Distress Calls for Help and Local Mail Box Plan
A routine letter to Santa reveals two children in need of clothing, a 10 year old boy and an 11 year old girl. Alma Hale may provide more details. Downtown seeks a central mail pickup box. Postmaster Shelton warns of traffic issues. Monahans stores stay open to 8 pm tonight to aid shoppers. tonight's response may decide on further action.
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Santa Claus
Alma Hale
Shelton
New PO
Monahans
Historical Committee Meeting Set For Sunday
The Ward County Historical Survey Committee and the Sandhills Museum History Committee plan a joint session on Early Days of the Oil Industry in Ward County. Conrad Dunagan, temporary chairman, says the 3 p.m. Sunday gathering at Pyote school cafeteria is open to all, with requests to bring photographs newspapers manuscripts or other material for future museum exhibits. The committees held their organizational meeting at Barstow on October 18.
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Ward County
Ward County Historical Survey Committee
Sandhills
Conrad Dunagan
Pyote
Dunagan
Barstow
County Roads Added To New FM Road Plan
Ward County gains two farm to market road upgrades including 8.2 miles from Monahans to Crane County line via Crawar Field road and 6.2 miles on FM 1219 to Wickett US 80. Winkler County adds FM 1232 segment from SH 115 to SH 18 about 6.3 miles. Work set to start next summer says Senior Resident Engineer W A Davis.
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Ward County
State Highway Commission
Winkler County
W. A. Davis
Monahans
Crane County
Crawar Field
Wickett
Davis
Monahans Bands Enter TIL Marching Contests in Odessa
Monahans Junior and Senior High School bands travel to Barrett Stadium in Odessa for Region VIII marching contests sponsored by the University Interscholastic League. About 35 bands expected. Monahans High School to AAA with Andrews Ector Kermit Pecos Lamesa, Junior High in CC with Andrews Big Spring Bonham Bowie Crocket. Last year MHS earned Division II, Junior High Division I. Band counts: 79 high school and 88 junior high members. Performances around 3 pm and 10 am respectively.
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Monahans
Barrett Stadium
Odessa
University of Texas Interscholastic League
MHS
Bob Jack Low
Andrews
Ector
Kermit
Pecos
Lamesa
Dan Gibbs
Big Spring
Bonham
Bowie
Crocket
Low
One Mad Night Junior Play at MHS Auditorium
Dress rehearsal tonight previews the annual junior play "One Mad Night" at MHS with Lucille Marcy confronting Dr Bunn in a “house of horrors.” Playwright Don Cutter fights the mad doctor and his odd collection as the plot unravels. Final rehearsal tonight. Andrew Smith reports a near flawless run.
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Lucille Marcy
Dr. Bunn
House of Horrors
Don Cutter
Strug
Lady Macbeth
Priscilla Mullins
John Alden
Mr. Hyde
Andrew Smith
Indian Artifacts Show At Cow Palace This Weekend
Sandhills Archaeological Association members host their annual Indian Artifacts Show at the Cow Palace Saturday and Sunday with displays from 10 am to 5 pm Saturday and 1 to 8 pm Sunday. Admission 25 cents children 50 cents adults. Exhibits include arrowheads spear points tools beads grinding stones baskets pottery and more. F E Tatom president notes the event will be more comprehensive than last year at Sandhills State Park and highlights long vanished artifacts found by local amateur archaeologists.
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Sandhills Archaeological Association
Cow Palace
F. E. Tatom
Permian Basin
Sandhills State Park
Southwest
Sandhills
Tatum
Tatom
A Length Of Board Helps Build Sandhills Nature Trail
A plan uses two foot or longer boards donated to the Coca-Cola plant on South Main for a Sandhills State Park Nature Trail. Volunteers will cut and assemble boards, with Eddie Parsons supplying a stapling machine and Dr. Barton Warnock guiding plant life identification for a trail past over 100 species.
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Coca-Cola
South Main
Sandhills State Park
Main Street
J. Conrad Dunagan
Eddie Parsons
Barton Warnock
Sul Ross College
Sandhills
Dunagan
Santa Claus Sighted Near Monahans Before Friday Visit
A staff artist saw nine tiny reindeer pulling a toy laden sleigh driven by a jolly man with a white beard near Monahans. Santa, mistaking dates, said he would return tomorrow around 2 p.m. and rest reindeer on a nearby ranch before resuming the North Pole journey.
