The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex), Vol. 35, No. 1, Ed. 1, Thursday, January 6, 1944 Page: 1
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Back The Invasion
Buy More War
Bonds and Stamps
Volume 35
Kiwanis Club was the guert 9pcak
cr for the evening and was introduced
by R V Miller program
chairmnn for the meeting
Dr R F McCasland n past
president of the Tulia club officiated
at the installation ceremony
in which the following officer
and directors were installed into
olfice for the year 1914 WalterS
Tomllnnon president Charles
W Wciaenbuig first viceprcsi
dent Henry Teubol second vice
prosident M D Wnddlll treasurer
R V Miller Secretary and
Russell A Wingert John Pal
mare H N Garrett Allen Heard
D E P Stewart Dr R F Mc
Cusland and V A Graham directors
and C C Northcutt Immedi
Tate pastpresident
George Childress presented gifts
from the elite to members of the
clib having 100 jperccnt attendance
fc > the year 1943 Members receiving
attendance awards wore
C C Northcutt M D Waddlll
Dr E P Stewart James I Mc
Cjnnell W A Graham and R V
Miller
C C Northcutt and R V Miller
were awarded gifts Iby the
club which were presented by
Aien Heard for their work during
th year as president and sccro
taty respectively
Members and guests attending
tht meeting included Mr and Mrs
James T Hale Mr and Mrs J
M King Mi and Mrs W A
Graham Will IF Graham R C
Jennings C C Northcutt J E
Doon Freddie R Hendrix M 0
A
lHott Mr and Mrs George Chil
dress Rev Russell Wingcrt Johr
Pilmore Mr and Mrs R V
Miller Henry Teubol Miss Anna
belle Teubol Mr and Mrs Allen
Heard Mrs E P Engleman Mr
and Mrs Charles Engleman Clin
toh 0a Captain und Mrs F
Continued on page 8
S R Cox Former
Resident Dies
At Garden City
Garden City Funeral services for
S E Cox 82 pioneer rancher of
Glasscock County were held at
tho home Monday afternoon at
230 oclock The Rev B C Welch
pastor of the Cumberland Presbyterian
Church in Lubbock and former
pa tor here conducted the
senices with the Rev Wilson
Ktenan pastor of the local Cumberland
Presbyterian church as
shting
Mr Cox died nt his home here
f
Saturday morning Jan 1 1944
M > ° f influenza and complications
WHe has been in ill health several
months
Engaged ii ranching for more
then half a century Mr Cox took
an active part in the development
of the cattle and sheep industry
in West Texas Since 1917 he had
owned and operated an 11 section
ranch in Glasscock County
He was born in Missouri May
15 18GI and came to Texas with
hi < parents in 1870 They settled
in Grayson County where they
lived until moving to Montague
County in 1883
Later iMr Cox went to the
Piains and ranched in Swisher
County until 1907 serving as
Ciunty treasurer there four years
Fn 1907 he bought a ranch in
Skcrling County where he raised
highgrade Horefords and Ram
bouillet sheep until 1917 IHe helped
organize the Sterling National
Bank and was a stock holder at
the time of his death
I Mr Cox had been an active
member of the Cumberland Pres
Vbyterian church since his early
jr Continued on page 8
LaRoe Hatchery
Installs New
Incubator
Emmett LaRoe manager of the
LaRoe Hatchery announced that
lie had just recently installed anew
fullyautomntic incubator at
his hatchery The new equipment
is made to facilitate both the
hatching of turkey eggs and chicken
eggs and to do away with much
of the labor required by the older
type incubators
A new addition has been made
to the hatchery building and will
be used for office space and tc
furnish storage for poultry feeds
remedies ard supplies LnRoe
saidThe
The hatchery will begin taking
eggs for cstom hatching Satur
ilev of this week
THE TULIA HERALD
Tulia Kiwanis Club Installs New
1944 Officers And Directors
The Tulia Kiwanis Club held i
their annual installation program
at tho First Methodist Church
Tuesday nlgrt with their wivci j
