The Sun-News (Levelland, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 13, Ed. 1 Sunday, August 14, 1949 Page: 1 of 14
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YOUR SUNDAY
NEWSPAPER
FOR LEVELLAND, SUNDOWN,
WHITEFACE AND THE
ENTIRE SECTION
TUNE IN ON 1230
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LEVELLAND, Hockley County, TEXAS
Sunday, August 14, 1949
Number 1?
Girlstown Ground-Breaking Ceremonies Slated Saturday
Tentative Hockley Budget Set
At $646,623 For Coming Year
Preparation of the 1950 budget
-occupied the greater part of the
meeting of the commissioners
court Friday morning when the
final figure of $646,623 was esti-
mated to be the total receipts for
county funds during the calendar
year.
Of this amount, the commission-
ers estimate that the county will
Receive $475,000 in ad valorem
taxes from an estimated $50,000,-
000 taxable valuation.
The latter figure is figured on
95% collection of a $1.00 tax per
$100 valuation. County Judge La
Vern I. McCann states that in the
past few years the county has
been able to collect slightly more
than 95% of the taxes.
Additional revenue, comes from
gfees of office which are expected
to bring in a total of $71,000 to the
county till. These fees of office
include the county and district
clerk, sheriff, county attorney, tax
assessor, and various other county
precinct officers.
The biggest take, aside from the
ad valorem tax, will come
car registrations where the com-
missioners estimate $100,000 will
be the county cut.
9 Oil rentals on the county farm
amount to $9600 and the commis-
sioners have already been advised
that their portion of the state
lateral road fund will be $20,628.39
the only definite figure in the bud-
get which is scheduled to be
adopted.
On the expenditure side, the
commissioners estimate that the
jury fund will total $5671. A
w;pecial maintenance unit for the
bounty’s 192 miles of hard sur-
face roads will be allowed $34,500
for operating expenses during
1950.
The various precinct expenses,
including new construction and
maintenance of dirt roads, seal
coating hard surfaced roads and
various other costs are estimated
to total $273,124
The general fund which includes
the cost of o|>erating the county
Bench Leveling
At Horton Farm
Slated Aug. 18
The bench leveling demonstra-
tion scheduled Thursday, August
18, at the J. M. Horton farm south-
west of Whitharral will be the first
such program in the county and is
sponsored by the Hockley County
Soil Conservation district.
The demonstration will be on a
six acre tract of land to the north
of the Horton home, but a 30 acre
plat has been completed to the
south of the home.
Full appreciation of bench level-
ing can only be gained after see-
ing the practice demonstrated.
Where the land has only a slight
drop, the bench leveling is com-
paratively inexpensive. On the
Horton farm, a rise of approxi-
from niately 18 inches to the hundred
‘ foot was noted and a comparative-
ly small cost of about ten dollars
per acre has more than doubled
the value of the land.
The soil conservation service of-
fice has cooperated with the Board
of Supervisors in arranging for the
demonstration and the public is
invited to attend and see for them-
selves the benefits to be gained
from this type of soil conservation
practice.
Implement dealers have been
invited to bring their machinery to
the demonstration and several have
indicated that they would would
be, on hand.
Quiet Week Noted
In Building Permits
An exceptionally quiet week
was noted at the building permit
[desk in the city hall when only
three permits were issued total-
ing $3100.
A permit was issued August 5
for W. G. Herlin to move a 24x28
Ahe cost of o|>erating the county ! frame and stucco dwelling on lot
iiealth unit, auditor's expenses and 12, block 131, in the original town
salary, charity, library, permanent | at a co^t of $2500.
records, tax engineer, the general
maintenance of building and
(Continued on Page 2)
Mrs. Stephen N.Coy
Js Highway Victim;
Funeral Saturday
Funeral rites for Mrs. Stephen
Neal Coy are scheduled at the
Levelland Presbyterian church at
1:00 p.m. with Rev. F. K. Mullen-
dorf of Houston conducting the
services.
Mrs. Coy was killed almost in-
stantly Thursday afternoon nine
Mmles south of Seminole on high-
way 51 when the pickup truck
in which she was riding over-
turned on slick pavement during
a rainstom.
According to highway patrol-
man . H. Gilstrap, who investi-
gated the accident, Mrs. Coy was
pinned under the vehicle when it
came to rest.
Mrs. Coy and her husband were
ken to the Andrews S. Toombs
ospital in Seminole where the
Levelland woman was pronounced
dead upon arrival. Her husband’s
injuries were not serious.
