The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex), Vol. 50, No. 23, Ed. 1, Thursday, June 4, 1959 Page: 1
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HOL L ED TOLES left and R 13 Dawson jr
right receive certificates from A H Cooper
chairman of the local Service Unit Committed
of tho Salvation Army in recognition of their
successful fund campaigns in Swisher county
Tolcs was 1959 campaign chairman while
Dawson served in the same capacity in 1958
Both campaigns exceeded the countys 2000
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COUNTRY EDITOR
By H M BAGGARLY
goal All welfare work of the Salvation
Army in Swisher county is carried on through
the local committee and all decisions are
The problem would soon be resolved if dog owners would live up to
their legal and moral obligations to keep their pets on their own premises
K 1IARMAN of Happy was Installed
Is Injured
Walter Easton of Dumas remains
in a critical condition at Swisher
County hospital in Tulia with head
injuries suffered Thursday afternoon
when he fell from framework of a
building under construction about 4
miles south of Tulia on U S Hwy
87
Easton an employee of Panhandle
Steel Buildings Inc of Amarillo
apparently fainted while working n
bout 20 feet above ground on a
building being erected for Taylor
Evans at Eunice Switch
Easton fell on to a concrete floor
landing on his head Ho had not regained
consciousness at latest reporti
Swimmers To Register
Saturday For Lessons
Ann McMurry announces rcglstra
tion for swimming Instruction to beheld
Saturday from 9 to 1 at Tulia
Swimming pool Classes will begin
Monday There will be classes for
beginners intermediate and advanced
in tho childrens division also
instruction for women beginners in
termediato and advanced swimmers
Junior and senior llfcsaving classes
will bo held
A class for adults will meet Wed
nesdays at C 15 pm
STAY TUNED TO
KTUE
12C0 Kc 1000 Walts
tlACK TO JllE DIDLE BROADCAST
10 a tn DAILYEXCEPT SUNDAY I <
BHXY GRA1IAV Hour ol Dccoa
Sundays 2a pm
Ol > FASH10N REVIVAL IIOUH
Sundays 1 pn
A shower without hall Tuesday
night hiought nnothcr 72 Inch of
moisture to Tulla The fall was heavier
northeast of town where W C
i Sanders flvo miles northeast re
ported three Inches and D S Burol
smith measured 28 Inches
Henry lioston eight miles southwest
measured 110 lnchcs
More showers have fallen In the
Tulla area the past week A heavy
shower Friday night was measured
at 10D Inches at the KTUE Herald
rain gauge As much as 1 5 Inches
were measured at the outskirts of
I town Light hail fell A shower Mon
by Wallace funeral car where services
were to be announced Dr and
Mrs E P Stewart flew to Denver
Tuesday morning to be with Mrs
Hilliard a sister of Dr Stewart
and to accompany her to Tulia
Survivors include his wife one
daughter Judy Kay his mother
Mrs F M Hilliard of Tulia and
two sisters Mrs Lennis Hutto of
Tulia and Mrs Allen Stone of HoustonOklahoma Couple
Is Injured Here
An Oklahoma couple was injured
Friday night in a traffic accident
about 730 when they collided with
a pickup driven by Terrell Braly
who was making a left hand turnabout
five miles east of town on Hwy
80 Mr and Mrs G D Thompson
of Gould Okla were brought to
Swisher County Hospital with minor
injuries They were travelling easton
the highway Braly was not
injured
The Oklahoma car was bady damagedSeven Men Charged
With Drunkenness
Tulia Police Department made 7
arrests over the weekend Four men
were charged with drunkenness
Dewey Knighton an AWOL sailor
from San Diego Calif and Glendon
B Stewart and Clifton Vlllers of
Walsh Colo were arrested in an
alley back of TaylorEvans where
10
they were said by officers to be
drunk
Police investigated a traffic accident
Tuesday morning at the intersection
of 2nd and N Collin Jimmy
Ray Flowers and Judy Ann Pernn
were drivers of the automobiles A
Barbee youth who was riding in one
of the cars was slightly Injured
s Fall as Harvest Approaelies
day night measured only 2 Inch
Tulla uppeared to be on the fringe
of this one which tapered off near
