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Page 4 THE CROSS SECTION December 1957
District Officials To Be Elected
The High Plains Underground Wat-
er Conservation District will hold its
annual election of Directors and Coun-
ty Committeemen on January 14, 1958.
The two-year terms of two Direc-
tors expire this coming January; also,
the three-year terms of two County
Committeemen from each county in
the District expire.
Each qualified resident voter is urg-
ed to vote for the persons of his, or
her, choice on January 14.
The nominees whose names will ap-
pear on the ballots to replace those
whose terms expire are as follows:
FOR DISTRICT DIRECTOR
(One to be elected for each precinct)
PRECINCT No. 2 (Cochran, Hockley
and Lamb Counties)
1. Roy Hickman, Morton.
2. J. J. Hobgood, Anton.
3. Roy McQuatters, Sr., Littlefield.
4. -------- --------------------------- --------
PRECINCT No. 5 (Floyd County)
1. Marvin Shurbet, Route 1, Peters-
burg.
2. _. - - - _____--- ___-------
FOR COUNTY COMMITTEEMEN
(Two to be elected for each county)
ARMSTRONG COUNTY
(One to be elected)
1. Wayne McNeill, Happy.
2. Willie Modisette, Wayside.
3. _____ __ ---------
( One to be elected)
1. Robert Adams, Wayside.
2. Cordell Mahler, Wayside.
3. -------------------
BAILEY COUNTY
(One to be elected)
1. Leldon Phillips, Route 2, Mule-
shoe.
2. -----------------------------------------
(One to be elected)
1. R. E. Ethridge, Route 5, Mule-
shoe.
2. --------------------------CASTRO COUNTY
( One to be elected)
1. George Bradford, Dimmitt.
2. -------------___ _ _____ _
( One to be elected)
1. Tom Lewis, Dimmitt.COCHRAN COUNTY
(One to be elected)
1. Lloyd Miller, Morton.
2. Pat Hatcher, Morton.
3. --------------------
(One to be elected)
1. Earl Crum, Route 2, Morton.
2. Tye Williamson, Morton.
3. -----------------
DEAF SMITH COUNTY
( One to be elected)
1. Earl Holt, Rt. 3, Hereford
2. Edward Paetzold, Rt. 3. Hereford.
3- -------- - ---- -- -------- -----
( One to be elected)
1. T. L. Sparkman, Rt. 1, Hereford.
2.--------------------
FLOYD COUNTY
(One to be elected)
1. Robert Kellison, Rt. 2, Lockney.
2. Johnnie Lee, Rt. 2, Lockney.
3. -------------------
( One to be elected)
1. G. L. Fawver, Rt. 5, Floydada.
2. R. L. Neil, Rt. 5, Floydada
3. ---------- ----- - -------------
HOCKLEY COUNTY
(One to be elected)
1. C. T. Pace, Levelland
2. - ----------------------
(One to be elected)
1. Henry J. Schmidley, Route 3,
Levelland.
2.--------------------
LAMB COUNTY
( One to be elected)
1. Melton Wiseman, Rt. 2, Sudan.
2. Henry Gilbert, Sudan.
3. --------------_______
(One to be elected)
1. Willie G. Green, Olton.
2. Elmer L. McGill, Box 404, Olton.
3 . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ -__ _ _ _ _ _ _LUBBOCK COUNTY
(One to be elected)
1. Earl Weaver, Idalou.
2. Ross Meador, Idalou.
3. - --- --------- -- ~-----
( One to be elected)
1. Vernice Ford, 3013 20th Street,
Lubbock.2. George McCleskey, Central Amer-
ican Life Bldg., Lubbock.
3.
LYNN COUNTY
( One to be elected)
1. Frank P. Lisemby, Jr., Rt. 1,
Wilson.
2. ----------------------. --------
( One to be elected)
1. Earl Cummings, Wilson.
2. Roy Lynn Kahlich, Wilson.
3. --------------------
PARMER COUNTY
(One to be elected)
1. John Gammon, Friona.
2. ----------------
(One to be elected)
1. A. B. Wilkinson, Bovina.
2.------------------------------------
POTTER COUNTY
(One to be elected)
1. R. C. Sampson, Jr., Bushland.
2. ----------
(One to be elected)
1. T. G. Baldwin, Bushland.
2. L. C. Moore, Bushland.
3.January 14th
RANDALL COUNTY
( One to be elected )
1, James B. Dietz, Rt. 2, Happy.
2. Harold Bryan, Rt. 1, Happy.3; ~
( One to be elected)
14 W. A. (Bill) Patke, Box 423,
Canyon.
2. J. R. Parker, Rt. 4, Amarillo.3.-.-----
District Manager
-- Attends Educational
Committee Meeting
The Resource Educational Commit-
tee of the Texas Education Agency
held on December 12 its last quarter-
ly meeting of 1957.
Tom McFarland, High Plains Water
District Manager, a member of the
Committee, met with the group on
the Southern Methodist University
campus to further explore the adop-
tion of a plan for conservation educa-
tion on natural resources of Texas.
Texas is one of the few western
states that does not have a required
course on conservation education in
the public school curriculum.
Andy Anderson, with the Texas For-
estry Service, is chairman of the Com-
mittee.STATISTICS FOR NOVEMBER
During the month of November, 80 new wells were drilled and registered
with the District office; 11 replacement wells were drilled; and 4 wells were
drilled that were either dry, or non-productive for other reasons. 49 permits
were issued by the county committees. The new permits issued and com-
pleted wells follow by counties:County
Armstrong
Bailey
Castro
Cochran
Deaf Smith
Floyd
Hockley
Lamb
Lubbock
Lynn
Parmer
Potter
RandallPermits
Issued
0
6
2
2
1
3
13
5
4
8
5
0
0New Wells
Drilled
1
7
7
6
11
11
4
6
14
0
10
0
3Replacement
Wells
0
5
1
0
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
1Old Wells
Deepened
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0Dry Holes
Drilled
0
2
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0lOSE ABANDONED WELLS!
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December 1957
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High Plains Underground Water Conservation District No. 1 (Tex.). The Cross Section, Volume 4, Number 7, December 1957, periodical, December 1957; Lubbock, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1532793/m1/4/: accessed July 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.