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Newspaper
Monahans News
Location
Monahans, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1959
Page
1
Ward County Commissioners will soon have the legal right to resume their financial support of the Youth Center. City Councilmen agreed to deed the county all the property on which the Youth Center building rests, ending prior entanglements. The Commissioners previously discontinued support at $125 a month for salaries.
A collage of humorous vignettes about family life and a charity Youth Center review dominates the page. The Texas Youth Center faces funding pressures as city officials discuss transferring land with restoration rights and potential county support to help the center grow.
The News reports a $20 contribution by Mrs. Otto Munk to the Esther Marin Fund bringing the total to $628.60. An 18 year old girl is scheduled for heart surgery today in Dallas.
City Council authorized building a 6 by 15 foot S shaped island in front of the new post office on Betty Street. The island will hold four drive in mail boxes with north and south access to ease deposits and allow mail carriers safe pickups. Officials aim to have the island ready when the new post office opens to reduce traffic congestion.
Youth Center members with valid memberships gain exclusive use of the City Swimming Pool on Tuesday evenings from 7 to 9 through the summer. Eugene Botoms and Stanley Smith arranged the access and set a 10 cent admission per person each night. Concessions will operate and the pool will be staffed by Harley Sledge and Jaycee members.
Society pages on pages 2 and 3, sports coverage on page 4, classified notices on page 7, and theaters and TV features on page 8. Includes calendar items, society notices, game summaries, ads, and entertainment schedules.
Mrs. Bill Burch, office manager for the Ward County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation office, receives a pin and certificate for 20 years of service. She helped coordinate drought relief and irrigation programs while advising farmers on cover crops, deferred grazing, water wells, dam building, and livestock pipelines amid shifting agricultural practices. She jokes she may stay five more years.
Leaird Meadows High School principal and George Callen junior high principal travel to Austin for a three day Principals and Administrators conference. Mrs Joe Goodwin and Mrs Mary Walden join a week long State Secretary workshop in Austin starting June 28.
City Council approves a plat revision for a block between 10th 11th and Betty Stockton streets pending utility company and Planning Commission concurrence. A Tubb Estate rep cites title issues due to an alley. Council also awards Hawkins Motors a 3742 dollar sanitation truck, raises grave opening fees, and approves a tax adjustment for S and Grocery.
Hubert Gauwain, 15, of Monahans, suffered second and third degree burns when a can of burning gasoline splashed on him Tuesday afternoon in San Angelo. He was treated at Shannon Hospital and listed in good condition though painfully burned.
Stanley Smith city pool manager says swimming classes will start next Tuesday at 10 30 AM. Beginners and all interested should report to the pool.
Congressmen say decision on a Southwest brackish water plant site is delayed. June dates passed without action as five processes are reviewed and Monahans emerges as a prime candidate with eight West Texas counties backing a site within 100 miles.
The district purchased a new school bus to replace one retired to auxiliary status and now has six buses for six routes with three auxiliary units. Glenn Elrod drove the bus from Austin on Tuesday.
Helen Hawkins will take over the Monahans Lions Club reins at installation services tomorrow night succeeding Jack Carroll. District Governor-Elect Tom Thompson of Kermit will officiate. New officers include Morris Howard first vice president Bill Burke second vice president Harold Jackson third vice president Dalton Haines secretary Rowland Hayes treasurer W A Wolfe tail Twister J D Rich ey directors H A Clements Franklin Bagley AR Archer Jr and T R Higginbotham. Mary Ann Kent is Lion Sweetheart Glenn Ratliff will emcee the program, arranged by Hal Adams. The meeting is set for 7 30 at Cliff's Two.
Wesley Martin superintendent of schools attended a Texas A&M workshop from Monday to Wednesday. He will stay in the area today and tomorrow to seek teachers for possible employment in the Monahans system.
Pan American Petroleum Corporation will open a Monahans area production office by January 1 1960 in a new 10 000 square foot masonry building on South Allen Avenue. The nine county area includes Winkler Ward Pecos Upton Reagan Crockett Irion Schleicher and Sutton with 568 wells in 39 fields led by Yates Emperor and Hendrick.
Billy Joe Campbell charged Saturday with statutory rape surrendered to Ward County Sheriff Monday night and is held without bond. Campbell’s attorney filed a habeas corpus petition with a hearing set this morning before District Judge J. H. Starley, per County Attorney John Howze.
Stockton firemen answered two calls within ten hours this week. One was at Econ O Wash laundry at 14th and Stockton where a dryer fire started from clothing igniting and burning the load. The other was at 1806 Stockton Street where a stewpan on the stove caused smoke and slight damage after water boiled away.
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