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TWO
THC SUN-NEWS, Levelland. Texai Sunday, November 27,1949
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Littlefield Cops Bi-District
With 47-14 Win Over Spur
The Littlefield Cats, ran ac-
cording to pre-game predictions
winning handily over the Spur
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Bulldogs, 47 to 14, Thursday at-1
ternoon at Seely Stadium in Little- J (Continued from page 1)
field, annexing both the District . ...... , ,
3 A and 4-A titles before the 5,0001 impor,*d ,nt0 ,he s,a,e.
fans.
Littlefield will meet the winner
of the Phillips-Lefors game at
Phillips Saturday afternoon in a
quartet-finals game the follow-
ing;Week, time, place of which will
be announced later.
It was big 18-pound Tom Bailes,
Who alternates with Gene Renfro
at fullback for the Wildcats, that
done most of the scoring, driving
through for four touchdowns.
Renfro scored once, Charles
Askew tallied and ran two extra
points over, Frank Gage plunged
for one and Donald Crossley kick
ed‘three from placement.
Members also voted to raise the
bureau membership dues from $5
to ilO. This ruise will become ef-
fective Dec. 1, 1950, Roberts said.
More money will be employed
locally, he said.
The bureau plans an intensive
membership campaign after the
first of the year, Roberts said. The
state office plans to send some
field men into the county to help
in the drive.
A bureau co-operative fire in-
surance company will be operat-
ing after the first of the year
1 Roberts said. He said the company
~ 1 is selling stock now. f
Already operating pn a cqst
From Denton
Miss Mary Jo Murphy, sopho-
more student in North Texas State
college in Denton, is spending the
holidays with her parents, M. and
Mrs. Murphy in Levelland. Mr.
and Mrs. Murphy accompanied
Miss Murphy to Denton today.
From Texas U
Miss Leila Paxton, senior stu-
dent in Texas University arrived
in Levelland Wednesday evening
fb spend the Thanksgiving holi-
days with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Edwin Paxton. The Univer-
sity student will return to Austin
today.
Visit In Amarillo
Mr. and Mrs. Bill’Dlion, Don
and Jerry, spent Thursday with
relatives in Amarillo.
t nutuvij upvi u wa<(3 pil fl
§pur scored twice In the tourm basis, he said, are the special farm
on passes from Lindsey to Blair.
Lindsey kicked the two points af-
ter touchdown from placement.
Littlefield made 22 first downs
to fix for Spur.
Crop Outlook
(Continued from page 1)
In Fairfield
Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Bass and Vl,lt Litt,efield
daughter, Peggy Dan, are visiting! Mr. and Mrs. Walter Dufrain
with relatives and friends in Fair- and Sonny, spent Thanksgiving
**®ld. * day visiting in Littlefield.
people working here.
Presley said Saturday that the
special cafes and stores here had j
bqfn of great help in securing j
satisfactory agreements for tlie|
workers.
■“Mike’s” cafe, north of the J
square , has served as a general^
meeting place for workers and j
employers. This co-operation by
the merchants and business firms [
of the city, Presley pointed out. I
has been the backbone of satis-1
bureau insurance for group hos-
pitalization under the Blue Cross.
Special speakers at the meeting
besides Johnson, were Rep. George
Mahon of the 19th Congressional
district, and Roger Fleming, di-
rector of the bureau’s Washington
office.
Also, Walter Hammond, presi-
dent of the Texas Farm Bureau
Federation, told the group that
farm, people don't like price sup-
ports, but accept them as they are
forced to follow the pattern set by
other groups.
He urged members of the bu-1
reau and farmers of the state to j
take an active interest in govern- j
ment.
He said that the action of thc|
j bureau had meant some $70,000,-
000 to farmers in Texas this year.
The bureau's action this year, he
factory agreements reached be- [saH* 'n his annual report, forced
tween the workers and the farm- Pr°«rams of,storage and price sup*
port for grain and cotton seed.
This, he said, keeps the farmers
from selling on a flooded market.
era.
The commission in no way
enters into the contracts reached
between the farmers and workers
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The- commission serves as a gen- NCW CdllCQilOn DOQrd
«•> bearing house for farmers -|*0 Convene Tuesday
To Choose Chairman
and workers, telling who needs
who, when and where.
*Presley, a former United States
Coast Guardsman, has been a busy
man here this fall.
farmers, meeting him for the
fir$t time, were often surprised to
find him dressed in Levis, work
shirt and bare headed, but they
were satisfied with his efforts to
secure much needed labor.
Earlier in the fall, when the cot-j the Nov. 8 returns,
ton farmers were worried about I From the 19th
the weather, the local representa-
tive for the commission was on
the go both day and night. He
Wat all over the county.
"Tfhe Ransom lot north of the
square has been a busy place
where boht workers and farmers
reached agreements between
themselves.
“Hockley County has established
good labor relations this year,"
Presley reports
And Presley has popularized the
commission here. “Fred,” as the
farmers say, “is the man to see
when you got labor troubles.”
Members of the newly elected
State Board of Education will meet
next Tuesday in Austin to choose
a chairman.
The twenty-one member board
meeting was called by Secretary
of State Ben Ramsey after the
Texas Election Board had certified
Congressional
district the final returns showed
J. M. Rankin, Ralls, 4,199 votes to
E. H. Boulter, Lubbock, 4,414.
The official vote showed that
the constitutional amendment au-
thorizing rural fire prevention
districts was approved and the
amendment concerning district
court judges was approved.
