The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex), Vol. 48, No. 28, Ed. 1, Thursday, July 14, 1955 Page: 1

17 is as significant to
JULY
Swisher county pioneers as
is December 25 or July 4 Its sentiment
isas dear to their hearts in
1955 as it was in 1890
Details of each years observance
of the countys birthday vary
To some of the later arrivals July
17 means a rodeo a free barbecue
or a giant parade But to the real
oldtlmers their number is dwindling
it means a reunion of old friends
and former neighbors
TOWN TOPICS
IS PATHETIC each year to
IT
see oldtimers who have returned
to Tulia for the occasion
make their ways down the street
earnestly searching each face with
the hope that they will find someone
they know
If July 17 was nothing more than
a picnic or a rodeo it perhaps would
have faded away years ago However
it is the real sentiment of the
occasion which keeps it alive It
would live even if every other phase
of the celebration was discontinued
TOWN TOPICB
TALK of discontinuing
NEWCOMERS
tinuing the celebration or
perhaps combining the observance
with the county fair in the fall But
this will never happen The celebration
may be discontinued but nobody
will ever be able to disassociate
July 17 and the many fond memories
which flood the minds of county
pioneers
TOWN TOPICS
DO the oldtimers talk
WHAT
about on July 17 Some re
live the old days Others bring their
friends uptodate on what has happened
to them and to their families
since last they met And of course
they usually get around to a discussion
of the various changes and
improvements made to the town
Although most are reconciled to
modern ways still there is a longing
for some of the traditions which
have passed with the times
TOWN TOPICS
E AGREE with many of the
old timers that all of the
change1 have not been for the good
Speaking only for our own lifetime
we can see that we moderns have
slipped in a number of ways It
seems that we are less neighborly
than our parents and grandparents
As we turn through the files of
old Tulia newspapers one of the
things which impresses us most is
the neighborliness of early day Tulia
churches
As churches first came to Swisher
county they were modest affairs
There were no Sunday Schoolrooms
no pastors studies no kitchens
no dining halls no air conditioning
no foam rubber cushions no
pipe organs no public address systems
or wool carpeting no hearing
aids for the deaf
They were oneroom frame structures
which had to double for every
activity of the church A Sunday
School teacher had to compete with
many other voices for the attention
of her class The only air conditioning
on hot summer days was the
back of a song book or perhaps a
pasteboard fan
There were no electric lights or
central heating other than a potbellied
stove
There were no paid choir directors
or other professional assistants
TOWN TOPICS
ND EVEN the meager facilities
available were limited
It was common for more than one
denomination to share the same
building Even though one church
might own the building it was always
ready to share it with another
group without a building
We read in the early day Heralds
that as each group was able to provide
its own building financial assistance
was forthcoming from all
the other churches And on the occasions
when a congregation lost
its building by fire the sister
churches rushed to its assistance by
offering to share its facilities until
the building could be replaced
Continued on Page Eight
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rate will continue in effect until
July 31
Until that date both now and renewal
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in the world may be secured at
only 250 a saving of 50c
Persons desiring subscriptions
are asked to mall in their order
stop by the Herald office or stop
by the Heralds booth on the westside
of the square all day Saturday

All delinquent subscriptions will
be discontinued August 1
Jennings Youth
Is Recovering
From Injuries
Ray Jennings young son of Mr
and Mrs A H Jennings who live
southeast of Tulia is recovering
from injuries received Thursday
morning when he fell beneath a
tractor
The 8yearold boy was brought
to Swisher County Hospital where
doctors advised that he bo transferred
to an Amanllo hospital for examination
He was returned to the
local hospital Thursday evening
The youth was reported to have
been running along beside the tractor
when he fell beneath the wheel
JUNIOR LIFE SAVING
CLASS TO BEGIN
Dolores Hutto has announced that
no swimming lessons will be given
Saturday because of the county
birthday celebration A junior lifesaving
class will begin Monday noon
at the swimming pool Persons from
