Brand New Opree concert features Midnight Express and Generic Country
A 90 person audience at the Globe Theater heard two country bands, Midnight Express from Andrews led by Bobby Price, and Odessa's Generic Country, with Sandra Wells and others. Price filled in on bass while Provance hosted. The event highlighted gospel numbers and country classics with upcoming Opree dates and admission set at 4 adults, 2 students, 2 seniors, and 1.5 for children under 12.
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Globe Theater
Generic Country
Midnight Express
Odessa Brand New Opree
Jack
Debbie Covey
Andrews
Bobby Price
Elaine Shock
Kyle Smith
Wells
Bill Provance
Walt Robbins
Jimmy Latham
Price
Provance
Opree
Odessa
Wanda Snodgrass
David Weaver
The
Globe
Shakespeare Road
Ryman Auditorium Remains A Nashville Music Memory
Visitors retrace Grand Ole Opry history at the Ryman, once home to the Opry from 1943 to 1974. The aging hall preserves backstage portraits, a radio microphone, and Roy Acuff memorabilia, while tourists soak in the atmosphere of a landmark where music history was made.
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Nashville
Tenn
Ryman
Grand Ole Opry
Opry
Union Gospel Tabernacle
Tom Ryman
Opryland
Ron Schutta
West Palm Beach, Fla
Schutta
Joyce
Tennessee
Roy Acuff
Cowboy
Acuff
Modern lovers ask Verona for guidance in mock Dear Abby
Ninth grade class from New Britain High School in Connecticut submits a Romeo letter asking for modern dating advice. The writer details meeting a girl at a party and falling in love, seeking Abby’s column guidance as if in a contemporary newspaper.
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Abby
Romeo
Daniel Clark
New Britain High School
New Britain
Conn
Verona
Dear Abby Advice on Secret Marriage and Flight from Banished Life
A letter from a reader describes secretly marrying in defiance of parents, killing a cousin in a street fight, and banishment from the city. The response urges responsibility, independence from parental control, and suggests ordering Dear Abby’s wedding booklet for guidance.
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Abby
P.O
Hollywood
Calif
Odessa High School 76 Class Reunion Planned
The Odessa High School 10 year reunion for the class of 1976 will be held Friday and Saturday with events starting at 6 p.m. Friday at Dos Amigos Restaurant on 47th Street and Golder Avenue. For details call Deborah Barnes McPherson at 385-1107 or Dora Puga Savage at 381-8654.
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Odessa High School
Dos
Kitemaking Kicks Off Six Summer Workshops At Presidential Museum
The Presidential Museum offers six children's workshops starting June 23 at 622 N. Lee St. Kitemaking for grades 1-3 runs 9:30–10:30 am and grades 4-8 from 10:45–11:45 am, limited to 20 per age group. Other sessions include Archaeology July 7–11, Clowning Around July 14–18, Maskmaking July 21–25, Puppet Workshop July 28–Aug 1, and Fiber Arts Aug 4–8, with $10 member and $15 nonmember fees per class. Registration is first come, first served. Call 332-7123 for details.
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Presidential Museum
N. Lee St
West Texas
Ector High School Classes Plan July Reunion
Ector High School classes of 1965 and 1966 schedule a reunion for July 12. Members not yet contacted should call Judith McElyea Finley at 943-7225 or write EHS Reunion c/o Judith McElyea Finley 604 S Bruce Monahans 79756. Relatives or friends who can assist in locating members are urged to contact Finley.
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Ector High School
Judith McElyea Finley
Judith
Finley
Infant Stimulation Program join Teddy Bear Affair
In Midland the Infant Stimulation Program will participate in the Teddy Bear Affair sponsored by the Permian Basin Foster Parent Program. A free developmental screening for children up to five years old is set for June 14 at Water Wonderland and lasts about 15 minutes, checking speech hand use coordination and emotional development.
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Midland
Permian Basin
Water Wonderland
Advertising executive to speak at Permian Basin Federation
J C Kelly, publisher of Adweek Southwest, will speak on June 13 at the Coors Hospitality Lodge Highway 80 for the Permian Basin Advertising Federation. His talk titled The Future of Advertising The Next 25 Years surveys the industry as it moves toward the next century. He is UT Austin alumnus, ex Omaha World Herald staffer, Sawyer Ferguson Walker alum, former owner of Kelly Co, publisher of Adweek since 1979, and serves on boards of Dallas Advertising League Press Club of Dallas and Magazine Advertising Sales Association of Dallas. For more information call Tun O'Reilly at 333-7184.
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J. C. Kelly
Adweek/Southwest
Permian Basin
Kelly
University of Texas
Omaha World Herald
Sawyer Ferguson Walker Company
Kelly & Co
Adweek
Dallas Advertising League
Press Club of Dallas
Magazine Advertising Sales Association of Dallas
Call Tun O'Reilly
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Latham
Jack Covey
Sandra Wells
Weaver
Philip Lewis
Lewis
Associated Press
Dear Abby
Abigail van Buren
OHS
McElyea Finley
S. Bruce
Monahans
the Family Circus
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