The Levelland Daily Sun News (Levelland, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 113, Ed. 1 Monday, May 8, 1961 Page: 2 of 6
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PAM TWO—Socrioa A
THK LIV CL LAND DAILY SUN NKWS, I
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Monday, May •, 1941
School menus
The following menus will be
served in school cafeterias in the
Levelland area May 8th through
May 12th:
WHITEFACE
Tuesday — Baked ham with
pineapple, candied sweet potatoes,
fresh vegetable salad, rolls, but-
ter, strawberry shortcake, rolls,
butter milk.
Wednesday — Fried chicken,
creamed potatoes, green beans,
carrot sticks, gelatin with fruit,
rolls, butter and milk.
Thursday — Hamburger, vege-
table salad, ootato chips, fresh
fruit cup, buns, butter, ice cream
and milk.
Friday — Buttered beans, Vi
deviled egg, spring salad, ft
peach with cookie, rolls, butter
and milk.
LEVELLAND
Tuesday — Steak and gravy,
mashed potatoes, buttered carrots,
tossed salad, plain Jello, yeast
bread, butter, milk.
Wednesday — Fried chicken
and gravy, creamed potatoes, Eng-
Ish peas, apple jelly, hot rolls,
butter, milk.
Thursday — Meat balls and spa-
ghetti, buttered corn, Harvard
Deets, fruit, yeast bread, butter,
milk.
Eriday — Cheese and cold cuts,
buttered green beans, lettuce,
tomatoes, pickles, ice cream,
bread and milk.
SMYER
Tuesday — Pork chops, creamed
potatoes, green beans, bread, but-
ter, peach cobbler, milk.
Wednesday — Baked ham, but-
tered rice, English peas, rolls, Jel-
lo, butter, milk.
2,819 attendance
at 16 churches
A total of 2,819 attended Sunday
ichool at 16 Levelland churches
iunday, up from 2,747 last week.
Attendance reports of the church-
es include:
Foursquare Gospel 28
Momingside Baptist 97
Mexican Baptist 126
First Methodist 297
First Presbyterian 94
College Avenue Baptist 146
First Baptist 617
First Christian 82
Nazarene 49
Wesley Methodist 80
Assembly of God 208
Fifth Street Baptist 166
St. Paul Lutheran M
Austin Street Church of Christ 237
Cactus ©rive Church of Christ 265
Fairview Baptist 76
Total 2,819
CHANNEL 13
i MONDAY
7:45—Farm Fair Report
7:50—News
8:15—Captain Kangaroo
9:00—1 Love Lucy
9:30—Video Village
10:00—Double Exposure
10:30—Surprise Package
11:00—Love of Life
11: Id—Home Fair
12:00—News, Weather
12:20—Names in the News
32:30—As The World Turns
1:00—Face the Facts
1:30—Houseparty
2:00—The Millionaire
2:30—The Verdict is Tours
2:00—The Brighter Day
3:15—The Secret Storm
3:30—The Edge of Night
4:00—Roy Rogers
4:30—Cartoon Circus
5:00—ltin Tin Tin
1:30—News, Weather
5:45—Doug Edwards
6:00—To Tell the Truth
6:30—Cheyenne
7:30—Bringing Up Buddy
8:00—Danny Thomas Show
8:30—Andy Griffith Show
9:00—Hennesey
9:30—Peter Gunn
10:00—News
10:30—Angel
ll:OO^Public Defender
11:30—Movie
TUESDAY
7:45—Farm Fair Report
1 7:50—News
8:15—Captain Kangarqo
9:00—I Lxive Lucy '
9:30—Video Village
10:00—Double Exposure
10:30—Surprise Package
11:00—Love of Life
11:30—Home Demonstration Day
11:45—Home Fair
12:00—News
12:20—Names in the News
12:30—As the World Turns
1:00—Face the Fact
l: 30—Houseparty
2:00—The Millionaire
2.30—The Verdict is Yours
3:00—The Brighter Day
3:15—The Secret Storm
3:30—The Edge of Night
4:00—Roy Rodgers
4:30—Cartoons
1:30—News, Weather
5:45—Doug Edwards
6:00—Danger Man
6:30—Sgt. Bilko
7:00—The Rifleman
7:30—Dobie Gillis
8:00—The Detectives
9:30—Red Skelton
9:00—Gary Moore Show
10:00—News, Weather
10:30—The Roaring 30’s.
