The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex), Vol. 46, No. 32, Ed. 1, Thursday, August 6, 1953 Page: 1
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LTHODGH WEVE never en
tertained hopes of becoming
famous scem3 that fate has deemed
otherwise Just like Henry
Ford Thomas Edison and others
whose names have been attached
to well known Items perhaps our
own name will live In posterity
right along with these greats
Local teenage girls have coined
a new word They are calling their
shorts Baggarly Bloomers
TOWN TOPICS
kNE ASPECT OF the newspap
er business on which the
publisher always trains a wary
eye is circulation It isnt tho income
derived from subscriptions
because most any newspaper tnust
look to other sources for his profit
All newspapers at the present
are taking a beating on income
from circulation Publication
costs have skyrocketed since the
last 50c hike In the cost of a years
subscription to this periodical
Nevertheless a publisher knows
that circulation is a barometer
with which he can measure the
success of his paper He is much
more interested in circulation
than the extent to which readers
agree with his editorial policy
The fact Is no newspaper if
it has an editorial policy can
hope to please any people all
the time If it supports one side
of an issue at least it will please
those readers on that side If it
remains neutral it pleaies no one
TOWN TOPICS
THOUGH this paper has
EVEN with more highly controversial
Issues the past 12
months than at any time In the
past its circulation lias hit an all
time high It is up a third over a
year ago
There has been more Interest in
renewals than any year since we
became associated with this paper
Subscribers renewed more
promptly usually penning a note
that they didnt want to miss an
issue People who disagreed almost
100 percent on everything wo
wrote concerning politics were
among the first to compliment
the paper This tends to compensate
for scorching Insulting
letters occasionally received as
well as Intended bclowthebelt
punches from the opposition
LL OF WHICH brings up an
other comparatively new
M m
expression which came into being
not a great while ago intellectual
Honesty
In his column Saturday morning
Wes Izzard defined intellectual
honesty as the instinct
to decide for oneself what is
right and the courage to defend
it unselfishly
He added a man who will
compromise his convictions for
personal or political gain Is Intellectually
dishonest And he
juoted Harry Trumans statement
concerning the death of Bob Taft
He and I did not agree on public
policy but he knew where I
stood and I knew where he stood
TOWN TOPICS
THOSE few readers who
TO have attempted to silence
us by first one method then another
we would ask Would you
really like to have an intellectually
dishonest newspaper Would
you have the editor first see which
way the political wind is blowing
then get on the side of the majority
Would you prefer that
the editor evade every controversial
issue Or would you prefer
that he carry water on both
shoulders by being so general that
no one could tell where he stood
on any question Would you have
him be a Democrat in one issue
and a Republican in the next
TOWN TOPICS
DEATH of Senator Taft
THE should teach both major
political parties the seriousness
with which a vice president should
be nominated
TOWN topics
KRESS customer recently
A told a local merchant that
ihe traded m Tulla Instead of
Plainview because of tho facility
of parking in Tulla In Plainview
she had te interrupt her shopping
every hour to feed the park
And often she was un
ing meter
able to find parking space within
where
a reasonable distance from
she trade
town topics
OUT those things
POINTING government for which
we can be thankful when he
in a local church Sun
preached
day morning Dr John R Sharp
said we have 96 senatdrs and
onlv one McCarthy
TOWN TOPICS
SAVE PATIENCE with your
your newspaper boy < And
dont mean Mr Dukq
we
About five oclock last Sunday
morning when most of you were
locked in the arms of Morpheus
Donald Crocker and this columnist
making tho
ist were in Plainview
Herald newsboy
route of a Plainview
boy who was out of town Its no
easy job to throw 200 paper from
