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Newspaper

Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

Dec 23, 1986

Page

7

West Texas Amateur Radio Club holds Dec 4 Xmas banquet

The West Texas Amateur Radio Club met December 4 at the American Red Cross building for the annual Christmas banquet. New officers are Mike Glenn president Mark Ingram vice president and G B Brock secretary treasurerOutgoing president Mike Covington presided The program reviewed the year and noted volunteer work for Permian Basin Motorcycle Association Odessa College City of Odessa YMCA Triathlon UT Permian Basin Red Cross and weather spotting for the National Weather Service plus weekly emergency communications training.

West Texas Amateur Radio Club American Red Cross Mike Glenn Mark Ingram G.B. Brock Mike Covington Permian Basin Motor Cycle Association Odessa College City of Odessa YMCA University of Texas of the Permian Basin Red Cross National Weather Service Permian Basin Porcelain Art Club Mary Rhoads Virginia Zant Earnestine Winterrowd Ouida Biggers Johnnie Maxey Marilyn Malone Dolly Hunter Anna Jones Doris Fausett Olive Dyche Billie Reader Alpha Delta Kappa Gamma Tau Educators Sorority University of Texas of the Permian Basin Women’s Center Women’s Center Doris Odom Glo- Valve Pampa Vivian Ferguson el Paso Products Carolyn Evans OIME Dora Nadeau Judy Markell Parker Drilling Co Fredda Mason Arl Gasket Betty Hayter Barneo Incc Donna Smith Wooley Tool and Manufacturing Division Joyce Leffingwell Judy Gilliam City Pipe and Supply Ann Mullins John Drilling Co Helen Gillispie Hydraulic Governors, Inc Odessa Desk Derrick Club Region V Amarillo Andrews Big Spring Borger Midland Odessa San Angelo Wichita Falls Artesia N.M Hobbs Roswell Homemakers Extension Club Hazel Berry Neil Scott Inez Carlton Sharon Webber Ercill Berkley Bessie Logsdon Jewel Dodson Odessa Music Teachers Association First Church of God Odessa College Vocal Ensemble Maurice Alfred Barbara Pierce Sutton Circle Midland Lodge No J.L. Wheeler Louis Hadid Dutch Lungsford K.L. Kennedy Lungsford P.P. Chester Pruett Andrews Lodge No Midland Rebekah Lodge No Monahans Odessa Newcomers Club Manuel’s. A Presidential Museum Krista Joyner Deanie Moyaert Odessa Petroleum Club Kay Veale N. Lee Ave Sage Brushes Cindy Nash Johnny Maxey Doris Stroup Una Smith Ida Neal Dorothy Whisenhunt Abilene Daryl Blakely Sunset Extension Homemakers Club Kellys Turner Park Santa Claus Worthwhile Vera Martin Betty Gonzales Marian Wilkerson Shirley Miller Mary Beaty

Unborn child spared life's heartache

Dear Abby column reflects on a Fort Worth couple choosing not to have children and the husband’s push for abortion. The writer argues the unborn child would miss innumerable joys and experiences, from butterflies to art, nature, and family moments, highlighting the value of life’s potential.

Abby Fort Worth Grand Canyon Rio Swan Lake

Dear Abby Patter of Rain and the Unborn Child

Gordon Barrett of Granada Hills California argues that unborn children miss joys yet also miss poverty prejudice and pain. The columnist replies that the unborn cannot experience pain or danger yet faces lack and neglect in unfavorable homes.

Gordon Barrett Granada Hills Calif Gordon

A Christmas Resolution List for Real Change Next Year

A humorous personal vow set for December aimed at practical limits on holiday excess. The speaker pledges to hide holiday extension cords, economize on decorations, curb gift overspending, and balance family cheer with television and a lighter, thriftier approach to festivities.

Relatives share holiday card for three decades

Plainview AP Leoma and LaVerna Thompson, sisters-in-law in West Texas, have exchanged the same Christmas card for 30 years. The unsigned note was returned the next year, and the tradition has continued, the card kept in the original envelope with a 2-cent stamp.

Abernathy West Texas Leoma

Christmas Eve Service at Cumberland Presbyterian Church

A family oriented service of carols and candle lighting is set for 6 p.m. Wednesday at Cumberland Presbyterian Church on 1415 N Grandview Blvd. Holy Communion is open to Christians of all churches, with special music by the church choir. A live nativity scene will be on the church lawn from 7 to 9 p.m. today.

Cumberland Presbyterian Church N. Grandview Blvd

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Otis Brasfield Ector County Extension Slater Park Margaret Burton Dorothy Tieman Ercel Berkley Betty Hackney Lenore Williams Sharon Weber Mexico Sunset Club Switzerland Westover Club New Zealand Worthwhile Club Barbara Creager Texas Extension Homemakers Association District 6 Roberta Allen Eula Colman Fay Watkins Southside Senior Citizen Center Odessa Desk and Derrick Club The Petroleum Ferguson Women’s Auxiliary Military Order of Cootie Paul G Early Bird the Sands Pam Bowerman Dan Kalenak Marta Evaro Ben Crawford John Gordon Greg Haas Don Carter Rusty Moyaert Ray Laird Ruth Johnson Jerri Fielding Sandy Carlton Maurice Sullivan John Tatum Tara Peppers Bird Haas Moyaert Guest Carlton Evaro Tom Pool Marilyn Deister Steve Horwarth Roy Wingate Gus Ganze Maija Wimer Neal Jane Donald Ernest Ganze Sands E. 2Nd St Alpha Mu Kappa Beta Sigma Phi Kay McAfee Gay Fields Marlene Sand Torres Dana Donaldson Diana Perkins Sorority Tonya Crouch McAfee Service Joni Steward Rene Hays Kim Snyder Kelly Shifflet Zeta Omega Sorority Phi Sigma Alpha Petroleum Club Jake Lawless R.A. Sneath Dorothy Croft Egypt Africa Marion White Study Club Eugene Pollard Paul Dobbs Girlstown USA Dear Abby Hiroshima Ziggi Fujita Factory Fund N. Grandview Eason Chrisphaas Camera & Sound N. Grant Dad the Family Circus By Bil Keane Episcopal Church St. Barnabas’ Chapel Tanglewood Near East 42Nd St Family Holy Eucharist St. John’s Church West County Road St. John’s St. Barnabas
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