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ASSOCIATED PRESS (AP)
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1958
10 dead as blizzard cripples northern plains
New elementary school “"JJ
rolls info Canada
facilities discussed
A Day
In The
SUN
BY ORUN BREWER
Levelland seems to have be -
come a gathering place for gov-
venors ot one kind or another.
Texas Governor Price Daniel de-
dicated South Plains College on
Nov. 2, and the event rated
stories in daily papers all over
Texas. District Rotary Governor
Burnett Roberts picked th*s week
for his official visit to his home
club here in Levelland and was
honored at a sumptious dinner at
the country club Monday night.
The Levelland Lions Club, cele-
brating tr.e 20th anniversary of its
founding, was also visited Tues-
day by District Governor Bill
Hunter of Amarillo.
But that doesn’t exactly end the
governor parade. The Texas-Okla-
homa District governor of Kiwanis
International will be on hand in
Levelland on Dec. 5 for the charter
night presentation for the city’s
newest civic club.
Of course, in Roberts, Levelland
has a permanent-resident gover-
nor.
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Chamber of Commerce Man.
ager Bob Walker tells us the
credit for bringing the Thurs-
day night Whitharral-New Deal
bi-district football clash to Lev-
elland goes to San Andres
Hotel Manager Bill Oliver,
Supt. O. W. Marconi and
:
Quarterback President
rest Weimhold.
The chamber, Itself, also had
a hand in It.
Wdty should a community
“knock itself out” to bringing
a bi-district game of a neigh-
boring town to their city?
For the most part, it is
simply a demonstration of
friendship and good will to-
ward the people of Whitharral.
But then again, a lot of
people simply love football, and
it brings us another good foot-
ball game this week, an ap-
propriate warmup for Friday
night's leather-popper with Lit-
tlefield.
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Friends of Pete Jackson, co-
owner w'ith Roscoe Wilson of P&R
Tire and Motor Company, have
raised a total of around $1,500
to aid the critically ill Levelland
resident, who has undergone sev-
eral brain tumor operations and
faces new surgery this week.
Jackron, brother of Mrs. Gor-
don McMillan and possibly other
Levelland residents, is in Metho-
dist Hospital in Lubbock.
Clyde Allsup (Ph. 4-3422) and
Edd C. Conkin (Ph. 4-2169) are
sponsoring the Jackson fund and
anyone who would like to con -
tribute is invited to contact one
of them.
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•lust in case you hadn’t
noticed how close Christmas
is, the Levelland Daily Sun
News has received its first
Santa Claus letter — from
Judy Taylor, 211 Hickory
Street. It’s probably the first
of many, all of which will be
with us.
Christmas, at this writing,
is only 37 calendar days and
30 shopping days away.
CROSSROADS
REPORT
I see where some labor off!
cials are in favor of a profits
tax, which my savvy neighbor
says they likely figure only peo-
ple in business would have to
pay.
But he says they might get
foiled on this point on account
of wage-workers all made a
profit, too, and would likely
have to pay taxes on same.
Says the difference is profit
when a man sells his time for
more than the cost of enough
beans to keep him from starv-
ing, a gunny-sack to keep him
from freezing, and a little FHA
bush to sleep under.
I>. E. SCOTT
It’s not “whether” but apparent-
ly “where and how” new elemen-
tary schools to take care of Level-
land’s expanding population of
young people will be built, mem-
bers of the Cactus PTA were told
in a special panel discussion of
school facility problems Monday
night.
Members of the panel included
Supt. O. W. Marcom, Board Vice
President Mrs. C. G. Dunn, Cac-
tus Principal L. F. Rawson, Cham-
ber Manager Bob Walker, and lo-
cal editor Orlin Brewer.
Marcom and Rawson presented
an analysis of elementary school
enrollment at the present time and
enrollment growth of Levelland
schools since the 1949-50 school
year.
Marcom pointed out that student
enrollment had grown from around
2.400 in 1949 to a peak of 3,000
students this year. Increases were
noted every school year except 1953-
54, during a drouth period when
2,572 students were enrolled and
in 1955-56, when average enroll-
ment dropped off 37 students from
the 2,738 reported for the 1954-55
(NEW SCHOOL—Page 7)
ALLOWABLE IS HIKED
12-day pattern set
for oil in December
By ED OVERHOLSER
AUSTIN (AP)—The Texas Rail-
road Commission today hiked the
December statewide oil allowable
by 105,094 barreis a day* fixing
the permissive flow at 3,147,506
barrels a day.
