The Sun-News (Levelland, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 4, Ed. 1 Monday, June 17, 1946 Page: 4 of 8
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Monday, June 17, 1946
THE SUN • NEWS, LoTelland, Tea*.
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McCRORY FURNITURE COMPANY
FOUR AND ONE-HALF BLOCKS EAST OF COURTHOUSE ON HOUSTON STREET
Phene 237-J YOUR CREDIT IS GOOD AT OUR STORE Levelland, Texas
“WE APPRECIATE YOUR FRIENDSHIP AND PATRONAGE”
VFW Members Go
To Fort Worth
Eight members of the Jamo? Oli-
ver McDonald i'o-t, Veterans of For-
eign Wars. Levelland. will attend ’he
state VFW convention in Fort
Worth June 18-21. Delegates were
named at a local VFW committee
meeting Thursday afternoon.
Scheduled to attend convention
sessions in Fort Worth are Ollie W
Smith, Cyprus Humphries, John R
Potts. Raymond Evans, James A
Mitchell. Clarence W Knick, jr.. J.
A. Preuit and W. G. Rogers.
Discussion of the chuck wagon J
Steal setup for the July 3-5 Level- j
land rodeo was also heard. Preuit | night, 8 o'clock, at the hall.
Is chairman for the VFW arrange- i The division and district Legion
ments committee on the chuck meetings slated in Lubbock June 29
wagon. ! ar.d 30 will also be discussed at to-
-O- | night's session. The two meetings
will headquarter at the American
Legion hall, 910 Texas avenue, in
Lubbock.
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At July 4 Event
Legionnaires from the William E
McDonald pest, Levelland, have
teen invited to attend a July 4 cele-
bration honoring World War II
veterans in Floydada. Gen. Jona-
than Wainwright will be guest of
honor for the event.
The invitation came to the local'
post from Com. Jack Henry of the
McDermett Legion post in Floyda-
da. A parade will begin at 11 a. m.
and General Wainwright wil| speak
at 2 p, m.
Local Legionnaires will discuss the
event at a Legion meeting Monday
CALIFORNIAN IN TEXAS
Mrs. Laura Kennedy has arrived I
to Lubbock, traveling by plane from j_~
tier Los Angeles, Calif., home. She
Will spend two weeks in West Texas j ANNOUNCE SON’S ARRIVAL
with her children—Jim Kennedy of Mr. and Mrs. Coleman Cowan of
Sundown. Bill Kennedy and Mrs. Lubbock have announced arrival of
Cecil Schwalbe of Lubbock and Bob their fifth son at St. Mary's hospital.
Kennedy of Borger. The family will
bold a reunion during Mrs. Ken-
nedy's Texas visit.
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A device has been developed in
Australia which automatically mak-
es a scale map of terrain over which
It is rolled.—Emporia Gazette.
Lubbock Thursday. The baby
weighed eight pounds. Mrs. Cov^n
is the daughter of the D E. Magees
of Levelland. Their four older sons.
C. L., David Troy. Jim and Billy
Cass—are visiting here with the
Magees and their aunt and uncle,
Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Marcom.
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MAKE IT A MILLION!”
Mrs. W. M. Spitler,
Former Levelland
I Resident, Dies
Mrs. W M. Spitler. 63. who had
j lived here for a number of years
until she and her husband moved
to Shawnee, Oklahoma, last sum-
mer, died at her home in Oklahoma
Cirv Saturday morning at 2:00
o'clock.
Funeral services were held at 5:00
o'clock Sunday afternoon there and
burial was in the cemetery at Beth-
any, Okla.
Mr. and Mrs. Spitler had recently
moved from Shawnee to Oklahoma
City.
She is survived by her husband;
two sons, Willis Spitler of Shawnee
and Irvin Spitler, Stroud. Okla..
two daughters. Mrs. Pearl Teeters
of Levelland, and Mrs. Carrie Ver-
non, Oklahoma City; and a number
-of grandchildren.
Now Is The Time To Sell
At Highest Prices With A Want-ad
Sun-News Want Ads Are Securing Sensational Results For Those Who Have Used
Household Equipment, Farm Machinery and Other Items To Sell. Use them Often.