The Coys have made their home
in Levelland for about three
months, where he has been em-
ployed by the Deaton Pipeline
construction company.
Survivors include her husband,
her mother, Mrs A B. Herrin of
^Mvelland, her father E. B. South-
land of Arcobia, California and a
sister, Mrs. R. E. Whitney of
Levelland.
Pallbearers named are Nat Dea-
ton, Frank Deaton, Glynn Reed,
Dan C. Parrish, R. E. Whitney and
J. K. Shtrey.
Burial will be in the Tech Mem-
orial Park, Lubbock with the
George C. Price funeral home in
of arrangements.
Two permits were issued Aki-
lino Ochoa to construct a 12x20
frame dwelling on lot 5, block
74 and lot 8 same block in the
original town. Estimated cost was
$300 each.
K
VFW Commander To
Be Legion Speaker
At Monday Meeting
Virgil Crawford district com-
mander of the Veteran’s of For-
eign Wars seventh district, will be
the principal speaker at a joint
meeting of the American Legion
and Legion Auxiliary at the Leg-
ion Hut Monday nigtyt beginning
at 8:15.
Crawford, who is a Brownfield
attorney, is a former county at-
torney of Terry county and is a
classmate of County Judge La
Vern I. McCann and County At-
torney E. W. Boedeker in the
Baylor law school.
All members of the local VFW
post have been invited to attend
the meeting by Legion Command-
er Burnie R. Carraway who said
that Crawford would discuss the
functions of the Legion and vet-
erans organizations.
A report of the American Leg-
Levelland Refinery
Superintendent Named
Appointment of two superin-
tendents for now gasoline plants
being built in West Texas by Stan-
olind Oil and Gas Company was
announced Thursday by John R.
Evans, rrianager of Stanolind’s
North Texas-New Mexico division,
at Fort Worth.
Mitt Dowlen will Ik? superin-
tendent of the Levelland plant
near Levelland, and C. J. Tighe
will have the same position at the
South Fullerton plant, near An-
drews. Both appointments arc
effective immediately. Dowlen and
Tighe will direct operations of the
plants when they are completed
early in 1950.
Dowlen transfers to Levelland
from the Hastings gasoline plant,
near Alvin, Texas, where he was
plant foreman for the past three
years. A graduate of Oklahoma
A&M College with a degree in
electrical engineering, he joined
Stanolind in 1941.
Tighe was superintendent of the
Stanolind gasoline plant, near
Ulysses, Kansas, which went into
opreation early this year. With
Stanolind since 1948, he has a BS
degree in industrial management
from Perdue University.
The Levelland plant is being
built on a 170-acre site three miles
ion state convention in Fort west of the town of Levelland.
Worth last week will be made by With ampacity oMQjmlUon cubic
the Auxiliary president, Mrs.
Charles . Lee who was a page for
the three day meeting.
Carraway also announced that a
dutch lunch would be served fol-
lowing the meeting and urged all
members and VFW members to
attend.
Corpus Christi U.
Bible Professor Is
Fairview Speaker
Dr. John W. Cobb, formerly with
Wayland college in Plainvicw and
now a Bible teacher at Corpus
Christi university, is conducting
revival services which begin at 8
o’clock Friday night at the Fair-
view Baptist church .
Worship services throughout the
nine day revival will begin at 10
o'clock in the morning, and at 8
o’clock in the evening. A prayer
service will open each evening’s
meeting, and the song service will
follow at 8:30.
Rev. D. D. Brian, pastor of the
Fairview church, will lead sing-
ing at each service, with the final
day of the meeting to be Sunday,
August 21.
feet of casinghead gas a day, the
plant will produce approximately
130,000 gallons of liquid products
daily when operating at capacity.
Ultimately, some 60 or 70 men will
be employed to operate the new
plant. Brown and Root Construc-
tion Company, Houston, is the
contractor.
The South Fullerton plant is lo-
cated 15 miles northwest of An-
drews. Its design capacity is in-
itially 38 million and ultimately 55
million cubic feet daily. When
operating at the latter rate, it will
produce some 300,000 gallons of
liquid products every 24 hours.
Jones and Laughlin Supply Com-
pany of Tulsa, Oklahoma, is build-
ing the plant, which will also em-
ploy 60 to 70 men.
These plants, to be operated by
Stanolind, are jointly-owned with
several other producers and opera -
tors in the Levelland and Fuller-
ton Fields.
From Clovis
Mrs. Bob Pettit of Clovis is
visiting here with her father, W. ,T.
Powell, and other relatives and
friends.
