Dyer Certified Winner In Sheriff's Race By Committee
The County Democratic Board certified F I Dyer as sheriff after a recount of ballots in four precincts shifted the lead from Luke Snelson to Dyer by sixty votes. The board cited changes in Grandfalls and Monahans Pyote boxes and noted no immediate statement from either candidate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. I. Dyer
County Democratic Board
Luke Snelson
Council
Snelson
Snels
Dyer
S. R. Carr
M. B. Murray
Jack Wright
C. Q. Avary
Grandfalls
Monahans
Pyote
Barstow
New Executive Named for Buffalo Trail Boy Scouts
Darold F. Wilson was named field executive of the Buffalo Trail Council Boy Scouts of America by the Council Executive Board in Midland during the annual council swimming meet. He will oversee troops across the Buffalo Trail area and coordinate with Area Executive Alfred J. Stiles in Sweetwater. Wilson, 24, is a Abilene Christian College graduate with UT graduate work and recent teaching experience, now taking the scout field executive post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darold F. Wilson
Buffalo Trail Council
Boy Scouts of America
Tueday
Council
Midland
Alfred J. Stiles
Sweetwater
Wilson
Mendham
N. J
National Organization of the
J. P. Cowen School
Posiwor
Abilene Christian College
University of Texas
Sylvester
Boy Scouts
Tmaster
Commissioners Divide Auto License Fees Among 4 Precincts
Ward County commissioners met in Barstow to divide 1277.64 in auto license fees into four precincts 319.41 each. A 4 grader was purchased for precinct one from McWhirter McClure Company and a school supplies contract for 1937 was awarded to Thos. Y. Pickett and Co. Present were Snelson Thomas Burkholder West and absent Bentley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ward County
Barstow
Ralph Burkholder
McWhirter-McClure Company
Thos. Y. Pickett and Co
Fred P Snelson
Ted Thomas
Earl West
George Bentley
Thos. Y. Pickett and Company
McLean Visitors From Lean Stop at News Office
Mr. and Mrs. Herman Lee and daughter Billie Jean of Lean visited the News Office on Wednesday en route to their new home in Kermit. Mr. Lee will work for the Smith Brothers Refining Company there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Lee
Billie Jean
Lean
Kermit
Mr. Lee
Smith Brothers Refining Company
Lawri Family Visited Relatives in Lamesa
Mr and Mrs Raymond Lawri and their children spent last weekend visiting relatives in Lamesa reflecting family ties and travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Lawrimore
Lamesa
Bradley returns from Duncan Oklahoma trip
I. L. Bradley came back Sunday from Duncan Oklahoma after a three weeks vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. L. Bradley
Duncan
Oklahoma
Grandfalls Man Wayne Cummins Visits Monahans on Tuesday
Wayne Cummins of Grandfalls traveled to Monahans for a business visit last Tuesday morning. He met local colleagues and inspected regional operations during his stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Cummins
Grandfalls
MonAhans
Regulation pledges for merchants face Monahans peddlers
Monahans aldermen pledged adequate ordinances to shield local merchants from peddlers after input from Wes-Tex Piggly Wiggly and W & W Grocery representatives. The council promised stricter enforcement and approved bills totaling 1607.65 for current expenses salaries and services, city secretary Miss Ilda Vernon said.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Aldermen
Monahans
Hugh Sloan
Wes- Tex Piggly Wiggly
James Williams
W & W Grocery
Orvin Pigman
Ilda Vernon
Monahans Census Signups Near Deadline for School Children
Three hundred children have been signed in Monahans under the new school census. Today and tomorrow are the last days to enroll children, with A. E. Lang urging families to add names via Mrs. Ellel Ceneland or Major Lang. Each new pupil yields $19 in per capita funding, and nonparticipants face $19 tuition per child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. E. Lang
Ellel Ceneland
Major Lang
Max Winklers
Copeland
Monahans
Lang
Lang Returns From Dallas After School Business
A. E. Lang superintendent of schools returned to Monahans Tuesday morning from Fort Worth and Dallas where he had been engaged in district business for several days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. E. Lang
Monahans
Fort Worth
Dallas
Three Miles Of Broadway Of America Highway Layed
Con Marrable reports caliche base laid on more than two miles of the Broadway of America section between Monahans and Pyote with another mile east from Pyote having a base course. Grading proceeds and will finish in 30 to 40 days. A 125-man crew works with 30 trucks. Coke and Braden supervise, while 18 graders come from subcontractors. National Re-employment Service in Barstow furnishes unskilled labor under Mrs. Maude Witt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Monahans
Pyote
Don Marrable
Coke
Braden
National Re-employment Service Office
Barstow
NRS
Maude Witt
Ward County
