The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex.), Vol. 66, No. 26, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 27, 1974 Page: 1 of 25
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50 Rats Dislodged When
Condemned House Razed
John W. Gayle, acting city man-
agsr, reports that the city is con-
tinuing its general clean-up cam-
paign.
At the present time, efforts are
being made to prepare the city
for the county birthday party in
mid-July. The parks are being
trimmed and parking lines around
the square re painted.
The campaign to rid the town
of abandoned automobiles which
are not licensed is continuing with
an estimated 150 such vehicles
still within the city limits.
Efforts are being mad;: to en-
force building codes on sub-stan-
dard housing, mostly vacant
houses which have deteriotated
quickly as the result of vandalism
and failure to be kept in iepair.
Only 12 familiics remain in Sunset
Addition as a result of this drive.
When property is allowed to de-
teriorate, the following procedure
is followed. First, the owner is
urged to repair the property by
replacing broken windows and
making other repairs to conform
to the building code. If the pro-
perty is vacant, it is urged that
it be made liveable and rented
in an attempt to ease the housing
shortage. If after a reasonable
time no effort is made to repair
the "eyesore ” the building is con-
demned, the building destroyed,
and a lien placed on the property
for the cost.
Every effort is made to work
with the owner so that a minimum
of hardship is placed on the own-
er. Old abandoned houses which
are no longer liveable not only
are a liability to the community
but they downgrade adjoining live-
able property. The city has receiv-
ed numerous complaints from resi-
dents, some having property for
sale, who cannot find a buyer
because of the unsightly condition
of adjoining property.
The unsightly property is in dir-
ect violation of the city building
code and allowing the property
to deteriorate is a violation of
the law. .Several buildings have
been razed recently and the lot
cleared.
When one abandoned house was
razed last week, more than 50
rats were dislodged.
Vk (g®18SS®l? SlOfi®®
H. M. BAGGARLY
*Jkf NILE RUMMAGING THROUGH some old per-
W sonal records the other day, we came across
the remains of a stub check book.
We moved to Tuba for the beginning of school
in the fall of 1938. The opening entry on the first
stub was Oct. 31, 1938.
The balance brought forward was $75.74 which
no doubt indicated that we had just received our
second school check which was $67.64, for the second
month. Last stub was dated Dec. 23, 1938, which
indicated that one check book lasted for almost
two months.
RklOVEMBER CHECKS were Tarpley Music Co.,
IB Pampa, $8 (we were making payments on
a piano we had purchased about 15 months before.
We’d paid them in Happy School script that boun-
ced!); Spiegel's, $8; Southwestern Life, $6; Happy
Presbyterian Church, $5; Tulia Presbyterian Church,
$5; Scribner Music Library (installment on 8-vol-
umc set of music), $2: R<x>m rent to Mrs. Clyde
Cooper, $8; Heard & Jones (meals for September
plus miscellaneous charges), $17 39; O. M. Fowler
of Happy (pair of shoes and miscellaneous), $5 05;
Giles Hardware of Happy, $6 50; The Happy Herald
(500 printed letterheads), $3.75.
By this time, our balance was down to 80c
and it was only Nov. 2! On the same date we
indicate a deposit of $8 from some unknown source,
perhaps private music lessons, and a check to City
Drug for $2.79.
On Nov. 3 we sent a check for $3 50 to Jen-
kins Music Co. of Kansas City for instructional
music, bringing our balance back down to $2.51.
On Nov. 18 we sent a check to the Sunday School
Times for 50c, leaving us with $201. Next day
was pay day! The check was for $67 70. Jim Hale,
school board secretary, had underpaid us 3c on our
first check and notified us he was making it up
on this one.
the bus. . .and automobiles.
It was a difficult job for commercial aviation.
In the first place, a high percentage of people were
afraid to ride in a plane! Planes just weren’t con-
sidered safe by most people. Even today, we find
people who fear planes.
Then there was the problem of cost. Due to
economic and technological factors, airlines could
not compete with the railroads. Then there were
other problems. . .schedules were often uncertain
because airlines were super sensitive to weather.
IT'S A WONDER that the airlines ever had the
I courage to get in the race for passengers.
