Yale Lighting Contest Slated for Odessa homes
Odessa residents must have yard lighting on between 6 and 10 p m Tuesday for judging in the Yale Lighting Contest. Monday is the entry deadline. The Beautify Odessa Association and Odessa Contemporary Garden Club sponsor. Entry forms are at the Chamber of Commerce. Prizes awarded to first and second in three categories religious old fashioned and contemporary themes.
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Beautify Odessa Association
Odessa Contemporary Garden Club
Chamber of Commerce
N. Lincoln
Two Car Crash Leaves Pair Hurt
An Odessa resident in satisfactory condition after a two car collision near 17th and Cumberland Wednesday afternoon. Nettie Harris, 81, suffered a broken right arm and injured nose as a passenger in Ida Willoughby Adams 74, car. John Elton Allison 20, drove the other vehicle. passenger Jerry Zant 15 sought ER treatment for right shoulder pains.
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Odessa
Medical Center Hospital
Nettie Harris
Santa Rita
Cumberland
Ida Willoughby Adams
Ridgecrest
John Elton Allison
East 17Th
Odessan Mother and Daughter Bitten by Dog
Wanda Curtis and her 11 year old daughter Rhonda were treated in the emergency room of Medical Center Hospital for dog bite injuries. Curtis suffered bites on both hands while Rhonda was bitten on the right arm and both were released after treatment.
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Odessan
Medical Center Hospital
Wanda Curtis
Sunset Lane
Rhonda
Odessa bond proposal funds school facilities upgrade
The bond would add a track and practice football field for Odessa High, and dressing shower and locker facilities for Ector Junior-Senior, Crockett, and Bowie Junior High schools. If rejected, W T Barrett Stadium moves from Odessa College to the new site. Proponents say taxes won’t rise immediately, extending debt pay-off to 1977-78. a $20,000 property would incur a $46 assessment during the extension.
Ector County ISD bond election polling places listed
Polls open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. for the $2,466,000 Ector County Independent School District bond vote. Property and non-property owners vote on separate machines. ballots tallied at Odessa College data processing center. Fourteen polling sites by precinct include Odessa City Hall, Pease Elementary, Doawling Elementary, Bonham Junior High, Permian High, Burnett Elementary, Ross Elementary, Bowie Junior High, Sam Houston Elementary, Goldsmith Center, Gonzales Elementary, Blackshear Junior High, and Ector Junior-Senior High.
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Ector County Independent
Odessa College
Ector County
Doawling
Bonham
Permian High
Burnett
Ross
Bowie
Sam Houston
Goldsmith Community Center
Drive Aimed at Peddlers Continues After Night Raid
An undercover agent and staff worked with officers through the night at Sherwood Park where a 12-year-old boy hustled the agent in a buy. Green said the raids show dope is easily available to youths and in schools while many arrestees range from 17 to 20. In Odessa, a sawed off public safety item was found on Stephen Farrell Robinson, 22, with bond set at 7,000 along with multiple charges. In Midland joint arrests by DPS and police yielded several further bond amounts for adults and four juveniles were turned over to authorities.
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Sherwood Park
Green
Stephen Ferrell Robinson
Bonham
Odessa
Brand
Williams
Ector County
Paul Steven Marrs
West 21St
Judy Diane Beam
East 36Th
John Mize
William Martelle Beard
Santa Rita
Mary Ann Tidwell
Dawn
Billy Don Tidwell
Thomas Earl Parr
Meadow
Larry Moody
North Jackson
Rickey Allen McMurry
North Tom Green
Tom
My Huffman
North Sam Houston
Darrel Bruce Benham
Tanglewood
Stanley Dale Benham
William Gust Peterson
Carl Wayne Ball
Springbrook
Lawrence Elwin
East 52Nd
Terry Rogahn
Bowie
Ricky ‘Dean Dunn
Bennie Edward Jackson
North Adams
Bernie Lee Coughline
East 21St
Joe Turner
Mable
Carl Joe Williams Jr
West
Oregon
Danny Lee Nail
Scotty Coleman
Melody Lane
Steve Morris
Orlando
Earl Dean Stephens Jr
East 46Th
Richard Lee Knight
Melvin Lee Sweatt
Century
Midland
DPS
Midland Police
Midland County
Larry Jones
Michael L. Hicks
James W. Danbridge
Route 1
Odessa American masthead and publication details
The fragment shows the Odessa American newspaper masthead noting daily and Sunday publication, a street address, two telephone numbers, and formal postal classifications. It appears as a damaged OCR snippet with typography and spellings indicating a 20th century local newspaper card.
