The Hockley County Herald (Levelland, Tex.), Vol. 34, No. 17, Ed. 1 Friday, January 9, 1959 Page: 1 of 14
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Also he Im happy to be pro-
tected In hla civil right to do
My working neighbor nnya
he notes the drive has been
100 per cent snceewfnl in pre-
serving our civil right to pay
taxes.
Dear Editor:
I see where the federal govt,
is on a crusade to stamp out
all interference With the civil
rights of us citizens.
say whether the company would be
willing to participate or not, but
promised an answer as soon as
possible
Hagain and fellow company tax-
men Ben Luscombe and Fletcher
Crockett were on hand for the
Council orders study on Levelland tax needs
Action could lead
WORD FROM PAN AMERICAN AWAITED BY BOARD
School tax study decision delayed
to assessment hike
would be given at the session.
DECEMBER PERMITS TOTAL $76,900
Work underway
JIM J. HOBGOOD
JUDGE LOUIS OWENS
at
not
Lot 27
H. C. (SMOKEY) JANES
en-
a little now
15,-
obtained a
composite
THIS WEEK S AREA PROFILE: GLEN D. CANNON
Dad of all-district QB made squad
MAC MARCOM
in 1933 although too big to play
the game almost
I CROSSROADS
of a
REPORT
Deposit*.
Bank ~
Bob
and
Sun
any increase
assessment—
test given
the country
assessing
of actual
requested
the asess-
to match
DECISION FROM high eche-
management for Pan Ameri-
Petroleum Corp, will determ-
whether results of a carefully
Stuart,
Lot 14,/
on from there to
center on the un-
think we're going to have a
year.” Owens said. “Every-
seems to have a good atti-
and that was what I was
scholarship
to seniors
on Oct. 21,
eight hour shifts, an action
would increase the force by
a third and necessitate addi-
salaries.
(Bob) Reid
tax increase
avail-
shop-
work
build-
be 48
dairy
three
used
December 3 — Carl Mclnroe, $8,-
500 for lumber and asphalt siding
dwelling, Lot 8, Block 1, Adams
Addn.
discounts. $1,422,923.25,
stock. $150,900: surpltxs, I
undivided profits $80,000.
Building permits issued during
the month of December, 1958,
which closed out the year were
m follows:
last
Mr.
court fight will be revealed in a
series of public hearings as pro-
posed by the Levelland school
board.
Pan American Tax Representa-
tive Paul Hagan Tuesday night
told Levelland trustees he couldn’t
DICK COOKE
Included in the discussion was
county equalization, which was
rated by Owens as one of the big-
gest problems facing the county in
the next year or two.
"We don't know yet what we’re
(Continued on page seven)
THE BOARD’S PROPOSAL was
an outgrowth of oil company in-
sistence, when school valuations
were accepted for the current tax
(Continued on page seven)
A
Ion
can
ine
compiled survey on tax values ga-
thered by the company here last
year as evidence for a possible
WHEN THE FATHER of Level-
land’s all - district quarterback
came out for football here in 1933,
he made the travelling squad al-
though he was too big to play.
As unreasonable as that may
sound, Glen D. (for Douglas)
Cannon, field clerk for Cities Ser-
vice Oil Company here, swears it’s
the truth.
Cannon says the problem was
that Coach Ameral Payne didn't
have a uniform big enough for
him. Payne carried Cannon on the
travelling squad while they order-
ed a uniform, than waited for sev-
eral weeks for it to arrive.
'1 think he wanted me to run
errands for him,” Cannon laughs.
times will, and
never ended.
Cannon went
play guard and
defeated 1934 football team, which
Bill Stevens coached.
Although he has much the same
Athletic background, Cannon re-
fuses to take the credit for his
son, Doug's athletic ability.
Cannon says his son's abilities
are more like those of his older
brother Carroll, who quarterback-
ed the 1931-32 Levelland team and
who was an outstanding baseball
catcher — good enough that he
could have played pro baseball if
he had been a little bigger.
Doug has been a Babe Ruth
and American Legion catcher, as
well as a top basketball player.
