The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex), Vol. 48, No. 7, Ed. 1, Thursday, February 17, 1955 Page: 1
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DUGGER new editor of
RONNIE
The Texas Observer Is sky
rocketing to fnme In tills new ventureAn Austin friend writes Keep
your eye on that boy He is still
young but he burns with a kind of
objective intensity that is rare in
newspaper people He is still a
legend on the Texas university campus
where he edited the best Daily
Texan in the history of that p apers
publication
TOWN TOPICS
PUDLIC has become so
THE
prone to persecute public of
ficals who serve on our various local
boards that the time is likely to arrive
when it will be impossible to
get good men to accept these positions
The time may come when wo
will be forced to accept the services
of the incompetent and selfseeking
who are ever looking for positions
of prestige and prominence
It used to be that we called these
positions thank you jobs but that
title is no longer appropriate Not
only do these public servants get
no pay they get no thanks More
than that they get undeserved cussing
and often lose customers
The two members of the local
hospital board whose terms expired
recently said they had had
enough Glen Osborn and Chester
Foster said they would not accept
another term under any circumstances
Osborn as chairman bore
the brunt of the criticism because it
was he who had to listen to all complaints
concerning the operation of
the hospital
TOWN TOPICS
ISNT RIGHT to ask our best
IT
citizens to perform these disagreeable
chores then persecute
them as so many do What do these
men have to gain by not performing
their duties to the best of their
ability They may make occasional
mistakes They are only flesh and
blood But who is he whose judgment
always is perfect We are willing
to admit that they do make mistakes
now and then Sometimes they
make mistakes in hiring employes
Dut what makes us think that we
could have done a better job Do
their critics have a better record
of proficiency in managing their
own responsibilities
TOWN TOPICS
SBORN AND FOSTER as well
as many others who have
served in similar capacities have
taken a lot of criticism during their
tenure But we wonder how many
have taken time to compliment
them for those things which met
with general approval We wonder
how many have thanked them forgiving
of their time during the past
several years They have had along
hard struggle in ironing out
some of the kinks in the hospital
but they stuck to their posts until
the job was accomplished
TOWN TOPICS
UREST WAY to have ones
character assassinated is to
accept a thankless nonpaying public
office and honestly try to perform
the duties efficiently and economically
Try to save a little public
money and it will backfire every
time
TOWN TOPICS
WEEKS Community Clinic
LAST
did much to stimulate community
thinking about ways and
means of improving our town Most
significant comment we heard came
from Ralph Duncan of the West Texas
Chamber of Commerce who said
that the primary purpose of a chamber
is to make a BETTER community
not a LARGER one
He went on to say that when we
make the BEST town of its SIZE
then the growth will take care of
itself Outsiders will beat a path
to its door
TOWN TOPICS
ROWTH THAT is not solid is
worse than no growth at all
Nothing is worse than a town that
has over built Nothing is more
depressing than a ghost town one
with vacant homes and buildings
monuments to those who have more
zeal than knowledge
Tulia is experiencing solid steady
giowth every month Our chief concern
should not be more people but
better facilities for the people wo already
have If we cant provide
needed civic Improvements for the
population we already have how in
the thunder do we think that more
people will solve the problem
TOWN TOPlCS
OST OF US get the cart be
fore the horse when we talk
about such things as industrial development
and increased payrolls
Usually such things are the result
not the cause of a progressive growing
community
Towns such as Tulia usually grow
because some family looking for a
location visits the town is impressed
with the modern progressive
stores the good schools and churches
the neat attractive residential
districts with paved streets sidewalks
and street lights The prospectors
