The Levelland Daily Sun News (Levelland, Tex.), Vol. 14, No. 186, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 21, 1955 Page: 4 of 12
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West Levellanil News
Gerald Gene Gillespie visited his
grandfather, J. L. Hill in Tahoka
Wednesday night. Mr. Hill is ser-
iously ill.
Mrs. A1 Sanders is able to be at
home after undergoing minor sur-
gery at the Edgar-Renegar-Camp-
bell Hospital. Mrs. Sanders’ mqth-
er, Mrs. Leon Lawson, has been
a guest in the home slice her
daughter's return.
M-Sgt. Harold Gillespie arrived
by plane Saturday night for an over
night visit with his brother, Mr.
and Mrs. K. O. Gillespie and fam-
ily. Harold also visited his uncles,
Philip and Clem Gillespie. He is
an instructor in the Air Force and
was enroute to Seattle, Wash, from
St. Louis, Mo., where he will stay
for $ix weeks before leaving for
Australia for a year.
Miss Sue Copeland spent the
week in Clovis, N. M., visiting her
brother, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Cope-
land, and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Lance and
Cynthia Ann visited Mr. and Mrs.
W. F. Lance in Muleshoe Sunday.
Attending the singing convention
at Becton Sunday afternoon were
Johnny and Dona Kay Givens, Mr.
and Mrs. Spurgeon Campbell and
family, Mr. and Mrs. F. G. Lea-
velle and son, Mr. and Mrs. Philip
Gillespie and Cora Beth and Mr.
and Mrs. Jim Sisk and Royce Al-
len.
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Bailey, Lori
Dyaine, and Mr. and Mrs. Geral
Leavelle and Stevie attended a
show in Lubbock Saturday night.
Clem Gillespie visited J'. L. Hill
who is seriously ill in Tahoka Sun-
day.
Virginia Lawson returned home
Thursday after a-two w»eeks *visit
in * Fort Worth with her cousin,1
Miss Jam Terry. Word has been received here of
Visiting in the J. W. Leavelle the marriage of Sgt. E. E. Bartlett
home Wednesday were Mrs. Glenn 1 to Miss Ameliesc Spiller, July 1,
Sooter, and. children. Mrs. Geral at Mannheim, Germany.
Mrs. A. D. Farino and Mrs. Phil-
ip Gillespie visited in the home of
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Givens in Lub-
bock. They also visited in the Phil
S. Gillespie home. They were ac-
companied home by Phyllis Jean
and Jeri Lynn Gillespie Saturday
morning.
Patsy Pinkert, 9-year-old daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Pinkert
of Route 4, was painfully burned
Friday when she threw gasoline
on a fire around a wash pot. She
was at the home of an uncle, Mr.
and Mrs. Edward Pinkert where
she was spending a week while her
parents are on vacation in Califor-
nia. Patsy is in Phillips-Dupre Hos-
pital with severe bums on her
arms and legs. Her parents are
expected home Thursday. She cele-
brated her birthday at the hospital
Tuesday.
Mrs.- Russell Smith and daugh-
ters visited in the Albert Shultze
home the past week.
Mr. and Mrs. Willard Patton and
family are vacationing this week.
Johnny and Kay Givens of Lub-
bock spent from Friday to Monday
with their cousin, Cora Beth Gil-
lespie.
Among farmers losing crops by
hail Monday afternoon -were James
Sheek, Clarence Saunders. Percy
Ivey, Clem Gillespie and Ben Lea-
velle. Leavelle lost around 250 ac-
res. Ford Carter, Darrell Welch,
and Bill Warren crops were badly
damaged. Some of the other farm-
ers thought 20 per cent would cov-
er their damage.
Levelland Soldier
Marriesin Germany
Leavelle and son and Mrs. Geo. I
Leavelle and Iris.
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Sisk and grand
son Royce Allen, returned home
Sunday from a week’s visit in
Royce City with relatives. They
returned by way of Lake Kemp
where they fished Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Newton and
Mrs. J. D. Crawford left for Color-
ado Sunday where they will spend
a ten day’s vacation.
Dwain Locke and Mr. and Mrs.
Domia Gillespie visited friends in
Lubbock Saturday night.
Mrs. Oscar Bizzell is at home
after spending a week in Odessa
viiting the home of her son, Mr.
and Mrs. C. O. Bizzell and family.
■Verlon Leavelle is staying with
his brother, Mr. and Mrs. J. M.
Leavelle and Larry in Pettit and
helping with the irrigation this
month.
Szt. Bartlett is the son of Mr.
a~:l Mrs.. Earl Bartlett of Route 2,
and has been stationed in Ger-
many four years.