Cannon says he got a big kick,
this past year from hearing his
brother compare the way he used
to call signals with the way Doug
does it now tor Levelland's T at-
tack. Doug and his uncle also not-
iced a similarity in their right
hands, a result'of playing catcher
CANNON FIGURES ABSENCE
of that football uniform resulted
in probably the longest football
game in Levelland history.
Levelland went to Springlake for
a game and Cannon drew the job
of helping a Springlake boy to keep
time, since officials went few. Nei-
meeting of trustees, postponed
from their scheduled meeting date,
which fell on New Year’s Day.
They had been extended a special
invitation by the board in hopes
that an answer to the tax hearing
proposal, made in December,
December 5 — Virgil Burnett,
$2,800 for lumber dwelling repairs,
Lot 5, Block 3. Sunset Addn.
December 5 — Claudia Brown,
$350 for Lumber garage, Lot 20,
and 21, Blcok 1, Northside Addn.
December 8 — Bill Johnston, $1,-
000 for dwelling repairs and car
port, Lot 4. Block 142. O. T.
December 10 — Leta Mae Crad-
dock, $8,000 for frame and asbes-
tos dwelling, Lot 3, Block 2, Tra-
mel 2nd Addn. >
December 12 — Sam Baily, $14,-
000 for lumber and asbestos dwell-
ing, Lot 24, Block 1, Morningside
Addn.
December 17 — Nathan Tubb,
$3,500 for dwelling repairs and ad-
ditions, Lot 8, Block 136, O. T.
December 18 — Santor Yahnisa,
$1,300 for lumber dwelling move
in. Lot 19, Block 209 , 8th Addn.
December 22 — Carl Ratliff,
$800 for repairs, Lot 5, Block 19,
O. T.
December 29 — Palmer Brows.,
$30,000 for brick and tile business
Lot 7 and 8, Block 102, O. T.
December 30 — A. F.
$2,000 for lumber and
Members of the city council — apparently ready to aban-
don past fiscal policies which have kept the city govenment
operating in the red most of the time — Monday night or-
dered a study which could lead to a sh^rp increase in the per-
centage of tax valuation assessments in Levelland.
Councilmen told city auditor Morris Hudson to conduct
a study to determine if increasing the percent of assessment
on city propeilies to as high as 40 per cent would be justified
in the light of current city needs.
Mayor J. Spencer Ellis said he felt the study could be
completed in time for the city to act on tax valuations for the
coming year at their next regular meeting on Jan. 19.
The decision to ask for the study came after:
The prosperity of the county ac-
claimed by Levelland businessmen
in a survey taken as the year
came to a close was again re-
flected by city building permits for
December which pushed the year-
ly total over the million and-a-half
mark and assured 1958 as going
down as a high ranking year for
local building.
Permits issued during December
totalled $76,900 and boosted the to-
tal for the year to $1,533,532, the
highest mark in at least the last
eight years.
The largest permit for the month
was issued to Palmer Brothers for
a $30,000 brick business structure
which will house a drive-in and
restaurant on college Avenue.
Also helping to up the Decem-
ber total was a $14,000 permit pur-
chased, bx. Sam Bally, for a dwell;
ing to be built of lumber and as-
bestos in the Morningside Addi-
tion. Carl Mclnroe was issued a
permit for an $8,500 lumber dwell-
ing to be constructed in the Ad-
ams Addition and Leta Made Crad-
dock received a permit for an $8.-
000 frame and asbestos* house to
be built in the Tramel Addition.
Although the December figure
A Levelland High School student,
for the second straight year, has
qualified in scholastic competition
among the nation’s highest - rank-
ing students.
Elbert M. (Mac) Marcom, son
of Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Marcom.
has been named a finalist in the
1959 National Honor Society schol-
arship contest.
A similar honor was won
year by Jerry Reid, son of
and Mrs. Austin Reid.
Young Marcom was among
548 National Honor Society mem-
bers who were candidates for the
1959 National Honor Society schol-
arships through the
qualifying
throughout
1958.
