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VOLUME
FEATURING THE
LEVELLAND,. HOCKLEY COUNTY, TEXAS
Sunday, Januory 21, 1951
PAGES TODAY
Level I and VFW Post
To Greet National
Commander Here
Levelland is one of 20 Texas
cities that will be honored by
an appearance of the VFW na-
tional commander -in - chief,
Charles C. Ralls, Seattle, Wash.,
ir\ a whirlwind tour of the state
this week.
Commander Ralls, together with
Texas commander J. T. Ruther-
ford, Odessa, and several other
high ranking VFW members will
be in Levelland at 9:30 Wednesday
morning for a "coffee stop.”
flails, an ex-U. S. Marine Corps
V^Ufr*an of two “hitches” includ-
ing Combat service, is in Texas in
conjunction with the Annual Mid-
ifehter Membership Roundup and
Oouncil of Administration meet-
ing at Lufkin, Jan. 20 and 21. The
meeting is a Texas Department af-
fair- during which awards will be
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made to post commanders and in-
„ • dividuals in the most successful
' membership campaign in many
j years.
. Hall’s tour of Texas cities will
begin immediately after the meet-
ing and will include visits to
Bfownwood, Lubbock and Ama-
rillo for overnight stops, and short
visits at Marlin, Sweetwater,
Pliinview, Waco, Gatesville, Ris-
ing Star, Cisco, Abilene, Snyder,
Post, Slaton, Littlefield, Hale Cen-
ter, Tulia and Canyon.
a.Ted Reese, local James Oliver
McDonald post commander, has
made arrangements for a huge
welcome, to the state and national
Officers even though their stop
h|erc will be brief. He has issued
sin ipvitation to VFW officers and
rijerpbers of posts all over the area
tjr be in Levelland to meet these
men:' ‘
"■ A- Tuesday night radio address
at.< Lubbock during his stopover
there features Commander Ralls'
visit to this area. VFW area mem-
bers are specifically invited to at-
tend the meeting at the Lubbock
Post 2466, with the speech slated
for 8 p.m.
Commander Ralls’ home is lo-
cated at Woodinville, Wash., but
he maintains his law offices in
Seattle as a member of the firm
of Ralls and Burns. He was orig-
inally a native of Montana, having
been born at Missoula, Mont., and
attending Gonzaga High school
. and university dt Sookane, Wash.
Texas Commander Rutherford,
the youngest man ever to head
the Texas VFW organization, is
also an ex-Marine. He graduated
from Odessa High school and then
attended Sul Ross college and
Baylor university. He is a two-
term representative of the Texas
Legislature from the 88th Dis-
trict. He is a member of the Paul
G. Mahoney Post 4372, Odessa.
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NEW JACKETS FOR JUNIOR LOBOS
. . . Thursday afternoon Levelland Jun-
ior High football players were awarded
their 1950 season scarlet and black
jackets by Coaches Buford Parmer and
Bill Vardeman at the Junior High aud-
itorium Short talks were made by Supt
ior High principal. Also awarded a jac-
ket was Miss Patricia Bowman, Jur\ior
High football qtjeen. Standing, front
row, left to right, Jimmy Cox, Bruce
Durham, Sammy Buchanan, Kirby Rog-
ers, co-captain, Eugene Bentley, cap-
____ , tain, Miss Bowman, Willie Henson, co-
O. W Marcom and J. G. Nipper, Jun-1 captain, Doyle Bradshaw, Verner Pace
and Kenneth Basye, manager. Second
row, left to right, Assistant Coach Bill
Vardeman, Jerry Atchison, Leroy Wil-
liamson, Rex Pirtle, Bobby Odell, Billy
Bob Staggs, Jerry McMillan, Daryl An-
derson, Kennard Gilberth, Donnie Win-
sor, manager, Nipper and Marcom.
Third row, left to right, Hea/d Coach
Hunt No. 1 Misses
Reef in Ropes Field
Nelson Bunker Hunt No. 1 D.
N. Shropshire, wildcat explora-
tion five and three-quarters miles
south of the Ropes-Pennsylvanian
field in Southeast Hockley Coun-
ty, apparently has missed the reef
which produces in the above field,
and operator is now drilling the
project “tight.”
At last report, the wildcat was
being drilled below 10,360 feet in
an unidentified^ formation.
The well, which was started out
to go to 9,700 feet to test the Penn-
sylvanian, is located 2,264 feet
from east and 567 feet from north
'ines of labor 18, league 9, Donley
County school land survey.
