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Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

Dec 02, 1980

Page

2

Weather cools despite record highs in Permian Basin

The region experiences a cold front lowering highs to the mid 50s today with a lower 30s low tonight. An unsettled forecast calls for sunny to fair skies, gradually warming to the 60s Wednesday and back to the 70s Thursday before cooling again by the weekend.

Permian National Weather Service Midland Regional Weather Service Texarkana Austin Guadalupe Pass Texas Panhandle Associated Press North Texas South Valley

Death notices for Johnson Womack Starnes and others in Odessa

Obituary notices list services for Gertrude Johnson 66 at Hubbard Kelly Funeral Home with burial at Bodine Cemetery Guntersville and Lonnie Womack 58 at Hubbard Kelly with burial Sunset Memorial Gardens. Arthur Starnes 93, Ester Green 71, Russell Byrom 1, Midland and Odessa residents are also noted with service times, locations, and family survivors. Survivors include spouses children and extended relatives across Odessa, Midland, and surrounding areas. Services are conducted at Hubbard Kelly Funeral Chapel and Easterling Wilson Funeral Chapel with multiple cemetery burials.

Velda Hawkins Hudson Tanglewood Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Medical Center Hospital Hasse Texas W.B. “Bill” Hudson Odessa Hudson Murphy and Rochester Co Crescent Park Baptist Church Howdy Partner American Business Women’s Association Norma Hawkins Hudson Janet Hudson Blount Ray Hawkins San Angelo Tommy Hudson Jess Odell Golda Williford Inez Mewborn Comanche Walt Bevan San Antonio Carl Williford Col J.H. Williford Lake McQuenny Midland Gerald Fitz-Gerald St. Ann’s Catholic Church Resthaven Memorial Park Ellis Funeral Home Fitz-Gerald Midland Law Midland County Bar Association University of Oklahoma University of Kansas Elizabeth Gerald Fitz-Gerald Jr Albuquerque N.M John J. Ziegelmayer Shawnee Mission Kan American Heart Association High Sky Girl’s Ranch Claude Davis Burrow First Methodist Church Burrow Denton County Betty Smith Amarillo Methodist Church Dona Wilson Gertrude Trudy) Johnson San Andreas No Bodine Cemetery Guntersville Ala Marshall County Bud Deerman Temple Baptist Church Delores Smotherman Lola Schenenan Daniel Deerman Albertville Ethel Brown Norfold Maude Dunn Grant, Ala Pauline Moore Alabama Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home Lonnie Herman Womack Jane Ave Hubbard-Kelly Sunset Memorial Gardens Womack Durant Okla Anna Laura Miller Texarkana First Baptist Church VFW Marilyn Marsh Houston Linda Fisk Snyder Patsy Carlisle Paula Womack Margie Carlisle Anna English Jimmie Leon Womack Baytown Fannie Lee Womack Clarksville Jessie Lee Reed Germany Arthur Thomas Starnes W. 14Th Hubbard- Kelly Starnes Bluff City Ark Margaret Morris Albany Texaco Church of Christ Wink Mary Louise Stain Patsy Ruth Pugh Dayton Ohio Don Eula Bradley Prescott, Ark Russell Byrom Big Spring Cindy Byrom Annie Kristine Byrom Fred Byrom JoAnn Byrom Santa Cruz Calif al Leigh W.L. Byrom Campbell, Calif W.F. Binion Burkburnett Ester Lee Green Tom Green Ave Kermit Cemetery Green Fort Payne Willard Elrod J.D. Elrod Noble Elrod Floyd Elrod Hobbs Bernice Baze Mozelle Dees Lovington Mamie Lee White Swansboro N.C Mildred Sullivan Harrison, Ark Pete Haas Chatanooga Tenn Walter Haas

Health lifestyle assessment workshop set for Dec 12

Per mian Basin residents may sign up by Thursday for a health and lifestyle assessment workshop at Odessa College Counseling Center on December 12. Nancy Raley OC counselor says the session includes a comprehensive health questionnaire and measurements of blood pressure weight and cholesterol. The two hour program starts at 10 a.m. in the Counseling Center.

Permian Basin Odessa College Counseling Center Nancy Raley Raley

Odessa school board mulls desegregation shifts and new schools

The board discusses keeping Ector High School on the Southside, with public hearings planned, while considering converting Blackshear Junior High into a diagnostic and vocational hub and reconfiguring Rusk, Noel, and Blanton elementary schools. New Southside boundaries would reshape bus routes to desegregate while awaiting Justice Department word.

