The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex), Vol. 47, No. 49, Ed. 1, Thursday, December 6, 1956 Page: 3
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BIG a part does publicity
HOW
and promotion play In the
success of a person whether ho bean
entertainer a politician or a
business man
About two ears ago a troupe of
entertainers was brought to an Arkansas
town from Memphis Tenn
The whole performance was so bad
that a refund of 50 was demanded
and received Principal complaint
for the subpar performance was
against art unknown guitar playing
singer named Preslev
town topics
MORE than a year later
LITTLE
Ed Sullivan set a record of
some kind when he paid this same
entertainer 50000 for doing three
times essentially the same act for
which a 50 refund had been given
in the Arkansas community
Sullivan has been dickering with
Presleys manager for three more
performances But this time Presley
is asking 250000 instead of a paltry
50000 for three sixminute performancesIn a recent interview Presley
made the profound observation
What I got I dont know but I
want it never to end
town topics
JUDGE Burnett Wolf
SUPERIOR
son of Los Angeles has nothing
against Presley its just that
haircutl
The jurist exploded against these
punks with Elvis Presley haircuts
which make them look like sheepdogs
during the trial of a Los
Angeles teenager charged with transporting
marijuana
He said
It is rather d strange situation
that In all of these cases everyone
has one of these haircuts
The judge concluded I hope the
courts can find a right some day to
shave their heads
town topics
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HILE MUCH that is written
about Presley is done so
with a tongue in cheek attitude
as a friendly feud with his admirers
still there is a serious aspect to the
banter that is tossed back and forth
Ed Creagh of the Associated
Press suggests that this may become
known as the Elvis Presley
Century I
He continues
Its whiny sneering trembly i
in the legs and It makes a lot of
money
Its voice is discordant to everybody
except teenagers
It recks or sex instead of romance
but it runs like a hare frorn
serious commitments
Maybe like the groaning post
adolescent from Tennessee the 20th
Century is more a fad that a reality
We split the atom and opened
the door to power and riches undreamed
of Instead we used this
new tool to blast two cities level
with the earth and raced on idiot
fashion finding bigger and better
ways to blow ourselves to pieces
town topics
E BUILT a standard of living
that put two cars in
many a garage four for that mat
ter in a certain male canarys entourage
but we begrudged the money
to build the schools to educate
our kids
Yep An Elvis Presley Century
Brash and Childish Rich and WhimperingLove Me Tender thats a
key word Tender Not too hard or
it might hurt Love is dangerous
anyway people might take advan
tage of you
Besides get too intense andyou
wind up on a psychiatrists couch
Its simpler to hate Or at least to
sneer
Dont be cruel
Thats another Presley tune No
dont be cruel Why are people so
mean to us when were so nice to
everybody Nobody understands us
Everybody hateS us
Heartbreak Hotel
Presley again And thats us
Sitting in our lonely rooms biting
our fingernails waiting for the
bomb to go off lamenting the warm
comfort or so it says here of centuries
past
History may say that this side
T H KUNE JR of Frederick Okla miraculously escaped
death last week when his large trailertruck struck the
concrete bannister of the bridge over Middle Tule Creek
in the east outskirts of Tulia and plunged into the creek
bed The top view shows damage to the bridge when the
vehicle ripped the concrete bannister In the center the
wrecked track is shown as it rested upside down in the
creek bed Below is a closeup view of the cab which
was completely demolished According to the driver the
last thing he remembered was coming down the hill just
cast of the bridge Apparently he fell asleep In some
manner he was thrown clear of the cab and was able to
walk away from the accident He was hospitalized for
several days but his injuries were superficial The cab
caught fire after it came to rest Tulia Fire Department
was called to extinguish the flames
Hornet Cagers
Again Victors
Tulia high school cagers marked
up two more victories Tuesday night
when they played Abernathy on the
local hardwood The Hornets won
by a 4813 score Although Abernathy
was In the lead at the end of
the first and second quarters Ills
and 2823 Tulia came from behind
the last half to win IS to 43
The third quarter was Tulia 361
Abernathy 33
High point men for Tulia were
Dennis Love 12 points Tom Garrison
9 and Forrest Lacey 8
Tulia took the lead for a short
j time at the middle of the second
quarter then pushed aheead again
