Hockley County Herald (Levelland, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 24, Ed. 1 Friday, January 19, 1940 Page: 1 of 12
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THRIFT! IWEEKl*
Think! Drive Safely!
am Hockley County People
I* have already been killed
. 1 in Auto Accidents this
1/ year.
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Levelland’s Third Annual All West
Texas Boys’ Basketball Tournament
s Scheduled For February 1,2,3
LEVELLAND, HOCKLEY COUNTY, TEXAS, FRIDAY, JANUARY 19, 1940
Organization Is Conservation
Completed for Checks Here
Paralysis Drive
FiyE CENTS A COPY
NUMBER 21
Buy Your Poll
Tax in Person
Tax collectors over Texas were of-
fieially advised last week that with |
two exceptions every voter must buy i
his poll tax personally, else forfeit J
the right to vote, if he lives in a city]
•f more than 10,000 population.
The only exceptions to this rule. |
said an opinion by Attorney General
Gerald Mann, are
1. A husband my buy the poll tax |
for his wife, or a wife for a husband. >
2. If the taxpayer intends to be out i
of his precinct from October 1 toj
February 1, the period for paying the!
tax, he may authorize, in writing, an >
agent to secure the tax receipt for j
him.
The same procedure applies to ex-
emption certificates, Mann's ruling
to Bexar County District Attorney !
John R. Shook said.
Gas Rates for
Plains T owns—
Is Reduced
i
West Texas Gas Company announ-
ced another reduction in gas rates
effective with January gas bills. The
reduction in rates will benefit all
domestic and commercial users of
gas.
Under the new rate schedule, the
minimum —bilL _of—-$L25—per.. .matoth
including two thousand cubic feet
remains the same, and the next 43
thousand cubic feet is reduced from
50 cents to 45 cents per thousand.
•Each domestic and commercial user
, Of gas, using over the minimum bill
\ of $1.25 per-month, will save 5 cents
per thousand cubic feet on the next
48 thousand cubic feet.
The present reduction In rates is
the third such reduction made by
the West Texas Gas Company to
domestic and commercial consumers
of gas in the past four four years.
The company commenced the general
distribution of gas on its system in
the fall of 1927, and just 8 years lat-
er, in December, 1935, made its first
rate reduction. A second rate reduc-
tion was made in January 1937. These
reductions have resulted in reducing
the minimum bill (which includes
the first 2 thousand cubic feet) from
$1.50 to $1.25. and in reducing the
cost of the next 48 thousand cubic
feet from 67*20 per thousand to 45c
per thousand. These three reductions
represent a total saving to the com-
pany’s consumers of approximately
$400,000 annually.
The rate reduction now going in-
to effect will mean a saving to gas
users each year of approximately
$100,000. This rate reduction is in
accord with the policy of West Tex-
as Gas Company to lower the cost of
gas to its customers as often as its
earnings will permit, consistent with
present high standards of customer
service.
Sixteen Top Ranking Teams
To Compete For Large Array
Of Trophies And Awards
With fifteen of the best basketball
teams in this section already signed
up to enter Levelland’s All West
Texas Basketball Tournament Feb-
ruary first, second and third, com-
petition promises to be plenty keen
in the third annual affair.
The largest end best selection of
trophies and individual awards ever
to be presented by a high school in
this area has been ordered by Supt.
Biuford Minor. Included in the
awards will be trophies for the teams
winning first, second, third and
fourth in addition each member of
these four winning teaffis will be
given an individual award. The
coaches have not been forgotten
either, as the outstanding coach in
the tournament will be given a bas-
ketball key charm award. The
coaches will be judged by spectators
on several points and his team does
net neeessarify have to be one of the
four winners.
Teams already entered include the
strong Friendship. Abernathy and
Idalou tefams. as well as teams from
Smyer, Levelland, Amherst, Pettit,
Whiteface O’Donnel. Clauene, Klon-
dike. Meadow, Morton. Post and
Sudan any one of which may be a
dark horse.