11:34—Cjpaa Current
Thursday — Sauer kraut and
weiners, sweet potatoes, mixed ve-
getables, pineapple chunks, rolls,
butter, milk.
Friday — Tuna sandwiches, stew
and crackers, ice cream and milk.
Top court justice,
other hikers turned
away from lounge
WASHINGTON (AP)-A wom-
an innkeeper said today a
drenched troop of hikers—includ-
ing a Supreme Court justice, a
senator and a Cabinet member-
turned her plane into a picnic
area without so much as a “by
your leave ”
"I came in and found them like
sardines in my cocktail lounge,
sitting on the bar and eating
their own 'ood,” said the innkeep-
er, Mrs. John T Reges.
Mrs. Reges, the wife of the
proprietor of the Old Anglers Inn
reacted swiftly: “In a loud vto
—in German—I told my maitre
d,’ ‘I will give you 10 minutes
to get these people out, of here.”
“After they were gone,” said
Mrs. Reges, “I found out who
they were. If they had asked me
first, I would have made arrange-
ments, given them a room to dry
out in, made them tea. But they
didn’t ask, they just came in.”
The hikers, about 170 strong,
were nearing the end of a sodden
16-mile course along the old C&O
Canal route from Seneca, Md., to
Washington Saturday when they
stopped at the inn near the Great
Falls of the Potomac. Among
them were Justice William O.
Douglas, Sen. Paul Douglas, D-
111., and Secretary of the Interior
Stewart L. Udall.
It was the seventh annual jaunt
for the hikers. It marked the re-
union of nature lovers and con-
servations who in 1954, made the
first march in protest against a
proposal to build a highway along
the historic canal.
Boat mishap drowns
father, 2 daughters
WAYCROSS, Ga. (AP)-A 12-
foot fishing boat carrying seven
members of a Waycross family
overturned Sunday on the Satilla
River, drowning the father and
two daughters.
A son, 19, was credited by offi-
cers with saving the lives of two
brothers and a sister.
Police identified victims of the
tragedy as Perry E. Griffin, 51,
and his daughters Norma Jean,
11, and Bernice Jeanette, 9.
Eldean Griffin swam to safety
with Rickey, 2, and then rescued
Jeanelle, 14, and Perry, 7.
TOKYO (AP)—Traffic accidents
killed 2,335 children under 15
years of age in Japan last year,
reports the national police
agency.
CHANNEL 11
MONDAY
6:30—Continental Classroom
Color
7:00—1Today
9:00—Say When
9:30—Play Your Hunch - Color
10:00—Price is Right - Color
10:30—Concentration
11:00—Truth or Consequences
11:30—It Could Be You • Color
11:55—News Today
12:00—Bums and Allen
12:30—Dr. Hudson’s Secret Journal
1:00—Jan Murray Show - Color
1:30—Loretta Young
2:00—Young Dr. Malone
2:30—From These Roots
3:00—Movie
4:45—Comedy Carrousel
6:00—News, Weather
6:15—Huntley - Brinkley Report
6:30—The Americans
7:30—Wells Fargo
8:00—Whispering Smith
8:30—Border Patrol
9:00—Barbara Stanwyck
9:30—Thriller
10:30—News, Weather, Sports
11:00—Jack Paar - Color
TUESDAY
6;30—Continental Classroom
Color
7:00—Today
9.00—Say When
9:30—Play Your Hunch - Color
10:00—Price is Right • Color
10:30—Concentration
11:00—Truth or Consequences
11:30—It Could Be You - Color
11:55—News Today
12:00—Bums and Allen
12:30—Mr. District Attorney
1:00—Jan Murray Show - Color
1:30—Loretta Young
2:00—Young Dr. Malone
2:30—From These Roots
3:00—Movie
4:30—Hospitality Time
5:30—Cartoons
6:00—News, Weather
8:15—Huntley • Brinkley Report
8:30—Laramie
7:30—Alfred Hitchcock
8:00—Deputy
1:30—The Case of the Dangerous
Robin
9:00—Renegade
10:00—Concentration
10:30—News, Weather, Sports
U: 00-Jock Paar Show • Color
Smyer fetes
Continued frooa page one
mer of 1942 you came back to
Texas for a visit. While visiting
in Lubbock, you learned that a
teaching position was open at
Smyer and placed your applica-
tion. Some of the members of the
school board who hired you to fill
this vacancy are with us today:
(Mr. W. F. Brown, Mr. H. M
Wood, and Mr. Ernest Price.)
