The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex), Vol. 29, No. 3, Ed. 1, Thursday, January 20, 1938 Page: 1
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B C McCasland Asks
Office of Sheriff
TaxAssessor Col
B C McCnslnnd has nuthorlzcd
ho announcement of his candidly
for the office of Sheriff Tux
Vssessor nnd Collector of Swisher
flinty subject to the action of
he Democratic Primary July 23
Citizens of Swisher County
With a very keen appreciation
or the many kind things that
been done for me during the
x years that I have been before
ic
of the office if elected actively
jooperqting with all officials of
the county in a manner that will
he economical t
icounty and execute the orders
and edicts or thc Courts under
whose jurisdiction I shall operate
in a tactful and courteous manner
Will you give me your careful
consideration make a careful investigation
of my ability to fill thc
office worthily and I shall appre
in
iate your vote of confidence
fthe July Primary
Sincerely yours
B C McCasland
Henry Evans Makes
Announcement For
Commissioner No 2
The Herald was authorized yesterday
to announce the candidacy
of Henry Evans for reelection to
the office of Commissioner of Pre
cinct No 2 subject to the action of
mocratic Primary July 23
His announcement follows
iends in Precinct Two
fannouncing for reelection
for the office of Commissioner In
Precinct Two I wish to express
my appreciation for the support
nnd confidence that my friends
have shown for me during this
term of office I wish to Invite a
careful Investigation of my record
vhlfrjin office nnd to call your
kVtpTjfonujto the amount of road
Swork and service rendered the
county during the term thus far
I promise you if reelected that
shall continue the same type of
ervices that I have given this far
nnd hope to Improve my opportunities
for service as I learn
more nbout thc duties and demands
of the office
Sincerely yours
Henry Evans
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DRIVEIN CAFE OPENS
Dennis Wllklns has opened n
now cafe on highway 85 across
thc street from the City Light nnd
power plant nnd will serve food
and drinks nt all times both day
bnd night Curb service is avall
m
n 4ble to motorists See his an
Tpouncement in this issue of the
flerald
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President s Birthday Will
Be Celebrated January 29
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Every Citizen In i Former Judge Of
County May Assist Swisher Dies At
IHO PARTY IN AUDITORIUM
TO ATTRACT HUNDREDS
was charged with the rcsponslbll
Contlulled on l > ral page
man upon
have made in my present jol that1 Mrs Louise UaVIS
I can and will conduct the affairs
Seeks Reelection
Mrs Louise G Davis has author
Impartial wlthlzed the Herald to announce her
equnf protection to all parts of thc candidacy for oeclection to the
office of County and District Clerk
of Swisher County subject to the
action of the Democratic Primary
July 22 1038
In making her announcement
she has the following message to
thc citizens of the county
To The People of Swisher County
In making n y announcement
as a candidate for reelection to
the office of County nnd District
Clerk I wish to say that I believe
my experience in thte office has
made me capable to carry on this
particular phase of the Countys
business in u way which is satisfactory
to all who are concerned
I realize fully the importance of
accuracy and extreme care required
in handling public records and
especially matters such as the
records In the District Court and
U has been my aim to meet those
requirements
I appreciate most sincerely the
endorsement you have given me
in the past and have tried to ex
press my appreciation by faithful
service Your cooperation and high
esteem is my greatest reward
I solicit the support of every
citizen in this county on a basis
of my record as a public official
and my conduct and character asa
citizen
If reelected I will continue
to give the best service of which
I am capable discharging my duties
willingly and cheerfully and
keeping ln mind at nil times the
fact that a County Official is a
public servant
Louise G Davis
Tarwater Will Be
Candidate For
Representative
The Hcrnld has been advised
by State Representative of this
district that ho will be a candidate
for reelection to the office
which ho now holds but for tho
lack of time he has not made his
formal announcement
He states that his formal announcement
will be made in the
Tulia Herald in next weeks issue
Home In Amarillo
Judge C T Word 80ycnrold
In an effort to provide enterprominent pioneer cattleman and
people of Swisher County and talnmcnt and at the same time landholder of the Panhandle
icing humbly aware of the confi ormll cnch llld everyone to have
Icnce you have placed in me I pnrt ln rnlsn funtls whlch wm
