Red Bluff dam seen as boon for Ward Pecos counties
In Pecos the Red Bluff dam project is hailed as necessary to irrigate up to 60 000 acres and revive Reeves Loving Ward Pecos counties with two years of construction work. The piece also recounts J Lee Woodham returning to town amid a humorous tale about a counterfeit fishing license and a playful claim that Ward County’s Mona hans News boosts advertising results.
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Pecos
Red Bluff
Reeves
Loving
Ward
Carlsbad
Ward County
J. Lee Woodham
Lee
Alabama
Ananias
Prince of
Liars
Simon Rayborn
Prentiss Parish
City Council Holds Called Session Over Water Well Motor
The city council met in a three o'clock called session at City Hall with Mayor Tatum and Aldermen Rhodes Andrews and Jordan present. They discussed motor types for the new water well drilled by In gram Bros and decided to delay the purchase until a representative from the supplier can attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tatum
Geo. Rhodes
Theo Andrews
J. B. Jordan
Ingram Bros
Shell Station To Open On Broadway of America
The Shell Petroleum Corporation leases the Joe W Sherwood station formerly used by Phil Tripp and will open the only Super Shell Service Station on the Broadway of America between El Paso and Grand Prarie. District distributor Ted Groebl says Monahans is West Texas hot spot while J P Lester will manage and provide repairs battery charging and general service living up to the one minute service slogan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shell Petroleum Corporation
Joe W. Sherwood
Phil Tripp
Super Shell
Broadway of America
el Paso
Grand Prarie
Ted Groebl
McCamey
Monahans
West Texas
J. P. Lester
Shell
Three Good Ball Games Are Assured For Pecos Rodeo
The American Legion of Pecos secured Hobbs New Mexico as a Pecos team for a July 2 3 4 three day rodeo celebration. Hobbs will face Midland July 2 Odessa July 3 and Wink July 4. If Hobbs can hold the visiting teams down fans will see first class baseball.
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Pecos
American Legion of Pecos
Hobbs
N- M
Midland
Odessa
Nudist Colony Planned for Monterey Peninsula
Monterey California reports plans for a large nudist colony expected before summer. Officials say thousands of prospective members are being prepared as a massive oak worm infestation feeds on trees, challenging horticultural experts tackling the foliage loss.
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Monterey
Cal
Monterey Peninsula
Today We Live at Grand Theatre Pecos Sunday
Joan Crawford and Gary Cooper lead the MGM epic Today We Live showing at the Grand Theatre in Pecos on Sunday. The star duo, after Letty Lynton and A Farewell to Arms, headline this ambulance unit drama, their first screen pairing.
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Pecos
Joan Crawford
Gary Cooper
Grand Theatre
Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer
Miss Crawford
Letty Lynton
Cooper
Mother of six earns high school diploma in spring
Mrs. Max Touchon, 33, mother of six aged two to nine, shared her time between school runs for her two oldest children here and this spring received her high school diploma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Littlefield
Max Touchon
Eleven Local Boys Enroll for Scout Work in Monahans
Eleven local boys met at the school building Tuesday night to begin the process of organizing a Boy Scout troop in Monahans. Scoutmaster C P Kemp and assistant Fern Tatum led the effort with troop committee members. several boys started the tenderfoot work required for eligibility.
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C. P. Kemp
Fern Tatum
Herbert Hudler
J. A. Summerill
N. M. Huffaker
Monahans
Stewart Winkler
Ed Long
Frank Stampfly
Karl Wurtz
John Williams
Malcolm Tripp
Preston Pitzer
Clyde Garner
Elridge McKinzie
Joyce Underwood
Raymon Wylie
Presbyterian Revival At Wicket Continues
Pastor Peyton Waddill is leading a week long revival at Wicket with schoolhouse services at 8 15 nightly. Special music each evening and a Friday quartet from the Wink Methodists adds to the program. Bible School reports about 35 attendees as Bro Mann is absent and Waddill also leads the school. Everyone is urged to attend.
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Peyton Waddill
Waddill
Wink Methodists
Bible School
Bro. Mann
Wadill
Methodists Hold Quarterly Conference and Sunday Services
The Roswell district presiding elder Dr. N L Linebaugh will preach at the Methodist church Monday at 8 p m for the third quarterly conference. Next Sunday Rev H S Burgin will speak at 11 a m on The First Christian Experience Meeting and 8 30 p m on The Blundering Church with Sunday School at 10 a m and Epworth League at 6 p m. The public is invited to all services.
