Founders Month Celebrated by Monahans Wickett P T A
About 1 000 Monahans and Wickett residents belong to PTA units across seven local chapters. Founders Month highlights 65 years of PTA work with programs aimed at youth betterment and parent teacher understanding. Texas PTA history notes early campaigns in health, education, and child welfare, praising district leaders including Mrs H H Patterson and Mrs J B Reynolds.
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Monahans
Wickett
Monahans and
Monahans-Wickett Independent
PTA
H. H. Patterson
P-Ta
Tatum Elementary
J. 8. Reynolds
Texas Pta
Ward County
Lone Star
United States
Poll Tax Sales Reach Record High in Ward County Off-Year
Ward County poll tax sales surged in a non-presidential election year with 3 915 taxes and exemptions issued by Tax Assessor-Collector A M Bowman covering eligible voters through January 31 1963. The total tops previous off-year records though lags the 1960 peak of 4 200.
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Ward County
A. M. Bowman
Ward
Bowman
Gospel Meet Set By Church Of Christ In Monahans
The Church Of Christ at Third and Dwight in Monahans opens a gospel meeting tonight with daily services at 7 30 PM through Sunday. Evangelist O L Winborn will lead with James Patterson of Monahans on music. Roy Stephens invites the public and urges church members to attend each service.
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Third and Dwight Church of Christ
Monahans
O. L. Winborn
Church of Christ
Wink
West Texas
James Patterson
Winborn
Roy Stephens
Adair Douses Coyanosa Well Fire
Red Adair and Houston oil crew extinguished a wild gas well fire near Coyanosa on Friday noon. The blowout began Monday and the drilling crew fled. no injuries were reported. Great Western's $750,000 rig was destroyed.
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Monahans
Houston Oilve
Red Adair
Coyanosa
Great Western
Eight Newcomers Listed Last Week In Monahans
Southern Union Gas and Texas Electric Service named eight newcomers to Monahans last week. The list includes Max McMichael, Bennie Jack Swindle, G L Haines, Don Billingsley, Margarito Yantz, Billy Dennis, Bill R DeLong, and Bill R Ince with street addresses provided.
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Monahans
Southern Union Gas
Texas Electric Service
Bennie Jack Swindle
South
Harry
G. L. Haines
Gail
Apt. A
Don Billingsley
South James
Weather Wacky In Ward County January
January brought record low temperatures in Ward County Monahans experienced the coldest morning in history with readings near 15 below outside city limits and 9 below inside. The month averaged 41 degrees, with 2 inches of extremely dry precipitation and only a trace of snowfall.
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Monahans
John Rogers
Ward County
Monahans High announces honor roll for first semester
Monahans High School released its first semester honor roll listing twelve seniors including Karen Goodman and Carla Graham, five juniors such as Judy Best and Frances Dawkins, and nine sophomores like Dixie Davis and Royce Hays.
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Monahans High School
Karen Goodman
Carla Graham
Pat Hull
Judy Keefer
Donna Lipham
Trey Lohmann
Carolyn Lowe
Lucianne Price
Danny Reagan
Pam Belaford
Ellen Sitton
Jimmy Williams
Judy Best
Frances Dawkins
Judy Hughes
Sherry Starling
Mary Ward
Dixie Davis
Royce Hays
Sidney Jasper
Andrea Jones
Calvin Moreland
Joe Ratliff
Richard Russell
Sidney Spinks
Carol Winton
Thief Steals From Gulf Station Cash Register
A thief lifted 78.39 from Butler's Gulf Service Station Saturday around 6 p.m. while Jack Butler, owner, waited on a customer outside. Police are investigating the incident.
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Butler's
Gulf Service Station
Jack Butler
County Agent Urges Patience On Damaged Shrubs After Freeze
County Agent John Harrison tells Ward Countians not to prune damaged shrubs yet until the danger of another hard freeze passes. He notes many plants are killed or badly damaged from the January cold and advises checking cambium to gauge viability, delaying cuts until February or March growth appears.
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P-Ta
United States
PTA
Ward County
Johnny Harrison
Ward County Courthouse
Harrison
West
Texas
A. F. Deworth
Texas A&m
Department of Floriculture
Ward
Filing Cabinet Needed By Opportunity School
Ward County Council for Retarded Children seeks a steel filing cabinet for Monahans Opportunity School as announced by instructor Mrs. Jack Dufek. Donation inquiries go to WI 3-2807. Council will meet tonight at 7 30 in the Courthouse Annex for a special program on work with retarded children.
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Monahans Opportunity School
Jack Dufek
Ward County Council
Opportunity School
Teen Age Baseball Discussion Set At Pony League Meeting
A discussion on creating a summer league for teenagers past Pony League age will be held Wednesday night at a Pony League meeting led by newly elected president J. J. Scroggins. All interested may attend at 7 p.m. in the Monahans Chamber of Commerce building.
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J. J. Scroggins
Monahans Chamber of Commerce
Telephone Booth Loses In City Wrecks
Two accidents reported to city police caused damage but no injuries. A 35 year old woman, Jeanette Seale, struck a telephone booth in the 900 block East Fourth Street at about 530 PM, bending a metal pole and possibly damaging the building. Earlier, at Alice and Sealy streets, Jose M Davila's pickup, owned by George Bentley Construction Co, sustained heavy damage with a second auto lightly damaged. no injuries.
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Jeanette Seale
South Kenneth
East Fourth Street
Alice and
Sealy Streets
Jose M. Davila
Grandfalls
Dewey D. Swater
South Calvin
Monahans
George Bentley
Bond Set for Man Charged With Theft
Bond of 1500 dollars set Friday for 54 year old Clarence R White charged with theft over 50 dollars. White was arrested by Ward County Sheriff Office and Monahans Police Department after allegedly taking a trailer and a set of elevators from the Sunray Lease northwest of Monahans.
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Clarence R. White
White
Ward County Sheriff's Office
Monahans
Monahans Lobos Upset Andrews 67 57 In District Play
Mona Hans led Monahans with 18 points as the Lobos defeated Andrews 67 to 57 in a key District 2 AAA game. Steve Fambrough and Johnny White added 14 and 12 respectively, while Emory Smith topped Andrews with 17 points. Monahans improved to three wins and six losses in district play.
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Monahans
Andrews Mustangs
Lobos
Andrews
Mustangs
Steve Fambrough
Johnny White
Gordy Tamplin
Tommy McCone
Monahans Beamers
Randy
Mrs Gunter Seeks Ward County Treasurer Post
Mona Man: Marie Gunter announces candidacy for Ward County treasurer in the May 5 Democratic primary. A longtime Monahans resident since 1944, she formerly worked for Reynolds Electric as a saleslady and ran her own Monahans business. She cites experience handling business finances and asks for voter support.
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Marie Gunter
Monahans
Ward County
Gunter
Reynolds Electric Company
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Paul Foraker
Adair
Max McMichael
South Alice
Margarito Yantz
West Ninth
Billy Dennis
South Franklin
Bill R. DeLong
South Arizona
Bill R. Ince
West Second
MHS
J. L
Liontamer
Bond
Emory Smith
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