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Newspaper
Andrews County News
Location
Andrews, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1941
Page
3
Kathryn Barnes and Margaret Wheeler of Abilene win the $50 Pat Neff debate award at Baylor University. Both entered Baylor together last fall, were debate colleagues, roommates in Alexander Hall, and named co best freshman debaters as judges noted their tie.
A compact one room with bath kitchen and sleeping alcove is offered as a wartime ready summer house. Priced 2500 to 8500 dollars, it suits sea shore or country and features panelled living room walls and white lead exterior paint for durability. Plans include a to-scale cardboard model and full specifications. Request through Ladies' Home Journal or this paper.
A Texas book review lauds J Frank Dobie for The Longhorns calling it perhaps his best to date. The piece praises maturity and mastery of prose with vivid scenes such as Olg Brindie awakening and a teamster pleading, signaling strong narrative craft.
Baylor University President Patt M Neff announced in Waco Texas that Andrew Jackson Houston interim U S Senator attended Baylor earlier than any living person. Houston was a Baylor preparatory school student in 1886. General Shim Houston helped fund the university. A search for Baylor's earliest students is planned for the 1945 centennial celebration.
The narrator recalls growing up in Texas and becoming a newspaper writer. He describes seeing his first derrick south of San Antonio, working in Eastland, and building a career at the Eastland Daily Oil Belt News. The Caxton Oil Boom project marks the culmination of his ambition to write about oil’s romance.
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