and other friends as guests
Sim Kelly Amarillo attorney
and past president of the Amnrillc <
Johi McCoy Coy llurton
Coy Burton Is
Candidate For
Sheriff Job
Under the bind of the announcement
column for Sheriff
this week appears the name of J
M Burton well and favorably
kmwn to che people of Tulia and
Swisher County for the past 29
friends and tho community at
huge
After spending 20 months in tin
U iS Army during World War I
Mr Burton returned to Tulia and
entered the barber business
Shortly thureefter he was wedded
to Miss Zola Poff lovely and accomplished
daughter of Mr 11111
Mrs C C Poff Two children
Wi re born to this union who weie
educated in the public schools of
Tulia Sterling is a 1st Lieutenant
in the air service and Miss Lola
Rue is wedded to one of Uncle
Sams bluejackets
Continied on page 8
American Legion
Delivers Load
Of Old Clothing
A truck load of clothing collected
during the American Legion
drive for old clothes which ended
here Dee 29 was taken to Ama
rillo Tuesday through the courtesy
of the Swisher County Creamery
Inc James I McConuell chair j
of the drive reports that
clothing to a government center
Amarillo drycleaners are donating
ing From the government cen
ter the cothing will be shipped
overseas to the homeless and needy
allies of the United States
The jesjonso to the drive in
this county was gratifying sail
McConnell and the Legion appre
cotes the cooperation of every individualTulia Swisher County Texas Thursday January 6 I 944
Local Hog Market
Open Again After
TenDay Closedown
Despite the fact thai more pork
on thchool was crammed in Midwestern
livestock pens recently
thw at any other time in the last
lt years Pat ODnrilel hns reopened
the local hog market after
a tenday shutdown anil is ready
to toiiy farmers hogs He wai
foiced to close until the overflow
decreased ann there was again nn
outlet Tor hogs
All previous high records established
in tin current heavi
j marketing of hogs were shattered
when farmers unloaded 241000
hwl at tho principal livestock terminals
of thr corn belt Jan li
That day brought the largest siiii
gle days receipts since Jan 5
1J25 when J77000 hogs arrived
Kacilitie > of meat packing plant j
wore unnbic to cope with the huge
oulouring of porkers and thousands
of head went unsold and will
be offered later this week
The worst congestion occured nt
tn hngbutchcring capital of th1
w lid Chicago The police force
called in oxtia men RT hmnlhrthe
traffic Jam when trucks louder
years Coming here in early man DnmL Ai pantPV
ho d from Tennessee it was inDomDS raniex
TiIu that lie set the splendhl Incude Army
foundation of n long and bnlliait
career ot unselfish and energetic Fragmentation Type
sen ice to his large circle oi
llombs loaded at Pantex Old
nance Plant Amarillo Texas include
the Aimy Ordnance parachute
fragmentation type Coils
of heavy square wire are wrapped
around the bombs that are used
by lowflyinj airplanes against
enemy infantry grouped equipment
and ammunition dumps
When the bomb strikes tho explo
sionrips the wrapping into bits
all
anil ends them ranging out in
direction like so many bullets
Parachutes delay the drop of the
I of explosion
Swisher Dairymen Show High
Production In December Tests
During the month of Decembei
OP A Sets Second
Bonus In Fresh
Pork And Sausage
Another pork bonus was announced
by OPA Saturday validating
spare stamp number two in
Ration Book r our for the purchase
of five poHots worth of fresh pork
and all sausage through January
15
The new special stamp will not
ha good for buying smoked or cur
eJ pork such as smoked ham and
bacon
OPA said validation of a new
stni was necessary in view of
the continued movement of hogs
to market in exceptionally large
numbers Temporary ncrease in
ration purchrsing power is designed
to prevent backing up of