The couple is expected to arrive
home soon and will spend some
time here before going to Camp
Chaffee, Ark.
BOY FOR TRUETT RATTAN’S
Mr. and Mrs. Truett Rattan of
Gilmer are announcing the birth of
a son, Alvin Don, July 9th. He
weighed 7 pounds and 4 ounces
upon arrival. Mr. and Mrs. Rattan
are former Levelland residents,
Rattan being the former athletic
coach.
Accidental electrocutions in the
United States are about 1,000 a
year or seven per million popula-
tion compared to nine per million
25 years ago.
MRS. E. F. l.l’KKK
Home-made Mince Meat*
A\y Favorite Recipe
The following recipe for home-
made .mince meat was given us by
Mrs. E. F. Luker, Littlefield High-
way. Green tomatoes are used in
the recipe and is very simple to
prepare. The amount may be doub-
led or tripled as you desire. Also
additional apples and nuts may be
added to the mixture when opened
for the pie.
lti pints peeled, chopped, tarted
apples
1 pint chopped green tomatoes
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon allspice
1 teaspon cloves
3 cups sugar
1 pound raisins
cup vinegar
1 cup chopped suet
Bring to a boil and cook until
thick. Makes about 3 to 4 pints.
Place in sterilized jars and seal.
About 60 per cent of all raw furs
produced in the United States-in
1954 were mink.
Mrs. Bessie Holly
Hosts Busy Bees
Mrs. Bessie Holly of Sundown
was hostess to the Busy Bee Club
last Thursday, July 14, at 1:30.
Following the business session,
games of bingo were played with
the following members winning:
Mmes. Bessie Holly, A. B. Rober-
son, Tina Robinson, Lois Moser,
Oma Driver, Goldie Chapman,
Woodrow Wilson and the person
Woodrw Wilson and the person
who was substituting for Velma
Shue.
Other members present were
Mmes. Willard Holly, M. L. Wood
Sr., Elsie Popejoy, Gricie Stewart,
Theola Srader, Thelma McNabb,
Myrtle Caldwell and Ruth Fergu-
son. Guests were Linda and Caro-
lyn Chapman.
Mrs. Velma Shue and Mrs. Clau-
dia Arbuckle were members ab-
sent.
The next meeting will be held in
Sundown with Mrs. Goldie Chap-
man hostess, July 28, at 1:30.
Women's Building
Set In Time for Fair
Hockley County women entering
exhibits in the annual County Fair
in October will have their own Wo-
jnen’s Building, located next to the
Armory at the Fair grounds.
A large exhibit area, kitchen,
lounge, and storage room will be
included in the one-story, ’tilt-up,"
concrete building.
Claude Martin and Sons of Lub-
bock won the low bid on construc-
tion of the Women’s Building in
competition with three other com-
panies this week with their $49,797.
Other companies offering prices
were V. & N. Construction, $50,870;
Harry Miller Company, $51,500;
and R. V. Robinson Company,
$52,680.
Judge Overrules Defense Motion
To Find Bascom Giles Innocent
By MAC ROY RASOR
AUSTIN iJV-'Dist. Judge Charles
O. Betts today overruled a defense
motion to instruct the Jury to find
Bascom Giles innocent on a charge
of stealing $6,800 from the state.
The defense had asked the action
on grounds that the state failed to
make a case against the former
land commissioner and head of the
100 million dollar veteran’s land
program*
The motion said the state had
wholly failed to show any violation
of any of the penal codes of the
State of Texas;
2. To connect the defendant with
tile offense alleged in the indict-
ment;
3. To corroborate the accomplice
witnesses who testified in the trial.
Trial proceeded immediately
with the calling of first defense
witnesses. It had been recessed
since yesterday at midafternoon to
allow the defense time to prepare
its motion. Dist. Atty. Les Procter
rested the state’s case at 3:10 p.m.
The first witness as the trial
switched to the defense side of the
case was Lenox Ligon of Llano,
who identified himself as a ranch-
er, appraiser and farm and ranch
manager.
He testified he had made actual
inspection and appraisal of the
Kinney County ranch sold under
the veterans land program. It is
in connection with this land deal
that Giles is on trial.
Ligon said he estimated a fair
price for the land would be some-
where between $32.50 and $35 an
acre. , **■
The state had paid about $34
an acre for the land that was sub-
sequently resold to 54 veterans
while Giles was head of the GI
aid program.
Previous testimony has indicated
that the purchase price a year
earlier had been about $17.
Ligon said he based his estimate
on the land being worth $20 an
acre for ranching, $10 an acre for
game, and $5 an “acre for natural
resources.
He said he had been retained
"by a group of lawyers” and made
the appraisal on July 9 this year.
On cross examination, Dist. Atty.
