The Sun-News (Levelland, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 50, Ed. 1 Sunday, May 1, 1949 Page: 3 of 8
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Both Gains And Losses Noted
Southwest Farm Markets
Both gains and losses appeared
in the price picture of southwest
farm markets during the past
week, the U, S. Department of Ag-
ricukure's Production and Mar-
keting Administration reports.
Some products showed little
change.
Egg and poultry prices chang-
ed hardly any since a week ago.
Current receipt eggs remained at
40 to 111 _■ cents a dozen in North
Texas, 41 to 4 4 in New Orleans,
and most around 39 at Denver.
Fryer sold around 30 cents a
pound at the farm in northwest
Arkansas, 32 to 33 at Fort Worth
and Dallas, and 31 to 35 else-
where.
Cattle eased slightly at Fort
Worth but gained a little at Okla-
homa City, as other southwest
markets showed steady or mixed
trends. Stockers and feeders in-
creased in numbers. Medium and
good stocker calves changed hands
from $20 to $25 at San Antohio
and Fort Worth. Oklahoma City
moved good and choice stocker
VN
Faster Service via
Pullmans and Chair Car to
Only ONE NIGHT en route
to Los Angeles and San Francisco
Lv. Lubbock , . . . ; 8:3 5 am
Ar. Grand Canyon : 7:00 am
Ar. Los Angeles . : ; 10:40 am
Ar. San Francisco . ; 5:25 pm
Smooth Diesel power... mod-
ern equipment. . . lounge and
dining car service . .. Courier-
Nurse for chair car passengers.
Round trip Lubbock
to Los Angelas
$51.80
In choir cars
$73.10
in Pulman, bartti extra
(Tax not included)
Overnight to Houston
Lv. Lubbock ... 6:25 pm; ar. Houston . . . 8:05 am
For details, call
Ticket Office: Santa Fe Station
Phone 26
Levelland, Texet
yearlings and steer calves at $2E
to $88. Denver paid $23.50 for
goocf stocker steer calves.
Hogs recorded net losses of
mostly 50 cents to $1 at Denver
and Oklahoma City but sold steady
t strong for the week tit Fort
Worth and San Antonio. Price:
fell during the week to the lowest
levels since the end of price con-
trols. Monday’s closing top w.e
$18 at Oklahoma City, $1)1.25 at
Fort Worth and San Antonio, and
$18.60 at Denver. Dressed pork
lost $1 to $2 for the week at east-
ern markets.
Sharp gains at lamb market;!
Monday brought the week's ad-l
vances to $1 to $2. Prices of
dressed lamb were $3 to $5 higher;
for the week and sheep receipts at!
Texas and Oklahoma maiket
were vastly reduced. Good and |
choice spring lambs sold at $28 m
$30 at Fort Worth, while medium
and good lots reached $20.50 at 1
Oklahoma City. Goats changed !it-l
tie. Most kids sold from $3 to
$4.50 each at San Anonio.
Good 8 to 10 month Texas wools
sold in Boston this week at an esli
mated cost of $1.20 to $1.25 a'
pound, clean basis. Mohair trade !
was very quiet.
Carlot shipments of Ail.an e
strawberries got underway tins
week. Markets held firm despite!
light demand. Very slack de-ij
mand lowered strawberry price; ]
at Hammond, Louisiana. Rainy
weather practically stopped onion!
harvest In south Texas onion dis-
tricts for most of the week. Pota-
toes found slow sale in the Lower j
Rio Grande Valley. Prices drop-)
ped 50 to 70 cents a sack for (tie;
week, and most shipments went to j
the government under the support j
program. Carrots held steady.
Oats and barley lost around 3 j
cents for the week, but othc r I
grains sold unchanged to slightly
higher. No. 2 white oats closed I
Monday at 86 to 87 cents a bush-
el in bulk carlots at Galveslon.
No. 1 wheat sold from $2.38 to
$2.45 at Texas common [joints. No.
2 yellow milo brought $2.72 t
$2.77 per hundred pounds.
Cotton lost 75 cents to $1.50 a
bale at most markets. Spot mid-
dling 15/16 inch closed Mono w
at 33.05 to 33.15 cents a pound in
Texas and Louisiana, and 32.60 at
Little Rock.
Rice markets held about steady
Good demand for rather limited
feed supplies resulted in a strong-
er market this week. New crop
alfalfa depressed the hay market.