It is not known to what depth
January
Parmer, Leroy Bishop, Garry Lawhon,
Dean McCasland, Velton White, Geor
ge Branch, James Kauffman, Aubrey
Mays, Mack Freeman, Myron Feitz and
Doyle Criswell. Also to receive jackets,
but absent, were Charles Fitts, Allen
Simpson and H. A. Cowan
(Herald-Sun-News Photo)
More Than 1,000
Hear Lobo Band
In Concert Here
More than 1,000 persons attend-
ed the annual winter concert of
both the Levelland Lobo Senior
and Junior bands Thursday night
in the Senior High auditorium.
The Junior band opened the
concert playing a number of se-
lections including:
“Hilltoppers,” a march, Yoder;
“Evangeline,” overture, Buchtel;
“Normal,” “Saskatchewan,” over-
ture, Homes; “Symbol of Honor,”
march, Mesang; “Three Melodies
From the Magic Flute,” Mozart;
“Power," a march, Bennett; “Three
Bears,” a comedy sketch, Long.
Miss Sandra Brown was the
narrator, for the “Three Bears.”
The group also played as their
final number, “Our Director,” a
march, Biglow.
The Senior bandt played:
“Emblem of Unity, concert
march, Richards; “King John,"
concert march, Moehlman; Amer-
ican Folk Rhapsody base on four
songs, "My Little Mohec,” “Shan-
tyman’s Life,” “Sourwood Moun-
tain” and "Sweet Betsy from
Pike,” Grundman.
“Children’s March.” m a re h ,
Goldman; "Stormy Wqpther," fan-
tasy, Bennett; “Deep South,”
rhapsody, Isaac and Lillya; “Izc-
na,” popular, Lang; Canta Sur-
riento,” Castillicci; Eldorado,”
Paso Doble, Caneva; "Dry Bones,”
swing novelty, Yoder; “Manhat-
tan Beach,” march, Sousa,, and the
national anthem.
Two New
Hockley County
Eleven Completions
Locations Reported
and
from
Seven
Field
Robert G. Hart
Completes T raining
Word was received here last
week that Robert Glyndale Hart
of Ropesville recently completed
recruit training at the Naval
Training center, San Diego, Calif.
He is now ready for assignment
to a fleet unit or to one of the
Navy's schools for specialized
training, it was said.
During the recruit period, young
Hart underwent drill in such sub-
jects as signaling, navigation, basic
ordnance and seamanship.
W. R Wheeler Speaks to Lions
At Regular Thursday Meeting
W. R. Wheeler, director of band
music in the Levelland schools,
told briefly of the band program
at the Lions club meeting Thurs-
day noon.
Wheeler pointed out that the
band had won sweepstakes for the
last two years at the regional con-
test at West Texas State in Can-
yon.
He said that the band was mak-
ing plans to attend the Tri-State
Band festival in Enid, Okla., later
during the school year.
Wally Gravitt, drum major of
the band, played a solo.
Hubert Rutherford, who was
hi charge of the program, intro-
duced Wheeler.
Miss Betty Jean Neves was in-
troduced as the Lioness of the1
week by O. W. Marcom.
Miss Necves was an attendant
to campus queen last October,
Junior High football queen, and
“Miss^ Jaycce of 1950.”
First National Bank and Piggl.v
Wiggly agreed to sponsoring the
printing of the tickets' for the
Lions club minstrel Feb. 12 and
13. 1
Herbert Jackson spoke briefly,,
on the Texas Lions League for
Crippled Children to be located
at Kerrville.
The club bought a $100 mem-
bership and a number of mem-
bers have purchased $10 member-
ships in the Texas Lions club
project.
Rev. Charles Brown was a re-
iiistated member.
During the last seven days 11
new completions and seven new
locations were reported to the Oil
and Gas Division* of the Railroad
Commission of Texas.
The Levelland field of Cochran
County received eight of the new-
ly completed producers and the
Slaughter field of Cochran had
one new producer.
The Hockley County side of the
Levelland field gained two new
oilers.
Hockley County listed five new
locations and one amended appli-
cation.
Two new drillsites were report-
ed in Cochran County. That coun-
ty also received two amended.lo-
cations.
Completions, Levelland Field
Hockley County
Magnolia No. 25 Maple Willson
Account 3, 660 feet from west and
058.5 feet from south lines of labor
4, league 41, Maverick CSL survey
pumped six hours to make a cal-
culated 24-hour potential of 71
barrels of 29-gravity oil. Gas-oil
ratio was too small to measure.
