The Hockley County Herald (Levelland, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, September 6, 1940 Page: 3 of 16
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Being Sponsored
The Missionary Baptist Church
cordially invites all singers to at-
tend their singing class whlclvls
held each Friday night at the
church.
“We propose to have singing one
night a week. Come and bring
your class song books with you
and let's make the school ring.
Services will begin at 8:00 P. M.”
B. C. Beard, pastor of the church
said in his official invitation.
Many people in the cotton trade
expect domestic consumption in
thee current season to set an all-
time high, perhaps over 8,000,000
bales. _
Levelland Truck
Line
. Phone 46-J
SERVING
Audit*
4-2tC
tlTHKN you begin to thank a
ff friend, one that has helped
you grow mentally and physically
into a continuously better servant
at the people, you aorta choke
op’ because it’s ’ rather hard to
express that feeling deep down
that comes from close association
and cooperation in work and play
with your fellow citizen.
But sooner or later we all get
to feeling so grateful for things
that People help us do. that we
ball teams have been progressing
rather rapidly. They are planning
to make this the best year of all
The girls’ team is coming out
with lots of spirit and hopes of
winning this year. They all seem
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go ahead and mai
make an enort t
express our sincere thanks, any-
way—even though everyone knows
we’re inrateful. •
nevertheless we can’t help but
try to tell the citizens of Levelland
and Hockley County how very
much the Hockley County Herald
its staff appreciates the nice
things you’ve said about us. We’re
prompted to write these few para-
graphs of thanks because lately
^•0 ffsny of you have made pub-
lic your compliments about The
Herald, that we would be un-
grateful indeed if we didn’t ack-
your many kindnesses.
oourse, there are many rea-
sons why we've been able to
Into a newspaper that is
_ g of the most out-
weekly publications in
1 by men in the news-
Your. thoughtfulness
\ln assisting otir
collecting toe news, has
» it posible for ug to repre-
____ a more complete coverage
M the things you are interested
to .through the Columns of The
Noroll The increased interest of
the citizens in The Herald has
fcMU reflected in the rapid growth
h“ juactic
GRADUATES AT KELLY FIELD
Flying Cadet Brooks A. Law-
hon, of Levelland was among
toe gradnates of toe U. S. Ar-
my Air Corps Advanced Fly-
ing school at Kelly field, San
Antonio, In commencement ex-
ercises rnnay nigni. Lswnpn
was a member of a class of 204,
the fifth class of similar size
to be turned out since the air
corps launched Its intensive
training program, March 23,
1940. ^
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in less than a year
18 to 20 new subserib-
eaeh week,
to a largo paid up
The Herald sells more
each week
(ALLY this increased
interest has made The
more valuable medium
advertising for the merchants
We appreciate very
splendid cooperation
jHH business men have given us
by aging mare advertising which
has mads. 19' possible for us to
Herald from time to
in turn has Increased
jMttL
together, this rapid pro-
's gross has been made possible.
As a result The Herald has one
4t the best weekly newspaper
fUmmta in West Texas, furnishes a
, payroll of $226.00 a week in Lev-
ff"'1 and is able to contribute
t$s share to taxes to the schools,
gfty, county, state and national
pPHSumriitn as well as lend its
means to the support to the many
fffrrr fine things that help make
Lerdland and Hockley County a
potter piae in Which to Uve. ’
_
Qmcm the red reason for our
continuous growth can be laid
p$ the feet of the citizens of Lev-
fWfcid and Hockley County and
jpe are extremely proud of The
flsrald and its small part in the
Aprriopsnent of the area, we are
deeply grateful for the opportun-
to express our appreciation to
Local Rotarians
To Attend Meet
In Lubbock
Levelland Rotarians .will gjo to
the Lubbock intercity Rotary
meeting next Thursday night in
opto,'as the regular Tuesday
luncheon will jja^ be h^d.
It is the desire Qf Ra»dell Alex-
ander, president of $»e local or-
ganization, $o have a hundred per
cent representation cf the club
sc me uumgeg meeting. several
outstanding speakers Will be on
the program and member* of the
clubs in tbs towns surrounding
Lubbock tte invited. },, »
(ns will
er OBug 8 tore
f$y even-
ing. in order that all of the mem-
bers may1 go together.