(Jin
"Love Pirates Of Hawaii"
Scheduled T uesday Evening
"Love Pirates of Hawaii,” an
operetta in two acts, will be pres-
ented Tuesday, May 3, by the mu-
sic department of Levelland Jun-
; i"i- High school. The curtain goes
r up at 8 p. m. In the school audi-
I tnnum. Otis M. Carrington is au-
' thin of the operetta.
: Ann Taylor will have a soprano
'part in the two-act presentation
when she portrays the role of Miss
1 Primer, the superintendent of a
fashionable Hawaiian girls’ school.
Gayle Sawyer, also a soprano will
assume the role of Dorothy Dear,
daughter of an American sugar
magnate and only American at the
school.
Four Hawaiian students, Le-
hua, Made, Karnlani, and Lilinoe
.Will i be played by Phyllis Phillips,
Winona Richards, Annette Rawls,
and Betty Copeland.
This alto voice of Mary Beth
Eatherly will fill the singing role
of Billy Wood, fiance of the
American girl and naval officer on
■ the USS Tennessee. Alto Kay Rus-
! sell Will be the pirate chief, and
Bobbie Sue Norris, also alto, is
cast,as Scary, a member of the pir-
ate; gang.
;The Hawaiian girls’ chorus is
madfc up of these sopranos: Sue
Htbth, Carrie Ferrell, Marie Pres-
ley, Shirley Pearson, Jimmie Lou
Brown, Patsy Ruth French, Jua-
nellv Bairrington; and alto parts
Wilt be sung by Bonnie Yancey,
Joy Walser, Martha Cuba, Char-
1 .ytiiir
lundoy, Moy 1, 1149
lene Tatum, and Mary Lou Camp-
bell.
Alto pirate voices will include:
Mary Alice ITiillips, Lucinda Bcrl-
ciel, Mary Marcom, Mary France;
Forehand, Nancy Ruth Lawlis, Sue
Jo Cole, Velta Stevens, Rosieiine
Pool, Lois Leonard, and Carolyn
Crump.
All action in the operetta take. .
place in the garden of Miss I’j'i-j
mer’s School for Girls in Hawaii
THE SUN-NEWS, Levelland, Taka.
Calumet Farm has won two of
of the last five Kentucky Derbies
and also has gained two seconds
and a third.
SUTTLE RETURN FROM
TWO WEEKS VACATION
Rev. and Mrs. T. F. Suttlc re-1
turned home Tuesday from a two!
weeks vacation spent largely on i
the Gulf coast. They visited rela-
tives and friends in Galveston,
Port Arthur and Beaumont. They
also visited in the home of Rev.
and Mrs. W. B. Wages. Rev.!
Wages pastor of the Normangce:
Baptist Church, was formerly pa -
tor of the Fifth Baptist Church, j
G A S
F C R THE
5 Big Jobs
Thb 73rd annual IC4A outdoor
>track championship is .slated for
Triborough Stadium, New, York
City, on May 27 and 28. ,
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House Heating
‘Cooking
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ikmm County Gas Co.
"The Five Purpose Fuel"
SUNDOWN, TEXAS
GREATER
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FOR
MONDAY
LADIES’COTTON
DRESSES
Values to $4.98
$298
LADIES' BLOUSES
Silks and Cottons
$3.98 fir $2.98 values
$J98
LADIES' SKIRTS
Regular $5.95 values
$398
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LADIES7 SLIPS
ON ai
$3.4*
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RAYON and SILK
Reg. $3.49 Value
$198
ALL PIECE GOOI Z
MATERIALS
REDUCED
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Owner
LADIES' FIRST QUALITY
NYLON HOSE
$1°° pr.
PANTS & SHIRTS
Req. $4 98 Value
$298 each
LADIES' PANTIES
RAYON ond COTTON
4 Pairs
$i°°
MEN'S CANVAS
WORK GLOVES
Good Weight
Iprs. $tGC
MEN'S
WORK SOX
4 Pair
$J00
BOY'S
JOCKEY SHORTS
Reg. 98c Value
2 pr.
LADIES' SHOES
Both sport anil dress tynr it
a big toving. Rcgufe- $7 9*5
qnd $5.95 values. On Sole
for Dollar Day.
$2.98
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REG.
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The Sun-News (Levelland, Tex.), Vol. 9, No. 50, Ed. 1 Sunday, May 1, 1949, newspaper, May 1, 1949; Levelland, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1129667/m1/3/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting South Plains College.