The Hockley County Herald (Levelland, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 28, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 3, 1949 Page: 1 of 14
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given Tuesday
by
Poll Taxes Drop To 3,067 In 1949
Nearly 2,000 Decline Registered
one
With State Body
and
was
2,870
a
vo-
tra Tiers,
SAFE TO OPEN THE SEED CATALOGUE
the
G. M. Comstock, Staff Writer
your corn and
audi-
Cline
leave
honor ribbon.
for the last week a total of
inches. This only lacks .45
of being as much rainfall as
had in the first five months
the
will
and
and
which falls on
church festival.
orders or
the win-
mornings,
Only a small per cent of the
voters in the Levelland Independ-
ent school district turned out here
Saturday to approve of the $20,-
OOO bond issue for the improve-
ment of Lobo Stadium. The elec-
tion was held at the Junior High
Mc-
the
mat-
will bear interest at the rate not to
exceed 6 per cent.
W. M. Pickard was judge and
Mrs. Pickard and Mrs. L. R. Mur-
ray were clerks.
for him. The poor little fellow is
generally in a jam, because after
his long winter sleep his appetite
is pretty ravenous and he doesn’t
care what kind of vegetables, or
whose, that he eats.
This makes gardeners pretty
mad—some of them have been
made so mad that they have learn-
ed to eat the ground-hog—so we
guess that would be a case of
dog eat dog, or do we mean man
eat hog?
The association of a ground-hog
with Candlemas Day is an Ameri-
can version of the tradition, long
wide spread in the Christian
world, that a sunny Candlemas
presages a cold spring.
It is also reflected in the old
Scottish saying, "If Candlemas is
fair and clear, there’ll be two win-
court to pay off, which he
is “doing right well.”
Badgett also said that the
force were on their toes
out “calling cards” to traf-
the
re-
Has Operation
Gary Plett, smal son of Mr. and
Mrs. Carl Plett, underwent an
operation at Phillips-Dupre hos-
pital at 9 a. m. Wednesday.
from MC3350
trucks, from
truck-tractor,
farm tractor-
Folks, it’s time to dig up the old
seed catalog, break up the garden
and get those seed in the ground,
for spring is just around the cor-
ner and winter is over, according
to Mr. Ground-Hog.
What we can’t understand is
why the little animal stayed in
his hole all the winter all cozy and
nice and then chose such a ter-
rible day as Wednesday to come
out to freeze himself to death just
to let us know that we wouldn’t
have a second winter this year.
Of course, we hate to see any
animal die, but if the fates so de-
cree it we would just as soon It
would be a ground-hog as any
other kind, because the way we
have been taught, today la the only
day most people have any respect
THEY WIN TOP HONORS . . . among favorites. Larry
Roberts, left was named best all-around boy in Levelland
High School. Alma Thea Deere took double honors win-
ning the title of 'Miss Personality" and best all-around
girl and Paul Russell was chosen "Mr. Personality" in a
student election recently. All are seniors.
(Herald-Sun-News Photo)
A 20-year-old resident of this
area, Ernest E. Genest, is now ser-
ving a 30-day sentence in the
Hockley county jail for check law
violation after giving himself up
in Lubbock last week. He was
given the jail sentence by County
Judge LaVern I. McCann after ap-
pearing in his court last Satur-
day and entering a plea of guilty.
According to reports received
here Genest walked into police
headquarters at Lubbock and told
the desk sergeant in charge that
he had “passed several bad checks
in Levelland” and wanted to give
himself up.
After being informed of the ar-
rest, Sheriff Charlie Bullock drove
to Lubbock and took him into cus-
tody. A warrant seeking his ar-
rest had Genest charged with pas-
sing a $10 check on Cobb's De-
partment Store in Levelland. Gen-
est also admitted to passing other
The promised “blue norther”
came tearing into this area Friday
afternoon and sent the mercury
skidding to a record low of six de-
grees for this winter early Satur-
day morning.