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N. L. Linebaugh
Roswell
New Mexico
M E. Church
South
Methodist Church
H. S. Burgin
Epworth
Local Masons To Attend Ceremony At Crane
Monahans and West Texas Masons will visit Crane City Lodge on Friday night July 7 for an outdoor Mystic Mountain ceremony atop the Castle Gap range. Attendance has grown from about two hundred to four hundred, with plans for near one thousand this year. Eighteen Monahans members plan to attend. the moonlit amphitheater setting leads to a midnight program with many prominent Masons expected. Crane Lodge will provide barbecue and refreshments.
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Monahans
West Texas Masons
Crane City Lodge
Mystic Mountain
Castle Gap Range
Masons
Texas
Crane Lodge
Advertising proves newspapers best for reaching customers
A Detroit company serving 500 000 customers in 200 cities proves newspaper ads deliver economical reach. The letter from Henry Ford touts newspaper distribution over circulars or radio, citing Ford's months of ads in Monahans News and urging local businesses to invest in ad space rather than charity listings.
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Detroit Electric Company
Henry Ford
Mr. Ford
Monahans
Ford
Hig
Grandfalls and Royalty Gossip Feature Debuts in The News
Miss Jeanette Nichols will write a regular column titled Grandfalls and Royalty Gossip in The News. The Fourth Annual Cowboy Reunion in Stamford July 3 to 5 will include a free fiddlers contest in the Municipal Auditorium on July 4 at 9 am. Contestants pay no entry fee. H. F. Jackson directs.
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Jeanette Nichols
Stamford
West Texas
Municipal Auditorium
H. F. Jackson
Miss Nichols
Cane
McCamey High School
Monahans Lions Schedule Change Sparks Cross-Club Travel
Monahans Lions voted to move weekly meetings to Thursday to align with Pecos and El Paso district clubs after July. Nine members and one visiting Lion, Joe D. Chambers of Midland, attended a luncheon at Mrs. Tom Vernon’s bonding house. After business, members planned an overnight fishing trip to Santa Rosa Springs.
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Lions Club
Tom Vernon
Joe D. Chambers
Midland
Texas Electric Service Company
Monahans Club
el Paso
Pecos
Pecos Club
G. H. Rhodes
Major Owens
Max Winkler
J. A. Summerhill
Dr. E. J. Cook
Herbert Hudler
Slick Hogg
Santa Rosa Springs
Max
Backwoods Mountaineer Finds Mirror Belonging to Tourist
A rural mountaineer discovers a lost mirror and believes it to be his father. He hides the mirror in the attic but his wife, suspicious of his behavior, finds it that night and humorously concludes the mirror shows the person he has been chasing.
Lindberg Laundry Opens in Monahans
Mr and Mrs C J Lindbergh relocate from Edna Texas to Monahans and open Lindberg s Laundry just west of the high school. The new business offers a free blanket wash with every 25 pounds of family wash and provides call for and delivery service with prices to suit the times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. J. Lindbergh
Edna
Tex
Monahans
Times
Lindberg
Mother cat raises unlikely brood of pole cats coyotes and kittens
In Sweetwater a mother cat at 106 Orange street tends a mixed brood including two baby pole cats, two baby coyotes, and several kittens. The creatures were found on Jerry Lewis’s Divide farm and are being hand raised by the feline caregiver who invites visitors to view the unusual family.
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Sweetwater
M. A. McDonald
Orange Street
Jerry Lewis
Lewis Place
McDonald
Midland Plans Fourth Attractions for Visitors
Midland launches a July 4 program featuring horse races donkey polo baseball golf swimming and tennis with West Texas racehorse owners invited to enter. Lions Club directs the events under James S. Noland Marvin C. Ulmer and Joe D. Chambers supervision as proceeds support eyeglasses for schoolchildren.
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Midland
West Texas
Midland Chamber of Commerce
James S. Noland
Marvin C. Ulmer
Joe D. Chambers
Lions Club
Lions
T. Paul Barron
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Shell Station
Presbyterian Church
Crane
OLD Fiddler’s Contest
Mrs
D. S. Nichols
the Grandfalls and Royalty
Monahans Lions
Lindberg Laundry
San Francisco
Sonny
al Harlow
Golden Oaks Park
Frank Riley
Riley
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