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Newspaper
Andrews County News
Location
Andrews, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1963
Page
1
A Midland group forms a Permian Basin yacht Club with Odessa and other cities in view of a Lake Thomas basin. A Fort Worth reader replies to a Kennedy assassination letter, urging civility and reflections on Oswald burial and national unity.
Three Teflon electric skillets will be awarded to first place winners of the annual Christmas lighting contest in Andrews. The contest is sponsored by the Andrews Garden Club and judged December 18. Entry forms will be published in the News.
Full military funeral for Sgt Walter Raymond Watkins 21 formerly of Andrews set for 2 pm at Southwest Church of Christ. Watkins died in a one car crash near Manitou Springs Colorado while en route to Andrews to pick up his wife Mary Pace. He served three years in the army and was stationed at Fort Carson Colorado. He is survived by his wife, father A M Watkins of Dallas, a grandmother, siblings and numerous aunts and uncles.
Frankel City residents can now call Andrews numbers without tolls as Andrews Telephone Company announces a new exchange. The upgrade includes a central office and buried Frankel City to Andrews lines, expanding service for local customers and paving the way for nationwide dialing planned for December next year.
Goodfellows workers report about 100 dolls short of last year and only a quarter of 1962 toy totals. Repairable wheel toys including bicycles tricycles buggies and doll beds are in demand for season families. Volunteers under Mrs. W L Clawson and Mrs A C Mize recruit shoppers and donors with various downtown phone numbers listed.
A Mothers March to benefit the Girl Scouts raised 739.05 dollars this Tuesday night, part of a drive toward a 2723.39 dollar goal. The Fathers March began the same evening with calls to 274 local businesses, and the campaign runs through Saturday. A Townsite Camp is planned at NW Avenue B and NW 5th to provide outdoor skill practice. The program welcomes girls ages 7 to 15 regardless of race or creed, with Mesdames Archie boris and Joe Van Wie among the group captains and Glenn Rex leading the Fathers March.
About 500 people attended a spaghetti supper that started the Andrews Boys' Clubs first fundraising drive led by board president Doyle Combs. The event, aimed at nearly $10,000, featured a continuous film on Boys' Clubs presented by Jim Sperring of Boys' Clubs of America, and marked the organization’s planned start January 1 in the old high school gym.
Santa Claus visited Andrews with about 40 local children greeting him at the airport. He rode through town with the high school band to the courthouse square and sat for interviews from 2:30 to 5:00 p.m. daily through Friday. Mothers are urged to bring preschoolers before returning to school. Stores plan extended hours nightly from Dec 16 to Dec 23 with Christmas Eve closing set by merchants.
Andrews Mustangs opened the 1963 basketball season with a 61 32 win over Brownfield Cubs while losing 47 71 to Lamesa Tornadoes. Randy Williams led the scoring in the Brownfield game with nine field goals and five free throws for 22 points. Rodger Edge and David Burgen tied for runnerup honors with six points each. Arcie Jennings led Brownfield with 13 points.
First performance of Charley's Aunt opens tonight at the high school drama club under the National Thespian Society. Ronald Castleman stars with Paul Rowlett and Allan Collett in a comedy of mistaken identity. Proceeds go to Thespians with tickets 1.00 adults 0.50 students, available from Thespians Anthony's or at door.
2AAA coaches named five Andrews players to the all district teams with multiple Mustang players earning both offense and defense selections. Brannon and McComb repeated on offense, and Brannon, McCoinn, Hummell, and Reed featured on defense as end selections and guard spots.
Al Hathcoat 49 a local cook was found dead Tuesday afternoon in the home of R P Moxley 312 SE 1st Justice of the Peace Owen Doggett citing a lung hemorrhage Raymond Moxley discovered the body Hathcoat had endured a long illness and lived in Andrews 17 years He is survived by his mother a sister and several brothers Graveside services set for 10 00 am today at Andrews Cemetery with Rev Carl Grissom officiating Pallbearers listed as J W Moxley Guy McGill Joe Albright Hal Lewis Floyd Peacock Charlie Burkett.
A trailer caught fire around 2:00 p.m. in Andrews, destroying the structure and gutting the trailer. Neighbors moved a car from a garage to reduce damage as firefighters battled the blaze for about an hour. the origin is undetermined, and a nearby unoccupied house also suffered heat exposure.
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