Monahans Merchants Add Free Parking and Park News
Downtown Monahans merchants pool resources to provide a free parking lot in front of the new phone building near Trio Motor Co. First National's new building rises along South Main and South Stockton as streets improve. Local sports hope for playoff strength amid growing Little League rosters and a new park readiness. The column condemns highway violence, urges voter turnout for the June 4th Second Primary, and stresses participation for good government.
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Monahans
Trio Motor Co
First National
South Main
South
Stockton
Little League
Kgil Herrington
Northside Citizens to Hold Evening Meeting
The Northside Citizens Improvement League will meet tonight at 8 oclock in the Church of Christ building at North Franklin and C streets. All interested persons are invited.
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Northside Citizens Improvement League
Church of Christ Building
North Franklin
Grandfalls FHA Elects 1966 67 Officers
Grandfalls Royalty FHA elected new officers for the 1966 67 school year at a joint Sandhills party with the FFA on May 5. Officers include Mary Ann Gutierrez president Anita Woody vice president Patsy Sharpnack secretary Sofia Corrales treasurer Janet Black reporter Billie Faye Smith song leader Ann Gandy historian and Glenda McNeme parliamentarian.
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FFA
Mary Ann Gutierrez
Anita Woody
Patsy Sharpnack
Sofia Corrales
Janet Black
Billie Faye Smith
Ann Gandy
Glenda McNeme
Farm Tour Tentatively Planned
Tentative plans for an agricultural tour Friday this week depend on turnout. Edd Cox, Cham ber of Commerce agriculture chairman, invites interested parties to contact him or the chamber office. The itinerary includes a breakfast at the John Wilson ranch near Pyote followed by a visit to Barstow to view alfalfa coastal bermuda and improved rangeland.
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Edd Cox
Chamber of Commerce Committee On Agriculture
Chamber
John Wilson Ranch
Pyote
Barstow
Bermuda
Teachers Pick W. H. Smith As New Proxy
W. H. Smith of Grandfalls has been elected president of the Ward County Classroom Teachers Association and will take office June 1. He will attend the President's Conference in San Antonio August 7 to 10, with Glenn Driskin of Monahans as vice president, Paul Sullivan of Barstow as treasurer, Gary Sanderford of Grandfalls as secretary, and Jim Jordan of Monahans as second vice president.
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W. H. Smith
Grandfalls
Ward County Classroom Teachers Association
San Antonio
Glenn Driskin
Monahans
Paul Sullivan
Barstow
Gary Sanderford
Jim Jordan
MHS Band To Play Here Tonight
Monahans High School bands present a spring concert at 8 00 p m in the high school auditorium featuring the Cadet Stage and Big Green bands A Civil War era piece Stillness at Appomattox is on the Cadet program Stage Band performs Remember Basie and Preacher Man s A Comin while Big Green plays pieces from the Buccaneer Music Festival in Corpus Christi
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Monahans High School
Big Green
Appomatox
Corpus Christi
Democratic Delegates Elect Leaders to State Convention
The Ward County Democratic convention adjourned swiftly after electing Bill Eason as Permanent Chairman and Mrs. Sue Carter as Permanent Secretary. They approved a resolution supporting President Lyndon Johnson and Governor Connally and chose nine delegates and nine alternates to the Texas State Convention in Austin on the third Tuesday in September. Delegates include Sid Scarborough, Louise Massey, Bill Eason, George Bentley, Vershel Smith, R. R. Eiband, Chester Taggart, Paul Meeks, and Sue Carter. Alternates named are Earl Lassiter, Inez Lassiter, Conrad Dunagan, L. A. Snelson, Mrs. George Bentley, Mrs. Conrad Dunagan, Mills Lassiter, Edna Jo Scott, and Ernest King.
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Delbert Winston’ Jones
Ward County
Fit Am
District Court Room
Reddy Room
Texas Electric
Bill Eason
Sue Carter
Lyndon Johnson
John Connally
Austin
Sid Scarborough
Louise Massey
George Bentley
Vershel Smith
R. R. Eiband
Chester Taggart
Paul Meeks
Earl
Inez Lassiter
Conrad Dunagan
L. A. .Snelson
Delbert Jones receives life sentence for Ward County murder
Delbert Winston Jones, 24, was sentenced to life in prison by District Judge J. H. Starley after an all male jury found him guilty of murder with malice in the November killing of Martha Garcia and her husband Reyes in their northside apartment. The defense waived a death penalty appeal. Archer pressed for it but the judge imposed life without parole.
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Delbert Winston Jones
J. H. Starley
Jones
A. R. Archer
Martha Garcia
Garcias
Pecos County
Erma Jackie Williams
Garcia
Starley
Archer
Robert Johnson
Los Angeles
Calif
California
June Jones
White
Magee
David da
Odessa
Tom White
Holt Magee
Defense Council
Sandra Jeffers
D. A. Archer
Ed Keys
Talmadge Green
Green
Miss Williams
Monahans
Miss. Williams
Diane Bledsoe
Ward Memorial
Department of Public Safety Laboratory
DPS
Del
D. A
Ward County GOP Convention Voices Two Party Government
The Ward County Republican Party held a Saturday convention in the Texas Savings and Loan Thrift Room. County judge candidate H. B. Moore gave a keynote on competitive two party government. Resolutions praised Sen. John Tower, endorsed Ward candidates, and called for a new Texas Election Code. Delegates named for the State Convention in San Antonio on Sept 20. Gordon Walker named permanent chairman.
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Ward County
Republican Party
Texas Savings and Loan Thrift Room
H. B
Jack) Moore
Moore
Texas
John Tower
San Antonio
Marvin Russell
J. L. Pinkerton
C. S. Patterson
Waylon C. Martin
A. D. Scott
Gordon Walker
J. C. Newland
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Northside Citzens
C. B. Wheeler
Bill Tipton
Board of Education
Lu Ellen Browning
W. N. Godl
W. N
T. J. Cox
Sec. Board of Education
FHA
MHS
Delbert Jones
Huntsville
Woodrow Wilson
M. D. Gigoux
A. R. McCarthy
R. L. Chaney
James Baldridge
Joe Vandiver
Robert Leverett
Charlie Oliver
Forrest Smith
Charles Prescott
P. O. Richey
Richard J. Hoyer
Jeffers
Boys Club
Bob Avary
Jack Grant
Avary
Grant
Jack Cox
Gertrude Geary
Bill Agey
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