The Hockley County Herald (Levelland, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 46, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 8, 1950 Page: 1 of 14
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—Circulation
Number 4€
10c A Copy
Thursday, June 8, 1950
Hockley County, TEXAS
XXVI
Season Start Tonight At New Ball Park
Faubion,
Educational Area
the
Trucks Still Available
VS.
In Clean-up Campaign
store premises and allow employ-
ees to work around their homes.
Bids Scheduled June 15
On New Carver School
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,11 v»ii me Belina -re
the railway station
at-
h
REV. VERNON CLINE
service officer, ’and Hef-
Will
it was pointed out in the
the district paid off last
$35,000 deficit, owed lo-
which are urgently
which will have to
it the city continues
county is grow-
farms and that
are slowing its
has
was
Baptist.
Methodists vs. Dar-
Sprinkler systems are also being
installed in connection with the
grounds.
Although a half-inch to three-
quarters of an inch of rainfall
fell throughout Hockley County
over the week end, the 1950-51
cotton crop apparently remained
at a standstill this week.
in openbowl cotton.
If late dusters or rains get the
storm-proof, perhaps the open
bowl will have been pulled, and
it early crops are destroyed pre-
haps the later storm-proof cotton
will be saved.
Friday J
n in th
distribuSd on
une 17.
the First Baptist junior
m. The Jaycees will take
First Baytist intermedi-
6 p. m.
sponsor with the excep-
Keeling and the Jaycees
among these needs,”
is a remodeling
County Herald
ra Its Whole Field As
As It Could Be Done By
Or More Papers And Ad-
« Fay But One Bill.
the
falls re-
Ropesville
Whiteface
County.
idents and businessmen who were
unable to get in on the intensified
drive Wednesday cooperate in
cleaning up the latter part of the
week.
Merchants were asked to close
their doors Wedneday morning
long enough to clean up around
ml Citizens in the residential area
■seemed to be responding enthus-
7 iastically Wedneday morning to
‘ appeals for a city-wide clean-up
campaign.
City Manager Ray Drain report-
ed that sufficient calls had been
received to warrant dispatching
of two trucks and eight men to
begin trash collection Wednesday
afternoon.
These trucks will be available
the remainder of the week Drain
said. He said that the city will at-
tempt to answer all calls to pick
up trash as soon as possible and
that no quantity will be too small
to merit the attention of the city.
Residents have been asked to
pile trash collected around their
premises in the alleys and call the
city manager’s office for a truck.
When sufficient calls are received
tn one area, a truck is dispatch-
ed to pick up all trash in the area.
Two more days remain in the
Jaycee-sponsored Clean-up week
jn. Clean - up Chairman
Combs has asked that res-
Anton Gets New Well
A new city well is being drill-
ed by Anton on the Santa Fe
plaza near 1
there.
league schedule is
Formal Statement
Deadline June 17
A new city budget with total
requirements of $276,658 in ex-
penditures and an estimated in-
come of $283,462 was approved
Monday night by the city council
in regular session in the city hall.
This represents an income in-
crease of $44,382.00 over the 1949
fiscal year.
The budget was submitted by
City Manager Ray Drain for the
fiscal year beinning April 1, 1950
and endin March 31, 1951.
Need Improvements
‘‘It should be pointed out,”
Drain said in his budget report,”
that this budget does not include
many items
needed and
be provided
to grow.
‘‘Greatest
said the report,'
of the city hall and a elevated
tower and ground storage in the
east part of the city of Level-
land.”
One large item of potential in-
come listed in the budget, though
it ranked fifth among city col-
lection agencies, was fines and fees
in the newly activated city cor-
poration court. Drain was inclin-
ed to believe he underestimated
income from this department if
the area is assured of a good
crop. He listed expected income
from fines at $21,600. A good
crop would bring an influx of
transcient laborers and increase
law enforcement duties, he said.
Other principal sources of in-
come include water collections,
$93,802; sewer collections, $23,542;
current tax collection, $80,104;
garbage collections, $31,000; one-
half parking meter revenue, $7,-
850; street and alley rentals,
$7,250 for tapping charges.
