Hockley County Free Press (Levelland, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 60, Ed. 1 Sunday, December 27, 1964 Page: 2 of 8
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2 THE HOCKLEY COUNTY FREE PRESS Sunday Dac. 27, 1964
'Q <jood bank in a jood
Today
Photo by Norman’s Studio
JBirsctor’s ^Roont
This is the director’s room of the Levelland hirst Rational Bank. In this room,
decisions, general business and policies of the bank are made. The hirst Aat-
ional is among the strongest of banks in the State of Texas. It sits on a solid
foundation, created by men uho have had years of experience in the banking busi-
ness-men uho study the needs of the community they serve and see that those
needs are taken care of. lisit the First National any time you are m Levelland
__it is a friendly bank and uants to be your friend.
'OWNED AND OPERATED BY BANKERS”
. f National Bank
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DOWNTOWN LEVELLAND
MEMBER F.D.I.C.
PHONE 894-3101
ADEQUATE PARKING
BANKING HOURS
9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Monday thru Friday 9:00 am- to 12 noon Saturday*
From Page 1
I friend would tell a lie on
lyou If he thought it ,would
jgain him a dollar.
And, today, life moves at
la faster pace, and we all
know we are under the threat
(of sudden death In an atomic
lage which is just beginning.
|So, people don't laugh as
I much as they used to; they
Idon't sleep as soundly as
Ithey should, and they panic
|when they hear an explosion
-who knows--it all may end
| within a few minutes.
Most people find a joke or
I two about the thing which
threatens them, but, how
many jokes have you heard
] about the atomic bomb.
When the time comes we
can joke about the bomb,
much of the pressure will
be lifted.
So, as we said, we move
into 1965--a year of which
we know nothing—three hun-
dred and sixty-five days of
it, and each day will be a
►separate unit-each will com-
plete itself then we will
take up the other—just liv-
ing from day to day.
As a matter of fact, even
under the best of conditions
that is the only way we can
live—as the poet once re-
marked, “Do you think the
lamb would gambol in the
meadow if it knew its throat
was going to be cut the next
|»morning?” Not the exact
wording, but the meaning
is there
No one sees ahead—God
I has made it that way—if we
knew in advance what was
going to happen we would
be the most unhappy people
in the world.
Living blind is the reason
we can live at all.
So, we move off the page.
Perennials Contribute
Early Spring Garden
Effects
More consideration should
be given toward the use of
“hardy’’ perennials in Tex-
as gardens, especially those
that are best planted during
autumn months for early
spring bloom or other spring
garden effects.
While hardiness to cold is
not of great importance in
the Gulf Coast area, consid-
eration must be given to
high summer temperatures.
Many worthy plants do es-
pecially well under Texas
FARMERS UNION GIVES
AWAY TELEVISION
Paul McCulloch, of Sun-
down Road, Levelland, was
the lucky winner of the TV
set given away on Wednes-
day afternoon at Stacy-
Mason, on West Houston
Street.
As we understand it, it
was a raffle in which tickets
were sold. Stubs from the
tickets were placed in a
wire cage which revolved
on a base, the tickets thor-
oughly mixed then one
ticket drawn by Pam Acuff,
small daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Royce Acuff, of 140
Detroit.
Ray Schwab and E. Siefert
had charge of the drawing.
CAR AT FIRST STATE
BANK IS GIVEN AWAY
It was announced on Wed-
nesday of last week that
C.D. McKay was winner of
the miniature 1910 Model T
Ford given away by the
Levelland State Bank.
The little car is perfect
in every respect, even to
the engine which pulls it.
lerfS*—
this
RESOLVE IN J965 TO
TRADE IN LEVELLAND
conditions and should be
included in garden plantings.
Achillea tomentosa, or
Wooly Yarrow, is an excel-
lent plant for edgings,
ground covers or rock gar-
dens and serves as a choice
companion plant in spring-
flowertag bulb beds. It pro-
duces a flat mat or mound of
finely cut, uark green, wooly
leaves. Foliage is evergreen
and flat clusters of bright
yellow flowers emerge in the
spring.
These plants have about a
six-inch spread with flowers
being borne on six eighth
inch stems. They will often
continue to flower through-
out the year if dead blooms
are removed after the color
fades.
Centaurea cineraria, or
Dusty Miller, is grown princi-
pally for its soft white, foli-
age, However, it’s easily
confused with several others
due to the common name,
Dusty Miller. The more wide-
ly grown, better known Sej
cio cineraria also bears
this name but has grey, soft,
finely dissected leaves and
is a shrubby plant growing
about two feet tall.
Centaurea, however, is a
more compact, low-growing
plant reaching only 10-12
inches in height. Its white
foliage occurs mostly in a
basal clump. The plant has
coarse, strap-like leaves
with broad, roundish .lobes
and bears yellow solitary
flower heads on long stems
during the summer.
Dianthus latifolius and
Dianthus plumarious pro-
duce husky flowering garden
carnation plants when plant-
ed in the fall and become
well established by spring.
They will bloom well if set
out now and thrive in warm,
dry situations. Shearing off
spent flowers at frequent
intervals encourages contin-
ous bloom through the year.
Another colorful plant for
ground cover effects is the
Gazania. Garden forms of
this genus are low-growing
clumps that will spread rap-
idly to provide a solid mass
of attractive foliage. Leaves
are long and narrow and are
9
dark green above and white
pubescent on the lower
surface.
Perhaps the best known
Gazania is the common oran-
ge-flowered Gazania rlngens.
However, many hortloulturi
varieties are now availab
with flowers ranging froi
white to yellow, orange and
variegated forms.
An old spring-flowering
favorite seldom seen in mod-
em gardens is Heuohera
sanguines, commonly oalled
Coral Bells. It produces
rosettes of evergreen foli-
age and is useful for plant-
along paths or walks and for
the foreground of flower bor-
ders.
Leaves are round with scal-
loped edges; dainty bell-
shaped flowers are produced
on slender stems 12-18 inoh-
es high. These are produced
on spikes from April throui
July under Texas condition!
reaching blooming height in
May and June. They are
coral colored, but several
hybrids are now available
with white, pink or deep red
flowers. The flower spikes
are also excellent for cut-
flower arrangements.
A companion plant for use
with Heuchera that is highly
adaptable to climatic con-
ditions in Texas is the 81
berian Bellflower, Campan-
ula porscharstkana. This
starry, lavender blue-flower-
ed Canterbury Bell is a tuft-
ed but more spreading plant
having a dainty appearance.
However, it is a rugged grow-
er and flowers well through
the spring and early summer
months.
The two species of Laven-
der cotton should also be
included in any garden when
compact, low-growing plants
are needed for edging paths,
walks or patterned beds.
Santolina Chamaecyparis-
sus, a compact evergreer^^
has finely divided aromati^^
grey-green foliage and yel-
low flowers. It is a two foot
shrub-like perennial that
should be clipped frequently
to a height of about one foot,
unless used on slopes or in
planter boxes. There it can
be allowed to grow naturally
into soft billowy mounds and
should be cut back about
once a year.
Santolina vareus has a simi-
lar growth and flowering
habit but has dark green,
narrow, linear, evergreen
foliage.
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ARNOLD'S ANNUAL SHOE SALE
Doors open at 8 A.M.
Sale Starts December 28
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Morris, Troy. Hockley County Free Press (Levelland, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 60, Ed. 1 Sunday, December 27, 1964, newspaper, December 27, 1964; Levelland, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1169146/m1/2/?q=%221964~%22: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting South Plains College.