The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex), Vol. 47, No. 1, Ed. 1, Thursday, January 7, 1954 Page: 1
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YOUNG Hollywood starlet
A
who had just married her
fourth husband was Interviewed
the other night Among other
things she was asked why so
many Hollywood divorces
Quickly she admitted the frequency
of Hollywood divorces
but insisted that they were just
given more publicity than those
among persons less wellknown
My parents were divorced In
fact everybody I know is divorced
she chirped
It Is true that the Hollywood
divorce rate Is actually lower than
the national rate It is true that
divorces granted persons less well
known are less publicized
But her comment that everybody
I know is divorced is a sad
commentary on life among this
segment of society
TOWN TOPICS
THE sweet young thing
THEN asked her opinion about
the nctrcss who was alleged to
have been asked to leave Korea
because of her ermine twopiece
bathing suit
She should have been permitted
to wear her ermine she said
because 95 per cent of the boys
would rather have seen her in a
twopiece bathing suit than in
slacks
Besides she concluded the
girl should have been considered
a hero for donning a bathing suit
In below zero weather just to entertain
the boys
TOWN TOPICS
HE REASONING of a large seg
ment of our people is re
flected in this interview
It is not true that what the
majority want is necessarily
right and moral It is not true
that public acceptance can make
an immoral practice moral
TOWN TOPICS
HERALD has congratulatTHE
ed Clint Formby on his securing
a permit to construct in
Tulia a 1000watt station Although
this new station will provide
additional competition in
some ways still we cannot go along
with those newspapers who
attempt to keep radio stations out
by requesting the same frequency
1hus throwing the application into
a hearing
It is our belief that a radio station
can make a contribution to the
growth of this community And
this papers growth results from
he overall growth of the community
not from keeping out legitimate
competition by artificial
means thus holding back the natural
growth of Tulia
We welcome this new station
with which we hope to work hand
in hand in drawing more trade to
Tulia building a bigger and better
community
TOWN TOPICS
T IS OUR belief that Tulia
has not even scratched the
urface of her trade territory It
i amazing to note the number of
Swi her dollars that find their
v > out of the county
Some Tulia merchants have
it something about this situat
> n Some have built stores as mo
> i n and as attractive as any in
Amarillo Their prices are com
pititive and as a result many
i uonal Swishei families no
i nitr find it profitable to pat
i i 7ze similar stores in larger communitiesOther Tulia business concerns
i ore competing with outof
ijwn merchants For example a
Wavside man told us once that
Tulia implement dealers gave the
iet service to be found between
uurdlo and Lubbock
But on the other hand we some
tmes hear disquieting comments
from the trade territory Some
complain that certain merchants
do not treat them with respect and
courtesy Some complain that
ome merchants are rather indif
tcicnt about performing certain
ordering an outot
i rvice or
is littler
which there
i k item m
r profir Some say they are
1 ted us 11 t id merchant did not
r whettHt or not he got their
uncss chiks are not alert and
ivnmodatmg
TOWN TOPICS
PROBLEMS concern
THESE not just the
utuhant involved
We Tulia merchants must rem
ii i i that what helps one helps
1 Likewise what hurls one
iuin all We are all in the samo
u > omic boat We need to pre
i united front of courtesy
iorl service attractive merchan
in and competitive prices
ru o doing we can make peo
WANT to come to Tulia in
r fcience to Amarillo or Plain
v ov They will begin to find that
Tuba is offering everything to be
Ijuid in the larger places and in
nton has additional services
convenient parking
j i as more
meters greater accoss
r i parking
litv and more personalized ser
TOWN TOPICS
rHEN W LEE ODaniel
made his first successful
ci m polities and was elected
Lovtrnor of Texas his name was
ociated in many quarters with
