The Lawton Constitution (Lawton, Okla.), Vol. 75, No. 268, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 17, 1977 Page: 5 of 28
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THI LAWTON CONSTITUTION, Wednesday, August 17, 1977 5
Few Changes Due
Renta Yenta Proves Success For Two Busybodies
In School Board
But alas. they were not profiting
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Allen "It disrupts their lives "
But Toby and Lila swallowed their
pride enough to hire a male business
BRUT HAIR
MANAGING
SPRAY
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Slurry seal street maintenance crews
will operate in a wide area of south
Lawton for three weeks beginning
Thursday, according to the Public
Works Department
The work schedule, providing the
weather cooperates, includes Texas
from llfh to 15th, Wisconsin from 11 th
to 12th. Tennessee from 11th to 17th.
Pennsylvania from 12th in 17th, New
York from 16th to 17th. Douglas from
15th to 17th on 13th from Bishop Road
to Tennessee. 14th from Georgia to
Pennsylvania and from Wisconsin to
Bishop, and 16th from Tennessee to
New York
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Falconhead’s four lighted courts.
Swimming-Falconhead’s three pools and
surrounding recreation equipment. Plus
Fishing, Horseback Riding, Sailing,
Camping, and much more.
It’s Easy to Drive to Faiconhead
Falconhead is conveniently located i2 miles
from Ardmore, Oklahoma. south on 1-35 and
west on Rt 32 112 miles from Oklahoma
City and 105 miles from Dallas/Ft Worth
Or you may prefer to tty to Fakonhead s own
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When you become a Fakonhead
homeowner, you qualify to receive full
membership privileges and use of -
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facility that's second to none. Tennis-
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FABRIC SALE
6 WEEKS OF FANTASTIC SALES ON FABRIC
mother of three, wanted no help from
men They had devised Renta Yenta as
an escape route from financial depend
ency on their husbands
Every housewife in the country
wants to start a business for the same
reason says Lila. whose husband is a
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Session Guidelines
By The Constitution staff
A new state law passed by the legis.
lature during its last session will re-
sult in some changes in Lawton school
board meetings
The new law House Bill 1416, re-
quires school boards throughout the
state to file a notice with their county
clerks by Dec 15 listing the date,
time, and place of all regularly sched
uled meeting
If a school board plans a change in a
regulary scheduled meeting, the county
clerk must he notified io days before
the meeting
A notice of each meeting must be
displayed in the meeting place 24
hours prior to the meeting
An agenda must be announced, and
only items on the agenda can be dis
cussed
Special meetings must be announced
4k hours prior tn the meeting
Emergency meetings can be held
with no notice to discuss possible dam
age to property nr persons However,
the reasons for an emergency meeing
must be listed in the minutes of the
meeting
The new law which takes effect Oct
1. will likely mean an end to the Law.
ton school board s informal meetings
according to Dr John Elkins, superin-
tendent of city schools
The Lawton school board meets twice
monthly on the first Monday and third
Thursday of each month
"In the past, our mid monthly meet,
ing has sometimes been an informal
session in which we met at a school for
lunch prior to conducting business."
Elkins said
We have not held many building
mertings recently, but when we did
those meetings gave board members
an opportunity to visit the buildings
and talk with teachers and students
"Since we will have to go through a
procedure to change a meeting place
we'll probably just do away with our
building meetings in favor of meeting
in Shoemaker Center," Elkins said
EGGS ADD FLAVOR
FEgs add flavor color, protein and
palatability to breads Their protein
aids in the development of the gluten
framework and acts as an emulsifier,
stabilizing the oil-water suspension of
fats
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a girl in a mummy case and sending a
stuntman in a spacesuit up the side of
a skyscraper
A woman wanted to cheer up her
husband Renta Yenta had the answer
They suspended a belly dancer on a
scaffold in front of his office window
For various clients, they taught a
parrot to talk, delivered gift wrapped
matzoh balls, launched a bride and
groom in a hot air balloon and dressed
in costumes when no one else would
Toby was Yogi Bear; Lila was her
trainer "It was 110 degrees in that cos-
tume ” Toby recalls "I thought Id
die "
Once. Toby costumed as Batman and
Lila attired as Robin followed instruc-
tions to appear at a plush hotel dining
room to meet a client
it could only happen in Hollywood
recalls Toby "Nobody even cared we
were (here The maitre d said How
many in your party'’"’
Batman and Robin waited but the
client never showed up
We finally figured out that the joke
was on us," says Lila So we took our
Batmobtie and left "
in the early days of Renta Yenta
Toby and Lila laughed a lot Then busi-
ness began booming Their phone
became so busy they had to get an an-
swering service
They are negotiating now to fran-
chise Renta Yenta in other U S cities
Deals are pending in Chicago, San
Francisco and Miami
They're also writing a book on their
exploits and hope to create a TV series
"Before we started the food business,
we were making about $100,000 a
year.' says Toby This year they ex-
pect to gross SI million
Has Kenta Yenta ever had an order
they didn’t know how to f|||s
No says Lila ‘Because the world
I* filled with yentas who are always
willing to tell us what we don’t know "
Soon Renta Yenta will market its
own line of food products — hors
d oeuvres and candy including one
called "the chocolate shtick '
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There was no other business business manager like we used to lie to
structure we could look at because our husbands,” laughs Lila
there had never been a business like Renta Yenta moved from Lila s laun.
ours. Toby recalls dry mom to a newly decorated office
"It was very difficult pricing things and became "more businesslike
Someone would call and say We'd like They launched their own catering
a camel to meet someone at the air- service with a humorous brochure of
port And Id say. How much could a luxury dinners which Renta Yenta will
camel cost?’ Eventually, I learned to deliver - from breakfast in bed for two
say. I'll call you back with a price "' for $25 to dinner with a Rolls-Royce
Lila mother of five, and Toby. butler and violinist for $500
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By UNDA DEUTSCH
Associated Press Writer
LOS ANGELES (API — Once upon a
time, two restless housewives pooled
their $36 savings. offered to do
anything legal and kind" and made a
million dollars
A fairy tale'1 Well listen to the story
of Renta Yenta
It was 412 years ago," remembers
Lila Greene "We couldn't find jobs
There was nothing two housewives who
drove cars and made dinners could
do "
Then one day. Toby Brown looked at
Lila across a pile of laundry and struck
on the answer — they would do every
thing for everybody
' We'll call ourselves yentas." Toby
said using a Yiddish expression lor a variety show producer
busybody Her passion for rhyming "I wanted a maid I wanted my
took over and Renla Yenta was born own checkbook I wanted the free-
With a name like that, we have to dom from asking "
be a hit," said Lila "Men don't love a lady for suddenly
Soon the two ladies were carting going into business on her own,” says
around gorillas and camels, delivering Toby, whose husband is TV actor Jed
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Jamaica marked its independence in
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Bentley, Bill F. The Lawton Constitution (Lawton, Okla.), Vol. 75, No. 268, Ed. 1 Wednesday, August 17, 1977, newspaper, August 17, 1977; Lawton, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc2038785/m1/5/?q=War+of+the+Rebellion.: accessed June 30, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.