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Newspaper
Andrews County News
Location
Andrews, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1963
Page
1
Dennis Nix owner of a local restaurant learned by phone that Andrews freshmen beat Kermit in a basketball game on Monday night. He hadn’t attended the game nor heard the final score but sensed the result when a Kermit coach phoned to arrange meals for his players. The coach began the call with a sharp remark.
Andrews residents packed the old auditorium for a junior high pageant with two choirs and a donkey, a goat and a dog backstage amid more than 700 spectators. The event unfolded after baby Jesus appeared in rehearsal and concluded with a dramatic Christ child entrance. organizers Bryan Baker and Jess Barrera led a notable cooperative effort.
Citizens are urged to attend a 2 p.m. Friday chamber of commerce planning session in Cry Hall to offer constructive criticism and propose solutions for the community and local businesses. Chamber officials will map their 1964 program and projects, inviting every resident with ideas.
Four new directors were elected by mail ballot for three year terms in the Andrews County Chamber of Commerce. Gerald McCaskill Claude Mitchell Dr B D Sanders and Jack Smartt will serve after installation at the February 3 1964 banquet.
The Andrews Mustangs will host two El Paso teams this Friday and Saturday as weather threats loom. After near wins in Lamesa, they open Tuesday night against the A and B at El Paso, then return for a second EP game. Coaches voiced readiness despite possible postponements.
A planning session for the 1964 program of work for the Andrews County Chamber of Commerce will be held at 2 pm Friday in the city council chambers. The session is open to members and the public to shape next year’s work plan and improve Andrews as a place to live and do business.
Three men from Guymon Oklahoma Jimmy Adkins Ray Reid and Don Henderson were arrested after an all night search in Andrews for attempting to steal about 7000 feet of oil field drilling pipe from a Humble Oil Company lease. Deputies say the trio traveled from Guymon to scout the county and were stopped as they planned the theft. Bond set at 1500 with two men released after posting.
Goodfellow workers start packing Christmas boxes at the Goodfellow workroom 104 SWest from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm Saturdays for Christmas Eve delivery by the Andrews Jaycees. Fresh fruit and meat will be bought last minute. canned goods are sufficient for about sixty family boxes. Doll committee led by Mrs. W L Clawson reports 100 dolls dressed with 30 more by students at San Andres Elementary.
The commissioners court accepted Herman Holman of Andrews for a curb and gutter extension on NW Avenue at 3 348 dollars. The 1 24 per lineal foot bid covers the street segment between the new high school and football stadium parking area and aids drainage to a proposed lake site northwest of the high school. The Northwest Avenue I extension will link Northwest 13th Street with the Northwest Butane Route.
Tomorrow is the deadline for reservations for the Sugar Beet Development Tour to Denver Colorado, scheduled January 12 to 15. The tour will feature an upsee BELT, Page 6.
The school board voted to seek bids for acoustical material to treat the new choir room ceiling and possibly the gym area. Engineers from Midland recommended the study before action, and no final decision was made on the project or tenure matters.
About 600 students from elementary to high school took part in Christmas concerts netting nearly 250 dollars from ticket sales. Some 1400 attendees saw a Nativity pageant and a 300 piece band carol sing, with proceeds to fund trips and equipment.
The Andrews High School choir department presents Choral Noel with 180 voices performing a medley of Christmas favorites including O Holy Night The Little Drummer Boy Mary's Boy Child The Night Before Christmas and Hallelujah Chorus The Moonshiners boys quartet and a girls trio will perform under Dale Houston with tickets available from choir students or at the door.
Mrs. Roy Taylor, resident at Andrews Convalescent Hospital for four months, shares memories of Christmases past in Johnston County and explains how hospital life brings quiet joy. She recalls family gatherings, wartime boxes for soldiers, church singings, and daily routines with fellow patients.
A Christmas Pageant by Andrews Presbyterian youth runs Saturday and Sunday at 6:30 and 7:30 PM with an extra Monday 6:30 PM show if needed. Frank Crown narrates the nativity with live animals, a 13 voice youth choir, and 36 roles including Nancy Morgan as Mary and Susan Morgan as Herod. Cast and committees are listed with local names and roles for costumes, publicity, lighting, and animals.
Two Odessa men and two Odessa juveniles were charged after a Sunday night car theft from Primitive Baptist Church parking lot. The stolen car owned by QC L Yarbrough of Andrews was damaged and items removed. The adults faced bond set at 1500 dollars.
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