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Newspaper
Andrews County News
Location
Andrews, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1963
Page
1
In Andrews Texas a banquet is planned for Sept 10 to thank top officials from local oil and gas companies. The event aims to recognize the county’s leading industry as supply finally exceeds demand after decades of growth. Tickets cost $5 with many out of town guests expected.
Local engineers and possibly the Railroad Commission eye the one billionth barrel of oil in Andrews County. The exact date may be calculated from the Ogden well or the Fullerton field discovery, marking a milestone for the community.
A Tri-County Group Foster Home directors meeting nearly broke up after a report on three recently admitted children found in diapers with stomach worms. The district judge ordered admission to Terminal Foster Home where cure took about two months and proved shocking to some directors.
A northern editor narrates a surreal newsroom caper where every letter S vanishes on press day. The clever fix turns into a cheeky message for readers, noting the trouble and a humorous workaround as the paper rolls toward publication.
Glenn James Rex, an Underwood fifth grade teacher for six years, was named school properties director by the board of trustees on Monday. He will earn 8400 a year for a one year contract and begin immediately, filling the vacancy left by Frank Hyde who became superintendent in Leggett Texas. Rex, chosen from six applicants, will supervise maintenance personnel and school properties under business manager M Woolom. He holds a 1961 master’s from Sul Ross State College and a BA from Waynesburg College. The board also approved an elementary physical education program change to assign one woman PE teacher per school for 27 weeks and three remaining men for nine weeks, with two PE teachers per school for 27 weeks and one for the nine week period, sharing supervision with classroom teachers during play periods.
The 1963 Andrews Mustangs open with a scrimmage against Littlefield at Mustang Stadium Saturday at 7 30 p m. The B team also plays Littlefield, with two days of workouts since Aug 19 and plans for a Sept 7 scrimmage versus Permian.
The Mustang Club booster group met Tuesday to finalize details for the annual barbecue honoring high school football players. The event proceeds Sept 5 at 7 pm at Lakeside Park with music by the Andrews High pep band. Tickets cost $1.50, on sale through club members.
Two Andrews youths face theft charges in Odessa for stealing spare tires from cars on Odessa car lots. Investigators recovered nine tires, including some mounted on wheels, and six youths are being questioned as the probe continues.
The editorial urges all county officials and businesses to attend a Sept. 10 banquet honoring the oil and gas industry. It notes the local sector contributes over 11 million dollars in payroll and produces 202 million dollars in oil and gas, the county’s flagship asset.
A public banquet in Andrews marks Oil Appreciation Day with Texas Senator John Tower as principal speaker. The day includes a 3:30 p m closed session, a 5:30 p m reception, and a 7:30 p m banquet at the high school home area for 500 West Texas attendees. Tickets are $5 and not sold at the door.
The Andrews Independent School District hosts its annual all school barbecue at Lakeside Park at 7:30 honoring teachers administrators and school board members and their families. 35 service awards will be presented including a twenty year pin with pins ranging five to fifteen years. The Downtown Lions Club welcomed new teachers Tuesday night at a watermelon supper at Lakeside Park with each new teacher escorted by a Lion.
J. B. Criner was reported in good condition at Permian General Hospital Tuesday after fumes from a de acidizing operation at the Pan American gas plant in South Fullerton Field. Criner said he entered a vessel to clean a screen and lost memory after exposure. An ambulance from Singleton's Funeral Home transported him semi conscious to the hospital.
Andrews residents faced a midweek heat spell with highs near 96 degrees and daily lows around 69. Humidities remained high as forecast clouds teased moisture three times but cleared before reaching the city. Temperatures provided by Northern Natural Gas.
The Andrews City Council adopted a 573 517 budget for the 1963 44 year after about 90 minutes of public hearing. The tax rate remains 1 30 per 100 valuation, unchanged since the past three years except 1959. An Equalization Board session is set for Aug 293 at City Hall to hear protests and set valuations. The council also authorized bids for oil gas and antifreeze for city vehicles and raised City Manager Marshall Pharr’s salary to 10800 annually. A parks and recreation department and commission were created with six members appointed.
Hundreds join kickoff at Mustang Stadium as the Jaycee Carnival enters its second night. Treasure Chest drawings offer big prizes including a car from Johnny Smith Motor Company and luggage from Hulens. Fort Hood, Odessa and Lubbock skydivers are planned for Saturday’s big day.
A trailer house in Southwest Andrews burned Sunday afternoon causing about 31000 in damage. Chuck Rich, owner, fought the flames with a garden hose before Andrews Volunteer Fire Department units arrived around 5 05 p m. Smoke and water damage followed with a false alarm later that night.
The Texas Employment Commission reports a smaller unemployment picture for August. Thirty seven people applied for unemployment insurance, down from thirty nine in July, with fourteen former oil field workers, four former construction workers, and nineteen former retail tradesmen seeking work.
Thirty five students plan to greet Nobuhiko Yama, a foreign exchange student from Japan sent by the American Field Service, as he lands at Midland Air Terminal at 7 14 p.m. He traveled from Houston, with a stop in San Francisco, and will live with the B B Six family at 301 SW Ith while attending the local high school. Yama enjoyed volleyball, tennis and model airplanes and led his English Club back home. His father is a school principal who taught English for years and Yama aims to study aeronautical engineering at a Japanese university after graduation.
School officials instruct all senior high students to report to school at 4 45 a m Tuesday in the home area. There will be no zero hour on the first day.
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