Blowing snow and partly cloudy
skies with the temperature staying
below the twenty mark was the
Saturday record. Sunday morning
repeated Saturday’s low, but skies
remained clear through the day
with temperatures below the
freezing point.
In spite of the oft repeated com-
ment by people Saturday that it
was the coldest weather they had
ever seen in this area the records
show that almost to a day one year
ago the temperature was two de-
grees below zero—this was on
January 29, 1948. The records also
window and persons de-
stamps, money
service given at
to- use Saturday
not remember the names of the
establishments which accepted
them.
Grand Encampment
United
the
Mr.
*■ Of the 79 persons casting ballots,
54 voted for the issue and 25
against it.
Plans are to build 2,000 seats on
the east side of the stadium and
dressing rooms underneath.
The bonds will become due and
paid serially at the rate of $2,000
per annum beginning in 1949 and
continuing through 1958. Bonds
size
1948
numerals
NEW COMPTROLLER . . .
Robert S. Calvert, recently
appointed by Gov. Jester to
full out the unexpired term
of the late George H. Shep-
pard as State Comptroller,
has just about the most im-
portant job in the state gov-
ernment. It is his duty to
supervise the collection of
hundreds of millions of tax
dollars each year.
Members of the Brotherhood of
the First Baptist church in Sun-
down, in a recent meeting, decided
no one would wear ties to their
meetings. Mmebers or guests of
the organization will be permitted
to wear them at their first meeting,
but only temporarily.
It was explained by W. L.
Mooney, publicity chairman, that
a tie would be sliced off or re-
moved if it was unhandy for the
wearer to remove his tie.
A committee of George Ragland,
George Denton and a Mr. Crunk
were appointed to contact the Ne-
gro Baptist church, in order to help
them in their church program.
Next meeting of the Brotherhood
will be in the form of a ladies
night Feb. 21. Mr. Mooney said
that men would be permitted to
wear their ties at that meeting.
To St. Louis
Mrs. Marion Baum will
Friday for St. Louis to join her
husband, Pfc. Baum, who Is In the
U. S. Army there. He will com-
plete his training in two weeks
and become an instructor.
Mrs. Baum was before her mar-
riage December 29, Miss Doris
Johnson, and is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. James E. Johnson of
here. She has been working at
Kernel’s variety store recently. '
Mrs. Don Raymond and her
cal sextet will present a program
today at noon at the Lions club.
Misses Mary Beth Eatherly, An-
nette Rawls, Phiyllis Ann Phillips,
Gayle Sawyer, Mary Lou Camp-
bell and Winona Richards will sing
to the piano accompaniment of
Mrs. Raymond.
They will sing “Dry Bones” and
three or four other songs.
J. G. Nipper will conduct the
program and introduce Mrs. Ray-
mond.
walks and highways.
At the time of going to press it
j appeared that the cold wave pre-
f dieted to hit this area sometime
Friday was coming in ahead of
.trime by a couple of days.
Valley Damage'Great
The teeth of the cold wave took
j a large bite out of crops and fruits
over a wide section of the South
as already mentioned, but the
greatest damage in Texas was in
the Valiev and in the winter gar-
den district around Houston. In
the Houston area, J. F. Rosboro,
extension horticulturist at Texas
A & M college estimated the dam-
age at 5 million dollars.
The following Valley counties
seemingly hardest hit are Cam-
eron, Willacy, Hidalgo and Starr.
Cameron county was said to
have suffered an 18 million dollar
loss. A. M. Drury, general man-
ager of the Texsun Citrus Ex-
change, a cooperative of growers
and exchange and the largest such
organization in the Valley said that
they had withdrawn from the
market, pending investigation of
damages.
Frank Brunneman, county agent,
of this county said that the coun-
ty’s 1,000 acres of peppers was
believed a total loss. The tomato
crop damaged 7 million dollars,
cabbage and lettuce 8 million dol-
lars and potatoes 3 million dol-
lars.
