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A Tale Of Two Cities: Diboll, Pop. 3,000; Tulia Pop. 6,740
By H. M. BAGGARLY
The Tulia HaraM
lulia school board upped the
tax rate 12c per $100 assessed
valuation in its latest meeting held
September 9. Kate for the 1969-70
school year was set at $1 50 com-
pared with the current rate of
$1.38.
Major cause of the increase is
instructional costs which increased
$02,417 as a result of the state
teacher salary raise.
Other increases were in plant
maintenance. $15,011, and plant op-
eration, $15,111.
Maintenance and operation costs
of the junior high building, con -
strutted in 1924 were cited by the
board as a "pressing matter.”
Seven additional categories re -
fleeted increases over the 1968-69
school year. They are capital out-
lay, $9,366; administration, $9,067;
fixed charges, $5,635; disburse -
ments to other administrative un-
its, $2,998; health services, $200;
and student body activities, $4-
Decreases were found in five
categories: I'ommun i t y services,
$11,604; debt service, $5,296; at-
tendance services, $4,159; transpor-
tation, $2,014; and food service,
$1,500.
Major reasons g i v e n by the
board for the 1969-70 tax increase
were: lower school enrollment re-
sulting in lower average daily at-
tendance and loss of classroom
teacher units; loss of state revenue
and increased costs which must
be met at the local level — the
local contribution is expected to
be 55 percent in 1969-70 compared
with 45 per cent of the total bud-
get in 1965-66. teacher allocation
based upon the new formula, us-
ing current average daily attend-
ance, a change which penalizes
districts losing scholastics; local
payment of salaries of those tea-
chers in excess of those which are
allocated by the state’s Minimum
Foundation Program; increase in
maintenance and operation costs
along with more maintenance re-
quired for the older buildings; and
yearly increase in minimum wage
iaw requirements for non-profes-
sional employees.
The board disc of sad Mia poeei-
bility af air conditioning Highland
Elamantary Schaal if fund* art a-
vaiiabta at the and af tha 1M9-7I
school year.
Other items which will soon re-
quire attention, according to the
board, are repair to football bleach-
ers and adjacent buildings, re -
flooring auditorium stage in high
school and junior high gymnasium,
work on a temporary high school
track, finishing of two classrooms
at Highland Elementary to ac -
commodate the 1970-71 kindergart-
en program, and the possible pur-
chase* of new high school band
uniforms.
The board approved the 1968 69
amended budget. While expendi -
tures in the amended budget exceed
original estimates by $13,811, re-
ceipts exceeded those* in the origi-
nal estimate by $83,555.
Supt. Bub Phillips
the current enrollment is 1.791,
down 13 students from the seme
time lest year. Last year's enroll-
ment was down 112 from the 1967-
41 total
It was reported that 95 78 per
cent of 1968 taxes had been col-
lected.
Plans were finalized for attend-
ing the Texas Association of School
Hoards and School Administrators
Workshop in \ustm next week.
Supt Phillip- reported that an
accreditation team, headed by H.
E. Phillips, head of the division
of school accreditation, would visit
the district October 28.
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It s a man’s world all right, out
it's in the women's name!
By PAUL DURHAM
Diball Free Press
Diboll is a city on the move, and
we have only to look around us to
sot* the proof. Here is just a brief
list of what is going on in our
town:
— Industrywise, construction Is
underway on the $7lv million ex-
pansion of the* Temple Industries
fiberboard plant, with operation to
begin in the new plant by March,
1370, creating 100 new jobs.
— Construction is underway on
Borden Chemical's $1 million mod-
ernization. which will include pro-
duction of formaldehyde, a new
product, to be completed later
this year.
— Construction is nearly com-
plete on ho new public housing
un.ts, to be* ready for occupancy
in October, and expected to greatly
relieve our rental housing shortage.
— Construction is complete on
II new conventional home- in two
subdivisions. These are now for
sale, and billed as great buys. They
were built by Sabine Investment
and Diboll Development Company.
— Construction is underway on
60 low-rent home's in the Jackson
Addition in West Diboll. These* will
be* eompleied early next year by
Contractor Marvin Baker for Diboll
Housing Foundation, which will
lease them to the Housing Author-
ity for rent to local industry work-
ers. This $500,000 project may be* an
eye - opener to the building indus-
try everywhere: The units will cost
alKiut $6,100 each
— Plans are being drawn for the
90 units of public housing for elder-
ly, to be* built around South Mea-
dows Nursing Home. These also wil
relieve our housing shortage, as
elderly persons in our public hous-
ing units are transferred to the
new units, thu- opening up present
units for industry workers.
