The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex), Vol. 33, No. 25, Ed. 1, Thursday, June 18, 1942 Page: 1
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Volume 33
MAO
EYERY
PAY DAY
BOND DAY
the picnic committee furnishing
ice water and coffee with
Lout sugar A committee compos
red of W A Graham chairman
and John Rice Chester Hutchi
son and Joe Cnntrell was np
THE TUL1A HERALD
OldTimers To Be Entertained
At Celebration Here July 17
Picnic Committee
Lists Victory
Parade As Feature
Twenty Tulla merchants business
and professional men met
Friday night in the district courtroom
and voted to hold the 52nd
annual picnic and oldtimcrs reunion
in Tulia on July 17 as
vfcy have for the past 51 years
Dcorgo A Childress was elect
Rubber Salvage Campaign Gets
Under Way Throughout Nation
Questionnaires
Must Be Sent
In Immediately
Another warning has been is
sued by the Swisher County So
ed to head the picnic group thisjlcctivc Service Board to all regis
year as president E C Tootie trants to return their occupational
Goodman was elected vicepresi
dent and R V Miller and J Ross
Noland were reelected as secretary
and treasurer respectively
Plans for the picnic which is
to be a one day affair were discussed
and all agreed that due
to the existing war conditions it
y ould be held under terms off
strict economy and yet furnish
a full days entertainment for the
old timers and others who again
come to Tulia for the annual
Swisher County celebration
The plans as outlined Friday
night include the holding of a
basket lunch for everyone who
attends with each family or group
bringing their own lunches and
qucstlonnalres on time and com
pletely filled out
There are many who are now
delinquent in this mnttcr said
C C Decn clerk and there is
no excuse for any man or boy
pot getting them in on time
Latest volunteer from this county
is Ned Moffctt Gilmore of
Route S Tulla who is in the
Army unassigncd
Bill Williams has been accepted
for officers training and will
possibly report in October
Boy Scouts In
Need Of Regular
Meeting Place
The Boy Scout Troop of Tulia
pointed to make a list of all old is again without a roof over its
timers who were in Swisher Coun head Last week the building own
ty in 1900 or before and to mail ed by Dr J Ed Crawford whichThere will be no profit to
concessions and carnivals for the are clear but trees dont furnish
Tulia Swisher County Texas June US 1042
Do you want gasoline rationing
Most every citizen of Swisher
County realizes that unless the
rubber situation is solved in some
I manner there will be gasoline rationing
in this county within the
I next 00 days Frank Cobb chair
man of the County Salvage Committee
has received the following
information concerning the
rubber salvage plnn
President Roosevelt has directed
that an allout nationwide rubbci
salvage campaign begin Monday
June 15 and continue until midnight
on Tuesday Juno 30 The
president asks every American
citizen who has reclalmable rubber
to take It to the nearest gasoline
filling station wheic It will
be purchased at the uniform price
of one penny per pound The oil
industry has agieed to make available
all of Its personal and filling
stations to be used ns collection
depots Oil company trucks
will pick up the rubber from filling
stations paying the same rate
of one penny per pound
The oil industry will sell the
rubber collected to the rubber reserve
company a part of the reconstruction
finance corporation
The oil industry will turn over
to the national headquarters of
the U S O Army Relief Navy
Relief and the American Red
Cross on an equal basis any re
ceipts in excess of purchase price
the
them invitations for a special old the boys had been occupying since0n industry
timers luncheon to be held at their eviction from the American what Shall We Urine In
noon in one of the churches where Legion llall was turned Into a
w w u t
they will also be treated on pro community cannery I
f bb mcIudlnR rubber tires
gram especially prepared for the Scoutmaster Mack Elliott there
iht wal hollies rubber K0VC8i
occasion uing another plea
fori
ifmo
rubber hosC rubbor hce from
