Andrews Board to hear hospital plan details tonight
Andrews officials meet at Permian General Hospital at 7 30 p m with hospital board members county commissioners and local physicians. Architects from Page Southerland and Page Austin present preliminary two story plans for a 75 bed facility with 60 patient rooms on a 13 25 acre site northeast of Andrews. A hospital bond election is expected next January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrews
Permian General Hospital
Bill Soloman
Soloman
Page
Southerland
Austin
Beauties Attend Jaycee Luncheon in West Texas detail
Three entrants in the Miss West Texas Beauty Pageant attended the Odes sa Junior Chamber of Commerce luncheon Mary Ruth Van Zandt Marian Watson and Nancy Bower were present The main order of business was a report on the Independence Day Festival with manpower floats booths and inside activities Bud Prince IDF general manager announced a master of ceremonies for the celebration Hired was Cactus Pryor of Austin the regular MC for the Miss Texas contest
Funeral Today for Pecos Man Cliff Johnson
Funeral rites for Cliff McClendon Johnson 47 Pecos pharmacist who died at his home Tuesday of a heart attack will be held at 5 30 p m Wednesday at the First Baptist Church. Rev Bervin Caswell and Rev Jesse Cassell will officiate with interment at Evergreen Cemetery Pecos. Johnson born in Baird Texas lived in Pecos over 10 years owned Sanders Drug Store member of First Baptist civic worker Pecos Quarterback Club survivors include widow a son Larry Johnson Pecos his parents Mr and Mrs Arthur Johnson of Baird two brothers Wade and Vermin both of Baird two sisters Goldy Henry and Juanity Danielson both of Baird.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PECOS
Cliff McClendon Johnson
First Baptist Church
Bervin Cas
First Methodist Church
Jesse Cassell
West Park
Big Lake Progress Forum Planned by Chamber
A Big Lake chamber of commerce progress forum will be held Thursday to gather ideas for a chamber program of work. Five one hour sessions start with a 7 a.m. breakfast at Park Inn Cafe led by W. W. Munn. Sessions include merchants, housewives chaired by Mrs. Paul Jacobs, professionals at 1:30 p.m., services and trades oil farmers and ranchmen chaired by Clarence Morrow, and employees at 7 p.m. chaired by Rudy Winchester. Dr. J. L. Wright oversees as general chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Lake
Chamber of Commerce
W. W. Munn
Park Inn
Paul Jacobs
Clarence Morrow
Rudy Winchester
J. L. Wright
Pecos Post Office Raises Box Rent Beginning July
Pecos residents face higher post office box charges starting July 1 as postmaster Paul Morrison confirms automatic rate hikes. Small boxes move from 1.20 to 1.70 per quarter, medium from 1.50 to 2.25, and larger boxes rise from 2.25 to 4.00, reflecting receipts hitting required levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PECOS
Paul Morrison
Morrison
Houston Police Hunting Robber
Police hunted a former Coca Cola Bottling employee in Houston after a $1000 armed robbery of the plant office Tuesday night. The nightwatchman Frank Fernandez, 21, confronted the intruder with a coke bottle, was struck, and the gunman fled. The suspect was identified as a former company employee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
UPI
Coca-Cola
Frank Fernandez
Fernandez
Fernandez Ln
Father's Rites Set In Electra Tex
Marvin Herman Lewis father of Mrs. David Sutton dies while visiting daughter. Last rites set for Thursday at First Baptist Church Electra at 10 a.m. Burial in Bellview Cemetery. Totten and Son Funeral Home in charge. Survived by daughter three brothers one sister and one grandchild.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lovington N. M
Marvin Herman Lewis
David Sutton
First Baptist Church
Electra
Tex
Bellview Cemetery
Totten and Son Funeral Home
Lewis
Tone
Fort Stockton Centennial Parade Sparks Citywide Celebration
Fort Stockton marked its centennial with the largest parade in town history led by centennial queen Nikki Kincaid and a 57 float procession through the business district. The parade followed the inaugural Fort Stockton historical pageant at Panther Stadium featuring a 300 member local cast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Stockton
Nikki Kincaid
Panther Stadium
John B. Rogers
Fleeter Eason
Don Cox
John Cubille
Connell Ashley
Dick Toll
Clayton Williams, Jr
San Juan
Five Are Killed In Burns Oregon Plane Crash
