Medical Center honors 41 staff for combined 380 years of service
Ector County officials attended a Thursday ceremony at Medical Center Hospital where 41 employees received service pins and certificates. Lillie Johnson and Bobbie Curry were honored for 25 years, with other staff earning 10 to 20 and 5 year awards across nursing, PBX, laboratories, central supply, radiology, engineering and more. Board Chairman E. H. Hendrick and Administrator W. Sam Glenney led the event. County Judge Gary L. Watkins and Commissioners Joe Johnson and Julian Pressly attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Sam Glenney
Medical Center
MCH
Lillie Johnson
Letha Shelton
Quida Taylor
Joan Bingham
Elsie Hagner
Martha Richardson
Betty Strackbein
Maxine Ares
Jennifer Fox
Gertrude Hill
Catherine Hogans
Eunice Keener
L.C. Mickens
Doris Young
Manuel Aguirre
Ruby Alcorn
Dewey Anderson
Eloise Armstrong
Dorothy Beck
Aurora Claderon
Eloisa Corbell
Debra Davis
Ada Duke
Lara Ellison
Joyce Ellison
Linda Hopes
Carol Jones
Jettye Jones
Betty Kepple
Margaret McDonald
Neela Miles
Graciela Pantoja
Donnie Ray
Katie Short
Ector County
Joe Johnson
Julian Pressly
Burglary spree nets guns rings and more in Odessa losses
Police and sheriff deputies investigate 16 burglaries across Odessa with losses totaling over 9211. Items stolen include rifles a pistols diamond rings a stereo and a microwave oven from multiple residences. Entry methods varied from forced doors to broken glass and door screens to gain access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ector County Sheriff's Office
Jake French
Pagewood
Sheriff's Deputies
Cathy R. Martin
Penbrook
O. W. Vanata
Headlee
Dirk Clay
Yukon
Kelton Smith
Oakwood
Warm, sunny Texas forecast with hot weekend ahead
National Weather Service Midland reports fair skies through Saturday with upper 90s forecast for today and Saturday, cooling to the lower 60s tonight. Winds southwest 15 to 25 mph, easing to 10 to 15 mph tonight. Thursday high 95, overnight 69. Sunset 8 56 p.m., sunrise 6 43 a.m. No rain in last 24 hours. Month total 1.15 inches, year 3.77 inches. Scattered showers on the lower Texas coast may spoil a perfect clear, hot day across Texas. Highs in the 90s statewide with mostly sunny skies. Early temps ranged from 61 at Marfa to 88 at El Paso. other readings included 73 Amarillo, 70 Texarkana, 75 Dallas Fort Worth, 76 Austin, 69 Houston, 75 Brownsville, 76 Del Rio, 75 San Angelo, and 74 Lubbock.
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National Weather Service
Midland Regional
Hill Country
Marfa
el Paso
Amarillo
Wichita Falls
Texarkana
Dallas-Fort Worth
Austin
Houston
Brownsville
del Rio
San Angelo
Lubbock
Midland region forecast from NWS
Fair skies through Saturday with upper 90s highs and 15 to 25 mph winds. Overnight lows in the upper sixties, highs again near 90s tomorrow. Yesterday's high 95, overnight low 69. Sun sets 8:56 p.m. rises 6:43 a.m. No precipitation in last 24 hours. Year to date 3.77 inches.
Odessa Lawyer Donald P. Childers dies at 42
Donald Pope Childers 42 of 2903 North Century Odessa attorney died Thursday in Big Spring Veterans Administration Hospital after an illness. Services set for 3 p.m. Saturday at St Barnabas Episcopal Church with burial at Sunset Memorial Gardens under Hubbard Kelly Funeral Home direction. Born May 28 1936 in Abilene he moved to Odessa in 1940 and was Odessa High School class of 1953 graduate. He earned degrees from Oklahoma State University and Vanderbilt University and served as president of Samba Chi Alpha at OSU.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Pope Childers
North Century
Odessa
St. Barnabas Episcopal Church
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home
Childers
Big Spring
Veterans Administration Hospital
Abilene
Odessa High School
Oklahoma State University
Vanderbilt University
Samba Chi Alpha Fraternity
Mansfield
W.B
Cornelia) Green
Brownwood
Davis-Morris
Eastlawn Memorial Park
Houston
Michael Joe Lewis
Midland
Ellis Funeral Home
Resthaven Memorial Park
Lewis
el Campo
AJ. Lewis
Donna Lewis
Diana Lewis
Hamlin
Lee High School
St. Paul's Methodist Church
Texas Tech University
Supreme Rubber Co
Sigma Chi
Young Republicans Club
R.C. Lewis
Kilgore
Wright Mallory
Lindale
Texas Employers Insurance Association
Charles Tighe
M.C. Ledbetter
DeMolays to Install Odessa Officers Tonight
Randy Mitchell Glen Hancock and Tony Baker to be installed as officers of the Odessa Chapter Order of DeMolay at H A McFarland Lodge at 7 pm. The program includes the Representative DeMolay Ceremony and the Ceremony of Light. Survivors include wife Toni Dorene Griffin and three children, with memorials requested to St Barnabas Episcopal Church.
Obituary roundup for Lindsey Bunton Green and Lewis in Texas towns
Death notices from Monahans Mansfield and Houston report Doug Glen Lindsey age 14, April Dawn Bunton, 2 months, Mrs W B Green 85, and Michael Joe Lewis 25. Details include birthplaces, hospital deaths, funeral times, cemeteries, and surviving relatives across Monahans Andrews Brownwood Houston Midland Kilgore Lindale and Arlington area families.
