Lawton Social Calendar Highlights Local Organizations
Lawton PTA council meets at Roosevelt School at 1 15 p m Rotary Anns convene at Hotel Lawton Ian at 12 15 p m Pershing Home Demonstration Club chaired by Mrs W D White reviews events at 2105 Dearborn Association meeting at Baptist YWA Temple First Baptist 7 p m Lawton Cosmetology Association 7 30 p m Shut In department 7 30 p m Lawton Woman's Forum at City County Health 1010 S Sheridan 7 30 p m Past Noble Grands club and Goodwill Rebekah lodge 83 host Halloween party at 7 30 p m VFW post 1193 games night 8 p m VFW building 926 S Second Lawton Garden club 9 30 a m Junior Keyboard Music Club 4 p m at 2602 N 17th Central Baptist Dorcas class 7 p m Junior Miss club 7 30 p m Senior Citizens club 7 p m at Museum of the Great Plains Women of Beat Heights Presbyterian Church general meeting and program 7 30 p m at church parlors Chapter EB PEO Mrs Evelyn McKasson 4602 Atom 7 30 p m Auxiliary to VFW post 1193 at VFW building 926 S Second
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawton Pta
Roosevelt School
Rotary Anns
Lawtonian
Pershing Home Demonstration Club
W. D. White
Dearborn
Baptist Ywa
Temple First Baptist Church
Lawton
Security Bank and Trust Co
Lawton Woman's Forum
S. Sheridan
Noble
Goodwill Rebekah Lodge
Rex Mills
VFW
S. Second
W. T. Burleson
Euclid
Nancy Sue Rogers
Central Baptist
Sill Wives Group Holds Meeting At Ross Home
The Gunnery department Officers Wives planning committee met at Mrs. Samuel R. Ross 648 Batson Road Fort Sill. They discussed a Gunner luncheon October 31 in the Artillery room of the Officers Club with Mrs. James W Totten as speaker and plans for monthly branch coffees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel R. Ross
Batson Road
Fort Sill
G. L. Waters
Artillery
Officers Club
James W. Totten
Officers Wives Club
G. W. Watkins
R. C. Albertella
R. A. Bliss
J. T. Brackman
A. T. Brillhart
W. R. Dietderich
H. C. Fox
W. M. Hon
G. R. Lamb
D. K. Locke
B. E. McNeil
J. W. Miller
D. D. Neu
E. C. Riley
Allied Officers Present International Relations Program
Five Allied officers from Saudi Arabia Chile France Korea and China will travel from Fort Sill to Pauls Valley on Tuesday night to present an international relations program for the AAUW. Mrs. W F Shepard directs the event now in its third year in Pauls Valley with a buffet supper at a state hospital meeting room. officers will describe their homelands and answer questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Sill
Pauls Valley
American Association of University Women
W. F. Shepard
Lawton
AAUW
Hostess Club
Shepard
State Hospital
Hussain Kassim Khudaiee
Burabia
Saudi Arabia
Charles Reed Beytia
Chile
Ludovic Dupont de Dinechin
France
Kim Nam Chin
Sindangdong
Sungdongku
Seoul
Korea
K. I. Lu
Hunan
Republlic
China
Historical Garden Design topic at Lawson Garden Club meet
Mrs. Roma Clift Montgomery will lead discussion on historical garden design at the Lawson Garden Club meeting Tuesday at 9 30 a m in Mrs. W T Burleson 804 Euclid home with Mrs Frank B Hurt as co host. The Junior Keyboard Music Club also meets Tuesday at 4 p m at Nancy Sue Rogers 2002 N 17th with a Halloween musical tricks and treats program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roma Clift Montgomery
Lawton Garden Club
W. T. Burleson
Euclid
Frank B. Hurt
Nancy Sue Rogers
N. 17Th
Airlift Demonstrates New U.S. Defense Strategy
