The Hereford Brand (Hereford, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 13, 1966 Page: 1 of 18
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For Paying Poll
Elections Nears
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65TH YEAH — NO . 2
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
Bull Barn Comes
Extend Contract
Into Its Own As
For Supt. Clark
By Board
.h
confi-
w
l%5 CROP YEILDS LISTED
Holly Technicians
Meet Slated Here
Day
—Approve an unchanged rate
A total <it 54* tickets to the
LIBKIKY COMMITTEE EYED
Tax Office Division Approved
County CommiMionerv, in
Fort
m
t
I
I
Junior High
Zones Set
Serving
the
A
With the Jan 11 deadline for
Paying poll tax drawing near a
total of IMO poll tax receipts had
been issued as of Wednesday
morning in the county tax as-
sessorcolleclor* attut
The poll tax i* required for
voting in local and stale elec
tion*
students
iunior
con-
Here-
put
9.
S
for the two sections. Mrs Mil
ler said
The change was approved by
the commission
Named to head the tax ac-
counting and poll tax section was
Mrs Pauline Lady Mrs Billie
Herrington will supervise the
highwav section
IN OTHF-ll business the com
mission looked into the advisa-
bility of appointing a county li-
brary committee to aid libra-
rians in selection of books for
the library
No action was taken en this
matter pending further study
THE IDEA was proponed by
commisaicmer Earl Holt who
suggested that such a committee
high school fund drive
Junior high school
are planning a talent show to
—AGREE to remove drivers
education front the longterm
school schedule tail retain the
and/or
which
the new
now under
northwest
group upon
drawal
Pole is also a true pioneer in
the TV industry which is exem
phficd hy his first TV broad-
cast from New York in 1M3 as
See BL SMI JET Page 1
by qualified voters — and a va-
lid poll tax receipt is required
to vote in all elections, with the
exception of the federal office
balloting
DEADLINE for filing for the
May 7 primary which will pick
candidates for countv and state
offices is Feb 7
Three incumbents — Bill Gen-
try. film Pams, and Hugh
Clearman — announced Tuesday
night their intention to seek re-
election to the seven-man Here
way Monday as local BAPW
volunteers will semi out mail
ers to Hereford residents
Campaign chairman Dr No-
bl.- Ballard said the committee
is hoping to raise mor. than the
Kim which was raised last
year
ford Independent School Dis-
trict Board of Trustees
Final date for placing names
on th.- ballot for th.- April 2
school trustee election is March
J in the office of the school tax
assessor-collector
TWO CITY commissioners
terms also expire this year Ex-
piring are terms of commission-
ers Lloyd Sharp and Albert Max-
well
No candidates have hem an
nounced for the upcoming city
election, which will be held early
vide separate adpamng offices lie formed to help insure that I vel allowance of district proba
books and other materials pur thm officer J C Rm*
chased for the library be of ut-
most benefit to the community
Commissioners visited with
Mrs txirene Newman librarian,
concerning the matter
Hofi said the suggestion was
no reflection on the present con
tent of the library or the man
ner in which books are selected
hut being considered merely as
an aid to the librarian
He adds that such a committee
would protuihly include represen-
tatives of the school and other
groups which have a strung
interest in the materials avail-
able in the county library
Commissioners also approval
111 per month raise to the tro-
Work Progresses
By WAIN MILLER
lu----- CU.I..
