Its OK Everybody Does It A Drug Education Tale
A Texas Education Agency newsletter recounts Johnny’s descent from childhood aspirin to drugs and alcohol, urging parents and adults to stop normalizing risky behavior. The piece, by Dr. Millard J Bienvenu Sr, highlights peer pressure and family influence across Johnny’s years from ten to nineteen with quotes like its OK everybody does it.
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Texas Education Agency
Division of
Crime Prevention and Drug Education
Millard J. Bienvenu, Sr
Northwestern State University of Louisiana
Johnny
Johny
Alice
O.K
Andrews High golfers win 3A title at invitational
Andrews High School varsity golfers topped 21 teams to win the 3A division of the 16th Annual Andrews Invitational. Bill Gulley, Mike Dozier, John Bader, Dewey Webb, and Melvin Lee led the winning five as coach Dub Warden praised the squad after moving opening rounds to Golden Acres due to soggy greens. The team finished 27 holes at 455, five strokes ahead of Sweetwater. A banquet with Ben Crenshaw followed day one, drawing 300 attendees.
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Mustang
AHS
Andrews High
Andrews High School
Andrews
Golden Acres
Odessa
Sweetwater
Monahans
Bill Gulley
Mike Dozier
John Bader
Dewey Webb
Melvin Lee
Dub Warden
Warden
Univer
Munsell Calf Wins Grand Champion at 4-H Show
Kenneth Munsell and his 407 pound Hereford calf win overall Grand Champion honors at the Annual 4-H Calf Show. Kenneth’s brother Mark takes the reserve champion and Showmanship award. The sale following the judging sees 16,966 pounds of beer sold for 11991 40 dollars as bidders set a local record with 20 calves. Joanne Kolb and Lisa Mohr place first and second in the light weight division.
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Kenneth Munsell
Mark Munsell
Commercial State Bank
First National Bank
Miss Kolb
Modern
Miss Mohr
Four Posts Unopposed in City Council and School Board Races
March 3 deadline nears for city council applications with two posts unopposed and March 7 deadline for two school board positions. Incumbents: Bob Wheeler and Bill Gordon in council. Charlie Carruth and Lloyd Morgan in school board. Election for expired terms set for April 3. [Additional details on calf show sales and local business participation appear in related page.]
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Bob Wheeler
Bill Gordon
Charlie Carruth
Lloyd Morgan
Andrews Chamber Funds New Christmas Decorations Purchase
A three year effort to improve Andrews Christmas lighting culminated in a meeting with Valley Decorations Co. The group approved spending 2600 dollars for 26 new decorations. City and county help, merchants funding and volunteers aided the project while the old decorations will be repurposed to cover areas lacking lights.
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Andrews
Valley Decorations Co
Waco
Ed Lilley
Ed Cook
Joe Weatherby
Lloyd Stoebner
Roy Bennett
Byford Sealy
Len Wilson
Lowell Longley
Longley
Chamber of Commerce
Walden wins Comanche Relays pole vault title
Walden cleared 13 feet to win the Comanche Relays by six inches, the lone Mus tangy gold medalist as Andrews placed seventh among eight 3 A teams. Mike Turner was fifth in high hurdles, while the 440 and mile relays also scored for Andrews. The Mustangs head to Snyder for Canyon Relays.
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Clift Walden
Walden
Andrews
Seminole
Monahans
Mike Turner
Andy Irwin
Chuck McDaniels
Kenny Warren
James Brooks
Warren
Jimmy Chrishaw
George Lopez
Turner
Snyder
David Baugh
Walden Lee
Also Mentioned on This Page
Uncle Bill
Sity
Texas
Ben Crenshaw
Alecia Diane McIlvoy
Andrews Babyland Cemetery
Gardendale
McIvoy
Odessa Medical Center Hospital
James Mellvoy
Mellvoy
Shannon Loving
Vanessa Taylor Loving
Donna Taylor
Midland
Texas 158
James Melvoy
Troy Moore
Verna Blue
Manderville
Varnell McIlvoy
Arkansas
Singleton
Gerald McCaskill
Commercial State Sank
Commercial State
Joanne Kolb
Lisa Mohr
Raymond Bristow
First Ee Bank
Jee
Chamber
Texas Fleetric Service Co
Texas Telephone and Telegraph
Comanche
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