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The Lawton Constitution from Lawton, Oklahoma • 2

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Oats I Mrs Hattie Smith PRODUCE Heavy Hens J3 started arriving at the Port yes Wkhita Mountains Wildlife Refuge XlViUjr A 0X111111 Art HilM IU Roy Smith ort Worth Tex four Twstiy 33 34 A medium 22 30 tha feted X33 CHICKEN RY Ma 'OPEN AU DAY SATURDAY BEORE YOU BUY Used watch values I Brand nriginsl ully Automatic 5 Itnrt whfc gold $13600 $25000 NO MONEY DOWN! ml pros naMsmu DtMEL'S JOft DtalELS44SI 'nir Dial E3L 3 345K 03 Const A Sunday Pre Sunday sisters Mrs Nettie Garrett Mrs Julia Levingston Mrs Nora Ed 165 171 70 Ma 204 Sjell Corn Mito MW BAYVOE Automatic NO money DOWN taryTerm 10 Cup Capacity lavor Selector I Dial Cold Tone Alueni dent of the Lawton area since 1918 died about 1:40 am today tn the 4 IAYIO 17 JEWEL AUTOMATIC Avenue EL 3 3456 WQTM1M worn UKtTUW St Mary's Sets Enrollment Date Students in St high school and elementary school will enroll on Sunday Sster Mary Alma principal announced today Enrollment is planned for a pe riod after each Mass in Blessed Sacrament Catholic church she said and will also be from 3 pm to 5 pun Classes in the schools will begin Thursday Sept at 8:15 am A half day session will be held Sept 1 with a full day session Sept 2 Labor Day Sept 5 will be a holi day 1 4 It GM If gU Weekly Completely tcto wOe $UOO Weekly ully uvtoaeutic wttk first plact as th greatest diamond value for the Sla Girl Breaks Arm In Grandstand all A two year old Lawton girl suf red a broken right arm last night when she fell from the grandstand at the LO ranch grounds site of the annual Lawton Rangers rodeo Sandra Wissmger daughter of Mrs Ella Wissinger 1209 Jeffer son was treated and released at Memorial hospital Attendants said she was sent home after a cast was applied It was reported that the tot fen through the bleachers from about the third row from the top ries It provides for penalties ot op to $10000 fine and five years in prison for violations and a cut off in state funds to commissioner who don't comply Another county commissioner re form bilL introduced by Harris and others in the last session passed the senate but was defeated in the house Sponsored by COMANCHE COUNTY CIVIL DEENSE Old Union Bus Station 421 AVENUE SATURDAY AUGUST 6TH Walter Nashdelte APACHE (Special) Walter (Perch) Nashdelte 59 Apache died about 12:30 pan Thursday He had been ill about a week Services will be at 2 pm Satur day in Crews uneral home chapel with burial in Cache Creek Mission cemetery Mr Hashdeite was bom at ort SilL He is survived by his wife of the home: four daughters Mrs Margie Hawry Oklahoma Qty Miss Lorene Nashdelte Mrs June Watt and Miss Marcella Nashdelte all of Apache his parents Mr and Mrs Talbot Gooday Apache day in Lawton uneral home chap el with Rev Snodgrass pas tor 4 Highland Methodist church officiating Burial will be in High land cemetery Mrs Smith was bomMay 16 1878 in Uvalde Tex and married James Smith there in 1894 The family came to Lawton from Hol lis Mrs Smith was a member of a Methodist church Mr Smith died July 18 1929 She is survived by five daugh ters Mrs Maude Smith Mrs Bert Alford 801 Mrs Lola Ander son Quincy' Wash Mrs Elmer Ruyle West Covina Calif and Mrs Ada Deason Altus two sons Henrv Smith 2304 and day transferred three men to the state prison at McAlester to begin serving sentences ranging from ax to three years Robert Sleeper 73 ot 324H was removed to the McAlester pen itentiary to serve a three year sen tence meted in District court here At the time of the sentence District Judge Luther Eubanks suspended the time on the de good behavior County Attorney Warren Crane filed an application this week to revoke the provisiois of one suspension alleging Sleeper had burglarized a Lawton firm and committed a forgery offense since the suspended sentence was given Judge Eubanks ordered the sus pension revoked The district judge levied a two year sentence against William Winston Xf of 1525 Cache Road who pleaded guilty to a charge of of discounts Baylor gives you more? 24 00 60 18 00 Mi Mo Const Sunday S12J4 T1S Preu A Sunday 1224 71 41S MARKETS GRAIN AYU3 AUTOMATIC Weak BIRTHDAY Continued rom Page One Mayo Okemah second Janet Dudley Perryton Tex third Billie