Scouts Rally Districts to Celebrate Boy Scout Week
About 150 Boy Scouts from Mona has Wink Kermit Pecos and Grandfalls gather at Monahans Athletic Field Saturday at 1 p m for a district rally marking the 28th anniversary of the Boy Scout movement. Activities include field events scoutcraft safety demonstrations and competitions such as sprints relays knot tying signaling tug of war and marksmanship under supervision.
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Monahans
Wink
Kermit
Pecos
Boy Scout Movement
W. A. Andrews
Sewell Infant Dies in Local Hospital
Funeral services for Mack Denton Sewell infant son of Mr. and Mrs. O. D. Sewell were held Tuesday at 3 from Walter Harwell Funeral Home conducted by Rev. Ray McGrew. Interment followed at Monahans Cemetery.
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Mack Denton
O. D. Sewell
Ray McGrew
Walter Harwell
Monahans Cemetery
1 276 Barrels Daily For 3 Ward Wells
Three wells totaling a daily average production of 1 276.08 barrels was recorded for Ward county this week. Humble No 21 F University in the Wickett area flowed 466.85 barrels in 24 hours, pay topped at 2 565 feet. Humble No 27 Richter in Estes pool yielded 78 24 barrels in six hours for 625 92 barrels daily, shot with 114 quarts nitroglycerin. Location details follow. A. E. Lynch No 3 B Himmel in South Ward produced 183.31 barrels in 24 hours, pay topped at 2 255 feet when shot with 150 quarts. Location given.
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Ward County
Humble No
F University
Wickett
Hutchins Pool
Estes Pool
H&tc
A. E. Lynch
South Ward
Pay
Bank Closed Saturday for Lincoln's Birthday Holiday
The First State Bank will close on Saturday February 12 in observance of Lincoln's Birthday as a legal bank holiday.
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First State Bank
Local men in Abilene attend Legion rally
Earl Earp travels to Abilene with G. E. Robinson to visit his ill aunt Mrs. J. S. Hall and to hear National Commander Doherty address the American Legion program for 1938 at the rally.
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Abilene
Earl Earp
Monahans Chamber Elects Davis President for 1938
Melvin S. Davis was elected president of the Monahans Chamber of Commerce for 1938 to succeed retiring president H. F. Grayson. The second annual dinner and ladies night drew members and wives to the Presbyterian Church banquet room. H. Houston of Gulf Oil outlined local operations noting 256 Gulf employees in Ward County with $45 000 monthly wages. William Coghill of Ozark Chemical highlighted uses of sodium sulfate or salt cake and its production process.
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Melvin S. Davis
Monahans Chamber of Commerce
H. F. Grayson
Chamber of Commerce
Presbyterian Church
Monahans
H. Houston
Gulf Oil Corporation
Ward
Winkler
Gulf Company
Gulf
William Coghill
Ozark Chemical Company
Ozark Company
Boy Born To Mr and Mrs Jack Hall
A baby boy weighing eight pounds was born February 3 at Turney Hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hall. The infant was named Billie Jack.
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Jack Hall
Turney Hospital
Billie Jack
Oil Field Worker Injured as Cable Breaks Near O'Brien Lease
A Gulf Oil Corporation employee A. J. Burnett was seriously hurt Thursday at 11 am on the O'Brien lease about 10 miles northwest of town when a pulling cable broke. The pin struck his back while he sat in a tractor seat, causing severe contusions. He was transported to Rehmeyer Hospital by Harwell ambulance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Burnett
Gulf Oil Corporation
O’brien
Rehmeyer Hospital
Harwell
New Pharmacist Opens at City Pharmacy in Monahans
Gray Bourland of Fort Worth began working this week as pharmacist and manager of the City Pharmacy in Monahans. Jack Hutcheson, owner of City Pharmacy, moves to Big Spring to manage the Big Spring baseball club. Mr and Mrs Bourland and daughter Elizabeth Anne relocate to Monahans this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gray Bourland
Ft. Worth
City Pharmacy
Jack Hutcheson
Big Spring
Bourland
Elizabeth Anne
Monahans
Thieves Steal Large Supply Of Cigarettes
Thieves looted the Wooten Wholesale Grocery and the Shell Oil Company warehouse on Highway 80 east of town, taking 150 car tons of cigarettes from the grocery and rifling papers at both businesses. Entrance was gained through the roof at Wooten, with fingerprints taken and police investigating clues as to motive and other valuables. A similar theft occurred the previous night at Wink, where about 100 cartons were taken from Whitehouse Grocery.
