The Levelland Daily Sun News (Levelland, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 165, Ed. 1 Sunday, July 9, 1961 Page: 5 of 12
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faction A — PAG* FIVE The UVILLAND DAILY SUN NIWS, UwM. Tnm
SMYKR NEWS:
Mrs. Harley Wood hostess
for Smyer H.D. Club meeting
By MRS. JOHN C. GORDON
fandoy, July t, 1f41
The Smyer H. D. Club met
Thursday, July * at 2 p. m. for a
regular meeting in the home of
Mrs. Harley Wood Jr. The program
was on Paints and Dyes, given by
Mrs. Wood Jr. and Mrs. Drachen-
burg.
The Smyer 4-H girls met Mon-
day morning July 3 for a regular
meeting. The program was pre-
sented by Mrs. Fowler and Mrs.
Gordon. Each girl demonstrated
something she had learned in 4-H
this year.
Mrs. M a e d e 11 e Britton and
daughter Cara Mae, a sister of
Mrs. Gordon from Seattle, Wash.,
and Mrs. Britton and Mrs. Gor-
don’s mother, Mrs. R. F. Smith of
Spur, a niece Vickie Dianna Wil-
liams of Waurika, Okla., were din-
ner guests in the Gordon home
recently.
Mrs. Aero Thomas and Norval
have gone to help take care of
Grandpa Thoma. and visit a while
near Waco. Grandpa Thomas has
been ill for some time.
The Baptist Church’s Bible
school is in progress this week.
They report a good attendance.
The Smyer School Board hired
Trevino is fined
on license count
Joe Trevino, 22, pleaded guilty
to operating a motor vehicle on
a public highway with improper
license plates and was fined $50
in city court Saturday morning.
Trevino was arrested by city of-
ficer E. C. Carter at 6:25 Friday.
The Latin was accused of taking
tags from a car on the O’Connor-
Strickland car lot and putting
them on another car which he
later purchased from the firm.
Officer Carter also arrested Mar-
tin Garza Friday night after Tex-
as Ranger Razz Renfro had alert-
ed officers to watch for Garza.
Renfro held a warrant issued from
San Antonio for Garza's arrest.
Authorities were enroute Satur-
day from San Antonio to pick up
Garxa.
these new teachers recently, Mrs
Thomas G. Sawyer, home econom-
ics; E. C. St. Clair, Agriculture
and James Rushing the High
school principal.
Mr. and Mrs. Billie M. Gordon
and girls Gay Lynn and Deborah
Kay of Lubbock spent the weekend
with his parents.
Mr. and Mrs E. M. Oden of
Lubbock and children of J. T. Lin-
ker visited in the home of her
daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and
Mrs. Floyd.
Visiting in the home of Lee Sa-
vage recently were Mrs. Walker
and children of Portland, Oregon,
Bob Miller and family, and Foy
Miller of Levelland, W. L. Savage,
Smyer, John Fietz, and family of
Whiteface, Collen Vandriver and
family of Amarillo and Jack Spur-
lock and family of Levelland.
Therman Healy of Austin Street
Church of Christ, Levelland was
director of the Church of Christ
Bible school, the attendance was
reported to be very good.
Mr. and Mrs. John C. Gordon
attended the funeral of his aunt,
Mrs. H. D. Ashby, of Lockney,
recently.
Miss Faydell Gordon spent sojne
time with Vera Patterson, in Ida-
lou, recently.
The Baptist G A will attend camp
at the area Baptist encampment
near Floydada next week.
Karen Ray Weaver of Zapata,
Texas is visiting with her grand-
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Weaver.
Long shot
An Atlas intercontinental
range missile blasts off from
Cape Canaveral, Fla., on the
start of a successful 9,050-
mile flight—the longest sur-
face-to-surface rocket flight
on record. The Atlas nose
cone plunked on target in the
Indian Ocean about 1,000
miles southwest of Cape-
town, South Africa.
(AP Wirephoto)
'Curvy' is the word
for Italian fashions
By LOUISE RICKMAN
ROME (AP)—Italian fan and
winter fashion showings open next
week and the advance word is
that the new lines are going to
be curvy.
The presentations get under
way in Rome Wednesday at the
Palazzo Barberini, where the
Rome houses will unveil their cre-
ations jointly. Showings will open
in Florence Saturday.
Designers are reluctant to tell
all in advance, but cannot resist
dropping tantalizing little trickles
of information. Put together, they
spell out a new line that is defi-
nitely curvy.
