The Hockley County Herald (Levelland, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 2, 1950 Page: 1 of 18
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SUL ROSS BEAUTY . . .
Miss Florea Hill, freshman
student in Sul Ross State
College at Alpine, has re-
cently been named a Brand
Yearbook beauty at the
school. Miss Hill, daughter
of Mrs. J. M. Winston, is a
1949 graduate of Levelland
high school.
urday night burglars took
$130 and an unspecified
Mt of narcotics from Chisum
Helton Auto Parts
Changes Location
The Helton Auto Parts firm was
scheduled this week to complete
its move to a new location at 922
West Houston. The firm, formally
located at 506 Avenue H, is co-
owned by W. O. and R. B. Helton.
The building where the firm is
moving has been completely re-
modeled and a new line of acces-
sories has also been added.
The building has a complete ac-
cessories display room, an asphalt
tile floor and a 50-foot front.
The Heltons have been operat-
ing a parts business here with the
same personnel since 1937.
Bill Wills returned
Bight from a fish-
irous Christi.
is week Sheriff Charlie Bul-
was investigating two recent
tins within the city of Level-
15 Persons Charged
In Court As Drunk
Justice of the Peace A. F. (Pop)
Odell’s court was a busy place
this week.
In all 15 persons were charged
witg being intoxicated and seven
traffic violations were handled.
One case was filed in connec-
tion with the movement of mort-
twice winning the Golden
Gloves state title as feather-
weight in 1946 and 1947.
In 1946 he went to Chicago
as a member of the Texas
Golden Gloves team, but lost
in the semi-finals.
After winning the Lubbock
regional and state feather-
weight title in 1947, Hender-
son turned down a second
chance to go to Chicago in
order that he might take up
professional fighting.
He went to New Jersey and
worked out under the super-
vision of trainers of Gus Les-
envich, who was then world’s
light heavyweight champion.
He then returned to Level-
land and Lubbock to begin
fighting under the guidance of
Babe Ritchie, first Texas
Golden Gloves heavyweight
champion.
In all, Henderson won 33
victories in the pro ring. He
lost twice to Jean Mougin,
former lightweight champion
of France, once to Bertolino
and recently to Price in Ari-
zona.
face rights of the land to the city
as use for park development.
Billingsley says he believes no
grant will be made by the com-
pany until funds for development
are made available by the city.
Asked about an announced
swimming pool project by the
American Legion, Billingsley said
that plans for the petition had
been mapped before any indica-
tion was given by Legion members
that they contemplated such a
project. •
He pointed out that the princi-
pal purpose of a park clause in
the petition was to obtain a swim-
ming pool. He said that he felt
the bond issue offered the most
satisfactory means for achieving
this end.
It was reported Wednesday aft-
ernoon that the city council would
probably call a special session to
consider the petition proposals
Friday if the 200 signatures of
taxpaying voters were ready.
This would be done so that the
to
the
ended
in
of Jaycees were
money last night
was called in to the sta-
Warren G. Tabor, Levelland
torney, was revealed this week as
having been appointed by Luther
D. Whitely as crew leader for the
1950 federal census in Hockley
County.
Whitely, district supervisor of
the Bureau of Cenrus, selected
Tabor as crew leader the first of
February, but his identification
was withheld until this week.
Tabor said that he would be
in his office at the Smyer
ing just east of the Post
to give out application
for enumerator positions,
-ning about Thursday. He hopes to
receive the application forms by
today.
Bill Henderson, popular
young Levelland boxer, turn-
ed his back on a ring career
this week and announced he
would devote his full time to
studies at Texas Tech in pre-
paration to opening a dairy
farm after graduation.
Henderson, a senior at Tech,
made the announcement
shortly after he lost a ten-
round decision to Oscar Price
in Tucson, Ariz., recently.
Altogether, Henderson has
appeared in the ring 117
times. Has lost but seven
bouts, three as an amateur
and four as a pro. He fought
80 times as an amateur
37 fights as a pro.
Henderson’s stairway
state championship in
lightweight division
suddenly last December
Lubbock when Eddie Berto-
lino of Galveston dropped him
for the count in the 13th
round of a 15-round title
fight.
The speedy and aggressive
young fighter brought glory to
Levelland and Lubbock by
Property owners doing their
work might get by with less*
this amount, Drain said,
connection with further
said
will be the auctioneer there, also.
Drive headquarters have been
opened in the ante room of Coun-
ty Attorney E. W. Boedeker’s of-
fice.
Supplies for the drive may be
picked up at the office and all
money will be turned in there by
5 o’clock each day, as Mrs. Mary
Barron, executive secretary of the
chapter, is to make daily reports.
