The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex.), Vol. 63, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 17, 1971 Page: 1 of 21
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The Tuun Herald
COVERING SWISHER COUNTY LIKE THE SUNSHINE ★ *
VOL *3, NO. 34
TUUA, (SwMmt Cwwty) TEXAS 790*9 THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1971
FOUR SECTIONS
WATER OVER TULE LAKE SPILLWAY
Rainfall Benefits
Outweigh Damage
rgtslature as a
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c U. S. Senator
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prove
Is temporarily
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$12 to «I5 per month
'Texas' Is Polished
For Opening Night
Only a week remains before the
opening of th • six h season srf th;
romance of Texas History, “Texas”
which plays in h; P-lo Duio Can-
yon each summ.T. Th lines and
dances and songs are learn •d and
■re now being polished by the
directors The seats are in place,
ready for the inapt ;tion by th;
workers who nave to sit in each
one and test it. The light and
sound people have checked every
wire and connection and prepared
new mounts for two of the speak-
ers. The costumers have almost
finish d the cloJ»;s for the opening
overture which has been redesign-
ed by Mrs. Charlotte Brantley in
■:h; colors of ;he cliffs. The ticket
office is op.11 full tin»; and the
Jl.endance charts for the first week
end are steadily filling. The Sou-
v»r program and the recording
of exc?rp»s Horn the show are in
preparation with the promise of
delivery on opening day. And the
steam of answers to mjue<s for
information goes out s.eadily front
the office.
Opening night will honor the
mayors of the cities of the Pan-
Itaadle and the paop’e who broke
g.ound as mayors in October 1962.
There will be oppoitun.1 es fw tie
public to greet these Panhandle
leaders.
Tht file miles 0# flags will fly
again in Canyon — and a new
gi >up of people will be enabled 10
see back of the modern facade to
the forces which made this coun-
try. Write "Texas”, Box 268, Can-
yon, Texas 79015 fur tickets.
A league is about three miles.
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By H. M. BAGGARLY
WAAHATS NEW ON the Byrd Roll-A-Cone road?
ft We’d like to know ibe status of the project.
If we're not going to pursue the proposal to pave
the road, then let’s make it official. If there is no
possible way to get the- road to this major indus-
try out of the mud, the public should be told —
and we can mark it off as one more community
failure. If Tulia just doe-n t give a damn whether
or not thre road ts paved, then id’s admit it and
we'll let the issue die.
RATING PLACES ARE seldom any belter or any
C WOTS ' Clan the I *;tuce that goes in their sal-
ads. When the lettuc ■ i< crisp and the salad is good,
chani'jfi are verythmg else -served is also good
. . and vice versa.
Most any cook without half trying can pull out
of his bag of trtocs one of d >z ns of techniques he
has accimulated fur u. sir lying a good steak, to
keep it from ttcoining th; sizzling hot, juicy, delec-
table bit of ct.icu.. an ar. both God and the cow in-
terned it to be.
But U taJt.s laining and experience. . if not
premeditation with malice aforethought. . .to mur-
der a bowl of to -cd lettuce salad.
Any greasy spoon con serve good, crisp let-
tuce salad with only a mmtmum of effort. Yet, a
good, crisp l-t’w satad is as rare as a West Texas
shower! Most lettuce is soooao tired.
MALPH YARBOROUGH recently addressed the
K "Quastor- Class, ' an adult group at Univer-
sity Methodist Church in Austin.
The group had m l similarly with Gov. Pres-
ton Smith and l,t. Gov. Ben Barnes.
Following the three - man srrres, the 82 - mem-
ber group conducted on opintoci poll to determine
which mm they pref rn*1 lor governor in 1972
Yartxirough polled 28 votes; Barnes, J, and
Smi h, 1.
OP THE FRUSTRATION* of the “Hot
lane" (mgram on KVFI-TV ts that time al-
ways runs out before the quest tom.
We felt for Howard K Smith wGen he complain-
ed after hi- hour interview wRh President Nixon
that Nixon look all th' time making speeches In-
stead of answering questions; consequently, Smith
could ask only about a third of hi- questions on
foreign policy and never even got to the ones on
domestic Issu s!