VFW Post 4372 and Auxiliary Install New Officers
VFW Post No 4372 at 208 East 63rd and its auxiliary installed officers for 1978 79. Lloyd Tilley became commander, Margaret Cummins auxiliary president, with Miles Powell Thomas Clayton W T Evans O W Carnes H J Sterle Jimmie Gruver Chester Richey and trustees named. Auxiliary officers include Barbara Jackson Dorothy Flippans Mildred Sterle Elwanda Tilley Bernice Griffin Jean Scott Bertha Price Joan Martin Mary Richey Hazel Humphries Betty Ellis Ann Shields Leetie Faris and flag bearers Audrey Clayton Ruth Colbaugh Vicki Gruver Edith Alden.
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Paul G. Mahoney
VFW
East 63Rd
Lloyd Tilley
North Fort Worth
Margaret Cummins
Patton Drive
Miles O. Powell
Thomas Clayton
W.T
Pete) Evans
O. W. Carnes
H. J. Sterle
Jimmie J. Gruver
Chester Richey
Guard
Ralph E. Murray
J.C. Faris
W. H. Cummins
Barbara Jackson
Dorothy Flippans
Mildred E. Sterle
Elwanda Tilley
Bernice Griffin
Jean Scott
Bertha Price
Joan Martin
Mary Richey
Hazel Humphries
Betty Ellis
Ann Shields
Leetie Faris
Audrey Clayton
Ruth Colbaugh
Vicki Gruver
Edith Alden
San Antonio services for Mrs Geral Dean Meyer
Mrs Geral Dean Meyer 64 of San Antonio mother of Louise Cassell Pecos died Thursday after an illness in a city hospital. Services set for 9 30 a m Saturday at Porter Loring Mortuary with burial at Oak Hill Cemetery Smithville. Survivors include husband Richard two other daughters four brothers six grandchildren and one great grandchild. Born May 6 1914 in Crosses Arkansas.
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San Antonio
Geral Dean Meyer
Louise Cassell
Pecos
Porter Loring Mortuary Chapel
Oak Hill Cemetery
Smithville
Meyer
Crosses
Ark
Richard
Harve G. Nolan
Mountainburg
Alice Hoffnagle
North
Texas
Madora
Hoffnagle
Crowley
Odessa
Patricia Roach
Gladewater
Sandra Purifoy
Michael Hoffnagle
Wayne Hoffnagle
Two city thefts hit houses under construction
Thieves targeted two houses under construction by builder Wylie Brown. At 3101 Trails End missing were 20 rolls of roofing felt valued at 180 dollars, and at 2021 East 56th two refrigerated air conditioning heating units were stolen. A paycheck 267.35 from Sherman Power Tongs shop area. 7-Eleven stores reported unpaid gasoline 2.01 and cigarette package 0.75 thefts. Carolyn Powers reported a bicycle 70 dollars stolen from East 44th.
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Wylie Brown
Richwood
Trails End
Brown
East 56Th
L. B. Sherman
Windsor
North Golder
Carolyn L. Powers
Conley
East 44Th
Telephone bomb threat forces plane to return
A Continental DC10 carrying 151 people returning from San Antonio to Los Angeles diverted to the city airport after an anonymous bomb threat. Bomb experts and Lackland AFB dogs found no bomb. The jet resumed its flight about three hours later after a thorough search and a three hour delay.
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San Antonio
Houston
Hank Moen
Midland Tire Theft Suspect Held On Bond
A 35 year old Midland man, Robert Burton Graham, is jailed on a $5,000 bond for theft of eight new tires valued at $300 from Dayton Tire Co. An employee reported discovery of the tires in brush near the fence. Police dogs helped track and arrest the suspect, a former employee, after he attempted to load tires into a car. The case was filed with Justice of the Peace John Biggs.
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Citizens Band
J. R. Hamilton
Andrews Highway
Don Chapman
Brentwood
Linda Fierro
South Sam Houston
Los Amigos
West University
Fred Barrantley
Oakwood
Curtis A. Rogs
Bruce B. Baum
Las Cruces
N.M
East Sixth
Barry Don Herrington
North Milburn
Pauline Driggers
Midland
Robert Burton Graham
Dayton Tire Co
Graham
Justice of the Peace
John Biggs
Odessa Bookmobile Visit Tomorrow at Sherwood Center
Tomorrow at 9:30 A.M. the Ector County Bookmobile will visit Sherwood Shopping Center at the junction of 42nd and Dixie in Odessa, offering library services to the public.
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Ector County Bookmobile
Sherwood Shopping Center
42Nd and Dixie
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East 89Th
Mesa
Eddins- Walcher Co
Maple
Century
Jim Chancey
Gibsons Discount Store
West County Road
Midland Regional Air Terminal
Donald P. Childers
U.S. Marines
American Bar Association
Texas Bar Association
Toni Dorene Griffin
Gainesville
Shannon Pope Childers
Teryel Allison Childers
Colleen Jayne Childers
Mrs
Urbane Childers
Parker Drive
Auxiliary
Doug Lindsey
Monahans
Doug Glen Lindsey
First Baptist Church
Eldorado Cemetery
Wilson-Miller Funeral Home
Women's and Children's Hospital
Rankin
Juanita Lindsey
Tom Lindsey
Scott Lindsey
Bill David McGuire
Deborah McGuire
J.N. Ransom
Andrews
R.E. Walton
Big Lake
A.L. Perry
Bentville
April Bunton
Dawn Bunton
Audrey M. Bunton
Permian General Hospital
Elmer Woofin
Cornelia Green
W.B. Green
Temple
Sherman Power Tongs
Kermit
7-Eleven
East University
Odessan
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