Hockley County Free Press (Levelland, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 29, Ed. 1 Sunday, August 2, 1964 Page: 1 of 8
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BOXHOLDER
RURAL OR STAR ROUTE
BULK RATE
U. S. POSTAGE
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PERMIT NO. 114
LEVELLAND, TEX
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iHocklay County 2nd. Loading Cotton Producing County In Toxa* mi
Al&uAantt Budget
LEVELLANU, TEXAS-SUNDAY, AUGUST 2, 1964 ★★★★★★ * * ** ***** E1GH T PAGES
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Don't forgot that any
nous, no matter what kind,
all mail amt any other in-
formation for the Hook ley
County Free Press should
Ue mailed to IT'D Houston
i*treet in Leveiland. Phoned
information can be made
by dialing SH4-5311.
CONVENTION MEETS HERE TODAY
It’s still kinds’ early,'
but from what reaction I can
gather, the new series of
i^^es by Dr. Kenneth
I^Piock on. education seem
to be going over well with
Le vei l and ians.
“Ea sy to read and very
interesting,” says one.
“I just always took it
for granted that our system
had always been the way it
is now,” conmented another,
“But Dr. Laycock certainly
proved that theory wrong.”
To find out what these
£pct-seeking locals are
>^’*-*ng about, read Dr.
Ve ,.<<* ock’s second install-
foll^ of ‘‘Education: Every
J if's Business,” in
=Q!ay’s Free Press.
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Sometimes I wonder just
how warm things really can
get.
Last week, last month
and the last decade (seemin-
gly) have been inhumanely
hot here in our town.
But yet, even that heat
seems paltry when compared
.to the heat the guys who
went to Fort Hood for Army
Reserve training suffered
last week.
Fred Nock, a rather non-
army looking type, who was
involved in the entire affair,
says it was so hot down
there the men would wake
up in the morning with salt
residue all over them after
only sleeping a night.
Wonder what would hap-
pen if a guy were to put in
-eel day’s work?
Fred did, however, put
a real night’s work and
„-n some.
“They got us up at
4:30 a.m. every morning,”
Nock relates.
“Then we had to eat and
be at work a little while
later.
“Once 1 had guard duty
till two o’clock and then
went home and went to bed
and had to get up at four
again and couldn’t get back
to bed until about ten that
night. In 36 hours I had
b^feiy two hours sleep.”
‘Vi till it was a good camp,
Nock relates.
“Sure was glad to get
home, though.”
“Sure was gild to see
him get home, “chirps his
employer. The work had
been piling up for several
weeks.
The kind of guy that
would drive all the way from
Abilene with a rather goodly-
sized Shetland pony in the
back seat In the kind of
of guy I don’t know about.
That kind ^f guy is
[toll Kenley.
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LOCAL OFFICIALS -
Wilburn S. “Doc" Deel and
George Seagler, two officials
in the local Babe Ruth
League, have been among
many who have worked long
and hi rd for the su
and hard for the success of
the State B-R Tourney,
which begins tomorrow.
Borrowed Car
Borrowed From
Local Borrower
If you’ve ever wondered
what it feels like to have a
car that you’ve borrowed
stolen from under your nose,
ask Jim Wadsworth.
Wadsworth borrowed a
car from Bob Reid Chevrolet
to take the American Minor
Leaguers to Carlsbad
Caverns last week and
some needy person—in need
of a car, that is—borrowed
it from Wadsworth.
The story, as Wadsworth
relates it, goes something
like this:
The American Minor
Leaguers had set up a car
wash a week ago in order
to make money to be able to
go to the Caverns for a
visit.
Came the fateful morning
of the journey and the
expedition found it was
short of cars. So, trusty
leader Wadsworth ambled
over to Bob Reid Chevy and
Reid lent him a beautiful,
shining new '64 to make the
trip in. The car belonged to
Choice Castle.
All went well on the way
there, and the safari parked
all the cars in the lot and
went to explore the famous
caves. Upon returning from
the depths they found the
Castle Chevy gone with the
wind.
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STATE BABE RUTH MEET
BEGINS HERE MONDAY
Tale of Minister Who Goofed
And Red-Handed Injuns Continued
As the Dirty Guys Attack the Fortt
I by Troy Morris I
Continued From Last Week
As I felt sure my last
moments were at hand, night
came, with low clouds
racing over the heavens,
and the entire plain shroud-
ed in a curtain o blackness
which the human eye could
not penetrate. The vault
of the heavens seetned to
come down and touch the
earth. In this gloom I es-
caped, and none too soon
for I felt my horse stagger,
then without warning he fell.