12 to 1G may enroll Only cost will
be for text book and regular admission
fee to the pool
The modern variety storcwill oc
cupy the Vaughn building north ot
the square former location of Ziegler
Oliver Co Yauenns Stylo
Beauty Shop and Vaughns BarberShop
Mrs Vaughn is movini the
style shop to Silverton
Next week will be the final week
ot or station for the shops befop
remodeling htgins on the buildii p
Okay Pop Kick jour feet
Trash Burning
Should Be Done
After 5 Oclock
City Manager Hollis Cagle this
week requested residents to wait until
after 5 pm to burn trash in
their alley trash cans If the can is
burning or too hot to handle when
the city garbage truck makes its
weekly visit then the barrel must
be passed up until the next week
Cagle said that residents interested
in the pavingcu bing proposition
were still calling at the city hall
and that it appears that the minimum
number necessary to begin the
project had been secured Forms are
jjeing prepared to be signed by the
property owners
The contractor repairing streets
damaged by the water expansion
program hopes to complete his work
this week Cagle said The other
contractor repairing all city pavement
will be here for some timeWork
Progresses
On Golf Course
Tule Lake Golf association reports
that No 7 green and No 5 green
were seeded Monday Nos 14 8 and
9 have been seeded and the grass is
up No 2 should be up soon
The greens already up have an
excellent stand
Persons driving out to inspect the
new golf course are asked to follow
designated roads and not drive
across areas where men are working

STAY TUNED TO
mmiimiiiiiij
1260 Kc
Dallas Texrs
Rain Gauge
Is Installed
A new U S Weather Bureau type
rain and snow gauge has been received
by The Herald and KTUE
and has been placed in service Records
will be kept of precipitation
received during each 24hour period
The gauge records as little as 01
inch of moisture
Also received is a maximummini
mum thermometer which records
the highest and lowest temperatures
of each 24hour period
Beginning next week The Herald
will carry a chart showing the maximum
and minimum temperatures
recorded each day as well as any
precipitation received
Singing Normal Plans
Friday Night Program
At Plainview Church
The West Texas Singing Normal
which has been underway at Plain
view since July 4 will end Friday
night with a program of songs to be
presented at the 9th and Columbia
Street Church of Christ at Plainview
Hour of the program is 8 oclock
The public is invited
Teachers at the normal have been
Wilkin Bacon of Duncan Okla Texas
Stevens of Bloomlngton and
Paul Epps of Tulia The school will
be an annual event Many congregations
were represented this year
according to Mr Epps
The Tulia Church of Christ 2nd
and Donley will conduct a 2wccks
school of music to begin August 15
Teachers will be Bacon and Epps
Mayor Attends
Amarillo Meet
Mayor John A Brown of Tulia
was one of 13 Panhandksjnayors
who attended a meeting Saturday
in Amarillo The luncheon meeting
at which Mayor Art Jordan of
Amarillo was host was held at the
Amarillo Country club and consisted
of a get acquainted session n
question and answer period and
an exchange of ideas
In inspirational talk was made by
Dr Eugene Slater pastor of Polk
Street Methodist church and brief
talks were made by Harold Miller
traffic engineer Mark Miles park
superintendent and Robert Rosen
berry civil defense and disaster relief

A similar meeting will be held in
September at Borgcr
Tulia Jaycees
Attend Parley
Nine members of the Tulia
Chamber of Commerce attended
the trlrcgional conference for
Jaycee representatives of the Panhandle
and South Plains area
which met last week end in Plain
view
Reports were given during the
conference on the 23 phases of work
Contract For 6Lane Divided
Highway May Be Let In August
II E Weaver of the state highway department said this week
that contract for the widening of Highway 06 through Tulia pro
bably would be let during August
Two Accidents
Reported Sunday
After getting past the July 1
week end without a traffic accident
Swisher Countys record slipped
Sunday when two accidents
were reported James F Stewart
of Amarillo was broughtto Swisher
County Hospital Sunday morning
after the car which he was
driving struck a highllnc post nine
miles north of Tulia on Highway
87 when a tire blew out
His injuries were not considered
serious
Shortly after noon Sunday William
Dennis Love of Tulia driving a
pickup struck a parked car belonging
to II L Stewart 820 West
Broadway
Damages to cSch vehicle were
estimated at 250
Sheep Growers
May Cast Ballot
In Referendum
A referendum is being conducted
until August 19 among sheep and
wool producers to determine pto