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Odessa
Texas
Za Fot
Odewe
Tome
Odessa American
Five Theft Cases Being Checked in Odessa
Odessa detectives Thursday were investigating five thefts. An employee of Basin Battery and Electric Co. reported the theft of car engine parts from the west side of the building. Two boys took moccasins from Western Boot and Shoe Repair Co. and fled. Allen Delorey reported thefts from his home. Mrs. Allen E. Jarrell reported a stolen bicycle. J. D. Cotton said someone took Christmas tree lights from a hedge and broke other lights.
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Odessa
Basin Battery and Electric Co
East Second
Western Boot
Allen E. Jarrell
Nabors Lane
J. D. Cotton
Dumont
Guilty Plea in Ector County for DWI by Andrews Man
Terry Kent Babcock, 31, of Andrews pleaded guilty in Ector County Court to driving while intoxicated. Judge John H Buddy Rogers sentenced him to three days in jail and a $50 fine for the offense on U S 385 four miles north of C. He was arrested Sunday.
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Terry Kent Babcock
Andrews
Ector County
John H
Buddy) Rogers
U. S. 385
Sunay
Deaths in Odessa area prompt pendings and services
Death notices list Emma Sawyer of Odessa 63, with services pending at Hubbard Kelly Funeral Home. Also announced are funeral plans for BE Anderson 79 of Southland and Orson, brother of Odessa resident Eunice Black, with details of burial and survivors.
Wranglerettes Formed at Odessa College spirit group
A new group named the Wranglerettes has been organized at Odessa College to boost school spirit at athletic events. Open to all full-time female students with at least a 2.0 GPA, applications are available in the dean of student affairs office. Officers are Barbara Hamrick president Treyla Lee vice president and Davina Gray secretary. The members wear special uniforms and carry pom-poms.
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Wranglerettes
Odessa College
Barbara Hamrick
Treyla Lee
Davina Gray
Two Shoplifting Cases Filed In Ector County Court
In Ector County Court on Thursday Joe Neal Allen 54 of 1339 East Sixth faces two shoplifting counts for allegedly taking a package of stew meat from A L Davis Food Store. Bond set at 1000 dollars. Ethyl McDaniels 23 of 1500 South Broughton posted 1000 dollar bond and was released after allegedly taking two bottles of perfume from Walgreens at 801 Maple.
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Ector County
Joe Neal. Allen
East Sixth
A. L. Davis
East County Road
Ethyl McDaniels
South Broughton
Walgreen
Two Men Injured In Work Accident In Odessa
A 39 year old Odessa man listed in satisfactory condition at Medical Center Hospital after a work accident midweek. Bill R. Currey sustained a fractured pelvis and broken rib when two boxes of glass fell on him and another man pinning them to a trailer. Jerry D. Christopher, 32, was treated and released from the emergency room for injuries to the left shoulder and hip.
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Odessa
Medical Center Hospital
Bill R. Currey
Boulder
Jerry D. Christopher
Hanley
Emergenc
Odessa man sued in Ector County Court debt suit
A debt lawsuit was filed Thursday in Ector County Court against Don Grissom of Odessa. Don Turnbow of Odessa seeks a judgment of 350 dollars.
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Ector County
Don Grissom
Odessa
Don Turnbow
Former Odessa Resident Dies in Holdenville Oklahoma
Alta Adkins, 65, of Holdenville and former longtime Odessa resident, died Tuesday and was to be buried this afternoon after services at Hudson Funeral Home. He worked as an oil field truck driver. Survivors include his wife Wynona and two stepsons Don C. Johnson of Houston and Charles C. Johnson of Grand Prairie, both former Odessa residents.
