart for American Royal show
Faxon 17 year old Jim Clower and Fletcher 17 year old June Slaughter, outstanding Comanche county 4-H members, along with Mrs. Bruce Nelson, Indiahoma 4-H leader, left for Kansas City Missouri to attend the American Royal. Clower plans to enroll at Oklahoma A&M and has earned Hereford steer and Holstein heifer awards plus a state fair judging school trip. Slaughter specializes in food preservation and recreation and has led Midway 4-H. Nelson, named outstanding Comanche county 4-H club leader for 1953-54, has spent 11 years coaching 4-H programs statewide. The Lawton Chamber of Commerce sponsors the group.
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Kansas City
Jim Clower
Bruce Nelson
June Slaughter
Fletcher
Faxon
Comanche County
Clinton Clower
Clower
Oklahoma A&m College
June
A&m
Midway
Nelson
Missouri
Noble County
Lawton Chamber of Commerce
Area Men In Service Return Home for 30 Day Leave
Fred Attaway Jr. arrived for a 30 day leave with his parents Mr and Mrs Fred Attaway Sr of 1333 Ash. He completed Marine air cadet training at Kingsville Texas and will report to El Toro California in 30 days as a jet fighter pilot. Lt Attaway graduated Cyril High School in 1949 and attended the University of Oklahoma three years before enlisting in April 1954.
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Fred Attaway Jr
Fred Attaway Sr
Kingsville
Tex
el Toro
Calif
Lt. Attaway
Cyril High School
University of Oklahoma
Missing Tulsa Girl Found Safe After Overnight Search
A six year old Tulsa girl Norma Jeanne Pearse who had been missing since Friday afternoon was found unharmed. Detective Earl Beddee said she was located wandering in a residential street wearing the nightgown she had on with a friend. Police learned she had parental permission to sleep at the friend's home. A large local search party scoured the area and two persons were arrested for questioning.
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Tulsa
Okla
Earl Beddee
Norma Jeanne Pearse
Mopia
Norma Jeanne
Lawton Trio Tours Europe Observing Uneasy France
Miss Lou Sparlin and the Picek couple traveled through France Italy Austria Switzerland and Germany totaling over 4500 miles. They note unrest in France with communists gaining a foothold and Mendes France improving stability while Italy shows resilience under the pope.
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France
Europe
Lou Sparlin
Bell
Municipal Airport
Premier Mendes-France
Miss Sparlin
Raymon Petit
Nevers
Lawtonian
Mrs. Petit
Piceks
Petits
Brest
Cotton Allotment Quotas Discussed in Duncan Meeting
Bill Sieg ASC office manager in Comanche County described a shift to history based cotton allotments for next year at a Duncan gathering. He noted past planting levels will determine quotas to favor regular cotton growers. Also present were Marie Southwick ASC clerk and Gilbert Wolf committee chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Sieg
Comanche
Comanche County
Marie Southwick
ASC
Gilbert Wolf
Special Day Observed at First Methodist Frederick
Layman’s Day will be observed at the First Methodist church in Frederick with W. G. Roe leading the morning service. Guest speaker is Prather Brown, superintendent of Frederick Public Schools.
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Frederick
First Methodist Church of
W. G. Roe
Prather Brown
Frederick Public
Col Donahue and wife visit Lawton friends during leave
Col. and Mrs. Donahue of Rockford Illinois are in Lawton visiting friends at 1213 Arlington while en route from Fort Bliss to Stillwater to see their sons Lt Phil Donahue and student David at A&M College. The couple, retired after wartime service, previously lived in Lawton.
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J. J. Donahue
Rockford, Ill
Fort Bliss
Phil Donahue
California
Stillwater
David
A&m College
J. H. Smith
Arlington
Lawton
Donahue
Fort Sill
OU Student Killed In Traffic Wreck
Oklahoma's 1954 traffic death toll reached 427 with 19 more than the previous year at this time. James Douglas Evans, 22, of Oklahoma City, a University of Oklahoma student, died after his car left the road, struck a curb, hit a light pole and gas meter, and overturned.
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Preslahoma
University of Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
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Germany
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City
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