Work, Crafts, and College in a Parents View
A First Baptist Church bulletin quotes a Dawg column debating the value of college versus skilled trades. It critiques snobbery toward hands on work, defends dignity of crafts, and argues each profession has its own worth, citing a 1957 Texas Tech graduate and parental viewpoints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Roswell
New Mexico
Dawg
Saturday Evening Post
Monahans
Angliiant
Texas Tech
Local youths near national fitness average in tests
Physical fitness tests conducted last week by Clint Ramsey for the Jaycee summer athletic program show Monahans youths near the national average. Results highlight strong running but weaker arms and shoulders with broad jumps and softball throws behind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clint Ramsey
Jaycee
Monahans
Newcomer List Includes Eleven Families Here
Local utilities listed eleven families as newcomers to Mona during the week just ended. Names include Ray Cothun, W. D. Stevens, Raymond D. King, R. A. Snyder, Daniel W. Stevens, John C. Prindle, Al Bean, Sam Loy, Henry A. Locke, O. W. White Jr., Maxie Spriggs, and others at various addresses.
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Monahans
Gail
John C. Prindle
Eric
al Bean
West Third
Sam Loy
Frank
Antique Car Parade Lights Down Monahans Main Street
Downtown Monahans hosts a 75 car Antique Auto Club of America parade along Sealy Main and Fourth Streets as part of a three day Sagebrush Tour ending at the Chamber of Commerce. Henry Treadaway and Jack Blanchard lead welcoming events with police escort and post parade refreshments at the Chamber office before a visit to Sandhills State Park.
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Sealy Street
Antique Auto Club of America
Far West Texas
Club
Sealy and
Gail Streets
Sealy
Main
Fourth
Chamber of Commerce
Henry Treadaway
Jack Blanchard
Cochairman
Chamber
Sandhills State Park
Odessa
Imperial
Fort Stockton
Alpine
Fort Davis
Marfa
Pecos
Monahans
Texas
Grand Jury Indicts Two For Murder
Ward County grand jury returned two murder with malice indictments at the end of its June session. John R. McMahan is accused in the stabbing death of Lt. Jimmy D. Fielder near Pyote on May 21. Richard Lovelace is charged with fatally beating his wife Bessie on May 11.
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Ward County Grand Jury
John R. McMahan
Jimmy D. Fielder
Pyote
Richard
Dick) Lovelace
Bessie
J. R. Bell Rites Held Saturday At Grandfalls
Funeral services for J. R. Mickey Bell age 70 were held at Grandfalls Baptist Church with Rev. Joe M. Brown officiating. Bell longtime Ward County resident and former operator of the Grandfalls movie theater died after a stroke at Ward Memorial Hospital. Burial was in Odessa Cemetery. Survivors include four sons James E. Bell H. E. Bell Robert E. Bell and Don R. Bell. one daughter Mrs. D. J. Middlebrook. two half brothers and a sister.
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Grandfalls Baptist Church
J. R
Mickey) Bell
Ward County
Grandfalls
Joe M. Brown
Odessa
Barnes Funeral Home
Bell
Ward Memorial Hospital
Ohio
4H-ers Win State Grass Contest in Texas
Four Ward County 4H members Gene Thorton Genora Thorton Carey Wilson and Charles Potts plus adult leader Mrs Bluford Thorton coached by Johnny Harrison won first place at the State 4H Roundup in grass judging Thornton was third high individual The team trained for hundreds of hours to identify grasses and grazing value marking a top achievement for the group in Texas agriculture education.
