Man Charged With Christmas Eve Slaying To Be Tried Here June 26
W R Snyder, charged with murder with malice in a December shooting, will be tried in Ward County Court on June 26. Jury selection will draw from a special list of 100 Ward Countians. The shooting killed Franklin Nelms Sr and Jr after a dispute over rent and a trailer. Snyder was injured in a prior scuffle and has been free on $5 000 bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Snyder
J. H. Starley
Ward County Courthouse
Ernie King
Snyder
Ward Memorial Hospital
143Rd District Court
Franklin Nelms Sr
Franklin Nelms Jr
Nelms
Franklin Sr
Franklin Jr
John Henry
Pete) Nelms
Telms
Meeting and Banquet Planned by Monahans Masonic Lodge
An open meeting and banquet for all master Masons and their wives is set for Thursday at 7 p.m. in the Tatum School Cafeteria, sponsored by Monahans Lodge 952 AF and AM. Twenty Masons will receive 25 year service pins and Gilbert Jackson will be awarded a life membership certificate. Dr. D. D. Tidwell, past grand orator of the Grand Lodge of Texas and a Howard Payne College faculty member, will deliver the principal address.
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Tatum School
Monahans’ Lodge
Af&am
Gilbert Jackson
D. D. Tidwell
Grand Lodge of Texas
Howard-Payne College
Brownwood
Rites Held For Two Victims Of Explosion At Tank Battery Near Pyote
Rites were held Friday noon for two workers killed in an explosion at a tank battery near Pyote. The accident occurred Friday around midday, with authorities investigating the blast and confirming the identities of the deceased.
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Pyote
Sire
61 City Directory Here This Week
Monahans will receive the 1961 city directory by mail this week. Johnson Publishing Company of Loveland Colorado compiles the book and representatives gathered information in Monahans and Ward County last winter. Free small supplements will be delivered to every home in the county, and a limited supply will be available at the Chamber of Commerce office for firms that did not order last winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monahans City
Johnson Publishing Company
Loveland
Colorado
Monahans
Ward County
Chamber of Commerce
R. T. Wilson
Kerry Black
Kermit
Ward County Courthouse
Kerry
Don Black
al Truett
Eens
Accident Ends With $50.50 Fine Near Monahans
A minor collision on U S Highway 80 one mile west of Monahans Friday night caused no injuries and light vehicle damage. Drivers Mike Overrides 26 Monahans and Ira Lee Crowson 38 Wickett faced a sideswipe. Crowson received a $50.50 misdemeanor hit and run fine in Pyote justice court.
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U. S. Highway 80
Monahans
Mike Overrides
Ira Lee Crowson
Wickett
Crowson
Bob Gallagher
Jodie Fore
Justice of the Peace Court
Pyote
Fires Wreak Havoc as Monahans Volunteers Battle Three Blazes
Monahans volunteers fought three fires Sunday causing moderate property damage. A trailer at Crawford's Trailer Court on U S Highway 80 west burned fully, Mrs. J W Phillips injured by shock at Ward Memorial Hospital. Two vacant South Main houses burned, with a second blaze re extinguished at 4 30 p m. A car fire at Fourth and Main occurred around 1 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monahans
Crawford's Trailer Court
U.S. Highway 80
J. W. Phillips
Ward Memorial Hospital
South Main
Dingo Drive-In
4Th and Main
Annexation Dispute Over Monahans Water Field Rages On
Texas appeals court struck down an injunction blocking Monahans from annexing a water field northwest of town. Winkler County plans further steps, likely a rehearing then possible appeal to the Texas Supreme Court. Until mandate arrives, council cannot pass annexation ordinance.
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Monahans
Texas Court of Civil Appeals
el Paso
109Th
G. C. Olsen
Kermit
Texas Supreme Court
Holt Magee
Winkler County
Olsen
State Supreme Court
Monahans Sees 15 New Families Migrate In
Fifteen families were listed as new residents in Monahans last week by Texas Electric Service and Southern Union Gas. The names include Charles E. Lee Jess Hart Bobbie Gallagher Weldon D. Harris Jack BlanchardRichard Swindle Wayne T Hill Richard Phillips Wayne F Ward Joseph Abe Sims Richard Friese Billy Henson Elton L. Crow and T. W. Cathey at addresses on Main West Second South Harry and other streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monahans
Texas Electric Service
Southern Union Gas Companies
Charles E. Lee
North Main
Jess Hart
West
Bobbie Gallagher
South Bruce
Weldon D. Harris
Jack Blanchard
South Harry
Richard Swindle
East
Wayne T. Hill
South Main
Harry Hill
South Betty
Richard Phillips
South Stockton
Wayne F Ward
South
Alice
Bond Set for Monahans Man in Burglary Case
Bobby Lee Rodgers faces a $2000 bond after a burglary charge in Monahans related to a theft from a coke machine at Croft's Gulf Service Station at Fourth and South Main. Police recovered 88 keys to coin operated machines from the car Rodgers was driving when arrested.
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Bond
Bobby Lee Rodgers
Monahans
Rodgers
Croft
Gulf Service
Fourth and South Main
John Ashcraft
Four Die After Tank Battery Blast Near Monahans
Funeral services were held for Carl Maxwell and Leroy Hutchison who died from burns after a tank battery explosion 16 miles southwest of Monahans. Two other Pyote men, Leroy Price and Mills Lasater, remain in Ward Memorial Hospital holding their own.
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Monahans
Pyote
Carl R. Maxwell
Leroy N. (Buck) Hutchison
Ward Memorial Hospital
Leroy Price
Mills Lasater
Tank
Maxwell
Hutchison
Hutchison, Price
Lasater
Chamber Manager Attending Texas Conclave in Fort Worth
R. T. Wilson represents the city at a three day Texas Chamber of Commerce Managers Association meeting in Fort Worth through Tuesday. Keynote speaker Dr. Kenneth McFarland of General Motors is highlighted as a top national speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
R. T. Wilson
Fort Worth
Texas Chamber of Commerce Managers Association
Kenneth McFarland
General Motors Corporation
Wilson
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Blackie McNerlin
Stockton
Fifteenth Street
Masons
Monahans- Wickett
Corel Foster
Jack Blair
Bill Waldron
Don Windsor
W. C. Rasco
Jim Cabbell
John Banks
John R. Lee
Pecos
T. F. Hodges
Richardson Oil Company
Monahans, Pyote
Halliburton Company
Maxwell Services
First Baptist Church
Levi Price
Barnes Funeral Home
West Fourteenth Street
Goose Creek
Mon_ahans
Volun
Freyr Ded
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