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The Lawton Constitution from Lawton, Oklahoma • 2

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A PAGE TWO 4 if Elecfion Board MARKETS rx PRODUCE USnr Lcnwicmnc cream ylr i GRAIN WHA HAPPENS to PRICES! fVOL Including Many Till 0 Items Actually Below Cost! Look at This! HOLLOWARE EASY TERMS! EARL DRUG Tel 5 Values galore at Berry during this tremendous event! SPECIAL THIS WEEK! 1975 $1395 :2495 (Contract Items Excepted from this Sale) YOUR DOLLAR BUYS MORE at JONES DRUG 413 South 3rd Street REMODELING KentwcUi George St Berry and Ruth Atkins Mgr VENETI AN BUNDS Payette Clopton Lonnie Sherry In Crowe Store TO OUR THOUSANDS SATISIED CUSTOMERS AND RIENDS: TOMORROW at 417 Avenue I Look! Ladies SWEETHEART EXPANSION BRACELETS Your splendid patronage over the past eight years that we have been in Lawton has made it possible for your firat credit jewelry store to bring you an even newer more spacious' more modern store than ever before WE ARE REMAINING HERE IN OUR PRESENT LOCATION and before remodeling we want to express our gratitude to you and at the same time reduce our stocks through this tremendous REMODELING SALE appreciate your wonderful support these past eight yearti and we are looking forward to even closer I and warmer friendship when our new store is completed Ln THIS SAME LOCATION 417 AVENUE SAVINGS UP TO SUERING ROM SPRING EVER? Some 'people call it' nesg but it isn't It ered vitality due tn i off! a Auto i Upholstery ConvsrtibU Tops ENTIRE STOCK DIA MONDS REDUCED OR ONLY! 20 (Including Tax) EASY TERMS! wo UU JUUt 1SU are urged to stay in line traffic to reduce accidents on all awn ing orders placed on or before April 5 1948 HURRY! You town i like price! Regular S695 Sale priced at Sterling Silver SPOON AND ORK SETS OR BABY can look all over and never find value this A give away Jazl low long strenuous winter months Better come in for a supply of our fine vitamins to give you more pep and energy s495 Controls (Continued rom Page One) day listed 11 categories covering arms ammunition and general im plements of war He acted on the recommendation of the munitions control board The list Included items ranging from 22 caliber revolvers to air NEVER BEORE PERHAPS NEVER AGAIN HAS LAWTON SEEN A JEWELRY SALE LIKE THIS! IT'S A A from 22 caliber craft carriers Suspend The president's day superseded list of eb 14 1947 The overall effect of his action appeared to be a broadening of federal controls on the shipment from this country of virtually any thing that could be used for war like purposes Meanwhile Rep Karl Mundt (R SD1 said be has received support" for his plan to halt exports of war goods to Rus sia Mundt will offer the plan Mon day as an amendment to the for eign aid hill It would give the foreign aid administration a veto over export licenses Mundt conceded he has failed to halt the scheduled sailing for Rus sia of the freighter Chukotaj now loading in Jersey City 'with ma chine tools "It didn't work on that Mundt said "But I believe it will work on others" The Chukotka is scheduled to sail Saturday inest of quality gold filled bracelets for her Value to SI 000 £7495 4 USE YOUR CREDIT! You may still use your credit at Berry's on any of these sensational sale items! No Interest No Carrying Charges Your Credit is Tree! 71 87 20 2535 40 12 40 Kafir 9 50 Prairie hay 20 00 Alfalfa hay 3000 Oats 3120 Wheat 3212 Barley 1 75 Ear Corn 2 Q0 MARKETS ARE CLOSED OR GOOD RIDAY NEW YORK' March Security and commodity markets in the United States and Canada were closed today in observance of Good riday Limited activity pre vailed in some livestock markets Entire Stock of Men's and Birthstone Wlfi 44 Rings U0 Oil Of (Continued rom Page One) install traffic lights 4 A recommendation that a mod el garbage ordinance provid ing tight control of garbage and rubbish disposal in Lawton be passed by the City of Lawton The suggested ordinance was read to the chamber