The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex), Vol. 30, No. 38, Ed. 1, Thursday, September 21, 1939 Page: 1
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Boott Highway
86 Through
Swisher County
Tsakss
ume 30
thought of those who repeat them
and have an influence upon their
lives Such are Thomas Jeffer
sons Let error be free so long
tis Truth is free to combat it
Theodore Roosevelts The law of
worthy life Is fundamentally the
law of strife Benjamin Franklins
Diligence is the mother of
good luck and our favorite Abe
Lincoln who penned Stand with
anybody that stands right Stand
wtih him while he is right and
part with him when he goes
wrong Just some thoughts of
the week
ttt
f
HOPE THERE were no
other chumps In town
who spent as much as U min
utes we utilized foolishly to listen
to a small part of Herr Hlt
UJrs declamations Tuesday
morning The enly time we
would desert the United States
and side with Germany would
be when we were forced to bet
money on an endurance speech
contest between the Nazi figure
nd some American diplomat
at least since Huey Long to no
imore
ttt
mriAA HIGH SCHOOL will
j play their first home game of
the > present season with Floydada
Friday evening Reduced admission
iprlces should make it convenient
for huge crowds to view
what is probably the schools
greatest football team Last week
we predicted a 13 to 0 win over
Paducah While the score was
misted be margin of victory was
guessed in the 20 to 7 skirmish
Despite listless practice sessions
this week were going to stick
by for a 29 to 13 revenge over
last years defeat at the hands of
Floydada
1940 H D Program
Planned In Happy
The yearbook committee of the
county H D council will leave
Thursday in Happy and made
pjans for the program of work
for 1040
Those attending were MrB Bill
Cox of Union Hill chairman of
tho ajotmittee Mrs A M Cur
rie pre > Jcnt of the Sunny Slope
Childress Homo Demonstration
Club and Mrs Travis Payne
president of the Salem Club and
the Home Demonstration Agent
Miss Ruby Wood Plans as made
by the committee will be presented
to the council for lis approval
Saturday
THE TULIA HERALD
War Invades the Hop Field of England
PADDOCK WOOD Kent England Nearly 100000 pickers harvesting
the Kentish hop crop nt the suggestion of the Home Office arc
taking along gas masks ai a precaution against an enemy gas attack
Ive young hop pickers are shown rehearsing
4All Ready At a London Defense Post
LONDON Englang This picture passed for publication by the
War Office shows stcclhelmcted and gasmasked troops standing
by at a London antiaircraft post
GREAT man t
> A leaves the
world two legacies
One Is the
ideal which in
spires y o u n g 4 >
people to become
more serviceable
and worth while
The other com >
prises those
ULIA WENT
f on dress par
4 I big fash
i + s s + rt
ip I Oe ITl g ion early Mon
day mornIng
hrough
Ss
T J
11 when all colon
Ishapes and sixes
j of pajamas evenIng
robes bathrobes
shirts and
i shorts house
speeches of com h m 4 fry + i slippers b a r < c
mon sense and idealism that we
remember and repeat and revere
because the great men said them
In time they become part of the
feet automobiles and truck went
to the fire In the northeast part
of town The only reason we
failed to have a better lowdown
on some of our fellow
townsmens favorite evening
dress Is that being swathed In
portions of the mentioned wardrobe
kept as confined to our
caT ttt
ARE GOING to look forward
WE
ward to someday seeing Max
Baer the exchamp when he is
awake Even though we were in
the second row of the ringside
seats at the bout Monday even
nig in Lubbock it is seriously
doubted that Maxie ever woke
up tor the fight He was bored
in Lubbock merely to get the
10000 guarantee made by Promoter
Pup Thomas While Babe
Ritchie edged away with the
first round by keeping a left in
his opponents face we still doubt
that Baer woke up to deliver the
terrific right that put Ritchie in
the dot house shortly after one
minute of the second He was a
good sport about it afterwards
carried Ritchie to his corner
but it wouldnt take figures with
five digits to stimulate our sporting
blood
ttt
Found eat at
rrrOElNG that Raymond
Curfm ans nickname is Babe
When the band nit the
field at the Paducah game it
looked like open season on twlrl
