The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex), Vol. 47, No. 46, Ed. 1, Thursday, November 15, 1956 Page: 1
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THOUGH the farmers outlook
EVEN
look Isnt bright for the next
iour years It gives a Swisher Democrat
a feeling of reassurance to
know that he lives among friends
Perhaps at no other place in the
nation will more typical Americans
be found than right here in this
area of the Texas panhandle
We have no foreign ideologies
among us For the most part we
represent dirt farmers and small
town business men We cringe at
the thought of anything unAmeri
can We are untainted by organized
labor We have no Negro vote
We are conservative in the nonpolitical
sense of the word
We are controlled by no political
machines Our party setups are
loosely organized
We have no blocs of foreign citizens
We are almost 100 per cent
native born Americans Our educational
level is far above the national
average We have virtually no illiteracy
We abhor dishonest governmenttown topics
PERHAPS no where else
YET
in America did the Democrats
get a greater majority than
right here in this area And we are
not a population dominated by
Southerners We are a mixture of
many sections including the North
Southwest South and Midwest
TOWN TOPICS
OF the Democratic
ENEMIES
party have dubbed us radicals
and pinkos The Amarillo News
less than three months ago termed
us the LiberalLabor wing Less
than three months ago we were accused
of being unclean because we
were alleged to be the party of
tainted organized labor and the
Negro
The daily papers went out of their
way to point out that certain Negro
boxes voted for a particular gubernatorial
candidate identified with
the Democratic party This same
candidate was again damned by the
dailies because of his alleged labor
support
town topics
NOW IT HAS developed that the
Negro vote and organized
labor went Republican in the general
election
If we were Republican wed bo
borrowing the wellknown expression
of William Bcndix What a revol
tin development this is The GOP
must feel something like Price Daniel
felt when he got the overwhelming
support of Duval and the other
boss counties of that section of
the state including George Parrs
personal endorsement
town topics
MANY YEARS we Democrats
FOR
crats have been blamed for
all the evils that have crept into
organized labor We have been
blamed for all the problems of de
desegregation
Now that the GOP has these two
groups in its lap lets await its explanation
of this shift
We happen to represent that
group which does not believe that
tho votes of working people and
Negroes are tainted But since the
Republicans have felt that way in
the past let them explain the reason
for their Hicwfound support
town topics
IT CAN be told that Demo
NOW
cratic leaders were not seriously
expecting to win the election
this year They were not blind to
some of the facts of life the virtual
impossibility of unseating almost
any President after only one
term the personal popularity of the
President plus the fact that oil seg
ments of the economy with the
exception of the farmer are enjoy
ing prosperity we have shown
more than once how the income of
everyone is up from about 10 to 60
per cent with the exception of the
farmer whose income is down about
22 per cent the fact that Stevenson
wasnt personally popular and
the fact that many people resent
intellectuals
AH this plus the fact that the
Republicans spent four times as
much in promoting their candidates
and the wholehearted support of tho
Republican press reduced the Democratic
campaign to little more than
token opposition
As early as the national conventions
last summer Democratic leaders
were more interested in 1960
than in 1956
Texaspemocrats were hoping to
carry the state but again the odds
were too great While most of the
agricultural counties of the state
went Democratic there just wasnt
enough of these counties Practical
ly every city in the state went Re
publican and thats the source of
the states voting strength As we
pointed out during the campaign 70
per cent of the Texas votes are
found in 11 big cities and 14 large
counties
town topics
HAVE RECEIVED several
WE
anonymous sympathy
cards from anonymous readers
Wo would hiive derived a great
deal of momentary satisfaction from
a Democratic victory but as we
observed last week from a selfish
standpoint this is the year when
the Republicans should have been
returned to power for the good of
the Democratic party
town topics
MINISTER writing in good
A
faith asks for our explanation
as to why a large majority of
See TOWS TOPICS Pate 8
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Miss Tomlinson