Although several other entries are
expected before the final deadline
date of January 22, sixteen teams
will complete requirements for a
well organized tournament play.
A movement is on foot within this
community whereby school officials
and patrons of the district will fur-
nish the outstanding awards for the
tourney. All net proceeds derived
from the-admissions at the gate will
benefit the award fund for high
school lettermen in athletics and lit-
erary events. This annual tourna-
ment is the major means of suppoit
for such awards.
Last year this annual tournament
w’as not held because the gymnasium
was being used for class rooms while
the high school building was being
'Continued on Back Page)
Postmaster H. H. Mann announced
Thursday morning that the organiz-
ation of the drive to raise funds for
fighting infantile paralysis was com-
pleted and would swing into full
action next week in cooperation with
the nation wide drive honoring Presi-
dent Roosevelt's birthday.
Cards which hold ten dimes are
being distributed and civic, profes-
sional and women's clubs are co-
operating. Tire. Junior Study Club
members have each taken a card and
will be responsible for securing ten
dimes for benefit of the drive.
Citizens are urged to assist in this
drive in order to make it possible for
sufficient funds to be raised to care
for all county paralysis cases.
These donations are the only
means which Hockley County citizens
have an opportunity to contribute to
this cause, besides the benefit show
wliich will be held.
j Soil Conservation chetxs to the
amount of $36,689.03 have been re-
| ceived up to this week by Hockley
j County farmers, it was announced
i from the local AAA offices.
I The first batch of 116 chucks tot-
| aling $24,272.87 came in January
15, with more following the next day.
Cards are sent out to the pro-
ducers the day the checks arrive in
the County AAA office, so farmeis
are urged not to call for their checks
until they get official notification.
Hockley County Oil Activity
Increases As Contracts Let
For 22 New Wells This Week
Graham Reelected
Sundown School
Superintendent
Ben L. Graham w’as reelected sup- j
erintedent of the Sundown Public j
Schools this week and was given a
two year contract with an increase
in salary each year, according to Z.
O. Lincoln, manager of the schools.
Mr. Graham is a well known school
man having been superintendent of
the Wylie High School near Abilene
before assuming his new duties at
the Sundown Schools last fall.
Seven Hockley
County Boys Are
Enlisted in CCC
Seven Hockley County boys were
enlisted in the CCC this week, ac-
cording to Mrs. Howell Joplin, coun-
ty case worker_______
The quota for this county was only
four; however due to the vacancies
in other counties of the district three
alternates were enlisted.
Regulars enlisted from the coun-
ty were Miles E. Evans, Ropesville;
David L. Golden, Smyer; Harding
Storms, Smyer; Charles O. Talea-
ferro. Rcpesville.
Alternates were Clarence D. Cope-
land. Pettit; Virgil A. Wood, Smyer
and William H. Wright, Ropesville.
Charles B. Lamb wras carried as an
alternate, but w'as not needed.
There were only five vacancies in
this district and three alternates
were taken from Hockley County.
Kozy Korner Cafe
To Serve Free
Coffee Saturday
Britt Fietz, new' manager of the
Kozy Korner Cafe, formerly the Busy
Beach Cafe, announces elsewhere in
this issue that they will serve free
coffee and daughnuts Saturday dur-
ing the formal opening of the Kozy
Korner.
Brift purchased the cafe from Mr.
Beach last week and has had work-
men busy the past week, remodeling
and rearranging.
Local Debaters Win
Four Out of Nine In
Lubbock Tourney
Highschool students making the
trip Saturday to the-invitation de-
bate tournament. Lubbock Hign
School, Lubbock, were: George Beak-
ley; Donald Timmons; Ernest Ste-
wart, Jr; and Delbert Viaille. These
people participated in nine debates,
winning four of them. Other peopie
making the trip were: Dudley Paver,
coach, and visitors. Evelyn Hale, Roy
Simmons, and R. D. Lee.
