Monahans Chamber Banquet Draws 350 Plus Attendees
More than 350 people attended the Chamber of Commerce Banquet in Monahans. Outgoing president Bill Moss highlighted the Industrial Contact Team revival and the hiring of Del Forbush as executive director. Incoming president Karl Richey urged locals to join in community growth. Awards were given for Youth Leadership, Merit, Outstanding Citizen, and an inaugural Outstanding Director’s award to Bill Goin. Guest speaker Dr. Don Newbury urged trust, listening, and focused effort for West Texas progress.
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Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Bill Moss
del Forbush
Karl Richey
Monahans
Bill Goin
Ewell Dean Kennelly
Rita
Emmett Feaster
Walter
Robert M. Orr
Don Newbury
Walter Feaster
Rita and
Bob Orr Named 1980 Citizen of the Year in Monahans
Robert Mitchell Orr honored as Outstanding Citizen of the Year receiving the plaque from last year s recipient. Born in Los Fresnos Texas 1926 he served as Army captain engineer then moved to Monahans as Gulf Oil employee and later led his own engineering firm. He directed community work including Los Hermanos de la Frontera and funded a water well project in Honduras.
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Robert Mitchell Orr
Joe B. McShane Jr
Orr
Los Fresnos
Tex
Corpus Christi
Dallas
North Texas Agricultural College
U.S. Army
Panama Canal Zone
Corps of Engineers
University of Texas
Monahans
Gulf Oil
Buckles & Hostetler
Permian Basin Chapter of
Petroleum Engineers
Odessa
First Baptist Church
Texas
Los Hermanos de la Frontera, Inc
West Texas
Emmert
Gulf and Halliburton
Permian Basin
Rita
Altar Society
Emmett
Sandhills
Ward County
Kennelly Extolled as Youth Leader at Ward County Coliseum
Ewell Dean Kennelly accepted the Youth Leadership award for 1980 at Ward County Coliseum. Since 1964 she directed school cafeteria meals for MWPISD, organizing community events such as Band Booster Dinners and athletic banquets, and preparing meals for out of town tournaments. She belongs to Texas and American School Food Service associations and has attended numerous workshops.
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Ewell Dean Kennelly
Ward County Coliseum
Kennellys
Odessa
Monahans
Mwpisd
Jaycees
New Teacher
Chamber of Commerce
D.O.E
Lions Club
Kennelly
Texas School Food Service
American School Food Service
Feaster couple win Ward County Merit award for history book work
Walter Feaster accepted the Merit award for his parents Rita and Emmert Feaster, longtime Ward County history project supporters. Rita, born near Meyersdale Pa, dedicated to welfare and photography, died December 1. Emmert, a former Army medic and Halliburton mechanic, recovering in Odessa.
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Walter Feaster
Rita
Emmert Feaster
Ward
Rita Feaster
Odessa
Meyersdale
U.S
Rita and
Emmert
Ward County Historical Commission
Ward County History Book Committee
Bill Goin Receives First Outstanding Director Award
Bill Goin of Goin Chevrolet became the Chamber of Commerce’s first Outstanding Director. A 1968 member and president-elect, he has served on the Special Events, Long Range Planning, and Nominating Committees. He helped create an ABC-TV spot in 1976, chaired Membership in 1979 80, and led Ambassadors for two years, helping win second place at the 1980 Monahans booth contest.
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Monahans
Mwpisd Board of Trustees
First State Bank of
Bill Goin
Goin Chevrolet
Chamber of Commerce
Abc-Tv
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Monahans Chamber
Western Texas College
Snyder
Center
Jerry Larned
Bryan Stuckey
Bob Orr
Rio Grande
San Antonio
Honduras
Appalachia
The
Land Art Association
Halliburton
Monahans Sand Hills
Pre
Paring and
Manning
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