ers hut presume Raymond Ferguson
is a Large tree from
small acorns grow advocate
Met Mrs J R Stephen
In East Talla The Elklw
School has some new swings
Mrs Delia Pevehouse is
back from California where the
has been for two yean
Our newest correspondent Mrs
YV B nodges Birthdays
daring the past week Joe Frank
Hill Barney Latham and J K
MUton James N Montgomery
has a farm to sell near
Vigo S T Brlggs is convinced
Married Men Make the
Best nusbands Charles
Reeve Is beginning to feel like
a married man surely enougk
hes married Wilma Ilol
comb nornet editor has decided
she has too much to do
at school Sonny Rossi
who played his first football
game last week said Its a
bigger thrill than I expected
It was vaguely rumored
this week that one or two of
the college students have left
town must be so Zach Gris
mm BlghtwatchmaB has a relieved
express his face
Tulia Swisher County Toxas September 21 1939
Benny Tells The
World About
His Troubles
Im In n pack of trouble
Benny Moats 11ycarotd Happy
lad told listeners from coast to
coast Tuesday as he spoke over
the We the People radio program
sent over the air waves by
the Columbia Broadcasting Company
In New York City
Young Moats who ran away
from home early last summer bc
causo ho couldnt find hometown
merchants who could be Induced
to become stockholders in a pop
and hot dog stand was given a
County Autos
Affected By
Title Statute
No Vehicles Required To
Register Before 1912 Union
Ownership Changed
I UiA TU ft T 11 this week a terrine whirlwind
Llgntens inert loll r scheduled to blow into town
Automobiles In INwcnsion
feclcd by the new certificate ofi
free trip to the big city when J uue ncf which w bVVeUnmo
hls adventures reached the cars tlonaftcr Oct 1 it was announced
of the radio program committee lhc sheriffs office here this
by
Into the microphone he spoke week
telling the world that his folks I The county office Is expecting
wcic awful poor back home to soon receive forms and Instruc
and how he wanted to start the tlons from Ralph L Buell drlv
cntcrprlse to help his folks and ers license division chief undergo
to school Items to appear on whose supervision the new law
Bennys business balance sheetwill be administered and will
figures added up to only 12 and act passed by the recent session
asked what he was going to do
with the balance Bonny said
Im going to 6cc my girl
The announcer told Benny he
would get his 50
It was said
It was emphasized that this
of the legislature applies only
to motor vehicles offered for
sale purchased or encumbered
with Hens on and after Oct 1
Continued on back page
Tentacles Of Hot Check
Law Reach Out This Week
Fingers that write checks
without consulting bank balances
can well become more
particular in the future hince
the new Texas hot check law
went into effect Wednesday of
this week
The law makes It unlawful for
any person to obtain money service
or other items of value by
drawing any check without sufficient
funds to pay the instrument
at the time It was given
Penalties Listed
It also makes It unlawful for
a person to secure or retain possession
of any personal property
to which lion has been attached
by giving of such on Instrument
In all cases nonpayment of the
Instrument upon presentation is
prima facie evidence that the person
gave or drew it with intent
to defraud
Penalties under the law arc
years
Second conviction confinement
m the county Jail not less than
36 days nor more than two years
Third conviction confinement
In the penitentiary for not less
than two years nor more than 10
years regardless of the amoant
involved In the first two convictionsProbably the outstanding penalty
In the law Ls that for attempting
to withdraw a complaint
after filing Section she of the
new act provides that any person
who has filed a complaint or
furnished Information resulting In
the acceptance of a complaint by
a dlsrtlct or county attorney shall
ELY SERVICES
HERE SEPT 13
Was Former Swisher County
Wheat Fanner IJ veil South
cast of Tulia IB miles
Burial services for Vernon
HoWard Ely Frlona former Swisher
County wheat farmer were
conducted in the Hose Hill Cemetery
in Tulln Friday afternoon
Ely died In a Clovls Hospital Wednesday
evening He was 38 years
old
Funeral services were held In
tho First Baptist Church In Frl
ona Hev Joe Wilson pastor read
