Grandfalls Royalty Bond Vote on School Project
Qualified Grandfalls Roy alty residents will vote Saturday on a 300000 bond issue to build a combined junior high school and gymnasium. Polls open 8 am to 7 pm at the Grandfalls school and the Royalty Girl Scout Hut. The district expects 225000 to cover the project with excess bonds canceled. The new building sits between the old band hall and football field with dressing rooms serving as a field house. The existing junior high will be repurposed for storage.
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Grandfalls-Royalty
Bination
Grandfalls
Royalty
Sup
T. C. B. Wheeler
Monahans Welcomes Holiday Shoppers with Free Parking
The advisory urges residents to enjoy free downtown parking during the Christmas season with stores staying open late and closing early on Christmas Eve for tree at home. It also praises Rep Dick White and his wife Kathy as West Texas representatives, urging district cooperation. Santa Claus hints return next issue.
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Monahans
16Th
Congressional
Washington
Dick White
Kathy
Richard White
West Texas
Texas
Funeral services for Mrs Ina King Friday
Funeral services for Mrs. Ina Mae King will be held in Big Spring Friday at 10 a.m. Burial will follow at Monahans Cemetery at 2 p.m. She was a former resident of Monahans.
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Ina Mae King
Big Spring
Monahans
King
Monahans High School Christmas Concert Tonight
The A Cappella Choirs and the Varsity Band of Monahans High School present The Music of Christmas this evening at 8 p.m. in the High School Auditorium. Admission is 75 cents for adults and 50 cents for students. The program features well known Yuletide selections and invites the public to attend.
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Monahans High School
First Baptist To Present Christmas Music
The First Baptist Church choir presents its Christmas Cantata Glory to God by Rob Roy Perry this Sunday at 6 00 p m. The program narrates the Prophecy Annunciation and Birth of Christ set to music under director Malcolm A Grainger. The public is invited.
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First Baptist Church
God
Rob Roy Perry
Christ the Savior
Malcolm A. Grainger
Donation to Eddie Lewis Fund Acknowledged
The News acknowledges a cash contribution by Gary Risinger a Browne Elementary student for the Eddie Lewis Fund.
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Eddie Lewis
Gary Risinger
Browne
Notice of Combined News Editions in December
With Christmas and New Year's Day on Friday the News will combine its Monday and Thursday editions. It will publish on Tuesday December 22 and Tuesday December 29. Club reporters advertisers and others with important announcements should plan accordingly.
Lighting Contest Underway in Monahans Yuletide year
Monahans Jaycees sponsor the Home Lighting Contest with judging to run through Christmas. Prizes total 50 dollars with first 25, second 15, third 10. Firms fund prizes. a color photo prize is awarded to top three. All yards will be judged. participants must register with co sponsors. Outside lights should stay on during evenings for judges’ tours.
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Monahans Jaycees
Sonny Bulls
Texas Electric Service Co
Reynold’s Electric
Moore Tire and Supply
DeLuxe Cleaners
Ben Franklin
B. Williams and Sons
J. and J. Electronics
Wackers
Jo Lynn Shoppe
Commercial Electric Motors
KVKM
Monahans News
Browne Elementary Presents Christmas Program Friday
Browne Elementary School will host its Christmas program at 1 p.m. Friday in the school auditorium. The free event features a play titled "’Twas the Night before Christmas" directed by Mrs. W. M. Marrs and is open to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ibah Lee Browne Elementary School
White Seeks Guadalupe Park Status and Pyote Use
Congressman elect Richard White told a Monahans Chamber gathering he expects Guadalupe National Park designation within two years with Interior Secretary Udall supportive. He hopes Pyote Air Force Station will host an Economic Opportunity School or similar project and seeks cooperation from the 16th District for park and regional development.
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Stuart Udall
Guadalupe National Park
Richard White
Monahans Chamber of Commerce
White
16Th District
John Ben Sheppard
Odessa
C. W. Brown
McCame
Ward
Washington
Ed Foreman
Pyote Air Force Station
Texas
Udall
Tom Morris
New Mexico
Carlsbad Caverns
Knights Templar Set Installation in Monahans and Pecos
Commander Hal Barnett of Texas Knights Templar will install Monahans and Pecos Commandery officers Friday night. Rex Hitchcock retires as Monahans commander. Walter Barrett to succeed. Supper at 6 p.m. followed by open meeting and installation around 8 p.m. Barnett from Alpine aided by Sam Hilburn of Midland.
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Knights Templar of Texas
Hal Barnett
Monahans
Pecos
Rex Hitchcock
Walter Barrett
Barnett
Alpine
Sam Hilburn
Midland
Pik-Pak Hit Sunday Night at Monahans Store
A city patrolman found evidence of forced entry at the Pik-Pak Grocery in Monahans Shopping Center shortly after midnight Sunday. A burglar stole cigarettes and scattered many others, with entry possibly through an unlocked door or from an inside position when the store closed at 11 p.m.
