The Lawton Constitution from Lawton, Oklahoma • 16

THE LAWTON CONSTITUTION Th unday October 31 1957 16 Sr GENUINE SCHWINN BICYCLES While They Last! Sale Special $4195 AREWELL TO ORT SILL Lt Col rank avreau Seven Honored Before Retirement lu Death Rate Slows In Nation As Toll Hits 462 A 2 Women Added Advertised in LIE To Traffic Toll GILBERT AMERICAN LYER $5390 ELECTRIC RIDE'ER Special only CONVERTIBLE the $19 $1995 tASY THtMS ROM RAULSTON'S illh ELECTRONIC BELL ORGAN ONLY 7 PARKING SPACE PLENTY REE With A Lifetime Guarantee from $21900 TERMS OPEN THURSDAY UNTIL PM TERMS Bill Landers Mgr Uth Avenue Dial EL 3 4490 North of Courthouse I and two an exami States In hopes for 2 DAY WATCH REPAIR SERVICE dur yes rhe'motor controlled mechanism of this full octave instrument produces a rich ness of tone found in no other junior musical toy 1 A six volt battery keeps this strong 2h foot long car moving along at a safe slow speed Workable gear shift (first and reverse) and steer ing wbeeL for 8 year olds and over! In at By UNITED PRESS Two women headed highway dath list which totaled 576 for the year today At this date a jear ago 553 had died in highway mishaps The victims were: Geraldine Smith 37 Tulsa She died of injuries suffered when career as School De YOUR TRADE IN MEANS MORE ON A LEXSTEEL By UNITED PRESS The death rate from flu and complications showed signs All these features: JeeU mWd focMiativ nd Hvdr RaoBiHc mWotvrM af goad ala tank car and ccbaoca 24 cunrad end ctratgM track 4G watt tramfarmer wad 14 pitta frattiapaf Remote control 260" 2 rail track ully Guaranteed GARBER'S JEWELERS 31S Avenas EL5 0797 Completing 20 years of service he has been an automotive in structor nearly all of that time most of it being spent at ort Sill He has also instructed in an Army motors school in Japan He plans to remain in Lawton following his retirement Retires After 27 Years After more than 27 years of service in the Arm Sgt Paul is retiring from military 'service to accept a job as postal clerk in Alexandria La His last assignment was ad ministrative NCO academic rec ords in the School of fice Before coming to ort Sill this year he was chief clerk of the Adjutant General section at ort Polk La During World War II he served in Germany with the 65th Infan try Division 3d Army In 19 19 he attended Adjutant General School at ort Lee Ya and in1 1954 he completed AG School at ort Ben jamin Harrison Idn Col Smith CO US Army presented Sergeant Paul with a letter of appreciation and certificate of retirement ing ceremonies at Snow Hall terday morning Sgt Pa 1 i joined "Pull Mor" Engine hauls over 40 cars Electric headlight Germany He also served with the 3d Corps Military Police Prior to coming to ort 'Sill he has been presented three letters of commendation for performance of duty Sgt Brooks who received his mechanical training at the ort Sill Automotive School in 1939 ter minated his military an ihstructor at the part inent of Motors Completing 20 years the Army in 1929 following his grad uation from New York Uninvcrsity A journalism major he has been active on various Army papers including and on Heidelburg and and His last assignment as with the 522d Infantry Battalion ollowing his retirement he will return to his home in Sayre Penn where he has a wife children He has passed nnation for the United formation Service and an appointment in the near future Sgt Shelby Paul and Sgt Bruno Paulino During the ceremonial review batteries or companies from the 3d Missile Battalion 290th Ar mored ield Artillery Battalion 522d Infantry Battalion and 181th Ordnance Battalion plus the 77th and 97th Army Bands passed in review for the retiring personnel and the reviewing officer Col Charles A Symroski commander of the 52d ield Artillery Group ws jte reviewing officer Receive letters Letters of appreciation from the commanding general Mai Gen Thomas de Shazo were presented to each of the re tiring men Col avreau assistant com mandant of the US Army Artil lery and Missile Officer Candidate School since April was formerlyassistant Inspector General at the Center Before coming to ort Sill in 1956 bad been assistant com mandant of the USARCAIB School at ort Gulick Canal Zone for four years Was S3 Officer While in Europe during World War II Col avreau was 3 officer of the 635th A Battalion and later commander of the 5th A Battalion After the war he attended the Command and Gen eral Staff College at ort Leaven worth Kans after which he re turned to Germany as S2 Of the 15th Constabulary Regiment Upon his return tn the United States in 194S he was assigned to the General Staff 3 Depart ment of the Army A review parade honoring Col avreau was held by OCS last riday Since he was assigned to ort Sill in 1955 Maj Rosser has served as executive officer 4 and finally as 3 of the 6th Ar mored ield Artillery Battalion Previously st Sill He was previously at ort Sill however in other capacities rom 1941 through 1 943 he was an in structor in the 32 A Training Regiment In 1943 he graduated from Officer Candidate School and was again assigned to Sill after World War II He has also taken two communications courses one in 1941 and another in 1946 During World War IT he served the Pacific Theater and has earned the Bronze Star and vari ous other medals and campaign ribbons During his military ca peer he has served a total of 95 months of overseas duty including Southwest Pacific Japan Italy and Germany He has no definite plans follow ing retirement but intends to make his home in Lawton with his wife and two children School Loses Officer right assistant com mandant of the US Armv (Artillery and Missile Officer Candidate School gives a farewell salute to Col William Gallagher OCS Commandant