The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex), Vol. 47, No. 7, Ed. 1, Thursday, February 16, 1956 Page: 5
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THURSDAY FEBRUARY
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Town Topics
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unfortunate decision If wo cant
trust the judgment of these people
whom wc elected and who have
studied the problem more than anyone
else if we cant trust the Judgment
of some of the towns best
business minds whom can we trust
town topics
SOME PEOPLE may be frightened
at n bond issue so
large Actually the size of the issue
is 515000 The remainder of the issue
is to refinance a 155000 Issue
wo voted several years ago
All of the proposed issue must be
financed from revenue from the
power plant and cannot come from
taxation
The issue is large but consider
it in relation to what it will mean
to the city During the next 30 > cars
Tulians will pay somebody nearly
8000000 for electricity The city
can produce this electricity for
slightly more than 3000000 leaving
a profit of nearly 5000000 with
which to pay off the 700000 plus
the debt service
It isnt a question of deciding whether
or not we will spend or save
700000 when we otc Saturday
We will spend about eight times
that amount during the nct 30
years Its a question of buying something
we will have or paying the revenue
to outsiders The situation
isnt unlike deciding whether to buy
a home on monthly payments or
to rent Voting against the issue
Saturday means we would lather
rent than own
town topics
ROM WHAT WE hcai practically
nobody favors dispos
ing of our light plant The issue is
whether to put the plant in shape
to serve our needs oi to operate
with what we have and buy the extra
amount of power needed from
Southwestern Public Service
Southwestern Public Services only
commitment is that we will deliver
energy at a mutually agreeable
point outside the city limits of Tulia
at a iate of lc per kwh This rate
will apply to that amount of powei
which the city desires to icceive
Trom the company HUT WILL NOT
BE APPLICABLE IOR STANDBY
POWER PURPOSES ONLY
Obviously this means that we must
agree to pay for a minimum amount
of power whether oi not we use it
This eliminates any hope we might
have for producing all we can then
buying only our additional needs
from the public service
town topics
LETS consider the cost of
NOW
buying this power from the
public service or generating it herein
Tulia Although it is not clear
what the public service would charge
in view of the fact that we dont
know whether or not wc would need
the minimum amount it would supply
at lc a kwh lets assume that
we could buy what we needed at
lc a kwh At the present time even
with our inefficient equipment we
are producing a kwh for 035 of a
cent With the proposed improvements
which would enable us to produce
more economically that figure
would bo cut to about 360 of a cent
This past year we generated more
than 7000000 kwh and this year
we will probably hit 8000000 So
figure out the saving yourself
town topics
HERE ARE SOME who believe
that we have hit our maxi
mum growth m Tulia That we will
never need more power than what
we are using right now Of course
none of us can absolutely predict the
future of our town But do you recall
that this was the opinion of
some about 1918 > At that time the
city purchased new equipment which
soon proved to be insufficient for
the city s needs
There is no indication that Tulia
has reached her maximum growth
Then there are others who also
oppose the issue but are so optimistic
that they prophesy the proposed
improvements will be inadequate in
10 year If this is true if within the
next 10 wears we are consuming
11000000 kwh then it would take
just 2 > 2 years at that rate to retire
he entire 700000 issue if we diverted
all the profit to retirement
of the bonds
town topics
TOMIC POWER has entered
the picture Some fear that
someda > electricity will be produc
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ed at a cheaper rate
If It were possible to cut in half
the cost of producing power which
is an optimistic figure this doesnt
mean that Southwestern Public Service
would cut its rate from lc to
He per kwh As we all know there
are other items to be considered besides
the artual cost of production
There Is labor taxes marketing expense
and scores of other items
which wilt not be affected Tor instance
if the price of wheat drops
50 per cent that doesnt mean the
cost of a loaf of bread will be cut
in half
Een if atomic powei cut in half
the cost of production engineers
say that the public service company
couldnt provide power as economically
as can the city
town topics
CASE THERE are those who
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question these projected figures
lets consider the experience of
cities who have already done what
Tulia proposes to do