an only say thank you I have0 to the National Foundation Mr
yorked hard and have done my Infantlt Pnrolysls of which Pros
Plains died at his home In Amarillo
at 1030 oclock Monday
night
Born at Goliad Texas in 1857
luty ns I saw it ever having In idcnt Franklin D Roosevelt is i and at 12 years of age left fath
lew the best interests of the tax1founder many committees arc at erless and a stepmother and wid
< aycr in this county I sincerely work on n program which com owed sister to support he has had
Ish that in
every voter might
estlgate the condition of the
ounty financially and compare
vlth the finances of other coun
les with the same conditions for
he past five years
Having in mind the study that
have made of exact conditions in
mlttce members believe will at rather a hard time during his car
tract every citizen in the county j ly life
who are not helping In some other In 1890 Mr Word and his wife
manner came to the Plains and settled ln
Hon Jesse H Jones Dallas
state chairman named F P Eng
lcman as county chairman who
Swisher short
county a distance
west of Tulla where he secured a
few sections of grass and began
his cattleman After
length thc various methods of en the Central Presbyterian Church r l < >
To
men will be used as models As four
an example how would you like Word 1
to see Dr C L Jackson dressed Word of Amarillo Harry Word of
in a bathing suit his hair ribbon1 Amarillo Millard Word of tho
tied in place his face painted in Bugbco ranch near
wcntyfive years of public scr f the entertainment and program1
Ice that 1 have rendered has I committco Wants two or three vol1
Qualified me particularly for theuntccrs from rura dlstricts >
office of Sheriff Assessor and Col The progrnm wln start about
Celebrate Debt
Payment Friday
fcctor of Taxes of Swisher Coun1730 Snturdliy nght and will last Members and friends of the
1 have had years of experience nbout 45 mjnutCs Admission Presbyterian Church will join in
i handling young people I under ots to thc program win be 40 cents one of the most joyous church par
and the conditions under which to nduUs and 20 cents to ties ever held in loca church
c live in this county and and entities encn to frce re Friday tomorrow night at seven
led with an education which en frcshments after the program The thirty
iblos me to handle any part of jrogrnm wm be held in the high1 Thc occasion will celebrate the
the work In the Sheriffs office schoo ludilQrjum > and the to
i feel safe in pledging you upon
my honor as a Christian gentle
and the record that 1
payment of all church debts in
eluding the church building debt
It will be of fun in
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THE TUUA HERALD
Tulia Swisher County Texas January 20 1938
J Murray Markham
Asks ReElection As
County Treasurer
In our announcement
1
providing birthday balls or par1 he moved from thc county but
i0 nffiP f
ties to be held the night of Janunot before serving as judge of thc ° x
in 1801 93
ory 29 our Presidents birthdaycounty
and of the thou1 At one time he owned
dlscasc
Mock Bathing Revue
At a meeting last Saturday u
ternoon at tho courthouse com
the action
incidentally one over
lv lnqn
sands of sufferers of the dread 100000 acies of ranch land in six V Markham
column
1 2L HO > e = > ° L L forJSlcdSShalecon Sm
County Treasurer
County subject to
of the Democratic
r has made a good
Panhandle counties and owned
13000 head of thc finest Hereford
cattle ln the country His reputa
mittces were named and heads ofspread all over thc Southwest
those committees discussed at Funeral services were hold from
record in office fulfilling the du
ties of County Treasurer in a
courteous and efficient
tion as a judge of good cattle
He has thc
manner following
word for the people of Swisher
my friends and the citizens
tertainments and decided to hold1 Amnrijlo with the pastor Dr E o
nP p
a Mock Bathing Revue ln this re Thomson in charge of thc services l 1 i ith
vue girls arc banned and instead I Survivors include his widow
ring i the
am now in a better position to
serve tho people of Swisher
County I am making this cam
V
my present record in the office
and my qualifications for the
place I sincer
record will just
an evening T n 0
formality fellowship and thanks1 1 W KUCKer OeeKS
giving
Thc building fund committee
ihas asked that the Herald issue in
this announcement an invitation
to all church members friends of j
thc church and to everyone who crald to make his announcement
as a candidate for reelection to
has in any way assisted in the
payment of this debt to be pros the otticc of County Commission
ed tomorrow night and join in crVPrecinct No 1 Svisher Coun
the service ity > sunset to the action of the
Q B Workman Seeks
Office of Commr
Precinct No Three
