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Newspaper
Monahans News
Location
Monahans, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1978
Page
2
The school board approves buying an electrical timing device and scoreboard for the swimming facility at a total cost of 22,500 with county 8,000 and swim club 6,500 contributions while the school covers 8,000. A bidder of 3,250 was rejected on related construction changes.
Ward County and Monahans will be represented at the Texas Conference on Tourist Development opening in Austin at the Hilton Inn. Chamber of Commerce manager Ken Waddell aims to secure Ward County’s share of more than five million dollars in state tourism revenue. He calls tourism new money that cycles through the local economy and notes big business potential. Additional attendees include Assemblyman Mathew J. Murphy of Lockport New York CBS News correspondent Ray Brady and four Visit U.S.A. marketers along with a Chicago PR specialist and Rep Chris V Semos plus nine other Texans involved in tourism.
Services for Sam Reynolds Wolfe 72 of 708 South Allen were held Tuesday at the Third and Dwight Church of Christ with Lee Lancaster officiating Burial followed in Monahans Cemetery under Wilson Miller Funeral Home direction He died Saturday in Hobbs New Mexico after a sudden illness Born November 25 1905 in Denton he had lived in Monahans 43 years Retired auto mechanic member of Church of Christ Married April 24 1932 in Levelland Survived by widow Ellen Wolfe son Charles Wolfe Big Spring daughter Wanda Ackley Louisville two brothers Oscar Wolfe Midlothian J T Wolfe Lubbock three sisters Helen Kimbrough Seymour Laura Carter Rawls Temple Lee Sewell California six grandchildren one great grandchild plus note about sculptor Vinnie Ream Hoxie and Lincoln statue remarks.
Letter writer praises The Big Burger owners Wetzig for returning a $260 wallet found after supper. Marian Rodgers is thanked for free ad space in the newspaper and the grateful author commends local shopkeepers for kindness and integrity.
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