members Mrs Leia Wilson chairman Of the city beautiful committee re ported that the annual shrub sale conducted yesterday on the court house lawn was a success from every standpoint A profit of $1973 was realized from the sale A few remaining unsold plants have been turned to the city park superin tendent for disposal Milton Keating secretary manager announced that Dahiinger of the Chamber of Commerce Southwest division will address a meeting open to the public in the hospitality room of the Coca Cola plant Tuesday at 7:30 on the subject An Invest ment in 'j aiJfi LQQK Values to a Jt Now only AHravw AS LOW AS 1495 installed tor Hand ard windows Put outside or inside Venetian blinds all around your home tor little as EASY TERMS hse Denton first Ronald Caveny lower Mound second Larry Wat son air View third Carolyn Chandler Ash Grove fourth and Jackie Howard Pleasant Valley fifth Second' grade: Sherry Crumby Beaver Bend first Peggy Burns Stony Point second Sylvia Pay ette Denton third Carol Clop ton Pleasant Valley fourth Dar lene Grubbs Westview fourth! and Charlotte Hunter lower Mound fifth Third grade: Bill Caldwell Rose land first Rex Clopton Pleasant Valley second Dorothy Gene New ton Happy Hollow second: Bobby Payette Denton second Richard Reeder airview second Kathar ine Pittman Hillside second Creighton Bradford Beaver Bend third Benny Johnson Logue Cha pel third Wayne Wilson Scott third Edna Genopls Prairie Lea fourth Carole Ann Clopton Ash Grove fourth and Anita Howfe Stony Point fi'th ourth grade: David Morgan Bishop first Jenny Don Clopton Messing second Phyllis Rhodes lower Mound third Wilma Cun ningham Point third Della Norton Beaver Bend fourth Mary Newsom Pleasant Valley fifth Dale Sims Roseland fifth Joseph Sahmaunt Lakeview fifth and Joyce Powell Mineral Wells fifth ifth grade: Eldon Steelman Logue Chapel first Georgie aye Hoskins Messing second Wilma Jane Burns Stony Point third Lyle Wheatley Midway fourth Kenneth Vaughan airview fourth and Marjorie John lower Mound fifth Sixth' grade: Barbara Turner airview first: Elinor Hammond Roseland first Mary Cunninghhm Stony Point first Irene Overall Bishop second Estelle Telford Beaver Bend third Lama Nell Picek Westview fourth Lon Vern Wilson Pleasant Valley fourth Yvonne Moore Denton fourth and John Mitchell Mineral Weils fifth Seventh grade: Reba Joe Hefner Stony Point first Laverne John son airview second Mary Anna Patman Hillside fourth and Jack ie Daugherty Beaver Bend fourth" and tied for fifth are Evelyn Schultz Ash Grove Douglas Beas ley Scott Kenneth Maddox Den ton Glenda Moss Messing and Opal arley Lakeview Eighth grade: Minnie Picek Westview first Glena Newsom Pleasant Valley second Geneva Sahmaunt Lakeview second Gwen Goodin Denton second Evelyn Johnson airview third and Pa tricia Stair Logue Chapel third Winners Are (Contlnued rom Page One) verall Bishop' third Elinor Ham mon Roseland fourth and Chai lotte Woodall Logue Chapel 1 fifth Seventh grade: Laverne John 1 son airview first Mary Ann Pittman Hillside second Marie Johnson Logue 'Chapel third Jimmie Sutton Scott third' Glen da Moss Messing 'fourth and Kenneth Maddox Denton fifth Eighth grade: Evelyn Johnson airview first Jim Hasenbeck Happy Hollow first Joy Vaughan Denton second Christine Howard Messing second Martha Mitchell Mineral Wells" third Minnie Pi eek West View fourth and Glena Newsom Pleasant Valley fifth ARITHMETIC irst Grade: Robert Lee Mc Gehee Denton first Jimmy Shoop man Logue Chapel second: Larry Watson airview third Virginia Miller Stony Point fourth and Harold Crow Beaver Bend and Rose Mitchell Mineral Weils tied tor mtn Second Grade: Denton first Carol Rae Pleasant Valley second Whatley Midway third: Crumby Beaver Bend fourth and James Mitchell Mineral Wells fifth Third Grade: James Cunning ham Stony Point first Bobby Moran Prairie Lea second Bobby Payette Denton third Jacquetta Corwin Roseland fourth and Wanda Shultz airview fifth ourth Grade: William Pahdo cony