Rain totals sweep Ward County with heavy falls
Moisture laden clouds dumped the county s heaviest single rain in eight months. Totals ranged from 1.20 inches at Barstow to 3.60 inches in the Big Valley area along the Pecos River. Official gauges in Monahans and Grandfalls reported 1.60 to 2.00 inches with pockets near three inches elsewhere.
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Ward
Barstow
Big Valley
Pecos River
Pyote
Monahans
John Rogers
South Main Street
Grandfalls
Ward County
Tenth
South
Doris
Monahans Welcomes 18 New Families in One Week
Eighteen families moved to Monahans this week, per Southern Union Gas and Texas Electric Service records. New residents include Tony M. Watkins, M. H. McLaren, Elbert Quarles, Allan W. Vienneau, Don R. Edmonds, E. J. Keith, John W. Rhea, Walter R. White, Ted Lott, Wayne T. Hill, J. L. Hart, Kenneth Warner, Roy L. Shaw, J. B. Sims, Edward J. Ranostas, Richard Swindle, M. G. Johnson, and Gerry Thomason, with listed addresses.
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Monahans
Southern Union Gas
Texas Electric Service Companies
Tony M. Watkins
West Eighth
M. H. McLaren
Florida
Gulf Camp
Elbert Quarles
North Main
Allan W. Vienneau
South Kenneth
Don R. Edmonds
South Ike
John W. Rhea
South
Franklin
Walter R. White
South Alice
Ted Lott
South Doris
Wayne T. Hill
South Main
J. L. Hart
West Second
Three Accidents Reported In Monahans During Rain
Three traffic collisions occurred in Monahans Thursday amid rain. Police investigated. damages were generally minor and one slight injury reported. Vehicles involved included cars driven by Charles B. Garza and Earline Harris, Peggy Watts, Eli Long, Pat Ragan, and Harold Justice, with locations on South Alice and South Main streets.
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Monahans
South Alice
South Stockton
Charles B. Garza
Elite Hotel
Earline D. Harris
West Sixth
South Main
Sealy Street
Pat L. Ragan
West Fifteenth
Harold D. Justice
Kermit
Ragan
Weekend Wrecks Reported in Ward County
Highway Patrol investigated three weekend crashes in Ward County. One driver William C. Stewart 23 Monahans hospitalized after colliding with Helen Hopkins 24 Monahans at 16th and Imperial. Both drivers treated. substantial damage. Second crash Sunday near Imperial Lake Road caused no injuries. occupants Clifton J. Land Big Lake and Lucilla Carrasco. Third collision on U S Highway 80 east of Monahans with rear-end impact. further details continued on page six.
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Ward County
Bob Gallagher
Jodie Fore
William C. Stewart
Monahans
16Th
Imperial Streets
Ward Memorial Hospital
Helen Hopkins
Imperial Lake Road
Grandfalls
Clifton J. Land
Big Lake
Lucilla Carrasco
U. S. Highway 80
Gas Well Blows Out North of City Near Highway
State patrol and local deputies monitored a gas well that blew out around 4 a.m. five miles north, just east of the Kermit Monahans Highway. Traffic to Kermit detoured via Wickett as authorities watched the scene.
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State Highway Patrol
County Sheriff's Office
Monahans City
Kermit- Monahans Highway
Kermit
Wickett
Mrs Bell Rites Set At Grandfalls
Funeral services for Mrs Georgia E Bell 71 will be Tuesday at Grandfalls Baptist Church. She died Saturday in a Lovington New Mexico hospital. Burial at Sunset Memorial Gardens Odessa with Barnes Funeral Home Monahans in charge. She lived in Grandfalls many years. Survived by four sons James R Bell Odessa H E Bell Odessa Don R Bell Lovington NM Robert E Bell Artesia NM and one daughter Mrs D J Millbrooks Crane.
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Grandfalls Baptist Church
Georgia E. Bell
Lovington
N.M
Sunset Memorial Gardens
Odessa
Barnes Funeral Home
Monahans
Bell
Grandfalls
James R. Bell
H. E. Bell
Don R. Bell
Basin Coin Collectors To Meet Here Sunday
A coin show open to the public is set Sunday from 1 to 5 30 at Ward County Coliseum sponsored by Permian Basin Coin Clubs. Exhibitors expected from Monahans Midland Odessa Pecos and Kermit. Three free door prizes and a coin auction. No admission charge. Exhibits will range from mint sets to antique coins per Lyle Saunders.
