The Cross Section, Volume 6, Number 2, July 1959 Page: 2
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Page 2 July 1959
4THE CROSS
SECTION
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A MONTHLY PUBLICATION OF THE HIGH
PLAINS UNDERGROUND WATER CON-
SERVATION DISTRICT NO. 1
Published monthly by the High Plains Under-
ground Water Conservation District No. 1
1628-B 15th Street, Lubbock, Texas.
Telephone P02-8088
*Second-Class postage paid at Lubbock, Texas
ALLAN WHITE
Editor
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Precinct 1
Elmer Blankenship, Pres. ----_ Route 2,
Wilson, Texas
Precinct 2
Roy B. McQuatters, Sr. Vice-Pres. -_- Box 295,
Littlefield, Texas
Precinct 3John Gammon ___
Rt. 1, Friona, Texas
Precinct 4
r. L. Sparkman, Jr. __ Route 1, Hereford, Texas
Precinct 5
J. R. Belt, Jr., Sec.-Treas. _ Lockney, Texas
DISTRICT OFFICES
Lubbock
Tom McFarland General Manager
W. L. Broadhurst Chief Hydrologist
Allan White -..___- Publicity-Public Relations
Y. F. Snodgrass Field Representative
Mrs. M. McVay - Secretary-Bookkeeper
Mrs. Jean Lancaster Secretary
Peggy Burkett Secretary
Hereford
Wayne Wyatt _ Field Representative
COUNTY COMMITTEEMEN
Armstrong County
Robert Adams - __ ------ Wayside, Texas
Jack McGehee Wayside, Texas
Cordell Mahler Wayside, Texas
Willie Modisette __Wayside, Texas
John Patterson -*Rt. 1, Happy, Texas
Bailey County
Juanita Flaniken, Bailey County
Farm Bureau Office, Muleshoe
Robert Blackwood Rt. 1, Muleshoe. Texas
Doyle Davis ...------------ Maple, Texas
R. E. Ethridge Rt. 5, Muleshoe, Texas
Ross Goodwln ----Rt. 2, Muleshoe, Texas
Leldon Phillips Rt. 2, Muleshoe, Texas
Committeemen meet fourth Friday bf each month
at 2:30 p. m., Farm Bureau Office, Muleshoe,
Texas.
Castro County
Eugene Ivey, Dimmitt
Fred Annen Dimmitt, Texas
George Bradford ___ Dimmitt, Texas
Ernest Jones --------- Dimmitt, Texas
Tom Lewis------___- Rt. 4, Diinmitt, Texas
Rodney Smith Hart, Texas
Cochran County
W. M. Butler, Jr., Western Abstract
Co., Morton
Earl Crum Rt. 2, Morton, Texas
Roy D. Greer St. Rt. 2, Morton, Texas
Pat Hatcher Morton, Texas
Lloyd Miller __ Box 240, Morton, Texas
L. L. Taylor Rt. 1, Morton, Texas
Deaf Smith County
Mrs. Pauline Lovan, Deaf Smith County
Farm Bureau Office, Hereford
Raymond Higginbotham- Rt. 1, Hereford, Texas
Jack Higgins ------------- Rt. 4, Hereford, Texas
Earl Holt ------ -------------- Rt. 3, Hereford, TexasL
Clinton Jackson t Rt. 5, Hereford, Texas
Austin C. Rose. Jr., 108 Beach St., Hereford, Tex.
Committeemen meet the first Monday of each
month in the Farm Bureau Office, Hereford,a4
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Hockley County
Z. 0. Lincoln, 913 Houston, Levelland
Joe W. Cook, Jr _____ Rt. 1, Ropesville, Texas
Earl G. Miller U----_. Rt. 5, Levelland, Texas
Madison Newton -_______. Anton, Texas
Cecil Pace - _- ___ __ Levelland, Texas
Henry Schmidley ----- Rt. 2, Levelland, Texas
Committeemen meet first and third Fridays of
each month at 1:30 p. m., 913 Houston, Level-
land, Texas.
Lamb County
Miss Nancy Cotham, Frank Cummings Agency
600 E. 4th Street, Littlefield
J. B. Davis ----- ___ Rt. 1, Amherst, Texas
Henry Gilbert . - Sudan, Texas
Price Hamilton Earth, Texas
Albert Lockwood ___ St. Rt. 2, Littlefield, Texas
Elmer McGill __________ Olton, Texas
Lubbock County
District Office, 1628-B 15th
Lubbock, Texas
W. W. Allen Rt. 4, Lubbock, Texas
Bill Alspaugh - __-Box 555, Slaton, Texas
Vernice Ford 3013-20th St., Lubbock, Texas
Jack Noblett ___ Rt. 1, Shallowater, Texas
Earl Weaver Idalou, Texas
Committeemen meet first and third Mondays of
each month at 2:30 p. m., 1628-B 15th Street,
Lubbock, Texas.
