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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1955
Page
2
Ector County residents helped plant trees along with those bought by the park department. The City-County Park and Recreation Department seeks 100 more trees this winter. Donors may call park director Bill Bird. trees should be no more than six inches in diameter.
Three Alabama men were arrested on burglary warrants from Prichard and released on $2,500 bonds each. The group includes Bobby Ray Bryan 28, his 16 year old brother, and Hughie Wayne Hultz 17. They are being investigated in connection with recent Odessa burglaries.
Washington December 3 UPI The number of farms in the United States declined to the lowest point in more than half a century. Census figures show a rapid four year drop of 11.1 percent from 1950 to 1954 with small farms under 50 acres accounting for nearly half of the decrease.
The First Baptist Church Belton operates five choirs including Cherub for 6 to 8 year olds, Carol for 9 to 12, Vesper for 13 to 17, a regular adult choir, and the Marshall male choir, reflecting a broad musical outreach. The report also outlines a Census Bureau study on farm declines from 1950 to 1954 across states and counties, noting 600,000 farms disappeared and the South and New England areas showing the sharpest drops.
Junius Allison, field director for the National Legal Aid Association and ABA representative, will be an honored guest at a joint Odessa Midland Kermit Fort Stockton Bar Association gathering at the Lincoln Hotel. Maurice Bullock, Fort Stockton State Bar president, will also attend. The event, hosted by Ector County Bar Association, includes a 5:30 reception and 7 p.m. dinner. reservations to Hassell by Tuesday are required.
Ground Observer Corps members gather at 7 30 p m Wednesday in 70th District Court room to map an open house for the new GOC headquarters on the courthouse fourth floor. A Bud Shelton will lead. a training course is set. Donations of desks chairs and a sofa are urged for the new offices. Assistant directors named for county zones Frank Denker Zone One OD Albright Zone Two Rev Jimmy Dolan Zone Three. Headquarters to open by January 1.
At the Caribbean conference in Gainesville Mexico's Dr Anita Brenner warned the United States against opportunism and domination while praising U S aid after floods. Havana professor Dr Herminio Portell Villa cited weak local governments as fueling Latin American crises and urged stronger municipal foundations.
Amos Montieth, 91, has voted in Stafford county's White Oak precinct in every election since 1885 and plans to back the Democratic presidential candidate in 1956.
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