The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex), Vol. 47, No. 5, Ed. 1, Thursday, February 2, 1956 Page: 1

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WATCHED the forthcoming
HAVING
coming city power bond Issue
develop over the past several
months we feel that we have arrived
at an intelligent decision as to
how to cast our personal vote
We have missed few city council
meetings since the need for more
electricity first became obvious Wo
saw the shortage develop We have
a special type radio which will not
operate when the voltage is low
We have seen low voltage affect our
mechanical equipment here at the
newspaper We recall the Tuesday
last summer when the power went
off due to overloaded lines right
in the middle of a press run Wo
have observed the difficulty in keeping
the correct time at the radio
station due to fluctuating voltage
TOWN TOPICS
E HAVE OBSERVED the city
council working on this pro
blem investigating every possibility
examining cost records studying
the income reports going over the
auditors report of the plants operation

W < 5 were present when they interviewed
several prospective electrical
engineers finally employing one
in which they had the most confidence
We were present when he
made his report to the city commission
following a thorough study of
the plant and distribution over a
period of about three months
TOWN TOPCS
WE STUDIED the various
THEN
recommendations he made
We noted that the council selected
the most inexpensive route but one
which would solve the citys power
needs perhaps until 1975
We observed the city council as
with open minds they explored the
possibility of purchasing power from
Southwestern Public Service We
agreed with them that it would be
a disastrous move from a business
standpoint to let a public utility
company come in and take our plant
and distribution system
We have heard the testimony of
other towns which own their power
plants We have seen how these communities
in cases where the plants
were operating economically arc
virtually running their cities off of
revenue made by their power plants
TOWM TOPICb
HAVE HEARD the electrical
WE
cal engineer whose experience
includes numerous REA surveys
one for A M College at College
Station and the like explain
how our cost of generating electricity
in Tulia can be cut almost in
half if the plant was put in proper
operating condition
And we knew that his recommend
ations were on a strictly professional
level since he had nothing to gain
or lose but his professional reputation
in case he made a mistake
In view of all this information we
can conclude that the city will make
an unfortunate mistake if it fails
to vote the proposed issue
TOWN TOPICS
WE WOULD not attempt
WHILE
tempt to tell anyone how to
vote certainly we would insist that
each voter base his individual decision
on facts and not on heresay or
prejudice
We would ask that each person
who has questions seek a reliable
answer and not depend upon sidewalk
conversation
We realize that there are good
men and women on both sides of this
issue We realize that it is a psychologically
poor time to propose a bond
issue We realize that many have
sincere and honest questions and
that many others are the victims of
crronobus information
But we would suggest that anyone
who feels that he docs not understand
the proposal go to the city
hall and get his answers off the official
records There are no secrets
at the city hall There are no secret
votes The books are open to
everyone Anyone is welcome to talk
to the electrical engineer to Mayor
Brown to City Manager Cagle or to
any member of the council They
will be willing at any time to go
before an open forum and be subjected
to questions from anyone
TOWN TOPICS
THE fact that each
CONSIDER
member of the council is a
taxpayer that what is done affects
them the same as it does their neighbors
Consider the fact that this
proposal is nothing more than a cold
business proposition
TOWN TOPICS
if you will that you
ASSUME
owned the citys power plant
and system which has an actual value
of perhaps more than a million
dollars Assume that you the owner
were unable to supply the demand
for electricity and were not able to
produce it as cheaply as it could be
produced without a major capital
expenditure
Assume that someone came along
and offered to provide the new equipment
you needed making it possible
to cut costs and to increase
many times your net profit and of
fered to let you pay for It entirely
out of future revenue from the plant
What would you do
Would you base your decision onside
walk conversation Would
you go down and see what the spit
andwhittle club thought you should
do Would you believe anything and