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Ward County Coliseum
Permian Basin Coin Clubs
Monahans
Midland
Odessa
Pecos
Kermit
Lyle Saunders
Saunders
Winkler County Seeks Rehearing on Annexation Ruling
Winkler County officials filed a motion for a re hearing with the El Paso Court of Civil Appeals challenging a ruling that struck down an injunction blocking Monahans from annexing a 12 000 acre water field seven miles northwest of town. The county argues the court erred in three points including injunctive interference with legislative acts and premature suit. If granted the re hearing would require another trip to El Paso.
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Winkler County
Eighth Judicial District Court of Civil Appeals
el Paso
Monahans
Winkler County News
Kermit
Olsen
Court of Civil Appeals
Monahans City Council Sets Regular Meeting for June 26
City Manager Don Edmonds says the Monahans City Council will hold a regular session on June 26, the second and fourth Monday pattern. A tentative agenda will be reported by The News for that day. Regular meetings occur on the second and fourth Mondays each month.
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Monahans
Don Edmonds
Rites Conducted For Sam Bean
Funeral services were held Sunday at 2 pm at First Baptist Church in Rankin for Sam H. Bean 73 who died Thursday near noon at Pleasant Haven Rest Home Monahans. Burial followed at Rankin Cemetery Moore Funeral Home McCamey in charge. Survivors include three daughters Pat Yoc ham Monahans G C Geeman Kermit M W Harmatik Dallas and son S H Bean Jr Rankin.
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First Baptist Church
Rankin
Sam H. Bean
Pleasant Haven Rest Home
Monahans
Rankin Cemetery
Moore Funeral Home
McCamey
Mr. Bean
Pleasant Haven
Pat M. Yocham
G. C. Geeman
Kermit
M. W. Harmatik
Dallas
S. H. Bean, Jr
Wickett Grocery Burglar Probe in Ward County
Ward County sheriff's deputies investigate a Thursday night burglary at Wickett grocery where about 8 to 9 dollars was taken. Co owner Olaf Luckie said he found the lights out at about 9 pm and a man fled after a terse challenge. Suspects have been questioned as the investigation continues.
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Ward County Sheriff's Office
Olaf Luckie
Blackie MecNerlin
Third Victim of Explosion Dies Sunday
Ward County commissioner Leroy Price of Pyote dies from burns suffered in a tank battery explosion near Pyote on June 9. Funeral services set for 2 p.m. Tuesday at Pyote Baptist Church with Barnes Funeral Home in charge and burial in Pyote Cemetery. Price had served multiple terms as county commissioner and leaves a wife Lenora, a son Jackie Ray, a daughter Lee Ann, two brothers, and his parents.
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Leroy Price
Pyote
Ward County
Ward Memorial Hospital
Pyote Baptist Church
J. H. Wright
Barnes Funeral Home
Pyote Cemetery
Price
Lenora
Jackie Ray
Lee Ann
Mr. Price
Carl Maxwell
Monahans
Buck Hutchison
Mills Lasater
Pecos
Baptist Brotherhood Recreation Night Planned at Wickett Park
Pecos Valley Association Baptist Brotherhood schedules a Thursday recreation night at Wickett Park with softball volleyball horseshoes and fellowship. Brotherhoods from Monahans Kermit Wink Pecos Wickett Grandfalls Royalty and nearby towns will be represented.
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Ches
Johnny Harrison
E. J. Keith
West
Kenneth Warner
South Ora
Roy L. Shaw
J. B. Sims
South Stock
Ton
Edward J. Ranostas
South Harry
Richard Swindle
East Sixth
M. G. Johnson
South Allen
Gerry Thomason
West Thirteenth
Highway Patrol
Mrs. Bell
Texas
Imperial Reservoir
Teena Kinsey
Wanda Blair
Diana Pittman
Texas A&m College
Hannah Harrison
Genora Thornton
Mary Arnold
Hannah
Genora
Sam Bean
Wickett Grocery
Sheriff's Office
Baptist Brotherhoods
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