County School Buses Checked in Comanche County
Patrolman Wes Miller inspected area school buses for safety and highway compliance. Lawton’s eight buses met standards while Ita Nooga had four in need of repair, Cache six passed, India Khoma five require work, and two at Faxon also needed repairs. Further checks planned at Elgin and Sterling.
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Comanche County
Way
Wes Miller
Miller
Lawton
Itanooga
Cache
India Khoma
Faxon
Elgin
Sterling
Comanche County fair merchant exhibit tents fill up
Elbrege Sullivan Farm Bureau chairman reports all 18 exhibit spaces in the fair merchant tent are taken with a potential second tent if demand grows. Public Service Co will wire the tent and provide labor materials. Exhibitors include Singer Bu tane Abbott Pfaff and English Furniture among others. deadline 5 pm Friday.
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Comanche County Free Fair
Elbrege Sullivan
Farm Bureau
Sullivan
Bureau
Public Service Co
Singer Sewing Machine Co
Butane Sales Corp
Lawton Feeder Supply
Abbott Butane Co
Fitch ‘Welding Supply
Fairmont Creamery
Necchi Sewing Machine Co
Southwestern Radio and Sound
Pfaff Sewing
Wickersham postpones Russia trip due to Oklahoma drought
Representative Victor Wickersham of Oklahoma delays his planned Russia visit scheduled under House Armed Services authorization. He will instead go to Washington to seek federal relief for farmers as drought worsens conditions at home and will return within a week. He credits Agriculture Secretary Benson for a rule change allowing farmers more flexible use of diverted acreage under price support programs.
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Oklahoma City
Victor Wickersham
R_ Ok Ja
Russia
Becaus
Wickersham
Washington
Benson
NSA chapter adds spice with Virgie Johnson impressions
Ivorey recalls Lawton chapter members at a meeting planning with new president Virgie Johnson. Virgie and Bill Johnson recently returned from Mexico City with an agenda that included bull fights. A postcard from Clyde and Elvira Shelton reports mountain scenery en route to the OU Cal grid game and mule packing in New Mexico. Connie Caldwell, daughter of Dr. A V Caldwell, wowed at a Jacee Jane show as she was taken from the stage.
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Lawton
National Secretaries Association
Virgie Johnson
Virgie
Bill
Mexico City
NSA
Clyde
Elvira Shelton
New Mexico
Jacee Jane
Connie Caldwell
A. V. Caldwell
Connie
Hospital News Items From Southwestern Kiowa and Memorial
Hospital notices list admissions and dismissals across Southwestern region including John White 1616 D surgery and Violet Tall Bear Watonga medical. Memorial births noted for Alfred Crowder 1610 Smith and a baby boy at 7:80 am Sept 16 weight 7 lb 4 oz. Also records surgeries for Mrs A Wardell Fletcher and Mrs A Burba Snyder with other medical and birth updates.
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John White
R. W. Pitts
Annie Laura Peace
Alvin A. Harris
Willow
Okla
onRe
P. P. Little
Altus
Sally Ann Ray
Thomas Ray
Don Simmons
Bre Lonnie ‘Simmons
Cache
Nevith
Alfred Crowder
Smith
Albert Lucas
Euclid
Medical
Russell P. Constant
Nate ‘Oscar Atha
McKinley
Druie B. Harrin
Fletcher
A. K. Burba
Snyder
Rice
Lee Woods
Oak
Fay Badder
Sycamore
Grant Neuteboom
Clarence Williams
Texas ranch wins four top awards at Kansas Free Fair
At the 74th Kansas Free Fair in Topeka, C. M. Caraway and sons of Del Leon swept blue ribbons in Shorthorn beef. Collier and son Fletcher and A C L Stewart and son Rosen tied for junior champion bull. Oklahoma A&M showed Jersey champions. Bluffview Farm won three Guernsey awards, while Owen Guernsey Farm claimed grand and senior Guernsey titles. Harroll of Tulsa earned grand and senior Duroc titles.
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Topeka
Kan
Texas
C. M. Caraway and Sons
del Leon
Collier
Fletcher
A. C. L. Stewart
Rosen
Towa
Oklahoma A&m College
Harber and Halliday
Jenks
Okla
Bluffview Farm
Dallas
Guernsey
Owen Guernsey Farm
Enid
W. F. Harroll
Tulsa
Instructors Map Year of Study For Lawton Unit
City fourth grade teachers met with Miss Thelma Talla to outline annual unit plans for Lawton. Twenty seven fifth grade teachers discussed coordinated teaching of health science history and geography with Miss Talla. New arithmetic bulletins were explained. Sixth grade teachers planned to meet today.
