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Newspaper
Monahans News
Location
Monahans, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1975
Page
1
City Council will again consider Ordinance 683 setting a new local service rate at Tuesday's meeting. The third attempt to reach an agreement follows a June 10 first vote approving a rate at 86 percent of the SWB request. Details show monthly business and residential rate breakdowns and a cut in expected company income.
City council approves a Revenue Sharing Planned Use Report forecasting 70 242 for 1975 76 starting July 1 with 52 950 for Public Safety 15 292 for Health and 1 000 for Recreation The plan funds a fire truck radio gear and three police cars plus sanitation truck chassis and playground and pool equipment The mayor notes figures may change and Monahans receives final entitlement in the 1975 76 period totaling about 280 000 to date
Monahans Masonic Lodge 92 AF&AM will install officers Tuesday evening. The event opens at 6 with a 6:30 covered dish supper, followed by installation. Robert E. Cowan will be Wor shipful Master, Donald R. Boggs senior warden, John Weld junior warden, Joe Vandiver treasurer, Clifford B. Porter secretary, and James Pannell senior and junior deacons.
Sheriff deputies arrested two Monahans men on Wednesday June 18 and linked them to a series of radio equipment thefts. Charles Randall Lee 22 and Ray Nicholson 20 were charged with two counts of theft over 200 dollars. James Linn was also mentioned with the Stewards Jackie Harkey and Jimmy Ham.
Robert E. Cowan and J. H. Chauncey will serve as Tiler and Edward S. Hammond as Installing Officer with James Cox as Installing Marshall for the open installation ceremony. All Masons, families and friends are invited. homemade ice cream and cake will be served after the ceremony.
Edd Cox, founder of the Green Thumb Exhibit, will again head planning as general chairman. The 1975 show will be Friday July 18 at the First National Bank’s National Room with divisions led by Mrs. Toon Estes, Mrs. Joe McShane, and Mrs. J.W. McDaniel for flowers and by Charles Wade, Albert Muniz, and Larry Stevenson for vegetables. E.W. Taylor, H.C. Morgan, and George Ganaway lead the Fruit and Nut Division, while Joe Corby and Chester Taggart head Arrangements. Charles McNabb and Toon Estes are co chairmen of the Agri Business Tour and Breakfast.
Ward County designated as one of five pilot areas by the Housing Division of the Department of Community Affairs. The program aids rural communities including Grandfalls Barstow and Pyote with training workshops in Austin and planning committees for loan programs and solar energy use in home heating and cooling.
Six Ward County 4-H members will join a four day Ecology Conference at the new 4-H Center in Brownwood. Attendees include Bridget Buchanan Judy Puckett Barbara Winkler Steve Berry Ronnie Clark and Mike Woods with leaders LaVerne Clark and Mrs Nell Berry. The camp aims to deepen understanding of natural resources and will cover environmental quality forestry outdoor recreation rangelands soil and water wildlife. The main project is planning a nature trail.
Monahans was dampened by an early Saturday shower that left .02 of an inch of rain. The shower started in the early hours and continued until about 7 30 a.m. Rainfall this year totals 4 02 inches according to the Soil Conservation Service. The shower was the first since May 24 when 1 3 inches fell in a storm.
At the June 9 meeting Ward County Commissioners reviewed bids for landscaping at the courthouse. Jobson Landscaping Service of Lubbock submitted the low bid of 293936 dollars, but the court opted to delay award until plans are further studied. The project includes planting many trees and flowers in a semi formal layout.
A Desert Sands Garden Club member sponsors ideas to remove the added on look in a building area. Agenda items include a Planned Use Report on Revenue Sharing, anticipated income, bids for a Precinct 3 pickup, a Pioneer Natural Gas pipeline request, officer reports, claims, minutes, and business from the floor.
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