the funeral oration He was assisted
by Rev W II Clark pastor
of the First Baptist Church
in Tulla and Reverend Hill and
Reverend Naylor pastors of the
Methodist and Prcsbyt crian
churches respectively In Frlona
Ely was born In Denton County
First conviction for less than aTcxns April 18 1001 He was
5 Instrument confinement lnmnrrlcd In 1031 to Miss Sybil
the county jail not exceeding twojStcphcni Tulln To lhls unlon tw0
years or fine not exceeding 9 > 00 enldre Frecn nncl nonald were
conviction from 5 to 5 coa borni both of whom BUrvlvc
flncment In Jail not exceeding
two years or fine not exceeding
500 conviction over 5t confinement
in penitentiary not less
than twe years or more than 10
Additional survivors include the
mother Mrs Frank Ely Belton
two brothers Herman Ely Sll
verton and Roy Ely Bcllcvue
two sisters Mrs Morris Gilbert
Bcllcvue and Miss Virginia Ely
Belton The former Swisher man
is n soninlaw of Mr and Mrs
J R Stephen Tulla residents
During residence In Swisher
County the Ely family lived 18
miles southeast of Tulla
Singing Service To
Be At Kress Sunday
The Plateau Singing Convention
will be held at 10 oclock Sunday
morning in the Kress High
School auditorium Mrs John
Halfcr cecretary announced TuesdayPros John F Toylor Is expect
be guilty of a misdemeanor If he d to be present along with ccv
suggests or requests that the case eral good quartets and other sing
be dismissed Upon conviction nejlng combinations Everyone at
shaU be fined not less than f 100 tending is requested to bring a
or more than 500 I basket lunch and spend the day
CENTER PLAINS district 1
M C Vineyard E Hartman
R H Gaylcr Joe Heflin Grady
Rousser Avory Adams andEdd
Holt and teachers Kermlt
Mitchell Miss Ruth Hall and
Miss Charles II Foote
LAKEVIEW district 2 Jim
Tomllnson Ray Kemper and
M C Wheeler and teachers
Mr and Mrs George T Mc
Clung
UNION HILL district 4 De
Wltt Parker E R Partlow L
O Raymond J D New J W
Cox Talton Loring and Dick
Pair and teachers Charles S
King Miss Margaret Evans and
Miss June Wacst
LOVE district 6 Staley Jones
W J Richardson and Clarence
Hornets Open Home Stand
Against Floydada Friday
Large CrowiU Ivtpectotl To Watch Ixienl Team Seek
llevengo For Last Years Defeat Hoth Squarix To He At
Full Strength For NonConference Tilt
When It rains It pours Juil toseveral sizeable runs u vnrlnus
show you after fall showers hereUtagoa of the gaim but cllmaxto
J1 fQ f 3 y l run
lto In the fourth minder that
osl 0f r thl
Floydada1 mR
Friday night Its the f
1
lucnh bnllclub Sidelineobserv
High School Whllwlnd football
Of Dealer Must Hear Title team seeking to repent last years
Of Manufacturer If New 10 0 victory over the Tulla Hornets
while the Hornets will be
Hundreds of Swisher Countydefinitely out to avenge the mark
motor vehicle owners will be af and keep in the victory column
Last Fridays encounter with
the Dragons at ladurah wni the
goose that Inyed the golden
egg for Conflict Hatcher llrown
and lluyinond Curftnnu Not
only did It point out tho trams
chief weakliest that Is belnir
corrected this week past defense
more Important It dls
rovcred for lie coaches a fourth
for n quartet of backs that will
were outlined by Benny himself begin to receive title applications mru ri nny high school back
on the program by tlie date the law goes Into
I walked into my bankers effect
office and told him I needed 501 At least a million certificates
He turned me down I wanted of title arc expected to be Issued
8 to pay for the stand 32 for in the next 12 months In Texas
an ice box and 2 for hot dogs
When told that the mentioned
field In these pirtt In allaround
ability Tho new man It Sonny
KosnI
Folks Tin
Hardly Find
Tin Cans ISSoiv
Tulla Boy Scouts have reen to
It that it will bo a hard Job for
anybody to kick Uie bucket
around town wjthln the next few
weeks
Last week as a good turn to
the city the scouts orgimicd a
contest by pntiola to clean up alleys
and streets of unsightly tin
cans buckets and similar rubbish
and when 30 wan written
for the effort several thousands
of once useful containers had
been deposited behind a local
hardware store
Tho Raven Patrol won the contest
Mcmbors of this group are
Robert Cowan patrol leader and
Tom Daniel Robert Gieen Ed
scll Lowo Hilly Hraboy Elvln
Simmons Walter Sims airl Dell
