The Hereford Brand (Hereford, Tex.), Vol. 80, No. 245, Ed. 1 Tuesday, June 9, 1981 Page: 1 of 10
ten pages : ill. ; page 21 x 14 in. Digitized from 35 mm. microfilm.View a full description of this newspaper.
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
I
♦
First Load of County Wheat Delivered
Tpovle
D
//
1.
P
Brand
20"
10 Pages
County Budget Reviewed
Bull Barn Dances Eliminated
,1
Atlanta Initiates
Israeli Papers Praise
Nuclear Reactor Raid
good vative daily Maariv said in an
sovereignty.
Mall Merchants Reorganize;
avasas
Discuss Repairs, Crazy Days
Local Youth Stable
J
$
Following Accident
4)
T
V
3
Reagan, Portillo Stress
Trust and Cooperation
Five year old Elana Elizon-
do is in stable condition in
Northwest Texas Hospital in
v—
2,5
Mable and Irving streets
Miss Elizondo suffered head
According to Carr. over 300
participated in the event last
year and he is expecting a
better turn out this year.
Several gifts and prizes will
been delivered on Sunday,
but not a full load of wheat
Donald Simpkins, who
Bam. its maintenance. and
effective supervision. the
county fathers felt they hit
the bull’s eye in making the
move to eliminate dances at
the events center.
With the move, dances will
end at the Bull Barn after the
last scheduled event, set for
October 3 there according to
County Treasurer Vesta Mae
Nunley Some 11 other dances
have already been scheduled
from tile present through the
be awarded to those deserv-
ing during the event.
Holling announced the
(See MALL. Page 2)
he didn’t see the girl before
he hit her
Two arrests were made in a
burglary attempt at Carl Mc-
Caslin Lumber Company
Sunday night. Police respond-
ed to a silent alarm that had
Vernon, and Kansas and Col-
orado have good wheat which
will be harvested earlier than
usual. I hope they don't skip
us," Fusion said.
Fuston said producers in
Deaf Smith County planted
about 250,000 acres of wheat,
of which 150,000 acres is
dryland wheat and 100,000
acres is irrigated. Thu figure
is up about 10 percent from
last year He said less com
(Saa WHEAT, Page 2)
/ a
delivered on June 23 last
year. He attributes the early
wheat harvest to the warm
spring in Deaf Smith County.
Speinkruger said wheat
harvest started last year bet-
ween June 13 and 23. "Thu is
the start of a harvest, and the
dryland wheat is probably
ready, but the irrigated
wheat will probably not be
ready until the end of the
week," he said.
Producers who depend on
custom wheat harvesting
The Hereford
Tuesday
June 9, 1981
80th Vw, No. 245 Hereford, Texas
27—9
% •2 1
TEI. AVIV. Israel iAPi -
Israeli newspapers rang with
praise today for Prune
Minister Menachem Begin’s
decision to bomb an Iraqi
nuclear reactor, and the
voters who will decide his
political fate June 30 seemed
pleased with the daring raid.
Israel acted according to
an old rule, hit them before
they hit you." the conser-
±
sme
"sg4r9
zm-e
-
then-president mxom imin e"" —
•r
may have difficulty hiring
custom combines in this area
since most of the custom
crews are still in the Wichita
Falls area. John Fusion,
ASCS executive director for
Deaf Smith County, said the
Vernon and Wichita Falls
areas have good wheat which
is not harvested yet because
of a wet spring. "How big a
problem we’ve got with
custom harvesting I don’t
know It will be a week or two
before it is cut out down near
Mall Meeting
The Sugarland Mall Association met Monday
morning for a business meeting and election of
officers. Presiding at the meeting was Paul
Hulling, right, with Coledwell-Bank in Dallas.
Elected to serve as President of the associa-
tion was Sondra Blankenship, fourth from
right, with Sondra’s Craft Corral. Other of-
ficials elected were Rozelle Delorio, mall
-tet
‘Safe Summer ‘81’
pavement would be repaired Amarillo after being struck
around the shopping center by a car Sunday evening at
CAMP DAVID. Md. (AP!
— President Reagan and
Mexican President Jose
Lopez Portillo. publicly
submerging any differences,
are stressing trust and
neighborly cooperation in
their talks at this mountain-
top retreat.
Devoting extraordinary
personal attention to his
guest. Reagan spent more
than 312 hours Monday in
discussions with Lopez Por-
tillo. took him horseback
riding and capped the day
with a candlelight dinner on
the terrace overlooking
Reagan's pool.
While we deal with you as
a representative of a great
nation, we can't help but
think of you as brothers."
Reagan said in a toast follow-
ing the roast sirloin dinner.