burned youth who wiggles his hips at lhc middle of the third
while singing popular chants was a
symbol of this time that this century
docs a lot of wiggling and
squirming without ever getting anywhereTry to imagine a Presley in the
1800s when tougher people than wo
were forging the world we seem to
be dithering away
But lets not be too hard on Mr
Presley Doubtless he does the best
he can and nobody should Interfere
with his right to do it
But when the American people
shell out over a million dollars a
year to watch him do it
Well leave it at that Maybe
this is an Elvis Presley Century
town topics
LETTERto the editor of the
A Lubbock AvalancheJournal
published in Sundays paper complimented
this paper for presenting
both sides of political issues
While wo appreciated this kind word
wc must admit that It isnt altogether
true
Being a weekly paper wo do not
attempt to carry any but local news
It is the responsibility of the dallies
to provido our state national and
world news But quite often when we
find that the dallies overlook
some staTe or national story of Interest
to our readers then wo go
Continued On Pago Eight
In the girls game Tulia led all
the way Final score was Tulia 56
Abernathy 49
Loretta Timmons was high pointer
with 22 Fern Ramsey was close
behind with 21 Faythe Love fouled
off four minutes before the end of
the game with Marsha Smith substitutingTulia boys will journey to Plain
view Friday to participate in that
schools annual tournament The
Hornets will meet Dumas Friday at
J HOYT BOLES Executive Secretary
of the Synod of Texas
Presbyterian church USA will bo
guest minister at the Tulia First
Presbyterian church Sunday morning
at 11 oclock Dr Boles served
as pastor of the local church for
a number of years resigning in
1939 to accept a Fort Worth pastorate
Rev Lewis Kocrselman local
pastor Invites the many
friends of Dr Boles to attend the
Sunday morning service
PTA TO MEET
MONDAY NIGHT
The December meeting of the
Tulia PTA will be held Monday
night at 730 m the school lunch
41 Tulia girls wil enter the Happy y gj
tourney Friday °
Tuesday night Tulia boys and School patrons and teeachers are
girls will play Happy here I invited
R B Dawson and Virgil Hill
County Directors of the Plains cotton
Growers Inc announced this
week that the PCG was backing
the eight changes recently recommended
for Improving of cotton
classing for South Plains farmers
Tho Directors explained the eight
recommendations were made unanimously
at a meeting held in Lub
bock November 29 attended by rep
resentatives of tho PCG the South
Plains FarmerGinner committee
ificrofilnrService Galea Cc
Box 8066
Dallas 7eMs
Swishers Cotton
Cotton farmers in the 25county
PanhandleSouth Plains cotton producing
area are to get an additional
72011 acres above 1950 cotton allotments
in the 1957 cotton allotments
which were released last
week
Swishers share in this acreage
hike is 3400 acres from 49089 in
1956 to 53039 in 1957
Tlie 25 counties have a total allotment
of 2355905 for 1957 against
an allotment of only 228386 J acres
in 1956
Figures for the 25 counties In this
Joyce Cozzen Wins
Football Contest
Joyce Cozzen is first place winner
in the KTUE football game guessing
contest which closed last weekend
She will receive 159 in casn and
four tickets to the Cotton Bowl
game in Dallas on Jan 1
Second place winner is Jack Ewing
who receives a prize of 50
As high as 360 football fans participated
in one of the weekly contestspart of Texas were released by
Dale Carter Plalnvicw Agricultural
Stabilization and Conservation district
field representative News of
the increased acreage for next year
comes as the South Plains is winding
up one of the best cotton harvests
In the areas history
Twentytwo of the 25 counties received
acreage hikes Three counties
Cochran Garza and Borden
received less alloted acres for 1957
than they had in 1956
McKenzie Post To Be Host
To District 13 Encampment
Senator Andy J Rogers will be guest speaker at the
District 13 encampment of the Veterans of Foreign Wars
here Sunday
Registration will begin at 3 oclock Saturday afternoon
Cotton Grower
Ballot Tuesday
Cotton growers have an important
decision to make Tuesday according
to James W Cox chairman of
the Swisher County Agricultural
Stabilization and Conservation committeeOn that day growers will vote
in a referendum to decide whether
marketing quotas will be in effect
for their 1957 upland cotton crop All
farmers engaged in the production
of upland cotton in 1956 will be eligible
to vote in the referendum
If at least two thirds of the growers
voting approve the quotas marketing
quotas will be in effect on
all farms growing upland cotton
in 1957 Cox explained Penalties
will apply on excess cotton and
price supports to those growers who
comply with the cotton acreage allotments
will be available at the
