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Newspaper
Andrews County News
Location
Andrews, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1971
Page
1
Lowell Longley, chamber manager, tries to sell 1,000 tickets for a Saturday gospel singing while weather debate rages. He hopes for rain before or after the event, but not during, as board members resist the plan.
A humorous quip notes women are smarter than men while asking if a man has worn a shirt that buttons down the back. The line playfuly contrasts intelligence with a fashion doffed by male garments.
A moving reminiscence contrasts idealized fatherhood with a harsh childhood where a father’s steady work and family resilience kept a family afloat. The piece recalls chores, schooling, and frugal living, ending with a hint of broader social issues and a page reference to Sands.
A Father’s Day profile honors A L McCarley 81, his large family, and memories from Alabama to Waxahachie. The piece notes his views on raising children, family resilience, and past moves, including 1924 migration with 14 families. It also mentions his wife Lila and children led by the McCarleys. Charlie Vincent was moved to a Houston hospital for tests and possible heart surgery.
Odessa investigators search for Sue Nix Green 26 who vanished from her Odessa office about 2 30 p m Thursday She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Nix of Andrews and had lived there since 1954 She was last seen after talking with her babysitter and the shoes and purse were found under her desk Officials used helicopters as the family waited for news in this fifth missing person case in the area
A June surge in toddler ingestions sent several young children to Permian General Hospital in Andrews. Heather Barrington, 3 1/2, drank hair rinse. Todd Bryan King, 3, ingested water color paint. Michael Martindale, 1, tasted rug shampoo and eye contact foamy liquid. Grady Pickard, 16 months, drank lighter fluid. David Allen Whitehead, 14 months, ate hand rash ointment. Nurses hoped for a return to normal baby food diets.
The fourth annual All Night Gospel Sing was held in the football stadium with crowds gathering from 7:45 p.m. The program featured Joel and the Helphins, the Speer Family, the Blackwood Singers, Gospel III and Alvis, plus local talent. Welcoming addresses by Ed Lilley, Byford Sealy and Roy Bennett closed the first segment, with later performances continuing into the early morning hours.
Victor Wesley Tucker 35 of Seminole Oklahoma and Herbert Leon Rust 34 of Shawnee were charged with murder in the death of Mrs. Joan Drehmann 55. Tucker and Rust were arraigned in Oklahoma City district court and held without bond with preliminary hearings set for June 30. Drehmann's body was found in a farm pond southwest of Seminole after a weeklong investigation following her disappearance.
Andrews High School choir students earned 15 first and second place medals at the state solo and ensemble contest in Austin. Winners include Frances Hayes, Marsha Lanier, Karen Alan, Anne Seeligson, Janet Schooley, Valerie Jackson, Ralph Lewis, Roger Reems, Steve Thrasher and Donny Wright. Four seniors graduate this year with six returning to the A Cappella choir next year.
World War II general William H. Simpson visits Andrews for the wedding of Kathe Milli can his great grandniece. A retired four star veteran, Simpson began his career at West Point in 1905 and served under Pershing in WWI and in the 9th Army in WWII, including the Battle of the Bulge and the Rhine crossing.
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