The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex), Vol. 47, No. 20, Ed. 1, Thursday, May 17, 1956 Page: 1
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R HAYS editor of the
EDGAR
Lockney Beacon and an avid
Shivers supporter was somewhat annoyed
at the socalled steamroller
tactics which he says were used in
the precinct and county conventions
But Editor Ernest Joiner of the
Ralls Banner is somewhat less perturbed
than Editor Hays Says ErnestIt anyone chooses to complain
that the Democratic precinct convention
held in Ralls was railroaded
let us hasten to assure him that
he Is entirely correct It is a little
trick Democrats learned at Mineral
Wells two years ago from Allan Shivers
who has no peer in rlgglng and
railroading a convention to suit his
own needs
TOWN TOPIC
WE would like to
HOWEVER
differ somewhat with Editor
Joiner when he compares the 19S6
precinct conventions with the 1954
Mineral Wells state convention
Knowing that the state machinery
is still in the hands of the Shivers
forces who of course will have a
handpicked credentials committee
the 1956 loyalist conventions leaned
over backwards In conducting the
conventions strictly according to
Hoyle so that there can be no
legitimate grounds for their not being
seated at the state convention
TOWN TOPIC
LETS reminisce a little
BUT
about 1954 The Shivers steamroller
arbitrarily refused to seat entire
loyalist delegations for no other
reason than the fact that some
Shivercrat showed up and said he
would like to be seated in place of
the duly elected delegations
Consider for example the experience
of Swisher county Local loyalists
controlled the county convention
in 1954 and sent a delegation to
Mineral Wells But when the delegation
arrived it discovered that its
credentials had already been given
to a Swisher county Shivercrat who
had already arrived but who was not
even a delegate
TOWN TOPIC
WAS PRESUMED that this
IT
came about because many
loyalist delegations throughout the
state didnt attend the state convention
because they knew they were
in the minority and it was virtually
impossible to get hotel accommodations
in Mineral Wells many having
to stay in nearby towns as far away
as Fort Worth
One of the loyalists indignant at
what had happened threatened to
whip the Shivercrat who had unlawfully
picked up the credentials and
to make a long story short the credentials
were recovered
TOWN topics
CAME THE first test vote
THEN
The delegates were to vote
on a proposal objectionable to the
loyalists It was a roll call vote and
while the chairman of the Swisher
delegation was stepping to the mic
rophone to cast Swishers vote a
mystery voice boomed out over the
PA system Swisher county votes
aye
Indignant the Swisher chairman
rushed to the platform and protested
to tiic state chairman Somewhat
redfaced tiie state chairman attempted
to hushhush the matter
and promised that he would have
the clerk change Swishers vote
from aye to no But the Swish
er chairman refused to settle for
this He demanded that the change
be made publicly and finally it was
town topics
B
UT OTHER delegations werent
so fortunate In many cases
votes were stolen The voting strength
of absent loyalist delegations
was used by Shivers forces In many
instances dulyelected delegations
such as those from Wichita and Bell
counties were not seated and Shiv
crcratic delegations substituted
The 195 i Mineral Wells socaled
Democratic convention will live in
infamy because of the dishonesty
practiced
town topics
IT IS understandable that loyalists
SO
alists werq somewhat cocky
two weeks ago when they found
themselves in the saddle In many
instances the turning of the tables
was sweet But again lot it be remembered
that they were careful to
abide by parliamentary procedure to
avoid the chance of not having their
delegations s eated because of a parliamentary
or other infraction
town topics
ONE THING we are sure
OF
perhaps the two most Republican
spots in Texas are Canyon
and Dallas
Dallas is so Republican that in 1952
it gave Eisenhower a greater majority
than any city of its size or larger
in the United States The difference
between Dallas and Canyon is
that in many instances Dallas is
more politically honest It runs and
elects a Republican for Congress on
the GOP ticket
Canyon on the other hand probably