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Lawton
Thelma Talla
Miss Talla
Cityan Chairs TB Association Meeting in Duncan
Cityan served as chairman of the morning discussion at a Dun can meeting of all tuberculosis association workers from southwest Oklahoma. Miss Helen Ostwald, program director of the National Tuberculosis Association, was principal speaker. Several volunteer workers from Comanche County attended.
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Mary Louise Haulett
Comanche County Tuberculosis Association
Duncan
TB Association
Southwest
Oklahom
Helen Ostwald
National Tuberculosis Association
Comanche County Association
Southwestern Bell foreman attends tele-typewriter training
John Stanard repair foreman of Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. is in Oklahoma City this week attending a supervisors training school on the tele-typewriter. Frank Countryman, company wire supervisor, accompanies him.
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John Stanard
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Oklahoma City
Frank Countryman
Company
Dulles Seeks German Sovereignty Link After EDC Fallout
In Bonn and London talks with Adenauer and Churchill Dulles weighs a new formula to keep German Franco cooperation central while resisting a Brussels drawn pact. He says the Manila treaty would not alter U.S. military plans as he urges steps to restore German sovereignty within a broader peace and security role.
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West Germany
Bonn
Konrad Adenauer
London
Churchill
Eden
Dulles
Germany
Italy
Brussels
England
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
EDC
Manila
U. S
United States
Custody battle centers on baby in Paris with grandmother
Goldsmith asks police to search Antenor Patino’s villa but an inspector tests the tin magnate instead. The baby Isabela Patino is with her grandmother, a Spanish Bourbon princess, near Paris as custody case moves to the Paris Civil Court. Medical issues linger after a brain tumor surgery and infant anesthesia.
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Versailles
Goldsmith
Antenor Patino
Patino
Paris
Isabela
Scotland
Trianon Palace
Chateau of Versailles
West Africa
New Social Security Laws Discussed At BPW Lunch
A Booth and arens field representative spoke to the Lawton Business and Professional Women’s club on new Social Security provisions. The program, directed by the finance committee chaired by Mrs. Pauline Joyner, included group singing led by Ft Miss Brooks Rector and piano by Mrs. Nettie Oliver.
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Ee Aecessay
Lawton Business &Sional Women’s Club
Pauline Joyner
Miss Brooks Rector
Nettie Oliver
Funeral Rites for Mrs. Bessie Zipen Noted in City
Death of Mrs. Bessie Zipen, age 80, in New York City prompts funeral arrangements led by daughter Mrs. A. H. Schwartz of Baltimore. Survivors include son Tr vin Zipen of Miami Beach and four daughters in New York, plus 10 grandchildren and 20 great grandchildren.
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J. L. Zipen
Bessie Zipen
New York City
Zipens
Lawton
Zipen
Russia
A. H. Schwartz
Baltimore
Trvin Zipen
Miami Beach
Fla
Death of W. J. Foster in Sherman Texas
W J Foster 73 father of Mrs Paul D Hanna 919 S Fifth died at 7 05 am today in a Sherman Texas hospital after a years illness. Services set for 2 30 pm Friday at John C Daniel Funeral Sherman with burial there. Survivors include widow from Sherman one daughter Mrs Bob Gardner Rosenberg Texas two sons Frank Foster Denver Colorado Harris Foster Sherman and several grandchildren. Rev Hanna will join wife in Sherman Friday.
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W. J. Foster
Paul D. Hanna
Sherman
Tex
John C. Daniel
Alabama
Foster
Hanna
Lawton
Rear Heights Presbyterian Church
Bob Gardner
Rosenberg
Texas
Frank Foster
Denver
Colo
Harris Foster
Walter Greenwood Service at Becker Memorial Chapel
Walter Greenwood, 56, will lie in state at 7 30 p m today at Becker Memorial Chapel with Msgr Ben Hulshot officiating a Mass at 10 a m Friday at Blessed Sacrament Church Burial follows in Highland Cemetery with military rites Greenwood died Tuesday in an Oklahoma City veterans hospital
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Becker Memorial
Walter Greenwood
Ben Hulshot
Feemenger Church
Highland Cemetery
Greenwood
Oklahoma City Veterans Hospital
Walter Lynch 61 Dies. Services Set at Becker Funeral Home
Walter Lynch age 61 of 509 H died this morning in a local hospital. Born February 6, 1892 in Hobart he lived in Comanche county most of his life. He worked as a cook at the Highway cafe. He married Ethel Norah Matthews July 18, 1923 in Frederick. Survivors include his wife, a son Fred in New Orleans, two daughters in Trefton and Mangum, three stepdaughters in Benton Ark Mangum and Bennetsville, 21 grandchildren. Services will be at Bethel Assembly of God church and announced later.
