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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1969
TNI TUltA
llwlikir CiiRlfI NIRAIB
Heck Named Area Star Young Farmer
Cotton Talks
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(Church Qhttckles*. try CAlWtllMffT |
Dimmitt Young Fanners were 1 n g Area I Young Homemakers
the big winners in contests Sal- president.
urday the 9th annual Young Far- Mules hoe Young Homemaker
triers Convention at Plain view High outstanding new chapter and re-
School. ceived $50 award money from Pio-
Dimmitt Young Farmers won neer Gas Outstanding chapter of
first and a second place chapter a- ^rea 1 was the Hale Center Young
wards and the Area Star Young Homemakers, who received $7$, and
Farmer award Halls Young Homemakers re -
The Chapter'won first place a- plate award °J
ward in the radio and television ** . t,ec,"c Wility ( ompan.es of
and second place in the outsiand- .,X|S made both awards In third
mg chapter contest PlyL« f°* ^ outstanding chapter
Area Star Young Farmer was was Koosevelt Young Home-
Charles lleck Jr.. Dimmitt. See- * !ont^r .Na,ur.ai (’a-s pn“
ond place winner was Hobby Gar- st*n ,>d ,hat chapter with $-o.
land Neal. VShiteface. John \. Dor-
man, Loekney,
winner.
was third place
Henry Teubel
At Austin
Conference
In other awards, Silverton Young
Farmers took the first place tro-
phy in the publicity award while
Idulou Noung Farmers won second.
The Frenshtp Chapter was named
Outstanding Young Farmer Chap- VUSfiN — Henry Teubel, Vet-
ter. eran.: County Service Officer for
An area Star Young Farmer, Swisher and Briscoe Counties at-
Ileck received a plaque and major tended the 22nd Annual Statewide
electrical appliance award from Rehab.Iitalion Conference for Vet-
Southwest Public Service Co. and erans Service Officers, which was
$190 from the Sears - Roebuck held at the \ustm Hotel in Austin
Foundation to be awarded at the lu.st week.
State Young Farmer Convention. This conference was conducted
Neal received a plaque from by the \eterans Affairs Commis-
Southwestern Public Service C o. ^loii oi Texas, in cooperation with
and $50 from the Sears - Roebuck the Mnertcan Legion, Disabled A-
Foundation. mertcan Veterans, Veterans ol For-
The Outstanding Young Farmer e-gn Wars, Veterans of World War
Chapter received a plaque and I, and the Veterans County Ser -
trophy presented by SUPS and vice Ofiicets Asxiciation of Texas,
the Texas Young Farmers \s>o- The purfio.se of the meeting was to
nation and stilt by Plainvie.c Pro- offer Service Officers from the en-
(luction Credit Vssoeiation. The se- tire State of Texas an opportunity
eond place chapter received a $.T5 to gain first - hand knowledge
award from Production Credit As- of recently enacted legislation deal-
son,ition of Texas. ing with benefits to veterans and
Other divi.xon awards consisted thnr dependents and survivors
of trophies anil plaques. Topics discussed during the four-
Gle-nn Odom, Dimmitt, was mas- day Conference included dtsabtli-
tcr oi ceremonies for the banquet ty compensation and pension, Gov-
which began at 6::t0 p.m in the einme-nt insurance, GI loans, edu-
high school cafeteria. cation and training for veterans
Hurl Huffman, assistant athletic and children, hospitalization and
director, Texas Tech, was guest medical treatment, and veterans
speaker. employment and reemployment
New \rea I Young Homemaker rights
officers were introduced by Mrs Conducted annually, this Con -
It e n Holcomb, Dimmitt, state ference -wived as an in - service
Young Homemaker parliamentar- course ol training for all Na -
tan Mrs. Holcomb installed the of- tional. State, County, Post and
fleers Saturday afternoon at the chapter Veterans Service Officers.
