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Newspaper
Andrews County News
Location
Andrews, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1956
Page
2
Fragmentary OCR text from a Christian disciples meeting dated December. Mentions prayers, discussions, and a schedule item. Names and places are unclear due to garbled scan but indicate a church gathering with prayers and small group notes.
The editorial outlines the prolonged drought across the central states and its toll on farmers and ranchers. It praises resilience and notes government relief programs under Eisenhower including soil banks and credit, while detailing wide geographic reach of the drought and the slow prospect of recovery.
Andrews weekly notes announce the scholastic census will begin January 2 at the county, First State Bank raises capital to 125000, a folk and square dance clinic hosts 27 youths, and telephone service expands. Reports cite 25 deaths and 14 homicides in the county last year. Other items include a 350000 bond election for January 9 to expand schools and water systems, chamber director elections, the start of an annual high school invitational, and civic club activity.
The column notes Andrews schools expand with new bus barns, multiple construction projects, and a proposed junior high speech department building behind the Junior High. Bonds totaling several million dollars fund the growth as administrators planned for a larger student population and campus facilities.
The Andrews County News publishes Sundays and Thursdays at 111 Northwest First Andrews Texas. It lists Charles W Roberts Sr as publisher James Roberts Tateeee dae peer editor Mrs C W Roberts Sr business mgr Ed Payer seen LaDOYCE LAMBERT advertising mgr news editor. It pledges correction policy for errors and notes liability limits and ad copy rights.
La Douce Lambert predicts a bright outlook for 1957 in Andrews and beyond. He cites continued oil leadership at Andrews, national prosperity, and growth in housing and schools, while noting a high county accident rate and urging road safety.
A chalk line marks straight lines by snapping chalked string between two nails near a surface. Stretch the string, rub chalk along it, lift slightly, then snap to leave a straight chalk mark for tiles or wallpaper alignment.
Mr and Mrs Don Morrison of Odessa visited their uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs Percy Morrison. Visiting in the Everett Maxwell home are Mrs Maxwell's parents Mr and Mrs Adame of Cordell Oklahoma. Trewmroyey 98 a trip thru Carlsbad Cavern while they are here.
A garbled collection of past press lines and jokes includes a headline about a gun discharging near a fence, references to a late husband shooting, and quips about Elvis Presley and a haunted English building. The passage reads like loose OCR of a 20th century tabloid page with stray phrases and misprints.
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