Personalities attend Texas A and M game and Thanksgiving visits
Jimmy Ulmer Craddock Ulmer and Bob Martin attended the Texas A and M football game at College Station on Thanksgiving Day. Mrs Ola Davis visited relatives in Seminole for Thanksgiving Day and Sunday. Mr and Mrs Pat Malcolm and Mr and Mrs W O Day with daughter Judy Kay spent the Thanksgiving holiday in Sea Graves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy and
Craddock Ulmer
Bob Martin
Texas-A. & M
College Station
Ola Davis
Seminole
Pat Malcolm
W. O. Day
Judy Kay
Seagraves
Band Clinic In Lubbock Sponsored By Texas Tech
Thirty four high school band members will attend a two day clinic in Lubbock Texas December 9 10. Sponsored by Texas Tech the event aims to study contest music for spring and features top area directors. A concert by the Texas Tech band will cap the visit with chaperones Maxwell and Miss Post guiding attendees who will stay at the Hilton Hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lubbock
Texas
Texas Tech
Maxwell
Miss Post
Wil
Hiltor Hotel
Dutch Good Will Show Delights Local Audience
The Dutch Good Will Program opened with Carel Coerond on accordion while Chita Maria and Harry Van Pelt sang Dutch songs. The trio demonstrated dances and songs as students performed wood dances. speakers described Dutch schooling and water based transport. The show began in Snyder after touring the New England states for about a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carel Coerond
Chita Maria
Harry van Pelt
van Pelt
Peecy ‘Ephenson
Joyce Crews
Weldin
Coaude Hood
Duke Ias
Shore Lane
Snyder
New England States
Contractors' Notice of Texas Highway Construction Bid
Public works project covers 22.679 miles from FM 87 east of Andrews to Dawson County line on FM 703 in Andrews Martin Gaines counties. Bids due 9 00 A M December 14 1949. Prevailing wage rates apply Plan and specs available in Lamesa and Austin. Published Andrews County News December 2 and 9 1949.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hwy
Andrews
N. E
Dawson County
Martin
Gaines
Highway Department
Austin
State of Texas
State Highway Commission
T. M Chesser
Lamesa
Texas
Texas Highway Department
Andrews County News
Local visitors share holiday time across Texas towns
Mr and Mrs W A Stell visited the Erwin St Clairs in Mule Shoe for Thanksgiving. Mr and Mrs L E Attwood and children spent the weekend in Abilene. Mr and Mrs Frank Mears of Dimmit were in Andrews Friday and Saturday. Mrs J O Hurst of Eastland visited Mrs Cora Heath Sunday and Monday. Patsy Heath and her roommate Wanda Orrick returned to Howard Payne College in Brownwood after holidays in Andrews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Stell
Erwin St. Clairs
Muleshoe
L. E. Attwood
Abilene
Frank Mears
Dimmit
Andrews
J. O. Hurst
Eastland
Cora Heath
Hurst
Ed Lucas
Patsy Heath
Wanda Orrick
Howard Payne College
Brownwood
Tell Your Merchant You Saw His Ad In The Andrews Co News
A brief public notice urges readers to tell merchants they saw their advertisement in the Andrews County News. The item emphasizes local business promotion and community information common to small-town papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrews Co
Paper Match Capitalism
The article discusses a businessman known for turning opportunities into profit describing the paper match trade. It notes prewar gopher matches as giveaways, wartime shortages, and postwar pricing of book matches at two for 1 cent, enabling extra profit while cutting into box match sales.
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Che Andrews County
Andrews, Texas
Chas. W. Roberts
Odessa, Texas
Pole Dsed Agedh Rase
Electri
Ertric
Texas Highway Construction
Democracy
Allan Shivers
American Legion
Joe Spurlock
John Ben Shepperd
State Legion Americanism
Shivers
Citisens
Texas American Legion
Globe
H. D. Landes
Optometrist
Santa
Odessa
T,e Miller
Yan
Senor
Oren An
T.L. Miller Jeweler’s
West Texas
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