Chairmen for
Mrs. Floyd Powell, John
Vance Sibley, Ike Johnson and
Borner Johnson.
A number of Sundown arid Lev-
elland business and professional
men were to be at KLVT Wed-
nesday night for a program from
8 to 9 o’clock to sing, play an in-
strument or perform some act for
a donation by calling the
to the station.
President Ike Johnson
number
up the
after it
tion.
Other population centers of the
county will announce their drives
within the next few days.
EVIDENCE ... A measurement of the success of local merchants in their efforts to bring
additional shoppers to town with a Saturday morning movie may be made by the number
of cars visible on Levelland streets in the above aerial view. The picture was taken last
Saturday morning while the second free feature for children here was in progress. Locat;
ed in the right center of the picture is the court house square viewed from the north.
Automobiles on blocks at the left are those of used car dealers. (Staff Photo)
expected that Tabor will
enumerators to aid
county census.
Enumerators will be paid from
$8 to $10 per day, depending upon
the number of persons they in-
terview in connection with the
census.
. Sunday night Cicero Smith
Lumber Company was broken into
“’but nothing was reported as lost.
Bullock reported this week that
the burglars entered Chisum
Drug by breaking a small hole in
the rear door and prying open a
second interdoor.
-Also this week E. W. Tilghman,
who was being held in the Hock-
ley County jail awaiting move-
mdBt to another state, was ex-
tradited to Jasper, Ark., under
' guard *bf Sheriff Russell Burdine,
Newton County peace officer.
< Tilgham, who was picked up
" recently "in Littlefield, was want-
ed In Arkansas in connection with
an attempt to murder charge.
Mt Enters
r Constable
ot, who resides six
kl one mile north of
iy Feb. 5.
include his wife; a
onths-old son, James Os-
IhOf Levelland; his parents,
KMn. J. L. White;; two
M,' Darwin and Donald, and
IP, Virginia Louise, all of
Two petitions currently being
circulated for a $75,000 park and
$100,000 city street paving and
street market bond issue will be
presented to the city manager for
approval of the city council either
today or tomorrow, Sam Billings-
ley, chamber of commerce man-
ager, said Wednesday.
Billingsley said that the 200
signatures required on the peti-
tions were being acquired rapidly
and should be ready for presenta-
tion to the council by that time.
Billingsley, whose park plan
makes no specification as to lo-
cation of a site to be used in con-
struction of a swimming pool and
park development, says he is of
the opinion passing the bond is-
sue will augment a park move-
ment sponsored for some time by
Mrs. Orville Bynum and other
local women.
Under the Bynum plan, some 44
acres of land belonging to the
A quick check in Levelland
Wednesday afternoon indicated
that only J. B. (Bill) Reese, coun-
ty tax assessor-collector, had re-
ceived any official information
concerning the new Texas tax
measures reported effective March
1st.
Gov. Allan Shivers was report-
ed Tuesday to have signed two
tax measures as passed by the
special legislative session effec-
tive Wednesday. They are the om-
nibus tax act and the cigaret tax
measure.
Reese was informeci Wednesday
by telegram from the office of
State Comptroller Robert S. Cal-
vert that the omnibus tax would
require Reese to collect 1 and one-
tenth of one per cent tax on each
new automobile sale. The office
has been collecting 1 per cent on
each sale.
The telegram stated that the
law was effective as of March 1,
1950.
As reported, the signing of the
tax measures means that each
pack of cigarets, each bottle of
whisky or beer, each radio or new
automobile, each barrel of
produced will bear an added
in Texas.
Other articles carrying the
tra t^x levy include cosmetics,
cement, natural gas
sulphur and carbon black.
Revenue
will
$100 In Damages
Result From Crash
An estimated $50 damage was
sustained by each of two cars in-
volved in a collision at the inter-
section of First street and Avenue
M early Monday, city police re-
ported this week.
The crash occurred about 7:30
a. m. when a 1947 Mercury, driven
west on First street by W. D. Sny-
der, 25, or 305 Avenue N, struck
the right front fender of a 1947
GMC pickup, headed north on
Avenue M.
Thomas J. Williams, 52, of 1006
Eighth street was operator of
pickup.
No injuries resulted from
accident.
"Merton Of Movies"
Is Saturday Show
“Merton of the Movies’* star-
ring Red Skelton is scheduled for
showing at the Wallace theatre
in Levelland Saturday morning
at 10 a. m., it was announced this
week.
This will be the third in a series
of free Saturday morning movies
for youngsters of Hockley County
and Levelland.
Theatre doors open at4,9:45 a.
m. and the show will get under-
way at 10 a. m.
Children between the gase of
four and twelve will Be admitted
free. Children under four years
must be accompanied by a
parents or guardian who will be
required to purchase a ticket.
