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Newspaper
Monahans News
Location
Monahans, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1965
Page
8
In a mixed standings card Steak House leads with 3 wins including high team game 832 and high team series 2353. Bokorny Trucking and Commercial Electric close behind with three wins apiece while Price’s Mobilettes and Hi-Way Cafe trail.
The Lobos rally from a halftime deficit to defeat Alpine 63-57 as Jim Dublin and Alvino Mendez each score 19. Scotty Snead adds 13 while James Ramsey, David Warren, Bob White and Lee Baker contribute. The B team falls 85-54 with Ricky Tedford leading Lobo scorers.
A girl writes to Santa listing desired items including a baby bottle set, dishes, a table with four chairs, a sink cabinet and stove. She adds a cradle and high chair for her baby. The note is signed Sharon Denese Hampton.
A Fort Worth design marks the Monahans stamp program with oil well and cattle imagery. Each book holds 40 pages of 30 stamps, worth 2 dollars when full. Retailers redeem books at the Chamber for stamps or cash, earning about 1.67 dollars per 5000 stamps while funding materials and ads. Supporters call the plan eminently successful and a boost to merchants.
McKinney meets tough test against Bridge City Conroe Bay City Dickinson as Class AAA playoffs hinge on key late scoring and defensive stops. The outcome shapes regional semifinal standings and seeding for the next round.
A homemaker guides making a gun rack from an old glass-door bookcase desk by removing shelves and using clamps for barrels while preserving drawers for accessories. Also notes camouflaging a hunting jacket via simple, low-cost means.
The piece describes making camo clothing by drawing zig zag lines and spots on fabric with grease pencils or crayons, then ironing the back to fix the colors for waterproof camo. It adds a sponge gun rest trick using an ordinary sponge attached to the forearm with rubber bands for varmint hunting.
Monahans High School boys track and cross-country team heads to Austin Friday for the state meet. Riders listed are Calvin Boren Gordon Blum Russell Bowman Jerry Crowley Bob Dickson David Ramsey and David Terry. Coach James Segrest says Monahans competes in Division IV with a 2 p.m. Saturday run time and notes this meet caps the season amid new seven-division format and broad participation by 500 plus runners statewide.
The schedule lists games for both A and B teams from December to February across Lakeview and surrounding towns including Monahans Lamesa Alpine Wink and Andrews with tournament dates. B team plays 6 15 pm and A team 8 pm except during tournaments. Season results mention Monahans losses and wins against Lamesa Crane Midland B Alpine and Lake View.
Junior high hoops from Hudler last Thursday show Seventh Grade defeating Alpine 58 to 8 and Eighth Grade winning 37 to 13. Simon Valenzuela led Seventh with 22 points. Freddy King top-scored 14 for the Eighth. Teams head to Kermit and Big Spring Tournament this weekend with Wink and Kermit games on the schedule.
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