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A FIRST OF THE WEEK
NEWSPAPER
for Levelland, Sundown
and Whiteface
Fes taring complete bows eertnfe and
offering Merchants u opportanltf to
reach a Great M^rhet^-tbo mid-week
VOL. 7
THE SUN-NEWS
And Continuing THE LEVELLAND LEADER
“SERVING THE FIELD IT COVERS —COVERING THE FIELD IT SERVES"
Number 12
Levelland, Hockley Countv, Texae, Monday, August 12 1946
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Levelland, Seagraves Play One Up To
Jop Oil League Sbaughnessy Event;
Baseball Played Sundown, Seagraves
Featuring the Oil N«
Crowd of7,000 Sees Mansfield-Fort Roping
Sunday Oil Belt League base-
ball results in the ShaughnessV
playoff resulted In LeveHand and
Seagraves placing one up. Lev
elland was on the top-heavy end
-of a 9-1 score in the first of a
WVhree-game playoff against Sun-
down on the Sundown field.
A double-header at Seagraves
took the team to a 6-3 win over
Kermlt. Seagraves played the
winner of an earlier-in-the-dav
protest game, score for which
left Kermlt 7, Post 1.
First inning scoring of three
runs by the initial three Level-
land men up took the wind out
Vf the Sundown team.
Following Newsom's single,
Brown caught the Sundown team
with a bunt toward first base.
Levelland’s next batter, Jarmon,
bunted to third, scoring the ini-
tial two runs with little effort.
Crittendon for Levelland tried
the bunt procedure for the third
time, but went out at first sack.
Johnston’s single scored Jarmon.
Milair hit into a double play,
ehortatop to second and first,
closing the leadoff stanza for
the Levelland batters. <
Sundown’s single run Sunday
came in the second inning.
Center Fielder White of Sun-
down knocked out a single and
scored on Left Fielder Long’s
double. Tillery, right field for
Sundown, was top hitter for the
Oilers, batting out a couple of
tHoubles out of four times at bat.
In the fourth inning of the ball
game, the Levelland Refiners
batted around, scoring four runs.
A tally was made by the Refin-
ers in each the sixth and seventh
innings.
The Refiners took 16 hits off
a trio of Sundown pitchers, while
the Oilers were taking seven hits
off Leveiland’s Bill (Lefty) Jones
jU'ho was on the mound hrough-
"ut the game.
Handling the twirling for Sun-
down Oilers were Ater, Red
Horn and Joiner.
Newsom led the Refiners’ hit-
ters with four hits out of five
times at bat.
Tabulation of runs, hits and er-
rors showed:
Team R H E
Sundown 17 3
^Levelland 9 16 " 2
The line score:
Sundown 010 000 000 1
Levelland 300 401 100 9
Sudown wifi invade Pat Carter
field, Levelland, next Sunday
with a determined view so far
as the second game in the three-
verse playoff is concerned. Sea-
graves plays Kermit at Kermit.
Trips Scheduled
For Advertising
Beauty Contest
A chartered bus will take ad-
vertising personnel on a South
Plains tour late this week to
publicize the August 2 0 area
beauty contest being sponsored
by Wallace theaters. The final
revue is scheduled at the Lev-
elland rodeo arena in connection
with a two-hour pageant.
Representatives of Wallace
theaters will direct the publicity
group. Fifteen girls will make
the trip, along with chaperones,
to invite area people to the show
here.
A full three-day program has
been mapped for the trippers.
Manager L. E. Webb of the local
Wallace theaters reported Sat-
urday.
The bus will leave at 9 a. m.
Thursday morning, returning a-
round 5:30 p. m. The group is
scheduled t o visit Littlefield
Amherst, Sudan, Muleshoe, Tex-
aeo-Farwell, Needmore, Morton,
Whiteface and Sundown.
Friday the advertising group
will have the same hours, going
to Anton, Shallowater, Monroe,
Abernathy, Hale Center, Plain-
view, Lockney, Floydada, Ralls,
Lorenzo and Idalou.
The Saturday schedule is the
longest planned, with the bus
leaving at 8:30 a. m. and return-
ing 12 hours later. Slaton, Post,
Tahoka, O’Donnell, Lamesa, Sem-
inole, Seagraves, Denver City*
Plains, Brownfield, Meadow.
Ropesville and Wofforth are the
town* to be visited.