Ad ago pensions In fact ODaniel
d old age pensions became yn
mmous It no doubt had much
jo with his subsequent election
the U S Senate
Walter Rogers has noted some
reversals since those
rjther queer
da s
ODanlel advocated a program
t pay aU persons over 65 a pen
Much of the criticism to his
tDO
proposal came from sources that
were selfadvertised as ultra
oncrvative These sources con
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munity but are not attending
Schools All children within the
appropriate age brackets must be
enumerated whether or not they
are enrolled in school The school
loses 08 for each one missed
Any person knowing of children
whom they have reason to suppose
have not been enumerated
are requested to phone Mn Pan
nell at 5444S who will investigate
Fire Department
Makes Fewer Calls
During Past Year
TulU Fire Department answered
27 calls during 1053 according to
John Itice fire marshall Eleven
of these calls were outside of the
city limits Insurance paid as a result
of these blazes amounted to
586013
During 1952 34 calls wert made
12 of which were out of town Insurance
paid on these fires totaled
only 345
loro T rvlco Sales Co
FCC Authorizes 1000 Watt tulia Radio Station
The Federal Communications Commission last Thursday granted
the Tulia Broadcasting Co a jKrntit for a radio station in Tulia
The station a 1000 watt to operate on 1260 kilocycles daylight only
will Ix the first radio stutioi in Swisher county
Postal Receipts
Make Office
First Class
Postal receipts during 1953 apparently
have made Tulia a first
class post office according to
Acting Postmaster Shirley Scott
During 1952 the receipts zoomed
to an alltlme high stopping only
Clint Formby manager of Station
KPAN Hereford is president
of the broadcasting company which
also operates KFLD at Floydada
He told the Herald that the permit
was granted before he expected
it and ns a result he had not
begun negotiations for an appropriate
location for the transmitter
land stidlos About six or eight
acres are needed
After a tentative location has
been secured it must be approved
by the FCC and CAA before construction
can begin
Formby said that the station
would not bo in operation for at
least six months and that at pre
33221 short of the 40000 mark sent it plans no network affilla
whlch is the dividing lino between tlons
first and second class offices
The 1953 figure was 4204108
The fourth quarter of 1953 hit
1500400 compared with 13
70993 for the same period of 1952
It is likely that the change in
designation will come by July
The station same power us
KAMQ and KLYN at Amarillo and
KSEL nt Lubbock will bo the
most powerful between Lubbock
and Amarillo Most stations in
towns the size of Tulia arc 250
watts power
Nation s Fashion Spotlight
On Memphis Last Night
Tic nations fashion spotlight and the eyes of the entire cotton
industry were on Memphis Term last night when a brawnhaired
Tulia girl and 19 other cotton state beauties competed for the 195t
Maid of Cotton crown
Judging had not been completed
at prosstimo
Carolyn Llndley 20 r arold
daughter of Mr and Mrs II 11
Llndley of Tulia has tteeli taking
part In the colorful twftti ty pageant
since her arrival Monday in
Company with her mother
The National Broadcasting Company
was to carry thoinals last
night on tbo coasttowmst NBC
network
One of four Texas girls named
for the finals of this 10th annual
contest Miss Llndley s entry was
sponsored by the Student Council
V1
Miss Agnes Clara Hanson Arrives Here
Friday Amid Shower Of Valuable Gifts
MR AND MRS JOHN B HANSON farmers
living west of Tulia on the Bellinghausen farm
arc the parents of the first baby born in Swisher
county durini the New Year
Little Miss Agnes Clara Hanson weighing
nearly five pounds made her debut at 11 3f >
She tho ninth child
a in New Years Day was
of the Hansons all of whom were delivered by
Dr K P Stewart in Swisher County Hospital
The five living childn n are Jerome 13 An
drew 7 James i Martha Ann 14 and Hetty
Mae 12
Mrs Hanson is the former Marie Belling
hausen The couple was married Nov 19 1930
at Nazareth
The Hansons do all their trading hanking
and doctoring in Tulia
We wanted a girl admitted Mrs Hanson
