Barbecue Slated For Jaycee Event
The southwest district convention of Junior Chambers of Commerce will feature a barbecue on September 18-19 with business sessions in the Civic room at Security Bank and Trust Co. A Quanah Parker lake barbecue and a Lawton area tour are planned with Fort Sill musical entertainment hoped for. James Marshall chairs the event with Marvin Keathley and Bill Crawford as co chairmen.
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Junior Chambers of Commerce
James Marshall
Security Bank & Trust Co
Lawton
Quanah Parker Lake
Fort Sill
Marlin Keathley
Bill Crawford
Lawton Jaycees
Oklahoma City Livestock Markets Report
Market bulletin from Oklahoma City on September 1 shows cattle supplies about 4 000 head and calves 500 with multiple loads of steers and heifers. Prices range with high choice fed steers around 23 1 2 dollars per hundredweight and hogs trading near 20 1 2, while spring lambs top at 19 and feeder lambs largely 14 to 15.50. Cattle quality varies from high to plain with cows steady to higher on some classes and stockers active.
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Oklahoma City
USDA
Soil Conservation Drainage Survey Planned Here
City Attorney Charles Jennings was advised in Oklahoma City that a Soil Conservation Service survey of drainage for soil conservation will be conducted locally. Engineers will study the Squaw Creek area while Bureau of Reclamation officials will survey Cache Creek and other potential water supplies for Lawton.
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Soil Conservation Service
Charles Jennings
Oklahoma City
Jennings
Capitol
Squaw Crek
Bureau of Reclamation
Cache Creek
Lawton
Tickets Set for Massed Fire Demonstration at Fort Sill
Tickets are free and issued on a first come first served basis at the Chamber of Commerce for a massed artillery firing show at Fort Sill Friday at 10 30 a.m. The event allows one car per ticket.
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Chamber of Commerce
Fort Sill
Hulen All-Day Picnic Planned On Labor Day
The annual all-day picnic at Hulen is set for Labor Day September 6 with K. F. McClain in charge. A basket lunch at noon will be followed by an afternoon program. old settlers and friends are invited.
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Hulen
K. F. McClain
McClain
Yogi Berra Leads Yankees Past Cleveland in Must Win
Yogi Berra hit a homer and two singles to fuel a 4-1 New York victory that tightened the margin with Cleveland to four games atop the pennant race. Also news notes report coffee prices dropping below $1 per pound across Eastern and Midwestern chains, with Grand Co. Union listing 99 cents.
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New York
Yogi Berra
Yankees
Cleveland
Midwest
Grand Co. Union
Lawton Public Schools Enrollment Calendar 1954-55
Enrollment in Lawton public schools begins with a three day schedule. Thursday covers eighth and ninth grade locker assignments, junior and senior enrollments. Friday adds junior and elementary enrollments, Saturday is sophomore enrollment. Classwork starts and buses begin runs.
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Lawton
Douglass High School
Tuy
Electronics Technician Examinations On Schedule
Examinations for electronics maintenance technician supervisor and electronics maintenance technician for Fort Sill and Lawton employment will be held soon. Information and applications available from Fort Sill post office or the executive secretary, Department of the Army.
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Fort Sill and
Lawton
U.S. Civil Service Examiners Board
Department of the Army
Fort Sill
Lawton Tops States Job Areas in Oklahoma Employment
Mrs. Virginia Kidson, head of Oklahoma Employment Service, told the Northwest Kiwanis club Lawton ranks among six top state job areas. Oklahoma’s unemployment is 3.3 percent vs the national 5 percent. She urged employers to use placement services to strengthen the program. The event opened with Paul Baty as chair and included Jo anna Wilson’s acrobatic dance. Jeff erson school principal John Elkins joined as a new member.