Stony Point first Dale Sims Roseland Kenneth Rose Denton and Bobby Joe Martin Scott tied for second Mary Newsom Pleas ant Valley third David Morgan Bishop fourth and Mary Dale Crocker Prairie Lea fifth ifth Grade: Lynn Richardson Denton Nell Richardson Logue Chapel second Margie John lower Mound and Jane Cole Ce dar Grove third Glenn Norton Beaver Bend fourth and Alma Slaughter Midway fifth Sixth Grade: Charlotte Woodall Logue Chapel first Barbara Tur ner airview second Jackson Roach Pleasant Valley third Yvonne Shaw Denton fourth and John Mitchell Mineral Wells fifth Seventh Grade: Laverne John son airview first Douglas Beas ley Scott second Geneva Sah maunt Lakeview third: Kenneth Maddox Denton fourth and Ruby Bowden Pleasant Valley fifth Eighth grade: Jim Hasenbeck Happy Hollow first Ray Vaugh an Denton second Martha Mit chell Mineral Wells third Ernest Webber Lakeview and Evelyn Johnson airview fourth and in fifth place Curtis Pocowatchet Stony Point Patricia Sare Logue Chapel and Betty Sutton Scott SPELLING Second Grade: Sherry Crumby Beaver Bend and Charlotte Hun ter lower Mound tied for first Carol Rae Clopton Pleasant Valley second Sylvia Payette Denton third Darlene Grubbs Westview fourth and Bill Hammond Rose land fifth Third Grade: Bobby Payette Denton and Helen Bunch Hillside tied for first: Rex Clopton Pleas ant Valley Teddy Moody lower Mound Jeanette Pair Mineral Wells Richard Ruder airview Bill Caldwell Roseland and Carole Ann Clopton Ash Grove all tied for second Royce Martin Scott Phyllis Sare Stony Point and David Wickwire Messing al! tied for third Donald Wood Logue Chapel and Bobby Moran Prairie Lea tied for fourth and Wayne Ritter Bishop filth ourth Grade: Mary Newsom Pleasant Valley first Wanda Thomas Hillside second William Pahdocony Stony Point and Jerry Clopton Messing tied for third Kenneth Rose Denton and David Morgan Bishop tied for fourth Joyce Powell Mineral Wells and Dale Sims Roseland tied for fifth ifth Grade: Georgia aye Hos kins Messing first Nell Richard son Logue Chapel second Ken Kairview and lower Mound Diamond BridalSets Values to $5750 Sale priced 75 ridii) ncvbiuib In Voting Areas LADIES Diamond Rings Glistening diamonds set in 14Kgold CHILD BREAKS ARM 10 on of Mt md I Mrs Charles Duree 1107 Maple 1 received a fractured left arm in a mu whle PlayinK his home Thursday night He was treated at Southwestern hospital and later dismissed BERRY'S Announces a STUPENDOUS CUSTOM MADE SEAT COVERS 4 Now low prices on then expeniy cai lorad from nnal tty fabrics aoutnwest lr9 aalaa tion of pat 13 Dead (Continued rom Page One) Clanahan Mountain community near Sallisaw were Mr and Mrs Charles Long and Charles Hacker 16 Injured from the Sallisaw area were being taken to a ort Smith ine selection of gleam ing silvcrplate includ ing coffee and tea serv ices Your Choice Value tn 1500! I adtfV UK Wedding Bands RegUlar $895 Electric flE Sandwich Grills City Man Suffers Injury In Tumble rom House Roof i A Lawton man I I A 9 rl A to 9 a uxt amita hospital The highway patrol re ported seven injured there The storm which struck Tinker1 field was the second within a week I to do major damage there No es Pageant (Continued rom PAga One) in the service are urged to bring wet weather equipment with them Expressing satisfaction with ar rangements to date pageant offic ers announced that only a sudden unexpected storm or extremely low temperatures would cancel the world famous service inal touches to the Holy City scene today wUl include a coordina tion check ot lighting facilities scheduled for tonight Model On Display Included in the last minute ar rangements was the addition of a cyclorama model of the Holy City at Jerusalem which will be exhibit ed in the chapel Saturday before the service The scale model the fruit of 12 labor by Paul Crawford Oklahoma City commercial artist is being installed in the chapel and will be lighted for display The model based' on available histor ical information