The Sun-News (Levelland, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 1, Ed. 1 Sunday, May 21, 1950 Page: 1 of 6
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Plumbing Contractor
Forfeits School Job
Due to an oversight on the part of the contractor, the plumbing
contract in connection with the construction of the South Elementary
School had to be awarded recently to a second builder by the Level-
land district school board.
According to Percy Cole, president of the school board, the Bell
Plumbing company of Lubbock, who was awarded the contract for
plumbing on April 29 at $23,537, forfeited its 5 per cent of the bid to
the district and withdrew its contract.
After consideration, the board awarded the bid to Ray Givens of
Lubbock who had bid $29,400 on April 29. The Samson Plumbing
company of Lubbock had also bid $29,400 on the plumbing job, but
theoriginal Givens bid had been a combination bid for the general
construction and plumbing.
On April 29 Givens was awiftded the general construction con-
tract at $184,000.
The Bell company, prior to its forfeit, informed the board that it
had overlooked an important item in figuring the bid, and would be
unable to do the job at its original bid but would make a second bid
of $28,000. The board rejected this second bid, stating that this would
be taking unfair advantage of other bidders on the contract.
Originally, contracts totaling
$219,913 were awarded in con-
nection with the construction of
the building. The $5,863 additional
cost in connection with the plumb-
ing contract will raise the cost
to $225,776.
This is broken down thus: gen-
eral constructon $184,000, Givens
of Lubbock; Plumbing and heat-
ing combination contract $29,400,
Givens, and electric construction
Bud Naim of Morton $12,378.
Givens has already begun ex-
cavation work in connection with
the building which is expected to
provide classroom space for some
540 to 576 students.
Alvin G. Cearley and Jos. H.
Senne, Levelland architect-engin-
eers, drew the plans for the build-
ing.
Carver School!
It was.pointed out recently that
with the gym-and shop, west an-
nex and South Elementary con-
tracts issued, the district has some
$90,000 left for further improve-
ments.
At its last meeting the board
authorized the Cearley and Senne
architect-engineering group to
prepare and have ready by June
1 plans for the construction of
a new fire-proof Negro school.
It is to be erected on some
four and one-half acres of land
three blocks north and west of
the present Carver school.
Glm And 8hop
Work on the combination high
■chool gym and shop had reached
the stage this week were brick
were being placed. Steel for the
construction, it was said, was re-
ported at Fort Worth being pre-
pared for the construction. James
T. Taylor and son of Fort Worth
have the contract which was let
at $200,504.
C Of C Membership
Meeting Set Tuesday
A meeting in connection
with the current Levelland
chamber of commerce drive
• has been called for Tuesday
night at 8 o’clock In the
county court room of the
courthouse.
Persons interested In the
development of the chamber
have been urged to attend
the meeting by John Me-
Crory, president of the organ-
ization.
At the meeting last Tues-
day night 48 new members
were reported signed with
the chamber for the present
time.
Soil Stewardship
Sunday To Feature
Soil Care Sermons
COL. JACK JENKINS
Levelland Man Will
Command Air Wing
On Kyushu, Japan
KUSHU, JAPAN—Colonel Jack
S. Jenkins, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Jack Jenkins of Levelland, re-
cently departed Itazuke Air Base
to take command of the 49th
Fighter-Bomber Wing, Misawa
Air Base in Japan, it was an-
nounced by Colonel John M. Price.
Commanding General of the
In connection with Gov. Allan | Eighth Fighter-Bomber Wing,
Shivers’ proclamation making Itzuke Air Base. Col. Jenkins has
May 15 through 21 soil conser- served as Executive Officer of
vation week, the Hockley County .e
Soil Conservation District has set
aside Sunday as Soil Stewardship
Sunday.
The announcement was made
by H. T. Harrell, secretary of the
local board of supervisors.
In accordance, ministers of all
denominations throughout the
county have been invited to take
part in the observace of the soil
stewardship Sunday.
Letters addressed to ministers
of the county point out that A.
B. Kennerly, managing editor of
the Farm and Ranch-Southern
Agriculturist, was instrumental in
establishing the observance sev-
eral years ago.
In his proclamation the Gover-
nor said that “as a people, we
Texans always have been land
conscious. That is not enough, As
citizens of a modern world, we
must become, to an ever-growing
extent, soil conscious.”