Mr Workman authorizes the
Herald to announce his candidacy
for the office of Commissioner
Precinct No 3 Swisher County
subject to the action of the Democratic
Primary next July 23
My Friends of Precinct Three
In making my announcement
for reelection to the office of
Commissioner I ask your careful
attention to the record I have
made while in office and hope
that you will carefully investigate
the condition of the funds and
expenditures in this precinct I
sincerely appreciate thc cooperation
I have received throughout
the precinct and wish to assure
you that it is my desire to do the
best for my precinct nnd for thc
county that it is possible for me
to do May I solicit your influence
and support in the July Primary
Thank you
Q 13 Workman
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Baptists Meet At
Wayland College
The Panhandle Baptist Pastors
and Laymen will moot In a two
day conference at Wayland Col
lego Plainvlew February 7 to 9
at which time a large delegation
is expected from every church in
the Panhandle
More than a score of speakers
will discuss the theme Edifying
tho Church Good music will be
heard on the twoday program
andentertainment on thc Howard
plan will be available stated Rev
A C Huff who made the announcementMr and Mrs Avory Adams and
son Jerry of Center Plains were
visiting in the J P Reid home
in Plainvlew Sunday
ReElection As
Commissioner No 1
T W Ttueker ha iuinorlzed the
j July 23 1938
Mr Rucker has made Swisher
Payments under the terms of
the 1937 Agricultural Conservation
program are being made inconsiderable
volume according to
Geo Slaughter Warton chairman
of the Texas Agricultural Conservation
committee
The Conservation program terminated
two months later than
was tho case in 193G when the
final date for compliance was
l x0
cne October 31 Farmers had until
st od
Markham thJ fi8ure ° n 3G000
received by the State office
Slaughter said
Around 30 million dollars will
be distributed among approximate
ly 200000 Texas farmers under
Democratic Primary to be held the 1937
Tho fact that thc expenses of
administering thc program with
Agricultural program
Slaughter estimated
County Agent P C Colgin has
County and Precinct No 1 a very this to say in connection with Mr
efficient officer during the time
which he has served ln this capacity
and those who have kept in
contact with the affairs of the
county appreciate the stand he has
mad for economy in the county
government He has looked carefully
after the interest not only
of his own precinct but alsoof
the entire county We ask that you
give his candidacy due considerationCommissioner Rucker submits
the following statement for publication
relative to his announcement
for reelection
In placing my name before the
voters of Precinct No 1 for reelection
to a place on the Commissioners
court of Swisher County
subject to the action of the 1938
Democratic Primary I wish to
Slaughters Statement
All of Swisher Countys com
pliances have been at the State office
at College Station for more
than a week In talking to officials
of the State Committee by
telephone last week it was stated
that the final papers commonly
called the Applications for Grant
could be expected tho last of this
week for final signatures of all
producers If these forms arrive as
expected the cooperation of every
farmer is asked for no checks will
be issued until 75 percent of all
sons and two daughters Will ffccfring past year inDccembcr to out conscr ment J
° fc0 of County Treasurer I
of Clarendon Miss Lola vatlon pracUces ln 937 Davis
all Dairy Farmers of Swisher
County if they will but attend
Any industry that returns 300000
a year back to the farmers pockets
of this county should receive
more encouragement and study
This Dairy School will bo one
way to bettor the feeding breeding
and management of our Dairy
Herds
The allday program follows
1000 1100 Roughages for
Dairy Cattle E R Eudaly Extension
Dairy Husbandman
1100 1130 What is a Good
Grain Mixture for Dairy Cattle
G G Gibson Assistant Dairy <
Cattle Specialist
1130 1200 Herd Improvo
applications for grants n Cattle Club
IX oVdnv nnd la equipped to handle as York City
Mfv your continued val 130 2
make a house to house canvass of
thc county Therefore I am asking
that the voters take this as a
personal solicitation for your vote
and influence in the coming
election
Through Testing Walter
Swisher County Tester for
First payments went to farmers Central Plains Dairy Herd Im
in Brazos Morris and Jasper 1 provement Assn
100 130 Bettor Herds
Clarendon counties Slaughter said The State
Litest style posing bashfully with Walter Word and Mrs G C Wcs iEl fc i5 J1 AAA office on tho campus of Tex1 Through Breeding D T Simons
his finger in one corner of his coat of Amarillo
mouth icprescnting Miss Tulia A number of friends from Tulia
