District 2-AAA coaches pick Monahans for basketball success
District 2-AAA coaches favor Monahans and Pecos as top contenders this season while others like Ector Kermit and Brownfield are slotted lower. Monahans faces a challenge with no returning starter but may benefit from strong coaching. A note on the slow clock incident at Andrews Breckenridge game and Thanksgiving remarks from Ernest Joiner conclude the page tease.
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Monahans
Pecos
Ector
Kermit
Andrews
Brownfield
Bill Willines
Breckenridge
Breck
Mustangs
Groundbreaking set for Monahans Chamber building
Monahans dignitaries joined Monday afternoon for the Jaycee Chamber of Commerce building ground breaking. Work on the foundation begins next week with construction by Bill Neidhardt.
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Ralph Hargrave
The
Jaycees
Monahans
Julian Thrasher
R. L
Buddy) Dunagan
Chamber of Commerce
Jaycee Chamber of Commerce
Glenn Elrod
Mason Physician Dr. Perry A. Baze Dies After Long Service
Funeral services were held in Mason for Dr. Perry A. Baze 82 a longtime Mason County physician. He helped establish Mason’s first hospital and aided the effort that built Mason Memorial Hospital. He was brother of M L H Baze and brother-in-law of Mrs Callie Baze of Monahans. He practiced medicine until retirement about two years ago.
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Perry A. Baze
Mason County
Mason
M. L. H. Baze
Monahans
Callie Baze
Baze
Mason Memorial Hospital
Rites Tentatively Set For Friday For Marvin Hogan
Funeral services for Marvin Mitchell Hogan a 45 year old Monahans construction worker killed at work Tuesday are tentatively set for Friday at the First Baptist Church. Hogan was crushed when a catapuler tractor overturned in caliche pits southwest of Monahans. Eyewitness Florensic Sotelo described the accident. Hogan was born September 14 1914 in Oklahoma and worked for L D Nichols Construction Co. Survivors include his wife two children his parents a brother and a sister.
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Marvin Mitchell Hogan
Monahans
First Baptist Church
Levi Price
O. L. Gober
Sotelo
Hogan
Oklahoma
L. D. Nichols Construction Co
Marvin J. Hogan
Phyllis Jean Heard
Linda Kay Hogan
H. B. Hogan
Wink
B. W. Hogan
Kermit
Viola Ketchum
Albuquerque
N. Mex
Best Christmas Lights Contest Opens in Monahans
The Jaycee outdoor lighting contest starts today for residents in the Monahans trade area. Call 3-5466 or 3-4781 to enter, with prizes of 15, 10, and 5 dollars. Three Monahans residents will judge the entries between 7 30 and 9 p m on December 21, with a December 19 deadline.
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Jaycee
Monahans
Ralph Nestleton
Bill Whitfield
District Court Actions Resume Monday as Several Cases Settled
Six of nine compensation cases settled out of court when Judge J. H. Starley moved the District Court calendar Monday. Two suits remain for next Monday: James F. Rice vs Standard Insurance Co and James H. McPherson vs Texas Employers Insurance Association. Petit Jury panel 2 reports at 9 30 with a long list of names. The News will publish the Christmas edition on Tuesday December 2 and New Years paper on December 29 with merchants warned these are the only publications that week.
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J. H. Starley
Ernie King
James F. Rice
Standard Insurance Company
James H. McPherson
Texas Employers Insurance Association
L. EB
Gandy
Billy Goldesberry
Warren Goode
T. E. Hammitt
Tom Harrison
B. D. Dering
Cruz Bustillos
Grady Cranfill
Grady Cranfill, Mrs. G. 8. Crouch, Mrs. J. P. Goode, John A. Hayes, Tom Chitwood
M. L. Mermis
C. J. Middleton
Johny G. Miller
W. W. Millsay
E. E. Montgomery
W. H. Waldrop
Dorothy Brooks
Cleta Faulk
E. O. Parson
E. R. Prather
Prince L. Murphy
Kenneth Myrick
M. R. Nash
Dexter S Nichols, Jr
William F. Neidhardt
Robert N. Neeley
W. W. Owens
Sam Owens
L. L. O'Brien
Francis Parnelle
Dewoody Paxton
L. L Payne, Jr
W. J. Payton
W. J Petterson
Scott Phillips
Howard Price
W. T. Phipps
J. L. Pinkerton
J. E. Porter
Earl Fitch
Tom
Annual TSTA Banquet Tonight at Grandfalls
The Ward County Teachers Association holds its annual banquet at 7 30 p m in the Grandfalls School cafeteria. Mrs J W Stubblefield Jr serves as mistress of ceremonies. John H Lovelady of Austin assistant director of field services for TSTA headquarters staff will be principal speaker.
