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Newspaper
Monahans News
Location
Monahans, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1961
Page
2
Desert Sands Garden Club heard E. J. Harrison Ward County Agent speak on pruning at the Chamber of Commerce Building. He demonstrated correct methods with slides, assisted by Jerry Lackey. Members received a booklet on Modern Pruning Methods from the Texas Agricultural Extension Service.
Edwards Elementary will present its annual Christmas program Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in the school auditorium. First graders perform a Jingle Bell routine, second graders a stocking routine and a ballerina doll routine, and third graders a starlight routine and a pantomime The Prince of Peace with carols.
John Turmes and others including Edd Cox Mesdames William Wardroup J P Baldridge N T Emanuel Sam F Harrill Willard Paine A L James J Mathews S C Hanks M L Turney Ted Ward Floyd West and H C Short are recorded in a local reference. This segment lists residents and associates connected to a community notice.
Mu Iota Chapter of Epsilon Sigma Alpha met with Mrs. Don Barber as hostess planning to buy gifts and groceries for an underprivileged family for Christmas. Members planned a December 21 covered dish supper and a Christmas party with turkey. T. V. Longbotham spoke on heredity and environment. A district beauty contest entry was set for January 14 in Midland.
The Tatom Parents and Teachers Association held a Christmas program by Mrs Hanson’s Sixth Grade under Mrs R B Mee Gowen Jr. The meeting opened with a Luke II devotional by Mrs Levi Price and announced the Teacher of the Year Award to be presented in January. Membership reached 223 as Hanson’s class won the room count. Refreshments followed with a Christmas theme.
Mr and Mrs Carson L Moss of Norfolk Arkansas visited the H P Coopers Thursday on a hunting trip to the Fort Stockton area.
Women gathered in the new Monahans Country Club room for a bridge luncheon hosted by Mrs. John Harlan and Mrs. Robert Russell. High scores went to Mrs. A. R. Archer and Mrs. Holt Eastland. bingo winners were Mrs. Charles Baker and Mrs. Robert Murphy. Guests included many local ladies and visitors from Wink. Earl Earp and Jack Stoneback attended the Grand Lodge Chapter and Council meeting in Waco last week.
Mrs Alma Hale and Bill Waldron attended the West Central Regional meeting of the Council for Exceptional Children in Austin from November 29 to December 2. Eleven states attended at the Commodore Perry Hotel with the theme Closing the Gap Between What We Know and What We Do in the Education of Exceptional Children. Delegates toured the Austin State School Texas School for Deaf Blind and Orphans School for Negroes and local facilities while symposiums and lectures covered education of mentally retarded physically handicapped and gifted children. Hale teaches the Special Education Class and Waldron is High School Counselor who will test children entering the program.
Mr and Mrs Jack Ammer and Mrs Sally Sawyer attended the funeral of Thomas H Taylor former president of Howard Payne College in Brownwood on Thursday They visited in the home of H P Taylor son of Mr Taylor
Ward Memorial Hospital Auxiliary expresses gratitude to all who aided the parade float which won first place in the Yule-Bi-Lee Parade Tuesday. The truck was loaned by Permian Mud Service with Willard West as driver. Mrs. Ralph Scott donated the poinsettia plant later given to nurses. Committee chair E A Davis led helpers including H Q McMasters, B C Milford, Jap Taylor, W J Fletcher, Rex Hitchcock, James Rice, C H Sherrod, C M Usry and S C Hanks, plus two men assisting decorating C A Woody and Hugh Skinner.
The piece traces Rembrandt’s life as intertwined with his work, detailing his rise from humble origins to wealth, the marriage to Saskia, family estrangements, clashes with Amsterdam burgher culture, a late affair with Hendrikse, a dark period after bankruptcy, and a final renewal culminating in a unique artistic happiness.
The Christ Child directed by Mrs R B McGowen Jr will be presented as the Tatom Elementary Christmas program December 11 at 7 30 in the high school auditorium The theme focuses on Christmas worship rather than gift giving Each class performs a part in the program
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