The Hereford Brand (Hereford, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 11, 1955 Page: 1 of 16
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The Hereford Brand I
Published Every Thursdoy Our Slogan More People M re Earrn,
WEATHER
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near Summer
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Kitchens Is N<
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Tuesd x morning at 1<> am in the
In I
Hev L E Godwin in rharwr ot th* . hr h«« Ih rrf Unco
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tntrrmmv under I hr direct km <4
an-
il. F. Fulkerson
Is Buried Here
County's Road
Fund Is Boost!
Scott Funeral Is
Held On Tuesday
Th
Sund«ix
rmh s u.
i -i «
Offii er
llwwa* in favor of the separatum
out that the duties nf Im»Ii
. are grr it roisigh tn nee l
TH1Y HAVE RUT OUT LOTS Of FIRES—That, 10 fir.mfo.
war* owordrd 20 yaor larvice pin* Tuatdoy night Mott
of tha rolunfaart txtucilly hove put in o lol more tervice
•hon Ihol with the Hereford Volunteer fire Deportment, but
but oil of them hove ot leott that mony yeort to their ere-
Sundav
Mund iy
i IM'hd I V
Uedne-d.ix
Ye
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it the stalling
rar
Mrs
Scott died Sunday morning August
7. in Truth 01 Consequences. New
Mexico.
rs • tiled th»
i -leli-e ’inn
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f tod
HUBERT KITCHENS
New HHS coge coach
• /
WAYNE STARK
inturonce for him
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alar* teremt In kh rrdtM
Mee Tenwlay ni<hl Io nwbarr
of the Hereford Ortnot Baaed
who voted oaeataMMorty *a ar-
repl h*> reUgaoNoa.
Stark, former UntveraMy of TuU
u and Friona High School taM-
C E. Brumlrv had proof of th*
fowcr nf JahnMm crane this wea-K
lirumlry hrsujrht in r potato with
a eprr.it at dw grace ■ otnplri«-l
through it.
Mil on
n .tin e
INHlOl
i h.trfi
CAA
have
Il5o
5
n» M» i !’l»
•h«- Hereto
id in 1 '• I
drix mv «
and Lima* a
The th -I - »n.
I*t52 OkH-
m by Ven
Patrnimwn
i-ated th.-
0
tj
r<> decide Twi
20
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Cage Coach Hen
ball piner coached two I
t neat haeketball trama M
doff the maroon and wtkte I
Star* « team went to the rd
final* before being upaet M
hat for a (Ute tournament ]
Prevkotaly they hod aoundly
ecu i iw iTian i<jy*rpara u> w
'oumamrnt The year before]
alan coached Ma team to ■
gional linala before Metog 1
maa.
The ItM team woa • i
and MM only three, wMngl
tournament they entered i
the ragtiail They ttally id
iCtantinnedenPadeXl
The School Dtatr-et Equalization
Hnanl continued to heir pn^jert.
<«nera the. week The\ are t<>
meet again Thuraday morning in
the lax office at the enurthouv
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in time to
i»ttl •< the
ft
V
Ticrrii Blanca
until Rallv Set
Th.- I »< rm IP in i A*m> latintvtl
Y ,'f I \ ».» h< hi ■ »h
Tempit* iiaptwt CTnwrh Saturdn
nu'ht. Aturun! IT nt 8 o rlm k
Th'- vim it h tally will be the thin!
birthday of th*» ivtoriattai Thr
- |*ak**r for th.- r\i-ning will tn*
.hmw TidRihuig a( Harthn Sim
nwwt* 1‘nnrrsity H<* is Ihr first
fMOHHkn’ of tiw* smith ralh
Ahn no Th.* (MYKiHni udl hr i
hi**tor\ nf the nrgart/attnn givrn
lr KI I Hit p. The tumtjlradrr
wdl lw* ilarrail SIm. k nt Baylni
with *»pnt iai muur furni*hrd by
’hr ’irl« xrxtnt of Fi M.na
Th** i ally . mrr« th** ama fmm
Toha h» ami Canyon tn
Farwrll Th»* aupprr will hr ju*i
lefctv fhr «mirr al 7 n’t Inrk.