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Lawton
Virginia Kidson
Oklahoma Ement Service
Northwest Kiwanis Club
Oklahoma
Paul Baty
Joanna Wilson
M-Set
Eldee Wilson
Fort Sill
John Elkins
Jefferson School
Oklahoma College for Women enrolls Saturday classes
Enrollment for Saturday classes at Oklahoma College for Women is set for 9 a.m. Saturday September 18. Dr. Howard Taylor, dean, announces that both men and women may enroll. Graduate and undergraduate courses available, with graduate offerings in education.
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OCW
Chickasha
Oklahoma College For Women
Howard Taylor
Sunray Expands Gulf Coast Pipeline Network
Tulsa based Sunray Oil Corp announced a 50 percent expansion of its Gulf Coast pipeline system by acquiring a 55 mile Ed Scurlock Pipe Line Co. segment serving Victoria Texas. The line will join Sunray Coastal Pipe Line Co.’s 100 mile system.
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Sunray
Coast
Tulsa
5 Y Oil Corporation
Gulf Coast
Ed Scurlock Pipe Line Co
Victoria, Tex
Sunray Coastal Pipe Line Co
Rhode Island lawmakers tout long careers in aging rank
Providence notes show U S Senator Theodore Francis Green at age 86 as the chamber's oldest member while state Senator Daniel G Coggeshall at 92 is the oldest in the nation.
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Providence
R. I
Rhode Island
Theodore Francis Green
U. S. Senate
Daniel G. Coggeshall
Health chief Dr Walter H Miles dies in Oklahoma City
Dr Walter H Miles age 62 longtime head of the Oklahoma City Health Department for 28 years died at a local hospital after a two week illness. He led city health efforts and served as a prominent public health figure.
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Oklahoma City
Walter H. Miles
State's Business Declines In July
The University of Oklahoma Bureau of Business Research reports Oklahoma’s general business for the first seven months averaged slight gains over last year, with July showing a 3.7 percent drop from June. Employment fell in July though first-seven-month totals remain higher than a year earlier. Industrial wages averaged $76.95 in July, up from June and July 1953 figures.
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Norman
Okla
University of Oklahoma Bureau of Business Research
Oklahoma
Birds with neck rings used to trap fish in Japan
A historical note describes birds restrained by metal straps around their necks to force them to swallow and regurgitate fish, a practice reportedly used in Japanese waters as a fishing method.
Prison Camp Choir Sings At Mt Sinai Church
The Iredell Prison Camp nine member choir performed at Mt Sinai Church of God in Winston Salem followed by a chicken dinner. Afterward Rufus Peoples, 59, a 27 year murder convict, vanished during the hunt. Guards allowed Ernest Fair and Charles Green to assist, then they too disappeared. Authorities continue searching for all three men.
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Winston-Salem
N.C
Iredell
Mt. Sinai Church of God
Rufus Peoples
Ernest Fair
Charles Green
Peoples
Fair
Green
Lawton Couple To Depart For Great Lakes Cruise
Mr and Mrs Ewing of 1135 Oak will depart Monday for Detroit to join a four day Great Southern Life Insurance Lakes Huron and Michigan cruise aboard the S S South American. Their trip includes stops at Sault Ste Marie Mackinac Island and Esmaba Mich with a President s ball at Mackinac hosted by Pat M Greenwood.
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Ewing
Detroit
Great Southern Life Insurance Company
Lakes Huron
Michigan
Lawton
Great Southern
Lakes
S.S. South American
Sault Ste. Marie
Canada
Mackinac Island
Esmaba
Mich
Mackinac
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Chicago
New York Stock Exchange
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Am Motors
Atchison
Beech Airc
Beth Steel
Boeing Air Bran Airw
Chrysler
du Pont
Eagle Pee
Gen
Elec
Gen Motors
Grace & Co
Greyhound
Gulf Oil
S Martin
McKees & R
Ohio
MecCord
Soil Conservation
Bulletins
McCord
Lawton Auction Company
Lee Bivd
Consignor Sale
LEE
ECC
Melvin M. Cherry
Col
D. B. Hale
Trail Blazers
Wards Trail Blazers
Riverside
Wards Riverside
Great Lakes Cruise
Percy Medicine
Montoro
Winty. Incl
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