Lynn County
District Office, 1628-B 15thU
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The Cross Section" takes this opportunity to introduce to its readers one
of the newest members on the Board of Directors of the High Plains
Underground Water Conservation District. Mr. John Gammon of Lazbuddie
took office in January 1959. He is the Director from District Precinct No. 3,
which consists of Bailey, Castro, and Parmer counties.
Mr. John Gammon of Lazbuddie represents Precinct No. 3, which consists
of Bailey, Castro, and Parmer counties, on the Board of Directors of the High
Plains Underground Water Conservation District.
Mr. Gammon was born August 8, 1909, in Seminole County, Oklahoma. The
Gammon family lived in Oklahoma during his early years. In 1927, he graduat-
ed from high school at Maud, Oklahoma, and then attended the University of
Oklahoma at Norman for one year majoring in engineering. He is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Gammon who live in the Lazbuddie community and who
only recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. His father has been
a farmer and cattleman through the years.
In 1929, the family moved to the South Plains area of Texas and Mr. Gammon
transferred to Texas Tech College. He attended two years majoring in animal
husbandry. Because of the depression in 1932, he left Tech and went home to
Lazbuddie to work with his father on the farm.
On October 29, 1933, he was married to Miss Grace Jennings. At that time
she was teaching school in the Lazbuddie Public School system. Miss Jennings
is the daughter of the late Reverend and Mrs. W. P. Jennings. Reverend Jen-
nings was Pastor of the First Christian Church at Lubbock from 1922 to 1929.
Mrs. Jennings lives in Lubbock.
The young Gammons moved into the house where they presently reside. Mr.
Gammon ran cattle on his home place. About a hundred acres were in cultiva-
tion to raise feed for his cows. He broke out an additional one hundred acres
shortly thereafter and also rented land nearby for raising wheat. The east line
of Mr. Gammon's combination farm and ranch was originally the east line of the
old XIT Ranch. Parts of the original fence which the XIT put there in about
1870 still remains.
In 1952 Mr. Gammon drilled his first irrigation well. He presently irrigates
350 acres from two wells.
He also has been in the registered Hereford business for about 15 years. He
has only recently sold his herd.
The Gammons have three children. Jean Louise, the oldest, was born in
1938. After graduating from Lazbuddie High School she attended North Texas
State College in Denton for one year and then transferred to Texas Tech where
she received an additional year of education before leaving school to marryTexas at 7:30 p. m.
Floyd County
Mrs. Ida Puckett, 319 South Main
Floydada
G. L. Fawver n Rt. 5, Floydada, Texas
aobert Keflison R __ t. 2, Lockney, Texas
Chester W. Mitchell Lockney, Texas
Don Probasco __ Silverton St. Rt, Floydada, Tex.
Ernest Lee Thomas __ Rt. 1, Floydada, TexasLubbock, Texas
Weldon Bailey _ a_ ___ Rt. 1, Wilson, Texas
Earl Cummings ----_.______ Wilson, Texas
Robbie Gill .-------------.. Rt. 1. Wilson, Texas
Frank P. Lisemby, Jr. Rt. 1, Wilson, Texas
Erwin Sander __ ____ Wilson, Texas
Committeemen meet first and third Tuesdays of
each month at 10 a.m., 1628-B 15th Street, Lub.
bock, Texas.
Parmer County
Aubrey Brock, Bovina
D. B. Ivey R____ Rt. 1, Friona, Texas
Lee Jones---------- R. F. D., Farwell, Texas
Dick Rockey R.F.D., Friona, Texas
Carl Schlenker _ t. 2, Friona, Texas
A. B. Wilkinson Bovina, Texas
Potter County
T. G. Baldwin Bushland, Texas
James S. Line Bushland, Texas
Et. L. Milhoan -___ Bushland, Texas
Eldon Plunk _ Rt. 1, Amarillo, Texas
R. C. Sampson, Jr Bushland, Texas
Randall County
Mrs. Eutha Hamblen, Farm Bureau, Canyon
Leo Artho ______w_________Rt. 1, Canyon, Texas
James B. Dletz--------.. at. 2, Happy, Texas
A. C. Evers __ Rt. 4, Box 391, Amarillo, Texas
Jackie Meeks ____----------t. 2, Happy, Texas
W. A. (BilD Patke, Rt. 4, Box 400, Amarillo, Tex.
Committeemen meet first Monday night each
month at 7:30 p. m., 1710 5th Avenue, Canyon,
Texas.Joe Briggs. Mr. Briggs farms in the Lazbuddie community. A young daughter,
Melissa Jean, was born to the Briggs only recently in June of this year.
John, Jr., the only son, was born in 1939 and he presently attends Oklahoma
State University where he majors in agricultural engineering. This coming fall
he will be classified as a Junior.
Marianna, the youngest of the Gammon clan, was born in 1947 and will at-
tend the seventh grade at Lazbuddie this fall.
The Gammons attend the Lazbuddie Church of Christ. Mr. Gammon is an
elder.
Before being elected by the people of District Precinct No. 3 to serve on thePage 2
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