State Baseball Playoffs Open Here Today
Crushers Begin Road Bed Work On Highway Job contractor Robert Hall of Valley Mills continues preliminary work for six miles of four lane State Highway 18 from south of Monahans to the Cayanosa cutoff. Crews clear brush remove lines and move fences as graders advance the roadbed for the $528000 contract set to run about 130 days with heavy daily traffic a factor in the early schedule.
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Robert Hall
Valley Mills
Monahans
Cayanosa
Highway Department
Kenneth Plunkett
State Highway Department
Congressman Richard White to Visit Monahans Monday
Congressman Richard White arrives in Monahans Monday and stays overnight through Tuesday morning as part of a routine district tour. He will meet with residents and details on time and location will be announced later by the liaison committee.
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Richard White
Monahans
Attendance climbs at Sand Hills State Park in July
Total visitors reached 15 260 for July at Sand Hills State Park. The peak day was July 4 with 1 460 attendees for the annual Fireworks Display. Park traffic showed 3 052 cars. 757 were from out of state and 2 295 from Texas.
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Sandhills State Park
Texas
Services for Kenneth Golden Held in Monahans
Funeral services were conducted Wednesday at First Baptist Church for Kenneth Wayne Golden 16 of Monahans born February 6 1952 in Sweetwater died August 5 in Odessa from injuries in a car truck wreck. Burial followed at Monahans Cemetery. he was a Baptist Church member and would have been a Monahans High School senior. Survivors include his parents Mr and Mrs Jack Golden two brothers Lynn and David grandparents Mr and Mrs A J Golden Cantontent Flo and Mrs Edith Ward Mesquite.
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Kenneth Wayne Golden
First Baptist Church
Johnny Morgan
el Paso
Ted Trisler
Dean Newman
Monahans Cemetery
Hammond Funeral Home
Sweetwater
Medical Center Hospital
Odessa
The
Baptist Church
Kenny
Monahans High School
Jack Golden
Monahans
Lynn Golden
San Diego
U. S. Navy
Local Boys Club To Open Monday
Monahans Boys Club will reopen Monday with hours 8 30 to 12 noon and 8 to 10 p.m. daily for the rest of the summer. Director Jack Cox returns after eye surgery to supervise activities. Expected programs include archery ping pong table games weight lifting and slot car racing with wiring nearing completion.
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Monahans Boys Club
Jack Cox
Where To Find It Obituaries and Notices
Classified sections list obituaries legal notices service men and state news across local pages with brief entries and pointers to page numbers. The header indicates sections on sports, classifieds and legal notices with Drew Pearson and state news items among the readable fragments.
Monahans Representative In State Playoff
Photo caption lists Monahans players Warren Swarb Phil Fambro Dennis Swarb Mike Raglin Joe Mac Pemberton Wayne Idlebird Reagan Rayburn Tommy Hewitt Mike Jolley Dale Clark David McCoy Billy Joe Reynolds Wayne Pettis Steve Tuxhorn Mike Fambro Mark Zocher David Cutbirth Mark Drea with coaches Billy Mitchell Carroll Mitchell and Joe Anaya in rear instruction lineup for playoff appearance.
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Monahans
Warren Swarb
Phil Fambro
Dennis Swarb
Mike Raglin
Joe Mac Pemberton
Wayne Idlebird
Reagan Rayburn
Tommy Hewitt
Mike Jolley
Dale Clark
David McCoy
Billy Joe Reynolds
Wayne Pettis
Steve Tuxhorn
Mike Fambro
Mark Zocher
David Cutbirth
Mark Drea
Billy Mitchell
Carroll Mitchell
Joe Anaya
Three Die After Headon Collision East of Monahans
A grinding head-on crash along U S 80 about 11 miles east of Monahans left 17 year old Daniel Gallas dead at the scene. Kenneth Golden 16 died in Odessa Medical Center while Jose Flores 60 died in Ward Memorial. Lucas Jaquez survived and was hospitalized in fair condition. Officers could not determine how the pickup entered the westbound lane. The trio were linked to Monahans and nearby towns. No charges filed yet in Ector County.
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Monahans
U. S. 80
Daniel Albert Gallas
Monahans High
Albert Gallas
Ike
Kenneth Wayne Golden
Jack Golden
Jaquez
Doug Thompson
Odessa
Jodie Fore
Young Golden
Gallas
Flores
Goldsmith
Ector
Save The Elms Drive Underway
Monahans faces an elm tree die off with about nine percent of the trees at risk. The Chamber of Commerce, county agents, and exterminators are coordinating to save the elms. Residents with dead leaves should call 943-2571 for an exterminator referral. Buddy Byars notes negotiations for bulk pricing.
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Monahans
Chamber of Commerce
Buddy Byars
Sheriff Sells Six Tracts At Public Auction
Six land tracts were sold at public auction Tuesday to satisfy tax judgments totaling 9534.78. The City of Monahans bought five tracts on behalf of the school district and the county, with H M Duncan purchasing one tract for 456.56.
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Monahans
H. M. Duncan
Where's the Fire at Post Office Sparks Minor Damage
An air conditioner motor overheated at the post office located at Fourth and Betty caused negligible damage. No injuries reported and authorities investigated the incident.
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Fourth
Betty
Four Games On Tap Today Title Clash Set Saturday
Seven teams plus the Monahans Tigers vie for the State Championship of Texas Teenage Baseball Freshman Tight Base Division today through Saturday. Games start 6 p.m. on Parks 1 and 2 with 8 p.m. rematches. Odessa, Sweetwater, Belton, Clifton, San Angelo, Floydada, Corsicana and Monahans travel to compete.
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Monahans Tigers
Texas
Odessa
Sweetwater
Belton
Clifton
San Angelo
Floydada
Corsicana
Monahans
Corsicana Monahans
Park 2
Virgil Herrington
Monahans Jaycees
Jaycees
Monahans Lions Club
Chamber of Commerce
Herrington
Vocational Ag Teachers Plan Honor For Witcher
James D. Witcher a Grandfalls native longtime Vocational Agriculture teacher will be honored by the Vocational Agriculture Teachers Association of Texas in Austin on August 14 Jack Lacy Lampasas president says Witcher is recognized for twenty years service to the program The award will be presented at the association annual Awards Breakfast during the statewide conference which will focus on new vocational education approaches Witcher a Liberty Hill High School graduate earned a B S from Texas A M University and is active in church and community affairs.
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James D. Witcher
Grandfalls
Vocational Agriculture Teachers Association of Texas
Austin
Jack Lacy
Lampasas
Witcher
Vocational Agriculture Program of Texas
Liberty Hill High School
Texas A & M University
Methodist Church
School Opens September 3 with band and football prep
School officials set September 3 as the first day of the fall term with classes to begin after Labor Day. Faculty meetings are planned for September 2, while the MHS Band has grown to 150 members and will rehearse daily, and football practice starts August 19 after required physicals.
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Superintendent of Schools
George Callender
MHS
Dan Gibbs
Big Green
Maurice Hodges
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dick White
David Golden
A. J. Golden
Cantonnent
Flo
Edith Ward
Mesquite
Kenny Golden
Teper
J. D, Witcher
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