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Lawton Constitution

Location

Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America

Date

Sep 23, 1955

Page

6

Fort Sill social events and teen club meetings listed

Social calendar lists Olive Leaf Grove No 9 and other groups meeting at American Legion hall and Fort Sill facilities. Events include officer elections, teen-ager parents meeting at 6 30 p m, dancing by Kidettes, NCO Wives dinners and picnics, Reddy Kilowatt square dancing, and a Fort Sill Teen Age club hayride with wiener roast.

Olive Leaf Grove Supreme Forest Woodmen Circle American Legion Hall H. D. Hastings Unity Rebekah Lodge Fort Sill Upton Road 35Th Division Park Sixth Columbia Paul Tate

Guild Begins New Lessons in Five Spiritual Classics

Centenary Methodist Wesleyan Service guild holds its regular monthly dinner meeting at 6 30 p m at the church. Miss Leta Mae Smith reviewed The Confessions of Saint Augustine as the first in a series of lessons. Guests and members include Miss Christina Christopher Abilene Tex Miss Clarissa Bergquist Detroit Lakes Minn Mrs E L Bowman president and a host of others.

Leta Mae Smith Centenary Methodist Wesleyan Service Guild E. L. Bowman Christabel Christopher Abilene Tex Clarissa Bergquist Detroit Lakes Minn Jane M. Lowe Grover Thomas Betty Sanders Mesdames Louise Agnew Lula Bundy Tony J. Coursey Dorothy Cunningham Sam T. Davis Furman Lowry Riley Park Julia B. Russell Wesley Silk Clayton C. Riley Shirley Williamson Helen Elliott Hallie Hanna Velma Kluck Margaret Spencer Thelma Talla Frankie van Hoozer Nellie Weathers

Games Fellow Dutch Luncheon at Fort Sill

Dutch treat luncheon of NCO Wives club at the NCO Open Mess Fort Sill featured card games and a 1 pm Wednesday meeting led by president Mrs Roy Harper co hosted by Mesdames Floyd Farmer and T S Dudek About 23 members attended Guests included Mesdames Olga Mack and W M Henderson A family picnic is planned for Saturday at Medicine Bluff park Military Reservation ATTENDING SON INDIAHOMA Mrs Ed Cranfill attends her son Wayne Cranfill Kaufman Tex who had surgery last week.

NCO Wives Club NCO Fort Sill Floyd Farmer T. S. Dudek Roy Harper Medicine Bluff Park Military Reservation Mesdames Olga Mack W. M. Henderson Indiahoma Ed Cranfill Wayne Cranfill Kaufman, Tex

State President Addresses Local AAUW Branch Dinner

Dr. Ann Coyner Oklahoma State AAUW division president told members to seize today and pursue tomorrow's vision. The 6:45 pm dinner at Hotel Lawtonian featured star foam UN replicas and tassel caps as floral centers and telescopes decorated the ballroom. 87 attendees heard leadership training and barrier removal for women, with Christina Swanson chairing arrangements and a brief budget vote approving the coming year.

Ann Coyner Oklahoma State American Association of University Women AAUW Lawtonian United Nations New York City L. A. Wickman W. F. Shephard Coyner Central State College Edmond Delta Kappa Gamma Oklahoma City Classroom Teachers Association Central State University of Oklahoma Christina Swanson Mesdames J. D. Howard Robert Fullerton Clyde Shelton Malcom Oswalt R. L. Gilbert Orville ‘Pope Shepard

Night Classes Slated at OCW for Working Women

Miss Nancy Chmilewski will teach a Tuesday 7 p.m. dance night class for housewives and office workers at Oklahoma College for Women Chickasha. A Thursday 7 p.m. swimming course is offered to Lawton residents. Her background includes teaching at the YWCA Waterbury Amsterdam Community Center and three years with the Harriette Ann Gray Modern Dance Company, including tours and university master classes.

Nancy Chmilewski Oklahoma College For Women Chickasha Lawton Miss Chmilewski YWCA Waterbury Conn Amsterdamn New York City Harriette Ann Gray Miss Gray New York

Indiahoma WSCS Sets Next Session

Indiahoma WSCS met at the church for a session led by Mrs. Otto Bussanmas vice president plans were made for a quilting bee. Other attendees included Mesdames J D Spiva Ray Powell Russell Jones James Mahan Jinks Beauchamp and Olin Poole.

Methodist Woman’s Society of Christian Service Otto Bussanmas Mesdames J. D. Spiva Ray Powell Russell Jones James Mahan Jinks Beauchamp Olin Poole

American Indian Studied By Guild Meeting

Rev. Robert P. Chaat led the discussion on Religious Beliefs and Practices of the Early Day Comanche at the Fort Sill Indian School. The Fort Sill glee club sang and Mrs. Lutz performed in Indian sign language.

Robert P. Chaat Fort Sill First Christian Missionary Guild Chant George B. Lutz Adele Skrolle Pauline English

Lawton Women Arts Club Guests Attend Hobart MacDowell Event

Mrs. C. R. Ellsworth, Lawton Schubert Music Club leader and Oklahoma Federation of Music clubs official, returned from Hobart where she spoke at the MacDowell Club of Allied Arts federation day. Accompanied by lyric soprano Carmen McCuistion Luther, Ellsworth performed and led a discussion on Is the Federation Worthwhile. The group met at the Hobart Country Club with luncheon host Mrs. Frank Stemple and four other MacDowell officers attending.