on the ancient city is 12fe feet in diameter and required the services of a special van to transport it from Oklahoma City The pageant board has invited Crawford to exhibit his model in the chapel on a permanent basis but a final decision in the matter has not yet been reached Much Interest Shown Inquiries concerning this year's pageant have come from prospec tive visitors in many states the nf a svuiuvivc eatu vuuay Letters requesting information have come from euch diverse points as Hornbeck La Harris! burg Pa Phoenix Arlz Lafayette Ind and Toledo as well as large numbers of letters from neighboring states Peace officers reenforced by the addition of 20 highway patrol units urged motorists to keep to main roads enroute to the pageant area Best routes from the north are highway 277 to highway 49 at the Medicine Park and highway 49 direct to Holy City from the south highway 277 to highway 2 to Cache and north to the pageant site Pot torches will light the road at major Intersections and motor of Last Lint proclamation to his last similar A 72 year old 1 erso1' 611 B' fel1 flom foot roof at the home of Col Mangum 605 Columbia Thurs scaPed with minor bruises Anderson was making re I pairs on the roof at the time of the mishap Mr Anderson fell on his back but rays revealed no broken bones A Lawton uneral home am bulancc transported him to his I home where he was reported rest mg easily today neth Vaughan Johnny Durin third Yvonne Montatchi Stony Point fourth and Mary Ritter Bishop fifth Sixth grade: Leona Nell Picek Westview first Charlotte Woodall Uofue Chapel second Jacqueline Cude Bishop third Yvonne Moore Denton fourth and Bar bara Turner airview fifth Seventh Grade: Laverne John son airview first Geneva Sah maunt Lakeview second Reba Jo Hefner Stony Point third Mary Ann Pittman Hillside fourth and Jimmy Sutton Scott fifth Eighth grade: Gwen Goodin Denton first Martha Mitchell Mineral Wells second Evelyn Johnson airview third Patricia Sare Logue Chapel fourth Peggy Knight Westview fourth Donna Lee Newsom Pleasant Valley fifth (Veslry Barrow Happy Hol low fifth and Curtis Pocowatchet Stony Point fifth READING irst grade: Robert Lee McGe inger tip control to0MATIC ELECTRIC IRONS (Jumbo hite Enamel WASil'? nituiT ti a GARDEN RAKES glenn Huffman Hardware 518 Avenue nu Phone 4091 BL tlltf field but about 100 planes were destroyed there last Saturday night 000 000 damage of $10 Maj Gen Borum Tinker field commander listed the follow ing damage to planes there tonight: Seven 29s destroyed 11 others damaged 17 PT 19 trainers de stroyer 3 others damaged 8 47s 3 Value to $297if! I UK Solid 5 Gold Mounting Entire Stock of I adios' Gold and Platinum OAD 44 Mountings CV Oil Regular $695 Electric $5 fir Travel Irons 5u3 1 I THI LAWTON (OKLA) CONSTITUTION riday Evening March 2d 1948 REMODELING SALE SENSATIONS! "on't miss ist orpoRTuNiTY fo savings! BLLAhhl rvuivmrv to nr rnr DOORS OPEN 9 AM! BEORE YOU BUY SHOP AT BERRY'S! Remodeling Sale Sensations! Compare these vall es anywhere! Yo'u WON'T BEAT THEM! Values to S6 00! Ladies 'SO QE GOLD ILLED WATCH BANDS i i Reg S3 50 Ladies' Gold illed QE CORD WATCH BANDS JLaVU Values to 51250! Men's EXPANSION WATCH BANDS Values to $500! Men's Stainless STEEL WATCH BANDS 1 Entire Stock Masonic Odd ellows 4 32nd Degree Rings Values to $2500! Men's Sfl QC 14K GOLD WEDDING BANDS XfaiVU Comanche county election board members will meet next month to consider consolidation of two coun ty township precincts creation of a new Lawton View precinct and revised boundary lines for two i city precincts Aycock sec retary announced today fit' Notices of the proposed changes i have been posted and objections to7 'At to cito ka si Ofl with th A Ulv aviiuii mv board at any time until the meet ing calledfor 2 April 27 Ctrnsolidation Requested rnnsnlirtation of the Sterling precinct and the Brown Township precinct has been requested in pe titions signed by 191 residents of that district Mr Aycock said