a moving cur without making several
wild tosses Several papers
landed in puddles of water and
one in a tree And all the time we
thought newsboys pulled such
stunts on purpose
TOWN TOPIC
lACK in 1947 and 1948 wo ran
a series on hometown boys
hj
who had returned to Tulla to
enter business following their
graduation from college We note
in a current article that the ten
of a towns youth to re
dency
turn to that town after they are
grown is an earmark of a good
town We are glad to note this Increasing
tendency In Tulia
This week we are happy to
Least Chance
For XRay
About 6B0 Swiihcrllet had
their ctyest xrayed Tuesday
according to Waymon Foather
slon county chairman of the
drive Although this figure is
much better than last years record
and perhaps greater than
the state average for tho first
day It It far below the 1500
capacity of the unit
Xrays continued yesterday
and will be given until 530 this
afternoon Anyolne over 15
years of age who hat not yet
been xrayed is urged to report
at the VFW hall In Tulla
today The service takes about
one minute and the cost Is borne
by the Stale Department ol
health
Local Women
Are Injure
n Accident
Four Tulia women weic sevei
ly injured about midnight Tuesday
when the late model Studebaker
in w hlch they were returning
fiom Amcrillo crashed into
a northbound Ford about three
miles north of Tulla on Highway
87
They were Mrs BUI Hendricks
owner and ddver of the car who
was badly shaken up Miss Earn
esteno Gary Swisher County
Home Demonstration agent who
lost considerable blood and was
In shock Joyce Ann Riley who
was shaken up and bruised and
Joyce Measles who was shaken
up In the Ford were Mr and Mrs
Eugene Mllewski 010 N Hayes
Amarillo
According to officers who in
vestigated the accident the Tulla
car came upon a large feed truck
from Oklahoma which was traveling
in he same direction Tho
truck apparently had defective
lights The driver of tho local car
threw on tho brakes causing the
car to spin on tho wet pavement
throwing It Into tho path of the
oncoming Ford
The Injured were brought to
Swisher County Hospital The occupants
of tho Ford were transferred
to Amarillo
Notary Commissions
To Be Sent Soon
Mrs Lucille Bates county clerk
received the following communication
tecently from Howard Car
ney Seretary of State
The Notary commissions will
be sent you at the earliest possible
time and we hope jo have all commissions
mailed by October 1 You
will receive Notary commissions
only once a month and we appreciate
your cooperation In this delayAs soon as a person has qualified
with you he may act as a
Notary Public and the commission
Is not necessary for him to
perform his duties as a Notary
Public
Showers Continue
To Miss Swisher
Showers the past week which
brought appreciable moisture to
many Panhandle communities
Borne of them adjoining Tulla
continue to evade the town Hale
county moisture during July was
above average
Thunderheads gather almost
daily but deposit their perclous
cargo elsewhore Swisher crops
continue to look good because of
irrigation Several Swisher communities
have reported heavy
showers Vigo reported an inch
Tuesday aftornoon Salem and
Union Hill also have reported
good showers
announce the association of El
wood and Jackie Ramsey with
their father in K Ramsey Furniture
one of Tulias leading busi
ness institutions These boys have
the making of successful businessmen
They will be two of tomorrows
business leaders
TOWN TOPICS
PEAKING OF furniture stores
we noticed In last weeks
paper whore Home Furniture had
sewing machines for 24995 comparable
to machines selling for
100 or more
When Ike discovered the ambiguous
statement Donald Crocker
and Richard Carver almost had
to leave town
Mr and Mrs Charles C Wilson
and three sons Bob Jim and Terry
are visiting hU mother Mrs
C C Wilson and his sister Mrs
Pinky Brooks Their home is In
Lanctt Ala where he is assistant
superintendent of Textiles Research
of West Point Manufacturing
C of West Point Ga
dcro r Service Sales Co
Box Vo
Dalls Texrs
Financial Aid Is Promised Drouth
Stricken Farmers and Ranchers
Financial aid to drouth stricken farmers ana ranchmen of Texas
was promised immediately by Stale Director L J Cappleman of the
