Legion Building Committee Sets Report Tonight
The American Legion building committee will present its report at tonight’s meeting in the East Eighth Street clubhouse. Delegates will be chosen for the state convention in Dallas on August 8, and refreshments will follow.
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The
American Legion
East Eighth St
State Legion
Dallas
M/Sd
Art Taylor
Marine Corps
Korea
Legion
Lée Powers
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Lillian Beavers
Pyote
Bob Goebert
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
van King
Odessan Missing Foul Play Feared
A 45 year old Odessa driller E D Fancher is missing for three weeks and is believed to have met with foul play. He left on business for Farmington New Mexico and has not contacted his wife since. Deputy Sheriff George Bosley is seeking the missing man.
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Odessa
E. D. Fancher
Fancher
Bosworth Drilling Co
Farmington
N. M
George Bosley
18 Year Old Charged In Motorcycle Theft
Robert Ussery, 38, of 2804 Holly, was free on $1,000 bond on felony theft charges for allegedly taking a motorcycle Sunday night near his home. Chief Deputy Clyde Ray arrested him Monday on a warrant from Justice of Peace M. Newman. Complainants were R. H. Bartley and Robert Esker.
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Robert Ussery
Holly
Clyde Ray
Justice of Peace
M. Newman
Ussory
R. H. Bartley
Robert Esker
Jop Newman
Beebe Named Classified Ad Manager at Odessa American
Jack Beebe is named classified advertising manager succeeding Cliff Allen at The Odessa American. He has worked in display advertising since 1950 and previously served at the Chicago Journal of Commerce. Beebe attended Morgan Park College and Ray-Vogue School of Advertising and served 33 months in World War II. He is 28 and single.
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Jack Beebe
Odessa American
Cliff Allen
W. L. DeBolt
Beebe
The
American
American Advertising
Chicago Journal of Commerce
Morgan Park College
Ray-Vogue School of Advertising
Chicago
Youth Hurt After Three-Car Collision at City Intersection
Addison C. May, 18, was in very serious condition at Medical Center Hospital with a scalp laceration and possible brain concussion after a three car crash at West 10th and North Lee. Lonnie L. Pullens, 30, was charged with driving while intoxicated in connection with the wreck involving Mrs. Louis Turls and Molsy M. Walton.
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Addison C. May
N. Lincoln
Medical Center Hospital
West 10Th
North Lee
Louis Turls
W. 17Th
Lonnie L. Pullens
Andrews
Molsy M. Walton
Roughneck
Lincoln
Walton
Welex Declares 25 Cent Stock Dividend
Welex Jet Services announces a stock dividend of 25 cents per share. The board sets September 10, 1952 as the payment date and August 20 as the record date for stockholders.
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Welex
Welex ‘Jet Services
Odessa Police Officers Mil ler and Smithers Appointed
Patrolman Andrew Frank Miller, 24, began with the Odessa police May 2, 1952 and serves on the day shift. He is a World War II veteran with 22 months in the South Pacific and is married to Thelma with three children. Patrolman Allan Luke Smithers, 39, joined May 16, 1952 and works the night shift in a patrol car. He previously served briefly with the department and lives at 502 S. Grant with his wife Ruby Lee.
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Andrew Frank Miller
Odessa
South Pacific
Miller
Thelma
Andrew Frank Jr
Deborah
Glenn
Allan Luke Smithers
Odessa Police Department
S. Grant
Ruby Lee
Woman Charged In Assault After Spat Over Children
Mrs. A. R. Bailey of Victory Village was charged with aggravated assault and freed on a $1,000 bond. The complaint, signed by Mrs. Doris Swindell, cites a Monday evening fight reportedly sparked by a dispute over their children. Police arrested Bailey on a warrant from Justice of the Peace M. Newman’s court.
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A. R. Bailey
Victory Village
Doris Swindell
George Kelton
Plans For Parks In Odessa Outlined At Jaycee Meet
Odessa park commission outlined a four type plan including neighborhood parks with pools and playgrounds, playfields with tennis and badminton, a large community park with swimming pools, and decorative beautification spots. City funds for parks were budgeted this year with meter-ads revenue expected to finance the park fund.