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Ward County Teachers Association
Grandfalls
J. W. Stubblefield Jr
John H. Lovelady
Austin
TSTA
Memorable Evening Set For Monahans Bandsmen
About 82 Monahans High School Band members and guests will attend a 7:30 p.m. Saturday banquet at the Tatum School cafeteria. The event features Band Sweetheart crowning, a dance, a speaker, comedy skits, and musical numbers by the Treble-Aires. Glenn Lawrance will be principal speaker. Jack Griggs will be master of ceremonies.
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Monahans High School
Tatum
Nancy Porter
Bell Sutherland
Barbara Porter
Beverly Billups
Marie Sim
Mary Ann Kent
Gayle McNerlin
Dixie Fambrough
Ellen Shaid
Glenn Lawrance
Odessa
MHS
Jack Griggs
Tri
Board of Trustees
Second Pre Show Day For 4 Hers Set Saturday
A second Pre Show Day for Ward County 4 Hers is scheduled for Saturday at the Livestock Show Barns. County agent Johnny Harrison says local businessmen can see 4 H work while 4 Hers learn grooming and care of animals starting at 9 30 am with instruction on clipping trimming washing and grooming.
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Hers
Ward County
Johnny Harrison
Harrison
County's Fiscal Status Said To Be Improving
Ward County shows progress in fiscal management over the past year with careful scrutiny of expenditures and elimination of unnecessary costs. County Auditor R. T. Harris credits the County Judge and Commissioners, noting bond retirements, paid off bonds, near completion on others, new bond purchases, and accrued interest totaling 3711.67 from time deposits and bond funds.
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R. T. Harris
Harris
Cow Palace
Grandfalls
Annual District Boy Scout Meeting Set Tomorrow Night
Arrowhead District invites all interested scouts to the annual meeting at 7 30 p m Friday in the Tatum Elementary cafeteria. About 400 persons are expected. Roy Carter of Kermit, former Buffalo Trail Council president, will install new officers. O G Rudy district chairman says a film will be shown and refreshments served.
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Arrowhead
Tatum Elementary
Roy Carter
Kermit
Buffalo Trail Council
O. G. Rudy
Graveside Rites Today for Jackson Infant
Graveside services for the infant son of Mr and Mrs Jerry F Jackson of Monahans are set for 11 am today with Rev E H Anderson officiating at Monahans. The child died at Ward Memorial Hospital at 7 20 am Wednesday about ten hours after birth.
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Jerry F. Jackson
Monahans
E. H. Anderson
Ward Memorial Hospital
Sam Lewis to Leave Hospital This Weekend
Sam Lewis, hospitalized since November 28 after a heart attack, is much improved and will return home Saturday or Sunday, his wife said yesterday.
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Sam Lewis
Brackish Plant Five Sites Narrowed to Five
The site selection committee narrowed the field to five locations in the Southwest for a brackish water plant. A final decision expected within 10 days, per Congressman J T Rutherford. Originally 10 cities including Monahans and Pecos were studied. The committee visited in early November and will report to the Department of Interior with one preferred site and four alternates.
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J. T. Rutherford
Monahans
Pecos
Department of Interior
Hundley Named Deputy Sheriff in Ward County
Bob Hundley former Monahans city policeman was approved Monday by the Commissioners Court as Ward County Deputy Sheriff to serve in Monahans. Sheriff Blackie McNerlin noted the assignment. The Court also okayed the Highway Department plan for state maintenance of Crawar Field road and authorized $4435.36 in time warrants to reimburse the Road and Bridge General Fund for obligations for Road Precinct No. 3.
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Bob Hundley
Monahans
Ward County
Commissioners Court
Hundley
Blackie McNerlin
Highway Department
Crawar Field Road
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Jaycee and
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Ken Welch
Rites
Marvin Hogan
City of
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Betty Street
Ronald L. Ray
George Regas
A. D. Freeman
John Gordon
E. A. Crites
D. R. Bean
Hubert Bright
H. L. Freeze
W. L. Gaines
Vernon Wade
Joe McShane, Jr
Roy Gossage
Mons
Bill Waldron
Santa Claus
Tatum Cafeteria
Jackson
Secret Ballet
Marie Simmons
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