Farmers Home Administration from his office In Dallas upon being
informed today by Secretary of Agriculture Exra Taft Benson that
details of Public Law 38 Section Two the new special liveiloek loan
are complete and that lending procedure had been announced
Fnds arc available lrom a re
volvlng fund containing up to
150000010 and the purposes for
Which loan funds may be used
include a long list of essential
ranch operating purposes such as
feed grazing lease charges crop
land rentals for production of
feed purchase hire and repair of
farm machinery building or re
pair of fences transportation of
cattle to and fiom grazing lands
payment of one years operating
intoiest on debts sucured by Henson
chattels or real estate payment
of years taxes on real and
pergonal property purchase of
livestock for replacement or ro
st6cking but not expansion of
normal operations for water supplies
living expenses normal
maintenance of farm and ranch
buildings and other operatig expenses
but not to refinance secured
or unsecured debts nor to
establish a man In livestock operationsInterest rato on Special Livestock
Loans for frenchmen is 5
per cent and re payment must
bo scheduled within ihroo years
bocauto of the difference In the
type of loan Present FHA
County Committee will certify
Special Lovesiock Loans until
such time as tho Secretary of
Agriculture may sot up Special
Committees
Cappleman is his statement referred
also to the crop Disaster
Loans administered by the Farmers
Homo Administration that are
being made at the rate of more
than 1000000 c month now
12000000 of these Disaster Loans
have been disbursed in the last
twelve months These loans made
under Public Law 38 Section one
are available in all areas suffering
from tho effects of proauction
losses caused by reasons beyond
tho control of tho fanner The
Texas disaster area was proclaimed
two years ago when lack of
rain and other natural causes
placed farmers In serious plight
because of the losses sustained
The FHA Disaster Loan available
under Section One of Public
Law 38 provides funds for tho
production of crops and normal
expenses of such production Any
iarmer who has suffered a production
loss and needs more credit
than is available through his
local bank or other lending agencies
is eligible to apply for the
FHA crop disaster loam
Mr Capplcmuu has instructed
county FHA supei visors to give
priority to Crop Disaster and
Special Livestock Loans and to
call into session county loan com
mittees as often as necessary to
pass on tho applications and expedite
tho loan making procedure
He emphasized that money is available
for tho purpose of obtaining
seed and other necessary supplies
to start a new crop arid to
tany farmers and ranchers
through this emergency and take
cere of their normal needs
The Farmers Homo Administration
is ready to receive applications
and process loans Immediately
The entiie stale Is already
a designated disaster area and
loans can bo processed without
delay to purchase feed and to
meet crop production needs In any
county While offices arc already
staffed Cappleman said addition
al men needed In FHA offices In
any arda of Texas to take care
off the emergency disaster loans
have already been transfentd or
can be moved In from other parts
of Texas at once Tho regular dis
aster loan program is being used
to finance the production of wheat
and other small grain crops In tho
western area of Texas he said
Cappleman also pointed out
that funds for the use of the reg
ular program of the Farmers
Home Administration are avail
able including production and
farm operating farm ownership
farm housing nnd water facilities
In addition the agency insured
mortgage loans are offered This
Is a loan where private lenders
provide funds for farm purchase
Insured by the government Each
of the different types of credit
arc available to the limit of funds
Iwood And Jackie Ramsey
Enter Business With Father
This week one of Tulias oldest business firms acquired
two new associates Shown above they ate El wood and Jack
Ramsey posed with their father Kenneth who made the boys
active stockholders In the 1C Ramsey Furniture Company On
The eve of this announcement Jackie left for a stretch of military
