Harvest Drawings End Saturday in Monahans Promodrop
Monahans Silver Harvest Days will discontinue as of Saturday with the last drawing that date. Mitch Widdess, chairman of the Chamber of Commerce retail trade committee, says participation has not supported continuing the program. Inaugurated May 27 to spur summer shopping, the drawings awarded 160 dollars in merchandise over five Saturdays and will add whatever is drawn this Saturday.
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Monahans
Mitch Widdess
Chamber of Commerce Retail Trade Committee
Monahans Water System Reapproved For Next Year
Monahans city water system received reapproval for the coming year from the Texas Department of Health. City Manager Don Edmonds said officials were commended for working to provide greater quantities of water at higher pressures to meet rising demand. The department noted numerous improvements made in the system over the past year.
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Monahans
Texas Department of Health
Don Edmonds
Department
Monahans News Wins First in Texas Column Writing
The Monahans News earned a bronze plaque for first place in Texas Press Association column writing. Awarded in Dallas during TPA's annual convention, The News topped semi weekly Texas papers with its News Hound column.
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Monahans News
Texas Press Association
Dallas
TPA
The
News
Texas
News Hound
Jury Acquits W R Snyder in Christmas Eve Killing
A jury of 11 men and one woman found W R Snyder not guilty of murdering Franklin Nelms Jr. The acquittal leaves the murder charge against him for Nelms Sr. still pending. The trial spanned two days with 18 witnesses and six jurors from Monahans in attendance.
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W. R. Snyder
Monahans
Franklin Nelms Jr
Franklin Nelms Sr
Snyder
143Rd
J. H. Starley
Nelms
Little Leaguers Match Up Odessa Teams Sunday
A Little League double header is set for Sunday afternoon featuring the two top Monahans teams against the top Odessa squads. The White Sox face Odessa Kiwanis at 2 p.m. and the Dodgers meet Odessa ABC at 4 p.m. Admission is free.
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Monahans
Odessa
White Sox
Kiwanis Club
Dodgers
ABC
Second South Main crash hits Bicknell building again
A northbound panel truck driven by Charles D. Castell struck the northwest corner of the D. A. Bicknell plumbing shop at 710 South Main early Wednesday, damaging the Bicknell building and the nearby Bob Low residence at 708 South Main, marking the area’s second collision in four days. The incident followed a similar accident last Saturday when a Halliburton truck collided with the south wall of Bicknell’s home at 710 South Main.
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South Main
Main
Stockton
Halliburton
D. A. Bicknell
Bob Low
Charles D
Mrs Price New Co. Commissioner Appointed in Ward County
Mrs Price Leroy Price of Pyote was appointed Ward County Commissioner by Judge Toon Estes to fill the unexpired term of her late husband who died in a tank battery fire near Pyote on June 9. The term ends December 31 1962 with a full term to be decided in next spring’s primary. The Varnum Addition to Monahans was approved for filing.
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Leroy Price
Pyote
Ward County
Toon Estes
Monahansites Named Directors Of Youth Center
Five Monahansites were named to the Youth Center Board of directors in a Youth Center Council meeting Monday night. The new board includes Mrs. Conrad Dunagan, Ed Lohmann, Mrs. B. B. Reed, Glenn Elrod, and Mrs. Elizabeth Sitton. Dunagan and Lohmann were re elected. Holdover directors are Mrs. Ken Welch, GW Thurston, and Eugene Bottoms. Directors serve one year terms and are elected twice yearly by the Youth Center Council.
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Monahansites
Youth Center Board of Directors
Youth Center Council
Conrad Dunagan
Ed Lohmann
B. B. Reed
Glenn Elrod
Elizabeth Sitton
Dunagan
Lohmann
Burt James
Paul Carr
Ralph Chaney
Center
Ken Welch
GW. Thurston
Eugene Bottoms
Sandhills Drive Membership Drive Begins Slowly
Monahans Sandhills Museum Association reports a slow start to its 1961 membership drive. President Bill Lee notes business memberships lag but family memberships gain traction. Curator estimates about 60 memberships sold so far, compared with 140 in the previous drive.