Eunice Switch Plalnvlew reported
water a foot deep In downtown areas
and streets were flooded
Doth showers were heavier in an
area extending from Muleshoe to
Silverton Crops were badly damaged
In tho Mulcshoo area both from
heavy hall and from dashing rain
which washed out young crops including
vegetables
Tho Immediate Tulla area has
been spared from devastating hail
so far this season
Irrigated wheat in Hale Floyd and
As First Methodist Pastor
Milliard Dies
In Colorado
Aubrey Briscoe Hllllard 51 of
Ouray Colo died early Tuesday
I
morning In Denver Colo where he
and his wife had gone on a business
trip He awoke early and was slt
ting In a chair when his wife noted
difficulty in his breathing Death
apparently resulted from a heart
attack
Hilliard was born Aug 8 1907
at Killeen He came to Swisher county
with his parents the following
year where he attended schools at
Houston south of Tulia and at Tu
lla He was a carpenter in Tulia
until three years ago when he moved
i to Ouray and purchased a theatre
He married the former Dannie
thus preventing damage to the property of others When residents assume Worthy w atron T1 MS StJw frt n 1M9
W 202 Order of the Rainbow for i The body was ret
no responsibility for the conduct of their dogs then i have
they no justified
complaint when the dog disappears or turns up dead
On the other hand those who steal dogs because they want a dog or
who poison a dog because they are natural doghaters should be treated
like any other thief
The principle of property rights should apply both to the dog owner
and to the one whose property is damaged by a dog
COUUTRy EDITOR
REPRESSION IS a word we would like to forget The mention of
tho word sends cold chills down our back But there are times
when we need to let our minds wander back to the 1930s for a while We i
need to remind ourselves of what a hairraising depressionreally is
Some people apparently have forgotten those terrible days when they
demand a return to the climate which breeds great depressions Among
these people are those who demand freedom of tho farmer to plant
anything he likes In any quantity those who hold in contempt social
si uinty old age pensions and other buffers between an individual and
depression contemptuously called socialism and welfare statism by
their opponents those who fail to see that there are things even worse
thjn some of our present day problems and injustices
Then there are those too young to remember what a real depression
is like They include many college age youth who can see nothing but
the evil In some of the deterrents to depression which arc on our
statute books
There are still a few people around who insist that farmers were
bettor off during the depression of the 1930s than they are today
COUUTRY EDITOR
TROY MORRIS editor of The Ropes Plainsman at Ropesville
down in Hockley county apparently is one who hasnt forgotten
so soon the Great Depression We quote some of his recent
remarks since they so vividly describe the experiences of many people
who lived and suffered during that era
We look back over those good old days when a dollar was as large
as a cart wheel and a dime would buy as much as a 50 cent piece today
The first time we felt the pinch was when our wages of 4250 a week with
overtime were cut to 18 a week and no overtime
The second thing we noticed was stores loaded with merchandise
for which there was no sale
Next we remember when tho bank in the town where we lived
got the city to declare a 10day holiday so it could close and try to get in
a position where it would not have to close its doors permanently Then
we went to looking about us people who had been working steadily
found themselves without jobs
There were hard times People were not only without clothes but
they were without anything to cat We went into one place where a man
with a family of five children had had for five days a big onion and a pan
of hot water cornbread The Red Cross ran out of money The county
could not collect taxes so it had no money with which to help There was