Clinic attended the funeral services Wed
You may see this You may see nesday afternoon
his county for the past five years oU too like Judge McCasland o
md think ng over my past exper D R r McCnslnnd Art Bald Local Church Will
nurcn Will
onccs I feel that the more than chairmnnLOCai
win et and Mr < Boes chairmnn
as A and M College is auditing FiolI mnn for American Jersey
Jnnf wnrHrt LTncMorn ume elved I m the field jus
zens will give mo duo considcra
tion at thc July Primary
ln s5itc lhnt U
Due to the duties of the of 7h
fice 1 will not be permitted to I ° npla nco djVtc fcl1 two mo nUJs
later the as a whole is
program
further along than in 1036 according
to Slaughter He pointed
out that 107 counties had been
approved for final adjustment as
compared with 52 on the same
Headquarters New
Minerals for Dairy Cattle E R
Eudaly
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V F W Members
Number 3
Junior Boys Basketball Tournament Here
Friday and Saturday January 2122
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Legionnaires And Noted Specialists Kaffir Principal
Ladies Invited To jTo Speak Before The Sponsors Affair
Borger January 20 Big Dairy School tulia merchants donate
I ATTRACTIVE TROPHIES
Local officers members and Thc Dalry School wU be hcW
I ladles of the American Legion and ln the Dstrlct Court room ln thc
Auxillarics are Invited to attend a Court Housc at Tuitl bcginnlng day January 20 the opening
meeting jit Borger January 20nt at 1000 n > m > tho 28th < whistle will be sounded which will
which time they will be entertain
ed in their regular meeting and
I dance and refreshments
The district Panhandle Hospital
Committee will convene before the
meeting and will have a program
of work outlined for each post
and the Auxiliary also has special
reports to make to all present
The invitation is extended by
Lou Roberts 18th district commanderwill be found the name of J Swisher Farmers
May Expect Checks
In February March
Beginning promptly at noon Fri
Everyone Is urged to attend Mr usher in thc first Rural Junior
J M Hill and Ronald Davis Vo Boys Basketball Tournament ever
cational Teachers at Tulia and hold in the county aside from tho
Happy respectively with their regular Interscholastlc League af
FFA Classes representing approx fairs
imately 00 boys attach enough im J W Partin principal of the
portance to this School that they Kaffir school Is sponsoring the
are bringing the1 boys to the meet tournament which will be held In
ing the Community Building In Tulia
The program as outlined will be Friday and Saturday of this week
very Informative and helpful to Awards for the first and second
IS SPONSOR
00 Importance of awards is being donated by mer
Quality in Milk and Cream Hen chants of Tulia Chambei of Com
ry Toubol Owner and Manager of mcrce Gate fees of 5 cents to
Swisher County Creamery P1ces will be given winners in
200 230 Dairy Herd San illlis tournament Cash for the
itation G G Gibson onc1 Samc will bo charged school
230 300 Vitamins and children and adults will be charg
games except
finals to which fees of 10 and 20
cents will be charged Season
tickets are 25 cents to children
and 50 cents to adults
I shall greatly appreciate the For Honors Mr ParUn ur team
opportunity of continuing my ser1 h t t r > i i sponsors to be on their toes
time
Treasurer minutes late will bo
J Murray
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and
ever
30
considered a
Overseas veterans who are mem forfeit
bers McKcnzic Post No 1798 Vet Coach Davis of Happy will lef
erans of Foreign Wars of the oroe all games of the tournament
T b eB tS States of this city are y ed MrTpa tin whVhTou
fron v B
ers Jake Timpos S to ke in for honors ot bein the firstcd schcduIe ° f for th
nnvZnff I m locnl member to become affiliated entire tournament
payments fn nnv one county until
any th th NntIonnl v F W Doost i Friday
at least 75 percent of the appl ca i T1v
Club I
1200Umon Hill Providence
vs
tions from that have been
county The
club is unusual in that it 120 Valley View vs Lakevfew
will never meet there will bo no j Armstrong County
dues to pay and no speeches to 240 Price vs Elkins
listen to at banquets which wont 340 Vigo Park vs Love i
be held according to Commander 600 Salem vs Lakeview
E C Stapp In other words the Swisher County
V F W Booster Club will be 720 Kaffir vs Taylor
strictly an honorary organization 840 Losers of tho Union Hill
Established for the recognition vs Providence and Valley View
of members who recruit at least
vs Lakeview will play for con
five new members of the Gold Isolation
Chevron Order in the current fis Saturday
cal year the Booster Club will 830 a m Winners of the So
present its members with gold and lem vs Lakeview game will ploy
