Students Hear Sutton Speak
Odessa High School hosts Dr. Willis A. Sutton a 76 year old author lecturer and counselor to high school students and administrators He tells students they are born geniuses and must adapt to their environment stressing family social life and mind body health His talks span three days with PTA Mothers Clubs and college boards involved and include personal counseling with students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
Willis A. Sutton
Sutton
PTA
Ector County Board of Education
Odessa College Board of Regents
Atlanta
Plans Near Completion For Odessa Kiwanis Radio Auction
Odessa Kiwanis prepare for the third annual Radio Auction on December 14 at the Ector Theater. General chairman Pete Gillespie reports items gathered from local merchants, entertainment planned, and advertising signs across town. Auction runs from 7 p m to midnight with bidding by telephone or in person. Proceeds fund hot lunches for Ector County school children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa Kiwanis
Ector Theater
Pete Gillespie
Odessa
Kiwanis Club
Ector County
Highway Patrol Reports Two Tuesday Crashes
The Highway Patrol listed two Tuesday crashes with four people uninjured. A 2:05 p m collision at 52nd Street and Highway 51 involved a 1955 sedan driven by Chloe Bird Thorp and a 1950 truck driven by Walter Deerwood Jones. A 10:30 p m crash at 38th Street and the Andrews Highway involved Earnest Daniel Umphrey after his car struck Mary Jane Williamson. Umphrey faces charges of driving on the wrong side of the road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Highway Patrol
52Nd Street
Highway 51
Chloe Bird Thorp
West 15Th
Walter Deerwood Jones
N. Hancock
Jones
Justice Court
Earnest Daniel Umphrey
Tom Green
Mary Jane Williamson
38Th Street
Andrews Highway
Noel Re Named To Liquor Board
W. D. Bill Noel of 301 Monticello was re appointed to the Texas Liquor Control Board by Gov Allan Shivers. His term runs until November 15 1961. Noel is an Odessa civic worker independent oil operator and president of the Odessa Natural Gasoline Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. D
Bill) Noel
Monticello
Texas Liquor Control Board
Allan Shivers
Noel
Odessan
Odessa Natural Gasoline Co
Tavern Here Gets Beer Suspension Over Intoxicated Patrons
State Liquor Control Board agent Jack Middleton announced a 15 day beer license suspension for Dorothy L Chick operator of the Chatterbox at 2711 Andrews Highway. The action, served Wednesday and effective Tuesday, cited a charge of permitting intoxicated persons on the premises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Middleton
State Liquor Control Board
Dorothy L. Chick
Chatterbox
Andrews Highway
Middleton
Fractures Leg of 73-year-old Hotel Guest
M. R. Russell, 73, of the Central Hotel, is treated at Center Hospital for a compound fracture of the right leg after a Tuesday fall from a ladder in the hotel lounge while adjusting a light fixture.
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M. R. Russell
Central Hotel
Center Hospital
Judge McCollum speaks at Monahans R Club luncheon
Judge Paul McCollum of the 70th District Court delivered a Pearl Harbor Day address as guest speaker at a luncheon of the Monahans R Club held at the Monahans Methodist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul McCollum
70Th District Court
Pearl, Harbor Day
Monahans R Club
Monahans Methodist Church
Accident Kills Seminole Man
Cecil Bingham 25 of Seminole died at Permian General Hospital from head injuries after a highway crash 25 miles east of Andrews on the Big Spring Highway. He was thrown from his late model car about 7:30 p m and died at 3 a m. Funeral home ambulance took him to Seminole for services and burial. arrangements by Singleton Funeral Home.
