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Newspaper

Lawton Constitution

Location

Lawton, Oklahoma, United States of America

Date

Sep 30, 1957

Page

4

Social Calendar Highlights Weekly gatherings and clubs

Lawton Fort Sill area lists Monday to Friday events with sororities, civic groups, and church circles. Notable items include Alpha Delta Pi alumnae meeting at 7:30 p.m. and Kappa Kappa Gamma activities. plus unit women groups, book and flag reviews, and theater rehearsals. A September 26 birth announces Vicky Lynn Morrow, daughter of Earnest Lee Morrow and wife.

Alpha Delta Pi Franz E. Bernhardt Rho Kappa Gamma Susie Swearingen E. L

Local Group Attends State Music Board Meeting Today

Oklahoma City hosts a one day state board session led by Mrs. C R Ellsworth with Schubert Music club members present. Attendees include Mrs. Jack T E Raulgon and others as 9 am registration and 10 45 am full board meet in the Worth lounge at the Biltmore hotel.

Oklahoma Federation of Music Clubs C. R. Ellsworth Schubert Music Club Oklahoma City Biltmore Don Highfill State Federation Leta Mae Smith Clinton Bell FE. Glenn Robert §. Sprague Miss Smith Mesdames Bell Ellsworth Schubert Music Appreciation Club Crusade For Strings Bell Festival Rating Board Albuquerque N. Mex Hazel Post Gillette Fort Worth Tex Central Region

Garden Council Views Slides Fall Meeting Agenda

Garden council members viewed slides on flower arrangements during the Lawton group’s initial fall meeting held in the Public Service Company building auditorium. President J L Zipen led a coffee, yearbooks were distributed, and plans emerged for a March lower show school and an April flower show with further details to come.

James C. Herman Lawton Garden Council Home Service Public Service Company Joh W. Tyree J. L. Zipen Zipen Oklahoma Garden Clubs, Inc Hobart Usc-Ymca Fouth

Roseland Demonstration Club Holds Meeting At Hicks Home

Mrs L and Watson presided over a 2 pm Roseland frame Demonstration Club gathering at 1717 Pollard. Guests included Mrs D H Severance from Amarillo Texas and new member Mrs Friman. Members sang, offered devotional and prayer, and heard a report on a fourth place at the Comanche County Free Fair Lawton with a note on an upholstering workshop set for Oct 2 at the county fair barn.

Clara J. Kelly Hicks D. H. Severance Amarillo Tex Friman Mesdames Orba Standridge Bernice Watson Will Brasher Glen Wood Pete Dove Tom Wood

Swineford Exhibit Opens At OCW Library Chickasha

Lawson area residents invited to opening of a Deraid Swineford art exhibit in the Oklahoma College for Women library gallery from 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday October 6. The show features works from a Plains museum one man exhibition and runs throughout October during library hours.

Lawson Area Deraid Swineford Oklahoma College For Women Chickasha OCW Plains Museum Canyon Texas

Rose Garden Club Changes Meeting

Rose Garden club members are to bring sack lunches to their 10 ant Friday meeting slated for the home of Mrs. Wyatt B Hendrick 902 Bell. Mesdames Kenneth Clapp and S. E. Williams are to be co hosts in the session originally set for 1:30 p.m.

Rose Garden Club Wyatt B Hendrick Bell Kenneth Clapp 5. E. Williams

Girl Scouts Play Day At Lawton New Campsite

Forty three leaders and more than three hundred girls and children attended Lawton Girl Scout council's annual play day at a new 202 acre campsite seven miles west of Lawton. Myra Crawford district director directed singing from 10 am to 1 pm. Activities included games hiking and a nature lesson. Mrs William Rector led a program and minor scratches were treated by Mrs W W Harris senior troop in charge of first aid. Sack lunches followed.

