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Newspaper
Monahans News
Location
Monahans, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1961
Page
4
Two Santa letters from Tommy Wilson of Monahans Texas reveal a boy asking for a tent records and a squeak toy for his sister Tracy plus a cookie for Santa and a note of thanks from a North Pole writer.
Brighten outdoor spaces with a safe easy to install Santa ornament gas light. Glows at night adding warm holiday charm to any porch patio or neighborhood. See complete Gas Light selection on display floor. Free Santa Claus ornament offered as a Christmas gift and decoration saver.
The 4 H Spotlight profiles Hoy Marcum, Jean Rice, Joe Middleton, and Annette McKinley. Hoy, 10, from Grandfalls, shows a lamb and rifle interest while serving as council delegate. Jean of Barstow excels in clothing projects and lambs, with leadership roles. Joe of Monahans, 12, is a top grass judge with multiple first places and now raises rabbits. Annette, 12, from Grandfalls, earns red and white clothing awards and feeds fine wool lambs.
Downtown Monahans saw the MHS A Cappella Choir perform holiday songs on Sealy and Main last Thursday evening. The choir and Girls' Choir will present a Christmas program at 8 00 p m in the high school auditorium with a calypso version of In Bethlehem among selections.
Ward County Republican chairman Louis Pinkerton reports a more than 500 percent rise in Republicans in Monahans and Ward County based on a telephone survey by the Ward County Republican Club. The 18 month increase contrasts with a 1960 smaller survey, with optimism for victories in the 1962 elections as voters switch from Democrats amid perceived failures. The survey, about 90 percent complete, shows high voter courtesy and limited refusals to state affiliation.
George T. Abell completes No 1 BEudaly in the Dorr field flowing 61 barrels of 37 gravity oil after 8,000 gallons of fracture treatment. L D Crumly Jr. files to drill No 1 University Ward County wildcat eight miles NW of Pyote. Richardson Oils No 11-A W D Johnson in South Ward Estes yields 5.52 barrels after acid work. Harlan Production No 2 Blodgett in South Ward completes flow 14.5 barrels after fracturing. Charles B Read to drill No 10 8 Smelting near Barstow Ward County.
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