full level of effective supports
Under current legislation this support
will be between 75 and 90 percent
of parity the minimum level
within this range depending upon
the supply situation at the time the
determination is made
If more than one third of the
growers disapprove quotas there
will be no marketing quotas or penalties
but price supports to eligible
growers those who comply with
their allotments will be available
at 50 per cent of parity Cox continued
In cither case acreage allotments
will continue in effect for
the 1957 cotton crop as a means of
determining eligibility for price supportTlie chairman pointed out that the
Secretary of Agriculture is directed
to proclaim quotas for the next upland
cotton crop when the cotton
supply exceeds normal Quotas are
not put into operation however unless
they are approved by at least
two thirds of the growers voting in
a referendum on the question
The polls will be open from 8 am
until 7 pm Polling places and
committeemen holding the election
are
areA community HarmanToles at
Happy election committee Frank
Cox Copus 0 Boyd and Clarence J
Leavitt
B community Swisher County
ASC office in Tulta election committee
Delbert L Devin J Stanley
Vars and Troy Stewart
C community Rockwell Bros
at Kress election committee Carl
Pate Leo W Foster and C
Rousser
w
at the Tulia VFW hall A Dutch
lunch will be served at 7 p
m and a dance will follow at
9 oclock
Sunday registration will begin at
9 am and at 10 am a joint VFW
and VFW auxiliary meeting will beheld
Carl Holler will be master of
ceremonies Mayor John Brown wilt
give the welcome address LaQulta
Noble will give a declamation
Doyle Willisjr vice commander
of the VFW Department of Texas
will also speak after which a film
The Magic Bond will be shown
A banquet will be served at noon
At 2 oclock a VFW business meeting
will be held The ladies auxiliary
will meet at the American Legion
hall
Ernest W Brown jr is commander
and Jimmie G Graham
junior vice commander Sue Ward
is auxiliary president Anna Belle
Holcomb senior vice president and
Flora Bauer junior vice president
C R Shonyo department service
officer will conduct a school SaturdayRoss Hamilton
uried Monday
Funeral services for Ross Hamilton
79 were held Monday afternoon
at Wallace Funeral Chapel Tlie Rev
W Nell Record Baptist pastor officiated
Burial in Rose Hill cemetery
was directed by Wallace Funeral
Home
Mr Hamilton died Saturday morning
in a San Antonio rest home
where he had been a patient for
seven years
The former caretaker of the Swisher
county courthouse was born Oct
2 1877 In Indiana He came to
Swisher county in 1905 with his parents
the late Mr and Mrs G H
Hamilton He united with the Baptist
church in 1921
Survivors include two brothers
Duff Hamilton Durango Colo and
Ernest Hamilton Burlingame Kansas
four sisters Mrs Tom Wright
Waco Mrs Ace Ellis Clinton Ark
Mrs Marie Simpson California and
Mrs Cora Stuckcy Burlingame
Kansas and a number of nieces
and nephews
Pallbearers were Al Reed Clark
Reed Darrell Smith T I Bonds
J Paul Miller and Pete Stark
City Appoints
Public Health
Inspector
Tulia City Council Tuesday night
appointed Dr J L Cross city public
health inspector and changed the
citys fiscal year from April to October
to coincide with the tax year
Most cities have made this
change
OtiYtTTTW
most alloted cotton acreage 212
261 acres up from the 226179 acres
alloted in 1956
Carter said the three Texas coun
tics with the highest allotments arc
on the South Plains Lubbock Daw
son and Lamb
As a comparison Carter said that
Gov Allan Shivers was reported
Tuesday as having already ordered
printing of campaign literature for
Ills race In the coming election for
the United States Senate post to be
vacated by Price Daniel
Informants in Austin told The I
White Rocker a weekly published
In Dallas that a printer already
has the initial order
This means that another torrid
ShlversYarborough campaign may
bo shaping up Congressman Martin
Dies has kicked his hat into the
ring and Atly Gen John Ben Slicp
pcrd also is said to be eyeing the
post
A Republican Thad Hutchison is
in the race as is judge Jim Hart
Hart an alleged liberal is a candidate
designed to take away voles
from Judge Ralph Yarborough
In the meantime Governor Shivers
and GovElcct Daniel cannot
get together about the resignation
of Daniel Daniel told the people
of Texas ho would resign in time
for them to have a free choice in
his successor during the campaign
but now he has changed his mind
and the matter lias become a political
football
Daniel says ho is afraid Shivers
will make an appointment that
would give the Senate majority to
the Republicans in the organization
of the new Congress Such action
would depose Senator Lyndon Johnson
as majority leader
Since Johnson came to Daniels
rescue at Fort Worth in September
