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Newspaper
Monahans News
Location
Monahans, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1981
Page
1
The 1981 Centennial Celebration in Mona will begin at 8 p.m. on July 3 with a pageant to select Centennial Miss Mona. Seven local teenagers compete in the high school auditorium. Tickets cost 3 dollars for adults and 2 dollars for children, sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce and the Rotary Club.
Commendations go to M O Lisman and Gordon Blum for organizing Parcourse events at Rudy Park last Thursday. The non commercial, lively festivities featured two charts Appendage Scale and Epidermis Growth Scale. The July 4 celebration in Hill Park includes booths, fly overs, a military memorial, art and crafts shows, prizes, and a beard contest with cash awards.
Permian Basin Petroleum Assn plans a July 1 get acquainted barbecue at the Junior High School cafeteria to engage royalty owners and oil producers from Winkler Pecos Reeves and Ward counties. Congressman Richard White and State Rep. Jerry Cockerham will attend to discuss windfall profits tax updates and state energy issues. Reservations are required with about 200 seats, call Midland 684 6345. Catering Unlimited will cater and Ward County 4-H will serve.
Paula Spivey a 16 year old Wickett resident and daughter of Charles and Ruth Spivey is sponsored by the Lions Club for the 1981 Centennial Miss Monahans contest. She moved from Dallas in 1979 and has varsity tennis and A Capella choir experience at Monahans High School.
Southwestern Bell on Monday urged the Public Utility Commission to approve higher local monthly rates for Texas customers as part of a $469.8 million total request. The proposal includes a $5.45 per month rise for one party residence service and up to $14.40 for one party business service, with increases also planned for basic party line and other services. The filing also asks for higher private line, TouchTone, and Custom Calling charges and offers a new measured local service option based on distance, duration and time of day, while preserving the existing call allowance plan for other customers.
The Ward County Historical Commission will distribute 250 dollars in cash prizes at the July 4 Centennial Celebration. An anonymous donor funds awards for historically significant documents and photos not yet shown to the commission. Prizes include 100 dollars for the oldest pre March 1931 Ward County newspaper or Mona han’s telephone directory and 50 dollars for the second oldest. A further 100 dollars will be awarded by a prize drawing from items submitted for copying.
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