Ann Evans Davis Tex Saddle bronc riding first Brown second Tex Martin Mer edian Tex third Clark Holden Pottstown Pa Steer wrestling first Jimmie Calvert Meredian Tex second Bill Kizer Ada third Martin Money winners will be decided after Saturday finale with dose to $5000 to be divided among the winners A personal appearance by tele vision star Dale Robertson spiced intermission at the rodeo Robert son win also appear in the final performances Prize Awaits Spectator The rodeo is produced by Tommy Steiner and sponsored by the Rangers riding club A model home will be given away at the Saturday perform ance The home one third scale model in size is being presented by the Jim Walter Corp A seat number will be drawn at intermis sion with the occupant of the seat number to receive the prize Eight Lawton Jaycee are at tending a state board meeting of the Junior Chamber of Commerce in Oklahoma Qty today At the meeting are Sam Ard Dr Gibson Johnny Littlefield Ray Shackelford Dr Jack Spencer Don Hand McDonald and Jack Shreve Negro Wins Public Office MEMPHIS Tenn Jesse Turner a Negro bank execu tive Thursday became the first Negro to win public office in Shel by County since Reconstruction Days Turner defeated two white op ponents in the race for the county Democratic executive committee from the 7th District $100 PER PLATE With Iced Tea or Coffee Two major state organizations have indicated they wffl support a new county commission reform X55 ax Price toclafe 3 Per Cent Stet Seles fee Sam Parker Jr 27 Ardmore received a one year sentence on his guilty plea to a charge of grand larceny Judge Eubanks granted a sus pended sentence of four years to Doyle Hammon 20 Healdton who was accused of second degree bur glary by assisting his brother in a Chattanooga drug store break in The older brother Bruce Ham mon 22 escaped from county jail with twn other inmates July TL He was later apprehended in Dela ware county and returned to Law ton last week Alvin McLoud 24 of 302 received a six month prison sen tence on a charge of passing a felonious bogus check McLoud was released to Tillman county author ities for a hearing on an' applica tion to revoke a suspended sen tence reportedly given McLoud at rederick No Money Down Weekly or Monthly Terms! gram conducted by the Army Ar tillery and Missile Outer The orientation program was opened today with an address by Maj Gen Verdi Barnes school commandant and center command new tanot Automatic A0 SIMI 75 fl7 Weekly Certified by the Bvtcmi co Self wiwdint City police today sought two Ne gro men who were accused of throwing a beer can at a north west Lawton resident and of at tempting to run over him with then car Thomas Walter Hickey 28C6 23rd told police the incident oc curred on between Seventh and II th about 10 pun Thursday Hickey was riding a motor scoot er west in the 900 block police were told when the Negroes drove by in a blue and white 1953 Olds mobile The victim said the Negroes ac costed him at 11th and and fol lowed him hrii he turned around and headed back toward town Hiikey reported one of the Me rarew a beer can wtucu key in the back When hi lucKev re ported the Negroes also stoppea their car and got out as though they were going to assault him Police were told that Hickey left the scene and the Negroes fol lowed in their car attempting to pm over him at Seventh and The incident was investigated by Patrolman Richard White Other officers were assisting in the search today In other reports to police Mil ford Walker said thieves removed a $40 peanut vending machine from his automatic laundry at 11th and Washington Mrs Bob Nolan 406 28th? reported theft of furnish ive Motorists acing Charges Two reddest driving charges were listed amag fite traffic confe plaints filed today by County At torney Warren Crane Named in the reckless drmng complaints were John Coulter 33 And George Shawgo Jr 19 both of ort SCI Charges of speeding at night were filed against Billy Gene Pne bus 25 ort SHI and Nolan Wayne Shirley 255 Altus Jerry Max Branam 19 fiJS Ninth was accused of speeding in the daytime The defendants were arrested by highway patrol troopers Com plaints were filed in County court 5 City Catholics Attending Parley Lawton Catholics are at Ending a meeting of the amily Movement in Dallas Tex this eekend At the