The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex), Vol. 47, No. 21, Ed. 1, Thursday, May 27, 1954 Page: 1
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TEVENS TLOHAL at Canyon
has been phoning in several
classified ads each week
Ive gotten moro results from
those nds than from any Ive ever
run in a newspaper Mrs Stevens
said Saturday when she made her
weekly phone call j
TOWN TOPICS
RUVER community of 813 j
souls located in Hansford I
county where formers do not en1
joy the blessing of irrigation is a
notable example of what con be i
done when people ore progressive
ambitious and civicminded
TOWN TOPICS
VILLAGE perhaps one j
THIS
fifth the size of Tulia and
which depends upon a farming
area where crops are much more
uncertain has built a 300000
community auditorium 180000
Methodist church 100000 Daptist
church 40000 Masonic Temple
40000 Veterans building 100
000 high school 40000 school
cafeteria 50000 elementary
school 85000 school gymnasium
10000 city hall and a sewer and
water system
The town has only 43 business
establishments but 05 blocks of
paving
TOWN TOPICS
ATEST ADDITION to the
educational plant Includes
750seat auditorium which is larger
than Tulias one and only
school auditorium Gruver lias a
second school auditorium somewhat
smaller located in the high
school building making three major
public auditoriums in the communityTOWN TOPICS
GOES to show what a
JUST
community can have if the
people really want such things
TOWN TOPICS
E JOHNSONS untimely
death has stilled the No 1
voice of Democracy in this area
so far as the press is concerned
T E was not influenced by the
latest fads in political thinking
Ho was stable His political philosophy
was based on those great
fundamental principles which ho
believed to be best for the South
These underlying beliefs were the
rock of his political faith
Writing on politics for more
than 30 years T E saw personalities
come and go He saw the various
issues that invariably develop
in every political campaign But
ho was able to view these issues in
their proper perspective Ho was
able to distinguish between major
issues and unimportant ones i
And above all he had the cour
ago to stand up for his convictions
T E tried to please no one but
his own conscience There were
those who didnt like him because
of his opinions buf all respected j
him I
TOWN TOPICS
r ITH THE daily press almost j
entirely controlled by the
Republican philosophy Panhandle
Democrats had only T E to champion
their cause We Democrats
have lost our best friend Personally
we have lost more than a
friend This writer has lost his
most trusted adviser
town TOPICS
RECENT ISSUE of Time
Magazine contains the ed
itorial comment that without party
discipline the 2party system is
doomed
The writer does not mean that
every voter must be either a Democrat
or a Republican He may
also be an independent voting for
cither in the general elections
But if he elects to bo an independent
he has no right to participate
in the affairs of either the Democrats
or Republicans
We believe most intelligent people
understand the true meaning
of party discipline
In a nutshell it means nothing
inoro than being what you claim
to be It is selfdiscipline It means
the surrender of a personal opinion
for tho good of the group
Churches clubs and all organizations
must have discipline to survive
When a church calls a minister
sometimes the voting isnt unanimous
especially in the first balloting
After the minority sees that
a majority favors a particular
man it Is faced with two choices
It can accept the will of the majority
in the spirit of democracy
and lend Its support to the newman
for the good of all concerned
or it can sit in the corner and
pout obstructing everything the
new man tries to do Or perhaps it
can pull out and join another de
denomination
We all know which Is the honorable
and democratic choice
TOWN TOPICS
rE TEXANS have n family
problem to settle Ma sum
