The Hockley County Herald (Levelland, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 43, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 17, 1951 Page: 1 of 16
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LEVELLAND, Hockley County, TEXAS
Thursday, May 17,1951
NUMBER 43
Outstanding
— Local Nows
—•Features ,
— Advertising
*Z4e Jloctdeq County, cMe/mlt,
SERVING LEVELLAND AND HOCKLEY COUNTY FOR TWENTY-SIX YEARS
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SECTION ONE
In 1951
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Rain Gates Finally Open;
County's Farms Soaked
Honor Day Awards
Sixteen High School Seniors
the
May Open June 1 st
Park Swimming Pool
rain
school on Monday.
New Honors
Director Wheeler piqked
See Firs
ermen 1
b,",.
County Agent Artie Forehand
said Wednesday morning that
Tuesday’s rainfall in the general
areas of Anton and Ropesville was
heavy enough to wash out much
Gerlach, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Ervin Gerlach, who is the
1951 Junior High school saluta*
torian. Her average is 95.15.
Wednesday’s rainfall, which
began about noon, measured
.95 of an Inch at 5:40 p. m. Wed-
nesday on the Brasch-Mitchell
Hardware rain gauge. Thio ups
the 1950 total to 3.01 Inches with
rain still pouring down at the
time the gauge wae checked.
VALEDICTORIAN . . . Mary
Marcom who was named vale-
dictorian oA Levelland Junior
High School with an average of
95.8. Miss Marcom is the daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Marcom.
were held in the High School au-
ditorium at 9:30 Tuesday morning.
High School Principal, G. C. Clapp
called off the awards.
revealed, was not registered. Thus
Miss Drake was named winner of
the girl’s watch.
Ceremonies for the Awards Day
With rain still falling at one
o’clock Wednesday afternoon, in-
dications were that Hockley coun-
ty is in for its “wettest” period of
the year—and a most welcome
one, at that, in most sections of
the county.
Wednesday’s rain, which began
about noon, had not been measured
lahotna, Texas, Louisiana,
. ansas and New Mexico.
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Levelland Included
On Honor Roll;No
T raffic Fatalities
Recognized for Extra Efforts
Sixteen individual awards and
one class presentation featured the
annual Awards Day Assembly pro-
gram at the High School Tuesday
morning as students were honored
for achievement in various fields.
Two awards sponsored by local
businessmen came in the form of
a $100 citizenship award by E. W.
Brasch and J. Russell Mitchell
which went to the senior class and
two Gruen wrist watches that
went to Yvonne Drake and Dwain
McMasters, presented by O. L.
Beach.
In the field of music Wallie
Gravitt and Mary Ann Vaughan
tied for honors although only one
music medal was awarded. As yet
it has not been announced which
one will take home the medal.
Joella Harrell, with a 94.64 four
year class average received the
scholarship award while Edith
Morton, top student of the ’51
graduates was named Honor Stud-
Two Band Members
Overcome On Bus,
The Levelland Lobo Band un-
der the direction of W. R. Wheel-
er took home more honors last
week at the Tri-State band con-
tests held at Enid, Oklahoma on
May 10-12.
The group, playing in class BB,
which included schools with an en
rollment of from 400 to 750, was
rated first division in sight read-
ing and second division in both
concert and marching.
Mr. Wheeler explained that un-
der a different lettering system,
Levelland found itself competing
with nine other fine bands. He
pointed out that in each of the
three separate judging events,
Class BB bands took more than
one 1st division.
In this class, Freeport, Texas;
Magnolia, Ark.; San Benito, Tex-
as, and Stillwater, Okla., were
all outstanding. Freeport was the
only school chalking up a 1st di-
vision rating in each event.
In Class BB, the four above
mentioned schools all had a divis-
ion one rating. In marching, Ga-
lena Park, Freeport, and Magnol-
ia all took 1st division ratings.
In sight reading, schools from
two classes were judged together
making 13 entrants. Five division
one ratings were made.
The Lobo band left in three
buses early Wednesday morning.
When they arrived at Enid, the
boys were quartered at the air
base and the girls roomed in the
Junior High gymnasium. The trip
to Enid was made by way of
Wichita Falls. The group return-
ed late Saturday evening by way
of Route 66.