everything you heard from various
and sundry sources
Would you seriously consider giving
your business away if there was
even a remote chance that it could
make a profit
TOWN TOPICS
SHOULD BE no question
THERE
in the mind of any rcspons
See TOWN TOPICS Page 8
JX
HAPPY SUPERINTENDENT
BRYAN pictured above school is opened to the public Re
i of the Happy public schools will be
on hand Sunday afternoon when the
> beautiful and modern elementary
class and high honors in the light
weight class Burke won fifth place
with his medium weight Angus Mc
Anelly sixth with his lightweight
honors with his calf
Cowan Relative
Is Injured
Tulia relatives and friends of
Mrs Lee Etta Cowan Cothran of
Marlow Okla are anxiously a
waitlng word today on the condition
of her husband Harrcll seriously
injured in a twocar automobile
accident near their home
low Is an exterior view of the 11
classroom unit and auditorium
Tulia Herald photo
Showmanship New Church
Award Goes For Tulia
To Tulia Boy
David Finch 17yearold son of
Mr and Mrs J D Finch of Tulia
and winner of the 4H Gold Star
award this year is scheduled to
attend the Cattlemans Banquet in
Fort Worth tonight to receive a
plaque honoring him as top show
Plans arc progressing toward
the organization of a second Methodist
church in Tulia according to
the Rev Alby J Cockrcll pastor
of the First Methodist church
The former Trinity Chapel congre
VOL 47 NUMBER 5
New Elementary
School In Happy
Open To Public
Happys new 11room elementtary
gation and others will continue to gr a do schooV building wiUWfTces
hold Sunday services in the Tulia and auditorium seating G50 people
American Legion Hall until the Tn1 will bo open for inspection by the
mty chapel building located north1
nubile from T to ri n m Feb 5
pu c ° J pm eD
man n 4H compet tion at the Fort
e nf Tin fnn h mnvp1 tn tnwn
I Swisher residents and
wrrth T7if ctnb ci county any
is accepting other nlerested in modern
f Station persons
Finch and three other Tulia 4H charter members
educational facilities are cordially
members also won recognition for
invited attend the house The
their work with livestock The others
are Kinan Burk the son of Mr
and Mrs Norman Burk Terry Mc
Anelly the son of Mr and Mrs
George McAnelly and Rodney Vineyard
the son of James Vineyard of
Kress
Second place for a medium weight
Angus went to Finch who also won
third in the group class of three
animals third in the breeders
I to open
Driskili Succeeds building includes 22000 square feet
of floor space and is modern in
Harman On Board every respect
Vernon Harman of Happy lias I Music will be provided during the
resigned from the Swisher County I ° Pen house by local talent
hospital board and Jack Driskili of >
Happy was appointed to take his Boehringer Infant
place according to County Judge
Claude shciton Funeral Wednesday
No one has been elected
group fourth in the heavyweightof the board position heldby Har
Shciton Harman
man Judge praised
for his fine and conscientious work
during his four years on the board
He said they were hesitant to accept
his resignation but realized that
business interests demanded much
of his time
j A M Billington Floyd Garrett Bar
1 ney Latham Bob Francy and J D
Harris
1 Oklahoma City She telephoned re
I latives Friday night that Dr Coth
ran was still in a semiconscious
I
condition
He suffered a shattered hip brok
Mrs J C Cowan jr mother of er leg severe hand damage and a
Mrs Cothran left Friday to be cut over one eye He was alone in
with her daughter at the hospital in I the car at the time of the accident
City Power Bond Election
Postponed To February 18
Tulia city council meeting in special session Friday
morning posponed the power bond election until Feb 18 At
the time C C Cox electrical engineer of Amarillo prepared
the estimates for the enlarge
ment program last December
the proposed 600000 issue
would have provided new
funds needed and would have
retired all indebtedness on
the present power plant
However a sharp increase in the
cost of equipment within the past
two weeks has made the figure inadequate
Since 700000 will be
needed to pay off all indebtedness
on the power plant to replace or
purchase the present engine on
which there is 2000 monthly rental
and to purchase additional equip
ment a new election must be or
dcred
In a radio interview Friday afternoon
city officials said that revenue
from the plant is capable of paying
off the proposed issue Under no
circumstances can the issue be paid
off from taxation They said that the
proposal will neither increase taxes
nor increase light and power rates
They also pointed out that a power
plant efficiently run can make money
for a city over and above its
cost They estimated that tho cost