Maid of Cotton
Contestant
A pretty girl from Tulia is among
the contestants vying for the South
Plains Maid of Cotton title announced
Chairman Charles Signor of
Lubbock
Miss Jimmlc Tomlinson daughter
of Mr and Mrs J M Tomlinson
Rt 1 Tulia Texas has entered the
seventh annual South Plains Maid
of Cotton Contest which will be held
In Lubbock November 1920
The South Plains Maid of Cotton
Contest offers the winner a
1000 wardrobe and an opportunity
to compete as a finalist for the National
Maid of Cotton title in Memphis
Tennessee Her wardrobe and
trip to Memphis will be provided by
the SGiith Plains Maid of Cotton
Committee of the Lubbock Chamber
of Commerce
Prior to the contest she will receive
modeling dress and makeup
counseling and will participate in
a Maid of Cotton Ball at the Cap
rock Hotel and the Maid of Cotton
Finals in Lubbock Municipal
Auditorium
The winner will be the areas
official cotton ambassador for the
coming year and as such she will
carry the greetings of the cotton
industry throughout the South Plains
area
Last years South Plains Maid
Miss Revis Jordan was selected
first alternate to the National Maid
the highest ranking ever achieved
by a South Plains Maid
Farmers Union Plans
Important Meeting
Swisher County Farmers Union
will meet tonight Thursday at
8 oclock in the Tulia school cafeteriaImportant business includes the
election of officers to serve for the
nw year adoption of resolutions to
be presented at the state convention
to be held Dec 78 in Abilene
and election of delegates to the
state convention
President L Dean Butler urges
a good attendance
nection charges
It is now necessary to pass a new
ordinance each time a service or
connection charge is raised or lowered
Oakley explained that the
company is making this request in
all towns it serves Dallas recently
granted this request This has nothing
to do with the basic monthly
rates which are under the control
of the city
Oakley also requested that the
company bo allowed to discontinue
4party service Only five Tulia customers
now have this service Purpose
for discontinuing this service is
that it cannot be used under the
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Local Girl State Queen
Of Texas Farm Bureau
A pretty Tulia girl Monday night was named state queen
of the Texas Farm Bureau meeting this week in convention
at Houston
Miss Joann Vaughn daughter of Mr and Mrs Marshall
JOANN VAUGHN
Vaughn 622 S Armstrong
Tulia won over 12 other district
queens from all over
Texas to win the coveted recognitionAccording to M T Glenn president
of Swisher County Farm Bureau
who was in Houston to see the
coronation Joann was obviously
the choice of all who observed the
judging
The 17ycarold Tulia miss will
receive 500 expense money for herself
and her matron escort to attend
the 38th annual convention of
the American Farm Bureau Federation
Dec 913 In Miami Beach
Fla They will make the trip on a
special train carrying the Texas
delegation to the convention
Miss Vaughn was chosen District
2 queen in a contest held Sept 13
at Lubbock She appeared Tuesday
morning on television at Houston
Joann was sponsored in the county
contest by Tulia Future Homemakers
Nineteen Swisher county Farm
Bureau members arc attending the
23rd annual state convention this
week
A cub scout pack meeting will
be held Thursday night at 730 in
the VFW hall Cub scouts and parents
arc invited to be present
Mrs Judia Killough
Dies Monday Night
Mrs Judia Killough about 90
the mother of Mrs B C Grigg
318 S W 1st Tulia died Monday
night at a rest home in Oklahoma
City Okla Mrs Killough wps well
known in Tulia having visited often
In her daughters home She was
a member qf the Presbyterian
church
Burial was at Rocky Okla
She is survived by two other
daughters and one son
Tulia To Observe
Thanksgiving Nov 29
Tulia along with most Texas communities
will be plagued with the
confusion which results from more
that one Thanksgiving holiday
The federal government has designated
the last Thursday in the
month Tulia public schools mus t
observe the 29th in order to enable
local teachers to attend tho state
teachers convention always held
during the Thanksgiving holidays
Tulia business houses will also observe
the 29th according to the
Chamber of Commerce However
the post office will observe the 22nd
The bank will observe thte 29th
Sorghum Growers
To Meet Tuesday
A meeting of all Swisher county
grain sorghum growers has been
called for Tuesday night at 8 oclock
in the district courtroom in Tulia
Purpose of the meeting according
to Bob Francy president is to elect
officers for the new year and to
transact other important business
Francy urges a good attendance