rwwWs CWt'SI
The county-owned Bull Barn
is getting a sprucing up on the
inside
And Monday the county com-
missioners went out to look over
the progress of the 110 t*M im-
provement project
So impressed were they with
the change in appearance of the
Bull Bam brought about by the
current work of installing an ac-
oustical ceiling new lighting
At present the change is in
duty assignments al employes
only hut ultimate goal is to pro
Bill Gentry
Receives Post
On ^atcr Group
Hereford farmer Bill fientry
was elected to the five-man
county comrrifiee of the High
Plains I'nderground Water Dis-
trict in balloting here Tuesday
With only 11 votes cate, Gen-
try was elected to replace La
bry Ballard who retires from
the committw
Gentry was favored over
Charles Hoover the other can-
didate for the county post
RETAINED on the five man
county committee for the com
ing year are Billy Wayne Sts-
sons J E McCalbem Jr Billy
B Moore and Charles Pack
ard
In other voting in the diet net’s
annual election three incum
bents were re-elected to serve
on the district board They are
Russell Bean of laibbork Wei
don Newsom of Morton, and
Chester Mitchell of Lnckney
Voters also approved the an
nexatlon of a portion of Coch-
ran County to the 11-county wa-
ter ronesrvatirsi district
in April bate of that election
and filing deadline has not yet
been announ- ed
I-ast year, when county citi-
zens voted for both city and
school elected officials plus pro-
posed amendments to the state
constitution, only 1*71 poll tax
receipts were issued in Deaf
Smith County
Poll tax receipts were report-
ed coming in at a faster clip
this year, although still behind
last year's total with the dead-
line just 17 days away
Hally Sugar Corporation offi
• tate have announced plans for
a company wide technologists
meeting to he held Jan
It 20 and 21 at the company's
plant here
some 70 high ranking < om
pany employees and officers
from five states will attend the
sessions al Holly's Merrill F
shoup plant
INCLUDED will be production
and agricultural supervisors
from Holly's eleven I________
located in California Montana
Wvoming Colorado and Here
HEREFORD, TEXAS 79045. THURSDAY. JANUARY 13, 19*6
THIS WAS done after com
missfonee. w»rr told that the
numlvr of probationers in the
county had climbed greatly since
a IM monthly travel expense
wax approved for Reese, to a
present total of M persons on
probation
Reese serves six counties To-
tal number of probationers un-
der his supervision is 1* His
salary and expenses are prorat-
ed among the counties based on
the number of probationers In
each.
Aiao approved at Monday's
meeting was a raise in salary
from 112 to 114 per day for pert-
lime help in tbs district ctor*
and county taa offices
Chamber Board
Approves Record
$31,000 Budget
Deaf Smith < misty < hamper
of I omnwree Board of Dire,
tors approved a 131 IM* bud
Sei for the fiscal year begin
ntag Feb. I at their regaiar
meeting Wednesdav morning
The approved budged exceeds
by a thousand dollars the ISOS
.-R*-a rowA^ose *— *^^m
" •’anrswt iwriigci sB^Nl IN LOT.
largest la Riston for Um- Io
cal chamber
Increased evprodllsres were
made possible by a 22.1* gate
in ..nthlpated revenue during
the fiscal year ending Feb 1.
IM7. brought about by the
< lumber's m-eat membership
drive
Three School
Board Members
To Run Again
Three members of the Here-
ford Independent School District
Board of Directors aulhortied
the school tax assessor Tuesday-
night to place their names on
the ballot for the April 2 school
i district election
Present board president Bill
i Genin and board members
Olin Pam* and Hugh Clearman
said they would seek re-election
to the seven-man board
The three men s terms expire
of passing out money folders to
students Jan 34
THE HIGH school
sell — plus the office* of county
clerk county treasurer and jus
IK-e of the peace
Also up for elect hmi are the
offices of district judge and
county district court clerk Jud
ge Harry Schultz and county dis-
trict court clerk. Mrs Lucille
Posey. have announced intention
to seek reelection to those of
(ices
COUNTV commissioners Mar
cus Latham and R Donald
Hicks are so far unopposed in
A FREE class in bask in-
come tax form preparation spo-
nsored by the Panhandle '"hap
ter <4 Certified Public Accoun-
tant* and the Internal Revenue
•service will he held tonight
i Thursday i in the Hereford High a light session Monday okayed
Ss-hoo| Auditorium Ser story tn
side
_ Friday . Jan 21. is the dead
contributed greatly to his high line for sugar beet farmers in matters and the highway
Deaf Smith County to file re
farm
the
A dance will be held for high district s contract with Colum-
See Kl< KfJFF Page 2 See CONTRACT Page 2
»ost chonge in
are making in
proverrentt or« bemg
Photo I
attend Deaf Smith County Chamber of gaged by the famous Hurrah was made the
Commerce Annual Meeting and Minevilch Harmona a Has. ate.