An interesting Dr. Quit program
was present* at the regular
luncheon last Tuesday by Russell
Mitchell. County Sludge J. A. El-
lis, a visiting Lion, asked the
questions, as members Of the Ro-
tary club were divided into two
teams. The south side won by one
point. \
A new member, J. Bud Farrar,
was welcomed into the club. He
favored the members with a piano
number. ... *
The LeveQand Re
meet at AbolUexande
at seven o'clock Thi
Otis Burson Presents
Lions Prograji
Pictures of Henry Ford’s’ fam-
ed "Greenfield Village” were shown
Lions club members and visitors
at the regular meeting Thursday.
Program chairman Otis Burson
presented the feature which
brought but details of'the restor-
ation of early American histori-
cal places which Ford has assem-
,1 he tagle
(PetUt Ugh School Psbiiestfon)
Editor ______Rex Baugh
Asst., Editor Norma Gladys.Fred
Senior Reporter__Norma Redding
Junior Reporter__Robbie Warren
Sophomore Reporter, Fern Yeary
Freshman Reporter, Brocksye
Nell Fred
The Pettit girls and boys basket
bled near Dearborn, Mich
Clarence WUsoh was added ,to
the club as a new member and
Melvin Sisk, secretary of ><tie|ooach plan to get new
Hockley County Board of Dmfe*
opment was a club visitor.
Woodrow Cobb will have charge _____
of toe program for next Tluirs- *b*ght„beat theft, B team
day’s meeting, it was said
If all the 1040 United States
wheat (hop plus toe supply in the
Ever-Nbrmal Granary were used
for food' it would provide every
man, woman and child In toe na-,
tion with twice as much bread,
cereal and other wheat foods as
each ate in toe entire year of 19-
39.
‘'v .About 15 percent of the frozen-
feed locker plants in the United
states an owned and operated by
cooperatives. Minnesota leads with
About one-third of its 213 plants
run by cooperatives.
BUTCH’S
Good Old Fashioned
Pit Barbecue
Every Day
BACK OF ROSE THEATRE
Herald Receiv&i
Large Shi|Mnent
Of Newsprint
The largest’ shipment of news-
print ever received in Hockley
County was unloaded at The Her-
ald plant last week. A total of
12,000 pounds of paper which will
be used in toe production of ^The
Herald toe next few months was
included In the shipment.
This amount of paper will pro-
duce &0.000 copies of sixteen page
papers like The Herald each week.
Leading hotels in a number of
cities are featuring ‘turkey steaks.’
The meat of the turkey is remov-
ed from the bones with a special
boning knife, lit is cut into steaks
of light and dark meat, as desir-
ed, In any size from a half-pound
«ip. Tbe-xteak* are fried slowly in
melted fat in a heavy covered
skillet and then steamed.
playing basket ball. They have
four of their main players back
to help them win this year. The
coach, Miss Tosh, says that it will
take quite a bit of training before
the team will be very successful.
The girls plan to get some new
suits soon. Their first match game
will be with the outsiders Wed-
nesday night, September 4, Miss
Doris Thigpen predicts that the
outsiders can beat the school girls
any old day, but the school girls
don’t think "so. We hope to surprise
the outsiders Wednesday night.
The boys have a geat interest
and lots of spirit in basketball.
They have planned to make this
the best year and best team that
has ever been seen ih Black and
Gold. They have five letter men
back, and with all their «pirit,(fiey
plan to win and bq.jw
cess this year. The boyx
Bass Named President Of Rifle '
Club At Shoot Sunday Afternoon
C. D. Bass was named president of the Levelland Rifle Club
8unday afternoon following practice shooting that saw J. A. Freuit
and J. P. Shofner tied for high scoring honors with ISO’s out of a
possible 200.
.. Other officers chosen were Ray Watson, vice-president: Ed-
ward F. Pilley, secretary: Fletcher Crockett, treasurer; and Cliff
Brown, executive officer. .The officials will hold office until Janu-
ary 1, 1941.
Practice shooting was heald on a 50 foot range with standard
50 foot targets used. Scores racked up in the practice shooting
MUfTAK
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QUICK
esuirs.