mor We need to forget about personalities
and consider the fundamental
issues at stake
The governor has broken with
both the state and national Democratic
parties He has publicly announced
his purpose to build a
party so strong that its voice wiU
be heard in every corner of the
natiorA He declared that this
party can never be counted on
In anybodys basket In any convention
adding that it will wear
no mans yoke Obviously he
meant that this party will wear
no mans yoke except his own
Whatever the governor has in
mind it is neither the Democratic
nor Republican party of which he
speaks
TOWN TO PICO
I OW WE HAVE no quarrel
with Shivers because he
holds these or any other views
This Is a free country where people
can think as they please But
Continued on page 8
Emmitt Tucker
His Ancient Arithmetic Text
Emmitt Tucker who has operated a grocery store in Tulia since
1909 examines an arithmetic book published in Memphis Tcnn on
Feb 15 1869 The book was passed on to Mr Tucker by his father
D A Tucker who lived at Holly Springs Mississippi only 17 miles
south of Memphis Lorn in 1848 the elder Mr Tucker was a school
teacher
mental or physical labor Hence
Although the book Practical tho reader will never be able to
Arithmetic is in a fair state of see and appreciate this improvo
prescrvation mice have enjoyed a i ment its beauties and advantages
few meals and perhaps a bit of until he has worked every exam
mathematical knowledge making pie in the book at least five
it Impossible to ascertain tho name times
of tho author who said In the pre1 Indicative of tho fact that gen
face erations change little in their bas
It is a law of our nature that ic thinking the author continued
after wo become habituated and
confirmed in some longadopted
mode of doing anything it is almost
impossible to quit it for
something that wo do not understand
quite so well and moro par
Progress during rie last con
tury seems to bo the order of
man at least it is characteristic
Nearly 100 was taken from I ovcs Hillcrest service station last
Wednesday night Entrance to the station was gained by breaking
the glass in the rest room window I
The amount taken used for
Faculty Play
Directed By
Tech Grad
Director of The Tinker a
lhreoacl comedy presented by
Tulia faculty members on Monday
ovening May 17 is a for
mar Tech graduate Mr Douglas
C Buirous who xtcelved his
B 3 degTeo ii 1952 with a major
in education and speech
Despite hall warnings throughout
the afternoon The Tinker
played to a capacity crowd filling
the entire Tulia School Auditorium
and grossing 38036 in ticket
sales Net proceeds after payment
of royalty to Walter H Baker
Company printing costs and incidentals
amounted to 33516
which will be used to establish a
scholarship fund for the Mildred
Hulsey Chapter of the Future Teachers
of America I was proud
said Mr Burrous to have a part
In this civic undertaking sponsored
by Tulia Classroom Teachers
and Swisher County Unit of T S
T A
Besides the Tulia faculty play
Mr Burrous has been active in
Club
program the Tulia Senior
Continued on page 8
Mrs J L Chenault
Dies At Canyon
Mrs Eula Alice Chenault < 50
died Friday at her home in Canyon
She moved to Canyon three
years ago from Tulia Funeral services
were held Sunday in Canyon
with burial in Dreamland ceme
taryMrs
Mrs Chenault was a member
of the Church of Christ
Suvlvors include her husband
J L Chenault of Canyon one dau
ghter Mrs Edwin Caikey of Canyon
one brother Joe S Smith
Escondido Calif six sisters Mrs
Kitty Green Escondido Mrs
James Barrington Ontario Calif
and Mrs Tom Famham and Mrs
Olive N Green both of Vista
Calif Mrs Elsie Jones Sweet
Dallas Texcs
Drouth Apparently Ended
eoviiUJNte swisRiji coiiNtv urn thi sunshine
The TuLin He
VOL 47 MlMllER 21
11 LI Swilur County TEXAS THURSDAY MAY 27 1931
Record Includes
Herald Article
The Tulia Herald has again
oroki n into the Congressional
Record
A recent article concerning soil
conservation its goals the principles
on which it is based and the