Fifteen South Plains beauties
will parade in the finals of the
area contest in the local setting,
with a crowd of between 3,000
and 4,000 expected.
One to three from each of sev-
en counties have been selected in
local contests to participate here.
Hockley, Cochran, Gaines, An-
drews, Lynn, Crosby and Hale
county girls will be included.
A name band will furnish back-
ground music for the two-hour
pageant program.
The prize winner will be giv-
en a week’s vacation trip to Col-
orado Springs, Colo., and oppor-
tunity for a screen test.
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Mrs. Johnny Jones of Sundown
is visiting her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Dave Hoffman of Slaton,
this week.
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REA Extension Applications Now
Being Filed For New Line Section
te? i
IS COMMENDED — M-Sgt.
Charles R. (Choc) Hutch-
eson of Sundown, pictured
above, has been presented
the army's special commend-
dation medi.1 as the result of
his work as managing euitor
of The Southwest Pacifician,
army newspaper. Sergeant
Hutcheson, son of Mr. and
Mrs. G. W. Hutcheson of
Sundown, was formerly a
Texas Tech student and an
Avalanche-Journal staff wri-
ter. The army newsman is
expected to be home and dis-
charged late this month.
South All-Stars
Shade North
Friday, 34-33
Corpus Christ! — South All-
Stars, who were not favored to
win, edged out the North All-
Stars, 34-33, Thursday night in
the Corpus Christi Wain Station
gym at the Naval Air Station
before a packed Kudience.
Jesse Clardy, Levelland all
stater and on the runner-up
team at the state meet last
March in Austin, played a bang-
up defensive game for the North.
Bill Hickman of Houston’s
Jeff Davis team was the offen-
sive star of the South team
hanging up a grand total of 15
points, while Deraid Turnbow of
the Class B championship Per
rin team led the North team with
eleven points.
The box score :
Minimum Of 1........, GIs To
Benefit From Terminal Leave Bill
Between 1,500 and 2,000 Hock-
lyey county veterans are slated
to benefit on an average of $200
per man from the national term-
inal leave bill signed Friday by
President Harry S. Truman.
The estimates were released
Saturday by Sam Blair, county
veterans service officer. There is
no accurate means of counting
the GIs who will receive pay-
ments for unused furlough time
ranging from 10 to 120 days.
Blair’s estimate was based on
men who left for World War II
from the county.
Application forms on which
claims for the payments are to
be made should be available in
Hockley county in from 15 to 30
days, Blair said. These forms are
already being printed In gov-
ernment print shops.
The payments—mostly i n
bonds—will be made to enlisted
personnel of the armed forces
who served at any time between
♦Ihptember 8, 1939, and Septem-
ber 1, 1946.
Payments, according to the
measure, will be made by check
for odd amounts over $50 and for
odd amounts over multiples of
$25. For the amounts above $50.
payments will be made in $25
bonds carrying 2 1-2 percent in-
terest and coming due five years
from the date of the last separa-
tion from service.
^The bill sets out that these
will not be cashable and
may m be and earlier than the
five-year maturity dates except
for payment of premiums, loans
or conversion on government
life insurance.
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Mary Jo Caudle,
Portales Veteran
To Wed August 25
Mr. and Mrs. Quantrell Cau-
dle of Whiteface are announcing
the engagement and approaching
marriage of their daughter, Miss
Mary Jo Caudle, and Morris E.
Hudson, son of Mr. and Mrs. E.
H. Hudson of Portales, N. M.
The wedding will take place on
Sunday, August 25, at the First
Christian church in Portales.
The birde-to-be is a long-time
resident of Whiteface, graduat-
ing from high school there. She
attended Eastern New Mexico
college, Portales, and taught
school at Lehman last year.
An ex-navyman, Hudson is a
graduate of the Portales high
school and studied three years
at ENMC. In September he is
enrolling in law school at Bould-
er, Colo.
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POST QUARTET HERE
Mr. and Mrs. H. McQuary, Miss
Arm Beth Clark and Harold Voss,
all of Post, were In Levelland
Sunday to attend the match rop-
ing. All four avid rodeo fans, the
Post people visited before the
match with Miss Allene Curry,
Voss’ cousin.
