Highway 18 bid letting due in June Reynolds County funds set for curb and gutter work
At a special meeting the County Commissioners Court approved $5700 as the county share of curb and gutter costs for the 4 lane State Highway 18 project from Lobo Drive In Theater area to Cayanosa cut off road. The state and county share is 50 50. Contract letting for the six mile section will occur in June with eminent domain used if owners decline settlements. Monahans High School student Sue Grissom won first place in the state UIL shorthand contest in Austin earning a gold medal and plaque. she was coached by Edith Callicoate and accompanied by her.
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Commissioners Court
Lobo Drive-In
Cayanosa
Highway Department
US 66
Big Bend Park
Monahans High School
Austin
Sue Grissom
Edith Grissom
Edith Callicoate
MHS
UIL
End Of School Exercises Set At Grandfalls
Grandfalls prepares end of school events with a baccalaureate on Sunday at 8 p.m. in the high school auditorium for 23 graduates. Speaker: Lloyd Shirley of Monahans. Commencement Thursday at 8 p.m. in the same hall with Superintendent C. B. Wheeler presiding. Valedictorian Janet Black and salutatorian Anita Woody lead the processional. An elementary awards day is set for 2 p.m. Thursday May 16. Attendance honors, honor rolls, and reading certificates will be awarded. Public invited.
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Grandfalls High School
Lloyd Shirley
Monahans
Grandfalls Church of Christ
C. B. Wheeler
Board of Education
Janet Black
Anita Woody
Grandfalls
Ward County 4 H Members Bring Home District Wins
Ward County 4 H members won district banners at Odessa eliminations. First place teams include Electric Demonstration Pete Davis and Jerry Uechi and Community Improvement Jan Eppler Ann Luckie. Other winners: Money Management Susan Pierce, Vegetable Preparation Dig Those Potatoes Cheri Middlebrooks D Lyla Kirby. Second and third places listed with numerous individuals. Senior 4 H members advance to State Roundup June 4 5 in Austin to perform these demonstrations.
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Odessa
Pete Davis
Jerry Uechi
Jan Eppler
Ann Luckie
Susan Pierce
Cheri Middlebrooks
D’lyla Kirby
Robert Smith
Bill Kelton
Jaylie Longbotham
Dean Garrett
Timmy Watson
Paula Hill
Cecilia Everett
Virginia Griffin
Pam Randolph
Sherry Moore
Carl Joe Speed
Jim Harrison
Leslie Berry
Billy Tucker
Share the Fun Group of Ladies
Don Lawson
Glenn Gainey
Dub Woods
Danny Winkler
Steve Berry
Mike Je
Senior Girl Wins Voice Scholarship at Texas Tech
Linda Estes senior at Monahans High School won a music scholarship from Texas Tech University in Lubbock and will enroll as a voice major this fall. Her achievements include solo work and ensemble singing, plus a first division soprano solo in a UN competition at Big Spring. She will also sing at a Lubbock church for additional aid.
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Linda Estes
Texas Tech University
Lubbock
Carl Estes Jr
S. Main
Ken Mills
Monahans
MHS
Linda
El Paso Firm Low Bidder On WT Childrens Home Job
Ag Tour set for Friday with a 7 a.m. courthouse start and a chartered bus. The route includes Trey Edwards Ranch for breakfast, G. P. Mitchell Ranch to view horses, then West Ranch Hogg Ranch and Monahans water field before returning to the courthouse by noon. All residents and downtown businesspeople urged to join. call Chamber of Commerce before 5 p.m. to participate.
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el Paso
Childrens
Mitchell
West Ranch
Hogg Ranch
Monahans
Middlebrook - Watson
Court House
Chamber of Commerce
Don Yarborough Supporters Rally Monday Evening
Don Sullivan campaign manager for Yarborough will address supporters at 7 30 Monday night in the National Room of the First National Bank. The event follows Yarboroughs May 4 primary lead and ahead of the June 1 runoff against Preston Smith. Coffee and cookies will be served in an informal gathering.