Washington reports Operation Big Lift will move 16,000 U.S. troops to Germany within 72 hours as a sign of a new phase in defense policy. Deputy Defense Secretary Gilpatric says it enables rapid power projection, potential overseas force reductions, and broader multi base logistics for NATO.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Chicago
United Press International Editors and Publishers
Gilpatric
National Defense
U.S
United States
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Europe
West Germany
Western Alliance
Police Court Disposes Of Municipal Court Cases
Today Municipal Judge J Merle Oaks disposed numerous cases. Defendants including Roger Holt and Jimmy Poe faced bond forfeitures for license and stop sign violations. several were fined for improper turns, speeding, reckless driving, and driving without licenses. Several suspend fines and bonds, with notes on public drunkenness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Merle Oaks
Roger Holt
Jefferson
Jimmy Lee Poe
S. 12Th
Robert S. Reed
Arlington
Richard Bovughn
Lawton
Herman V. Tisdale
Temple
William H. Gross
Euclid
Robert Richard H. Demarco
Edward Vonsoher
Cowie Road
George J. Beck
Joaquin Rivera
Fort Sill
William R. Abel
Rt. 1
Henry A. Crawford
Garfield
John Thomas Hicks Jr
Lowton
Gisela Brown
Lake
Chester Jones
Dearborn
Keith Jenkins
Smith
Winona Carpenter
Letha McLearen
Dora Spencer
Coretta Nichols
Georgia
Kina Petton
Optimists Attend Zone C Meeting in Ardmore
Eight representatives from the Noon and Breakfast Optimist clubs attended a Zone C meeting in Ardmore on Sunday afternoon. Panel discussions were led by Dr. C. L. Parsons of Lawton, the zone lieutenant governor. Attendees included Col. (Ret.) W. H. Brugess and Harold English from the Noon club and Al Terrill, Bob McNeil, M. J. Randall, Orville Smith, Dr. Parsons, and Bob Parr from the Breakfast club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ardmore
C. L. Parsons
Lawton
Col
W. H. Brugess
Harold English
al Terrill
Bob McNeil
M. J. Randall
Orville Smith
Dr. Parsons
Bob Parr
Basket Of Books Program For Rose Club Enjoys Readings
Mrs. Volney Hamm led the Rose Club program at Mrs. J. R. Gordon’s home 2001 Bell, sharing titles such as Women and Fatigue by Marian Hillard and The Creative Woman by Dorothy Goldberg. Attendees included Mrs. Leon Pipes and several other members and guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Volney Hamm
Mary Swartz Rose Club
J. R. Gordon
Bell
Cecil Woodham-Smith
Harry Golden
Leon Pipes
Jim Recer
Rex Beall
Charles Kelsey
Urban Sanders
Kenneth Kaspereit
Felix Rogers
Carter Crane
Willis Miller
Gilbert Cagle
Charley Newton
Kennedy's Job Tied to Passage of Tax Cut Bill
The Kennedy administration hinges on enacting an $11.1 billion tax cut says Secretary Dillon. He warns of a potential late year recession and its impact on JFK’s bid for a second term. Unemployment stood at 5.6 percent in September, with 3.5 million jobless, unchanged since 1960. Kennedy had urged that every American who wants a job should find one with decent pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyle C. Wilson
United Press International
John F. Kennedy
Secretary of Treasury
C. Douglas Dillon
Senate Finance Committee
Dillon
JFK
Kennedy
Richard M. Nixon
Massachusetts
Nixon
Ins
Labor Department
Pontiac
Mich
Funeral Rites for Several Lawton Residents Reported
Obituaries list multiple funeral services and deaths in Lawton area. Mrs Thompson 60. Mrs Potter 74. Mrs Bessie Eula Stephens 83. Mrs James Taylor 28. details include birthplaces, relatives, church affiliations, graves, and funeral directors Becker and Ritter-Dalton.