South
fg
ft
pf
tp
Huffman f (C)
4
0
3
8
Orr f 0
0
0
0
1
Hickman f
7
1
2
IT,
Williams c
2
n
2
4
Taylor g
1
l
3
3
Harris g
0
0
2
0
Hart sell g
1
0
1
2
Cox g
0
n
2
0
Threadgill g
0
2
2
2
Knox g
0
0
n
n
Totals
15
4
18
31
North
fg
ft
Pf
tp
Braselton f
2
1
2
5
Clardy f
0
0
1
C
Kitchen f
0
n
1
0
Turnhow c
5
l
2
11
Brown c
2
0
0
4
Stewart g
1
4
1
n
Shugart g
0
l
0
l
Cleveland g
0
0
0
0
Salmon g (C)
1
4
5
R
Totals
11
11
12
33
Score by quarters:
North
8
15
21
33
South
9
17
22
34
With a 50-mile Rural Electri-
fication administration line un-
d"r construction and a 91-mile
section contracted for, Lamb
County Electric cooperative at
T ittWiold is now accepting ap-
otpations for other REA exten-
ions. Most of the two extensions
ow receiving attention are in
Hockley county, Manager J. H.
Carl said Friday.
'Hie I^amb county coop serves
IE \ districts in Iamb, North
iockley, Hale and Castro coun-
ties.
Applications from county citi-
•ens for REA service, said Carl,
iiould be turned in at the Lit-
‘lefield office as early as possi-
ble. He hopes that applications
vi 11 go into the office files for
’very house not already being
served in the north end of the
■ounty by REA.
Guaranteed revenue of $7 per
mile must be shown, the REA
nan pointed out.
County citizens who have al-
ready made applications fnr in-
■lusion on the next extension
hove been requested to drop by
he Littlefield office for final
checking.
Included in the 141 miles of
REA line under construction
■vill he 350 additional customers
’n the four-county area. The 50-
mile extension, majority of ma-
terials for which are on hand, is
virtually 30 percent complete,
Carl said.
On the 91-mile line, the Lamb
nounty coop is having a rough
'ime securing maerials. Hold-up
an supplies now, Carl said, is at
'ts worst stage.
Hockley county directors in
♦he Lamb county coop include
Gordon D. Cobb, Doss Maner
and J. T. McGow.
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Bud Farrars Are
Levelland Visitors
Mr. and Mrs. Bud Farrar of
^rtesia, N. M., were Levelland
isitors Saturday. Farrar was
band instructor in Levelland
schools prior to entering the
armed forces. He is now teach
ing at Artesia and Mrs. Farrar
s bookkeeper for S. P. Yates Oil
omoany there.
The teacher’s wife is the form-
er Miss Merle Lawson of Port
rthur. The couple was married
there on March 29, 1945.
Discussions Of
Fair Exhibits Top
HD Council Talk
Hockley county home demon-
stration council made plans for
participation in the county fair
on October 5 at a meeting Sat-
urday in the courthouse in Lev-
elland. Mrs. W. E. Pierce of
Ropesville, council chairman,
presided oved the discussions, in
which 18 women and girls took
part.
Ropesville, Anton, Heart O’-
County, Hodges, Lockctville, Pet-
tit, Valley View, Victory and
Farm Home clubs were represen-
ted.
Plans for fair exhibits will be
worked out more in detail at a
Septemlier meeting of the coun-
cil’s exhibit committee. Members
of the committee include Mrs.
W. C. Vardeman, Mrs. J. W. Ros-
son and Mrs. J. W. Conkin. The
committee session will be held
at Whitharral.
Also included in early fali
plans for the county’s home
demonstration and 4-H clubs are
exhibits at the Lubbock fair.
Initial arrangements have al-
ready been worked out for the
Hockley county 4-H club girls’
encampment, which is scheduled
at the Ropesville community
house. Dates for the encamp-
ment are August 22 and 23. An
educational program is being
worked out, said Miss Fannie
Brown Eaton, home demonstra-
tion agent.
Miss Eaton has only recently
returned to the county from
Ames, Iowa, where she took
graduate courses at the Iowa
State college.
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ROPESVILLE
James Yeager,
BRIDE—Mrs.
pictured a-
bove, became the bride in a
ceremony read on July 20
in Lubbock. The farmer Miss
Lola Floy Evans of Ropes-
ville, Mrs. Yeager is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Shelby Evans. She and the
bridegroom, son of Mr. and
Mrs. E. A. Yeager of Brown-
field, are living in Brown-
field.
