Monahans Honors Peg Vaughn and Don Walsh for Parade
The Monahans Department awards top Hand honors to Peggy Vaughn AAUW member and Don Walsh Chamber of Commerce member for Tuesday's Christmas parade. Crowds filled the streets with a festive display and floats that impressed all. The Candy Man Donald Walsh wowed Anthony's patrons with homemade candy tastings from last Thursday.
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Peggy Vaughn
AAUW
Don Walsh
Chamber of Commerce
Donald
Anthony
Garden Club
Monahans
AARP Monahans Chapter Officers To Be Installed
The Monahans AARP chapter holds a 2 p.m. meeting Monday to install officers. Ward County Judge Chester Taggart is listed as a featured participant.
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Chester Taggart
Post Office Won’t Open on Saturday During Christmas Season
Post Office officials report the local office will not open Saturdays during the Christmas mailing period. Post Master Ralph Chaney says Christmas mail locally has been falling off and weekend service isn’t needed. A quick survey of area papers shows other post offices nearby will open on Saturdays through Christmas.
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Post Office
Ralph Chaney
Judge Appointment Tops Council Agenda
Appointment of a corporation court judge to replace the late Earl Earp leads the City Council meeting agenda for Tuesday at 2 p.m. Mayor Pro Tem Edward Hammond has been serving.
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Earl Earp
Edward Hammond
County Commission Agenda Lists Three Items
The County Commissioner's morning agenda includes advertising for petroleum products for 1976 and transferring 2000 in Revenue Sharing funds to the Senior Citizen Center. The carryover item is payment of county claims. Other items cover city judge duties, appointing a City Health Officer, holiday closing dates, a Christmas bonus discussion, and liability insurance programs.
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Senior Citizen’s Center Fund
Pooch Freckles Undergoes Surgery After Daisy Bone Incident
Freckles the Doc Palmer family dog required surgery when a bone broke after chewing daisies. Doc Palmer and Judy provided care with a bouquet gift from Carl D Estes Jr and Shirley. The dog recovered well with Jeni Lee and Sandy assisting as nurses.
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Doc Palmer
Doc
Judy
Carl D. (Puny) Estes Jr
Shirley
Jeni Lee
Sandy
Annual Gift Wrapping starts today at Community Center
Gift wrapping service opens at 9 a.m. to 12:30 and 1:30 p.m. to quitting time to raise funds for Opportunity School. Also, Grandfalls hosts a Christmas lighting contest for homes and businesses with separate prizes. Registration ends December 15 with Mrs W C Phillips or Mrs Joel Ware. Santa to attend.
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South Hall
Opportunity School
Grandfalls
W.C. Phillips
Joel Ware
Grandfalls Sorosis Club
Local History Snippet Remains Illusive
Fragmentary OCR text from a HIDTOS page mentions a society entry and a 4.5 PM CEOTTI EEL time with unclear names and numbers, yielding vague reference to a local event. The readable portion hints at society content but provides no concrete actions, dates, or participants to identify.
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Ceotti
Monahans Christmas Parade Dazzles City crowds
The Monahans Christmas Parade stretched nearly a mile with 15 floats two uniformed bands and 40 maids attracting three deep downtown crowds. Credit goes to Mrs. Ronnie Vaughn and Don Walsh for organizing efforts with civic groups and merchants. The Night After Christmas float won Grand Champion while Senior Citizen Center earned First Place and the 100F Rebeccas placed Second.
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First National Bank
Monahans Jayceeettes
Senior Citizen Center
Shirla’s
Mrs. Collins
Historian’s and Honor Society
Jack and Jill
Popular Dry Goods
Jaycee Ettes Salad Lunch Planned at Community Center
The Monahans Jaycee ettes will host a Salad and Casserole Luncheon on Wednesday in the Community Center. Tickets are $1.75 per person. Hours will be from.
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Jaycee Ettes
The
Monahans Jaycee Ettes
Merchants Extend Hours For Christmas Shopping
Monahans merchants will stay open late this Thursday until 8 p m for Christmas gift hunting. Next week hours extend to 8 p m through Wednesday and then 9 p m from Thursday through Tuesday December 23 in the downtown area. Christmas Eve closes at 5 p m.
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Monahans
Hospital staff admission held up for missing information
Dr. Tzzy Wen Hsu's application for ward staff membership is delayed awaiting a letter from a training hospital. Board and Medical Staff will act once the information arrives. Additions to facilities are 90 percent complete with lab and X ray areas due by December. November showed a $4372 loss, 143 admissions and 44 percent occupancy. ER handled 348 calls.
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Tzzy Wen Hsu
Ward Memorial Hospital
Bob Hill
Hill
School Board Plans Handbook Review Sessions Tuesday Night
The board will discuss two or three handbook items each meeting until the policy manual is fully reviewed. At the last meeting officials talked about changes affecting girls athletics dress code and other areas. Superintendent George Callender notes the process will continue with personnel contracts on the agenda.
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George Callender
Pecan Meet Planned In Odessa
A seminar for pecan producers will be held at Permian High School Auditorium on December 13 for area residents. The meeting is an annual workshop in conjunction with the Regional Pecan Show, slated December 11-13 in Odessa. All producers in Ward County are invited to attend. Main area of interest this year will be drip irrigation. Topics include controlling insects through drip systems, zinc fertilization, system operations, weed control and pruning pecan trees.
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Permian High School
Odessa
Ward County
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American Association of Retired Persons
Fred Woodruff
Dewayne Pinter
Santa
Martin Scaff
Jack Forga
Ronnie Vaughn
American Association of University
Georgina Tackett
John Tackett
Marty Avary
Donna Holbrook
Lisa Jolley
Sally Parker
Jim Marks
Lillian Whitfield
Nancy Noelke
Mary Taylor
Mary Iverson
Jackie Zweiger
Howard Powers
Linda Gilmore
Judy Snelson
Little Green
School Board’s Policy Handbook
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