He said that Texas has a land
area of 168,732,160 acres and of
that some 11 million acres, most-
ly croplands, have been badly
damaged, according to reports by
the U. S. Soil Conservation Ser-
vice. And, he said, and additional
50 million acres of crop and live-
stock lands have lost approxi-
mately one-fourth of their top-
soil.
Don’t miss out on the 1950 cen-
sus. Fill in the printed form and
mail if in doubt.
8th Fighter-Bomber Wing
since October of 1949 when he
arrived at this “combat-ready”
base, located on southern-most
Japanese home island of Kyushu.
Col. Jenkins graduated from
Levelland High School with the
class of 1932. He entered the ser-
vice in March of 1938 as a Flying
cadet, and received his basic
Flight Training at Randolph
Field, Texas, and advanced Flight
training at Kelly Field, Texas.
He was commissioned a Second
Lieutenant at Kelly Field in Feb-
ruary of 1939.
During World War II, Col. Jen-
kins served as Operations Of-
ficer of the 55th Fighter Group
and later as Commanding Officer
of the same unit in the European
Theater of Operations.
Following graduation from the
Texas Technological College, with
a BS degree in Mechanical En-
gineering in June of 1948, he
served as Executive to the Wing
Instructs, 63rd Fighter Wing, Air
National Guard, until September
of 1949, at which time he was
alerted for movement to the Far
East Air Forces.
Arriving in Japan in October
of 1949, he was assigned to the
Fifth Air Force and subsequent-
ly reassigned to Itazuke Air Base
His decorations include the Air
Medal with three Oak Leaf
Clusters, the Purple Heart and the
Euopean Theater Ribbon.
■ His wife, Mrs. Brunette B. Jen-
kins and daughters Dorothy and
Martha accompanied Col. Jenkins
to Misawa Air Base.
$30,000 Goal Is Set By Legion
In Drive For Swimming Pool Fund
'Have You Been Counted?1
Persons Missed In Census Urged
To Contact DistrictCensus Office
“Have You Been Counted?” was the big question in Hockley
County last week.
Although work in connection with the federal census has been
completed here, persons who believe they have not been counted
have been urged to let the Lubbock office of the census know of
their residence here.
This may be done by clipping the form published in this news-
paper entitled “Have You Been Counted?”
Warren G. Tabor, county census leader, says that anyone feel-
ing they have been missed should clip and mail the form immedi-
ately »o Lubbock.
He earlier unofficially estimated the population of Levelland
will lie somewhere between 8,000 and 8,500 and the county’s pop-
ulation between 19,000 and 20,000.
Official figures will b« release! later from the Washington
hindquarters. . .... • m
City Accepts Bond Bid;
Interest Is 2.7 Per Cent
Dittmar and Company of Dallas details of the issue over the week
was awarded the city’s $180,000
park and street paving bonds over
agents from six other bonding
companies a a meeting of the city
council Monday night.
Dittmar, with a net interest cost
of $77,992 during the time the
bonds are to mature, was low
bidder of the field.
The sale was awarded to the
company immediately after the
council passed an ordinance au-
thorizing issuance of the of the
bonds.
Elmer East, city bonding at-
torney form Lubbock, told the
council he would work out legal
Most County Exercises Complete;
Levelland, Smyer And Pep Remain
The majority of the high schools
in Hockley County had completed
the graduation of their seniors
by the end of last week. Remain-
ing to be graduated were seniors
at Levelland, Pep and Smyer.
Commencement exercises for
Levelland seniors will be held
Monday night at 8 o’clock in the
Levelland senior high auditorium.
Roy Bass, Lubbock attorney
and Texas Tech government lec-
ture, will give the principal ad-
dress
Let's Get Busy
And Get In On
The Census Count
Levelland’ employers have
been asked to check with
their employe* to aee If they
have been counted In connec-
tion with the 1950 census.
A form published In this
newspaper as a public service
may be completed by such
persons and mailed to Lub-
bock.
Any persons feeling they
have not been counted by the
local census enumerators have
been asked by the Lubbock
office to clip and mall the
form Immediately.
One employer here made
a quick check Friday and
found four of his empiloyes
had not been counted In the
Justice Fines Total
$44 During Week
Four fines totaling $44 and cost
■were handled in Justice of the
• Peace A. F. (Pop) Odell’s court
last week. One fine was alsd
collected in connection with
charges filed earlier.