All who
score of 142 or higher were con-
sidered finalists. The highest score
was 182 and Marcom was on of |
1. City Manager Kenneth Har-
per stressed the need to change
the city police department from
12 to
which
about
tional
2. A report by Sanitarian Jimmy
Bearden that the city’s garbage
pickup service is gradually becom-
ing overloaded.
3. Need was cited for several
thousand dollars in additional city
funds to take water and sewer
lines to one or two new subdivi-
sions expected within the city dur-
ing the coming year and pay en-
gineering costs (the only expense
borne by the city) on new paving
and sewer and water installations
in the subdivisions.
4. A report by Hudson that the
city desperately needs to set up a
depreciation fund to replace worn
and failing city equipment.
posit increase of $1.1 million above
the $13.6 million of a year ago,
while Anton’s deposits were $334,-
357.61 above the $2,085,885.83 ‘
year ago. ,
RESIDENT APPEARED
have more money in savings
ever before in history also.
would really
current city
simply mean
another in-
irplus. $100,
$44,887.46; 1
will
this
feet
for
fruits and vegetables with six gon-
dola - type tables for dry pro-
duce. The bulk of the produce
sold at Safeway is shipped direct
from the growing areas by Safe-
way trucks. This insures better,
fresher, higher quality produce. It
also passes on greater savings to
the customer.
Frozen Foods will also receive
prominent display with 52 lineal
(Continued on page seven)
was light compared to months
when permits were issued for such
construction as the college build-
ings, the total was sufficient to
push the previous 11-month total
from $1,456,632 over the $1.5 level.
The 1950 figure is better by some
$160,000 than another previous year
dating back to 1951.
Building permit totals for 1951-
1958 are as follows:
1951—$846,054
1952 $1,215,450
1953— $535,353
1954— $1,204,932
1955— $1,372,162
1956— $696,150
1957— $749,780
1958 -$1,533,532
Hockley County residents start-
ed 1959 with a new county ad-
ministration after oaths of office
were administered to new county
Judge Louis Owens and two new
bommissioners about 9:30 a.m.
Thursday.
Retiring Judge Paul A. Williams
administered the oath to Owens,
who then swore in other officials
who won four year terms in the
Democratic primaries and the Nov-
ember general election.
New faces on the county policy-
making level, besides Owens are
Jim J. Hobgood of Anton, the new
commissioner of Precinct 4, and
H. C. (Smokey) Janes, new com-
missioner of Precinct 2.
Others taking the oath of office
were Dick Cooke, county treasur-
er; Mrs. Ruby Beebe, district
Clerk; Davis Pounds, county sup-
erintendent; and Justices of the
Peace Earl Ford of Levelland, S.
A. Lambert of Pettit. M. A. Rob-
erts of Ropes and Greer of An-
ton. Mrs. Grace Clingan took the
oath Tuesday morning.
Cooke is beginning his first term
as treasurer and Pounds is start-
ing a first term as superintendent,
although Pounds took over his of-
fice in September as school open-
ed.
A small audience was on hand
for the brief ceremony.
Afterwards, commissioners met
in what Judge Owens referred to
as a "get-acquainted” meeting in
which problems facing the court
during the coming year were dis-
cussed.
"I
good
body
tude,
hoping for.’’
Owens said that holdover com-
missioners Dale Reid and Hulon
Moreland were very helpful in
briefing the new members of the
court on problems facing the coun-
ty.
December 1 — John Roberts,
$150 for move-in swelling.
Block 2, Smallwood Addn.
December 1 — W. E.
$4,500 for lumber dwelling,
Block 2, Sunset Addn.
Safeway Stores, Incorporated,
one of the nation’s largest retail-
ers, has announced plans for open-
ing a grocery super market in
Levelland.
Zone Manager Morris B. Mc-
Cartt said the Safeway store will
be opened soon in newly remod-
eled and redocated quarters
Avenue H and 8th Street.
Exact date of opening was
announced.
McCartt said the store will be
modernized with the latest
able shelves, equipment and
ping facilities. Construction
is already underway at the
ing, which is just north of the
San Andres Hotel.