are impressed with the
friendly people the abundance of
cheap water for lawns and flowers
the well kept parks the recreational
facilities such as golf courses and
swings for the kiddies
Many of lifes greatest decisions
are influenced by such little things
as those just mentioned We select
a particular college because we like
Continued on page 8
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Farmers Union Banquet
L Dccn Butler of Tulia was named president of Swisher County
Farmers Union at the first annual banquet held Monday night in the
Tulia school cafeteria Other officers named were Frank J lam first
vice president John Barrett sec
ond vice president j and Dale
Foreman secretarytreasurer
Committee chairmen named were
Buddy Obenhaus Clarence Todd J
W Miller Guy Smith and Barney
Latham
Principal speaker was Emery E
Jacobs of Oklahoma City Jacobs
has held many high government positions
including that of executive
assistant to the Secretary of Agriculture
Wickard
Also present was Alex Dickey
state president of Farmers Union
Douglas Burrous was toastmaster
Mrs Ted Sponholtz provided dinner
music Dr R F McCasland gave the
invocation and Ray Caraway the
benediction Dale Foreman introduced
the outoftown guests John
Barrett has served as president pre
tern of the organization He outlined
the history of the local group
during its brief history
Jacobs described the organization
of Farmers Unior and told of its
work in Washington He said that
only Farmers Union had gone to bat
in Washington to oppose the flexible
support program of Ezra Benson although
a large majority of farmers
throughout the country oppose it
after they know what it means
He told of the drop in farm income
during the past two years of
Bensonism and said Benson had
described his program thus far as
only the beginning
Jacobs refuted the three excuses
advanced by Benson for his farm
program Benson said that lowering
the price of farm products would
tend to reduce the surplus of those
products Jacobs said it worked
just opposite that lowering the price
caused farmers to plant just that
much more in order to compensate
for loss in Income He cited the
wheat situation in the early thirties
when the price of wheat hit the bottom
and farmers Increased production
in order to increase their incomeBenson also offered the suggestion
that reducing the price of farm products
would reduce the cost of living
Jacobs said that in 1947 when
wheat reached the record price of
281 a bushel average price of bread
was 138c a loaf In 1951 when
wheat had dropped almost a dollar
a bushel to 191 the average price
of bread had jumped to 17Gc a loaf
This is due to the fact that there
is only 2c worth of wheat in a loaf
of bread and V2c worth in a box of
wheat cereal
Even if they gave away the
wheat the price of bread or cereal
would not be materially affected
Jacobs added
H L Hub King
Farm Bureau
Begins Drive
II L Hub King Brownflcld
will be the principal speaker at
the annua kickoff supper which
will open the Swisher County Farm
Bureaus 1955 membership drive
The supper will be at the Tulia
school cafeteria at 730 pm Feb
17All
All workers participating in the
drive and their wives or husbands
have been invited to attend M T
Glenn is chairman of the drive His
committe is composed of Joe Thorn
ton Emory Elkins H L Rowell
Walter Cummings and J P Bradley
Mrs Harman Copeland and Mrs
J L Boydstun are in charge of supper
arrangements
Twenty community captains have
been secured for the drive to begin
Feb 18 It will continue through
Feb 22 At least 90 men and women
will be contacting old and prospective
new members Glenn said that
the county quota is 850 members
but that he expects to exceed that1 Hansen DeDdl
number by about 10 per cent He
reports that about 150 more members
have signed since Dec 1 than had
signed up in the same period last
year Membership dues are 750
per family
King is a Terry county cotton and
grain farmer He is state director
for District 2 of which Swisher county
is a part
I STALLINGS SAW FIRST
TRAIN ARRIVE HERE
R J Stallings of Tulia was one
of several Swisher oldtimers to view
I tic Santa Fe streamliner Monday
I who also was on hand to see the
fnit Santa Fe train plow into Tulia
back in 1907
TV re was lots more excitement
bat i T > 07 siid Stallmgs
He also pointed out that there