The Hansons were presented an array of
valuable prizes by leading Tulia inercliants in
The Herald s annual baby derby Herald Photo
The annual school census usually conducted in the spring has
been moed to Januarv All children must be enumerated except thosi
born or oi bfore Sept I 1W6 or after Sept 1 1918
Important Year
To Pay Pol
Taxes in Texas
Swisher citizens are reminded
that poll taxes must be paid this
month Bvery election requires
a poll tax receipt for voting elig
ibility
Voters this year will elect anew
city commission school board
members itate and county official
U S Senator and other important
official In addition It Is
possible that Tullan may vote
on a city manageraldermanic
type of government and there Is
always the possibility of a bond
election
Lack of a poll tax receipt disfranchises
any otherwise qualified
citizen from voting
COTTON FARMERS
SET MEETING
Swisher County cotton farmers
will meet Thursday night at 730
oclock in the school auditorium
to discuss acreage allotments and
the possibility of getting more cotton
acreage
The census blanks wil be sent
to each family as in the past They
arc to be filled in correct signed
and returned to Mrs Floyd Pan
ncll census director
One of the primary problems is
getting the names of youngsters of
scholastic age who have not yet
enrolled in school and those who
have recently moved into the com
The Tulia Invitational basket
ball tournament has been set for
Jan 14 15 and 1G at the high
school gym with IS teams entered
in boys and girls divisionsEight teams entered In the boys
bracket include Dalhart Silverton
Olton Price college New Deal
Springlake Tulia and Far well
Girls entries include Dalhart Sil
verton Olton Claude Canyon
River Road Tulia and Farwell
The meet gets underway
Thursday at 130 pm when Olton
meets Claude in the giili bracket
followed by a boys game at 250
between New Deal and Spring
lake
lakeAt
At 410 pm Canyons girls take
on River Road girls and at 0 p
rn Olton meets Price college in
the boys division Thursday night
games finds Tulia battling Far
islon and an hour and 20 minutes
later in the boys bracket
Tulia vies with Farwell
Trophies will be awarded the
champions third place and consolation
teams Finals are set for
Saturday night at 730 In the girls
division and the boys championship
will be at 840
Visiting during the holidays in
the parental C W Lash home
were Mr and Mrs Thomas Boyd
and sons of Artesia NM and
Mr and Mrs Bob Crawford and
ssns of Albuquerque N M
Tulia girl has competed for a
national honor and one of tho
few times n Tulia beauty has
participated in n major contest
The former Dorothy Rao Ulvens
now Mrs R 11 Miller Jr was
queen of the TrtSlate Fair in
1940 and represented West Texas
at the American Royal in Kansas
City
Tho public appearances which
will be required of Miss Llndley
during the contest will not be now
experiences for her Last summer
she appeared as Ruest soloist with
Frankie Carles orchestra in Denver
when she was attending the
of Baylor university where she is summer session of the University
a senior elementary education of Colorado In 1952 she sang sev
major cral selection at the regular ships
This was the first time the concert of the Queen Mary while
Mr and Mrs Karl Belle Cosby
returned to Mayo Clinic In Rochester
Minn last weekend where he
will receive additional treatment
He has been suffering from a
throat ailment
allday program which will include
technically trained specialists
and practical farmers who are
well qualified to discuss means
of securing higher yields from
every acre farmed Soil Management
means of Increasing the organic
content of fields and the
water holding capacity of soil
commercial fertilizer and simplified
means of applying Irrigation
water will have important places
on the program A Denver banked
whose expcrifnr with farmen
traveling to Europe
On hand to give assistance to
the young women was Candy
Jones famous Now York beauty
director who gave each girl nn
abbreviated version of tho Con
over Career Girl modeling courseThis years Judging committee
was headed by Nancy White Good
Housekeeping Magazlnu fashion
editor Basis for tho selection of