FOR SALE — Labor 17, 200h
wells and three windmills, cos
one-half mile southwest of Pettit.
Q. R. Carter. 5-4tp
HALF THOROUGHBRED saddle
j horses and fillys for sale or trade
for cattle or residence lots in Lev-
elland. See Wadkle Fowler, Mal-
lett Ranch. 5-3tp
gear. J** fitABigy >predictofcthat
toe Pettit boys can beat til teams
:Vt;
The Eagle will continue their
news on basketball next week.
1 . * •' »_' ■ —
Plans are to publish
graphical sketch of one
faculty members each week. This
.week we introduce:
Jeffa Lee Burns, toe first grade
teacher, a very interesting and
loveable person.
Miss Burns was born in Okra,
Texas. 8he lived there all her life
and attend the Okra School un-
til toe last year in high school;
she graduated from high school at
Rising Star in 1934. After she had
Hockley County Board Of
Development Elects Officers
Major Rodgers Named
President; Tom Lumly
Vice-President
Meeting in executive session
Friday night, the Hockley Coun-
ty-Board of Development elected
seven new directors, heard Dick
ShInkle, of the Lubbock Chamber
• 1 »Mi ,•
hut very successful.
In 1937-38 Miss Burns taught
e™^ M°rt°n ^d toat^??^ Okra. She seeueOto like teach-
ing and thought it was an inter-
esting and enjoyable profession.
So she decided to come to West
Texas. Now we find her stationed
at Pettit, teaching the first grade.
SENIOR CLASS
The Senior Class met and elect-
ed Miss Diersing as toe sponsor
by acclamation. We feel sure that
we selected our sponsor to our
best interests and we have not
regretted it.
The class officers are Rex Baugh
president; Freddie Wheeler, vice-
president; Ekma Sutton, sec re
graduated from high school, sh# tarj;.i^nd Myrtle McGee, treasur-
A female housefly may become
a great-grandmother in 60 days.
CARLOApiNG INCREASE
The Santa Fe Railway System
carloadlngs for the week ending
August 31, 1940, were 20,018 com-
pared with 19,759 for the same
week in 1939. Received from con-
nections were 5,895 compared
with 5,580 for toe same week in
1939. The total cars moved were
25,913 compared with 25,339 for
the same week in 1939. The San-
ta Fe handled a total of 23,932
cars during the preceding week of
this year.
A man with a hoe is the best
weed-killing machine.
Levelland Masonic
Lodge No. 12316
—Meets first Tuesday of each
month and third Thursday of
month: set aside for Masonic
Educational Service.
ROBERT GODWIN, W. M.
H. E. GILLESPIE, Sec’y.
re Will Buy ...
All Your
Scrap Iron
ud
Metal
pap the best prices.
WESTERN
MOTOR SUPPLY
NOTICE OF INTENTION
TO ISSUE WARRANTS
Notice is hereby given that the
Commissioners’ Court of Hockley
County, Texas, will construct cer-
tain lateral roads and highways
in Hockley County, Texas, such
construction to be done under
the Immediate supervision of the
Commissioners’ Court and to be
paid for by the day, as such
work progresses, it being the in-
tention of the Commissioner’s
Court to issue the warrants of
said county in payment of the
claims, approved by the County
Judge and audited and allowed by
toe Commissioner’s Court, to be
incurred by said County in the
construction of said lateral roads
and highways and the total ag-
gregate amount of such warrants
is not to exceed the sum df $15,-
000 00. -
NOTICE IS HEREBY FURTH-
ER GIVEN that 6n the 14th day
of September, A. D. 1940, the same
being one of the days of the regu-
lar September, A. D. 1940 term
of said Court, at ten O’clock A. M.
at toe Court Room of the Com-
missioners’ Court of said County,
at toe Court House in Levelland,
Texas, the Commissioners’ Court
of Hockley County, Texas, will
pass an order authorizing the is-
suracne of the interest bearing
time warrants of said county, In
the maximum amount of $15,000.-
00, bearing • maximum interest
rate of 6% per annum, and ma-
turing serially $1,000.00 on April
10th, in each of the years 1942 to
1956, inclusive, such warrants to
be issued in payment of claims,
approved by toe County Judge,
audited and allowed by the Com-
missioners’ Court, to be incurred
by sard County for the construc-
tion of the lateral roads and high-
ways abov ementloned, and are to
be a charge against and payable
from a special tax levied by said
court at said time out of and from
the Constitutional Road and
Bridge Fund of said County.