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City-County Park Commission
Odessa
Odessa Jaycees
Keith Oehlschlager
Oehlschlager
Chamber of Commerce City Beautiful Group
Bill Tripp
The
Park Commission
Ed Costello
Park and Recreation Fund
Jaycees
Big Oliver
Galveston
Billy Hodges
Three Men and Woman Held In Beating in Midland
A confusing assault at an East Eighth tavern led to charges against Jack Basham Iona Green Ernest Hill and C R Sharp all of Midland and two Odessa women Fannie Lou Daniels and a Miss Knight. Daniels was allegedly held and beaten by Basham and Zona Green after the group fled, with Hill and Green captured and Sharp escaping.
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Justice of Peace
M. Newman
Midland
Odessa
Jack J. Basham
Iona Green
Ernest Hill
C. R. Sharp
Bob Burkett
Fannie Lou Daniels
Miss Knight
East Eighth
South Odessa
Zona Green
Basham
Daniels
Sharp
Hill
County
Burkett
James W. Davis
Throat-Cutting Charge Filed in Odessa Hotel Fight
Charges of assault with intent to kill were filed against Lewis Keith Seale 59 in a Friday night throat-slashing of Pat Spratt at the Odessa Hotel Justice of the Peace M Newman set bond at 1000 The victim’s condition at Medical Center Hospital was reported satisfactory and improved today according to police and Seale’s signed statement
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Waco
Lewis Keith Seale
Pat Spratt
Odessa
Justice of Peace
M. Newman
Seale
Spratt
Medical Center Hospital
Ten Thousand Dollar Suit Over Disability Filed
James E. Trexler sues the Texas Employers Insurance Association for 10025 in district court claiming permanent disability from a February 19 injury when a pipe rolled onto his foot at the Rumbaugh Rig & Trucking Co six miles southwest of Penwell. He says he cannot stand or work steadily due to constant pain.
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James E. Trexler
Texas Employers Insurance Association
Industrial Accident Board
Trexler
Rumbaugh Rig & Trucking Co
Penwell
Traveling foot specialist charged in county court
D. S. Hynds advertised foot ailment services from a North Grant location. He was charged with practicing chiropody without a license in county court on Monday evening. The complaint was signed by Dr. Rosa Lee Cooley. Hynds had reportedly left town and was not in custody at noon. The offense is a misdemeanor.
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D. S. Hynds
North Grant
George Kelton
Rosa Lee Cooley
Odessa
Hynds
Parisians Let Tourists Seize City Amid Vacations
Paris officials report tourists dominate the city from July 24 to August 4 as 1,637,000 French travelers left Paris by rail for vacations. The nationalized railway system notes nearly 600 extra trains were operated to accommodate the exodus.
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Paris
Labor Secretary Heads Pecos Mexican Labor Conference
Labor Secretary Maurice J. Tobin will headline a Pecos conference on bracero issues hosted by the Pecos Chamber of Commerce and regional cotton groups. A 3 45 panel will allow ranchers and farmers to ask questions with participants from the Texas Cotton Ginners and the Texas Employment Commission among others. Jack Hawkins will preside at sessions and W W Douglas at the Q A period.
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Pecos
Maurice J. Tobin
Bracero
Pecos Chamber of Commerce
Trans-Pecos Cotton Association
el Paso Valley Cotton Association
West Texas Chamber of Commerce
Texas Cotton Ginners Association
S. N. Reed
Texas Cotton Ginners
Vaughn M. Bryant
Texas Good Neighbor Commission
Henry LeBlanc
Texas Employment Commission
Michael J. Galvin
William S. Tyson
U. S. Department of Labor
W. B. McFarland
Dallas
Jack Hawkins
Lawn Watering Ban in Effect in Odessa
The Odessa lawn watering ban is in force today and Wednesday during the shutdown of the Martin County well booster. City officials urge citizens to observe the ban and avoid excess water use. Low water pressure is expected tonight and the shortage depends on resident cooperation.