service but Elwood who recently returned from ihe war
in Korea has assumed fulltime duties at the store
The Ramsey family were business pioneers la Tulia and
have been on the local scene for over 40 years
Mr and Mrs Henry Hays of
Plainview visited Sunday ith his
sister Mrs C C Wilson
Mr and Mrs M B Castellan
Beverly and Nadlne of Carapolls
Penru visited two days with Mr
und Mrs Carroll N Love and
boys
Looki like well never bretk that e i
Met hone to plow
School Begins
August 31
Tulia public schools will re
nistei Ltudonts for the fall term
on August 27 and 20 Classes will
begin Monday August 31 accord
ing to Supt W V Swlnbuin
The faculty is almost complcto
auordlng to school officials
Threo toachers elected Monday
night inpludo Ralph Stuwart principal
and coach at Stratford for
six years who will bo basKothail
coach and choli dlrectoi He holds
a masters degree from West T x
as State college
Mrs Thalia Fulkcrxon a graduate
of WTSC will bo given an
elementary assignment Sho has
taught at Frlona Tucumcarl N
M nnd Goodnight
Douglas C Durrous of Crosby
ton will bo high school spcech
nnd social studies teacher Ho Is
n graduate of Texas Tech
Salem Baptists
To Have Revival
Rev John Henry Johns of Lubbock
will be the visiting ovnnge
list ot n revival to be held at Snl
cm Baptist church August 710
L F Perkins of Tulla will lend tho
music
Rev Johns was pastor ot O
Donncll boforo r slgnlng to enter
the military service as a chaplain
Ho is wcllknovn In this vicinity
having married tho daughter of
Mr and Mrs Wll Edwards
Services will jo held ca < h day
at 1030 a m and 1 pjn The puo
lic Is invited
NFIA Farm Loans
Grow in Popularity
J W Ervin Jr secretarytrea
surer of the Tulia National Farm
Loan Association has recently received
a communication from
Sterling C Evans President of tho
Federal Land Rank ot Houston
concerning the drastic increase in
demand for longterm farm mortgage
loans In Texas
Evans stated that a greater volume
of loans has been closed during
the first six nnd onehalf
months of 1053 than was closed in
any single year for twcntynlno of
the Banks thirtysix yoar history
He believes one of the controlling
reasons for this incroaso is
the dcslro of farmors and ranchers
to consolidate their shortttrm
debts on a longterm basis Ho
also felt that the fact loans aro
still being closed at a 4 lntorost
rate regardless of the rather sharp
increase in tho cost of money is
having some effect
The Bank now holds about 25
of all ot the farm mortgage debt
in the State Evans further slut
ed that tho Land Bank is now
closing about 35 of tho total
number of loans being made In
Texas
The Tulla National Farm Loan
Association Is one of the 141 associations
located throughout the
State of Texas that aro solo owners
ot the Federal Lank Bank
These associations in turn aro
owned by local fanners and
ranchers
Mossrs R T ODanlel Clyde
Wilklns W T Edwards H P
Parker and Harry Mllner aro directors
of the local association
Mrs Mattle Wallace 83 died
Thursday night at Commerce and
was buried at Klondike Attending
funeral services from Tulla
were her two sons Mr and Mrs
H A Wallace and Mr and Mrs
Claude Wallace and Mr and Mrs
Hardy E Wallace
Mr and Mrs D T Horthcutt
and Mrs True Burson of Silver
ton attended a barn dance Saturday
night In the homo of Mr
and Mrs Avory Adamj of Kress
E C Goodman
is injured
E C Goodman 16yonrold
ion of Mr and Mrs E C
Toollo Goodmart wot ior
loutly Injured early Tuoiday
morning when he was pinned
betwoen a Dr Popper Botlllng
Co truck and a door facing at
lhc Dr Popper plant on East
Broadway
The plant Is owned by his fatherAn artery lit ll o youths leg
was severed when lie was pinned
against the door fnclng by a
truck driven by Paul Webb
Webb had looked back thiough
tho door which Is n tight fit for
tho big Dr Pepper truck Tho boy
was not in the door nt the time and
nppatuntly had started to walkover
to his fathers office when
the accident occurred
Ills leg was cut by a sharp steel
step on the side of tho truck Thu
stop Is one used by tho truck driv
it id climb onto tho truck for
loading jobs
E C has received soveml blood
transfusions and hd lemains under
an oxygon tont at Swisher
County Hospital out his condit
