Farr-Simmons Rites Held at Church of Christ
Miss Lawell Farr and Paul Simmons exchanged vows at 3 pm Sunday in the Church of Christ on 16th and Calvin. Roland Hayes, cousin of the bride and minister, officiated the double ring ceremony. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Horton Farr, the groom son of Mrs. Tiny Simmons. Virgil Farr sang O Promise Me and Gertrude Wolfe of Odessa sang Whither Thou Goest. The bride wore a white satin gown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawell Farr
Paul Simmons
Church of Christ, 16Th
Calvin Avenue
Roland Hayes
Horton Farr
Tiny Simmons
Virgil Farr
Gertrude Wolfe
Odessa
Wedding Shower In Odessa Fetes Monahans Couple
A wedding shower in Odessa honored Miss Lanell Farr and Paul Simmons ahead of their June 12 wedding. The event at South Side Community Building featured a silver wedding bell cake display, yellow rose accents, and a guest book of yellow taffeta. Attendees included Miss June Farr and Odell Farr, with out of town guests listed from Plainview McCamey Goldsmith Odessa Wink Barstow and other areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
Lanell Farr
Paul Simmons
Washington Avenue
Roland Hayes
Horton Farr
Barbara Farr
Mary Chris Hayes
Plainview
Hilda
Davis Mountains
Simmons
O. W. Hayes
Mary Chris
James Gunnels
McCamey
Claude Cook
Goldsmith
Velma Wolfe
Gertrude
Fay Morgan
Peggy Weathers
Teddy Polk
Mike Ardis
Winona Darrington
Wink
Lucy Reeves
Nelly Goode
Barstow
Grandfalls News Roundup of Travel and Local Life
Mr and Mrs Jack Higgenbotham and daughters Kim and Kerry return from a California trip visiting relatives and Disneyland then tour Colorado and the Grand Canyon. Donnie Turrentine, visiting from Venezuela, is severely ill after a kitten rabies scare. his family begins rabies shots. Bill Bullard family visit, North Texas trip includes Brownwood Lake fishing. Miss Kitty Sue Gaddy leaves Grandfalls royalty school for Hobbs New Mexico. A Joan Turner wedding shower is planned at First Baptist Grandfalls. Lt Lee dies of leukemia in Odessa. he is Mrs Murphy’s father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Higgenbotham
Kim
Kerry
Los Angeles
California
Donnie Turrentine
Bob Turrentine
Maracaibo
Venezuela
Monahans
Donnie
Loma Higgenbotham
Grandfalls
Bill Bullard
Elton Graham
Bullard
US Air Force
Dill City
Oklo
Grandfalls Royalty High School
Japan
Fort Worth
Iowa
Graham
Brownwood
Lake Brownwood
Kitty Sue Gaddy
Grandfalls Royalty
Hobbs
New Mexico
Miss Gaddy
W. N. Gaddy
Granefalls
University of Colorado
Boulder
Colorado
Joan Turner
First Baptist Church
Odessa
Chapel of the Roses
Lee
Bill Murphy
Ward Memorial welcomes triplet arrivals this June
Three babies were born at Ward Memorial Hospital between June 8 and June 15: a baby boy to Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Lambert, a baby girl to Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Joe West, and a baby girl to Mr. and Mrs. Ervin Blum. Congratulations to the families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ward Memorial Hospital
Jeff Lambert
Watkins Ave
Bobby Joe West
Ervin Blum
S. James
Fort Davis to host two day musical festival
Fort Davis plans a June 25 26 festival to honor the 106th year of the frontier army post. The event, sponsored by the Fort Davis Historical Society chaired by Mrs. Herman Dirks, invites twelve towns for musical and dance performances. The program welcomes vocal instrumental and dance numbers reflecting western pioneer and Civil War era music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frontier Army
Fort Davis
Hospital Canyon
Dirks
Thanks for support for Mrs. Blalock and family
Card of thanks expresses gratitude for every act during the illness and passing of Mrs. J. C. Blalock. It names Rosa Oats, T. B. Craig, and C. P. Blalock and notes Fort Davis historic festival plans and a Baldwin organ and piano donation by Armstrong Music Co. Odessa as part of preserving local property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Blalock
Rosa Oats
T. B. Craig
C. P. Blalock
America
Historical Society
Fort Davis
Also Mentioned on This Page
June Farr
Amarillo
Judy Kay Farr
Edwin Farr
Odell Farr
Freddy Farr
Dean Lankford
Paul and
Lanel
Don Woods
Venetian Blind Service
Marvin Harris
Mickey
Alpine
Mr. Harris
Charlie Pollard
Bill Gibson
James G. Wooten
W. C. Phillips
Clyde Benton
Roswell
UUSF
Dad
Reg
Browns — Blues
Johnny Horton
New Orleans
Sink the Bismarck
Ector County Coliseum
Odessa Moose Lodge
Ft. Davis
Ladakh
Himalayas
Anthony
Pops
al Ay
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