Third annual Penwell reunion draws attendees from across states
About 180 people from Florida, Kansas, Arkansas, New Mexico and 16 Texas cities gathered Sunday at the Slater Community Building in Odessa for the Third Annual Penwell reunion. Organizer details note earlier reunions were in Gardendale. The distance record holder traveled from Dover, Florida. Early Penwell residents F. E. Kiphart and Don Wells attended, having moved to Penwell in the 1930s. Committee members include Mrs. Webb McKandles as chair and Doris Harvill, Della Roberts, Tennie Lee Asbury, Jewell Smith, Kay Rhodes, and Opal Crabtree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Kansas
Arkansas
New Mexico
Texas
Penwell
Slater
F.E. Kiphart
Wilshire Drive
Don Wells
Riverton
Calif
Penwell Committee
Odessa
Don and
Clara Wells
Riverton, Kan
Ila
Earl Kiphart
Wells
Weather watch renewed as Basin storms threaten floods
National Weather Service renews flash flood watch for Ector and Midland counties and in the Hill Country as outbreaks of thunderstorms bring heavy rain. Residents face 80 percent afternoon, 60 percent tonight, and 30 percent Friday chances with temperatures near 80.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ector
Midland Counties
National Weather Service
Midland
Permian Basin
Weather Service
Odessa American
Fourth
Jackson
Midland-Odessa
River flood strands campers and families in Bandera ranch
The Bandera area floods as the Medina River rose to within feet of camp roofs. Houston businessman Steve Muller saved a baby by clinging to a tree limb while six hours on a roof for shelter. Others fled with relatives missing or trapped. Mary Lou Sanchez and neighbors sought refuge at a Baptist Church as searchers scoured the river for her missing son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Steve Muller
Muller
Grace Kitzman
Kitzman
Mary Lou Sanchez
Baptist Church
Serendip
Medina River
Pipe Creek
Flood Rescues and Flooded Towns Across Kerr, Bandera, Medina
National Guardsmen rescued 156 girls from a camp near Herman Scott and evacuees sought shelter in Kerrville VA Hospital and Bandera civic buildings as floodwaters surged through Medina and Comfort. Police reported seven of eight deaths, including Jose Morales in Comfort and Timothy Kleinstein in a Bandera area town, with extensive property losses. Army helicopters plucked people from trees and rooftops as rivers rose, floods receded, and cars tangled in power lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National
Herman-Scott Camp
Kerrville
Kendall County
Medina
Bandera
Comfort
Guadalupe
Jose Antonio Morales
Timothy Kleinstein
Obenshain death follows Virginia Senate bid crash
Republican leader Linwood Obenshain died in a plane crash near Center Point Virginia while campaigning for the U S Senate. The Virginia politician had run for public office multiple times and was described as a committed leader.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linwood Holton
Nathan Miller
America
Virginia
George McMath
Obenshain
Richmond
Mark
Anne Scott
Kate
Senate
Congress
Andrew Miller
Weather Outlook From Midland Regional Airport Forecast
National Weather Service at Midland Regional Airport reports considerable cloudiness through Friday with thunderstorms likely today and chances tonight and Friday. Cooler today and tonight with easterly winds 10 to 15 mph, gusts near storms. Rain chances 60 percent today, 30 percent tonight and Friday. highs in the low 80s, lows mid 60s tonight. Overnight low 71, yesterday high 93, year to date 6.28 inches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weather Service
Lubbock
Andrews
Llano
Llano River
Colorado City
Texas
National Weather Service
Midland Regional
Second review on Dr Nayarat Lalani privileges at local hospital
The Medical Center Hospital appellate Review Committee meets at 6 p.m. to decide if abdominal surgeon Dr Nayarat Lalani’s medical privileges should be permanently suspended or reinstated. A first session July 27 heard three hours of testimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Medical Center Hospital
Nayarat Lalani
Lalani
Dan Sullivan
Andrews
el Paso
MCH
West Texas AA Roundup Set In Odessa This Weekend