ion this afternoon was described
as somewhat improved and hos
pital attendants tnld ho was resting
well
Tho youth will ba a junior student
In tlu Tulln High school this
fall
Reeves Opens
Wash Grease
Service
Glenn Reeves has announced
the toopening of Richards Wash
Sc Grease on Southoast lot street
He offers wnsh polish and wax
service complete lubrication nnd
a choice of oils
Reeves picks up and delivers
His phone Is 107
Plainview Man
Named Governor
Of Toastmasters
Tut Torwoler Plainview railway
employee has boon appointed
to tho post of Area Governor
Area 2 District 25 Toastmasters
International accord
to a statement reloasod by Dr
M C Adams of Heroford who
Is 2nd It Governor of District
425
Tarwaters newly created area
comprised of some 24 counties In
tho South Plains Including Swish
cr Hale and Lubbock counties
was set up as a result of rear
rangcrncnt of areas In West Texas
this year Prior to this time thcro
as with the division point being
were only two areas In West Tex
just north of Lubbock Undei tho
now setup Area I will be composed
of Panhandle counties Area
2 wll Mi composed of tho upper
South Plains roglon and Arra 3
Is tho lower South Plains and
Pecos valloy regions
Toastmasters clubs at Tuho
Plainview and Lubbock u in
eluded In the nowly treato Arra
2
Tifwater has served in home
club at Plainview In the cupu v
ot Prosidunt Deputy Govrmoi
and Educational Director He fui
ther distinguished himself by mr >
nlng this years club speech contest
Area speech contest and
District 25 speech contest He
represented the state of Tcxai in
the Zone D speech contfit in
Oklahoma City In Juno but woi
defeated ot this meet
The area governors of thr other
two areas Jack Lovell of Dalhart
Area 1 and John Hraue of Midland
Area 3 together with Tar
water and Dr Adams will comprised
the West Texas council for
supervision of Toastmasters clubs
In Wast Texas until a new pro
visional district can be establish
ed
Attending a family reunlcn in
the Leo Gardner homo were her
sisters and their families Mr ard
Mrs R F Sanders Mr and Mrs
Howard Brlcc Mr and Mrs Bob
Arrlck and Van Mr and Mrs
Dill Sanders Mr and Mrs E M I
Rlnos Billy and Douglas Mr and I
Mrs A W Henry Mr and Mrs
Jont Henry Mike and Gary Mr
and Mrs Harry Youngblood and
Harry III Mrs Alice Short Smith
Mrs John F Lyncli Alice and I
Mary
Balloting To Determine Support Level
SECTION ONE TWO SECTIONS I
The TuLin Herald
Circulation 3153
VOL 46 NUMBER 32
Corering Sviiher County Like Tho Sunikht
TULIA Swisher County TEXAS THURSDAY AUGUST 6 1953
Otot 12000 Roaders
TWO SECTIONS
Wheat Quota Referendum
Is Called For August 14
If growers disapprove wheat marketing quotas In the August 14
referendum price support loans for the 1354 crop will be greatly
reduced
According to Richard T ODanlel chairman of the Swtiher
County PMA Committor If quotas are turned down the price support
loan will be cut almost in two and the loan will ba available only
for those who do not exceed their wheat acreage allotments Those
who exceed ihelr altoimentt have no assurance of any price
This according to Chairman O
Rural Neighbors
Of Vigo Pork
Have Meeting
The Vigo Park Rural Neighbors
Met In tho community building
recently Last Wednesday was
set as n work day Men were to
bring tractors and equipment suitable
for uprooting dead trees
getting tho grounds ready for
iandscaplng The women were to
bring lunch and the families were
lo come and eat together In order
to become better acquainted nnd
lo learn to bo better neighbors
Bill Tllllson from Meadow a
magician gave a two hour show
of fun and excitement Tho building
was full and everyone had an
enjoyable time
HERALD COLUMNIST
ON VACATION
C John Weslhof whoso Pulpit
and Presi column appears
weekly on tho cdltoral page Is on
vacation during August Senator
Lyndon Johnson ot Texas Is substituting
foi Westhof in tho next
four issues
If marketing quotas aro approv
rd the program will be oitom
puiled by acieago allotments
which will specify tho number of
acres of wheat permitted on each
farm The mulcting < uota for
onch eooporntltig farmer will bo
tho wheat grown on tho alloted
ncruago rugurdless of bushel pio
duted If whoat producejs roject
quotas In tho referendum thoy
will bo eligible for price supports