Arlic Richard Spears, charged
May 10 with operating a vehi-
cle without a commerical license,
pleaded guilty and was fined $10.
Chester Ervin Taylor, charged
May 13 with running a stop light,
pleaded guilty to the charge and
was fined $10.
Lillie Dubree, charged May 15
with driving on the left side of
, an intersection, pleaded guilty and
i was fined $14
Glendale Lea Miller, charged
May S with driving on the left
side of the highway while cross-
ing an intersection, pleaded guilty
to the charge and was fined $10.
Pearl Smalwood, charged May
4 with being intoxicated, pleaded
guilty and was remanded to Jail
under $14.15 final
A goal of $30,000 was set Thurs-
day night by members of the Wm.
E. Evans American Legion post
tfor construction of the Legion
public swimming pool to be con-
structed near the Levelland plan-
ned city park.
A call meeting of the Le-
gion ha* been set for Monday
night at 7130 o'clock In the
Legion hall to discuss further
the plans of the swimming
pool. All Legionnaires have
been urged to attend.
The decision in connection with
the fund campaign drive was
made at a call meeting of the
Legion Thursday night at the hall
here.
James A. Leigon was named to
head the drive with sub-com-
mittee chairmen Mrs. Orville By-
num, head of the Levelland park
committee; Ray Parsons, L. A.
Robertson, Pete Bridges, Sam
Blair and Furman Mack named.
Plans have been made to get
the project underway within the
immediate futute.
Excavation is slated to begin
this week and the steel pool is
to arrive in Levelland from Am-
arillo about June 20. The Super-
ior Steel company, who la to in-
stall the pool, expect to be able
to erect It withing some six days,
it was said.
City Park
A letter from the Double U
company concerning the property
proposed west of town for a park
site is expected to arrive here
this week. The Legion proposed
to purchase a plot from the city
for a swimming pool site.
At a recent meeting the city
council authorized the Levelland
softball association to erect play-
ground lights on part or the pro-
perty west of town. The council
also voted to grant the associ-
ation all concession rights in the
park area.
Liquor Violations
Net County $200
Two fines were handed down
in County Judge LaVern I. Mc-
Cann's court recently totaling
$200.
Glendale L. Miller, charged
with driving while intoxicated,
pleaded guilty to the charge
May 17 and was fined $100 in
addition to cost. His driver’s li-
cense was suspended for six
months.
Jack Monroe, Negro, was fined
$100 May 13 when he pleaded
guilty to a liquor violation charge.
New Superintendent
For Smyer Is Named
Perry Moring, who has been
an instructor in the Abernathy
schools, has beer} elected super-
intendent of the '"Smyer schools
for the 1950-51 year beginning
July 1, according to W. L. Step-
hens of the Smyer board of edu-
cation.
Moring before going to Aberna-
thy last year, headed Sudan
schools for several years.
Teachers elected for the new
year include Mr. and Mrs. C. A.
Wilhite, Bob Ford, Mrs. John W.
Stevens, Mrs. D. J. Wilhelm, Otis
Parr, and Mrs. E. L. Carter, Jr.
A combination science teacher
and coach is to be selected later,
according to Stephens.
Don’t miss out on the 1950 cen-
sus. Fill out the printed form and
mail it in if in doubt.
The baccalaureate service is to
be held Sunday night at 8 o’clock
in the auditorium with Rev. Jor-
dan Grooms, pastor of the Level-
land First Methodist ‘ church,
bringing the sermon.
Rev. J. H. Wright, pastor of
the First Baptist church of Level-
land, will bring the invocation
and Rev. C. H. Brown, pastor of
the Levelland First Presbyterian
church, will ask the benediction.
Evening church services at the
First Baptist, First Presbyterian,
First Methodist and Fifth Street
Baptist have been canceled this
Sunday to allow members to at-
tend the baccalaureate.
A number of other churches
in the city have announced early
evening services in order that
members may attend the high
school services.
The invocation at the < gradua-
tion exercise Monday night will
be given by J. V. Davis, minister
of the Levelland Austin Street
Church of Christ. The benedic
tlon is to be asked by Rev. J.
H. Hallford, pastor of the Fifth
Street Baptist church.
The Lobo band will play the
processional and recessional. G.
C. Clapp, principal, is to present
the class. Percy Cole, president
of the Levelland district school
board, will award the diplomas.