John Quisenberry Vicki Gomez South Odessa Southside Blackshear Junior High Blackshear Special Education Department Ector High School South Sam Houston Bonham Junior High Redondo Crockett Junior High Holm Rusk Elementary Noel Blanton New Southside Northside Justice Department ECISD Bob Cox

School Boundaries Redrawn in City District Plan

The proposal reorganizes school zones across several elementary junior and high schools. Zavala Blanton Noel and other elementary zones shift to include parts of Burnet May Lincoln and University areas with boundaries defined along streets such as May Sam Houston and Clements. Junior high lines adjust for Bonham Bowie Crockett Hood Nimitz. Odessa High and Permian High receive reallocated senior high boundaries including Pleasant Farms South El Rancho 385 Estates areas and redistricted Ector High students to Odessa Permian.

Sam Houston May Street May Meyers Clements Foster San Jacinto Zavala Wilson Bunche Street Travis Elementary School Pool and Clements Street Grant Crane Zavala Elementary School Pool Blanton Elementary School Burnet Grandview 42Nd Street Gonzales University Rusk Lincoln Dixie Atlantic Ingum Noel Elementary School 49Th Street West County Road Bonham Junior High South Dixie South Jackson Bonham East University Cumberland Road Custer Drive East Eighth Street Custer Bowie Junior High South Sam Houston Nimitz Highway 80 Ector Redondo Crockett Junior High Odessa High School West Second Streets Pleasant Farms Ector High School Permian High School Second Street South el] Rancho 385 Estates

County and District Court Records Fair Summary

Marriage licenses issued include Reyes Rodriguez with Delia Spencer Sotelo and several other couples. Divorce suits filed feature Purcella, Imboden, Williams, Yarbrough, Vaughan, and Martin. A correction notes Hunt divorce dismissal Nov 14 in 161st District Court signed by Judge Gene Ater. Medical Center Hospital lists many admitted and discharged patients and a long birth list. Births noted for Dec 1 and multiple births at Women’s and Children’s Hospital with several couples and addresses.

Reyes Rodriguez Delia Spencer Sotelo Geronimo Jerry Quintero Elizabeth Gonzales Anthony Saenz Trevino Beatriz Esmeralda Pina Johnny Dewey Baze Amelia Lynn Tallant Richard Cole Dunlap Charlotte Kay Coskrey Randy J. Delmasso Debra Ann May Wayne Martin Purcella Mary A. Purcella Leslie Earl Imboden Jo Ann Imboden Sonya Abigail Williams David Williams Michael Randy Yarbrough Kathy Marlene Yarbrough Saundra LaVon Vaughan Donald Wayne Vaughan Jr Rolanda Martin Philip J. Martin Odessa

Odessa Club Lunches and Events Schedule

Tomorrow events list in Odessa includes Tri-service Lions Club at Bonanza Sirloin Pit at noon Christian Men's Club at Sands Restaurant at noon Downtown Rotary Club at Inn of the Golden West at 1 pm Senior Citizens Center hosts Ceramics at 7 30 pm and the Senior Citizens Dance at the same center.

Tri-service Lions Club Sands Downtown Rotary Club Inn of the Golden West

Odessa PTA convention draws 2200+ from Texas

Odessans gathered at the El Paso Civic Center for the 71st annual PTA State Convention. Attendees included Carolyn and Dewey Meyers from Burnet Elementary, Ellen Lee, Ed Winn, Marsha Dry, Dorothy Coleman, Juanita Dodson, Ed Kunz, Brenda Wise, and education officials. Robert Goralski spoke on energy media. H. Ross Perot led the Tuesday keynote on The Drug Problem in Texas. Texas Commissioner of Education Alton Bowen and Joan Burnside addressed the assembly.

Carolyn and Dewey Meyers Burnet Odessa Ellen Lee Ireland Ed Winn Marsha Dry Texas el Paso Civic Center PTA Dorothy Coleman Juanita Dodson Pease Ed Kunz San Jacinto Brenda Wise NBC News Gulf Oil Corporation Washington D.C Robert Goralski H. Ross Perot Electronic Data Systems Corp Alton Bowen UTAH National Joan Burnside

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