Senator II. nry C. Grover of Houston was not
guil’y of thr- "sin" the other night. however, we
sure wonted mor • tune vuih this Republican who is
an “urunnourv d" candidate for governor of Texas
in 1472 nil the GOP ticket.
■NCIDENTALLY, GROVER remains an “unan-
I (teamed ’ candidate because this insures more
ex|xisurc prior to th - cani|)aigns.
Once one announce* tor an office, he becomes
sublet to the "equil time" tow and programs such
a; “Holme" a- well as conventions and other
groups do not is-u invitations as freely since they
wo<ild become either legally or morally bound to
give all candidates the same opportunity to speak.
tomUESTIONS WE DIDN'T get to 13* Senator
to*.Grover before tune ran out:
1 You admit that whan you switch'd from a
Democrat tc a H pubHcnn you experienced m>
change in political id-otogy. that you had always
been a conservative and merely discovered you
were to the wrong party. You also avert that
when you fcrst ran for the state
Democrat your fin:ince chairman
Bent sen uf Houston, now Democrati
from Texas. Doesn’t this put Brntsen in the position
of having actively support d an ideological Re-
jiublican for public office?
2 Since >ou opiiose voter regidration in which
a person has to declare hi- party preference at the
time he legr-.ers, since you feel that a voter
should have the independence to vote for any
party in any primary even though this might in-
volve switching from one party to the otVr, and
since Senator Bentsen had played a major role in
your successful candidacy for the state legislature,
would It not have made you an ingrate to support
Republican George Bush instead of Democrat Lloyd
Ben sen ui the roc.nt U. S. S.natornl race? Would
you mind telling us lor whom you did vote in this
rare?
3 You say you would like to make Texas a
truly two - parly state, yet you also say that you
see no purpo-e in running Republicans on th • local
Pvil or even in all state races. Do you think we
will ever have a truly two-party state until both
panes field and sup|x>rt candidates "from the
c3Uithou.se to the white House"?
MOGBR MUDO OP CBS tells a timely story. Not
K long ago (‘resident Nixon, lev ling the need for
a vacation from lus Florida Whit.1 House vacation,
flew off to the California White House
While In California, he decided to minor a Cali-
fornia Marine base with a Pr; idential visit.
Du; to a combination of circumstances, the
television networks were a little short-hand d and
were unable to have men and cam -ras stationed ill
over Ibe ba-e. During one phase of the tour, the
President was going Horn one place to another
accompanied by a crowd of Marines who, like all
servicemen and civilian workers, never miss an
cpporiunlty to leave their jobs especially wh"n th 'iv
is a legitimate excuse for so doing
IT SO HAPPENED THAT only CBS had a cam-
I en in range of this entourage and it was some
thro* blocks away . Due to limited per-onnel cover-
ing the occasion, no CBS newsman was accom-
panying the entourage.
fYnm the location of the camera, it appeared
that the President was being earned along on the
shoulders >if the Marines in a bur-t of
spontimous adulation — and CBS so reported it!
But thi- bit of color was not reported by NBC
or ABC — or by the various press services.
Almos’ immediately angry Nixon admirers be-
gan to phone these networks and press services,
demanding to know WHY they had neglected to re-
port this flattering sidelight of the l‘resident'< visit.
NBC and \BC could only plead guilty of not
bring at the right place at th** right time.
VHE WASHINGTON STAR demanded that AP in-
I vrstigate Ihe “poor reporting” of As men as-
signed to cover the event And sinre The Washing-
ton Star is a major stockholder in AP, this request
couldn't be tak n lightly.
Sune tin* AP men covering tlx* visit had bad
th^ir professional integrity challenged, thpy were
quick to defend them- Ives They had been with
I h • PrtsidpnfiaJ party almost continuously but
s mply had NOT observed the Presidem on the
shoulders ol the Marine, at any time
By now the stoiy had app ared almost every-
where and the new- media, with Hr* exception of
CBS, were smelling more like ? West Texas lezd-
iot than a rose.
