The Sun-News (Levelland, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 44, Ed. 1 Monday, March 25, 1946 Page: 1 of 8
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tied the first loop. His time on tht
ten calves was 18. 34, 18. 18.1, 16.3,
16.2, 19.4. 163. 33.1 and 16 for a
total of 2043 seconds.
In the six-calf matched roping
between Bill Bomar of Clovis and
Red Whatley of Crosbyton, the lat-
ter won with a mark of 1023 sec-
onds while the former had a tton9
jof 1809 seconds.
Whatley’s time per calf was HA,
153. 23.2. 15.4. 17 and 16.7, totaling
1023. Botnar’s time was 53. 17.4. 54,
15.1, 173. 243. far 1803 seconds.
Troy Fort won the Jackpot rop-
ing with a time of 133 over thirty-
nine other entrants. Jack SUpwortfer
was second with 143 and Buell
Stgndefer was third with 15 flat.
Other entrants and the time 00
each calf included Paul Young, IT,
C. C Copeland. 37: BUI Hltsoa. 193;
Fred Doherty, no time; Fred Li*,
22.1; L. E Littlefield, no time:
Limey Thomas, no time; Buddy Port
293; Lee Hammond, no time; Ode®
Poteet. no time: Phil Williams, 23;
Olan Bryant. 23.1.
Bill Botnar. no time; Cotton Lee,
273; Junior Hayes. 193; 811m M-
and John Pogue. 21.1.
Bill Lambert, no time; Glenn
bus. 38.2; O. L. Harris, 28.1;
Stewart, 34.4; Jlggs Burks, no
Jack Green, 183; Richard 0«
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“SERVING THE FIELD IT COVERS—COVERING THE FIELD IT SERVES”
Volume €■— Number 44
Levelland, Hockley County, Texas, Monday, March 25, 1946
5c Copy
LEVELLAND FIGHT FANS WITNESS SEVENTEEN
'CONTESTS HERE FRIDAY NIGHT IN HIGH
SCHOOL GYM: MORTON TO BATTLE HERE
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A part of Levelland’s fight fan-
dow saw seventeen fights In the
levelland high school gym Friday
Wkight, fifteen of which went the
three-round limit, one the technical
knockout route and the other by
a knockout.
It was an elimination boxing
tournament In which the winners
from the various divisions, 70 to
80-pound, 80-90. 90-100, 100-110.
110-120, 120-130. 140-150 were de-
cided, while some of the weight
division winners will be decided this
mreek. Winners of the various divi-
sions wUl meet the Morton leather
pushers here Friday night.
In the opening fight, Doyle Ken-
nedy of the 140-150 weight class,
was outslugged by BUI Ferrell In
three rounds. It was a slugfest from
the start, but both men slowed up
In the last round.
Owyn Petty was awarded the de-
cision over Rex PhUUpe at the end
of the first round by a technical
fcnockout route. They are In the
120-130 weight class.
In the seventy to eighty-pound
class. Harold Phelan outpointed
David Powell in a fast and furious
fight.
Robert Carter of the middleweight
division lost a hard-fought battle
to Bobby Blondell. The fight was
a “wide-open” affair all the way
with Blondell getting the judges
nod by a close call.
£ Bob Johnson of the 120-130 pound
stepped in fast and often but not
fast enough to allow Vernon Wright
to take the decision. Jack Loran
took a slugging bee from Stanley
Williams In the 130-140 pound
weight division.
Delmer Hightower edged out C. P.
Phelan In the 70-80-pound weight
division over the three-round Per-
iod. Bill Green took a close three-
round decision from Earl D. Wkl-
4fcrip in the 70 to 80 pound division.
Jack McMillan finally got In
enough Jabs to win his contest In
the last round over Hal Pugh In an-
other eighty- to ninety-pound class
fight. In a closely contested fight
between Joe Kemp and Larry Ro-
berts In the 100-pound limit class.
Roberts was given the nod.
Carl Phelan was edged out by
Johnny Green in the one hundred
to one hundred and ten-pound
•Weight class, and In the same weight
division, Langford Sneed's right arm
was raised for winning over Jack
Powell.