this record movement
The agency estimated that more
than 30j000000 spciul pork points
were used for the purchase of a
Continued on puge 8
tho Swisher County Dairy Here
Improvement association had 117
cows on test which averaged 01513
pounds of in ilk with the high herd
going to the Victory Jersey Farm
owned by Chester Elllff this herd
had 19 cows on teH with 10 in
nuk and aveiaged 101f pounds of
milk and also having the high cow
in the association Franglpan
Fuviictte which produced 2179
H > 3 of milk aitl 9911 lbs of Buttei
Fat The other nerds in the order of
production were
Shipmnn Slock farm had 8 cows
in test with 7 in milk and averaged
fifiR lbs of milk and lfl0 lb
of B F
S J Payne and son hod 21 cows
on tost with 20 in milk and averaged
598 lbs of milk and flfl8 lbs
of B F
William K Hulsey had Ul cowp
on test with 12 in milk and averaged
707 lbs of milk and f57
lbs of B F
Orrland Jersey Farm had 17
cows on test with 11 in milk and
ovraged 488 bn of milk and 340
lb of B F
J E Rlgbr and sons hod 34
cows on test with 29 in milk and
averaged 471 lbs of milk and 28C
lbs of B F
Standard Jersey Farm had six
on test with 1 dry and averaged
248 lbs of milk and 170 lbs of
B F
This is one of the highesi
Continued on page 8
man
there is still at least a half of 0 Redmon Hatchery
load left to be delivered
The clothing was taken to th < 1
Masonic hall where women volunteer
workers will sort and classify
mend clean pack and ship the The Redmon Hatchery owned
Booking Orders
For Baby Chicks
aiu operated by Ezell Redmon
ai nounced U111 week that the firftt
their equipment to clean the cloth1 lunch of baby chicks would 1e off
on January 22 and urged poultry
reisers to book orders now foi
future delivery
Redmon is operating under the
rues and legulations of the National
Poultry Improvement Plan
and features baby chicks from U
S Approved U S Pullorum test
ea flocks
power and other war pi
docts we have deemed it wise to cr Is well known by all
Farmers To See
Movie On Growing
Martin Milo
Farmers and others interested
in the raising of grain sorghums
pi tatoes aiii cotton will be the
guests of the Tulia Kiwanis Club
at a special ooving pictuie titled
Romance of Mai tin Milo to be
hed at the Tulia illigh School
auditorium on Die night of January
IS begii nine at 8 oclock
The plctuie wni produced by the
West Texas lias Company and has
a special iuurest to fanners oi
tins area where huge ncieagr
bar been devoted to the faimln <
of Martin Milo
Also featuied 011 the piograiu
will be Don Jones head of tin
Lubbock Experiment Station who
wi talk on ihe irrigation of grain
sorghums poatoes and cotton
Dr U I McCnsland is in
charge of the program for thy
evening
bombs until the planes which le 1 pIinpr CprviVo
rinerai services
lease them zoom beyond the zona
For T M White
Held Wednesday
Fiineial services for I M
White 111 years old were held at
the Wallace Funeral Chapel Wednesday
morning Jan 5 at 1C
oclock with Bro II L Stewait
oficating
Interment was in Rose Hill
Cemetery under the direction of
Wtllace Funeal Home
Survivor include a son John R
White of Tulia with whom Mr
White had been living at the time
of his death Tuesday Jan 4
Local REA CoOp
Provides Power
To Produce Food
The Swisher County Electric
Cooperative Inc Tulia will complain
thiec years of supplying
electric service to the farmers and
oilier rural consumers in this area
on January 10 accoidlng to Manager
Roller Kuykendall
Since the Cooperatives lines
were first inergled In 10U it has
brought electricity at cost to 235
consumers who now are able to use
power to help increase production
of food for the war Forms served
by Ihe Cooperativu have in
creased from 181 to 211 during the
past year
War Production Board regula
tlons since January 1913 have
authoiized the connection to rural
power lines of nearby farms able