Two members of the Level-
land Lobo band were overcome
by carbon monoxide gas dur-
ing a recent band trip to Enid,
Okla., it was revealed this
week. Three others became ill
from the effects of the gas but
did not become unconscious
and all recovered from the ef-
fects rapidly.
Foncine Jones and Jackie
Reynolds riding in the bus driv-
en by W. R. Wheeler, band di-
rector, became unconscious at
about the same time and were
treated at the Littlefield hospit-
al. Mr. Wheeler said that one
was sitting near the front of
the bus and the other was in
the rear. He said three others
became slightly sick but did not
suffer from the effects.
Misses Jones and Reynolds
were treated at the hospital and
then returned to Levelland with
CONVERSATIONAL TOPIC . . . Pictured above is one section of Hockley County lowlands after
Tuesday’s .28 Inch rainfall. Heavy rains which continued Wednesday afternoon made the above view
a common sight throughout the county as most farmers who had not yet planted their cotton smiled
happily In anticipation of a good season. x s (Herald-Sun News Photo)
County Attorney To
Address Graduates
Bill Boedeker of Levelland,
Hockley county attorney, is to de-
liver the address tonight (Thurs-
day) night at commencement ex-
ercises for the Ropesville grade
school. He will'be ihtroduced by
O. V. Fuller. There are 38 mem*
Chiropractic Office
Opening Is Monday
Dr. J. C. Willman, a graduate
of Texas Chriopractic College, San
Antonio, announces the opening of
offices here Monday at 704 Ave.
K.
Dr. Willmon has purchased the
estate of Dr. M. B. Ladyman,
Which includes the office and a
residence where he and his family
are living. The Wlllmons have
three cthildren—Joan, 7, Wayne,
4, and Kenneth, 6 months.
Dr. Willmon is a graduate of
Davidson Funeral
Held Tuesday At
Methodist Church
Most of the 175 persons attend-
ing were dressed in Western re-
galia. «'■
“Every effort possible will be
made to get the swimming pool
completed and opened about June
1,” Ray Drain, City Manager said
early this week.
Ray made the statement when
informed that other cities nearby
were opening their pools early in
June. He indicated that the foun-
dation of the bath houses would
be laid this week and displayed
the completed plans of the struc-
tures. A few parts are now en-
route to Levelland and Ray said
that they would work on week-
ends if necessary to get the job
done. i ~
Water lines have been laid and
the filter unit has already been
installed. It was estimated that it
would take several days to get
the pool cleaned out, the final
step before it is opened for public
use. Mud, sand, and paper has
collected in the d^ep end of the
tank and some no doubt has col-
lected in the pipes.
The City Manager said that so
far as he knew no action has been
taken on the appointment of a
pool manager or life guards.
The proposed bath houses will
it have been from cottoi
the ground being wash
have five separate shower stalls,
the conventional foot bath, and
doorways leading directly into
the pool. A clothes checking room
window will open in the shower
room.
Elsewhere in the new eity park
recent rains have brought out the
efforts of last winter’s watering.
Most of the area has responded
well to the sewing of grass, picnic
tables have been constructed and
painted, and the trees planted
early this spring are beginning to
bloom.
The softball diamond has been
worked into good shape and is in
use four nights a week. The pro-
posed baseball diamond has not
yet been laid out
The two p ■nails brought the
tar’s total to 8364,833, Mill far
*4 4 th a IMA
Levelland is one of 36 Texas
towns listed Saturday on the
National Safety council’s honor
roll for going through 1950
without a traffic fatality.
Listed in the 10,000 to 25,000
population bracket was High-
land Park, Denton, Edingburg,
Nacogdoches, Brownwood, Mis-
sion, Palestine, Paris and Plain-
view.
Texas towns on the 5,000 to
10,000 honor roll were Alamo
Heights, Alpine, Ballinger, Bay
City, Beeville, Belton, Brady,
Cisco, Childress, Coleman, Du-
mas, Falfurrias, Gonzales, Gra-
ham, Henderson, Jacinto City,
Kermit, Levelland, Mexia, Min-
eral Wells, Mount Pleasant, Na-
vasota, River Oaks, Robstown,
Rusk and Weslaco.
