The Sun-News (Levelland, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 22, Ed. 1 Sunday, October 16, 1949 Page: 3 of 14
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Oil, Literally, Makes
The Wheels Go 'Round
Every Americon benefits from the Petro
leum Industry His life is mode easier, richer
and more secure by oil And he is requiring
more of it each day
To meet the demands of you ond indus-
try, 34,000 individual oil companies -working
in a spirit of both cooperation and competi-
t'on- steadily are improving their production,
refining ond transportation facilities This
will mean, in the long run, better petroleum
products for you at less cost.
The Stanolind Pipeline Company,
serving 27,000 oil wells and 40
refineries with its 11,300 miles of *
pipe lines, is part of this great in-
dustry. Pipe lines deliver 75 per ~
cent of the nation's crude oil and :
carry 10 per cent of the notion's ;
freight. You are invited to visit US
during Oil Progress Week. jj
Stanolind Pipe Line Cenpaay
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Sunday, October 16, 1949 ' THI SUN-NEWS, Levelland, Texas
THRU
Sudan Hornets Overpower Lobos 26 To 7
By LOIS H. VESTAL
ee The Sudan Hornets, with pow-
'§r to burn, ran and passed to a
smashing 26 to 7 District 4-A
North victory over the Levelland )
Lobos before a crowd ol 2,500
Sudan's second quarter touch-1
down climaxed a (i 1 -yard * drive,1
with Sherrill fumbling on about
the 10 and the ball scooting into
the crowd and out of bounds on
the four, where the ball went to'
persons in the Lamb county town. I Sudan. Hammock went over for
Statistically, the Hornets made the touchdow n rite kick for extra
17 first downs to Levelland’s 12.1 point was again blocked,
penetrations were foui to two,! The hall ended 12-7.
Sudan- passes attempted, Sudan1 Levelland had the Hornets dee-)
13, Levelland, 14 and passes com- j *" their own territory in the third
Dieted, Sudan seven for 98 yards j quarter after Wise kicked to
J|nd LevellaTid seven tor 59 yards. I the Sudan nine, after John ISianch
Sudan Intercepted two passes to1 “ea,'d and Wilulso1' had m:lde
gain considerable vardage. Tom- lv 13 -valds ,ho I'1’1'101'-
ihy Sherrill and Harlan Pickett! ™e,Lobos s,arlcd f,onl ,h« 32
made the interceptions. | >ald ,inc- wr,h w,ndsor to the
It was the second conference I 31' ut whlch ,,lant Windsor went
victory for the Hornets, having t,°...V‘C 20' bul, ,be .Lobos „^ert'
won over the Muleshoe Mules, 15
to 0, last week, while Levelland
has two district wins and one dc- ,
I tercept the pass on the Levelland
A Both Sudan and Levelland made130' wi,h SbeniU later ,u,,nm« 10
^OUChdowns the first times they tbe ,lvc' Hammock laM over for
the seoi;e. A pass from Sherrill to
Mayfield over the goal line was
for the extra point.
Sudan kicked to the Levelland
finally shoved back to the 27.
Wire dropped back to pass, but
j Sudan's Sherrill came in to in-
ouchdowns the first times they
got the ball, but after the Lobo
score the alert Hornets took com-
plete command of the game. How- I *’°n
ever Levelland was nearing pay
territory as the game ended.
Don Wise kicked off to the Su-
dan team and Sherrill returned to
the 35, Couch then went to the 47
on three trys, Sherrill moved to
the Levelland 47 and Ross Ham-
wnock to the 45.
i Sherrill's pass to Don Whit-
k mire took the ball to the 30, and
Sherrill went to the 28 and H:un-
[ mock to the 26. Sherrill passed out
to G. W. Maxfield who took it to
the 16, Sherrill went to the 14.
Hammock went to the nine and
Sherrill to the five.
Sherrill failed to gain from ihe
five.yard line on three trvs after
g^vhich Clifford Johnston went off
"ackle for the touchdown. Ham-
mock’s kick for the extra point
was no good.
Levelland came back fast for
their only marker in the game on
a sixty yard drive after Sudan had
kicked to Deo Windsor who re-
turned the ball to the 40.
