George Snapptook Becomes Jaycee President Following Wilhite
Glenn Elrod, 44, Monahans-Wickett-Pyote School District business manager, is named Boss of the Year by School Superintendent George Callender, succeeding 1966 winner. A Hillsborough native, Elrod moved to Monahans in 1932, served in WWII, and worked at Monahans Motor Co. before joining the district staff in 1953. He is active in churches and civic groups and was a DSA and Key Award winner.
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Jaycee
Jim Wilhite
Glenn Elrod
Monahans - Wickett - Pyote
T. George Callender
Hillsborough
Elrod
Monahans
Monahas Motor Company
First Methodist Church
Masonic Lodge
Lions Club
Kiwanis Club
DSA
Pakistani couple comments on culture and Pakistan
Mr and Mrs Zuberi discuss their homeland while living in New Mexico. They describe arranged marriages and adaptation to American life, compare West Texas to Pakistan, and explain Pakistan’s agricultural needs and planned capital Islamabad. They note gas fields, irrigation, and crops like jute wheat cotton and citrus.
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Cloudcroft
New Mexico
Odessa
Zuber
Pakistan
India
Iran
British Commonwealth
Indian Subcontinent
Islamabad
America
Zuberi
May rainfall notes in Ward County exceed last year
Temperature readings show May lows at 0 degrees on May 1 and May 18. May rainfall totaled 1.88 inches, raising year to date to 5.80 inches. This contrasts with 1967 where 0.24 inches fell in the first five months. Ward County’s average annual rainfall is listed in the Texas Almanac.
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Ward County
Clements-Pope honors list marks sixth six weeks
Principal Ed Lamb Announces honor roll at Clements-Pope Elementary for the sixth six weeks with nine students. Fourth grade includes Aurora Jara and Phillip Gonzales. Fifth grade honors go to Theresa Bell Julian Gonzales Rosalia Gonzales Crus Silvas Belinda Carranza Danny Na jar and Wayne Petties. No sixth grade honorees.
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Ed Lamb
Clements - Pope Elementary School
Aurora Jara
Phillip Gonzales
Theresa Bell
Julian Gonzales
Rosalia Gonzales
Crus Silvas
Belinda Carranza
Danny Najar
Wayne Petties
Classifieds Help With Personal Problems
A local note describes a man living with his wife Betty Allen at 1005 SS. Their son Glenn Allen is a senior at Texas Tech. The item highlights family details and ties to a Texas Tech student.
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Betty Allen
1005
Eric
Glenn Allen
Texas Tech
Obituary for Benjamin T Goodwin 1873 Rosebud Texas
Services for 91 year old Benjamin T Goodwin were held Saturday at First Baptist Church Rosebud with burial in Rosebud Cemetery. He died Friday at his daughter Ruth McGee's home in Rosebud. Born October 24 1873 in Jones Prairie he was a retired Baptist minister. Survived by daughter Mary Billingsley Dallas son Ben Goodwin Tyler two sisters J T Jarvis Shreveport Louisiana and Winnie Smith San Angelo and six grandchildren nine great grandchildren.
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Benjamin T. Goodwin
First Baptist
Rosebud
Hammond Funeral Home
Monahans
Ruth McGee
James
Goodwin
Jones Prairie
McGee
Mary Billingsley
Dallas
Ben Goodwin
Tyler
J. T. Jarvis
Shreveport
Louisiana
Winnie Smith
San Angelo
Skelly Oil West Texas District Wins Safety Plaque
Skelly Oil Company's West Texas District with offices in Andrews Crane Kermit Penwell and Plains earned a safety award for about two years with no lost time injuries. K D Morris praised the production staff for planning and safe work. The last lost time accident occurred in July 1966, with roughly 318000 accident free hours since then.
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Skelly Oil Company
West Texas
Monahans
Andrews
Crane
Kermit, Penwell
Plains
Permian Basin
Kenneth D. Morris
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Perry L. Nunley
Benjamin A. Strickling, Jr
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Tex
Wasim Zuberi
George Snapp
Fathers Day
Clements-Pope
B. T. Goodwin
Skelly
K. D. Morris
Dad
Anthony
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