— Plans art* about ready for the*
day care center designed to care
for young children whose* mothers
work in local plants and offices.
— Construction is nearing an end
on our new $346,000 city park. The
City Parks & Recreation Hoard has
decided to go ahead an clear a
large portion of the* park of under-
brush. which will make the park
useable much sooner than expect-
ed. The* park includes a nine-hole
golf course — a big first for Diboll
— and a lighted ba-eball field,
the* finest in our area.
— Construction of hew homes in
all three* city subdivisions is at a
p.vtk. with private homes under-
way in South Meadows, O’Hara and
Woodland subdivisions.
A — A new park for mobile
homes also is underway in north
Diboll.
With all ihi- construction under-
way. the* future should hold great
promise* for Little D. New plants
moan new people, and our city Is
getting reach for tlie-e new people
by building more homes, generat-
ing n< w growth in ii- -chool sys-
The Tuua Herald
★ ★ COVERING SWISHER COUNTY LIKE THE SUNSHINE ★ *
VOl. 61, NO 38
TULIA, (SwithT County) TEXAS 79086
THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 18. 1969
FOUR SECTIONS
Hornet-Floydada
Battle Is Friday
Harris Picks Bovina
Over Happy Cowboys
Tulia Hornets open their 1949
season Friday niqht at I o'clock
at Floydada where they will meet
the Class AA Whirlwinds.
The 1-AAA Hornets began the
season last week with an open
date.
The Whirlw inds will c ome into the
game fresh from a victory over the
Balls Jackrabbits.
Probable starters for Tulia will
lie Don Payne at quarterback and
Jerry Dickens at fullback Tommy
Golden and Odc‘11 Moffett will
share duty at the other running
back spot J. K. Milam is slated
to -tart at wingback.
Lp front the Hornets will have
Mike Gleason at split end and Van
Bond- at tight end Gerald Mc-
CTanahan and Doug Flowers will
man the tackle-, while Jimmy hi-
ker and Daryl Tucker will hold
down the* guard sluts. Larry Weil-
ls the anchor man of the interior
line* at center.
The Hornet- will be- out to recov-
er their lost prestige from last
year's 0 - 10 record.
Vile (g@iWf¥f IWWsi
, By H. M. BAGGARLY
nEOPLE ARE FUHNY. There were a number
I of persons who voted FOB the* proposal that
their c ity enter into contract to buy water from Mac-
kenzie Water \ul horitv in the recent election
but they voted AGAINST building the dam’
BvJO ONE HAS GREATER CONTEMPT for Made-
■ w lyn Murray O'Hair than does this editor. . .
but whenever we hear of letter-writing campaigns,
petition-, and other methods of protest being used
to battle Madalyn, we have the.-e thoughts:
"84 RE THE SIGNERS of these petitions and
writers of llie-e letters angry enough to tie
in church Sunday morning *”
• \ie the signer- of these petitions and writers
of these letter- living differently from atheists?”
• If the-c1 |ieople were in a lineup with Made-
lyn. would the disinterested party be able to pick
out the REAL a'heist?"
\AIE HAVE NO PATIENCE with people who
ff damn the- C. S. Supreme Court for its
"school prayer" decision, vet never darken the door
of a church or private prayer meeting, who never
have family devotion-.
illE TRY TO BE TOLERANT of those aspects
W of life v.itli whic h we do not agree, which
irritate, or which simply fail to stimulate our in-
terest.
If we* don't like a television program, we don't
prote-t . we* ju-t don't watch it.
So it is with movies, newspapers, magazines,
local events, and various other things which we'd
never mi-s if they ceased to be.
■ N A FEW INSTANCES, however, an irritation
I d"c- to our mind what - r,itc hing on glass does
to our body Once in a while a television program
becomes so obnoxious that we literally run to turn
the dial when it comes on Some obnoxious pro-
gram- we can ignore, read the paper, go get a
dunk, while they arc1 on
But no so with Paul Harvey!
l!.s -t.ince, hi- looks, hi> voice, his manner, his
demagoguery, hi- bta-. his egotism, his lack of
under'landing and misinterpretation of world af -
fan , hi- in-ult to liberals and moderates, his dis-
hone'-tv. his exaggerations, his determination to
damn anything not Joi n Birc h or ultra conservative
combine to make him more than we < an take.