Chamber U Qin^mrrrr Manager
BUI I mdrrnian issitrd an nptimi<-
1 fir report Wedneadav after «tudy>
m-’ chart-* and other infnrtnation
fdeaur re«-ent|v by the ITigh
I’l.ima Underground Wafet iMtrirt
< i nterning an 8.7 percent watei
drop in th«* inunty ut the I i«t 17
>ram
■ A<*« • rding to the Dtolncf'a fig-
ure* we <;<n expect tn draw* frren
rw£\;
♦*
ing
JACK TTRFI X
f». Id ihmit Al)
JOHN M.IX’HR ntnthwr*» over
.5 ent! "till *h»A' ’ring Werineaday
morning
W. N
Id in
n h fun
R A-
Funeral »er\K*e< fhr Hen famine
Franklin Fuikcmon pa«t resident
rd Ibreford. were held Mnnd i\ aft* ,
emnnn tn Raneell. N M with
Rev Anderwm nf Rmxxei! <ondta t- •
mv the service.
After an iHrens nf «wn< time
i -short illne««. Jmvn W Mr Fulkonum died Bunday mnm-
mg Auguat 8. in the hmpttal in
Rmwell
FuMcervm wm horn in Grunin
fcrvi- • Srntt were held County. Mn where hr lived until
h< ramr tn Hereford in !*»> In
Vega Firtf Baptist Chun-h with 1934 he moved to Rm well when
nti <il <4 the < .tf'
I control and over*
>r t
nu>hap orriirred
i at 5 15 p m six
th of Umunitt on High
w.iy M < h.t let • \nn lk«eifing !■»
i N.t/.ii th jnd Allot/<> I. lama
Jl of Iburford w»*rr Bah ln*.<tr*l
far inruries m a I*
tl a».d latei releaset
Mi»b Horlung
Plymouth acfii
Ford - •«< h
volvid in th’
whit h went out
IlMtW-d IWt. t- <
Tf*rv« t
r< -n«l
A Clmintv Conn jury pnnrl hn
laen « alied fur Monday Th« r» i <
approximately nine < ,im*» on th
dorkrt.
MORE THAN 400 SACKS—to the
po»oto yield harvested thia week by Chorley Corn*y, south
east of Hereford Carney it tern above holding two of the
’ shoe bn« »ii<” Pontiac potatoes The ocreag* was need-
ed followirg two years of alfalfa and. according to How-
ard Gault is the best patch of potatoes in Team in 1055.
( Photo oy Pill Patton !
n« mdmi* to J
h. hw.ijk fkitrolr
the- .•tre-'t itw! in
I « »■.on I* tiiien
< In Honor >%*t<
!»• (Hits < hitrle* «kl
h.l«t I.. I» i« I. ’"f
r» th. iH^-MWinK ol the
or ot«l.-iii •••.iris ’Miii.lav un»n
Mt. It«»ii irrrw|.-.| Wofog< wg
;ind • al ’h«- I ahor < imp
|»l.«. • I Inin hi lh»- |iatr«il rar.
lag him «tay there un**|
returned Then h.- wmi (
in-th»-r I at it. tm.-ri. an who
.li-bturhmg th*
It.- r**fwrn. «l
lh.in.lM grtflwg
.in*l ninmn* it* as It. c»
him immI r.’tarard him t*»
* .«r Then l»* m.l.t tried t«> p
.Mi«*lh.-f break Ihiw lime
INR It the ileputs **ke|t«»a •«
Imo k and tila.le the lirffolt.
Ileaada lined StA
e.Hirt «•»*!■» Th.-mI.m rii<»rniu
« >uiii* < .Htrt r»»r axKrniale^
fo.mli <•« an »»ttl« er.
Countx <Yw
tbit d«
I-And elr
w hetp.’i
• <d \h»»’
wdekfo. where he w a-
M R f ith
Fspinn/i
w rr*rk. a
w as dm
Tahoka
who Mtvnd
mishap, s.ud It*.it Linia>’ ear iat
into the bn* k <»f Mimi ll-«rlting -
• -r. thi*M'ir it mtn th-’ fUd^mo-
I tie Irintngvfo to the Ohlsrnutii!'-
• Hd th*’ Ph mouth wero list, d it
$3ih' i t. h iml the Fin'll •• dan -
es w* ip <’>ti!'i.lle<l it Slkli.