The free shows are being spon-
sored by the merchants of Level-
land and Wallace theatre.
Children over twelve years og
age will be required to purchase
tickets, it was said.
Alvin R. Allison, drive chair-
man of the Hockley County chap-
ter of the American Red Cross,
Wednesday morning at a kick-off
breakfast told Levelland drive of-
ficials they should concentrate on
speedy collection of their part of
a $6,015 quota set for the county
this year. Levelland’s quota is
$3,560.
Pointing
chapter of
$6,4433 in
work after
on May 6, 1949, Allison said that
“We should put something back
where we got it.’’
With 29 major disasters record-
ed in Texas in recent years, the
Hockley county chapter has re-
ceived more aid than any other
chapter barring Dallas,
Worth, Amarillo and Texas
Allison said.
Seventy-two per cent of
money raised in the county will
remain in Hockley for use by the
local chapter and the remainder
will be sent to the mid-western
office of the Red Cross in St.
Louis, Allison said.
Whitharral residents not only
went over their quota of $50, it
was stressed at the meeting, but
raised $207 at a pie supper Mon-
day night, with the Whitharral
Lions club sponsoring and H. G.
Walden as chairman.
Jim Peeler was auctioneer and
he was assisted by Jim St. Clair.
Homer Johnson will be the
auctioneer for the annual pie sup-
per at Oklahoma Flat tonight at
7:30 o’clock.
Oklahoma Flat also has a $150
quota.
Pettit, with a $150 quota, has set
Friday night at 7:30 for its drive.
Funds will be raised at a pie auc-
tion which will be in charge of
Barney Helton. Homer Johnson
go into a building fund and
million dollars into operations and
maintenance fund.
The 10 per cent increase in the
omnibus tax act, the measure that
catches all items except the 1-cent
extra tax on cigarets, is supposed
to last only 18 months. The cigaret
tax remains in effect seven and
one-half years to promote a long-
range hospital building program.
The special session ended auto-
matically Wednesday night at
midnight.
Representatives in Austin were
among the first to feel the new
cigaret tax. House lobby vending
machines were immediately
changed to accept only a quarter,
returning to the lawmakers three
cents. Cigarets had sold for 20
cents per package.
Local Prices
What the effect would be local-
ly, was still a guess here Wednes-
day. Businessmen selling cigarets
were waiting word from jobbers
as to how the new increase would
be handled.
The general view seemed to be
that merchants should hike the
price of a package of cigarets one
cent, the additional tax.
The state has been placing a
three cent tax on each package
of cigarets. What
will Iq
School Gym
Construction was slated to get
underway this week on the Level-
land combination high school gym
and shop.
James T. Taylor and Son, of
Fort Worth, whose bid of $200,504
was recently accepted by the Lev-
elland School District School
Board, began moving equipment
this week onto the grounds just
west of the present auditorium
where the gym and shop will be
constructed
Construction time for the build-
fng has been placed at 270 days.
Upon completion, the gym will
have a seating capacity of 1,960
persons arid lhe vocational agri-
cultural, trade and industries shop
will have a floor space of 6,500
equate feet.
The building is part of the
/ school expansion program voted
kby citizens of the district on Dec.
" 10 when they approved the is-
suance of $700,000 in bonds in
connection with the school plant.
The school board has issued
$650 ,000 worth of bonds for the
program which includes a new
elementary school and an addition
-to the West Elementary school.
Whitharral Is First
To Reach ARC Goal
Residents of the Whitharral
community passed - by more
than fifty dollars their quota
in the 1950 Red Cross cam-
paign for funds during the
opening day of the drive.
Assigned a quota of $150,
the community took in $207
at a pie auction conducted
Monday night at the school
lunchroom in connection with
the regular Lions club meet-
ing.
Drive Chairman Hasty G.
Walden directed the pie sup-
per and Jim Peeler and Jim
St. Clair of Levelland server
as auctioneers.
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Heart Drive
Nets $507
Hockley County contributed
$507.70 to the Heart Campaign,
according to a report released this
week by Burnie R. Carraway, co-
chairman of the campaign.
Monday, the last day of the
campaign, members of the Vet-
erans of Foreign Wars Auxil-
iary collected the red “pastic
hearts” from the business area an
aided in counting the money at
the City Hall.
Collecting the “hearts” were
Mesdames J. B. Rowland, H. A.
Scarbrough, J. H. Gibson and R.
S. Hugill, all members of the
auxiliary. Mrs. Hugill also rep-
rTsented the Federation of Wom-
en’s Clubs.
The campaign was sponsored
here by the Underwriters Associa-
tion, Medical Association and the
American Legion. There was no
quota set for the county. Texas
goal was $400,000.