A parade will be held as usual meeting place for the boys Ifl ishoos baby buggy tires in < tlor
Ik has been termed a Victory parade mnll house which they could fix
VS vill include hundreds of bicycles P as permanent quarters Any
saddle horses buggies hacks or0110 having such a place or know
any other vehicles which do not g where one could be obtnin
ncccssltnte the use of modern tires cd please contact Elliott
and vehicles I Last weeks meeting was held
Due to the scarcity of rubber in the City Park which is a fine
except all expensive floats have possible the boys would like toword nny thing that you
been banned The parade whichw with their reserve fund a tllore ia rjhhcr in take this
feel
at
once to your closest filling sta
tion If you want to help win the
war and at the same time keep
driving your cars and trucks said
Cobb
The Swisher County Agricul
and neighborhood leaders are be
Boys 1820
Years Old
To Register
Plans arc under wny to register
approximately 220000 young
Texans between the ages of IB
and JO Inclusive on June HO
General J Watt Page State Selective
Service Director announced
today
The registration in Tulla will
take place In the district court
room of the courthouse under thej O n L v A yn TnAflV
direction of C C Decn clerk if LJLluJ t > tl
the local draft board
All men who were born on or
after Jan 1 02i and on or be
comi
tlons potential manpower
though under current policy
choose Juch oiii > he wants
Contiiuitd on page
Tulia Herald
Announces Bargain
Rates For Picnic
Scrap Rubber Collects Rapidly
At Local Gasoline Stations
Approximately 130H pound
Funeral Rites
For Stevens
Funeral services for Cosby
Dwain thieemonth old son of
Mr and Mr J H Steven will
ore June 30 lUSl must regis
church
b t MotluKl8l
ter between 7 A M and 0 P M
on Tuesday Juno
Page warned and they must i t m tV
The baby who wa born March JV
under 20 are not subject to lni
skiesi tir al Victory Council i i po luctlon co t > and although f
it is difficult to obtain shows place to gather as long as
must registei away Peisoti applying to the Swisher
s warned to specify ounty Hatmniiig Hoard N < > 2111
celebration so tho picnic group much protection when weather lls a ly tlU Cll t y snv ff > < > grets that it has be week at lire rationing board office thenc
committee to In this drive
has decided to sponsor a carnival I Continued on page A
and show enacted entirely byj
Swisher County citizens The lo
citl carnival is expected to equal 1 I Ifi Y nil fNJpPfl A
> better any outside shows that
cmdcllb obtained for the occa Qrajn gjQ JOY
The daysVogram also will
g ino Wheat
irjdude rnany other features such
aPbTcSxlbJ ces several band concerts
mTlirnateur musical and en
tertainment show firemens water
JlgM r ind wind u rr big
Do you need a grain bin to
store your 1942 wheat in If so
up
SanBe Sit the community building tio > s Purchasing a number o
oVboth Friday and Saturdayprefabricated gram bins for re
t ° wheat producers 1hese
Rights July 17 and 18 fne
15 wiH be Tcl < ° ca Hy
Childress appointed tho follow
Ing 1 051 ° c b f 15 2 > ipa
committee chairman wlthi
each chairman to select his own rostln f225 dJnothcr of
1843 bu tlnK 270 These pnees
committeemen Henry Teubel Fl cf
nance R V Miller Publicity nndnre ad to c0lInty P ° ints in
carontl lols
Advertising Weldon McFarling
Decorations H E White Traffic 1 Each man purchasing such a
A Foy Curry Jr Reception and b < must furnish his won foun
Continued on page 4
plateau Singing
Convention To BeHeld
At Canyon
dation and this foundation will
l be ceritifed by the Swisher Coun
ty AKriculturil > Conservation As
usodation The sale of thsee bins
will be limited to those producers
who are eligible for commodity
loans on one or more com
modities on wnlch n 1942 loan has
Plateau Con
The annual Singing
help to
Pltllllpii
parents a brolher Thomas Dwlghtj cMMfm nlUll several
nlM
former
J It Stevens
Stamp Books
I the scrap This form of contribu
tion Indirectly Is u donation to the
USO Kor when the station operator
dttoso of their collection
they specify what part was donated
Thus the federal purchase
ti Ice for that much Is given the
benefitting agency
card1 w1h ttmcmnt In 20 a Ion The