Injured
In jut rd :n the v reek \V**dn<*s<iay
morning wa*. Larry BrtMo h» wt»«
uffer-i I iai'cra’Mm** <4 the nralp
He wu» treated at the .let<*fMid
iContinmd nr Page 2>
I leaf Smith Cotorty hax ree^
i < rodii nf S?b V I Mj from
Board of C'rwmtx and IBMrtet i
Indebtedness fhr f'nmmkNM
Court was notified Monday at |
, Kgular nirr-ing
The nweivv will hr equally 4
' od -mmg the rtnaMy’ii four
•nets, gmnv into the ruMM
i idgr ' tudg.
1h other •mttiA action enJ
I * appotned a ttve maiu
af review to decide what, ifl
Inmngrs will hr awarded J
Clark. J J Hnydsttm and rtl
W Witherspnnn estate for dJ
■ r« rauard hv the widening
Tierra Blanca Croek bridga
I Hiehuay M)
Thr rury i« mmpnsed of vJ
Hodges. T W I'clrrwr ■
N.m ton. Kd Warren and *n
Sparkman Sr
Arrepf K^foignatteu
The C.Mirt a I mi i< - ep«rd tM
Phvliw {J
typist tn th. home drmJ
tier and county agent's J
Mr* Iieatnn » texignafinn r» J
* ive August 15 Mhi« W.*nda I
, tia* hem named Io replace tJ
rommiMfoion.’’* ai ranged]
Count \ Jiaige Homer HemM
take «are of Ju?tire of the I
HBGFS. nnrfhw»*«t. ju«t
service. Hr was marned tn Mias Mar
Pallbearers were Rm Ivy. John tha Funk who died in 1931 and was
Ivy. Walter f^er Ballard J. T a member of the Methodiat I
Singlefrn. E. L McNabb and Church
Chari- W «emnn
Mr Srott was horn Der 5. 1873
His wife died in 19M)
By IUIJ. KNOX
Huhe-1 Kit« hens former West '
firavestde rites were held Tue*-I Texas State baskethnll great and
day afternoon at .3 o’clock at the head roach at Groom and White
West Park Cemetery’ ih Hereford Deer has hem hired as head bxs-
A rancher and farmer. S«-nti wa< under the direction of Gihliand kethall roach and nsaistant foot
a member of the Baptist Ourch Funeral Home hall roach tn fiH thr position va-
Interment under the direction of Survivors include- one san. B ' ented by Wkype R Stark. Superin-
G ill I land Funeral Home was mad.’ R Fulkerson of Rmwrtl. two sis- tendon’ Geotge L. Gmham
at the Vega Cemetery tors Mrs. Eva Mitchell of Gar- nnunred Wednesday
Survixnrs in. lude his eight chit- den Grove, lows and Mms Aman
dim; Rr’jert Joe. and Henr> Scott da Fulkerson of Edinburg. Mo
nf Vera. Archie Sffltl of Herefont. two hrothet-s. P. R Fulkerson of
Carrie Pnehard of Friona Lydia, Stark Qty. Mo and John Fulkai*
Schneider of Lubbock. Marie Grub-1 son of Glendale. CaW : seven
(key of Adrian, and Mrs. Ola , grandchildren, and six greet grand
x»reen ot rierwtww. • < niiaren.
f and
farmers
Repofts at
rains fell at
mi rfield xvhere m et
• epnrt. d N«»rfh of
Frio just o»rr 5 in« h was
Mired At Imwn however,
light sprinkle no? even enough to
measure was ropnrte*!
Others rejorted that the run
i which fell "ax very benefit iai. but over ^25 m< h.
that they i.Hild have it-wd thr r un
m mme vast qiinntities Eighty
'even hundn-dths of an kwh fell
in town
Sonr* of llie reports from farm-
ers in uml the area are
HARVEY BROCK. Dawn just n
sprinkle.