Also, $700; occupation and li-
censing tax, $700; farm income,
$1,200; delinquent tax collections,
$1,600; oil royalties, $450; penal-
ties on delinquent taxes, $500;
service charge on water meters,
$925; inspections, $2,100, and mis-
cellanous collections, $1,650.
The anticipated revenue from
current taxes is based on an esti-
mated 1950 assessed valuation of
$4,540,240, the same as last year's
evaluation, the city manager said.
‘‘It is anticipated that the asses-
sed valuation will be increased,”
but since the increase has not
as yet been determined, the 1949
amount of assessed valuation has
been used, Drain said.
Bank Deposits
Total band deposits of the city
were listed as $154,296.48. Of this
amount $19,184.14 is in the inter-
est and sinking fund for revenue
bonds; $10,739.18 in the interest
and sinking fund, $15,203.88 in
the general fund, and $88,196.56
in water and sewer improvement
bonds.
Other funds were Water and
sewer fund, $3,954.14; parking
meter fund, $420.60; betterment
fund, $2,125; street improvement
fund, $6,877.21; park fund, $4,026
and firemans retirement and pen-
hsion fund, $3,469.
“The principal source of rev-
(Continued on Page 4.)
the Junior Chamber of Commerce-sponsored clean-up
drive here, Monday afternoon straightens up around his
back yard. Unlike many Levelland residents, Combs found
that the year-round job of keeping his home tidy had left
little for him to do during clean-up week, which is still in
progress, except encourage others to participate in the
drive. (Staff Photo)
Deadline for publication of
candidates for county and
precinct offices in The Her-
ald and The Sun-New
been set for June 17, it
announced this week.
Statements, to meet
publication, deadline
be in the Heraild office
later th
publica
which
urday,
POOL EXCAVATION . . . Excavation of the American Legion Post's public swimming
pool is shown in progress here Monday after ground breaking ceremonies were held last
week. Expense of the bulldozer and workmen is being paid by Jack Morton, commissioner
of county Precinct 3, as a personal contribution to the Legion's effort to provide a pool
for Levelland. The Levelland Softball association's lights and field can be seen in the
background, indicating progress made toward development of the city's new $30,000
park. Operator of the bulldozer is Jack Verett. (Staff Photo)
Rodeo Parade Floats
Sought By Committee
Any club, organization or
business firm that would like
to have a float in the Jaycee-
sponsored rodeo parade is
asked to contact R. H. Mun
sterman, or his secretary, at
phone 503-W, Jaycee Presi-
dent George Price announced
Tuesday.
Munsterman has been ap-
pointed chairman of the par-
ade committee to be assisted
by Pen Bailey, Price said. The
parade will be held at 4 p. m.
Saturday, July 1.
Other Junior Chamber of
Commerce committees named
to help with the annual rodeo
are Ike Johnson and Wyatt
Hanks, booster tripe, and J. W.
Smith and Earl McDermett,
ticket sales.
The Levelland school board re-
cently approved a $621,910 operat-
ing budget for the Levelland con-
solidated indetpendent school dis-
trict another year.
The 1949-50 budget, based on
a 25 million-dollar evaluation, was
some $7,656 less than the pro-
posed 1950-51 budget recently
adopted and based on a $26,500,000
tax evaluation for 1950-51. The
1949-50 operatin budget was
$614,254.
The tax rate was figured at
the same rate as employed last
year, a tax rate of $1.35 per $100
evaluation based on 96 per cent
collections. According to the bud-
get, the tax rate is approtioned
at $1 for maintenance and 35 cents
for interest and sinking funds.
Paying Ahead
One point of particular note in
the proposed budget is entitled
“debt service.” This is a fund set
up for the paying of interest on
serial bonds and for the redemp-
tion of serial bonds.
In January, upon permission
from the State Board of Educa-
tion, the local district paid off
before maturity bonded indebte-
dness totaling some $48,000. This
offered a saving of some $7,000
to the district, O. R. Watkins,
business manager, reported at the
time.
