Hockley County Herald (Levelland, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 41, Ed. 1 Friday, May 17, 1940 Page: 1 of 14
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FIRST SECTION
Home Of
Motor Fuels Corp.
Refinery
Slaughter Oil Field
Varied Industries
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Diversified
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Farming
COTTON
Stock Raising
And Ranching
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VOLUME SIXTEEN
FIVE CENTS A COPY
LEVELLAND, HOCKLEY COUNTY TEXAS, FRIDAY, MAY 17, 1940
NUMBER 41
Mahon Fights
For Parity
Payments
Eight 4-H Club and FFA Boys
May Win Registered Gilts In
Essay Contest Being Conducted
Eight pure bred registered gilts
People Pack Drjve Begun To Complete
For Serviced Raising Funds For Hall
Honoring 65 seniors who will i
Gratification over the successful
ments for farmers was expressed
of Panning.” Tire essay to have a
by Congressman George Mahon, maximum of 500 words
last week as the House of Rep-
resentatives approved an item in
the Agricultural Appropriation
Bill providing $212,000,000 for
these payments.
Continuing the fight begun
when the bill was considered ear-
lier this Session, Mahon again
made a plea to the House to ac-
cept a Conference Committee re-
port including the $212,000,000
parity payment item, which had
originally been omitted by the
House but approved by the Sen-
ate and again brought before the
House by the Conference Com-
mittee report.
Although final vote on the entire
bill had not been taken at the time
this story was written, Mahon, said
that the favorable vote on the
parity payment item insured its
being included in the bill and that
final passage was assured.
The farmers’
attended the senior church ser-
Sears, Roebuck and company is ' vices Sunday evening in the gym-
sponsoring the contest; however ajnasium.
The' contest is open to boys in «eneral committee cimposed of Special music was furnished by
! the County Agent and Vocational ; the Methodist Church choir un
Sidewalk Building School Census
Plan Advanced By Shows Gain In
both of these groups, however four
Agricultural Teachers in this|der the direction cf Wm. R. Sew
City Of Levelland
Local School
Closes Friday
Levelland public school students
checked in their books Thursday
morning and got a half day off,
as they do not return to school
until this morning — Friday, at
which time they will get their re-
port cards.
After the cards are distributed
the students will be treated by
Wallace Blankenship with a pic-
ture show at his' theatre during
Friday morning.
The only remaining program
will be the special Junior High
I School graduation program which
disproportionate j wm be held irT the gymnasium
share of the national income, his j Friday night, under the direction
need for an offset to the advan- j of Supt. b. F. Minor and Junior
tage held by industry through the | High Principal C. A, Dickerson,
tariff, and equal recognition of j a very interesting program has
his problems with the problems of j been planned and the public is
invited to see the services which
labor for whom minimum wage
and hour laws have been enacted
were cited by Mahon as justifying
an appropriation by Congress for
party payments.
Levelland Masons
Attend Dedication
Of Anton Hall
Ten Levelland Masons attend-
ed the dedication ceremony of
the new Anton Masonic Lodge
ball Tuesday night. A large num-
ber 'of Masons from a large area
iwere present besides the members
W the Anton lodge.
' Mr. Redford, district deputy of
Brownfield made an interesting
talk. County Judge J. A. Ellis,
whose home lodge is Anton, gave
the welcome address and C. D.
Bass of Levelland responded.
Others who made short talks
were Cone Green of Levelland,
Loyd R. Kennedy of Morton; Mr.
Hale of Antcn first worshipful
master; past district deputy, G.
R. Marcom of Levelland.
Those attending from Levelland
were C. D. Bass, J. A. Ellis, C. A.
county will direct the contest.
Simultaneously with the contest
being sponsored in this county,
other contests will be conducted in
Lubbock, Hale, Crosby and Lynn
counties.
All essays must be in the hands
of the County Agent or Vocational
Agricultural Teacher of each
county by May 30th, and must be
written on notebook paper, typed
or in ink, and must contain name,
address, name of club or chapter,
and county of contestant. The
essays may be judged by a com-
mittee in each county appointed
by the Advisors — County Agent
and Vocational Agr ic u 11 u r a 1
Teachers.
Hockley county boys are urged
ell and Edgar Brasch. Supt. Blu-
ford F. Minor made the announce-
ments.
Rev. A. A. Brian, pastor of the
First Baptist church, gave a very
interesting and inspiring sermon.
Rev. B. C. Beard, Missionary
Baptist pastor, gave the invoca-
tion and Elder W. E. Fry gave the
benediction.
