New Texas Almanac Highlights Ward County
The 1976 77 Texas Almanac notes Ward County in Far West Texas with history from 1887 and 1892, the Pecos River sloped landscape, and economy led by oil and minerals. Monahans is county seat with about 8600 people plus beef cattle agriculture and local plants. The edition includes gardening, the LBJ Hill Country profile, and Texas Bicentennial features.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republic of Texas
Thomas W. Ward
Tom Green
Pecos
Sandhills State Park
Monahans
West Texas Childrens Home
Texas Almanac
A.H. Belo Corporation
Dallas Morning News
Salad Supper For Masons Tuesday Nite
Monahans Lodge No 952 AFAM hosts a salad supper at 6 30 pm Tuesday in the Masonic Hall Erie and Second Streets followed by the Lodge meeting at 7 30 Master Masons urged to attend by Worshipful Master Bob Cowen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monahans Lodge No. 952
Af&am
Masonic Hall
Erie
Second Streets
Bob Cowen
Local Marriage Licenses and Public Notices in Monahans
List of marriage licenses issued for Gary Ward with Claudia Meredith, Bobby Joplin with Martha Holder, Steven Niblett with Tina Gentry, Roy Harris with Della Yantis. and numerous civil filings including theft by check DWI and related charges, land deeds, and dissolution of marriage for Gloria Sprouse and Royce Sprouse. Also includes party disputes Cozy Bar ex parte and various property transfers and lawsuits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobby Gene Joplin
Martha Sue Holder
Steven Ray Niblett
Tina Avette Gentry
Roy Robert Harris
Della Marie Yantis
Public Utility Commission Warns Utilities on Pass Through Assessments
The Texas Public Utility Commission warns utilities not to pass along a 1/6 of 1 percent gross revenue assessment to customers without prior regulatory approval. The measure, set by the 1975 Legislature to fund commission activities, targets Southwest Public Service and Houston Lighting and Power among others and could be challenged as an improper pass through. A separate note confirms a 7.1 percent rise in workmen's compensation coverage rates, adding about 43 million to annual premiums, with an impending hearing if manufacturing wages rise further.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Utiity Commission
Commission
W. Garret Morris
Morris
State Board of Insurance
Texas
Sen
H. Tait Santiesteban
el Paso
Billy G. Thompson
Texas Railroad Commission
Dolph Briscoe
Capitol
Texas Comptroller tightens sales tax bonding rules
Comptroller Bob Bullock announced reduced bonding needs for sales taxes improving cash flow for small firms. The policy lowers bonds to twice the average monthly liability for filers and one and a half times quarterly liability for quarterly filers, allowing letters of credit or cash bonds instead of bonding firms. The article also notes court actions and political races including a 3-2 Court of Criminal Appeals burglary ruling, a Coastal Industrial Water Authority condemnation judgment, and candidates for the Texas Railroad Commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Bullock
Bullock
Court of Criminal Appeals
Dallas
State Supreme Court
San Jacinto River
High Court
San Antonio
Supreme Court
State Judicial Qualifications Commission
O. P Carrillo
Wichita Falls
Third Court of Civil Appeals
Monahans School Menu for December Week
Daily meals listed for Monahans schools from December 8 to December 12 include cheese pizza with corn salad and pears on Monday, beef with gravy and vegetables on Tuesday, hot dogs with beans on Wednesday, ham patty with potato casserole on Thursday, and fish squares with blackeyed peas and broccoli on Friday. desserts include cookies, cobbler, brownie, cherry dessert, and peanut butter cookies with ice cream. Milk offered each day.
Engine Talk and Noise At Dinner Cause Laughter
Chuckle column notes a blind date misread engine cooling as stripping gears. Two college students dining hear neighbors knocking to quiet a loud record. they joke about pie crusts and telephones.
Consumers' Corner on Mail Order Complaints
Consumers submit numerous complaints about ordering by mail including missing or late deliveries and at fault mail order houses. The piece urges readers to ensure legible order blanks accurate costs and proper return addresses before sending payments.
Grandfalls Royalty School Lunch Menus Highlighted
The snippet lists school lunch items such as Beef Stew, Green Peas, Fruit Salad, Cornbread, Milk and more at Grandfalls and Royalty schools. It also notes Texas finance and governance items including state bank deposits, arson statistics, and a governor-for-a-day plan for December 13.
Also Mentioned on This Page
New Texas Almanac
Ward County
Sam Kinch, Sr
Texas Agricultural Extension Service
LBJ
Art
Elise Kowert
Fredericksburg Standard
Lyndon B. Johnson
United States
Joe M. Dealey
The
White House
Washington
U.S
Texas A & M University
Gary Don Ward
Claudia Jill Meredith
Criminal Court
State of Texas
G.B. Helms
Allen Lee Wallace
Louis Lopez Martinez
Gary Robert Ogden
Jose R. Santiago
Don W. Tibbits
O.J. Jackson
Clinton Ray McKay
Alvin E. Courtney
James B. Derrick
Haskell H. Rhone
James Holt
Horace F. Morgan
Bobby Ham
J.T. Derrick
Gertrude E. Griffin
William W. Torbett
H.M. Thornton
G&mmb&a
D.D. Hodges Et Ax
Reymundo P. Villarreal
Iva Hayes
Montex Chemical Co
Cox Transport Co
Henrietta Duncan
Henry Jones
Monahans Development Company
Lela Williams
George D. Guinn
Tatum First
G.W. Paylor
H.L. Rose
Margaret F. Barton
William Allen Cunningham
Park
C.O. Morrow
Larry Bryer
Michael R. Phillips
Arthur Don Shelton
Bellaire
Clifford N. Crouch
James R. Roberts
Babb
Grandfalls
Carl D. Estes
Jimmy R. Taylor, Jr
Estes
J.D. Roddy
Adeline Chrane
Pyote
H.L. Bartell
Eldon R. Westenburg
Providence
143Rd District Court
Jim Jordan
Jordan
Gene Vestal
Cora J. Yeaman
Noni Cox
Gloria Jean Sprouse
Royce Preston Sprouse
Rosena Steward
Scout Troop
Monahans Convalescent Center
Lyndell Williams
PUC
Southwestern Public Service Co. of
Amarillo
Houston Lighting and Power
S$ Association
John Hill
Hill
Chester W Nimitz
Lane Denton
Waco
Denton
David Finney
Fort Worth
Terence O'Rourke
Houston
Walter Wendlandt
Thomas Jefferson
Helmer Service Center
U. S
Avert Sx
Mother
Mother Nature
Savi
Polaroid
Consumers’ Corner
Grandfalls— Royalty
Cole Slaw
Jerry Johns
Southwestern Insurance Information Services
Laredo
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