Last month Major John Brown
Aldermen John Zloglci and Raymond
Wallace and City Manager Mollis
Cagle visited the municipal plant at
Ponca City Okla where several
engines of a tjpo similar to those
which it is proposed to add to the
Tulia plant are in use It costs Ponca
City 5 mills per kilowatt to produce
electricity befoie depreciation In
I95r > the light plant at Ponca City
turned over to the genoinl fund
S2S0S < 1 70
On Peb 10 a group of Tulia business
men not connected with lie
city council went to Lubbock to
study the cost of producing electric
ty at the Lubbock municipal plant
Dining 1931 the plant produced 8
million kilowatts the amount it is
estimated Tulia will use this year
We used between 7 and 8 million
last year Lubbock uses engines of
a t > po similar to those which it is
proposed to add to the Tulia plant
Cost of producing anil distributing
electricity for that plant in 1931 was
7 5fi mills pei kilowatt hour and
the net revenue fiom the operation
of the plant was 118282 37 Until
1950 1 ubbocki plant produced all
of its electricity in this manner At
no lime during the 19 year period
did the total cost of producing and
distiibuting electricity to the City of
Lubbock cost as much as lc per
kwh the price which SW Public
Service pioposes to charge the City
of Tulia for production alone
Please note that In using these figures
some are for cost of production
only Others are for cost of production
plus distribution cost and still
others include depreciation There
were instances where we did not
have a breakdown In comparing the
cost per kwh of the Iuha system
with Southwestern Public Service
we did not include distribution expense
so that the figures would Incomparable
In citing the cost of
production by the Lubbock plant
we did not have a breakdown between
production and distribution
costs
Since the Lubbock municipal plunt
must compete with a private company
distribution costs in that city
are necessarily higher than if it
served the entire city but still the
plant produces and distributes elec
tiicity at a cost of less than lc per
kilowatt
The Lubbock plant is still using all
its engines of this type which were
purchased in 1931 The most the City
of Tulia has ever produced at onetime
is IC20 kilowatts The anticipated
need for the City of Tulia in
19G5 is 3000 kilowatts I he proposed
additions to the Tulia plant would
give the plant an installed capacity
of from 3500 to 1000 kilowatts depending
on the size of engines purchasedtown topics
I IS DHTICULT to simplify this
information so that it will be
perfectly understandable to every
person Despite our efforts to present
the facts there are some who
arc confused Wo believe that most
people If they will give the published
information sufficient study can
get a fair comprehension of the problem
But if this is not possible in
every case wc would suggest that
the judgment of hardheaded business
men who thoroughly undti
stand the issue and believe it to be
sound business to vote the bonds be
considered
Keep in mind the effect of voting
down the proposed issue It will
mean that we must continue to pay
2000 a month or 21000 a year
rental on one of the present engines
Kress
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HERALD CORRESPONDENT
MRS E II DENNEY
Henry Snell and his mother Mrs
Ava Snell attended the funeral of
her brother Walter L Davis in
Pampa Saturday afternoon at 2
oclock Mr Davis was living nt
Waka near Pcrryton He was living
alone at his farm The neighbors
had missed seeing him and went to
his home They found him dead It
was thought by the neighbors ho had
probably been dead since Monday
He was found Priday
The P V A Boys and Agriculture
teacher left Wednesday morning
to attend the State Slock Show
In San Antonio All were taking their
stock for the show Those going Mr
J C Christenscn C A Rousser
Harold Rogers Dwaln and Ronald
Donelson Richard I > e Harold
Obenhaus Ed Rogers and Tred
Morris They will be coming home
next Piiday
Mrs Morris Saginaw Is visiting
this week In the Jimmie Allen home
She accompanied Mr and Mrs Allen
home after they attended the Pat
Stock Show m Port Worth
Mr Ray Clay returned to his home
Thursday in Canyon while theie
could be no school due to the big
snow
Mr and Mrs lewis Landers Vn
gma and luno spent Tuesday visit
ing his parents Mr and Mrs Land
ers in Plninview
Harry Axtell Spnnglako was visiting
friends in Kress last Priday
Mr and Mrs A W Tooley le
ceived a letter this past week from
their son Wendell Spokane Washington
relating to them the story
inch snow making the big head lines
in Spokane Nowapapei on Saturday
Of course Wendell was wondeiing
how the people were doing with such
a snow on the high plains of lexas
Snow is nothing new of course In
Spokane Washington Their recioa
tlon there is mostly skiing
Mrs W C Wealherred ji and
daughter Mrs Mattle Weatlieired
Stanley and Harold spent the week
end visiting iclatives in Pampa