has more politically dishonest
individuals per square inch than any
other spot in Texas
town topics
THE subject of
ALTHOUGH
Shivers Is somewhat passe
still we must observe that his end
is not unlike the end of all political
charlatans whether they hold office
on the state or local level who put
their own selfish desires above the
good of the people
Its an application of the old adage
that you cant fool all the people
all the time Many people were
fooled in 1952 and 1954 but they
finally wised up to the fact that the
socalled mudslinging happened
See TOWN TOPICS Page 8
Ezra Jones Laid To Rest
By Students Loving Hands
Ezra Jones popular
Tulia High school caretaker
since July 1 1947
was found dead Saturday
morning at his apartment
in the high school
vocational agriculture
building He was slumped
in his chair with a bullet
in his head A 22 cal
ibre rifle lay by his side
Cecil Ledgerwood another
caretaker with whom
Mr Jones had been taking
his meals discovered
the body about 645
when he failed to come
to breakfast
Ezra as Mr Jones
was kriown to his hundreds
of friends particularly
students and former
ifications to seek a promotion and
that is what District Judge Alton
B Chapman of Floydada is doing
He has announced his candidacy
for Associate Justice of the Court
of Civil Appeals of the Seventh Supreme
Judicial District of Texas at
Amarillo
The 7th District embraces 4G West
Texas counties Judge Chapman has
many friends in Tulia
New Legion Flag
Waved Over Capitol
Tulia American Legion post is in
receipt of a regulation 5 by 8 foot
American flag which will fly from
the American Legion staff in Tulia
on special occasions including Memorial
Day May 30
This flag has flown over the Capitol
of the United States according
to an accompanying letter signed by
J George Stewart Architect of the
Capitol
This flag was made possible
through the efforts of Congressman
Bruce Alger of the Dallas district
according to Grady Brlggs Republican
County chairman to whom the
flag was sent
students of Tulia High
school became ill about seven weeks ago and was removed
to Sanitorium Texas for examination It developed
that his lungs and other organs of his body were
infected with cancer Ezra came home two weeks ago
this weekend jubilant to be back in the surroundings he
loved so well But his diseaseinfected body made life
tortuous Unable to rest in bed he spent each long
painful night in his chair in the small apartment Only
Friday he predicted that in a week he would be helpless
Friday night he visited in the Ledgerwood home watching
television until 9 oclock
Since his illness Ezra 70 years old has been the
recipient of hundreds of letters gifts and other tokens
of love from students former students and faculty members
as well as from other friends Supt W V Swin
burn who has been looking after Ezra since his illness
taking him to and from the sanitarium entertaining him
in his homevisiting him twice daily said that his regret
was that Ezra did not know that the 1956 high school
annual had been dedicated to him The students had
kept the honor a secret so that it would be a surprise
to Ezra when the books arrived last Monday
Ezra had lived In this area for the past 22 years
coming to the Texas Panhandle from Colorado He had
lived in Canyon and Amarillo before moving to Tulia
He once said that his tenure at Tulia High school had
afforded the greatest happiness he had ever known
He has no known survivors
It was his desire that Tulia High school students
share his earthly possessions
Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at
the First Baptist church Rev W Neil Record pastor
officiated The high school choir sang The Old Rugged
Cross Lead Me Gently Home and Nearer My God
To Thee
The pews usually reserved for relatives were vacant
But a host of youthful friends were present to show
their affection for a mutual friend
Pallbearers junior and senior students were Jeff
Carlile Kinan Burk Terry Harman Bill Lankford Don
Max Vars and Sam Braly Honorary pallbearers were
Arthur Johnson H L Cutrell Preston Land Cecil Led
gerwood Robert E Nickel H F Sarchet Johnnie Shaping
and D M Tucker
Burial in Rose Hill cemetery was directed by Wallace
Funeral Home
Tulians Asked To Participate
In CleanUp Project Next Week
Tulia Jaycees are sponsoring CleanUp Week in Tulia