John Dickson was awarded the
Judges decision jver J. C. Elliott in
the 110-pound weight division. After
winning a, fight earlier In the night,
Owyn Petty came back In a fast
and hard punching duel to win over
Vernon Wright, who had also wor.
^tfs battle earlier in the program.
• I„ « fairly even fistic encounter.
Rex Maxwell was awarded the de-
cision over Weldon Orman In the
110 to 120-pound division.
Benny Pry landed an overhend
right back of the ear of Roy Par-
taln for a knockout early In the
second round. When Fry landed his
punch, he also fell hard as a result
of a Jab from Partaln, the referee
waited for him to get on his feet
•before he counted Partaln out. It
was almost a double knockout.
In the final bout. Max Thorn-
hill took a close decision from a
southpaw sllnger, J. E. Ward, In the
120-pound weight division limit.
The five-year-old sons of Mr. and
( Mrs. M. J. Stacy and Mr. and Mrs.
J. O. Stacy staged an exhibition
match, which was called a draw.
Botnar Moore and Bill Henderson
were the referees.
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Commissioners To
Set Bond Election
Section order on the 8850.000
county road bond petition Is ex-
pected to be forthcoming from the
commissioners' court late today or
Tuesday. County Judge Z. O. Lin-
ooln said this morning.
Circulation of the five petitions,
jghrith attached maps showing pro-
posed 42 1-2 mile road Molding Pro-
grams for each of the founr county
• precincts, started Thursday The
petitions were due to 'be in the
court’s hands late today.
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98 Per Cent Taxes
Paid In Hockley
_ Hockley county property owners
Saturday had paid a total of 98
per cent of their 1945 county and
state taxes. County Tax Collector
J. B. Reese estimated. Only a minor
part of one per cent were paid Vlth
Levelland Refiners Making Plans For
Opening Of Training Season, April 1;
Large Number Of Baseballers In Fold
Pictured abeve is Lola Beth
Green of Sundown who is a can-
didate for County School Super-
intendent. A formal statement
appears on page four.
n R. Potts
Heads New VFW
Officers’ List
Heading the list of new officers
of the Levelland Veterans of For-
eign Wars Dost is John R. Potts,
who was advanced Thursday night
trom his vice commander soot to
VFW post commander. Potts and
other officers will be Installed in *i
ceremonial April 8.
Installation officer for the new
port officers will be J. A. Preult
retiring Dost commander. Members
will meet at the American Legion
hall for a barbecue supper and In-
stallation services at 8 p. m. on
April 8.
Other VFW officers named at
Thursday’s meeting. Include Clar-
ence W. Knick, Jr., senior vice com-
mander; • Ray Wiley, junior vice
commander; Sam Blair, quarter-
master; Herschel Oulnn, post ad-
vocate; H. L. Edmiaston. chaplain.
Dr. C. M. Phillips, post surgeon;
Cyrus Humphreys, trustee for a
three-year term.
Subject to the approval of the
state department is the meeting
night change for the Levelland
VFW. The 30 members attended
last session voted to hold its re-
gular meetings on second and fourth
Monday night, beginning April 8.
Slightly Over 50%
Red Cross Fund
Raised In Hockley
With only five working days left
for the American Red Cross drive
fund, Hockley county had raised
only 3352.79, or slightly over fifty
per cent of their 86305 quota today,
according to figures compiled in the
office of Mrs. A. F. Mathis, drive
secretary.
Levelland added 822732 at the
various tables Saturday at the First
National Bank, Ltvelland State
Bank, postoffloe. Levelland Coffee
shop arid Furr Food Store, which
was In charge of the five federated
women’s club* of Levelland.
Mrs. AJVln R. Allison, president
of the Levelland Woman’s Club,
said that her organisation was plan-
ning a "spot canvass” of Levelland
Ih charge of ftajr D. Brown, the
drive Ih tne levelland schools is
scheduled to get underway.
Several towns and coihmunltles
In the county have either turned In
small amounts or no reports at all
have been received.
penalty added, he said.
The month of March carries a
three per cent penalty, with one
and a half per cent added for April
May and June. Only July 1 the in-
terest rate will hit six per cent, and
penalty for delinquent tax pay-
ments will reach eight per cent,
Reese said.
