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Newspaper
Monahans News
Location
Monahans, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1963
Page
1
A hometown column urges safe Labor Day plans with nearby spots like Big Bend National Park and Carlsbad Caverns, warning of highway wrecks and urging drivers to reduce carnage. The piece references Bill and LaNette Spurger and mentions a dog belonging to their children.
District Six 4H Record Judging held August 16 at Pecos County State Bank Fort Stockton. Junior divisions awarded blue and red ribbons while seniors earned medals from Cap Rock Cooperative Stanton. Awardees include Ward County winners such as Brice Fowler and Gene Thorton for Garden and Santa Fe.
Following a long standing custom the News will not publish a paper on Labor Day Monday September 2 Advertisers club reporters and others with matters to report are asked to bear this in mind
County Judge Carl D. Estes schedules a criminal court session for today at 10 a.m. jurors ordered to report. A full docket will hear and dispose of many old criminal cases. A civil court session planned for last week was postponed to Monday September 16.
The News acknowledges new contributions to the Mary Ellen Vinson fund. The Ambassador Chapter of the Royal Ambassadors of First Baptist Church, Paul Foraker counselor, worked lawns on Aug 17 to raise 18 dollars, and an anonymous donor gave 10 dollars.
Col Homer Garrison Jr of the Texas Department of Public Safety states a new speed law, effective August 23, makes driving slower than normal traffic that impedes flow a violation. Officials may set minimum speeds on highways and enforce violations to ease congestion and narrow speed differentials.
City Council to meet at 2 pm with City Manager Walter Harwell proposing action on dimming three street lights near Russell's Greenhouse from October 1 to December 15 to protect poinsettia blossoms. Fire contract expires in September. County Judge reports no contact. Also includes a claim by F. E. Bishop for his daughter’s injuries at the swimming pool.
Texas Department of Public Safety Director Col Homer Garrison Jr announced a Labor Day estimate of 31 traffic deaths in Texas over the holiday and urged an all-out effort to prove the statistics too high. Operation Motorcide will run Aug 31 to Sep 2 with enhanced patrols, daily fatality tallies, and media cooperation. The year 1963 traffic toll approaches an all-time high, with agencies launching safety campaigns and rest stops to aid stranded motorists.
George Callender, superintendent of schools, left Sunday to attend his mother's funeral. Best reports indicate services would be held in Hartley.
Funeral services were held Friday at 2 p.m. at Southside Baptist Church for Linda Lou Bracken 16 who died Wednesday night after a head on collision south of Kermit. Interment followed in Monahans Cemetery. Survivors include her parents
A special venire of 100 is summoned to appear in 143rd District Court at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday September 3. The list includes Paul Creamer and many Monahans residents. Final rites were held for Alton L. Hilley 18, of Monahans, after a fatal accident. Registration for the new school year begins Wednesday August 28 with staggered times for classes and campuses in the Monahans-Wickett Independent School District.
Resolution adopted by the Tax-Assessor-Collectors Association of Texas in Austin on July 9 urges issuing poll tax receipts and exemptions only on a limited basis until the November 9 election. It directs assessors to inform eligible exemptions are free and warns there will be no refund if a registration law is adopted, urging delaying registration until after November 9 except for exempt individuals.
Deadline for qualifying scores for the 7th Annual Labor Day Invitational at Monahans Country Club is 6 p.m. Saturday. Entry is $7.50 per person, payable to Pro Horace Norman or by mail to Box 776 Monahans. Qualifying rounds are Saturday, 29 hole matches Sunday, and final 18 on Labor Day, with many ancillary activities planned.
Eleven new families have settled in Monahans. The arrivals include Sidney Arnold 2302 W Sealy D R Currens 1304 S Calvin Betty Jo Miller 1506 S Gail Fernando Heras 802 N Eva Leroy James Hall 1205 S Ike Robert Curd 204 W 9th O E Hancock 1106 S Ike John A Burton 1309 S Main George Winkley 1405 S Doris George H Warfield 1512 S Main and Eugene Hendricks 511 W 10th.
The Monahans Lobos issue ticket sales starting at 9 a.m. in the school administrative office. Season ticket holders may pick up through Friday, then unclaimed tickets go on sale to the general public. Tickets cost $7.50 for five home games.
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