There will be over 8000 square
feet of sales area. The newest most
modern Weber checkstands will be
installed for convenient, fast check-
out service. There will also
linear feet of refrigerated
display. . .The new new
shelf, open reachin-in case
throughout.
There will be 52 linear feet of
self service refrigerated meat dis-
play. There will also be a section
devoted to service for those who
prefer to have their meats cut to
order. As in all Safeway stores,
U. S. D. A. Government Inspected
"Choice” Beef will be featured for
the customers protection and
joy m ent.
The produce department
boast of one of the best in
Wallace Barnett, vice preaident
Ol tire rMiivu Mann, xiiu are n«w
hopes that holdover cotton funds
would boost Ms bank past the $3
the 2,513 students who qualified by
having a score of 142 or higher.
Marcom will be required to take
a se ond test — a 90-minute gen-
eral aptitude test on March 10 to
advance further in the national
competition.
Paul E. Elicker, secretary - dir-
ector of the scholarship fund, wrote
High School Principal Walter Reed,
"You and the student.....are to be
congradulated on having students
in your school who rank so high
with the highest ranking students
in secondary schools throughout the
country.”
All competing students were re-
quired to be members of the Nat-
ional Honor Society, which re -
quires a grade of "B” or higher
for membership.
A total of $24,000 in sholarships
will be made available to the win- _____ ___ _________ ___
ning students, with the top scholar- dwelling and garage, Lot
(LOCAL STUDENT—Page 7) ' 1, Robinson Addn.
HUDSON WARNED the council
that the city has been making no
provisions for replacement o^ de-
preciated water system and other
similar equipment. He said that a
time of reckoning was coming in
which this problem would have to
be dealt with.
"It's not anything you’re going
to catch up with in one year or
two,” he said. “It’s going to take
10 years.”
THE CITY HAS been
valuation at 25 per cent
value and Hudson had
the authority to increase
ment to 30 per cent
school district valuations which the
city has been transcribing for the
past four months for use during
the coming year.
Several councilmen immediately
began asking questions to deter-
mine if this increase
be enough to meet
needs, or if it would
postponing briefly
crease.
Councilman R. S.
said he felt that if
was to come, it should be all done
at once rather than
and a little later.
He pointed out that
—even to 30 per cent
would be unpopular, and that coun-
cilmen would probably only be pro-
longing their probelms.
Other councilmen agreed, and
the study was ordered.
IN OTHER ACTION, the coun-
(Continued on page seven)
Close of business, Dec. 31, 1967—
Deposits $7,902,396.03; loans and
discounts. $2,232,013.58; capital
stock, $150,000; surplus, $250,000;
undivided profits. $32,500; total
assets, $8 439,102.70.
Close of business. Dec. 31, 1956—
i, $7,919,047.56; loans and
dtal
Banks in Hockley County Friday
reported year-end deposits were at
the second highest level in county
history — a whopping $17.2 mil-
lion, with the figure expected to
even higher in the immediate fut-
ure.
At least two county bankers
pointed out that accounts will go
up several hundred thousand dol-
lars as cotton money held over
from the 1958 crop is deposited.
LEVELLAND'S TWO banks re-
ported combined deposits as of the
close of business on Dec. 31 were
$14,783,597 while the Citizens State
Bank at Anton reported, deposits
of $2,420,243. The top previous year-
end total for Levelland was in
1954 when $14.9 millions were on
posits, $7,576,000; loans and dis-
counts, $1,268,490.77; undivided
profits, $50,000; surplus $200,000.
Levelland Sjate Bank
Close of business, Dec. 31, 1957—
Deposits, $5,777,089.40; loans and
discounts, 1,019,935.23; capital
stock, $150,000; surplus, $140,000;
undivided profits, $16,173.33; total
assets, $6,105,953.21.
Dec. 31, 1956—
.49; loans and
8.90; capital
surplus, $125,000;
undivided profits, $20,528.79.