The allowable was based on a
12-day production plan compared
to 11 days in November.
Two out of three of the major
crude buying companies, along
w'ith most of the independents, rec-
Football players,
coaches, boosters
to eat togeather
Members of the Levelland
Quarterback Club, lathers of
I»bo football players and other
local men interested will eat
lunch Wednesday with the lev-
elland Lobo football players
and their coaches-a* the San
Andres Hotel.
The event, which is sanction-
ed by the levelland Quarter-
back Club but which is being
paid for on an Individual basis
as each booster will pay for his
own meal plus that of a play-
er or coach — a total of $4.00—
will be a very informal af-
fair. Purpose of the luncheon
is to give (lie football boys,
coaches and fans an opportun-
ity to visit together.
In order that the luncheon
will not conflict with school
activities, it will begin at 11:45
and end at 12:45. A menu of
steak with all the trimmings
is on schedule. The program
will be very short with talks
by llcnd Football Coach John-
nie Hickman and Rev. Maple
Avery, pastor ol the First Bap-
tist Church. Invocation will be
given by Bill McKenzie, State
President of the Student Coun-
cils of Texas as well as presi-
dent of the Levelland High
School student council.
“We cordially Inv.te and
urge attendance by as many
members of the la-velland
Quarterback Club, fathers of
football players and other in-
terested local men as pos-
sible,” Forrest Weimhold, pre-
sident of the Quarterback Club
stated. “Because of the time
(FOOTBALL PLAYERS—Page 7)
ommended that the commission
hold the allowable down on the
11-day pattern. However, the four
big purchasers recommending 12
days comprised about 37 per cent
of the total statewide production.
,Jake Hamon of Dallas, repre-
senting independent oil producers,
said that a warmer winter in the
north had thrown the calculations
off and there was ample supplies
of crude, gasoline and products.
He warned of the possibility that
the state might return to the situa-
tion it found itself in for many
months following the Suez Canal
crisis.
“We don’t want to slide back
into the ditch from where we
came. We’ve got all but one wheel
back on the road. We could so
easily get back to the mud of un-
connected wells and increased
trucking.” Hamcn said. He rec-
ommended 11 days.
Nominations by companies: 12
days. Indiana, Humble, Cities j tumw-a
Service and Texas; 11 days, Sin-
clair. Magnolia, Atlantic, Phillips,
Continental, Standard of Texas
(12 DAY OIL—Page 7)
WT chamber men
end convention
The Chamber of Commerce Man-
agers of West Texas closed out
their annual convention here Sun-
day after voting to merge their
future conventions with the year-
ly WTCC short course.
The short course will not sup-
plant any of the convention, but
simply will be held during a con-
tiguous period to eliminate the
necessity of two convention trips
a year.
The CCMAWT convention —with
a total of 96, including 49 mana-
gers registered — also asked that
the short course be held in the
spring, rather than in the fall.
New officers elected at the fin-
al session Sunday included Charlie
Young of Plainview, president;
Jack Pridgeon of Pecos, vice pre-
sident ; Grady Elder of Snyder,
| secretary - treasurer;, and Jimmy
Lovall of Dumas, editor of
CCMAWT News.
Retiring president of the organ-
ization is John Killough of Gra-
ham.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP)
Blizzard conditions crippled the
northern Plains today as a storm
rolled slowly into Canada leaving
much of mid-America covered
with drifted snow, tornado litter
and rain-swollen streams.
At least 10 deaths w'ere attrib-
uted to one of the earliest major
w’inter storms in Weather Bureau
history—.a turbulence that swept
from Texas and Louisiana to Min-
nesota and Wisconsin, from the
slopes of the Rockies to the Mis-
sissippi River.
The storm center moved to the
Minnesota-Canadian border over-
night and w'as expected to pass
into western Ontario by evening,
resulting in diminishing winds and
generally improving conditions
over the northern Plains late to-
night.
Heavy snow drifting was report-
ed over the Dakotas and north-
west Minnesota, making road
travel hazardous.
Temperatures dropped to 21 be-
low at Alamosa in south central
Colorado, 12 below at Flagstaff,
Ariz., and 6 below at Zuni, N. M.
and Bryce Canyon, Utah. Low
readings from Texas to Illinois
were mostly in the 20s and 30s
but the temperatures sagged to 7
above at Goodland, Kan., and 12
at Dalhart. Tex.
