The Sun-News (Levelland, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 41, Ed. 1 Monday, March 4, 1946 Page: 4 of 8
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Monday, March 4, 1946
THE SUN - NEWS, Larelland, Texas
THE SUN NEWS
SERVING SUNDOWN,
WHITEFACE AND LEVELLAND
Published Every Monday at
Levelland, Texas
Subscription Price: $1.00 a
year In Hockley and Cochran
Cauntles; $2.00 elsewhere.
LOIS H. VESTAL ............ Editor
JIM ST. CLAIR Advertising Mgr.
UNO Legal Chief
It le not the Intention to cast
Inflection upon the character of
anyone knowingly and if through
error we should, the management
will appreciate having our at-
tention called to same and will
gladly correct any erroneous
Statement made.
CANNOT BE REPLACED
"People are beginning to realize
if cotton Is left out of the picture
we have nothing to put in Its place.
They are also beginning to realize
Shat cotton Is needed In livestock
production.” E. C. Westbrook, Geor-
gia Extension Agronomist.
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Americans own or control 70 per
cant of the world’s refining ca-
pacity.
School's Out
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Abraham H. Feller of New York
is new General Counsel to United
Nations Secretary General
Trygve Lie. Forty-one-year-old
Feller was adviser to the U. S.
delegation at the first UNO
meeting in London. He was a
special assistant to the U. S. At-
torney General from 1934 to
1941, lend-lease consultant in
1941, and OWI Deputy Director
from 1942 to 1944.
CERTIFIED *"
PLANTING SEED
If you wish to plant top-qua|ity seed
we advise you to buy EARLY.
We now have on hand—
KAFIR
MARTIN’S MAIZE
PLAINSMAN MAIZE
HEGARI
and
ACALA COTTON SEED
SUN-RAY FEED & PRODUCE
Guy Lowry, Prop.
LEVELLAND, TEXAS
Top Prices for Cream and Eggs
Pupils of Bethel, Pa., township school watch smoldering embers of three-story school building,
no doubt anticipating an unscheduled vacation. Desks behind them were only property saved as
teacher led 40 to safety.
Fetsch-Albus Rite
Read In St. Phillips
Catholic Church, Pep
Marriage of Miss Wilhemlne Al-
bus. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Jo-
seph Albus of Pep, and Felix Fetsch,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Ferdinand
Fetsch of Rhineland, took place
February 19 at St. Phillips cb»i-ch
Pep. A ring ceremony was read by
the Rev. Mathew Schaffle with Rev.
Higgins of Littlefield in the sanc-
tuary.
The church altar was banked with
ferns and snapdragons in yellow,
white and pink. Wedding marche
and mass hymns were played by
Miss Lydia Jungman.
The bride’s wedding gown was of
white satin and marquisette, and
her floor-length veil was fastened
with a wreath of apple blossoms.
She carried white carnations. Her
only Jewelry was pearls, gift fror?
the bridegroom, and a brooch which
belonged to her grandmother, Mrs.
William Bellinghousen.
Miss Anna Fetch of Rhineland,
the bridegroom’s sister, served as
Methodist Class
Sponsors Supper In
Levelland Church
Twenty-five persons were present
last Wednesday night at a covered
dish supper in parlors of the First
Methodist church In Levelland.
Sponsoring the sypper and stunt
night program were members of
the young people’s class, of which
Mrs. Wyatt Hanks, Jr.', is president.
Special, guests were Fowler Fau-
bion, teacher, Mrs. Faublon and
Rev. Sam A. Thomas, pastor.
Taking part on the program were
Mr. and Mrs. Hanks, Mr. and Mrc.
Bobby Tlpps, Alvin Cearley and
Marvin Wheeler.
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Baptist Group Holds
Picnic, Show Party
The young people’s class of the
First Baptist church in Sundown
held a picnic and theater party at
Brownfield Tuesday evening.
Attendants included Mrs. J. B.
Richardson, Sue Holland, Doris
Wheat, Jeane Pruitt of Pampa, Bet-
ty Ragland, Lois Cook, Betty Ash-
burn, Beverly Beck, John Etheridge,
Morris Wilson, Donald Wright, John
McTnturff, Stanley Wright. Teddy
Bern on, Jack Carey. Burr.ice Clark.
Eugene Woodard Duane Mitchell
and Bobby Kerby.
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The United States consumes an-
nually 60 p€r cent of the oil pro-
duced In the world.
OPENING •
SUNDOWN TAILORS
TUESDAY, MARCH 5TH
We have completed our new building and are
now ready to ser\y Sundown with
A Complete Cleaning
,Service
MR. BEN GILBERT IS IN CHARGE OF OUR SHOP.
HE IS AN EXPERIENCED TAILOR, HAVING HAD
OVER NINE YEARS EXPERIENCE IN THIS WORK.
WE FEEL THAT HE IS QUALIFIED TO DO A
THOROUGH CLEANING JOB ON YOUR MOST
DELICATE FAgJRIQS.
AS SOON AS MERCHANDISE BECOMES AVAIL-
ABLE, WE WILL CARRY A COMPLETE LINE OF
HIGH-QUALITY MEN’S FURNISHINGS. IT IS OUR
SINCERE DESIRE TO SERVE YOU TO THE BEST
OF OUR ABILITY, AND WE INVITE EVERYONE
TO PAY US A VISIT.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Kennedy
SUNDOWN
TEXAS
Grace Farino Weds
Hubert Gilbert In
Oklahoma Service
Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Gilbert are
living in Oklahoma City since their
February 14 marriage there. The
bride, before the wedding. Miss
Grace Farino is a sister of Tony
Farino of Levelland.