-if WAS ALSO ON THE SPOT with the other
RANDY MATSON, left, holder of the world’s shotput
record, was in Tulia Thursday in connection with a day-long
campaign to sell Buffalo season football tickets to Tulians.
He is shown selling a ticket of Leroy Roberts, a WTSU
alumnus and longtime girls basketball coach. Matson left
Tulia for Wichita, Kans., where he competed in the U. S.
Track and Field Federation outdoor contests. Matson threw
the shot 68 feet, 1 3A inches in Wichita but shrugged it off
as a personal disappointment. He had hoped to get 72 feet.
The 26-year-old Matson is administrative assistant to the
athletic director. Gene Mayfield, at West Texas State. He
made his first big national splash in 1963. About 32 season
tickets were sold Thursday in Tulia, bringing the total number
sold here to over 60. (Herald photo by Sam Ellis)
Heavy rains last week measured
1.88 inches in Tulia, according to
John Ballenger, local weather ob-
server. This brought the Juno total
to 4.01 inches and the year's total
o S.!S inches, compared w.th 4.64
inches at th.* sann time last year.
The heavy rains Thursday night
filled Tul* Lake, sending the wat-
1. 1 v .• the spillway for the first
lime in several years. The lake
has been dry for many months
duo to the prolonged drouth.
Al hough the rams have b. n
bn ticial with the long range b. re-
fits far outweighing th*' teni|x»rary
damage to crops and property, ob-
servers say the drouth has :i it yet
been broken, that mor rain- are
needed to restore tht* ground mois-
ture.
Damage reports came from all
parts of the county following the
initial storm a week ago Tuesday
night.
Flying debris injured Gib Lawler
at Kress as he iried to reach a
storm cellar at the home of a re-
lative. I. G. Clay, and the wind
smashed in one side of the house.
Mrs. T. K. Duke, miles south-
vest of Tulia, reported the loss
of a sheep barn, two sheds, wind-
mill, anJ her garage was moved
from its foundation, damaging her
car. Large trees around tlx* home
p. evented dam ige to her home. She
and her daughter r. retained in a
storm cellar. She wasn’t -ure whe-
Ih r the damage came from a
twister or high winds.
Th e Kress residents who took
shelter in their vehicles inside
L;\ely Bagiev Gin on the north-
w. sid* of the city said there
definitely wa. a twr tor involved
Ih* gin collapsed during the storm
mi a pickup was moved about a
third of a nul and set down in a
field l’cw r lines were diiwn with
soreit- poles snapped. Pieces of tin,
.tug; ti - lands, television anten-
nas and tow *rs on the ground
testified to the -cverity of the
storm in the Kress area. Two box-
cars on tht Santa Ke tracks were
to|*ph d oft the tracks.
Swisher county Agricultural A-
g nt K *n Cook estimated Monday
that 32,0(10 of the county’s 60,000
ac es seeded to co ton had been
damaged heavily from hail and
torrential rains which struck last
wr ok The cotton was damaged
1966 THS Graduates
To Plan Reunion
Ml in. mbers of the 1966 Tulia
High School graduating class are
invited to a mt*eting to plan their
5 - y.ar reunion.
This me,-ling will be Saturday at
3 in the home of Mrs. Carolyn
Mote. Carolyn's home is l<x*ated
about 4U| m.les east on the Silver-
ton highway and mile northeast
on a dirt road.
All members of this graduating
class a e urged to attend this
meeting.
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Pythagoras first announced the
belief I hit the world is round.
Top FHA Officials To Inspect Projects
JAMES V. SMITH
J. LYNN FUTCH
U. S Rep. Bob Price, James V.
Smith of W ishington, D. C., na-
tional administr t or of 1 he* Farm-
ers Home Administration, and J.
Lynn Kutch of Temple, state di-
rector of th..* Farmers Horn,* \d-
mim.-tralion, will be in Tulia Sat-
urday to observe the agriculture
and hou-ing program uf the FHA.