A band of rain and scattered
thunderstorms stretched from the
Gulf Coast in Texas to the Ohlo-
Michigan border, marking the ad-
vance edge of the cold air.
A few show flurries continued
over the Rockies. Rain began
moving into the Northwest again,
with snow over interior of Wash-
ington and Oregon. .L;- ... -5. 1
Highway accidents caused three
deaths in Missouri, two in Colo-
rado and one in South Dakota.
Tornadic winds battered three
areas in Iowa. The winds dam-
aged buildings in the business
district of Elkader and more than
12 farms in the Grinnell and Ot-
There
WHITHARRAL, NEW DEAL TO CLASH HER ETHURSDAY NIGHT
Levelland will host playoff
Levelland will host the first area
playoff game as the Panthers of
Whitharral go against the New
Deal Lions at Lobo Stadium Thurs-
day at 7:30 p.m.
The selection of the Levelland
stadium came by mutual agree-
ment of officials from both schools.
Offers were made by Plainview
Littlefield and other towns but
Whitharral and New Deal repre-
sentatives agreed on Levelland for
financial reasons since both schools
are closer to Levelland than other
towns making offers.
The offer made by Levelland
Chamber of Commerce and Quar-
terback Club officials provides,
free of charge, the use of the field,
ambulance service, ticket sellers
and trophies.
Chamber President Bob Walker
says the agreement alsp provides
for rooms at the San Andrew to be
used as a “base of operations”
for cheerleaders to change into
their uniforms.
Walker says that a complete fin-
ancial statement will be prepared
after the proceeds are in and the
money will be split between the
(CITY TO HOST—Page7)
REMINISCE ABOUT ROTARY
areas.
were no
Charter member Percy Cole (right), pres-
ident of the Levelland Rotary Club dur-
ing 1935 and 1936, when district governor
Burnett Roberts (center) became a, mem-
ber, reminisces with Roberts ana cur-
rent president Hal Joplin as they discuss
Robert’s official visit to the Levelland
Club. Roberts, honored at . a dinner Mon-
day night at the Levelland Country Club,
met with the club council later in the even-
ing and with the club at its regular noon
meeting Tuesday.
known fatalities and only four per- |
sons with minor injuries.
Hopes faded in Arizona for the [
safety of three Boy Scouts missing j
since Saturday in the snow-cov-j
ered and bitter cold Santa Rita j Two persons were injured, at
Mountains near Tucson. More j least one believed seriously, in an
than 150 possemen trudged accident involving a wrecker - at-
- •
ael Lanoue. 13. and David Green- j car 11 was tovvin2 near Whiteface
berg, 12, all of Tucson. about noon Tuesday.
Two Morton residents hurt
in accident near Whiteface
In other parts of Arizona about
10 hunters were trapped but be-
lieved safe in cabins near Flag-
(10 DEAD—Page 7)
Brought to Phillips - Dupre Hos-
pital by a George C. Price Am-
bulance were Mrs. Bea Yarbor-
ough of Morton, owner of the car,
AT BANQUETTONIGHT
Lions to observe
20th
Levelland’s Lions Club will ob-
serve the twentieth anniversary of
its founding at a special anniv-
ersary banquet Tuesday night at
the San Andres Hotel.
On hand to help celebrate this
new milestone in the life of the
the | city’s second oldest civic club will
be District Governor Bill Hunter
of Amarillo and Jim Ed Waller of
Lubbock the immediate past dis-
trict governor.
anniversary
FOR PROPOSED NEW SUBDIVISION
$124,000 cost seen
for paving, utilities
Engineer Noble James of Lub- figure into the price of individual
bock told members of the Level
land City Council that it would
cost developers of the proposed
new Crescent Heights Addition
just east of Cactus Elementary
School somewhere around $124,000
to put in curbing, paving and the
water and sewer lines which the
city now requires of developers.
James stressed that it was only
a rough estimate and somewhere
"within the same ballpark" of
where the actual costs might fall.
This figure does not include the
cost of the land to the developers,
or any necessary profit they must
lots.
Just what effect these cost esti-
mates might have on plans of How-
ell Harpole to develop all, or only
a portion of the proposed tract at
the start, was known. Harpole and
J. B. Curtis, who is handling sales
in the tract, were not present at
the meeting and no action toward
approval of the plat was taken.