Herald Awarded
First Place In
Westex Contest
t
The Hockley County Herald
took top place in the best all-
round weekly newspaper contest
sponsored at the West Texas
Press association convention in
Sweetwater the past weekend.
Publisher Forrest Weimhold at-
tended the convention and was
elected to the WTPA board of
directors.
Daily newspapers in the area
selected the ranking weeklies,
and awards were made by Harry
As a crowd of 7,000 spectate**
applauded Sunday afternoon
World Champion Calf Hop*#
Toots Mansfield rode into the
Levelland Rodeo arena to shake
hands with Challenger Troy Fort
who emerged second to Mane-
field in a 12-calf match roping.
Mansfield took the match wttfc
an average of 16.4 seconds to
Fort's 18.9.
The match was the feature
event for an all-afternoon rodeo
program in the local arena.
Added times for the two roper*
on 12 calves was Mansfield 197.7
and Fort 227.3. * ,
Neither roper required a sec-
ond loop on any calf in the con-
test. Fort, however, got off to
an unfortunate start, taking A
10-second penalty on his first calf
for barrier-breaking. He was al-
so assessed the barrier penalty
on his ninth calf.
It was a contest of champion*
in the local arena, Texas’ larg-
est, Sunday afternoon. Mans-
field from Rankin has held tb*
world championship title for fiv*
out of the last eight years. Fa**
who is from Lovington, N. H,
is New Mexico’s top roper.
In order, Mansfield’s times J**
first six calves were the foDORv
ing: 16, 15.8, 14.9, 18.4, 17.2 mmi
21.9. His half-time total zhowti
104.2 seconds.
For Fort’s initial six cahss*^
times were: 24.7 (with barrM*
penalty), 176, 20.7, 22, 176 mm4
18.6. At the conclusion of tfe*
first half. Fort’s time total WO*
121.1.
Tabulation for the last half of'
the match roping showed the M-
lowing times:
Mansfield—156, 15.6, 166, H,
15.7, 14.1.
Fort—13.1. 146, 146, 27.6 (a**
ing penalty), 176, 156, 17.
New Mexico Champion F**f
marked up the fastest time on A
single calf, showing 16.1 on kf*
seventh calf, Mansfield 111 iml*d
14.1 on his final animal In be X3>
calf event.
W. J. Robertson, president *g
the Levelland Rodeo association
for the past two years, served a*
arena director. Robertson, who
was responsible for arranging
the championship roping event.
ANTON COUPLE HERE
Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Richards
of Anton were in Levelland
Saturday. Richards, publisher of
the Anton News, visited with
business people of the town and
dropped by The Sun-News and
Herald office. Mrs. Richards
came over for the Hockley coun-
ty home demonstration council
meeting.
Holt, livestock editor of the Ab- _ __ __
I ilene Reporter-News. resigned his presidency effective
Second place in the weekly today,
newspaper contest went to the Alvin R. Allison, local attor-
I Stamford American, and the ney, served as announcer for the
Colorado City Record claimed Sunday afternoon program,
third place. | which included exhibition eventA
In officer elections, N. H 'and a jackpotjj-oping contest.
Pierce of Menard, acting presi- ! Timekeepers were Fred Chand-
dent of the association since res- j ler of Levelland, Johnny Sarton
Quiet Observance Of
V-J Day Expected *
In Hockley County
Levelland and Hockley county
will Join with the rest of the na-
tion next Wednesday in obser-
vance of the first anniversary of
official V-J day. This day will
mark one year since the end of
the war with Japan and one year
of total peace for the United
States.
Local celebrations and services
will commemorate the anniver-
sary over most of the county.
Officials of the William E.
Evans American Legion Post Ifl
Levelland have announced plans
for a V-J dance to be held Wed-
nesday night at the American
Legion Hall. Charles H. Michael,
sr., is commander at the local
post. Name of the orchestra for
the dance has not yet been an-
nounced. The public is invited.
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E. E. Smith of Sundown spent
Wednesday and Thursday in
Knox City. Mr. Smith Is a for-
mer resident of that town.
Only 21 Days Left For You To Bring
In Your Picture For Service Book
Hockley county friends and relatives of service men and
women who served in World War n are reminded that Aug-
ust 31 is the deadline for submitting pictures and information
to be included in the Hockley County World War II Service
Book.
Hundreds of pictures have been received already at the Her-
ald office but many more are needed and expected before the
book can be complete and truly represent the county. It is
hoped that no man or woman who served will be omitted
from the county’s record.
