Odessa Symphony Opens Season With Mozart and Beethoven
The Odessa Symphony Orchestra presents its first concert of the season at 8 p.m. Tuesday in the high school auditorium. Conductor Robert L. Maddox leads a 55 member ensemble performing Mozart’s overture to The Marriage of Figaro and Beethoven's Symphony No. 1 in C major, followed by Bizet and Curzon pieces after intermission. The program emphasizes delicacy and humor, with strong string and wind sections, and features a large roster of local musicians in principal and supporting roles.
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Odessa Symphony Orchestra
Vienna
Robert L. Maddox
Leland Croft
United States
Beethoven
Mozart
Haydn
Bizet
Curzon
Daudet
Malaga
Mmes
Bill Cameron
Will A. Martin
H. P. McCrimmon
John E. Washam
Don Witte
Trinity Baptist Presents Play The Shadow of Lottie Moon
The Trinity Baptist Women’s Missionary Union sponsors a playlet at 8 p.m. Wednesday in the church auditorium. The tribute to missionary Lottie Moon traces her life in the Far East and her work among the Chinese with church women in the roles. Public invited at 1318 S. Jackson.
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Trinity Baptist Women’s Missionary Union
Lottie Moon
China
Far East
S. Jackson
Mary Haworth's Mail Questions Psychiatry Roots
A reader questions if mental illness stems from childhood thinking or could be linked to diseases like syphilis or encephalitis. Mary Haworth defends psychiatry's role, promotes self help, and frames mental illness with compassion, faith, and evolving scientific insight.
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Mary Haworth
R. D
MYF Elects New Officers and Sunday Service
Leroy Combs was installed as president of the senior high department of the Methodist Youth Fellowship at First Methodist Church during a Sunday service. Twelve officers were installed, including Jimmy Arnold as vice-president and Doris Brunson as secretary.
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Leroy Combs
Methodist Youth Fellowship
First Methodist Church
Joe Zink
Combs
Odessa High School
J. F. Combs
N. McKinney
Odessa High
DeMolays
First Church
Jimmy Arnold
Doris Brunson
Elizabeth Atkins
World Service
Terry Harris
Joann Harris
Sheila Young
Don Childers
Quita Ivy
M.Y.F
Maryann Fletcher
Toby Eady
Library Books Memorialize Many Odessans
Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Davenport and son Robert donated four memorial books to Ector County Library honoring four boys who drowned last December. The titles include works by Erich Saurer Bill Stern Dave Elliott Tom Lea Henry Marriott Lois Douglas and a biography of Dr A Joseph Armstrong.
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R. M. Davenport
Robert
Ector County
Erich Sauer
Harry Kirkiin
Christ
Bill Stern
Shirley Thomas
Dave Elliott
Robert Reed
Tom Lea
Jerry Harrod
Texas
Cal Smith
Henry Marriott
E. V. Headlee
Raymon Stoker
Heaven's Back
Lois Douglas
W. H. Sewell
A. Joseph Armstrong
Broughton Leonard Vows Reset For December Wedding
Due to a change in leave from the U S Army Air Force the semi formal marriage of Miss Jane Broughton and James A Leonard has been reset from December 10 to December 22. The bride is the daughter of Rex Hill and Mrs Hill of Conet Drive Fort Worth. Leonard, son of Mrs J A Leonard of Fort Worth, is finishing basic training at Lackland Air Force Base and will attend Officer Candidate School after training at Kessler Field Biloxi Mississippi. The ceremony will be at St Marys Catholic Church at 10 am with Rev William Lensing officiating.
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U. S. Army Air Force
Jane Broughton
James A. Leonard
Miss Broughton
Bri
Rex Hill
Conet Drive
J. A. Leonard
Fort Worth
Lackland Afb
San Antonio
Leonard
Kessler Field
Biloxi
Miss
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
William Lensing
Beautiful Christmas Story Told to Child Study Club
The Odessa Child Study Club met December 3 in the Ector County Library with the theme Keeping Christ in Christmas. Members suggested decorations and a party for a Brownie troop, noted acceptance into the Odessa Women's Forum, and heard Mrs. Woodrow Harris read The Little Hunchback Zia.
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Child Study Club
Christ
Ector County
Charles D.white
Odessa Women’s Forum
Zia
Mega Mothers
Odessa First Symphony Orchestra to Open 1952 53 Series
Odessa Texas announces the Odessa First Symphony Orchestra's opening concert at the Odessa High School auditorium in December. The program features a largely string ensemble with classical and semi-classical works and two further concerts with visiting artists planned. The article also lists community events and club meetings in Odessa for December including newcomers’ activities, luncheons, and charity drives.
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Odessa First Symphony Orchestra
Odessa High School
Robert L.maddox
Orchestr
Vacation For Mother Is A Special Case In Family Plans
Cynthia Lowry argues that while fathers and children plan vacations, mothers often forgo time off. She notes the lack of a guaranteed break for non-salaried housekeepers, recalls women balancing chores, and cites examples from wives who endure roughing it or hotel stays with maid service.
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Pines
Maine Woods
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