Vocational Nurse Training Offered in Monahans
A. G. Adair reports that Ward Memorial Hospital seeks local women for a Licensed Vocational Nurse training class. Nurses trained here are expected to gain immediate employment at Ward Memorial as the hospital expands with 14 new rooms. Bill Solomon recounts a radio encounter praising Monahans’ cleanliness, and the column closes with political primaries commentary and a call for Little League volunteers.
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Woody
Ward Memorial
Cabbage
Bill Solomon
Zero Cooper
Bill
Alabama
Monahans
Ole Bill
T&P Plans To Discontinue Two Daily Passenger Trains
The Texas and Pacific Railway seeks approval to discontinue Texas Eagle trains Nos. 21 and 22 between Fort Worth and El Paso due to mounting losses. Train 21 leaves Monahans at 7 10 p.m., and Train 22 at 6 55 a.m. The carrier will keep Nos. 27 and 28 with California connections.
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Texas and Pacific Railway Company
Texas Eagle
Fort Worth
el Paso
Monahans
T&p
West Texas
Texas Eagles
California
Effort Made To Stall PAFS Sale
Dallas GSA bulletin announces disposal of PAFB facilities and about 13 acres of land. Texas University land also included. County officials and state representatives press to delay sale pending Hospital Board decision on use as a state school or for industrial purposes.
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University of Texas
Toon Estes
Chamber of Commerce
Gene Hendryx Immediatey
State Hospital Board
Special State
West
Texas
Jaycees State Teenage Golf Tourney Planned
The Monahans Jaycees sponsor a Teen-Age Golf Tournament at Monahans Country Club on Saturday June 13 with 8 a.m. tee off. Play is low ball. Any teenager may enter with no charge. Register with Pro Horace Norman in the Club Pro Shop before Saturday morning.
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The
Monahans Jaycees
Monahans Country Club
Horace Norman
City Patrolman Resigns After Week with Force
Charles Titus, employed as a City Patrolman on May 29, resigned last Thursday, per City Manager Walter Harwell. Titus had served on the local force about 18 months from November 3, 1961 to April 11, 1963.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Titus
Police Department
Walter Harwell
Harwell
Titus
Deadline Near In Hunt For Mystery Jaycee
The Jaycees contest in Monahans seeks entrants for the Mystery Jaycee with final clues in the June 18 Monahans News. Entries must arrive by June 19 and winners revealed June 22. Dr. T W Longbotham Jr says entrants may submit multiple times. ties go to earliest postmark. clues appear in The News.
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Jaycees
Monahans
Monahans News
T. W. Longbotham, Jr
G Falls Water Works Contractor Dies In Crash
James Young Holt Jr of Austin, a Holt Construction Co. contractor on the Grandfalls water works project, died at Keidel Memorial Hospital Fredericksburg after a head-on collision near Fredericksburg Saturday night. A New Orleans couple also died in the crash. Services are in Austin. body with Weed-Corley Funeral Home. Holt left Grandfalls about 3:30 pm after a week on the job. He was married with no children.
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James Young Holt, Jr
Austin
Fredericksburg
Holt
Keidel Memorial Hospital
Weed-Corley Funeral Home
Holt Construction Co
New Orleans
City Council Meeting Sets Agenda and Items for Today
City Council will meet in regular session at 2 PM in the City Hall Council Room. The short agenda includes selling an old fire truck to Orla, opening Pearson Park, advertising a Budget public hearing, and a T and P Railroads street dedication with city costs. Floor business is the final item.
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Orla
Pearson Park
T and P Railroads
Seven Indicted By Grand Jury In Ward County
Ward County Grand Jury returned seven indictments including two for assault with intent to kill and one for assault with intent to rob. Alton Alvie Taylor and Jimmy Jaquez face rifles in May shootings. bonds range from 1,000 to 5,000 with other burglary, theft, forgery, and passing forged instrument charges against Walter Earnheart Lloyd Lancaster III Charles Harden Felix Santos and Gilbert De La Rosa.
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Ward County Grand Jury
Alton Alvie Taylor
W. R. McGinnis
Taylor
Jimmy Jaquez
Jerry Blanton
Monahans
Jaquez
Gilbert de la Rosa
Walter Earnheart
Lloyd Lancaster, Jr., III
Charles Harden
Felix Santos
Legion Auxiliary Meeting Notice
The American Legion Auxiliary holds its regular meeting Tuesday at 8 p.m. in the American Legion Hall. New officers for the coming year will be elected and all members are urged to attend.