In Willacy county reports the
tomato crop a total loss, potatoes
damaged 75% or more and 25,000
acres of onions were seriously
damaged.
J. O. Oswalt, county agent of
Hidalgo county said there was
heavy damage to citrus fruits, po-
tatoes, tomatoes and broccoli. He
said that 15,000 acres of tomatoes
were laid waste.
From Starr county, J. B. Tul-
cott, county agent, said that the
row of crop of that county was
entirely wiped out.
From the hill country north of
San Antonio it was feared that
ewes and lambs suffered from the
winter blast.
After a hurried
the close of the
Dimes campaign
county chairman,
McCann estimated
morning that a total of $1,003.39
had been contributed here. Re-
ports from Sundown, Anton,
Ropesville and Smyer had not yet
been received.
Contributions taken at the Wal-
lace and Rose theatres in Level-
land amounted to $400. The Presi-
dents Ball by Country Club mem-
bers Saturday night received
$148.39 for the cause. The Jaycee-
sponsored March of Dimes Charity
Ball Monday night netted $105.
Coin cards returned to date total-
ed $250 and although money had
not all been counted, which was
dropped in coin jars in business
houses, it was estimated that at
least $100 had been given. The
Guests included Rotarian C. V.
Singleton and Rotary-Ann Single-
ton of Seminole and Mrs. L. E.
Webb, A. V. Maxwell of R. H.
Hester, and Jim St. Clair, presi-
dent of the Jaycees and Region
Two Vice President of the Texas
Junior Chamber of Commerce.
W. P. Smith, secretary of the
club, reported an average attend-
ance of 95.09 for the four Tues-
days in January, which was a new
high for the club for any
month.
Student Council
Plans Magic Show
A magic show, featuring
Modem Miracles of Magic, with
“Bobo,” the magician and com-
pany, under the sponsorship of
the Student Council will be pre-
sented in the Junior High
torium Feb. 15.
The show is a Harry Byrd
production of Dallas.
Building Permits
For January Hit
Jotal Of $74,000
Notary Club Has
3-Part Program
By Local Members
County Officials
Discuss Roads
LtYtLLANDtK a I WOKA . . . Bill Mclnroe is shown here
glazing glass at the Levelland Glass & Supply, when the
picture was "shot." A resident of Levelland two years and
with the firm for four months, Mr. Mclnroe is married.
He lived in the Hodges Community for a number of years.
(Herald-Sun-News Photo)
were in homes where water pipes
were frozen, and in some cases
bursting causing a lot of cold ex-
periences as they were being cut
off or repaired as they thawed out.
The January rainfall for this
area was a record breaker for the
37 years that records have been
kept with a total of 3.30 inches in
Levelland and estimates as high as
4 inches in other sections of the
county. During the second week of
the month 1.64 inches was record-
ed; for the third week, .57 inch
and
1.09
inch
was
of 1948.
Greatest Cold High Pressure
In 47 Years
A. M. Hamrick, chief of the Dal-
I las weather bureau said that the
cold front that struck Texas Fri-
| day was the greatest cold high
pressure area he had seen in 47
I years. The high pressure centered
j in Kansas, extended northward to
I Winnepeg, Canada, southward to
I Tampico, Mexico, eastward to the
Atlantic ocean and westward into
I the Pacific.
Rio Grand Valley Hit Hard
The rich citrus and vegetable
center of the Rio Grande valley
faced millions of dollars in losses
from a 23 degree reading at
Brownville and Laredo to zero and
below in the upper portion of the
valley. San Antonio known as a
mild weather city dished out the
coldest record for that city, four-
tenth of a degree below zero. Cold-
est weather ever reported there
before was four degrees above zero
on Feb. 12, 1899.
Louisiana Gets Her Share
The Texas-born winter storm
did not confine itself to this state,
but plastered all of Dixie and the
Atlantic seaboard as well.
Baton Rouge, La., which is only
80 miles from New Orleans had
snow, which gave Spring Hill a
ten-inch blanket, closing schools
in 21 Louisiana parishes.
