Monahans March Weather Ends In None The Same
In Monahans the saying about March being in like a lion and out like a lamb seems off this year. The third month was mild overall, leaving residents unsure if the month will end as expected.
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Newspaper
Monahans News
Location
Monahans, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1973
Page
1
In Monahans the saying about March being in like a lion and out like a lamb seems off this year. The third month was mild overall, leaving residents unsure if the month will end as expected.
Pete Dain, manager of Merchants Fast Freight, is out of intensive care at John Sealy Hospital in Galveston after open heart surgery last week. Doctors report he is progressing well and hopes to go home within two weeks.
Building permits in Monahans rose to 68175 in February per City Building Inspector H. W. Kirby. Nine residential permits for additions and repairs total 28175, one commercial permit for additions and repairs 40000. Year to date permits reach 88175, compared with 3236.44 a year earlier.
Donna Winkler, a Monahans 4-H member, earned grand champion honors with a 999 pound steer sold for 1023.98 to First National Bank at the Junior Auction Sale. Friday net sales reached 24174.32 from 87 top 4-H and FFA animals. reserve champion went to Larry Thurman of Monahans with a 936 pound steer sold to Border Construction.
A federal grant via PBRPC will fund police gear totaling about 1700 dollars for Ward County and Monahans. Ward County gets a video tape and dictating system for about 400 dollars, plus a 120 dollar recorders cost. Monahans buys cassette recorders and tapes for around 30 dollars. The tape system includes a portable camera and monitor for crime scene recording and training.
Schools statewide mark the 119th year of free public education with Open house events from 7 to 9 p.m. at elementary and junior high campuses. Middleton Sudderth Elementary hosts square dancing. Edwards and Tatum Elementary plan displays and special presentations. Junior High offers art displays and tours of the new structure. coffee served in the cafeteria. High School parents tour classrooms and review biology science and vocational projects. The new Vocational Wing Band Hall Auto Mechanics Building Trades Cosmetology DE VOE Resource Center and Sciences areas are highlighted with tours. Principal Teresa Moseley Francis Apple and Stanley Smith oversee events.
Five candidates joined the race for two Monahans City Council seats after April 3 filings. Incumbent Ed Hammonds and Jim Noelke are seeking Hammonds’ seat, with Dick Hoyer leaving to challenge Mayor J W Thrasher for re election. Mayor Thrasher runs for a sixth term.
Ward Memorial Hospital administrator Bob Hill will present findings from a Kermit meeting with Texas Tech Medical School officials. The hospital board will discuss possible affiliation and local preceptorship opportunities with Tech medical students.
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