Then, Mrs. Eade, in the fall of
1942, you began teaching in the
Smyer school. For several years
you taught two grades. Do you re-
member very much about those
early years? We have someone
with us this afternoon who can
remind you of several things (Mrs.
Stan Arnett).
Red roses mean love, Mrs.
Eade. Your students for the past
nineteen years want you to have
a bouquet of red roses. Here to
start building your bouquet are
members of the first class you
taught at Smyer. (Harley Wood,
Jr., and Earl Franklin).
Students from the next year re-
member how you advised them to
set high standards. (Janice Hilley
Stroope Harold Alderson, and
Maurice Pair).
In 1944-45 you taught a set of
twins that you will long remember.
One of them is here today (Mar-
vin Stroope).
In 1945-46 and 1946-47, in addition
to teaching two grades, you also
served as grade school principal.
You have called yourself "princi-
ple in name only” and, at the end
of each year when you were given
your extra pay for serving as prin-
cipal, you did not keep it, but di-
vided it among the other teach-
ers.
We have a representative "rom
another of your early classes at
Smyer. (Emmo Jo Scott Belew).
In 1946-47 you had two left-hand-
ed boys in your class. Being left-
handed yourself you realized it
would take extra effort on your
part for these boys to have good
penmanship. (Richard Drach-
enberg and Charles Willis).
Here with another rose for you
are members of the 1947-48 class.
(Billy Ray Burleson and Wanda
Spence).
Of course, all these years, Mrs.
Eade, you were still teaching on
the Permanent Teaching Cer-
tificate which you had received in
1907. When you first came to Smy-
er and started getting your teach-
ing credentials together, you talk-
ed about going back to college and
working toward your degree. I’m
sure you remember how your first
superintendent, Mr. B. F. McCon-
nell, advised you that since you
were getting too old to teach much
longer, it wouldn’t be worth your
while to start working for your de-
gree. You may recall also that the
Registrar at Tech gave you the
same advice — after all, at YOUR
AGE. However, in 1948. you did
begin working on your degree. It
had been so long since you had
attended college that Tech could
not accept many of your credits.
You found that you would have to
do three years work in order to
receive your degree. We know
that these were years of very hard
work for you.
To add further to your bouquet
of memories, we have a young
lady, representing the,, class of
1948-49, who was influenced by you
to join the profession in which
you have excelled. (Gloria Price).
And now we have two members
of the 1949-50 class to add to your
bouquet. The practical advice you
gave them stands out in their
minds.
From the 1950-51 class, our repre-
sentatives each have a special
memory. The first of these is a
co-worker with you (Mary Beth
Sims). Next one of our more
progressive Smyer farmers (Bill
Brown).
Now, Mrs. Eade, it takes most
people three years to do three
years work. But you namaged to
do six years work in three years.
Attending Tech summers and at
night, you co?J?pleted the three
years of college work necessary
to receive your degree. At the
same time you taught three school
terms and never missed a day of
school. In the summer of 1951 you
carried an 18-hour load in order
to graduate on August 24, 1951,
just barely a month before your
sixty-third birthday.
The Smyer community was very
proud in the fall of 1951 when we
started the school year in the new
elementary building. The Smyer
PTA was organized that year and
you were appointed Chairman of
the Welfare Committee. Mrs. Eade
this makes the tenth year that you
have served in this position and
done a wonderful job. (Mrs. E.
C. St. Clair, PTA President, pre-
sents gift from PTA in apprecia-
tion of service).
