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Thoughts For Thursday
By H. M. Baggarly
‘OH WE COULDN'T THINK OF ADDING ANY MORI CARGO -
WE'RE TOO LOW IN THE WATER ALREADY'
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H hi high the torch o f beauty, truth una
love!
You did not light its glow—
Juus given you by other hands, you
know.
7 s yours to keep it burning bright.
lours to pass on when you no more
need light;
For there are other feet that we must
guide.
And other forms go marching by our
side:
Their eyes are watching every tear and
smile.
And efforts which we think are not
worthwhile
Are sometimes just the very helps they
need.
Actions to which their souls would give
most heed:
So that in turn they 'll hold it high and
say.
"I watched someone else carry it this
way.
If brighter paths should beckon you to
choose.
Would vour small gain compare with all
you d lose?
Hold high the torch of beauty, truth and
love!
You did not light its glow—
Twas given you by other hands, you
know.
I think it started down its pathway
bright
The day our Maker said. “Let there be
light. ”
And He once said, who hung on
Calvary s tree.
"Ye are the light of the world. Go!
Shine, for me.
—Mrs. H. M. Baggarly, Sr.
First Line Of Offense
Free at last from the shadow of
intraparty challenge. President Ford
and his strategists now must search for
a winning Republican formula and
convince skeptics that it will work.
Three questions dominate the dis-
cussion. The President must decide
where to concentrate the campaign,
which issues will work in those places
and w hat his personal styles should be.
The myth that a national candidate
can be all things to all people, that he
can win everybody, ail sections of the
country, all special interest groups is
just that—a myth! National races are
won by putting together enough special
interest groups to get 51 per cent of the
votes.
The hours just after the nomination
provided some clues. In choosing to run
with Sen. Robert Dole of Kansas. Ford
opted for a midwestern partner whose
conservatism nearly matches his own.
He went for party unity rather than
ideological balance. And in delivering
his acceptance speech, the President
simultaneously asserted his own self-
confidence and opened fire on the
Democratic Congress.
In the days ahead, though, those
symbols have to be converted into a
detailed strategy for victory—some-
thing that even Ford allies admit was
not the highest priority during the
closing days of the campaign against
Ronald Reagan.
The vice presidential decision was
enlightening in its omissions. Ford did
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not choose a running mate from the
South, or even from a border state, in
apparent recognition of the enormous
leads Jimmy Carter holds in those areas
as the fall campaign begins. Nor did
Ford move to the East or to the party’s
left.
What he did was consistent with
the strategy now evolving among those
in the party who had been poring over
election demographics and poll data.
That strategy is this: Construct a base in
the Rocky Mountain states and in the
Southwest: erode some of Carter’s
strength in the border states: work to
carry two or three of the more conserva-
tive Great Lake states; then fight to the
wire in California. Florida and Texas
and hope a slim electoral majority
emerges.
It is not exactly a Sun Belt
formula—one directed at the warm-
weather southern and western states—
although it is similar. It is a form of
western strategy, but with the Midwest
as the pivotal region without which a
majority would be impossible.
Such an approach recognizes the
difficulties of carrying the Deep South
against a peanut farmer and born-again
Baptist. The GO!’ publicly says no
section w ill be written off—but privately
it has wiitten off the South.
Many northeastern liberal Republi-
cans have called for a return to the
part .’s historical home in the Northeast
and upper Midwest Outside this branch
of the party, however, there are almost
unanimous doubts that such an ap-
proach would work. One said the GOP
would carry Georgia before it would
Massachusetts!
Popularity of the President in the
Midwest has never recovered from the
embargo on grain sales in 1975. Ford
lost to Reagan decisively in Nebraska
and Suuth Dakota primaries. W'hile
Dole, from Kansas, may help, it is
doubtful that he can reverse the trend.
Dole is neither a farmer or Presidential
candidate. Carter is both!
The Republicans are eyeing the
ethnic groups, but the Catholics are
switch voters. Anticommunism is a
major issue among persons with central
and southern Europe backgrounds. But
Ford is restricted from using this issue
because of his identification with Kis-
singer and detente. Some Republicans
think Dole can help exploit the issue.
In anv case, w hateser Ford does in
the Midwest is likely to be part of an
overall campaign theme of criticism of
the Democratic Congress. It was domin-
ant in his acceptance speech, as it was
throughout the convention. Ford chal-
lenged Congress on his requests that
had not been approved He made it
clear that there would be more such
blasts to come, possibly in the televised
debates. Congress is likely to be the
first line of offense in the Republican
strategy. This will work well with the
Harry Truman style which Ford has
borrowed!
