Around the Hometown by A G Adair
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Newspaper
Monahans News
Location
Monahans, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1962
Page
1
Free Christmas Parking in Monahans Draws Crowds
Monahans shoppers found free parking effective Monday as meters sat idle while many motorists fed meters earlier in the week. The writer notes the habit of hunting meters before parking and expects Monday to be a peak day for meter use despite the new free period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monahans
Billy T. Hargis Dies at 62 in Odessa Ministry and Oil Workman
Funeral rites for Billy Thomas Hargis 62 of Grandfalls were held at Royalty Baptist Church with Rev. Jim Brown and Rev. L. L. Kirkpatrick officiating. Interment at Monahans Cemetery followed under Barnes Funeral Home direction. A WWI veteran and longtime Sun Oil employee, he died Monday at Medical Center Hospital Odessa. Survivors include his widow, two sons Elmo R. Hargis and Billy James Hargis, a daughter Mrs. G. F. Floyd, three sisters and a brother plus his mother Mrs. Alma N. Hargis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royalty Baptist Church
Billy Thomas Hargis
Grandfalls
Jim Brown
Odessa
L. L. Kirkpatrick
Royalty
Monahans Cemetery
Barnes Funeral Home
Hargis
Medical Center Hospital
Capeville
Ward County
Sun Oil Company
Elmo R. Hargis
Silver
Billy James
Morton
G. F. Floyd
Sam Moore
Cleburne
J. B. Caruthers
Amarillo
Leon Peacock
Baytown
Jack Hargis
Fort Worth
Alma N, Hargis
Relatives Seek Whereabouts Of O S Smith
Postmaster W R Shelton seeks help locating O S Smith formerly of Monahans in 1958 who has a daughter Waneda and son Allen. The letter says two brothers in Ohio are very ill and wish to contact him. Waneda's husband works on a three mile lease for Phillips Petroleum. Anyone with information is asked to advise the News or Postmaster Shelton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Shelton
O. S. Smith
Monahans
Waneda
Allen
Phillips Petroleum Company
Shelton
Boys Club Christmas Party Tonight
A Christmas party at the Boy's Club is tonight at 8 o'clock. A movie will be shown and the Jaycee-Ettes will serve refreshments to all attending boys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy’s Club
Holiday Schedule Notices For Local Offices
Post Office closed on Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. City Hall closed on New Year’s Day. Courthouse closes at 5 p.m. December 21 through December 26 and also on December 31 and January 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hall
Principal Apple Nominated for 1963 National Honor
Browne Elementary teachers nominate Francis Apple for the United States Principal of the Year award. They praise his humanity toward students and staff, noting his leadership in academics discipline public relations and student care. Apple holds degrees from North Texas State and arrived in Monahans in 1945, marking his 18th year in the Mona Hans-Wickett system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Apple
Browne Elementary
United States
Santa Letters Published to North Pole Warn of Holiday Caution
All letters addressed to Santa Claus received through Wednesday have been published and will be forwarded to Santa at the North Pole. A phone call from Santa today urges children to be especially careful during the holidays so Christmas won’t be spoiled by accidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Claus
Santa
North Pole
Jaycees Schedule New Year’s Eve Ball
Monahans Jaycees sponsor a Grand New Year’s Eve Ball in Ward County Coliseum with Bill DeLong and his Rhythm Aires providing music. Delbert Trolinder appears as vocalist as attendees bid farewell to the old year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill DeLong
Rhythm Aires
Monahans Jaycees
Delbert Trolinder
Ward County
Jaycees
Offenders Sentenced in 143rd District Court Last Week
In 143rd District Court last week two prison terms and one suspended sentence were handed down. Andrew Morris Price was found guilty of forgery and received a three year sentence to the State Penitentiary. Celestino E Overbides was given a four year suspended sentence on a possession of marijuana charge. Salvador G Armanza was sentenced to four years at Huntsville for burglary, with specific citation for burglarizing Wheeler Furniture Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
143Rd
Andrew Morris Price
Price
Celestino E. Overbides
Maijuana
Salvador G. Armanza
Huntsville
Wheeler Furniture
Construction Starts on TESCO Service Center in Monahans
Texas Electric Company begins work on a new 50 by 120 foot office and a 30 by 98 foot truck shed on a five acre site at Monahans north city limits. The facility will house line crews and technicians for six counties and store poles transformers and heavy equipment away from downtown. The Monahans distribution department has grown from 11 employees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Electric Company
Monahans
Ward
Pecos
Loving, Reeves, Winkler and
Culberson
Roland Maxwell
Electric Company
Maxwell
Texas Electric
Board Condemns Land for I 20 Route Near PAFB
Ward County Condemnation Board awarded David Ker 1250 for 15 acres of right of way and damages from I 20 project. Ker had sought 264000. The land lies adjacent to and partly within the PAFB reservation, County Judge Carl D Estes said.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ward County Condemnation Board
David Ker
Carl D. Estes
Ker
Estes
Spud Reynolds Undergoes Kidney Stone Surgery
J. S. Spud Reynolds underwent surgery at All Saints Hospital in Fort Worth on Monday for kidney stone removal. By mid afternoon Wednesday he was reported to be recuperating on schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. S. “Spud
Reynold
All Saints Hospital
Fort Worth
Pecos Officials Escape Injury In Highway 80 Wreck
Pecos Mayor Cecil Cothrun and Pecos Daily News publisher Preston Hawks, both uninjured, survived a two car collision about 10 miles east of Monahans on Highway 80 amid fog. California family of three, Mr and Mrs Howard Miller and son Gary, were hospitalized in Ward Memorial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monahans
U. S. 80
Volkswagon
California
Howard E. Miller
Gary
Ford
Cecil Cothrun
Preston Hawks
Pecos
Miller
Ward Memorial
Cothrun
Miss Davis
Millers
Hawks
Second Round Of Sabin Vaccine Due In January
A meeting with Dr. Fred Prout Ro tary Club President George Callender and Jaycees representative Floyd Langford outlined the second round of the Sabin Oral Vaccine Immunization Drive for January 6 in Ward County. About 9900 residents received the Type 1 Sabin vaccine in November and are ready for the next dose, with the Ward County Community Center again serving as the clinic. A 25 cent per dose fee is requested if possible but vaccination is available regardless of ability to pay. The goal is near total immunization, not profit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Prout
George Callender
Rotary Club
Floyd Langford
Jaycees
Ward County
Kermit Worker Burned In Gas Line Accident
Don Eggleston of Kermit sustained head and arm burns Thursday about 2 27 a m at the Estes Gasoline Lease south of Wickett. Bill Harris of Kermit escaped injury as Robinson Rat Hole Service workers drilled into a 6 inch gas line under a well location. A company truck was destroyed by fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Eggleston
Kermit
Estes
Wickett
Bill Harris
Eggleston
Robinson Rat Hole Service
Local Garages To Close For Long Christmas Holiday
Local garages and repair shops will close from Saturday closing time to Wednesday opening time for a long Christmas holiday. The break allows employees extra time for Christmas shopping and family time.
No Paper on December 24 or 31 Holidays
The News will not publish Monday December 24 or Monday December 31 to extend Christmas and New Year holidays for staff. Advertisers and clubs with important announcements should plan accordingly.
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By A. G. Adair
Billy T. Hargis
Post Office
Merry Christmas
The
Monahans News
TESCO
Spud Reynolds
Ita Kittell
Leaird Meadows
Jim Beam
Martha Foster
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