TONY BURRUS. Dawn, not anv
CARL WIMBERLEY. Dawn just
a light xpimklr
HENRY ANDREWS
65 inches
CHARLES N HOLT Fno. over |
5 inc h
m<- h(
F W Solomon a court whi
JP m on a leave of absenci
August 2U
Monthly bills were reviews
ordered paid.
Tit
lb P-
] Borger Tex
engaged as a phimhei
A member of thr Cathoh. Church
mtrrment was held at St Antho-
ny < erm* ten under thr direction
«» Gilliland Funend Home
Sun ivors of the de. rased in-
j duck’ hi* wife; two daughters. (
Virginia ami Jrnm-tt Isbell; two
I brother*. Charley l«hr|| of laekr
View »nd Benny ishrll of Fruit-
land. Idaho two sisters. Mr* Ok-
Hchi’h nf Sperrman and
Lot nr Hal! of Phillips; ht«
• father. Renjamasi Ishrll of New
Castle: hr is also survived by one
half brother and two step broth-
ers and two half sisters
be held Sept 2t>
".mn.'ts domtiy
a 91 So M* aiifmri
i ind .ilfoo a
vvnuk! dreW
rfi.il ate th*’ r
Heavy Over A rea
‘ Ttw* rain xihwh dev.-d the Mere O G HIIJ.. Westway 12 inch '
f<-rd area Tuesday night and Wrd-
neadav rnnrmnv was generally
Held Wednesday “ “
Funeral aerviret* for Walter Imn
nhlfoon l«hell were held Wedn<’>
day mormni’ at Hi am in St An-
Chun-h with Fathr'
Harthnlnmrv Paytas conduit inn
thi* sen ice.
Mr
horn*1 at
horn!
*w-forr »h«’ . «siit to pre*»-nf a n»»-
hw’ 204 n imrs a taking
• I. < Hon lie held A Civil
- * A«im mist ration ofti« i-
i «<M*k Iteforr had told •
I’l/rn* that the
aii pnJsdality
Is ’o rnai. h the
Edwards Replacement
Not Yet Appointed
No rrnlai rnwnt hod l»*rn nam«d
Wednesday ha Wagnc Eduards.
v ho n««ignr<! a* City C<*mm.s'ion-
rr List w«ek.
Mayor Henry Senn and Raylan
Evan» nr* reportedly ronoiderblg
• several men to ser.r out Edwards'
’ un»-x pi red term ’
Cui) Scout P ck 52 pl ms io r •»»
pb*te thru sale ol doughnuts thi.%
ui-ek and have asked eve
holding tickets to take them
’hr h ikrry ami pi. k up
doughnut*
t no
Pciiiionr» s ha l iskrd that thr
<’mnt ’xhi.li iui'l the* pimer of ma
• .illing »i»«- r|**ciHin. io set ’hi* <»!«•< -
• on as soon as ailourd undrt
rxistirg laws.’
I. I! Woodford acted as spokeo*
man for the citwn's group Hr
.mil other* » .al they helirxcd th it
•h*’ future growth of the . oun’v.
will he giratiy influrn* «*<! by j
a .ailabh* transportatsnn fa* ihtins
ihat are motirrn an«1 tg^tmdale in i
••very way.
TIM’ »Hhri isfolM* involxi’d is ofW
which had tM*rn ex|s* led ever
since voters amended th«- State I
■ .wisiftut i»m last year allow mg-
i <-n«mlw*s under Ih.lkNi po*ml.«’ion to I
eepnrafe the sherdf s office from i
’be office ot lax assessor-c<4le*-Um
apprvwgd by u majorfty nfdhp'
vofen. the otfi ? of tax assessor ,
• oilrrlor will be created anil flhrr-
uniigrii<»:’'i! unpl.' for UT ,0 I>iw,.|| Sh;>n> will he r*ll*v.il
>rar« *vrn if th* rtnmtfl < antin- > ef ifa Jutir*
ues.” hr reasoned jnantink out
that in rouno flutes the 17 vroc; po!nt
drop rep» . ruts one elex roth of th,». f F
total amount of a -ter in the rrsrr- pr-rwmaJ wupr’rxtsam.