Councilmen did lower the street
width requirements to 4t feet the
same as most other residential
streets in the city except on Hick-
ory and Cedar, the street which
will run north and south just east
of Cuctu. Elementary. Width ol
ese Streets was fixed at 50 feet.
In other action the council:
1. Awarded a contract to Grady
Terrill Ford for two new city police
cars on a low bid exchange pride
of $2,818.62 between the new 1959
Fords and the 1957 Chevrolets the
department is now using.
2. Awarded a 6-month contract
on gas for city vehicles on a low I
bid of 25.2 cents for ethyl and 21.7
for regular.
3. Voted to accept 78la blocks of |
double spal coat paving done this
summer. 173 blocks of single coat
seal coat and 18 blocks of new
paving.
and Skinner Butler, driver of the
pickup, owned by Butler Body
Shop of Morton.
Mrs. Yarborough is believed to
have suffered serious chest injur-
ies' and a head laceration, while
Students recommend
adult traffic 'fines'
DALLAS (APi—Some 400 Dallas
county school students reco -
mended yesterday that traffic of-
fenders more than 14 years old
he liable for trial as adults. The
students, representing some 50
schools, were attending the annu-
al Youth for Traffic Safety Confer-
ence.
|
Fletcher Hall serves
aboard USS Ranger
ALAMEDA, Calif (Spl) — Flet-
11 cher Hall, seaman apprentice,
; USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Goldie
B. Hall of Levelland, is serving
about the Navy's newest and lar-
Waller will make the principal
address.
All past presidents of the club
will be honored, and pins will be, . „
presented to past presidents who j "aft,earner. USSRanger
are still members of the club.
Plaques will also be presented
to three charter members who
have remained continuously with
the club during tis 20-vear history.
These include Dr. John Dupre,
Bob Ford and Jim Peeler.
Ten and 20 year service pins
will be presented for continuous
membership, including some mem-
bers who have transferred here
from other clubs.
Charter members of the club who
are now active include Weldon F.
Johnson, the first president, who
recently rejoined the club. Other
charter members were F. A. Ben-
bow, J. C. Peeler, Bob Ford.
O. L. Watson Jr., Lewis Cofe,
Gene West, C. A. Stipes, F. A
Crockett, Homer Johnson, Ray
Ross, Earl Lane. R. J. Abell, C.
M. Phillips, John D. Dupre, Clyde
T. King, R. D. McDonald, C. E.
May. C. A. Dickinson and Paul F.
Lawlis.
Thp charier of the lions club
was signed on Dec. 3, 1938.
the exact condition of Butler was-
n’t known.
The pickup was reported towning
the 1956 Buick, which had the
wiring burned out, to Lubbock for
repairs with Mrs. Yarborough and
Butler riding in the cab of the
pickup.
A tire blew out at the curve on
Highway 51. just north of the
Whiteface School gym and the
wrecker turned on its side, while
the car slammed into the inbank-
ment.
Sam Eudy picked up the injur-
ed man and woman at the wreck
scene. He said that Butler thought
he wasn’t hurt, but found he was-
n’t in “such good shape" after he
arrived at the hospital and the ini-
tial excitement of the accident
wore off.
Eudy said it didn't appear he
was seriously hurt, however. No
damage estimates on the two ve-
hicles were immediately available.
Midland man killed
OVERALL PICTURE
U.S. storm toll
in lives, damage
given at glance
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Dakotas — Snow continued
Tuesday after piling up as much
as 16 inches at Lemmon. S.D., by
Monday night. At least eight Inch-
es of new snow was reported by
Tuesday morning at Grand Forks,
N. D., and three inches at Fargo.
Three inches fell during the same
period at Sioux Falls. S.D. At least
one death was blamed on the storm
in a South Dakota traffic accident.
Iowa, Nebraska—Tornadic winds
struck Monday in three areas of
Iowa and as much as five inches
of rain fell in the southeast part
of the state. The winds damaged
buildings in Elkader and farms
near Grinnell and Ottumwa. Snow
continued Monday night in central
Nebraska,- - • , -
Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois -
Snow spread into Minnesota and
the western border of Wisconsin
early Tuesday. Gale force winds
swept Minnesota Monday night,
toppling trees and knocking out
power and communications in sev-
eral areas. Thirteen persons were
treated in the Minneapolls-8t. Paul
area for minor cuts and bruises
as they were hit by flying debris.
