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Newspaper
Andrews County News
Location
Andrews, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1971
Page
1
A columnist relays a police clipping about a youth caught with marijuana who received a suspended sentence. The father details what the first offender loses: voting rights, gun ownership, eligibility for public office, professional licenses, and government employment, underscoring the lasting cost of illegal acts.
Rep. E. L. Short from Austin offers a brief bill rundown and notes the Human Rights Commission passed the House. He says he is still seeking measures for the people of the 73rd district.
An old timer says the nation was healthier when there were more whittlers and fewer chiselers. The remark contrasts simplicity and craft with deceit, echoing a bygone value of constructive skill over greed.
The report notes 65 to 135 mountain lions remain in Big Bend Trans Pecos and adjacent areas. Lions also called pumas panthers painters and cougars are not protected by state or federal law. Some exist in the Davis Mountains with drift northward due to trapping south of the range.
A hall closet water heater failed in the G W Stevens house at 1132 Terrace Drive causing smoke and water damage Tuesday morning. The heater burst at the top and burned underneath then fell through the floor. Fire stayed in the closet but water and smoke affected other areas.
Summer swimming lessons begin June 14 at Andrews Municipal Pool. Sessions run 9 a.m. to noon, each lasting 30 minutes under director Margaret Perry with licensed instructors Susan Morgan, Margaret Perry and Jan Jennings. Second session July 5 to July 23. Third session July 26 to August 13. Register at the municipal pool. Cost 3.50 per session with a physical.
The fourth annual Invitational Little League Tournament is in progress in Andrews with games scheduled nightly. Today at 5 p.m. B Williams and Sons faces Odessa American, 7 p.m. Dairy Queen of Odessa vs Andrews Insurance Agency, and 9 p.m. Commercial State Bank meets Permian Petroleum of Andrews. Results from opening night include El Paso Gas of Odessa defeating Farmer Construction of Andrews 12 to 0 and Corner Drug of Andrews beating S&B Drug of Kermit 10 to 0.
Roland Rose a junior high art instructor is set to speak at the University of Texas at Arlington during the Living Textbook Conference on June 17 and 18. His report The A.R.T. of the Living Text: A Visual Teaching Tool discusses visual and printed media as classroom tools. The Fort Worth Star-Telegram hosts the conference workshops, reaching about 2,000 teachers statewide.
Mrs J C Marie E Mash retires after 23 years in the Andrews school system. She taught physical education at the junior high and freshman English at the high school. The Mash family has worked in Andrews County 25 years. J C Mash was a Shell Pipeline Company gauger foreman before retirement. Her letter thanked principals, teachers, students, parents, and board members for support and friendships during her years in the community.
Andrews schedules summer school and a multi sport program starting Monday. Principal Brodie Hutchinson says drivers education lasts three weeks plus driving time, regular classes six weeks ending July 16, with no charge. Junior high offers noncredit opportunities for selected students. Sports include swimming volleyball golf track basketball tennis and baseball with age specific times. Head Coach Jimmie Keeling notes flexible adjustments available. See SCHOOL, Page
Homer Delma Woods 60 was found dead in his pickup near Andrews after a game. funeral held at 3 p.m. Monday at Chapel of the Chimes in Singleton Funeral Home with Rev. Leonard Payne officiating. Burial followed at Andrews Cemetery. Woods, a pumper for P. A. Sheets Oil Co, is survived by wife Maxine, two daughters, sisters, brothers, and seven grandchildren. Death ruled a heart attack by Justice of the Peace Jay Williams. Born in Temple, he moved to Andrews in 1960.
An all-time high enrollment of 840 high school junior boys will assemble on the University of Texas campus June 5 for the 1971 American Legion Boys State session. Bill Ervin of Andrews, son of Mr and Mrs Bob Ervin, is among the delegates. he has been a three year student council member and varsity letterman in football and track. The program teaches citizenship through a hands on approach with the motto Learn by Doing. Delegates will converge See BOYS STATE Page 7.
In Andrews a string of weekend wrecks from Thursday to Monday included a 1964 car driven by Caro lyn L Critz colliding with a 1966 car owned by Robert L Justice near Mustang Drive on NW Ave. K. Critz received a citation for backing. Later a 1962 car driven by Linda Kay Meeks collided with a 1964 wrecker driven by William Jasper Gross on SW 2nd. Meeks cited for failure to yield. Police investigated a third incident where two cars exited slowly after a minor collision and left before damage was noted.
Rain in Andrews Friday night and Saturday morning measured just under an inch at Andrews County Airport with .94 inches recorded. The area saw higher totals toward Lamesa while between Andrews and Seminole little rain fell, continuing a drier spell in that corridor.
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