was only 15c worth of cotton in a
cotton shirt
Furthermore two weeks after
price supports were removed from
dairy products the price of milk in
Oklahoma went up lc a quart
Finally Jacobs refuted Bensons
argument that price supports were
to blame for the high taxes According
to governments own figures
the total price support program during
the past 18 years has cost Americans
only 3754c per person per
year
Little more than a pennyof each
tax dollar goes to the Department
of Agriculture and all its programs
including soil conservation REA
RTA and all other farm services
If we abolished the Department
of Agriculture and the entire farm
program it would not reduce taxes
more than one per cent Jacobs
added
This is a small price to pay for
stabilizing the economy of this important
part of our economy
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Tuxas
OLD GIRL YOU HAD A BUSY DAY
Radiant Sable Elliff Jersey Sets World Records
Abraham Lincoln whose birthday
was observed Saturday shared
honors this year with Radiant
Sable the fourth generation of he
Sable family of Jersey cows who
completed her production record
on that day making history for
her family and for Chester Elllffs
Victory Jersey Fnrm south of Tul
ia
record she did it up right Her 1074 mong the group were D T Simon Sellers Jersey breeders from Ralls
pounds of butterfat set a new nat president of the American Jersey
ional record for Jersey twoyear
olds And thats not all
In producing this amount of butterfat
she also produced 17800
pounds of milk also a new national
record for milk production for
Jersey twoyearolds
These new world records held a
each person for his contribution
to the clinic
Largest of the eight meetings was
the session of housewives which was
attended by 114 women who diagnosed
the ills of the community
Ralph Duncan manager of the Community
Services division of the
WTCC said that it was the largest
single group that had attended a
clinic session in the 30 other clinics
that have been held in West Texas
the past two years
Another noteworthy group attendance
record was set by the Tulia
retail merchants 80 percent of
whom attended the various sessions
Average attendance at all prior
clinics has been 35 per cent
Special appreciation was extended
by the chamber to the management
of the Royal theatre where all
the daytime meetings were held
Tulia school officials who assisted
to the fullest extent in providing
meeting places for the evening meetingsWithout such unselfish cooperation
said Ziegler the clinic could
not have been such an outstanding
success
Also commended for their work in
developing attendance were C W
Reeves Bill Fore Kelly Atchley
Mrs Mary Burgess Elburn Wallace
Mrs John Brown Dr R F Mc
Casland Redus Wells Otis Harman
and M T Glenn
These people did not do all the
work by any means said Ziegler
but they were directly responsible
for organizing and coordinating the
committees which did play an important
part in developing attendance
Without the aid and assistance of
all the people the Tulia Herald and
KTUE the job would have been too
Continued on page 8
Mrs Chalmers Terry of Caldwell
has been a patient in a Temple
hospital where she was rushed by
ambulance T riday morning
Town Hall To Hear
Duo Pianists
Hansen and DeDell piano duo wilt
appear in Tulia Tuesday night
March 8 at 8 oclock in the junior
high school auditorium This outstanding
musical team brings along
two grand pianos for the concert
This will be the final number of
Tulia Town Hall according to H M
Baggarly president
Swisher Oil TestIs
Dry Hole
Sinclair Oil Gas Oliver Savage
No 1 Sec 34 Blk B4 located in
the southeast corner of Swisher
Title
I Ik bidistnct basketball game between Tulia Hornet l > oys and
Phillips Dlackhawks will be played Feb 22 at H p in in the West
Texas State college gym according to Coach Ralph Stewart Tulia
tarn will occupy the south side of
the gymnasium
The local boys clinched the championship
of District 2AA Friday night
at Muleshoe when Tulia encountered
the toughest opposition theyve faced
in the conference season
The Hornets won 6059 on repair
of last five second free throws by big
Bobo Hamilton after Muleshoe had
led throughout the game Just as
close for three periods was the
girls game with Muleshoe finally
coming out ahead 5649