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Andrews
Cecil Bingham
Seminole
Permian General Hospital
Bingham
Big Spring
Singleton Funeral Home
Criminal Week Postponed by County Judge
County Judge Selwyn S. Webber cancelled the Criminal Week scheduled for next week in County Court. The event is postponed to January due to pressing matters. A 60 member jury panel was summoned for Tuesday. no one should report. A new panel will be drawn when a new date is set next month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selwyn S. Webber
Webber
Ector County Schools Enrolment Reaches 14582
Enrolment in Ector County schools rises to 14,582 this week. Elementary schools add 46 pupils, junior highs 5, and senior highs 6. Elementary totals include 9,390 students with grade by grade counts listed and 85 in handicapped classes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ector County
Proclamation Honors School College Boards
Mayor Harold R. Downs proclaims a special day to recognize the Odessa College Board of Regents and the Ector County Independent School District Board of Trustees. A banquet at Held's Cafeteria at 6:30 p.m. Thursday will honor the two boards with Dr. Willis A. Sutton as principal speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold R. Downs
Odessa College Board of Regents
Willis Sutton to Speak at Downtown Lions Club Meeting
Willis A. Sutton, prominent Atlanta educator, will be guest speaker at the Downtown Lions Club meeting. The event is at noon Thursday in the Lincoln Hotel ballroom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willis A. Sutton
Atlanta, Ga
Lions Club
Lincoln Hotel
Bishop to Speak at Pecos Valley Methodist Parley
Methodist Bishop W Angie Smith of Oklahoma City will address the Pecos Valley District Conference here Monday and Tuesday at First Methodist Church. He oversees Oklahoma New Mexico and Indian Mission conferences and work in Mexico Central America and South America. His Monday talk covers conditions observed on a three month Central Europe tour behind the Iron Curtain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Angie Smith
Oklahoma City
Pecos Valley
Smith
First Methodist Church
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Mexico
Central America
South America
Europe
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
Fisher Blanton
Carlsbad
N. M
Joe B. Scrimshire
George H. Woolf
St. Paul's Church
Odessa Students Enter Three Day Speech Contest
Fifteen Odessa High School speech students travel to Denton for a three day sweepstakes event. Competitions include debate extemporaneous speaking dramatic interpretation poetry reading impromptu speaking oratorical declamation Bible reading and after dinner speaking. A Saturday banquet will award prizes and trophies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa High School
Denton
Texas
Wanda Cole
Buddy Banack
Robert Davidson
Shirley Gavlik
Carol Heard
Dee Jernigan
Matthelen Jones
Linda Lovelady
Don Miller
Kathryn Moriarity
Gordon Odell
Gloria Schroeter
Pat Summers
Anita Walters
Sonny Webb
Jean McCulloch
Bar Association Meeting Hosts Midland Kermit Fort Stockton
The Ector County Bar Association hosts a Wednesday reception in the Lincoln Hotel Jefferson Room with Jun ius Allison of the National Legal Aid Society and Maurice Bullock of Fort Stockton. The 5 30 p m reception precedes a 7 p m dinner.
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Ector County Bar Association
Midland
Kermit and
Fort Stockton
Jefferson
Lincoln Hotel
Junius Allison
National Legal Aid Society
Maurice Bullock
State Bar Association
City of Odessa files nine tax suits in District Court
The City of Odessa filed nine tax suits in District Court seeking sums from $29.90 to $605.51 against delinquent taxpayers. Walter Acreman, assistant city attorney, said more suits are planned next week and later in the month, with about 30 property owners in total. The largest claim is $605.51 against Alberta Witherspoon Carnes for Lots 1 and 2, Block 3, Witherspon Addition. Other defendants include Roy A. Downey, O. C. Moore, John Cape, B. C. Turner, John B. Harris, Dow Reaves, Cecil A. Tierce, and Cora Ella Cottrell Luttrell, with varied property locations and amounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
Walter Acreman
Acreman
Alberta Witherspoon Carnes
Witherspon Addition
Roy A. Downey
Thain Addition
O. C. Moore
Royalty Heights
John Cape
South Williams
B. C. Turner
Mayfair
John B. Harris
Argaud
Dow Reaves
Lassiter
Cecil A. Tierce
Park
Cora Ella Cobb Lutttrell
South Williams Addition
Police Check Five Crashes In 24 Hours
Odessa police investigated five crashes over 24 hours with one arrest. Donial F. W. Jeffers of Monahans faced charges after a collision at West Second and West County Road injuring no one seriously. Damages ranged from 25 to 400 dollars among drivers Lucille Foster Elbert Porterfield Roy Dickeman Helen Davis Barney Fowler Vernie Farris Porter Thorne and Charles Lane Jr.
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Odessa
Donial F. W. Jeffers
Monahans
West Second
West County Road
Milton J. Edwards
Orlando
Edwards
Jeffers
East 27Th
Windsor
Lucille N. Foster
Colonial Drive
Elbert N. Porterfield
Hilltop Drive
North Grant
East Fifth
Roy L. Dickeman
South Jennings
Helen R. Davis
Goldsmith
East 17Th
Bonham
Barney J. Fowler
Andrews
Vernie D. Farris
Big Spring
Porter M. Thorne
Charles B. Lane Jr
North Garden
Rites Thursday For Odessa Baby
A seven and a half month old infant Debra Jean Kepley died after a sleep convulsion. She was rushed to Medical Center Hospital where a doctor pronounced her dead at 7 49 a.m. The child, daughter of Mr and Mrs G A Kepley of 719 North Sam Houston, will be laid to rest in Sunset Memorial Gardens after graveside services Thursday at 10 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medical Center Hospital
Debra Jean Kepley
G. A. Kepley
North Sam Houston
Boyd Head Funeral Home
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Bicycle Stolen From 1103 West 23rd
Mrs. C. T. Denney reported to Odessa police Tuesday that her daughter’s bicycle was stolen from 1103 West 23rd.
