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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1958
Page
2
A chartered Odessan bus tour sponsored by Ector County Parks departs Friday morning for Big Bend. If 30 people have not registered by 5 p.m. Wednesday, the trip will be canceled. The group arrives Friday noon, stays overnight, then visits St Helena Canyon Saturday. Bus fare is $10 with options for meals.
Alpine faced a sudden flash flood and hail at 4 p.m. Monday, dumping from one to four and a half inches of water in 30 minutes. Mrs. E. E. Townsend recorded four and a half inches at her southwest Alpine home. Roads were blocked, trees shed leaves, and some homes in low areas flooded. U.S. Highway 90 west of Alpine closed briefly while State Highways 118 flooded. no injuries reported.
Sul Ross College in Alpine was placed on the approved membership list of the American Association of University Women in Washington. Dr Eunice Roberts, chair of standards and recognition, notified President Bryan Wildenthal by telegram Monday. Sul Ross applied in 1955 and was inspected in March, enabling its women graduates to be eligible for AAUW membership nationwide.
Odessa and Ector County show 44,524 vehicles registered, an increase from 41,540 on the same date last year. Bob Bates, county tax collector and assessor, reported the rise by mid June, reflecting near three thousand more cars and trucks registered this year.
Pat McKinney 41 of Marathon, a government trapper in the Rosillas Mountains near Big Bend National Park, was found dead near his camp late Monday. Cause of death undetermined Tuesday morning. He is survived by his widow Vera, his mother Mrs Earl McKinney, and two brothers Ray and Tom, all of Marathon. No funeral arrangements made.
Attendance averaged about 200 daily at the Odesa Girl Scout day camp run by Mrs. Page Green. The week ended with an all camp cookout and campfire. Brownies left after the cookout while older girls camped out. other nights they returned home.
Palerno reports Max Conrad, 55, of California, arrives at Bocca di Falco Airport after a 32 hour 53 minute nonstop crossing from New York. The pilot in a Piper Commanche marked his 40th Atlantic light airplane crossing, continuing a record of 39 prior crossings.
Kiwanis Club presented service pins at a Monday noon meeting. Cotton Clover received an eight year pin and R B Harris a seven year pin, with President Bill Shaw presenting them. Clover heads to the Kiwanis international convention in Chicago.
The Southside Lions Club holds its annual banquet and officer installation at 7:30 p m today in the Day's Cafeteria banquet room on East Seventh, Muskingum. Lloyd Schul will become president, succeeding Dr. M E Roth, with Dwayne Clawson as secretary treasurer. New officers include Pete Moore, Marshall Cooper, Don Casto, Dean Walker, and directors Garland Green and Denny Cecil for one year.
Fort Stockton school board approved a $702,000 budget for the next fiscal year with a tax rate of $1.85 per $100 valuation, unchanged from the prior year. Superintendent James Huckaby noted the budget rises about $50,000 on a district valuation of $16.3 million, due largely to oil field expansion and new plant facilities.
Actress Diane Varsi files new divorce suit against TV producer James Dickson aged 26 in Los Angeles. The couple previously reconciled and dropped an earlier suit filed months ago.
Wildcat Toastmasters held a Tuesday meeting at the Lincoln Hotel with three talks on the Sherman Adams controversy by Allen Liebee D O Baker and Joe Neeper Jim Stevenson was toastmaster John Hutchins was topic master Bob Hamilton was general evaluator Ken Durham first evaluator Lewis Gray second evaluator John Hutchins third evaluator Randy Nunneley grammarian Hamilton won best topic speaker in the impromptu session The club discussed a potential membership drive later.
The Village Club at 1026 East Murphy received a three day suspension of its retail beer license on Monday. Texas Liquor Control Agent Ogletree stated the license is issued to Joe Hamilton. The suspension follows a check law violation charge.
The low bidder K. C. Sheet Metal Air Conditioning Co. of East Eighth and Dale won the county project to repair air conditioning ducts in four park recreation buildings. The bid was 1849.21 dollars. Bids opened last Thursday by the Ector County Commissioners Court.
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