Levelland and Hockley County News-Press (Levelland, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 28, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 8, 1992 Page: 1 of 16
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EarlySettlers' a family event
decorated girl’s bicycle, the wildest
decorated boy’s bicycle and the most
unusually decorated bicycle will be
held at Billy Price’s Western Auto
at 602 Clubview Drive at 9:30 Bikes
should be early.
The necrology service will be held
at 10 a.m. and the parade line up will
begin along 1st St. at die same lime
The parade will begin at 11 a.m. with
parade participants going south of
West Ave, east on Houston, south on
Ave. G, west on Austin, and south
on Ave. H. to 13fh street where it
will turn east, breaking up along the
south side of Lobo Lake. Parade
participants are encouraged to leave
their vehicles in the Lobo Stadium
parking lot.
Parade participants are asked to
n i throw candy again this year. The
ban on throwing candy was imposed
last year after several close calls of
children darting out tnto the paths of
floats and horses to get the candy
which fell in the street.
A number of parade entries have
pre registered, guaranteeing
themselves the best spots in the
parade line up. Floats have been
entered by: Tn-Care Medical,
Levelland Jaycees, Direct Health
Care, Frontier Living Center, Boys
Scout Troop #610, First Assembly
of God, Homer Johnson’s, Church
of the Nazarene, Hockley County
Senior Citizens, Pack 659 and Billy
Price’s Western Auto.
The Lubbock High Riders and
Terry County Sheriff's Posse have
entered as riding clubs.
Decorated autos will be entered
sponsored by Hockley County 4-
H’era. Registration forms are
available at the Levelland Area
Chamber of Commerce office, or out
of last Sunday’s Early Settlers’
tabloid. Late registration will be
conducted from 8:30 until 9 a m on
the square. T here is no entry fee.
Competition will be in 21
categories being judged for: longest
ears, shortest ears, longest tail,
shortest tail, longest noose, shortest
nose, longest coar, shortest coat,
cutest costume, most tricks, dog-
owner dress alike, dog-owner look
alike, curliest coat, straightest coat,
largest dog, smallest dog, waggiest
tail, friendliest, most fat, most thin
and best of show.
A bike show for the prettiest
by Tn-Care Medical, Team Bank,
the U.S. Army, Hockley County
Senior Citizens, Mangolds and South
Plains Head Start
Antique cars and tiaclors have
been entered by Xhibiliorioi Speed,
Raul Orosco, Alton and Thalvj
Garner and James McCarroll
Horse drawn vehicles have Ikvii
entered by tile Brock family
(Diamond B Chuckwagon and
surrey) and by Don Tugwell
( ash prizes of $150, $UX) and
$75 arc being oliered tor the lop
three floats and $75 and $S(i are
offered lor the best two horse drawn
vehicles. Irophies will be awarded
to the best riding clubs, the best
junior riding club, the best antique
cars and the best Nifty ’50's cars
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Quill show entries can be entered
into competition al the Senior
Citizens Center at 1202 Houston
beginning at 8 a m. Divisions of
competition include: Antique (over
50 years old), afghan, bedspread,
pieced cotton, plain cloth, knit, kit,
machine quilted, tacked, crib or
baby, quilt as you go, appliqued,
cross-stitched, embroidered, other
stitchery, painted, wall hanging,
table cloth, pillow cases and other.
Entries will be judged al 10 a.m. and
must be picked up by 2:30 p m The
show is being sponsored by
Extension Homemakers Clubs.
The dog show begins at 9 am.
under one of the tents on the west
The 31 st annual Hockley County Saturday morning and most are side of the square. It is being
Early Settlers’ Reunion and expected to be in place and ready for sponsored by Hockley County 4-
Ceiebration will be staged Satuiday business by 9 a.m.---------- H’ers. Registration forms are
featuring something for everyone.
Truly a family event, a giani
parade, ai least 100 food and arts and
crafts booths, a quilt show, dog
show, bike show, necrology service,
musical entertainment, horseshoe
and washer pitching contests, stick
horse races, miniature boat races, a
play day, team roping and a streel
dance arc all planned in conjunction
with the annual event. The first Early
Settlers’ reunion was held during the
summer of 1962 and this year’s
parade marshall, Bea Johnson, was
one of the original Early Settlers’
committee members.
Individuals will begin silling up
booths on the cou rt hou se I a wn ear I y
Levelland And
Hockley County
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VOLUME 14 NUMBER 28 USPS 146 380 Drawer 1628 Levelland, Texas 79336-1628 Phone 894-3121 Wednesday, July 8, 1992, 12 Pages, 2 Sections & Supplement
j MONDAY MORNING
Residents survive
Early residents remember
history of Whitharral area
&
RESCUE WORK - f ireman Bobby Bell prepares the Jaws of Life which were used to help tree Tamara Connally
from the wreckage of the 1991 pickup she was driv mg w hen involved in a major wreck shortly after 10 a.m. Monday
Personnel from I-cvelland EMS were attending Mrs. Connally as firemen worked on the pickup Four vehicles
were involved in the mishap which occurred after Mrs. Connally pulled onto Highway 3X5 from a county road
and into the path of a staked bed truck which was passing two northbound cars Mrs. Connally was treated al
Methodist Hospital Ix'vclland and transferred to St Mary's in Lubbock where she was scheduled for urgery
on a broken leg. (Staff Photos by Kevin Campbell)
seven. That compares with two
through June of last year and a total
of six through June of 1990
Another permit for $45.(X)() lias
been issued to Don Martin, owner of
Levelland Floor Covering, for a
commercial addition onto his store
That addition will be for both a
warehouse and offices
One permit was issued for $2,(XX)
for a ffiotnle home m be parked in
lite city. So far this year, 1 1 permits
for S68.8OO in value for mobile
homes have been issued.