ducer approval of a promotional
agreement between the Secretary of
Agriculture and the American Sheep
Producers council
Any individual corporation partnership
or legal entity which had an
interest as owner or partial owner
in one or more sheep six months of
age or older continuously for anyone
period of 30 consecutive days
between the beginning of the current
calendar year and the day on
which his ballot is cast is an eligible
voter
It will be noted that ownership of
Mohair or Angora goats will not
qualify a producer to voto in the
referendum
Eligible voters can vote In this
referendum Monday through Friday
from 8 am to 5 pm until August
19 at the Swisher County SCS office
carried on by the 172 organizations
in Texas which have a membership
of more than 12000
The clubs annually complete about
2000 projects
Gwyn Vaughn of Tulia served as
parliamentarian during the business
sessions and Ralph Roberts immediate
past president of the Tulia
group was appointed to the travel
trophy committee Next years meeting
will be in Amarillo in February
1950Tulia
Tulia Jaycees attending were Sam
Powell President Don Crocker George
Jennings Jr Elwood Ramsey
Johnny Emmltt Ralph Roberts C
W Huckaby Gwyn Vaughn and Don
Miller
Contact prospective buyers through
a Herald Classified Ad
The project will include a Glane
divided highway along South First
street from the intersection with
Highway 87 eastward to one block
past Swisher County hospital where
the New National Guard armory is
to be built On each side of the center
island will be Uirco lanes one
for parallel parking and two for
traffic Property owners along the
route must provide curbing and gutter
which will cost approximately
175 a running foot The highway
department will pay the cost of all
paving
Bcnnle Young manager of Tulia
Chnmber of Commerce said that
collection of funds for the curb and
gutter probably would get underway
within two weeks
City of Tulia has plans to install
street lights down the center of the
beautiful new road
At present the route consists of
a twolane highway with no streetlights

Tulia Guard Unit
At Fort Hood
About 50 members of he Tulia
National Guard unit joined other
units of the 3Gth Division Texas
National Guard commanded by Col
Selclcn Simpson which entrnined
In Amarillo Saturday night for the
annual 2wccks summer training nt
North Fort Hood
Lt Travis LaDukc is commanding
officer of the Tulia unit
The outfits advance convoy Including
cooks left Thursday morning
The annual battle will end
July 21 On the special training leav
ing from the Burlington station in
Amarillo were units from Amarillo
Tulia Borgcr Wellington and Canyon
Bank Deposits
Show Increase
Despite depressed business conditions
in many agricultural communities
Tulia bank deposits Indicate
that the communitys cco
omy Is in good shape due of
course to the countys irrigation
for the most part
Tulia bank deposits as of June 30
were 8027593 51 In 1951 they were
702491537 in 1953 C81C70H7
in 1952 735GCGG CO
Deposits in the First National Hank
of Canyon as of June 30 were 1938
01377 First Natioiial Bank of Lock
ney shows 1193120 97 on deposit
Ralls 34GG97443 Paducah 3
G18379 02 Post 101092088 Little
field 8911300 38 Olton 3047217
20 Amherst 3105488 20 Anton
1001209 2G Sudan 1373579 18
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Rodeo Is Prelude To Birthday Party
COVERING SWISHER COUNTY LIKE THE SUNSHINE
The Tuim Herald
VOL 49 NO28
TULIA SwUher County TEXAS THURSDAY JULY 14 1955
Perry Bros Variety Chain
To Open In Vaughn Building
Perry Brothers chain variety store owners have announced
plans to open a store in Tulia early this fall
Tulia Postal
Receipts Up
Tulia postal receipts for the first
six months of 1955 are up 109838
over the same period of 1954 according
to Postmaster Floyd Z
Panncli Receipts from Jan 1 to
June 30 1955 show 2134290 The
1954 figure was 2024452 At least
a part of this gain is due to increased
postal rates
Receipts for June were 42765G
compared with 446224 for June
1951 a decrease of 185 G8
According to the Canyon News
Canyon postal receipts for the first
six months of 1955 show a total of
2295875 as compared to 2370488
for 1954 a total loss of 74533 for
the six months period The month
of June showed a decrease of 125 07
over 1954s total receipts
argam
es Continue
THREE SECTIONS
Persons who came to Swisher county prior
to 1912 are to be guests at a luncheon Saturday
at the school cafeteria All other visitors will be
served free hot dogs and drinks on the courthouse
LLOYD EVANS
Lloyd Evans
Named Head
Of Lions
Lloyd Evans was Installed as
president of the Tulia Lions Club
at the installation banquet held
Thursday night nt Noltcs Dining
Room He succeeds Cljdc Kllpnt