Walter Cronkcc* i- our choice of the evening
national new- programs. But when he finishe-,
our dial -tart- to whirl, not becyu-e we have any-
thing ava il'’ the lo at new -men but because we
don't want Paul Haney slipping up on in. We ju-t
might bre ak . !■ in our ru-h to c hange programs.
so .i Inn. Lee. So long, Dan.
CURING OUR CHILDHOOD at Happy, we thought
1# \niaidi" «vas a -u'ourti of heave* We Bred
from i»ne inficqucnt trip to the city to the n< v-
Vmanllo -ymbolized everything happy and beauti-
ful We were fascinated by the electric lights, tu-t
we had ever Min
so far .is we wen* concerned, the city revolved
around Woolworth- We could have ,-t.eyed in the
stole forever!
The Amarillo Daily New- was the only pa|>er
coming to our home except the weekly Kansas
City Star.
We followed everything that went on in Ama-
rillo with interest Vmarillo's problems, hopes and
aspirations were our problem-, hope's and aspira-
tions.
AJ4AE WERE LOYAL to Amarillo, sort of an
Ww arm of its Chamber of Commerce. When
we occasionally left the area, we were always
proud to identify with Amarillo.
If Vmanllo had a spokesman or image, it was
Gene Howe, the Tactless Texan, down to earth
editor of the Vmanllo paper.
VOWNS SUCH AS HAPPY and 'lulia seemed to
I be* children of Vm.irillo. When they attempted
a project, Amanllo was on hand to assist Delega-
tions of Vmanllo businessmen made trade trip- to
the towns. They were always present during the
town or county birthday celebrations
Old Tack would often come along, or |ierh.ips
Wilbur Hawk. . and many others.
IF AMARILLO WAS SEEKING a new airline, a
I new industry, or a new public building, we
pulh-d ju-t a- hard for it as did Amarilloans
If Amarillo wa- attacked from outside, we
were as indignant as were Amarilloans.
Esprit dc corp- is the word.
■BUT SOMETHING HAS hap|>enod! Vmarillo i no
D longer the- big brother to Panhandle com -
munities No longer are Panhandle communities
proud to he ’ suburbs'’ of Vmanllo Vmarillo's im-
age has tarnished! No longer do area residents
seek to identify with Amarillo.
Despite improved transportation facilities, no
longer are Vmanllo merchants -een at area cele -
bration-. Oh the Amarillo Chamber of Com meric
may draft a member of its board to “represent"
the city, -ort of a toki n lie- arrive-- late and leave -
early, leaving the1 impression that hi- lime i- much
too valuable to be -jx nt in some one - horse town
NPHE BIG BROTHER image has long gone In
I . -tead, Amarillo has become a competitor of
t h e area community. By radio, television, and
newspaper she urge'.- that area residents "come
on in to town" to do all their -hopping in Vmaril
In ihu- -tabbing hometown merchant- in th>- bac k
Many of the commercials aren't even directed to
Vrrarilloan-. they are directed to people of the area
v.ho are told that one can t even buy a satisfactory
pair of -hoe- except in Amarillo! They gloat
in reading daily a li-t of "out - of - town" custo-
mer- who were in to get -hod
In fact, a good part of prime radio and televis-
ion time I- directed not to Amanllo hut to lulia,
Diminilt, Claude, Pcrryton, and all the rest.
USINESS IS BUSINESS....... pet hap- we
might forgive- Vmanilo tor c utting the throat.-
of the- struggling towns within h»-i trad* territory
ii only -he was a bit more- 'Ubtle.
If we were a c artoonist and had the- iob of c ari-
catoring Amanllo. we'd draw a city slicker with
(Continued on page 2)
With t h e 1969 fooiliall season
barely underway, Harn- Bating
System has revised its list of ten
top A V V te am- in the state'. They
are now Lubbock Estaeado, Alvin
West Columbia, Refugio, Mona -
han-, Belton, ll-n Elmore, Plano,
Corsicana and Brownwood.
Although the- Tulia Hornets have
•
BALLENGER NAMED
WEATHER OBSERVER
John Ballenger of Tulia ha- l>een
named official weather observer
from Tulia, succeeding the late
Kenneth Ramsey who had held the
po-t for u number of years.