Plainview Site
For Regional
Jaycee Meeting
Jim St. Clair, region vice presi-
dent of the Texas Junior Chamber
of Commerce will preside over
the sixth meeting of the summer
series of state wide meetings in
Plainview August 20-21.
Ike Johnson, president of the
Levelland Jaycees said that he
expected 90 percent of the mem-
bers of the local club would at-
tend the meeting which will be
held Saturday and Sunday.
Educational meetings will be
schools designed to better acquaint
the individual members with the
different methods of civic service
through the organization. All clubs
from regions 1 and 2 are expected
to have delegates on hand.
This will include Jaycee clubs
from Perryton, Dalhart, Borger,
Pampa, Shamrock, Amarillo,
Hereford, and Tulia in region 1,
while Muleshoe, Plainview, Fliycl-
ada, Levelland, Tahoka, Little-
field, Lubbock, Lamesa, Brown-
field, Crosbyton and Abernathy
will be represented from region 2.
E. M. Kirkpatrick, Jr., Baytown,
president of the state organization,
will deliver the Keynote address
at the final meeting of the two
day event on Sunday, August 21.
Plainview Junior Chamber of
Commerce serving as host club for
the bi-regional summer meeting
will entertain some 150 Jaycee
delegates and wives with head-
quarters at the Hilton Hotel, Plain-
vicw, Texas.
Jaycees Sell Ads For
County Fair Catalog
Warren B. Wood, chairman of
the Jaycee agriculture announc-
ed this week that the Jaycees
would begin selling advertising
next week In the Hockley
County Fair catalog.
Proceeds from the advertising
will be used to finance the pre-
miums for the fair which is
scheduled to start September 15.
MISS TEXAS OF 1949 . . . Beautiful Ysleta Leissner, 19-
year-old psychology major at the University of Texas, will
represent the Lone Star, state as Miss Texas in the annual
Miss America sweepstakes in Atlantic City Sept. 5-11.
Entered as Miss Austin, she captured state honors at the
contest held in Port Arthur. She is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. F. F. Leissner of Fort Worth. (AP Photo)
Guernsey Field Day
Held At Fairgrounds
Thirteen junior judging teams | high individuals.
comprised of nearly 50 boys par-
ticipated in the Guernsey Field
Day held at the Levelland fair-
grounds Thusday with the O’Don-
nell FFA team taking top honors
in the group judging.
Registered cattle on dispaly dur-
ing the show were from seven
herds representing 150 head of
registered stock with 16 head on
hand for the show, four in each
class.
The Levelland FFA team placed
fifth in the judging contest where
the Levelland Junior Chamber of
Commerce had furnished trophies
for the seven high teams and seven
Th# Drawing A bo vs Is thearchi- the building which will provide aaid this week that applications our project. Our aim is prev*n- Many
tect’s conception of the first com- bedroom* for «4 girls. Over 600 would be considered in order ex- tion of juvenile delinquency ooncen%Jfltj
plete residence at Girlstown, near applications for admission to the cept in caaea where a home was among young girls, whose home
Whiteface. home are on file now in the office absolutely necessary to the ap- atmosphere or lack of one, is un-
Ground-breaking ceremonies of Mias Amelia Anthony, founder plicant’s welfare. favorable to
will be held Saturday morning for and director of Girlstown, who "We want people to believe In velopmeot"
Panhandle and
i1
In the individual contest, B.
Williams of the Plainview FFA
team and R. Gentry from the New
Deal FFA split first place honors.
Levelland's B. Logsden placed
third in the individual scoring and
D. Hightower from the same team
and W. Caswell of the Hockley
county 4-H team tied for seventh
placing.
In the judging contest for the
adults, M. C. Mason placed first,
A. B. Buchanan who is vice presi-
dent of the Hi Plains GBA, placed
second and Johnny Brooks placed
third for the men.
The three top women judges
were Mrshe Hershell White, first;
Mrs. Elva Dean, second; and Mrs.
Margaret Throckmorton, third.
By coincidence, the three women
were just behind the three top men
in the over all contest with the
other men in the contest placing
below the women who placed
fourth, fifth, fend sixth in the
whole show. No team judging
was held for the adults.
W. B. Buchanan of Brownfield
had two cattle in the show, K. C.
Teaff of Ropesville had two, R. H.
White of Sudan had three, S. O.
Ellis of Earth had two, C. E.
Throckmorton of Whitharral had
two, P. B. and Ralph Harbin had
three, and Joe Harbin of Whit-
harral had two.
Seven high individual placlngs
among the junior Judges were: B.