Banquet had firm sold as of
Wednesday morning with some
M0 ducats still available
Tickets on sale at the chain
font
Hereford area manager for
Holly Dexter Ullie said the
session is firing hrid herr in or
der that Hidly offa iais may view
tiw • ompanv * newest installs
lion and see new innovations in
the Hereford plant
Many out of town official* in
eluding Holly president Dennis
< i Rorkr of ( olorado Spring*
will attend the Deaf Smith Coun
___ty Chamber of Commerce Ban
refineries ll,,rl Jan 20 Holly re ar
ranged its meeting schedule in
••rdei that guests may
th. chamber event
The trctmulogixt* meeting will
feature clink* showing proce-
dures heir and will no doubt
p.ant out the phenomenal su<
cess of beet growers tn the Herr bet office and from chamber
ford area Lillie said
AVERAGE TONN AGE produc
rd by growers in Holly * 2» M5
acre Hereford district wa* 22 22
tons in the IMA campaign Lillie
pointed <ut
This surpasses the 1M4 aver
age of some 20 tons per acre
Sugar content on the IMS crap
av eraged 15 I percent somrw hat
lower than the 17 percent aver
age m the IMM crop
Bt T THE in. leaned tonnage
will more than make up for the
See HOLLY Page 2
Dgsiii^
Tax, Filing For
their announced intention to seek
re-election in precincts two and
four, respectively
State Representative Bill Clay-
ton* term expire* this year, a*
does the term of U S Con-
gressman Waller Rogers Nei-
ther have announced their in-
tentions as yet
And statewide offices of gov-
ernor Lt Governor, attorney
general and U.S senators are
added to the list of important'
choK es to Is- decided at the polls
tax is Jan 31 al J p m Also
upturning are deadline* for fll
mg for elect urn in several ptwls
L'p for eleclKm lot ally during
IM* will be thne positions on
the Hereford school hoard two
city commission seals, two < i«in
ty commissioti spots and sever
district, and
a request that the countv tax
assessor collector s offlie he
The Deal Smith county Chap ln,,‘ ’•«
I Pn»M»n1ing the rrqurtf was
VWW BULL BA0N—County (ommuiiocri
Ear* Molt. Bruce Coleman Marcus Latham
and Donald Hkbs (from the left I survey
•d ’he new look of *he ounty owned Bull
Bam during fhetr Monday commission ses
sion See story at left Workman ore fast
completing installation of panelling, m the
3 W TICKETS Stti.D
\acant House
Burns. Fireman
Prolw* Cause
A house which had been va-
cant since early 1M2 was gut-
ted by flames tn one of five
calls answered by the Hereford
Firemen this week
Firemen were called to the
300 block of Ave D. at 10 33
p m Tuesday where a small
frame house was found engulfed
in flames
ONE f IREMEN suffered a
broken wnst. and another was
slightly injured in a fall while
fighting the Maze
Eart Phillips was treated for
a broken wnst when he fell
While attempting to secure a
hose Tom Wingo was treated
at Deaf Smith County Hospital
for minor linuses also suffered
in a fall.
O. L King, owner of the
house said the house was brok
en into and torn up shortly af-
ter it had been vacated in 1M2.
and that hr had intended to
tear it down
THERE WERE' no electrical
or gas connection* lo the house.
See VACANT Page 2
A PART of the tradi'ional
campaign will be the mothers
march which will be held dur
Ing the next two weeks with
Mr- Wheeler Sean and Mrs
David Gibson in charge
Miss Patti Roach is in charge
of the student activities for the with near equal enrollment of
Anglo l-alin and Negro students
in the two school*, current en-1
rollmenl studies indicated
Tuesday's meeting also saw
Hereford school trustee*
qo»e Superintendent Johnny
Clork Jr. a hearty vole of
confidence and complunented
this with a 12-month exten-
sion of hi* contract and $50
aise in his monthly expense
-.beck during a busy board
se*«ion Tuesday night
Expressing ' utmost
donee" in the man who
hondlet rhe school dnlncti
this year No other candidates fop odminntrabve po»t. the
have announced for the hoard boord unanimously approved
election ■--- - - *
j page)
Kickoff Set
For Annual
March Of Dimes
March of Dimes and ha* sche-
duled many event* for earning
monev for the c ampaign
THE ANSI AL Candy
will be held Jan 22 with vol- the hoard
untecr* selling candy down
town and at the shopping cen
ten
Miss landa Price and Miss course for after school
Carole Coffee will be in charge summer pariicipaticin
of the candy sale
Mis* Juliana Gomel and Mi** of -M pen ent actual value for
Jane Willhelm will be in charge tax assessment for IM*
—Hear an enrollment report
by Clark showing a current en
student rollment of 4 M* students, which
council will take charge of the ix 347 more than the 3 721 total
enrollment at this lime last
students year
—Set Apnl 2 as the date for
raise funds to cimtribute to the the school trustee eles-lion
drive —Approve a change in
Dinner Seats Going
such perfection that he was en where after a short time he
famous Hurrah was made the leader of the
Minevitch* with
NEW FRF5IDENT _ Hereford
R.dert Club announced the
election of new officers for
the coming year this week.