The individual citizenship a-
ward went to Jacquelyn Fryar and
Langford Sneed, outstanding ath-
lete, took the athletic award.
Jimmie Bransch was presented
with the science award, Gene Bil-
with the student council, and
lingsley was honored for his work
Bobby Turrentine received the
award in the field of oratory.
Declamation honors went to
Leighton Railsback and Clay D.
Wright received the award in the
field of journalism. Bernadyne
Weatherford was the dramatics
award winner and Raynell Aber-
nathy was honor for her partici-
pation and standing in student ac-
tivities.
The Brasch-Mitchell citizenship
award is an annual award made
this year for the fourth time. It
is made under a scholarship point
system with faculty members and
student council members also in
a position to give ten points each
to the class they think most wor-
thy.
Since participation in school ath-
letic and social activities and
clubs is also a point making pro-
ject, it is not unusual that once
again, for the fourth consecutive
year, the senior class received the
award. It was announced that the
sum will go toward helping to
defray cost of the senior trip late
this month.
The Beach Jewelry award of
two Gruen watches was made
through a registration plan. Each
senior girl’s name was inscribed
on a facing biiilt around an eight
day clock. In anither circle the
boy’s names were inscribed. When
the clock was wound it was al-
lowed to run down and the large
hand pointed to one Winner, the
small hand to the other. Students
had to register at the Jewelry store
to get the award and the girl first
selected, whose name was not
Only two building pennits for
construction costing an estimated
$1,500 have been issued during
the past few days, according to
records at th| City Halt One of
the permits was for $1,000 and
Director Wheeler piqked the
Durant, Oklahoma and El Reno,
Oklahoma bands in class A as the
top bands at the meet. Two other
top ranking bands in the area,
Sundown and Whiteface , did not
enter the competition. Last year
Whiteface entered and drew high
ratings.
The "concert playing was held
at Enid’s Convention Hall.
up until 2 o’clock, but Tuesday’s
total in Levelland was .29 of an
inch. The. precipitation Tuesday
night and early Wednesday morn-
ing was much heavier in the-
northwestern and eastern parts of
the county where falls ranging
from one-half to two and one-half
inches were reported. *
Stockholders Meeting
Set for Friday Night
1 The annual stockholders meet-
ing of the Levelland Farmer’s
Cooperative gin is slated for Fri-
day night, May 18 at 730 p. m.
The meeting will be held at the
Levelland Rodeo Association elub
house. Barbecue will be served.
The entire family is invited to at-
tend
Funeral services were conducted
Tuesday at 3 p. m. in the Level-
land Methodist church for Mrs.
Sam Davidson, 48, who died early
Sunday morning in the Lubbock
Memorial hospital, after a year’s
illness.
Mrs. Davidson had been a resi-
dent of Levelland for a number
ot years prior to moving to Lub-
bock. She was an active member
of the church and civic organiza-
tion in Levelland.
Rev. Charles Brinkley, pastor
of the Community church at Ker-
mit officiated, assisted by Rev. T.
Edgar Neal, pastor of the local
church. '
Survivors are her husband;
three daughters, Mrs. Hubert
Newman of Seagraves; Mrs. Elton
Kesler of Lubbock; Mrs. Bob
Boyd of Austin; five grandahil-
dren; three sisters, Mrs. H. L.
Kimey of Ledbetter; Mrs. E. S.
Mendenhall, Wichita, Kans,; Mrs.
Clarence Rush, -Wichita, Kans.,
and a brother, Paul George of Eu-
treka, Karfs.
Burjal was in the Tech Memor-
ial Park in Lubbock under the di-
rection of. a Lubbock Funeral
home.
“The Last Round-Up of the
Levelland Teachers,” for the 1950-
51 school year was the western
theme for the Levelland faculty
banquet Tuesday night in the Jun-
ior High cafeteria.
The walls of the building were
decorated with wagon wheels,
cattle brands and other ^Western
emblems.
Alvin R. Allison, the speaker of
the evening, told the teachers that
their twelve years with the stu-
dents was bound to have a lot iff
influence on their lives.
Allison commended them for
their character building and their
untiring efforts through the school
year.
