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Newspaper
Monahans News
Location
Monahans, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1966
Page
1
Hinson offers 8 by 12 colored team prints at 3.00 with 0.50 going to the Little League program. Also notes the Odessa Monahans telephone directory colors and welcomes new manager Don Wil to the local office.
Ward-Estes North in Ward County appears among the nation’s top ten oil fields for 1965, with 19,192,006 barrels produced. The Petroleum Facts and Figures list shows East Texas and Texas fields leading the ten largest, with Ward-Estes North ranking tenth. Parade and youth rodeo events occupy local attention tonight at 8 p.m. at the arena, with a 5 p.m. parade and awards including two championship saddles and six belt buckles across divisions.
Police Chief Robert A Patterson and area officers attended a lawmen conference in Odessa this week. Patterson cited the Supreme Court ruling that officers may not interrogate a suspect without consent unless rights are advised, saying more intensive training will be required for officers.
Bob Parks a 17 year old Monahans High School senior and American Field Service student left Midland Air Terminal for Tokyo Japan as part of a summer program. He attended a bon voyage party at his parents home and has been learning basic Japanese phrases with help from Miss Yoko Yamada a Tokyo visitor. The group will fly from San Francisco to join others bound for the Orient and then travel to Tokyo for orientation before heading to Japanese host homes.
Kenneth Plunkett replaces Charley Gatchell as Resident Engineer in the Monahans District of the Texas Highway Department. Gatchell resigned in May to join a private firm in Dallas. Plunkett, a Roscoe native and Texas Tech graduate (1959), comes from the Odessa office after serving in Sanderson, McCamey, and Odessa.
Paul DeCleva won city council approval to drill the first oil well inside Monahans city limits after debate over a required $25 000 bond. He agreed to place $1000 in escrow to cover completion and site restoration, with Mayor Jim Williams casting the deciding vote. Oliver Wood represented the city and the bond waiver was contested by J T Yates while L E Sloan abstained. The decision allows future drilling in other city areas north of Highway 80 and near Mitchells Grocery.
Jaycees announce the annual summer carnival will run July 13 to 16 with Tom Rodgers as general chair man. More than 20 rides games and booths are planned and Carnival equipment is moved from the airport hangar to grounds south of the Jaycee building.
Richard J. Hoyer spoke at the Tuesday noon Lions Club luncheon at Farr's Restaurant on tax benefits from oil depletion. The meeting drew 32 members plus three visitors and the club sweetheart Miss Nancy Patillo. Visitors included Larry Wagner and Jerry Hardesty from Monahans and Woody Woodard from Chardsworth, Calif.
John Ben Shepperd announces nine idea and planning sessions across West Texas this month to develop Growth Potentials of West Texas. Meetings cover tourism industrial water resources agriculture state and national affairs education and information at locations including Kingsland Lake Sweetwater Lake Eddleman Lubbock Midland Rio Vista Hunt and more with invited experts to contribute ideas.
Raymond Lindsey was elected Worshipful Master of Monahang Lodge No. 952 at a Tuesday night election in the Masonic Hall. New officers include L. E. Bivins senior warden John Bramlet junior warden T. W. Longbotham Jr tiler. Secretary and treasurer C. B. Porter and Joe Vandiver retained. Installation set for June 28.
West Texas Children's Home in Ward County will add over 250 000 to the local economy by end of 1966 from its first year payroll of 380 220 and a staff of 90. Opening is set for September with renovations underway and bids in Austin for construction. By 1969 the home will house 384 people including staff and their families and 184 dependent children.
Monahans merchants join in a "Salute of Values" promotion to honor shoppers in a regionally growing downtown center. The list of participating stores includes Corner Drug, Moore's, Made O Day, Cook Electric, Asher Furniture, Cone Jewelers, Jo Lynne Shoppe, McDonald's, Mildred's Fabric Shop, Lanier Bldg, Trio Motor Co, Wolfe & Son, Reed Tire Co, Magnetic Cafe and others.
Texas A M experts Eve rett Janne and Al Novassed will speak at 3 p.m. in the Texas Electric Reddy Room on lawn and landscape management. Homeowners should bring samples and questions. On June 24 entomologist Charles Neeb and plant pathologist Robert Berry discuss diseases and insects at 9 30 a.m. in the Reddy Room.
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