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Newspaper
Andrews County News
Location
Andrews, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1967
Page
1
Obituary tribute to Hub Nixon highlights his devotion to individual athletes over team records, his role as moderator among fans and players, and his long career in the oil patch with Shell. He and Mary raised six children who all earned college degrees, reflecting a legacy of work, education, and sport.
The county museum invites pioneers to donate old pictures and artifacts at a Sunday reception from 1 to 6 p.m. in the new museum wing of the county library. Mrs. Leroy Payne explains the event aims to form the museum charter and by laws at a 10 a.m. meeting open to the public.
Funeral services were held Friday for Herbert Morgan Hub Nixon 66 who died after a heart attack in Permian General Hospital. A Shell Oil retiree and longtime Andrews resident he was famed as the town’s top sports fan and received a 1964 letter jacket from Andrews athletes. He attended every Mustang game and was buried in Andrews.
Andrews County Chamber of Commerce named four new directors after mail ballots. George McDaniel Raymond Bristow Cecil Gerber and Lowell Mee Gee join the board. Outgoing directors include Brodie Hutchinson Gene Pearson Bill Sanders and O B Raburn. The board will officially take over at the January 20 banquet and incoming officers will be selected this month for January start. The chamber will hold its Christmas dinner honoring new and outgoing members and their wives.
Christmas events in Downtown Andrews drew strong attendance with shopping nights and local merchant participation. Prizes ranged from 25 to 100 dollars won by residents including Mrs. Roy Bechtel Wayne Cobb and Kenneth McFadden. A December 7 gift presentation and a men only shopping night on December 15 were planned along with a Singing Christmas Tree and treasure hunt divisions with multiple winners.
The hospital board approved raises for LVNs and RNs after months of discussion with a December 1 effective date. The action standardizes nurses wages with other area hospitals and allows merit raises when approved. The one year cost is about 15000 dollars.
Twenty five colleges were represented at the second annual College Night at Andrews High School sponsored by the NHS. Junior and senior students and parents visited sessions with Texas colleges and several out of state schools. Mona Tinsley praised attendees and urged greater turnout next year.
Ray Tyler, 26, of SW Butane Route, is listed improved in the intensive care unit at Midland Memorial Hospital after a rig accident Friday. He sustained serious pelvic injuries, possible internal injuries, and a broken wrist when a block and chains fell on him at a rig 14 miles southeast of Midland.
The Singing Christmas Tree on the Courthouse square will feature area choirs and prize winning local groups. The Eunice choir and brass ensemble perform December 15, with other choirs invited. Our high school band plays December 11 at 6 30 p.m. followed by the junior high band December 12. The high school choir performs December 18 at 6 30 p.m. and the junior high choir December 19.
Santa Claus sends word to Andrews children that he enjoyed the parade and will return often before Christmas. He will visit West Broadway 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. and Gibsons and North Main 6:30 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, South Main 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. and downtown 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Saturday. Monday workshop 6:30 to 8 p.m. Tuesday appearances follow. Further dates will be announced.
Mary Carpenter Willard Snow of Andrew found a coin the size of a half dollar with JFK in the center, stamped on a mold too large to edge correctly. He received it in a fifty cent roll from the U.S. Mint chain, from a federal reserve bank via a Commercial State Bank, prompting questions about its mint error status and potential value.
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