Perry Heard reached the 43,
Durwood Johnson to the 44 and
Dee Windsor raced to the Sudan
^45, with Heard and Johnson go-
ing to the 36.
Heard ripped through to the 18,
Windsor was thrown back to the
24. and then fired a pass to Gene
Billingsley to the 20, where Heard
cairied over for the counter, and
then kicked the extra point.
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33, Wise completed a pass to Noil
Atchison on I ho 38. pass attempts1
from Windsor to Clarkson were
incomplete and the ball went ov-
er to Sudan on the Levelland 35.
Sherrill made ten yards on the
first play, he made it to the 22
and Whitmire advanced to the
two. Sherrill went over standing
up for the counter. Hammock
kicked the extra point.
After Sudan's kick to Level-
land on their own 38, Wise co n-
pleted a pass to Billingsley to j
the 48. but Levelland was pushed’
back to the 43 and up to the 47.
Wise passed to Hailey to the 32.
Wise went to the 23, Heard car-
ried to the 20 and Branch to the.
15 as the whistle blew ending the
game.
Starting line-ups:
Sudan Posit ion Levelland
Maxfield left end Billingsley
Humphreys left tackle Byerley
Atkinson left guard Davis
Graves center Campbell
Montgomery right guard Sneed
Wiseman right tackle B. Kennedy i
Whitmire Right end Atchison
Johnston quarterback Windsor
Sherrill left half Heard
J. Crouch right half D. Walt rip
Hammock fullback Johnson
Substitutions:
Sudan—Lynch and Patterson,
ends; Fowler a n <1 Davidson,
guards; Chester, tackle; D o n
Crouch, McCarty. Hogue and
Pickett, backs.
Levelland—Cardwell and Bail-
ey. ends: Jackson and Blown
tackles; Gruppe, Hood and J.
Johnson and Jones, guards; Spen-
ce, center; Branch, Wise, Lukcr,
G. Waltrip, Taylor and J. Kennedy
backs.
Sudan 6 6 0 14 26
Levelland 7 0 0 0— 7
Former Lobo Footballers
Outstanding In NMSTCTilt
I New- Mexico State Teachers eol-
| lege Mustangs scraped through to1
( a 6-0 win over St. Michaels col-
i lege at Santa Fe, N. Ivl., Saturday.
The game winning touchdown
! came in the last two minutes of
- play on ail olf-tack!e smash by
halfback Jim Powt.i, from Ihc
• 'ihree-yaul line, i! vas the font
'game for STC in New Mexico
conference play.
Showing of the Mustangs was
a visible letdown aftci their pic-
^ violin week's display of p.iwci
against Sandia when they w n 29-
5. Coach Parker was bitteil;/ din-
! appointed in the squad’s plav and ,
! makes no secret of the fact. He’s Cajon, Calif., and Mr. and Mrs.
'cut to remedy the mistakes and ; Howard Winn of El Centro, ChHf.,
| correct the causes of letdown im- are visiting in Levelland-'i with
mediately. He considered the their parents,'Mr. and Mrs.-W. J.
j showing definitely not up to the! Winn, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Wat^e
j brand of ball his tea mis ran;.bio I and Mr. and Mrs. Karvie Pool, the
i of playing. i latter beings sisters of the Cali-
Seven fumbles byj Mustang fornians.
backs inside St. Michaels 10-yard j-----Si
line accounted for lack of scoring I Mr. and Mrs. Earl Poage of
Punch. STC was inside the op-j Riverton, Wyo., are visiting’with
ponent's 30-yard stripe all after- ! Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Massengale.
noon, but at crucial moments iui i- ! The ladies are cousins and this is
blitis took hold of the ball car- j the first time they have been to-
ners. Offensively, the Mustangs gether in 49 years.
were far off their game, howe\(i ! __________
for offensive blocking was in-.e-;
cure.
a masterful job of field generalf-
mg and passing.
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From California
Mr. and Mrs. Coy Wins of E!
PAUL BUNYAN OF LITTLE COLLEGES . Brad Row
land, above, shows his running form at a McMurry college
workout in Abilene Brad is called the 'Paul Bunyan' of
little college football Last year he didn't play outside the
state so didn't land on the little All America team. He'll
play outside this year and js expected to make a name for
himself. (AP Photo)
STAR CLIMBER Michael Kropp, I 5 month old son of
Mr and Mrs Calvin Kropp of Paris, Tex , give out with a
laugh just before he takes a trip down a playground slide.