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Monahans
St. Nicholas
Santa Claus
Santa
Montana
North Pole
December term District Court Opens Monday With Grand Jury
The December term of District Court opens Monday with a new grand jury to be empaneled at 10 o’clock and petit jurors reporting at 1 30 in the afternoon. Twenty five civil cases are docketed for hearing next week and the week after, per District Clerk Ernie King.
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Ernie King
Joe B. Hanson
A. M. Bowman
Donald G. Brown
W.S. Adams
Clay Johnston
Jack Edwards
D. R. Crider
William B. Lee
Monahans
Norris G. Harp
C. W. McNabb
Simon Gutierrez
H. E. Jenkins
Grandfalls
Franklin P. Grant
J. C. Frazier
Pyote
R. L. McAnally
W. L. Fuller
Barstow
H. E. Carter
Donald Cox
R. B. Croft
W. M. Cutbirth
Charley F. Dendy
Conrad Dunagan
M. A. Beckerman
Carl D. Estes, Jr
John E. Murphy
L. L
Rites Today For Gralls Gun Victim
Funeral services are set for Joan Paul Covington 18 of Grandfalls at 2 30 p m at Union Church of Grandfalls with Rev R J Ward and Rev E H Anderson officiating. Interment will be in Monahans cemetery. The deceased died after noon Tuesday at Ward County Hospital from an apparently self inflicted pistol wound. He was found in an automobile wrecking yard between Grandfalls and Royalty. He had just been released from the Army after a 7 month hitch. Survivors include his parents Mr and Mrs Paul Walter Covington of Grandfalls three brothers Larry Lee Freddie of Las Cruces Sherman Doyle of Grandfalls three sisters Mrs Ruth Martin Nancy and Darlene Covington all of Grandfalls and paternal grandparents Mr and Mrs C H Covington of Kermit.
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Joan Paul Covington
Grandfalls
Union Church of Grandfalls
R. J. Ward
E. H. Anderson
Monahans Cemetery
Young Covington
Ward County Hospital
Paul Walter Covington
Larry Lee
Freddie
Las Cruces
Sherman Doyle
Monahans High Plans Student Exchange Program
Monahans High School Student Council launched a foreign exchange effort under American Field Service of New York. The program aims to place a well rounded student with a local family for the 1960 61 academic year with total cost around 650 dollars including travel and living expenses. balance to be raised by individuals and groups.
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Monahans High School
American Field Service of
New York
MHS
Eliza
Local Man Injured After Fall From Power Pole Near Royalty
H. W. Van Cleve a 29 year old Texas Electric Co. employee remained in Ward Memorial Hospital for treatment after falling about 15 feet from a power pole northwest of Royalty Tuesday morning. Hospital officials said he is getting along fine. Ambulance crews reported the spike on his boot broke causing the fall. a hammer on his belt struck his back and his leg was injured.
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H. W. van Cleve
Texas Electric Co
Ward Memorial Hospital
Royalty
van Cleve
Juvenile Skips Sentencing in Vandalism Case
A 14 year old boy scheduled for sentencing in County Court for a Halloween vandalism spree failed to appear by Wednesday and had not been apprehended. He was adjudged delinquent by a six man jury on Nov 24 but sentencing was postponed for review. Two DWI pleas arose this week with Albert Lee Collier found not guilty. No further court activity was scheduled until after the new year.
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Toon Estes
Albert Lee Collier
Christmas Party at City Park Planned for Children
City Park hosts a Friday Christmas Party for preschool through third grade at 2 p.m. Santa will attend and candy will be distributed. Fourth and higher grades dismiss at 2:30 p.m. to allow parade viewing. City Park Chamber of Commerce manager Parris Wheatley provided details.
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City Park
Chamber of Commerce
Parris Wheatley
Wheatley
State Highway Dept Opens New Monahans Office
W A Davis reports the State Highway Department moved into a new Monahans facility costing about 30000 dollars. The cinder tile building includes a drafting room, conference space, maintenance office and reception area with year round air conditioning and sound proofing. The project plans call for a later rectangular laboratory annex and extensive grounds work serving Ward Crane Pecos and Winkler counties with 34 local staff.
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W. A. Davis
Monahans
Ward County
Crane, Pecos
Winkler Counties
Stockton
Davis
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Harley Sledge
Robert E. Murphey Jr
Jaycee- Ettes
Youth Center
Judy Pardue
Joan Turner
SAA
Southland
Beth Heath
Highway Department
New State Highway Department
State Highway Department
Grandfalls Highway
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