Registered Pets and Services Classified Listing
A dense ad page lists numerous registered animals for sale including Weimaraner pups Dalmatian puppies Siamese kittens Boxer and Chihuahua dogs Beagle pups and bird dogs with phone contacts and locations. Also includes Newport Employment Service and help wanted notices for fountain girl and baby sitter positions with hours and contact details.
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Seitter
Cyril
Wiemeraner
AKC
Taft
Andrews
Chihuahua
Logan
Ci Cail
Pomeranian
Cockers
Scott Dale
Arch Coombs
Walters
Okla
Newport Employment Service
Cache Rd
Sycamore
Gilbert’s _Pharmacy
Gore
Airline TV table model with new picture tube
17 inch airline TV table model advertised with a new picture tube for $85. Contact phone number 4223-1.
Miss America Pageant Opens Tonight in Atlantic City
Atlantic City hosts forty nine beauty contestants as Miss America 1956 pageant opens with a parade and rehearsals. Contestants pose in swimsuits for newsreel and photographers before three evening gown talent rounds begin. Current queen Lee Ann Meriwether will crown successor. top prize includes 50000 dollars.
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Atlantic City
N.J
Lee Ann Meriwether
San Francisco
New Mexico
Wyoming
Washington
Chicago
District of Columbia
Hawaii
Canada
Pennsylvania
Palm Ulrich
Sinking Spring
South Dakota
Connie White
Canistota
Ann Campbell
Oklahoma City
Funeral Rites for Mrs Martha Sanders Held in Lawton
Funeral services for Martha Susie Sanders aged 71 of 1408 Kingsbury were set for 10 30 a m Thursday at Becker Memorial chapel with Rev Roy Ditterline officiating. Burial followed at Highland cemetery under Becker Funeral home direction. Sanders was found dead at 7 a m Monday by her son Arville Sanders after reportedly dying of a heart attack Sunday night amid prior heart issues and recent treatments.
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Martha Susie Sanders
Kingsbury
Becker Memorial Chapel
Roy Ditterline
Lawton Heights Methodist Church
Highland Cemetery
Becker Funeral Home
Services for Jack E Shirley in Oklahoma City and Norman
Jack Elbert Shirley, 33, of 1416 Irwin, dies during a furniture move at Southwestern Radio and Sound. Services set for 10 a.m. Wednesday at First Baptist with Dr. H. Tom Wiles. graveside at Norman cemetery at 3 p.m. Becker Funeral home in charge. Survived by wife Enid Mahaffey. children Patricia, Linda, Suz an, Michael. parents A. J. and Mrs. Shirley. siblings D A Shirley, Joe Shirley, and Mrs Harold Hild. Born November 10, 1921 in Konawa Oklahoma. Navy veteran of World War II. member of First Baptist Church.
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Jack Elbert Shirley
Irwin
First Baptist
H. Tom Wiles
Norman
Becker Funeral Home
Shirley
Southwestern Radio and Sound
Konawa
Okla
Enid Mahaffey
Oklahoma City
Kanawa
Lawton
First Baptist Church
Patricia
Linda
Suzan
Michael
A. J. Shirley
D. A. Shirley
Altus
Joe Shirley
Harold Hild
Unimproved Acreage for Sale Near Lawton and Hawkins
Four segments offered: 160 acres with 4 percent grass and unimproved holdings two miles west of Hawkins Drive north. 80 acres located nine miles south and 314 miles west of Lawton. Both parcels unimproved and cheap.
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West Hawkins
Lawton
Lawton area looms with fairs and resignations in era notes
The clipping recalls events from a decade ago including Alvin Neumann resigning as Comanche county farm agent to teach at the University of Arkansas. OPA tells Congress rationing may end by 1946. Eugene Remer Jr. of Medicine Park dies after an explosion on Mount Scott road. Magnolia Oil buys a pipeline line near Elgin in the Hanbury field. A county fair and a state rally are noted alongside a serious Apache auto crash.
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Alvin L. Neumann
Comanche County
University of Arkansas
OPA
Congress
Lawton
Eugene Remer Jr
Medicine Park
Mount Scott Road
Florida Keys
Orin Gilbert
J. C. Jones
Lovey Lear
Apache
Magnolia Oil Co
American Piper Company
Hanbury Field
Elgin
Rapid tax writeoffs for 34 defense facilities approved
The Office of Defense Mobilization announced rapid tax writeoffs for 34 new or expanded defense facilities valued at 20,685,471 dollars were approved between August 11 and August 24. Since 1950 ODM has granted 20,100 certificates permitting accelerated depreciation on 1,176,262,000 dollars worth of defense facilities over five years instead of twenty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Office of Defense Mobilization
ODM
Cancer Society Awards Two Research Fellowships
The California division of the American Cancer Society announced two research fellowships for zoology study at the University of California Berkeley. Dr. Donald P. Groth of Laboratoire de Morphologie Animale in Brussels received $5,195, and Dr. Seymour Lederberg of the University of Illinois received $4,466.