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C. T. Denney
West 23Rd
Odessa
Two Sought In Crane Robbery
Crane Texas officers seek two men after a highway robbery 10 miles north of town on Highway 51. Jack Guthrie of Monahans reported he met the suspects in an Odessa tavern and was relieved of $45 when one man robbed him at gunpoint and dropped him on the road. He described one man as tall and the other as small with a red complexion.
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CRANE
Jack Guthrie
Monahans
Here
Guthrie
Odessa
KOSA IV Sets Open House in Odessa and Permian Basin
Odessa residents invited to a two day KOSA TV open house on December 28 and 29 by Cecil L. Trigg. Tours run 4 to 8 p m with new studios at West 13th and North Whitaker. Station to start operations January 1 with live network TV via NBC equipment from AT and T and Oklahoma Maryland Orange Bowl telecast January 2.
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Odessa
Permian Basin
Kosa-Tv
Cecil L. Trigg
West 13Th
North Whitaker
Trigg
Columbia Broadcasting Co
American Telegraph ‘and Telephone
Lamesa
Plymouth Sedan Stolen From East Odessa Parking Lot
Bobby Hudnall reports to Odessa police that his 1955 red and black Plymouth sedan was stolen Tuesday night from the lot at 1300 East Second. The car owner provided location and time details on Wednesday morning.
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Bobby Hudnall
East 35Th
Odessa
1300 East Second
Three Counties Agree To Pay Home Expenses
Andrews Ector and Midland counties along with the home's Board of Trustees approved sharing operating costs for the Tri County Group Foster Home based on school census. Ector would bear the largest share, Midland the second, and Andrews the smallest.
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Tri-County
iGroup
Andrews
Ector
Midland
Ector County
Selwyn S. Webber
Midland Superintendent Ofschools
F. Keith Oehrschlager
Odessa
A. B. Finch
J. D. Cone
Edward Driscoll
Walter Parks
Bob Luck
Poll Tax Sales Slow In Ector County Elections
Only 758 citizens in Ector County remain eligible to vote in the 1956 elections. County tax assessor Bob Bates announced that 530 poll tax receipts have been sold and 228 exemptions claimed. Receipts went on sale Oct. 1 and must be bought by Jan. 31 to qualify voters.
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Ector County
Bob Bates
Bates
Air Reserve Squadron Meeting Thursday Evening
Flight A of the 9973 Air Reserve Squadron will meet at 7 30 p m Thursday in the safety office of the Atlantic Refining Co building to hear a lecture and view a training film. A staff meeting of Flights A B and C will follow with members from Odessa Kermit and Andrews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
9973 Air Reserve
Atlantic Refining Co
Odessa
Kermit
Andrews
No Easy Solution to Juvenile Delinquency
Midland psychologist Mrs. Inda Benson Adams told Odessa Civitan Club that no single fix exists for juvenile delinquency. She urged heartfelt study of youth issues, community friendship, and understanding, noting multiple blame points from families to schools to media. She warned that mental illness and confusing adult behavior fuel gangs and that teens seek clearer guidance and respect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inda Benson Adams
Midland
Odessa Civitan Club
Lincoln Hotel
America
Damage suit here settled for 4350 dollars
A 4350 settlement was reached out of court around 5 30 p m Tuesday in Mrs. Alice R Kirby s 65000 damage suit against John Peter Staves for injuries from an automobile collision. The case went to trial Tuesday morning in 70th District Court with two witnesses only Mrs Kirby and one other witness.
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Alice R. Kirby
John Peter Staves
70Th District Court
Kirby
Three Odessa Theaters Sold for 177 650 at Sheriff Sale
Three Odessa theaters and related equipment sold at sheriff’s sale on the courthouse steps for a total of 177 650. R C Maxson Midland paid 50 000 for Twin Vue Drive In. Murphy and Rochester bought Plaza Theater for 15 000. First National Bank of Modesa acquired the Texas Theater building for 111 000. Mrs Maggie Scoott paid 1 650 for Texas Theater equipment. The sale followed Fidelity Union Life Insurance Co judgment against co owners J C Foster and Jack Laird.
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Odessa
R. C. Maxson
Midland
Murphy and Rochester
Thomas D. Murphy Jr
Louis Rochester
Plaza Theater
Texas Theater
First National Bank of Modessa
Maggie Scoott
Clyde Ray
J. C. Foster
Jack Laird
Laird
Plaza
Foster
Texas
Fidelity Union Life Insurance Co
Dallas County
First National Buys Building For Expansion
First National bank officials announce the purchase of the Texas Theater building at 417 North Grant adjoining the bank, with room for future expansion. President H H Simmons says growth in Odessa warrants a convenient, efficient financial hub as remodeling of the front begins in days. The move follows the Motor Bank at 115 West 5th and plans for a second phase with a new Lee Street entrance unfolding after year’s start.