Mis W A Williamson returned
home on luesday of this past week
from the Swisher County Hospital
Iulia llei condition is much improvedMr and Mrs Woodie Boston
David and Felix spent Sunday in
lierefoid visiting witli their brother
and sister
Mrs V J Masterson received a
telephone message from San Antonio
the first part of the week that her
father Mr Paulson had had a very
serious heart attack All Ihe children
weie called to be at his bedside
Jack was flown from Africa
Air Base to bo with Ills father Mrs
Masteison was ill with the flu and
was unable to go to San Antonio
She was called Priday saying Mr
Paulson was resting better but he
was still in tlit hospital doing as well
as could be expected
Mr and Mrs II T Jordan jr
Galveston were visitors in the homo
of Mr and Mrs O P Lindiey and
family dunng the snow storm
Mrs Jordan is a sister of Mrs Lind
ieyMrs
Mrs and Mrs Doyle Williams
Heieford visited friends in Kress
Priday also attended the Nazareth
and Kress basketball games here
Priday afternoon
Tlie Methodist Church was indeed
happy to have as their guests Sunday
morning the Boy Scouts of
Kress No 201 with their Manager
Mr Raymond Anderson and their
Assistant Mr Duel Graham This
Tins 21000 would go a long ways
on the annual pay out of 35991 02
which is the average annual cost of
the 700000 issue It will mean that
our power problem will not bo solved
because we cannot buy our extra
needs from the public utility as economically
as wo can produce pow
ei ouiselves
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PAGE FIVE
Sigma Eta Chapter
Has Box Supper
What am I bid on this box
Do I hear six going going do I
hear seven >
Those questions were loud and
strong coming from Hugh White
auctioneer for the box supper of
Sigma Eta Chapter Beta Sigma Phi
Monday night at the American Legion
hall
The hall was decorated with red
and white streamers crisscrossed
across the room Red hearts were
hung from the ceiling
In the center of the room four
large red metallic hearts edged in
organdy lace were hung from the
ceiling with tiny red hearts on white
streamers At the front of the hall
members hung a large silver heart
with an arrow through the center of
the heart which was on a red background
with tiny lace hearts
Mis Milton Dovcl valentine girl
was presented with a dozen yellow
roses and gift from the sorority
First prize for the prettiest box
was awarded to Mrs Dovel Her
box was grey with a centerpiece of
led roses and gold metallic trim
Second prize was won by Mrs Mar
vln ONeal whose box was in the
shape of a clown complete with
hands and feet
Mrs Dan Tuckei won the Prettiest
Girl title and A B Raymond
was given the honor of being the
Ugliest Guy Both were given
prizes
The proceeds from the box supper
under the chairmanship of Mrs
Donald Crocket will be used for a
community project
Guests were Mr and Mrs Harold
Morns Donald Ross Crocker Eve
lyn Jean Arnold Sonny Arnold Cln
dy Klomnns and the husbands of
Ihe members Judges for the boxes
were Mrs Arnold Schuster Mrs
lames lord and Mrs Toby Steven
Miss Lou Wyrick
Is Complimented
Miss Lou Wynek bride elect of
Don Grossman jr was complimented
I riday with a bridal shower in
the home of Mrs Bill Hutlo r > 12
I Broadway
Ihe guests wcio strved spiced
teu and cake from a table laid with
the bride elects chosen colois blue
and silver Ihe centerpiece was composed
of blue carnation with silver
leaves
The names I on and Don written
on a white satin ribbon thieaded
silver hearts
Hostesses for the occasion were
Mmes L G George 1 ewis Sharp
Prank Madura Harold Hipp Charles
E Skilton Vincent Black Louie
Bonds Delmar Hutto Bill Hutto
unci Miss Bobbie Stubblefield
Zebra stripes like fingerprints arc
never identical
is a fine organization for our young
bojs and they should receive a good
backing from all in all the good
work they have planned to do The
Scouts aie a fine hunch of youngsters
llieir motto is Onward for
God and our Country The Address
Rev Brown gave them was very interesting
Their visit Sunday morning
was the closing of Boy Scout
Week Present were Weldon Walker
Glenn Ray Anderson Bruce Gar
Graham Charles Andrus Luther Robinson
Chuck Saul Waymon Saul
Dennis Ellis Raymond Anderson and
Buel Graham
Basketball games between Nazareth
and Kress High School boys
and girls were played I udav after
non at Kress Naareth won both
games over Kres
The Sub district of the W Y T of
the Methodist Churches met at Tulia
First church Sunday afternoon for
a Council Meeting Those present
from Kress Mi and Mrs Glenn
Jolly Gabriel and Allen Parson and
Gary Sweat
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Baggarly, H. M. The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex), Vol. 47, No. 7, Ed. 1, Thursday, February 16, 1956, newspaper, February 16, 1956; Tulia, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth43024/m1/5/: accessed May 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Swisher County Library.