Special awards will be made by
Supt. O. W. Marcom.
Pep
Commencement exercises are
scheduled to be held at Pep
Thursday night, May 25, at 8
O’clock. E. H. Boulter, member
of the State Board of Education,
is to make the principal address.
The invocation will be given
by Rev. L. W. Murphy and the
benediction will be asked by Rev.
F. M. Kaminsky of the St. Phillips
Catholic church of Pep.
Smyer
Dr. Doyle D. Jackson, head of
the Texas Tech educational de
partment, is scheduled to deliver
the principal address at the Smyer
graduation exercises Wednesday
night May 24, at 8 o’clock in the
auditorium.
The baccalaureate service is to
be Sunday night at 8:15 o'clock
in the Smyer auditorium. J. L.
Roberts, minister of the Lubbock
Eastside Church of Christ will
bring the sermon.
The invocation is to be given by
R. B. Chesser and the benediction
will be asked by Rev. A. J. Sul-
church of Smyer.
Dr. Jackson is to be introduced
at the commencement exercises
by Supt. V. F. Hickman.
Other schools throughout the
county were to have completed
their exercises by the weekend.
Pettit seniors were graduated
May 5. Graduation exercises at
Anton, Ropesville, and Whithar-
tal were held Friday night. Ex-
ercises at Whiteface and Sun-
down were Thursday night night.
Getting Around To Everybody
end. Thebond issue will then be
submitted to the attorney gen-
eral of Texas for his approval.
Earliest possible date that pav-
ing can be commenced, however,
is July 9, according to City Man-
ager Ray Drain.
An ordnaince authorizing pav-
'ing is expected to be drawn and
passed by the council at its next
Regular meeting on June 5. The
ordinance will then published on
June 8. At the expiration of a
30 day waiting period, required
by law, construction can' begin.
Contract for this work can be
legally let, in the interum, how-
ever. and the construction com-
pany may have it’s equipment on
location for beginning of the
projeet.
The city manager has estimated
that only 40 blocks can be paved
(this summer. The contract will
probably be let only on this 40
blocks with a clause giving the
contractor option to take the whole
project at the same price.
The earliest possible date that
the bonds can be issued to the
purchasing company will be June
10. (A 30 day protest period after
passage of the bond issue is re-
quired by law. The issue was pass-
ed on May 9).
The following companies with'
their net interest and interest
rates follow.
Rawles Winston and co.,—of
Houston—net interest $85,444 and
Think Police Department Indiscriminate
About Passing Out Violation Tickets?
Think the police department is getting a little indiscriminate
about the way it is passing out traffic and over-parking tickets
nowadays? Got one yourself, maybe?
Well, it appears they’re getting around to everybody.
Who should walk into Judge W. H. Ford’s police court this
week, traffic ticket in hand, but Levelland’s chief of police, Earl
Horton. Seems Horton’s penny would only buy twelve minutes
in a local parking meter and Patrolman Pete Bridges happened
along when 13 or more had passed.
Other city officials have fallen victim to the hasty pencil of
patrolmen, says Judge Ford. One of the most recent is Mayor
Harper who "comes in and pays his fines just like anybody else*”
You’re right. And so does the chief of police.
Offset Tests On D. M. Underwood
Well Near Smyer Are Scheduled
Interest in oil developement
continued to grow this week with
the announcement that two off-
set tests, one to the east and an-
other to the north, will be made
by the Honolulu Oil Co. and Sig-
nal Oil Co. in connection with the
now famous No. 1 M. D. Under-
wood well.
The southeast Hock-
ley county discovery from the
Canyon Rref lime will take
potential test and complete
starting at 10 A...M. Saturday.
The well flowed 317 barrels
of 42.4 gravity Oil in four hours
on a drillstem test after drilling
plug from casing last Sunday.
It is producing from the Can-
yon Reef formation, new world-
wide famous because of the Scurry
County field.
It is located 510 feet from the
north and east lines of Labor 13,
League 5, Wilbarger school land
survey just south of Smyer and
livan, pastor of the First Baptist some 12 air line miles southeast
READYING FOR ARMED FORCES DAY ... The 5Mth Air Fore* bond rehearses at
Reese Air Force Bose for its appeoronce in the Armed Forces day porode at Lubbock at
10 a. m. next Monday- The band will odd plenty of martial music to the long parade,
one of the highlights of the day-long observance which will be climaxud by an address
by Gen. Omar N. Brodley at Rosenthal field. The band, under direction of CWO Car-
mine Luce, is rated as one of the best in 1h e Air Force.
of Levelland.