meeting are Mr and Mrs Eugene Sohl Mr and Mr Monsey and John Lundberg who assumed duties as assistant pastor of St Barbara church this The three day meeting will be sons from Oklahoma Kansas and Texas "Deepening Our Christian is the theme of the meet ing which wQl emphasize interna tional fife Mrs Eliza Bowen APACHE (Special) Mrs Elba Bowen 74 a resident of Apache for 30 years dled Ttars day ta her home Sie had been ill about six months Service will be at 10 aan Satur day in the Apache fWBaptist church with Rev Russell Murrell pastor officiating Bdrial wifi be in airview cemetery Apache under the direction of Crews un eral home Mrs Bowen was born May 16 1826 in the Choctaw Nation and married A Bowen April 6 1906 inf Romulus A member of the irst Baptist church she came to Apache from ort Oobb She is survived by four sorts Lester Bowed Duncan Earl Bow en and Oriie Bowen both Apache and Malcolm Bowen ntriahnma Cty three daughters Mrs Vcmta Mcadden Nr Or leans La Mrs Mildred Good Apache and Mrs Leona Caseoier Wakarusa Kans: three sisters Mrs Anna Couch San PeNo PnhertX Okla ai rTK 1 JKJ4IIA V44Jf Andy Robertson Oklahoma Qty and Clarence Robertson Shawnee: Powell 1211 Garfield said thieves took $150 from his wallet Edwin Penland 1503 16th reported theft of papers from hi auto at 221 Pat Newsom 1106 Ninth said vandals broke the windshield and side glass of the victim's car and Joe Jung 320 11th reported a cold drink ma chine at his place of business had been forced open Mrs Hart 1217 Logan said vandals put sand in the gasoline tank of her car and Randall Crow Lawton Auto Rental Co 229 said a 1951 Pontiac two door sedan abandoned in Webb Qty Mo had been rented at his place bv a ort Sill man three BANK Continued rom Page One "It was very common procedure for a man who owns more than one bank to deposit securities from one in ree ling said done every day" Baggett wanted to know why reeling and Houlihan had not no tified other directors of the bank ot the transfers when the board met July 12 and 14 reeling said directors had not been notified when the bank's bonds had pre viously been transferred to the Bank of Mid America Oklahoma Qty of which Whiteman is presi dent Given A Receipt reeling said he found Legere in a Dallas hotel last riday night after State Banking Comrrfisrion tar Carl Sebring had closed the bank reeling said Legere had given him a safekeeping receipt for the bank's securities about a week and a half after they had been transferred State banking examiners already had begun in vestigating the transactions when Legere presented the receipt reeling said Sebring said Sanders conferred with Coburn Thursday in Wash ington and Coburn sent the lor ida banker tp the beadquarters of the ederal Bureau ot Investiga tion to make a statement Testimony Thursday included a detaped report on the distribution of $72420285 which was returned here after Capitol hju securities and cash had been sent to a New York bank for transfer to the Grand Bahama Bank and Trust Co Ltd located in the British colony A Anderson chief liquida tion office for DIC talked by telephone from chambers with Martin Legere former Dal las banker wbo is listed as presi dent A Grand Bahama Anderson demanded the return of the Capi tol Hill cash and securities Srtected Low Recalled Neil Brans Dalia attorney ap warrd vnkmtarilv at the court room to testify concerning his role as secretary of the Grand Bahama bank Brans told the judge a Tex as life insurance company which was reported to have been owned by one ot the alleged conspirators was placed in temporary receiver ship Wednesday Brans was referring to the Mid western Security Life Insurance Co of which John Houlihan Dallas was principal stockholder Anderson testified Legere told hirp oo the telephone from his New York hotel room that the DIC should consult Brans con cerning the return of the Capitol Hill assets But Anderson said Brans told him to see Legere aboyt getting the money back Highway Worker Is Reinstated OKLAHOMA QTY (UPI) Member Raymond ields today moved the state Personnel Board re instate a state highway em ploye Hansen of Guymon who contends he was fired simply because be was 70 years old "I fee! I am able to work and I fee! they should put me out just because I am Hansen told the board "I want to work I can keep up