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Newspaper
Andrews County News
Location
Andrews, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1966
Page
1
A humorous reflection ties a teen’s music moment to a broader gun control debate. It cites historical ruminations on arms from ancient China and notes the tension between protecting citizens and arming them, ending with a nod to a Sands page reference.
County Judge Roy Bennett outlined a 1 208 959 51 budget for 1965 66 to 35 tax representatives at a joint public hearing and equalization board session. The tax rate of 1.00 per 100 valuation yields about 1 216 000 with funds allocated to permanent improvements road bonds and operating expenses.
The Andrews Chamber of Commerce plans four welcome signs at town entrances. Bradley Noble and Danny McCaskill won prizes for designs, each to produce two signs. Noble’s reads Welcome to Andrews Oil Capital of the World with an oil derrick, McCaskill’s We Like Andrews You will too with a oil barrel.
A 250 pound payload from a weather balloon reached 127000 feet and dropped in Andrews County near the Gaines County line on Thursday. Barry Cox and another youth saw the parachute hit the ground and retrieved it as the chute blew across a field.
County Commissioners awarded the bid to J. G. Burnett for $625 plus moving the old nurse’s home as the Goodfellow Building. Other bids came from Bobby Ellis and H. K. Holman. Moving the facility supports the county library expansion and a museum wing plan. Shrubs from the site will be relocated to the new county park in southwest Andrews.
Andrews volunteer firemen rushed from bed at 5 15 a m to fight a tank fire near Midland Farms after a lightning sparked blaze. They traveled fifteen miles south and three miles east through mud to reach the scene and battled the flames with a water truck and quick response, then returned to town to hear sirens again and head east for another call.
Dr Z W Hutcheson and his family plan to leave June 28 for Yemen to relieve a Baptist mission doctor for a month. They will join Dr James M Young, who will take a leave of absence, and travel via Asmara Ethiopia. The group includes his wife and four children Debbie Candy Buffy and Michael.
Temperatures in Andrews over the past week show morning lows around 60 and highs near 95. Rain was limited to last Saturday night with a light shower and a hard rain early Saturday. the area was near a severe weather alert.
Ten year old Rachel Finley of Wilson Acres was treated Thursday for a possible rattlesnake bite after reporting a bite and showing fang marks on her lower right leg. Sheriffs deputies applied pressure and transported her to Permian General hospital where swelling did not develop. Officials surveyed the area but did not locate a snake, suggesting it may have concealed itself under a house. The child was released to her parents Friday.
Martin Smith nine, son of Mr and Mrs Truman Smith of 1100 NW 8th Place, was critically injured Saturday when his bicycle collided with a car driven by Billy Dee Woods eighteen. The youth was crossing NW Ave K and Sth Pl when struck, thrown onto the car hood and into the windshield. He suffers a skull fracture and depressed concussion.
E. E. Pete Clary 46 died of a heart attack in Merrysville California where he had lived about three months Funeral services are set for 2 30 p m today at the First Baptist Church in De Kalb with burial at the cemetery Novell Bates Funeral Home in charge Clary formerly lived in Andrews where he worked for Mosley Plumbing His wife Johnnie ran the Modern Beauty Shop He was born October 22 1919 in Gatesville Survivors include wife two sons Oval and Sammy daughter Mrs Roy Dowden three brothers Buster Jack Harold and his mother Mrs W P Clary Also mentioned are Rex Dunlap and Sammie Clary in Andrews and Enid Oklahoma Morgan City Louisiana and Pine Bluff are referenced in relation to survivors.
Citywide auction by the Rotary Club extended to Monday after strong Friday turnout. About a third of items sold Friday with ninety percent of proceeds to owners and ten percent to Rotary for Kiddy Park. some items donated to Boys Ranch fundraiser and Jim Underwood for Camp Croft. Items ranged from an ancient corn thresher to a working television set. music by local bands drew elders who watched from outside the youth center.
Wayne Farmer a former mechanic at Johnny Smith Motor Company was named deputy for the Andrews County Sheriff’s Office replacing Jack Ramsey. Ramsey moved to Gaines County as chief deputy. Farmer and his wife have two children Ronald and Desiree. The sheriff noted training through law enforcement courses.
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