DOl GI.AS MI A DOR in The Matador
Tribune: Hi who has tasted bitterness,
tastes sweetness with piety.
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BROWSING DOWN
1EM0RY L
to
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64th District Court jury
assesses death penalty for
Lonnie Kay Brown of Lub-
bock after 3 hours of deliber-
ation. Brown was convicted
of murder with malice in the
death ol Mrs. C. O. Kesler of
Tulia. Hornets in cellar as
season begins. The Olton
Mustangs are first oppo-
nents. Don Young named
"Jaycee of Month”.. Dan
Stewart, former Tulian. un-
dergoes open heart surgery
in Lubbock...Tulia Herald
Football contest begins. . .
Tulia Industrial Foundation
pushes junior college and
Roll-A-t one road.
10 YEARS AGO
Harris Rating Svstem
ranks Kress fourth in state as
season begins. Ron Ely. for-
merly of Tulia. stars as
Tar/an in new NBC series...
Secretary of Agriculture Or-
ville Freeman is guest at
High Plains Research Found-
ation field day...Vernon
Lions claw Hornets 24-6...
Fire damages home of Mr.
and Mrs .1. C. Hughes. 23
Cnxkett Mr and Mrs.
Charles Helms observe gold-
en wedding.. Death claims
Mrs. Adeline McDonald
Howell. 51. of Houston, for-
merlv of Happv.
15 YEARS AGO
Hale Countv grand jury
asks mayors of Plainview.
Tulia, Loikney. Floydada
and Hale Center to invoke a
curtew to combat increasing
juvenile delinquent v in ar
ea...Tulia Red Cross collects
donations lor victims ol Hur
ricane ( aria . Funeral held
tor Ben Sharp. '1...Two new
residential developments be-
gin in lulia. Mackenzie Add-
ition in south Tulia and
(onner Addition in north
Tulia. Dr. and Mrs. W. A.
Sedgwick move to Alabama
Randall county grand |urv
vindicates District Attorney
Avcnt lair, raps Amarillo
paper...Ginger Campbell of
Kress is FFA Sweetheart
20 YEARS AGO
Joann Vaughn is Swisher
entrv in District Farm Bur
eau Queen contest...Funeral
held for ( hester Gardner
Fox. 30 ol 300 S. Maxwell...
Bill Hendrix ol ( anadian is
new band director...‘‘Little
Richard” ol ‘‘Long. Tall
Sallv” tame is stopped here
hv Deputv Shcnlf Bob Potter
tor speeding in his gold
( adillac. Other members of
his band were following in a
( hrvsler station wagon ...
Preston Mitchell begins du-
ties as high school princi-
pal...Mrs. C. H. Cox of
Arney still living on land her
husband bought many years
ago for 50c an acre.
24 YEARS AGO
County fair to feature Ed-
die Geyer, aerialist. who will
perform atop a 130 - foot
pole.. .Oscar Gunkey delivers
county’s first new mai/e...
Mrs. Roger Morgan and
Mrs Martha Hooper admit
ted to polio center at Plain-
view... Half of labor camp
fund is raised... William
Todd honored at San Jacinto
Park in Amarillo on his H4th
birthdav.
30 YEARS AGO
Mrs. Sam C. Wilkes dies
following long illness.. Last
rites said for L. C. Smith,
~6. Roy F. Devin to teach in
high school Kavmond Part-
low of Lubbock to be speaker
at first Youth for Christ rally.
The high school choir, direct-
ed bv Bob Gray, will sing. .
Rev. and Mrs. Van F.arl
Hughes and seven month old
babv girl ot Kress leave for
New Orleans enroute to Cuba
to serve as missionaries. Iris
Dooley and Tonev Brown are
married.
34 YEARS AGO
Funeral services conduc-
ted tor H M Baggarly.
Sr. Bettve Babb weds Pat
Wiman Miss Loree Rogers
weds Howard Martin ot Dal-
las...Edwin Adams, lb-year
old son ot Mr. and Mrs.
Avorv Adams, undergoes
surgerv.
