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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1955
Page
11
The Lawton Fort Sill Recreation Council calendar catalogs local activities from September to October, including football games Cameron Eastern Oklahoma A&M and LHS versus Altus, musical tryouts, club dinners, conventions at Hotel Lawtonian, and various district meetings. Key venues include Cameron College auditorium and Hotel Lawtonian.
The Lawton area lists October through April events including state conventions, public school days, college performances, concerts at McMahon Auditorium, a Pioneer Art Show, and multiple nurse meetings at Hotel Lawtonian. Notable items: Oklahoma teachers meet in Oklahoma City. Lawton Jaycees sponsor Hagen Brothers Circus. Cameron vs Bacone football. LHS Homecoming. theatre at Cameron College and Lawton Little Theatre.
Daisy Campbell Morriss 73 of 1412 Irwin died 10:55 p.m. Friday after a stroke in a local hospital. Born in Livermore Kentucky August 17 1882 she moved to Texas as an infant and married Sam E. Morriss in 1904. Funeral 2 p.m. Sunday Becker Memorial chapel with Rev. Claude Davis officiating. Burial Walters Cemetery beside her husband. Survived by four daughters a son five sisters and two brothers plus 21 grandchildren and 23 great grandchildren.
The Artillery and Guided Missile School at Fort Sill received a message from the British Artillery School commandant marking the fort’s Day. A plaque bearing the Artillery coat of arms was given last year from Fort Sill to Larkhill, England, with similar honors to seven allied posts. Colonel John P. Jones delivered the Larkhill plaque, noting 23 September is Fort Sill Day at Larkhill.
Wilmington Del UP General Motors Corp will split its 150 million shares of $5 par value common stock on a three for one basis next Friday after stockholders overwhelmingly approved the plan.
Sen Bob Kerr will be the principal speaker at the Lawton Chamber of Commerce fall forum at noon October 7 in the Hotel Lawtonian Emmett Keough announced Maj Gen Edward T Williams commanding general at the Artillery and Guided Missile Center and staff will be special guests Sen Mike Monroney is set to address the October 14 forum with Williams and staff again as guests Keough urges all members to attend the opening forum next month.
Walters Roundup club sponsors an amateur rodeo from October 5 to 7 featuring bare back and saddle bronc riding bull riding steer wrestling and calf roping at the local rodeo arena. Stock will be provided by Reuben Point er, a noted rodeo producer.
The Army announced that 60 top scientists will gather at Fort Knox Kentucky September 29 and 30 for weapons demonstrations and research and development conferences.
Snyder Chamber of Commerce posts rental notices on a bulletin board to help newcomers find suitable dwellings in the town.
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