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Newspaper
Monahans News
Location
Monahans, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1966
Page
1
A community column urges organizers to launch an oil industry beauty pageant starting locally in oil company offices and expanding regionally, with finalists visiting Monahans for a high profile finale. The piece envisions Kiwanis or Lions backing a yearly event, noting strong local interest and potential nationwide appeal.
Little League President Virgil Herrington announces another Umpire and Score Keepers’ school session on Sunday from two to five p.m. in City Hall City Council Room. All who help with Little League are urged to be present.
County residents can bring yard issues to a Friday 9 30 a m expert session in the Texas Electric Reddy Room with Johnny Harrison Dr Robert Berry and Charles Neeb answering questions. The team from Texas A M and the U S Department of Agriculture will identify diseases pests and offer guidance as a service to homeowners.
Grandfalls Royalty Ind. School sponsors a six week Title I summer program that started June 13 with about 75 students enrolled. Elementary principal Mrs. Joe Brandenburg coordinates. teachers include Ruth Hickey W. H. Smith Mildred Adair. Health instruction by nurse Sybil Sanderford. Assistants are Billie Harp and Santiago Viscaino. Program ends July 23 after tests and records.
Twenty five influential men from the state arrive at 10 a.m. Friday for an all day Symposium at Sandhills State Park Museum to map the West Texas Chamber of Commerce program for 1966 67. Roland Maxwell Pat Murphy and J A Jaynes welcome the visitors and lunch will be served. Free park jeep rides are offered and a July Odessa water development meeting is planned.
A summer program at Middleton Elementary helps 38 preschoolers learn English from two teachers who do not speak Spanish. The crash course runs 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. five days a week from June 6 to July, aiming for an 800-word vocabulary to ease first grade in September.
Pat Murphy, manager of the Chamber of Commerce, led the Tuesday noon Lions Club program on capital and savings in business. Special guests included Steve Jubellis of Odessa, Robert Tucker and Jerry Hardesty of Monahans, and Fred Lang and Kirby Nutt, stewards of the Sports Car Club of America.
The AFL Club and its officers invite friends to say farewell to Gerhardt Schuler at the Max Hammond home 1400 South Dwight between 8 and 10 Friday evening. He leaves Saturday for Fort Worth to join an AFL group after a year at Monahans High School and plans to return to Germany after touring the States.
Jaycees plan a Sunday afternoon work party at the carnival site to build booths and stands. Joe Kirtland, chairman, notes materials were moved from the airport storage and credits George Bentley for loaning two trucks. Carnival runs July 13 to 16 this year.
Cub Pack 196 will be out around town this weekend selling Cherry Dale Farms candy cans to raise funds at the price of one dollar each.
The Monday July 4 and Thursday July 7 issues will merge into one issue published July 7. Advertisers, club reporters and others with important matters are asked to note the change and prepare accordingly.
Ward County 4 H Council met in the County Commissioners Court Room with Sherry McCullough presiding to plan Rally Day for late July and the fall Achievement Banquet. The next Council meeting is scheduled for Sept 24 with about 25 attendees from each County 4 H Club.
The Ford versus Chevrolet feature will headline the July 9 10 Tumbleweed Races at Pyote Raceway. West Texas Region S A C of A and Wayne Long back the event expected to draw over 100 competitors with drivers from Texas New Mexico Oklahoma Colorado Louisiana Arkansas and Arizona vying for divisional and regional titles. Red Lambeth drives a 427 Shelby Cobra for Ford with speeds to 180 mph while Joe Starkey piloting an Elva McLaren for Chevrolet nears 200 mph in a season where Starkey has won eight of nine features. Ed Tucker of Dallas also appears as a leading entrant.
Master Sergeant William D. Holt has been removed from the seriously wounded list after hospitalization in Viet Nam. Evacuation is not contemplated and the period of hospitalization is undetermined, according to a telegram received by his mother Mrs. Neda Holt of Pyote.
Monahans merchants promote value during a wide “Salute of Values” campaign. Local shoppers are praised for buying smart, with retailers claiming to offer identical items at lower prices and stressing friendlike service. Participating firms include Corner Drug, Moore's, Mode O' Day, Cook Electric and others.
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