District basketball schedule set by Monahans meeting
Coaches and superintendents from Wink Kermit Pecos Odessa Fort Stockton and Monahans decided all town teams will play each other twice each season one home game and one on the opponent court Fort Stockton will field only boys basketball while the girls teams win no season ending cap Girls volleyball district champions receive a loving cup Coach Johnson outlined basketball’s role in extra curricular work.
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Monahans
Lions den
Wink
Kermit
Pecos
Odessa
Fort Stockton
Johnson
M. R. Thomas
A. E. Lang
Happy Family Holds Its Own In Number Since Opening Day
The large family under Supt. A. E. Lang remains steady as the new term nears its end. Enrollment in the high school shows little net change with as many students enrolling as withdrawing. Major shifts occur in ninth and tenth grades with several pupils dropping out to work or move with families. Names of students who left and those who joined are listed among ninth and tenth graders and newer enrollees across the grades.
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Happy Family
Supt
A. E. Lang
Edd Cox
Elzora Evans
Rayburn Milner
J. T. Bailey
Betty Knight
Marie Smith
Unior
Mary Lou Tannehill
Joyce Underwood
Archie Ray Monk
Wayland Myrick
Forest Routon
Bill Studer
Ethel Horton
Burnice Matthews
Glenn Hickerson
Nel
Future Home Makers Club Planning Party
The Future Home Makers met Monday night in the Home Economics Department to discuss a Christmas program, plan a gift box and party, and review Parliamentary Procedure led by Secretary Alberta Neal. A party date will be set at a meeting scheduled for Monday December 15.
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Future Home Makers
Alberta Neal
Flower bulbs planted in grammar school grade rooms
Each home room in the grammar school plants bulbs in bowls for the windows. Hyacinth, daffodil, narcissus, and tulips will add color to the rooms.
Science Club formed by W T Powell at high school
W T Powell heads a science club for General Science graduates, meeting on the second and fourth Fridays. The group repairs electrical cords with no charge, aside from parts if needed. Officers named Mary Ellen Briant president and Edward Hary secretary, with committees on electricity radio pictures and other scientific fields.
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W T Powell
Powell
Mary Ellen Briant
Edward Hary
Football Is Played By Typing Students at Monahans HS
Typing classes taught by Miss Holly Sanson stage playful football style games to boost interest. Captains select teams, and flawless time tests earn touchdowns as the class celebrates winners after each round. Basketball will follow soon with holiday games planned. Bernadine Hunt reaches forty wpm, with others close behind as Miss Lawson aims for more forty-plus speeds.
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Monahans High School
Holly Sanson
Bernadine Hunt
Miss Lawson
Biography of New Lobo Tale Teacher Miss Hollye Lanson
Miss Hollye Lanson joins Monahans High School as a typing and social science teacher. She co sponsors the junior class and manages the study hall, enjoying the town’s industrial vigor and outdoor life on the sand hills. Former ranch life near Marathon, second year teaching after rural school work, B A from Sul Ross College, active in Sachem and Scholarship societies.
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Hollye Lanson
Monahans High School
Lawson
Monahans
Marathon
Sul Ross State Teachers College
Alpine
Sachem Literary Society
Scholarship Society
Baby boy born to Wickett couple in local hospital
A baby boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. Bill Purcell of Wickett in a local hospital Monday evening December 7. He weighed ten pounds.
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Bill Purcell
Wickett
Junior Cubs Honored With Friday Evening Party
After the 1936 football season the Lobo Cubs were celebrated at a Friday evening party hosted by the Junior Pep Squad. Coach Rex Keeling spoke on football as character building before fourteen squad members praised the coach and the season. Games named Toe Sack Murder Suit Case Walking with Eggs were played. green and white treats were served to about fifty guests. Robert Lee Barnes and LaVerne Carson missed school last week due to illness.