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Marine Buddy of
Former Resident
Fulfills Promise
Oldsters’ Lively Pace Signals New
Standard For Tomorrow’s Jive Age
boy |
Bobby sockers and their
companions in jive may yet have posed by the Brotherhood of Lo-
new standards in the youthful
role of keeping up with the
times.
They'll find for one thing, if
current trends among the oldsters
mean anything, that the spirit of
youth has become art American
habit defiant of age and promises
more co-operation than criticism
in later generations.
So it seems now that an 80-
year-old westerner finds himself
fully confident and competent
back of the controls of an air-
plane, and a lady only 10 years
younger, feels equal to New York
traffic on her motor bike.
The young will find also that
the preservation of youth, ap-
ENLIST IN A GRADE WITH
YOUR ARMY MOS
A GOOD JOB FOR YOU
U. S. Army
choose THIS
FINE PROFESSION NOW I
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Army veteran* who held certain
Military Occupational Specialties
may reenlist in a grade commensu-
rate with their skill and experience,
provided they were honorably dis-
charged on or after May 12. 1945—
—and provided they reenlist beiore
July l, 1946. Over three-quarters
of a million men have joined the
new Regular Army already. MAKE
IT A MILLION! Full facts are at any
Army Camp. Post, or Recruiting
Station.
An ex-marine from Corpus Chris-
ti promised a fatally wounded buddy
on Saipan that he would visit his
parents, and he did -arriving in
Lubbock Thursday night. The vis-
itor was Perry Heilander. who came
to West Texas to see Mr. and Mrs.
Douglas Witt, parents of World War
II Casualty Everett Witt. The Witt j parently based on old fashioned
family formerly lived in Levelland., ideas, is helping to make life
The Corpus Christi veteran was interesting to the end as was
1 discharged May 25, and he lost little demonstrated recently at a New1
time after spending a few’ days in York party.
his own hometown in getting to! The youngsters might find new
Lubbock to visit his buddj's parents, lessons in the older ideas about
Witt died from shrapnel wounds j matrimony in such advice as that
June 16, 1945. on Saipan—his first given at the New York party by
' day on the island and the second Joseph Forstadt, 88, who was
j day of allied invasion. | among 33 couples celebrating
"Everett lived about 15 minutes marriage still in effect after per-
! after he was hit,” Heilander said. \ iods ranging from 50 to 72 years.
He made his visit promise Just be-[ The Forstadts, holding the record
j fore Witt died. among the group, were married
The marine casualty was graduat- j *n Poland 72 years ago.
ed from Lubbock high school and i When asked the secret behind
i attended Texas Technological col-1this Jor>g life together, Forstadt
lege the first part of 1942. He en- j suggested that all marriages be
listed in the marine corps in Decern- - based on the idea that the couples
comotive Engineers, they can de-
mand the runs that pay the high-
est wages and offer the best
working conditions.
The paper explained that the
Burlington's pool of engineers
who operate the road’s crack
Zephyrs and Exposition Flyers,
range in age from 62 to 70. A
spokesman for the road said it
is the company's experience that
the older engineers have the best
safety records, with pci haps the
higher records falling ir. the 50-
60 year group.
FOR SALE
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FOR SALE:—5 room modern house
at Sundown north of Yoakum Co.
Gas office.—E. L. Watson. 4-ltp.
47-ltp.
FOR SALE:—’37 Lincoln Zephyr,
extra good car. with good tires.—
Joe Williamson, 1 block east of gin,
Sundown. 4-ltp.
47-ltp.
FOR SALE—air conditioner phone
88. 46-ltc
* 4-ltc
FOR RENT
FOR RENT—Bedroom, also mend-
ing to do— 408 Ave B. 46-2tp
4-ltp
ROOM FOR RENT at 1310 Fifth
street, one block north of WatsorJ^
grocery—telephone 471. 46-ltc
4-ltc
FOR RENT—2 room unfurnished
house in town. J. L. Tucker at
Smith Auto Supply. 46-2tp
4-ltp
COURTHOUSE, LEVELLAND
ber that year. He and Heilander
were with the Fourth Marine divi-
sion.
ELMER VERETT0
AND
L.G. S00TER
HAVE PURCHASED THE
FlashO'^S
TRADE MARK REG.
