New Ector Judge Was Top Cornet Player In College
William M Hill rose from Hardin-Simmons Cowboy Band cornetist to Ector County judge at law. His early music scholarship led to trips with bands, political events, and a life built around family. He married May 25, 1952, then pursued law, moving from Tulsa to Odessa before winning the Democratic nomination for judge on May 7, 1960.
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H. T. Barnes
Hardin-Simmons
Ector County
William M.bill Hill
Bill Hill
Jake Burkett
Breckenridge
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Hill
New York
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Ector County Court-At-Law
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Carbon
1514
East Everglade
Contemporary Study Club
Johnnie Fields
Dot
Post Office
Odessa center faces budget shortfall for coming year
The Treatment Center for Crippled Children board met Monday to review the budget. Chair Mildred Mead announced a $17.02 budget funded by Odessa Community Chest and United Fund, slightly under operating expenses, with Easter Seal campaign funds to bolster the budget.
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Treatment Center For Crippled Children’s Board of Directors
Mildred Mead
Odessa
Ches
United Fund
Charge Filed in Theft by Worthless Check Case
A charge of theft by worthless check was filed Tuesday in Ector County Court against Fyke Akers. He is accused of passing a hot check for $20 at the Food Miart.
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Ector County
Fyke Akers
Three Odessa Residents Hospitalized After Mishaps
Odessa residents were treated at Medical Center Hospital for head injuries and injuries from falls and accidents. Among the injured are oilfield workers, trampoline and ladder accidents, and several children who sustained broken bones or bites.
Young Convicts Captured After Five Days On Run
Two armed young convicts Carl Roy Chase aged 19 and Jay Lea King aged 20 hid in a children's playhouse near Ottawa Kansas. They refused to shoot despite evading guards for five days after escaping from a state reformatory. They held four guns taken during the escape and stated they merely roamed the country during freedom. Each was serving terms totaling 35 years.
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Ottawa
Kan
Carl Roy Chase
Chase
Jay Lea King
Kansas
King
Burglars Loot Odessa Blue Moon Tavern Coins
Burglars forced a rear door at the Blue Moon Tavern on Andrews Highway in Odessa and stole about 70 dollars in change. A cigarette machine yielded 44 dollars and the jukebox 35 dollars. a bowling machine was not opened. Suspects fled through the rear.
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Blue Moon Tavern
Andrews Highway
Vandals Sought After Obscene Messages in East 36th
Police seek vandals who tagged windows cars and sidewalks with obscene words in the $000 block of East 36th. Four separate reports from residents in the area were received Tuesday by juvenile officers.
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Civ
East 36Th
Asicholorhood
Burleson Freed on Bond After Ector County Jail Release
Gene Burleson, 27, Midland, released from Ector County jail after posting 1400 bond on a charge of then by bailee. The complaint is filed with Justice of the Peace Thomas D. Murphy.
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Field Gene Burleson
Midland
Ector County
Justice of the Peace
Thomas D.murphy
Court Accepts 3 Guilty Pleas In Forgery Case
In 7th District Court three defendants pleaded guilty to forgery charges. Charles Demitus, 42, Seminole, received two years in the state penitentiary and five years probation for forging an employer’s name on a 310 check. Andrew Godden Jr., 3, Anson, got five years probation for forging a $10 check at Jean’s Liquor Store. Earl Frazier, 45, West Ada, received the same sentence for forging a $0 check and passing it at Carlson’s Grocery. All were represented by Odessa attorney Charles Winston with Mike Berry as state’s attorney. Jury panel excused until 9 a.m. Wednesday.
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Charles Demitus
Seminol
Bat
Gammy Shomiy
Deraizus
Andrew Godden Jr
Son
Jean
Beat Eighth Street
Odessa
Earl Frazier
West Ada
Paw McCollum
Carson
Charles Winston
Mike Berry
Jadze
Odessa Council Awards Drainage Contract to Clyde Construction
Odessa City Council awarded a 63 340 drainage channel contract to Clyde Construction Co of Odessa based on a low alternate bid. The plan covers a ditch from Pueblo Ave north of East Eighth then around Cactus Drive-In Theater to cross US 80 and rail lines east of the city. Other bids include H L Freeland Inc at 72 855 and base bids from Clyde 69 672 Jones Brothers 127 888 and S L Briley 119 640 50.