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Wooten Wholesale Grocery Company
Shell Oil Company
Highway 80
Wooten
Ray Patton
Shell
Goss
Keenan
Wink
Whitehouse
May Call New Election In WYceed Courthouse Contest
County authorities released a precinct by precinct tally of Ward County poll taxes paid in 1938. Total taxes paid reached 2672 with Monahans precinct contributing 1630, over 61 percent, while Barstow 289, Pyote Wickett 242, and Grand Falls Royalty 511 in the breakdown.
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Ward
Monahans
Barstow
Pyote
New Monahans Post Office Structure Near Completion
The Monahans Post Office building is on track for completion around March 1 with roofing done and most of the exterior finished. John C. Seale, contractor, says stucco will begin Monday or Tuesday and interior work will start within the week. The Prince Brothers Building Company is constructing the facility and has secured the lease to begin next month as the local post office moves in.
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Monahans
John C. Seale
Seale
Prince Brothers Building Company
Post Office
McKee No 1-A Deepens After Strong Test Flow
Magnolia No 1-A McKee Ordovician wildcat was deepened to 5 302 feet from 5 295 feet and recovered 3 1/2 barrels of 3 gravity oil. Reportedly the test will be carried deeper. Last Saturday the 5 295 foot interval kicked off and flowed 137 barrels in 1 hour 10 minutes, part of a 405 barrel load.
Mail Deadline Adjusted to 8 P.M for Rail Schedule
The posting deadline for east and west bound mail was moved to 8:00 p m yesterday due to a Texas and Pacific Railroad schedule change. Notice appears elsewhere in this issue.
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Texas and Pacific Railroad
Cattleman Sells 1700 Head From Ward County Range
Seventeen hundred head of cattle were sold by Jim Tubb to J. W. Bonner of Gainesville. The stock was shipped to California and northern Texas for grazing, with the cattle raised on Tubb's ranch south of Monahans and shipped from Ward County via Texas and Pacific routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Tubb
J. W. Bonner
Gainesville
California
Texas
Frank M. Smith
Colorado
Ward County
Tubb
Monahans
Texas and Pacific Wards
Stop Signs Placed To Regulate North South Traffic
City installs stop signs at the Pacific Street and League Avenue intersection and at Minor and League to give priority to Pacific and Minor Street traffic. Sealy Avenue and U. S. 80 remain exceptions with north south right of way. City Secretary Miss Ilda Vernon says signs are being distributed from Sealy Avenue and more postings will follow.
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Pacific Street
League Avenue
League
Pacific
Sealy Avenue
U. S. 80
Ilda Vernon
Notice to subscribers in Monahans churches campaign
The February issues of The News will be distributed to all on the mailing list and area residents during the subscription drive run this month by the ladies' clubs of the churches. Those who fail to renew or subscribe will be dropped at the end of February.
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Monahans
Unemployment Figures Show County and State Totals
The census report released in Washington shows Ward County with 124 totally unemployed and 145 partly unemployed seeking more work while 5 are in federal emergency projects. State totals reach 451769 unemployed or on emergency programs. national figures exceed 11 million in the army of jobless and partially employed.
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Ward County
Washington
Waldman Band A Hit At Fireman's Dance
Herman Waldman led his band to a packed Monahans Fire Department Annual Ball with advance table reservations sold out. Dancers came from points east and west of the Pecos for a successful event. gate receipts figures were not yet available.
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Herman Waldman
Pecos
Monahans Volunteer Fire Department
Girl Born to Royalty Couple in Turney Hospital
Birth announcement for a baby girl to Mr and Mrs J T Mayfield of Royalty on February 10 at Turney Hospital weighing seven pounds.
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J. T Mayfield
Royalty
Turney Hospital
Sand skiing party uncovers mammoth molar in West Texas
A Monahans group on a sand hills outing found a decayed bone and a large tooth in a dune, later identified as a sea elephant molar by Sul Ross Teachers College. The find suggests the creature drowned in local swamps about 25 000 years ago. The discoverers plan further study and possible museum transfer.
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Monahans
Ogden Brown
Mildred Simpson
Russell Menzies
Fort Stockton
West Texas
Sul Ross Teachers College
Sul Ross
Four new test wells staked in Ward county oil area
Ward county reports four new test locations last week as part of 38 more sites in West Texas. Across 11 counties the first four weeks of 1938 yielded 166 test locations. Ward's sites include Humble No. 30 Richter and Humble No. 31 Richter near section 27 34 H&TC, Texas Pacific No. 24 James near section 534 H&TC, and H. S. Ward No. 1 Brown heirs near section 34 1 H&TC.