Parkslte of the Levelland Refiners
of the Oil Belt League, is being sur-
veyed, leveled and water pipes are
belnf placed under the field, said
Rufus Bushyhead, business manager
of the club.
The ball club is making plan* to
lease the park from the Consumers
Cooperative Refinery.
Uniforms, matcher’s mitts, pro-
tector, balls, bats and other base-
ball equipment is expected to ar-
rive within the next few days.
Training will get underway Mon-
day afternoon, April 1 with the
league to open Sunday, April 28
Schedule for the season, which will
run through Labor Day, September
2, Is expected to be arranged next
week.
Of the players already llneduo for
the Refiners under manager Nick
Gray include Hi Haven, right
handed pitcher, who has hurled foH
Topeka In the Western League and
other professional teams ar well
as the strong Texon Oilers, who
won the Denver Pc*t tourney a few
years ago.
Gano Tubb, another twlrler who
flings from the right side. Is an-
other holdover on this season's Re-
finer nine.
Dewey Estes Is the third holdover
slab artist who will be training
come April 1,
Roscoe Jarman, former West Tex-
as-New Mexico League left fielder
of Lamesa, will play an outfield
post. Chick Schmldly, an inflelder
with the last Refiner club In 1942
will likely try out for an infield post.
J. P. Miller, a shorts topper on the
Plainview semi-professional team In
1940. 1941 and 1942, will likely be
on the short post.
A. C. Phillips, who was a first
sacker and outfielder for the Den-
ver City club In 1942, and a young
third baseman by the name of Mc-
Vey from East Texas, who has re-
cently moved' here will be working
in the infield, as well as W. G.
Hudgens, who formerly played for
Littlefield. Hudgens played on a
team recently that defeated a strong
Japanese team In Tokyo.
C. B. Edgar Is
Named 1946 Head
Of HCBD Board
One hundred per cent attendance
of the 12 new Hockley county board
of Development directors was mark-
ed up for an election meeting last
Thursday at the city hall In Level-
land-.C. B. Edgar was named presi-
dent of the board.
Selected vice president was Ed-
gar Breach, and Roy Simpson was
re-elected treasurer. J. S. Mansfield
was retained as HCBD secretory, a
place he has held for four years.
Cooperation of the new board was
asked by President Edgar “We have
reached a point where much Im-
provement should be made, and only
by making wise decisions and work-
ing together for the good of Hockley,
county may these alms be met,’’ the
new president told board members.
Problems of the HCBD featured
discussions, other members present
were Lamar West, John Morton, T.
E. Loren, Clyde Brown, Dave Collins
Z. O. Lincoln, C. F. Faubton, H. H.
Mann and Forrest Welmhold.
Another directors session is sched-
uled for Thursday night. 7:10 o'-
clock In the office of Mhnpfield.
Committee chairmen are to be an-
nounced and a program of work for
1946 will be outlined
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Mr*. Johnson Is Load
Representative For
Lincoln Life Insurance
MTs. Geraldine B. Johnson long
time resident of Hockley county and
s teacher In the Levelland high
schools, has been appointed rep-
resentative of the Lincoln National
Life Insurance Company.
Mrs. Johnson has been studying
the Insurance business and stated
that she believed that she was
qualified to represent the company
In this territory.
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Sun-News want-ads for Resima.
Over 3,000Fans Attend Roping
Event SponsorecjiByRodeoAss'n
Registration For
2,000 Vehicles Is
Viewed In
Seven days only remain for Hock-
ley countians to register approx-
imately 2,000 motor vehicles. Tax
Collector J. B. Reese repeated Sat-
urday that unless otherwise In-
structed by the state highway de-
partment, his office would accept
1946 registrations through Monday.
April 1, without penalty.
Remainder of without-nenalty
plate buying time is scheduled to be
a busy seven days In the Hockley
county office, with estimated regis-
trations expectations based on the
4.500 motor togs sold In 1945.
Through Saturday noon, 2,625 plates
for four types of vehicles had been
sold In Hockley county, according to
figures released by fteeise.
Broken down, the numbers showed
2,100 passenger car. 262 comme-clal
truck, 150 farm truck and 113 trailer
tags already sold to Hockley county
owners.