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Odessa
Clyde Construction Company
East Eighth Street
H. L. Freeland Inc
Pueblo Avenue
East Eighth
Cactus Drive-In
Clyde Construction
Jones Brothers Construction
S. L. Briley Construction
Grandview
Meadow Avenue
Kelly
Jackson Avenue
11Th
13Th
J. T. Clark
General Tire and Rubber Company
Windsor Heights
East 42Nd Street
Woodcrest
West Eighth
Harless
Royalty Heights
East Sixth
North Grandview
Gladys Lomax
Norih Graham
City-County Planing Board
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Civ
W. E. Routh
Waller
Murphy
A. C. Rumbaugh
Clark
Guy Neal
Floyd Knoll
Alien Sikes
Gordon Headlee
Police Recover Stolen Vehicle
A 1957 model automobile reported stolen from a residence in Odessa was found abandoned behind an Andrews Highway drive-in. The owner, Wilson H. Lanton of 3703 North Jackson, said the car was taken from in front of his home and later located at Tommy's Drive Inn on Andrews Highway.
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Odessa
Andrews Highway
Wilson H. Lanton
North Jackson
Tommy's Drive Inn
County Court Marriage Licenses and District Court Divorces
County court records list Marriage licenses issued to Tommy Thorn and Donna Atkinson, Raymond Alvarez and Mar Hinojos, Troy James and Ida York. District court filings include divorces involving Nelson Van Zandiws, Reba Van Zandt, Glyndel Lewis versus Sue Lewis. Medical center admissions include June 13 patients such as Mrs Wasmen Gilbert Pitchford and Mr Alvin Jack Teas, among many others.
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Donna Atkinson
Raymond Alvarez
Mar Hinojos
Troy James
Ida York
Fyke Ahern
District Court
Nelson van Zandi Ws
Reba van Zandt
Glyndel Lewis
Sue Lewis
Mary E. Woodward
Charles Mobie Adkisson
Carol Ruth Davis
Linda "Joyce McGee
Michael Steven Yores
Dudley Lee Ethnidze
Dick Wows
Mary JoAnn Cornelius
Tomy Phipps Simmons
Jersy Warne Bonick
Lamy Brodie
Melanye Kay Amarine
Lancite Liancit Koonce
Man Freed On Bond In Odessa Burglary Case
Leonard J. Gonzales Jr., 21, posted an $9,000 bond and was released from Ector County jail after being charged with three burglaries. Police say he admitted to 25 burglaries and thefts in Odessa. charges filed with Justice of the Peace E. E. Nobles.
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Leonard J. Gonzales Jr
Ector County
Gonzales
Odessa
Justice of the Peace
E. E. Nobles
Two Small Odessans Become U.S. Citizens
In Pecos a naturalization session granted citizenship to 36 people including two Odessa children. Michael Craig Freer and Helga Anne Nelson, adopted from German orphanages, became U.S. citizens. Their parents, former American Army school teachers, described filing through foreign documents, language shifts, and the two-year adoption requirement before naturalization. The children, ages six, will start school this September.
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West Texas
U. S
Pecos
Michael Craig Freer
Sherman Freer
Garnet
Helga Anne Nelson
Otis Nelson
Catalina
Nelson
U.S. District Court
Michael
Germany
Europe
France
Mike
Ned
Nelsons
Helga Aane
Helga Anne
Dallas
Woman Fined After Odessa Assault Case
A 35-year-old Odessa woman Pearl B Stewart was fined 40 in city jail court on Tuesday for assault and creating a disturbance. Police said Pearl B Stewart of Wabash was charged in the incident involving Adolph Max French 26 of Wabash, who was stabbed with a pocket knife during a disturbance. French remained in Medical Center Hospital Tuesday in good condition with a stab wound to the right chest.
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Odessa
Pearl B. Stewart
Wabash
Adolph Max French
French
Medical Center Hospital
Lawmen Probe Theft Cases Unequal Gifts and Gadgets Stolen
Detectives Tuesday were reviewing five thefts involving wedding gifts a purse a bed spread attire and hubcaps. Victims include F W Young San Antonio whose car was prowled in East 36th Street 300 West 21st resident Ann NecClure whose purse with $12 personal papers and ID was stolen on Grant Earl Boyd reported tire and wheel removal and gasoline siphoning from a 1937 car Peggy Hodges lost a bed spread from a clothesline and B J Freeman had three hubcaps stolen from a car.
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F. W. Young
San Antcio
East 36Th
Ann NecClure
West 21St
North
Grant- Earl Boyd
West 3A
Peggy Hodges
B. J. Freeman
West Fourth
Plainview Man Held in Ector County Jail
A 23-year-old Plainview man, James Franklin Grable, surrendered to local officers after absconding supervision in Talia and passing two hot checks while enroute to Odessa. Tulsa authorities were to pick him up for probation violations, according to Ector County probation officer Miles Jones.
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Plainview
Ector County
Talia
James Franklin Grable
Odessa
Miles Jones
Tulsa
Grable
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