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Monahans
Bob Patterson
Patterson
Richard Barbee Named Deputy
Richard L. Barbee appointed deputy sheriff and jailer effective December 15 by the Commissioners Court. Barbee replaces Red Childs who resigned due to health. Court approved $7039 for new hospital furniture and authorized purchase of a crawler tractor and half ton pickup for Precinct 1.
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Richard L. Barbee
Commissioners Court
Barbee
Red Childs
Precinct 1
D L Croom Improving After Stroke at Midland
D L Croom, hospitalized at Midland Memorial for 10 days after a mild stroke on December 8, was reported yesterday to be making a good recovery.
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D. L. Croom
Midland Memorial Hospital
City Council Seeks Bids For Water Well Drilling Plan
Monahans City Council will solicit bids for drilling sandpacking and testing a new water well in Hogg Ranch Field to mitigate next summer water shortages. Standard Oil of Texas seeks annexation of a five acre parcel east of Interstate 20 for a service station motel and restaurant complex, with city water and sewer plans discussed. The council also reviewed four party telephone service and approved Christmas bonuses for city employees while advancing annexation efforts along West Highway 89 and Leon Street opening.
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Hogg Ranch
M. L. Niemants
Standard Oil of Texas
State 18
Niemants
Monahans
Standard of Texas
Southwestern Bell Telephone
Ben Young
Young
Bob Orr
Southwestern Bell
Orr
Bryan St
Wayne Long
Leon Street
Walter Harwell
Long
Leon
Eighth Street
East Side
Thorntonville
Thorntorsville
Cornell
J. M. Holbrook
Holbrook
Varsity Band Qualifies Six For All Region
All-Region tryouts in Midland produced six MHS band members earning qualification. Named qualifiers include Marshall Clark clarinet Anita Adams tenor sax Roger Gore trombone David Nelson Danny Mesa tubas and Mike Wright timpani who is first chair and advances to Area tryouts in Lubbock next month with potential to reach All-State in Dallas in February.
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Midland
MHS
Marshall Clark
Anita Adams
Roger Gore
David Nelson
Danny Mesa
Mike Wright
Mike
Lubbock
Dallas
Louise James
Geary Garrison
Jack Womack
Jay Kennedy
Stephen Adams
Steve Hudson
Lee High School
Middleton Elementary Christmas Program Set for December 22
Middleton Elementary prepares its annual Christmas program titled Christmas Tidings for December 22 at 9:45 a.m. in the school auditorium. First Grade Choir will sing My Two Front Teeth, Second Grade Choir Must Be Santa, plus a solo of O Holy Night directed by Mrs. Carole Dodson. Parents and friends invited.
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Middleton Elementary School
Audi
Torium
Santa
Carole Dodson
Middleton
Post Office Weekend Hours and Holiday Closings
The local Post Office will stay open until 5 pm on Saturday and from 12 noon to 2 pm on Sunday. It will be closed Christmas Day, Christmas Day observance, New Year’s Day, and related holidays. city and county offices, banks, and savings institutions also close on December 25 and 26 and January 1 and 2.
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Savings and Loan Association
Morales Rites Set After Death in Ward Memorial
Rosary was said at Hammond Chapel Friday for Jose Jesus Morales who died Thursday at Ward Memorial Hospital. Funeral services were held Saturday at 10 a.m. at the Catholic Church with Rev. John Lauretti officiating. Interment followed in Monahans Cemetery. Born Sept 3 1890 in Ft Davis he survived by a wide family including seven sons and one daughter.
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Hammond Chapel
Jose Jesus Morales
Ward Memorial Hospital
John Lauretti
Monahans
Mr. Morales
Ft. Davis
Esquivel
Lino
Jose
Roque
Monahan
National Guard Medical Unit in Monahans Likely Disbanded
The Medical Section of the Texas Army National Guard in Monahans faces probable disbandment as Lt. Col. William J. Schiebel reports inability to maintain its strength prompts a request to withdraw Federal recognition, according to a report from Headquarters 1st Squadron 124th Cavalry.
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Texas Army National Guard
Monahans
Heaaquarters
124Th Calvary
William J. Schiebel
C N Ainsworth Dies in Snyder Hospital
C N Ainsworth of Snyder died Tuesday night in Cogsdell Hospital Snyder. He was known to Ward County residents and was brother of Mrs Jack Hale of Monahans. Services were set for 2 p m today at the Church of Christ in Fluvanna followed by burial in Fluvanna Cemetery. Survivors include his widow a daughter six brothers and two sisters.
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C. N. Ainsworth
Snyder
Cogsdell Hospital
Ward County
Jack Hale
Monahans
Church of Christ
Fluvanna
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Mrs. Ina King
Yale
First Baptist
W. M. Marrs
Direc
Tor
Guadalupe Park
Pyote Afb
Willard Paine
McCamey
6Th
Mr. Brown
Wright Chrane
Pyote
Knights Templar
Pik-Pak
Richard Barbee
Dave Croom
Gary
Jose J. Morales
National Guard
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