One Dead Three Hospitalized In Car Train Collision
A 36 year old Hardin Covington died enroute to Odessa Medical Center after a car train crash near Franklin Street. His wife Cornelious Faye Covington and two children, Bob and Ernest, were hospitalized with injuries. Mrs Covington stated she did not see the train. The couple’s other two children were not in the car. Covington worked for McDade Janitorial Service and funeral services are pending.
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Franklin Street
Hardin Covington
Covington
Odessa Medical Center
Ward Memorial Hospital
Hammond Fneral
Hammond Funeral Home
Cornelious Faye Covington
Ben Keele
Monahans
Bob
Ernest
Odessa Medical Center Hospital
County opens Wickett Pyote pools Saturday
Wickett and Pyote pools start this Saturday per Ward County Commissioner Lenora Price. County and city pools run 2 to 7 p.m. weekdays and 1 to 6 p.m. Sundays, closed Mondays for cleaning. Admission 25 cents single, 5 dollars season ticket, sold at pools. Lifeguards Pat Garrard Wickett and Larry Lawson Pyote, trained in Red Cross water safety.
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Wickett and
Pyote
Ward
Lenora Price
Pat Garrard
Wickett
Larry Lawson
Red Cross
Commencement Exercises Scheduled Friday Evening
Friday evening events mark the commencement ceremonies with a list of participants including Penny Paulette Adkins Maria Anita Alanis Milton Hugh Alexander III Garry Steven Anderson Richard Lenke Bains and many others. The program names graduates and speakers such as Patricia H Beckham Harold Bell Dana Bellamy Sharon Blakley Jackie Blanchard Margaret Booth Calvin Boren and more across multiple departments.
Graduation List Names Many Seniors From Local High School
A long roster of graduates includes Gary Lionel Gandy Patrick Alan Garrard Simon Hernandez Gomez Elidia Gonzales James Sosa Gonzales Jesus Mendoza Gonzales Martin Luis Gonzales Bonnie Lynn Goza and many more. The class also features noted family names such as Hart Hubbard Kay Purcell and Williams, with diverse hometown connections and potential future plans noted.
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Jimmy Wayne Speed
Alan Truett
Standefer Arvil Franklin Stapp, Jr
Randy Vance Sturman
Armando Lujan Sabia
Ricky Lynn Tedford
Alfredo G. Terrazas
Richard Doyle Thurman Larry Don Ueckert
Gary Eugene Upchurch Amado C. Valenzuela
Don Franklin Vallie, Jr
Jacinto O. Vasquez, Jr
Cecil Dale Watkins
Randy Paul West Freddie David Whitfield
Sherry Lynn Whitmire
David Jeffrey Williams
Woodrow Wilson, Jr
Jane Anne Winborn
John Edgar Youngblood III
Ed Moses to Speak at AIME Meeting Here Monday Night
Ed Moses will address the Trans Pecos Section of AIME at the May 27 dinner meeting at Monahans Country Club ‘Ladies Night’. The Midland Rauscher Pierce representative discusses the five Ws of investing and broker services for investors. Moses is an A&M graduate and oil field equipment entrepreneur turned investment banker.
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Ed Moses
AIME
Trans - Pecos
Spe of
Monahans Country Club
Thomas FE
Moses
Midland
Rauscher
Mr. Moses
Texas A & M
Rauscher and Pierce
Southwest
API
Permian Basin
National Association of Corrosion Engineers
Summer School Program Underway At Local Schools
The local school system runs a six week summer program with driver education starting last Saturday and behind-the-wheel instruction to follow. Remedial English runs June 3 to July 13, with remedial reading for grades 1-8 at Tatum and Sudderth starting May 27. Physical education includes tennis golf basketball track weights swimming and tennis led by Mrs. Jackie Zweiger and Wright Chrane.
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Tatum and Sudderth
Jackie Zweiger
Wright Chrane
Final Class Assembly for 152 MHS Seniors
The 152 graduates of MHS prepare for commencement tomorrow at 8 PM in the high school auditorium. Valedictorian Jane Anne Winborn and salutatorian Linda Law lead the processional. Top scholars give the main addresses. The program includes music, invocations by Rev J R Bunts and Austin Sibert, and district officials announcing diplomas. Class officers and sponsors are listed, and Charles H Wade, president, begins a week at First State Bank before taking permanent duties in June.
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MHS Halls of Learning
Jane Anne Winborn
Linda Law
J. R. Bunts
Austin Sibert
Stanley Smith
MHS
E. L. Kent
T. George Callender
Dana Bellamy
Tommy Kent
Camilla Higginbotham
Jane Coleman
Larry Bryant
Peggy Callicoatte
Dorothy Davis
Frank
Charles H. Wade
First State Bank
Conrad Dunagar
Mr. Wade
Barstow High Names Top Honor Grads
Barstow High School announces top graduates for the year with John Carl Allgood as valedictorian and Johnny Collins as salutatorian. Graduation will be held at 8 p.m. in the school auditorium with Pecos attorney Roddy Harrison as main speaker. Allgood is the son of Mr. and Mrs. John B. Allgood and carries a 94.44 average, while Collins is the son of Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Collins with an 88.87 average.
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Sheila Ann Dodson
Draughon’s Business College
Lubbock
Monahans News
Sheila Ann
R. R. Dodson
Pyote
Pyote High
Monahans High
Sup
T. George Callender
Stanley Smith
Barstow High School
John Carl Allgood
Johnny Collins
Roddy Harrison
Pecos
John Carl
John B. Allgood
Johnny
H. A. Collins
Charles F Clark Hurt In Accident
Charles F Clark, of Ward Memorial, is injured with broken ribs and facial burns after stopping to aid a woman whose car stalled. He worked under the hood then advised her to start the engine, and the accident occurred over the weekend.
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Charles F., Clark
Ward Memorial
Charlie
Jesus Marquez Dies In Truck Crash Near Grandfalls
Jesus Jose Marquez, 20, of Grandfalls, was killed Monday afternoon when the gravel truck he drove overturned at a gravel pit about 10 miles west of Grandfalls. He was crushed to death as the truck bed flipped backward.
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Jesus Jose Marquez
Grandfalls
Summer Baseball Program Opened With Saturday Start
About 400 boys will begin play in the Texas Teenage Baseball Saturday with local competition through late July. Local winners advance to district and state tournaments. The Freshman Division includes twelve major and twelve minor league teams. Monahans hosts a playoff between two local league champions for automatic state entry. The State Freshman Division tourney will be in Monahans the second week in August. For the first time 13 and 14 year olds compete in affiliated play in the new Sophomore League.
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Texas
Monahans
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Buddy Roppy
VFW Auxiliary
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Pierce _ Securities Corporation
New York Stock Exchange
Conrad Dunagan
Drew Pearson
State News
Church News
Barstow
Charles F. Clark
Jesus Marquez
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