- The speaker, who has been in
Washington, D. C., twice in recent
months, said that the nation’s cap-
ital was a different city.
He said that the national gov-
ernment is now employing people
at the rate of 2,000 daily.
Jim Lukej*. a member of the
board of education, told a series
of stories.
Miss Sue Warkqntin, music in-
structor in the Junior High led the
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Civil Defense Topic
Discussed by Chiefs
Chief H. B. Johnson returned
t to Levelland Monday after at-
; tending a three-day convention of
, the Southwestern Division of the
; International Association of Fire
r Chiefs.
The convention theme was cen-
’ tered around Civil Defense with
J action outlined on how to protect
| property and the lives of people
during a disaster.
Chief G. R. McAlpine, Oklaho-
ma City, president of the group,
; flew to the meeting from Wash-
| ington where he had attended a
I Civil Defense conference. He
told the group about 307 areas in
r. the country that will be designat-
' ed as “possible targets” in case of
an aerial attack. That list will be
, released soon.
« The group of fire chiefs were
> representatives of five states, Ok-
Ark-
-And On the Sixth
They'll Be No More
Acting Chief of Police Ray
Hardin announced this week
that Judge Dan Blair’s 72nd
District Court handed down an
order to destroy four slot ma-
chines on May 5.
The slots were picked up
about a month ago under a
drive to stamp put slot ma-
chines in Hockley county. For-
mer Chief of Police Earl Hor-
ton took the machines into cus-
tody where they have remained
pending orders.
The money will be removed
and will go into city funds. The
machines will be broken up at
11 a. m.
there m
already
ed out, it was believed.
The South Plains’ Heaviest pre-
cipitation Tuesday was reported
at Earth, Lamb county, where an
estimated 6.25 inches fell. There
was a measured 3.6 inches down-
pour at Amherst, also 'in . Lamb
county. t
Thunderstorm activity accom-
panied the rain in some sections
of the South Plain?, but the only
case of lightning striking near the
ground was at Reese. Air Force
base, east of Levelland, where the
air inspector’s office was struck.
No one was injured and tl)e chim-
ney was the only part of the build-
ing damaged.
mentary faculty.
Members of the board of edu-
cation ang their wives and other
guests were introduced.
Supt. O. W. Marcom, who was
billed as the “sheriff’ Of the West-
ern party, served as master of
Speaker Lauds Teachers
At Faculty Banquet Here
LUCKY SENIORS ... Dwain McMasters inspects the Gruen wrist-
watch won by Yvonne Drake when the watch hand of an eight-
day clock at Beach Jewelry stopped next to her name. McMasters
was the lucky senior boy who took home a Gruen watch both with
the compliments of O. L. Beach and the Gruen Watch Co.
(Herald-Sun News Photo)
* Two Small Building
| Permits Ara Issued
Only two building permits
t the cotton already planted.
In other sections of the county,
>wever, notably the central and
>rth and south-central sections,
ost farmers were still waiting
i sufficient moisture to plant
Tuesday’s .29 of an inch of rain-
all in the immediate Levelland
rea brought the 1950 total to 2.06
nches, far less than normal.
Last Friday’s precipitation—the
irst-of any consequence since
farch—totaled .28 of an inch.
February’s .82 of an inch has
been the heaviest rainfall of any
tnbnth thus far this year. Precipi-
tation here in January measured
.21 of an inch, March’s was .40,
and April’s only .06. Friday’s and
Tuesday’s total gives May 37 of an
inch which the yet measured rain
falling Wednesday bidding fair
to put the month ahead of Febru-
ary as the year’s “wettest” month
to date.
With the exception of the lack
of moisture—which still is the
biggest item—everything is in ex-
cellent shape for this year’s cotton
crop. Forehand said. He said the
range land also needs rain badly. _
; ; soring the trip. Other families will
i also be called to take care of the
"band students over night.
The group will play a concert
/ downtown the afternoon of June
' 4 according to plans.
* Round table discussions were
' 'held on the youth center build-
\ ing and the proposed boys club.
Guests included Tony Carnevale
F of Lubbock, of Earl Champion and
KI Charles Didway of Lois H. Vestal.
Name Chairman for
Nominating Group
C. F. Faubion has been named
chairman of the nominating com-
mittee of the Chamber of Com-
merce, according to Pat Mann,
manager.