of producing electricity can be reduced
from it present lj c per kilowatt
to between 6 and 8 mills
Funeral services for Stephen
Mark Boehringer 10dayold son
of the Rev and Mrs Hans Boeh
ringer were conducted Wednesday
morning at St Paul Lutheran
church in Canyon The Rev lulu in
T Heyne pastor of Trinity Lutheran
church of Amarillo officiated
The infant was born Jan 21 in
Other members on the board arc Northwest Texas Hospital in Ama
rillo and died Tuesday morning
Rev Boehringer is pastor of Christ
Lutheran church in Tulia and the
Canyon church
Survivors include the parents
Al Wilkins Enters
Commissioner Race
A F Al Wilkins has announced
his candidacy for commissioner of
Precinct 3 subject to action of the
Democratic primary in July
In making his announcement Wilkins
said
Having been solicited by many
friends to enter the race for commissioner
of Precinct 3 I now take
this method of announcing for this
office
I have lived and farmed in Swisher
county for 32 years 20 being in
No 3 precinct
I think I know the problems of
the taxpayers I am in favor of good
roads and will work to get more
farm to markets for the county
I am also in favor of cooperating
with the farmers in control of Johnson
grass along the bar ditches and
fence rows If elected I will devote
my full time to the office I will try
to see each voter personally
friends Mr and Mrs Arnold Taft
of Champaign Illinois They vowed
that they came to see the new baby
Joe Hugh
1
2licrofiu servi
Box 8066
Dallas
Snlos c
IPoxas
Did Harper Article RefSeef DA Philosophy
WASHINGTON Agriculture heated demands were made In the he said
Secretary Benson made a public apology
Friday night for what he said
was a boner in permitting his
name to be used in an indorsement
of an antifarm article
The magazine article said farmers
are country slickers who gouge
city folks and added that
when any hog keeps his jowls in the
trough long enough he gets to thinking
he owns the trough It said Iowa
farmers now have the minimum of
two new cars usually a Buick and
a Cadillac
Benson s apology came after
Senate for the secretary s resignation

Benson in a formal statement
said he did not see the letter He
said it was prepared and sent to his
office but in the rush of my duties
I did not see it
Senator Humphrey of Minnesota
contended senatorial assistants
who draft letters for their bosses
know and reflect the views of their
superiors
Don t tell me that the Department
of Agriculture didnt know
what was in the Harper s article
TULIA Swisher County TEXAS THURSDAY FEBRUARY 2 1956
AN EDITORIAL
Traditionally the big city dailies before every important
election and at the psychological moment have come out with
front page editorials telling us the common herd how to
vote Apparently the one man or perhaps a small group of
men who controls the editorial policy of the paper is endowed
with some superhuman insight and superior intelligence
which entitles him to tell the masses what is best
for them
Time was that this policy worked Before the day of the
radio television and swift transportation about the only contact
the masses had with a candidate was what they read
in the daily papers But in this day when major candidates
are able to go directly to the people the power of the big
city editor has been broken For this we arc thankful
However the big dailies continue their fight for the
minds and souls of men They continue to tell us only what
they think we should hear They continue to pass judgment
by what right Certainly not on the basis of their records
Remember the front page editorials entitled The Port
Arthur Story
Editor Ernest Joiner of The Ralls Banner editorialized
last week
There are a lot of why being asked these days in
connection with the overflowing corruption of the Shivers
regime
Among those whys is one weve never heard booted
about except where honest reporters get together We now
take pleasure in kicking this why around
Why is is that none of the corruption that has marked
the Shivers administration been turned up by our daily newspapers
The Veterans Land Scandal was first brought to public
attention by a small newspaper at Cuero The faltering U S
Trust Guaranty Company was first questioned regarding
its solvency by The State Observer a worthy weekly newspaper
with a limited circulation It was a weekly newspaper
that uncovered the governors interest in a printing plant
at Mission which uncurious enough received fat state
a prevue game of their Bidlstrict
battle if both teams win their district
banners which at this time is
very possible I he Hornets at the
present time arc leading district
2AA and the Blackhawks are leading
district 1AA
Phillips is the defending district
