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Odessa American

Location

Odessa, Texas, United States of America

Date

Dec 25, 1955

Page

10

Needy At Hobbs Receive Baskets

Hobbs New Mexico special report notes the Hobbs Christmas Basket Fund delivering food and treats to 126 needy families. Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary volunteers assisted by distributing baskets with flour beans oats coffee potatoes fruit and holiday items. Donations funded clothing shoes and toys for children with recipients fitted at the VFW hall.

Hobbs N. M Fundy Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary VFW Hall

Vision of farmer drives Lamesa to march and sing

Walter E. Koemel a Lamesa farmer and Lutheran layman reports a 1947 vision of throngs marching and singing to praise God. He urged support from a local ministerial alliance and on Saturday Lamesa residents from many denominations will march counterclockwise through town singing hymns.

Lamesa Tex Walter E. Koemel Texas Koemel Dawson County Lutheran Church Lames Israel Holy Land

Laundry Ticket Candidate Dies in Fort Worth

Fort Worth reports 82 year old Soapy Moody, a laundry ticket candidate who once drove a delivery wagon, died early today. Moody ran for governor 25 years ago to split votes against Gov Dan Moody as reelection loomed.

Fort Worth R—C Soapy

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