Young Homemakers conven - q
tion held on Wayland Baptist ( ol-
lege campus. llAritPt HAACtPrC
Officer > tire Mrs David Prewitt, *
Ralls, president; Mrs Gary Waldie,
i’lainview, first vice president; Mrs
Jim Roberts, Dimmitt. second vice-
president M r v Jimmy White, Hornet Booster Club met Mon-
Mrs Gordon Lowery, Silverton, day night to hear the coaches re-
Announce Plans
DARLENA DIXON of Kress 4 H showed the gtaiul champion gilt, a Hampshire, at
fourth vice president; Mrs. C har- port on the progress of the Tuba Swisher County Lair. Below, winners in the sheep classes. I hey are, from left, Tt try Shirk.
Ii*n Wt:ilht*rn>rd. Hrrrford. school football program at all lev- Kress, Southdown, Robert Me Kmg.it <>f Ki»*s.-i. Hampshire, Gaiy Scott, Kress, rinr o »
tare Mrs Tommy Garrison. Child- els \ scouting report on Floydada Cross; and Robert Sturgess, Tulia. I me Wool
ress, treasurer; and Mrs Jerry was given.
Logan, Hale Center, Parliamen - Monday. Sept 29 was set as the
tartan day the Hornet booster selling the
Award winning Young Homcmnk- most memberships is to receive-
er Chapters were announced by hi- or her two reason tickets to
Mrs Forman McHeth, Kress, retir- all home games
It was reported that red hats to
be worn by Hornet supporters will
be available Friday In-fore the
Flovdada game The hats will sell
for $1.
Next Rooster dub meeting will
be Monday night at 8 o’clock in
(Herald photos by Joe Foster)
THE TULIA HERALD
H. M Beggarly, Editor ond Pub-
lisher. Published each Thursday
by The Tulia Herald, Inc. at 124-
130 North Armstrong, Tulio,
Swisher County, Toxas 79088
Entered as second class matter
at the postoffice at Tulia, Texas,
under the act of March 1, 1879.
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Legislators Close
Out Special Session
By VERN SANFORD Nation
Legislators dosed out 44 days Vuthority for creation of a no-
di -|iecial session conference- over profit i -ipoi.it on to provide de-
taxes and finance peisit insuiance for state banks
Texas' sijk 6 million tax bill, and savings and loan a-so i.dions Nueces - ( amen in - Willacy. An
turn-tinning over the stale as soon
as Governor Smith apimints judges
to till the benches Twenty seven
were created in a package bill
and another in a single - shot
measure.
Big uties will get the bulk of the
courts Harris County alone will
have six, Dallas five, Bexar and
Tarrant two each One new court
each will serve the- counties of
the Fir-! National Bank confeic- ff. , (MoU,r , m .nthcM.i.....to *100,900 r.ingi Henderson - Houston. Korr-
,-nie mom A ft m of the Floy- " '•,kl Before departing f« the hinter Bandera Kendall Menard ( on
dada game will be shown. A .,... „ ...... - voted thmiM-lvc-- < h*» - Kimble - McCulloch. Potter
,,n l,i,lha'1 *■ £?iE m', *.-! ? ■* £***>*•
/on.i, Denton Angelina, F.l Paso,
allowance- for '•" «« and ,,un'
'Hit re- were 64 law enforce me nt
fore every meal
COW POKES
Rtid
•Jilt when are you saddle makers gonna git smart
•nough to make a saddle that won't rub blistars
on a feller's belly?"
There Is No Substitute for...