Permits for 12 residential
remodeling or improvement jobs
valued at $24,134 were issued
during June while four permits for
other projects totaling $ 10,745 were
issued.
Historically June has been an on
again, off again construction month
as reflected by the volume of permits
issued over the past several years. Tn
June ot last y._ ai. i i p-.umils iolaic.i
$36,095 while in Jun, 1990. 1:<
permits totaled s C I ,X I I In June.
1 9X9, 14 permm totaled $> G,90(x)
while m June. 19XX. 22 [x-rmits
totaled S2X?/'”0 in June. I9X'. ]S
permits totaled S-!2‘.'Tn anj
June. 19X6, 24 permits totaled
$754,3‘X). In June. 19XS. lOpcrmits
totaled $1 32.2(X).
mon'!: were: Dana Webb, $2,XiM).
Tra Cumby.S25O; CirildoGarJa,
$2.(xX); Lupe Reyes, $200, Bells
Bell, $1,6X4, Vincente Olivas,
$10,000; Scngo Chapa. $900:
Roman Escalante, $600, Ted
Jackson, $3,145; Billy Price. $1,000:
Town and Country, $2,000; Author
Thompson, $1,200, Ramon Soliz,
$300; John Hudelson. $4,(XX>;
Antonia Valcnzcla, $600 and
Cynthia Malone, $2,000.
early days '
Kempson Uxik over the office
from former secretary-treasurer
Lilly Thetford who helped found
the organization that began in 1968
as a class reunion of Whitharral
High School graduates.
According to Viola Dalrymple,
who served as the organizations
first president, the idea for a re-
union came from the late George
Hasseuz.alc who attended the
groups first class reunion.
"George enjoyed it so much
because of the friendliness of the HEAVY DAMAGES-This 1979 Chevrolet Monte Carlo driven by Emcst Ray Gonzales was heavily damaged
See WHITHARRAL Page 2 when it hit a tree while trying to avoid the collision between Mrs Connally's pickup and a staked bed truck dr is cn
by Fernando Jimenez of Brownfield Gonzales and his wife, Irma, who was a passenger in the car, woe both
wearing their seal belts They were treated and released from the local hospital <Staff Photo)
Construction permits top $156,800
Bygone days have indeed gone
by for a few of Whitharral’s early
settlers. After all. it's been almost
60 years since many of tlie now
senior citizens walked the halls of
Whitharral High Schrxrl.
But, thanks to the foresight of
those people who helped found the
small fanning community, mem
ones of those days will continue to
be preserved at the annual Whith-
arral Early Settlers Reunion The
early settlers met for their annual
meeting litis past Saturday, July
4th, at the Whitharral I.ton’s Club
headquarters.
As usual, the informal gathering
began with good conversation
laced with recollections of high
school, farming and The Depres-
sion, a few games of cards and
dominos, a homemade meal,
followed by a brief business
meeting to set the record straight
for future gatherings.
"The most significant thing
about this reunion is just to visit
with old friends and talk about old
limes," said J.B. Kempson, who
has served as secretary and treasur-
er since 19X7. "Everyone here
loves to sit and talk about those
After three months of modest
gains in construction in Levelland,
only 19 permits totaling S156.X79
were issued during June.
So far this year 132 permits
touting $1,664,992 have been issued
by tlie City of Levelland s mspec
lion department. That compares with
60 totaling $ 1,065,805 through June
of 1991 Since then the city has
required rooters to get permits Jot
roofing projects following com
plaints after a May hailstorm brought
dozens of out of town roofers into
the community, some of which did
inferior work. The change in policy
has resulted in a doubling of the
number of permits issued by City
Hall.
Ort* ICE RS—Whitharral held its annual Early Settlers reunion July 4th with about two dozen people attending.
Officers for this coming year are J.B. Kempson, secretary/treasurer; Arvilla Tipton, president and Ethel Tipton,
vice-president.
One permit for $75,000 was
issued to local contractor Jay Smith
for the construction of a new home
bringing the total for the year to
devastating wreck
Connallv
driven bv Ernest Ras Gon/.al •
A devastating mishap involving
four vehicles around 10:15 Monday
miraculously resulted in no fataiiues.
The mishap occurred at tlie
intersection of Highway 3X5 and a
county road, America, when a 1991
Chevrolet supercab pickup driven by
Tamara Sue Connally turned south
onto Highway 385 and into the path
of a 19X9 GMC slake bed truck
which was attempting to pass two
northbound cars. The truck,
belonging to Tn State Chemicals,
was driven by Fernando Jimenez of
Brownfield.
Connally’s pickup was demo!
ished and she w as trapped inside for
about 35 minutes while rescue
workers used the jaws of life to free
her from the wreckage
She was taken to Mcthodi-i
Hospital Levelland where she was
treated and then transferred to S.
Mary’s Hospital in Lubbock Monday
afternoon. Tuesday morning she was
scheduled for surgery on a leg which
was broken in the mishap
and 5 year old Shane Connally
passengers tn tlie pickup but
not seriously injured The boys Acre
held by by-slanders until fam.I;,
members could gel to the accident
scene. A baby reportedly had been
left at a babysitters before the
All were wearing seat belts when
the wreck <» . m ■!
went mu • (lie bar diteh Both ’.Ji,
were being passed by the irik k ■.
the wreck occurred.
Gorizalcs and his a i,'c. Irma, r
both wearing scat belts and v
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accident and plowed into a 'r e ■
the east side ot the road. The other
car. a 1990Chcvroh i Bere't a di v r,
bv Liz Covarrubia- of Lc-clland
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Levelland and Hockley County News-Press (Levelland, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 28, Ed. 1 Wednesday, July 8, 1992, newspaper, July 8, 1992; Levelland, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1198784/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting South Plains College.