Community Letter Urges Signatures and Traffic Caution
The News notes unsigned letters will not be published and reminds readers to sign correspondence or request name withholding. It urges strict obedience to red lights and stop signs, cautions about child safety near schools, and asks residents to help the football scrimmage by donating towels at Estes Stadium against Carlsbad Tuesday at 6 p.m. with no admission charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Street
Estes Stadium
Carlsbad
City Council Meeting Sets Today With Awards
City Council will meet at 2 p.m. in the City Hall Council Room. Five year service awards will be presented to Natalio Gomez and Captain Joe Drea. Discussions include a 16 inch water main project, Tubbs Estate lot purchases for parking, interchange lights, I-20 signs, street work, recreation facilities, and the police station roof.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Natalio Gomez
Joe Drea
Monahans
Tubbs
Registration Set For Monahans W I S District Schools
Superintendent George Callender announced that registration for all Monahans Wickett Independent School District schools begins Tuesday morning August 25. High school and junior high students report by grade level. elementary enrollments run 9:30 to noon and 1:30 to 3:00 on August 25 26 and 27. classes start September 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Callender
Monahans-Wickett Independent School
Lathan Walker
Monahans High School
MHS
Hudler
Monahans
Browne
Clements
Pope
Edwards
Gensler
Middleton
Sudderth
Tatum
Brockman
Callender
George Wein Sr. Rites Set Tuesday at Faith Tabernacle
Services for George Wein Sr. will be held Tuesday at 10 a.m. at Faith Tabernacle Church with interment in Monahans Cemetery. He died Sunday morning in the Veterans Hospital in Big Spring. Born December 9, 1897 in Midland, he was a World War I veteran and long-time Monahans resident, retired mechanic. Survivors include his widow, four sons George of Odessa, Charles of Pecos, David C. of San Diego, Corbett of Monahans, a daughter Pat Newman of Monahans, and 15 grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Wein
Faith Tabernacle Church
Monahans
Wein
Veterans Hospital
Big Spring
Midland
George
Odessa
Charles
Pecos
David C
San Diego
Calif
Corbett
Pat Newman
Services Pending for Mrs Brem of Odessa
Services are pending at Barnes Funeral Home for Mrs Lillie Mae Brem of Odessa who died about 7 30 a m Sunday in Fort Worth.
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Barnes Funeral Home
Lillie Mae Brem
Odessa
Fort Worth
Jack Crichton to Speak at Noon Lunch Here
Dallas Republican gubernatorial candidate Jack Crichton will visit Monahans Friday August 28 for a noon luncheon at McLain's Restaurant. Tickets cost 1.25 dollars and are sold by county party members. Crichton, 48, is an independent oil operator and engineer with degrees from Texas A&M and MIT.
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Jack Crichton
Dallas
McLain
Crichton
Texas A&m
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Monahans
Lyndon Johnson
Texas
Crayton
Immanuel Baptist Church Names New Pastor Rev Bobby Striplang
Immanuel Baptist Church at Second and Ursila announces Rev Bobby Striplang as pastor effective the first Sunday in August. He and his family arrive from Albany Georgia after 17 months there, originally from Moultrie Georgia. He studied at Norman College Norman Park and graduated from Southwestern Theological Seminary Fort Worth. He is married with children Terrrell 10 and Carol Jean 9.
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Immanuel Baptist Church
Second and Ursila
Bobby Striplang
Striplang
Monahans
Albany
Moultrie
Norman College
Norman Park
Southwestern Theological Seminary
Fort Worth
Terrell
Carol Jean
Five Adults Charged in Delinquency Case After City Raid
Charges of contributing to the delinquency of a minor were filed in County Criminal Court against Fritz Wire Rocky Armstead Robert Bristow Larry Iness Edward Summers and Sandra Steed. Police say the August 15 raid at 60842 S Erie Street followed citizen reports of a wild party and juveniles consuming alcohol. A hearing is scheduled Tuesday at 2 PM.
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S. Erie Street
Leonard Winters
Ambrose Mendez
Fritz Wire
Rocky D. Armstead
Robert Dale Bristow
Larry Clinton Iness
Edward Gene Summers
Sandra Steed
County Criminal Court
Newcomers Listed With Addresses In Local Influx
Newcomers include Jack Brown 1305 W 2nd Don M Jones 902 S Harry T W Neill 813 E 3rd T Wooley 1407 S Calvin Conrad Diehl 1603 S James Mrs G C Wilson 105 S Mabel Roy Truitt 1304 S Doris
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Brown
W. 2Nd
Don M. Jones
S. Harry
T. W. Neill
T. Wooley
S. Calvin
Conrad Diehl
S. James
G. C. Wilson
S. Mabel
Roy Truitt
S. Doris
Junior High Football Physicals Set for Thursday Evening
Coach Doug Ethridge announces that all 7th and 8th grade boys wishing to play football will receive their physicals at the Junior High Gym Thursday at 7 p.m. He urges full attendance.