Daniel isnt likely to assume the
responsibility for deposing Johnson
as senate majority leader On the
other hand If he chooses to let the
matter ride until after his inaugura
tion he will have to appoint his sue
sel and lube oil for the next year Mr and Mrs Marvin Garble
Tho eight specific recommendations
the group listed as favoring
the improvement of cotton classing
were
1 Establishment of uniform humidity
equipment In all classing offices
In this area whether It bo the Lubbock
office or other newly established
offices and that cotton bo al
lowed to condition 12 to 24 hours
South Plains Ginner Association J before classing is done j form samples regardless of where
Farm Bureau Farmer Union and 2 Multiple classing offices be con1 taken and also recommended that
businesses
sidered for this area W O Forten
berry President of PCG appointed a
committee to study this program
and report later This committee
is Curtice Boyd Lubbock Chairman
John I Bowling Hale Center
and Kenneth Purtell Brownfield
members
3 Samples of bales taken at both
gins and compresses were discussed
and tho group voted for more uni
the ultimate goal bo the taking of
automatic samples from gins
4 Recommended the return to use
of the class or pink sheet by the
classing office and that each class
er be given a code number and it
be placed on tho pink sheet
5 Establishment of a classing review
board composed of one quali
fied classer each to represent tho
farmer the cotton trade and tho
ttto n
government and the grade given
by this board be a final grade
G The date entered on the green
card be tho date the sample was received
at the cotton classing office
instead of the date tho cotton was
actually classed
7 The Commodity Credit Corporation
recognize and set a value for
light spotted cotton in the government
loan
8 This group as a body opposes
any proposed change of the average
Is H
that greeted the 1956 cotton allotments
about n year ago
At that time West Texas and
South Plains cotton farmers shouldered
the biggest cut in cotton acreage
in history of the state ASC
committees action
In only a 22county area sifr
the 1957 allotment for District 4 In rounding Lubbock farmers arc In
East Texas is 1532740 acres a do the final stages of bringing in a
crease of some 1G1S9 acres from harvest which may run as high as
1518929 In 195G 1640000 bales which would be sec
Thc announced 1957 cotton allot ond only to the recordbreaking 1949
Lubbock county again tops the ments will probably be received crop of 1611000 bales
area state and nation with the with less dissatisfaction and anger Many farmers have made more
e mme
Lcit Fore son of Mr and Mrs
T L Fore has been named administrative
assistant to Congressman
Walter Rogres In Washington I C
During the recent political campaign
ho was employed by the
national headquarters of the Democratic
party in Washington
Fore former mayor of Happy
operated the Ford agency m Happy
before dispososing of the agency about
a year ago
He visited relatives in Tulia last
week returning to Washington Satin
day afternoon
JS jMWS r
For 1
cotton off less acreage this year
than in several years Also this
years cotton has been a better
character and perhaps a longer staple
cotton which has meant more
money in farmers pockets along
with the fact that the price of cottonseed
is up some 20 per ton this
year over 1953
Briscoe county had an acrcago
hike from 25739 in 1956 to 26605
acres in 1957 Castro was hiked
from 51422 in 1956 to 51414 in 1957
Herald Want Ad Gets Results
COVERING SWISH Eft c8W
The Tuun He
VOL 47 NUMBER 49
TULIA Swlshor County TEXAS THURSDAY DECEMBER 6 1956
TWO SECTIONS
ife To Address
nquet Friday
John C White Texas Commissioner of Agriculture will
doltui ihc principal address I nday night at the annual Tulia
C lumibiM of Commerce banquet
COMM JOHN C WHITE
McMurry Chorus
To Sing Here Sunday
The Chanters mixed chorus from
McMurry college will be presented
In a worship through music ser
west Texas communities
Two farmer lulm High school
students are members of the chorus
this ycaf They are Frances Brooks
daughter of Mr and Mrs R K
Brooks and Lester Boydstun son
of Mr and Mrs J 1 Boydstun
Miss Brooks a 1950 graduate of
IHS sang in the Tulia High school
choir and was a member of the
junior sextet and the senior quartet
She also participated in band FHA
basketball and served as a cheerleader
and student council member
At McMurry Miss Brooks is a
members of the student council She
is majoring in business and plans to
teach school
Boydstun a 1955 graduate of
T11S was a member of the student
council chorus and quarter Ho is
cessor breaking another promise to majoring in chemistry at MiMurrv
the voters of Texas whom he said1
would be given an apportumty to p r CI
select a senator of their own choos rM try V
ingSo