Teams participating were: Lub-
bock. Idalou. Tahcka, O’Donnel, and
Levelland. Lubbock won the tourna-
ment.
R. H. Hester Is
Elevated In Shrine
At Annual Meeting
Robert H. Hester of Levelland was
elevated to assistant chief rabban in
the annual election held by the
Khiva Temple of the Mystic Shrine
at the annual meeting held last week
in Amarillo.
Nobles of 39 Panhandle and South
Plains counties attended the meet-
ing which was held in the Amarillo
Masonic Hall.
George Hammock was named pot-
entate succeeding Dr. L. V. Cradit.
retiring potentate: Jerry Briscoe,
chief rabban; Mr, Hester, assistant
chief rabban: Bill Gillstrap. high
priest and prophet; John MeC&rty.
Oriental guide.
Mr. Hester is the retiring high
priest and prophet of the Shrine.
Precinct One,
Three to Elect
Committeemen
To keep Hockley County ini line
! for benefits which might be avail-
| able under the new State Soil Con-
i servation district law, it was neces-
sary to elect a county committee-
man from each precinct.
The date of the election for the
■ election of committeemen from pre-
cinct one and three has been set for
Friday afternoon, January 19, while
those in precinct three will meet ai
Pettit at 2:30 Friday, January 19th.
The law governing these elections
-provide fCF’pFecinct one and""three
to hold elections on the same day.
but precinct two and four will hold
their elections on alternate years.
It is important that those eligible
to take part in these meetings to at-
tend the one in their precinct.
Plains Murderer and
Two Others Escape
From Prison Agent
J. W. Mann, who was convicted of
the murder of Deputy Sheriff B. T.
Smith of Morton and sentenced to
99 years in the penitentiary, escaped
from Prison Agent W. R. Crane with
two other desperados, as they were
being transferred to the Huntsville
prison from Dallas.
Robert Lacy Cash, Dallas murderer
and Andrew' H. Nelson, habitual crim-
inal from Abilene escaped with
Mann as—they 1 overpowered—Crane
near Buffalo Saturday.
A fourth convict, Sam Van Wag-
ner, under a 4-year sentence for for-
gery from Brown county, refused to
flee and remained with Crane.
Last report of the escaped convicts
was from Nolan county when they
j robbed a store at Hilton. They headed
| toward Winters driving a 1940 Ford
sedan with white side wall tires.
Peace officers of West Texas are
conducting a wide spread search for
the trio.
Gas Company Installs
$30,000 Booster Station
To Serve Levelland
Tire West Texas Gas Company
i completed installation, of a $30,000.-
00 booster station 19 miles north of
Levelland this week, in order to in-
! crease the gas pressure here for the
town and the refinery.
' The new plant has two large
pumps, one which sucks the gas from
the main which comes trom Little-
, field and the other one forces it into
the Levelland line.
It took only 15 minutes for the
pump to increase the pressure in Lev-
eliand whicn is 19 miles from the
booster station. In a test run of an
hour and fifteen minutes the pump
increased the pressure from 70 to 250
pounds.
The booster pumps will be used as
the consumer demand necessitates.
When the load is heavy the out put
1 will be increased to furnish adequate
gas for all of trie users in Levthano
and th# refinery.
Mrs. Geo. Sikes is reported ill at
her home.
Mrs. Anderson Gets
New Automobile For"
One Stolen By Mann
Mrs. A B Anderson of Morton
was given a new 1940 Chevrolet coupe
to replace the car stolen from her
by J. W. Mann desperado, who at-
tempted to escape in the Anderson
car after Deputy Sherff B. T. Smith
was murdered.
She received the new car through
the cooperation of the Moore Chev-
rolet Company local dealer, and the
insurance company
Bitterest Cold of
Year Hits Plains
Frigid blasts swept o'er the Plains
area Wednesday night after a rath-
er balmy day crossing up the weath-
erman and plummeting the mercury
50 degrees in five and one half hours
Snow that was "skifty” over this
section of the—state started—falling
shortly after ten o'clock Wednesday
night.* and although it was- heavy
at times the ground has not beer
covered.