Sleet in New Orleans dragged
down stately palm trees and
weighted the Spanish moss with so
much ice that limbs broke off the
live oaks. The State’s million dol-
lar strawberry crop was feared to
be a total loss, and peach growers
in southern Georgia expected to
suffer heavy losses.
After a few days of mild wea-
ther which thawed a considerable
I amount of the snow and ice of last
[week, Wednesday morning open-
gentle
Vocal Sextet To
Present Program
At Lions Club
show that the two days preceding
this date the readings were 4 above
and 3 above, respectively.
January Record
A recapitulation of January
weather shows the high tempera-
ture to have been 64 degrees, the
low 6. Rain and snow precipitation
3.30.
Snow 16 days with a total of 6
inches; 7 clear days, 10 partly
cloudy, 14 cloudy, 3 sandy.
City and county officials said
Wednesday they feared damage
to roads and streets would run
very high. No estimates can be
made until the ground thaws. Far-
mers say some black-top roads are
badly damaged.
No great amount of damage has
been reported in this area from the
extreme cold. Most complaints
Knights Templar
Grand Master To
Visit This Area
The most Eminent Grand Master
of the Grand Encampment Knights
Templar of the United States of
America, Sir Knight John Temple
Rice, will visit Amarillo Com-
mandery on Monday, February 7,
in Khiva Temple Building.
All the Commanderies of the
Eighth District and all Knights
Templar are invited to join in hon-
oring Sir Knight Rice, said C. Mar-
vin K. Keefer.
A banquet will be served at
6:00 p. m. for all those present.
Following the banquet Amarillo
Commandery No. 48 will be open-
ed in full form and the Grand
Master received with honors com-
mensurate with his rank. The
opening ceremony will be graded
by Sir Knight Nathanial Pace of
Baytown.
Sir Knight Rice is one of the best
loved and most highly distinguish-
ed Masons in Texas and every
Knights Templar is urged to at-
tend this meeting, meet him and
hear his address. This is the first
time in the Masonic history of
the Panhandle that a Grand Mas-
ter of the
Knights Templar of the
States of America has visited
Panhandle of Texas, said
Keefer.
Fifth St. Baptist
Brotherhood Meets
On Monday Night
“The Calling of Matthew,”
film, will be shown to members
of the Fifth Street Baptist church
Brotherhood on Monday night.
The twenty-seven minute film
will be shown by Henry D. Mc-
Minn.
Loyce Warren, president of the
Brotherhood, is urging the attend-
ance of all members, as well as
guests to attend.
Legion Post Gets
Five Awards For
Special Service
The Wm. E. Evans Post of
American Legion has recently
ceived five awards, according to
Sam Blair, commander.
They include the “Most Distin-
guished Service Citation,” "Dis-
tinguished Service Citation,” a
Judge LaVern McCann,
three of the County Commissioners
were in Austin last week attend-
ing a meeting of the State High-
way Commission.
Judge McCann said that he and
the commissioners consulted the
Highway Commission about build-
ing some new roads needed in this
county, and taking over for main-
tenance others which’ the county
has built.
While no immediate action was
taken on the matter, Judge
Cann said that he believed
Commission would give these
ters careful consideration.
Gives Self Up For
Check Violations;
Sentenced To Jail
1949 Auto Plates
Now Being Sold At
County Tax Office
The new 1949 Texas automobile
license plates are now on sale at
the office of Tax Assessor-Collec-
tor J. B. Reese, with a few being
sold on Tuesday, the first day they
I were on sale, according to Mr.
j Reese. New plates can now be
placed on an automobile as soon
as purchased, it was said.
Busiest time for license plate
buying is right at the first of the
two-months period and again at
the last, Reese said. Deadline for
purchase of the tags is April 1.
Owners of motor vehicles must
have the title certificate and the
1948 registration certificate in or-
der to purchase their tags, it
pointed out.