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San Francisco
California
American Cancer Society
Department
University of California At Berkeley
Donald P. Groth
Laboratorie de Morphologie Animale
Brussels
Belgium
Seymour Lederberg
University of Illinois
Ten Hour Week? Boyle Reports Walter Reuther Weighs In
Hal Boyle riffs on a 10 hour work week as CIO leader Walter Reuther predicts a future where auto workers can meet quarterly quotas in 10 hours. He foresees culture time and risks to marriage and politics, while noting past shifts to 40 hour weeks. The columnist prefers a 20 hour week with free coffee.
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America
CIO
Walter Reuther
Pasteurs
Edisons
Rembrandts
Marian Andersons
Frances
Roger
Argument Turns Into Mutiny Aboard East River Tanker
A labor day dispute aboard the Liberian tanker S. S. Joan in the East River escalated from an argument over shore leave into mutiny, police said. Six sailors clashed with Captain Ernest Treilihs after he refused to allow them ashore for the holiday.
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New York
East River
Ernest Treilihs
Worms Point to Ancient Link Between Alaska and Asia
Smithsonian scientists report discovery of tiny planarian worms in Alaska linking Asia and North America. Dr Roman Kenk says the freshwater planarians imply Asia and North America joined in the past and that Alaska was largely ice free during the ice age. The worms are noted for their regenerative abilities and predatory wrapping.
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Washington
Smithsonian Institution
Alaska
Asia
North America
The
Smithsonian
Earth
Roman Kenk
Kenk
Siberia
Mushrooms May Help Halt Cancer Say MSU Research
Dr E H Lucas and Joseph Stevens of Michigan State University reported at the American Institute of Biological Sciences meeting that extracts from several mushroom species slow tumor growth in mice. Human trials are not yet possible, but results offer a potential clue for cancer control.
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East Lansing
Mich
E. H. Lucas
Joseph Stevens
Michigan State University
American Institute of Biological Sciences
Dr. Lucas
Lucas
Sloan-Kettering Institute of New York
Czechoslovakia
Germany
Austria
Comanche County Plans 4-H Achievement Dinner
Comanche County will plan its eighth annual 4-H Achievement Day dinner at 9 30 a m Wednesday in the courthouse basement ladies lounge The event honors outstanding 4 H boys and girls with a points system based on record books and activities including speech dress review demonstrations and fair projects Committee members include Mrs Carl Elling Mrs Jess Percival Mrs Mark Landoll Mrs C C Dossey and Mrs R W Buchwald
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Comanche County
County Home Demonstration Council
Clara J. Kelley
Kelley
Carl Elling
Community Club
Jess Percival
Pershing
Mark Landoll
Utility
C. C. Dossey
R. W. Buchwald
Lunch Room Group Chooses Officers for School Lunch Unit
Mrs Nona Fincher is president of the newly formed Lawton School Food Service Assn. Others elected Friday include Mrs Elsie Vaughn as vice president Mrs Opal Medford secretary treasurer and Mrs Leona Langfitt reporter. Next meeting set for Sept 23 at John Adams elementary at 730 p.m. The group comprises public school lunch room program employees.
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Nona Fincher
Lawton School Food Service Assn
Elsie Vaughn
Opal Medford
Leona Langfitt
John Adams
Grady Grand Jury Reconvenes In Okla
CHICKASHA Okla The Grady County grand jury is to reconvene after a month’s recess with an inquiry into Sheriff Hack Perrin’s office expected first. The panel had recessed in August after hearing witnesses on alleged whisky and gambling violations. County Atty Wilson Smithen says Harold Basham and Bob Stidham will testify today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chickasha
Okla
Grady County
Hack Perrin
Atty
Wilson Smithen
Harold Basham
Bob Stidham
Water Ski Record Set On Mississippi River
Mrs. Scott Dodds of Cairo Illinois set a new water ski distance record by riding 224 miles down the Mississippi River to McKellar Lake Memphis Tennessee in 10 hours averaging 25 miles per hour
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
Scott Dodds
Mississippi River
Cairo
Ill
McKellar Lake
Good Stock Farm for Sale near Lindsay Lindsay Blanchard Hwy
For sale 478 acres with good grass located one mile north of Lindsay, 14 miles west on Lindsay Blanchard Highway. Features include a six room house, barn, hay barn, corral, four ponds, stock water, 30 acres lespedeza, good fences, surface ownership only. Terms: $9,000 down, easy balance at 5 percent interest. Call for showing.
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Lindsay
Lindsay- Blanchard
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