He climbs the six-foot ladder unassisted, goes down the
slide and starts back up the ladder again. He keeps this
up until his mother stops him He's been doing it since
before he became one year old. I AP Photo)
SCORES
48. Muleshoe
Slaton 12
20
FOOTBALL
Lift lefield
Morton 0,
Lubbock 33. Pampu
Post 70. Tahokn 0
Amarillo 35. Forres'. Dallas
Brownfield 0, Plainview 33
O'Donnell 13, Seagraves 6
Plains 0. Ropcsville 51
Kcrmit 12, Andrews 12
Sundown 0, Dalhart 45
Quoteable Quotes
If the railroad strike is not set-
tled soon it wouldn't be surpris-
ing to see some one writing a book
about the 'No Train Through Ar-
kansas.”
Taxes and Texas—they are the
two biggest things in the United
States.
What this country needs is
larger playing cards so we can
have a few more big deals.
A white elephant—that's what
Russia hopes the European Re-
covery program will be. And pink
elephants in congress would please
them even more.
Russia would like for the world
to go ahead with the red signal
but the United States keeps wait- i
ing for the green light.
The shortest distance between
two points is a straight line ex- |
cept when a girl is on her Wav to)
Hollywood—there curves short-
en the distance.
Baseball fans probably think I
John L. Lewis don't know any- i
thing about baseball because he j
calls one strike and you are out
Mo'ion pictures came first and j
then the sound; the sound came |
first in the radio then the picture, !
That makes it even harder to)
figure out which came first
hen or the egg.
“POP LETS ME PLAY WITH MATCHES.”
News from Whitharral....
by Mrs. Elva T. Crank
Durrell Johnson and Ray Mul-
lins spent Tuesday night in the
Buck Bryant home. They were en-
route to their home in El Reno,
Ark., from Carlsbad, New Mexi-
co, by way of Dallas.
Rev. and Mrs. H. G. Verner,
Miss Theona Verner of Petersburg,
does more thanyouII ask of any car
• ••Let the car prove it!
Try driving without shifting in the car with
(lie simplest automatic transmission of all
. . . the car that'gives you complete conlro'
Wada through flood and storm that
would stall any other car! You've the first
and only waterproof ignition system on
any passenger car.
Leek under the fenders and body, there’s
protective undercoating no other car gets
at the factory. Look at the Safety Rim wheels
. . . blowouts can’t throw a tire under
almost any normal driving.
Soo how common sense and imagination
in engineering and research ma|<e you more
comfortable. With chair-hcight seats. With
beautiful interiors for full size people.
Telephone your nearby Chrysler dealer
. . . he will bring the car to your door. In
any body stjlc. 4-door Sedan, Club Coupe,
Convertible Coupe, the powerful 8-cylindcr
New Yorker will do more for you than you’ve
asked of any other( car.
MORRIS MOTOR CO. * 610 Houston Street
Tuns In Your Chrysler Dealer's “Sammy Kaye Showroom"—Every Mondey—Wednesday—Friday 0:30 P. M. Station KLVT
Some folks don't seem to appre-
ciate the millions of dollars worth !
of free publicity that has been
given to Texas. But if you want to.
toot your own horn you must pa\
for the advertising.
The European Recovery pro- ,
gram doesn’t cary as much weight
now that the Pound has been re-
duced.
It is hard to have a sober
thought now with so grainy influ-
ences to come under.
A deadline helps to make a
newspaper but is the downfall of
many joke writers.
A ham actor is not likely to j
bring home the zacorv.
Another school year is under)
way,which brings the reminder
that you can always tell a fresh- '
man: but what's the use?
Among the medical men, the
fellow who probably gets the most
breaks is the bone specialist.
Headline: "Nation's Coi n Crop i and Mrs. Lyday of Lubbock at-
Raises Question: Where To Put j tended a shrimp supper at the
It?” Now, isn't that a corny ques- home ol Mr. and Mrs. Bryan
‘ | Hulse Thursday night. Others pre-
ji.ent were Mr. and Mrs. Doug Hor-
I ton and family and Joe and Miss
Able Visits Here Elsie Wade.