In 1951-52, for the first time
since you started teaching Smyer,
you taught only one grade. Here
Congo to try Tshembe,
seek to win province
By PETER GROSE
COQUILHATVILLE, the Congo
(AP) — President Joseph Kasav-
bu’s government says it will pros-
ecute Katanga President Moise
Tshombe for treason and will try
to bring his breakaway province
back under central government
control.
Foreign Minister Justin Bom-
boko told a news conference
Tshombe would be tried for a se-
ries of crimes, including the as-
sassination of former Prince Pa-
trice Lumumba. Kasavubu him-
self had ordered Lumumba hand-
ed over to Tshombe to prevent his
escaping custody and regaining
control of the government.
Tshombe was arrested April 26
after he walked out of a meeting
of Congolese leaders called to try
to work out a new form of govern-
today, representing that fifth
grade class is a young lady who
remembers carrying books home
quite vividly. (Louise Brown
Robertcon.)
These voices are from the 1952-
53 class. (Charles Spence and Me-
lanie Arms Robertson.)
In 1953 - 54 you made still anot-
her change. This year, teaching
the fourth grade, 70U missed one
class of students. This is our
graduating class of this year. Al-
though you did not have them as
your students you had great in-
fluence on their lives. These gradu-
ates salute you with our alma ma-
ter.
Your fourth grade students that
year included Scott Edwards and
Geraldine Oliver. Your “muscles”
made an impression on Scott, but
on second thought he realized that
to feel he had let you down would
hurt worse than a whipping.
In 1954 • 55, Dorthy Rackler was
in your class. Knee that time the
Racklers have moved to Anton,
but Dorthy has returned today to
express her love for you.
Bobbie Scott and Gary Cain re-
member some disciplinary action
you took while they were in your
room.
This poem, composed by Mrs.
Nelson Reinsch, expresses the
sentiments of all of us. (Poem read
by Don St. Clair.)
Connie Allford and Lamar Rein-
sch remember the encouragement
you gave them to work harder
and be better people.
Mary Schultz and Tommie
Brown remember that you were
strict but also had a great ap-
preciation for the smaller things
in life.
Hope Floyd and Bobby Rackler
remember and appreciate you for
not sparing the rod and spoiling
the child.
Kitty Sullivan and Anthony Alt-
man were encouraged by the am-
bition that you instilled in them
when they were in your room.
Selena Fowler and Larry Wood
realize that you have taught them
things they will use throughout
their lives.
It should be pointed out that
Larry Wood is the second genera-
tion of the Wood family that you
have taught, being the son of Har-
ley Wood, Jr., who appeared pre-
viously on this program and was
your student in your first year to
teach at Smyer
Mrs. Eade, just as outstanding
as your teaching has been.^so has
your attitude toward your fellow
workers. All of the teachers who
have works)! with you will recall
how you always were as much or
more concerned with their welfare
than you were with your own.
(Don Dingus, Principal, presents
gifts from faculty as token of their
appreciation.)
During your nineteen years at
Smyer, you taught under five su-
perintendents: Mr. B. F. McCon-
nell, Mr. O. T. Lloyd (deceased),
Mr. V. F. Hickman, Mr. Perry
Moring, and Mr. Byron Terrell.
(Superintendents come to stage.)
Twice during your years at Smy-
er we have tried to express our
appreciation: By the dedication of
the Bobcat in 1956 to you; and a
15-year plaque in 1958. Words can
never express our love for you.
We would like for all the teach-
ers in the audience who worked
with Mrs. Eade during these nine-
teen years please stand. If you
will please remain standing, we
would now like all of the students
who have been in Mrs. Eade’s
class at any time to join those
now standing.
Mrs. Eade, we wanted to let
you know we realize and appreci-
ate how far-reaching your work
and influence have been. All of us
standing here want to pay tribute
to you, by what we’ve said and
by these gifts that we’ve all had
a part in. This is our way of say-
ing “Thank You” for what "Your
Life” has meant to us.
Planned Tnsurance
for Yoor
HOME—AUTO—1USINESS
C. B. Edgar Agency
SIS Avo. H—LEYILLAND—S94-4174
ment for the strife-torn nation.
Tshombe accused Kasavubu of
“selling out” to the United Na-
tions.