Fontana calls it “Minuette '61,”
which sounds ultrafeminine. It
will feature hips rounded at the
sides, lightly recalling panniers.
Carosa discusses a line present-
ing a silhouette more fitted, even
though lightly, than the loose
lines of past seasons.
Mingoline-Gugenheim program
to respect the feminine figure,
something that they really have
always done, with a line that is
curvy but hot tight.
Galitzine will wrap the figure
In curves, too.
And Tony Aboud, designer of
Deluca, says “very curvy” of his
straightback, fitted - front theme.
Advance information indicates
general agreement on a more
marked waistline and skirts that
NATURAL FAULT WILL FORM FOUNDATION
just cover the knee
to be a trend to
effect.
There seems
a higher waist
Work expected to start next year
on big Toledo Bend dam on Sabine
VISIT MINNESOTA
Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Miller
have returned to Levelland after
visiting her father G. W. Dion, and
his family and other relatives in
Minneapolis, Minn. The Millers
travelled from Grand Island, Neb.,
to Minneapolis with Mr. and Mrs.
Tommy Humme and children of
Valleo, Calif., who also visited
the family at the same time. Mrs.
Humme is a sister of Mrs. Miller.
By J. CULLEN BROWNING
Editor of the Orange Leader
(Written for Associated Press)
Orange, Tex. (AP) — “These
here rocks,” the man said, “are
where the dam’s gonna come
across the river.”
The rocks to which he pointed
as we stood on the Louisiana side
of the Sabine River about 250
miles north of Orange art a line
of huge boulders.
They extend across the full
width of the stream and disappear
beneath alluvial soil forming the
bank on each side.
The rocks art a reminder that
at some time in the distant past
the earth's crust.buckled, creat-
ing a geollogic fault.
On the east side of the fault
line the earth is sofLJOn the west
side it is solid rock and upon that
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foundation the Toledo Bend Dam
will start rising some time next
year.
The man who pointed out the
damsite to me never identified
himself. But he said he owned the
land on the Louisiana side of the
river thereabouts, and added that
he had running at large on his
property 5,000 head of hogs—all
unmarked.
Ha rode up on a tracvo* «o a
camp which. Darrell Milner of
Hemphill, Tommy Naron of Or-
ange and I had pitched on his
land. We were on a weeklong boat
trip down the Sabine from Hemp-
hiU to Orange.
Ohr visitor had a rifle across
his lap -and two dogs trotting be*
side his tractor. He asked wheth-
er we were "prospecting for
something.’’
Assured that we were Just tour-
ists, he engaged us in conversa-
tion, mostly about the Toledo
Bend Dam. and showed us the
precise point at which the main
concrete structure and power
house will be situated. v
This can be pinpointed on a map
by locating the uncture of Toro
Bayou with the Sabine, about 20
miles due west of Leesville, La.
The damsite is a few hundred
yards west of the mouth of the
bayou. .
The reference to direction may
be confusing to those who are
aware that in the main, Texas is
west of Louisiana and the Toledo
Bend Dam will link the two states.
But around Toledo Bend’s mass-
ive horseshoe, Texas is south of
Louisiana for quite a long ways
and north of it for about the same
distance. Therefore, the dam will
run northward from Texas into
Louisiana about six miles.
The geologic situation which
laid down a perfect foundation for
a big dam also made the site ideal
for this purpose in other ways.
Hills on eack side of the river
will serve as extensions of the
man-made water barrier.
This brings the construction
cost down to a figure consistent
with economic benefits expected
to be received by East Texas and
western Louisiana through crea-
tion of the Toledo Bend Reservoir.
It will be the nation’s sixth
largest artificial lake and the
biggest of any quickly accessible
to the people of Louisiana dnd
Texas.
Sabine River authorities of these
two states will join in building
the dam and reservoir at a cost
of around $54 million. If needed,
a total of 160 million will be avail-
able. Each state government has
authorized a loan of up to $15
million and the authorities plan
to market $30 million in revenue
bonds.
This week in Austin, the state
of Texas granted its authority
permission to participate in the
project. Two days later, in
Shreveport, officials of the two
authorities met jointly to sign con-
tracts for engineering and other
services
The federal government has
loaned the authorities $900,000 for
preliminary engineering, field
studies, and final planning. It
also must approve the hydroelec-
tric power facilities at the dam
and grant permission for the use
of thousands of acres of public
forest lands within the reservoir
area.