Former Sheriff Tom Able of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Waters, Mrs.
ubbock is visiting in Levelland. | Henry Jones and Miss Barbara
He is now living at San Angelo, i Jones attended the re-burial ser-
_______ | vices lor J. R. Gordon in Lubbock
Th u j*sd a y
. The Biecker.i idge field was Mr. and Mrs. James Lindsev
the I proven on February 4, 1918 by the have a daughter, Shelia LaRue,
discovery of the Chancy well. j born at Phillips-Dupre Hospital in i
-------— ---———7-----:--------j Lubbock Thursday.
> The Methodist Young Folk en-
(joyed a hobo party at the Method- j
i ist Church here Thursday night.
The party wras sponsored by Rev. !
and Mrs. Charles Kelly and Mr 1
and Mrs., Gravett. Six visitors j
were present from the Pettit MYF. J
Dressed as hoboes, some 25 young j
! people enjoyed the hot dogs and |
, Cokes after'a series of games and ,
stunts. |
Mrs. Walter Griffith of Lock- ,
ne.v spent several days this week |
with her daughter, Mrs. J. B. Har- :
inn. and family.
I Sam Langford went to Good-
I well, Okla., Thursday for Misses
| Betty Langford and Patsy Mil-
bum who are students at the Pan-
i handle A&M there. Mr. and Mrs.
j D. S. Tullis, Davy, and Miss Bar-
' hara Jones took them back Sun-
i day.
I Mr. Vernon Doss, supervisor of
Crosby County, was here Friday 1
afternoon. Mr. Doss was grade.
I school principal here last semes-
1 ter.
Miss Margaret Hughes and Mrs. ;
| Tot Lewis and Lee went to Hart
Friday evening. They were uccom-
j panted home by Mrs. Robin Lee
' and son and Mrs. Bailey for the j
, weekend. They lVturned by way '
of Anton for the Whitharrul-An- j
ton game.
Mrs. L. C. Jordan and son, Nor- I
man Dee, have returned to their i
j home in Clovis, New Mexico, fol- !
1 lowing a visit with Mrs. Margaret
Throckmorton and family.
Mr. and Mrs. B. J. Thompson i
, and Ronnie spent the weekend in j
Abilene and attended the Hardin- !
Simmons homecoming and foot- j
ball game.
Mr. and Mrs. Don Blevins of
Denver City spent the weekend
here with Mr. and Mrs. Henry
j Slover and Mr. and Mrs. W. O.
: Wossum.
I Weekend guests of the C. B.
Keeneys were their children, Mr.
i and Mrs. Roycc Matthews and
I daughter of Abernathy and Mr.
j Mrs. Fred McGregor of Childress.
Mrs. Keeney is recovering follow-
ing a recent illness.
Mrs. F.d Jones of Lubbock, Mr.
I and Mrs. Bill Hcnnesey and Miss
Sue Hennesey of Tipton,! Okla.,
| spent the weekend ii> the home of
1 Mr. and Mrs. Henry Jones.
Mr. and Mrs. Buck Grant and
children and A. P. Grant visited
in Memphis during the Weekend.
Mr. and Mrs. Well Raines and
family have moved here from
Locketville. Mr. Raines and Mel-
vin Raines are employed at the M.
A. Moore grocery and market.
B. Crews has been a patient at
Small glass pars with screw-on-
tops make excellent containers for
■ Defensive play saved the t**am. j bolts, nails or similar items in the
Paiker says. He cited as "really i home workshop.
outstanding” the work of Bob i - -------———«•_
Brown, New Castle, Ind., tackle:
Fred Byrd, Hurley, N. M., end:,
Jim Peeler, Levelland, guard; and j
Max Valkinghurg, Silver City. !
halfback. He said, "Brown played j
the Best game of his life.’
Offensively, the work of wing-
back Joe Palmer, Lubbock, Tex.
and quarterback Horace Bycily
Levelland, stood out head and j
shoulders above other backs m i
the field. Palmer’s pass receptions
and hard running on reverses kept I
the Mustangs on the move. B,\er j
ly playing with a bad knee, did 1
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