Zweiger Dominates Freedom Fair Show With Best of Show
Jackie Zweiger wins Best of Show and first place in oil painting and watercolor at the 1981 Freedom Fair Arts and Crafts Show. Donna Watts, Sue Carter, and Gary Stanford top other media. Craft winners include Winnie Bledsoe, Anita Gore, Jeannie Lynn Malone, Joy Fletcher, Carolyn Murphy, Katherine Dunagan, Ophelia Evans, and Jeannie Sutton. Children’s crafts winner Shawn Cox, with multiple second and third place awards across categories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackie Zweiger
Donna Watts
Sue Carter
Gary Stanford
Winnie Bledsoe
Anita Gore
Jeannie Lynn Malone
Joy Fletcher
Carolyn Murphy
Katherine Dunagan
Ophelia Evans
Shawn Cox
Rachel Martinez
Anna Bundick
Carol P&paleo
Sue McPeak
Debbie Robinson
Eller Davolt
M. Jurras Mayberry
Jean
July 4 Fair Winners Dominate Childrens Events
At the Freedom Fair winners dominated the children's contests. Dendys and Scotts led with multiple prizes across hot wheels, inner tube, sack race, and water balloon toss events for ages 7 and under and 8 and over. Notable victors include Charlie and Laura Dendy, Jodie and Codie Scott, Peter Reisinger, Daniel McCarty, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dendys
Scotts
Charlie Dendy
Laura
Jodie
Codie Scott
Jim Bob Scott
Jason Norton
Robert Nixon
Peter Reisinger
Seven Indicted by Ward County Grand Jury
Ward County grand jury on July 2 indicted seven suspects. Jimmie Lee Jaquez 34 faces manslaughter in the December 25 Rose Garden tavern killing of Jose Villalobos Olivas. Jacks Ray Corean 19 and Timothy Jordan 17 stand trial for the June 29 GrandFalls grocery burglary. Lewis J. Holley Jr. 51 of Monahans to face motor vehicle use without authorization from February 22. Ervin Butler Jr. 29 of 800 East B Street indicted for carrying a weapon on licensed premises June 19. Jim Wilson 29 with no address charged with burglary of a residence to commit rape June 23. The seventh suspect, name withheld pending arrest, charged with auto theft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ward County
Jimmie Lee Jaquez
North Main
Jose Villalobos Olivas
Rose Garden Tavern
Jack Ray Corean
Timothy Jordan
Grandfalls
Lewis J. Holley Jr
Monahans
Ervin Butler Jr
East B Street
Jim Wilson
Green Thumb Exhibition Set For July 24
The 1981 Green Thumb Exhibit will be July 24 at 9 a.m. in the First National Bank National Room in Monahans. Organized by Bob Miller and Stephanie Pipkin the event is sponsored by the Monahans Chamber of Commerce agricultural committee with a plant trouble clinic for insect and disease control and prizes for summer arrangements preserved foods fruit and nut exhibits vegetables and horticulture. A special attraction is the Dumb Thumb Award with prizes from local sponsors including First National Bank Frac Tank Rentals MR Oil Co First State Bank Boniie Lumber Co Texas Savings and Loan Monahans Electric Co and Meaders Oil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First National Bank
National Room
Monahans
Monahans Chamber of Commerce
Bob Miller
Stephanie Pipkin
Frac Tank Rentals
MR. Oil Company
First State Bank
Boniie Lumber Co
Texas Savings and Loan
Monahans Electric Co
Meaders Oil
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Ike
Texas
Conor
Cheerios
ST. Joseph
Ralanes
ST. Joseph Aspirin
Wome Owned and Operated
aIy
Terry
Desighner
ST. Color
Ruddock
Zweiger
Daniel McCarty
Sandra Stephens
Ginger Carrell
Noah Chavez
Richard Anderson
Randall Stephens
Brian Stephens
RCA
Kermit
PMSA
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