Nursing home admits first patient in Ward County Manor
The Ward County Manor Nursing Home welcomed its first patient, 81 year old Lillian Lee, last Saturday. Five admissions occurred over the weekend with nearly sixty applications received. The 98 bed facility plans an open house after New Year. Lee, born in 1889 Llano County, previously stayed at Fort Stockton’s Mountainview Nursing Home and enjoys reading the Bible and bingo.
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Ward County Manor Nursing Home
Lillian Lee
Nursing Home
Julia Martinez
Patient Lee
Llano County
Monahans
L and L Grocery
Ward Manor Nursing Home
Miss Lee
Jill Welch
Doris King
Firefighters Describe Toys for Tots Effort in Monahans
Fire Chief Lawrence Cain and Dain trace the annual Toys for Tots drive in Monahans. They note donations come year round with peak activity starting in October and culminate in Christmas Eve deliveries by Santa in pickup trucks.
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Lawrence Cain
Dain
Monahans
Lawrence Dain
Census Begins March 28 This Year Across Nation
The 1980 census mailing starts March 28 with nationwide distribution. President Carter stressed the confidentiality of responses and that information will not be used for taxation, investigations, or legal enforcement. The Dallas regional center notes the census provides a national snapshot amidst demographic shifts and guides apportionment, district boundaries, and federal funding allocation. Carter urged every person to participate and answer all applicable questions.
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Ward County
Dallas
House of Representatives
Federal Treasury
Carter
Monahans Housing Authority Hosts Christmas Open House
The Monahans Housing Authority invites the public to an open house at the new Community Room 209 S. Dwight. From 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. attendees can tour the building with kitchen facilities a large game room bathrooms and both inside and outside entrances.
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Monahans Housing Authority
S. Dwight
Oil rig accident near Kermit injures two workers
Monahans worker Oscar Salazar, 30, fractured knee and lip after falling 35 feet from a drilling platform on the Santa Fe Big No. 6, about 21 miles west of Kermit. Companions Wendell Draper, 21, suffered abrasions and possible internal injuries and was airlifted to El Paso. Both were transferred to distant hospitals at their own requests.
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Monahans
Winkler County Memorial Hospital
Midland
Kermit
Oscar Salazar
S. Allen
Wendell Draper
Odessa
Draper
el Paso
Doug Schoenewolf
Salazar
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Fort Stockton
Mountainview Nursing Home
Connie Frazier
Becky Grigry
Diana Gonzalez
Audrey Willis
Martinez
Cain
the Fire Department
Daii
Santa
Ol’ Santa
Jimmy Carter
United States
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