Tags are of the same
letter arrangement as in
hpve black letters and
on a gold background.
The following numbers have
been issued to Hockley county:
passenger cars, AP850 to AP6349;
I commercial trucks,
to MC4849; farm
RC2900 to RC3699;
VA2575 to VA2674:
VR605 to VR624; trailers,
TA6810 to TA7109; house trailers,
TP1440 to TP1499; dealers, SJ1140
to SJU79; motorcycles, YJ1830 to
YJ1869.
Only 10 building permits were
issued by the City of Levelland
during January, according to re-
cords kept at the City Hall, but
they reached a total of $74,000.
Another interesting fact was that
all of the construction was for
homes and other dwelling units.
Very little actual construction
work was done during the month,
rfwhich probably accounted for the
low figure.
Of the ten units, one was for
$50,000, issued to Dr. C. M. Phil-
,lips, for a new home. When com-
pleted, it will no doubt be one of
the most modern in the city. Con-
struction is expected to start soon.
Other dwelling permits are as
follows: Preston Davis, move in
and remodel dwelling, $500; L.
jiherrod, $2,500; Sam Billingsley,
•3,000; Sid Smyer, $1,500; A J.
Wyatt, move in and remodel, $500;
George W. Moore, $9,500; M. F.
Guetersloh, two dwellings, $2,000
each and C. B. Lamb, $2,500.
Sundown Baptist
Men Ruling Out
Neckties At Meets
to
serve in booths the Jaycees spon-
sored. These booths were located
in both the Levelland State bank
and the First National bank and j ed up with “a gentle drizzle”
were open to the convenience of; freezing as it fell, changing the
those desiring to pay their poll tax I muck and water of Tuesday to
on Saturday, January 22, Satur- ; frozen ground and slippery side-
day, January 29 and Monday, Jan-
uary 31.
Mr. Reese said that 27 exemp-
tions were issued this year.
In comparison with the previous
off-year, which was 1946, this
year’s has an increase of 197 over j
that year, when a total of
poll taxes were issued.
Last Year’s Totals
Last year’s total for Hockley
county was $1,439.12, according to
Judge McCann, who was also
chairman for 1948. Levelland gave
$766.03; Sundown, $350.49; Ropes-
ville, $46.80; Anton, $250 and
Smyer, $25.
The 1948 amount raised exceed-
ed fhe previous year’s total by $50.
Assembly Of God
Revival To Close
Sunday Evening
The two-week revival at
Assembly of God church
close Sunday night, according to
the pastor, Rev. S. D. Salyer. At-
tendance has been excellent in-
spite of the inclement weather, he
said. Sunday morning there were
two hundred and five persons in
Sunday school.
Rev. Wm. Dunn, pastor of the
First Assembly of God church of
Houston, has brought the evange-
listic messages nightly at 7:30
o’clock. Floyd Ward has directed
the song services during the series
of services.
Wednesday night of this week
was designated as a special ser-
vice for children. Friday night will
be a special healing service.
“The public is invited to attend
these closing services,” Rev. Salyer
and the visiting preacher said.
revel wed “The
in Rotary His-
That people do not go in as tee, appointed Jaycee members
heavy for poll taxes on off years
as they do on regular election was
manifested in the final report by
J. B. Reese, tax collector-assessor,
which showed that there was 1,894
fewer poll taxes issued this year
than in 1948.
The collector's records show that
a total of 3,067 poll taxes were
paid this year as compared to 4,961
issued last year.
John R. Potts, Jaycee chairman
of “Pay-Your-Poll-Tax” commit-
Lamb Co. Electric
Co-op Members To
IMeet Wednesday
A membership meeting of the
Lamb County Electric Co-op Inc.
Will be held in Littlefield Wed-
nesday, February 9, beginning at
10 a. m.
The meeting will be held at the
r Veterans of Foreign Wars hall. At
12 noon a luncheon will be serv-
ed by the Oklahoma Avenue Home
r‘monstration club.