Total fluid recovered was cut with
40 per cent water.
The pa-y formation between 4,-
880 feet and 4,968 feet was treated
with 18,500 gallons of acid.
I. T. Shotwell et al of Lubbock
No. 1 P. O. Smith made a 24-hour
potential of 124.8 barrels of oil.
This was based on actual pump-
ing production during eight hours.
Gas-oil ratio was 761-1.
The.pay zone at 4,773-4,815 feet
was acidized with 20,000 gallons.
Location is 440 feet from south
and west lines of lease in section
5, league 66, Hardeman CSL sur-
vey.
Completions, Levelland Field
Cochran County
DcKalb No. 9 Reed-Wright es-
tate, 440 feet from north and 15,-
572.4 feet from east lines of lease
in labor 24, league 96, Mills CSL
survey, pumped 24 hours and
made an initial production of
51.06 barrels of 39.6-gravity oil.
Ten per cent of the total fluid re-
covered was water. Gas-oil ratio
was 3.5-1.
Pay section at 4,915-4,955 feet
was acidized with 11,000 gallons.
United Development No. 14
Reed-Wright, 440 feet from west
and 540 feet from north lines of
labor 19, league 98, Brewster
CSL survey, pumped 24 hours and
4made an initial production of
82.50 barrels of 30-gravity oil.
Gas-oil ratio was 162-1. No water
was present.
Pay zone at 4-845-4,887 feet
was acidized with 20,000 gallons.
United Development No. 5 Reed-
Wright, 440 feet from south and
100 feet from west lines of labor
21, league 98, Brewster CSL sur-
vey made a 24-hour pumping po-
tential of 91 barrels of oil. Gravity
of the petroleum was 30 degrees.
No water was present. Gas-oil
ratio was 170-1.
Pay formation at 4,860-4,905
feet was treatad with 20,000 gal-
lons of acid.
United Development No. 9 Reed-
Wright, 498 feot irom West uud
1,084 feet from south lines of labor
20, league 98, Brewster CSL sur-
vey pumped 24 hours to make an
initial production of 93 barrels of
30-gravity oil. No water was pres-
ent. Gas-oil ratio is 164-1.
The pay section between 4,850
feet and 4,891 feet was acidized
with 20,000 gallons.
United Development No. 15
Reed-Wright pumped 24 hours
and made a potential of 88 barrels
of oil. Gas-oil ratio was 160-1.
No water was present. Gravity
of the petroleum was 30 degrees.
Pay formation at 4,845-4-887
feet was treated with 20,000 gal-
lons of acid. ,
It is located 1,347 feet from west
and 540 feet from north lines of
labor 20, league 98, Brewster CSL
survey.
United Development No. 10
(See LOCATIONS, Page 3)
Sundown Lions to Sponsor
Magician Show for Scouts
SUNDOWN (Spl.)—At the reg- j ing an active part in the political
ular weekly Lions club meeting i life of our country.
held Tuesday at the Community
house, George McClusky, a Lub-
bock attorney, spoke on “The Re-
sponsibilities and Duties of the
People to Maintain Our Freedom.”
His talk was given at the request
of the State Bar association.
McClusky stated that it has be-
come more necessary each day
for everyone to assume their du-
ties as citizens by voting and tak-
Public School
Week Will Be
Observed Here
Hockley, Yoakum, Cochran and
Terry County schools will join
in the statewide observance of
Public School Week, beginning
March 5, with lodges and civic
groups cooperating with the
schools in the program. %
Purpose of the special week
will be to better acquaint the gen-
eral public with school activities
and strike a greater appreciation
for the democratic form of gov-?
ernment.
School officials and Masonic
lodge members were in attendance
Wednesday night at a banquet
held here in the Wayne’s Restau-
rant.
Lodges represented were Mor-
ton, Meadow, Brownfield, Sun-
down, Anton, Levelland, Plains
and Denver City.
During the business session un-
der the direction of Lion president
Guy Blevins, it was decided to
sponsor a majiejan show which
will be held at the high school
auditorium in Sundown. The pro-
ceeds from this show will go as a
benefit to the Boy Scouts.
Thme program chairman for the
next meeting will be Orville John-
son.
The_ following members were
present: J. Q. Akin, R. P. Brou-
thertin, H. Denton, Guy Blevins,
H. R. Elledge, G. T. Harris, R. E.
Horne, Billy Key, J. W. LaMar,
H. L. Nunnelly, E. F. Oden, Matt
Thomas, Dewey Waggoner, O. W.