The fact still remains, however,
Reese reminded that 1945 license’;
expire on March 31.
One new pickup was registered
Friday. The tag was bough:, by
J. G. Martin ef Ropesville for a
1946 Ford pickup.
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Sundown Legion
Sponsors Float.
Baseball Team
Decisions to enter a decorated
float In the band festival on April
18 and to sponsor a junior baseball
team were highlights of a meeting
last Tuesday of the Charies Le-
Grant post. American Legion, at
Sundown. Post commander Oeorge
Ragland presided.
Band festival parade is scheduled
at Sundown the afternoon of April
18, and the American Legion will
decorate a float for the colorful
event.
Sponsorship of the Junior base-
ball team came along with Coach
Clem Page’s volunteering to serve
as manager.
Miniature flags will be sold to
finance purchase of a flag for the
post, Ragland reported, following
the Tuesday night meeting, attend-
ed by 21 Legionnaires.
Charity activities for the post
will be under the direction of a
newly appointed committee, which
Includes S. D. Glascock, Robert Neal
and Rev. S. F. Weir.
Earl Miller, Sundown serviceman.
Is a new member of the post. Miller
Is still In the armed forces.
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Watson & Abell
Sell Appliances,
Sporting Goods
Scheduled to become area sports-
men’s favored • equipment. buying
spot is the new Watson A Abell
store in Levelland. Sporting goods.
Hot point, appliances. General tires
and automobile accessories head-
line merchandise at the new store.
Watson A Abell opened the doors
Just off the northeast corner of the
square. 10 days ago. Owners-mana-
gers are Ray Watson and Raymond
Abell, both of whom were former-
ly In the dry goods business here.
Nationally
will be featured-at the store—Just
as was the Watson and Abell cus-
tom in the dry goods business.
Wttson came to Levelland In early
1996 to establish a dry goods store,
and Abell was associated with the
store for 15 yean. Both are civic
leaders In the town.
One of the best-known collection
of sportmen's trophies Is In the
possession of Watson. The mounted
trophies will be moved soon to the
sporting goods store.
Merchandise Is being added to
the store's stock as available, and
new fixtures are going Into place as
completed by the cabinet-makers.
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•-The legal name for the Soviet
people is the Union of Soviet 8o-
Troy Fort of Lovlngton, N. M. won
his ten-calf matched roping event
over Jlggs Burks of Comanch*,
Okla., with an over-all time of 176.1
while Burks time was 2043, her*
Sunday afternoon in the Levelland
Rodeo Arena.
Time on Fort’s calves was 163, 23.
20. 18. 20.1, 143, 15 17 and 17.4, •
total of 176.1 seconds.
Buries seriously threatened Fort
until the ninth calf In which he mls-
Hls time on th*
THE WINNAH—Troy Fort of Lovlngton, N. M., who won
a ten-calf matched roping event over Jlggs Burke of Comanche.
Okla., with a time of 176.1 Sunday afternoon In the Levelland
Rodeo Arena. Burks overall time was clocked at 204.3. The
two ropere were five seconds a part at one time during the
match. Fort alao won the Jack Pot Roping contest with 40
ropere competing. Hie time on this was 13.3.
Post Office Bandits
Receive Federal
Pen Sentence*
James Luther Lewis and Delmar
Myrl Swain of Albuquerque were
sentenced to*l federal prison terms
In Albuquerque Thursday in con-
viction of burglarizing the postof-
flces at Tatum and Loving, N. M.
U. S. District Circuit Judge Alfred
P. Murrah made the terms of both
concurrent, assessing Lewis three
years In each case and 8wain eigh-
teen months In each.
The two men were among seversl
suspects arrested by postal Inspec-
tors last month in an Investigation
of burglaries of thirty-five postof-
flces in Eastern New Mexico, West
Texas and Oklahoma.
Revival Is Held
In Sundown
L. Weyne Pitta of Artesla, N. M..
is evangelist for an old-fashioned
revival meeting, which opened at
the Assembly of God church In Sun-
down Sunday. Evening services will
be held at 7:30 o’clock each night
through April 7 at the church, which
is located two blocks south of the
Sundown school.