hunger and suffering all around us there was no shortage of food
because the grocery stores had plenty of groceries A sack of flour
sold for a dollar eggs were 10 cents a dozen but there were no dollars
and dimes to buy them
During that time we saw strong men bow their heads and moan because
they could not feed and clothe their families We saw a winter
when there was no money for fuel and the cold penetrated the homes
of the poor bringing sickness and death
Crops wore left in tho fields because there was no market for them
and the entire nation was on starvation
COUNTRY EDITOR
MORRIS could have mentioned other characteristics of
EDITOR
tho times Ho could have recalled how merchants had to mark
off delinquent accounts by the thousands of dollars usually owed by good
and reliable men who were jobless and couldnt pay much as they
wanted Many of these merchants were forced into bankruptcy and often
there were more vacant buildings than occupied ones around a courthouse
square
Owners of rental property often permitted a tenant to go moro than
a year without paying rent because eviction meant only that tho building
would bo vacant and it might bo better off occupied than empty
So many homes and buildings were moved out of town that cities
passed ordinances forbidding people to move houses away because tax
rolls were dropping to dangerous levels
Farmers lost their Investments in half paid for farms Sheriff sales
wcro held almost weekly In some localities
Everybody took cuts deep cuts In wagos If they were fortunate
enough to keep a Job Meanwhile many budget Items such as homo and
nutomobllo payments taxes Interest loan repayments all romalned tho
sameSchool
School toachers wore usually paid In script or lOUs ome of which
never was redeemed Somo banks would cash it by discounting It from
10 to 10 par cent
The standard of living dropped to tho minimum People swapped
recipe on ways to prepare mush and red beans
Soup line for the hungry were established In all cities Ami their
patrons werent bums and tramps by any means
couhiiy iMiet
WE DEMAND an end to devices which help protect us
WHIM another depression which would make that cf the IDOs look
like a picnic we had better count the cast and then deride if acreage
controls and a few other regulations are too high a price to pay for a
floor t our farm nWtimy
Girls She succeeds Patricia Flab
crty Tho Impressive rites were conducted
Friday night at the Masonic
Hall in Happy See story Page 3
Section 2
Alvin Harder
Named Deputy
Lion Governor
Alvin L Harder Tulia Lion has
been notified of his selection to serve
as deputy District Governor of Dist
2T1 in the International Association
of Lions clubs
Harder joined the Claude club in
1950 serving on various committees
and in several offices including three
years as secretary
He became a key member in 1952
and zone chairman of Zone 1 Region
III in 195758 He moved to
Tulia in January 1953 where he became
second vice president for the
195859 year and first vice president
for 195960
Ho is chairman of the agricultural
committee and of the Crippled Chil
drens committee
He has seven years perfect attendance
at weekly club meetings
returned to Tulia
The Rev William W Penn is new
pastor of Tulia First Methodist It
was announced at the closing session
of the 50th annual Northwest
Texas Methodist Conference meeting
In Abilene Rev Penn who has
been pastor of Aldersgate Methodist
church In Abilene succeeds the Rev
O 15 Herring who was named pastor
of the First Methodist church at
Memphis
All other Swisher county Methodist
pastors were returned to their
charges with the exception of Rev
Richard Brewster of Vigo Park and
Wayside who was assigned to Roy
N M
Rev Rex Newklrk was returned
to Trinity Methodist in Tulla Rev
Walter Hadley was sent back to the
First Church at Happy and Rev
Roy Patterson to First Methodist at
Kress
Tommy Ewing of Tulia is receiving
his first charge He will pastor
the Methodist church at Aiken 10
miles east of Plainview Mr and
Mrs Ewing and three girls will
move to Aiken Friday He is a member
of Trinity Methodist church in
Tulia
