K
& S Sales & Supply
151 S. Indian Meridian
Guthrie , OK 73044 Phone (405)
586-9191
Owner,
Rita Newsom
K & S Sales, Inc.
was incorporated in the State of
Texas in 1989 by Kenn &
Sandra Hill of Odessa, Texas.
x Kenn
& Sandra
Sandra
attended Texas Christian University
in Fort Worth, Texas and majored in
business education. She was in
management with Texas Electric
Company in Odessa, Texas for 20
years prior to accepting an early
retirement package in 1992. Upon
retiring from TXU she immediately
obtained her Texas Realtors license
and in 1993 was named Realtor
"Rookie of the Year" in Odessa,
Texas. Sandra is an avid amateur
golfer with a six handicap and has
held the Ladies Club Champion title
at Odessa Country Club three times (1990, 2000 and
2003).
Sandra is Secretary/Treasurer of K
& S Sales, Inc.
Kenn
completed high school in Odessa,
Texas in 1952 and also attended TCU
in Fort Worth. He was a voice music
major. He is active in several
organizations, such as, the Masons,
Shriners, Royal Order of Jesters and
is a member of the Odessa Chuck
Wagon Gang. The
"Gang" travels throughout the
country serving chuck wagon
style bar-b-que to thousands
to promote Odessa, Texas.
His favorite Chuck Wagon feed was in
Odessa, Ukraine.
(Kenn is also an avid golfer
but can't beat Sandra)
In
1957 Kenn accepted a position with
Oberkampf Supply, Inc. of Odessa,
Texas as heating and air
conditioning manager. At that time
Oberkampf was a plumbing wholesale
distributor and did not have heating
and air conditioning equipment. Kenn
developed the heating and air
conditioning division that proved to
be a profitable and successful
venture for the company and still is
today. He was responsible for all
purchasing & marketing of the
heating and air conditioning
equipment and supplies.
Kenn
took early retirement also in 1993
to pursue a hobby turned business.
This hobby was his handcrafted wood
pens. His pen-making hobby was
originally presented at various arts
and craft shows and quickly turned
into a growing business which later
became KennsPenns.
Kenn
learned the craft of handcrafting
wood pens from his younger brother,
Tom, who is a master pen maker.
Today KennsPenns specializes
in producing handcrafted pens from
the fallen wood of historical trees
and, with the help of brother Tom,
has shipped pens to almost every
state in the nation and to more than
40 countries, including Scottland,
Russia, Ukraine, England, Canada,
Vietnam, Rumania, Siberia, Red China
and Japan.
In
1995 Kenn decided to try the new
marketing method of selling products
and created the KennsPenns
Internet web site to market his hand crafted wood
pens.
Kenn decided it
was time to retire from the
heating and cooling business in
2006.
Rita took over
the business, ironically following
the footsteps of her
grandfather who owned and
operated his own Heating and Air
Conditioning
business in Edmond, Oklahoma
from the early 1940's to
1985.
Rita graduated as
Liberal Arts Student of the Year
1996 from Lubbock Christian
University in Lubbock, Texas.
She served as District
Secretary for Radio Shack, covering
the states of Texas, Oklahoma, and
New Mexico for 9 years before
being asked to join the staff at
South Plains College in Lubbock, TX
as Secretary to the Director.
Rita has
spent the last several
years running the business and
will continue to sell the cooling
and heating products. When time
and weather permit, Rita is in the
saddle horseback riding with
membership
in two horseback riding
associations. Rita
is an "Okie" and we now have our
main office located in the beautiful
state of Oklahoma.
The Cooling &
Heating Products on this site
are owned and operated by:
K & S Sales &
Supply
151 S. Indian Meridian
Guthrie , OK 73044