since now is the time to consider
important problems affecting the
future of the crop in this area
PIONEER HAPPY RESIDENT
DIES IN AMARILLO
Miss Martha Hughena Currie 86
of Amarillo died Tuesday in an
Amarillo rest home Her family
moved to Amarillo in 1889 from
Canada and two year later moved
to a ranch near the present location
of Happy In 1921 she returned to
Amarillo She is survived by two
sistersinlaw Mrs Tom Currie and
Mrs J J Currie both of Amarillo
three nieces and four nephews
Telephone Company Plans
10Cent Pay Phones Here
Tulia City Council last week heard a request from J C
Oakley manager of Southwestern Bell Telephone Co to
eliminate from the telephone ordinance that provision which
gives the city control over miscellaneous service and con
new system to be instituted soon
whereby the customer dials his own
long distance calls The council
voted to eliminate the clause from
the ordinance
Oakley also told the council that
Tulia pay phones soon would be
hiked to 10c per call This increase
is being instituted generally The
Tulia city council has no control
over pay phones
In other business transacted the
council accepted Cagle Loves
bid of 1075 to construct a booster
pump house
The council approved payments of
2700 and 26G5 80 to Joe Batis
Construction Company for work
completed on the electrical distribution
and street lighting contracts
Also approved was a 11087240
payment to Nordberg Manufacturing
Company in accordance with contract
to pay 60 per cent upon arrival
of the engine in Tulia The
engine has arrived and is being
installed this week A delay has resulted
in unloading the big engine
due to unavailability of manpower
The council members were pre
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BOB GOODWIN Tulia grocer examines
the layout for two pages of his 4page
section of this weeks Heiald He is observing
his seventh year in Tulia and his
third in his present location on Highway
87 with a giant sale He is also offering a
number of piizes which are desciibed
elsewhere in this paper Top puze is a
495 Pliilco range Bob has asked The
Herald to express his appreciation to the
citizens of the area for their patronage
during the time he has been in Tulia especially
since his opening in West Tulia
in enlaiged quarters He reports that his
business has doubled since moving into
his new building which gives him as large
a super market as is found between
Amarillo and Lubbock Along with his
anniversary Goodwin is completeing his
30th year in the grocery business He began
back in 1926 as an orphan living with
CC Seeks
For Lease
Tulia Chamber of Commerce is
attempting to lease a building for
use as a potato shed in Tulia Tho
chamber has promoted a project
which means that Jack Kcnfro of
Hereford is contracting with Swisher
farmers to grow 300 acres of
potatoes in the county Without a
shed these potatoes will have to
be taken to Plainview the nearest
location of a shed
The building needed must be 40 by
80 feet with a concrete floor The
location is unimportant and it will
be needed for only two months during
the year June and July It can
still be used for storage during
otther months of the year Tho
building will be leased by Renfro on
a per sack basis
Anyone knowing of or having such
a building is asked to contact the
Tulia Chamber of Commerce
Jennings Supply Co
Sets Formal Opening
Offers Door Prizes
Jennings Supply Company is observing
its grand opening in its new
location at the intersection of Highway
87 and North 5th Saturday
A number of valuable door prizes
will be given including a Reming
ton 22 automatic pump Free ammunition
will be given every hour
Free refreshments wil be served
As a special offer one 50 pound
bag of Texo feed will bo given free
with the purchase of two 50pound
bags at the regular price
Herb Miller is manager of this
store which is owned by Herschel
Jennings
sented copies of the proposd city
budget to be studied for several
days A budget will be adopted at
a special meeting to be called tills
week
THS Girl Cagers Get Off To Roaring Start
Tulia High school Horncttcs
coachedby Bill Phillips have gotten
off to a roaring start by ringing
up wins against their first two opponentsThe girl cagers opened their season
last week at Friona with a 6451
victory Monday night they were
hosts to Hart chalking up a 5637
score
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In B team games with tho
same schools Tulia lost to Friona
4840 but defeated Hart 3119
Coach Phillips said both teams
showed Impovcmcnt in their second
games and that ho was pleased
with the spirit attitude and hustle
of the entire A and B squads
Tulia plays Quitaque Thursday
night Tho B game will begin at