Wells Supports
Daniel Plan
AUSTIN Rep H G Wells of
Tulia who represents four South
Plains counties in the House of Representatives
was a member of the
successful bloc which rallied behind
Gov Price Daniel and put over his
moderate tax package
Facing the 150 House members
were two essential choices One was
the Daniel plan to raise 75 million
a year in new taxes to pay the
cost of the expanded appropriations
voted by the House and endorsed by
Daniel This proposal was almost
exactly half selective sales taxes
and half based on natural gas public
utility and corporation franchise
taxes
The other choice was the 50 mil
lionayear tax bill sponsored by the
House Revenue Taxation Committee
which would have forced drastic
cuts in appropriations It would
have raised 8 million a year from
natural gas and business taxes and
2 million from selective sales taxes
Faced with this choice Wells lined
up with the Daniel coalition and
went down the line for the Daniel
package bill handled by Rep Geo
Hinson of Mineola
The major item in the Hinson substitute
was the cut in natural gas
production taxes from 7 to 5 percent
of weimead value and the levying
of a new 5 per cent severance
beneficiary tax aimed at the gas
pipelines It will produce 18 million
a year in new revenue Most of the
efforts to amend were aimed at this
section as the pipelines backers
fought hard to trim it down or shift
the load to the producers
The first effort to trim this down
from Rep Ben Lewis of Dallas to
cut tho figures to 4 5 per cent on
each category It was tabled 9448
with Rep Wells among the 91 voting
i to keep the bill as It was
The next effort came from Rep
Wesley Roberts of Lamesa to strikeout
the sevcrence beneficiary tax
entirely and to restore the present
7 per cent production tax It was
killed 8261 with Rep Wells again
in the majority
Then the salestaxers substitute
was tabled 8459 with Wels again
in the majority
Then the HinsonDaniel substitute
was adopted 7965 and finally the
bill was engrossed 7706 and passed
7156 with Rep Wells voting for
the Daniel packago every time
KRESS CEMETERY ASSN
TO MEET SUNDAY
Kress Cemetery association has
called a meeting for Sunday afternoon
at 230 at tho Lions Den in
Kress for the purpose of electing
some new board members
Tho association has recently purchased
five acres for an addition to
tho ccmetary
The building will bo airconditioned
and refreshments will be served
UiiX NbWIilKK top was rc
j turned as pastor of Trinity Mctho
dist church when appointments were
read Friday at Abilene Rev New
kirk N completing work on his degree
at Way land college where ho
lacks one three hour correspondence
course Rev O II Herring pastor
of First Methodist church was assigned
to the rint Church at MemphisSwisher counties continues to make
good progress according to tho Tex
Harvest should begin about June
15 with an average yield expected
In the Wichita Falls area harvest
Is about 5 per cent complete
With favorable weather peak will
bo reached about June 8 and will be
complete by Juno 15 The prevailing
rate on combines is 350 per
acre Tho yield averages from 7
bushels per aero on upland wheat
to 35 bushels per aero in the Red
River Valley
Vernon reports that heavy land
is still too wet for combines but is
drying rapidly Some cutting is go
state services of the Salvation Army arc y PeilBI SUCCeCClS OWISher Koping
available to Swisher county as nreded along
with the counsel and advice of experienced
Army personnel
OST EXPLOSIVE issue of tho day is not the international situation
the U S Supreme Court or integration It is the problem of town
dogs
Persons who have never before written a letter to a newspaper
will become unbuckled and lash out at their neighbors via the columns
of a newspaper all over a dog
You may get by with offending your neighbors child or even your
neighbor but a dispute over a dog will rupture the strongest friendship
and cause
neighbors never again to speak I
COUNTRY EDITOR
1GHT IS NOT with either side all of the time Sometimes it is
with the dog owner Other times it is with the one offended by the