The problems seemed insurmountable! But they
were not to be deterred.
The airlines relied on courtesy and accommo-
dation. All personnel were cheerful and friendly.
They pampered their customers with free coffee
and doughnuts, then cold meals, later hot meals,
free champagne.
Meanwhile, with the railroads it was business
as usual. Their service died not so much because
of ignorance but by design. They wanted out of
the people transportation business. Uncle Sam
forced them to provide passenger transportation be-
cause it was a public need.
IlfE ARE THINKING of two personal experiences
wW which illustrate the difference between air-
lines and railroads.
We were in school at Cambridge, Mass, a long
time ago and decided to indulge in a trip home
for Christmas by air! This was our first flight
of such distance and we anticipated it all fall!
Reservations were made well in advance and
we were looking forward to a trip of a lifetime.
The day finally arrived. . .the skies over Boston
were heavy, a cold, icy rain was falling with visi-
bility zero! The flight, of course, was canceled.
^^N THE DAY vc received this check, we sent
one to the Happy Presbyterian Church
for $5 and one to the Tuba Presbyterian Church
for $4 (hmmm. . .). Maybe we had second thoughts
about Hoytt Boles!
Dec. 1 arrived and a check for $8 room rent;
Tarpley Music, $8; Spiegel’s, $8; typewriter pay-
ment (a new purchase), $5; Lone Star (don't know
what this was, certainly it wasn’t for beer!) $1.13;
Kiwanis Club, $625; The Happy Herald (printed
envelopes) $2 50; Heard & Jones, $10; and a check
for $9 99, not identified. Apparently the bank at
this time was charging 50c a month for small ac-
counts since we made a 50c subtraction with
"bank" in parenthesis.
As the check book was used up, the balance was
down to $1 34. It was originally listed as $2 34,
but apparently a $1 error had crept in and the
balance had been reduced by $1 for the last two or
three stubs.
Missing was car expense and for a very good
reason. . .we didn’t have one!
AT THAT TIME a train left Boston every hour
on the hour for New York, so, very disap-
pointed. we took the next train for the four hour
trip. The train was scheduled to arrive at Gra>
Central Station about 30 minutes after the TWA
flight was scheduled to depart from old LaGuardia
Field.
Arriving on schedule in New York, we walked
across the street to the airline office.
The girl at the ticket counter greeted us like
a long lost relative!
She apologized profusely for the inconvenience
as if K.astem Airlines had personally been respon-
sible for the weather.
"We’re holding the plane," she chirped. “If you
haven’t had dinner, go down to the Commodore
Hotel and eat. charge it to TWA, and when you
get back I will have a refund check for your fare
from Boston and a car waiting to rush you to
the airport.”
TWA volunteered the refund even though the
ticket had been purchased from Eastern.
VHERE ARE TWO WAYS to succeed in bust-
I ness. . have a monopoly, but if that is im-
possible, find the secret of winning the battle
against your competition.
For a customer i( is much more pleasant to
trade with a concern battling for business than with
a monopoly.
Illustrations which explain this principle arc
countless.
CONSIDER TRANSPORTATION, for example.
V# Time was when railroads had a monopoly
on travel If a person wanted to travel from New
York to Kansas City, he could either travel by
train or walk.
Everyone old enough to remember is aware
of the way railroads abused their monopoly. It was
virtually impossible to get a civil answer from the
man in the uniform behind the window of a rail-
road station He specialized in insulting customers.
He was most irritated when someone inquired the
time of day or the time of arrival of a late train.
He was an expert at saying "no” if a traveller
made a request or had a problem. He delighted
in closing the window on time even if he had to
shut it in somebody's face! (And the companies
rather encouraged this policy. They frowned on ac-
commodating employees )
He didn't give a dam whether you traveled
his line or stayed at home. He just couldn't care
less!
^^F COURSE WE ARE exaggerating a little. . .
but not much. And we hasten to explain
that there were a few exceptions to the rule, a
few kind hearts with a bit of compassion.
What the station agent didn't offer in the way
of discourtesy, his company did'
The waiting room was either too hot or too
cold. There was only one way to buy a ticket. . .
fork over the cash' No checks, no credit cards,
no charge accounts. The railroads were the first
to initiate "pay toilets.”
