The Hockley County Herald (Levelland, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 24, 1945 Page: 6 of 12
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Thursday, May 24, l§4$
STEWART-SMITH COMPANY
New And Used Furniture
Phone 171
Levelland, Texas
toffee For Mrs
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Serving Hockley County.
“To Know Christ and To Make
Him Known.”
Morning Worship 11 o'clock.
Sermon: ‘The Church’s One
Foundation.”
Evening Worship 9 o’clock.
“Certainties in the Psalms.”
Miss Roberta Hurst
Is Married o Pfc.
M. M. Nichols
Society
John Dupre
Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Hurst of Sun- Loisteen Gllmp, Junior StUdiBf
down announces the marriage of j in Abilene Christian College, hM
their daughter, Roberta to Pfc. been honored by her school-nuBtt
Melvin M. Nichols, son of Mr. and by baling elected to the office Of
Mrs. H. H. Nichols of Pampa, Tex- secretary of the ACC student OOU&*
as. cil for the 1945-46 school year.
The double ring ceremony was Each year in May the stUdeQtO
read at the Nichols’ home at 5:30 , of ACC nominate outstanding »tu-
Sunday evening, May 20th. by Rev. dents to run for the council Of*
Dunsworth, pastor of the Calvary flees, and a primary and flQAl
Mrs. John Dupre was honored
with a coffee the first of last week,
after returning to her home in
Levelland. Mrs. Dupre and chil-
oen spent several months with
Or. Dupre at different stations,
before he embarked for the Euro-
pean Theater, and since that time
she has been staying in Tahoka.
The ooffee was given by club
members and friends of Mrs. Du-
pre at the home of Mrs. A1 Alli-
Mrs. Earline Young, Editor
Phone 83
Pvt. Jean Evans, of Love Field,
Dallas, is in Levelland visiting
with Mrs. H. Towles and Mrs.
James Roberts.
ON THE LEVEL
Mrs. H. Towles and Mrs. L. K.
Reeves spent the week end in Lub-
bock visiting with friends.
By Ruth Webnhold
This week it is hard getting
started on the news of the clubs
and different organizations, as it
has been sometime since we have
attempted this phase of the paper,
as our society and new^. editor,
Mrs. J. P. Young, left Sunday
evening for a two week’s visit at
different points in California, and
after having a two week’s rest
from the newspaper business, Mrs.
Young will return to the Herald,
and again resume her duties.
Earline is much entitled to the
rest, as she ha'Sl been doing a good
job in helping with the paper, and
is not only missed by the office
force, bue her many friends who
she calls on each week.
Mrs. H. Towles will attend the
graduation exercises of Wayland
college in Plainview Friday. Mrs.
Carl Jessee, daughter of Mrs. Tow-
les is a member of the class.
Mrs. Kheldon Reeves and daug-
hter, of Dallas, are in Levelland
visiting with Mrs. H. Towles and
Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Reeves.
The bride wore a dress suit of
light blue with red accessories
and carried a white Bible topped
with red roses. She is a graduate
of the Levelland High School witfi
the Class of ’41.
Pfc. Nichols is home on a forty-
five day furlough from the South-
west Pacific, where he spent 35
months. He will return to Fort
Bliss in El Paso the 5th of June
for a new assignment.
Attendants at the wedding were
the bride’s parents and sister. Mr.
and Mrs. R. H. Hurst and Theta
Bell of Sundown. The groom’s
parents and sister, Mr. and Mrs.
H. H. Nichols and Wilda and Mrs.
Jearl Nichols all of Pampa.
H. Towles is visiting his father
his father in Bellevue, Texas.
Mrs. J. T. Humphries and son,
Paul, and Mrs. C. E. Menefee and
son, Bobby, spent last Friday in
Carlsbad, New Mexico, where they
toured the famous Caverns.
MASON & COMPANY
TWO NAMES THAT ASSURE FINE
QUAUTT FURNITURE AT LOW COST
he arrived home, and was enjoying
the home cooked food. Peanut is
serving with the United States
Navy.
CHECK TYPHOID
IMMUNIZATION
IS ADVISED
Another reason we have let
down for the past three weeks is
that the husband and Publisher
has been here on furlough from
the CBI theater of war, and again
after almost thre
in their personal habits are likely .___' ____,__.____
to infect any food they handle with wUhin the next few wee£, ^
unwashed hands. Some of the . , . _ „ , .. ~ •
- _ _ , 4 have been living at the O. L
I most serious and far reaching out- . .
I. . , Watson home since coming tA
breaks of the disease have been Levelland ln the early part of tM<
caused by drinking milk or eating Mrs. a L. Watson and
foods that have been handled by children whQ haye ^ maUn|
earners who d.dn t even know they their h<)me wlth her mother m
could spread typhoid, having fully BosweU oklah slnce u Wat_
recovered from it. ... ..