The nominating committee will
select eight directors at a meeting
at 1030 o’clock Friday morning in
the Chamber of Commerce office.
Other nominations for directors
may be left in the Chamber of
Commerce office and the four
highest will be elected in June,
the date of which will be announc-
ed later.
Other members qf theqnominat-
ing committee include Hubert
Police?
Ray Hardin, Levelland City Po-
liceman for the past months has
been appointed acting Chief of
Police by the City Council thia
» week.
Hardin replaces Earl Horton
who last week resigned as Chief
of Police to accept another posi-
Brody High Band
To Be Guests Of
Jaycees June 4
..?• The Brady High school band,
j sponsored by the Brady Junior
J Chamber of Commerce, will stop
| \ "in Levelland June 4, to play a
; band concert en route to Colorado
Springs, Colo.
Members of the Jaycees agreed
at the Monday noon meeting to
take the band members into their
singing “Home on the Range,”
“Oh, Susanna,” “My Darling Cle-
mentine” and “Mocking Bird
Hill.” -■ ,
G. C. Clapp, Senior High prin-
cipal, introduced Senior High fac-
ulty members; J. G. Nipper, Jun-
ior- High principal, introduced
Junior High faculty members;
Marvin Wheeler, East Elementary
principal, ihtroduced the East Ele-
HortonVill technically remain
; Chief of Police until June 1st
' when his resignation becomes ef-
fecive. However, Hardin has al-
| ready assumed the duties of office
| since Horton is taking a 15-day va-
cation he was entitled to before
• his resignation. Horton left Tues-
day, May 15. on his vacation.
Hardin went to work for
■ Levelland Police Department in
September of 1949 the same
month he. and his wife moved to
'Levelland from Stephensville. At
Stephensville they had been in the
, real estate business.
Previously Hardin served on the
police forces at Snyder and Color-
ado City.
Brownfield Man New
Motor Firm Employee
Dee Smith, formerly of Brown-
field is in charge of the new paint
and body department at Burson
Motor company. Smith has had
several years experience in this
line of business and has owned
and operated a body shop in
Brownfield for the past several
years.
*
Level land Attorney
Is Elected President
Of Red Raider Clubs
Alvin R. Allison, Levelland at-
torney, Monday night was elected
president of the Red Raider Clubs,
Inc., at a meeting held in the ath-
letic offices of the Jones Stadium
on the Texas Tech campus ih
Lubbock. (
Allison, who helped set up thq
idea of the Red Raiders clubs at
an organizational meeting of
HS Lionesses Plan
Lion. Program Today
The high school Lionesses will
have complete charge of the pro-
gram today, with a set of officers
elected at a meeting at Senior
High School Monday afternoon.
Lila Kennedy was elected presi-
dent; Jacquelyn Fryar, vice presi-
dent; Vermelle Bird, Lion tamer;
Irene Sewell, assistant Lion tamer;
Ruth King, tailtwister; Peggy
Richards, assistant tailtwister, and
Bonney Christian, song leader.
Each of the thirty-odd girls
have been honored at weekly
meetings of the Lions club
throughout the 1950-51 school
year which will come to a close
next week.
The program committee is com-
posed of Betty Jean Neves, chair-
man; Ann Taylor and Joella Har-
rell.
; Induction Notices
Are Moiled to 11
Four Levelland men are among
p the 11 to whom induction notices
£ to report May 24 have been mail-
ed by Local Board lid in Brown-
[*' /ield'
The induction notices were
IT mailed to Thomas Kay Rawlins,
! Raymond D. Dynum, Aubrey Kir-
g by and Bumel Loyce Gray, all
B ofz Levelland; Aubrey Houston
Vanderveer, Anton; Jackie Fran-
E, cis Dufek, Tonkawa, Okla.; Mei-
S*' vin L. Hale, Smyer; Raymond
Francis Cook, Harrison, Ark.;
Bobby Lon Lucas, Sundown; Jer-
ry Weldon Langford, Wnitharral,
. and Charles Merida Ambrose, Jr.,
Jr Trent
Levelland Band Rated Highly
In Enid, Oklahoma Competition
. A
in Is Hamed
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