The Sun-News (Levelland, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 30, Ed. 1 Monday, December 15, 1947 Page: 1 of 10
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SUN - NEWS
And Continuing THE LEVELLAND LEADER
“SERVING THE FIELD IT COVERS—COVERING THE FIELD IT SERVES”
Volume 8
Levelland, Hockley County, Texas, Featuring the Oil News
5c Copy
Monday, December 15, 1947
Number 30
Santa To Greet Kids At Party
Late Score Wins when Local
Lads Fight Back for Victory
By Forrest Weimhold
The Levelland High School
Lobos won the highest honors any
Class A football team can obtain
this year in Texas Friday when
adfaey defeated the hefty Merkel
Cadgers 20-19 for the Region 2-A
crown. This victory by the Lobos
and their coaches Truett Rattan
and Bill Scott gave the local
school its first regional football
championship in history.
Yes, and they earned it in such
a manner to prove the greatness
of their team as a unit, and the
clean sportsmanship, calmness,
determination to win and
such poise, calmness and cham-
pionship caliber at this point, they
probably could have called an-
other spectacular play for a touch-
down instead of the line plunge,
if they had had to have the points.
The battling Badgers exhibited
a crushing, bruising ground at-
tack from the opening kick-off.
Jimmy Walker returned Hart’s
opening kick to the 22. With
Walker, James Land and Teaff,
alternating as ball - carriers, the
Badgers went to the 50 - yard
Firemen To Meet Saint Nick
Tuesday At Edge Of City
stripe before bogging down and
determination to win and foot-1 the ball went over to the Lobos.
™all playing ability of each mem- Levelland was unable to get its
ber of the squad. j offensive going; so the Badgers
1 took over on their own 25-yard
No college or Class AA game
could provide any more excite-
ment, superb football playing and
Interest than was generated into
this championship struggle as the
game progressed into the closing
minutes. Not until the final signal
ending the game was the out-
come certain to the fans, and the
4£ool, calm and collected Lobos
were plugging every minute and
struck with amazing speed and
accuracy when the opportunity
arose.
Merkel Was Powerful
COACH TRUETT RATTAN is shown above as he was presented
with a surprise award of a new automobile by E. H. (Doc) Wilkins,
president of the Lobo Quarterbacks Club, for, as Wilkins said, “The
moral influence these men have over the student body and the
football team.” Assistant bo&ch Bill Scott, and Junior High Coach
Marvin Wheeler received monetary awards. Wheeler served as
scout fo rthe team throughout the season.
Rev. J. H. Wright
Pastor Here Is
Native Of Area
Rev. J. H. Wright, who recent-
First Baptist Church, came here
ly accepter the pastorate of the
from the OIney First Baptist
Church, and has also pastored
churches at Henrietta and Holi-
day.
A native of Wheeler, Rev.
Wright spent all of his l.fe a-
round Amarillo and Canyon,
Rattan Becomes
He Isn’t Patient
line. With the same Badger trio
doing the lugging, the home team
marched on down the field for|FatHer Saturday J
the first touchdown late in the
first quarter. Land made the
score &s he took a hand-off from
Walker and circled end from the
Lobo 22 yard line. Dudley’s kick
for the extra-point was blocked.
I/obos Defense Stiffens
The Lobos defense stiffened in
the second quarter and their of-
fense seemed to sparkle a little
more. Late in this period Hart
Merkel’s powerful Badgers dis- ran one of the few Merkel punts
played great poise also as they back to the 47 yard line, then
battered over three touchdowns, made it a first down on the 37.
but in the finaljjHmites the boys. His pass to Northam on the 27
from ddwn sdfith becatqe a little | was good, but the next throw to
rattled as the/Lobos hit tlY^ir peak Northam in the end-zone went in-
S>oth offensively and de
It was Tn the final m
game when Coach Rattan
land Lobos made the
nsively. complete as the end’s feet slipped
nutes of and he fell headlong. Hart’s next
s Level- pass to Northam took the ball to |
Winning the 19-yard stripe making it i
touchdown after Merkel undaunt- fourth down- and two-yards to go.