Club Organized
Bobby Hooper was named president
of Swisher County Roping club
which was organized recently
Other officers are Jerry House
vice president Mayo Duke secy
treas and Russell Christian Squad
Hurst and Ray Adams directors
Purpose of the organization is to
give interested persons an opportunity
to engage in the sport of calf
roping
A meeting has been scheduled for
Thursday night at 830 in the VFW
hall in Tulia at which time arrang
ments for the clubs activities will
be made All interested persons are
invited to be present
Little League
Baseball Starts
Here Monday
The local Little League baseball
program under direction of E N
Howell will get under way next
Monday Some changes are yet to
be made in the schedule but here
are the games for the first week
June 8 7 pm Vaughn Imp Co
vs VFW 830 Bates McHaney vs
Do Molay
Juno 9 7 pm Bobs Super Mkt
vs Rotary Club S30 Vaughn Imp
Co vs De Molay
June 11 7 pm VFW vs Rotary
Club 830 Bates McHaney vs Bobs
Super Mkt
Games will be played on Monday
Tuesday and Thursday nights with
schedule ending on July 30th The
full slate will be published next
week
Following are tho rosters of the
six teams
Vaughn Imp Co team
Coaches Wayne Potter and David
Madura
Jack Altman Danny Altman Richard
Ballenger Eddie Barbour Kelly
Cloer Clayton Devin Gary Gruben
Jerry Jackson Tommy Love Weldon
Mote Robert Ray Pendleton
Freddie Richards Charles Shelton
Ricky Tomberlin Leland Turner
BatcsMcllanoy team
Coach Jack Ewing J T Gunnels
and Al Boyett assistants
Jim Arnold Tommy Bates David
Blount Jack Braly Robert Cannon
Richard Combest Rene Garcia
Randy McHaney Boyd Milner Jimmy
Newklrk Bruce Potter Scotty
Wayne Smith James Vaughn Mike
Ward K White M Hale J Gunnels
Bobs Super Market team
Coach Francher Davis Roger
Morgan assistant
Ken Burk Larry Clement Johnny
Garcia Johnny Goodwin Billy
Hicks John Howell Fred Howell
Van Dale Mason David Allen Nail
Stanley Noble Sherrol Patton Mike
Pollard Bobby Dan Rogers James
Ward Jack Ward Oran Watson
Ricky Howard Glen Miller
Rotary Club team
Coach Marshall Penn
Al Boyett Joo Childers Allan
Clark Donald Ross Crocker Quinn
Ford Ray Jennings Gene Latham
Larry Malone Ricky Sharp Eddie
Sharp Joe Stockett Mike Sweatt
Pat Walker Jerry Wood David
Woodside Rodney Harris Jimmy
Hawkins
Do Molay team
Coach Russell Smoot Assistant
Gerald Barnett
Victor Basulda Roger Burrow
Jerald Ray Evans Ricky Ingram
Ronnie Ingram Eddie Lacey Joe
Murrell Mike Northcutt Kenneth
Northcutt J Roulette Sammy Sad
ler Milton Simon Warren Smoot
Gary Smoot Jimmy Don Stringer
David Lee Tucker Micky White
Hoyt Clowcr Bishop Barnett
V F W team
Coach John Ellison R B Dawson
assistant
David Butler Bill Dawson Jim
Dickens Kent Gardner Larry Gar
rott Jimmy Hawkins Steve Land
Jerry Dean Luster Gregory Dean
Olsen Larry Olson David Pier
son Pat Pollard Jerrery Tuckor
David Warren Williams Leonard
Williams Roger Paul Wood Jimmy
Lelja Sammy Ramirez
Howell states that there will h
tennis table tennis basketball turn
bllng and shuffleboard on tap from
9 AM to 11 AM or those who arc
regular In attendance at team prai
tices sessions These games will
ing on in the sandy fields and is
rapidly gathering momentum Yield
Is running from 15 to 27 bushels
per acre
In the Childress area very little
dryland wheat will be harvested
Irrlgatd s silt in good condition
Harvest in Jones county is in full
swing and will hit peak on Juno 3
Tho Crosby county wheat Is mat
uring rapidly with 7000 acres reported
lost last week due to heavy
I hall Dickens county will have a
small harvest due to earlier drouth
conditions
Wheat in the Amarillo area con
tinucs to make satisfactory progr <
The Northern Panhandl ana north
of the Canadian Rivr will be thr
principal wheat prndurmg area this
year The outlook remains good It
is anticipated that a shortage nf
combines trucks and extra workers
will develop with the harvest got
ting underway about June 15 and
reaching a peak by June 20 to 25
The Oklahoma bulletin dated May
29 reported that there is an adequate
suppy of men and machines In the