He had saved my life, but
in the effort the noble steed
had burst his heart.
Knowing the general
direction of the camp, and
supposing the savages had
lost me, 1 set out, It was
not far. One of the most
welcome sights I ever saw
was those red flickering
lights cutting into the night
shadows. I spread the
warning, but it was not
believed by the men that
the Indians were in strong
enough force to attack the
camp.
That night we slept
with a guard that slept also.
It was an act of providence—
an act of God Himself,
which saved us all from
being murdered.
At that moment the re-
port came again.
The ridge pole holding
up the roof of the building
was giving way and about
to cave in on us. We dis-
carded our guns and set to
put up the braces. The sky
by this time was gray with
approaching day, and the
shadows of ebon nighf had
fled.
It was a new day, and
our work had roused the
camp. Men came in to help
us. The work finished, we.
stopped to rest. Then we
were rooted to the spot, for
out of the cottonwoods not a
and dirt shifting into our
faces. We were on our feet
in an instant, gripping our
guns, fearing there was an
Indian attack.
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One of the first things a
suburbanite looms Is that
UMo grass on money.
Evervbndy’s
Business
Today on
page 3, Sec.2
hundred yards from the
picket fence came redskins,
hordes of them. The earth
was literally covered with
them, and as they advanced
their dreaded ' warwhoop
brokfe the morning still-
ness. In a moment every
man was at his post with
loaded guns.
At the first volley from
the red devils two men, the
Shadier brothers, fell mor-
tally wounded. On came the
Indians in mass formation.
All the twenty-six men left
to defend the post were
expert marksmen, and they
commenced firing. The
enemy saddles emptied
steadily under the hail of
bullets. But death in their
ranks did not seem to dis-
courage them, for through-
out the long day they charg-
ed and re-charged.
Suffering within the
stockade was becoming
intense. The supply of
water had been exhausted,
and the ammunition was
almost gone. Just a ques-
tion of time now until we
would all feel the scalping
knife. However, we held
until darkness, and the
redskins retired from sight.
While half of us slept the
balance guarded, and the
cold stars never looked
down on a more desperate
plight. ■ We expected another
onslaught before dawn, and
if it came that would be our
end, for only one round of
ammunition remained and
then it would be a hand to
hand battle. There were
some twenty of us still able
to fight, and there was not
less than one thousand
Indians.
Day came without a sign
of them. We knew in reason
they had not given up, and
were expecting some ruse.
We were completely cut off
from sending for aid, as the
Indians had slaughtered all
our horses.
Along about noon we
buried our dead and dragged
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Wayne Winn, Leveiland
resident, was forced off the
highway recently by an
unidentified car.
As Winn relates the
story, he was driving west
on the Lubbock Highway
after leaving from his home
in the Kauffman Addition to
go Into town to attend to
some business matters.
Winn said that a fairly late
modal car of a tan, gray or
dirty whits color approached
him on the wrong side of the
canter stripe at a very high
speed between SO and 90
mph, forcing him to swerve
off the highway onto the
shoulder. However, a red
Local All-Stars Compete
With Eleven Squads
The little city in the
middle of Texas’ number two
cotton producing county is
quickly heading for top
billing in the baseball
tourney racket.
Once again Leveiland
will be filled with visitors
and parents, here this time
to view the state Babe Ruth
Tournament, August 3-8.
And for the first time in
many years, the Levelland-
ians will have something tc
cheer about—the local All
Stars.
Gaining the tourney in
the least dangerous way
possible—by virtue of being
the home team—the locals
are hoping for a major upset.
They, despite the home field
advantage, will surely be
the underdogs, having not
played as many games to-
gether and sporting a bad
case of the nerves. All
eleven other teams have
shaken the nerves bit and
have played together, each
having fought for a res-
pective district title.
However, no matter who
wins, local officials expect
a good round of diamond
action for those six days.
Man Run Off Road
By Anonymous Motorist
1961 Fprd convertible,
which was unoccupied, was
parked about one and a half
feet from the highway.
Winn said a telephone pole
was near the parked car and
he had no other choice than
to hit the parked auto.
The damage to the Winn
car was (estimated at
$1,350.88.
Winn sustained a cut
upper lip and bruises on his
left arm and leg. The in-
juries forced him to stay in
tbs hospital for three days.
Winn commented, “V
hod always used seat belts,
but on this trip I hadn’t used
them. If I had I wouldn’t
have had the Injuries.”