Gordon, R. C. Bearden, Bill Sell-
ers, Bishop Craddock, E. E. Smith,
and the guest speaker, McClusky.
Mrs. Frank Hunt's
Father Dies Here
Friday Morning
Funeral services for Andrew
Guy Hemphill, 72, of Morton, who
died in the Phillips-Dupre hos-
pital at 2:30 o’clock Friday morn-
ing, will be held Saturday morn-
ing at 10 o’clock at the Morton
Methodist church.
Burial will be in the Llano
cemetery in Amarillo Saturday
afternoon under tne direction of
the George C. Price Funeral home.
Mr. Hemphill was in the in-
surance and loan business in Mor-
ton.
Survivors include his wife; five
.sons, Rev. Kenneth R. of McAllen,
Floyd of Amarillo, Darell of
Brownsville, Gayle of Phillips,
and Don D. of Odessa; two daugh-
ters, Mrs. Frank Hunt, Levelland.
and Mrs. Dick Whittenburg of
Amarillo; 14 grandchildren; one
brother, Ross, Haskell; three sis-
ters, Mrs. Preuit Perkins of Flor-
ence, Mis. Emma Steadman of
El Paso and Mrs. Ida .Miller of
Lubbock.
Two Levelland
Teachers Resign
Two teachers in the Levelland
schools have recently resigned,
Supt. O. W. Marcom announced
Friday morning.
Warren B. Woods, vocational'ag-
riculture instructor in Senior
High, will leave next week for
Fort Stockton.
Neil Smith Jr., mathematics
teacher in Junior High, will also
leave.
Deadline Nears
With Only 1,315
Poll Taxes Paid
Hockley Countians had paid
1,315 poll taxes by 11 o’clock
Friday morniTtp in the tax as-
sessor-collector's office, accord-
ing to J. L. Price, chief deputy.
The report Friday is only 273
more than the Jan. 10 figures of
1,042.
Voters rre expected to rush to
the office to pay their poll taxes
by Jan. 31, the deadline, Price
said.
1951 Building
Permits Climb
To $39,360 Mark
Climbing swiftly toward the
first $50,000 mark in 1951 were
Levelland’s building permits this
week after a busy Monday that
saw three permits totaling $19,860
worth of construction registered.
Througr Monday, the 1951 fig-
ures showed $39,360 worth of
planned construction on six in-
dividual permits. Each of the
four new additions to the list
during the past week were for
private dwellings.
Permit for a $6,000 frame dwell-
ing on lot 6, block 6, of the Elders
First Addition has been issued to
C. H. Tramel. The building called
for will measure 30x34 feet.
Monday’s three permits were is-
sued to H. C. Harrison for a 26x
18 foot frame home in lot 3 w/2-2
of block 7 in the Elders addition
to the tune of $7,000; a $4,000, 16x
40 foot dwelling of unnamed ma-
terial to M. E. Timberlake, on lot
10, block 163, of the S. S. addi-
tion; and finally, a frame 35x39
foot dwelling for Maurice Brasher
valued at $8,860 on lot 12, block
171 of the SL S. addition.”
the operator intends to carry the
exploration.
It did not show for any signs
of possible production in any for-
mation drilled thus far.
Hu/nole 1 Jll Sc Refining com-
pany No. 1 Hulse, possible second
producer for the Anton, west field
of Central-North Hockley County,
is waiting for pump to be in-
stalled so completion can be made.
Operator will complete the proj-
ect from perforations at 6,592-
6,662 feet opposite the Clear Fork.
Those perforations have been
washed with 500 gallons of acid.
The Humble No. 1 Hulse is one-
quarter mile west of the same
operator’s No. 1 Hobgood, discov-
• ery well of the field, and 660 feet
from the south and east lines of
labor 9, section 693.
In the Ropes field, Honolulu Oil
corporation and Signal Oil St Gas
company No. 2 Burleson is drill-
ing below 7,236 feet.
The prospector is nearing the
expected pay horizon, which is
around 9,309 feet.
Location is 694 feet from north
and west lines of labor 13, league
5, Wilbarger County school land
|survey.
' Another Ropes project, the same
concern’s No. 3 Underwood, Is
digging below 6,857 feet. Its drill-
site is 694 feet from south and
west lines of labor 13, same league
and survey. /
Honolulu St Signal No. 1 Mon-
roe, west of production in the
Ropes field, Is progressing below
6,993 feet.