enamel lapel button bearing the winners of the Kaffir vs Taylcr
V F W insignia the Cross ofgnme for first place
Malta And for those of its mem 950 a m Losers of the Price
bers who attend the 39th annual vs Elkins game will play losers
national encampment next August of the Vigo vs Love game for
at Columbus Ohio the Booster consolation
Club will have further honors 1110 a m WinnersofthePree
The Booster Club delegation will vs Elkins game will play winners
have tho distinction of leading the of the Salem vs Lakeview game
annual military parade which al I The afternoon and night of Snt
nnallormsTave reached thVstate ways Is one of the most impressive i urday will be spent in completing
office This means that failure of f 8 of conv n ion nnd J te Barnes toward first and second
a number of persons to come in which m e than fifty thousandpaces and for consolation with a
immediately may delav our nav < persons Partclpntcd last year at girls game scheduled in between
m s considerablycSd beadng ffill ° en P t Commander at 700 and 830 p m
stnPP snid Parents and schoolmates of each
notice to come in and slim hnvo
been maHcd The 1938 fourpoint program of participating team should make
thank you for your past support fol hose h applications are tho V Fl IsMerally one that every effort to attend each game
t i member sincerely boost
and confidence I have striven at
all times to conserve your interests
in all matters coming under
the direction of the court of which
I have the honor of being a memberI shall continue to represent
you to the best of my ability if
you should see fit to honor me
again with this office I feel that
my experience during the past
tenure of office has fitted me better
to serve you and jt shall bo my
aim to carry tho benefits of that
experience into every question
that may come before the court
In again asking for your vote
and influence may I add my best
wishes for a Happy and Prosperous
1938
T W Rucker
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C S Dudley has purchased tho
J C Cowan residence just south
of the R G Clennln home nnd are
planning to move to town as soon
ns they can get possession Mr
and Mrs Horace Edmondson will
occupy the form property of Mr
Dudley in the near future
recoived
Failure to receive notice
every can and spur their team to victory
Commander said today In the
o
soon as some others should not S ° T ° mS0ne Year Perfect
ncnry ery V F m
be for alarm all
cause as produc
comcs n p crsonal llh
ers will sooner or later receive a cof
noyce i overseas veterans who should be
County Farmers are expecting ap
proximately 3C0000 for 1937 as
compared with 384000 In 1936
Only 1025 farmers signed applications
in 1937 compared with
1107 in 1936
Congratulations
Roy Pycatt Tulia January 12 a
boy Royso Lynn
J H Blco Happy January 11
a boy
J G Hall January 4 girl
namvi Valeria Joyce
II II McClanahan January 16
a girl
Herman Ely January 16 a baby
Robert Lee Ervln Kress January
13 twin boys
to tU V > P cse cli
Checks are expected about the0
gible veterans really understand
ki of Pi with
15th all checks
February
in by 15th of March Swisher5Sc cAv A c LiS lLLb d
Attendance Had
By Kiwanis Club
Inst Tuesdays Kiwanis lunch
toaffiliate themselves an organ1 eon marked the 52nd consecutive
izatlon that is doing so much for ioo per cent attendance of its
all veterans and for the country members Tulia Kiwanis is proud
as a whole of this perfect attendance for n
Tho V F W is promoting a
jobs or pension program for veterans
Commander Stapp said This
program already has the sympathetic
cooperation of the government
officials who concede thc
justice of tho demand that employment
be found for veterans
able to work and that government
responsibility must be fixed for
veterans unable to work by reason
of Injuries or disabilities
The plea of jobs or pensions
embodies a sound economic principle
Commander Stapp said If
jobs can bo found for such men
in regular industry or municipal
period of one whole year Give
them a hand please
Dr E P Stcwnrx emiirman of
the Kiwanis Education Committee
Continued on local page
state or federal government departments
the government itself
will bo saved tho cost of pension
program But if the veterans continue
to be unemployed the tax
burden upon individual citizens
will bo higher if the federal government
adopts n pension progrnm
in preference tt tho nlternativo of
forcing local comnunltles to meet
this responsibility he explained
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Engleman & Engleman. The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex), Vol. 29, No. 3, Ed. 1, Thursday, January 20, 1938, newspaper, January 20, 1938; Tulia, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth42516/m1/1/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Swisher County Library.