in cooperation with the City Council and the City Health
Officer Dr Fred Richards
Mayor John Brown has proclaimed May 2126 as Cleanup
Week
The city will be sprayed soon for flies and mosquitoes
JUDGE ALTON B CHAPMAN
Judge Alton Chapman
Seeks Promotion
Serving on the bench for 19 years
and more than eight years active
courtroom practice is sufficient qual
Resident are urged to clean their
premises by picking up trash and
garbage old automobile bodies and
all forms of junk The city will pickup
this trash and junk and will tow
off old car bodies with wrecker
trucks The city asks only that this
debris be stacked in the alley next
to the trash barrels so that it can
be reached by the trucks
Residents having piles of boards
weeds or anything which will burn
are asked to notify the fire department
which will burn the material
and will stand by until all danger
has passed
The fogging operation will not be
completely successful as long as old
tin cans tires old lumber and other
types of litter are left to encourage
the breeding of insects
It has been noted that some business
houses have permitted trash
old car bodies junk and the like
to collect on vacant lots and at the
rear of the business houses It is
hoped that they will all close at a
designated time and devote the time
needed to clean up behind and
around their stores
Teddy Carruth Third
In Public Speaking
At FFA Convention
Awards to Future Farmers of
America were made Saturday as
more than 2C0 FFA chapter members
and teachers gathered at Monterey
High School at Lubbock for
the annual Area 1 FFA leadership
convention
Myrna Thompson Dimmitt High
school junior was named district
FFA Sweetheart
Teddy Carruth of Tulia won third
in public speaking
Rev Jack Jeter
To Dallas Pastorate
Rev Jack Jeter pastor of the
Pinkerton Baptist church near Has
kell for the past year has accepted
the ministry of the Hilburn Drive
Baptist church Dallas and he and
his family will move to Dallas this
week
Before coming toPinkerton Rev
Jeter was pastor of churches In
Plalnview and Happy in Texas and
Everett Washington
His wife is the daughter of Mr
and Mrs H L Rowell of Tulia
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RUTHIEMASSEYallaS
Wins First WTPA Journalism Scholarship
Eighteen year old Katherlne gers Snyder high school senior and I at Tulia 1 at Lubbock this year i Methodist Youth at Purduo uni
Ruth Masscy 1956 valedictorian of
TuTla High school graduating class
has been selected as winner of the
first annual West Texas Press Association
100 Journalism scholarship
Miss Masscy will receive 100
each year for four years as she
pursues her college course In journalismThe selection was announced following
a May 5 meeting in Snyder
of WTPA officers and directors and
the WTPA scholarship committee
Second and third place winners in
thecompetition wore Jane Ann Ro
Auto Accidents
Down In Swisher
Swisher countys automobile fatalities
decreased from 5 in 1954
to 1 in 1955 There were 35 injury
accidents With 67 persons hurt during
1955 as compared with the 27
accidents and 53 Injured the year
before Noninjury accidents went
down from 47 to 46
Castro county fatalities increased
from 4 in 1954 to 5 in 1955 There
was an increase in Injury accidents
from 14 to 25 and the number of
persons hurt also increased from 44
to 49
In Briscoe county fatalities increased
from none in 1954 to 2 in
1955 There were 10 injury accidents
with 13 persons hurt during 1955 as
compared with 7 accidents and 15
injured the year before Noninjury
accidents went up from 24 to 38
On the basis of an estimated 396
billion miles of driving done over
Texas roads during tho year there
was an average of 64 persons killed
every 100 million miles of driving
The economic loss from fatal accidents
in Texas come to 149401250
during 1955 highest since 1952 when
2498 persons were killed in motor
vehicle traffic accidents and an eco
nomic loss of 154131250 was chalked
up
Former Tulia Youth
In Critical Condition
Mrs G W McKone and Mrs
Walt Brown left Sunday afternoon
for Mobeetie to be with Bobble Ray
Hill 16yearold nephew of Mrs
McKone and grandson of Mr and
Mrs C E Dietrich of Tulia who
was seriously injured in an automobile
accident Sunday morning in
which two others were killed
Hill sustained a broken right leg
a fractured left ankle and a concussion