All other amendments voted
upon at the Nov, 8 election were
defeated.
Shakespeare's last completed
play was Henry VIII, whitten in
1611.
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Local Members Of VFW Make Plans
To Attend Convention At Lubbock
Compost Pile Good
For Family Garden
.COLLEGE STATION, (Spl.) —
Every fall tons of leaves go up in
smoke instead of being saved for
use later in the vegetable garden,
flower beds or for mulhes on the
tȤes and shrubs.
^Burning is an easy but wasteful
way to tidy up the home premises
oL fallen leaves but it is not the
best, says Sadie Hatfield, extension
specialist in landscape gardening
of Texas A. & M. College. She
says it takes little trouble or space
to:make a compost pile and when
tKe leaves decay into humus or
leOf mold, yoy not only have or-
ganic matter that has fertilizing
value but, most important, it adds
tq~$he water holding capacity of
tMT soil and makes it easier to
work.
Making a compost pile may
seem complicated to the amateur
bul it can be simple. A stack of
leaves held down by boards or a
layer of soil will decay in two or
thcee years but this can be hasten-
Local members of the Veterans
of Foreign Wars and auxiliary
post members have made plans to
attend the two-day District con-
vention ot be held ut Lubbock
Saturday and Sunday. Mrs. Joe
Rowland, president of tpe local
auxiliary, has announced.
Hermint Edminaston, junior vice
president of the local VFW post,
this week urged members to at-
tend the meet.
Also auxiliary members from
Lubbock, Lorenzo, Post, Tahoka,
Morton and Brownfield will at-
tend the convention.
Registration will begin Saturday
afternoon at 2 o’clock at the VFW
building, Thirty-fourth Street and
Avenue N.
A dinner will be held at the Hil-
ton hotel Saturday night at 7:30
o’clock to honor district and de-
partment officers. A breakfast is
scheduled for Sunday morning
from 7:30 to 9 o’clock at the home
of Mrs. W H. McDonald, 3510
Twenty-seventh Street.
Mrs. Mary Pat Bird, Abilene,
state president of the VFW auxili-
ary, will speak at 2 p.m. Sunday.
Registration for the VFW will
begin at 10 a.m. Saturday and wjll
afternoon.
Memorial services will be held
Sunday at 10 a.m. at the club
building. County Judge Homer R.
Winston of Brownfield will deliver
the principal address following the
service. A business session is set
for 2 p.m. Sunday.
is plnnned for
e<fcj>y turning the pile over or- continue throughet the day. A
easlonally with the spading fork I dance Saturday night at the club
and keeping it moist. j at 9 p.m. will conclude the Satur-
fljhe says leaves and similar day’s activities Severn commit-
gran and garden trash will decay tee meetings are planned for the
even faster if the pile is made of
alternate layers of leaves and rich
sott. It is a good idea to mix in
some nitrogen fertilizer or manure
if H is available, she adds. Wood
ashes from the fireplace may be
mixed with the leaves Use about
a pound of ashes for every 20 to
25 pounds of leaves.
Site says that leaves make a
good fall mulch for the bulb beds
anAfor trees or shrubs. Apply the
leaves before the ground is frozen
as a proteetten against heavy
freezing and against starting of
growth during warm spools in
winter.
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Lubback Visiters
Mr. and Mrs. L. O. Chamberlain
had as their guests Thursday, his
grandmother, Mrs. Ollie Chamber-
lain and his aunt, Mrs. Ethel
Cbamberlain. •
A special dinner
noon Sunday.
Mrs. Bob Loyd, of Winters, is
the house guest of her sister, Mrs.
M. J. Bishop and Mr. Bishop.
Bob Keck, a student in Peacock
Military Academy, in Sen Antonio,
is spending the holiday season
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs,
Dee Keck.
Parson Weems, first biographer
of Oeerge Washington, first told
the story of the cherry tree.
Funeral Rites Held
ForE.M.Hix,72
Funeral services for E. M. Hix,
72, long time cotton buyer and
farmer of Wellington, were held
Thursday afternoon at the First
- I Baptist church in Wellington. Of-
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Curry, of ficiating were the Rev. Dick Cagle
City, spent Thanksgiving in Level-1 Hollis, Okla., were in Levelland of Hereford, assisted by the Rev.
land with his parents, Mr. and j for Thanksgiving, the guests of Howard Jones of Wellington.
Mrs. Ralph Ranson. I Mrs. George E. Taylor. ! Mr. Hix was the father of Mis.
From NT»C
Miss Laura . Jean Bird well
sophomore student in North Texas
State College, Denton, is in Level-
land spending the holidays with
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Gene’ Mr. and Mrs. Leroy Seate and
Birdwell. Miss Blrdwell will re- s0lli jerry, spent Thanksgiving
turn to Denton today. I j)ay jn Amarillo, the guests of
Lynn Ranson, a student in New
Mexico Western college in Silver I
friends.
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Tom Draper, of Hereford, former-
ly of Tahoka and Levelland; and
Mrs. Kenneth Neal of Roswell,
New Mexico. . I
His death Wednesday followed
a heart attack two weeks ago.
Surviving are his wife, two
daughters, one grandson, and
seven brothers and sisters, all
living in Georgia.
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The Sun-News (Levelland, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 28, Ed. 1 Sunday, November 27, 1949, newspaper, November 27, 1949; Levelland, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1117338/m1/2/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting South Plains College.