He pledged that any ac-
tion we take will be consistent
with the principles of
more producers were ex-
pected to make deliveries
Monday. His first customers
Early Wheat
Bobby Veigel (right), Veigel Grain, Milo Center, presents Donald Sim-
pkin a receipt for a load of wheat delivered Monday morning. Simpkins
wheat was the first load to be delivered to Veigel Grain, marking an
earlier-than-usual wheat harvest for the county. (Brand Photo by Mauri
Montgomery)
Special guest at the
meeting was Mike Carr,
chamber of commerce Ex-
ecutive Vice President He
discussed the Crazy Day
event, announcing that a fun
breakfast will kick-off the se-
cond annual event at 6:30
a.m. in the Community
Center Thursday , June 18
There will be judging of the
craziest dressed employees
throughout the stores in
Hereford and a possible tug-
of-war between the downtown
merchants and Sugarland
Mall merchants
manager, M.E. Moses; and Betty Martin,
secretary, Funny Farm and Harmans. Special
guest at the meeting was Mike Carr, third
from right, C of C vice president. He discussed
the upcoming Crazy Day events scheduled for
Thursday, June 18. The second annual event
will begin with a fun breakfast at 6:30 a.m.
that morning at the Community Center.
Day. June 18 The Mall
Association also decided to
leave all stores open until 8
p.m. on the 18th to promote
Crazy Days and the carnival.
The association also
discussed having the local
garden clubs help with the
upkeep of planters inside the
mall Plans include selecting
plants suitable to the season
to be placed in the planters
It was reported that
maintenance repair on the
roof was currently underway
and that in the near future the
By BOB NIGH
MANAGING EDITOR
Deaf Smith County Com-
missioners fired a shot at
what has been their
"nemesis" for the past
several years Monday as they
unanimously voted to abolish
dancing of any kind at the
county-operated Bull Barn,
effective next October Hop-
ing to zero-in on a constant
flow of problems with
scheduling the use of the Bull
neighborliness and hospitali- editorial. The newspaper said
ty." Israel had a "complete right
Lopez Portillo, who issued to act before the threat to her
a stiff rebuke to then- existence was realized "
President Carter in a toast at The liberal daily Haaretz
a 1979 state luncheon in Mex- editorialized. There is no
ico. took the occasion Monday doubt that the danger that
night to tell Reagan- "We threatens us from the eastern
wish to know and understand front has been diminished."
each other. but most impor- Haaretz’ military writer,
tant we trust each other." Zeev Schiff, said in a com-
He said there was "no ten- mentary. What the Israeli
(Sa* PORTILLO. Page 2) pilots did in this complex and
By JULIE SMILEY farms north of the Deaf Smith
Staff Writer County feed yard, delivered
The first truckload of wheat his first load of wheat Mon-
harvested in Deaf Smith day morning to Veigel Grain,
County for 1981 was delivered Milo Center Simpkins said
to Hereford Grain Corp., his imgaled wheat, watered
Saturday afternoon by A. once this spring, tested 93.23
Gale Adams. according to percent moisture and should
Wally Speinkruger, Hereford yield about 40 bushels per
Grain. acre
Continental Grain Co Bobby Veigel, owner and
reported that a sample had operator of the elevator, said
injuries and possible internal been installed in the building
injuries in the accident. The after three recent burglane*,
driver of the car, Isais Police officer* spotted Homer
Briones, Jr , was arrested for Landin, and a juvenile com-
DWI and is being held for in- ing out of the building. The
vestigation in the accident two were arrested and are
Miss Elizondo was crossing under investigation for the
Mable Street when she was other burglaries, which in-
hit. She was dragged about volved money and paint.
120 feet before Briones stop- Police also have two other
ped the car Briones then got suspects in the case.
out of the car and began Other action over the
shouting for someone to call weekend included several
an ambulance. According to POLICE, Page 2)
Hereford Police, Briones said
dangerous operation was like Israeli bombing.
entering a beehive, taking the "We are not afraid of any
queen and getting away reaction by the world." Begin
without being slung." said in a broadcast Monday
Davar, the paper of the op- night. "We had to act to
position Labor Party. praised safeguard the safety and
the execution of tile raid as an wellbeing of the Israeli peo-
"exemplary act," but it and ple ••
the pro-L.abor Jerusalem The Israeli government.