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Monahans Sandhills Museum Association
Bill Lee
Lee
Special Service Set By Pentecost Church
Monahans United Pentecostal Church will host a special service Saturday night at 7 30 featuring seven young men from Portland Bible College who will play musical instruments and preach at 1700 South Stockton Street.
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Monahans United Pentecostal Church
Portland
Ore
Public Hearing On New City Budget Set For July 10
City councilmen set a public hearing for 2 p.m. July 10 at city hall to inspect the proposed 1961-62 Monahans budget. The hearing accompanies the regular semi monthly meeting, moved to evening to avoid quorum issues. The council also adopted an emergency electrical code and named an examining board of J. T. Asbury, George Musick, Kenneth Cook, Roland Maxwell, and Harold Kirby to upgrade standards and reduce fire hazards.
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Monahans
J. T. Asbury
George Musick
Kenneth Cook
Roland Maxwell
Harold Kirby
Monahans Broiler Farm Booms Under Sloan Twin Acre
Monahans hosts the Sloan Twin-Acre Chicken Farm at 101 East Ward Street where Mr and Mrs Homer Sloan raise 1200 to 1500 broilers. Chickens are fed and processed on site from Dallas imports every three weeks, then shipped to three local merchants and retail buyers. The fryers are raised in air conditioned conditions and processed in a humane stake method before sale or freezing.
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Homer Sloans
Monahans
Sloan
Mrs. Sloan
Monahans Broiler
Southwest
Homer Sloan
Bliss
Sloan's
East Ward Street
Sloans
Dallas
Bye-Bye World
Hello Skillet
Pusher Hospitalized After Heart Seizure
Paige Pattillo of 1103 South Allen is confined to Ward Memorial Hospital after a severe heart attack Monday night near Mona Hans at about eight o'clock. He works as a pusher for Oilwell Reverse Units.
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Paige Pattillo
South Allen
Ward Memorial Hospital
Monahans
Wickett Pool Opens For Fourth Of July Day
Wickett swimming pool will be open Tuesday July 4 according to Manager Bill Shoemaker. Tuesday is normally cleaning day with no swimming. The pool will be closed Wednesday of next week.
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Wickett
Bill Shoemake
Narcotics Case Put Off Till Next Court Session
Three Fort Worth men Charles Jackson Arthur Russell and Stanley Smith charged with possession of narcotics and paraphernalia had their trial delayed to the next court session by Judge J H Stanley Attorney A R Archer Jr secured the continuance Russell remains free on bond while Ed Keyes was appointed to represent him Huerta and Alvarez face separate non jury trials on burglary and bad check counts respectively Goodrich and Godwin received four year suspended sentences on burglary pleas.
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Fort Worth
Charles Jackson
Arthur Russell
Stanley Smith
A. R. Archer Jr
Monahans
Jackson
Smith
J. H. Stanley
Ed Keyes
Russell
Ward
Pecos
Sisto Hernandez Huerta
Joe Alvarez
Huerta
Alvarez
John W. Goodrich
Jerry Godwin
Juvenile Officers Set Monahans Meeting
West Texas officials from 12 counties including Ward County plan a Monahans meeting July 6 to discuss a regional juvenile rehabilitation center for mild offenses. Psych social work expert Dwight Rieman will speak. the public is invited to attend at Monahans Community Center from 1 to 5 p.m. Judge Toon Estes and Juvenile Officer Dugan Longbotham host.
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West Texas
Monahans
Ward County
Gatesville School
Dwight Rieman
Austin
Division of Mental Health
Texas Department of Health
Monahang Community Center
Toon Estes
Dugan Longbotham
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Bob Ziesenheim
R. B. McGowen
John Howze
D. E. Ramsey
E. W. Shelton
William J. Bawcom
Robert H. Miller
R. L. McMahan
Frank Jewell
Terry Davis
Walt Roeber
Gene Carter
Roy Rubio
O. D. Coursey
J. R. Gregory
Roeber
Castell
West Sealy
Bicknell’s
Mrs. Price New Co
Sandhills Drive
Pentecost Church
Buddy
Billy Ray Smith
Farr Addition
Paul Foraker
Mabel
Pusher
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