The inspection tour will allow
ev« ryore* to si 0 how housing needs
are bong met here through the
Farmlers Home Administration ru-
ral housing piogiam, and tht* be
fore and after living condition- of
the families.
Hospital Plans
Nursing School
Swisher Memorial Hospital is an-
nouncing the o|H*ning of the Swi-
s h e r Memorial Hospital School
of Vocational Nur-ing, Septemb r
6.
Application forms can be obtain-
ed it the office of the Hospital
\dmini-tia:or or Sup rvlsor of
Nur-a s from June 17 through July
8.
The length of this course will be
12 months.
For further information contact
the Administrator or Director of
Nurs s, Swisher Memorial Hos|iitaJ,
Tulia.
Tule Golf Pro
Resigns Post
Fred Crock t ha- resig/x*d as
pro at Tule Lake Golf Club lie
has b*in at the club since May
1 1909 It w is during hi- tenure
t.iat thi n 'w club hous4* was com-
pleted.
Dennis Love, pr sident, said that
One of Uve dramatic features of
this tour will be thi* burning of
one of the condemned houses.
The day’- schedule of events be-
gins with a press conference from
9 to 9 3(1 a m. at FJm Tree Inn
with the caravan leaving from
there for the lour between 9 30
and 10 a 111 The house burning is
set for 10 to 10:30 a.m.
Returning to the bandstand on
the courthouse grounds for the pro-
gram to be conducted between
10 30 and 11:30 am. the group
will be welcomed by W. V. Swin-
burn. Tulia mayor. Jack Dfisklll,
Swish r County judge, will be mas-
ter of ceremonies, and will intro-
duce George II. James Jr., county
supervisor of the Farmers Home
Administration, Futch, Smith and
l*rice.
Price and Smith will speak
bi icfly.
Following th,' speeches, disting-
uished guest- will be honored with
a luncheon at Elm Tree Inn from
11:39 a.m to 12 noon.
During the fiscat year of 1171,
th' Tulia county office of Farmers
Home Administration serving Bris-
co' and Swisher Counties made
ll»i farm loans for $1,680,846 which
included subordinations to the lo-
rd hanks.
These lojns will be repaid but
w , r e made to individual farm
families who wt*re unable to get
Hi ir credit needs nut from pri-
vate lending sources al rates and
terms they could afford to meet.
In ih" same p-nod of link- there
were 164 loans for a total
$2,152,442 made to consirurt, re -
pair and remodel homes of rural
families. These loans are made to
low and modera e income families
who are unable to finance mod-st,
d <• nt, safe ,*nd -anit try homes
from private and conventional cre-
dit sources.
Ml of ihe loans are made with
th,- understanding that as soon as
the families financial positions im-
from 65 to 100 per cent, Cook said.
He add-d that about 2,000 acre*
of corn had been severely damag-
ed.. From 10,000 to 15,000 acres
had been seeded to corn.
Damages for Swisher and four
adjoining counties wer es.imated
by farmers and ag. cultural agents
at $4 million
Cotton was also extensively dain-
ag.-d in Castro, Bn coe and Floyd
. ounti. s.
l ook -aid farmers with damaged
cotton crops can replant, change
to grain sorghum (if the sorghum
dint in nt hasn't already been util-
iz>d), or -uyb. an . or u • .?
land as set a Id:* acre age. In any
event, they will have to go through
th.ir ASPS office.
Gra,n sorghum was also damag-
ed, but observers -aid it has atol-
it) to snap back after such dam-
age.
Heaviest damage ir. Swisher was
ir. the sou h part of the county.
Property dremge wa- high in tke
Hart - Kress . Claytonville ar>*'a.
Swisher Electric ('o.>j> ralive Itxrt
88 jxiles between Center Plains and
•a point ea-t of Claytonville. No
transmission lines were involv *4.
Repair crews wer. on th-' job un-
ms-dialely and service was re-
stored to all but five cu-tomrrs
by 4:3*1 a.m. Wednesday. The
storm struck about 7:30 o'clock
the night before.
