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Newspaper
Lawton Constitution
Location
Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1948
Page
7
Apache notes Rally Day on Sunday October at the First Methodist church with leaders seeking a record turnout of over 200. The report cites attendance efforts across departments and mentions community moves including polio concerns at Crippled Children’s Hospital and local visits to Oklahoma City.
Anna Margaret Thompson a Law ton student in the school of home economics at Alabama Polytechnic Institute Auburn Ala has been named on the summer quarters dean's honor list announced Saturday. Richard Brock son of Mrs J B Brock Washington is spending the weekend here on leave from Will Rogers Memorial hospital Oklahoma City. Richard a deputy in the county assessor's office has been under treatment there the past two months for an arthritic condition. Lloyd Lowry manager of the Do R Anthony Co left Saturday om shopping trip to New York. He was joined in Oklahoma City by Clyde Davis manager of the store there and G C Adams Roswell NM who will accompany him Sunday on the rest of the trip Mr and Mrs H Porter 906 o Ninth have returned from a two week vacation to Missouri Illinois and Indiana. Mr and Mrs Pete Becker left for Hillsboro Kans this morning to attend the funeral services of Mrs Becker's cousin Professor Martin Schilchting personnel director of Wrights Junior College Chicago
In Ponca City on September 23, Earle Sturgis attempted to close a stubborn garage door. After a forceful pull the door slammed shut, cracking one of his ribs and causing injury.
Pontotoc county, once carrying a bonded indebtedness of a quarter of 2 million dollars, will reduce its obligations to 54000 dollars by the end of the present fiscal year. In three years the debt will be paid.
The Oklahoma Inspection Bureau led by L. E. Self will survey commercial buildings citywide starting next Monday, a month or six weeks expected. Eleven inspectors will assess properties, with findings guiding individual property ratings and potential repairs. Dwellings are included only if commercial factors affect rating. advance notices will prompt hazard elimination and owner cooperation. Hazards cited include improvised gas connections, untidy clutter, missing no smoking signs, unsafe gasoline handling, and unlighted electric irons. The last survey occurred in 1941.
Cotton County business men and farmers will meet Friday at Frederick to discuss establishing a soil conservation district. Henry Payne, chairman of the Big Pasture and West Tim, will host and lead the discussion of soil conservation practices in the morning. A luncheon at Hotel Frederick precedes farm field trips. Temple and Watters businessmen back the idea, forming committees to promote the plan.
In the state only Gotten county and Cimarron county lack any Soil Conservation Districts. The general opposition had previously defeated the program in the pant as part of local resistance to conservation initiatives.
Oklahoma Indians received more than $41,000 from sale of oil and gas leases in Caddo Comanche and Cotton counties Monday. Leases on six tracts were sold but two others southwest of Gracemont went begging. The successful bidders were W. K. Smith Anadarko John Finney Fort Cobb R Brooks Cyril Clarence Barker Mountain Park and Carl Hall Faxon. The sale was held at the Western Oklahoma Consolidated agency.
Manchester dispatch reports Emanuel David and wife fined 38 dollars for unlawfully feeding rationed oatmeal to 90 chickens in their bedroom. The incident underscores strict feed controls and penalties in place for home poultry.
The Civil Service Commission lists vacancies at Fort Sill including laundry operators foreman and mechanics with pay from 65 cents to 1.14 dollars per hour, instrument repairman roles up to 1.47 dollars, and a signal corps foreman. In Oklahoma state clerical posts for federal government offer starting salaries from 2,086 to 3,331 dollars. Mathematician exams in Washington, D C offer 3,727 to 6,235 dollars, requiring a bachelor’s in mathematics or equivalent experience. applications close Oct 11 in St. Louis and June 20 in Washington D C.
Hospital items from Southwestern and Angus report dismissals admissions and births. William Schumacher and Mrs. Benton Perry listed among patients with infant details. H. E. Woes at Geronimo celebrates birth. Oklahoma City Junior College Conference picks Melvin A. Shipley as president amid regional college notices.
Esstern Oklahoma A and M Warner A and M Murrey A M and Northeastern entities appear in OCR fragment referencing competing institutions, likely in a regional college or athletic context. The text lists multiple state agricultural and mechanical colleges without clear action or date, suggesting a brief placeholder or league listing.
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