LIQUEFIED GAS SYSTEMS AND PROPANE AND
BUTANE GAS DISTRIBUTORSHIP FOR HOCKLEY
COUNTY FROM L. E. BARTON COMPLETE
SYSTEMS ARE AVAILABLE - PROPANE
BOTTLES IN THREE SIZES.
Bring your bottles for refill. Every bottle weighedifon U.
S. Government tested scale -Pay for what you get
— no more.
Ca’l 235-W FOR PROMPT DELIVERY OF THE
BEST LIQUEFIED GAS TO YOUR HOME OR
. IRRIGATION POWER UNIT
Softball Managers
To Select Team
For Lubbock Tourney
A meeting of the City Softball
League managers has been set for
5:30 this afternoon at Couch's Jew-
elry, according to President Ted
Darwin, for the purpose of selecting
an all-star team out of the eight
teams in the loop to enter the soft-
ball tourney to be played in Lubbock
from 30 through July 10.
Each manager will go over his list
of seventeen men and the group of
managers will vote on the nineteen
men to enter the Lubbock tourney.
The first place tournament team
will be awarded $300, second place.
$200; and third place. $100. The
Levelland team will pay $25 for the
entrance fee to the tournament.
Individual prizes of $10 will be of-
fered for the most home runs, most
runs, most three base hits, most two
base hits and to the pitcher that
gets the most strikeouts during the
tourney.
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should ‘‘love each other.” Then
he added: ‘‘If a man doesn’t get
married, he ds making 'the big-
gest mistake of his life.”
In a special ceremony honoring
them, the 33 couples held hands
as Judge Jonah J. Goldstein, of
New York's General Sessions
court, read congratulatory mes-
sages from the White House, Gov-
ernor Dewey and various reli-
gious leaders.
Meanwhile. the “Oldsters
Club,” in Milwaukee recently
held its second meeting. All
members
must be
Meetings are slated to be held1 night, June 26, with the Hobbs
regularly at the city’s Christian | Trailer softballers from Lubbock.
Center and special programs of
Surplus Property
Sale Scheduled at
Lubbock Airbase
Col. H. O. Bordelon, commanding
officer of South Plains Army Air-
field, has announced the second in
a series of sales designed to return
to civilian use items of surplus pro-
perty. These items will be on dis-
play from 8:00 a. m. to 5:00 p. m
daily. June 17 to June 21 inclusive.
Sales will be made by sealed bid
only. ‘These bids will be opened at
9:00 a. m. Monday, June 24. and a-
wards made at this time. The pub-
lic is invited to attepd the opening
of the bids. However, If the success-
ful bidder is not present for the
opening, then he will be notified by
telephone or by correspondence.
There will be a variety of Items at
this sale including office furniture,
work benches, pipe, plumbing sup-
plies, flying suits, rubber boots,
wheelbarrows and many other items
that are still "hard to get.”
For additional information con-
cerning the sale, the public may
contact 1st Lt. Karl B. Wagner, sal-
vage officer.
WANT TO RENT:—3 or 4-room
furnished house or apartment. H.
G. Mackechney, Box 717, Whiteface,
Texas. , 46-ltto
4-lt“
FOR RENT:—Two Room modern
House, located in Williams Addition.
Cecil Sharbutt at Post Office.
4-ltp.
47-ltp.
Fire Department
To Play Hobbs
Trailer June 26
Manager H. B. Johnson of the
j Fire Department Softball team an-
in the organization nounced Saturday afternoon that
at least 65 years old. he matched a game here Wednesday
DEALERS FOR
Roper Ranges, Dearborn Heaters
A. R. Woods Chick Brooders
Headquarters Located Just South of Railway on
Lubbock Highway Loop
YOUR PATRONAGE IS INVITED
East
games and entertainment are to
be held at each one. Music at
the second meeting included a
fiddle selection by Walter Boyd,
73, who said he has been fiddling
since he was 13 and harmonica
favorites by George Frohberg,
67.
Not all communities of the na-
tion, however, will equal Delta,
Colo., which boasts of Star Nel-
son, 80-year-old pilot, who re-
cently purchased a new plane at
Northampton, Mass. A retired
Rio Grande Railroad engineer,
Nelson is believed the oldest li-
censed pilot in the nation. He
bought the plane, he said, to
"play with" in the mountain
country of the West.
In Detroit, meanwhile, Ralph
Bentley recently bought a motor
bike for his mother, Mrs. Neva
Bentley, 70, of New York, who
intends to use. it in her travels
about town m her home city.