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Lobo Cubs
Rex Keeling
Ed Hary
Alvin Caudle
James Townten
Vic Fielding
John Rutherford
Bill Ratliff
Pat Ellsthorpe
Edward Thomas
Bill Breed
Bill Andrews
Milton Cox
Fred Albright
James Walsh
Gilbert Wallace
Pep Squad
Lilly Mae Childers Re-enters Monahans High School
Lilly Mae Childers who left school six weeks ago to move to Libany returned to Monahans High School on Monday. She is classified as a junior.
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Lilly Mae Childers
Weks
Libany
Monahans
Hall floor ground smooth by workers at new high school
Crews ground a slight uneven marble floor in the south hall of the new high school last week. Workers say the floor now meets contractor specifications and is ready for use.
Junior High Teachers Invited as Guests
Teachers of the Junior High were invited as guests for a school event, with plans to discuss curriculum, activities, and student progress in a formal session attended by staff and administrators.
The Lobo Tale Staff Credit List
Hazel Brewer editor Roe Berta Lambert assistant editor Beatrice Beaty business manager Marie Burton feature writers Lo Rae Rose Allen Darnell Ruby Freeman Jeanette Russell Thurman Hunt Frank Stampfly Lloyd Lewis Beatrice Spell Mary Kathryn Ketchel Jackie Terrell Mrs Fred A Robinson
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Hazel Brewer
Roe Berta Lambert
Beatrice Beaty
Marie Burton
Lo Rae Rose
Allen Darnell
Ruby Freeman
Jeanette Russell
Thurman Hunt
Frank Stampfly
Lloyd Lewis
Beatrice Spell
Mary Kathryn Ketchel
Jackie Terrell
Why Not Finish the School Tennis Courts
A local writer urges completion of two asphalt tennis courts on the school grounds stalled since last summer. He notes backstops nets and readiness for tournaments were promised, and suggests student help to finish the project as the new school nears completion.
Corridor Carousing at Pershing High School Hears Gossip
La Rue Rase recounts hallway chatter at Pershing High School as students gossip about dating, tests, and fashion during exam week. Mentions include Pershing Griggs, Lilly Hulbert, Nigger Drennon, Merle Neely, Jackie Terrell, Bernadine Hunt, Lois, Ed, Thurman, Lloyd, Helen, and Maxine Groves amid classroom routines and a 3:15 to 4:00 history class.
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Pershing Griggs
Lilly Hulbert
Pershing
Nigger Drennon
Merle Neely
Merle
Jackie Terrell
Bernadine Hunt
Bernie
Lois
Thurman
Lloyd
Helen
Hazel
Mr. Scofield
Maxine Groves
Waldron Heads to Kansas City on Vacation
H T Waldron of Wickett left Saturday for a trip to visit his mother in Kansas City Missouri finalizing travel plans for the vacation period.
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H. T. Waldron
Wickett
Kansas City
Monahans High Welcomes Sophomore Johnnie B Henry
Johnnie B Henry was admitted to Monahans High School on Friday and classified as a sophomore, adding to the school's sophomore class roster.
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Johnnie B. Henry
Monahans
Four New Pupils Enter Junior High This Week
Four new students joined Junior High last week per principal Mrs. W T Powell. They are Victoria Kechel from Sioux City Iowa John Paul Stork from Oklainton Lester Allen from Stanton and Eva Henry from Ranger.
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W T Powell
Victoria Kechel
Sioux City, Iowa
John Paul Stork
Oklainton
Lester Allen
Stanton
Eva Henry
Ranger
Attend Coaches Banquet in Odessa
Attending a coaches banquet at Odessa Wednesday were M. R. Thomas, Albert Greer and A. E. Lang.
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Odessa
M. R. Thomas
Albert Greer
A. E. Lang
Mrs Parish Appointed Room Mother for 3rd Grade
Mrs R G Parish was named room mother for Miss Mabel Davis third grade, replacing Mrs Jess Case. Helen Gibbs, in the grammar school, moved to Royalty Wednesday.