Wearing his distinctive cap. the grumpy station
agent was feared by children much like they feared
a grumpy policeman. Unconsciously, a kid somehow
felt that the station agent possessed the power of
arrest!
mECAUSE OF THEIR monopoly, the railroads
D were able !o get by and prosper with a maxi-
mum of discourtesy and a minimum of service.
WHEN SOMETHING HAPPENED . the air-
I plane. .And, with the coming oi bettei roads,
|x|OT LONG AFTER that experience, while in
■ W the Navy we were en route to Seattle, Wash.,
for a temporary assignment with Com 13. We were
to leave Amarillo by train.
This was when one could occupy a I*ullman
in Amarillo about 9 p m., go to bed. and the train
which arrived about 11 or 12 o’clock would pick up
the Pullman.
We went to sleep, exp<-cting to awaken the next
morning in Denver. . but instead, we awoke in
Amarillo' The train had had an accident down a-
bout Childress and had never arrived in Amarillo.
^NLY WAY WE COULD report to Seattle on
time was to fly to Denver and make the
Union Pacific connection.
But first we went to the railroad ticket office
to get a refund for the Amarillo to Denver portion
of our trip which we couldn’t use through the fault
of the railroad. Even though we had just purchased
our ticket in cash the night before, the agent in-
formed us that he was not authorized to make
this refund . it would have to come from Fort
Worth . . after we had filled out a page or two
of questions explaining why we didn't use the
ticket!
WO MAKE A LONG STORY short, we finally
I received the refund . . . about six months
after the war was over and we had returned home
from overseas!
^^UR REASON FOR bringing up the subject
stems from a recent trip made by air.
It has been a long time since the incidents
just related occurred. Since then, railroad travel
has become almost a thing of the past, and the
airlines find themselves in about the same position
the railroads once enjoyed.
Today the choice when making a lonp trip is. . .
fly or walk (The bus people won't appreciate this
observation and we must say that they do offer
a reasonable choice )
And we are finding that the airlines today are
NOT the airlines that treated us so royally as a
student many years ago Every time we fly. we
notice that another service has been dropped .
and some of the ticket agents are reminiscent of
those who used to work for the railroads.
The net effect is. . .less and more inconvenient
service at a higher price’
We note an emerging “public be damned" atti-
tude Odessa's only airline wants to pull out. leav-
ing Howard County no public transportation except
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TULIA, (SwiMwr County) TEXAS 790*6
THURSDAY, JUNE 27. 1974
THREE SECTIONS
Sales Tax Refund Check UpOver '73
City of Tulia has received its
sales tax refund check for the
first quarter of 1974. It was for
$20,420 15. The check for the same
quarter of 1973 was for $18,633 53.
The check for the same quarter
of 1972 was for $17,310.58.
The continued rise is due in
part to inflation
The pattern of retail sales, re-
flected by the refund sales lax
checks, is consistent. Retail sales'
are smallest for th1 first quarter
of the year, January through Mar-
ch, and each quarter increases
with the peak recorded for Octo-
ber through December
The other lhi»:*«* quarter for 1973,
after the first, resulted in refund
checks of $21 321 II, $22,425.39, and
$26,111.17,
Modi-sly is Lie art of bragging
inconspicuously.
Little League Play
Enters Final Stage
Swisher Cattle 11, Roll-A-Cono 1.
With the Little League season
moving into the final two weeks
of regular play, the standings in
the two leagues are:
11 and 12 year league:
American Division: Swt-her < ut-
ile Company 5 wins and one loss; .