She was given special 'lessons on
the operation of the bike during
a recent visit at the home of her
son in Berkley, Mich.
But while these oldsters were
winning attention on their own,
Chicago recently .-;Ue ed the role |
of veterans m a major national
occupation, .'a.'.v attention was
j focused on engineers who are
; past 60. through' in\estigation of
the Burlington streamlined trains
I involved in a wreck in Naper-
ville, 111.
j Reports oh findings resulting
of-a special survey revealed that
j the presence of two elderly en-
| gincers iiv the cabs of the two
I trains, was neither a coinci-
dence nor unusuaf: The survey,
according to the Chicago Tri-
bune, revealed that almost with-
out exception the engineers on
the premier trains are men past
60. The paper explained that they
have their jobs because, under
universal rules of seniority im-
Wednesday night Is an off night j
for the City Softball League and the
game has been set for about 8:15
that night.
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Samuel Wilson was the original
‘‘Uncle Sam.” He was a native of
Troy, N. Y.
FOR SALE
HALF AND HALF
HI BRED COTTON
AND
SEED
One year out of Georgia.
Also Hamill Wonder and
D. P. L. Several bales gin-
ned at a time. No better
seed found anywhere. These
seed have been cleaned and
treated. 1944 seed.
MARTIN MAIZE
There seeds can be pur-
chased across the street
Northwest of Court House
Smallwood Gin or No. 14
Hamill Apartments.
SEE
R. O. HAMILL
Phone 187-J
Levelland, Texas
Miscellaneous
STRAYED:—4-year-old iron ,grcto
horse, got loose Thursday night,
13th—Notify A. W. Hawks, Club
Hotel, Sundown. . 4-ltc
Political
Announcements *
The Hockley County herald has
been authorized to present the
names of the following citizens
as candidates for the offices
enumerated subject to the action
of the voters in the Democratic
Primary Election on Saturday
July 27, 1946:
For Congress, 19th Congressional
District:
GEORGE MAHON ifl
(Re-election)
HOP HALSEY
For County Judge:
ZACK O. LINCOLN
(Reelection—Second Term)
For District Attorney:
LLOYD CROSLXN
TOM GORDON
For District Clerk:
HARPER BROWN
Taking Care Of Your
Battery is another of
the many services we
offer at our station.
And when you need a new Battery, we
have a new supply of —
# Star & Auto-Lite Batteries
WE ALSO OFFER EXPERT TIRE
REPAIR AND HAVE A GOOD
SUPPLY OF NEW TUBES
Gas - Oils - Greases
Also most other popular
brands of oils for your
crankcase.
Curtis Smitb Service Station
One Block East of Square on Houston
PHONE 337-J
ot State Representative of the
119th District:
PRESTON E. SMITH
iRe-election)
For County School Supt:
T. O. PETTY
(Reelection)
LOLA BETH GREEN
For Sheriff:
JAMES A. MITCHELL
OLLIE W. SMITH
GUY SWAIN
CARL ROGERS
For Tax Assessor-Collector:
J. B, (Bill) REESE
(Reelection)
J. L. (JACK) SISK
For Ccunty Clerk:
HAROLD E. CLINGAN
(Reelection—Second Term)
For County Attorney:
LaVERN I. McCANN
(Reelection—Second Term)
For County Treasurer:
O. T. (Butch) GRAVITT
• (Reelection—Second Term)
For Commissioner Precinct 1:
TOM PRICE
(Reeleetion)
For Commissioner of Precinct 2s
OSCAR HEATH vto
J. A. (Jim) PREUIT
A. P. HODGES
A. J. RICHARDS
For Commissioner of Precinct 3:
JACK MORTON
G. J. COTTEN
(Reelection)
LEWIS OWEN
For Commissioner Precinct 4:
W. B. DOWELL
(Reeleetion—Second Term) (to
BRYAN HULSE
For Justice
clnet •:
[A. F. (Pop)
Of the Peace, Pre-
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Vestal, Lois H. The Sun-News (Levelland, Tex.), Vol. 7, No. 4, Ed. 1 Monday, June 17, 1946, newspaper, June 17, 1946; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1117184/m1/4/?q=Lamar+University: accessed July 3, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting South Plains College.