Herald’s Cooking
School To Be
Next Week
The Hockley County Herald has
, In erder to stimulate the build-
ing of sidewalks in the residential
districts and along east and west
Houston street, the City of Lev-
elland has advanced a plan where-
by the property owners build these
at approximately one-half cost.
The City will pay part of the
expense, which makes it possible
for the property owner to have the
sidewalk put down at a cost of
only 40c a foot. In other words a
walk across a 50-foot lot would
cost the owner only $20, which is
less than half the regular cost.
The laying of 50 foot of sidewalk
by an individual usually costs
about $42.00.
In making the announcement
last week the City Council made I Pep
Scholastics
Levelland independent school
district showed a gain of 89 scho-
lastics compared to the school
census last year, and the other
schools of the county showed a
gain of 50, according to a state-
ment made Thursday by T. O.
Petty, county superintendent.
All of the schools in the coun-
ty showed a little increase except
Smyer which lost 12, Sundown
to enter this contest and are ad- contracted with Southern News- | lhe f0u0Wjng statement: _____, _______
vised to get in touch with County j paper Features of Dallas, for a work is t0 done on a cash bas_ ; pettit
Agent Sherrill or the Vocational i Happy Kitchen Cooking School to js USjng ioca] ]abor, ancj
munity immediately.
The Gilts 'will be awarded on
the basis of 40% for best essay
showing knowledge ahd informa-
will mark the graduation cf the tion the contestant's essay evi-
junior high students into high | dences he has on the subject, and
school. j 60% upon his need, facilities and
Thursday night the seniors pre- ability to successfully complete the
sented a very interesting program
in the form of a commencement
exercise and 65 were presented
diplomas by Dudley Faver, high
school principal.
The seniors will leave Friday
afternoon on their annual trip
which will take them to Austin,
San Antonio and the coastal re-
gion. They will return the first
of next week.
The teachers in the school will
report Saturday morning at the
school when they will receive their
pay checks. Most of them will be
leaving for the summer this week-
end.
Pollard, H. E. Clingan,
Petty, Fletcher Crockett,
Green, G. R. Marcom, Ed Ho-
facket and Victor Williams.
The Anton lodge has 45 mem-
bers. Over 50 Masons were pres-
ent for the dedication.
Local Merchants
Offer Specials
For Cottonweek
A check through this issue of
| of the local merchants are offer-
-j- q ! ing lots of cotton specials for
Cone i National Cottonw’eek which will
project. Judges reserve the right
to talk to the contestants.
Each essay must be accompan-
ied with an agreement blank, sign-
ed by the contestant, parents or
guardian, which will include
agreement to feed, care for, and
breed the Gilts properly. The Ad-
visor will select the top Gilt from
the first little the following year,
on or after the age of ten weeks,
or when weighing from 50 to 60
pounds. This will make it possible
to carry on an endless pig club
chain year after year. Agreement
blanks will be furnished at the
time the contest is entered and a
registration certificate is to be
furnished with each Gilt.
All Gilts, will be delivered into
the hands of the winners of es-
says in Lubbock at a joint meet-
ing and banquet for the winners
their their fathers about June
5th.
and 25 with Mrs. Arreva D. French
noted Southern Home Economist
and Food Authority in charge.
,*ith pleasure to her visit to Lev-
The Gilts which have been dis- j elland when she arrives for the
Happy Kitchen Cooking School.
RAIN FALLS
MONDAY NIGHT
A needed shower fell Monday
night over the Levelland territory
The rain was accompanied by a
big electrical display of lighten-
ing.——*—
Although the rain helped, it
did not furnish the amount of
moisture which is needed at this
time.
be observed over the nation from
the 17 to 25 of this month.
The week is sponsored by the I
National Cotton Council which is ,
attempting to stress the use of j
more cotton and thus consume a
large part of the surplus now on
hand.
The council not only stresses
oothop. «a this- we4k but emphasi-
zes the importance of the Am-
erican people using more cotton
the year ’round. ~
Gas Officials
Here Tuesday
Stony Wall, district manager
of the West Texas Gas Company
and Dan Daniels, advert i s i n g
manager of the company, both of
Lubbock, were in Levelland at-
tending to business Tuesday.
Mr. Wall was checking the lo-
cal gas distributing plant and
making plans for servicing any
additions which might be neces-
sary due to the growth of Level-
lanpd. He said his company de-
k jaq-rtd to work with local officials
I pinn ahead, in xi'dcx.-ta.-hiu(.
•-•fible to furnish the best service
possible.