Stalllngs
Now then according to the
rules the watermelons mo on the
house for tho winning Ravens
4H Club Organized
By Lakeview Boys
In a meeting which County
Agent John Polmorc attended
out
Introducing Rural School Trustees And Instructors
That Swisher County might
become better acquainted with
the persons who behind the
county school systems make
the wheels go aruond an official
list of rural school trustees
and instructors were released
this week by County Superintendent
James T Hale
Trustees for the four contract
schools in thc county ore as follows
Salem district 5 Frank
Cox A P Ratjen and J V
Davis Childress district 12
Alton Moody Clarence Todd
and Fred Brlggs Sunny Slope
district 24 W L Hogdcs A W
Currle and E T Patching Taylor
district 10 E O Bass T
A Shelton and Groyer Bryson
For active districts
L Rodgcrs and teachers Harold
A Cooper and Miss Ruby
Leo Holcornb
PRICE district 7 J A Havage
J S 8trcct B C Stork and
teachers Edwin H Toolcy and
Mrs Lorine Mootc
VALLEY VIEW district 11
W T Edwards A It Stewart
and I W Nuzum and teachers
Carl W Rose and Mrs Mny
rcne Anderson
RED HILL dLslrlct 13 Lee
Wright H F Sarchot and Eric
Malone and teachers Miss Para
F Cobb and Miss Wllma J
Shafer
VIGO PARK district 14 IL
J Schofcr Leo Gardner and
Jim Jordan teachers Mrs Mat
tie B McGehee and Miss Re
admission itiniTcin
To enable a larger crowd to
see the home football games a
reduction In admission prlcet
temporary for tlilt season only
hat been announced by Kind
I II Turney Adults will ha
admitted for 10 rents high
school students 20 cents and
grade school student 10 cents
Two Suits On
Docket Here
Jury T
ho Chnnen For
Cases Pending
UitH Collection Agency
Swisher Countys
50th Anniversary
Is July 17 1910
Number 38
Hundreds To
Attend Fair
At Amarillo
Tnilny Is Swisher Day Audi
School Ditwni To Join
C mty llirongi
Band To Broadcast
One Suit tie t Methodist Church march
Two canes have been selected
from tho district court docket for
hearing In the near future County
Attorney J II ONeall revealed
Tuesday
The most Impoitant case and
one that concerns a large num
ber of taxpayers In the southern
part of Swisher County Involved
the Kress Independent School
District In John W Elliott and
others vs the Delinquent Tax
Bureau and others
Will Cancel Contract
The case is a suit for cancellation
of 11 contract that permits
an orgaulriillon to collect taxes
for a 10 per cent remuneration
for tho service which according
to f JNeall In Illegal and exhor
bltant
ONeall explained that when
such conditions arise the collecting
agency comes Into a community
nnd klms tho cieam off
the collections and leaven the ic
Contlnucd on back page
club and Individual projects arc out mnny ffcrcnt Mnsci of ed
olready under way
Employment Official
Here On Thursdays
Mr James of the State Employment
office Plalnvlcw will be
In Tulla each Thursday morning
from 8 to 030 oclock it vas
announced thin veck nrgc extent tho trend a stud
All those having claim to be cnlB ufo mny tnt < e In thc future
filed can sec James at thin tlmonnd wnphaszled thc necessity
rather than make U10 trip to tho for the careful selection of facul
Plalnvlew office It was pointed tics to fill position In this div
Continued on back page
becca F Cole
IXKINH district 10 William
Dallugo E G Bell and E V
Elklns and teachers Mr and
Mrs Howard L Rose
McGUIUE district 17 C G
Splcer J F Whitsett and J R
Dinwiddle and teacher Miss
Nadecn T Wrenn
KAFFIR district 18 O B
Taylor and A D Parker and
teachers Preston C Mitchell
and Mrs Faun C Velker
HOUSTON district 20 II II
Burrow Cecil Simpson and J
L Pogue and teacher Mrs
Luclle R Anderson
ALEXANDER district 23 L
D Young H A Hodges and
R A Stark and teachers Mrs
Mattle N Davis and George M
Taylor
Tulia FFA Team Wim
Several Honors K < liiiotulnon
Awarded old Medal
Swisher County will flock to
Amorlllos TriStato Fair today
en main seeking to reclaim the
attendance honor dropped to Randall
County last year after winning
the print for two successive
seasons
Designated as Swisher County
era took It for granted the boy Day Tulla and Happy High School
must have had n match box on bands farmers with livestock entire
In his hip pocket that sent tries and other delegates will
him skirmishing on endaround form the county roster to rcprc