His condition is reported to be
critical He is the son of Mr and
Mrs Alfred Hill who moved from
Tulia in 1943
Jake Burns Dies
In Oregon
Word was received in Tulia Saturday
of the death of a former Tulian
at his home in Portland Oregon He
was Jake Burns 4G son of the late
Douglas Burns longtime Tulia merchant
who operated Burns Dry
Goods successors to LaVelles Department
Store
Burns died Friday noon at his
home in Portland of a heart attack
Stewart
Mary Alice Atchison senior at Gra
ham high school
Miss Massey was recommended
for the scholarship by the director
of journalism Mrs Ruth Adams
the Tulia High School Principal J
Ernest Jones and by JI M Bag
garly publisher of the Tulia Herald
She Is the daughter of Mr and
Mrs C I Massey of Tulia and was
born in 1037 in Navasota The family
moved to Tulia when Miss Massey
was six years old and have resided
here since that time Mrs
Masscy teaches in the public schools
presentations Master of ceremon
ies was W C Howard a member of
the Lower Pease River SCD which
with the Quanah Chamber of Com
merce sponsored the program at
Lake Pauline
Attending from Tulia were Carol
Berry Mrs E E Berry Miss Mil
drcd Hulsey Sue Purrington La
Donna Burrow Sid Payne and Fc
Iix Mote
Hart Honor Grads
Are Announced
Rowcan Shepard has been named
valedictorian and Rue Smitherman
salutatorian of the 1956 Hart High
school graduating class Miss Shepard
daughter of Mr and Mrs Roland
Shepard has taken part in
many school activities during her
high school days In her senior year
she was elected most friendly girl
fair queen football queen football
queen attendent and was drum major
of the Hart High school band
She was an active member of the
Future Homcmakcrs of America and
was in the senior play
Miss Smitherman daughter of Mr
and Mrs Jack Smitherman was
named secretarytreasurer of the
senior class head cheerleader most
athletic girl football quepn attendant
and secretary of the FHA She
was a member of the basketball
team and was also in the senior
class play
Baccalaureate services were held
Sunday in the Hart High school auditorium
with the Rev Jack Johnston
delivering the sermon
Commencement exercises will bo
Friday night at 8 oclock in the high
school auditorium Dr A K Knott
of West Texas State college will
give the main address
Mr and Mrs Ted Sponholtz made
a business trip to their ranch near
Wetmorc Colorado last week
Martin Becomes H
A major change In the Tulia
High school coaching staff was
announced Friday night at the annual
athletic banquet attended by
school athletes school officials and
boosters
Ralph Stewart head coach will
become high school athletic director
and head boys basketball coach
Wayne Martin wlH be head football
coach and Hy Walker girls basketball
coach Two new coaches will be
employed as assistants
The expansion of the athletic department
will enable more students
to participate and each student will
be required to take two years of
physical education
Supt W V Swinburn speaker of
the evening told the group that
athletics is more than the building
of muscle it Is the development of
courage manliness character and
sportsmanship
It enables a person to take defeat
In good grace he said
Velda Turner in the absence of
Coach Walker presented the girls
basketball team which advanced to
the semi finals at state Coach Martin
presented the boys B teams and
RALPH STEWART
Coach Stewart the boys A teams
Lawrence Owen master of ceremonies
presented a boys quartet
composed of Marvin Glenn James
Jackson Cullen Jennings and Bill
Miss Masscy has distinguished herself
In journalism in high school
She was top individual in tho Class
A Intcrscholastic League Journalism
regional meet In Lubbock April 4
where she placed first in editorial
writing second In feature writing
and fifth in copy reading This entitled
her to a place In the state
meet in Austin May 4 where she
placed in three of five events
She is coeditor of the Tulia High
school yearbook and edited tho
school newspaper the Hornet which
won first place in the regional meet
Death Claims
Mrs Barks
Funeral services for Mrs E G
Barks 71 were held Friday afternoon
at Wallace Funeral Chapel
The Rev Lewis Kocrsclman pastor
of the First Presbyterian
church officiated Burial was In
Rose Hill cemetery by her husband
who died three years ago
this month