debt which citizens owe to the soil
uccntlv was inserted in the He
c ird on the motion of Senator Lyn
don 13 Johnson of Texas
An article in The Tulia Herald
sets forth tlie principles on
which the nationwide soilcon
servation program is based Senator
Johnson told the Senate
These principles ore of fundamental
importance to the entire country
I ask unanimous consent that
the article from the Tulia Herald
bo printed in the Record
our foreign policy is definitely in
order Legitimate constructive
criticism must not bo restrained
It will take united brainpower and
I determination to see our nation
through
But criticism while unrestrained
must be constructive and
must not interfere with cooperation
among all Americans to meet
common goals As Senate Democratic
Leader I told tho Senate
last week
weekwo
wo are ready to meet the
President and tho Administration
more than half way As responsible
men we are ready at anytime
to cooperate in tho preservation
of our country
This is definitely a time to stop
fighting our fellow Americans and
concentrate on fighting communism
the enemy that would destroy
us all
As this is written I recently
have attended another conference
between leaders of Congress and
Secretary of State Dulles I can
discuss details of the con
not
ference but I will say no one there
pretended tho outlook is anything
but bleak
A very grave threat exists to
of our age while life presents I IndoChina
to the entire Ton
tho appearance of a great battle I kin Delta even to all Asia Tho
And it is to this battle of mind j communist aggressors may bo ox
ticularly if it is something new and i that we are indebted for all that is pected to press forward
requires any mental labor But I noble in science and useful in The conclusion cannot be cs
lt should bo remembered that thej the arts for all that is excellent i caped that American forcgln pol j
only truly educated man is a con1 in Invention and grand in discov icy has suffered a stunning rover
stant student from childhood to ery saj
old age and that we never obtain The elder Mr Tucker was a pas
anything that is valuable for which sengcr on the first passenger train
we deserve any merit but by such into Tulia in December 1000
Thief Takes SI 00 In Hidden Cash
rom Hillcrest Service Station
change was hidden in the statiqn
The thief apparently knew Its location
Nothing else was taken from
the station
The thiefs footprints were traced
across the acreage to the rear
and northwest of the station
No arrests had been made
presstlme
at
The bitter truth is that we have
been caught bluffing by our en
I cmles
1 Our friends and allies are frl
I ghtoned and wondering as wo
ourselves wonder where we
are headed Wo stand in danger
j of being left naked and alone in
a hostile world
These are the hard fart We
must face up to their implications
Show To Benefit
THS Vespa Club
STAR TIME gala extravaganza
displaying tho talents of
somo 40 entertainers will be
presented Monday evening at l
8 oclock In the Tulia school aud j
itorlum
Directed by Mrs O M Evans
the show will feature the dancing
pupils of Mrs Evans plus singing
numbers and novolty acts Entertainers
will be costumed and will
Slave appropriate background
scenery
The Tulia Stage Band will fur
water andMrsI
poyalComp 0 fi D
nish the music throughout the
evening
All proceeds of Star Time
will go to the Vespa Club an or I
ganization of girls at Tulia High j
school Members ot the Vespa
Club are selling tickets at price
of 2Sc for children and 50c for
adults
Personnel of the show are Gall
Stringer Mary Sue Featherston
Karen Kay Waddlil Betty Jade
Simpson Susan Barbour Linda
Knowles Donna Edwards Betty
Jean Evans Peggy Harris Martha
Raymond Sharon Rice Judy
any Ferguson
other school and civic projects tw ° greatgrandchildren Krnily Ward Lynda Iu Waddill
during the current school term Mrs Chcnaulfs only son died Donald Ray Sarchet Mike Zleg
Robert Bonds Is
Reported Improved
Robert Bonds Is reported to be