Bomboko said the Leopoldville
government would use force if
necessary to restore its control
over Katanga, the Congo’s rich
mining province which seceded
from the republic soon after inde-
pendence last summer.
Bomboko declined to specify
just how Kasavubu’s government
would go about taking over Ka-
tanga. He said all Belgian advis-
ers would be expelled from the
province.
Katanga has the best disciplined
and most effective army in the
Congo, presumably loyal to
Tshombe and commanded by
white officers, many of them Bel-
gian. The Katanga Cabinet ap-
peared solidly behind Tshombe’s
earlier defiance of repeated U. N.
demands that he get rid of all
foreign military and political per-
sonnel. After his arrest, however,
the provincial Cabinet took a
more conciliatory tone toward the
Leopoldville government and
promised to discuss the U. N. de-
mands for ouster of the foreign-
ers.
Bomboko charged Tshombe with
1. Assassination of political pris-
oners and massacre of the
Baluba tribesmen in Katanga.
Bomboko said Lumumba should
have been given a trial, although
the Leopoldville government made
no move to do this during the
four months it held the deposed
premier in custody.
2. Rebellion against Kasavubu’s
government under direction from
foreign elements.
3. Theft of planes, ammunition
and monetary reserves belonging
to the Leopoldville government
This referred to goods confiscated
by Tshombe when he declared
Katanga independent last July.
4. Counterfeiting. Bomboko said
the central government considers
that Tshombe committed an ille-
gal act by issuing his own cur-
rency.
“These are crimes of high trea-
son,” said Bomboko, “and Tshom-
be will be prosecuted as a rebel.”
Bomboko refused to say wheth-
er Tshombe will be placed on pub-
lic trial or when he will be moved
where he has been imprisoned for
the past 10 days.
Newsmen have been refused
permission to see him.
Shepard Sees
(Continued from page one)
his fellow astronauts which one of
them wanted to take the next
flight.
“How about it fellows?” Shep-
ard asked, and all the astronauts
raised their hands
What are you dreaming about
next? he was asked.
Shepard said, “As has been
pointed out here, our present
plans are to continue ahead with
Project Mercury.”
He said the plan is to achieve
orbital flight; beyond that, he con-
tinued, isn’t the astronauts’ re-
sponsibility, although they of
course have thoughts about It.
Shepard said that “during the
period of the minutes of weight-
lessness, I realized that somebody
was going to ask that question,
so I said to myself I better fig-
Newman, playing “Finlandia,”
He said it was quite a pleasant
sensation. He said the astronauts
had found even in practice
weightlessness flights by plane
that they would have no difficul-
ty about maneuvering, and, he
continued, his space flight Friday
bore this out.
Shepard was asked whether
there was any exhilaration or ap-
prehension at any point in the
flight.
“Well, I mist say there was
some, apprehension, yes. All the
fliers went into this with our
eyes open,” he said, “but all re-
alized that something could go
wrong.
“The exhilaration I felt was
when we landed,” Shepard add-
ed.
FINES LEVIED
Charlie Contraras paid a fine of
$24.70 after pleading guilty to dis-
turbance. George Jiminez was fin-
ed $20.50 for being drunk.
College choir'
concert slated
Tuesday night
THE SOUTH PLAINS COLLEGE
choir, under the direction of Har-
ley Bulls, will present its annual
spring concert at 8 p.m. Tuesday
at the college auditorium.
Accompanists for the program
will be Mrs. Harley Bulls and
Ronald Neumann.
At least three piano solos are
scheduled, in addition to the choral
numbers.
THE CHOIR WILL OPEN THE
program with the numbers, “With
a Voice of Singing,” M. Shaw;
“Set Down Servant," Negro spirit-
ual, arranged by R. Shaw; “Black
is the Color of My True Love’s
Hair,” arrangement Churchill; and
"Oklahoma,” Rodgers.
Special features will include:
Tenor Sonny Rios singing, “Wid-
mung,” Schubert; “O del mio
dolce ardor,” Cluck; “When I
think upon the Maidens,” Head.
Alto EHlen Griffith singing, “To
Lo Sai,” Torelli; “Hark, Hark the
Lark,” Schubert; “Morning,”
Speaks.