Tulia gained an early load in the
boys game but the Mules bounced
back on the shooting of little Eugene
Tulia tied it up 2929 shortly before
the buzzer sounded
Shaw had 23 and Wilson 16 for
the Mules while Hamilton and Jeff
Carlilc both notched 1C for Tulia
In the girls game Tulia led 159
at the first quarter before Jean
Montgomery put them ahead at halftime
2423 then paced the way to
a 39 36 third quarter score to give
the Mulcttes a 233 season record
and eight consecutive diitrlct victoriesJoyce Tlmmons contributed 21
Wilma ODanie 17 and Fern Ramsey
U for Tulia
Muleshoe girls are champions of
county has been plugged after if j Shaw to hold a 1614 first quarter District 2AA
turned oat to be a dry hole at advantage They stayed well ahead Phillips is champion
10 053 lesr rrnst nf the cond period before 1AA
of District
Cattle club J W Davis field re
presentative for the AJCC Dr W
II Croningcr head of the Dairy Department
of Texas Tech Dr Har
brough Texas Tech Ralph Harbin
West Texas State W T Hayden
Texas Tech Dr and Mrs L M
Tulia first Community Clinic was attended by 331 persons
from Tulia and surrounding area who offered ideas and suggestions
concerning the program of work of the Tulia Chamber of Commerce
John Zicgler president thanked
Plains Jersey
Club Organized
Initial meeting of the Plains Jersey
Cattle club was held Saturday
at Hillcrest Cafe Those present
were Mr and Mrs L M Hicks
Dr Homer Croningcr Dr Harbro
ugh D T Simons J W Davis W
T Hayden Mr and Mrs Homer
Rook Bruce and Wayne Rigler
Bill Kimbrough Troy Woolf Wayne
Miller Mr and Mrs Chester Elliff
I C Sprague John Elliff W F
Thompson Mr and Mrs Warren Orr
and Clayton Sellers Harold Hcr
sley Harry Webb R O Peterson
Howard Walker Ralph Harbin Em
ctt Buford E W Shirley Clarence
and Billy Roach
Dr Hicks dentist and Jersey breeder
from Pampa was elected president
W T Hayden was named
secretary treasurer and Chester
Elliff vice president
Next meeting will be Feb 19 at
11 am at the home of Elliff At
this meeting Dr Hicks will name
a board of directors and a constitution
and bylaws will be set up
Every Jersey breeder on the Plains
is invited and urged to attend as
this club will represent the interests
of Jersey breeders of the plains to
the state and national Jersey cattle
clubs
The Elliff farm is two miles south
of Tulia on the old Plainvlcw high
way
REDNOSED STRIAMLINER IUADY TO ROLL The Santa Fes
new red nosed streamliner shown above will go into service between
Lubbock and Amnrlllo Sunday It was on display In Tulln Monday
morning More than 1600 Tullans went through the luxurious train
and many others viewed It from the outside The lightweight stainless
steel train consists of a 20004iorsepower locomotive baggago car
52seat coach and allroom pullmnn The new run will give Tulln
and other South Plains towns through slccplngcnr service to Chlcngo
and other midwest points
G R BUCHANAN Vice President and General Manager of the Santa
Fe Railroad Co center Is being greeted by Mayor John Brown of
Tulia when the crnck LubbockAmarlllo streamliner visited Tulln Monday
In the picture left to right are I C Sprague retired Tulia
Santa Fc agent who served the railroad 37 years Mayor Brown
Buchanan James T Hale who lived in Tulln since 1901 and J W
McGIaun who was among those to sec the first Santa Fe train come to
Tulia In 1907
Passes Goal
Swishers March of Dimes drive
still Incomplete has already broken
the countys goal of 1000 according
to Judge Claude Sliclton
The figure Monday had reached
141092
Judge Shelton asked The Herald
to thank each person who helped
to make the drive a success
Swisher residents can rejoice in
the satisfaction that they have made
a material contribution to stamping
out this dreaded disease he said
A lot of todays
goats
wolves are old
E W Shirley Portalcs NM Clar
ence Thompson Floyd N M R O
Peterson president of New Mexico
Jersey Cattle club Coy Stuart N D
Micrs J C Mabry Mr and Mrs
Elliff and Mr and Mrs V L Har
Dickie LaVerne Darrow Gary and
Rebecca
Among the days activities was
the final milking of Sable in which
everyone watched as J C Mabry
squeezed the last drops of milk from
man Bill Kimbrough county agent J J f ° L 1ZJ
° r ° y °
of Crosbyton I C Sprague Tulia sc arodcni J
Hicks Pam pa dentist and Jersey Jersey breeder lllliy E Roach as i velIow carnations on Sables
