Ex-Marine Receives Purple Heart 24 Years Late
Former Marine Sergeant Cale G Myers now lives in the Cox Addition on Grandfalls Highway. He earned the Purple Heart for wounds from Saipan on July 3, 1944. The medal and certificate were sent after 24 years due to misplaced papers, with the certificate dated May 23, 1968. Myers served in Guadalcanal and Tarawa, received a Presidential Unit Citation with two stars, and was wounded by shrapnel on Saipan. He now works with the Ward County Riding and Roping Club and may ride in a parade with a calm horse.
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U.S. Marine Corps
Cale G. Myers
Cox Addition
Grandfalls
Saipan
Myers
Navy
Bremerton
Washington
Guadalcanal
British Solomon Islands
Battle of
Tarawa
Gilbert Islands
Tinian
Ward County
Bhronc
Jaycees honor four local firms at banquet
Local Jaycees awarded four appreciation honors at the Distinguished Service Award and Boss Night Banquet at the Colonial Inn. Sprinkle Printing Company KVKM TV KVKM Radio and the Monahans News were cited as good friends, with emcee Bob Avary noting the group’s projects rely on their support. Jim Wilhite, stepping down as president, presented the awards.
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Colonial Inn
Sprinkle Printing Company
Kvkmtv
Kvkm Radio
The
Monahans News
Jaycees
Bob Avary
Avary
Jim Wilhite
Vacation Workers Need Social Security Numbers This Summer
Thousands of students take summer jobs and must provide a Social Security Number to their employer for withholding. They should request a W-2 form and mail it to themselves to file tax returns, with refunds possible if annual earnings stay under $900.
Newborns Reported in Local Birth Notices
Just Arrived births list several families with newborn daughters and sons. Entries cite Mr. and Mrs. Carl Yoho with a girl born May 29 weighing 8 pounds 1 ounce, Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Meeks with a girl born May 30 at 8 pounds, 14 ounces, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Smith with a girl born May 31, and Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Mosley with a boy born June 2 weighing 6 pounds 15 ounces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Yoho
Ronald Meeks
Robert Smith
Kenneth Mosley
Grandparents Day Brings Twin Grandchildren
Thornton police sergeant and wife Mr and Mrs Wallace Matlock became grandparents twice in one day. Their younger daughter born a boy in Parsons Kansas and two hours later the older daughter delivered a girl in Fort Walton Beach Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thornton
Colo
Denver
Wallace Matlock
Parsons, Kan
Fort Walton Beach
Fla
Boss of the Year honors go to Monahans Wickett Pyote ISD leader
George Snapp co owner of Calibration Service Award for 1967 and Glenn Elrod business manager for the Monahans Wickett Pyote Independent School District were honored as Boss of the Year in a special awards ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Snapp
Glenn Elrod
Monahans- Wickett-Pyote Independent
Texas Electric Service Joins Nuclear Reactor Drive
Texas Electric Service and 20 investor owned utilities join Gulf General Atomic in a two year program to develop a gas cooled breeder reactor aimed at high breeding gain and low fuel cost. Hulsey said the effort could lead to a full scale system by the early 1980s with fusion research also under Texas Energy Foundation sponsorship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Electric Service Company
Gulf General Atomic Inc
San Diego
Cal
Burl B. Hulsey Jr
Texas Electric Service
United States
Europe
Halsey
Texas
Texas Atomic Energy Research Foundation
University of Texas In
Austin
Hulsey
Two Monahans Residents Earn Degrees at Baylor
Two local residents received Baylor University degrees in a Friday night commencement at Heart O' Texas Coliseum. Mrs. Sherry Elaine Prescott Clark earned a BA in English and Latin, and Joe Edward Ratliff earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in accounting, in the largest Baylor graduation ever.
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Baylor University
Waco
Heart O’ Texas
Abner V. McCall
William B. Clark
Joe Edward Ratliff
Monahans
Clark
Sherry Elaine Prescott
C. J. Prescott
S. Franklin
Ratliff
Glenn Ratliff
S. Dwight
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Brownie
Lou Chandler
S. Calvin
H. A. Collins
Tesco
Baylor
Farrier
Everage
General Electric Mobile Maid
Eiappy
Sather
Asher Furniture Co
Alice
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