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Tlie girls will play < r i at Lubbock
Saturday and Na h at Nazareth
next Tuesday This will
also mark the fif jarnnce of
the boys
The Hornettcs mcy to Lubbock
Saturday t icipatc In the
annual high sc girls coaching
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VFW Announces
Youth Program
Tulia post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars after a
successful beginning last winter has announced plans for a
bigger and better planned boxing and wrestling progiam for
dr lynn Mccarty
McCarfy Heads
Tulia Kiwani
Dr Lynn McCarty Tulia optometrist
was elected 1957 president of
the Tulia Kiwams club in an election
held Tuesday noon He will
take over the office from Burrell
Evans Jan 1 following a formal
installation in December
Other new officers named were
Ralph A Bates 1st vice president
Lennis Hutto 2nd ice president
and J Ross Noland treasurer
Directors named were Floyd Z
Pannell Robert E Callahan Calvin
D Holcomb Jack Sturman John A
Brown Ewell Grigg and Roy Holtz
claw
the coming season
The first night of workouts and
registration will be held Tuesday
night Workouts this year have
been planned for Tuesday Wednesday
and Thursday evenings from
C30 until 8 pm This schedule has
been planned so that youngsters
may get their homework completed
after school and get home at an
early evening honr
Much planning has gone into the
sponsorship of this youth program
Arrangements are under way to
schedule wrestling dates with Boys
Ranch of Amarillo and other similar
groups Boxing shows are being arranged
with Wellington Memphis
Floydada and any other available
clubs
Although there will be much more
expense involved It is felt that a
definite program of scheduled bouts
would create more interest and
give the bo > s more to work for and
look forward to
Wrestling instructor Alva Finck
and Art Paul boxing coach will
be on hand each of the three nights
to train the youngsters at the VFW
hall
Eligible are all boys up to 20
vcars of age who wish to compete
and it is hoped that some of the
high school students will participate
in order to fill tho heavier divisions
Members of the VFW will bo on
hand each night to supervise the
program
Additional information may be
obtained from VFW Commander
Walt Brown at WYdown 52222
Bob Callahan and H M Baggarly
were special guests o the mens
brotherhood of the First Baptist
church at Canyon Monday night
clinic This is an annual affair for
coaches and teams who travel from
all over the state for a one day
clinic Two teams considered outstanding
arc chosen to play as a
demonstration to coaches and
speakers participating at the clinic
In Saturdays game new rules
for the 195657 season will bo used
by tho teams and tho two men who
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THURSDAY NOVEMBER 15 1956
i nele in Texarkana and working in his
uacles grocery store The following year
o noved to Boigcr whete he worked his
way up to assistant manager of a Fun
TjcI Stoic He left furr in 1937 to be
omc associated with a store in Phillips
nt i el timed to Fuir in 19 < 13 as manager
of the Pampa stoie A year latei he be
i ainc manager of Ideal Food Store at Dal
hart where he remained until going into
business for himself here in Tulia Since
lien he has opened his own store in Dal
hat Goodwin himself an advertising layout
aitist has always employed news
papei advetUsing to promote his stoic
lie ciedits advertising with much of his
sucf ss in the grocery field His customers
aie also aware that his genial personality
plus fair dealing and lowest possible
prices have also helped him lise to the
op among area grocers
Swisher Has 826 Per Cent
Turnout in General Election
About 826 per cent of Swisher countys eligible voters
cast ballots in Tuesdays general election according to election
officials Votes cast totaled 2970 I here had been 2898
poll tax receipts issued in the county
Burk To Head
Fat Stock Show
Norman Burk was named general
superintendent of the Swisher Coun
ty Fat Stock show nt tthc regular
fall meeting held Monday night In
President Attends
State Convention
At San Antonio
Dick Shackelford manager of
MidPlains Telephone Coop is in
San Antonio this week attending the
state convention of the state telephone
cooperatives of which he is
president I
Principal speaker at the meeting1
will be by John C White Texas J
commissioner of Agriculture
New officers will be elected at
this meeting Ii I i
AMENDMENT CARRIES
IN TUESDAY ELECTION
The amendment to the state con
stltution providing assistance to persons
physically or mentally disabled
was adopted Tuesday in a special
election by a huge majority in the I
state and in Swisher county Voting