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First National Bank
Texas Theater
North
Grant
Bank
Odessa
H. H. Simmons
Simmons
First National’s
Motor Bank
West 5Th
Lee Street
Fourth
Fifth
Shop de Los Llanos
Lee
Burglars Enter Children's Home In Odessa
Odessa detectives investigated a burglary at Crippled Children's Home located at East 13th and North Muskingum. Mrs. Ann Heath reported the break in Tuesday, noting a broken west office window, disordered furniture, and theft of a check to an unknown Chicago firm, a checkbook, a small Underwood typewriter, and an open desk.
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Odessa
East 13Th
North Muskingum
Ann Heath
Woman Escapes Injury In Two Car Crash In Kermit
A Kermit woman Mrs. Kathryn O Rose 41 escaped injury when her car overturned after a collision with a second vehicle driven by Alger W Pope 163 410 North Sam Houston at West Fourth Street and North Whitaker. Both cars sustained 300 dollars in damages. Pope works as a civil engineer for the Texas State Highway Department.
Odesson’s Father Dies In Sherman
Charles Steele father of Betty Steele supervisor of the Ector County Child Welfare Unit died Tuesday at his Sherman home. He was found in bed by his wife and apparently died in his sleep of a heart attack. Miss Steele left by plane early Wednesday morning. She requested no flowers.
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Charles Steele
Betty Steele
Ector County
Sherman
Mr. Steele
Sadie Steele
Miss Steele
District court includes divorce suits and civil action details
Civil filings show Elvert W. Wood against Traders and General Insurance Co seeking weekly payments in lump 401 weeks and an appeal of an Industrial Accident Board award. Marriage license issued for Cranfill Jr. and Davis. DWI charge listed for Dale McDonald Moore. Hospital notes list admissions and discharges for Dec 6 with several named patients and a string of births at the Medical Center Hospital.
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Elvert W. Wood
Traders and General Insurance Co
Industrial Accident Board
Daniel Milton Cranfill Jr
Shirley Marquarite Davis
Dale McDonald Moore
Sunset Boulevard
Medical Center Hospital
James Riley Fussell
Margaret Ann Baker
James Edwin Swanner Jr
Alva A. Taylor
Emmadell Ewing
William B. Griffith Jr
George R. West
Paul RB. Barnes
Lyle Papper
John Henry Hatten
James Travis
Richard Earl Griffith
Mary Williams
Denise Pettiette
Everett Smith
Frank Stone
B. W. Sipes
Floyd Rose
Laurie Bullock
Carole Anderson
Vicki Diana Nobles
Billy Doyle Haws
James L. Clark
Pricilla Louise Phillips
Aurora Carrasco
Robert Henry Cornette
Virgie Neell Worfey
Arlean Lucas
Richard L. Ratcliff
William Buckley Paddock
Bryan Eugene Jackson
Arthur L. Schwartz
S. B. Parker
Monte Alan Compton
Vickie Morris
Deborrah
Ann Beck
Lesly Wayne Mee- Garrah
Ground Observers To Meet Tonight
The Ground Observer Corps and Civil Defense trainees meet at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in the 70th District Courtroom for a training session. Plans for an open house at the new GOC headquarters before Jan 1 include moving into the courthouse fourth floor above the jail. A C Bud Shelton, GOC post supervisor, will preside. Tom Brandon, Civil Defense director, asks for three or four desks chairs and a sofa for the new headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ground Observer Corps
GOC
A. C
Bud) Shelton
Tom Brandon
Civil Defense
Kiwanians Install Officers Tonight in Odessa banquet
The Odessa Kiwanis Club holds its annual installation banquet for new officers at the Odessa Country Club tonight at 7 30 p m Retiring President Charles Childers says G C Chick LeCroy will be the 1956 president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa Kiwanis Club
Odessa Country Club
Charles Childers
G. C
Chick) LeCroy
Thief's Stolen Pistol Blanks Surprise Track Start
Missoula police say the revolver used by a thief at Roosevelt School was a .32 blank pistol. It is commonly used by track starters, not for shooting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missoula
Mont. Wu
Roosevelt School
PoY sBike Taken T O Neil
A bicycle belonging to T O Neil of 710 North was reported stolen. The brief notice identified the owner and address but provided no further details on the theft or suspects.
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T. O'Neil
North
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Ies
Odessa College
Bar Association
Air Reserve Squadron
Adams
Brewster County
Sul Ross College
Westminister Choir School
Princeton
N. J
Colorado
J. Paul Rader
North Adams
Staves
East Eighth
Mike Mason
First National
Odesson
Leonard Wayne Patterson
Norman Neil Hesser
J. C. Boling
Johnny Jansky
Muskingum
Marwin Joseph Haechten
Olvn Marcus Whitley
West
Arthur Armindarez
Dixie
Glenn Reginald Mauer
Kiwanians
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