Ballenger will be in charge of
the official r.nn gauge anil will
make regular reports to the l.ub-
lx>ek Weather Bureau concerning
moisture measurements and tern
perature extremes.
•
(J — I have the hospital in-ur-
ance under Medicare. Do I pay a
$il deductible each lime1 I go to
a hospital?
A — No, only if you have lieen
out of hospital or -killed nur-ing
home for 60 days or more at the
time that vou re-enter the hospit-
al.
•
Since 1964 u-e of a firearm in
murde r up 71 percent, in aggra-
vated a-sault up 117 percent
yet to engage in regular season
play, Harris has dropp'd the1 locals
from 98th among the 147 AAA
teams to 103rd.
Harris rates Vernon 24lh: Dumas,
28th (they were 4th in the* stale-
last week); Hereford, 32nd: Semi-
nole, 33rd; Canyon, 44th. Berryton,
iL'nel. Littlefield, 132nd. and Mule-
-hoe. 14 Ii h
In weekend garni'- Harris takes
Killeen over Belton by 10 points;
Corsicana over McKinney by two
points; and Ds. Woodrow Wilson
over Brownwood by six points.
Among the 209 Class A teams,
Harris lots the top ten a- Sonora,
Vrrher (' i t y, Both, Seagraves,
Junction, 'Itirei' Rivers, Mason,
White Oak. Ranger. Coahoma Ear-
well is 14th; Sudan, 16th; Claren-
don. 25th. Springlake, 46ih Kre—,
52nd. Ralls, 53rd; Bovina. 54lh;
Wheeler, 56th; McLe an. 90lh; lla|>-
py, 137th: Claude. 152nd; Vega,
181st: and Silverton 182nd
In the* Hulls - Krc'ss game Fri-
day night at Ralls, Harris rale's
Kress only 1 3 points the stronger,
indicating a close' game.
In the- Happy - Bovina dash
Friday mghl at Bovina, Harris says
Bovina i- 17 2 (Hunts stronger.
Sine Floydada is a clas- AA
school, Harris doe- not rate the
AW.
tern, getting its puts aa
reedy tar greeter me, at «•BMB.
We re doing a lot of things. AfcB
1970 piobabiy will ge down an the
year of greatest achtavanMR fht
Diboll.
What we’re not doing is Mi •
proving our downtown area — pro-
viding more stores for oar pro-
sent population and expected arw
citizens. This is the most neg *
lected area of our fast tar*n|
community.
Hopefully, the expected arrival of
new people will result in more
and better stores. Most people feel
that our present population is ade-
quate to support more retail stores
than we now have. But, these
things come in time, and per •
haps that time is near.
When you add up DiboU’s plu.vsea
and minuses, you find that we have
a substantial credit on the phta
ledger.
We’ve come a long way, and we
still have a long way to go. But
we've accomplished so very much
these past few years that many
of us fail to realize the signifi-
cance of these accomplishments.
W'c defy you to name a town
of our size which has posted such
a tremendous list of achievements
in the past five years.
And there's more to come. We
can feel it in our bones.
CARROLYN SMITH, Tulia 4 II showed the grand chum
BORN TO:
Mr and Mrs David Stone, Box
413, Silverton, a girl.
•
New meter connections reported
by City of Tulia since last week:
Pete Trevino, 214 N. Collin; Frank
Smith, 1007 NW 10th, Jessie MULs,
311 N. Donley; Roy Morrison, 916
NWf 8th. Space 8; Joe Mata, $23
SW 2nd; Antonio Contreras, M1
S. Floyd.
•
Marriage licenses issued by the
county clerk since last week were
to: Troyce Wayne Mczzell, Plain-
view, and Mrs. Patsy Jean Mez-
zell, Canyon: Gary Dean I-ee, Tul-
ia. and Phyllis Carmen Cudd, Tub
la; Orville Glenn Thompson, Cam-
yon, and Cathie Elaine Jac kson,
Tulia; Billy Murray Hughes, Ama*^
riilln, and Mrs. Phyllis Jean Ble-
vins, Amarillo.
•
New subscribers lo The Tulia
Herald since last week: A. C.
Bertleson, Rt. S, Tulia, Texas;
.lame- Jolley, 12 Terry Drive, Tul-
ia, Texas; Dr. and Mrs Alan Me-
Anclly, 5146 Village- Path, San An-
pion steer, a 955-pound Hereford, at tin* Swisher County l air, tonic*. Texas; Don E. MeClurg, Box
(Herald photo by Joe Foster)
Cash Awaits Winners
In Score Guessing
B
Tin' Tulia Herald - annual foot
ball gue -ing eontc-t begins this
week Weekly prizes of $15, $111
and $5 will in* given.