come necessary incieahe the in the houth end of tho courthouse
Members of the County General subscription bargain rate basement
Salvaging Committee beside CobbI The bargain late of 125 pe In Happy TueMays and Friday PM1 RnncHorC
I are John Palmoie and Joe D year for The Tulin Herald will hne bn u tet at the days for nt lJ vwl > > l 3
Vaughn
Continued on page
Deferred grazing 1
reserve of the best grasses
otherwise might be
vention will meet at anyo n Sat exccM rvoru nteer wheat all grasses undisturbc
urday and Sunday
21
been announced which includesh e avily So U is b jU cr
cent of an area thar
be
17
offeredtwo
I
two days only
Julyieilng applications M L Powell
ff ontinued on page > l
Herald Needs Pioneer Information
For Edition
Deferred Grazing
Reserves Best
Grass Pastures
The controlling idea of deferred
grazing is to reserve a small pasture
ungrazed from the start of
young grass until seed maturity
says John Palmore county agent
Very little forage Is lost by deferred
grazing unless rodents are
numerous
In addition to information and
picture of swihei County Hoy Belter Attendance
in the Armed Forces the Tulia
Herald wants to pumVh m its INew IVlembers Urged
5T z < Jz IT For Kiwani Club
years or longer Many of the men m 1m V l thp Kwnni
ll <
If you desire to secure one of oqunrnmWf of W dM th principal speak
lAxpMted7 buV thereHrstr attrh ibtC t X ° VCt 0ry Wcck wZ
like
be allocated this year for manufacturing
the wooden barrels and
50 to 55 gallon steel drums in
which it is marketed For this reaj
tbe
All ringers and lovers of music ovor lho wnlc aren De W nrc askjng Utat
are Invited to attend Continued on page 4 jferred grazing Increases height who desires to let us have inor
vigor and density of grass which motion about himself pluaso write
I f a p p J suppresses weeds Lancaster ex call or come to the Herald office
Wn vnivsrf I Ota TOT first plains It also increasos the depth as soon as fwssible and give us
and volume of and
rooU reserve necessary facts for a writeup
Waif Of June Is 1352495
LimeSulphur Drums
Must Be Returned
To Manufacturer
i vegetation catches and holds more
wntr an nP rtant thin on
Swher County is definitely
getting war bond minded Only wostorn ranB0S
the first half of June has elapsed Grass reduces evaporation
J D Cleveland George Hipp
W C Cowan Jr E G Harks
lAfter Matching
Season linds
i After Ihe lung hciioii end
pen up the looNlcd oi > cll them
or can them lhei v i John
county ugenl says a
loss may result
of fertile eggs
mer
of mncl
women who have lived here 10
and women who wore early kourages uroodinoM
H
Childress told members
tiers in this county have had their1
SlhLoLrZ l
ToLn
these have now pos ed on We want <
f tL clb tlt of turn
lives mnny
v reviewed in past special ecu
tlons of the paper and many rf
without u nest or rrnist disl
Thursday
er and he promptly took up where Irhluy
George left off and strongly eriti Saturday
cized members of the Kiwanlsi Sunday
Club an well as Tulla businessmen JMomluy
in general for their lack of nr Tuiswlay
sonal intcret1 In civic and public
yf
For Victory
Buy
U SDEFEN5E
BONDS
STAMPS
Number 25
Estimated 3500000 Bushel Wheat1
Harvest Begins In Swisher County
Panhandle Area
Expected To Yield
J45000000 Bushel
scrap rubber wn piled In the
driveway of local gasoline filling
Millions Monday and Tuesday a
Tulla nnd Swisher County peoplu
began contributing their part toward
the national mi It her collection
camplagn
Leading lite list of rubber buyer
Tuesday night wn Karl Goodman
Others who have had rubber
brought In n as follows Ilohb
i speakers Mr Dines i
standing nt
wheat iow ti bJt oi
and business men up
attend this meeting
Illioore county agent
plant food is stored for vigorous j Hlanka to be filled in may bo which Wfud nt r i A i rr i
regrowth tho next More talnod l lHt r e U ot h Maston I
season at the Herald Office 1r KriVate Kf > fl K
jMcConnell pomUfd out that the Tvc itiooiuii u lca 15
of the concentrate e ° mulch for seedlings
sired
We hope that we will have a T1 1 ia KWn ns Cub TV ih n ly D l 1 k A I A
mpiw uthtaapp Missing In Action
ul > < iv ui iiiui 01
pioneer material for our edition i
