Fort Griffin Fandangle Set This Weekend
Albany prepares for the 30th Fort Griffin Fandangle at Prairie Theater with performances at 8 45 p m Thursday through Saturday June 27 28 29 and a parade at 6 p m June 27 The event honors Old Fort Griffin now a State Park and features pioneers humor and prairie life long memories include Buddy and Mrs Buddy Rogers former performers now in Monahans Rogers once sang in the cast and recall singing for LBJ at his ranch with dignitaries
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Albany
Fort Griffin
Prairie Theater
Old Fort Griffin
Monahans
Buddy Rogers
Lions Club Meeting Attracts About Fifty Five Members
About 55 members attended the regular Lions Club meeting. Local organizers noted strong turnout and camaraderie as discussions covered upcoming service projects and community engagement.
Luncheon Details at Colonial Inn Highlight Club News
The Tuesday noon luncheon at Colonial Inn featured M. O. Lisman as president. Horace Norman, golf pro at the Country Club, spoke on facilities and recent improvements. Three new members installed by Lathan Walker were Ace Barnes Virgil Foss and Lee Kincaid. Guests included W. W. Walker Grandfalls Jim Archer Monahans and L D P Cranbow Wickett.
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Colonial Inn
M. O. Lisman
Horace Norman
Country Club
Lathan Walker
Ace Barnes
Virgil Foss
Lee Kincaid
W.W. Walker
Grandfalls
Jim Archer
Monahans and
P. Cranbow
Wickett
Final rites for Mrs Alta Hodges in Milford Utah
Obituary notes the June 21 service in Milford Utah for Alta Lorrain Hodges 78 a former Monahans resident who died June 18 after a ten year illness born February 6 1890 in Rogersville Missouri married to Charles A Hodges in 1918 survived by two daughters Carla Jean Cope and Bonnie Friar a son Carl Leslie Hodges a brother Oscar Frans a sister Emma Ladd eight grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren plus other survivors and local notices of related obituaries and condolences from E K Bell family
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Alta Lorrain Hodges
Milford
Utah
Monahans
Hodges
Rogersville
Missouri
Charles Anderson Hodges
Methodist Church
Monahans News Growth in the Great Southwest Promoted
The Monahans News published weekly in Monahans Texas highlights growth and development in the Great Southwest. It operates from 107 West Second Street Ward County and began second class publication on February 26 1931 under federal law.
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West Second St
Monahans
Ward County
Texas
Grandfalls Royalty Chamber Clean Up Saturday
The Grandfalls Royalty Chamber of Commerce sponsors a town clean up this Saturday. Volunteers meet at the Community Hall at 7 30 a m to be assigned sections and trucks are provided to haul trash to dump grounds. Firewood and sidewalk blocks will be made from hauled trees.
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Grandfalls-Royalty Chamber of Commerce
Bill Derrick
Glenn Hutton
John Black
Jack Kuykendall
Amelia Henderson
Letha Puckett
Kin of Pioneer Family Here Is Amputee
Marine Corporal Frank Frame, wounded near Khe Sanh on June 15, 1968, had his left leg amputated below the knee and a right leg in a cast. He is hospitalized at 106 General Hospital in Yokohama, Japan, after 10 months in Vietnam. Cards may be sent to Cpl. Frank Frame APO San Francisco 96503.
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Frank Frame
Khe Sanh
Vietnam
Yokohama
Japan
Willard Adams
Frank
James Bk. Frame
Goldsmith
Con Thien
Cpl
General Hospital
Apo San Francisco
California
Merine
Monahans
Newcomers and addresses listed in local notice
Local notice enumerates newcomers including Ronnie Baker of 1107 5th, James J. R. Higginbotham at 707 West 7th, Billy Patterson of 904 South Allen, Jerry Barnes, and Calvin with unspecified address. No further context provided.
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Ronnie Baker
James
J. R. Higginbotham
W. 7Th
Billy Patterson
S. Allen
Jerry Barnes
Calvin
Monahans Grad Named Publicist for Phone Company
Rk O Rutherford public relations assistant for General Telephone Company of the Southwest is named northern area public relations administrator effective June 17. He will oversee advertising public and internal information and programs in community relations for four divisions in Broken Arrow Garland Irving Sherman and one district in Denton. He is a Texas Tech BBA graduate and Monahans High School alumnus, married to Teresa Townley with two children.
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Rk, O
Bob) Rutherford
General Telephone Company of the Southwest
Northern Area
Sherman
D. H. Dunnaway
Rutherford
Broken Arrow
Oklahoma
Garland
Irving
Denton
Texas Tech
Tech
Alpha Delta Sigma
The
American Marketing Association
Monahans High School
Teresa Townley
San Angelo
Rhonda Paige
Brent
Police blotter notes vandalism burglary and theft
City police report early week offenses from vandalism to burglary. Monday night unknowns shattered two windows at Southside Baptist Church and burglarized National Supply Store on east Sealy. tools chain copper tubing and other oilfield equipment stolen. Tuesday night a Bill Addy Midland car was broken into and ransacked at Colonial Inn. thiefs took a briefcase with tools a Kodak Instamatic camera a tape recorder and grocery advertising material. Several homes reported defacement with shaving cream and toilet paper.
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Southside Baptist Church
East Sealy
Bill Addy
Midland
Colonial Inn
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Ben Blakley
Monahans News
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Optimist
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