Tenor Dean Marcy singing, “Wid-
numb,” Franz; “Caro Mio Ben,”
Giordan; “If God Left Only You,”
Densmore.
Pianist Linda Cotton playing,
“Valse Romantique;” pianist Bev-
erly Norris playing, “Waltz in B
Minor,” Chopin; pianist Ronald
Neumann, playing “Finlandia,”
Sibelious.
THE MIXED CHOIR WILL CON-
clude the program with a medley
of “Victor Herbert Favorites” ar-
ranged by MacLean.
$360 in damages
set in 3 collisions
Damage totaling $360 was esti-
mated by investigating officers in
three city collisions over the week-
end.
Friday at 2:29 p.m., a 1948
Chevrolet being driven by Alexan-
der Rawlins pulled out in front of
a 1958 Ford being driven by Mel-
vin Dwane Waltrip at the inter-
section of 8th Street and Avenue
K.
Rawlins received a ticket for
failure to yield right of way.
Damage to the Ford was set at
$75 and at $150 to the Chevrolet.
Lester Freeland Rawson was is-
sued a ticket for improper start
from a parked position when the
1960 Corvair he was backing from
the curb in the 8M Mock of Hous-
ton struck a 1951 Oldsmobile be-
ing driven by Chailes Emil Wool-
ery. Damage was set at $50 to
the Oldsmobile and $35 to the
Corvair.
Saturday at 8:36 p m. a 1957
Chevrolet driven by. Louis Allen
Robertson struck a ?parki<f 1956
Pontiac owned by Bennie Frey on
Pecan Street. The officer’s report
stated that the Pontiac was park-
ed on the wrong side of the street
with the front door open.
Damage to the Chevrolet was
estimated at $50 while there was
no damage listed on the report for
the Pontiac and no tickets had
Monday.
Rusk Says
Continued from page one
munist East Germany.
Conference sources gave that
summary of remarks made by
Rusk to the foreign ministers of
the other 14 NATO countries who
began a three-day meeting today.
Behind closed doors Rusk elab-
orated on a prediction voiced
earlier in the formal opening ses-
sion by Dirk U. Stikker, the new
NATO secretary-general. Stikker
predicted that Khrushchev was
about to revive the Berlin ques-
tion, possibly in a new form.
Over the Coffee
Continued from page one
you live, the more you will have
to add. Not counting your time,
figure the cash cost of driving a
car to and from work each day,
number of miles, multiplied by
four cents a mile, plu* daily park-
ing fee by 250 breadwinning days
a year. The man who lives five
miles from his office will spend
$4,000 less over a 20-year period
than his friend who lives 15 miles
from his office — if the price of
gasoline, oil, tires does not go up
any higher.'
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No one hurt as twister
ashes at town of Plano
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A tornado lashed out of angry
thunderstorms over North Central
Texas early Monday and hit the
small city of Plano, 15 miles
northeast of Dallas.
No one was injured, but the
fierce winds tore up business
buildings and damaged roofs on
the west side of the city of 3,700
The Department of Public Safe-
ty Sunday night had a report of
Cotton crop
(Continued from Page One)
21 congresses and one we’re going
to continue to stress.”
Jackson said the customer at
the retail counter determines cot-
ton’s destiny and buys the pro-
duct that offers him the best value
in price and quality Effective pro-
motion is necessary, he added.
He said there was only “one
real way" for the industry to offer
the consumer high value and
strengthen and expand the cotton
market.
“It’s through intelligent and ef-
fective research and promotion,”
he said, “research that unlocks
the door to lower costs and a
competitive price, research that’s
concentrated on improving the
quality of cotton and its products,
and promotion that utilizes to the
fullest all the tools and techniques
that . influence people to buy in
this competitive age.”
Jackson told the Congress that
3 million persons are involved in
producing the cotton crop which
provides jobs for 43,000 workers
in 5,400 gins; 12,000 in warehouses
and compresses; 11,000 in cotton
oil mills; and 9,000 in cotton mer-
chandising firms.
Cotton extile mills, he es-
timated, provide employment for
850,000 workers with annual pay
rolls of $2,800,000.
Despite inroads of synthetics,
the speaker continued, cotton ac-
counts for about two-thirds of the
fiber consumed in textiles, more
than all other fibers combined.
