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Newspaper
Andrews County News
Location
Andrews, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1960
Page
1
The article notes Andrews County Texas leads in population growth among 254 counties over 20 years closing in on 60s due to oil development. It cites jobs, industry, infrastructure, and tax base as growth drivers and urges immediate steps to attract new industry and investment to sustain progress.
Ginny Gerber 18 wins Miss Andrews in a Jaycees pageant with 300 spectators crowds shift indoors due to weather. Dolores Flores 17 earns jubilee queen honor and potential Miss West Texas entry with sponsor support. Serena Allen, Gail Power, Frances Clary, and Jan Moore complete the top six with various sponsors.
May consumption surged to 77 573 000 gallons nearly double last year's 43 183 000 as new summer rates and the driest spring boosted demand. Rains Monday followed by cool humid days offered relief to ranchers though rainfall remained below five month totals. Water meters increased by 243 from last year and many customers moved deposits or discontinued service.
Robert Delafuente of Andrews drove south on Northwest Ave Sunday afternoon attempting a right turn onto 6th Street. The door opened, he toppled out, and the car ran a stop sign, damaged a tree and lawn before stopping. Delafuente survived with minor bruises.
A tentative maintenance tax rate of 1.17 dollars per 100 valuation was set at a special school board budget meeting. The rate, up two cents from last year, brings the total rate for 1960 61 to 1.67 with the 0.5 cent debt service. A public hearing is scheduled for June 6 at 7 30 p m at the administration building and final adoption will occur in August.
Andrews voters head to the polls Saturday to decide one local and one state post in the Democratic Primary runoff. Incumbent Ray Phillips and challenger Paul Cumbie vie for Andrews County Sheriff after a narrow May 8 ballot.
Mustang sprinter Ted Nelson finished third in the Gulf Coast AAU meet 400 meters in Houston with a 47.7 seconds time. He trailed winner Hollings of Rice Institute by four feet as the Southwest Conference champion last year. Nelson plans more 440 events next year and is noted as a strong 440 runner. He also won the state 220 yard dash and anchored state winning sprint and mile relays.
Willard Snow of 105 N W 10th suffered a severe arm injury early Wednesday at a drilling site near here. He was treated at Permian General Hospital and transferred to Medical Center Hospital. Snow is an employee of Able Drilling Company of Midland.
The Board of Trustees heard a plan by Supt. T. A. Roach to move ninth graders from junior high to senior high for the 1960-61 term to better use classrooms and staff. The change involves 208 students and nine teachers, leaving 581 seventh and eighth graders in junior high. High school enrollment rises to 723 with better biology, homemaking, art, language, band, and P E facilities for the ninth graders.
A violent electrical storm swept northwest to southeast across the county Tuesday night overturning two trailer houses four miles south of Andrews near Llano Drilling Company and near Frankel City. Beverly Blansett escaped unhurt from a trailer near Frankel City, climbing out a window as winds passed. A second trailer was destroyed around 9 30 pm four miles south of Andrews, with rigs reporting damage to a Llano drilling site and lines on the derrick. Firefighters battled a blaze that evening after the overturning, as patrols monitored the sky for the ominous cloud.
Seven construction firms will bid on the proposed new high school Friday at 4 pm in the admin building. After April bids exceeded estimates by about 498000, the board asked architect Reid and Warner Construction to cut costs. The project budget was 2448000 with bids reaching 2946000 with three alternates.
Andrews County Library launches a summer reading incentive starting Monday June 6. Open to students entering grades 2 through 6 this fall, participants who read 20 books will earn a certificate and ribbon and attend an ice cream party at program end.
Jockeys wore the black and gold Mustang colors as Proud Way, a five year old owned by J. W. Moore of Andrews, won the 12th race at Ruidoso Downs on Memorial Day Monday afternoon earning $811.26. Moore, who bought the horse in January after several seconds, swapped colors to those of the local high school, and this was his first race at Ruidoso. He plans to enter Proud Way again plus another horse this summer. Track figures show the Memorial Day race drew the heaviest betting with $21,000 wagered.
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