the Maid was personality poise
intelligence and bnckgiound as
well as beauty
Prominent Clergyman Ends
4Day Bible Conference Tonight
Dr ltrn T Webb one of the Smiths most eminent Bible tra
in pistoi will conclude a 1day Bible lonfrreiuc tonight
Tub bank deposits as of Dee
31 tttri slifhtl > less than the fig
uic a ear ago
The Dec 31 1053 figure was
0200732 43 compared with
42235593 on the last day o 1952
Loans on Dee 31 1953 were
144068001 compared with 1
00704720 on tho same day of 1952
J I Gurley
Dies At Happy
Funeral services for Jamas
E Gurloy 67 yoart old of Happy
wero conduclod Wednesday
afternoon at tho First Prcsby
ierlan church at Happy Mr Gur
ley died at his home lato Monday
night following an lllnoss o
about lOmonihs
He underwent surgery last summer
from which he never recoveredMr Gurley was born Oct 7
1880 at Harrison Ark He moved
to Happy in 1008 where he farm
ed At one time he was managei
of the Farmers Grain Co of Happy
On Oct 20 1019 he Avas mar
ried to Miss Tollle Cook of Happy
Mr Gurley was an elder in the
Presbyterian church a Mason
and a veteran of World War I
Funeral services wero conducted
by Rev Charles Yeargan pastor
aslstcd by Dr E I Fincher
of Amarillo
Pallbearers were Ross Forsyth
George Rahlfz O II Uahlfs Otis
Harman Arthur Miller John Sims
Jay Greenfield and Charles Spear
Survivors Include the wife one
son Bob Gurley of Del Rio one
daughter Mrs Eugene Sims of
Happy two brothers Holland Gur
ley of Alpena Pass rk and J O
Gurley of Los Angeles Calif
three sisters Mrs Lois McCullum
of Dallas Mrs Bsrt Plotts of Al
pena Pass and Mrs Ada Mapes of
Alpena Pass and two grandchildrenBurial was in the Happy cemetery
it the lirsl Baptist church
Dr Webb is pastor of the First
Baptist church at Sun Antonio
He was guest speaker Tuesday
nt the Kiwanis luncheon Using n
philosophical theme he developed
his thoughts from the ancient
philosophies know thyself control
thyself and finally deny
thyself
Following tho path of least resistance
is what makes rivers
and men cranked aald Dr
V > bb
With his epigrammatic style of
driving heme his thoughts he
stimulated the ihlnWng of his
listeners In n way which inltiatud
meditation lasting much longer
than his lectures
The office nf the minister is
to comfort the afflicted and to
afflict the comfortable ho told
tho ministers present Every dog
ought to have at least one flea
Dr Webb Is the father of Mrs
Fred V Richards of Tulia
High Point Man
At Tournament
Dolores Hutto was high point
player at the Silverton basketball
tournament She scored 39 points
against Qultuque and 20 points
against Memphis The Tulia girls
team placed second at the tournament
Mis Hutto a senior and
Betty Ruth Watts n freshman
made AllTournamont team
Miss Watts had not been on the
slrting lineup until this tournamentTulia Girls B team and Buys
B did not place Additional information
concerning the tournament
will be found in In the Sport
light
R F ORM8BY DIES
HERE TUESDAY NIGHT
R F Ormsby 04 died Tuesday
night In Swisher County Hospital
Funeral services will be conducted
Thursday at 230 pm at the
First Baptist church Complete
obituary will follow in the next
tasue
Plans Are Made For Annual
Soils Building Day Program
Soils Building Day plans were complete d at a recent meeting
of the general committee headed by Calvin D Hclcomb < ounty jigent
All farmers and businessmen and ranchers well qualifies him to
are urged to circle Saturday Feb
27 and make plans to attend toe
bring an Inspiring message to
those attending the Sous Building
Meeting will be on hand to tell
of his experience
To work with County Agent
Holcornb in making Soils Building
Day a gala one in Tulia Is a
special commitee of business mtn
and farmers composed of Cy Free
man J W Cox Claude Shelton
IL M Baggarly L E McDonald
O K Woodall Elmer Crag Rob
ert S Francy District Extension
Agent Wellon H Jones and Burlington
Lines Agricultural Agent
A K Heppcrly
Hutchison Farm House Fire
Said To Be Work Of Arsonist
John Rice Fire Marshall said this week that the fire which destroyed
the Chester Hutchison farm house 1 12 miles north of
Tulia last Wednesday night was obviously the work of an arsonist
The 5room house was vacant at