This notice is given in accord-
ance with and In strict compli-
ance with toe provisions of Chap-
ter 163, Acts of the Regular Ses-
sion of toe Forty-second Legis-
lature of Texas, and all amend-
ments thereto.
,J. A. ELLIS,
entered Randolph Junior College
in Cisco, January 1935. In 1936
she entered two colleges. La Janu-
ary 1936 she entered John Tarle-
ton Junior College In Stephenville
and later she went to -Howard
Payne college in Brown wood. Them
with a great success sne grad-
uated in August 1937. Miss Bums
found her college years difficult
er. We have a group of very com-
petent officers.
We are Just now getting settled
lrf our school work, and we are
doing pretty good.
:A paper, called the Levelland
News, was distributed here last
week. The paper is being printed
in Slaton.
of Commerce, and discussed plans
for toe coming year.
Major H. Rodgers, president and
T. M. Lumly, vice-president were
chosen officials of the Board of
Directors and H. H Mann, C. L.
Hudgens, W. B, Little. W. B. Blan-
kenship and Wm. R. Sewell di-
rectors. Sewell will continue in
sendee as treasurer of the organ-
ization.
Shinkle, assistant manager of.
the Lubbock Chamber of Com-
merce, stressed “cooperation” be-
tween city and county civic lead-
ers to pushing forward for great-
er development.
An open discuuton was held on
toe loicti-housing problem which
has been created because of toe
influx of a large number of fam-
ilies toe past several months.
Out going directors who com-
pleted their one year term Prtday
were R. -H. Hester, president; Jim
Peeler, vice-president; Major
Rodgers, Ray Watson, Percy Cole,
B. A. Warren and T. O. Petty.
FOR SALE—Two "farm wagons. O-
R. Carter,. lVfe miles southwest
Pettit. 5-2tp
FOR SALE—Gallon jugs. 10c and
15c. Palace Drug Store. &-itc
SEED WHEAT FOR SALE. Two
cents per pound. E. K. Hufstedler
& Son, Levelland i-tc
FOR SALE—Gasoline motor for I
pump jack at 8. M. Thweatt’s
garage. Cheap. 4-2tp
FOR CUSTON row binding and I
ensilage cutting, see H. C. Whit-
er, 3 miles north of Opydyke Gin.
A-l machinery. . s~ipl
FOR SALE—Lease, sale and rent!
cards at The Herald office.
FOR SALE—1929 Model A Ford I
Track. Good rubber. Harold Oomb.
at Foxworto-Gaibraith Lbr. Cb.
. .) Y. • 1-tfcl
l*nd Machine Shop. 12-tf|
FOR RENT—Office roams. Apply I
Davis Grocery. 28-tX!
Mr. and Mrs. Jbhnnie Green of
El Paso, are here visiting their
parents Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Green.
ALL SIZES
NEW PIPE LSED
FOR KVFRY PVRPOSE
CENTRAL riPE A SCPPLY CO,
2611 So. Ave. H Phonw 600
Lubbock, Terns
//, 1"><‘ ' GET YOUR
^HflT CLEANED
AND BLOCKED
Bring in that shape-
less topper of yours
and we’ll give it back
te you looking brand
new!
TIPPS”
TAILOR SHOP
A horn of plenty for Levelland business is The
Herald. Results pour endlessly from effective
Herald advertising because this paper has en*
trenched itself thoroughly in the minds of Hock-
ley County people. It is practically and actually a
town institution whose presence can be noted in
nearly every home in town, in which it is read for
concise reporting of the news of the day and ad-
vertising news, too. If your business can use a
horn df plenty in advertising results, don’t wait to
% get in touch with the Heral doffice ... call 83 right
now!
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Weimhold, Forrest. The Hockley County Herald (Levelland, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 5, Ed. 1 Friday, September 6, 1940, newspaper, September 6, 1940; Levelland, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1154057/m1/3/: accessed June 20, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting South Plains College.