ed by the 14-13 Lobo lead had At this crucial point a 15-yard
taken the kick-off on their own penalty broke up the drive, and j
26 yard line and marched to pay! the first half ended with Badger j
dirt in 15 stabs at the line and Land driving out to his own 40.1
a couple of passes, one comp.leted However, Levelland did get credit j
on “pass receiver interference”, Lfor the penetration. The score
make it 19-14 for Merkel. With stood 6-0 for Merkel with pene- I
only about two minutes to play, j trations 1-1.
many fans started to leave and Pass Intercepted ••
seek warm shelter, as they; The Lobos took Merkel’s kick-1
thought Merkel had iced the game off as the second half began, and
down. it appeared that they were on the
Lobos Come Through march. They began using their
. But the Lobos . had different spread-formation, but the drive
ideas. Wise took Walker’s fluke ended as Merkel intercepted a
kickoff to the 31, and on the first pass and brought the ball back to
play from scrimmage Bobby Hart their own 41-yard line. From this
propped back to fire a beautiful.point the Badgers passed and
(pass to End Jack Aduddell, who!plowed their way to their second
out-ran and side-stepped the touchdown in 11 plays. Walker’s
Merkel secondary and safety for; pass to Leroy Teaff was good for
the six-pointer. In getting past | the extra point to give Merkel a
the last Badger, Aduddell almost 113-0 lead,
lost his balance, but kept going j LoI>oh Begin To Move
Lobo Coach Truett 8. Rattan
returned to Levelland just in
time to change his clothes be-
fore rushing his wife to the hos-
pital.
At exactly 4:03 p. m. Satur-
day, just 24-hours after his
scarlet and black gridsters had
beat Merkel for the regional
crown, he and Mrs. Rattan be-
came the proud parents of a
baby girl.
The daughter is the Rattan's
first child, just as Friday’s grid
title was the first for the new
father in his first year as Level-
land coach.
Coach Rattan hasn’t been a-
vailable for comment but hos-
pital records didn’t show a pat-
ient by his name.
This seemed to fire the Lobos,
as it was getting late in the third
quarter. Hart took the Merkel
kick-off and took-off down field
behind beautiful blocking and
side -stepped his way through to
the Badger 22 yard line before
and crossed the goal line standing
up. The kick for extra point was
blocked; so this gave Levelland
the precious 20-19 lead.
Hart Thrills Crowd
£ In the waning minute of the
' game, Levelland’s first kick-off
to Merkel, which was an attempt- being tackled. A complicated pass
ed “on-side kick,” went out of play ended in a 15-yard loss, but
R bounds. The. second kick was sue- on the next play Hart flipped an
cessful, but Merkel covered the; aerial to Bobby Blundell on the
ball. The Badgers were desperate. 10 and the back dashed into the
and on the first play Walker, who1 end-zone. Hart’s all-important try
was being rushed by a ffock of; for point split the uprights mak-
Lobos, threw a long pass which ling the count 13-7.
was intercepted by Hart on Level- l With the opening of the fourth
^Iflpd’s 38 yard line. The fleet- quarter, the Lobo defense stiffen-
ited Lobo back gave the fans a ed even more and they were
Panthers Lose
To Spearman
In Title Game
great exhibition of broken field
running as he crossed the Badger
goal line standing-up. However,
the beautiful play was partly nul-
lified with a clipping penalty a-
gainst Levelland, but the Lobos
retained the ball on tjie Badger 35
yard line.
Lobos Marching As Game Ends
The Lobos decided to keep the
wall the remaining seconds, and
TVis'j plowed through the line for
four yards as the time ran out
ending the game. They showed
dumping.the big Badgers for loss-
es. However, again the Badgers
refused to punt in midfield, but
the Lobos held and the ball went
over to Levelland on their own
49.