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Barry
Johnson
American Legion Auxiliary
American Legion Hall
Ward County Naylor Leads Narrowly in DA Runoff
Unofficial returns from Ward County show A R Archer Jr of Monahans and Richard Naylor of Pecos tied for the 143rd District Attorney post with Naylor ahead 2122 to 2120. The result may trigger a recount after official canvass.
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Archer-Naylor
Ward County
A. R. Archer, Jr
Monahans
Richard
Naylor
Pecos
Archer
Ward
Reeves
Loving
White
Ed Foreman
Snelson
S. L. Abbott
el Paso
Pool
Bill Hayes
Temple
Three Local Youths At Boys State
Fred Chaney Wayne McPeak and Mike Pope of Monahans were among 718 high school boys from across Texas who registered for the American Legion Boys State opening at the University of Texas in Austin. They join a program that emphasizes doing by learning and includes a Capitol visit and Governor's Ball with scheduled speakers. Since 1940 Texas Boys State enrollment totals 10,406 junior high boys.
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Fred Chaney
Wayne McPeak
Mike Pope
Monahans
American Legion Boys State
Austin
Legion Post
University of Texas
Longhorn
Pioneer
American Legion
Capitol
John E. McKelvey
Electra
Harry Ransom
Zollie Steakley
Supreme Court of Texas
American Legion Auxiliary
Harold J. Cooper
Beaumont
Harry Wright
Mexico City
Robert W. Calvert
Dave Shanks
Austin American Statesman
Boys State
Texas
Newcomers List Adds Families to Monahans Community
This week's newcomer list in Monahans includes families who moved to town in the past two weeks. Welcomed residents include Rodolfo Trevino Rex N Farley Harold A Dalton Ronald E Poston Edward Bizzak Charles Fant Landon Jordan Stewart Smith Clifton Stewart Charles E Miller Robert Deich Harold Cook Jimmy Mantooth B J Cox B E Schultz and John Rutherford with street addresses.
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Monahans
Rodolfo Trevino
E. D. S. P. Wilson
W. 19Th
Rex N. Farley
W. 14Th
Harold A. Dalton
S. Eric
Ronald E. Poston
S. Main
Edward Bizzak
Charles Fant
S. Idaho
Landon Jordan
S. Gail
Apt
A. Stewart Smith
S. Faye
Clifton Stewart
W. 15Th
Charles E. Miller
S. Franklin
Robert Deich
S. James
Harold Cook
Jimmy Mantooth
E. 2Nd
B. J. Cox
B. E. Schultz
S. Kenneth
John Rutherford
District Court Closes Session After Settlement
District Court ended its session Wednesday afternoon with the case E. T. Sparks vs Transport Insurance Co settled before trial. Criminal District Court is scheduled for June 29.
Funeral services for Ruben G. Curb today
Ruben G. Curb dies after a prolonged illness. Services will be held at 10 a.m. at First Baptist Church with Rev. Francis Wilson officiating. Graveside rites follow at Rose Hill Cemetery in Merkel at 4 p.m. Survivors include his widow, son Larry of Monahans, and brothers L. P. Curb of Merkel and L. C. Curb of Pecos. He was born September 9, 1905 in Merkel.
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First Baptist Church
Francis Wilson
Ruben G. Curb
Mr. Curb
Third Street
Monahans
Big Spring Veterans Hospital
Merkel
Tery
Larry
L. P. Curb
L. C. Curb
Pecos
Lubbock Rites For Geo Brewer Details
George W. Brewer 70 of Lubbock died after a heart attack. He is survived by his widow, two sons Charles Dallas and George Jr Liberal Kansas. Services are set for 2 p.m. today in Lubbock. he was brother in law to Mrs Sue Andrews of Monahans.
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George W. Brewer
Lubbock
Sue Andrews
Monahans
Charles
Dallas
George, Jr
Liberal
Kansas
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A. G. Adair
T&P’s
John Connally
Terry Sanford
Germel
Manteo
N. C
Gulf Stream
Connally
General Services Administration
PAFB
Jaycees State
Deadline
Hunt
Mystery
Jaycee
G‘falls Water Works
Mr. Holt
Grandfalls
Richard White
Congress
Richard Naylor
Pete Snelson
Senate
A. R Archer, JR
Sinclair Liquor Store
Naylor Slim
Jack Cox
George Bush
Bush
Ralph Yarborough
Malcolm McGregor
Midland
George Cook
Odessa
Joe Pool
Robert Baker
Ruben G
Rose Hill
Ceme
Geo. Brewer
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