was extremely light I 1
Banquet Tickets i
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Now On Sale
Tickets are now on sale to tho
Tulia Chamber of Commerce banquet
to be held Dec 7
John C White Texas Commis
j sioner of Agriculture will be the
I featured speaker Tickets at 2 50
1 per person are on sale at the Chamber
office or from any Chamber
i director
MRS HAITIE SAYLES HARRIS
BURIED AT HAPPY
I Funeral services for Mrs Hattie
Sayles Harris 75 were conducted
Wednesday afternoon at Canyon
1 Mrs Harris died Tuesday at the
homo of a daughter Mrs A A
Clark in Canyon following an illness
of three weeks Burial was at Happy
Mrs Harris was a former Happy
resident
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COVERING SWISHER COUNTY LIKE THE SUNSHINE
The Tulizi Herald
VOL 47 NUMBER 46
TULIA Swisher County TEXAS
officiate will explain why they called
fouls and made other decisions
they did during tho game
The two teams selected for this
game were Tulia and Kress
Philips said the game would begin
215 in the Texas Tech gym
The Tulia Hornettcs went to state
last year in basketball
THREE SECTIONS
It Is customary to add 2G percent
to allow for voters past CO who
are exempt from poll tax and registration
in counties under 10000 In
population
According to this estimate Swisher
had a voting strength of 3476
Vigo Park according to the records
had 120 2 per cent turnout
Hlghty three votes were cast out of
an estimated potential of 09 It is
believed that some voted at Vigo
which lived in another precinct
the district courtroom R 11 Daw Smallest turnout wa > in Precinct
son presided nt the meeting where only G5 per cent of the
The show will be held Jan 17 18 oligible voters went to the polls
and 19 In Leonard Smiths pony General Election 1936
barn in West Tulia Precinct Poll Tax Plus 20 Bal
It was decided to finance the
show through the publication of a
catalogue and by charging membership
fee of 2
The Home Demonstration Council
was granted the concessions nt the
show
Other superintendents named
were Beef Cattle George McAnel
ly assistant Eugene Mote and Olin
Eikins Swine Emory Elklns assistant
Ed DeRushn Lamb J W
rinchei assistant Otho Holly
Nelson Dorchardt was named
charman of the catalogue committee
He will have assistants from
Kress Happy and Tula
The sales committee will be composed
of J M Hill Frank Cobb
Burk Dick ODaniel and Hobcrt
Gayler
Membership committee R K
Brooks Ben lye and Corliss Currie
Grounds and bedding committee
Joe Thornton chairman and D A
Dawson
Honorary members committee
Bob Ewcn and L D Young
Judging contest O V Barker
chairman
Night program R B Dawson
Awards committee Calvin Hol
comb
Other awards tags ribbons etc
Bill Roach
Publicity Calvin Holcomb and
Norman Burk
2898 3176 2790 828
The heavy Swisher vote will increase
the countys representation
in tho 1953 county and state Democratic
conventions
The 2371 votes cast for the Democratic
candidates for governor will
give Swisher county 95 delegates
to tho county convention in 195S
compared with only 3G in 195G The
county is entitled to eight delegates
to the sate convention in 1958
compared to three this year
1936 Vote Delegates
Held Monday
George Robert Forbus 75 died
Sunday morning at his home at
Happy He suffered a severe hear
attack early last week FuneraJ
services were conducted Monday
afternoon in WarrenLaGrone Chapel
in Canyon The Rev C B Hogue
pastor of the Happy Baptist church
officiated Burial was in the Happy
cemetery
Mr Forbus a farmer was om
April 3 1831 in Benton Arl a j
had lived m Happy since 1928 v
He is survived by his wife
Ethel two daughters Mrs BabeV
Walberg of Happy and Mrs Gill
Whitman of Castle Rock Colo two
sons Douglas of Corpus ChrisU and
Joed of Phillips seven grandchildren
and three greatgrandchildren
Hornet Grid Season
Ends Friday Night
i After losing to Dalhart Tnday
I night 3213 Tulia Hornets will meet
Muleshoe here Triday night to end
their winless season
Happy Cowboys will be hosts to
Amherst Today night Kress Kanga
I roos will journey to Lazbuddie
PTA Schedules
i Variety Show
The Tulia ParentTeachers association
is sponsoring a variety show
Thursday night Nov 22 in the
high school auditorum The show
will be under the direction of Bill
Hendricks high school band instructorAdmission price will be 50c for
adults and 25c for students
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Baggarly, H. M. The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex), Vol. 47, No. 46, Ed. 1, Thursday, November 15, 1956, newspaper, November 15, 1956; Tulia, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth42985/m1/1/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Swisher County Library.