The low Wednesday night was five
.degrees arbove zero, although it wa:
a much more biting cold than that
temperature usually brings as it wa;
accompanied by a 3S-mile an houi
wind which reached 40 mile propor-
tions at times.
Cold prevailed all day Thursdaj
and the weatherman predicted thp.
season's coldest record for Thurs-
day night as the mercury was expect-
ed to skid from 2 to 10 degrees blow
zero.
Judge Ellis Speaks At
Sudan Rotary Luncheon
County Judge James A. Ellis mack
an interesting talk on "Service'' at
the Sudan Rotary Club luncheon last
Friday. He and Forres; Weimhold
attended the meeting from here.
First Dime Card to FDR
Honors Double Birthday
Levelland Lions
Go To Seagraves
Thursday ^ight
Several members of the Level -
land Lions club attended a banquet
in Seagraves Thursday night in the
interest of organizing a club in that
city. Details were completed for the
organization and interesting talks
were made on the aims and objects
of the Lions’ club.
Those attending from Levelland
were Joe Hail, Homer Johnson,
Fletcher Ben bow, Jim Peeler, Sam
Qoxdan, Tommy Phillips, Otis Bur-
son, B. A. Warren, and Dr. Ray Ross
Mr. and Mrs. Major Russell have
moved back to Levelland. Mr. Russell
to now employed in this city.
Infant Daughter Of
David Vaughn Dies
Little Jacqueline Vaughn, aged one
year, eight months, old daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. David Vaughn of north
west of Levelland passed away at
Littlefield last week. She was suffer-
ing from pneumonia.
Surviving besides the parents is an
elder brother. Milton, aged two and
one-half years old and the grand-
parents. Mr. and Mrs. E. E Campbell
of Oklahoma, and M. L. Vaughn of
Northwest of Levelland.
Funeral services were held at the
Whitharral Church of Christ Wed-
nesday afternoon at three o’clock,
with Maurice McFarland, pastor of
the Littlefield Drive Church of Christ
officiating. Burial was In the Whit-
harral cemetery.
T. A. Johnson New
Manager of Southland
Warehouse and Storage
T. A. Johnson of Hedley arrived in
Levelland last week to assume his
new duties as manager of the South-
land Warehouse and Storage Com-
pany here.
He succeeds Mi Bradley who has
moved to Little Rock. Arkansas where
he will be engaged in another line
of business.
Bank To Close In
Honor of Robert
E. Lee Friday
The First National Bank of Lev-
elland will be closed all day Friday.
January 19th, in honor of Robert F
Lee's birthday, according to R. H
Hester, president of the local bank
R. E. Tipps will leave for Dallas
Sunday and possible son to Chicago
and St. Louis to do his spring buying
for Tlie Tipps Men’s Store and La-
dies Ready-to-Wear Department.
Mrs. Burnett Roberts left Wednes-
day for Amarillo where she will visit
for the next few days.
With two drilling deals for the
Slaughter pool of Southern Hockley
county completed, activity in the
oil field took a sudden rise this week.
Several new drilling crews moved in-
to Levelland as a result of the in-
creased activity.
The seventeen-well drilling pro-
gram to the north of production and
a t\vo-mi]e south spread to the pool
placed the West Texas spotlight
Monday on the Slaughter area.
Delta, Drilling Company of Tyler
has closed a deal with George Etz of
Lubbock for the drilling of the 17
wells to the north of production in
the pool. Etz previously had obtained
the approximately 560 acres in a
transaction with R. L. Slaughter, Jr.,
of Lubbock and Levelland. Delta is
to have operation of the acreage and
plan one well to each 30-acre unit
should the entire spread prove pro-
ductive.
Acreage obtained included labors
3, 13 and 21 in League 41, Maverick
County’ School Land, and labors 35
and 56 in League 40, Maverick Coun-
•ty School Land. Operator has already
moved in for the first test, the. No.