For the past Ove jtears Pitts has
conducted youth revivals throughout
the South, and he served a year
as young people’s director for the
state of New Mexico.
The Church of God preacher is
a graduate of Southwestern Bible
Institute, Waxahachle.
Sermon subjects tor the remain-
ing five sendees In the series in-
clude the following: “Why God’s
Believe In the Second Carn-
ot Christ,” “The Unshakeable at
1-1948,” "Does Jms Heai the sick
Today?" “What the Bible Says About
Speaking In Tongues” and The
Final State of Christian and Sin-
ner.”
L. .
eta list Republics.
Mrs. C. D. Thompson
Hosts Fairview Club
Falrvtew club members were guests
of Mrs. C. D. Thompson at Its last
meeting. The women quilted during
the afternoon.
Attending were Mines. V. O.
Weeks, Willard Patton, H. O. Janes.
A. L. Greene, Prank Mbcha. C. O.
Glenn, W. P. Janes and the host.
Mrs Nickleson was a visitor.
The club will meet April 4 with
Mrs. Weeks.
Debating Subject
Creates Interest
At Lions Meeting
Patsy Stallworth took the affir-
mative on the Interscholastic Lea-
gue debating subject, "Resolved That
Ever Able-Bodied Male Citizen In
the United States Shoud Have One
Year of Compulsory Military Train-
ing Before He Attains the Age of
24” and Marjorie Jo Luck had the
negative side at the Lions Club
meeting Thursday.
Jade Clapp, debate coach, had
charge of the debate and was In-
troduced by Jim Peeler.
54k. Clapp said that he believed
that It was certain that the sub-
ject would come to a vote of the
people. A round-table discussion
followed the debate.
The next five programs will be
In charge of Clyde New Wyatt Hanks
Jr., Tommie Phillips. Sam Thomas.
Jr., and M. C. Boyd.
T. O. Petty, county drive chair-
man of the American Red Cross,
said that the people should donate
“deeper" to the drive which endc
this month.
The club voted to order a gong
and approved of a half-page ad-
vertisement in The Herald In ob-
servance of Army Day, April 8. T.
Sgt. William J. Harl, local Army re-
cruiter,
Cion, wtv
commended the Levethtnd
their fine work
Other guests were
it*.
worth. Ray Ek Brows;
Oene Yeager, George
C Boyd. Frank Corner of
Clyde New! 8*1 Ban was a gu*
Jim Preult and Lfc*t Ledbetter,
Ford.
Lion New will likely hare a mu-
sical program Thursday.
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MOVE TO FOKT WORTH
The A A. Fralln family la movtng
from Levelland to Fort Worth, where
the former local man wUl manage a
Renfro dm*. Mr. and 1
have lived here orer 11 yearn,
Fralln has
Palace
tat
no time; Cotton Lest
Bayes, 103; Slim BI-
OS. R. L. Martin, no time;
Dee Burks 39J
For-
Hsh
34.4; Jlggs Burks, no tlm*;
een, 183; Richard Oentry.
183 Perry Prank*, no time.
Red Whatley. 16.1; Tippy McNesl,
no time; Jack Lowe. 29; Homer
nett, 253; Bob Crosby,
Pete Keeling, no time;
27.4; John Givens. 18,
Standeffer, 183.
In an exhibition steer roping.
Cotton Lee of Pecos and Bock
Thompson of Ft. Sumner, rc(MMt
in two time events, 24.4 to 59 aad
27.4 to 46.4 In another exhibition*
Dee Burks, brother of Jlggs BurkA
roped one calf In twenty seconds.
Fifty Brahma calves used in th*
show were furnished by Sheim Ha-
nerd of Plains
To open the show, the grand en-
try paraded over the field beadoS
by Elmer Barton with the Texas flag
and Bert Eads with the Unit**
States flag. Bob Robertson, area*
director and president of the Lewi'
land Rodeo Association, Inc., spon-
sor of the vent, was Introduced.
Band Boosters To
Sponsor Tag Day
For Festive Event
In preparation for the band fee-
April 18 the Sundown
sponsor Tmf
Day on April 2. Proceeds from tag
sales will defray expenses of th*
festival, said . E. Short!, Suh-
down band director
Printed tags will be
of band members, who
for
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