Post said the attack only which refuses to confinn or
postpones a resolution of the deny persistent foreign
problem of nuclear prolifera- reports that it has built a
tion in the Middle East, dozen or more nuclear
Begin was meeting his bombs, said the research
Cabinet today in Jerusalem reactor French and Italian
for a briefing on the surprise technicians were building on
attack and was to have a ses- (he outskirts of Baghdad was
sion later with Parliament’s being readied to manufacture
Foreign Affairs and Security nuclear weapons to be used
Committee, where members against Israel.
of the Labor Party would get Iraq denied this and asked
their first full report on the for a meeting of the U.N.
raid. Security Council. It charged
The prune minister Israel with a "grave act of
dismissed widespread
foreign condemnation of the <5“ ISmpE- "age 2)
October 3 date according to to thank the commissioners sharing funds That is the
Mrs. Nunley, and the coin- for their help in the past as same amount given to the
missioners felt the need to go well. center by the county last
ahead and honor all prior Former County Judge Sam y ear.
engagements Morgan and Margie Daniels The county budget for next
The Bull Barn has been a spoke on behalf of the Senior y ear is estimated at $2,259.36®
thorn in the side of the county Citizens Center, while in revenues, and $2,713,050 in
for several years, and com- museum director Lois expenditures, leaving a
missioner James Voyles. who Gilliland was also present as deficit of $54,995 With a pro-
made the motion to end well as Family Services jected $185,939 in revenue
dances, felt that such a move Center director Mike Moon sharing funds expected, that
was necessary I feel that if The senior citizens pointed would give a balance of
we remove all types of dances out a need of $24,807 to be $130,400 on October 1,1982.
out there we will eliminate 90 raised for their operation County Auditor Alex
percent of the problems." he locally over the next year. Schroeter pointed out that all
said Besides. I don’t feel while Mrs. Gililland re- the figures presented Monday
that we can pay for a public quested $5,000 for the are tentative, and will not
dance hall with taxpayers’ museum, the same figure become official until the com-
money. " which the county has given missioners formally approve
in almost a sidelight to the the museum in the past the budget on June 22. Major
Bull Barn policy question Moon made a report on the increases in the budget for
Monday, the county held a family services center, the next year include a 10 per-
public hearing on the 1981-82 noting that it had served 331 cent pay inerease f« cour
budget Representatives of clients during 2,106 hours of employees: except for a five
Senior Citizens, the county service from September 1. percent increase for elected
museum, and the Family Ser- 1980 through April :» of this officials, increased employee
vices Center were on hand to year Moon requested $2,000 (See COUNTY, Page 2)
make requests for help, and from the county’s revenue
ATLANTA (API - with the slayings, but
Thousands of running, squir- authorities say they do not
ming children poured into ci- have sufficient evidence to
ty recreation centers for the make an arrest "at this,
opening of Safe Summer time." His house is being wat-
"81” — a multimillion-dollar ched by both police and jour-
program aimed at protecting nalists.
youngsters from whomever At the city’s Thomasville
has slain 28 young Hacks recreation center. Mayor
The recreation program. Maynard Jackson told 210
which got under way Monday children, you need to keep
at 61 sites, was conceived an eye out for each other "
during the winter as officials The program, which will
sought ways to keep children cost about $4 million, is being
under close supervision once financed in part by about
schools dose for the summer S800, ,000 in federal grants and
All but five of the 28 young about $300,000 in donations
blacks found slain in the and proceeds from a spring
Atlanta area since July 1979 concert, said Richard
have been 17 or younger A Monteilh, coordinator for the
special police task force has city program. The remaining
been investigating, but no one money comes from city funds
has been charged in any of normally budgeted for sum-
the cases mer recreation.
Police are continuing their Jackson and Monteilh both
surveillance of a 23-year-old estimated about 10,000
black man questioned for 12
hours last week in connection (See ATLANTA. 9
55
V i/2
By DENISE SMITH
Staff Writer
The Sugarland Mall Mer-
chants Association gathered
with full attendance Monday
morning for a business
meeting, including election of
officers and discussion of up-
coming Mall improvements
Presiding at the meeting was
Paul Holling, who is
associated with Coledwell-
Bank in Dallas, new mall
owners.
Elected to serve as mall of-
ficials were Sondra Blanken-
ship. president. Sondra’s
Craft Corral: Rozelle
Delorio, manager. M.E.
Moses; and Betty Martin
secretary. Funny Farm and
Hannan's.
After receiving many com-
plaints concerning air condi-
tioning in the Mall. Holling
announced that in. two-
weeks. preparation will begin
on repairing the cooling
system.
The mall association has
scheduled a carnival to be set
up in the Sugarland Mall
parking area during the week
June 16-21. This is in conjunc-
tion with the upcoming Crazy
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
Nigh, Bob. The Hereford Brand (Hereford, Tex.), Vol. 80, No. 245, Ed. 1 Tuesday, June 9, 1981, newspaper, June 9, 1981; Hereford, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1429931/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Deaf Smith County Library.