So Texas politics continue muddledHarris Ss Owner
Of Valuable Boar
Fred Harris Swisher county hog
breeder recently purchased Mischief
Mac V Hampshire boar from
Oklahpma AM college The Hampshire
boar is the 10th to be certified
In the nation and is grand sire of
a group of pigs that have set a
The council discussed the posslbil record for rapid growth and weight
ity of extending electrical senice > at Iowa State college
to industrial areas outside the city
limits where it may be needed soon Jeff Carlile student at A CC
Bids were called for on gas and Abilene spent the Thanksgiving
oil for the nextsix months and die1 holidays in the home of his parents
I The PTA variety show directed
by Bill Hendricks high sthoul ban I
director will be held tonfht i 1 7 JU
in the high rfiipol auditorium
I Admission vVfll be 50c mi
and 25c for students
adults
STAY TUNED TO
10 Kc 1000 Watts
BACK TO THE BIBLE BROADCAS1
10 a m DAILYEXCEl r SUNDAY
OLD FASIIIONrD lirVIVAL HOUR
Sundays 3 pm
The meal will be served buffet
style beginning at 730 by the
Swisher County Home Demonstration
council Mrs Ruby Jo Mills
1 president The group will adjourn to
I the high school auditorium for the
i address by Mr White
J D Harris Chamber president
will be master of ceremonies W
V Swinburn will give tlie invocation
An organ interlude will be provided
by Mrs Holl Td Tolcs
I R Hutto vice president will
introduce the guests Harris will
present the chamber offiri ils the
incoming president and thi princ
lpal speaker
Tickets arc 2 50 and miy bi secured
from the Chamber offne and
at other downtown locations as well
as from members of tht homo
demonstration council
sze
Seek Members
About 30 grain sorghum growers
representing most areas of the county
met last night at Hillcrest Cafe
to consider problems affecting their
vice at 11 am Sunday at the Tulia i croJ i > ccsIclotit Bob Francy of tho
First Methodist church county grain sorghum growers as
The chorus is directed by Dr j soclation outlined the work of the as
Richard C von Ende chairman of asoclatlon to representatives present
the fine arts division and music who will assist In the membership
department of the Methodist college drive and pointed to problems of
Their appearance in Tulia will be he future
one of 11 which they will make onj He pointed nut that with the cn
a fourday winter tour of 10 North tire economy organized to cope with
Is Thursday Night
problems peculiar to each group
grain sorghum growers also must
be organized and speak with a united
voice if they are to sta in businessOrganization and promotion cost
money he said and this money
must come from the growers who
have been asked to contribute only
one quarter cent per hundred weight
on their grain sorghum He said that
the first step is to secure an effective
membership since the streng
th of any organization lies in the
number of persons it represents
A report was heard from members
of the association who were in
Amanllo Iuesdav to confer with
Congressman Walter Rogers They
leported that Congressman Rogers
was pessimistic curlrurning th > fu
two of the funnel and small businessman
units the administration
chintes some 01 us haste philoso
piu Rogois told thi giup that
tin oi mount hid
of dullats during the
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i t foir irs
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en ourage u
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prod cticm and n c m h to fiJ
new uses inindustry a d agricultu e
01 orghums and nit nal piomn
lion of gram > e > rgpu i I V puo m m >
alleged surpluses m agricultuie
there is no surplus et gium sorghums
Useis complain th it the n
dustry is not able i i maintan a
constant supph
grade and staple from 7 8 inch to 1 out the recommendations made were
inch in tho government cotton pro done so only with an e > e towards
gram j improving the program and not as a
The group also discussed a meet1 criticism
ing next spring or summer in Lubi George Pfeiffenberger executive
bock to which USDA classing of1 ice president of the PCG sened
ficiais from Washington would be as secretary of the meeting Ho
invited to discuss rules and regula announced the recommendations
tions which will govern classing of would be presented to USD class
cotton for the next season tag oftnals in Washington
Tho cotton representatives also
went on record as endosing tho A Herald Want Ad is a Result
SmlthDoxey program and pointed Getter
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Baggarly, H. M. The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex), Vol. 47, No. 49, Ed. 1, Thursday, December 6, 1956, newspaper, December 6, 1956; Tulia, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth42982/m1/1/: accessed April 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Swisher County Library.