... , ... son has been in the Pacific thea-
' Typhoid germs are hitch-hikers. . , , , T .....
J J ter of war, will return to Level-
They are picked up and spread , , . .. ....
, ‘ . ' land, June the 15th.
from persons by water, milk, flies, _q___
fingers, food. Every case of ty- , _ .
... . ... . Marriage licenses were Issued
phoid is contracted by way of the , ,,
i and the digestive system. , ^ ,, _
ger and Curtis Pendley.
State Department of Health ____
recovery car- j and the local health departments tion that can oe guarded against
the disease in | can be depended upon to continue I onlv through the protection if*
, j doctor now, and be protected a-
[ I gainst it,” Dr. Geo. W. Cox, State
j Health Officer, advises prospective
’j campers, Boy and Girl Scouts,
' | summer vacationists, and all oth-
! er users of the open road—whether
I for business or pleasure—as the
I out-of-doors season approaches.
“Typhoid fever,” he continued, i
! “is unnecessary and preventable. |
; E^'ery case is due either to com-
mtrmty negligence or to the ignor- I
| ance or carelessness of some in-1
I dividual.
I “A typhoid carrier is a person _____
who has had typhoid at some time The
and who even after
ries the germs of
his body and may pass them on to their fight against the disease, but
others. Carriers who are careless ther<» will ctni ho of mf...
yearg of absen-
ce from the Herald, he has been
renewing acquaintance of the dut-
ies of the paper and his many as-
sociates, as well as meeting the
many new business people that
have moved to Levelland in the
past several months while he has
been serving with the 10th Air
Force outside of the continental
United States. Naturally we have
been doing more visiting and en-
joying his visit for the past twenty-
one days, but that will soon all be
over again, as he will leave the
latter part of the week for Miami
Beach, Florida, where he will be
i reassigned after a two weeks stay
in Miami.
Prescriptions
Filled by Experts
Our prescription depart-
ment is well equipped for the
fight against illness or acci-
dents.
You can be sure your pre-
scriptions are accurate.
We have been asked the ques-
tion “When is it gonna rain?”
From the sandstorms of the past
several days and especially the- one
Sunday, we say the sooner the bet-
ter, but then comes a calm and
beautiful day like Monday and we
are all content that Hockley Coun-
ty is the best, but you can’t con-
vince many of the people during
the sandstorm days, that it is
so good. They just nope that with
each one that passes that it will
surely be the last one for the
seagon. ,
Friday evening Forrest and I
j were invited out to the W. L. John-
son home for dinner, and what a
[ feed, Mrs. Johnson declared that
she didn’t go to any trouble, but
I from the looks of the variety of
j food, it would have taken us a
week to prepare a meal like that,
| and then we doubt if we could
have in that length of time. Af-
ter returning from the Johnson
| home we attended the Welcome
j Home Party at the Legion Hall,
I for the service men, and again
there was sandwiches, olives and
cokes. A clever idea of the girls
of the War Widow’s club was the
decorations of
ELLIS DRUG
Cotton
'If You Don’t Know Drugs—Know Your Druggist'
Memorial services were held in
the First Baptist Church in Cros-
byton last Sunday afternoon for
Capt. Gwen McPherson, brother
of Mrs. Fred Barker. Gwen spent
several months in Levelland, being
employed by his brother, J. B. Mc-
Pherson, when he operated the
Mack Food store here. Gwen and
his entire crew was killed when
the plane they were flying over
enemy territory was shot down in
February.
the hall and the
red napkins, with the inscription:
“Welcome Home.” From the fun
we all had, I believe that boys
really felt a warm welcome back
to their homes in Levelland.
In conversation with Peanut
Michael, who has been home on
leave from the Pacific, said that
he had gained nine pounds since
We are receiving a
few Cotton Dresses
each week, in the New-
er Styles and Mater-
ials. Also a nice line
of Silks.
We have the following merchan-
dise in stock at present:
Ford Motors, 85 and 100 Hp.
Barrel Pumps Tire Pumps
Passenger car jacks at last.
Flash Lights and Batteries.
Rear Tractor Tires
Front Tractor Tires.
Bicycle Tires and Tubes.
Truck Tires 8.25-20 and smaller
Many other hard to get items.
to match your frock
for Summer.
Chix will be hatching each
week — early booking is
advised.
In Sailors, Berets,
and large brims. Just
the one for Summer.
Rake Chix to Help Supply the
Need of Meats!
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Weimhold, Ruth. The Hockley County Herald (Levelland, Tex.), Vol. 21, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 24, 1945, newspaper, May 24, 1945; Levelland, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1160979/m1/6/?q=+date%3A1941-1945: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting South Plains College.