with any man I don't want to eo on charity? ields offered a motion that Hansen given probationary reinstatement to his job con tingent on his continued ability to fill that job and to carry out his assigned and regular saw wettr $134X10 Harris Law ton The senator said he had re ceived letters from Steve torn executive secretary of the Okla homa Public Expenditures Coto al and Lewis Munn president of Oklahoma' arm Bureau praising the measure which he plans to introduce on the first day of the 1961 sesskm of the tegis In' his tetter to Harris Stahl iaThi is certainly much needed legislation and we hope members of both houses will cooperate for its passage itMrtuaBy guaranteesfrnge savings which will in turn re sult in more construction and bet ter maintenance of these import ant rural roads by the commis Murrn wrote that the farm bureau opposes Gov Edmondson's county road bill but that the people a mon? desir able method of assuring efficient of county road funds and at the same time leaves control in the hands of county pecle" Harris who said he is neutral on the petition propos al contends the bill is needed re gardless of the outcome of the election Harris bill contains stiff re quirements for competitive bids and guarantees of material deliv Negroes Sought In Attempted Car Assault On Man mostly 28 30 A small 15 22 most ly 21 22 cents owl offerings short of fresh demand under 414 lbs 5 9 4H 6 lbs 8 14 6 lbs and up 15 18 most ly 17 cents Butterfat steady 50 60 most ly 52 cents OKLAHOMA CTTY LIVESTOCK OKLAHOMA CITY (USDA) Not enough cattle calves hogs or sheep on hand to make a test of the trade CHICAGO BUTTER CHICAGO (AP) Butter steady receipts 666000 prices unchang ed 93 score AA 58 92 A 58 90 57 89 56H cars 90 57 89 57 BAYlOt AUTOMATIC $59 guo Weekly CB oMrtr rtMMde ri Mrs Joe Porter Services for Mrs Joe Porter 716 Gore who died about 3:15 am Wednesday in a local hospital were at arn today in Ritter uneral home chapel Rev Howard Davis superinten dent of Lawton district of Meth odist churches officiated and bur ial was in Highland cemetery Bearers were Oliver Lee Ed Hood Koenig uqua Austin John Keatiiley and Wayne Gilley Members of the Downtown Kiwanis club sat in a group Thomas Denton LETCHER (Staff) Thomas Denton 74 a retired farmer died early today in a Lawton hos pital Services will be at Ji: 30 pm Sunday in The letcher Hirst Bap tist churwh with Rev Melvin Moody pastor officiating Burial will be in letcher cemetery under the direction of Dalton uneral home Mr Denton was born Sept 1 1885 in Springtown Tex He is sur vived by his wife of the home two sons Lloyd Denton 612 Gar field and Leonard Denton Phoe nix Ariz five daughters Mrs Bessie Seals Denver Mrs Elsie Myatt Monrovia Calif Mrs Ma rie Smith 9(T7 Seventh Mrs Helen Morris No 27 34th and Mrs Zelma Null letcher a brother Hershel Beach letcher and three sisters Mrs Leo Selas letcher Mrs Caffie Anderson Chickasha and Mrs Beatrice Mil ler Shawnee Purpose of' the meeting is to orient the representatives on the present status and future develop ment of artillery weapons and 089 ehorffs iff 7U4 20 X38 1273 831 4 13 jcnK rr AU Other CpuBtiM State 1 Yr 1 ALE Sill Hosts AEC T' fr Defense Leaders Atomic Energy Commission and Department of Defense officials are currently taking part in a two day orientation program at ort SUL MASTERBILT PERCOLATOR Specially Priced Cocks and Stag STATE PRODUCE OKLAHOMA CTTY (AP) The state Board of Agriculture today reported the foBowing price paid focal producers: Cash wheat 10 a I higher 170 177 L70 Blackwell 172 Alva Bison Clin ton El Reno Enid Hennessey Kingfisher Oklahoma CMy Yukon Watonga L73: Medford Vid L74 rederidt L77 Broilers barely steady dress ed birds 4 tower liveweight at farms 165 dressed fryers deliv ered 28H 294 cents SUBSCRIPTION RATES (Pybl to AtfvanreJ CARRIER SERVICE IN LAWTON AREA (per Month) Morstas Prs A Suaday SS CeMtmaUea A CoeMttuUon Pre a Smday ttg Monday Conatftotlan ctdy ar reer Sc (Delivered to Pre Sub) Satordar Pre cnly per copy So (Delivered to Const suo MAU SUBSCRIPTIONS (In Souihwect Okla) Minnie Jack" Nrd all of Burnet Tex and Mrs Minnie Jacks two iwothers icA uiivt uivunas nratj erett Round Mountain Tex Wil liam Everett Burnet Tex and Albert Everett redericks TERMITES? 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