Both Mr. Wall and Mr. Dan-
iels attended the Rotary luncheon
Tuesday
County Farm To
Be Irrigated
The County Farm which is leas-
ed to the American Legion west of
Levelland will be irrigated this
year, it was announced by County
Judge J. A. Ellis Thursday;
A plan has been worked out
with the Motor Fuels Corporation
whereby the surplus water at the
refinery can be used on the farm.
Irrigation ditches are being dug
to carry the water over the farm.
trlbuted to the contestants will be
returned to Lubbock about Octo- j
ber 1st to be judged for best de- i y Vp,- Old PrearFer
velopment as breeding stock and 1,1 c _ w,u 1 rcauicr
not as fat hogs. Sears, Roebuck Will Fill Methodist
and Company will at that time p i •. c J xj* l .
make the following awards in each * UIpIl oUnady INlgnt
county. - j pastor js happy to announce
First prize, 100 high grade Baby | that a seventeen year old preach-
Chicks; Second prize, 75 high | er, Ray Elliott, of Brownfield, will
grade Baby Chicks; Third Prize, preach for the Methodist Church
I the property owners in a Block
before walks can be started in that
i particular Block. If you want side-
The lecture staff of Southern j walks, see your neighbor and make
Newspaper Features has talked to ! application to City Secretary. The
over one million housewives in the j amount of money the City can [
past several years in conducting j spend on this project is limited
Cooking Schools in many cities. j ancj those who make application
The Happy Kitchen Cooking first, accompanied by necessary
School will include many new cash will be the ones to benefit
cookery secrets, budgeting, short
outs to economy, marketing, prop-
er kitchen equipment, how to plan
meals, new recipes and household
hints, new and attractive ways to
serve foods and in adidtions. many
other phases of home-making will
be discussed.
Mrs. French is ..a native of Tex-
as. She has spent years in prep-
aration and study of foods and
home problems. She will give ac-
tual demonstrations at each ses-
sion of the Cooking School and
will be glad to answer any ques-
tions, the Question Box being one
of the features of the school.
Mrs. French is one of the out-
standing Cooking School lectur-
ers in her profession on the plat-
form today. She has presented
her lectures to thousands of
housewives and is looking forward
with a decrease of
6 and Ropes
which lest 1.
The figures are as
follows
School
1939
1940
Anton
479
498
Ropes
457
456
Clauene
134
160
Levelland
1062
1151
Pep
109
118
Whitharral
458
470
Pettit
230
233
Smyer
225
213
Sundown
158
152
Total
3312
3351
Many Women Enjoy
Cooking School At
Utility Office
I
j Members of the Wm. E. Evans
Post of the American Legion be-
gan a drive this week to complete
raising funds for the completion
of their new building.
With the lot already paid for,
foundation laid and construction
of the walls practically complet-
ed with money donated by mem-
bers of the post and others, the
Legion is now soliciting donations
from others to finish the building.
T. O. Petty and H. E. Clingan
are in charge of raising the funds
and will appreciate the coopera-
tion of the citizens. They will en-
deavor to contact everyone who
might desire to make a contribu-
tion, but will be happy if thjise
who wish to help out on the build-
ing will contact them.
The new Legion Hall is being
built of brick and tile and is cen-
trally located; so that it will be
easily accessible. Furthermore,
the members of the Legion plan
to use the hall as a community
center as well as a meeting place
for their organizaton.
Since Levelland does not have
a community center or auditorium
where meetings can be held, this
is a fine gesture on the part of
the Legionnaires and their new
building will be a great asset to
the community. Everyone should
help in making the building pos-
sible.
Members of the post have con-
tributed from $5 to $30 toward the
| new building and many have do-
Levelland [ nated labor on the building.
A large number of business men
Hockley County
4-H Boys Give
Radio Program
of the Texas-New Mexico utilities
office, by Anna Belle Hickman,
home economist for that company.
Modern methods of coo king
| with electricity were demonstrat-
! ed by the home economist. The
many short cuts made possible
A group of Hockley County 4-H through the use of electrical ap-
boys under the supervision 0f! pdances were a's0 shown.
County Agent Dave Sherrill gave! Included in the tasty dishes
a very interesting fifteen minute : demonstrated were: cookt.t meal
radio program Friday afternoon j consisting of chicken fricassee,
at 1:30 over KFYO Lubbock. ! Potatoes, beets or carrots and
steam chocolate pudding, banana
devil's food, sweet crunchy frost-
ing, pineapple cookies, date re-
frigerator pinwheels, red rasber-
i ry ice cream, cheest macaroni sal-
ad and mayonnaise.