to use electrical equipment in livestock
dairy and poultry production
Farms connected to the Cooperatives
lines under the WPR
regulations ure water pumps foi
livjstock chick brooders pig
brooders milking machines and
other electricul laborsaving and
foodproduction devices
Kuykendall reported that tin
Cooperative is meeting Its obligations
on its construction loanB
ItEA had advanced the Cooperative
10liJ04 on its constructor
allotments as of Sept 30 1913
The total repaid by the Cooperative
on it construction loans a
mounted to 180770
Mr and Mrs IV T Hagley who
have ben citizens of Kress for
a number ri year have sold their
property there and now reide in
the P A Scott home in the northwestern
part of Tulia
Medal Awarded
Posthumously To
Son of Tulin Man
The DIstlniulHhed Service Crosi
fo > extraordinary heroUni lias been
pisihiinioiiHlj awarded to Capt
Unset R Adams 3lUh Divining
officer who ih killed at Salerno
Itily Sep U iiecoiding to word
looivcd by hs widow Mm Pearl
AiiiIiiih of Mincoln He is the son
of 1 M Am urn of To Mil
His widow received the Purpli
Heart medal also awanled hei
hidlmnd Iiimi October
According li > the citation foi the
DSC second highest At my decoration
Admits took command of an
infantry couiiany while that uulr
wan being subjected lo terrific
fire fioiti moilais artillery
uiachinegims mil small iirms
Although completely exposed
by exerting foicoful leadership III
gnthorcd ligither hi ti < > oM and
to fiafegiiarii the beach whete the
remainder of his battalion wiu
larding ho led his company in 11
chin ge against assaulting tanks
Wounded in this action he to
fuced to be evacuated und dlieet
ed his men to continue lltelr ml
vit re
Captliii A Iiiiiim heroic leiulei
ship and detcmluatiou by inHlll
lug In his men a profound duslii
to doio with ttio enemy and de
fotl him denpitr oil olmtiicle
were responsible for success of thi 4
miislon ami for the safely of tlu
bettcli
Being tiunlle lo personally ao
coiiipauy hih men Captain Adams
teiinined behind tlltpiotected
wnere he wan killed in a subset
qoeut enemy tank attack His
piodigloun courage Indefntlgabb
doieimlnatiou and effective lead
e rhlp as well as Ills great pen
sooal sacrifice will always be an
liiplmtlnn to those who witnessed
his unselfish deeds
Admits 35 was an Immigration
oflcer ctatioicd at McAllen when
he was called to active duty in
UK
Kiwanis Club
Entertains O P A
Boards and Panels
The Iulwi Kiwanis fulb entei
tinned ineniitrs of the Swisher
County War Price and Rationing
Ibards for luncheon at the legular
mooting Tuitday at noon in the
Methodist Church
Henry Tern el introduced the foi
lowing meridiem of tho various
boards and panel who have contributed
tneir time without corn
pensati > ri to take care of war price
and rationing problems for the
cointy W W Stephenson chair
mrn and 0 Kelly II N Car
rett and Maine Ilarnes members
of the tiro rationrig board Frank
Cobb chalnran ami J Ross No
land member of the gasoline rationing
boanl H B Harbour
chairman and Brnmett LaRoe and
B G Harks members of the Food
Panel K V Miller chairman
and S P Atchley and Horace Kd
mondson membors of the Price
roiiei ltfO n
t
Tonev Brown
Is Wounded In
Gilbert Battle
Mr ml Mr K S llrow
Ni rtliwi it hi Tulia recently re
celved a newspaper clipping from
a Sau Francisco newspaper show
Michinl < tH
III own IK
The plctuie showml Toimy In n
w > eel cliittr after he had arrived
and pool
gii some kind of roll back In tin
no ober of birds in laying house
to the niimhci started with al the
bllnnlni of I HI
II is cInlineI that Hun eat IT
inii feed than giowlng chicks
lliicn Ihe amount by which th
coilng campaign falls shott of Its
onjecllve t ri list lie made up in the
conespoiMluig dtiionse in the
1911 batch
On tlu national basis thi I the
way that tlu feed requirement
shape up foi lull lo incut the food