The Wm. E. Evans American
Legion post gave $315.53 to the
campaign, the VFW auxiliary!
$28.50 and the American Legion
auxiliary $5. Also, the Whiteface
Wesleyan Service Guild contribut-
ed $5 to the campaign.
The other money was collected
through plastic hearts which were
placed throughout the city.
1st Pump Motor
To Be Installed
Park, Paving Bond Petitions Said
Nearly Ready For City Council Vote
Local Information Hazy On New
Tax Levy On Fags, Oil And Autos
vuutaT CONTRIBUTIONS . . ♦ Local Heart Fund campaign officials are shown aoove
counting and sorting contributions to the county's first American Heart Drive. Shown
left to right in the picture are Burnie R. Carraway, local Legion commander and a co-
chairman in the drive; Mrs. H. A. Scarbrough, VFW Auxiliary representative; Mrs. J. B.
Rowland, president of the auxiliary; Mrs. J. H. Gibson, secretary and treasurer of the aux-
iliary,and Pete Bridges, district Legion commander. Workers not pictured are Mrs. Rqy
Hefner, American Legion and VFW auxiliary representative and Mrs. R. P. Hugill of the
Women's Federated club. Sponsored by the Legion, Medical Association and Underwriters
Asj^ciation, the drive netted $507.70. (Staff Photo)
Funeral Rites Held
Wednesday For Oil
Field Mishap Victim
Funeral services for L. E. White,
22, who was injured Monday
morning at 9:30 o’clock in an oil
field accident, six miles south of
Smyer and 12 miles southeast of
Levelland, and who died at 10
o’clock Monday night in Phillips-
Dupree hospital, were held Wed-
nesday afternoon at the First
Metrodist church in Goldthwaite.
Burial was in Goldthwaite
/Cemetery under the direction of
the George C. Price Funeral Home.
A witness said that he was
struck on the head by a blowout
preventer as he was hooking it to
tike casing of the well. His head
" was crushed between the pre ven-
, . ter and collar boxing.
Iftr. White, driller’s helper for
the George P. Livermore Drilling
Company of Lubbock, was work-
ing on the Underwood No. 1 when
ByCifyToday
Residents along the 63,682 feet
of new sewer line laid in connec-
tion with the city’s sewer expan-
sion program will be able to join
onto the system in the very near
future, City Manager Ray Drain
said Wednesday morning.
Delayed for some time in com-
pletion of the new sewage dis-
posal plant by lack of base fittings
for electric pump motors, Drain,
said Wednesday that everything
will be ready for operation by the
time residents can be prepared to
make connections.
Drain said that the base fittings,
made on special order in Lubbock
after it was learned that the fac-
tory could not supply them in
time, should be installed before
the week is over. One motor is
expected to be set today and the
whole plant ready for operation
by week-end.
Drain warned that city ordin-
ance requires that a licensed
plumber be employed to make all
connections to the city sewer. A
line tapping permit is required
also, but all plumbers will have
information on this and the resi-
dent need only inform the plumber
who makes the final hook-up,
Drain said.
The city manager earlier stat-
ed that seeing that connection of
house lines to the city line is the
responsibility of the property
owner. The owner may let con-
tracts for digging ditches and tap-
ping the line, or do the work him-
self, just so the final connection
is completed by a properly licens-
ed worker.
An estimate released earlier by
Drain on the cost of transfer from
septic tank to the city sewer line
showed that costs should range
$50 to $100 per residence, depend-
ing on the distance to the city
line. —
own
than
In
sewer development Drain
that 2,950 feet of line running
from Avenue P west into the Mc-
Callen Heights addition is under
construction this week.
On completion of the project,
which extends to Sundown road,
a branch line through the Tramel
addition is planned. Two thousand
feet of six inch tile and 750 feet
of eight inch tile is being utiliz-
ed n the project.
Cost of the entire water and
sewer expansion project, for
which Drain has been resident en-
gineer, is somewhat over three
hundred thousand dollars.
A total of 33,666 feet of six to
eight inch water lines have been
laid since the beginning of the
program. The some 64,000 feet of
sewerline has ranged in size from
six to 18 inches.
The disposal plant is made up
of a lift station with three 500-
gallon per minute electrically
powered pumps, twin Emhoff
tanks for sewage digestion, sludge
and skum drying beds and an
aeriation canal.
The plant will have a maximum
capacity of three million gallons
per day.
Disposal Plant Completion Set;
Sewer Tapping May Be Started
—Features
—Circulation
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SERVING LEVELLAND AND HOCKLEY COUNTY FOR TWENTY-FIVE YEARS
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SECTION ONE
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