Local Youth
Completes
Camp
Ronald McCulloch, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mc-
Culloch 1001 Farm Rd. 300,
returned Friday from eight
Weeks basic training at
Fort Polk, Louisiana.
e
After a two-week fur-
loufdi, McCulloch will be
assigned to Fort Sill, Okla-
homa to complete his six
months training as a cannon-
eer.
At the completion of
the six months period, he
will be attached to the local
National Guard unit.
The 31 year old youth
graduated from Leveiland
High School and attended
South Plains College before
Joining the National Guard.
Chick Schmidly and Jack
Gage, manager and coach of
the All Stars respectively,
have been working the boys
day and night since the team
was selected on July 8 in a
closed meeting of league
officials that had all 90
Babe Ruthers waiting an-
si o us ly for the big word.
But finally, 15 regulars
and a couple of alternates
were chosen to carry Level-
land’s banner and the work
began. Since then, rigid
diets, lotsa sleep and re-
gular workouts have been
the rule, with very few days
practice-less.
The fifteen boys are
good fielders and like to
hustle and play a heads-up,’
fast game. As a matter of
record, 10 of 15 are batting
above the .310 mark.
Dr. Wilburn S. Deel,
known affectionately as
“Doc Deel” to kids and
grown-up folks alike, is
going to be one tired man
after the tourney. He is
district Administrator for
this district and has rea-
lized the full weight of his
job since the planning stage
of this tourney.
For example, the stands
were not big enough. .
The City Babe Ruth
Park only holds 2,000 fans—
Babe Ruth rules' specifi-
cally state 3,000 seats must
be available. So, about two
weeks ago work began on
two extensions to the pre-
sent facilities.
One temporary set of
stands—it will facilitate
500 fans—was set up. South
Plains College generously
loaned another set of bleach-
ers that would hold 500
more to the cause. That
settled that.
Then there was paint-
ing the fence around the
outfield, doing repair work
on the mour.d, patching up
the screen, putting faci-
lities for the visiting press
from over the state, setting
up two radio broadcasting
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Insects Menace
Plains Area
Dollar Day
In LEVELLAND
all day-Monday
County Agent, Bill
Taylor reports that August
is generally the month in
which boll worm activity
is usually observed.
Taylor said, “Insect
activity—In general—to light;
however a few fields are
showing spots of light boll
worm aotlvity.”
•
Beneficial insects may
surpress this activity. How-
ever farmers should make
daily checks to ojjssrve
and rapid build-op of boll
worms, Taylor ooatiausd.
PARTY LINE
A bridal shower honoring
Miss Patsy Rekiata, bride-
elect of Rex Pirtle was
held recently in the Reddy
Room.
Hostesses were Mmes.
Henry Marchbanks, E. L.
Logsdon, torvin Berry, Dee
Wasson, A. E. Adams, R. D.
Pitman, Marvin Landers,
W. A. Legion, J ames Rainey
Wode McDaniel, and Gordon
McMillan.
In summer graduation
exercises, three Leveiland
teachers are scheduled to
receive degrees from East-
ern New Mexico University.
Carver Principal L. G.
Griffin and Carver teacher
.Miss Clarice Everett are
candidates for Master of
Education degrees.
John F. Woicikowfski is
a candidate for a B. A. in
Music Education. Woicikow-
fski will be th d choral dir-
ector at Leveiland High
School this year.
Just a passing thought
that all teeni ge boys and
young men are not delin-
quent. Recently, Jickle
Nunn, Eddie Smith, Joe,
Fud, and Don McCulloch,
and Gary Tucker helped
Merle Little of 1731 Ave. I,
a neighbor of one of the
boys, to put out a fire in the
back of 3 pick-up truck.
Although it was late at
night, the boys helped a
neighbor In distress.
Twelve Hockley County
Boy Scouts and their leader
Judge Louis Owens returned
home recently from the
National Boy Scout Jam-
bores in Volley Forge,
Pennsylvania.
0 Lord, we beseech
Thee, mercifully to receive
the prayers of Thy people
who call up on Thee; grant
that we shall be forgiven foi
not calling upon Thee more
often; save us from neglect
of orayer, the reading ant
study of Thy Word, and the
faithful attendance upon the
services of our Church: Ful-
fil now, 0 Lord, the desire$
of our hearts; grant to us in
this world knowledge of Thy
truth, and in the world to
come life everlasting. Amen
Ray Neill Jslmaea
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Shaw, Art. Hockley County Free Press (Levelland, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 29, Ed. 1 Sunday, August 2, 1964, newspaper, August 2, 1964; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1168913/m1/1/?rotate=90: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting South Plains College.