Candlelight Service At Friendship Baptist Church
The second annual candlelight ceremony took place Sunday night at Friendship Baptist Church at 15th and New York. The program was led by choir president Eloise Glass and pianist Mary Stevenson, with Rev. Melvin Fulbright serving as pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friendship Baptist Church
15Th
New York
Eloise Glass
Mary Stevenson
Melvin Fulbright
Prayer Meeting and Western Party Planned by Centenary MYF
Centenary Methodist Youth Fellowship schedules a cottage prayer meeting Tuesday at 6 30 p m in Cathy Graves home 2901 N 22nd and a western party Thursday with Paul Tate as caller Junior high members meet 5 30 p m at the Little Chapel then go to Lake Lawtonka bringing a box lunch sponsors Mr and Mrs James Cothren said
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centenary Methodist
MYF
Cathy Graves
Paul Tate
Little Chapel
Lake Lawtonka
James Cothren
Kennedy Predicts Expanded Free Trade In Kennedy Round
President Kennedy told Congress the upcoming Kennedy round of trade talks could widen free world trade in all products and directions. The seventh annual report on the trade agreements program details 1962 trade and tariff developments, with Kennedy urging removal of restrictions on exports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Kennedy
Congress
United States
GRDA Posts September Loss Due to Dry Weather
The Grand River Dam Authority reports a $22,658 loss in September, against $97,619 in September 1962. Nine month losses total $414,338 versus $270,255 a year ago. Higher expenses and dry weather forced extra power purchases at Pensacola Dam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vinita
Grand River Dam Authority
Pensacola Dam
Workmen Dig Up Chief's Remains at Saddle Mountain
Kiowa Chief Stumbling Bear’s remains are exhumed in a misty dawn disinterment here. The body will be reburied at Fort Sill with full honors after bones and artifacts are cataloged for a pine coffin burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saddle Mountain
Stumbling Bear
Fort Sill
Medicine Lodge
W. S. Hancock
Arkansas River
Morrill Act 100th anniversary noted by land grant colleges
Britannica Book of the Year records the 1962 centennial observance of the Morrill Act which founded land grant colleges and state universities in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Association of Land Grant Colleges and State Universities
Britannica
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sill Wives Group
Ross Home
Rose Club
Liberty Heights
Ferris
Marylin Miller Cosmetics
Edna Hennessee
Mrs. Thompson
Heaton Thompson
Bethel Baptist Church
Columbia
Forrest Keener
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Becker Funeral Home
Carrollton
Miss
Pablo M. Cuaron
Baltimore
Giles Flanagin
Green Bay
Wisc
Lloyd Flanagin
Aurora, Jr
Kermit Flanagin
Robert S. Potter
Becker Funeral
Mr. Potter
Bartlesville
C. B. Sykes
Ioof Lodge
Mrs. Stephens
Bessie Eula Stephens
Trinity Baptist Church
H. Tom Wiles
First Baptist Church
N. N. Antonson
Letitia Cemetery
Ritter- Dalton Funeral Home
Carl Capshaw
Johnnie Allred
Walter Buford
Elmo Kelley
Orville Wilson
Ed Graham
Mrs
James Taylor
Central Baptist Church
Donald Potts
H. E. Alsup
Perry
Ralls
Tex
Taylor
Jerrye Wanona Harris
Lorenzo
Fort Worth
Enochs
Karen Lea
Cynthia D’lois
R. W. Harris
Lubbock
Carrol Harris
Rails
Clements Garden Center
Cache Road
Wolverton
Sheridan Road
GRDA
Couture
Natural Ranch
Denmark
S.W
Oklahoma
Beauty School
Rexall
America
Compton
Pharmacy
Paul Mecclung
Sill
A. B. Drug CO
S&h
Wacker’s
Sear’s Shopping Center
Shugart’s Studios
The
Shugart
Will
Dean Kirkpatrick
Wacker
Sear’s
Tues
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