Gooseberry Pie Cards Grow From Pride and Whimsy
Midlanders Cheri Hensley and Katie Willis run Gooseberry Pie a home based Christmas card company started in 1982 from Willis art. They sold 8000 cards first year 37000 second year and expect 250000 this year. Their cards feature watercolor then pen and ink detail with whimsical stories and inside verses by the partners.
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Midlanders
Gooseberry Pie
Willis
Hensley
Storey Ave
Salem College
Winston-Salem
N.C
Odessa
Pixie’s
Midland
Canopy
Driscoll’s Gifts Inc
Katie
New York
Drive-in theater Reopens in Paris Texas After Years Dark
The 271 Drive-In on North Main Street returns this spring with new projection and a compact sound system as owners Moss and Floyd resume operations after a two year shutdown. Locals praise the revival while noting weekend crowds and a family friendly all in one price of four fifty per carload.
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Paris
North Main Street
David Floyd
Jim Moss
271 Drive-In
Moss
Louisiana
Wal-Mart
Floyd
Peggy Floyd
Mark Esterer
Johnny Wayne Emegabbe
Joe Bob Briggs
Briggs
John Bloom
Dallas Times Herald
Houston
Bloom
Wesley Bell
Henry
Elmer
Francis
Glenn Bell
Glenn
Bell
North Main
Moss and
National magazine honors foster mother of 726 kids
Pauline Waldrop, 79, named among Newsweek unsung heroes for caring for 726 foster children from 1933 to 1984 in Houston. The issue also highlights David Huang, a 10-year-old premed student, as part of a special United States edition. Waldrop says she sees rewards in a smiling child, not heroism.
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National Magazine
Houston
Pauline Waldrop
Newsweek Magazine
Waldrop
David Huang
United States
Sweet Land of Liberty
Newsweek
Peter Goldman
Huang
Health conference in Odessa to focus on rural care
The second annual Texas Rural Health Conference runs June 12 13 at the Odessa Holiday Inn Centre. Keynote Robert T. Van Hook of the National Rural Health Care Association. Workshops cover water quality rural hospitals trauma centers legislative process and community health assessment. Registration $45 with lunches. contact Lois Barry at 335-9117.
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Odessa Holiday Inn Centre
E. Highway 80
Robert T. van Hook
National Rural Health Care Association
Jessie Oliver
Dallas
Helen Grace
W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Steve Walters
Amarillo
Texas Rural Health Association
Texas Office of Rural Health
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Schools of Allied Health
Lois Barry
Correction on Odessa Brand New Opree origins
The Odessa American clarifies the Opree starting in October 1975 by Charles David McCally with the name chosen by Wanda Snodgrass. The event began as a year round program during months without plays, not in 1977.
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Odessa
Wanda Snodgrass
Charles David McCally
Snodgrass
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Deborah Schmook
Cheri Hensley
Katie Willis
Princeton Ave
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Texas
Bill
Brian Childs
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