Fall Color Bus Tours At Wichita Mountains Refuge
The Wichita Mountains Refuge invites weekend and fall color bus tours on Saturday Sunday and Oct 23 30. Five recreation areas including Mt Scott Doris Burford Lake and Panther Creek will close for resurfacing for about nine days. Tours start 3 PM at refuge HQ with limited 20 persons per tour and max six per party.
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Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
Mt. Scott
Doris
Burford Lake
Panther Creek
Refuge
Quanah Parker Vistar
Funeral notices for Jarrell and Higdon in Walters area
Funeral for Viola Jarrell 93 who died Sunday in a nursing home will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday. She was born May 8 1884 in Texas and lived in Walters since 1917 running a cafe until 1952. Survivors include six daughters and three sons. Funeral for Tex Higdon 74 of 1120 Oak is pending at Lawton Ritter Dalton Funeral Home. He served in Marines and Army, came to Fort Sill in 1936, retired in 1947, and worked in a furniture store 20 years. He was born July 31 1903 in Bridgeport Texas and married Mary Goodwin in 1937. He leaves his wife a daughter and four sisters and a brother and two grandchildren.
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Walters
Viola Jarrell
Jarrell
Texas
WE. Jarrell
LS. Jarrell
Anderson
Ind
Bertis Jarrell
San Antonio
Tex
Joe Jarrell
Duncan
Leola Peacock
Wanda Parker
Gracie Lee Jones
Upland
Calif
Burniece Tull
Seminole
Dorothy Stenberg
Spencer
Mae Cox
Fort Smith
Ark
Bess McQuirk
California
Reece C
Tex) Higdon
Reynolds Army Hospital
Lawton-Ritter-Dalton Funeral Home
Sgt
Higdon
Marines
Army
Fort Sill
Bridgeport
Mary Goodwin
Lawton
Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church
Texilee Donatucci
G.D. Morgan
Adkins
Joe LaMotte
Fontana
G.H. Herr
Cleveland
Ohio
James Shelton
Oregon
Carl
San Jose
Hartford Hartt College names development director
Robert A. Harper is named director of development at the University of Hartford Hartt College of Music. He will plan and direct fund raising programs in conjunction with Hartt director Donald Mattran.
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West Hartford, Conn
Robert A. Harper
Hartford
Hartt College of Ma
Harper
Hartt
Donald Mattran
Fire Destroys Gryan's Motor Home
Victor Cox reported his 1976 Dodge motor home destroyed by fire on the extension of 82nd Street near Lee Boulevard about 11 05 a m Sunday. The owner had been out of town and reported the vehicle stolen on return from Dallas. Damage estimated at 15000 dollars. Deputies at Lawton Municipal Airport saw flames and smoke from the air show and a passing motorist also reported the blaze. The fire melted the windshield and left the walls molten.
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Victor Cox
NW Oak
82Nd Street
Lee Boulevard
Neil Springborn
Cox
Dallas
Springborn
Lawton Municipal
Instapoll Questions Read Over Lawton Publishing System
The notice invites readers to call 353-0620 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. today through Wednesday to answer Instapoll questions about President Carter energy policy and a fuel tax, and to call for local government questions via Hot Line at the same number.
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Lawton Publishing Company
Instapoll
McGavic Elected Oklahoma Municipal Clerks Leader at Stillwater Meet
Stillwater hosts the 21st annual conference of the Oklahoma Association of Municipal Clerks Treasurers and Finance Officials. Jean McGavic city clerk was elected president attended by Sal Taranto and Evelyn Garrison with Taranto presenting a lecture on Investment and Cash Flow Methods. Workshops covered legislation affecting cities and towns and ways to boost public service efficiency.
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Lawton
Jean McGavic
Oklahoma Association of Municipal Clerks
Stillwater
McGavie
Sal Taranto
Evelyn Garrison
Taranto
Texan wounded in fast draw attempt near Cache
Homer G. Greear of Grand Prairie Texas was treated for a flesh wound in the right leg after a .22 pistol discharged as he attempted fast-draw on a ranch near Cache. Deputy Neil Springborn said Greear was released from Comanche County Memorial Hospital after the injury.
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Homer G. Greear
Grand Prairie
Tex
Comanche County Memorial Hospital
Neil Springborn
Greear
Cache
Springborn
Lawton Man Arraigned In Check Theft Case
G Ryan Arraigned Bond set at 1000 for 23 year old Lawton man on concealing and withholding stolen property. Chris Gillitte 107 Dunlop arrested in connection with theft of checks from a Lawton woman. Preliminary hearing set for Nov 30. Case covers Sept 8 theft of checks and credit cards. one check cashed in Lawton about a week later.
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Lawton
Chris Jewel Gillitte
Dunlop
Gillitte
Longstanding eel farming practice in ponds under Japan Federation
The article notes that Romans once used large pond enclosures to lock in eels, a method reportedly still used by members of the Japan Federation of Eel Cultivation Associations.
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The
Japan Federation of Eel Cultivation Associations
Huge Freight Yard Planned Near Oklahoma City
Santa Fe Railroad announces a $15 million freight yard to be built in Cleveland County just south of Oklahoma City. Construction will start after approvals, about two years total, with a 100 worker payroll and capacity for 2000 rail cars daily. It targets growing rail business and GM plant shipments starting mid-1979.
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Oklahoma City
Cleveland County
Oklahoma City City
Santa Fe Railroad
Santa Fe
Topeka
Oklahoma City Planning Commission
General Motors
Bible program and dinner hosted by Wycliffe Associates
A dinner and program on Wycliffe Bible translation will be held at 7 p.m. Friday in the Holiday Inn. Sponsors are the Wycliffe Associates who support Wycliffe Bible Translators working in 200 languages across 32 countries. Dinner reservations via Mrs. John Peck at 353-7958.
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Wycliffe Bible Translation
Holiday Inn
Wycliffe Associates
Wycliffe Bible Translators
John Peck
Book Swap Set at Armed Forces YMCA
The Cameron University Veterans Affairs office will hold an annual book exchange in the Armed Forces YMCA from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. on Wednesday Thursday and Friday. Gayle Coyle veterans affairs officer and Calvin Crawford oversee the event.
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Cameron University Veterans Affairs Office
Armed Forces Ymca
USO
Gayle Coyle
Veterans Affairs
Calvin Crawford
Death not homicide in Lawton case police say
A 19 year old Lawton man Mike Waller was found dead in his car on a city street. Police report the death is not homicide and preliminary cause is massive heart congestion. Investigation continues but is not treated as a police case.
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Lawton
Mark McFarland
McFarland
Mike Waller
Bessie
Waller
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