For the first time In the history deal of to the breeder Woolf and sistant of
great significance Troy Wayne agent county
of the Jersey breed four generations American Jersey Cattle club and Miller of Faultless Jersey Farm at Emmett Uurford Lubbock Jersey UCen <
of the same family have produced many friends of the Elliff family Denton Mr and Mrs Homer Rook breeder and Mr and Mrs Warren w ° v aruiiis
more than 1000 pounds of butterfat Friends and representatives of the Plalnview Jersey breeder Bruce Orr Tulia Jersey breeder Members Mr and Mrs Elliff were hosts at
in a single lactation AJCC gathered Saturday to celc and Wayne Riglor Jersey breeders of the Elllf family present were dinner for the group at Hillcrest
When Radiant Sable broke this brate Radiant Sables victory A from Plalnview Clayton and W T Chester Mary John Katherlne Cafe
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COVERING SWISHER COUNTY LIKE THE SUNSHINE
The
VOL48 NUMBER 7
Santa Fe Streamliner T
TULIA Swisher County IKXAS IIIbRSDAY FKBRUARY 17 10 n
AID
THREE SECTIONS
wisher Run Sunday
W Boone Hall ts
New Tax Collector
For Tulia Schools
W Boone Hall formerly of
Plalnview has been named tit
assessorcollector for the Tulia
school district succeeding Doyle
Hooten who resigned recently
Hall has lived in Ploinview for
many years where he has been associated
with implement houses as
owner blockman and collector Most
recently he has been associated with
JorvlsTull in the credit collection
department
Hall has been coming to Tulia for
18 years and is well acquainted ir
this area
I told my wife that if wo ever
left Plainview I wanted to live In
Tulia he said
Mr and Mrs Hall are members
of the Baptist church They have a
married son living In Plalnview
Farmers Union Office
In McCune Building
Swisher County Farmers Union has
announced the approaching opening
of a downtown office In Tulia in tho
McCune building 113 N Maxwell
which is being remodeled The building
Is expected to be completed a- >
bout March 1
Dale Foreman will be manager of
the office
Grain Sorghum Price
Situation Is Critical
The critical situation in which
grain sorghum growers of Texas find
themselves Is prosented on Page AIn
a letter sent recently to Senator
Lyndon Johnson
This letter should not only be read
but studied carefully by every Swisher
resident interested in the farm
1 1 nnomy nf this counts
Mmo than lbtlO
greet the new Sant
hiluns uoic on hand Monday morning to
a Fe Chief which will bring the railroads most
de luxe service to Swisher county for the first time since the Santa
Odie C Collins
les
Funeral services for Odle Charles
Collins of Happy were held
Monday afternoon at the First Baptist
church of Canyon Rev Hans
Ilochrlnger pastor of Christ Lutheran
church of Tulln officiated
Ilurlal was In Dreamland cemetery
at Canyon
Mr Collins 51 died Saturday morning
in Neblett hospital following an
illness of several weeks Ho had
lived in the vicinity of Canyon and
Happy for 28 years At the time of
Ills death the family lived southwest
of Happy on the farm formerly
owned by the late Uncle Bud
Hodges Mr Collins was born Nov
8 1903 in Hill county
Survivors Include his wife Mrs
Elsie Collins two sons Byron 13
and Stanley 9 and a sister Mrs
John Jennings Canyon
Only last December Mr Collins
had been named an elder in Christ
Lutheran church hero Prior to that
time he had served two terms as
vice president of the local congregationHerald Classified
Gets Joe Donald
Out of Dog House
Herald Want Ads Get Results
Tills onelino filler Is found
throughout each edition of this
paper
True It comes In handy to fill
out columns which arc just ono
lino short but more than that It
contains truth as well ns poetry
Take for Instance last week
Joe Donald Vaughn who lives 18
miles southwest of Tulia dropped
by the office to shoot the breeze
nnd to place n classified ad concerning
his wifes fawn colored
male boxer which had been missing
for several days Seems that
his wife was pretty unhappy about
the situation and had Instructed
Joe Donald to recover
her pet or else suffer the consequencesFrom the way he put It his
wife would Just about as soon
have lost him ns that dog
We were both pessimistic about
the dogs recovery since in many
Instances thieves are not very responsive
to classified ads
