Cabbages and Kings: A Backstage Nod to County Commissioners
Marian Rodgers reflects on a long county commissioners meeting. She praises their caution in spending tax dollars and notes they cleared ground without committing to a hospital project. Judge Chester Taggart and commissioners Lenora Price George Bentley H H Collins and Jim Raglin are thanked for theirHumor and restraint during a taxing day.
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Chester Taggart
Lenora Price
George Bentley
H.H. Collins
Jim Raglin
Heavy Water Use Eyed By Council
City Council spent about two hours in open session weighing seven remaining items. Rev. Gene Stevens sought church paving help using crews in area to lower costs. abstaining vote by Ed Hammond due to church ties. George Callender asked to close alleys on Murray Street blocks 1100 and 1200 to create a unified kindergarten site. city utilities posed no issues. CONTINUED ON PAGE 2
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City Council
Gene Stevens
Southside Baptist Church
George Callender
Murray St
Commish Deliberates Ward Memorial Hospital Plan
Commissioners heard a hospital board recommendation to build a new hospital with Hospital Affiliates Incorporated and planned an afternoon session with Bill Moreland of HAI. A Tuesday meeting was arranged to discuss a Project Management Contract and next steps with insurance adjusters for settlement.
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Hospital Board of Directors
Bill Moreland
HAI
Moreland
Hospital Affiliates Incorporated
Monahans To Gain State Health Office Soon
The State Health Office will move from Kermit to Monahans in the county annex at 1900 South Stockton after County Judge Chester Taggart announced at the Commissioners Court. DPS will relocate to the Community Center near the Sheriff’s Office to allow patrol presence and protection for the center.
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State Department of Health
Kermit
Monahans
Chester Taggart
Commissioners Court
Ward County
County
South
Stockton
Department of Public Safety
DPS
Sheriff's Office
Highway Patrol
AJRA Rodeo Opens With Nightly Performances
Dust and excitement mark the AJRA rodeo opener as cowboys and cowgirls ride and rope nightly through Saturday at 7 30 in the Coliseum. Prizes include $100 scholarships for top girl and boy in points, with one all round award. Admission 1 student 2 adults. Saturday dance $5 per couple or $2 50 single. Sponsored by Ward County Riding and Roping Club for the American Junior Rodeo Association.
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Coliseum
Ward County Riding and Roping Club
American Junior Rodeo Association
Heavenly Display Brings Half Inch Rain
A storm hit Monahans Saturday night with half an inch of rain and small hail reported in places. Lightning lit the sky for about an hour as temperatures cooled from a hundred on Saturday to 95 on Sunday and back to 100 by Monday.
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Monahans
TS&L To Open Odessa Branch
Texas Savings and Loan board chairman Conrad Dunagan announced approval for a new Odessa branch at 2103 N. Grandview. Rodney Wise, longtime Monahans TS&L staff since 1973, will manage Odessa after construction, planned to start next month with completion aimed for late December or early January.
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Texas Savings and Loan Board
Conrad Dunagan
Odessa
N. Grandview
Rodney Wise
Ts&l
Monahans
Don Hughes
RTC Becomes Merchants Association of Monahans
The Retail Trade Committee renamed itself the Merchants Association of Monahans at Tuesday’s meeting to convey a more unified image. A needs assessment committee was formed to explore how the group can better serve residents. Stores will close at 4 p.m. Thursday June 30 and reopen for Moonlight Madness sales through July 2, followed by Krazy Kash Daze events July 28–30 featuring a big drawing and prizes.
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Retail Trade Committee
Merchants Association of Monahans
Glen McDaniel
Association
Monahans
Moonlight Madness
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Marian Rodgers
Rev
Stevens
Ed Hammond
Jack Forga
City Hall
Monahans Owls
Taggart
L. E. Sloan
H. H. Collins
Tommy Huckabee
Pat Ramsey
Huckabee
Bob Hill
Hill
Gatesville
Bentley
Texas Department of Health Resources
Board
Harold Ward
The
Crane
Odesso
RTC
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