Christmas Comes to All Andrews School System
Mary Carpenter reports Andrews schools celebrate Christmas with rooftop lights and a district wide array of concerts toy drives and art displays. High school and junior high led choirs productions and community performances while students and teachers exchanged gifts and shared holiday meals and activities across Devonian Glorieta Underwood and San Andres campuses.
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Goodfellows
Viet Nam
Andrews
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Art Department
West Texas
San Andres
Underwood and
Glorieta
Glorieta Traditionaly
Underwood
Extended Care Coverage Begins January One
H P Thomas district manager of social security in Odessa explains extended care coverage starts January 1 1967 for elderly patients hospitalized at least three days between July 1 1966 and January 1 1967 and transferred to an extended care facility within 14 days. Coverage pays full regular care costs for 20 days and all but five dollars for the next 80 days per illness spell.
Make Your Yule Tree Safe For Coming Season
Texas A M University expert warns fresh moist trees resist ignition but dry trees burn quickly. The article details how to keep trees safe with watering, trimming the butt, and a flame resistant spray using borax and ammonium chloride.
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Federal Extension Service
Mr. Smith
Alcohol Effects on the Brain Warns Texas Safety Association
The Texas Safety Association states that alcohol depresses higher brain functions such as judgment and restraint, then impairs simple motor skills like reaction time and vision. It further dampens balance, coordination, and sensory perception, with concentrated drinking leading to stupor, coma, or death. driving after drinking is unsafe due to diminished judgment and reflexes.
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The
Texas Safety Association
Christmas Spirit Shines as Children Sing at School
Little girls sang in glow and glitter as scissors snipped and letters to Santa formed. Christmas warmth filled schools where staff and children share the heart of the season.
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Dicken
Rudolph
Santa
Holiday Decorations Present Five Hazards
The Texas Safety Association warns homeowners about five dangers from Christmas greenery and decorations. Keep decorations away from lighted candles fireplaces and other flames. Do not use flammable cloths and ensure safe table coverings and materials.
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Texas Safety Association
Children’s Christmas Letters From Local Kids
A trio of local youngsters write Santa with detailed wishes. Cathy Huckabee asks for a stove that cooks Hei dis clothes a dell a puzzle high heels and the Mouse family plus a Batmobile. Jacque Dawn Hicks wants a Suzy Homemaker oven a baby 1st step with roller skates and a talking doll. Darla in fourth grade requests a Baby Step and a maple finished baby bed.
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Heidi
Mouse
Santa Claus
Suzy
Johnny West I Am in the First Grade
A first grade student named Lyn P writes about being a 2008 boy and promises to leave some of their mother's fudge.
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Johnny West
Lyn P
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First Nat'l. Bank
Halene's Cleaners
Texas A&m University
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First National Bank
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