plityn sent this area In the various fes
The new player also look sev tlvltles afforded by tho entertaln
ernl punts on the run without monl committee of the fair
committing an error all evening The county bands will be heard
Meanwhile other members of om kcNC radio station at 10 IS
Hossl senior but wearing a the Hornet squad were playing TWa concert will be preceded by
football uniform for tho first time the game In commendable fash
In a football game got away for Continued on back page
IDKNTiritATION
County representatives to the
TrlStale Fair aro urged to get
lint bauds and rar window
slickers from the cashier at
Heard and Jones Drue Store
before leaving for Atnarlllo
Thursday morning
a parade starting at tho Polk
fair
gioumU The parade will tart
at 030 oclock In the morning
and all from Swisher are urged
to participate
All county schools are scheduled
to dismiss classes to enable
the students to attend the fair
a cheek with superintendents disclosed
this week
Team Wins Honors
In competition tills week a
Tulla FFA team coached by J
M Hill placed near tho top in
several contests and exhibits In
tho educational exhibit Tulla won
sixth place In a field that listed
12 teams The subject of tho exhibit
was Dairy Herd ImprovementThe dairy judging team composed
of I T Klrkpnlrlek Robert
Lady and Ted Hprnguo won
third place In a 2itcum race
Hovlmi won first and Greenville
N M second
In the poultry division a team
of Charles Kiliuondsoti Walker
West Texas State College President Heads
EbE ltSnr SJ < Back To School Program At Kiwanis
organized n 4H club Including
an election of officers
Those chosen to serve Included
Klrby Kcgann president Jack
Wheeler vice president Truman
Kemper secretary and treasurer
Ray Kinder reporter Tony
Everts yell leader Clarence Bice
song leader Ray Tomllnson game
leader and M C Wheeler and
Mr McClurg club leaders
Other members of the club arc
John Rogers Wcldon King Sam
Kinder and John Redmon Some
Importance X Kilucalion < t > cf 17 v
° l <
Inpl Hinl Mi Cffonl Pb0 irc Destroys
Gives Heading i Gerdes Residence
It was 0 Back to School pro
gram members of the Tulla Kl
Clalms for 000 damages were
wanls Club hcord Tuesday at fil d with rut Insurance company
noon
that Included an address j by Mrs Cleta Gerdes whose homo
by president of West Texas Mtatc
College Dr J A Hill
Hill Introduced by James T
Hale program chairman recited
numerous statistics In pointing
wos destroyed by flames early
Monday morning Tulia Fire Marshall
John Rice reported this
week
The fire marnholl said tho fire
ucatlon Out of the total popul started from cignret ashes having
atlon of the United States It was fallen on a rnattrcsn When first
cald that nearly 30 mlllon per discovered late Sunday evening
sons were attending school this the burning was supposedly ex
ycar tlngulshed and carried out on a
Of that number 22 million porch to dry but evidently burned
were enrolled In elementary slowly until early Monday before
fcchools as the most Important bursting Into flarnca
phns0 or education in that this AU household goods of Mrs
stage of learning determines to
Gerdes were saved although con
siderable damage was reported on
some storage material a brother
Nig Payne had in thc houseFather
of Swisher
Lady Buried Monday
Funeral services for A F Sto
vnll father of Mrs J M Kemper
of the Lakeview community were
held in Wheeler Tex last Mon
day afternoon He was 78 years
of ago at the time of his death
Children In addition to the
Lakeview daughter who survive
Include Mrs Dee Kemper Melrose
N M Mrs Gene Frost
Hereford Mr Henry Stovall
Bellevlow N M Mrs Sam Stapp
Vega Tex Mrs Marion Mere
dith Bellcvlew Mrs Will Johnson
Friona Mr Arthur Stovall
Whltcdcer Tex Mr Lamond
Stovall Klngsmlll Tex and Mrs
Aubrey Pond Kelotus Tex
Other relatives who survive include
his wife 39 grandchildren
21 great grandchildren one sister
and two brothers
He lived In Wheeler county 32
years
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Stamper, Jack. The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex), Vol. 30, No. 38, Ed. 1, Thursday, September 21, 1939, newspaper, September 21, 1939; Tulia, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth42533/m1/1/: accessed May 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Swisher County Library.