But the results of the ad surprised
all of us By 10 oclock
Thursday morning R R Potts
who lives two miles north of Vaughn
on the Robert Devin place
had read the nil nnd had called to
report the dog had strayed to his
place
The dog Is back home Mrs
Vaughn Is happy again Joe Donald
Is out of the dog house becauseHerald Want Ads Get Results
Fe extended its lines here in 1906
Tulia High school band directed
by Allen J Pittser greeted the
new train which was loaded with
Santa Fe and Lubbock Chamber of
Commerce officials
The new train to go into regular
operation Sunday will replace
the doodle bug which has served
the AmarilloLubbock mn since the
removal of the steam locomotive
drawn trains several years ago
Beginning Sunday residents of
Tulia Happy and Krcs will have the
samo dc luxe passenger service already
available to towns along the
routes of the famous Santa Fe
Chiefs
Travelers going North and East
may board the train at Tulia daily
at 423 pm It will make connections
at Amarillo with tho San Francisco
Chief which leaves at 545 It
arrives at Kansas City at 410 am
the following morning and at Chicago
at 1220 pm Pullman cars will
be transferred to the San Francisco
Chief making is unnecessary for
pullman passengers from Tulia even
to change trains In Amarillo
Passengers returning from the
East and arriving in Amarillo on
the San Francisco Chief at 930 am
will leave Amarillo at 935 arriving
nt Tulia at 1031 am Again if
they are traveling pullman It will
not be necessary to change trains in
Amarillo
Kress and Happy will be flag
stops for the new train
Mrs McCombs
Is Buried Tuesday
Mrs Ethel Elizabeth McCombs
GO died unexpectedly Saturday
night at Truth or Consequences
N M where she and her husband
had been visiting for about 10 days
Funeral services were held Tuesday
afternoon at the First Baptist
church Tulia with Rev Jessie
Poe pastor of Calvary Baptist
church officiating
Burial was In Rose Hill cemetery
under the direction of Wallace Funeral
Home
Mrs McCombs a native Texan
was born Nov 23 1888 She married
J B McCombs in Memphis on Feb
15 1911 They moved to the Tulia
vicinity Nov 8 1914 where he farmedSurvivors include the husband
one son J B McCombs jr of
Amarillo one daughter Mrs S B
George of Benton Ark her mother
Mrs J N Eastwood of Amarillo
two sisters Mrs Effie Prater
Newlln and Mrs Belle Wellman
Des Moines N M one brother
John A Eastwood of Amarillo
five grandchildren and 10 great
grandchildren
Pallbearers were C W Reeves
Otis Harman Wiley Byrd Victor
Harman Bob Odom Albert Devin
Delbert Bivens and Wayne Bright
Honorary pallbearers were W W
Parker Hugh Parker V L Harman
Joe Rossi Tom McQuary J
M Kemper and other friends of the
family
Voters of the Krem Independent School district Saturday approved
a i71000 school Iwnd issue The vote was 260 for the
issue to 171 against Jhe total ote was a recoid for school bond
All Tulia Funerals
To Be Given
Police Escort
Police Chief Ted Hodges today
warned motorists of their conduct
in connection with funeral processions
He said that all funerals will
be given a police escort to the cemetery
and that motorists failing to
stop while the procession passes will
be given tickets for reckless driving
Tins is the last opportunity to
show respect to the dead he said
No one is in such a huiry that he
iant deoi a minute to this final
c i irtcsv
elections in Kress
The issue will be used to finance
construction of 20 elementary school
classrooms a gymnasium to scat
1000 fans and a cafeteria with a
capacity of 300
Last June Kress voters turned
thumbs down on a 350000 school
bond issue for essentially the same
proposed building program The
vote at that time was 85 fer and 165
against Although the opponents
numbered nbout the same in both
elections those for the needed school
improvements jumped from 85 to
2C0Supt
Supt W W Webb of Kress said
Monday that it was hoped to have
the project completed by mid term
next year
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Baggarly, Herbert Milton. The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex), Vol. 48, No. 7, Ed. 1, Thursday, February 17, 1955, newspaper, February 17, 1955; Tulia, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth46330/m1/1/: accessed May 14, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Swisher County Library.