goals and ttoi to exceed 110700
000 tons of fiu In and protein fundi
Continued on page K
L Kimsey
Funds iUalned
Back Tho Invasion
Buy More War
Bonds and Stamps
Number I
Rain And Snow Boost Crop Prospects Here
Sprowls And Miller Are New
Publishers Of The Tulia Herald
Beginning January first Thepublish both pupers In llilta thus
Tuia Herald and The Happy Herliming one pies to turn out both
aid willtnrpublished under tlu paperi However both pnpei
jolit maiuigeiiient of Ed W Spr will be printed in Happy this week
owls of The Happ > Herald anc I as tho machinery In the Tulia
R V Miller business manager of Ij being put In Al condition
Too Tulia llevald for the past five following t big run of businc
years The deal was closed last j during the Fall mouths We feel
wck with Mrs F P Englcmnii this nirnngeiunnt is not only more
owner of The Herald and possess ecinutile but that we ean g
ion was given at once Tulia hasHappy u better nowspapct in that
long asAoclaled the name Englc one persons full time ean be given
man with the Tulli Herald as J j to spotting mws and glslng moie
S Eliglrmnn brother of the late and beltei publicity to local ar
F P Engleman was a plotted i tlvitlo which owing to the acuW
Tulia editor In the role of n j labor situation the edltoi has not
newspapo woman Mrs Bugle been able lo do
man has filled the ehalr of hei The Herald office at Happy will i
hue husband with much dignity i be kupt open as Mrs 11 M Hag
eiedit and success and only tin i Kvly hns been employed an newt
labor problem Induced hei to leave I tr m wlt take care of all
thi lmU I the local business Mr Uaggarly
In order to better with the
V cope
wh hogs suuted to line streets l > shoitagc and consei vatlon of n li no litrodurton to the people
it I ii
o itstue tin wiien til
stocuynrus > it < tor i net iim writ
market 51000 ii machine pro < app > ability as a
opened Hogs
w re squeezed into the bulging
pans Tliu included 18000 hem
shipped directly to puckers and
no offered for sale At the end
of the market there were 17000
lugs left unsold at Chicago and
2000 at Omaha Indlinripolii >
holdover were estimated at 10
00C head ami East St Louis
lb000
Rain and snow brought 61
inches of moUture to the county
Friday ami Saturday Rain be
gen falling Friday and a slo
drlxzlo turned Into snow early
Saturday The ground was blan
ketcd with approximately 3 inehe
of now although much of th
fit t Minw melted as fast at
fell when the temperature remain
el tibovo the freezing point unti
tirly Sunday
rhc molhtire is expected t
limn hoptii for another bumper
> it and grain crop for 19U
f ly n thi area but also ovn
the entile North plains country
te in 11 Han 12 Inches of now
fel
tKkinr the North 1lalri
men nt > iifieilig heavy stock
km i hei mis of if feed shortag
mil lmk of pasture but rancher
und thtupnifn in SwUher County
1 pint only Might lotttts this 0
Iiim was due to more abundnn
feed mild temperature and lots
MlilW
Wool Growers
Receive Final
Pool Payment
Uvhhrt iintv wool grower
tht made a pool shipment of wool
to Midwestern Wool marketing
outlook will be foi
ing a pulute of limit mm Motoi I Assn received final payment on
Mate Toney 1ioslon th hipnieiit this past week
PHiiioic County Agrl Agent foi
U ilfW 11 which brought ther
total payment to l2f > a057 TV
wool uverimed bunging 29 centi
in San Ftnnilseo for ho p r pound tho big suvlng this ye ir
tl 11 following the Cilbert Island In the pooling was the handling
iinrmilt When he wni wounded In ctarges Those that shipped in
the leg when thrown between two dvldually wire charged us htg >
lauding boats n l cent per pi und for handling
The clipi log Whh mailed by Mm
II I Ilarmaii San Frnurisi o who
is nukliiiwi ti > the III owns
No fuitliti lelalU have burnt ic
r iveil by I he jinieuls
Poultry Outlook
In Outlined
For Year 1944