Andrew J Shu vol (above)
wot elected as president Al
lee was nomod as vice pres-
ident, Charlie Hill, secrefory,-
ond io wet Sharp, treasurer
Directors for the club were
named os Charlie Hill. J. A
Crawford, and Fred Roland
The Riders Club will meet to-
night or ( p m at the Com
munity Center
Isiard mrtnlro are gotng it a
Iaster than-usual clip and chain
tier official* are looking for
ward to one of their largest
crowds in year* at the affair
which highlights the chamber «
year
Price of tickets is *4 50
FEATl RED at the banquet
slated fiat 7 3* p m Thursday
Jan 20 in the high school gym
nasium will he Dallas enter
tamer Petr Pedersen prosenta
tion of the Hereford laons Club*
Cilioen of the Year ' award _________r
and dinner catered by nationally lrr' ,’rf the Farmers Vnion will
known Walter Jetton of Fort : p p m tonight tn Mrs Nell Miller tax assessor
w,,rth the Pwaierr Natural Gas Co collector, who said that dividing
Pele was educated in Cha ago Flame R.aan Purpose of the the office x employ ees Into two
and attended Cart Schurr High meeting t* to elect a new pre
During hi*
and other beautifying touches,
the commissioners immediately
began thinking als.it adding fur
ther improvements at the spa
clou* facility
LIKE AN I NNOLHUi pretty
girl who never went to the tieau-
ty shop until she was lit the
county Hull Harn in its new in-
terior attire is drawing many a
sevraid look as a setting for
commumtv meeting* and con-
ventions
Commissioners at Monday's
meeting expressed the opinion
that the Hull Bam project now
underway i* perhaps adding
more beauty to the center than
had been anlicipaled
And so it wa* that the com-
missioners met with the con-
tractor Wednesday morning to
look into cost of improving the
Bull Barn even mon- No action
was taken but the conlra.-lor
was asked to prepare an esti-
mate mi other improvements
Ab ONE commissioner put it
while looking al the facility
Monday . "We could spend a lit-
tle mole nmnev out here ..nd
have a conventmn center to rival
anybody'* "
The spacious ham Inuit a de
cade ago wa* planned aa a
meeting place and liveatack ex-
position writer but the faci-
lity ha* not been fully utili-
zed due to it* unattractivenes*.
plus difficult v in controlling
bee BA 'LL Page 2
bockground, ond on ocovslicol rile ceding,
plus flo.escenl lighting After seeing the
opperonce these mnovotioni
the Bull Barn, further uw-
<ons<dered (Staff
sections — tax and highway —
School During hi* teen-age sident for the organization Are would help provide more effi
vear* Pete became interrsled «torv in«idr cieni operation of the offh-r
tn water sport* developed into ..... THE TAX section of tlw of
an outstanding swimmer and Friday . Jan 21. is the .lead Her would handle *11 county tax
NT-
K-hool swimming learn by wm Deaf Smith County to file re tton would be responsible for au-
rung the City (Tiamp4.inkl.ip Al- quest* hu farm propminmwte tomobile registrations and ve-
»o during hi* high school years shares for the IM* crop Forwis hide taxes
Pete became Interested tn play may he obtained from the local
mg the harmonica, and by IM2 AST’S officr or field rrp’rwnt i
had developed this talent to fives for Holly Sugar Corp.
(See story at top of o three-year contract for
Clark and th. $600 yearly
increase in expense* pay
The actions highlighted a
board so**ion which saw sev-
eral decision* and reports
oefore ond after a two-hour
break Io attend the high
school basketball game
Other business included the
The Deaf Smith County March tone division of the city for
of Dimes drive will get under determining
will attend
high school
struction in
ford
APPROAED zones will
students living west of U.
Hwy H5 and south of U
Hwy SO in the new La Plata
Junior High School — beginning
the fall of this year — and
those living east of -MS and north
of M in Stanton Junior High
Enrollment in the two junior
highs will be some 544 student*
at La Plata and 341 Stanton.
On Schedule..
Deadline is Friday Jan 14
mr receipt of entnr* in the
Hereford Y.iung Farmers Jun
lor Livestock Show which gel*
underway a week from today
and this year promise*
several contested elections on
the slate level and at least one
election choice on the local lev
el
DEADLINE for paying poll
al other county-
state positions
Included are the office of
county judge — in which to-
cumlient Judge H C Williams
Is being upposerl by L H Rus
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The Hereford Brand (Hereford, Tex.), Vol. 65, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 13, 1966, newspaper, January 13, 1966; Hereford, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1321566/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Deaf Smith County Library.