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Doug Ethridge
Mrs Sprinkles Mother Dies In Charlesto Arkansas
Mrs John Classen mother of Mrs Edgar E Sprinkle Jr died Thursday night in Charleston Arkansas Funeral services held at Sacred Heart Catholic Church Burial in Catholic Cemetery Requiem Mass by Father Bede with Fathers Alphonse and Mathews assisting She would have been 80 this week She leaves four daughters and three sons in addition to Mrs Sprinkle
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John Classen
Edgar E. Sprinkle, Jr
Charleston
Ark
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Father Bede
Alphonse
Father Mathews
Classen
Sprinkle
Connally Poised to Nominate LBJ for Democrats Again
Gov. John B. Connally of Texas and Gov. Edmund G. Brown of California plan to nominate Lyndon B. Johnson for the Democratic presidential candidate, echoing 1956 when Connally helped Johnson, now a veteran ally, in political and Navy service and later as governor despite a grave assassination wound.
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John B. Connally
Texas
Edmund G. Brown
California
Lyndon B. Johnson
Connally
Johnson
Adlai Stevenson
John F. Kennedy
Robe
Senate
Navy
Kennedy
Dallas
Conna'ly
San Antonio
University of Texas
AP To Cover Convention
AP assigns more than 150 newsmen and 50 photo staffers to cover the Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City. Writers include Douglas Cornell Jack Bell Harry Kelly Frank Cormier Art Edson James Marlow Hugh Mulligan Frances Lewine and Joy Miller. The photo unit includes 20 cameramen with editors and darkroom staff. Private lines link desks to reporters on the floor and platform. Experienced teletype and wirephoto operators will distribute copy and images on AP wires around the clock in three shifts.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Associated Press
Douglas Cornell
Jack Bell
Harry Kelly
Frank Cormier
Art Edson
James Marlow
Hugh Mulligan
Frances Lewine
Joy Miller
AP National
William A. Myers Dies in Saturday Auto Crash West of Pyote
William A. Myers age 20 of Grandfalls died at the scene of a car tractor trailer collision about 3 miles west of Pyote on Highway 80. He swerved across the center line striking a truck trailer, and his car was crushed under the rear wheels. The other driver Eddie L. White of Hazelhurst Mississippi was uninjured. Burial followed at Monahans Cemetery after services at Union Church Grandfalls conducted by Rev. Everett Statler. He is survived by his parents, three brothers, one sister and grandparents.
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William A. Myers
Grandfalls
Pyote
Jack Dean
Myers
Eddie L. White
Hazelhurst
Miss
William Anthony Myers
Galveston
Union Church
Everett Statler
Monahans
GOPs To Fete Foreman, Abbott At Coliseum
Ward County Republicans stage a rally and hamburger fry at the County Coliseum starting 6 30 p m with speaker Ed Foreman seeking re election and Dr S L Abbott candidate for State Senate. Abbott to appear as a witness against Chamizal Treaty while Foreman answers questions.
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Ward
Ed Foreman
S. L. Abbott
State Senate
Foreman
Congress
Dr. Abbott
el Paso
West Texas
U. S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee
GOP
Liontamer Pinkerton
Congress Committee
Ward County Republican Committee
Ward County
Robert M. Orr
J. L. Pinkerton
S. Calvin
Massey Reamy Meats Sold in Monahans Transfer
Kenneth and Carol Reamy and Polly and Harold Massey have sold Massey Reamy Meats to Troy Daugherty and King Burgess effective August 19. The former owners thank the Monahans community for years of business and will relocate to New Mexico to manage Harold Massey Ranch near Ruidoso.
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Kenneth
Carol Reamy
Polly
Harold Massey
Troy Daugherty
King Burgess
Monahans
Mrs. Reamy
New Mexico
Ruidoso
Final rites for Rosendo Mesa Sr at Catholic Church
Final rites for Rosendo Mesa Sr, 98, were held at 10 a.m. Friday at the Catholic Church with Father Morgan officiating. Interment followed in Morahans Cemetery. Born February 17, 1866, in Fort Davis, he died about 5:45 p.m. Wednesday at Pleasant Haven Rest Home. Survived by four sons and three daughters.
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Rosendo Mesa
Morgan
Morahans Cemetery
Mesa
Fort Davis
Pleasant Haven Rest Home
Junior High Band Starts Tomorrow Led by Jerry Finnell
Jerry Finnell, now Junior High Band Director, announces that the A Band will start practice Tuesday from 11 to 12 noon in the Junior High Hall. The B Band will begin when school starts.
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Jerry Finnell
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Bekky Barrett
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Susan Hull
Golden Crane
George Wein, Sr
Brem
New Immanuel Baptist
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Thomas Nast
Donkey
Jackass
Harper's Weekly
Lincoln
Edwin McMasters Stanton
Nast
Republican Party
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J. D. Myers
Richard Tucker
Robert E. Myers
Lake Jackson
Jimmy D. Myers
Jimmy L. Myers
Eddie Thompson
S. L. Myers
Herman Ott
Abbott
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