Mrs Barks died Wednesday night
at the J W Squyres homo where
she had been staying since her release
from Swisher county hospital
several days ago
She was born July 10 1885 In
Palo Pinto She was married to E
G Barks Jan 22 1909 In Mineral
Wells They moved to Tulia in 1916
Mrs Barks was a member of tho
Tulia Presbyterian church and was
the remaining charter member of
the Womans Study club She had
been in failing health for almost a
year
She became pianist of the First
Christian church at Mineral Wells
when only eight years of age She
attended Texas Christian university
when it was Addryan college at
Waco
Survivors Include a son Guy
Bark of Beaumont and a daughter
Jennie Frances Barks of Upland
Calif Also surviving are several
nieces
Pallbeardrs were John Ballcnger
Roy Holtzclaw Bill Ward Van Bar
bour Walker Jones and Joe Dean
Rice
Jasper Funeral
is Held Here
Final rites were conducted Monday
afternoon at the Tulia First
Baptist church for C It Jasper
77 former Tulia resident The Itev
W Nell Record pastor officiated
Mr Jasper died at his homo in
Lubbock Friday night He had been
a resident of Lubbock since moving
from Tulia about 35 years ago
He was born Nov 28 1878 in
Comanche county He was a retired
stock farmer and wos the son of the
late Mr and Mrs J N Jasper
He moved with his parents to
Briscoe county in 1899 and Inter
moved to Tulia
He is survived by one daughter
Mrs Ruby Whiscnant of Lubbock
five sisters Mrs Hetty Hodges and
Memphis Mrs Kit Washington of
Flomot Mrs Katie Spear ot Tulia
and Mrs Maddie Burrows of Tex
homa four brothers Will Jasper of
Portales N M John Jasper of
Claude Mat Jasper of San Diego
Calif and Milt Jasper of Silverton
and four grandchildren
Burial was in Rose Hill ccm < U ry
Mrs A C Kelly of Waco is a
guest in the homes of her daughters
Mr and Mrs Geo Jennings Si
and Mr and Mrs led Sponholtz
WAYNE MARTIN
Goodwin accompanied by Judy Dawson
Barbara Otwell also accompanied
by Miss Dawson sang two
numbers Kinan Burk gave the invocation
and Pat Bradley the benedic
Versatile In other fields Miss
Masscy sings in the Tulia High Choir
and Quartet and is a featured saxophone
soloist in the band This year
she was selected Miss Tulia High
School by tho student body and
was selected for Whos Who and the
National Honor Society by the High
School faculty members She has
maintained an A average through
her high school years
She is president of the young peoples
organization of the Tulia Methodist
church and last summer attended
the National Convocation of
niver
sityThe
The award will be presented to
Miss Masscy at the 26th annual convention
of the West Texas Press
Association in San Angclo in August
The award is good at a number of
cooperating West Texas colleges
Ed Harris Jr of Graham was
chairman of the scholarship committee
Ed Wishcamper managing editor
of the Abilene ReporterNews Is
president of the organization
A new 400 scholarship will be presented
to a worthy West Texas senior
each summer
COVERING SWISHER COUNTY LIKE THE SUNSHINE
The TuLin Herald
VOL 47 NUMBER 20
TULIA Swisher County TEXAS THURSDAY MAY 17 1956
Tulia Senior Wins TopSoil
Conservation Award
To pay tribute to men and women who use the soil to
best advantage 300 farmers and business men met at Quanah
Friday night for presentation of the 11th annual regional
awards for outstanding service to conservation
The Save the Soil and Save Texas program is sponsor
ed by the Fort Worth Press
J C Porter Wichita Falls banker
and member of the state soil conservation
board keynoted the program
in a speech emphasizing the
importance of cooperation by business
men and farmers We should
remember that as the farm goes
Main Street goes Porter said
Porter said erosion the handwriting
on the land has awakened
farmers and businessmen to the
need to conserve soil and enlightened
programs for conservation will
carry West Texas forward to greater
prosperity
Carol Berry a Tulia High school
senior daughter of Mr and Mrs
E E Berry won the regional essay
contest Among runnersup were
Dora Ann Young and Nona Dale
Snyder both of Canadian
Walter Humphrey editor of The
Fort Worth Press made the award
TWO SECTIONS
Pinky Brooks Heads Drive
To Collect Wheat For CROP
R K Brooks of Tulia has been named Campaign Director
for CROP and will organize this years Swisher county