Daughter of N. P. Farino of Ok-
lahoma City, the bride was employ-
ed at McCall-Parsons Drug while
living in Levelland.
Wedding attendants included the
bride’s brother, Tom Farlho, and
Mrs. Farino of Oklahoma City.
The bridegroom, son of Mr. and
Mrs. H. Gilbert of Oklahoma City,
was recently discharged from the
armed forces.
Tea To Compliment
British Wife Of
European Veteran
Hockley county’s British wife of
a World War II veteran will be
honor guest Thursday afternoon at
a tea in the home of Mrs. J. W. La-
Mar in Sundown. Guests will call to
greet Mrs. Jack Swain between 3
and 4 o’clock in the afternoon.
Mrs. Swain who lived in Exeter,
Devon, England, before leaving for
the United States reached Sun-
dowri in mid-February with her
young daughter. Doris Jean. The
family is now living at Denver City.
Swain, a veteran of European ser-
vice with the army medical corps,
is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Guy
Swain of Sundown. Both he and
his father are employes of the same
pipeline company.
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Walkie-Talkie Will
Be a Civilian Soon
You got the Jeep. Pretty soon now,
you can have that other wartime
innovation—the walkie-talkie.
The was the promise of govern-
ment officials who said that civilian
owned portable and mobile radio
sending and receiving devices would
be authorized this year.
This Includes the walkie-talkie
which, according to officials, is
nothing less than a “pocket-sized”
radio station, subject to regulations
of the federal government.
maid of honor, and the bride’s sis-
ter, Miss Christine Albus was
bridesmaid. Mias Fetsch wore blue
satin, and Mias Albus’ dress was
pink satin. Pink rosebuds fash.oned
headdresses for both.
The bridegroom’s attendants were
his cousin, Francis Redder, lJ
Rhineland, the the bride's broth®}
Paul Albus.
Honoring the couple a wedding
dinner was served by the bride’s
parents in the evening, and a dance
followed. The bridegroom’s parents
were among out-of-town guests for
the wedding ceremonies.
The bride is a 1943 graduate of
Pep High school. Fetsch spent four
years In the armed forces—19
months in the European theater^
The couple is living west of PR?
where the bridegroom is farming.
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FOR FEED AND BALANCE
“By working cotton Into % bal-
anced, conservation* farming sys-
tem and considering it from the
standpoint of a feed crop, the South-
west can stay in the cotton busi-
ness. We need more protein feed for
our livestock.
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IF YOU DON’T I
LIKE TO CARRY
A LOT OF CASH Y
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tods. You cany checks
WUY chances?
LEVELLAND STATE BANK
MEMBER FEDERAL DEP08IT INSURANCE CORPORATION
BANK PERSONAL LOANS ARE BEST
Double Ring Vows
Unite Levelland
Couple In Service
In a double ring ceremony read
Friday by Rev. Franklin E. Swan-
ner, in the home of the bride’s
parents, Miss Bessie Mae Kitchen,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Kit-
chen, became the bride of Dancil
Grey Cooper, son of Mr. and Mrs.
W. L. Cooper. The rite was solemn-
ized at 7 p. m., with only members
of the two families and a few
friends present.
Attendants were the bridegroom’s
sister, Miss Mary Belle Cooper,-maid
of honor, and the bride’s brother,
Guy Kitchen, best man. A program
of pre-nuptial selections was pre-
sented by Miss Laveme Richards,
who also played the trditional wed-
ding marches.
Setting for the wedding was an
archway banked with ferns and
flanked by baskets of white gladioli.
The bride’s costume wsa t two-
piece white woolen driess, which she
wore with black and white acces-
sories and a corsage of gardenias.
Miss Cooper wore a frock of lime
green crepe and white flowers on
her shoulder.
MV. ahd Mrs. Kitchen were hosts
at the reception following the ser-
vice. The couple left Immediately
for a wedding trip, and at their re-
turn will live in Levelland. ,
Both Mr. and Mrs. Cooper are
1942 graduates of Levelland high
school. The bride attended Hardln-
Simmons university, Abilene, and
Texas Technological college, Lub-
bock, and for several months has
been secretary to the county Judge.
Cooper was recently discharged
from the navy following service in
the Atlantic and Pacific.
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Sweep Job On
City Streets Goes
Into Final Stage
Long awaited sweeping of Level-
land streets was partially accom-
plished Friday. Now the street
sweeper must be repaired before
additional sweeping may be done,
Mayor Roy Rodgrs said this morn-
ln«-
Repair of the machine—a two-
month wilting period following
strikes in the eastr-was marked up
early last week. Another break-
down came before the street-sweep-
ing was flnlahd Friday.
Only one pile of the dirt and
trash has been moved from the
street corners, but the remainder will
be picked up soon, the mayor said.
Service
Now We Gan Do It
s,
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For The First Time Since Pre-War Days, We Have
PLENTY OF SKILLED MECHANICS
AN AMPLE SUPPLY OF PARTS...
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— Assuring —
PROMPT, GUARANTEED SERVICE
Bring your car in now for those badly-needed
repairs that you had to put off. You’ll be pleased
with our work and our promptness. Remember
that car may have to run you a long time yet
before a new one is available.
BUtSON mOTOB (0.
ORBEN ANDERSON
Aaaiat. Mgr.
FRED STONE
OTIS BURSON, Owner
LEWIS HERRING
Shop Foreman
J. D. HURLEY ELBERT MATTHEWS
Mechanica
MACARIO PEREZ, Waah and gneaae boy
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Vestal, Lois H. The Sun-News (Levelland, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 41, Ed. 1 Monday, March 4, 1946, newspaper, March 4, 1946; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1117228/m1/4/?q=coaster: accessed June 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting South Plains College.