..... „ Rotary 5 wins and one loss; First Kniiuing
Kiwanis 10, Tulia Wheat Grow- state Bank three wins and three a,n‘
Little League baseball scores
from last week in the 9 and 10
year league were:
Taylor-Evans 7, Barbour Bro -
thers 6;
Lions 13, Bill’s Market 8;
Bates Shoe Store 12, Farmers
Union 5;
Clyde Vaughn 4-H Horse Honors
Manager New , A
Machine Shop Go To Girls Again
For Ihe second straight year in showmanship and showed the
the girls won mod of Ihe honors second place registered mare (.»
al the District 2 4 11 Horse Show years and under) as well as the
here this week taking 11 of 14 reserve champion inare
Managed by Clyde Vaughn, the find-place awards plus grand ami Other lop honors wenl to Robin
m-w business features crankshaft r».serve grand champion individual Robinette of Dawson County, who
New Tulia business is Tulia En-
gine Machine, Inc., located at 206
SW 2nd, former home of Ty God-
win's Tulia Aulo Parts.
cylinder boring, valve
head work, and numerous
honors.
In all
20 4-11 members qualified
showed the champion gelding, and
to David Hall of Howard County
ers 9;
Bill's Market 24. Kiwanis 3;
Farmers Union 19, Barbour Bro-
thers 9;
Lions 15, Tulia Wheat Growers
6;
Taylor-Evans 12, Bates Shoe
Store 2.
In the 11 and 12 year league:
Jaycees 11, Tulia Savings &
Loan 3;
Kotary 13, Tulia Feed Lot 2;
First State Bank 17, First Na-
tional Bank 9:
Swisher C-attlc 9, Tulia Feed Lot
3;
First National Bank
Savings A Loan 8;
losses; Tulia Savings &
win and 5 losses.
National Division: Jaycees 4
wins and two losses, Tulia Feed
I ait three wins and three losses.
Loan one R*rvice« primarily for other to compete al Ihe Stale 4-H Horse v|fh the reserve champion gold-
machine shops and for fanners Show in Dallas in August,
and other individuals who do their The district event at Cobh
own machine repair work Wheeler Mote arena featured 18(1
Vaughn. 38 years old, has Ix-en contestants from 29 South Plains
mg.
Swisher County ran up Ihe high-
est point total, followed by Floyd
and Dawson counties
The contest was divided into
1<!59. working at Plainview and the Texas Agricultural Extension eight halter and ox performance
Olton before moving to Tulia in Service. classes The six first place per-
1972 to become associated with Capturing the highest honor as formance winners along with those
Eairrel Automotive, Inc. high-pomt individual was Ginger showing the four top halter horse*
A machinist for the business Henderson of Floyd County, sister W,H compete at state The remain-
will be Johnny Bice, Tulia native, of last year’s grand champion, 1*8 entries in the field of 20 state-
Mona Henderson Ginger won a delegates were selected on
first, two seconds, and showed P"10'* accumulated during compe-
tin' champion marc. titlon. Others who qualified to
The reserve chan....... honor ln ,h,‘ S,a,‘‘ horsC ihow
Roll-A-<'one one win 5 losses and engaged in this type (if work since counties comprising Drrtrirt 2 of
First National Bank one win 5
losses.
9 and 10 year league:
American Division: Taylor -
Evans 6 wins and no losses; Far-
mers Union 3 wins and 3 losses;
Bill’s Market 2 wins and 3 losses;
and Tulia Wheat Growers no wins
and 5 losses.
National Division; Lions 5 wins
12, Tulia and 1 loss. Bales Shin.' Store 3
wins and 2 losses, Barbour liro-
Kotary 12.
Jaycees 9,
Roll-A-Cone 2;
First State Bank 6;
thers one win and 4
Kiwanis one win and
losses, and
5 losses.
who has had five years experieni e
in this type- of work Dcbbi Vau-
ghn will be ixxikkeeper.
Vaughn’s wife, Nancy, is cm-
ployed al Ihe First National Bank
Vaughn invites Ihe public to vis-
it him at his new lix-ation IBs
telephone iiuiiiIxt is 995-3561.
reserve champion honor
went to Homs' Thornton, also of
Floyd County, who won a first
Swisher, County Towns Are Named
Official Bicentennial Communities
Swisher County and the cities
of Tulia, Happy and Kress, arc
among 30 American Revolution Bi-
centennial communities of the
Texas Panhandle.
Judge Jack Driskill and Mayors
W. V. Swinbum, Foster Harman
and W. D. Agnew were present to
receive bicentennial flags during
ceremonies Wednesday night be-
fore the opening of the musical
drama Texas in Palo Duro Canyon
Stale Park.
