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Newspaper
Monahans News
Location
Monahans, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1975
Page
2
A course instructor announced that officers from the Police Department and the Sheriff's Office will attend the upcoming community safety school to share information and procedures.
Senior citizens gather at noon for the June Luncheon in the center at 205 East 4th. Rebekah Lodge 27 hosts and provides entertainment with a quartet and duets. Bill Goin of Goin Chevrolet furnishes the meat. Transportation calls to 943-2608 by 10 a.m.
Monahans resident Joe T. Derrick is among 122 West Texans named in secret Ector County grand jury indictments. He remains jailed on a 25 000 bond for possession of a substance believed to be heroin after a June 18 arrest. Derrick faces a Ward County case for marijuana sale pending prior action. Over 30 people had been arrested in the county’s largest drug operation by Friday.
Buffalo Trail Scout Ranch received an outstanding National Standard Camp Rating from a National Boy Scout Council inspection team during their June 18 annual audit. The camp was praised for facility improvements and plans to build a new outpost camp in the ranch interior. The 6000 acre ranch in the Davis Mountains near Balmorhea is owned by the Buffalo Trail Council based in Midland, serving Permian Basin and West Texas scouts with five weeks of summer camp plus year round operations.
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Congratulations to Mrs Rex L Baker Mrs Gordon Williams and Jan Rodgers winners of the Big M Limerick Contest They will be contacted when to pick up winnings Readers are invited to keep sharing comments about Monahans and local happenings The winning limericks are printed in order of their awards First Mrs Rex L Baker Third Jan Rodgers Second Gordon Williams
Funeral services were held Friday in Merkle for Thomas April Pence born November 25 1903 in Greenville. A longtime Monahans resident and retired Ozark Mahoning Co. employee he built Pence Radio and TV Repair and supported the Monahans Country Club. Survivors include Autry his widow daughter Pat Sprading two brothers two sisters and two grandchildren.
Funeral services were held in Lubbock for N Don Holub 20 a Monahans native who died in a one car crash near Bledsoe June 25 He was born January 17 1955 in Monahans and worked as a warehouseman for a drug company He attended Texas Tech University and was a Presbyterian parishioner His parents and grandparents Mr and Mrs Jack Tyler resided at 1514 S Gail in Monahans.
Funeral rites pending Sunday at Wheeler Mortuary for Mary Turner 86 mother of a Monahans man. She died Sunday May 29 at 5 45 am in the Monahans Convalescent Home born December 12 1888 survivors include her husband Charles O Turner of 607 S Kenneth and a son Bill Turner of Monahans.
George E. Briggs of Barstow died Thursday in a Pecos nursing home. Burial is planned in Barstow Cemetery Saturday. Born October 1, 1899 in Barstow he lived there all his life. Retired mail carrier and 50 year Mason, he belonged to Ashler Lodge. Survived by widow Mary Briggs, son George Briggs Jr, daughter Mrs Zada Donnell, sister Mrs Zara Chase, and six grandchildren.
Erven L. Fisher Jr., district manager in Odessa, says July checks will include an 8 percent cost of living increase for most social security recipients. The raise, the first under the 1972 COLA provision, will be added automatically to monthly payments.
Keith Morris of Monahans and the Department of Public Safety urges Ward County motorists to stay alert during the long July 4 weekend. He stresses safe following distances, child restraints, and keeping children occupied to prevent fatal accidents. He notes the Bicentennial Fourth next year could be spectacular if precautions are followed. Avoid complacency and read the classified.
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