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Newspaper
Monahans News
Location
Monahans, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1963
Page
9
This column memorializes W A Davis a respected community figure killed in a highway crash. It praises his dedication to family church and state service and notes Gene Hendryx a World War II Marine and local media owner as a capable successor and representative.
William A. Davis senior resident engineer for the Texas Highway Department died after a collision at FM 1450 and State 18 seven miles south of Grandfalls. Bobby Jones Odessa contractor also died. Clovis Martin Midland driver injured but not seriously. A negligent homicide complaint was filed. services held at First Presbyterian Church Monahans with Masonic graveside rites.
Regular council session this afternoon will focus on paving work including bids for the new Service Center and Cemetery, a 1963 street seal coating program, advertisement of bids, and consideration of the 1963-64 budget with a public hearing date set. Public comment ends the meeting.
May saw Sandhills State Park host 7940 visitors led by 1588 cars with 23 states represented and guests from Canada Mexico Argentina Nassau West Indies and England among those noted in the manager J A Jaynes report.
Vernon Glenn Driskill and Mary Louise Driskill of Monahans school faculty attend an Advanced Institute for School Counselors at Texas Tech from June 6 to July 17. Supervising staff includes local and national psychologists. The program focuses on helping able under achievers and broad student problems.
The Ward County grand jury returned seven true bills to District Judge J. H. Starley. Indicted individuals include Joe Sims for forgery and passing, Gene Muldrow for forgery, Loyd Lancaster III for burglary, Richard Holt for burglary, Arlie Best and Dean Price for forgery, and Claude Weldon Hum berson for second offense DWI. Humberson pleaded guilty and received a two year suspended sentence.
The Jaycees sponsor Monahans entrants to the Junior Champ contest in Fort Stockton June 14 and 15. Boys 10 to 17 are urged to attend workouts at the High School Stadium June 10 to 13 under Coach Red Martin with local Jaycees guiding and escorting to the event.
Millions of dollars in GI life insurance claims are being paid to people the deceased veteran did not intend as beneficiaries. The mishaps arise from outdated beneficiary listings or errors in designation.
Ernest Behrendt argues in Petroleum Today that oil industry research could yield a future where homes are fireproof and plastic based, lawns need mowing once a year, clothes never wear out, and fuels, tires, and engines become longer lasting. The piece highlights potential petroleum driven advances across housing, transport, agriculture, health and manufacturing.
Ward County 4 H Grass Judging placed third among sixteen teams the best in Texas with Tommy Harrison earning second high individual at 278 of 300. Teammates Cappy Peer Brice Fowler also honored under leader Bluford Thornton. The Enomology and Farm and Ranch groups also participated with notable demonstrations and a third place Foods and Nutrition award for Ronald Speer. State Roundup runs the first week of June and Ward County traveled June 3 to June 6.
Three damage suits totaling 1 472 896 filed in district court allege negligence or gross negligence by multiple defendants after an oilfield tank farm explosion and fire near Pyote on June 9 1961. Widows Nell Hutchison Tommie Maxwell and Lenora Price seek combined damages for the deaths of husbands Deputy Sheriff Leroy Hutchison City Water Official Carl Maxwell and County Commissioner Leroy Price.
A total of 21 new families have moved into the Hometown since last Monday. Names include Walter Birt Kenneth Reid Cole Calvin E L Cullison Jerry Lansford K W Keenan Norvell Jackson Nathan R Couddling Bill Edman Raymond Seider Ellis Helmers Cleo Shows Ted Waggoner Ben L Bates Jimmy Carr Robert L Porter Jesse Ross Jimmie Mason Dwain Dodson and R E Berton. Miss Linda Pearce selected for Student Foreign Exchange Program to Germany this summer with Carol Winton attending as alternate. Brenda Pack also to attend.
City police report an early Saturday altercation in Apartment No 1 at the Rider Hotel left Robin Anderson hospitalized with a bullet lodged near the upper nose. Robert Lee Washington confessed to striking Anderson with a .32 caliber pistol after a card game dispute. Washington hid the gun under a mattress. another woman in the room may have handled it, and the weapon remains unfound as Washington remains jailed.
Kenneth Elsworth Maines a cross country hitchhiker was robbed here Sunday of 42 dollars in cash and clothing valued around 185 dollars. He told investigators three boys he picked up in Arizona were likely bound for Ohio and a pick-up order was sent along Highway 80 east. Captain L L Lane led the inquiry.
A correction notes a typo in last Thursday's News story misreporting the eight Republic ans for the 29th District meeting. The item should read eighty, and the apology is extended to the Liontamer and the GOP.
A mechanical breakdown forces The News to print at the Fort Stockton Pioneer plant. This reciprocal arrangement follows a period when The Pioneer was printed at The News plant.
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