Two More School Buses Bought by Lawton Board
Lawton School Board approved purchasing an aluminum 48 passenger bus from F B Schmite Motor Co of Galneaville Texas for 3000 dollars and a 36 passenger bus from Bleck Motor Co of Lawton for 3400.95 dollars. The larger bus arrives Friday for inspection as city schools now operate six crowded buses.
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Lawton
Board of Education
F. B. Schmite Motor Co
Galneaville
Texas
Bleck Motor Co
Joe Porter
Fort Sill
The
Home Service Co. of
Post Children's School
Charles F Hunter promoted at Fort Sam Houston Texas
Charles F Hunter nephew of Lyle Grose of Lawton has been promoted to technical sergeant at the Food Service school Fort Sam Houston Texas where he has taught since 1946. He leads the training aids section and prepares visual aids for training cooks bakers meat cutters and supervisory food service personnel. He served in the Fourth Army since 1938 and spent four months as a prisoner of war in World War II. He and wife Pauline Stump of Lawton and their son Monte live in San Antonio.
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Charles F. Hunter
Lyle Grose
Lawton
Food Service School
Fort Sam Houston
Texas
Hunter
Fourth Army
Aron Hunter
BTO
Pauline Stump
Monte
Ilves
San Antonin
City to review water system extension plan for new additions
Hobart city council will receive a cost estimate at tonight's meeting for extending the municipal water system to serve new residential additions. The proposal will be presented by Oklahoma City engineer W. Long.
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Hobart
Okla
W. ¥. Long
Oklahoma City
Huge Sum Paid to Vets on Unemployment Rolls
Washington reports that over 2.6 billion dollars have been paid to veterans on unemployment and self employment allowances since fall 194d. Yet only half of the 14.8 million World War II veterans have received readjustment payments and under eight percent have claimed all GI Bill allowances. The law offers up to 20 dollars weekly for unemployed vets for five months and up to 100 dollars monthly for employed veterans with net earnings limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Veterans Administration
Day Leader Dies in Chicago Prohibition Former Chairman
Everett Blake, born 1872, longtime national chairman of the Prohibition party, died today in Chicago after a long illness. The funeral details were not announced.
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Chicago
Howard Everett Blake
Prohibition Party
Notable banker Samuel McRoberts dies at 74
Gen Samuel McRoberts 74 banker and industrialist dies after months of illness. He chaired the Wall Street firm McRoberts and Tegtmeyer Inc at the Union of Kla daath offices.
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Gotham
Niks
New York
Samuel McRoberts
Bancer
Unig
Kladaath
McRoberts
Wall Street
McRobera and Tegtmeyer, Inc
School Finance Study Scheduled
Oklahoma City reports that the inter legislative committee on school finance will not reconvene until December. Chairman Harold Toaz and the full committee agreed to wait for five sub committees to report on specific school problems. James Nevins of Chonulged leads the sub committee on school revenue. Senator Raymond Gary opposes any increase in ad valorem tax and earlier proposed a severance tax on natural gas to fund schools.
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Oklahoma City
Harold Toaz
Atoka
Toaz
Tosz
James Nevins
Chonulged
Raymond Gary
Madu
Senator Kenneth McKellar Rushed for Digestive Treatment
Senator Kenneth McKellar of Tennessee, aged 78, was flown to Washington in an army transport plane for treatment of a stomach ailment that confined him to his Atlantic City hotel room since Sunday. Doctor Arthur Ewen said his condition warranted hospital care after a digestive disturbance likely from food poisoning. He was taken by stretcher from Pomona Naval Air Station.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Khi—Sen
Kenneth McKellar
Tenn
Washington
Arthur &. Ewen
U. S. Naval Air Station
Pomeona
Ewens
Ktricken
Cape May
Ferrell Approved As Assistant For Training Program
J F Ferrell Jr, a Clinton veteran with over three years in the service, is named assistant in the local veterans agriculture training program. The board approved his hiring to fill a vacancy created by the resignation of W C Clare, who becomes supervisor. Ferrell is an Army Air Forces veteran and Clinton High School alumnus with a BS in animal husbandry from Oklahoma A and M. He and his wife reside at 1117 Birch with their 19 month old son Freddie.
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J. F. Ferrell, Jr
John Shoemaker
Ferrell
Board of Education
James D. Logan
W. C. Clare
Logan
Clinton
Army Air Forces
Saipan
Clinton High School
FFA Club
Oklahoma A. and
M. College
Birch
Freddie
Veterans’ Agriculture Program
Milton Worley
Comanche County
Shoemaker
Virginia Horton
Post Children's School
Doris Keeran
Will Rogers
Geneva Scott
Douglass
City
Oklahoma Receives Lunch Program Funds Allocation
Washington announces the Department of Agriculture allocated 087,783 dollars to Oklahoma for this year's school lunch program with a required state match. Nationwide total funds amount to 48,750,000 dollars.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Oklahoma
Local Residents Entertain News and Weddings Mentioned
Mr and Mrs B L McCrary and daughter Tonie Lee settle at 411 Columbia joining McCrary grocery at 222 GC. Katharine Harper, formerly Lawton high teacher, visits from Outwood Kentucky. Justice and Mrs Riley attend wedding of Barbara McQuisen and Atha Hugh Wair Sr. in Oklahoma City First Congregational church.
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B. L. McCrary
Tonie Lee
Columbia
Oklahoma City
McCrary
B. L. McCrary Jr
H. W. Senniett
Katharine Harper
Veterans’ Hospital
Outwood
J. C. Harper
Arlington
Harper
Lawton High School
Justice
Pletcher Riley
W. ¥. Riley
Pauline Riley
Bell
Barbara McCuisden
Atha Hugh Wair Sr
First Congregational Church
English To Give Report On Tour Exalt Oklahoma Expositor
English to present a report to the Legislative Council at the state capitol next Monday on the eastbound industrial tour. Lawton banker Exalt English accompanied the Oklahoma exhibit train with Milton Keating of the Lawton Chamber. The council seeks to measure the tour’s effectiveness and potential benefits for Oklahoma’s development.
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Exalt English
Lawton
Oklahoma
Legislative Council
State Capitol
Bill Logan
English
Milton Keating
Lawton Chamber of Commerce
Oklahhoma
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Our
Graham-Hoeme
McKinney Farm Equipment & Lee
Sen. McKellar
Automobile — Fire
R. C. Stanley
Ava
Creditors’ Adjustment Bureau
Ihrthur Youne
Kochler Bldg
Tel As
Baby‘s Sanitary Laundry
Wirt W. Halsinger
Orville D. Pope
South Ath Phono
James Odell
Leon
Donald Odell
Woodward
Herbert Bridges
Donald
Kenneth Bridges
Wyoming
Stillwater
Dean Hirsch
St. Louis
Phil Hornstein
Gore
West East
A. L. Fitzsimmons
Elm
Wichita
Kans
Patsy Ruth Barnett
George G. Rowe
Veterans’ Hospital Summer House
South Fourth Street
Johnson’s Bakery
Penney’s
Icetela
Dodge
Iiasion
Black Motor CO
J Dunitin
Tulsa
Buster Doyle Wewoka
Legislative Counel
EDWIN
Hood Insurance
Joe Donley Forest
E. Barps
So. Ltd
Acrosa Street
Maida
Whiting Motor Co
C Avenue
Fairmont
Werman Drug Store
j/ELECTRIC
Miotera
Avery
Lawton’s
Finest Body Shop
Wade Oldsmobile Co
Southwest
2Nd & C Avenue
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