John W. Simmons of Orange,
executive vice president and gen-
eral manager of the Texas Au-
thority, believes final hurdles can
be cleared and construction of the
dam begun in 1962. He expects
completion in late 1966 or early
1967.
At that time, the unidentified
land owner at Toledo Bend will
find out if a fear he expressed
has any substantial basis.
He was not at all concerned
over the fact that many of his
acres would vanish beneath the
water of the reservoir. He figures
on getting a fair price for that.
He also figures that he will get
a fair share of the economic re-
wards which he believes will ac-
crue to his part of Louisiana
through construction of the dam.
His only worry was that some
of his 5,000 hogs might not get
out of the cane brakes in which
they live when the reservoir
starts filling up.
Continued limits
on fuel oil asked
AUSTIN (AP) - Texas ind
pendent oil men Saturday asked
the Office of Civil Defense and
Mobilization in Washington for
continuation of “reasonable limi-
tation” on imported residual fuel
oil for domestic use
In a brief filed with the federal
agency, James F. West, president
of the Texas Independent Pro-
ducers and Royalty Owners As-
sociation, said unlimited imports
might “seriously impair the econ-
omics of the entre domestic oil
industry.”
Such imports, he said, “could
completely destroy that industry
segment which is currently en-
gaged in production of crudes
adaptable primarily for residual
fuel uses.”
Tirpo said that domestic refin-
ers, now supplying about 900,000
barrels daily to the domestic re-
sidual oil market, have seen this
supply drop an average of 66,000
barrels daily. The drop, he con-
tended, was caused by imports
and rising domestic costs.
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Two Mormon
elders slate
visits in city
Marlin Gurr of Sigurd, Utah,
and David M. Brown of Salt Lake
City, both youthful elders of the
Latter-day Saints (Mormon), have
arrived in Levelland for several
months of missionary work in the
community.
They are two of some 6,000
young people representing the
church who are on missionary
tours. They do the work for a
period of two years without fin-
ancial help from the church —
mostly supported by their parents,
financial help from friends and
money they have saved. They hold
no outside jobs.
The two young elders say their
purpose in Levelland is “to dis-
cuss with the people the mission of
Jesus Christ, of his true person-
age and divinity and that the true
church of Jesus Christ has been
established here upon the earth
for the good and salvation of all
mankind.”
Most of their work will be
through house to house contacts.
No regular worship services of
the church are held in Levelland.
The rei^ious group has members
in only three local families. Con-
gregations are located in Lubbock
and Brownfield. Their work is
under supervision of the Texas
mission of the church, which has
headquarters in Houston.
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Mrs. Montgomery
hosts HD meeting
The Town and Country Home
Demonstration Club, hosted by
Mrs. Don Montogomery. held its
regular meeting June 27 at the
Reddy Room.
Members were served coffee,
doughnuts, and sweet rolls on a
table with a centerpiece of pink
gladioli and bergandy lilies. Mrs.
Jewel Robinson gave the program
on outdoor cookery after Nancy
Qprr gave a report on tfte pro-
weds made at South Plains Col-
lege when the group hosted a 4-H
meet.
Those attending were Mmes:
Barbara Gray. Bobbie Arnwine,
Nancy Carr, Marie Pearson, Ber-
deli Pace, Teresa Sweeny, Louise
Holland, Betty Kauffman, Jean
Leavelle, Betty Medford, Lilian
Crabtree, Sibel Becker, Patsy Rod-
gers, and Patsy Jackson.
New York farmer
exhibits Cadillac
WASHINGTON (AP) - A New
York farmer has buzzed into town
with a gleaming, $6,100-Bronx
cheer against farm support pro-
grams—a Cadillac he bought with
a farm subsidy.
The admittedly bullheaded
farmer. William T. Smith of Big
Flats, N.Y., expounded his farm
policies at a news conference Fri-
day after a luncheon sponsored
by Sen. Kenneth B. Keating, R-
N.Y.
Smith said he bought the car
to dramatize “the foolishness of
the farm programs.”
The down payment, he said,
came from $3,049 he received in
Mfay for taking 104 of his 262 feed
corn acres out of production.
Smith said he will pay off the
balance with $3,663 he expects to
get in the fall under the feed
grain program.
The programs are designed to
reduce surpluses in feed corn and
grain sorghum stocks, but Smith
said they won’t work.