Any Hockley county boy or girl, regardless of the place
of registration, is eligible to have his picture and service rec-
ord in the book without cost. Boys who have lived in Hock-
fley county and who have moved away are also eligible and
their friends and relatives living here are asked to provide the
information and pictures.
Information is wanted on all men or women who served
and also those who are still in the service. There Is no cost
or obligation attached to having the pictures included. Either
bring the pictures and information to the Herald office be-
fore August 31 dr come by the office and get a blank to fill
out and mail it In.
All pictures of the servicemen and women will be returned
to the owners. Any size picture may be used.
It is not required that anyone buy one of the War hooka.
Any picture may be entered without the purchase of a book.
However, due to the paper shortage, only orders for books
which are placed before the deadline, August 31, cam be filled.
The books, which will not contain any advertising, will sell for
$360 each and those who wish a copy of the book may place
their order at the Herald office now. The books may be paid
for when ordered or they may be paid for when they are de-
livered.
An urgent plea is being made this week for all the pic-
tures which have not been turned In. Everyone in the county
will want the story of their serviceman or woman set down
In print, featuring faces and facts about those who served
from this county, and dedicated to those from this county
who gave their lives in ssnlis
ignation of Sam Roberts of
Haskell, was elevated to the
presiding spot. George Baker of
Fort Stockton and Sam Bras-
well, jr., of Coleman were named
vice presidents, and Willard
Jones of Hamlin was re-elected
secretary for the fourth time.
Weimhold, Roy Craig of Stam-
ford and James Allison of Mid-
of Seagraves and Hoyt Lewis of
House, N. M. Roy Lewis was
field judge, and Lanham Riley
of Snyder was barrier Judge.
Twenty-two calf ropers took
part in the jackpot roping event.
Troy Fort took first place with
a 15.3 time, and Mansfield placed
second a 15.6. Third position was
taken by Buddy Fort, brother of
land were made directors of the ; the New Mexico champion roper.
association
Appearing on the program as
speakers were Robert Wear, Fort
Worth newsman, who served as
a war correspondent in both the
European and Pacific area; Bill
Coilyns, manager of the Mid-
land chamber of commerce; Wal-
ter Humphrey of the Ft. Worth
Press, head of the Texas Press
association; Dean Chenoweth,
managing editor of the San An-
gelo Standard-Times; and George
Anderson, Abilene printer.
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Girl Scouts Train
For Homemaking In
Thursday Session
A study of homemaking fea-
tured last Thursday’s meeting of
Girl Scout Troop 4 in the Level-
land home of the leader, Mrs.
Clark L. Pirtle. Thirteen mem-
bers and one visitor, Virginia El-
lison, were present
Arrangement of tables for
breakfast, lunch and dinner and
serving of the meals, plus ser-
vice for refreshments were used
In demonstration for the educa-
tional program.
Next Thursday, Troop 4 will
have as guests members of the
10-year-oM Brownie troop,
is under the direction of Mrs. J.
D. Lewis. The Brownies will be-
come summer members of Girl
Scout Troop 4, and a separate
troop will be formed for them
after school opens, Mrs. Pirtle
said.
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Mr and Mrs. Bob Weddle at
Lubbock were waakowd masts at
Mr. Md Mkt Baa oJSSSkLi
HP
with 15.8.
Only injury in the Sunday af-
ternoon show came toward the
end of the events, when Robert
Koonce had hard luck. In exhi-
bition bul (dogging, Koonce came
out with a hole in his head. Hla
steer fell with him, and hi*
mounted hazer ran over the bull-
dogger at the fence Just in front
of the north end of the grand-
stand.
Polly Rushing of Plain*
dogged his two steers in exhibi-
tion.
In exhibition big steer roping,
final event on the Sunday rodeo
program, Toots Mansfield
marked up a 156 time.
Jim Reese was in charge df
tickets for the Sunday aftemooa
show here. Early reservation*
made by telephone, wire and let-
ter prepared the local it
sociation for the record
FBOM FORT
Mr. and Mrs. G. C Darwin, J
and young daughter, B
Forth Worth were in
Sunday for the
match roping at th*
grounds. The Feet
parents and slater of O.
Darwin, Jr.
I*
trip to i
by the vlalton ;
were gueata ha.
Mrs. Ted Doiw|*i
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