Also,
budget,
year a
cally, which accumulated during
1947-49.
Under the setup for another
year, the district hopes to pay off
some $12,000 state bonded in-
debtedness drawing 4 and one-
half per cent interest prior to
maturity date.
The budget last year called for
$143,200 for this tservice as com-
pared to $94,580 for the 1950-51
school year.
The budget makes allowances
for 102 white teachers and four
Negro teachers. According to the
report, the new budget amounts
to expenditures of $230.33 per pu-
pil as compared to $232.40 per
pupil for the 1949-50 session and
$157.75 per pupil for the 1948-49
term.
State funds are based on an
estimated 2,700 scholastics. This
aid, based on the previous year’s
enumeration, is expected to
(Continued on Page 4.)
Remodeling Of
City Hall Said
To Be Needed
■ T
this
should
ot
or
County Agent Artie B. Fore-
hand reports that about the only
cotton up in the
ing on irrigated
the cold nights
development.
But optimism continued to grow
during the week as clouds hurried
across Hockley County skies and
it was recalled that the old In-
dian weather legend on March 22
holds out for a “bumper” crop
this year.
The rainfall throughout the
South was spotted this year.
In the New Home community,
some thirty-two air miles south-
Plains area has been scattered and
st of Levelland,' some seven
es of rainfall was recorded
ches of rainfall recorded
May as compared to some
elland.
total rainfall for the city
een only some 4.55 inches
the first of last October.
The moisture problem has been
about the same throughout
county, with heavier
corded in the Anton,
and Smyer, and the
community in Cochran
Good stands ot cotton have been
reported in the Anton community
and even dry land cotton is grow-
ing east of Whitharral, but gen-
erally speaking the crop is get-
ting off to a slow start. Farmers
report that^it is a little early to
plant much grain stuff.
The new cotton allotment bill
being rushed through Congress is
expected to have little to do
with Hockley County since there
is at present only about some 1,-
000 acres of wheat growing here.
The bill would give emergency
cotton acreage allotments to far-
mers whose 1950 crops have been
destroyed by natural causes.
Growers could plant one acre
of cotton for each two acres of
crops of all kinds destroyed.
The bill’s chief aim, it was an-
nounced, is to aid farmers in
Oklahoma and Texas whose grain
crops suffered from green bugs,
hail storms and drought.
Although farmers have been
asked to watch out for insect this
year, no infestation has been re-
ported in the county, a bright
spot on the picture.
Generally speaking. Forehand
says the 1950 cotton crop is “not
as big as it ought to be.”
And fanners apparently are
playing it safe again this year by
planting about half their acre-
age In storm-proof cotton and half
Leigon Named Head
Of Legionnaires
James Leigon was named Mon-
day night by members of the Wm.
K Evans American Legion post
of Leveland to head the local
group another year.
officers elected at the
_ first Monday night .meet-
were F. E. Mack, firrft vice
er; L. A. Robertson Jr.,
xmd vice commander; Tom
iters, adjutant; Cephas Glover,
ance officer; Roy Hefner, ser-
ta$t-at-arms; W. A. Magers,
■ lain; Sam Blair, historian, and
Holt, service officer. ■
der Leigon will take
the post which Bumie R.
way held the past year.
officers last year were
first vice commander;
Noonkester, second vice
; Blair, adjutant; Leroy
finance officer; the late C.
y) Michael, chaplain;
JlocJdety CtMudy
LEVELLAND AND HOCKLEY COUNTY FOR TWENTY-FIVE YEARS
New Baptist Church
Is Organized Here
Under the leadership of Rev.
Vernon Cline, who has been con-
ducting services in Levelland for
only a short time, a new Baptist
church was formed here last Sun-
day.
To be known as the Calvary
Baptist church, it will be located
at 807 Avenue E.
Three visiting pastors presided
over a 3 p. m. meeting Sunday at
which time action was taken to-
ward formation of the church. The
visiting minister were Dr. Ben D.
Johnson of Lubbock, Rev. M. M.
Griggs of San Angelo and Rev.