Lobos Take Lead
The fire-works began here.
Wise plowed through for five
yards and added four more on the
next play. Hart lateraled to Wi«®
who went to the 37. Hart took it
to the 20, and on the next play
Continued on Page 8
Xmas Seal
Sale Mounts
Mrs. A. F. Mathis, chairman of
Christmas Seal sales in Hockley
county, said this morning that
totals this year are “well ahead”
of those in 1946. 240 replies had
been received until Saturday
morning from 640 letters con-
taining seals sent to residents
of this section.
Returns amounting to $4361
have been received in the mail
campaign, she said. This com-
pares with $659.67 total mail re-
ceipts last year, and final re-
port in 1947 is expected to run
well ahead of those in 1946.
Reports from school campaign
have not yet been made, Mrs.
Mathis said. Last year’s total
from that source was $206.71,
and is also expected to be ex-
ceeded by a wide margin this
year. Mrs. Truett Hatton is in
charge of the drive in Levelland
schools, and Mrs. Rufus Bushy-
head heads the campaign in all
Hockley county schools outside
the city.
The chairman said "quite a
few” names had been added to
the mailing list this year and
An undermanned Whitharral j that the rsponse “has been very
Panther eleven lost a 51-0 decis- gratifying from persons and
ion to Spearman Saturday after-1 firms added to the list in 1947.”
noon in a contest for the Region
1-B Championship. Bradford Cas-
tleman was spearhead of the
Spearman attack.
The shorthanded Whitharral
eleven, with only three substi-
tutes, never had a chance to get
going before the* fury of the
Spearman assault, according to
reports of the game, but the
Panthers never ceased trying
Statistics favored the Panhan-
dle team all the way. They gain-
ed 189 yards on the ground to
the Panthers’ 63 yards, and add-
ed 167 yards on passing to the
Whitharral team’s 34. Thb totals,
356 yards to 97, complete pic-
ture of the game.
Coach Melvin Crawford’s
spirited Hockley county squad
traveled 250 miles to play the
regional battle, stopping in Bor-
ger Friday night to break the
long trek. Dale Hughes, power-
ful fullback feature of the Pan-
thers’ offense, was ailing with
a sprained ankle.
UNDERGOES OPERATION
J. A. Smotherman of Sundown,
underwent a major operation in
the Levelland Hospital Monday
morning. The family reported he
is getting nlon* nicely.
Grapefruit is also known
“Pomelo.” *
A large amount of receipts now
on hand have been remitted by
the latter, she said.
In a joint statement this morn-
ing Mrs. Mathis and Rev. Bur-
ton Riddle, president of the
Hockley County Tuberlosis as-
sociation, requested . quickest
possible remittance for seals re-
ceived from the committee. The
organization is sponsoring the
annual drive.
Eighty per cent *of the pro-
ceeds from sale of Christmas
Seals remains in this county to
be used by the Hockley Tuber-
losis association in efforts to
stamp out the disease in this
territory. The organization is
Continued on Page 4
REV. J. H. WRIGHT
prior to entering Baylor Univer-
sity as a ministerial student in
1936.
He graduated from Canyon
High School in 1933; he attended
West Texas State Teachers Col-
lege for two years, and transfer-
red to Baylor, where he receiv-
ed a Bachelor of Arts degree in
1938.
He attended Southwestern
Baptist Theological Seminary in
Fort Worth and received his
Th. M. degree there in 1942.
Rev. Wright, his wife and son,
Johnnie reside at the First Bap-
tist parsonage.
Names Of Needy
Should Be Turned
To Jaycees
Names of needy families
should be turned In to President
Gene Yeager of the Levelland
Jaycees or any other member of
that organization for the Good-
fellows project at once, it was
announced today.