Winds of 86 miles on hour were
reported at Joliet, HI.
Colorado, Wyoming, Kansas,
Missouri—Skies cleared in western
Kansas and Colorado late Monday.
Six to eight inches of snow cov-
ered the ground in western Kan-
sas. Most mountain passes in Colo-
rado and Wyoming reported snow-
packed but open. Several torna-
does and heavy rains struck Mon-
day in eastern Kansas and Mis-
souri. Two highways deaths were
blamed on storm in Colorado.
Arizona — Fourteen inches of
snow lay at Flagstaff in north, two
inches on desert of the south.
Three Boy Scouts were missing in
the snow - covered Santa Rita
Mountains. About 25 other persons
were reported snowbound.
Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico
— Two persons died from tornadic
winds Monday in Oklahoma and
Texas. The winds struck at Bow-
legs, Okla., and in Texas from
Gainesville to Wichita Falls and
north to the Oklahoma border.
Snows in Texas and Oklahoma
panhandles turned to slush then
froze Monday night, making driv-
ing hazardous. In New Mexico up
to 10 inches of snow lay in the
southern mountains, 4 to 6 inches
elsewhere.
CARLSBAD, N.M. (AP) A 75-
operating out of Alameda, Calif, j year-old Midland, Tex. man died
The Ranker is the first of the! early today when a car struck a
“Forrestal class" flattops to be j bridge and overturned eight miles
assigned to the Pacific Fleet. ! south of Carlsbad.
Wilson resident wins
f irst in grid contest
At the Theatres
TODAY!
“KING CREOLI”
The Spade
“MAN OF THE WEST”
Boh Lee of Wilson, Texas miss-
ed only two games in last week’s
Lobo Football contest to w»in firsl
prize money. Lee, who was wrong
only on two major upsets, had not
entered the contest before last
week. Arkansas’ upset victory over
SMU and Texas A&M’s defeat of
Rice gave him his two misses.
Several people w’ere close be-
hind Lee with only three wrong
guesses. W. B. Walters, 211 14th,
picked Arkansas over SMU hut
missed the Rice - Texas A&M,
Houston - North Texas State, and
Texas Western - Arizona games
Walters came out second by miss-
ing the scores on the tie breakers
by only 33 total points.
Barry Shaw, 103 16th, placed
third by missing only three games
on the contest sheet, and by com-
ing within 46 points on the three
tie breaking games. He missed the
Arkaitoas - SMU, Rice - Texas
A&M, and Houston - North Texas
State games.
The winners may claim their
nrize money at the Daily Sun
News Office. Bob Lee is entitled
to $2.50 in cleaning at the City
Cleaners.
There are three more contests
scheduled for this football season.
Be sure to fill out an entry each
week from now on. The Lobo con-
test w'as made possible last week
by the follow ing firms:
The Dairy Mart, Palmer's Clean-
ers. South Plains Miniature Golf.
Eddie Paxton Insurance, Bra-
shear's GE, Weimhold Printing
and Office Supply, C. B. Edgar.
Agency. City Cleaners, Bill Clark’s
Sporting Goods, Furr’s Cream O’
Plains Milk, Daily Sun News, Hig-
ginbotham - Bartlett Co., Bell
Dairy Products, Texas Cafe, KLVT
Radio Station, and Levelland Sav-
ing and Loan.
Ryan released
on.bond after
bottle assault
Calvin C. Ryan, charged with at-
tempted murder, in the Saturday
night throat slashing of J. M.
Pierce, has been released on $1,-
500 bond.
Ryan was released from county
jail Monday.
Pierce was taken to a local hos-
pital and was released Sunday af-
ter treatment and stitches, accord-
ing to Sheriff Weir Clem.
The slashing took place at a
dance being held at the rodeo club
house adjacent to the Hockley
County Fair Grounds sometime
around midnight. Pierce was dan-
cing with Ryan’s former wife when
he was attacked by Ryan, accord-
ing to Clem.
Witnesses reported that Ryan hit
Pierce over the head twice with a
bottle, which broke with the sec-
ond blow, and then slashed Pierce’*
throat with the broken remains.
Bond was posted for Ryan by
Kenneth E. Sutton and G. D. Sisk.
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