The 30 communities had pre-
viously presented plans for cele-
brating the nation's anniversary
with permanent and worthwhile
projects.
The efforts will be completed
by 1976, the bicentennial year
On hand to present the flags
were John Nolon and Joe Dobal
from Washington, I). C. Dr S.
L. Abbott, regional director of Ihe
Joe Stovall
Purchases
Elm Tree
Joe Stovall of Lubbock and his
family have moved into Ihe Elm
Tree Inn which they have pur-
chased from Wendell Spray.
S t o v a 1 1 has been manager of
Zales Jewelry Store of Lubbock
for seven years and prior to that
time was with Lester's Jewelry
of Lubbrnk.
He is currently engaged in re-
novating the hotel inside and out
He expects to open the hotel and
dining room by July 1 but will
have the grand opening later.
Joe and his wife Joye are the
parents of nine children, six of
whom are adopted.
Mrs. Stovall is an antique col-
lector and will be adding to the
antiques already associated with
the Elm Tree Inn
The Stovalls will live at the
hotel All the children are in
school and will assist their par-
ents in the operation of the esta-
blishment.
A successful horologist. or wat-
chmaker. Stovall selected Tuba as
a place to rear his children
He will offer an attractive menu
in the dining room which will
be open evenings only
He invites the public to visit
him and his family at his new
home.
•
A hen and a hog were travel-
ling together and passed a church
that displayed the subject for the
Sunday sermon "How Can We
Help the Poor?” After a mo-
ment's reflection the hen ventured,
"I know what we can do' We
can give them a ham and egg
breakfast " "You car say that."
the hog replied. "For you that's
just a contribution but for me
it's total commitment."
ARBC for the five state region,
Mrs. Tom B. Simmons of the Tbx-
as Bicentennial Committee, and
Mrs Gene Brownrigg and John
Anderson of the Texas Bicenten-
nial staff.
Major project of Swisher County
will be a Swisher Memorial to
house the county library and coun-
ty museum as well as other coun-
ty activities.
Schixils of the county plan to
make the story of their country
come alive as emphasis is placed
on individuals and events that
have made America gi’ at. Stu-
dents will lx1 encouiaged to write
stories, plays, and biographical
sketches, to make posters and
drawings, and to make models
of a permanent nature, the best
of which may> he housed in the
Swisher Memorial building.
Historical markers will lx' erect-
ed where authorized by the state
commission An historical map of
tb- county is planned. An official
county flag Is planned to fly un-
der the American and Texas flags
on public flag (Niles.
and the counties they represent
included:
Denise Davis, Sherri Starkey,
and Guy Wall Via, all of Swisher,
David ll.ill of Howard. I*ill Em-
finger of Gaines. Kenny llender-
son of Bailey, Suzctte Fitzgerald
and Ty MeMurtry of Briscoe;
Mona Henderson and Denise John-
son of Floyd, Sonya Iasi Franks
Luhhcxk, Randy Coleman and
Steve l*nlvado of Cortiran; and
K’l.ynn Royer of Dawson
The following is a summary of
the wins registered by the 4II
(Continued on page 3)
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PICS
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CLYDE VAUGHN
Kyle Todd Of Happy Holds
State Office At Boys' State
AUSTIN — Kyle S. T<xld, a sen- dealing with agricultural problems are going up in Ihe retailers’ and
ior at Happy High School, was between his staff of Boy’s Staters wholesalers end of the business.”
elected Commissioner of Agricul- and Jim Sessions, an assistant to Kyle then stated, "We don't
ture by his fellow delegates at Commissioner White. want to just point our fingers
the 1974 American Legion Boy’s Questions raised by the Staters at the wholesalers and retailers
Slate held here in Austin, Tues- covered the areas of beef prices, and say ‘you're doing it all
day, June 18. price support* and the difficulty wrong,’ but we feel that they
Attended by a host of support- of obtaining agricultural equip - should reach a ha|»py medium on
ers, appointees and friends, Kyle ment. profits We feel that it’s unfair
visited the office of Texas Agri- Mr. Sessions later commented for their profits to rise while ours
culture Commissioner John C. that “this was the most informed fall.”