Twenty games will be listed eac h
week and entrant* m u ■ t circle
winners I lie exact 'cures called
Inr nn th< In-t Iwii game- will not
lie consideied unit" they are need
i'll in break a tie
Entries may lx* brought to the
Herald office or mailed riol later
than 5 p m on Friday of each
week.
Tuba merchant- making t b i -
years contest possible are First
National Bank. l.aVelle'- Inc.
Smith Furniture 6 \ppharne, Mid
Plain- Telephone i'oo|M-rativc. Inc.,
(jty Dmg Stoic Wil on < aniera
Shop, Workman Mai tnnery, Zieg-
ler - Wimberly, Piggly Wiggly,
P.ruee - Grill, Gales’ Texaco S<-r-
vicc, Inman Welding Service, Da-
vid's Cono o Service, Eunice’ Ele-
vator, Ed Crawford Men's Store,
Circle R Food Mart. J-Gec De-
partment Store, Production Credit
Association, T h e Tilia Herald,
Ewcn Supply, lion ton Elevator.
Inc , Harman - 'Idle- Grain Co.,
and Love Bio- Tire A Supply.
•
(; I am 6s and receiving o-
c. il security. Sin* • ■ I do not have
any relative- in the t nlted Stale-.
I would like to move to Mexico
where I do have relative- Can I
move
my -oeial ecuiitv payments?
L
m
CADET JOE
REED
Cadet Reed
Sophomore
At Academy
224, College Station, Texas; Mrs.
Jane Johnston. Rt. 1, Kress, Texas;
Jim- W. ravin. 13101 Springford
Drive, LaMirada, California: Shyla
Sharp, 2424 Garden Oaks, Apt. 202,
Irving, Texas; Dennis K. Nix, 503
N Kl Paso St., Tuba, Texas; Jim
Kirkpatrick, Hatcman Hall, Room
212. Tyler Junior College. Tyler,
Texas; K. K. Dietz, 703 Delaware,
Bartlesville, Oklahoma; Pvt. Jack
It Braly, G. 456-76-8115, Co. A,
2nd Bn . 1st Bde (BCT), Fort Ord.
California; Mrs. Ethel Ellis, 2804
(jmrt Avc. Western Ways Trailer
Court, Lubbock, Texas; Pvt. John-
ny Northi utt, N. G. 456 76-8659,
Co. A. 2nd Bn . 1st Bde (BCT)
Kurt Ord, California.
•
M o r e beneficial rain showers
have fallen this week bringing Sep-
tember's total to five inches at
the television tower in northeast
Tulia Highe r total- have been
rcjMirted from other parts of town
and from the surrounding area.
The showers have also broken the
summer heat wave and fall is in
the air.
•
Space up.in Inis panet Is finiiv,1
the resources of this planet are
renewed. We are mack* aware that
by his <h**er numbers and his heed-
!<•-> ingenuity, man can injure hie
environment so as to hasten hid
own extinction.
•
The land ha- many colors, lex •
tjres, problems and capabilities.
•>" ’
■V* V
J V* *
KENEI I mi l l IHD of Vigo Park took top honors
with her goat in the Pet Show of Swisher ( 'mnty I air.
(Mould photo by Joe Foster)
I S MR FORCE ACADEMY,
to Mexico and -till receive ‘ "l" - Cadet .me Reid, -on of Mr.
• Old Mr- C alvin < Heed, Kre-s,
i one of more than 960 cadets
who have en erici tfi*-ir -ophumore
year at the t S \ir Force Acad-
eme.
(j — I am receiving a widow's
In-ni'fit If I remarry, will my
check in cut I am 61.
A — A widow will continue to
native a widow’-* U-nefit if -tie
n ni i. in aflc'i ago 60 however,
fhi amount of th«- Ixmfit will 1m
!e - in mo-t case- Call thi- office
’ i find out now much, if any.
your benefit would be reduced if
you remarry.
Dining th* p, t summer. Cadet
Reed and iitln i member- of the
i la-- of i2 i ompleted an mti-n-ivc
-iv week training program at the
\i uderm and armed force- in -
tallation- acio-s the country.
(Continued on page 2)
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