Junior High PTA
sets final meeting
1 x 24 JUNIOR HIGH PTA
The final meeting of the
year for the Junior High PTA
is set for 7:30 p.m. Tuesday
in the junior high cafeteria.
Officer* who will be installed
at this meeting are Mrs. Wil-
son Cox, president; Mrs. Bob
Buster, first vice president;
Mrs. Rex Warren, second vice
president; Mrs. M. D. Morgan
third vice president; Mrs. Hu-
bert Cook, secretary; and Mrs.
Grady Henry, treasurer.
a tornado five miles southwest 0!
'Seymour, but it was never con-
firmed and there were no reports
of damage or injuries.
The tornado hit Plano about 3:40
a m. It tore the roof off one house
and damaged the roofs of several
others. It also heavily damaged
a drive-in grocery, ■ body shop,
a barbershop, electric shop, seat-
cover shop and a service station.
The twister then swished through
a lumber yard throwing lumber
about wildly.
The tornado struck as a solid
band of thunderstorms moved
across North Texas. They formed
on a line from 40 miles south of
San Angelo north into Oklahoma
and were about 20 mile* wide.
The storms moved eastward on
winds of 35 miles an hour bring-
ing threats of tornadoes and hail.
An inch of rain fell in the Deni-
son-Sherman area and strong
winds broke some tree limbs.
A heavy rain also fell at Dallas
amid heavy thunder and brilliant
lightning.
Shortly after midnight ths
Weather Bureau at Wichita Falls
had issued a tornado alert based
on radar sightings for Archer,
Clay, Young and Jack Counties.
But the twisters failed to develop.
Sunday morning a funnel cloud
knifed into a cluster of rural
homes in Ericksdahl, 15 milei
east of Stamford, and battered
half a dozen buildings. There
were no injuries.
Blowing dust cut visibility in far
West Texas and the Panhandle
south plains on Sunday afternoon.
Plano’s acting police chief, J.
B. Toler, said damage would be
close to $100,000.
Destroyed was a concrete block
building which housed Spencei
Grocery, Miers Electric shop,
Webster Upholstery and the Su-
burban Beauty Shop.
The Nathan White department
store, in the next block, had root
and window damage. Plate glass
windows were blown 1 out at the
Allen Drug Store and fhe Town
and County Rug Co., both in ad-
joining blocks.
Sam Purtle, of the department
of public safety, estimated that
roofs on 100 homes were damaged
by the storm.
Addison Curry, a member o!
the fire department, said he was
in front of the First Christian
Church as he was taking hi* wife
wi hahy ia- A- atom collar nhts
the storm hit.
“I don’t think it was a tornado,’*
he said. “I think it was just a
heavy wind with debris.”
Fire Chief J. R. Dupree, whosa
barn in the southwest part of town
w?s destroyed, reported, “I def-
initely think it was a twister. II
I was definitely twisting because ,t
turned the shingles in a circle. It
sounded like a jet airplane.”
Teacher pay
debate starts
By LEE JONES
AUSTIN (AP)—Debate on pro-
posals to give teachers an $800
annual pay raise began today in
the House.
Senators flirted with the chance
of another filibuster over the
Houston bill.
The teachers pay raise bill was
laid before the representatives
shortly before noon. Rep. Dewitt
Hale of Corpus Christi left a hos-
pital bed to appear and said his
measure which has the signatures
of more than 80 representatives
as co-sponsors.
Hal* said he will return to the
hospital after the debate.
The legislature entered the final
three weeks of the regular ses-
sion with most spending and tax-
ing problems still unsolved.
LAUNDRY FIRE PUT OUT
A few articles of clothing burned
at Fifth Street Laundry at 18:2$
a m. Monday in the first fire re-
ported to the Levelland Fire De-
partment since April 28. The cloth-
ing caught on fire after being
placed too close to a boiler.
. . and it was big enough
to make the front page of
theDoily Sun Nows."
Budget-wise
Women insist on
Sanitone
Soft-Set ®
/ HR I Dfy Cleaning
because it preserves
•be lustre of newness
af-*-
CUSTOM CLEANERS
91S AUSTIN Sinn
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