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Walter Lynch
Becker Funeral Home
Hobart
Comanche County
Chattanooga
Highway Cafe
Ethel Norah Matthews
Frederick
Fred
New Orleans
Richard Salmestrelli
Trefton
N. J
Grady’ Crabtree
Irwin
Enos Ayers
Benton, Ark
Olin Pate
Mangum
Joe Adams
Bennetsville
S. C
Bethel Assembly of God Church
Death of Chester L Burrows Tipton farmer dies after illness
Chester L Burrows 23 year old farmer died Wednesday night after a two day illness from a virus and heart condition. He was born November 1930 at Mountain Park and lived there until moving to Tipton in 1948 with his parents. Survivors include parents Mr. and Mrs. Earl Burrows Sr., sister Mrs. Lillian Anderson Snyder and brothers Earl Burrows Manitou and Walter Dee Burrows. Burial plans in California under Pechaosky in charge of arrangements.
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Tipton
Lchester L Burrows
Mr. Burrows
Mountain Park
Cooperton
Roosevelt
Earl Burrows Sr
Eee
Hobart
Lillian Anderson
Snyder
Earl Burrows Manitou
Walter Dee Burrows
Ar Famemens
Oklahoma City markets report on poultry eggs and livestock
Oklahoma City markets show steady prices for No 1 live poultry and hens, with eggs weak though demand improving slowly. Slaughter cattle, hogs, and sheep trades noted with varied quotes. butter futures and wholesale prices also listed.
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Oklahoma City
Guymon
Hook- Clinton
Alva
Oklahoma
Tulsa
Lawton
Chandler
Durant
Ardmore
Vinita
Laverne
Waronga
Chandier
Clinton
McAlester
Chickasha
Hobart
Pauls Valley
Enid
Muskogee
Elk City
el Reno
Tulk and Watonga
USDA
Washington School Cub Pack Leaders Schedule Meeting
Adult leaders of the Washington school cub pack No. 7 will hold a final organization meeting in the 1954-55 year at 7:30 Friday in the home of Neil Sick. Cubmaster, 912 Arlington. Den mothers assistant den mothers committeemen and other adults invited. Special invitation to McKinley district residents within Washington district.
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Washington School
Neilsick
Arlington
McKinley
Washington Dis
Home Improvement Loans Now Easier To Get Says VA
VA announces supervised lenders holding GI home loans may complete home improvement loans without prior lender clearance. Hobbs urges veterans to contact his office in the post office building for details and assistance on loans exceeding two dollars.
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Hobbs
Sill Driver Booked Turned To Military After Lawton Crash
Fort Sill man James E. Watson was booked on three charges including reckless driving by intoxication leaving the scene and driving without a license after a 10 15 p m collision with a car driven by William Dunn at 619 S E R Police said Watson sped away and was arrested minutes before midnight He was turned to military authorities for disciplinary action by Fort Sill officials
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Fort Sillman
Tomape
James E. Watson
William Dun
Watson
Fort Sill
Clock Radio Stolen From City Hardware Store
Police report a clock radio was stolen from a local hardware store last week. Officers described the theft as the result of a shoplifter.
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Able Model Faas
Legion Plans Party For Punue Attendance And Chew
A local Legion chapter invites residents to a planned party with promises of food and festivities. The notice emphasizes social gathering details and encourages participation from the community.
Hobart Council Bans Sunday Beer Sales
Hobart Oklahoma September 16 UP reports the city council passed an ordinance prohibiting Sunday beer sales from midnight Saturday to Monday. Violations will constitute a misdemeanor.
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Hobart
Okla
Fair to Host Cattle Judging and Tractor Demonstrations
The Comanche County Fair will feature reef cattle judging at 8 am Thursday with Onville Sweet as judge and dairy cattle inspections. A new fair feature includes a tractor obstacle course with two wheeled trailers and manure spreaders. Five girls and five boys will advance to the Oklahoma City state fair. selections based on a point system for 4-H exhibits.
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Onville Sweet
Sny
Comanche County Farm Bureau
Wessley Bureau
Todo Uitile
Ragan
Bureau
Oklahoma City
Louise Kennedy
Arlen Johnson
General Hayashi Visits U S Installations in Westward Tour
General Hayashi arrives in San Francisco on September 6 and flies to Washington, D C for protocol calls with Defense officials. He will meet the secretaries of the armed services and Joint Chiefs, then visit West Point, Annapolis, Fort Benning, Fort Knox, Scott AFB, Fort Sill, Luke Field, San Diego, Lan AFB, and Sixth Army at the Presidio before departing for Japan on October 4.
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Department of Observation
Robinson Barracks
Artillery
Gen. Xyashi
Gen. Williams
Order of
Defense Department
Armed Services
Joint Chiefs of Gen
After
West Point
Annapolis
Hayashi
Fort Benning
Fort Knox
Scott Afb
Fort Sill
Luke Field
Ariz
U.S. Naval Station
San Diego
Calif
Lan Afb
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