Politicking and Public Works Stir a Rural Texas Town
In the waning days before the primary, local figures rally in Lynn county with trips to Wilson and Tahoka and a fundraiser at the Old Settlers Reunion. A $233,416 Highway 51 widening contract to Strain & Brown, Inc. is awarded, while a Lion drive promotes bicycle safety and a July 8 9 Chest X Ray unit visit. A joke about a judge and a farmer intersects with voter outreach as a public health message reminds of tuberculosis risks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson and Tahoka
Lynn County
Guy McGill
L. F. Craft
Carl Betenbough
Old Settlers
Tohoka
Craft
Russell Austin
Milton Ramsey
Russell
Midland
Judge Ramsey
Highway 51
Odessa
Strain & Brown, Inc
Hoover
County Candidates Spend 1371 on Voters in Andrews Primary
Andrews counties seventeen candidates report total campaign spending of 1371.61 for the July 26 primary. Expenses filed with County Clerk Sam Smith list individual amounts including Milton Ramsey 128.65 and Russell Austin 226.36, with averages around 80 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrews County
Sam Smith
Max Ramsey
Sam M. Smith
Milton Ramsey
Russell Austin
Fannie Mathews
Floyd Peacock
Justice of the Peace
T. L. Causseaux
Mahon Formally Announces His Candidacy for Congress
Representative George Mahon requests Andrews County News to announce his candidacy for re election to Congress. He seeks the Democratic ticket and is unopposed in the forthcoming primary. He vows to serve the people of West Texas while in session and seeks public advice and gratitude through the paper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Mahon
Andrews County News
Congress
Mahon
West Texas
Funeral services for Mrs J W Benton held in Abilene
Mrs J W Benton mother of Mrs Milton Ramsey died at her Abilene home after months of critical illness. Services are set for four o clock tomorrow at Riker Warren Funeral Home in Abilene. Ramsey and daughter Betty Burton remained by her bedside as the family traveled to Abilene yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Benton
Milton Ramsey
Riker- Warren
Abilene
Absentee Voting To Begin Monday July 7
Absentee voting for the July 26 primary starts July 7 per Sam M. Smith county and district clerk. Eligible voters absent from the county or sick or disabled may vote by mail or in person at the clerk’s office between July 7 and July 22. Poll tax receipts and physician statements may be required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam M. Smith
Texas
Smith
Andrews
Ten Hour Retail Credit Institute Starts Monday Here
Merchants and employees in Andrews may enroll in a ten hour Retail Credit Procedure course starting Monday. Sterling S. Speake of the University of Texas Extension Division will teach, with classes 7:30 to 10 pm at the courthouse. An UT Extension certificate will be issued to those meeting attendance requirements.
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Retail Credit Institute
Andrews
T. L. Causseaux
Andrews Retail Merchants Association
Sterling S. Speake
University of Texas
Division of Extension
Austin
Texas
Extension
Texas Education Agency
Credit Institute
Causseaux
University of Texas Extension Division
Rodgers Awarded National Safety Council Medal for Saving Life
Paul H. Rogers of Mabee Camp and a Texas Company producing department employee received the National Safety Council President's Medal for life saving. He aided Byrd T Mooney after hydrogen sulfide exposure while repairing a flow line. J. F. Madigan presented the award at a Mabee Camp Park dinner.
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Rodgers
National Safety Council
Paul H. Rogers
Mabee Camp
Texas Company
J. F. Madigan
Houston
Rogers
Byrd T Mooney
J. P
Bum
Gibbons
Moody
Texaco
Mabee
J. F. Neal
John Richards
Fort Worth
Tom Campbell
T. P. Drew
Midland
O. F Sebesta
A. J. Hill
Younger Brothers Construction
Milton Creek
Carl Betenbough
Milton Ramsey
Andrews
J. R. McLaughlin
Mabee Lease
E. L. McIntire
Andrews Volunteer Fire Department Barbecue Draws Large Crowd
About 22 firemen and families attended the Andrews volunteer fire department barbecue at the county park. Fire chief Virgil Lasater noted roughly 90 chicken halves were served to around 80 attendees, with pies and cakes provided by the ladies. He did not identify who ate the extra halves.
