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Newspaper
Monahans News
Location
Monahans, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1966
Page
8
About 1 400 4-Hers from across Texas attended the State Roundup at A&M. First and second place district winners competed in 30 events. June 7 opened with a barbecue, June 8 featured competitions, and a banquet with the Speaker of the Texas House as guest.
A hospital notice reports patients admitted to Ward Memorial Hospital since the last report. The roster includes Monahans residents and out of town entrants from Wichita Dallas Odessa Oklahoma City Wickett and others, with dozens named in the admission list.
The Monahans area records a birth as Mr Eddie Hawkins and his wife announce the arrival of a girl on June 6 in Monahans.
Two Monahans chiropractors Dr. William L. Fausett and Dr. C. C. Martin have returned home after attending the Texas State Chiropractic Association annual convention in Houston.
A 2 p.m. Monday meeting at Ward Lanes aims to form a Summer Youth Bowling League for ages 8 to 18. The 10 week season runs until August 27 with $1 for three games including shoe rental. Free instruction is offered 1 to 4 p.m. Monday, Wednesday, Friday during the first months.
An organizational meeting for the Men’s Scratch Trio League will be held at 7 30 tonight at Ward Lanes. The league will bowl on Tuesday nights with games lasting about one hour and twenty minutes. Team averages expected around 470 to 480, all scores scratch. Contact Wendell Uechi at WI 3 9117 or WI 3 2986 for more details.
Defending title holders return to Pyote Dragway for Sunday races starting at 1 30 p m Local favorites include Funny Car Eliminator Bob Le Monds Midland Top Eliminator Jimmy Locke Odessa Camp Eliminator Ray Wisen hunt Seminole Street Eliminator Mike Roberts Odessa Hot Rod Class Bobby Simmons Odessa Mr Stock Gene Horn Hobbs Top Stock Ronnie Booe Hobbs Middle Stock Doug Kirbo Wickett Little Stock Doug Kirbo Wickett.
Humble Oil announces awards and retirements for A J Trull and Guy Bounds. Trull, 30 years with Humble, received a watch and service emblem on June 10 from Monahans district supervisor W R Wardroup. He began May 14, 1936 at Pyote and worked in drilling across Louisiana, South and West Texas before returning to West Texas in 1957. Bounds began in Kilgore in 1933, spent all drilling in East Texas, Louisiana and West Texas, and moved to West Texas in 1954 to Humble’s Company Big 48. The couple recently moved to Fort Stockton. Bounds resides at 1104 S Ike Monahans.
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