recovering from heart surgery
which he underwent last week In
Presbyterian Hospital in Philadelphia
Pa
Attending physicians are reported
to have said that his reaction
to tho rare surgery has been more
satisfactory than that of previous
cases The second day ho was nearer
to recovery than were the other
patients after fivo days
A plastic valvo was placed in
his heart
Mrs Jess Hartwlck of San Antonio
has returned homo after visiting
her aunt Mrs F P Englo
man and other friends in Tulia
TWO SECTIONS
Randall County Death Trap
Claims 19YearOld Tulian
Gerald Diw Pearson 19yearold son of Mr ami Mrs P D
Prnnon died late Saturday afternoon of injuries rixeived Friday
afternoon in a traffic accident on Highways G007 about five miles
miles north of Canyon Injured in the same accident wm Ulys
Kirby 19 son of Mrs Myrtle Kirby of Tulia who sustained n
T T Zl broken thmilder
Swisher Men Report
For Army Examinations
Swisher men ordered to report
for proinduction examinations by
Local Board No 45 Sclcctlvo Service
are Joo Don Deuringcr Tulia
Barney Russell Christosson Kross
Bobble James Stubblefield Happy
Jimmy Ray Galloway Kress and
Harry Dale Noble Tulln
Johnson Says Demos Will Meet
Eisenhower More Than Half Way
As America Fights For Survival
11Y LYNDON 11 JOHNSON
With each passing day it becomes increasingly apparent that
tin free world suffered a major setback with the fall of Dien llien Phu
The military importance of the fortress has undoubtedly been
exaggerated Hut the psychological cffecti of this reversal in the midst
of the Geneva conference are serious beyond mcastne
A thoroughgoing reappraisal of
Kirby was driving ih large
trailertruck en route to Amarllln
for a load of sand and gravel
Guy Knowles local trucker was
owner ot the vehicle Tho truck
apparently was traveling In the
center lane and took to the wost
bar ditch to dodge an oncoming
car according to reports It snapped
a footthick tree trunk splintered
another and then overturned
The trailer broke loosa from the
cab and rolled a short distance
past the wreck Tho cab was almost
totally demolished
Skid marks showed the truck
was beginning to jackknlfo when
It hit the tree and the cab was
turned after the impact It camo
to rest pointed toward Canyon
with the top leaning against a
other tree
Sheriff L S Johnston of Ron
dall county described the accident
as a good case of a threelane
highway
Pearson was not believed to be
seriously Injured until early Sunday
morning when Ills condition
took a turn for the worse Ho was
born Feb 10 1935 In Hamlin and
had spent most ot his life In Tulia
and attended Tulia schools
Survivors besides the parents
Include two sisters Sandra and
Evelyn of Tulia and tho grandparents
Mr and Mrs J N Pear
son Stamford
Scott Tulia
Funeral services were hold
Sunday afternoon at tho Tulia
Church of Christ W P Dennis
and Morgan Sturgoss Church of
Christ ministers officiated Burial
was in Rose Hill cemetery under
tho direction of Wallace Funeral
Home
Pallbearers were Ulys Kirby
Vernon Patton Guy W Knowles
James Bennett Cox Buddy Danlol
Joo Wood Mote Richard Caglc
Don Henthorn and Carlos Ncwby
Wheat Harvesters
Sunday Deluge Inflicts Severe
Damage To Crops In Kress Area
Drouthbreaking riitn have continued to blanket West Texas
hiring the past week The fall in the Tulia lira has not been heavy
but has delijed the planting of cotton Cotton fanners in many
instances arc fcaiful that the delay if it continues will re > ult in
too Kite cotton All u > rvc thit the riins arc providing valuable undcr
kjicuuid tnnKiuir and ill Nigm point to a breaking of the drouth
whkh ha fot mvckiI years
Tulia was more fortunato than
Dolores Hutfo
Wins THS Award
Annual awards always covoi
ed by Tulia high school tenters
woro mtnouncod Friday night at
Class Night oxcrelsos held In the
school auditorium
Dolores Hutto senior class president
and winner of many high
school honors was presented tho
Tulia High School award former
