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Newspaper
Andrews County News
Location
Andrews, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1966
Page
2
Six couples hosted a Christmas Dance at the Andrews Country Club with candles and decorations. About 125 guests enjoyed dips and chips. out of town attendees included families from Crane Odessa Hobbs Mid land and Crane, among others.
The Wesleyan Service Guild of Memorial Methodist Church schedules its 15th Christmas Meet for 7 30 p m Thursday at the church parsonage. Hostesses are Mrs C A Holcomb Mrs A B Toderman and Mrs J L Downing. The evening includes a Christmas Play by Mrs Tommy Huckabee Mrs Everett Coun and Mrs Roy Longs.
Mr and Mrs Ervin Rosendahl of Ventura Iowa spent three weeks visiting their daughter and family the Curtis Pitkins. The Rosendahls then traveled to the Rio Grande Valley for the winter months. Pitkins parents and brother from Iowa were also recent visitors.
The Willing Workers Sunday School Class at First Baptist Church held its annual Christmas party at 104 Cactus Lane hosted by Mrs. J. P. Howell with co hosts Mrs. O C Hawkins and Mrs. Ray Phillips Four guests were welcomed including Mrs J K Peterman and Mrs Adzilla Gallaway The group donated groceries for church Christmas Paskets and presented a poinsettia to Mrs Fronis Jones.
About 200 guests attended the annual Christmas banquet hosted by the Permian General Hospital governing board on Tuesday evening in the community building. Everett Solomon supervised the event as hospital administrator. Dr. Z W Hutcheson presented a Jordan program with slides from last summer. Attendees included hospital staff medical staff personnel Ministerial Alliance and commissioners court.
The Green Room hosted a Christmas Tea by the County Home Demonstration Council on Monday afternoon. County agent Mrs Juanice Boyd installed council officers for January while Mrs Rall Ross chaired, with Mrs John Marlowe as vice chair and Mrs I L Hadaway as secretary treasurer. THDA district director Mrs Gene Irwin awarded pins to Mrs Pat Wright and Mrs Ralph Ross.
Mr and Mrs Wendel Whitley reside in Kellog Idaho after their marriage on Friday December 9 at the American Lutheran Church Kellogg The groom a 1957 Andrews High School graduate worked at Bunker Hill Mining in Kellogg and studied at Texas Western College El Paso The bride is Carol Marie Grant daughter of Mr and Mrs Woody Grant of Kellogg The groom is nephew of local Andrews families.
The TEL Sunday School class hosted by Mrs. Ethel Ham held its annual Christmas Party at her home 1001 NW 2nd. Members shared a devotional The Christmas Story and exchanged gifts after contributing canned goods for the church pantry.
The Wesley Methodist Church Adult Sunday School class met Friday evening at Florey Park Clubhouse for a Christmas party. They played games and served pie coffee and hot chocolate while presenting teacher Mrs Russell Johnson with a gift.
A prospector tests a wildcat re-entry in Andrews County with No 112 University 10 miles east of Andrews. The drill reached 12 653 feet in the Devonian then tests the Mississippian perforated at 1595 69 feet flowing 23 38 barrels oil in eight hours. Mobil Oil Corp re-enters No 1 PBB H R Cope in Nolley Wolfcamp pool for a back re-entry to 8991 feet. W E Bakke Oil Co abandons No 1 R H Howell in Gaines County two miles NW of Florey.
Site described lies 3,382 feet north and 467 feet east of the section corner in section 10, block A-19, PSL survey, located 13 miles northeast of Andrews.
The Better Business Bureau warns Andrews merchants to watch for mail-in requests resembling bills. One card has been mailed three times this year. The note clearly states it is a solicitation, not a bill.
Attend School Doug Gaines Morris W Brown and C M Walker of the local police department have been attending fingerprint school in Seminole this week. Plans are being made for a police school here in January according to Chief James Clerk.
The annual Masonic yuletide party for about 60 was held Saturday night. A holiday dinner featured ham and baked turkey with all trimmings. Afterward the group played forty two dominoes and cards. Special guests included Mr and Mrs T P Henderson of Odessa, Henderson serving as Dallas Scottish Rite District Committee chairman.
Rev and Mrs H F James move to Andrews after his retirement from church pastoring. James takes a job as caretaker at Commercial State Bank, signaling a peaceful transition and new local ties for the couple.
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