June Tour Planned By Trail Association
The Texas Pecos Trail Association in Odessa outlined a June 15 to 17 two and a half day tour of Trail cities with invitations to state and federal officials and civic leaders. H A Tuck of the Midland Chamber will direct the operation and re staging historic events along towns drew strong support.
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Trail Association
Cabasa de Vaca
Texas
Texas Pecos Trail Association
Odessa
Inn of the Golden West
Frank Lokey
Kmom-Tv
Monahans
Lake
H.A. Tuck
The
Midland Chamber of Commerce
Trail Cities
Lokey
Monahans Community Notes Include Fundraiser and Local Changes
Monahans reports Pete Dain faces pneumonia after heart surgery at John Sealy in Galveston. Johnny Osborn says about 950 dollars raised for hospital bills. Howard Lee named Farr's manager, while Charlie Stephens leaves Skaggs San Angelo. A Teenage Baseball program needs adult help. meeting Sunday 2:30 pm at Chamber of Commerce to introduce President Sonny Davis. Grandfalls historic notes cite De Vaca route and Comanche hideout claims. Lokey cites ongoing membership drive and June West Texas tourism promotion aided by Midland ad firms.
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Monahans
Pete Dain
John Sealy
Galveston
MVFD
Johnny Osborn
Chamber of Commerce
George Davis
Sonny
Grandfalls
Cabasa de Vaca
Southwest
Lokey
Forty Seven Felony Charges Filed In Ward County Docket
Ward County District Attorney Larry Fuller says a heavy docket will be presented to the March Ward County Grand Jury with six cases ready and several holdovers from February. Charges include burglary possession of marijuana and robbery by assault and relate to January February and early March filings. Marijuana cases are expected to total at least four with other drug cases involving juveniles.
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Ward County
Grand Jury
Larry Fuller
Fuller
Ward County Sheriff's Office
Sheriff's Office
Horse Show Draws 116 Entries for 4-H Open Performance
Aerial Annie owned by Allan Childs of Fort Stockton won Grand Champion Mare at the 4-H Open Performance Horse Show on Saturday. Reserve Champion Mare went to Judy's Jam, owned by Judy May of Fort Stockton. Senior All-Around winner was Terri Cox of Odessa and Junior All-Around winner was Becky Meek of Monahans, with about 116 club members participating.
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Aerial Annie
Allan Childs
Fort Stockton
Judy’s Jam
Judy May
Terri Cox
Odessa
Becky Meek
Monahans
Incumbents Face Races In City School Votes
Filing closed for city and school board elections with Monahans School Board positions unopposed for L.B Jolley and Carolyn Parks. Wickett and Thorntonville see multiple candidates for council seats and mayor. Thorn tonville Marshall race with four candidates. Incumbents run without opposition in several posts.
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L.B
Tuck) Jolley
Carolyn Parks
Thorntonville
Monehans
Thorntonville City Marshall
Howard Morgan
A.T. McNutt
D.E. Chilland
D.W. Mason
Site Work Underway For Marcus Plant
Ground work at the Marcus plant site on 15th Street and Loop Road progresses with leveling and buildup through Friday. Construction of the $118,000 structure will start after prep, with R B Snead Construction as prime contractor and local firms Newman Electric Sitz Painting and WesTex Concrete awarded contracts. George Bentley directs site prep using Ward County equipment.
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15Th Street
Loop Road
Herman Marcus
Industrial Foundation
R.B. Snead Construction
Odessa
Newman Electric
Sitz Painting
WesTex Concrete
Snead
License Plate Sales Slow Across County Substations
County Tax Assessor-Collector A M Bowman reported slow sales of 1973 auto registration plates and urged early purchases to avoid month end rush. The April 1 deadline remains. The office offers noon hours for workers and substations in Wickett Barstow Grandfalls and Pyote remain open through the week.
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A.M. Bowman
Bowman
Wickett
Barstow Grandfalls
Pyote
District Court Nine Docketed with Jurors Called
Nine cases set for Monday March 12 in 143rd District Criminal Court before Judge J H Starley. Names include Weatherford brothers charged with theft and others for felony swindling murder rape and marijuana possession. A 124 member venire will report at 9 a.m. for juror selection.
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143Rd District Criminal Court
J.H. Starley
Weatherford Brothers
Garden City
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H.P. Cooper
Cooper
Helene McMillian
Los Angeles
Howard Lee
Farr’s
Mr. Lee
Charlie Stephens
Skaggs
San Angelo
Jaycee
Association
Midland
West
Sergby
Tom Kelleyys
Girls Town
L. Sloan
Stockton
Girlstown
Whiteface
Ross Sanchez
Jerri Brown
Carla Clote
Joan Toney
143Rd District Court
Monahans School Board
Wickett City
Ronnie
Dick Hoyer
J.W Thrasher
Hoyer
Thrasher
Ed Hammond
Hammond
Gibson
Jim Noelke
Paul Moore
Texas Savings and Loan
Harold Woodard
AAA Automotive
Chuck Helmer
Helmer Glass and Key
H.M. Thornton
Theo Hendrix
J.S. Dunn
A.F. Hammons
Virginia Garcia
Geneva Crawford
Marcus
Marcus Plant
George Bentley
T.J. Griggs
Jerry Gene
Jim Bob Weatherford
Alvin E. Green
Russel L. Parnell
Pablo A. Alaniz
Marvis D. James
Jackie Don Harris
Raul Perez
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TV Guide
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