A B52 jet bomber on an experimental low level flight for the Strategic Air Command crashed near Burns in central Oregon. Five men aboard were killed as flames enveloped the aircraft after it exploded and wreckage scattered over a mile area. Boeing Airplane Co. built the plane and conducted tests for the Air Force. aboard were pilot Lewis Moore and copilot Joseph Keller from Washington state, navigator Gerald Green of Kent, Washington, and flight engineers Charles McDaniel and Neil Johnson, both of Seattle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burns, Ore
Strategic Air Command
Oregon
Boeing Airplane Co
Seattle
Air Force
Boeing
Lewis Moore
Kirkland
Wash
Joseph
Keller
Bellevue
Gerald Green
Kent
Charles McDaniel
Neil Johnson
West Of Pecos Rodeo Planned
West of Pecos will celebrate Western week starting Monday ahead of the West of the Pecos Rodeo set for July 1 to 4. A kangaroo court will fine those not wearing at least three western articles, with local civic clubs providing sheriff judge and jury. Parades on July 1 and 4 feature bands floats and posse groups, with Pex Allen and his wonder horse performing at all four rodeo shows and both parades. Rodeo official Burt Jackson and Jack Carter of Mesquite will announce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pecos
Sheriff's Posse
Pex Allen
Wonder” Horse
Burt Jackson
Jack Carter
Mesquite, Tex
Balmorhea Rites Slated Thursday
Funeral services for Mrs. Florence Doss 87 who died Monday at a Big Spring hospital will be at 10 30 a m Thursday at the First Methodist Church of Balmorhea with Rev George Ritter officiating. Burial will be in Balmorhea Cemetery under Pecos Funeral Home direction. A longtime Balmorhea resident she lived with her nephew C B Blakemore. Survivors include nieces and nephews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Balmorhea
Florence Doss
Big Spring
First Methodist Church
Andrews Victim Improves After High Voltage Accident
Bill Sellers 20 of Andrews remains in serious condition at Permian General Hospital with first and second degree burns over 40 percent of his body. He was injured after climbing a guy wire to inspect a crow's nest and touching a high voltage line, then fell 30 feet. The incident occurred 15 miles west of Andrews while he worked for Williamson Well Servicing Company and investigators say a mother crow may have startled him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrews
Bill Sellers
Andrews Well Servicing
Permian General Hospital
Sellers
Williamson Well Servicing Company
Camp Meetings Set In August at Blays Camp
PECOS staff says the annual Blays Camp meetings are scheduled for August 18 to 25 at the camp grounds near Alpine. Speakers include Rev. Bill King of Independence Missouri Baptist, Dr. Bob, and Rev. W Oliver Harrison among others. A Dallas Methodist and other clergy are listed. power outage incident involving a squirrel interrupted service but lights were restored. A teacher will be selected later for special sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PECOS
Alpine
Frank Jones
Bill King
Independence
Bob Birmingham
Ala
al Goodrich
Dallas
Methodist
Odessa Woman Buried Here After California Death
Funeral services for Mrs. Isa Bell Renfro, 70, were conducted at 2 p m in the Hubbard Funeral Home Chapel with E J Norman officiating. Burial followed in Odessa Cemetery. She died Sunday at a daughter’s home in Oakland California where she had been living. Mrs Renfro had resided in Odessa from 1937 to 1957. Her husband died in 1952. She is survived by a stepdaughter Mrs Pat Turner and a stepson Henry Renfro, both of Odessa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isabell Renfro
Hubbard Funeral Home
Odessa
E. J. Norman
Lindberg
Pat Turner
Henry Renfro
Cigaret Quarrel Ends In Death in Houston
Louis Lujon aged 14 died from a stab wound after a Tuesday night fight with another 14 year old over the last cigarette. Police detained the other boy for juvenile authorities. The stabbing occurred in front of a Northwest Houston grocery store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
UPI
Louis Luljon
Lujon
Orange Building Contract Awarded for Federal Post Office
A $523,000 contract for a federal building in Orange Texas was awarded to Robert H. Smith & Co of Houston. The project, slated for completion in June 1960, will house the Post Office and offices for four federal agencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Orange
Tex
Robert H. Smith & Co
Houston
Also Mentioned on This Page
Front-Prooe
Ice
Shir
East 10Th
Rockhill Village
Odessa and Midland
Frigidaire Appliances
Andrews Board
Jaycee
Urs
Great Oil Basin
Reilly
West of
Pecos Rodeo
Colgales Florient
Cigaret
New Medical Center
Harold Tannenholz
Sherwood Medical Center
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!