Ward County Benefit Program Receives $66 000
Ward County has received $66 393.35 in rental and benefit payments over three years under the Agricultural Adjustment Administration. Drought, state director of the National Emergency Council, announced county totals for cotton, corn hog, and other farm program payments alongside statewide figures for wheat rice sugar peanuts and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ward
Agricultural Adjustment Administration
H. P. Drought
National Emergency Council
Texas
Landers Family Returns from Dallas with Sons
Mr and Mrs Fred Landers returned Tuesday morning from Dallas with twin boys Ted and Ned after taking them to a medical specialist there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Landers
Dallas
Ted
Ned
Albert Greer Elected New Club President At Booster Luncheon
Albert Greer, assistant coach of the Monahans football team, was elected president of the Booster Club at a Monday noon meeting in the Lions Club room. Other officers are J. O. Donaldson as vice president and Johnny E. Smith as secretary treasurer. The retiring president S. Ross Carr resigned after leading the group, and attendance was the largest in weeks with members returning from vacations and Centennial trips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Booster Club
Monahans
Lions Club
Lone Star Cafe
Albert Greer
S. Ross Carr
Greer
Kermit
J. O. Donaldson
Donaldson
Acme Rental Service
Johnny E. Smith
Alpine to Present Centennial Exhibit in Downtown Stores
Alpine Texas will celebrate its centennial with a month long exhibition of natural mineral resources relics antiques and handmade items. The display runs July 30 through August 30 in show windows of downtown Alpine stores near the Davis mountains at about five thousand feet elevation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alpine
Texas
Davis Mountains
Camp Waldemar campers tour Monterrey Mexico
Lorraine Stengl of Monahans leads 89 campers and counselors from Camp Waldemar for girls on a four day trip to Monterrey Mexico. The group is pictured atop La Mesa de Chipinque five thousand nine hundred feet above the city with companions from Wichita Falls San Angelo Fort Worth Breckenridge Alpine and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorraine Stengl
Monahans
Camp Waldemar
Guadalupe Mountains
Kerr
Ville
Monterrey
Mexico
la Mesa de Chipinque
Carol Cable
Wichita Falls
Peggy and
Teresa Sanger
San Angelo
Martha Clayton
Mary Kather
Prince Brothers Start Work On Two Brick Business Houses
Prince Brothers begin construction on two brick business houses east of S and S Grocery after sand and gravel delivery. Five year leases already signed. Grayson Variety Store and Bodenhoff's Department Store to occupy. Buildings to have 30 foot fronts and fireproof construction per ordinance. Brothers active in Electra civic affairs and shifted oil business to Monahans. Jack Prince expects town's future interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince Brothers
S and S Grocery
Grayson Variety Store
Bodenhoff’s Department Store
Electra
Monahans
Jack Prince
Rex Keeling Crane Relays Winner Joins Monahans Staff
Rex Keeling, Crane Relays champion from Rob ert Lee high school, will join Monahans coaching staff this fall. He will coach track at the high school and likely assist with football, arriving within two to three weeks to begin with the new school year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rex Keeling
Crane Relays
Monahans
Robert Lee
Keeling
A. E. Lang
Permian Basin
Midland
Odessa
Fort Stockton
Crane
Lang
Wink Visitor W L Fuller Spends Weekend
WINK. Visitor W L Fuller of Wink traveled to Monahans for a weekend visit, staying with local friends and reporting a pleasant stay.
El Paso Visitor Calls On Monahans Relatives
Miss Bernice Matthews of El Paso visits her uncle and aunt Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Shelton in Monahans, staying at their home as a guest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernice Matthews
el Paso
J. T. Shelton
Monahans
Grandfalls man visits Monahans last week
Joe Brandenberg of Grandfalls was a visitor in Monahans for a day last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Brandenberg
Grandfalls
Monahans
Health campaign boosts sanitary toilets in Monahans
Dr E J Cook and the city health officer lead a drive to end typhoid and disease by installing seven or eight open toilets. An aldermanic ordinance bans open toilets and requires compliance with state health department recommendations. The effort has strong public support and cooperation from residents and officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. J. Cook
Cook
Eer
Board of Aldermen
Monahans
State Department of Health
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BOY Scout Council
Mclean
Old Mexico
Ine Elliott
Peggy Donnelly
Jane Rhodes
Breckenridge
Lorraine Stengi
Margaret Adams
Vesa DE
Chipinque
Baie
Wink
W. L. Fuller
Bere
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