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Don Yarborough
Don Sullivan
First National Bank
Sullivan
Yarborough
Preston Smith
Runnoff
El Paso firm low bidder for six dormitories contract
An El Paso firm bid $504,052 to construct six cottage type dormitories at West Texas Childrens Home. Nine bids ranged to $561,795 from Glen W Casey Construction of Odessa, all under or above the $588,834 appropriation after plan revisions. Bids to be reviewed before awards. home now houses 123 youths in remodeled Pyote facilities.
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el Paso
West Texas Childrens Home
Austin
Dick Miller
Building Commission
Pyote Air Force Base
Dr Kunstadt Named Honorary TMA Member
Paul Kunstadt M D of Monahans was among 44 Texas physicians elected to honorary membership in the Texas Medical Association at the 101st annual meeting in Houston on May 25. He was nominated by the county medical society and elected by the House of Delegates. The honor requires at least 40 years active service and notable contributions to ethical medical practice.
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Paul Kunstadt
Monahans
Texas
Texas Medical Association
House of Delegates
TMA
Houston
Ite
The
County Medical Society
Jaycees Seek Nominees for DSA and Boss Awards
Monahans Jaycees invite community nominations for the Distinguished Service Award and Outstanding Boss Award to be announced June 1. Nominations due by May 25 to Sheridan Wingrove or Ronnie Middleton or by written mail to Box 626. Also planned honors for a senior boy and girl at the Awards Assembly and a May 29 Junior Golf Tourney at the Country Club. Meetings held Mondays at 7:30 at the Chamber of Commerce building.
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Monahans Jaycees
Jaycees
Sheridan Wingrove
Ronnie Middleton
DSA
Monahans High
Country Club
Chamber of Commerce
Local banks show_asset and deposit increases in April
Financial statements for First National and First State indicate higher assets and deposits than a year ago. As of April 18, First National reports 7,587,840.78 in assets and 6,772,626.78 in deposits. First State shows 9,914,719.52 assets and 8,813,885.59 deposits. Combined assets total 17,502,560.30 and deposits 15,536,512.37.
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First National
First State
Monahans Seniors Head to Carlsbad Caverns
Monahans High School senior class members depart by bus tomorrow for a full day trip to Carlsbad Caverns National Park in New Mexico. They will be accompanied by class sponsors.
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Monahans High School
Carlsbad Caverns National Park
New Mexico
Fire Report Near Town After Truck Crash
A truck crashed about one mile south of town and caught fire on Wednesday. Fire crews responded to the scene to control the blaze and prevent spread, with no injuries reported at this time.
Local Boys Help Dig Up 20000 Year Mammoth Near Toyah
On May 4 Monahans youths Randall Burum Mike Lamothe and Mark Parker joined Professor Dwight Deal and Eastern New Mexico State University anthropology students on a field dig of a late Pleistocene mammoth southwest of Toyah. The team aims to preserve the skull and learn if humans interacted with the animal at death about 20000 years ago.
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Randall Burum
Mike Lamothe
Mark Parker
Monahans
Dwight Deal
Su' Ross Geology Department
Eastern New Mexico State University
Toyah
Randall
Future Farmers Plan Imperial District Meeting
The FFA of the Big Bend District plans a Record Check meeting on May 14 at Imperial High School at 3 30 p m. The Future Farmer section will elect district officers and form a talent team. In the teacher section leaders and a District Public Relations Chairman will be chosen. District stars receive plaques at the area convention.
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FFA
Big Bend
Imperial High School
Lone Star Farmer
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Trey Edwards
Bill Andrews
John Rutherford
G. P. Mitchell
Voray
Dr. Kunstadt
Paul Konstadt
National
American Party
City Hall
Joe B. Norton
Mike
R. F. Lamothe
Mark
Jesse Parker
Lions Club
George Bentley
Maurice Crouse
M. O. Lisman
Bo Cook
Lion Tanner
George Pascal
Ector
John Burba
Claud Tipton
Lathan Walker
Cack Roller
Chester Taggart
Future Farmers Plan
Imperial District Meeting
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