Tubing on the well was run Wed-
nesday and the well was nipped
up in preparation to taking a
Railroad Commission potential
test last week.
In the meantime, crews of Geo.
P. Livermore were tearing down
the rig, which will be skidded
north on the land of J. C. Hopper
for a north offset to the discovery
well. A second Livermore rig is
to be moved on to land just east
of the well. It will be on J. C.
Emmons property.
Only last week new faces and
names were reported in the
county looking for work in con-
nection with the new discovery.
City Council Authorizes Purchase
Of Shortwave Police RadioSfation
interest rateof 2.989 per cent.
Dallas Rupe and Son — net
interest $87,915 and interest rate
of 3.076 per cent.
Central Investment co. of Plain-
view—net interest $82,897 and in-
terest rate of 2.899.
H. L, Shafer and Company of
Dallas—net interest, $83,995 and
interest rate of 2.938 per cent.
First Southwest company of
Dallas—net interest of $81,417 and
interest rate of 2.848 per cent.
R. J. Edwards—net interest of
$82,332 and interest rate of 2.88
per cent.
Under the Dittmar bid, accepted
by the council, bonds maturing
during the years from 1951
through 1961 will bare a rate of
2% per cent; from 1962 through
1964, 2l/& per cent; and 1965 and
1974 inclusive, 2% per cent.
Afl bonds are scheduled to be
retired by the end of 1974.
FROM TEXAS TECH
Area Students
Receive Degrees
Some 18 students from Hock-
ley county and the Levelland area
will receive jlegrees from Texas
Technological college when the
gchool holds it’s 24th annual com-
mencement exercises at 8 pun.
Mary 22 in Jones Stadium in
Lubbock.
These students are a part of a
total of 1,011 scheduled to re-
ceive bachelors or masters degrees
from the college this year.
From Levelland, the following
students will receive degrees—
Harold Viaille, BA in sociology;
Mrs. Lamonte Leddy Stroud, BS
in education and music; William
Vardeman, BS in education and
history Irma Rae Beaver, BBA
in accounting and Kathryn Smy-
er, BBA in general business. Var-
deman and Miss Smyer finished
their school work at the end of
the fall semester
Receiving degrees from Sun-
down are Margaret Daniels, BA
in journalism; Lonnie J. Buck,
BS in Agriculture and John D.
Whiteside, BS in Petroleum geo-
logy.
Ropesville students to receive
degrees will be James Ward Rob-
erson, BBA in marketing; J. F.
Strickland Jr., bachelor of archi-
techure; Winifred Katharine Stry-
ker, BS in Home Economics.
Roberson graduated at the end
of the fall semester.
Students from Anton to receive
degrees will be J. Del Wells, BA
in Spanish; Chole Anne Herrin,
BBA in secretarial administration,
and Mary Eva Roe, BBA in mar-
keting.
From Morton, Roy Thomas
Tarver, Jr. will receive a BS
degree in Education.
From Whitharral, Violet Mae
Price Fagan, BS in zoology and
Castle H. Fagan, BS in mechani-
can engineering.
Whiteface, Roy Edward Martin,
BS in agriculture..
The city council In a spe-
cial meeting Thursday night
authorized the purchase of
an FM short wave radio sta-
tion for the use of the city
police department.
Equipment ordered by
Drain include a master station
and two moble units for city
police cars. It is expected,
however, that an aggreement
for Joint use with the sheriff’s
department will be worked
out and that mobile units will
also be installed in county
cars.
It was estimated that the
station will be placed in op-
eration by July I,, N& -local,
operator for the master unit
has been hired by the city.
Twenty-four hour operation
of the station will be required,
however, after installation.
Coat of the station and 0
equipment will be around
$1,980, Drain said.
City Manager Ray Drain,
who told the council he had
ordered the equipment sub-
ject to their approval, said
that an application for per-
mit to operate the station
had been filed with the Fed-
eral Communications Com-
mission three weeks ago. He
said that by the time the
station could be received and
Installed, a permit would be
forthcoming.
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WHITEFACE PICNIC
About 150 first, second and
third grade pupils from WhMafMn,^,
school held their __
Wednesday at Msctasds lMa,
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