and already people here have8 shade litter and dow andarK folks dont forget that July
bought 1352415 worth of bonds j chocks air current near the he deadline for getting
and stamps which is more thaniKround Strong grass growth pro J Matures of your oldler boys
There is an abundance of lime was purchased during the whole dues more seed stems more seed
sulphur concentrate for spraying month of January February orhead P ° r 8tcm mor tood P < > rTulia Men Attend
fruit trees but it is imperative March I head and seed of greater vlap p
that buyers should return tho if the monthly figure continuesbUity and I00 ior survivalUrain UeaJers
tamers to the manufacturer ays protects young tender seedling
to grow by Juno 30 a new rccord Jt Meeting Monday
Jrjlm Palmore county agent of the wJU havc teen established lfrorn dryin8 winds and Intensive fa
Ha tension Service heat It provides a fertile moist
Mc 1 f
u < r and to pro1
Jnmte y W W projects that would
Jn rp More I
lhe jn WO UUa
communty BUm
lining up McConnell said that during
the present critical times a
clvic club was needed more than Missing In Action
ever and he urged Kiwanls mem
Boys Reported
Mm M L Ilea forimi
tliii Chne of the Flynt <
bers to keep up attendance records Alfierl Sonny Cook son of ue Ul
and to interest any prospective Junws O Cook has been reported ru
n lhe work b g done ihc the Second
1
Swlshm County I now putting
Its combine Into ono of the best
grain harvest In year with a
3300000 bushel crop antuiprtod
Although the flrit est mate < f tho
yield this year vvt gnun at 1 It00
000 bushel t > y i unity Agent John
Pahnore fiumoti iu finding that
they nrr gctlink u > piKlmatctv 10
mom bushel In the i < n < thm first
expected Vmmiuc vield i < te
this a ernoon at 3 o clock with nt n oiml itntiii
30 Ynrboroilgh offcl tlng L lww 20 1 n MU
I Ant V I
be ° > u rr n
I Swlshei County prcenlKc
nnd III
ductlon I
for combat duty
Local Hoards will officially
designate place for registration
in their particular areas While
anyone who Is unavoidably away I
from his home on June 30 mnyi
survived
register at the registration place k i J IT i4
l
most convenient on that day all I CCQCCi I O VjCt
registrants are urged to make
every effort to register with their Q
own local boards to avoid possi VdnninQ OliQQr
ble confusion in the futuie Any
person who
from home
his home address so that his reg for ccitifnatc to get aiming siigai
istrallon card may be foiwarded must base then apj
nutomoblle tint has been broughtwest
hy
n i of Kaffir
The wheat wits placed m gov
> ave brought In truck eminent loan at the TuUn Wlieit
losity and Mr t llre lubtM jlowers and lestml 50 Mr
Some contributor refuse to take Vaughau letxirt that her wheit h
the pennyapound purchase priceproducing a yield of mm 30 to
because they would rather donate 12ft bushel per acre
running higher than in othei < t
Hon Of the 211000 acres cded
approximately 1110000 will be nit
Wheat field In tho entire tri
slate atea promlso a 13000004
bushel yield
This county has been fortunata
Officials of the drive point out 110 flr scaping hall tonni that
that the rubber it bought from < htroyed thousands of dnllars
Individuals for one cent a pound WU ni Knl crl > > tro
County In Co sun County i < ul
application
promptly to his own local honul rtlul in tint county was the In twuiilit by fwlernl oU n ronHtinn
A registrant who has more formation Issued by the b wil w < tap 07rMlVn
l
than one place of esidence may Wednesday Thi card Is thr onoV for W to Z
J The five dollar thu ob iK season foi lti > lMJciop riin
ic that was filled out when a
son registered for his Wviir Hation
ilng Hook One
piofil
1 V < > imnuM Unit
tinneil I turned ovei to the USO
The rosult of the ciiip rubber a111 rodiued id viell of thu
collection drive hove an Im pr ml lu 1011 top i t abundant
rimy
Ihe second rulo for oblulnln moisture Into U t Although
p < rlaal hearing on whether plain
cnnnlrKsu ar I thatporsonsmak nHljonw < h 1u rattll thero was a alight hoiia > t
ing application must bring their
War Rationing Hook Ono with
them
The Herald plilrflc bargain rate Those making nppUcntlon mult
able
will be instituted It Like offl surface moisture Umlni the me