Les Procter hammered at the wit-
ness repeatedly for a professional
definition of market value.
Ligon defined market value as
“what you can receive for what
you sell.”
Procter attacked the definition
as not being one of a-w expert and
asked Judge Betts to excuse the
witness and strike his testimony
from the record.
Judge Betts ruled he would al-
low the testimony to stand "for
whatever it’s worth.”
The specific transaction in con-
nection with which Giles is charged
with theft of $6,800 in state funds
was the Nov. 4, 1954, sale of the
10,114-acre Rosenow Ranch in Kin-
ney County to 54 veterans.
Giles also is charged with abett-
ing the alleged theft. Jointly in-
dicted with him and awaiting trial
is B. R. Sheffield, Brady land
dealer.
Ruffin testified Sheffield at one
time had told him Giles was sup-
posed to get $75,000 to assure ap-
proval of the Rosenow Ranch deal.
Pending Inspection on Arms Use
U. S. Considering Halt
Of Aid to Yugoslavia
WASHINGTON <ff( — The United American military inspectors in
States was reported today to be j Yugoslavia.
considering a halt in aid to Yugo-
slavia until Marshal Tito's govern-
ment permits full inspection of the
uSe of American weapons.
Top State Department and Pen-
tagon officials are reported ser-
iously concerned over the Yugo-
slav's government continued re-
fusal to permit routine checks by
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Plan to Combat Menace to Freedom
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Mrs. Ruth Williams
Teaching In Germany
Recent word from Mrs. Ruth
Williams who is now in Germany,
states that she is teaching On the
base where her husband, Bobby
Williams, is stationed.
She is teaching typing and jour-
nalism to the boys in sendee who
are candidates to become officers.
Ground Observe.
(Continued from page one!
ments were announced here today
by the State Defense and Disaster
Relief Office.
The Ground Observer Corns is an
organization of civilian volunteers
who have agreed to give their
time and effort to aid the United
States Air Defense Force in observ-
ing, evaluating and reporting, from
their observation posts, movements
of aircraft to a central reporting
noint known as a filter center.
These observation posts are locat-
ed as near to eight miles apart as
possible. They are deemed vitally
important as a supplement to the
network of radar stations which
are charged with the responsibility
of detecting enemy aircraft invad-
ing the United States. Silver GOC
wings are awarded to members
who serve a required number of
hours.'
Loyalty of-
(Continued from page one)
cross examined.
The Supreme Court ruling was
that the old senior loyalty review
board had no authority to take up
the Peters case after the physician
had been cleared twice by lower
boards.
There is mo such issue in the
Taylor case, since the review
board has been abolished and the
Taylor decision was by the panel
that has original jurisdiction.
A minority of the Supreme Court
contended that In the Peters case
Bloodhounds Lead
Tp Shallow Grave
Of Murdered Girl
WEAVERVILLE, Calif, <ffi —
Bloodhounds led two ranchers and
a newspaper reporter-photograph-
er team to the shallow grave of
a young girl near Dead Man’s
Cabin last night in the wilds of
Northern California.
Sheriff Harold Wilson, called to
the scene, tentatively identified the
body as that of 14-year-old Steph-
anie Bryan, daughter of Dr. and
Mrs. Charles Bryan of Berkeley.
Calif. She has been missing since
April 28.
Arrested for investigation of
murder and kidnapping was Bur-
ton Abbott, slender 29-year-old Unir
versity of California graduate stu-
dent under treatment for tubercu-
losis. He was being questioned in-
tensively early today at Berkeley.
Abbott's family owns the moun-
tain cabin near here where the
body was found. He used the cabin
on weekends, and has maintained
consistently that he was here on
a fishing trip tho day the school
girl disappeared.
Late last night, when arrested
and informed of the discovery of
the bodv. Abbott exclaimed: “It
just can’t be. I just can’t under-
stand how it got there. I don’t
know anything about it. I’m still
staving with my story.”
Berkeley detectives. Dist. Atty
J. Frank Coakley of Alameda and
others were en route here this
morning to confirm identification
'of the bodv. Also along was Steph-
anie's dentist. Dr. Reginald Han-
son of Oakland.
In the basement of Abbott’s rent-
ed home in Alameda last week
his wife found a red leather purse
which was identified as belonging
to Steohanie Brvan. Police sub-
sequently unearthed personal ef-
fects of the girl in the unpaved
celler. Abbott insisted he had no
idea how they got there.
The bodv was found on a steep
hillside* about 600 feet from the
cabin by reporter Ed Montgomery
and photoeraphor Bob Bryant of
the San Francisco Examier, Har-
old Jackson, a rancher and former
deputy sheriff, and M. F. Coleman,
another rancher.