ly known as the Balfour award I
and considered the top honor each I
year Supt W V Swinburn mode
the presentation I
Other awardB Included American
Legion Citizenship presented to
Charles Whltsett by Grady Urlggs
Sorosis Club Citizenship Juanelva
Hose presented by Mrs It C 11111
Womans Study Club George
Horemon by Mrs Walker Jones
English award Jane Cobb by Mrs
O K Woodall Thespian award
Charles Whltsett by Barbara
Flyntj Soil Conservation District
Essay Winners Charles Whltsett
ALIIKH iu VII1T ii ou t
green to be li irvi ti d a tno ni Tuhi harvesters
did not make tin ir tup in vain II I Gran
tham right Chaiks iiantharn 1 i > on left
and Mrlvin Chapman soninlaw diiplay II
timc
ride are Joyce Measles June Hen
having directed a play Peace I April In California j Drenda Burk Qulnn Ford David Butler
Give Unto You for Tulia Lions
t
Mrs I F SoRclIe of Canyon fro Debbie MiLJfian Miko Brooks Bobby Vandcrgriff Jerry
w 3 a Tulia vlcltor Monday Linda Corbin Rodney Harris Larrs Patsy Vandergr ff
< ii nun 1
irijiihim
pn tiiir U J
uip lh
pounds
i aii ia nt ar the
Id
lunir ai lilui Kiv < r Okla Not in the
irantham who il > made the
t fi h uuight weighed 14
Have > viu ever mtii women play soflball
Perhaps > but were the women mounted at lean part oi the wpu Rllrjdv PoDDICS
A group of Tulia women have agreed to participate in a donkey On Sale TIllS Week
Tulia Lions club is sponsoring
the event to raise funds to equip
a second smallfry softball team
for local league play The club is
now sponsoring one team Admis
sion to the game will be 50c for
adults and 2Sc for children
Ralph E Godfrey ot Crescent
Okla is furnishing the donkeys
In addition to the game there
will be donkey races tugowar on
donkeys and a trick mule act
Women who have agreed to
Nelson Doris
Webb Juanita
Hendrix Sue Ward LldaRhea
Cox Deona Mabry Peggy Hot
ton Wanda Alexander Joyce CozensDonald Stout who is serving
in the army at Gulfport Miss has
been spending a furlough with his
used for the
Culver Norma j benefit of the men new crving
Prather Eathcr In the Armed Forces neity war
1 widows
veterans and orphans and
of deceased veterans
The need has never Ijeen greater
Auxiliary President Vanda
Lee Humphries said
The annual sale of VFW Buddy
poppies enubles all citiwns to
show their gratitude to service
Linda Pritchard parents Mr and Mrs J H Stout I men and to have a part in con
iMary Beth Harmon Donnio RenGary Pritchard Connie Cosby Jack Ballanger har been visit tinulng the assistance rendered to
vetci aid
wd ing friends and reativcs here needy djblrd v r jdi
1 whdo on leave from the navy thmr fanW >
many aroas Where the heavy ralm
liavo damaged crop and property
Damage to Hoiwall N M lait
week was over 1 million
Torrents of rain and beating
hall Sunday afternoon wreaked
severe crop damage in tho southern
part of Swisher county A
chainlike strip extending from n
few miles north of Olton in Lamb
county to northwest of Kress was
apprently hardest hit
Several fields of wheat in the
Kress vicinity sufforcd 100 percent
damage Wheat northeast of
Olton was damaged uti estimated
50 per cent
Tho drouth is dollnitoly bro
kon fnrmors agree arid ihoso
who havo all of their cotton ac
roago to tood or replant nro
dooply concerned as the planting
season is waning fast Thoro has
been soma grain sorghum acre
ago plnntod but not onough lo
cauio approclablo Isis
Carl Losson of Kress contacted
numerous farmers in his placo
of business Ho said an inch or
more of rain fell on Kress In 30
minutes Hall was thrco or four
Inches deep In spots o few miles
northwest of Kress
Cecil Rousser Virgil Hill Loyd
1st Ilobert Aycoek 3nd Joe Don
Leach 3rd given by Sid Payne I li T J
n n
Classroom Teachers Scholarship
mers whose whont
to Mary Jane Brown by Miss Har
el Williams Klwanis Award to
Don Bauer by Sam Apploton
Lions Award to Jimmle Tomlln
son by It L Llttlo Hornet Booster
club award by Aek Simpson and
IjxLetlorman award by Chink
Tucker both presented to Shot