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R. G. Parish
Mabel Davis
Jess Case
Helen Gibbs
Grammar
Royalty
Girls Open Volleyball Season With Loss to Mentone
Monahans high school volleyball opened with a 2-1 loss to Mentone Friday night. Mentone won 15-11, Monahans 15-11, and Mentone edged 15-13 in the deciding game. Players Doris Hollcroft, Virginia Yates, Catherine Donaldson, Ruth Hart, and Nel Dehn Carter appeared. Yates was captain. Peggy Henderson stood out with steady serving. The locals were hampered by lack of practice.
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Monahans
Mentone
Doris Hollcroft
Virginia Yates
Catherine Donaldson
Ruth Hart
Nel- Dehn
Band Practices New Pieces For Concerts
Band director Chas G. Walker reports the program is progressing with football players returning to the band and new instruments including bass clarinet oboe and bassoon. They rehearse several new numbers for winter concerts after Christmas. Walker will attend the Lubbock Texas band clinic December 11 12 led by A R McAllister Joliet High School conductor to gain helpful insights.
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Chas. G. Walker
Walker
Lubbock
Texas
A. R. McAllister
Joliet High School
Observation of Competition and Self-Control Risks
A speaker warns that competition prompts loss of self control and urges readers to watch themselves and judge their own reactions. The remark notes the universality of such scenes and emphasizes personal accountability in moments of pressure.
Temples of Soap Are Made by History II Studies
C A Scofield history II students last week crafted soap models celebrating ancient Greece. Billy Parker built a detailed Parthenon replica, Thomas Correll formed Delphi, Sam Grant crafted a Greek house, Alfred Thomas made a stadium, and every student molded a Greek trireme. H B Tyra produced a soap boat four inches long, with ink drawings of a vessel.
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C. A. Scofield
History II
Billy Parker
Delphi
Thomas Correll
Sam Grant
Alfred Thomas
H. B. Tyra
Eight Pupils Added to Grammar School Last Week
Eight new pupils enrolled in the grammar school last week. Included are Vera McCartey from Port Lavaca, Douglass Moore of Grandfalls, Charles Allen of Stanton, Kathleen McCarty of Port Lavaca, Wanda Bralley of Wink, Valine Allen of Wickett, Edward Lee Hines of Abilene, and Juanita Bralley of Sweetwater.
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Vera McCartey
Port Lavaca
Douglass Moore
Grandfalls
Charles Allen
Stanton
Kathleen McCarty
Wanda Bralley
Wink
Valine Allen
Wickett
Edward Lee Hines
Abilene
Juanita Bralley
Sweetwater
Third Grade Finishes Moving Picture Show
Third graders under Miss Beth Gilmore completed a miniature theater project last week. The display features a moving picture titled Progress of Boats, with a theater backdrop and red curtains. Each student painted a boat from raft to modern steam ship on a scrolling sequence.
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Beth Gilmore
Seven Pupils Named on Junior High Honor Roll
Seven Junior High students qualified for the Honor Roll, with A averages in major subjects and no more than three absences. Named are Connie Morris 7K Dorothy Wallace 7H Betty Jane Neal 7H Burrell Walters 6G Sam Hugh Smith 6G and Bobby Joyce Tubbs 5S.
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Freda Powell
Connie Morris
Dorothy Wallace
Betty Jane Neal
Burrell Walters
Sam Hugh Smith
Bobby Joyce Tubbs
Shop boys make Xmas gifts as class project
Christmas gifts are being made by the shop students this week under the direction of W. A. Andrews, teacher of manual training. The gifts consist of tables, stands, and what-not shelves. Modernistically designed smoking stands hold prime interest for gift selection. Four stands are near completion, made of pine and painted black with white trim.
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W. A. Andrews
Buster Worley Moves to Breckenridge
Former Monahans student Buster Worley moved to Breckenridge on Friday, starting a new chapter away from his hometown.
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Buster Worley
Breckenridge
Monahans
Sixth Grade Completes Pilgrim Church Display
Miss Esta Lou McReynolds sixth grade reading class finished a Pilgrim church project started before Thanksgiving. The reproduction depicts the church the Pilgrims used for worship with Miniature Pilgrims and Indians around real tree branches, now displayed in the sixth grade room.
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Esta Lou McReynolds
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