Brawales Lawton Girl Scout Council Lawton Myra Crawford South Central Girl Scout Council Wiliam Rector W. W. Harris

Joe Thorne Honored At Home Dinner Return from Germany

Joe Thorne returned to Lawton after a three year tour in Germany. Mr and Mrs Fred Larrance Jr hosted a dinner at their home 701 N 36th. The Thornes with their three children reside at 204 Park. Guests included Dr and Mrs Avalo V Caldwell Dr and Mrs Larry White Dr and Mrs Ernest Winter Dr and Mrs Rodney Worthen and Mr and Mrs Warren Chrisman and Lacey Holley.

CWO Myes Joe Thorne Lawton Germany Fred Larrance Jr Thornes 204 Park Avalo V. Caldwell Larry White Ernest Winter Rodney Worthen Warren Chrisman Lacey Holley

Oklahoma Federation president to guest speak at Lawton Forum

Mrs Lorraine Kent Freder ick will be guest speaker at the Lawton Woman's Forum annual reassembly at 2 pm Friday in the McMahon Foundation assembly room 716 C. Forum president Mrs Jack Carter will preside. She will discuss her European tour with federation club women and show photos from her trip.

Lawton Worsan’s Forum McMahon Foundation Lorraine Kent Frederick Ninth District of Oklahoma Federation of Women's Clubs Officers Wives Club of Fort Sill Ninth District of Oklahoma Federation of Women’s Clubs Lawton Woman's Forum Jack Carter Federation Club United States Kent

82nd Anniversary Marked At Fete

Mrs. L. B. Renner honored on 82nd birthday with a charcoal hamburger supper at 1906 Kinyon hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Potter Sr. Residents from Lawton attended, including Eldvo Potter and family, Duncan, Jerry Hill family, and Wayne Potter. Also noted was a 12:30 panhellenic luncheon at Fort Sill hosted by Kappa Kappa Gamma with reservations through Mrs. W. J. Flowes. Personal note lists W. J. Wilson and family traveling to San Diego for his mother’s condition. tea planned at Mrs. W. H. Cunningham Jr.’s home for peave club members.

Sunsvay Lawton Cosmetologists Association Lawton Beauty School Mandel Nancy Smith Cache First Presbyterian Couples Club Sam Ard Robert, Wheeler Fred Pub John Gross Lawton American Association of Unit Women Homer Page American Businessmen’s Club Lawrence Bressman St. Andrew's Guild St. Andrew's Episcopal Church J. R. Allen L. Hansen First Christian Women's Fellowship Church Parior Beal Heights Presbyterian Women of the Church Shakespeare Club WE. Cunningham Jr Lington NCO Wives Club Fort Sill NCO Open Lawlon Book & Flag Review Club George Bridges Jackson Parent-Teacher Association Altrusa Club Old South Women's Christian Temperance Union Esther Friman Junior Schubert Concert Club First Methodist Church Carolyn Hunt Club P. G. Waggoner Cheyenne Joe Bertram Paul Prior Adjutant General Ladies Group United States Army Artillery and Missile Center W. J. Pleives Schubert Music Club Francelle Bellenger Miami Fla McMahon Memorial Auditorium Metropolitan Park L. B. Renner Walters Wayne Potter Sr Potter Kinyon Sunda Renner Eldvo Potter Mike Duncan Jerry Hill Gary Steve Wayne Potter Lawton-Fort Sill Officers Club Kappa Kappa Gamma Sorority W. J. Flowes W. J. Wilson Cherry San Diego Calif

Medford Youth Tractor Champ at Tulsa State Fair

Medford Future Farmers of America won the state Junior tractor driving title at the Tulsa State Fair amid a Tulsa crowd of 126,319 yesterday. Larry Kertchmar, 17, cannot defend his title in the national contest starting tomorrow. top finishers Glenn Smalygo Callinsville Roger Schneider Alex Mitchusson will represent Oklahoma. Officials expected turnout to exceed last year’s 132,883 Sunday crowd. two day attendance reached 207,712 as the fair closing Saturday draws near.

Tulsa Medford

Fletcher Concern Is Fair Champion

Visitors at the Tulsa State Fair saw the world's purest cow crowned, Belle from Jenks, with Aubrey Holliday Farms shown by Harber Holliday. Sunday's grand livestock champions included Kinneman Kingfisher fat lamb and others from Scofield Farms Austin Texas Allwood Fletcher Shorthorn Fletcher area entries. Also noted, Batista will commute death sentences for a Cuban navy officer and two enlisted men tied to the Cienfuegos revolt.

