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Newspaper
Monahans News
Location
Monahans, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1978
Page
1
Marian Rodgers laments language changes from equal rights to gender neutral terms. She argues ERA activists push group identities and desexing, predicts shifts from male headed households to matriarchal norms, and imagines nursery rhymes and familiar phrases altered by political correctness.
Two local sixth graders James Floyd and Carl Hallmark were picked to attend Salvation Army Camp Hoblitzelle near Midlothian. They will travel by car today with transportation provided by the SA camp service unit led by Lathan Walker. The state organization covers all camp expenses. The camp offers a 30 acre lake horseback riding sports handicrafts hiking Fort Tejas swimming pool and more.
The 22nd annual Monahans Jaycees Carnival runs July 11 15 on Gail Ave west of Pearson Park from 730 p.m. to midnight daily and 1 a.m. Saturday Amusements by Gene Ledell Shows with 17 game booths and about 15 rides Nightly Treasure Chest prizes at 12 midnight through the week and 1 a.m. Saturday Coupons in Monahans News Tom Russell leads assisted by Lloyd Johnson Joe Brandenburg David Cutbirth Tracey Crozier and a Jaycee Ettte chairperson This year adds three surprise booths plus a membership booth.
Tickets printed in this issue qualify for the nightly prize drawings. Fill out the inserts and drop them in the carnival hopper. Drawings run at 12 Midnight Tuesday through Friday and 1 a.m. Saturday. Carnival begins July 11.
Monahans City Council schedules a 2 p.m. Tuesday July 11 session at city hall to set the 1978-79 budget. The agenda includes opening sealed bids for city lots, hearing a Skeet shooting range land use request, and reviewing an agreement with the Texas Highway Department on a railroad crossing.
The Monahans-Wickett-Pyote Independent School District board meets Tuesday July 11 at 7 30 p m to discuss the 1978 79 budget tentative, opening bids for Clements Pope Kindergarten sale, Jaycees scholarship game field use, Copyright Law, bilingual program, two resignations, new personnel, and the district joint meeting with TASB and TAS Administrators in September.
The Physician's Recruitment, Inc. meeting Tuesday at 6 p.m. will review proposed by laws. The session in Ward Memorial Hospital dining room is open to the public. Chairman Pat Ramsey urged all board members to attend.
Bids for two dump trucks for Precinct 3 will be opened during Monday morning's Commissioners Court meeting at 9. Other business includes transferring 7000 dollars to the hospital operating fund and resuming consideration of a Historical Commission request previously withdrawn.
Monahans Volunteer Fire Department responded to three fires Wednesday. None were serious. Fire at Kay Bruno residence on 512 W. 10th St required air packs to enter. A shed fire at the home and a pickup truck fire at the Blue Room on West Highway 80 were extinguished before arriving. A grass fire off Highway 18 was quickly put out.
Monahans Chamber of Commerce committees outlined plans for the 1979 Gas and Oil Appreciation Day to be held Saturday May 12 at the Ward County Coliseum. Activities include a Fiddlers Contest in the rodeo arena, expanded recreation with horseshoes washers and dominoes, and a Traveling Trophy for the top company overall, plus individual prizes. Oil and gas employees receive two free barbecue tickets with no entry fees. thanks were given to local merchants for last year’s success and to the committee.
Jaycees will host Region 1-B Convention at the Ward County Coliseum. The event runs Friday September 29 at 6 PM to Sunday October 1 at 1 PM with events including a Saturday Bar-B-Q, Friday dance, and Sunday awards luncheon chaired by J C Greer. Also outlines plans for a Jaycee Carnival July 11 to 15 and notes Treasure Chest chair Richard King reports self support through local advertising. Setup for the carnival is this weekend with a Jaycee wives picnic Monday evening and a Colonial Inn breakfast after carnival closure.
The city issued 19 residential and 1 commercial permit in June. Eleven were for additions and repairs, one for new construction, seven for mobile homes, with residential value $150,075 and the commercial permit $10,000. Year totaling $1,270,237 versus $1,465,921 last year.
The data show a July 5 high of 116 and a July 4 low of 74 with other highs around 100. The period notes a 16 degree low on January 25 and 116 degree peak on July 5, making the 100 degree spread the standing gap so far in 1978.
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