White where he officiated over and intense group of young people Kyle is currently a member of
the Boy's State Department of Ag- I have ever dealt with.” the Future Fanners of America
nculture. Afterwards, Kyle commented on in Happy, where he works as a
As his first act in office, Kyle, the current agric ultural pic ture as farmer and stockman *uh his
a native of the douth-strieken Pan- he sees it. family He plans to attend West
handle, drafted a letter to Secre- "Our most serious problem is Texas Stale University where he
tary of Agriculture Fiarl Butz. The prices: particularly in the beef will major in agribusiness
letter was a plea that he increase industry. Market prices are falling Boy’s State is a week long exer-
public awareness of the plight of but feed costs arc rising." Kyle c iv- in government sponsor* I by
America's farmers. said "Even so, the- cost of the the \mencan la-gum and held an
Next Kyle served as moderator finished product that the consumer nually on the University of Texas
in a question and answer session get. continues to rise; the profits Continued on |>age 3)
JOHN WILKERSON Ford Mercury Agency in Tulia has occupied its new building at
Hale and NW 6th. A few last minute items have not yet been completed including the trim
on the north side of the building which was slow in arriving. Formal opening will be sched
uled later.
New meter connections reported
by the city of Tulia since last
week Lawrence Bussell, Malibu
Apartments, No I, Sue Ann Mc-
i'une, Malibu Apartments, No 20;
Vicki Johnson. Villa Apartments.
No 9. AlgiT Fowler, 814 N El
Paso, Dcmungn Bndriguez. 300 N.
Hale. David Mickey, 510 N. W.
2nd, Martin's Construction, Mali-
bu Apartments, No. 6
Marriage licenses issued by the
county clerk since last week:
Gary Don Smith, Tulia, and Cecil-
ia Ann Black, Tulia; Dale Gene
la-mons, Tulia, and Joni Rhea
Daniel, Tulia
Patients admitted to Swisher
Memorial Hospital since last Tue,-
day: Craig Alexander, Robert Nol-
en, Mrs John Kslmger, Brenda
Mote, Stanton Midi'. Jix* McClana-
han, Gabriel Guzman. Mrs Kath-
erine Patrick, Ben Hooper, Mrs.
R. A Shannon. Mrs. Gary Gard-
ner, Mrs Stanley Fogerson, Paul
Crysel, Mrs Larry Ray, Mrs J. C.
Farrand. Mrs. Garland Nolen,
Raymond Starnes Mrs Larry Pet-
erson. John Baird, Mrs F>-d<wio
Salas Me- Monism Jackson. Mrs.
Juan Gonzales, Mrs. Albert Zun-
iga.
BORN TO:
Mr and Mrs l^irry Bay, Rt
1. Box 71, Happy, a boy.
Mr and Mrs. Garland Nolen.
Route V. Tuba, a girl.
Mr and Mrs J. C. Farrand.
1026 V W 11th. Tulia. a girl
Mr and Mrs Juan Gonzales,
General Delivery. Wayside, a boy
Mr and Mrs Albert Zuruga,
Box 700. Tulia. a boy.
Swisher Ambulance Service re-
ports the following calls since last
week:
June 20 — Rex Rodgers to Doc -
tor's Hospital at Plainview
Juie 29 — J R. Walton to
Swisher Memorial truo-ferred to
High Plains Baptist at \manllo.
Th< Fairrel Motor M><hani< wis
filling refrigeration unit at Jack's
Conoco when the container blev
up
June 2! - Mrs R A Shannon
to Swisher Memorial.
June 22 — Mrs W R Shipman
to central Plains. Plainview
New subscribers to The Tulu
Herald since Iasi week Kay Cul-
well. .(16-1: W |r,th. \manllo. Tex-
as. Robert Mtxire. filix TWitcht-ll
Littlefield. Texas; Kendell Heck-
ler 410 N. El Paso. Tulia, Texas
Temperature extremes for the
past work were 100 and 55 Rain-
fall measured U9 inch Total rain-
fall for the month to date 318
inches. Total rainfall
(Herald photo) 7 JO inches........ f°r
year
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