Hutson Arlon Foundation award
to Juanelva Rose by Allen Plttsor
Jimmle Tomllnson and Wyllu
Berry were presented scholarships
to several church collcgos
W L Walker proiont a gift to
Hazel Williams president of tho
and Mrs Belle olassroom teachers and Mrs Shlr
ley Scott mado aprescntatlon to
Supt and Mrs W V Swinburn
Robert Aycoek and Jon Whlttcn
wero recognized for their work In
keeping tho gate at basketball
games
EASTERN STAn SETS
DAKED rOOD SALE
Tulia Eastern Slar will hold
a bake sale Saturday at Little
Johns Super Market
The sale will begin at 0 am
Burt and
among far
was severely
damaged somo of it 100 per cent
Roma Hoggs six miles cast of
Kress received only a sprinkle of
rain At tho Cecil Pate place in
Center Plains community nino
miles wost ot Kress there wiu an
Inch of rain but no hail
At tho J O Bass farm a few
miles oast of Edmonson three
inches ot rain fell with severo
hall Two inches fell in that area
Friday night
Heavy damage was reported in
thu Newlln and Salisbury communities
In central Hall county
Water rose above the floor levels
in many homos One homo has 23
incites of water
Extent of tho damngo caused
by tho May 3 iroozo Is still not
fully known but it Is bocomlng
increasingly epparont ih tho high
plains Holds caught in the bloom
stage
Recent rains has extended the
opening of harvest to Juno 10 to
12 < ln Swlthor county Tho wheat
has rosponded well to lato rains
and the yield Is expected to bo
above earlier estimates In Hale
Briscoe Floyd and Swisher countiesMrs Whitehurst
s Buried Here
Funeral sorvlcos for Mrs
Mary Ella Whllehurst 81 wero
held Saturday afternoon at iho
First Baptist church with Ror
W Hell necord pastor oiftcai
ing Mrs Whitehurst died Friday in
jher home 021 East Broadway She
had been ill for several month
Born In Wood county ho was
tho daughter of the lato Mr and
Mis Jack Harris She moved to
Swisher county m 1023 anl hrt
lwt rt here since
Suivlvors Incleie five daughters
Mrs Blrtle Bnrhi San Antonio
Mrs Earl Malum Mrs cieorgn
1 Tucker Mrs K ft enscy nnd Mr
I C Sharp 11 of Iulia one
Temple WhC he Los An <
Calif 1 one i r til i A J 11 nri
Tulia 111 K n dren an i 12
great grindci < i
Burial was in > > Hill eme
Uiy under direction ot Wi
Funeral Home
Pallbearer were Loiairie Hiii
Lubbock Jim Harris Edwnd Uo
i Harris of Hart J D flair Dun
I Mills and David Burgess
I
Tulia May Get
New Post Office
W can look for Texas to get
some new federal buildings under
the bill providing for private
construction under a lease
pucluue agreement which would
giro h government eventual
title to the buildings according
to Senator Lyndon B Johnson
Data reviewed by Senate and
toitball game Monday night beginning at 8 oclock on lite school
softball diamond The uamc will be puyea like any oilier softball Tni W Weck in Tula > House committees indicate Texas
dto t vrw 0nciais probably would rank fourth amonjj
a I runs must be made on the Imck of donkeys I
game Brown made the
Cobb Joyce Grubb Dolores Hut1 During the period poppies for
to Alma Hutto UHy Hendrick j lapels will be on sale proceeds I
tiom which will be
Dorothy Ryan Jane LofUn Nancy
all states in the construction program
Some 250 Texas cities wero
listed as eligible for a total of
286 projects including postoffices
courthouse customs buildings and
immigration buildings he con
cluded
Tulia has been approved for anew
poatoffiee for several years
The Korean war halted new construction
In 1050
Mrs H I Montgomery ot Nan
ton Alberta Canada has been
visiting her sister Mrs T P
Engleman
Joo lli > hardson returatd Saturday
tram the hospital in Amartllo
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Baggarly, Herbert Milton. The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex), Vol. 47, No. 21, Ed. 1, Thursday, May 27, 1954, newspaper, May 27, 1954; Tulia, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth45880/m1/1/: accessed May 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Swisher County Library.