... Safety - Service & Experience
The First National provides every banking accommoda-
tion consistent with SOUND BANKING PRINCIPLES/
51 Dorn I960 to 1967
7he hard-hitting editorials of
H M. Baggarly
The Texas
Country
Editor "
Vn increase
_ ...... .... o tax rale
and inclusion of beer and liquor fun,fs
I'm not saving she's a Lad the fax base- for the fust time llou-e laise-d it
conk ” said the boy friend, ‘'but V boost in the- cigarette- taxes e-ai h re-pn- - illative fiotn 844I to
I know whv her family prays be- from 11 cents lo 15 5 ce-nts a pack -875 monthly during the- interim
Inrn a-f in (miM/ration franchiM* Ixtvarn h ^Native Melons Sena- hillu! .in irii rt ult of
tax from 82 75 to $3 25 per 81 ooo fn.m si.ono a month to $1,709 ' riminal action in 1968. substanC
Change in eoiporaiion franetu-e Legislators in both house- are- L'' -v 'he- annual average- of
tax alloc ation formula to include paid i -laty of only >4>im a ye-ai
out - of - state- concerns which C.ove-rnoi eommittcH- studying a
se-ll products in Texas (food and prepaid II 4 |«-r ce-nt auto inMii
drugs exempt) ance rate- increase recommended
Raise* in natural gas tax from that the st.it• Board of In-urane-e-
seven to 7.5 |x-r - ent of value- redu- e in uran- < ompanie-' e-x -
l.e-vy of five- cents a drink on al- pen • allowance- lor acquisition of
e-oholtc la-ve-rages -old in private physical damage in-uiani i- from 25
clubs. |x-r ce-ni to 22 5 per ce-nt of the
\ record $5 8 billion biennial ap premium dnllai Phi - would -< ap-
propriation* bill — *;l!8 million do.vn the piopo-ed million ova-i
above- the pre-ent general re-venue- all increase by about -6 6 million
spending level - would provide l ommita- found an inerca-*- m
a x20>fi million inirca-e- lor eelii premium- inevitable primarily lie
c ation, 858 million more for health, c an • of »Ti large mere.- - in auto-
ho-pital- and youth cmre-etion . mobile ae - ale-nt- and «o-t- of re* -
*62 2 million mere-ase- for me-die al pair in Phi'
aid to the needy and a 10 4 per tytherwise a i d former Gov
cent incrca-e- in -tate- e-mploye-e--' Priee Dana l, cha rman of the mn<--
pay me-mbe-r eommittee-. the- ine re-ax- is
When the ma|or hu-.ne-- of lhe ron-ervative compared with tales
session vva- over legislature- turned in other late- lowei than most
to other matters submitted by -tales"
Gov Pre-ton Smith which inc luded Committe-i a 1 - o n-eommende-d
Creation of 28 new district courts that nv- tm- nt income derived
over the- >tate- from auto in-uranee- piemium- and
Kstabli-hme-nt erf antiquities ceide-. lo re-i-rve-- !*• eon-ideri-d dire-et-
sedting state policies for historic ly l>y the- Boaid in de-ie-rmining
and scientific explorations on -tale- a!lowan< i- foi profit and e-onting
own«-d lands. eneies
Removal of the -tatutory inte-re—t f.overnor Smi'h aid he- would
rate- limit- on -tale- and local gov- m.ak*- no tab no nt on the re|xirt
e-rnme-nt beind- until he ha studied it with his staff
\ variety of “clean Ix-aeh" leg- Total of 2s m-w courts will lx-gin
>ok
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^ THF *0ttl 9 PIIUSMIIK COUPLET
(W9* m4 Y«rh
I.LBBOCK - The massive High
Plains Diapause UoU Weevil Con-
trol ITogram. this year involving
I t >pray plane s, 150,900 acres of
cotton and over 100 people, began
aerial applications of insecticide
ou Tuesday.
The* jirogram, now in its sixth
year, is an annual fight to keep
weevils from infesting vast acre-
age*- of wet-vil - free cotton on the*
Plains above the faproek until
such time- as eradication teehnt-
ques can be- perfected.
Spraying in 1969 will cover wee-
vil lnlestvd cotton in parts of 12
counties stretching 2uo nule-s along
the eastern edge- of the- High Plains,
include Bnscoe-. Rorde-n, Crosby,
Dickens, Dawson. Floyd, Gar/a,
Hall, Swisher. Kent, Lynn, Lub -
bo.k and Motley countless
Lubboe k County we*e-v its are loe at-
e-d along either side of Yellow-
house Canyon and have* In-en found
in scattered fields within 2 nule-s
of the Lubbock city limits Wemvils
had not previously Ix-e-n discovered
in this vicinity since 1965
Following the- pattern proven suc-
cessful for the- past four ye-ars,
spraying in the first three appli-
cations will la* on a live* to seven
day schedule, using 12 ounces pe-r
acre of ultra low volume mala -
thion These applications are- de* -
signed to break the- weevil's re* -
ptudue live* c ycle
Veldilion.il applications, up to an
i-slimated maximum of six, will
lie- made from 19 lo 14 days a -
purl at the rate of 16 ounces |ht
acre- to pre-vc-nt weevil- that may
not tie killed e-arlie-r from e-nte-r
mg the diapause stage* and going
into hibernation Spraying on this
19 to 14 day srhe-eluie* will eon
tinue* on all infested cotton until
harvest or until exit tun is killed by
frost or desiccation
The- court'd! /one- is broken into
three “units'’ and spray con -
tracts were le-t to the low bidder
on e-ae h of the three The smallest
of the- units. I "nit I, went to l e-ding
Flying Service of Vincennes, In
diana for $1,93 |x-r gallon in in
seetinde applied.
