Voter turnout shows interest in city elections across area
Marian Rodgers notes high turnout in Wickett Monahans and other towns with contests while Ward County residents express belief apathy is fading. She cites Midland and Fredericksburg as proof that voters influence who leads, and previews upcoming local option, Monahans school board runoff, and Democratic primary elections.
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School Board
Ward
San Angelo
Midland
Fredericksburg
Large Turnout Recorded In City School Voting
A large turnout in city and school elections produced incumbents and new faces. In Monahans School Board Trustee race 1 145 votes reelect Floyd Langford to Place 7 adding Arthur Carpenter to Place 6 and creating a run off for Ross Gann and Robert Wells on April 29. Grandfalls Royalty School Trustees saw 185 voters with Bill Tipton Place 3 and Larry Mosley Place 1, plus tight counts for Brandenburg and Brown. Other cities show incumbents winning easily and runoffs in Wickett and Thorntonville. County results include Ward County Water Improvement District selections and County School Board unopposed returns for 1978 term.
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Monahans School Board
Floyd Langford
Arthur Carpenter
Ross Gann
Robert Wells
Grandfalls Royalty
Bill Tipton
Larry Mosley
Charles Brandenburg
Kenny Brown
Richard Boyett
Larry Hunt
ISD
MonAhans
Wickett Pyote
Joe McGee
Carolyn Parks
MonAhans School Board of Trustees
Last Chance to Register for May 6 Primaries
Qualified residents must register by today to vote in the May 6 primaries. Mail registrations must be postmarked by midnight April 6. post office closes at 4 30 p.m. Local mail dropped properly receives Monahans stamp and date. others go to Midland. Tax Assessor Office open until 5 p.m. for last minute registrants. If you have a gold registration card you need not re register.
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Monahans
Midland
Grandfalls
Fort Stockton
Ward County Historical Commission
Area IV Military Insignia Show Saturday at State Guard Armory
Area IV Insignia and Accoutrement Collector Show opens 9 am to 5 pm at the State Guard Armory at Faye and 11th Streets. No exhibits or awards planned. items will be swapped or sold and appraised for value or history. Area IV includes Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Colorado. post show tours Pyote Museum opening April 22.
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State Guard
Faye and
11Th Streets
Jim Marks
Marks
Pyote
Small Business Seminar Tonight Seeks Voters and Incorporation Insight
A Mona han s Chamber of Commerce and the U S Small Business Administration sponsor a 7 pm seminar in the Junior High Auditorium on incorporation pros and cons and methods. Attendance is free. An inactive voter list includes 1160 cards returned for missing mail. affidavit may be required to vote. Last day to register for May 6 primaries.
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Monahans Chamber of Commerce
The
U.S. Small Business Administration
Cancer Drive In Ward County Aims To Fund Research
Cancer fighting drive underway in Ward County as 2 300 000 volunteers ring doors asking for donations. The American Cancer Society budget for 1976 78 allocated 78 7 cents of every dollar to life saving programs with nearly 8 million to cancer research and 20 9 million for public education. Professional education received over 13 million.
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ACS
The
American Cancer Society
Precinct 3 Election Saturday Local Polls Open 7 A.M. to 7 P.M.
Polls in Precinct 3 will open from 7 am to 7 pm Saturday for a local option vote on beer and wine off premises. Voting places are Grandfalls Community Center and Ward County Coliseum for residents registered in Precinct 3. Absentee voting closed Tuesday with 12 ballots cast.
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Monahans
Grandfalls Community Center
Ward County Coliseum
Also Mentioned on This Page
Marian Rodgers
Thorntonville
Tom Kelly
Jack Tyler
Violet Potts
Ted Leslie
Wickett
Alvie Pardue
In Wickett
Diane McDaniel
Carroll Hughes
Bill Neal
Marie Mitchell
L.E. Huffine
M.G. Dawson
A. F. Hammons
Ben Carson
J.H. Bowden
Maurine Griffin
al Acosta
Red Bluff
Harold Ward
Ward County Water Improvement District
John L. Black
Cord Murphy
Charlie Wilcox
J. D. Witcher
David Tipton
L. R. Snelson
County School Board
Bill Agey
Bluford Thornton
Tom Kelley
NEW Council
American Society of Insignia Collector’s Natina Association
United States
Texas
Louisiana
Oklahoma, New Mexico
Colorado
Cecil White
Crusade
Kent Payne
Ward County
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