rick as head of the Tulia service
club
Other new officers installed were
J W Adams 1st vice president
Don Nelson 2nd vice president
Ralph Stewart 3rd vice president
E O Walters secretary Joe D
Rice treasurer Bill Fore tailtwist
er and Ralph Jones Lion tamer
Directors are Mai Wynne L C
Harris and Elmer Klcman
Presented awards for 100 per cent
attendance were Kilpatrick Elmer
Kleman Wynne Rice R L Little
Walters and Evans
Speaker of the evening was professor
Joe Flndley of West Texas
State college Ho was accompanied
by Milton Morris also of Canyon
Morris district governor of Lions
discussed the work of Lions youth
work nt Korrville
Wives of the Lions were guests
at the dinner as were representatives
of Tulia radio and press Tulia
Rotary club and Tulia Klwanls club
RANDALL COUNTY SINGING
SUNDAY AT FAIRVIEW
The Randall County annual allday
singing will be held Sunday at Fairview
Dinner will be served at noon
The public is Invited
lawn at noon
These are two features of Swisher
countys S5th annual birthday party
sponsored this year by the Tulia
Chamber of Commerce
As a prelude to the celebration
Tulia Rodeo club is staging its 9th
annual rodeo which was scheduled
to begin Wednesday night at the
rodeo arena in West Tulia Performances
will continue through Saturday
at 815 oclock each night
About 200 entries have been received
Prizes valued at 2000 will bo
given at the amateur performances
R B Wheeler is president of the
rodeo Frank Cobb vice president
Felix Mote secretary treasurer
Wheeler arena director and Morris
Stephens assistant arena director
A carnival located on the square
will open tonight and continue
through Saturday night
The VFW is sponsoring a dance
Friday and Saturday nights at the
VFW Hail from 9 until midnight In
addition street dances will be held
Friday and Saturday afternoons from
5 until 7 pm on the north side of
the square Music will be by the
Western Melody Boys of Amarillo
Chairman Bonnie Young said that
the parade will roll beginning at 10
oclock Saturday morning The usual
route down Broadway and around
the square will be followed The
parade will assemble between Crosby
nnd Donley on Broadway
Events for the children will be
held during the afternoon on the
square Kiwanis club is in charge
of the parade Jaycees will handle
the carnival concessions Lions from
Tulia Kress and Happy will serve
the hot dogs and Future Homemakers
will serve the oldtimers
Tulias Auxiliary police force will
assist with traffic problems during
the celebration according to Police
Chief Ted Hodges
Certified Seed Growers
Must Give Applications
Certified seed growers are remind
ed to turn in their application to
produce certified seed during the
1955 season 45 days after planting
dateThis
This can be done at the county
agents office in the county courthouse

HAPPY EQUALIZATION
BOARD TO MEET FRIDAY
Ihe Board of Equalization for the
Happy Independent School District
will meet Friday at 9 am in the
high school building
PRESENT DAY PROMOTERS of Tulia were pikers compared
to those who were attempting to build a town after incorporation In
1909 Cnlahan Publishing Company publishers of The Tulia Standard
and The Dlmmltt Plainsman published a brochure describing the
glories of Swisher County The Pride of the Plains
A development company had 1510 lots nnd 37 residences to be
sold on easy terms 10 down nnd 10 a month The development never
materialized The company prophesied that Tulia would have 10000
population by 19151
Two of the scenes from this brochure appear at the bottom of
this page At the left is a street scene in Tulia In 1909 The building
on the corner Is the old Tulia Hank Trust Co building where the
City Drug now stands Ihe second Is a residential scene looking down
Briscoe street from North 5th Avenue
Among those Tullnns working for n greater Tulia according to
he brochure were W G Conner founder of Tulia and its first mayor
elect and W II Hutchison president of the schol board A B Martin
and Dennis Zlmmermnnn attorneys at law W B Hale J L Stalllngs
A A Hogan W W Underwood and R A Underwood officers at the
liilln Hank Trust Co L T Lester A J Blvens T W Tomllnson
W A Donaldson and J II Donaldson officers of the First National
Hank A W Cnlahan and Pecos II Calahan publishers of The Tulia
Standard C C Poff of North Tule Stock Farm L Lee Dye E Lee
Dye and It II Tudor of Tulia Drug W C Dinwiddle and James
Irye of Tulia Commercial Club Sani Hughston superintendent of
Tulia Public Schools and J W Vaughn and J D Vaughn of Middle
Tule Stock Farm
Other views of Tulia taken from this brochuro will appear In
forthcoming editions of The Herald
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