This Week in Odessa History

Growth and progress were in the minds of almost everyone in the fall of 1960.

The town’s population had reached an all-time high. A home building boom was continuing. Downtown, new businesses were opening.

Also prominent on page was announcement of plans for the nursing home in Odessa as part of a $314,000 expansion program of Odessa Memorial Hospital. The Odessa Convalescent Center was opened in 1963.

Here is The Record’s report appearing 53 years ago this week:

The Odessa Memorial Hospital administrator, speaking to members of the Memorial Hospital auxiliary on Wednesday, presented plans for...