C. R. Ellsworth Dearborn Schubert Music Club Oklahoma Federation of Music Clubs Hobart MacDowell Club of Allied Arts Hobart Country Club Ellsworth Carmen McCuistion Luther

IBEW Auxiliary Elects Officers

Mrs. Bert Hendricks led the slate as president of International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers No. 1860s Woman’s auxiliary in a meeting at 8 p m Tuesday at 1706 Sycamore. New officers include Mrs. F F Hollander as vice president secretary Mrs Fred Jennings treasurer and Mrs Herbert Spurlock as parliamentarian. Co hosts were Mesdames Charles Vanis and Bill Ward.

Bert Hendricks Woman’s Auxiliary International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Thomas Worth Sycamore F. F. Hollander Fred Jennings Herbert Spurlock Wilbur Best

NCO Wives Change Saturday Event at Fort Sill

Bad weather cancels the 2 p.m. Saturday picnic of the NCO Wives club. Instead a 6:30 p.m. dinner at the NCO club lounge will honor husbands with Mesdames Roy Harper Stanley Gryczkowski Marvin Gaskin and T S Dudek as co hosts.

NCO Wives Club NCO Club Fort Sill Roy Harper Stanley Gryczkowski Marvin Gaskin T. S. Dudek Reddy Kilowatt Square Public Service Company Johnny Robinson Upton Road Medicine Bluff Park Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge

Cache PTA Opens Year With First Fall Meeting

Cache PTA begins the new year with a fall session in the school auditorium hosted by president Mrs. Carl Elling. Guest speaker Mrs. Frances Curb of Post Children's School Fort Sill spoke on the coming White House Conference on Education as students performed. An Oct. 3 PTA Study Club meeting was announced, and home room mothers were introduced along with refreshments from Union Valley Home Demonstration club.

Cache White House Frances Curb Post Children’s School Fort Sill Parent-Teacher Association Carl Elling Duane Huscher P-Ta PTA R. L. Ray Q. Q. Livingston C. A. Simms Howard Barnard Charley Thompson Albert Peak Irvin Hull J. W. Bard Ken Maloy Joe Hawthorn Frank Rush Jr I. N. Woos T. W. Overstreet Carl Livingston Woodrow Long Union Valley Home Demonstration Club

Elgin WSCS Holds All Day Meeting

Elgin Special report notes the Elgin Methodist Woman's Society of Christian Service began a study of The Beginning of the Earth in the church parlor. Mrs Will Revelled led the study hour at the all day meeting with Mesdames Don Conrad, Raymond Harrel and Ben Keeney co hosting luncheon.

Elgin

French drive on leprosy gains ground in Brazzaville

In Brazzaville French Equatorial Africa a mass leprosy campaign using sulfone drugs and mobile nurse squads has expanded testing from 37 500 official cases in January 1952 to 102 000 people tested by April this year with 84 700 under treatment. The program ends forced isolation and aims to eradicate leprosy within ten years.

Brazzaville French Equatorial Africa

Army Seeks Cause Of Career Men's Mental Crack Ups

Army in Germany investigates why many career sergeants crack mentally after 12 to 16 years of service. Lt Col Zehrer reports 70 percent feel insecurity and anxiety toward the NCO or officer they report to after a six month study of 40 sergeants hospitalized for emotional and social maladjustments. Spouse opposition to military life linked to rising anxiety and inefficiency in late career years.

Army Landstuhl Germany U.S. Army Frederick A. Zehrer New Britain

First Chief of Staff Samuel B M Young Takes Office

Lieutenant General Samuel B M Young, the first Chief of Staff of the United States Army, assumed office on August 16 1903 marking a new era in military leadership and organizational structure.

United States Army Samuel B. M. Young

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Guild B. P. Hann Benrus Hamilton OCW WSCS Robert Chrisman B. H. Wertz Mildred Brown Dorothy Schenkel Gertrude Jennie Schwarte Lola Black W. C. Belcher Homer Brown Sue Denham Lloyd Dupler J. A. Ludrick Winifred le Barre Annie Laurie Montague T. D. Nicklas Fairmont’s U.S.P Card Center Dorothy Worthen Cine Gore Ernell Gilbert’s Pharmacy Lawton Women Arts Club Ibew Auxiliary Charles Vanis Bill Ward Jack Ferrell Mesdames R. A. Bennett Rollie Campbell LaVon Crooks Edward Graham Fimno Kuntz Ivan Lanman W. R. Morris W. B. Ogden Hershel Parsons O. K. Rothell Rex White W. E. Clark Bob Mitchell Southwestern Radio & Sound 4Th & E Graham Oklahoma Pest Control Association Cache Pta Trent Airway Safeway Bede Insurors Realtors Phil Gafford J.miley Richardseys Oklahoma Tegate International Harvester Robertshaw Sprague’s Furniture Mart E Avenue Super - Black - McNeal Appliance and C Avenue Courthouse Chas. Evans
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