The Jaycees have a large a-
and they are anxious to purchase
mount In the Goodfellow fund
groceries, clothes, toys or any
other Items for families In need
In the Levelland vicinity.
Glen R. Leaiherman
Improving After
Accident Thursday
Glen R. Leatherman, who wan
painfully burned about the face
Thursday morning while he was
lighting a treater unit, which
blew up in his face, was improv-
ing in St. Mary’s Hosp'tal in
Lubbock this morning.
He was rushed to Philllps-Du
pre Hospital for treatment about
10:30 Thursday morning and was
transferred to St. Mary’s Frldoy
morning, said Dr, Raymond A.
Reid.
Mr. Leatherman has been
connected with the production
department of Magnolia Perol-
eum Company for a number of
years.
Santa Claus is coming to
town . . and he will' ride
in pomp and splendor to the
courthouse lawn late Tueslay in
a fire truck of the Levelland de-
partment. Open sirens will clear
the way and announce his arrival
at 6:30 p. m. to waiting throngs
of kiddies.
Members of the Fire Depart-
ment will meet the plump, Jolly,
red-clad gentlemen with the long
white whiskers when he reaches
boundaries of the city. Whether
he will come to Levelland behind
his traditional reindeer-drawn
sled,-or will fly through the skies
in a modern airplane will depend
on the weather, he told represen-
tatives of the department last
week.
He will' make his appearance
at the courthouse square at 6:30
p. m. tomorrow, and will proceed
to a Christmas party on the lawn
where he will dispense cheer and
candy to all the children of this
area.
Santa Claus’ arrival will touch
off an evening of celebration by
people of this territory—a
Christmas frolic arranged by
the Chamber of Commerce, and
participated in by fifty-two busi-
ness firms of Levelland. Busi-
ness men and the civic organiza-
tion are extending a cordial in:
vitation to every family—every
resident—of Hockley, county to
join in the Yuletide spirit of the
occasion.
Adults and children alike will
be asked to register at a booth
In the courthouse, where each
will be presented a card signify-
ing he is taking part in the party.
Most merchants will remain op-
en during hours of the party—
from 6:00 p. m. until 9:00 p. m.—
to greet their guests. Gifts will
be given awfty. ___
Levelland business men this
morning are busily engaged in
preparing for the colorful event.
Many are re-decorating their
windows appropriate to the
Yuletide atmosphre which will
prevail, and are anticipating
huge throngs of visitors.
High above the streets atop
the courthouse a neon-lighted
cross and star will shine down
on the Christmas party, while
multi-colored lights recently in-
stalled will bend with th# spirit
of, the occasion.
Plans are complete—and no
detail which would add to en-
joyment of the event by partici-
pants has been overlooked.
And. of course, highlighting
the occasion will be the presence
of Ole Saint Nick, passing out
his candy favors and gathering
information- from the kiddles of
what they most desire to find in
Continued on Page 4
FROM 8AN DIEGO
Mr. and Mrs. Durwood May-
nard and children of San Diego,
California, are in Sundown visit-
ing Mrs. Maynard’s family, Mr.
and Mrs. Jim Folks and family.
Mr. Maynard is in the navy, and
now has a furlough.
Shortly before the war, al
100.000 miles of petroleum
lines were in
United States,
Levelland' Coaches
Quarterbacks
Program Tuesday
Coaches Truett 8. Rattan, gill
Scott and Marvin Wheeler will
tell membera of the Quarter-
backa Club Tueeday night at
7:00 o’clock In the h%h school
cafoterla, haw the Labes Saak
the regional ehamplenehlp from
the Merkel ■adferp Friday.
Tueeday nlghft meeting *
expected te ha tha M
meeting
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Vestal, Lois H. The Sun-News (Levelland, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 30, Ed. 1 Monday, December 15, 1947, newspaper, December 15, 1947; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1117740/m1/1/?q=no+child+left+behind: accessed June 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting South Plains College.