Hockley County Herald (Levelland, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 47-A, Ed. 1 Sunday, June 30, 1940 Page: 22 of 24
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VACATIONING
Weldon Dendy
,tlon spent in Callfor
5th.and 6th of July - Levelland’s Fifteenth
Birthday Celebration
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Smallwood recent
are shown picking oranges, *on a |nla.
1 Fashion Cleaners in Level-
id. He installed a complete new
nt consisting of Hoffman Dry
inner equipment, nils is the
it plant of this type to be sold
Texas. Mr. Dendy stated that
Hm« to Levelland to stay and
Bts to become part of the com-
inlty. He Invites the public to
peot this new cleaning plant.
There were 31,009,870 motor
vehicles registered in the United
States in, 1939. This was an in-
The 35,000 ton battleship Wash-
ington, launched recently in the
Philadelphia navy yard, is the first
battleship built by this govern-
ment since 1931. It is 750 feet long
and 106 feet wide. It will cost
when completed a year from now,
$70,000,000. It is the Navy’s larg-
est battleship.
crease of one million over the pre-
ceding year.
Oil wells drilled over 50 years
ago in Pennsylvania are still pro-
ducing. ,
Welcome
To Our Rodeo
We are proud to be able to say we live in
/i
Hockley County
We believe the people of this community deserve our praise for the achieve'
ments in the building and development of our City and County in such a
short period of time—Fifteen Years.
Your Up-To-Date
Hardware Store
THEY CAME
WEST
L. HUDGENS
HARDWARE
Seeking New Land And Property
AND THEY FOUND IT IN THE VAST PRAIRIES OF
Philco Radios—Electrolux Refrigerators—Butane Plants
Hockley County
Best Regards
Home Of Levelland’s Biggest Industry —Motor Fuels Corporation
Jo the Pioneers as well as the Newcomers of Hockley
County who are observing the 15th Anniversary to be
held in Levelland July 4th, 5th and 6th.
LEVELLAND
lectured above are four scenes aflon refinery plant sho'
taken Of the Motor Fuels Corpora left the office building
PIONEER DAYS
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Weimhold, Forrest. Hockley County Herald (Levelland, Tex.), Vol. 16, No. 47-A, Ed. 1 Sunday, June 30, 1940, newspaper, June 30, 1940; Levelland, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1154510/m1/22/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting South Plains College.