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Gene
Genora Thorton
Carey Wilson
Charles Potts
Texas
Thornton
Ward County
Bluford Thorton
Johnny Harrison
Monahans High Plans Wide Summer Activities
Monahans High School administrators and faculty map varied summer work and studies. Leaird Medows will close out 1961 62, attend a Texas workshop, and fish. Ray Pope attends a Texas UT workshop and Tech summer school. Others stay in Monahans to teach, study, or work, with plans including the World’s Fair, summer schools, and community projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monahans High School
Leaird Medows
Monahan
University of Texas
Ray Pope
Texas Technological College
Bill Waldron
Monahans
Yucca Real Estate Company
Kenneth Ballard
Clifford Batde
Seattle
Jim Beam
Texas
Dale Carnegie
Carolyn Dixon
Alpine
Shirley Etheridge
Seagle
Peggy Ivey
San Marcos
S. F. Jackson
Oklahoma
Bill Johnigan
Odessa College
Jim Jordan Jr
Rubie Kelley
Ita Kittre
Bob Mobley
Austin
University of Texas Graduate School
Deolece Parmelee
Jaycees
Clint Ramsey
Ruth Reed
Wildorado
Quebec
Canda
Laval University
Fern Schmidt
Andrew Smith
University of Southern Mississippi
Midland
Anna Watson
Don Windsor
Nazarene Church Installs New Pastor in Monahans
The Monahans Church of the Nazarene welcomes Rev. Ralph Buffington as pastor. He arrives from Odessa where he led Central Church of the Nazarene and succeeds Rev. Henry C. Thomas who moved to Denver City. Buffington, a 1948 Nazarene veteran, was born in Texarkana and studied at Bethany Nazarene College. He has pastored in Port Neches Stephenville Bay City and Denver City and now serves with his wife and two children aged 11 and 12.
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Monahans
Capital Trials Set For Late August
John R. McMahan and Lovelace face murder with malice indictments from Ward County Grand Jury. Trial week scheduled for August 27 before 143rd District Judge J H Sta to allow preparations for a special venire. McMahan held in Ward County Jail after mental tests in El Paso. case tied to the May 21 stabbing death of Lt. Jimmy D. Fielder near Pyote. Lovelace accused in the May 11 fatal beating of his wife.
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John R. McMahan
Richard
Dick) Lovelace
Ward County
143Rd
J. H. Sta
McMahan
el Paso
Jimmy D. Fielder
Pyote
Lovelace
Persian Student Injured In Oilfield Mishap
A 24 year old Baylor University medical student from Persia, Mike Foolodi, is recovering at Ward Memorial Hospital after an oilfield accident south of Monahans on Thursday evening. He was employed by an Odessa drilling company and is spending the summer in West Texas. His parents and family live in Persia and plan to visit.
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Austin
Irvin Cheatham
University of Colorado
Marjorie Reagan
Audra Rasco
Odessa
Baylor University
Persia
Ward Memorial Hospital
Monahans
Mike Foolodi
Baylor
West Texas
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Paul Foraker
Bert Blum
Harold Airington
Airington
Mike Jernigan
Arrington
Curtis Hill
Mark Bader
Bader
Walter Feaster
Dennis Sledge
Edward Moore
Chad Foster
Moore
Sledge
Foster
Gordon Blum
Stephen Cacy
Russell Tate
Eric Hardaway
Rusty Martin
Paul West
Tate
Scott Snead
Hardaway
James Cook
Ernie Wiggins
Jerry Lewis
Thomas Ewindle
Albert Hill
Oscar Jones
David Sledge
Jim Patterson
Carl Thompson
Ward
South Main
Jaycee-ettes
Greg Garrison
Gloria Garrison
Betty Rodgers
Ray Cothun
North
Bruce
W. D. Stevens
Raymond D. King
R. A. Snyder
South Pauline
Daniel W. Stevens
Stockton
O. W. White, Jr
South
Kenneth
Maxie Spriggs
1610
South Alice
Bobbie Lee Rodgers
Joseph A. Sims Jr
Willie B. Thomas
Johnny Lee Shannon
J. R. Bell
Ward County Library
Richard Whitfield
S. J. Mathews
Lynda Estes
Tommy King
Bill Rhea
MHS
Nazarene Church
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