Tulsa UF Tulsa State Fai Belle Oklahoma Sandra Sue Stout Hlarber- Holliday Farms Jenks Tulsa Glen Kinneman Kingfisher Southdown Ronald Coulter Scofield Farms Austin Tex Allwood Farms Fletcher Jack Nelson Perry Ayrshire Jory Pendleton Stillwater Ralph Cooken Shropshire Glenn Dyer Carnegie Suffolk Joby Bullen Blaine County Dorset Nancy Nichols Enid Havana Cuba Fulgencio Batista Cienfuegos Armong

Fancy Way With Raisins for Teas Infused Cakes

Cooks often plump raisins with hot water but use hot tea for a different flavor. Drain on a paper towel, cut into coarse chunks, and fold into batter for cakes or muffins.

New York

Army Orders Promoting, reassigning officers in 1957

Department of the Army announces date of rank for officers including Lt James C Isbell and promotions for Lewis B O ara Lincoln A Simon Vean P Willis Richard Fye William Hinds Joseph Scott Jr John Vanston Jr to major captain first lieutenant and other postings. Several disablity retirements and reassignments are noted for Lt Herbert Carpenter and Maj Gen Robert Hollis with transfers to Fort Campbell Camp Roberts and other posts. Also resignation of 1st Lt William Stroh and retirement actions for CWO Ralph Corby and CWO Robert Yehn are listed.

Department of the Army Washington, D.C. T Arliery United States James C. ‘Isbell Lewis B. O'@ara Lincoln A. Simon Vean P. Willis Springs Ark Robert F. Hollis Washington, D.C Wayne C. Reynolds New York USA Arty Ralph F. Corby Campbell Ft Campbell Winston S. Brooks FE Bliss Tex Oakland Army Terminal Oakland Calif William Is. Stroh Franklin Mich Grand Rapids West Point Robert A. Yehn

Farmer Blocks Road Over Debt Spat Across Border

A Vermont farmer, A. H. DePatio, erected a barbed wire roadblock across U S Route 105 between Richford Vermont and North Troy Quebec after claiming the U S government owes him for a 200 foot highway segment. About 80 motorists were delayed as police struggled to respond, and authorities on both sides of the border negotiations in effect led to the barrier's removal.

Rickford Vermont U.s-Canadian U.S Canada A. H. DePatio Richford North Troy VE DePalio Quebec

Local gridlock quelled after long line of traffic

The Richford Board of Selectmen chairman Don Hetchison said the issue is now a matter for Ottawa and Washington as traffic along the well-traveled route gradually resumed in the afternoon after a disruption.

Agai Ottawa Washington Don Hetchison Richford Board of Selectmen

Port Washington Receives First Vial Of Vaccine

In Port Washington Wisconsin the first vial of fu vaccine goes to four garbage collectors two waterworks employees and a key man at the sewage disposal plant. The mayor aldermen and other city workers are in line for the next batch of vaccine.

Washington, Wis Port Washington

Quick Shortcake With Biscuit Mix Recipe Tip

A quick shortcake guide suggests using biscuit mix as the base and adding sugar to sweeten. For each 2 cups of mix, fold in 1/4 cup sugar to create a sweeter dough.

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Jack & Jill D Avenue Layaway Amos Toys Now State Music Board Garden Council Jess Hicks Der Women's Christians Temperance Union Cosmetologists Association Bradford & T Sloe Westerns Belfast SHO Koslyliog FORDU Girl Joe Thornes A. B. Drug CO Forum States Assembly Tea LEA Peave Club W. H. Cunningham Jr Artington Lawton Plumbing Company the House of Better Service Yvandell Swindell Cornell EL Fletcher Concern Jerry's Nursery Taylor Dial Guardians of Health Ford O Avenue Dial Sheridan Road Goodwill Ind Garber’s Jewelers Avenue Els Fairmont U.S.P Waviiriea Leister Music Center South 5Th EL Dinette
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