Sterling city has had a separate i precinct the past six years Dur ing that time city residents voted in the city limits and Brown town ship electors voted at the school building outside the town limits Cache and letcher are the only other two communities having pre cincts separate from the townships Mr Aycock noted Creation of a new Lawton View township is contemplated to facili tate voting and handling ballots In' that large area Divide Lawrence Lawrence Township is to be di vided into two precincts Lawrence Township No 2 will serve the area north of Garfield between 11th and 23rd streets The area south of Garfield between 11th and 23rd will become Lawrence 'Township No 3 A proposed boundary change will affect Precincts 1 and 4 in Ward 1 Precinct 1 will cover the area between Second and ifth and Gore and erris with a poll at McKinley school Precinct 4 boun daries will be altered to serve all the area east of Second to the risco right of way and between Gore and erris Other board members are Art Run yon chairman and Jones Tarps and Tarp Repairs Aluminum Awnings 22 Matched Patterns in Beautiful Drapery Materials Outside Venetian Blinds (urniture Upholstery Many cover selections to 1 choose from Anything In Canvas Lawton Tent Awning Co Phone 480 527 Avenue 1 Complete Service for 8 Sterling Silver Only four sets of this famous silverware to sell during our remodeling sale Truly a val 5 ue sensation! i Regular K225OO Value sale X'riccd at 15000 Place your order now for new or replacement AWNINGS 10 off Shift ln (Continued rom Pago One) school and Oklahoma A and college Stillwater The court clerk has been crip pled since an automobile accident 20 years ago Civil service ap pointees must pass a physical ex amination but it was indicated that requirement can be waived Mr Reed whose post has been a civil service position since 1939 would have completed 20 years of federal service next June 1 plac ing him in the 20 year retirement bracket His service includes five years in the army and 14 years and 10 months as postmaster The postmaster now busy with details ot air mail shipments for the Continental inaugural flight to Lawton and ort Sill on April 1 said he will also be ready to give postal inspectors full as sistance in their checkup Denies Allegations Mr Reed who denied all allega tions in the civil service action at tributed the ouster to the normal of politics" will be very glad to cooperate with whoever is appointed as the new postmaster and give him the benefit of my experience if possi ble in assuming the duties here" he added The official complaint charging political was filed by Congressman Morris The commission's action followed a re view of testimony in public hear ings held here last December The complaint aliened Mr Rood Had engaged in political activity in timate had been made on the dam the 1946 Democratic congressional by last twister at the ctcunufiB in WHICH Aep Jed Johnson 'was defeated for re election by Mr Morris PRODUCE Eggs No 1 hens light No 1 hens heavy No 1 springs No 1 cocks and stags Guineas ''J it uincri damaged 17 PT 19 trainers de destroyed 35 others damaged 478 damaged 1 I 1 fl I J' 'I BgS I Men's and Ladies Jeweled Movement H'1 WATCHES5 I Constructed for the ultimate in ac IM curacy and dependability Everyone of M' modern design A SUPER VALUE 9 Iga offered by Berry in this sensational llmroiqL fffjiin Mi remodeling sale! HI VALUES TO S2975 1 NOW ONLY BralM 1 5f 1 19 I EASY TERMS! I PI MenS and lAdies 17 JeweI Efl I Watches Beautiful gold filled cases dU INSs Values to $4975 Il Ml fl nrloAl II It yZz Zf A vf vMs ul in easy Terms: Hill 17 JeweI lAf A to if a ii a vwz Waterproof shockproof non EACV I Si null I magnetic 1 'em I Values to $1975 VlWk III 'I priced 2975 WO i trims fl EASY TERMS! At No Extra Charge 7 A 1'1 Ra 77 i i al si A JL nl fl IWS i S') Afi MJ MfiMhXSi I BB raw Bl Uffiiiiii i '9 bhiiiim 'll to rgS' I IW I il I I i.

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