Close of business, Dec'. 31, 1955-
DeposiU, $5,390,544.78; loans and
stock, I
000; surplus $250,000; undivided
profits, $50,000; total assets, $8,-
of the Anton bank, said he had 826,337.33.
SECOND HIGHEST YEAR-END REPORT IN HISTORY
County deposits $17.2 million
on building for
Safeway store
OATHS ADMINISTERED
New administration
_ I ■ •- -
takes over in county
to
than
The
Levelland Savings and Loan Asso-
ciation reported total savings and
investments accounts at $2,219,954,
as compared to $1.5 million at the
end of business in 1957.
Here are brief statements of con-
dition as of the close of business.
Dec. 31 ok basis of a bank call
issued by the controller of cur-
rency :
First National Bank — Deposits
$8,332,182.91; loans and discounts, Clot
$1,626,407.35; capital stock, $150,- posits,
Local building tops
$1.5 million in '58
posits, $2,420,243.54; loans and dis-
counts, $899,783.07; capital stock,
$75,000; surplus, $75,000; undivid-
ed profits, $71,481.57; total assets,
$2,641,725.11.
Levelland Savings and Loan —
Savings and Investment accounts,
$1,219,954.88, first mortgage loans
$1,973,335.07; FHA Title I and other
loans, $191,888.37; permanent cap-
ital stock and surplus, $104,068.59;
total assets, $2,437,565.
First National Bank
Levelland
used to look
pretty well,
s'ory told us the other day by
Clen Cannon.
Cannon recalled the time
when W. M. Pickard, now re-
tired, moved to Levelland as
the Santa Fe Railway agent.
The late J. P. Cole, father of
Percy Cole and a Methodist,
* heard about his arrival and
went by to see him, ostensibly
to Invite him to attend church.
Finding that Pickard was a
Baptist, Cole hsaded straight
for the Baptist Church. He lo-
cated the pastor and told him
that there was a new man in
town who was a Baptist. "You
go up there and get him in
this church.”
Pickard apparently didn't
need to be invited, however.
He has been and remains one
of the church's staunchest
members.
oOo
Why don't you print their names?
It’s a constantly recurring ques-
tion, anytime people start discuss-
ing the 19 youths involved in juve-
nile burglaries and vandalisms
*»ere. Some of the reasons:
L To protect the reputations of
the youngsters who weren’t invol-
ved, who may become victims of
wrongs they didn’t commit.
/ 2. To further punish the young-
sters involved.
3. To subject the parents to pub-
lic humiliation So that they'll con-
trol their kids.
oOo
You can judge for yourself
the logic of these arguments.
We’re not going to attempt to
justify them. We haven't pub-
lished the names of juveniles
in the past, first, because they
haven’t been made available
to us by the juvenile court and,
second, because in Texas the
names of juveniles aren’t nor-
mally published unless it in-
volves a capital offense.
oOo
One group of parents of young-
sters not involved has sent a rep-
resentative to us suggesting that
parents voluntarily set up a cur-
few (time mentioned was 11 p.m.)
and that if they weren’t willing to
submit to a voluntary curfew that
a mandatory one be established.
The feeling seemed to be that if
parents of the community aren’t
aroused enough at this time to take j area. There will be 52 lineal
some unified action on their own j of refrigerated display area
to cope with the local youth prob-
lem, they will never be.
There was, however, no indica-
tion of plans to call a meeting
of the community's parents to
map some plan of action. Perhaps
there won’t be.
oOo
The one thing which has been
so impressive about the situa-
tion, as far as we're conc.srn-
(A DAY IN THE SUN — Page 7) i
tZSUN
BY ORLIN BREWER
Levelland High School’s student
newspaper has won an all-Texas
honor rating from the Texas High
School Press Association.
Bowers is editor of the paper,
Dale Johnson, a former Daily
News Staffer, is sponsor.
oOo
church peop’e
after one another
according to a
MARCOM HONOR SOCIETY FINALIST
Levelland student placesamong
highest-ranking students in U. S.
FRIDAY, JANUARY 9, 1959
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weekly field, has taken many
state and area press association
prizes for excellence.
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