Turbul nt weather harrassed tIn-
Texas Panhandle almost every
night lor a week as fronts moved
across from Kas em New Mexico
to Oklahoma. Tornado watch's or
warnings were in effect every night
and numerous funni Is were report-
ed. Heavy damage was reported at
Friona where high winds damag d
Uk- Missouri Me it Packers plant
ami two spray planes were badly
d.imaged W inds south of II-re bred
w tv clocked at 115 mph. W'.it'r
was over L'S 87 betwv n Canyon
and Plains lew in s,*veral locutions
on -kweral nights.
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PICS
New meter connecUons rejsirt 'd
by <’lly of Tulia ince last week:
Bobby Fergu-on. 8U8 SW 2nd. Ron
fielby, 4E7 N. CntUn; Fuye Sumral!
502 NW 6th. Joe Gilbreath, 484 S
Austin: Larry Warren, 819 N Don
ley; R I.. Doyal. 1001 NW 10th,'
Joe Avila. 408 US 17.
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MaiTiage lieens*-- Iwued by the
county clerk since last week were
to: David Ross Eg rton, Pampa,
and Ann Littlejohn, Tulia; Amador ,
Ortiz Leal, (Juitaque, and ihiscilla/
Madrigal Ramos, Tulia; Robert
Hay 1‘endleton, Mesquite, and Jan
Cook, Tulia; Avdon Rodriguez, Jr.,
Tulia, and Anita Perez, Tulia; Har*
old Wayne Siarkey, Happy, and
Cynthia Ann McOuvock, Happy.
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BORN TO:
Mr. and Mrs. Scotty Smith, 314
S. Bowie, Tulia, a boy.
Mr. and Mrs. Felip Garcia, Box'
261. Hart, a girl.
Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Morris, Rou-
te 2, Happy, a boy.
Mr. and Mrs. Dale Minyard, Sil-
verton, a boy.
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Texas wheat production is fore-
cast at 29,298.(8)0 bushels, accord-
ing to the Texas Crop and Llv •-
sl.ick Reporting Service. This is the
lowest production since the 19:4
crop and down 46 per Cent front
flk* 54.408,(88) bush. Is produc -d in
1970 Ham, hail and wind damage
is expected to reduce the overall
yield even more. Ilarve-1 has tk*-
gun in Silverton ami Tulia and is
five p r cent complete. Extent of
damage from ram, hail and high
winds is not known. Floyd County
wheat harvest is 50 p* r cent coin-
ed
A REPRESENTATIVE GROUP of Tulians and other
Swisher residents attended a reception Thursday night honor-
ing West Texas State University Athletic Director and Head
Football Coach Gene Mayfield. Coach Mayfield was ac-
companied by several officials of the Phoenix Club and the
Buffalo coaching staff. The event was held in the Chandelier
Room of the First National Bank. It was noted that many
more attended this event than attended similar events at
Pampa and Borger. Prior to the reception, a steak dinner at
the Elm Tree Inn honored the visitors and area high school
coaches. Among those present was E. W. Scheid of Tulia,
Mayfield's founer high school superintendent when he was
a student at Quitacjue. Pictured, from left, are Coach May-
fu*M Leroy Roberts, a Tulia member of the Phoenix Club who
was in charge of local arrangements; Ray Bivens, Tulia
banker, member of the Phoenix Club and a three letterman
•v-, well as *fbnor student at West Texas state 45 years ago.
Ncai, Marvin Carltle, Tulia banker, greets Boyd Vaughn,
Phoenix Club member; Mrs. B. Raymond Evans, treasurer
of the WTSU Ex-Students Association; and Tulia Mayor W.
V. Swinburn. Finally, Duane Byars of Amarillo, president of
the WTSU Ex-Students Association, visits with B Raymond
Evans, Tulia, a West Texas alumnus and member of the
WTSU Board ol Regents. (Herald photos by Sam Ellis)
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Baggarly, H. M. The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex.), Vol. 63, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 17, 1971, newspaper, June 17, 1971; Tulia, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth506312/m1/1/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Swisher County Library.