on 1054 whoat at only 30 poi cuil
o pnrltyi wherons tho current lev
el Is DO per cunt
Officials estimate at least 1130
000 farms would be subject to
tho quota if approved This would
Include any form with u wheat
acroogo In oxeuss of IS acres and
with a normal production of 200
bushels or mote
Tho total U S allotment of
lay of the land
lows Colorado 21150830 and 3
847000 Kansas 111374832 and 14
310000 Nebraska 3050818 and
4504000 Now Mexico 400084 and
Daniel Is the decision Which Gwis
hcr County wheat growers will
be up against when they vptc in
the referendum If quotas are approved
and It takes a twothirds
mojorlty to opprove wheat loans
to cooperators will bo at 00 percent
of parity If tho vole is unfavorable
tho lonn to cooperators
will be 50 per cent of parity
Parity as of June 15 was 2 42 a
bushel
Tho chalrmon explains that tho
program applies to alt farms where
tho seeded wheat acreage Is moro
than 15 acres and where the normal
production on the acreage
seeded is 200 bushels or more
Farmers having an Interest In the
wheat grown on such fanm aro
eligible to vote In thu referendum
Voting places In Swisher county
ate as follows
Happy HurmunToles Elo
vator Co
Tulla PMA Office
Kress Rockwell Bros Lum
bor Co
The election will be held August
14 ond the polls will be open
at the abovn polling plaees from
7am to 7 p in
Wheat farmors ovorywhore aro discussing the referendum called
by tho Secrolary ot Agrlcullute for August 14 to determine If they
aro In favor of markoling quotas for the 13S4 wheat crop At least
twothirds of the wheat farmors
volong In tho referendum musi ap
prove lhe controls If they are to beeomo effective
033000 Oklahoma 5212101 and
0034000 Texas 4800803 an < t 6
423000
Tcmpcratuios in Texus hivo re
mulncd hot over practically thu
ontliu month of July with scattered
thundorshowcrs giving somo re
lolf but additional inoUluro 11
qndly needed
In tho Texas Panhandly and
South Plains which normally produce
about 70 percent of the Texas
wheat crop many observers feel
I that wheal will have to be brought
in to seed the normal acreage
Total 10S3 wheat production for
tho state Is estimated by the JS
DA at 21081000 bushels or 02
percent of last years 3402u000
The official cotton acreago i > 4
tlmato for July 1 credits Texas
with having planted 9000000
02000000 acres would survo nsincro P ° r cent below the 11
basis for 750000 acres last Picking
a the quota This amounts
to a reduction of 10000000 below
the 77500000 acres planted for
I thi > 1053 crop Tho National allotment
is apportioned nmonS the
states and in turn among tho
counties on the bask ot the acreage
seeded to whont production
during tho proceeding 10 years
with adjustments for abnormal
weather and ucrense trends County
allotments will bo aportloncd
among tho Individual farms on
tho basis of past wheat acreage
tillable acres crop rotation practices
typo of soil and slopo and
yqur of
cotton is underway In the Houston
area with fair to good yields re
polled
Condition of the dry land cotton
and grain sorghums varies
greatly dopendlng on where local
thundershowers fell during the
last month A good deal of tho
dry land acreage Intended for
cotton Is being planted to quick
maturing grain sorghums
Mrs Mamie Elam
Presented Washer
Mrs Mamlo Elam 300 NW I
Tho state allotments compatcd was presented the automatic Dcn
wlth tho acreages planted to wheat I dlx washer at Llttlcjohn Bros
for this yuais crop in tho hard i Super Market Saturday afternoon
red winter wheat area aro as fol A crowd which pcrhapj equaled
the grand opening attendance was
on hand with automobiles parked
several blocks In each direction of
tho store
Tulia Musician At Interlochen
Young man practicing his oboe Herman Koaliay of Tulla liadi
hlmsel a tree slump and seis out for an hour or two of roheaiilng
Kermon is one of 18 Texans attending the National Mvulc camp at
Interlochen Michigan now in Its 2Eth season
Keahey the 15yearold son of Mr und Mrs Thomas Xeohey
studies piano accordion English horn and trombone In addition
to tht obce He alio plays in the national high school orchestra and
band nd Is a member of the Amarillo Symphony
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