“I put in more fertilizer on my
remaining acreage and hope te
get at much com as I did last
year,” he said. “Other farmers
are doing the same thing.”
Smith operates a roadside res-
taurant and dairy bar near his
1,200 aert farm
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Shot chamber in test site
Atomic Energy Commission officials pose at
the end of an underground shaft at the Ne-
vada Test Site at Yucca Flats. This is the
spot whoro a nuclear device would bo posit-
ioned for an underground shot. The AEC
says underground facilities ere under con-
struction in case nuclear testing is resumed.
The object at left is an air tube in this
chamber which is 70 inches high,, 76 inches
wide end 65 feet long. (AP Wirephoto)
Music to march by
Pvt. Miehaol S. Averell, 20, of Diablo, Calif., provides e
different type of music for e training company to march by.
The companies at Fort Knox, Ky., usually march to the beat
of o drum. Avoroll was celled upon to play after an inspect-
ing officer found the pipes in the barracks end satisfied
himself Averell could play them. Avarall once was a mam-
bar of tha Caledonia Pipa Band of San Francisco.
(AP Wiraphoto)
Baptist University
at Dallas is closer
DALLAS (AP) —Dalles Baptist
University was nearer financial
reality Saturday after collections
totaling 46 per cent of the school’s
goal were reported by fund cam-
paigners.
More than $1,200,000 of a $3 mil-
lion goal has been tallied, fund
chairman E. B. Germany said.
The 200-acre university, initial-
ly accommodating 500 students,
will be constructed in southwest
Dallas
They keep same dream beat
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — They last 5 to 12 minutes, the mother’s
don’t know why yet, but doctors 10 to 30 minutes each.
here have found that a mother
and infant daughter tend to dream
in rhythm.
The teats, conducted by Dr.
Boyd K. Lester, assistant profes-
sor of psychiatry at the University
of Oklahoma Medical Center, have
been conducted with a 21-year-old
mother and her baby.
As detected by rapid eye move-
ments and brain wave changes,
the baby began dreaming at 3
months of age. Dr. Lester re -
ports.
Mother and daughter spend one
night a week at the center, sleep-
ing side by side under the visual
and speed of movements such as
stretching, yawning and shifting
of body position.
TTiey have dreamed_ simuita -
neously 60 to 70 per cent of the
time except for a few nights when
either the mother or the infant
was upset.
They dream four to six times
each night.. The baby’s dreams
The study is part of the work
which earned Dr. Lester a three-
year $73,000 grant from the Na- numb€r of im^nderaWes. wd1 to
tional Institute of Mental Health
for continued research on sleep,
the role of dreams, and how they
relate to mental health.
"In mental illness we frequently
see many people whose sleep^ is
disturbed, is out of rhythm,’VDr.
Lester says.
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New speaker
fight to get
early start
By LEE JONES
AUSTIN (AP)—The special ses-
sion of the legislature that begins
Monday will be a stage for the
gyrations of House members who
seek the coveted and powerful po-
sition of speaker. ________•
Politicking will go on during the
30-day session as candidates vie
to corral the necessary 76 votes
that will decide the peakership
race in January 1963.
The eventual winner may not
even be an announced candidate
now.
These members say they intend
to run for the office: Reps. Alonzo
Jamison, Denton; Ben Glusing,
Kingsville; Byron Tunnell, Tyler;
Franklin Spears, San Antonio; W.
T. Oliver. Port Nedies; C. W.
Pearcy, Temple.
Jamison, Spears and Pearcy us-
ually vote as moderates or liben
als. The others call themselves
conservatives.
The final choice tit the 199. rep-
resentatives will probably turn on
these questions:
1. Will the candidate be re-
elected? A legislator’* vote on the
crucial question of taxation can
send him back for another session
or knock him out of the legisla-
ture.
2. Did he take a leading role
in passing whatever tax bill
emerges? This is likely to be tbs
clincher as taxation has been ths
issue that separated the Hous
most often into factions.
3. Was he able to capture the
votes of new members chosen in
the 1962 elections? Some members
say passage of a ales tax bill
could bring on considerable turn-
over of legislators, and the new
members might prove a candi-
date’s margin of victory.
These factors, and probably a
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Brewer, Orlin. The Levelland Daily Sun News (Levelland, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 165, Ed. 1 Sunday, July 9, 1961, newspaper, July 9, 1961; Levelland, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1137022/m1/5/?q=%221961-07%22: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting South Plains College.