Welcome Pat Haygood to Montgomery Ward as manager
A note in Once Around welcomes Pat Haygood to Monahans as the new Montgomery Ward store manager moving from Kermit. Local grid fans remember him as the Kermit Yellowjackets star halfback. The page also notes a Jaycees junior golf tournament at Monahans Country Club and cautions on high accident rates in the community with calls for safer driving.
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Howdy
Wellcome
Pat Haygood
Montgomery Ward
Kermit
Pat
Kermit Yellowjackets
Haygood
Monahans
Jaycees
Monahans Country Club
Republican Film To Be Re-Shown Friday Night
The Ward County Republican Party invites members to a free screening of Day of Decision in the Tex as Savings and Loan Thrift Room Friday June 10 with a 7 30 pm business meeting and an 8 15 pm movie showing. The film features a Reagan speech and follows his rising national profile after the A Time for Choosing speech. Reagan has been nominated for California governor and the presentation is courtesy of Wayland Martin, party finance chair.
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Ward County
Republican Party
Texas Savings and Loan Building
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
California
Wayland Martin
Republican Finance Committee
New Jury Possible For District Court This Morning
District Clerk Jack Griggs said if the case of E. R. Hunt vs Border Road Construction is resolved by morning a new jury will take over the civil docket for Judy Week. Several of 14 docketed trials have settled, with others potentially moved off as time runs short. Judge John F. Sutton sits in San Angelo in place of Judge J. H. Starley.
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Jack Griggs
E. R. Hunt
Border Road Construction
John F. Sutton
San Angelo
J. H. Starley
Lions Hear Fred Conradt at Monahans Luncheon
West Texas Children's Home superintendent Fred Conradt spoke at the Monahans Lions Club Tuesday noon to discuss remodeling progress and plans to house children upon arrival. Boss Lion Walt Roeber led the session, with reports from the recent El Paso area convention and introduction of guests Joe Ratliff Richard Hoyer Gary Freeman Robert Anderson and Dennis Donovan.
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Fred Conradt
West Texas Children’s Home
Monahans Lions Club
Conradt
Monahans
Lion Walt Roeber
el Paso
Joe Ratliff
Richard Hoyer
Gary Freeman
Robert Anderson
Dennis Donovan
Five Indictments Issued by Ward County Grand Jury
Ward County Grand Jury returned five indictments Tuesday afternoon. Three defendants are in custody or on bond, while two remain at large. Indictments include Jerry Logan of Monahans for conversion of theft by bailee and Hollis Hampton Oxford for murder with a motor vehicle in the April 16 collision that killed Jose M. Huertas of Grandfalls near Monahans.
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Ward County Grand Jury
Jerry Logan
Monahans
Joe Yocham
Hollis Hampton Oxford
Jose M. Huertas
Passenger Service Curtailed at Monahans Facilities
Two public transportation facilities in Monahans have cut passenger service with more cuts possible. Texas and Pacific Railway plans to discontinue its already trimmed Fort Worth to El Paso service, prompting a June 10 Odessa meeting with city officials and rail executives. Greyhound also shows reduced service due to a driver strike, listing two east bound and two west bound runs as temporarily halted.
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Monahans
Texas and Pacific Railway Co
Fort Worth
el Paso
Odessa
Jim Williams
Jack Forga
Greyhound Bus Co
James Lamothe
Summer Driving Course Enrollees Face Tests
Mona hans High School prepares 148 students for a rigid written exam on road rules and signs to earn a restricted license. Texas Highway Patrol will administer the test Friday. Instructors Pat Tone Darell Walker and Jerry Phillips lead the 14 years up group. After passing and paying a license fee, students obtain a front seat restricted license with an adult in the car.
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Monahans High School
Texas Highway Patrol
MHS
Pat Tone
Darell Walker
Jerry Phillips
Marvin Salyer
Pecos
Court House
Monahans
Lt Pete Flores Awarded Bronze Star in Viet Nam Action
Lt Pete Flores received the Bronze Star for actions in Operation Birmingham in Viet Nam. The award was presented by Gen Depuy after Flores took command of Troop B Calvary 4. He is a Monahans and Midland native, a Texas A&M graduate, and now heads to Bangkok for rest and recreation.
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Pete Flores
Viet Nam
Jim Pete Flores
Birmingham
Depuy
Flores
Calvary 4
Bangkok
Thailand
S. F. Flores
Midland
Monahans
Monahans High School
Texas A & M University
Physical Fitness Plan Starts for Boys in School
Superintendent George Callender announced a summer physical fitness program for boys in grades four through eight. It begins 8:30 a.m. Monday in the High School gym with basketball track weight lifting and various games supervised by Coaches Doug Ethridge Kyle Ellis and Ronald Huckabee.
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George Callender
Doug Ethridge
Kyle Ellis
Ronald Huckabee
Wreck Monday Leads to Multiple Charges
Lois Niece of Wickett drove east on Interstate 20 and failed to stay in her lane, colliding with a west bound cattle truck driven by Oscar Lawson of Baird near Wickett. She was injured and later jailed on charges of no driver's license and wrong lane driving, with a separate driving while intoxicated charge filed in Ward County Court.
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Wickert
Jodie Fore
Lois Niece
Wickett
J. C. Collins
Oscar Lawson
Baird
Ward Memorial
Horace Miller
Fore
Pyote
Justice of the Peace
W. A. Gotcher
Gotcher
Monahans
Ward
Wall Blown In Cars Collide During Storm
A heavy thunderstorm hit Monahans Tuesday afternoon with 1.97 to 3 inches of rain in blocks, hail and shifting winds. Two cars on Interstate 20 collided as drivers could not see, injuring Donald Eberhardt, Elizabeth, and Mrs. Eberhardt who were treated and released. conditions improved next day.
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Monahans
John Rogers
Thorntonville
City Drug
Donald Eberhardt
Elizabeth
Eberhardt
Eight Attend Lions Convention in El Paso
Monahans Lions hosted a district convention breakfast at an El Paso hotel with delegates Friday and Saturday. Attending locals included Hal Adams Henry Treadway Joe Luther Mo Lisman Walt Roeber Russell Criner and Hollis Grissom plus Miss Nancy Pattilo the local Lions Club sweetheart.
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Monahans Lions
el Paso
Lions Club
Hal Adams
Henry Treadway
Joe Luther
Mo Lisman
Walt Roeber
Russell Criner
Hollis Grissom
Nancy Pattilo
Sweet Heart
Cost Of Justice Runs High For Murder Trial
County Auditor R. T. Harris tab shows Winston Jones murder trial costs travel 924.51 witness 347.13 lodging 1 veniremen jurors drafting plats postage and phone 219.96 totaling 2775.43. Out of county funds cover court attorney fees White Holt Magee. Extra wil certificates 474.42 bring grand total to 3
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Cay
R. T. Harris
Winston Jones
White
Holt Magee
Jones
Maint
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By A. G. Adair
Ben Young
Lions
Dub Whitt
Monahans-Wickett- Pyote
Whitt
Righ
Troy Thackerson
Ian Thurston
Kenneth Laden
Mr. Whitt
Darrell Walker
Lions Convention
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