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Odessa
Martin County
Dick Pepin
County Court and District Court Notices in Local Records
Marriage license issued for Chester Wayne Holley and Phyllis Ann Schell horn. Divorce suits filed include Mandson vs Mandson Miers vs Miers Seabolt vs Seabolt. Medical Center Hospital reports admitted patients on Aug 4 and discharged patients through Aug. Births list four newborns with owners and times. Gettins Clinic notes a Monahansy birth.
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Chester Wayne Holley
Phyllis Ann Schellhorn
District Court
Eula Mae Mandson
Dale More Mandson
J. T. Miers
Jeanette Lewis Miers
Peggy Jean Seabolt
Arnold Seabolt
Medical Center Hospital
Albert Jean Davis
Melba Edith Hull
Daniel Cortez
Richard L. Rutherford
Jane Vorhees
Tom Ray
Edward Mauldin
LeRoy Reed
Catherine Carmichael
Betty Jo Lankford
John Loran
Sheriff Takes Prisoners to Pen for Huntsville
Sheriff Earnest Broughton left for Huntsville to transfer four prisoners to the state penitentiary for terms of four years for burglary two years for burglary two years for burglary and five years for theft over fifty dollars. Last Saturday he moved eight more inmates including DeMarc six years for forgery Hanson six years for forgery Buchan six years for robbery by assault Tucker six years for forgery and Dowell Jackson Porter two years for car theft.
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Earnest Broughton
Huntsville
State Penitentiary
Jim Garner
Manuel Pryor
James Eggins
Antonio Perez
Sheppard DeMarc
Francis B. Hanson
W. T. Buchan
Doyle Tucker
Water and Sewerage Line Bids Opened for Crescent Park Addition
Seven bids were opened at a special City Council meeting for Crescent Park addition water and sewer lines. Bids ranged from 132 579.72 to 215 295.70 with Odessa firms prevalent and final award expected at the August 12 council meeting.
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Crescent Park Addition
Moore Construction Co
Clyde Yarbrough Inc
iGeorge Tucker Pipeline Co
Earnest Lloyd
Odessa
R. B. Hodgson Co
Lubbock
Andrews-Parker Inc
Bryan
J. C. Trueheart
San Antonio
Lightning bolts start from the earth rising at great speed
A science note explains that lightning originates on earth and climbs skyward at roughly 18,000 miles per second, detailing the mechanism of rapid electrical discharge in the atmosphere.
Jerry Dean Sets Best Roping Time at Penwell Event
A Penwell arena crowd watched calf roping as Chester Pruitt hosted. Jerry Dean of Levington New Mexico posted the best average 64.7, with Glenn Rowell Odessa second at 67.8. Tuffy Overturff Odessa timed 10.8 for a single event. Prizes included a television lamp and a hat-cleaning block.
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Penwell
Penwell Arena
Chester Pruitt
Jerry Dean
Tuffy Overturff
Odessa
Two Texans Die as Polio Declines
The Associated Press reports two more Texas polio deaths as officials note a possible decline in spread. Arthur Dyer of the NFIP Dallas County program says the peak may be past. A Texarkana mother of three dies in an iron lung, and Bruce Cronquist, seven, dies in Houston shortly after hospital admission.
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Texas
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Arthur Dyer
Dallas County
Texarkana
I. J. Camponove Jr
Texelarkana
Houston
Bruce Cron
Harris County
Dallas
Fort Worth
San Anntonio
Dallas Man Held Here For Procuring
A 31 year old Dallas man Robert Bristow was held in county jail for investigation of procuring. His wife Katherine Threadgill age 22 was arrested by city police on vagrancy charges hours later. Bristow was nabbed at a West Second motel about 12 30 a m. The woman was arrested early today.
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Dallas
Robert Bristow
Katherine Threadgill
Bristow
West Second
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Legion Building Committee
Odessan
Gazette
A. F. Miller
A. L. Smithers
Jaycee
Labor
Fas
A. Matter
Albert J. Davis
E. Pearl
J. Huckaby
Milburn
Stamper
J. E. Lankford
Eisenhower
Gettins Clinic
Robert Blazek
W. Seers Monahansy
Firsr
Matilda Zamudio
People of
America
Daily Shopping Guide
American Family
Bureau OF Advertising, American Newspaper Publishers Association
Associated Press
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