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Newspaper
Monahans News
Location
Monahans, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1966
Page
1
A Texas election year preview warns voter turnout could be unusually low on June 4 with Attorney General and local races decided by a small margin. A Saturday bike crash near a residence prompts a call for licensing and parental responsibility in motorized riders.
Safeway Stores Inc transfers operation of the 410 South Betty Monahans location to M System Food Stores of San Angelo effective June 5. The deal includes all merchandise fixtures and equipment while the store remains open under new management led by Bob Tucker from June 6. M System plans remodeling and continues warehousing and distribution from San Angelo.
Wayne Laird manages Mona hans Shell Service Station completed just west of Colonial Inn on Interstate 2. A free drawing at 2 p.m. Saturday offers first prize of 100 cash plus four clock radios with free registration. The manager, moving from Midland, invites residents to visit and try the service.
The Jaycee spon sored project Work-a-Rama invites teenage job seekers to register with the Chamber of Commerce. Secretary Janis Kimberlin says many names are on file and locals needing yard work baby sitting and short term work can call the chain office. The program runs mainly in summer.
A major real estate transaction recorded in Ward and Pecos Counties covers property and mineral rights valued in the millions. The Anchor Corp of Amarillo buys 12 675 acres near Fort Stockton and 2 300 acres of Ward County surface lands from Dan W Cooper Jr and C A Hudson, conveying mineral interests and a Fort Stockton residence. The land was developed by the Buchanan family and previously owned by Clayton Williams, B E Mitchell, and John S Oates before sale to Cooper and Hudson.
Former minister Rev. Weems Dykes now preaching in Irving will fill the pulpit Sunday at 11 a m at his former church. A basket dinner for all church families will follow the service.
Ward County Democrats return to the polls for a runoff featuring two JP races and a statewide Attorney General contest. Incumbents Bill Reagan and W A Gotcher compete in Precincts 2 and 4 respectively, while Crawford Martin faces Franklin Spears for AG. Voter turnout from May 7 is expected to be low, with Republicans not in runoff.
City police logged a wild weekend with 31 individuals processed for varied offenses from profane language to drunken driving. Among charges were affray nine petty theft six leaving the scene of an accident one and disturbing the peace two. A shoplifting case added cookie theft totaling 50 dollars in fines.
The Monahans Wickett Pyote Independent School District starts a special program for non English speaking pre school students and a remedial reading program for grades one through eight. It begins Monday at 8 30 a m at Sudderth and Middleton Schools with all registered students and non English speaking preschool children urged to attend.
Andrews High School led with 216 graduates this year among eight area schools in District Two 3-A. Monahans was second with 158, Odessa Ector 146, Kermit 183, Pecos 129, Seminole 165, and Fort Stockton 103 as the smallest.
The Mona school board awarded the air conditioning contract after final negotiations. Dub Whitt’s Dub's Heating and Air Conditioning submitted evaporative cooler work for 60,600 while C A Gray Air Conditioning Corp of Odessa will handle the refrigerated installation for 98,000. The total settles at 153,600, about 5,000 under the initial bid.
May permits added 106 350 to the year’s five month total bringing the value to 615 965. Residential permits led the rise with four new homes valued at 80 500 and four additions repairs totaling 4 850 lifting eight permits to 85 350. Commercial activity included two new building permits at 19 500 plus two additions and repairs totaling 1 569 for a 21 000 month total.
A Texas minister changed his sermon to The Thief Who Came to Church after morning offering was stolen from the church depository. Highway patrol found the deposit sack with checks near Pyote in Ward County where Highway 80 meets Interstate 20. Between 250 and 300 dollars in currency and silver missing. Sheriff L B Eddins of Kermit continues the investigation and seeks witnesses about a parked car near the Pyote toss site.
Civil jurors begin week with 14 cases set for trial led by Donald C. Co and Lyle C. Saunders v Continental Supply.Co. The slate includes six damage claims and eight non cases with morning motions and jury selection starting at 9. Judge J H Starley presides as trials begin at 9:30.
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