The prospector is being dug 694
feet from south and east lines of
labor 7, league 5, Wilbarger Coun-
ty school land survey.
A fourth Ropes prospector,
Honolulu it Signal No. Unde
wood is drilling below 4,141
Its drillsite is 694 feet
north and west lines of la-
league 5, Wilbarger County
land survey.
(See HUNT, Page 3
All of these permits were regis-
tered at the office of City Secre-
tary L. E. Mabe.
Mutual Concert Program Slated
For Levelland Tuesday Night
The Levelland High school audi-
torium will be turned into a South
American playground, a glimpse
of sunny Spain, and a tribal In-
dian camp alternately Tuesday
night, Jan. 23, when Teresita and
Emilio Osta appear here in the
second season presentation of the
Mutual Concert association.
The famed brother and sister
team, she of the nimble feet and
Search Underway
For Lions Club
Minstrel Tale»t
A search for talent is now un-
derway for the Levelland Lions
club minstrel set for Feb. 12 and
13 in the Senior High auditorium.
Dr. Bob J. Roberson, general
chairman, has announced.
Any person who sings or per-
forms any kind of act is urged
to contact Herbert Jackson, talent
chairman; Wayne Robiaon, talent
director, Dr. Roberson or Lola H.
Vestal.
Adirector from Hollywood will
arrive here Jan. 27 and a talent
party will be given Jan. 29, for
the members of the cast.
An advance sale of tickets will
go on sale in. a few days.
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Jjfe
he of the equally nimble fingers,
will present a program of authen-
tic Latin-American music and
dance. The program will get un-
derway at 7:30.
The talented pair, who have
toured the continent with their
program, will offer something en-
tirely different to local concert
members who enjoyed the sing-
ing of Helen Clayton and Howard
Jarratt in the first concert of the
season some three months sfgo.
Carefully lifting the dances and
the music from actual experiences
in South America, their authen-
ticity goes unchallenged.
The program is one of five to
be presented this season to the
association’s 900 members. Fol-
lowing during the next three
months, the concert association
will present Lillian Kallir, pian-
ist; Sigurd Raschef, saxophonist;
and the Don Cossack chorus.
Mrs. Alvin Cealey is president
of the lock]
Charles Hie
Howard Vaughan serves as treas-
urer. Following the custom of the
association, no tickets will be
placed on sale for any of these
concerts. All tickets were sold
on a seasonal basis before the
sttlectluo uf performer* waa made.
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fcl concert group, Mrs^
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Senator Corbin
Introduces Bill
To Redistrict /
ng oLTex-
rtgL/which
ltv ’ thnlilH
TCRE8ITA Oft A
Legislative redisricting
as’ 30th senatorial d&tf
includes Hockley CountyTshould
result in at least double repre-
sentation for the people of the 24
counties in the district.
That is the opinion of Sen. Kil-
mer B. Corbin of Lubbock, based
on his study of population figures
and poll tax payments in the 24
counties.
Sen. Corbin is a co-author with
Sen. Rogers Kelley of Edinburg of
the senatorial redistricting bill
filed as Senate Bill 1 in the 52nd
Legislature.
A House of Representatives re-
districting bill was scheduled for
introduction as soon as the House
started taking bills. Separate bill
must be passed for revamping sen-
atorial and house districts.
Sen. Cbrbin pointed out that
the senate bill, as introduced, does
not yet specify what counties
would make up the various dis-
tricts in what is now his 30th
senatorial district. Only single-
county districts (Jefferson, Dallas,
Tarrant, Bexar and Harris) are
specifically mentioned, with the
exception of Sen. KeUey’s own
district which the bill specifies
would Include three Lower Rio
Grande Valley counties.
“In that way, the people and
their representatives can have
their say as to what counties
should be included in the various
districts,” the former Dawson
County Judge, who was elected to
the Senate in 1948, explained.
“We are not In the position of
having an author of a bill trying
to tell us Just how we should re-
district but are given a chance to
work ft out for ouraelvea.”
While House redistrictlng must
be done on the basis of popula-
| lion, the Constitution provides
that senatorial districts are to be
divided according to the number
I of qualified voters. On the basts
of last year’s poll tax payments
and exemptions, Sen. Corbin esti-
mates that the present 30th di»-
trict is entitled to nearly two aeo- vm
ators instead of ono. And on the
basis of the House]
the counties are entitled to
’or eight representatives
their prefent three or |
on use of overlapping dli
is impossible to say
how many repraa
dUtift buw uas.
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