appeal for farm commodities to be shared with hungry people
overseas
Community campaign directors are Carl Losson Kress
Marcelle Anderson Tulia and Pat Maynard Happy
Swisher Youth
Take Top Honors
Swisher County 411 club members
took top honors In the contests
at the district meet of the Texas
Extension Service held Saturday at
Lubbock
Both boys and girls competed in
some 20 contests for honors and a
chance to represent their county
411 club in the state 411 club
roundup to be held at College
Station June 1214
Swisher county club won four first
place awards Hockley and Lubbock
4H club members each won three
first place awards
Bill Holcomb of Tulia won the individual
Soil and Water contest and
Swisher county won the team Spii
and Water contest
The Swisher grass team composed
of Harold Duke Klnan Burk and
David Finch won first In Dairy
foods Judy Dawson of Tulia won
top individual honors
Roland Ike DeVoll of Tulia took
top honors in public speaking Swisher
countys vegetable preparation
team composed of Carolyn Jones
and iiditli Herring won a first
MRS WAI KI It JONTi of Tulia
was appolncd to serve on the
Hoard of Director of the Texas
rederalon oi Womens Hubs at
the close of the 59th annual convention
at Dtllas last week Her
term Is for two years Mrs A J
House of Yoakum was installed as
president of the Tl WC
HY WALKER
tion Miss Bradley who made the
AllState team in basketball was
presented a trophy
Herald Want Ad Gets Results
C J Vars of Tulia Is vice chair
man Cecil Wesley Happy secre
tary R B Dawson Tulia treasurer
and Tom Hulsey Tulia publicity
director
The Swisher CROP board also decided
that the goal of the 1956 campaign
is the collection of one carload
of wheat during the coming
wheat harvest Brooks explained that
volunteers will be enlisted to make a
farmtofarm canvass asking for
donations of wheat or cash to be
used to purchase wheat to make up
Swishers goal For each car of
wheat contributed by the county the
government will donate 20 cars
CROP the Christian Rural Overseas
Program is endorsed by leading
farm organizations and citizens
groups as a community appeal of
all churches for food relief for hungry
people in tho world CROP solicits
farm grown staple food supplies
which are then distributed by missionaries
and church agencies In
other lands to hungry and destitute
people Greatest need in 1950 is
among victims of last years disastrous
floods in India and Pakistan
and among refugees in Hong Kong
and in tho Near East
Mrs J W Ketchum
Dies In Amarillo
Funeral services for Mrs J W
Ketchum of Conway were held Saturday
afternoon in Boxwcll Bros
Ivy Chapel at Amarillo Mrs Kct
chum died Thursday In tho Fay
Thompson Nursing Home In Amarillo
where she had been In 111
health for the past two years
Mrs Ketchum was a pioneer resident
of Carson county coming
there in 1914 She was an active
member of the Conway Community
church where she had belonged and
taught a Sunday school class continuously
from 1917 until her last IllnessSurvivors include her husband of
Conway one daughter Mrs Genelle
Merrick of Albuquerque N M and
three sons R C of Tulia Floy of
Conway and Jess of Hereford Also
surviving are nine grandchildren
and 15 greatgrandchildren She had
many friends in the Tulia area
Deaf Smith Democrats
Seek Grain Resolution
i In National Platform
Deaf Smith County Democratic
convention which followed most of
the state in endorsing Senator Lyn
don Johnson for leader of the Texas
delegation to the national Democratic
convention also passed a resolution
proposing that the Democratic
party endeavor to pass legislation
to support the price of feed
grains directly in proportion to their
feed value to corn
Deaf Smith Democrats hope that
this will be adopted by the state
and national conventions and are
seeking the support of delegates to
the state convention from all countiesMiss Ramona Hopper
Billy Counterman
Top Happy Grads
Miss Ramona Hopper daughter of
Mr and Mrs Kermit Hopper of
Union Hill Is valedictorian of the
1956 graduating class of Happy High
school with an average of 9313 j
Billy Counterman son of Mr and
Mrs M E Counterman of Happy j
is salutatorian with an average of
9281
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Luther G Hagard of West Texas
State college will be commencement
speaker May 25
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