Store To Replace
Gadget Fillers
Home Furniture has announced
an Incorrect telephone listing on
the gadgets recently distributed
to fit on the dials of telephones
It G Holman said that new fillers
had been ordered to replace
the ones already diirlbuted
The gadgets were correct when
ordered but later It was decided
to have separate numbers for the
fire and police departments
Use of County Machinery
Obi Farms Said To Be Illegal
l c of counts mad tnuhineiv to die initiation well slush pit
iiul to do utlier work for farmer i illegal u < fording to Dennis Zini
mettnann county attorney
In a letter to Claude T Shclton
county Judge and the County
Commissioners Mr Zlmmermann
said
It is m > understanding that
the commissioners court having
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TULIA Swisher County TEXAS THURSDAY JANUARY 7 1954
THREE SECTIONS
been threatened with suit on account
of the use of countys road
machinery to dig Irrigation well
slush pits and other work for farmers
you desire an opinion ns to
whether or not you hnvo tho authority
to do so
I have carefully considered several
Opinions by tho Attorney
Gcnoral on tho subject and havo
carefully investigated tho law and
1 am or the opinion that such use
of the countys machinery Is Illegal
and that you by doing so aro
subject to such penalties ns the
law provides Except you aro aut
horixutl to use the machinery for
soil conservation work provided
the Commissioners court is requested
to do so and finds that the
machinery Is not needed for county
work niul tho land owner first
enters Into n written contract with
the court for such work
In addition to such machinery
so used being Illegal except for
soil conservation work I nm of
the opinion that If any property
damage or personal injury results
fiom such use that the commissioner
permitting the machinery to
be Used for such Illegal purpnso
would bo personally liable for such
damage or Injury
s
Annual audit or Tullit Rural Independent
School district has
been completed by Sedgwick and
Webb public accountants School
accounts were found to bo In
order mid copies may be examln
ed by the public either nt tho city
hall or at thohlgh school building
Balance on hand In all accouts
as of Aug 31 1053 was 4071044
PTA Program To
Feature Fathers
Tulin ParentTeachers association
will meet Monday night at
730 o clock at the school cafeteria
M T Glenn will be program
chairmmi with the fathers presenting
the program
All school friend and patrons
aie invited
Polio Funds Take Offensive
n Drive Against Crippler
Annual Man li of Dimes drive is underway in Tulia and throughout
the nation Claude T Shrlton county campaign chainnatl said
that this yen s county quota is 5250 an increase of SO per cjent over
Dolores HuttO I VriUmeans
that we must iuisc
an average of 00c
per person
he said
This years campaign is differ
ent from past ones where the
funds wore used primarily in the
treatment of polio cases
For the first time the MOD Is
on the offensive said Shelton
The theme now is polio prevent
ion
Vaccines have been produced
and plans urc to Inoculate a million
tecond graders in areas where
there have been epidemics One
thud of this years drive will go
towards the 26W million cost of
thlc pioject
Coin containers have been placed
thioughout the county collect
Ions will be taken ut boll games
the VFW will sponsor a benefit
dance Jan 10 and there will be
solicitation throughout the coun
ty with the annual Mother March
canvassing the women
Ike Holmau Is chairman of the
permanent board J Ross Noland
is treasurer aud Mrs Ray Simp
son is county chairman of the
Mothers March
Senator Rogers
To Run Again
State Senator Andy Rogers said
here today Hut he planned to announce
within the next few weeks
for reelection
Rogers will be seeking his first
full fouryear term as Senator
He was elected in 1BS2 to the
office of SWtor for the newly
created StTtalorlal District and
drew a two ye r term for bis area
in the reshuffling of the districts
in the state
The 30th Senatorial District is
tho time of the fire
The city fire department answ
ered the call but was unablo io
save the structure because of no
water supply
Only a short time before tho