champion of 1AA and has lost only
two gomes this year Both of these
losses have been to class 4A powerhouse
Pampa I he Phillips tcim
plays at Hobbs New Mexico Friday
night and wil stop cf ut Tulia
on tlv ir way home In he first
game at Phillips the Blackhawks
won 15C The Blackhawks an fav
orru to win the 1AA banner without
much trouble
The Hornets have a 159 wonand
lost record but have lost to such
teams as IA Borger and 3A Level
printing contracts It was not the great daily newspapers that win the district although not as rodd
broke the now famous land deal of Allan Shivers wherein
the governor received 425000 for land he didnt even own
These irrregularities were not uncovered by our met
consider it for what it is the opinion of one person just
like yourself
Jimmy Goodwine
Buys Hagoods
Jimmy Goodwine formerly of
Lubbock has purchased an interest
In Hagoods Department Store
In making the announcement
Goodwine said I am buying the
Hagood Department Store however
Mr Hagood of Floydada
will retain an Interest In the store
for a time We will close out the
present stock and will reopen with
a complete new stock of goods
as well as new brands
Name of the store will be Good
wines Family Store
Dan Behne manager of Hagoods
has accepted a position with La
Velles Department Store
Mr and Mrs Goodwine have two
Week end guests of Mr and Mrs children Jim 17 years old and
Joe D Vaughn were their college Marilyn 14 They are living at 9
Fannin Drive He formerly was
associated with Terry Farris Co at
Lubbock
Born in Greencastle Indiana
Goodwine is a graduate of DePauw
university where he belonged to
ness He came to Lubbock from
Alice where he managed tho Terry
Farns Store He was manager of
C R Anthony Co at Carlsbad
N M and later at Borger Mr and
Mrs Behne were his empolyces at
Carlsbad Other experience was at
Lawton and Frederick Okla and at
Edinburg He said his entire family
enjoys golf They are Methodists
Goodwine said his most favorable
impression of Tulia was that there
were neither vacant business buildings
nor residences
He is a firm believer in effective
advertising and believes any store
to be successful must be a regular
advertiser
Mr and Mrs J M Kemper Mrs
George Null and Mrs Woodrowj
Bice attended the funeral of Mrs
J W Davis at Dimmltt last Friday
easily as Phillips The Hornets were
not hilling well when Phillips de Pq Tax Sales
featcd them the first time but have
come back into form since then
ropolitan press Why The Dallas Morning News Houston
j oum defeat the Blackhawks
Post Houston Chronicle Fort Worth StarTelegram and
iveryone is asked to come out and
others maintain reporters and bureaus in Austin Their re support the Hornets
portors are veterans and capable men Are we lo presume j
that these experienced newsmen who sniff every corridor in i yjrs > 0js Todd
Texas halls of state failed to report what the weekly press
ferreted out and published
As we see it the weeklies were getting their information
the hard way without onthespot press coverage too
expensive for them while the big press was preoccupied
with extolling the virtures of the Shivers administration
Removed Saturday
To Nebraska
Mrs Chne Todd who has been
confined to an iron lung at the polio
Whatever tho answer is itd make uncommon good center in piaiiiviow for several
reading months was flown by Army trans
If this is a sample of the efforts of the big dailies to port Saturduy to a therapy clinic
keep their readers informed if this is the basis of their claim In Omaha Neb
to a right to tell their readers how to vote then we say Shu was taken by ambulance from
they have forfeited that right if they ever had it in the Plamview to Brooks Air Force Base
first place ln Lubbock and there placed in the
Its time we recognize tho fact that an editorial in the specially outfitted plant Her hus
Dallas Morning News or the Fort Worth StarTelegram is Ibnd who fnrms west of Tulm ew
nothing more than the opinion of one man sitting behind a
desk who probably doesnt know any more about the subject
than you do and perhaps you have far fewer oil men breathing
down your neck
In the summer of 1954 during the gubernatorial race a
fairly large daily paper polled the several hundred employees
of its staff and the staff of the radio station which it owned
The paper was throwing its weight behind Allan Shivers
Yet 90 per cent of the combined staffs including the news Memorial Regional Respiratory Cen
J a ° 5Souh
and editorial writers favored Ralph Yarborough So when Jia
lulh bt raM Nct aska
you see a daily paper break out with a front page editorial
Childress Dinner
Set For Tonight
Another Stuff n Discuss dinner
Delta Tau Delta fraternity He has wilt be held Thursday night with