A number of nice prizes were
(given by the utility company. 11
you desire recipes for the dishes
prepared, you may get them by
A large number of
women enjoyed the two day cook-
ing school conducted Monday and j have already contributed and the
Tuesday afternoons in’ the office J committee will contact others.
Any assistance given in the drive
50 high grade Baby Chicks.
The owners of all additional^ Ray is_ a nephew of the pastor and
is an honor graduate of his high
creditable Gilts will be awarded
50 Baby Chicks, each. The Grand
Champion in ' the five counties
will be given a pure bred dairy-
type heifer.-----------—
The Advisors in their respective
counties will maintain an up-to-
date breeding record on all ani-
mals including foundation stock
and all off-spring thereafter.
Supervisors who do not have
adequate and suitable boars in
their communities should plan te
substitute one boar in pLace of one
of the gilts.
Gilts are to be vaccinated for
hog cholera, preferably the dau-
hog cholera, preferably the dou-
ticemia and tested for swine abor-
tion.
Sunday evening at 8:15 o'clock.
srhnnl Whhp ii,. hppn pr;pg7Ui.
Candidates Urged To Attend
Monday Night Meeting To Set
Speaking Dates Over County
Ing some for his home and neigh-
boring churches, this well be his
first sermon since he was licensed
by the Lubbock District Confer-
ence which met May 14 at Sea-
graves. The standards of educa-
tion for the Methodist ministry
are rapidly becoming exacting and
to meet those requirements young
Mr. Elliott expects to enter Me*
Murry College this fall as a min-
isterial student. The public is in-
vited to hear him in his first ap-
pearance as a licensed preacher
Sunday evening.
181 New Boxes
Added At Post
Office Here
Fire Damages
Simpson H(
Saturday Night
County Agent Sherrill was the j
announcer for the program and
made an interesting short talk.
Clifford Whitley. Smyer, with
his harmonica; Richard Neale
Taylor, Smyer with his guitar and
Neil Herrin, Anton, with his ac-
cordian furnished the music on
the program.
Gorman Walden. Fairview spoke
on activities of 4-H Club boys and
Dan Cooper. Fairview, explained
"Why I Like 4-H Work."
The program was well prepared
and it was noted that the county
agent and the "boys on the pro?; ram
have good radio voices.
Utility office.
Collector association of Texas
—With the installation of-181 new 1 San-Angelo last week;
boxes at the LevellandPost Of -
fice this week arid most of them
already rented, the local office
has the distinction of having the
largest number of boxes in use of
any second class post office in
this area.
There are now 849 boxes in use
at the post office, according to H
H. Mann, postmaster.
Local Deputies
Attend Meeting
In San Angelo
Boyd Latham and Fletcher
Crocket, Hockley county deputies
in the sheriff’s and tax collect-
or's office, attended the state
meeting of the Deputy Assessor-
at
will be greatly appreciated by the
Legionnaires, as weil-as the cltt—
zens as a whole, since the build-
ing is really a community-wide
affair. •
Over 500 Attend
Formal Opening
Of Locker Plant
Over 500 people of the Levelland
area attended the formal opening
last Saturday of the Levelland
Frozen Food Locker plant and saw
the many different kinds of frozen
foods on display.— .............—
The visitors were conducted
through the plant and Mr. Brown
and Mr. Lea explained how the
plant operated and how the fresh
vegetables and meats were prepar-
'd f r storage in the individual
lockers.
—Miss Ruth- Maples won the free
locker which was given by the
plant. Over 350 people register-
ed during the day.
^r. Brown and Mr. Lea state
that the visitors Saturday were
very interested in this new type
of food storage, which makes it
possible to preserve fresh foods
indefinitely without losing any of
their deliciousness.
They report a very interesting
three day meeting. Mr. Latham
was elected second vice-president
of the state association.
They returned to Levelland last
Friday.
Artificial leather used in book-
binding and brief cases is a cotton
linters product.
Brother Of Local Woman
Killed Near Seagraves
New Drilling
Crews Move Here
The Noble Drilling company is
moving in two drilling rigs and
six crews of workmen.
About 30 families accompanied
the two rigs here. Most of the
people axe from Odessa where the
company has been drilling.
The Noble company will take
up locations on the Stanolin lease
In the Slaughter field.
F. A. Benbow, county Demo-
cratic chairman, has called a
meeting for Monday night, May
20. in the county court room of
all candidates for offices in Hock-
ley County, for the purpose of
setting speaking dates.
All of the candidates are'urged
io be present so the schedule can
be worked out to prevent conflicts
and make it possible for all of the
candidates to speak at the various
occasions over the county.