voir, and that 11 limes 17 k 187 j n
Ijenderman said. "And if m
bnumi tn ram sometime dur me
that 187 xears '
Thr County C-C manager also
(wanted out that the largest drop,
approxdnatriy 70 per- rni. has o.
rtirred m th** last five years
Those were tlxr years when lb •
underground rrsrnroir was not re-
plenished by rainfall dur to the thony «
drou’h he isimivd ou’
"I wi’ pleased to see.'* lzrndr>-
. man mkI that thr ro’mrt shows I Mr Isbell died suddenly in hi-
that there is V..700.HJ0 ai re-feet of home at Axrnue H. August
| water still in storage and avail- | *. at 2am
Hnm June
City
O G
MI.RUN KAUL. Westway a lit-
tle over an m« h
CARL PERRIN near Westway |
— 1 .<»»■> m <n. h ; '*n»’Mn o< Mr<
that thr hravirM F'-°Y IXHKIN S. inmrrfirM 1 '. •*
w«*>fok(> and Sum- •»"<• MUI '■•"■mu Wrdurwtay tnonv
an meh was
town and at
men
just a
G W. Brum lex reportedly snl
and delivered 175 <w« with . -dvr*
last week for $157 50 per pah.
The local Chamber of C<»mme» • ■
ie«rivrd . letter ih - u*s*k tn
’I’*’ l\ttWl N M < ' 4 ■ ■ ■> ■'
in par* Just a note io leU y •
that w«* had the pi isure <4 rot.
taming 40 Campfire ptk fmni
your town in CUytoii I d night
< \ugitsi 7» niev’*-’ a w<md*-i!uj
twnrh of gl’is and ur kne them
not only fot their own sak< s hut
because they rrought us a fine
ram "
Rain xxas the numts-i one top
Around Tour this v. -k Th« He
ford area was dren. lied early Wed-
nesday mcrning and h • i\ \ ox.
r st still remained Liter u
Volei
Issues September
Sheriff May Be
1. 1913 in I lodge
Texas, hr married Luc ilk*
Hoffman June 5 .1939 In 1943 h<»
came to Iw»xt Smith County from
and has sirwr hern
dit Pictured from left to right, bock row, ora Bub Newell,
26 yaort; Gian Witherspoon, 31; Jim Bobinton, 2B; Roger
Corbett, 29; Oniot Corroil, 31; end Ear I Phillips, 29. Front
row. Buddy Witherspoon, 27; Williord Witherspoon, 31 j
Richord Jowell, 26,- ond Arthur Ttefel, 24. (Staff Photo)
HONORED BY FIREMEN Mr. and Mrs Jim Robinson
were honored Tuesday night by Hereford firemen and their
wines The Robinson s ore moving from Hereford m the near
future He has served on the volunteer f re depertmert
here for 28 fWl. < $*a f Photo)
Txxo M'fi.tnti sxro« ks n« Im
mill Siuiilay left ano persun d*- *d
isro sliiditly initit.-l ;-ad tiintbc
th mutdet uiHmmii
ice .m i .mirthct xx r«*g k iust '<*utii
i.t Hi-i.’f.MU U<sliw*fod.iv
injured stiil another
Jose I.igo Torree
iinerfM’Id. dn d S indax
the i»*sult nf an -ic. ulen* m uhi<h
a l i.H) < Ih \ ii •* kian r i .i.t i.«-.
tu !<*«*. Tin* accident occurred on i
county road, ihri’c nuk*s math an ?
tbti*«* nd i»n<*h.i't tnil«’> \x< .1
Dimmitt at 4 30 a tn Sunday
of ’h«-
into tia* < tm
.ently f’Oii: Ohl M. xi*"
was in*n«*d l.y Gu.'aialtipr
.11*0 of the Hereford I .ahi
i.stnnahil d mur.'r ’<» the autom-
WATER WILL LAST 187 YEARS
Optimistic Report Is Given After
Study Of County Irrigation Report
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The Hereford Brand (Hereford, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 11, 1955, newspaper, August 11, 1955; Hereford, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1318295/m1/1/: accessed June 14, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Deaf Smith County Library.