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Holdenville
Okla
Alta Adkins
Odessa
Hudson Funeral Home
Adkins
Wynona
Don C. Johnson
Houston
Charles C. Johnson
Grand Prairie
Services set for Carter and Smith in Texas and Arkansas
Funeral services for Charlie Rupert Carter 70 of Arkadelphia Ark will be 4 p.m. today at Hubbard Kelly Funeral Home Chapel with burial 10 a.m. Saturday in Carter Cemetery Arkadelphia. He died 3 30 p.m. Wednesday at Medical Center Hospital after a short illness born Oct 13 1901 married Nov 22 1963 in Monahans. He came here in 1959 from Wink and was a member of the Methodist Church and Masonic Lodge. Survivors include his widow a daughter Mrs W B Mitchell of Lewisville a brother Barnard Carter of Akadelphia and Mrs Venna May of Dalark Ark four grandchildren and a great grandchild. MIDLAND Staff Funeral services for M T Smitty Smith 72 of Midland oil company executive will be 4 p.m. today at First Christian Church with burial in Resthaven Memorial Park Newnie W Ellis Funeral Home in charge. He died Tuesday in a Midland hospital after an illness born Nov 10 1899 in Belton moved to Permian Basin as crude oil scout during the Goldsmith boom after service 1942 1946 he was Midland area crude oil manager for Shell Oil Co came to Midland in 1947 retired 1959 and later worked as crude oil representative with Signal Oil Co retiring in 1970 at death he was a crude oil representative for Navajo Oil Co of Artesia NM Survivors are his widow and sister Mrs WM Robinson of Dallas.
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Ruby Emma Sawyer
West 83Rd
Durant Okla
Durant
Andrew Sawyer
Odessa
Clarksville
Sawyer
Temple ‘Baptist Church
Billy Joe
Brentwood
Wayne S
Dawn
Danny
East 15Th
G. B. Ragsdale
Danny Wedge
Riley Smith
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Charlie Rupert Carter
North Alleghancy
Hubbard-Kelly
Carter
Arkadelphia
Ark
Medical Center Hospital
Er Inestine Barton
Monahans
Midland
M. T. (Smitty)Smith
Oil Company
First Christian Church
Resthaven Memorial Park
Newnie W. Ellis
Belton
Permian Basin
Armed Forces
Houston
Shell Oil Co
Smith
Midland Area
Shell
Signal Oil Co
Signal
Navajo Oil Co
Artesia,m
W. M. Robinson
Dallas
Two Odessans Freed On Bond
Charles L. Pigg, 33, and Per era Louise Pigg, 28, both of 308 Patterson, posted bonds of 5000 each and were released from Eetor County jail after forgery and passing charges were filed. Charles allegedly forged a 35 check at Super Service Grocery on November 21 and Per era allegedly passed a forged 35 check there on November 22. Justice of the Peace Howard Williams set bond.
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Eetor County
Charles L. Pigg
Perera Louise Pigg
Patterson
Charles Pigg
Super Service
South Dixieson
Justice of the Peace
Howard Williams
Percia Pigg
Super Service Grocery
Apartment Fire Damages Odessa Unit and Grass Fire
The Odessa Fire Department answered two calls on Wednesday, an apartment fire at 1101 West 19th and a 10 acre grass fire north of Fifth Street east of Ector. A gas leak in a heating unit caused minor damage to the apartment floor and carpet of James Abbott. Smoke damage occurred throughout the apartment. The grass fire burned about 10 acres and a fence surrounding the field sustained minor damage before being extinguished.
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Odessa
James Abbott
West 19Th
5Th
Ector
Breakfast Optimists and Rotary Meetings Across Odessa
Morning events include 7 AM breakfasts for Optimists at Sands Restaurant and Noon sessions for the Eastside Rotary in the Inn of the Golden West. Odessa Optimists meet at Sands Restaurant at noon with Veterans of World War I at Barracks 1887, while Hi-Spot Youth Center hosts activities at 10th and Mac and the Permian Playhouse presents "Plasa Suite" at 8:30 PM.
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Eastside Rotary
The
Inn of the Golden West
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Blackshear
Sears
8Th St
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Sears Altomotive Department
Mondeys
Frideyt
E. L. Anderson
Southland
BE. L. Anderson
First United Methodist Church
England Funeral Home
Orson
James Edward
Amarillo
Norma Eckert
Lola Brimberry
Abilene
Buford
Mineral Wells
Jack
Fort Worth
M. T. Smith
Godessa
Sands Restauran
Odessa Optimists
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Plasa Suite
Permian Playhouse
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