during a review pa rade held in his honor Col avreau is retiring from the Army after 24 years of ser VjCC (US Army Photo) STOP AT OUR NEW LOCATION 11TH AND AVENUE Regular Price if Bought Separately Ceremonies were held at ort Lucas ield Wednesday afternoon for three officers and four non commissioned officers who are retiring from the Army Retiring were Lt Col rank avreau Maj Glen Rosser CVO Grant Halliday Sgt Arnold Horch Sgt I ouis Brooks i Pu CtathwA SME Electrically forged frame Baked enamel finish NY LINT MISSILE LAUNCHER Not only does this launcher send plastic missiles Into the fri air but it pivots steers and gy has rwivel actlon radar screen TfilX BEGoodrich The 1st Officer Student lost its personnel officer! yesterday when Mr Halliday re tired after more thajr 30 years of service in the Army He first came to Sill in 1951 when he helped organize the comptroller section after which he was with the Department of until 1953 He then had a tour of duty in rance and returned to Sill in 1956 where he worked in the sec I office of the School until he became personnel officer in November of last year During World War II he served in Germany Northern rance and Belgium In 1946 he attended the AG School for recruiting at ort Oglethorpe Ga Col Smith commanding officer of the Army presented Mr Halliday with a let ter of appreciation from Gen Maxwell Taylor Army' Chief of Staff and a certificate ot retire ment from the Army Adjutant General A coffee hour was held for Mr Halliday his wife and son and personnel of the School who attended the presentations He plans to make his home In Lawton where he plans to become an insurance agent Completed 55 Years Sgt Horch aircraft inspec tor with the 45th Transportation Battalion since last November has completed 22 years of military service During World War II he was ac tive in setting up the first Army flight defacbment at Bamberg "THE BEST COSTS NO MORE" Choose LEXSTEEL and you choose the finest 26z Tornado guaranteed as long as you own it model same sensationally low price RAULSTON URNITURE 521 Avenue North of Courthouse Dial EL 3 8140 nesota and Nebraska 2 each and 1 each in Arizona Missouri Okla homa and the District of Colum bia lu reached epidemic propor tions in 62 of 102 coun ties forcing additional schools to close in Wolfe Ohio and Harlan counties A severe flu outbreak in cen tral Massachusetts appeared to be nearing its peak and in Vir ginia two more counties Nor folk and Henry closed all schools Wednesday because of flu About 30 per cent of the 27 000 students in the two Virginia counties were stricken with ailment Two influenza deaths Wisconsin VVndncsrtav nre tributed to Asian flu The Wiscon sin outbreak resulted in the clos ing of all schools in Chilton and a school in Waukesha county In Qhio homecoming activities were cancelled at Ohio University "in Athens because of the flu Contempt Suit Against Gulf Co Set In November OKLAHOMA CITY A lawsuit which is expected to have some repercussions In other oil produc ing states will go ahead as sched uled according to crrill Rogers attorney for the Oklahoma 'Corpo ration Commission The suit to be heard by the com mission Nov 27 and 29 charges Gulf Oil Corp with contempt for refusing to take the state full oil allowable from its leases Yesterday Kerr McGee Oil In dustries Inc announced purchase of crude oil gathering sys tem in Ok al ohm a from Gull Re fining Co a subsidiary of Gulf Oil Corp The application has not been turned in to the commission which must approve it Chairman Ray Jones said Rogers said the suit will be pressed by the state because were in contempt prior to the re ported He added: want to see a court test and they do too In fact everyone does That includes Texas and New Mexico and just about every oil producing Gulf previously has taken its fight against being forced to either take Oklahoma allowables or ark for an exception to the Su preme Court but that court refused to accept it Gulf has taken no more than 80 per cent of its allowables in Okla homa Alabama Mississippi Lou isiana And New Mexico Jones said The firm contends the com mission is trying to force it to purchase oil which it cannot store or sell The contempt citation was issued because Jones said: hasn't asked for any relief simp ly telling us we enforce an ls i Three other oil companies are ot taking less than the allowable set tapering off today despite severe by the Oklahoma commission but outbreaks in scattered points i bae been granted permission after a hearing before the com around the country (mission The United Press counted total of 462 deaths blamed on flu and complications since last sum mer when Asian flu first ap peared in the United States The total oh Monday stood at 418 The toll by states showed New York with 126 flu caused fatali ties Pennsylvania 84 Michigan 37 California 34 Illinois Louisi ana Ohio 21 each Wisconsin 17 Iowa and Washington 15 each Utah 11 Colorado 10 Hawaii 9 Kentucky and Indiana 8 each Connecticut 7 New Jersey Ten nessee and Oregon 3 each Min an auto overturned Oct 20 one nasi mue cast oi iti on nonn east 36th St in Tulsa county Mrs Otille Pacula 80 Hennes sey She Av as fatally injured last Sunday in a two car collision one mile east of Hennessey on SH 51 1 The Tulsa woman was held over 1 night in the Tulsa county jail on i charges of driving ithout a li 1 cense the Highway Patrol said I After complaining of neck and! head pains she was taken to Mercy hospital where she died Wednesday Mrs Pacula died of internal in 1 juries received in the Sunday crash which occurred when a carl driven by her husband Joseph Pacula 80 attempted to make a turn in fronjt of an auto driven by Junior Lee Belt 26 Blackwell HfRv 1 it jiT i 'LL iiS i 91 1 I.