Many bnby thcks produced In
lull iiiiiiioI be fed nolo certain
pi < oi nt ips a > e take in the neat
future as lh > ftmil situation I
no vlng towaid a crUls said John
cnirges bill this group wn
charged only t it1 cents per pound
Tills winds tip the shipment an 1
cltMo ihe books for those shipping
In llii pool with a nice amour
saved by thono shipping lit group
lot said John Palmare Swisher
CoMily Agtl Agent Texas A St
M College IWleintinu Service
Revival To Begin
January 14 At
Church Of Christ
A revival will begin at the
riiiirch of hrlit at tth and Mills
Simets iii January 11 H L Ste
Slsher County At the etit I wait oastor announced thit week
it necessary
the lettunchmeiit of the pniiltr
iitilustiy if iny kind of fcedlny
piigram Is ti lie catriml onTo
mei I lilt giowlitg feed shott
age tn poultry feeds a heavy culling
proMum ohould lie started by
iMih flock owner In Swlhei
under theai
Panel and Mrs Lorn Goodrich ans may be ued to cover the
chief clerk Mrs Etta Suo Clayton general expenses of crop produc
and Mrs Frank Armstrong clerks
of tho local Office of Price Ad
ministration
James T liule read a resume of
the work thM had been done by
th various ooards and panels and
paid tribute to the men serving on
thtin
Mr3 Goodrich presented all
Cuitinued on page J
llrother Aiva Johnson will doth
prtiicliiiiK
Hveryono U Invited to attend
all of our service where a cordial
wilriimii awtiilo you Stewurt said
Fountain Pen
tinty lakinj out the nonlayov j criv p
layoK it is neessar > i > ivatje Program
la Announced
A new inlvage program foe
HwUhii County was announced
today by Frank C Cobb Chalru
iiiin of the Swisher County Sal
vagu f oirintlttee
The piograru cali for the collection
of broken and discarded
fountain pn ptins in any con
dlllon of any typo or make
Fountain p n pans also are wantedThe broken and dincluded pens
will be repaired and rebuilt Into
mum as good us now for distrtbu
Continued on page 8
Nationwide Fourth War Loan
Drive To Begin January 18
Seed Loans Now
Available For
1944 Food Crops
Bmergeruy Clop Ioans known
generalli an the need loans an
ruw available to farmer for tlu
prnluctlon of vitally importani
food crops anil normal crops for
IDel acc < riling to orinouuccmen
of W B Farwell Manager of thi
Dillas Brnergcncy Crop Loan Of
fiie of the Farm Credit Admiuisi
tratioi
Applicutloiii for the loans Ir
ths county aro being taken al
wisher Countys quota in the
Fourth War Loan Drive which will
open throughout the rmtlon on
January 18 has been set at 258
000 Of this amount 182000 hat
bort assigned fo series B bonds
This ducta Is 585000 les than
the i 11000 quota which wus over
sulscribed In the Third War Loan
Drive but will bo just us hard t < j
reach unless every Individual does
lib share of bond buyiugv aak
Judge James T Hale county war
bord chairman
Tho drive will extend through
February 15 County committees
will 1m set up within tho next few
days and will bo announced ir
Tiiln Credit Association office by
next weeks paper ho that every
Miss Avis Thompson under thi thing will be in readiness for the
diectiori Field Supervisor H day
tiou Including the cost of prepari
Ing the luril purchase of seed
fvd fuel oil fertilizer and supplies
A first mortgage on thi
cr > ps to be financed i the security
required
Thene loans have been made In
thu county for a number p years
The total amount of boiult
bought m Swisher County during
tht month of Uocember was 24
03050 which exceeded the quota
of 23 100 by 128950 Although
sales were small In the first half
of the month the laat half period
showed a decided increase wltl
the total or Dec ilG1l reaching
5H805 These figures do nut include
the usual report from the
Kress post office which li ex
aim have proven of great benefit hxcted to swell the amount evei
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