southwestern wheat belt to meet
arly demands and foreseeable need
Tuesday nights shower raised
tho water Itvrl in Tule lake
mmim imisi mmmm
The Tuun Herald
VOL 50 NUMBER 23
TULIA Swisher CountyTEXAS THURSDAY JUNE 41959
made by the committee All of the many j i ni I c L n
TWO SECTIONS
Swisher 4H Members Attend
District I Leadership Camp
Is Killed
Ir
Two men were killed Saturday
night in the flaming crash of a pickup
truck and a semitrailer on the
eastern outskirts of Quanah
The dead are Harry Gray Guill
54 Pampa cement contractor who
was driving the pickup and Jerry
Earl Wardlaw 24 of Tulia driver
of the semitrailer which belonged
to TaylorEvans Seed Co of Tulia
Quanah Police Chief Jack Oliver
said only the trailertruck burned
and Wardlaw apparently was killed
at the moment of impact in tho
headon crash of the two vehicles
His body was burned before rescu
rcrs could remove it from the wreckageThe accident occurred at 830 p m
The semitrailer unloaded was on
a return trip from Erlck Okla officers
said
Funeral services for Wardlaw
were conducted Monday in Parkview
Baptist church of Plainview Dr W
Neil Record pastor of the Tulia
First Baptist church the Rev Dor
man Kinard of Parkview church
and the Rev Wayne Bristoe of Mule
shoe officiated Burial was in Plain
view Memorial Park
Wardlaw born Jan ll 1935 inHale
Center had spent most of his
life in Plainview Two months ago
he moved to Tulia where his home
was at 52S N Crosby He was n
member of Tulia First Baptist church
His wife is the former Nita
Awbrey whom he married in 195S
at Plainview She is among survivors
Other survivors are his parents
Mr and Mrs John A Wardlaw of
Plainview a brother John D Ward
law Plainview and his grandparents
Mrs Mary Wardlaw and H I
Dent both of Hal Center
Mr and Mrs J M Knowles and
Karen of Springfield Colorado
spent the weekend in Tulia visiting
in the home of her parents Mr and
Mrs J W McGlaun Karen Kav
remained in Tulia for a weeks visit
with her grandparents and othrr relativesMrs O B
Club members from 20 rountles
which comprise Extension District
2 are meeting in Lubbock early this
week for their annual 4H club camp
in leadership Each county has a
quota of four boys and four girls
who will participate in this three
day camp Adult 4H club leaders
and extension agents will accompany
these club members and help them
find new ways of helping their own
4H clubs
Alan Whltmire and David Boston
both of Kress Jay Thornton Vigo
Park Rickie Stark Tulia are the
four boys who will attend from
Swisher county Cullcn Jennings will
attend tho camp as a member of
the district camp council
Nell Rains Kress Gail Carruth
Tulia Sue Campbell Love 4H club
and Cheryl Culwell Vigo Park are
the four 4H club oirl from Swisher
county
Mrs R D Wilmut adult leader
from Vigo Park Mrs Robin Taylor
county home demonstration agent
Bill Rodgers county agricultural agt
and Billy E Roach assistant agent
took the group to Lubbock
Rodgers is one of the county extension
agents in charge of discussions
for 4H members
About 200 4Hers attended
Dr Barden Nelson rural socil
logist of Texas A M college will
conduct sessions on Understanding
Youth in Their Leadership Roles
for county extension agents
Calvin Holcomb Gaines county
agent Seminole will conduct group
discussions on leadership tor III
adult leaders
Buster Terrell Hale uicr and
Juanette Williams Shallnwjter <
chairmen of the District 1 H council
will be cochairmen of iho camp
activities Club members from Lub
bockSwisher and Floyd counties will
be in charge of games and other
types of recreation
The overall camp activitus will
be under the supervision of W H
Jones and Mrs Aubrey Russell district
agents of the Texas Agricultural
Extension Service
Mr and Mrs W B Ballard were
in Amarillo Friday night to attend
the graduation exercises at Tascosa
High School where their granddaughter
Betty Ballard was a
member of the senior class Mike
Barnes and baby son Musick son of Mr and Mrs J T
are at home with O
ter
B and daugh
Mustek was also on
uating seniors
of the grad
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