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Ward County
West Texas
Ward
Humble
Richter
H&tc
Texas-Pacific
James
H. S. Ward
Brown Heirs
Sayre
Bertner
Government Agents To Assist In Filing Income Tax Returns
Representatives of the U S Department of Internal Revenue will be in Monahans next month to help citizens file income tax returns. Deputy collectors H. Broaddus and S BD Priest will be at the Texas Hotel from 8 30 a m to 4 00 p m on March 2. The service is free and residents are urged to call for needed assistance.
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U. S. Department of Internal Revenue
Monahans
Second District
Dallas
Broaddus
Priest
Texas Hotel
Ward Officials Transfer Alleged Hijacker to Reeves County Jail
Jack Perry, accused of hijacking west of town on January 27, was captured in Odessa by Ector County officers and handed to Ward County authorities the next day. Judge A G Burton and Officer Buck Hutchison escorted him to Pecos where he was jailed pending Ward County grand jury action.
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Jack Perry
Odessa
Ector County
Ward
A. G. Burton
Buck Hutchison
Perry
Pecos
Dallas Man Fined 32 On Separate Charges
Dallas resident J. R. Gatewood paid fines totaling 32 in Judge Burton's court after arrest by State Highway Patrolman A B Nail. He was fined 18 for reckless riding and 14 for disturbing the peace.
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J. R. Gatewood
Dallas
A. G. Burton
Gatewood
A. B. Nail
Chevrolet Manager Attends Area Meet in El Paso
Mills Chevrolet Co. manager S Short attended an area meeting of Chev rolet Used Car Dealers in El Paso between Midland and Phoenix. The gathering, held Monday, focused mainly on reconditioning and selling of Oked used cars. Short stated details of the discussion.
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S. Short
Mills Chevrolet Co
el Paso
Midland
Phoenix
Arizona
Mr. Short
O L Mcmullen Returns to Former Auto Shop Site
O L McMullen moves back to his former location in the Monahans Motor Co building after about a year at Crow Motor, continuing to serve the town as a well known auto body repairman.
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O. L. McMullen
Crow Motor Building
Monahans Motor Co
Mr. McMullen
Monahans
Sloan Visit in El Paso Wednesday and Thursday
Mr and Mrs Dale Sloan visited in El Paso on Wednesday and Thursday.
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Mrs
Dale Sloan
el Paso
Dismissal in Barstow County Seat Controversy Ends Testimony
A judgment dismissing the case was entered after five days of testimony before Judge J A Crane in Ward County's 108th District Court Barstow. Both sides agreed the last November vote moving county seat to Monahans was illegal and void, ending further trial within present lines. Witnesses questioned voters' residency poll tax payment and voting methods, leaving many votes contested and subject to appeals. Monahans citizens' committee could not confirm whether to call another election after the time limit.
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J. A. Crane
108Th District Court
Barstow
Ward County
Court House
Monahans
Monahans Citizens’ Committee
City Streets Graded and Caliche Spreading Completed
City and County Road departments report caliche spread and grading on Water street and extension into the Wildman addition. Several side streets received additional caliche surfacing. Wickett streets also improved in recent weeks.
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Monahans Cemetery
Cemetery Road
Water Street
Wildman Addition
Wickett
Mrs D G Suiter 69 Dies in Grandfalls
Mrs D G Suiter aged 69 died at her daughter's Grandfalls home last Wednesday February 2. The body was prepared for shipment to Blackwell Oklahoma by Walter Harwell Funeral Home the following day.
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D. G. Suiter
Gibson
Grandfalls
Blackwell
Oklahoma
Walter Harwell
Gotcher Becomes Sole Owner of Local Cafe
M. L. Gotcher, manager of Masters Cafe, has become sole owner after buying out partner W. P. Masters of Odessa. A well known restaurateur, Gotcher has run Masters Cafe in Hobbs and Monahans, previously residing in Sweetwater. The cafe will keep the Masters name under current management.
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Gotcher
M. L. Gotcher
Master's Cafe
Mr. Gotcher
W. P. Masters
Odessa
Hobbs
N. M
Monahans
Sweetwater
Electric Man Here in Monahans on Business
E. S. Wood district chief clerk of Texas Electric Company in Midland visited Monahans on business Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. S. Wood
Texas Electric Company
Midland
Monahans
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Sewell
Melvin S Davis
Melvin Davis
C.C
Gulf, Ozark
Hall
Wooten Gro
Shell Warehouse
Jack Tyler
Tyler
Patton
Sheriff's Office
Ray Keenan
P. O
McKee
Waldman
Brown
Reeves County
Chevrolet
Electric Man
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