tlals say two pounds of good scrap
rtihuui to bu tuclnluiutt Intu ouu
pound of iiMiili > reihumefl rubber
be SI 2S this year instead ofidso be to glvo tho ftilluwlnsi 1 t reiul res from five to seven
the 1 00 rale that has been of infnrmation Umber of quart ofipoundH nf claimed scrap rubber
feral in the past This mhso in fruit canned In 111II and tho num rttrOTU n initomoblle tire
a fow recent rolns hu e ninled
sufflclunl moisture for matin My
Circenbugg proved a n n i i
spring but the ux pec to1 yi < M wad
cut hut slightly by thene in ciu
Wheat Is sufficiently odvam < sl so
the subscription rate of the Her her of quarts of fruit on hand now Although Ihe aluminum drlvo nnl grasshopper
un il it
aid was necessitated by the In in family unit walc ectlon and < J
creased cost of piintmg materials The days for Inking applications metal campaign wore important This county a well i
i fanning sugar In Tulla are the olleclion of rubber r having difficulty n
scrap
tho increase is only 25c the Her Monduy and Thursday of eachineum mm h mme ihm any ofenough men to haivesl tl
Mi
In it
and also Is facing a ih < > in < i < > f
nat dune sum would buy a hut lot Meeting To Be Held
guns or lannon
even more seilous is the Ion of IVlonday Allcrnoori
fixHl stocks It represents
A meeting will he he f nfjjy
t i M
Don I iiop with the roomers
Palmore said Pen tho briHidy
j toruge space With the K ir1
icarryover of wheat in the n ihnn a
hlsloiy elevator over tin 01111
Uy urc already bulging with ritri
J and storage of thi ye 1 < t m
u problem Ilecmiso rodfi i ir
are vitally needed t < u > < i > ort
materials they connof im cd
for tcmimrnry storage > 11
Kairuurs me beiig iirjed i < pair
old giiirnu iim and tmilil n > ihn <
fContimied on paiii 1
from production
during tho sum Wheat Improvement
afternoon June 21 at 2 < > ink til
the district courtioitrn foi Ml pur
the uaty of eggs A mall W SS
1 soon
toes growing under ifi <
tlons Open discussion will 1
L 0 u tr1y n durlng the first pert 01 th
wtr lko lW jnd cKitMl l P < kcrLn ° U ° aullr oi ing urtd than a field tup
1
u P k y < whi TM J v ni gro n certified wheur M
mil
Held
il etl
t >
1 11i
1
t
mty has received word tnn t <
War Department that hu < n
band Private Maston r i < f
reported missing In action
Java
b r rx n
natural thrifty range ofHorace Llndley and R V Millerof the club gavo a rer rt on hi
lt ° m typc mnot tamtiot
Slhood that no materials wm J g iflrr wnrJatlondad a grain dealers inp u A lm M
WMk wh
in Tulia Happy Kress and the the Xp CT md tl0UbC ofat Her < 0 Mondl ny n hl tUndert Hoy state
rural communities deferment Palmore says Prop Represented at tho meeting worr j t brfoir lumbcon tm C C
son Palmore says it is important It estimated Uwf Moniy r 1 B
frui growers should return pounds of gun powder are need months of ample grazing and a M
Hilly Kdvardi who was a gucat
and other NV v Mexlfo itic Kvam liiUrrutioiMl Corncntu a Fun i
Mi cont inera to the manufacturer ed daily to supply an army of 25 percent ungraded reserve for who met to disu < nrohom
Continued on page 4 J
A
1200000 men in the field
jerly stocked howevor It would groinmen from Hcieford Dimrr i i v i <
irel jn t r i es of aFriona Tulia Canyon v
from
> ndn action also
of Jt telfg im A i liul to t
fConurmed on page 4 torage labor and wages
dub by the recretary
was a menthe
Battalion A th
ltt v
I f
ing in action He was with the Guard unit ot about 800 men H <
group battling on Uatiian > omed the National Guards n
Dub Artwbturi airoUMrr Tuba pctob ° r ID JO and reci ved a vr it
training it Cunii IJ ie The El it
boy who was serrvrn on Bataan talor f in n w J
hos been reported as missing19 n r i i rUaJ i n
you
uve lire
< < tin
insuiam e
more it
i
i in not ii i
all ot j
trie vtnrch 6 according to tho Wjt
t > iitiocnt it s presutn l lie
men are pusoners of tho Japs
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The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex), Vol. 33, No. 25, Ed. 1, Thursday, June 18, 1942, newspaper, June 18, 1942; Tulia, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth42704/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Swisher County Library.