Epitaphs Reveal Life Stories From Early Gravestones
The Baltimore Evening Sun describes 18th and 19th century New England burial ground epitaphs showing mortality, infant loss, and Puritan hardships. An Oldfields School exhibition features gravestone rubbings displaying evolving symbols from death's head to cherub portraits, highlighting social history and folk art.
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Winifred Walsh
Baltimore
Mathias Leaming
Farmington
David ‘Russell
Simsbury
New
Volunteer of the Year honors go to Josephine Sewell
Josephine Sewell was named 1982 Volunteer of the Year at the Odessa Cultural Council meeting at Odessa College. JoAnn Steel praised Sewell for sharing her talents and those of her students with Odessa's arts community. Awards also recognized Anne Caldwell, Ed Costello, Dorothea Evans and others for contributions to the arts and humanities in Odessa.
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Josephine Sewell
Odessa Cultural Council
Odessa College
Odessa
JoAnn Steel
Friends of the Arts
Anne Caldwell
Ed Costello
Dorothea Evans
Florence Harrod Gardner
Bess Gerst
James O. Gerst
Marion Jones
Letty Moon
Marjorie Morris
Dolores Petersen
Sewell
Alan Sherrod
Noan Szenasi
Beverly Wakefield
Lila Box White
Don Williams
Civic Music and Midland-Odessa Symphony & Chorale
Odessa Music
Torn mother faces choice over daughter and marriage
Dear Abby counsels that the mother let her 15 year old daughter decide her own future, proposing she move only if self supporting, to foster responsibility. A second reader complains about his wife’s hairstyle affecting their marriage and is urged to seek counseling to address underlying issues.
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Abby
ZZ Top to Perform at Midland Chaparral Center Jan 2 1983
Southern rock group ZZ Top will headline a concert at the Midland Chaparral Center at 8 p.m. January 2, 1983, with an unannounced guest act. Tickets range from 1.50 to 11.50 and are available at FEindless Horizons in Odessa and Midland and Flipside Records in Hobbs New Mexico. The Presidential Museum hosts two White House photo exhibits through January 7, 1983.
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ZZ Top
Midland Chaparral Center
Feindless Horizons
Odessa
Midland
Flipside Records
Hobbs
N.M
White House
Presidential Museum
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Valentina Kozlova
Wino
Soviet Union
Bolshoi Ballet Company
Kozlova
Washington, D.C
Williams
Teachers’ Association
Savannah
Robert
Julliard School of Music
New York City
Odessa Music Teachers’ Association
New Spring
Robert W. Sewell Music
The
Texas Music Teachers’ Association
Texas Federation of Music Clubs
John Landgraf
Tryon Lewis
Vella Connally
Marshall Nelson
Joe Waldrop
Curtis Page
Chuck Fields
Jack Wood
Gem Meacham
Neil McDonald
Jerry Carson
Dear Abby
Abigail van Buren
Evanston
Playbill
Top
Midland Holiday Exhits
Museum of the Southwest
Merritt Mauzey
Hogan
Edward S. Curtis
Countess Mara
Quicksilve! “Mpan
Flanders
Freeman
Winwood Mall
Quicksilver
Mastercard
Visa
American Express
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!