A. J. Franks of Brownfield.
Those present at the meeting
adopted the “articles of faith as
set forth by the World Funda-
mental Missionary Baptist Fellow-
ship,” Rev. Cline said.
Rev. Cline was called as pastor
of the church, designated as “In-
dependent, Fundamental and
Missionary.”
The new pastor began his Chris-
tian work in 1940 at the Taber-
nacle Baptist church in Lubbock.
He received his seminary work at
the Bible Baptist Seminary at
Fort Worth.
Operating Budgets
And School District
Valuation Upped
By $1.5 Million
Bids in connection with the
building of a fire-proof Carver
school are slated to be let by the
Levelland School board Thursday
night, June 15, at 8 o’clock.
All bids in connection with the
proposed building must be in
Supt. O. W. Marcom’s otffice in
the senior high school building by
that date.
Architects for the building are
Alvin G. Cearley and Jos. H.
Senne, Levelland architect-en-
gineers.
The proposed building will in-
clude four classrooms, an office
for the superintetndent and rest
rooms. One of the classrooms is
to be divided by a glass wall, the
smaller room serving as a work-
shop.
Although excavation work has
been completed on the new South
Elementary school, building is be-
ing held up by a lack of steel
needed for the foundation. The
general contract was let in April
to Ray Givens of Lubbock. Tot-
al costs have been placed at
$225,776.
It was also announced this week
that steel cross-beams for the
new senior high school gym have
arrived. The gym and shop are
being constructed by James T.
Taylor and Son of Fort Worth.
The new building will be loca-
ted some 40 feet west of the pres-
ent high school auditorium and
connected with it by a covered
walk. The contract was let for
$200,504.
Construction work on the West
Elementary eight-room annex is
expected to be completed this
summer with the annex open for
students this fall.
Bids totaling $61,656 were let in
connection with the annex con-
in March. The general
is being done by Jack
Keeling Teams
Meet In Opener
Play gets underway tonight in
Levelland’s softball league.
Announcement of the opening
of season play was made Tues-
day night by James Farmer, pres-
ident of the softball association
at a meeting in the court house
Farmer said only a few details
remained before the lighted field,
located west of the new city water
toiwer in the proposed city park,
would be ready for the open-
ing game tonight.
Two games will played each
night under the softball associa-
tion schedule. Slated for the first
go at 7:30 o’clock tonight will
be Darwin-KLVT vs. Reid-Fau-
bion Keeling will meet First Pres-
byterian in the second game of
the evening.
No admission will be charged
for the games, but it is expected
that a hat will be passed in order
to pay the umpires, Farmer said.
Sgt. Bill Willis of Reese Air Force
Base and Buford Parmer, assist-
ant coach here, have been em-
ployed as umpires.
Play in the Junior softball lea-
gues will not begin until Monday.
The Keeling Buick team will open
against
at 4 p.
on the
ates at
Each
tion of
are fielding teams in the 9 to
12 and 13 to 15 year groups. Their
schedule, which follows for the
first week of play, includes a Jun-
ior and an Intermediate game
same afternoon.
JUNIOR SCHEDULE:
MONDAY—Keeling, Jaycees
First Baptist.
TUESDAY Presbyterian
First Christian.
THURSDAY — Baptist Chapel vs.
Fifth Street
FRIDAY —
wins.
(An adult
printed eleswhere in this paper.)
No further information regard-
ing completition among women’s
teams has been released by their
sponsor, Mrs. Orville Bynum.
No formal season opening cere-
monies have been scheduled. Play
will start promptly at 7:30, Far-
mer says.
DO IT THIS WAY .. . Roy Parsons tells Buddy Guinn as practice gets underway f
*“ e-x*L_ii i---je competition next week. Looking on is Bill Billingsley (left) and aJcF
r). Parsons is supervisor of the Keeling Buick team which opens league
First Baptist Juniors at 4 p. m. Monday. The Jaycees will follow at 6
"aptist intermediates. (Staff Photo)
Hockley's Cotton Crop Is Slowed
By Cold Nights And Lack Of Rain
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