Honesty and home ownership highlighted in hometown feature
A. G. Adair quotes Gaston on ballot integrity and citizen virtue while praising Pete Freeman of Mona Hans for turning scrub land into a productive West Texas farm. Freeman’s farming, lawn work, and determination are profiled, with a nod to a related piece on Pyote’s West Texas Children's Home urging read-through and continued coverage.
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A. G. Gaston
Pete Freeman
Monahans
Mr. Freeman
Pete
Freeman
West Texas
Pyote
West Texas Children’s Home in Monahans Proposed at Old Pyote Base
Officials from the Texas Youth Council and State representatives visited Monahans to plan a new West Texas Children’s Home for neglected and dependent children. The facility at the former Pyote Air Force Base aims to serve ages 3 to 16, with residents staying until 21 or reunified with families.
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West Texas
Monahans
Pyote Air Force Base
Ward County
Texas Youth Council
Gene Hendryx
Texas
Kneebone
Corsicana
Waco
Monahans News Office
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
News
Robert S. Tate
Louis M. Henna
James A. Turman
Robert W. Kneebone
Hugh Cooper
Eres
Carl D. Estes
Conrad Dunagen
Willard Paine
George Callender
Mae Hudgins
C of C
R. T. Wilson
City Council Sets Routine Agenda This Afternoon
City Council meets this afternoon to handle routine items with no urgency. On the agenda are appointing a year end auditor setting the budget hearing adjusting taxes error corrections and reviewing the water well booster pump project. A public hearing is planned for a zone change on lots 5 7 Block 2 Triangle Add.
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Triangle
Pete Freeman Proves Crops Flourish Here
Pete Freeman and his family, with Alex Adams, cleared 45 acres west of Mona and produced 2200 bales of alfalfa fodder on sandy loam. Wells supply 1200–1300 gallons per minute to an aluminum sprinkler system and open ditches. Soil tests by Texas A and M showed high quality except for nitrogen. Freeman notes water makes the land productive and acknowledges commercial viability remains uncertain.
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C. W
Pete
Freeman
Alex Adams
Muleshoe
Monahans
Texas A and M University
Loftin Named Permanent Head at Ward Memorial
Norman Loftin, acting Hospital Administrator since C A Woody’s January resignation, was made permanent Administrator by the Ward Memorial Board of Governors at a Wednesday night meeting. Holt Magee was named legal representative for the hospital. Loftin expressed gratitude for the board’s confidence and pledged to advance the hospital’s status.
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Norman Loftin
C. A. Woody
Board of Governors
Tom White
Holt Magee
Loftin
Ward Memorial
Newcomers List Names and Addresses in Gulf Camp Area
The list includes Roger Stevenson at 1907 S. Alice Larry Babcock at 1909 S. Alice Gerald Russell at 1007 S. Ike Don Billingsley at 1102 S. Harry Herbert M. Thompson at Gulf Camp Wickett Tommy Freeman at 203 F. 17th St. John Crayton at 1513 S. Imperial Frank Ott at 111 300 S. Franklin.
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Roger Stevenson
S. Alice
Larry Babcock
Gerald Russell
S. Ike
Don Billingsley
S. Harry
Herbert M. Thompson
Gulf Camp
Wickett
Tommy Freeman
F. 17Th St
John Crayton
S. Imperial
Frank Ott
S. Franklin
McDonald Store Burglarized in Thursday Night Break In
J. M. McDonald Co. was broken into Thursday night through an east window. Manager Milt Benham said inventory not yet complete but a transistor radio is missing. other items may follow once a full check is done.
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J. M. McDonald Co
Milt Benham
Clean Up Drive Leaders Thank Helpers
Chairmen Jack Griggs and Willard Paine thank Boy Scout troops First Presbyterian First Methodist and St John’s Catholic for cleaning vacant lots and aiding the cleanup. They praise city county officials trucking firms Rotary Lions and Jaycees and residents who cleared property and alleys. The drive continues unofficially. more equipment may be needed for further dead tree removals.
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Jack Griggs
Chamber of Commerce Civic Improvement
Willard Paine
First Presbyterian Church
First Methodist Church
St. John’s Catholic Church
Paul Carr Construction
George Bentley Construction
J. D. Nichols Construction
Thrasher Trucking
Pittman Trucking
A and B Tank Rentals Co
Paine
Griggs
Chamber of Commerce
Bagley Family Injured In Mona Hills Car Crash
Mr and Mrs Ronald Dale Bagley and their two year old daughter Rhonda of Mona hills were hurt when their car rolled several times west of Pyote A passing car forced a swerve into a billboard with the slogan Monahans Has Everything But You Rhonda was treated and released Mrs Bagley suffers a broken arm fractured ribs and multiple bruises Mr Bagley paralyzed from the waist with a serious back injury and multiple cuts He works in the drilling department for Humble Oil and Refining Co
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Ronald Dale Bagley
Rhonda
Monahans
Pyote
Bagley
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A. G. Adair
Bobby Charles Switzer
Charles Switzer
J. H. Starley
Switzer
Lynn
Laura
Charles
S. P. Yantis
Bangs
Ward County Bar Association
the Children's Home
Pyote Independent
Monahans-Wickett
Supreme Court of Texas
143rd_ District Court
Eighth Court of Civil Appeals
A. J. Staas
West Ward
Murray Howze
Court of Civil Appeals
Supreme Court
Howze
Supreme Court of the United States
Staas
District Court
Court of Civ Appeals
U. S. Supreme Court
Ricky Bob Freeman
Ward
McDonald Store
R. D. Bagley
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