Ward County faces road funding and engineer hiring debate
Commissioners review a $1.23 million county budget with $313,246 allocated to road work in Barstow Pyote and Grandfalls. A Gulf Oil representative questions tax transparency as engineers and staff costs spark contention. Bentley argues for hiring a registered engineer and a secretary within existing funds.
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A. F. Page
Gulf Oil Corporation
Commissioners Court
Page
Barstow
Pyote
Grandfalls
Boroughs
Walker
Bentley
King
Ward
Sidewalks and Drilling Permits At Monahans City Council
Monahans City Council with Mayor J W Thrasher Sr approved permits for Signal Oil Company to drill two in city directional wells near the T P railroad depot. The council delayed a 5328 cemetery sidewalk project pending underground sprinkler installation funding and completion before bid letting, possibly delaying until winter. City Manager Jack Forga cited funds from two sources and busy street paving crews as factors.
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Monahans
J. W. Thrasher Sr
Signal Oil Company
T & P Railroad
Jack Forga
Break in Attempt At Sporting Goods Store
Someone tried to force the back door of Lyles Sporting Goods on West Sealy Tuesday night using a tire tool or large screwdriver. Don Cox said the advanced burglar alarm system would have alerted officers if the door had moved inward, suggesting the burglars got lucky that night.
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Lyles Sporting Goods
West Sealy
Don Cox
Firm
Cox
Lyle’s
Monahans
Ward County Men Enter Army in August Inductions
Ward County drafting records show Abelardo Millan of Pyote and Charles G. Carter of Monahans inducted in August. John R. Avent of Monahans transferred to Austin to enlist, while Don G. Scott of Monahans was found already in the army. Reeves County sent Charles A. Christopher Felipe Rodriguez and Donald E. White to induction. Giles C. Holmes Jr. of Sheffield and Salvador G. Duran of Ft. Stockton represented Pecos County.
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Ward County
Ward- Reeves - Winkler
Abelardo Millan
Pyote
Charles G. Carter
Monahans
Ward
John R. Avent
Austin
Don G. Scott
Reeves County
Charles A. Christopher
Felipe Rodriguez
Donald E. White
Pecos
Pecos County
Giles C. Holmes, Jr
Sheffield
Salvador G. Duran
Ft. Stockton
Grandfalls-Royalty School Opens With Enrollment 243
The Grandfalls Royalty district opens its 9th year with 243 students enrolled on Monday per Principal W N Gaddy. Enrollment down 31 from last year, with 115 in high school and 128 in elementary. Three new teachers joined the faculty this year.
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Grandfalls-Royalty School
Grandfalls - Royalty
W. N. Gaddy
Enrollment at Monahans Schools Reaches 2550
Superintendent George Cullender announced that 2550 students had enrolled in Monahans schools as of yesterday. Freshman registrations continue today and final numbers are expected to rise with the start of classes on September 3. The figure trails slightly behind the prior year’s enrollment.
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Monahans
Roy Hurd Field
Art Ginsburg
Fort Worth
George Cullender
Cullender
Monahans Trade Stamp program enters ninth year
The Monahans Trade Stamp program, started Sept 23 1959, plans expanded publicity and a membership drive to keep about $70 000 annually in Ward County. In nine years it has contributed 5400 to the Industrial Trade Survey and 14 000 for land for the Industrial Foundation plus 1100 for Christmas rights and 3600 for Chamber of Commerce furniture. Officers led by Andy Pipkin said the program benefits local civic and industrial projects and aids Forward Monahans efforts to attract new industry.
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Monahans
Chamber of Commerce
Andy Pipkin
Texas A& M Economic Development Department
Ward County
Industrial Foundation
Pipkin
Clarence Williams
al Rassmussen
Doc Medley
Jack Moore
Louis Pinkerton
Crime clearance drops in 1967 in both national and local data
The two part series shows rising crime in purse snatchings shoplifting and auto theft from 1960 to 1967 while clearances fall. In 1967 nationwide only about one in five serious crimes were solved. murder 88 percent and forcible rape 61 percent were most likely to be solved.
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United States
No Paper Monday Observes Labor Day Schedule
The News will skip Monday publication next week for Labor Day and resume Thursday September 5. Banks savings and loan offices post offices and most businesses will be closed on Monday with restaurants and service stations as exceptions. City and county offices and swimming pools will close after Monday.
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Savings and Loan
Public Auction Of Four Monahans Properties Set Tuesday
Four properties in the City of Monahans are to be sold at public auction Tuesday by Sheriff Blackie Mc Nerlin at the courthouse door between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. The sale satisfies tax judgments. Bans are held by the City of Monahans, the Monahans-Wickett-Pyote school district, and Ward County.
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City of
Monahans
Blackie McNerlin
Monahans - Wickett - Pyote
Ward
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