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Newspaper
Monahans News
Location
Monahans, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1973
Page
2
The annual Texas Football Boys Lilly Day drive raises funds for Easter Seals with donors wearing small white lilies and Easter Seal canisters carried by volunteers. The Lobos join 500 high schools in the all day effort. in 1972 Easter Seals aid reached 18,802 disabled Texans.
The Monahans Circuit Riders of the Big Spring State Hospital Volunteer Council seek donations of salable household items for a Giant Garage Sale at the Town House Motel in Big Spring. Donations of kitchen items furniture and clothing are favored._sale runs March 31 to April 5 daily 9 am to 6 pm. Contact Mrs. Jean McAfee at 943-3125 or 943-2975 for pickups.
Sunday scores at the new Ward County Rifle Range determine seniors and juniors for the Monahans district event. Ricky Rogers led seniors with 275 while Marshal Dawson had 276 and James Johnson 263. Juniors were led by Larry Thurman with 266 and Randy Clark 243. The national sectional match is set for March 24-25 with NRA recordkeeping and sectional awards planned.
Funeral rites for Gertrude Eason 1306 S Harry Monahans will be Saturday at 2 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church with burial in Monahans Cemetery. Eason born December 7 1913 in Ferris died Wednesday at Methodist Hospital. Also noted are details of Rev Jose A Lujan a 71 year old retired Baptist minister funeral at Wilson Miller Chapel with burial in Grandfalls Cemetery. Lujan born February 2 1902 in Terlingua died Tuesday at Odessa Medical Center survived by Manuela Lujan two daughters Anita Gore Santos Brown a son Natividad Lujan and sister Lupe Porras.
A reader asks how to fix upstairs floor squeaks by locating the area and driving nails into joists with finishing nails, then sinking and filling the dents. The piece also lists rental costs for tools like a floor sander, electric drill, pipe cutter, and nail gun.
The Monahans News lists players and scores from local bowling events. Names include Jessey Bowen Gladys Crow and Elaine Houston along with scores and series references. Details show game and series entries, with contact and publication information for the Monahans, Texas newspaper.
Monahans High School Symphonic Band earned a Sweepstakes with first division ratings in both concert and sight reading at the UIL competition in Odessa Permian High. It marks the tenth sweepstakes for the band. Fort Stockton's 3-A entry was the other Sweepstakes recipient among six contenders. The Concert Band earned first division in concert and second in sight reading.
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