After the discovery, Montgomery
went to Wildwood — the nearest
telephone — and informed author-
ities. The sheriff and Coroner Er-
next G. Chapman arrived at the
scene shortly before midnight.
the tribunal should have passed on
the use of "faceless informers"
in loyalty matters. Scott said there
was testimony against Taylor,
given weight by the board, from
sources "whose credibility needs
testing.”
LONDON (JB—The Baptist World
Alliance unanimously approved to-
day a five-point program to com-
bat the menace to ’’freedom, basic
itself.”
The resolution was submitted
and approved at the Alliance's ju-
bilee meeting in Albert Hall at-
tended by some 8.000 delegates
from all over the world. The week-
long congress ends tomorrow.
Before considering the resolution
the delegates heard a sermon by
a Russian Baptist minister, the
Rev. Alexander Karev of Moscow.
The declaration contained these
five principles:
1. "That the right to be free
is a gift from God to all men of
whatever* race. A person is not
physically born Into a religious
faith but must of his own free
will enter upon his inheritance as
a child of God.”
2. “That a man’s right to choose
or change bis faith must be pre-
served, as well as his liberty to
dissent or to make objection be-
cause of conscience's sake.”
3. “That toleration is not enough:
That freedom to worship is not
enough. As Baptists we seek not
to be tolerated but to be accepted
everywhere as eqquals in Christ
with all the privileges and respon-
sibility of loyal citizens. What we
desire for ourselves we would se-
cure for others, both for Christian
believers and non-believers.”
4. “That real religious liberty
guarantees not only freedom to
worship privately and publicly, but
the right to teach, preach, publish
and advocate, openly and without
hindrance, the gospel of Christ, or
other religious convictions."
5. “That our churches must be
free from the interference of the
state, that all our churches should,
so far as their principles permit, |
abide by the laws of the state and i
loyally cooperate with the civil !
authorities in helping to create a
community in which freedom of
the press, speech and assembly
and social righteousness, will be
assured.”
Late Wire News
NEW YORK, iff)—Chemical ■ and
aircraft shares were features of a
higher stock market today.
WASHINGTON, iff) — The senate
passed today and sent to the White
House a bill authorizing construc-
tion of Cooper Dam in Texas and
flood control work in the Red River
basin.
GARLAND, Tex., Iff)- Two re-
sidents have filed a petition as-
serting that City Manager L. E
Stark misrepresented his college
background when he was hired i i
1950.
Yugoslavia further upset officials
it was learned, by Indicating it
will produce Russian MIG fighters
in Yugoslav factories unless the
Western nations allow some of
their models to be built in Yugo-
slavia.
These developments combined to
cause serious discussion of whether
the American economic and mili-
tary aid program to Yugoslavia
should continue.
The Senate Appropriations Com-
mittee yesterday recommended
aid be suspended until the Yugo-
slavs permit "continuous observa-
tion and review” of military as-
sistance as required by the 1951
aid agreement signed by Yugo-
slavia.
Yugoslavia is reported to be-
lieve it is providing enough in-
spection opportunities but the
American .military aid mission
headed by Brig. Gen. Peter C.
Hains is represented as believing
the Yugoslavs could cooperate far
more than they have.
Top American officials are
hoping Yugoslavia will avoid a
shutdown of military and economic
assistance. These officials are
known to believe Congress would
be upset if help continued to go
forward under present circum-
stances.
American' officials in Yugoslavia
are reported to have told Marshall
Tito’s aides the United States
would take a^very dim view of
any Yugoslav effort to manu-
facture Russian MIG fighters.
Yugoslavia is reported dicker-
ing with aviation companies in
countries to determine whether H
can produce their fighters on lic-
eise, presumably eliminating the
need for turning out MIGs to bol-
ster the Yugoslav air force.
The administration is seeking
$40,500,000 for economic and de-
fense aid for Yugoslavia in the
Texas I ('urrent fiscal year. Yugoslavia
1 also receives military aid ship-
ments. the amounts of which are
secret.
Yugoslavia has received 400 mil-
lion dollars in economic and tech-
DALLAS iff)—Martin Swartz was |
elected president of the
State Florists Assn, yesterday.
Swartz defeated R. L. Selby of j
Denton for the office at the annual
convention.
Other new officers included Ed- , .. .___
wi Barlow of Greenville, and 1 «>«> a«lt«nce aid since TOO
Jack Greer of Tyler, directors. brokp wl,h Moscow in June of 1948.
Austin was selected for the 1956 |
convention.
An amount at least equal to this
in military help also has moved
____ to Yugoslavia from the United
j States. Included were jet fighters.
About 1,200,000 graduate from U. tanks, artillery, transport, jeeps
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