Manager J. H. Carl of Little-
field made the announcement.
Back Teaching
Mrs. Don Raymond, who has
been ill and away from her duties
as music teacher in Junior High,
is able to be back at work this
week. She had mumps and later
Rouble pneumonia.
Local Post Office
To Close Windows
Saturday Afternoons
Rex Hudson, postmaster, in-
formed the Herald Wednesday that
beginning at noon Saturday, Feb-
ruary 5, all windows of the local
post office would be closed and
would remain closed every Satur-
day afternoon until further notice.
Mr. Hudson said the closing was
made so as to keep within the
40-hour law for postal employees
without having to lay off any of
the employees for a whole day.
This has tended to cripple the ser-
vice of the office, he pointed out.
The post master said that both
incoming and outgoing mail would
be worked in the usual manner.
Hudson asked that persons who
get their mail at the general de-
livery
siring
other
dows,
to save disappointment.
ters in the year.” Then we have a
rural maxim that says, “February,
second day, half
half your hay.”
Candlemas Day
February 2, is a
It is celebrated in the East in com-
memoration of Christ, but in the
West the day is celebrated in com-
memoration of the purification of
the Virgin Mother, Mary.
The blessings of candles was not
observed until the eleventh cen-
tury.
But no matter how ground-hog
day originated, today all of us
whose clothing is getting so thin
that this Texas wind is blowing
all the buttons off, so that it can
snuggle a little closer to our shiv-
ering bodies, we hope—yes, we
sincerely hope the ground-hog I gavel. minute book and national
kn<ho what he is doing.
Violators Pay
Off In New Court,
Says City Judge
Frank Badgett, newly appointed
corporation judge, said Tuesday
that the new court was rapidly
getting into the swing of things
and would soon be functioning at
top-speed.
The Judge said that he mailed
out 30 notices Saturday to viola-
tors on parking, that had not ap-
peared before the old court. By
Monday night he had ten callers
at the
thinks
Mr.
police
giving
fic violations, the greatest of which
he believed was violating stop
signs.
In a majority of cases coming
before the court, Judge Badgett
said a plea of guilty was entered.
“After all it is their fault and
not that of the court that they
have to appear before it. Safety
is going to be our watchword, and
the public can be of help by ob-
serving the traffic rules instead of
violating them and having to ap-
pear before this court,” said Judge
Badgett.
I Levelland Voters Approve Stadium
'Bonds By 54-25 Votes On Saturday
March Of Dimes Campaign Locally
Totals Approximately $1,003.39
check following I jars were picked up Tuesday
1949 March of j Girl Scout troop 2.
in Levelland,
Judge LaVern
Wednesday
A three-section program by
three members of the Rotary club,
which was taken from stories in
flPie January and February edi-
tions of the Rotarian, international
magazine, was
noon.
G. C. Brown
Seven Milestones
' tory,” O. W. Marcom, “Education | checks, but told officers he could
is Your Business,” Dr. James G.
Renegar, “Rheumatic Fever: No. 1
Enemy of Children.”
Leroy Seate, chairman of the
nnagazine committee, conducted
rne program.
O. L. Beach of the magazine
committee was appointed to place
monthly Rotary magazines in the
county and high school libraries
and in the county jail.
Paul Humphries was introduc-
ed as the Junior Rotarian of the
Week. The son of Mr. and Mrs. Jim
Humphries, he is a senior, a mem-
ber of both the basketball and the
Ground-Hog Ads The "Nut"-Comes Out Of Den
And Fails To See Shadow-Winter Officially Over
Winter Reigns Over Nation With
Low Of Near-Zero In Hockley
*7Zie Jladdetf. Qowtiy Jlehald,
SERVING LEVELLAND AND HOCKLEY COUNTY FOR TWENTY-THREE YEARS
,0cACoPy SECTION ONE LEVELLAND, Hockley County, TEXAS Thursday, February 3, 1949 16 PAGES TODAY
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