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Andrews Volunteer Fire Department
Virgil Lasater
Lasater
Grand jury indicts J M Daily for murder in Andrews county
An Andrews county grand jury returned a murder indictment with malice aforethought against J M Daily Jr. for the shooting of Eather Adams near Daily’s home in South Andrews on June 11. Daily, who fled from Liberal Kansas, was brought back for trial. The next court term begins July 21.
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Andrews County
J. M. Daily, Jr
Daily
Eather Adams
South Andrews
Andrews
Liberal
Kansas
Devonian discovery near Andrews County Texas
The Texas Company reports a Devonian well No 17 State of Texas in northeast Andrews County with a drillstem test from 12,500 to 12,600 feet. Gas surfaced at 10 000 cubic feet daily, oil production unclear. recovery includes 930 feet of crude and 651 feet of oil and mud, no water. Location details place it 20 miles northeast of Andrews town. operator awaiting orders. Jackson, Douglas & Whitaker report an Andres prospect No 1 Evelyn Lineberry with multiple perforations and acid treatments. oil show and gas behind swabs, current status shut in awaiting pumping and tank battery installation. Superior Oil No 14 A Univ abandoned.
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The
Texas Company
Andrews County
State of
Texas
Magnolia Petroleum Company No. 1 University
Ellenburger Discovery
State of Texas
Andrews
Jackson, Douglas & Whitaker
San Andres
Prospect
Evelyn Lineberry
Fullerton
Superior Oil Company
Lite A Bike Project Aims To Equip All Bicycles
The Andrews Lions Club launches a county wide campaign to apply Scotchlite reflective tape to bicycles to improve night visibility. The effort, led by T W McSpadden, offers free tape at City Hall this Saturday from eight to five, targeting about 450 bicycles in the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Andrews Lions Club
Scotchlite
Lions
T. W. McSpadden
Charles Pinnell Named High School Math Teacher
Charles Pinnell a Texas Tech graduate in civil engineering has been named by the Andrews school board as High School Math teacher. He replaces Charles Compton who left to enter the U S Air Corps after taking a leave of absence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Pinnell
Texas Tech
Andrews School Board
Pinnell
Charles Compton
U. S. Air Corp
New Doctor To Join Andrews Hospital Staff
A new doctor will join Permian General Hospital in Andrews on July 15. Dr. Harry H. Tompkins aged 32 from Fort Worth will practice with Drs Z W Hutcheson and R R Ramsey at the hospital and the Andrews Medical and Surgical Clinic. He studied at Baylor and the Southwestern UT branch, interned at St Josephs Fort Worth, and is married with no children.
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Permian General Hospital
Harry H. Tompkins
Fort Worth
Z. W. Hutcheson
R. R. Ramsey
Andrews Medical and Surgical Clinic
Baylor
Southwestern
University of Texas
Tompkins
St. Josephs Hospital
First Christian Church
Plans Completed For Chest X-Ray Survey
County wide chest X ray survey plans were completed Wednesday night at the community building. The unit, invited by the Progressive Study Club, will appear July 8 and 9 in the Underwood Building. All residents 15 years and older will be X-rayed free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Progressive Study Club
Underwood
C. H. Hoover
State Department of Health
Luther Reynolds
Stanolind
Lynn Rice tops week with river fishing and hot headlines
In Andrews this week Lynn Rice drew attention by taking three days away to Brady for two days and two nights of fishing on the Colorado River. A witness noted Lynn’s extensive gear and a single caught fish. Sheriff Floyd Peacock and Dee Lansford arrested J D Peters on hot check charges for Seminole authorities.
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Andrews
Grand Jury
Lynn Rice
Lynn
Brady
Colorado
Dee Lansford
Floyd Peacock
J.D. Peters
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Justice of Peace
Drifting Sands
Cong
A. Roach
Herb Brown
Gene Irwin
R. S. Dillard
J. W. Moxley
H. B. Walters
R. C. Gillihan
Winfred Hudgens
W. M Peoples
L. B. Parrish
Henry Keller
Keller & Ratliff Investment and Securities Company of
Austin American National Bank
Gayle Morrow
Patricia Allen
Dauber
Texas Co
Everett Martin
Martin
Tom Jeffrey
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