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Newspaper
Andrews County News
Location
Andrews, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1957
Page
1
A fragmented column questions American decline amid space age progress and Soviet feats. It notes Herbert’s optimism on Sputnik, lists technologies from all nations, discusses Texas demographics and rental trends, then moves to local planning, school tournaments, and a charter commission's revisions.
The board of trustees selected the San Francisco firm John Lyon Reid and Partners to design a new Andrews high school at an estimated cost of two million dollars. John Reid will supervise most work and plan with administrators to meet a September 1960 deadline, with preliminary work to align with a bond election set for September 10, 1958 and bids to follow in November 1958.
City council called a special election for Tuesday January 7 to fill the alderman seat left by Thad Ballew who moved away and missed meetings. Filing ends Friday January 3 at 5 pm with Walton Creech as presiding judge.
Members of the West Texas School Business Managers organization will hold a regional session starting at 11 a.m. They will discuss issues like insurance payroll accounting and transportation. Attendees come from Fort Stockton Plainview and Snyder with Glen Elrod of Monahans president and Art Nicholson of Snyder secretary.
Four people were arrested early this week by the sheriff's department and a Liquor Control Board agent on charges of illegal sale and possession of intoxicating beverages. Junior Chambers and Pauline Kiser were out Tuesday on two 500 bonds each while Leon Kiser made 500 bond on one count. Irene Honey pleaded guilty and was fined 242 by County Judge Virgil Lasater.
The sixth annual Andrews Basketball Tournament begins at 6 p.m. with 16 squads. Six opening games feature Monahans vs Levelland and Kermit vs Big Spring in junior high, plus Odessa-Seminole and Lamesa- Andrews in the high school gym. Ten games follow through Friday with round one conclusions and trophies awarded for first second and consolation winners.
The community pledges to the Goodfellows grow as the Andrews Jaycees announce a Kid's Show at 2 45 pm on December 20 at the Rose Theatre. Schools break for holidays at 2 30 pm. Admission is a new toy canned goods or usable clothing. Santa will attend with free candy.
W. T. Hancock of the State Health Department completed a water and sewer inspection in Andrews on Wednesday. If the project meets specifications, the city may erect signs at the city limits indicating official water approval by the state health department. The department has worked on the local project since August.
Early Sunday a two vehicle collision north of town left R J Powers of Andrews with a broken jaw and facial lacerations while Howell Pardue of Webb Air Force Base in Big Spring suffered a minor leg injury. Pardue reportedly fell asleep at the wheel and veered into Powers after crossing the center line.
The local post office will remain open on Saturdays to handle the Christmas mail rush. Postal windows close at noon but will stay open as long as needed to manage holiday business. no money orders will be issued after noon on Saturdays.
Andrews experiences mild days and cold nights over the past week. Highs mostly reach the 60s and 68 while early mornings dip near freezing, with a low of 20 degrees on Tuesday. Data from Permian Basin Pipeline lists daily highs and lows from December 4 to December 10.
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