The meeting will begin prompt-
ly at 8 o’clock and Chairman Ben-
bow will be in charge.
Next week's Herald will carry
a complete list of the speaking
dates for the entire county.
A short in a switch in the kitch-
en of the home of Mr. and Mr#
Everett E, Simpson started a-fircjinole His broken body was dls'
Sat urday
Art bray Ne®}. -25 brothrr| attorney, filtd' a charge ef ihuriTe;
of Mrs. Hatton Jeffcoat of Level- W)ij]e committing a felonious a(t.
land, was found dead Wednesday j against Betty Coolidge. 33. a
morning of last week on the high- j Funic . Nr M woman :n <tinner
way between Seagraves and Sem-
City Cleaners
Enlarge Building
And Redecorate
H. W. Bailey, owner of the City
Cleaners, has just—convp 1 e t e d
building an extension cn his build-
ing on West Houston street and
making many improvements in his
cleaning plant.
The tailor shop has been com-
pletely redecorated and made very
attractive.
The building addition makes
possible much more room In the
cleaning room.
night .about 12:30 fh
their house
All of the contents rf the house
were badly damaged by the fire
and water. The roof and floors
will have to be rebuilt.
Mr. and Mrs. Simpson had lef
home about 11 o'clock that night
for Rule to spend Mother's Day
with Mrs. Simpson's mother, Mrs
R. R. McCoul The Simps' .n'.s dm
not receive word of the fire until
they arrived in Rule.
Mr and Mrs. Carl Deere and
daughter, Carol Lee and Mrs. W
C. Marshall spent last week end
with relatives near Snyder.
Herald Want Ads Pay.
covf^~Woat'’rTiW'1 o-to<t.—rmr
morning five mile's south of Sea-
praves.
Neal, whose home was in La-
me sa,’was' working Tn Si rhihoP
and authorities learned that he
and two companions fr in Semi-
nole had visited the night before
in .Seagraves. However, the three
men were separated and whefe
the companions started home
they w re- unable to find Neal,
Belief was expressed - that- Neal,
upoii ICaTJTiTTg I,"is friends bad-de-
parted, had started walking on
the highway toward Scminois in
he hope of catching a ride when
he was hit and run over by an
automobile.
Alton Freeman, Gaines county
tion with the deatli of Neal The
suspect remained in a Hobbs. N.
M. hosptpl for treatment oi in-
juries suffered when her "auto-
mobile crashed near Seagraves.
The charge against Mrs. Cool-
idge was accepted by Justice of
Peace j. p, Mahan at Senunols
She has not been aVraipned
Shu iff J C Sar’in of Gain es
county said another woman
known to have been with Mrs
Coylkige was being sought.
Funeral services for Neal were
conducted last Thursday after-
noon m the First Baptist ebureh
at Lamesa and interment was in
the Lamesa cemetery. Besides his
sister hen he is survived by his
widow, a son. Aubray Gene, 3
and a daughter, Wanda Beth, 1
Mrs. Jeffcoat attended the funer-
al from here.
Cubs And Dads Enjoy
Week End At Camp
The Cubs and their dads of
Pack 24, spent last week end at
Camp Post. They enjoyed base-
ball 'games, a campfire and hikes,
especially the hike to Box Canyon.
One of the highlights was the
sending off of two homing pig-
eons with Mother’s Day greetings
4-byr the sons of Dr. Patton of Texas
Technological college.
Levelland had the largest num-
ber in camp. The following dads
and Cubs attended: Harry Mann,
Paul Viable. Jim Peeler. Edgar
Hracch FXfgftr- Payrir.'Ahntis Car- 1
ter. Elmer Birdwell. C. E. Spen-
cer. Issue Johnson, Junior Bail-
ey. Troy Petty. Dale Cannon;
’ Dwight Mann. Kenneth Peeler,
Harold Viable. Edgar Brasch, jr.
Bobby Simpson. Billy Payne, Gyn-
iy.—Wwi'j'jfff’’’ ’Wri'1
ut Carter. Bobby Jack Birdwell,
El wan Spencer Bill Bailey, Clyde
Lipscomb, E. H R, Green. Hugh
Posey, Bob Johnson. Cub Master
Sandy Jmkms and Den Chiefs
Duane Hill and Jimmy Robinson.
Dr. Dupre Attends
Medical Association
In Galveston
Dr. John D Duple, of Hie MC.
lips-Dupre Hospital, is in Galves-
ton this week to attend the Medi-
cal Association, that is in session
there. Dr. Dupre left the first of
the week.-'
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