tin contract for t nits II and
111 we-nt to I) (' Itoane Flying
Service, lin of Jcanerettc, Louisi-
ana at a price- of $1 6a pe-r gallon
Veeording to Fd Dean Field Se-r-
viee Dire-elor for Plains Cotton
(•rowers. Ini , Lubbex-k, the* organi-
zation which initiated the- program
in 1964 ami continues as coordinat-
or for all the- agencies involved,
these |x*r gallon prices will re-
sult in approximately the- same per
acre c eist a- was irn urre-d last
year The- total <-ost |x-r apfiltcei-
tion. inc luding nisi of the- insect-
icide, surveying, monitoring, flag
ging, etc Dean said would conic
to around $1 25 |x-i ae re
Beginning acreage in the- cron
trol zone- for 196s was only 75,non
acres, but the infested acre-age
spread later in the season to a-
bout 140,909 Originally the- we-cvU
infested ai re-age- t li a t ri-qmre-d
spraying in 1964 totaled 300.900
\ccording to Dean the e-xpaneh-d
acreage al the- start of this year s
program is the result of adverse
weather, in migration and other
factors during the- spray im-iiikI of
1968 which pre-ve-nled some- appli
cations from Is-mg made on sche-
dule- In 196x we- just weren't
able to reduce* overwintering |>opu
lalions in some areas to the low
levels of previous ye-ars \nel eon
seque-ntly the- additional acreage
that has wee-vils this year is no
surprise* to u-,'’ he- noted
Dean stated, howe-ve-r, that al-
though the area of tnfe-slation i>
grcale-r this year than la t. wce-vil
ixipulations |x-i acre- are* generally
lie-low the numbers that wen- pre
-e-nt at the- start of the i:»6s jiro
gram
tot ton prneluce-rs on the- Plains
a r i* in-uting the-msi-lve-s against
the wix*vil invasion liy per • bale-
euntributums to the cost of the pro
gram 'Their portion of tin m-i is
paid as a part of mm pre r e-e «*iv-
ing chaiges, amounting to .59 ei-nl-
|xr bale- in I'Hit 40 cents for the
next three ye-at- and 23 eenls in
1968 B*-i ail e of the- ill rea ,ed ae
re-age- in the control /one- this year,
il was ne-ee-s-ary to raise- the- jx-r-
bale rale- of firiidui i t eontriliutieins
to .Ml l ent -
'lhe-se- funds, plus varying a -
mounts supplied i-aeh ye-ai by lln-
Te-xa- Department of \grie-ultui
are- mate he el dollar foe dollar bv
I SD\
De-an and program i-ntomologi-t-
empha-i/e- that the fit-t conccn -
trate-d spray effort will lx- aimed
at mfeste-d acre-age- alxive and a-
long the- e-dge- of the- ( appxk
It i- imix-rative- that the-e we-e--
vil- tx- knexke-d down a- qui kly-
res possible- to pre-ve nt further we I
ward migration, De-an aid
“Otherwise-.'' he- continued. “ as
the weevil population grow they
*'Thlt Is rMIculsutl I wMi yw'4______
plsdgs so ysw can look him straight in Hm sysi**
would move- into thousands of ad- new acreage would then have IS
ditional cotton acres adiaccni on be inclutk-d in the area to be
the- West to currently inft*ste*d cot- sprayed, possibly pushing the con-
ton " trol effort beyond Its present fl-
He further |xnnte*d out that his nanetai capabilities
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Baggarly, H. M. The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex.), Vol. 61, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 18, 1969, newspaper, September 18, 1969; Tulia, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth506140/m1/3/: accessed May 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Swisher County Library.