had 21 years experience in the busi the Childress Home Demonstration
semble at the C of C office at 7
oclock The meal is to bo served
at 730
H M Baggarly has been requested
by the Childress group to show
pictures of his world trip
STAY TUNED TO
i < TUE
The Minnesotan also questioned
the philosophy of department
employes who would have approved
the letter and not consider it serious
enough to relay it to the Secretary
The article was written by John
Fisher and titled The Country
Slickers Take Us Again Humphrey
said it referred to scandalous wartime
prosperity on the farms
swindle of the city voters and a
statement that when any hog gets
his jowl in the trough long enough
ho thinks he owns the trough
United Press
COVERING SWISHER fc KW IMi ftSI WHWS
The Tulizi Herald
THREE SECTIONS
Sorghum Drop Costs Swisher
Farmers 4 Million Says Francy
The drop in support prices for grain sorghums from 1954
to 1955 cost Swisher County farmers approximately four
million dollars Bob Francy told County Farm Bureau members
at their regular meeting last Tuesday
j Francy is Swisher County repre
Hornets Meet
Blackhawks
In Tulia Tilt
The Tulia Hornets and the Phil
on various candidates which cross the political horizon And I lips Blackhawks will meet here in
sentative to the areawide Grain
Sorghum Producers Association nnd
president of the county Grain Sorghum
Growers He reported to the
Bureau that the group organized on
a temporary basis in February
1955 as a result of Agriculture Secretary
Ezra Taft Bensons lowering
of the grain sorghum support price
and it has now grown to an organ
ization of 2000 members
Francy reported that the bill now
before the House of Representatives
dealing with support prices for next
year does not even mention feed
grains The grain sorghum producers
he said have sent representatives
to Washington to urge that the
feed grains be included in the Senate
bill so that they will not be
omitted in the final version The
group sent to Washington Francy
reported says it is cautiously optimistic
that the bill expected to
come before the Senate in February
will contain provisions for feed
grain supports
Francy asked that any farmers
wishing to become members of the
Grain Sorghum Producers Association
should contact him or any of
the organizations directors includ
ing Bill Cox M T Glenn J P
land I he Hornets are also favored lo I JnntS Dan Butler and Clarence
Disappointing
Markliam Waddill county ta
assessorcollector said yesterday
that It probably would be Friday
before he had an accurate total on
poll tux receipts issued However
he said he felt sure the total receipts
plus exemptions would not
exceed 2750 compared with 2812
four years ago
This shortage is even more serious
that it appears since the coun
tys population has increased more
than 1000 since the last Presidential
election
It is no longer compulsory to pay
a poll tax along with a real property
tax t
Waddill said numerous persons
who paid county taxes were asked
about paying their poll taxes
No not this year often was the
to Omaha in another aircraft answer They often inferred that
Mr and Mrs W K Hulsey left ey needed the 3 50 to buy gro
Saturday night to deliver the Todd ttr s
automobile to him in Omaha They
returned to Tulia in the light a
craft which curried Mr Todd to the
Nebraska city They reported she
made the trip fine
Mrs Todds address is Creighton
Danny Johnson
Is Champion
The VrW Athletic club entered
the Wellington District Golden
Gloves tournament last week end
winning one championship and
three second place trophies
First night of action saw Donnie
Nail and Bill Thomas from Tulia
winning over Dick Morgan from
Memphis and Junior Harris of Well
ciub serving the mcaI m the Kaffir ington CIaude Dailey of Pampa
community building Plans have been I chipper Bakcri Mcmphls Robert
to have these dinners every twoiCarter
Wellington Larry Powell
weeks however a conflicting sch1 Pampa > Robm Frnncis 1orger
edule made it necessary to have this j am Dwan Tedfort of Borger won
dinner tonight over Kenny nradley Claude Willis
Tulia merchants
are to as
Fred Raymond Steve McGavock
Ray Smith and Donald Willis
The finals Saturday night saw
Danny Johnson 55 pounder winning
the championship In that class over
Jimmy Sturdevant of Memphis
Paul Scott of the 65 pound class
Donnie Nail of the S5 pound class
and Scotty Billington of the 90
i pound class received second place
awards after losing to J C Saunders
cf Wellington Keith McKinney of
Pampa and Durwood of Borger
1200 Kc 1000 Watts
TO THE BIBLE BROADCAST ABACK US iiker isu a Pa ientu in the
iwsher Countv hospital where he
10
a m DAILYEXCEPT SUNDAY
has had surgery

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