1-A Slaughter, which has been stak-
ed 440 feet out of the southwest
comer of tabor 58.---------——
The first test is one mile north
and slightly east of Sid W. Richard-
son’s No. 1 Sun-Denton, 600-barrel
mile north extension producer to the
pool. The second location is approxi-
mately one mile northeast of Stano-
lind Oil and Gas Company produc-
tion in the northeastern part of the
pool.
The tests will seek the regular
Slaughter pay at around 5.000 feet.
Xhe^deal—is one of several—which
have been under negotiation in. the
area for the past several wetks, with
the other expected to be closed with-
in the next few weeks.
George P. Livermore of Odessa, af-
forded the two-mile south extension
at his No. 1 R. D. Glimp, ideated in
section 8, block X.psl survey. The
well picked up a shew of oil from
1.980 feet to 4.989 feet, with increase
from 4.989 feet to 5.009 feet. Well
was bottomed at the latter depth,
where it filled 3J>g0i££L Wittk .....
right hours. Operator then swabbed
110 barrels of oil in 12 hours through
asing. natural, and at last reports
.still was testing.
Production assures drilling in
northern Terry county, as Lrvermore
obligated himself for a test on do-
nated acreage in that basin area
should the Glimp well prove a pro-
ducer,--
Second drilling deal for the Slaugh-
ter pool this week was closed Tues-
day wh?n Eugene T. Adair of Fort
Worth, farmed out a labor one-half
iXnile northwest of the most northern
production in the area. Adair farmed
the acreage to George Etz of Lub-
x>ck, who obligated himself to a
five-well program should the acreage
prove productive. Adair retained a
one-eighth override.
Etz has staked the first tost as'
his No. 1-A Caddell. 440 feet from
the south and east lines of labor 31,
league 39. Maverick County School
land. Only the labor on which the
location was made -was involved in
the transaction. The location is one-
half mile northwest of Sid W. Rich-
ardson's No. 1 Sun-Denton. 660-bar-
rel producer which extended pro-
duction one mile north of the Slaugh-
ter pool.
Former Citizen Dies
At Gainesville Sunday
FUneral services were held Mon-
day at Gainesville for Sam B. Car-
penter. 57. former citizen of Hock-
ley county.
Mr Carpenter passed away at his
heme in Valley View Sunday morn-
ing at 11:30. He is survived by two
brothers: E. H. of Gainesville and
D. H of Levelland.
Office Supplies at the Herald
“To celebrate your birthday and mine,” wrote Ginger Lucas when
she mailed the first birthday greeting card to President Roosevelt in
Texas’ 1940 March of Dimes. Ginger, attending Hockaday Junior Col-
lege, in Dallas, will be 17 and the President will be 58 on Tuesday,
January 30, when nation-wide celebra'ions in his honor will wage battle
against infantile paralysis. The greeting cards, each to be filled with
ten dimes, are being distributed throughout the state. Fifty percent of
the contributions mailed to the White House will be returned to local
chapters for direct assistance to Texas children crippled by the disease,
with the balance going for natiouai rc tarch and preventive measure*.
Per Capita Defense
Cost for 1940 $13.84 .
If all men, women and children in
the United States had to dig down
in their pockets and pay their aver-
age share of national defense costs
in the 1341 fiscal year, it would cost
$13.84 each, it was estimated Thurs-
' cay.
Based on a population of 130 000,-
000 end the proposed national de-
four" bill of $1,800,000,000 for 1941,
the i t.mate also revealed that tho
| per capita cost for national defense
; is going up and up.
Fcr the present fiscal year, es-
timated per capita cost with a $1,-
1^500.000,000 defense program, was ap-
proximately SIL&3.
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Weimhold, Forrest. Hockley County Herald (Levelland, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 24, Ed. 1 Friday, January 19, 1940, newspaper, January 19, 1940; Levelland, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1153649/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting South Plains College.