Alcoholics Anonymous members in Odessa announce the fourth annual West Texas Roundup at the Helidome on East Highway 80 Friday through Sunday with over 500 attendees expected. Saturday features speakers, a poolside party, a banquet, and a late-night dance. a doughnut breakfast is planned for Sunday morning. A Norman Oklahoma speaker appears Friday night and Al Anon meets Saturday at 10 a.m. The event honors those with 20 or more years sober under the theme If Not For You Who Walked Before. Attendance costs 10 dollars for meetings plus 5 dollars for the dinner and dance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alcoholics Anonymous of
Odessa
West Texas
Death notices from Llano to Odessa and Monahans
Obituaries list Kenneth Wooten of Llano and Fred McCue of Pyote among several local deaths. Included are service times, burial sites, birthdates, marriages, and survivors. Other notices cover Lou Ella Armstrong and Daphne Marcum, with details on ages, origins, and family relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Llano
Kenneth Lee Wooten
Clifford Wooten
Pecos
Waldrope
Wooten
LaVerne Waterston
Alamogordo
N.M
Lou Ella Armstrong
Alamagordo
Odessa
Hamilton Funeral Home
Carlsbad
Daphne Mae Marcum
Hubbard- Kelly Funeral Home
Midland
Fairview
Medical Center Hospital
Marcum
Roscoe
Parkview Church of Christ
D.A. Howe
Brady
Faye Hawthorne
General Martin
Lindy
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral
Lee High band wins honors at state meet
The Lee High School band was named the 4 A honor band by the Texas Band Directors Association after regional wins in Region VI. Band director Van Ragsdale noted Lee competed with winners from 20 regions and performed Sousa march Glory of the Yankee Navy Gianini’s Symphony Number Three and Ingolf Dahl’s Sinfonietta. The honor earns a Fort Worth concert appearance at the Texas Music Educators Association event in February.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midland
Lee
San Antonio
Texas Band Directors Association
Lee High
van Ragsdale
San Angelo
Odessa
Big Spring
Bill Cormack
Texas
John Phillip Sousa
Gianini
Ingolf Dahl
Texas Music Educators Association
Fort Worth
Odessa Event Schedule Highlights Morning to Evening
Tomorrow in Odessa events include 7 AM breakfast by the Optimists at Furr's Pie Kitchen, a noon gathering of the Optimists at Furr's Pie Kitchen, and a noon Bastide Rotary meeting at Inn of the Golden West. Evening programs feature the Globe of the Great Southwest screening Othello at 8 PM and Permian Playhouse presenting High Noon with a Dick Tracy serial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noon — Bastide Rotary
Inn of the Golden West
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Claude Crabtree
Gardendale
Bill
Darlene Phillips
Millican
Cindy
Cathy
Melody
Dover
Guadalupe River
Spring Branch
Kerr
Kendall
Real
Panhandle
Waco
Wichita Falls
Abilene
Amarillo
Junction
Austin
Corpus Christi
Longview
Art Kitzman
Miss Tomes
Dude Ranch
Mike Muller
Peaceful Valley
King Buchanan
Bertha Louise Baum
Center Point
And
Cridlin
Mae Barden
Barden
U.S
John Wood Jr
Wood
Norman, Okla
Al-Anons
Kenneth L. Wooten
Fred McCue
Monahans
Fred Clyde McCue
Pyote
Benina Mcsvee
Lovington
Etheyel Kirby
Southgate
Mack W. Kirklen
Mack Willie Kirklen
Rita Drive
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Kirklen
Camp San Saba
Margie Marie Perry
Connie Kirklen
Juanita Jarrett
Maxine Strong
Hollywood
Perry J. Kirklen
Billy Kirklen
A.D. Kirklen
Martin
Marilan
Marfa
Marilan Weather
Eagle Town
Geeslin
Idabell
Okla
Robert L. Pinkston
John Pinkston
Stanton
Riker-Seale Funeral Home
Pinkston
Eastland County
Billie Hopper
Reno
Nevada
First Baptist Church
William J. Hathcock
William James Hathcock
Singleton Funeral Home
Hathcock
Brooke Army Medical Center
Fort Sam Houston
van Zandt
Superior Welding Works
Georgia
Brian Hathcock
Gridley
W.G. (Dubi Hathcock
Nelda Bills
College Station
Max Hathcock
Lillie Hathcock
Mohank
Jim Hedden
Canton
W.H. Luttrell
Hobbs
Bill) Luttrell
Methodist
Church of Christ and Veterans of Foreign Wars
Ray Luttrell
Vista, Calif
Bob Luttrell
Mineral Wells
Homer Luttrell
Lake Coleman
Jess Luttrell
Prineville, Ore
Buford Luttrell
Morgan Mills
Eddie A. Watts
Clyde
Eddie Allen Watts
Tom Watts
Bailey Funeral
Hamby
Watts
Mary McAdams
Mary L. McAdams
Mount Calvary Baptist Church
Fairview Cemetery
Thomas Funeral Home
Imogene Price
Lorene Grihan
Madison, Ark
Doris Williams
Dallas
Wanda Johnson Pope
Los Angeles
Bessie Mae Royal
Riverside
Lorene Wilson
Denver
Colo
Robert Mosley
Furr's Pie Kitchen
Odessa Optimists
Furr
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