fire vandals raided the house
shooting out every window tear
ing off siding and doors and dc
storylng a refrigerator and oil
stove
Meanwhile acts of vandalism
continue to be reported In Tulia
and surrounding towns
A belated but completely unwcl
come Christmas gift wns given
Hereford Sunday night when van
dals broke nine of the big street
light globes and the bulbs under
the globes In tho downtown area
As each of the globes costs about
40 total damage in the spare
of a few minutes was about 400
according to Chief of Police Leo
Box
Hoodlums rocontly broke into
tho First Presbyterian church of
Tulia breaking Into the coin com
parlment of n tract rack which
thoy rensacked Then they pro
ceedod to desecrate one of the
Sunday school rooms
Somewhere somehow we arc
missing the boat on raising kld
That statement came recently
from the man who sees thous
onds of results O II Ellis head
of the Texas Prison System
What he says ho cxin back up
with statistics
So can tho State Youth Devel
opment Council
In Its annual report the council
said Juvenile delinquency is Increasing
in Texas that commit
monts to the State School for Boyc
at Gutesvltle Increased 20 per cent
this year commitments to the
State School for Girls at Gaini
vllle Increased 40 per cent
Whats wrong
Kids are not growing up with
tho Idoals and attitudes thev
should have Ellis declared
Its all Just one great big com
petition n teenager soys You
get In a crowd and you want to
show off You road In tho paper
about these punks that steal car
and nil that its always a bunch
of them
The teenager Is right Dalla
has Its Lakowood Hats from
good homes who went around
brouklng Into homes dealing car
for the hell of It
Look at the recent headline
Corpus Chrlstl police smash a
ring of teonaiiiod burglars Three
doflant child burglars refuse to
toll San Antonio police where they
htd thulr loot A I4 yoar old cutup
In teenage gang fights in
Galvoston
Everybody runs In n crowd
tho teonogor says Its Just according
to what crowd youre in
as to what you do
The teenagers Will admit they
aro Crazy man crazy The boy
let their huh grow < mn tn duck
tails and slniK then blue jcun
down on Iheii hips The girls cut
their hair shoit in tUn k tails una
wear a middy blouM to their hips
Theyre iual gone cats
1 guess Its all according to th >
Individual
And that goes right back to
what Mrs Maxlnc Burlinghame
superintendent of the Gainsvlllr
school for girls says
A kid Isnt a problem he s an
individual with a problem
Redmon Cutover
Completes Link
In Local Service
Rcdmun Exchange of Mid iluin
Rural Telephone Coop was cut
over yesterday n noon compltt
Ing that part or tin i operations
out of Tulia
With this latest cum etion almost
every ection cr Tulius
primary trade termor has te
phone service available
Both Reduioa mul Klkins subscribers
may talk to folia without
payment of a loll howevci
a small toll chaige i mads on
culls between Redmon and Elklns
Calls between these two exchanKes
are made like nn Ion dlitjice
call
Gill Announces For
Justice of Peace
W B Gill has authorueu The
Herald to announce his candidacy
for Justice of the Peace Precinct
1 Swisher County subject to act
ion of the Democratic primary in
July
Mr Gill moved to Tulia nine
years ago from C oopi i where he
farmed Since living In Tulia he
has been associated witti the Sil
Conservation Service for four
years and AAA three years He
has served as caretaker at the Methodist
church for nine years and
two years at the Presbyterian
church
lie has three daughters living in
Tulia Mrs Redus Wells Mrs Herbert
Ward and Mrs Christine Ad
dington
composed of Bailey Imb Hale JAMES T HALE LOCATES
Floyd Motley Childress JU1L WITH HOLAHD AGENCY
Briscoe Swisher Castro Parmer
Collingsworth Donley Armstrong
and Deaf Smith counties
Roger announcement will be
carried In The Herald
Mrs Trlxle Bryant and girls of
Planview visited Mrs Jack Jones
New Years Day
James T Hale has moved his
real estate office to tin J Ro >
Noland Agency as of Jan 1 and
has assumed the management
of the real estate department of
that agency
Hale invites all his friend to
visit him at the new location at
122 W Broadway
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