Williams of Plainview and R. Gen-
try of New Deal, tied for first; B.
Logsden of Levelland, third; J.
Bridges of Castro 4-H, fourth; W.
Dabney and R. Handcock at O’-
Donnell, tied for fifth; and B.
Hightower of Levelland and Wini-
fred Caswell of Hockley Tour H,
tied for seventh.
Teams scoring were:
O’Donnell, first; Castro ♦#, sec-
ond; Plainview, third; New Deal,
fourth; Levelland, fifth; Plains,
sixth and Dimmitt, seventh.
Teams entering the contest were
from: /“'ft
Plains, Pettit, Anton, Whitharral
Dimmitt; Sundown,
Olton, Levelland, New Deal,
4H, O’Donnell,
About 1M
Field Day
missions and
Ground-breaking ceremonies for
Girlstown’s first residence, a 32-
room structure of plaster and stuc-
co, asbestos-shingled, are to be
held Saturday morning at the
home, near Whiteface.
Miss Amelia Anthony, founder
and director, expressed pleasure
Thursday that the ceremony would
be held on August 13, since from
the home’s inception, the lucky
symbol of its operation has been
the number 13.
Men from Plainview and Lub-
bock have donated their work in
constructing the residence com-
pletely without cost to Girlstown.
The men are from labor union or-
ganizations in the two towns. 11
C. J. Lightholder of Lubbock,
business manager and secretary of
the Builders Trade Unions there,
said Friday that the response of
his men to the suggestion that they
aid in the project was ‘‘out of this
world.”
Lightholder emphasized, how-
ever, that the work was NOT a
union job, and that any laborer
who wished to donate his time to
the structure which will house 64
additional members of the Girls-
town family, would be welcomed.
“This is a donation to the home,
of the individual working man,”
he declared.
Carpenters and laborets win at-
tend the ceremonies Saturday and
begin immediately afterward to
dig the foundation and make the
forms for It.
Master plumbers from surround^
ing cities will furnish the “rough-
ing in,” i.e. the sewer pipe; jour-
neymen plumbers will do the
work. Plumbing supply houses in
Lubbock and Plainview will fur-
nish the fixtures free of charge,
Cost Is About $125,000
Cost of the furnished residence
is estimated at $125,000, none of tU
which financial burden will .-be. i-i
borne by Girlstown.
With the minute exception of
15,000 feet of lumber to furnish fS
joists and part of the foundation
of the building, all materials have
been donated for the complete
36’ x 288’ structure.
“We still lack that much lum-
ber,” Miss Anthony said Thursday.
Connecting baths in the resi-
dence will be shared by girls in
two bedrooms, with the rooms to
measure 11’ x 14’. Closets (two in
each room) will be four leet
square, and bathrooms will mea-
sure 6’ x 8’.
Initial steps in erection of The J
Barn at Girlstown will begin as
soon as possible, Miss Anthony
said, in order that the residence
and The Barn may be erected si-
multaneously.
Further Plans
According to long-range plans
for the sponsors of Girlstewn,
there will be 7 buildings altogether
in the project, with the structures
arranged in horseshoe shape. Ar-
chitectural plans are being made
now which will show the project
as it will be in 10 years.
Miss Anthony declared in effect
that nation-wide interest in the*
project has been evidenced, since
contact messages have been re-
ceived from the president of the
National Broadcasting comfiany I
who wished to arrange a broad-
cast from the site.
This broadcast may take place f
in the immediate future, Mis* An-
thony revealed.
The editors of Life magazine al-
so have asked for permission for a
spread in their weekly pic publi-
cation, as soon as the director feels
the time is propitious. Min An- <3
thony has indicated that decision
upon this matter will be made as
soon as possible after the present .'ig
residence is completed. _
Two Convicted LLV
In County Court;
One Acquittal Seen
Two convictions were returned a
in county court this week as Weil .,jJ
as one acquittal, fend the fourth
case to be tried was postponed.
Cecil Baker was charged with
the transportation of liquor and
was fined $300 by the jury. % N. -
McNutt was charged with.
Whiskey and the court set hlgj
at $200 and thirty days in
Si
(9
Leslie Watson who was
with the possession of
sale was acquitted. Wi
hi* own case before ti
six men. • - %
Also in county court
Jack C.
a
Plainview, of**
eel, Castro 1-
3H.
court by
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The Sun-News (Levelland, Tex.), Vol. 10, No. 13, Ed. 1 Sunday, August 14, 1949, newspaper, August 14, 1949; Levelland, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1117694/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting South Plains College.