39 YEARS AGO
Damage estimated at
58.000 resulted at Kress
when Bonkout Motor Co.
building burned atter gaso-
line being drawn from school
bus w as ignited I he bus w as
destroved. I wo Kress youths
admitted being in building
when tire started...Lola Rena
Hankins dies
44 YEARS AGO
Mr and Mrs. W. T. Sim-
mons move to Putnam place
east ot tow n
49 YEARS AGO
.1. B Shows honored on
Hist birthdav Mr and Mrs.
P L. Walters ot Happy
parents ot Perry Gene.. Mrs.
Esther Falls Parker dies at
Dallas Hugh White builds
residence south ot square.
54 YEARS AGO
Tulia faculty composed of
Grace McConnell. Laura
Street Mvram Stewart. Lucy
Tracv. Frankie Mae Shep-
pard. Alice Waldrop. Lois
lohnson. Daisy Martin, Lela
King. Ruth Thompson, all
Misses” and I C Bagwell,
superintendent.
WENDELL TOOLEY in The Floyd
County Hesperian: Back in 1964 Floydada
schools hit an all time high of a little over
2.100 students, then started a down trend.
However, last year the trend began an
upturn and this year the trend up continues.
The school enrollment on Monday was
1,501. which compares with the 1,489 this
time last year. Looking at the individual
school enrollment count all schools were up
except Andrews Ward. It was down from last
year’s 347 to 316 this year. Duncan
Elementary is up from 454 to 494, junior
high is up from 226 to 241 and the high
school is up from 426 to 450.
Hopefully, the increase is due to a
population increase, but it should be noted
that the addition of kindergarten classes
could make up a lot of the increase.
At South Plains school the enrollment
was down from 45 to 39 and Doughterty was
also dow n from 39 to 36.
TROY MARTIN in The Canyon News:
At the community meeting on the new post
office Wednesday night the central point on
why the Post Office Department is in
financial trouble wa. not discussed.
Ridiculous, unrealistic wage scales ot
postal employees is at the heart of it We are
not pointing a finger and we are glad our
friends with the post office have a good deal
but tacts are facts.
Outlandish salaries of the city workers
broke New York and sent one of the most
prosperous cities in the world over the hill to
the piHir house.
A postal official here Wednesdav night
announced that the pay scale is 5h 1)4 an
hour and that is only for a 40 hour week
That's 516,-23.20 a year and what thev get
for overtime would take your hat oil
We have people on the umversitv
campus w ith doctorates who do not make as
muih as the people who deliver their mail
It's not realistic in comparison to the area's
wages and undoubtedlv will break the post
office department whether a new post office
is built in C anvon or not
And it hasn't improved the service
C. T Davis, post office official from
Amarillo, told the group that mail service is
better and mail is getting through taster
This just does not measure up to fait
Mail tor the Canyon News coming into
the local post office is chronically late
We’ve had 5200 worth of books, shipped bv
mail, ruined in transient in the past three
months I he books were shipped in special
envelopes designed to prevent damage
The window service is slow and con
gested at the post office here btvausi not
enough people are on the job I his is in part
at least because unrealistic wages quuklv
dissipates the budget allocated to the
( anvon post office.
At the present rate. 54(1 an hour hires
approximatclv five people If the rate were a
realistic 55 an hour it would hire eight
people
HI N 1 //l I 1 in The ( anadian Record:
Thev were quiet men. the old-time I’anhan
die sherifts w ho bee ame legends in their ow n
time, not given to violence although thev
dealt with violence...and if thev died in
office, thev died quietlv in their beds, not
gunned down bv some last draw outlaw on
the streets
Mavhe that's because thev were not
"fast draw” men themselves I hev wore
their pistols quietlv. too. anil used them
seldom. Thev fired their weapons at target
practice, hut rarelv. il ever, at human
targets Thev didn't need to.
Thev rarelv became targets of gunfire
themselves Thev seemed to wear invisible
shields. Those shields. I've always believed,
were compounded partly of sheer guts...of
incredible personal courage, and mostlv of
supreme self confidence in the inviolahilitv
of their own bodies. Thev commanded
respect of law abider and law-breaker alike,
not because of the badge or the gun. but
because of that indefinable "presence.”
I'm thinking of some of the lawmen
I knew in the davs of mv vouth in the late
1920s and early 1910s and during the 40s
and 50s . men I knew as a youngster
growing up in the I’anhandle of I exas. and
later as a voung newsman covering the
I’anhandle scene.
One of them was Jake Honea ot Briscoe
County, mv first acquaintance with the
breed and. mavbe. the model for them all
Jake was a towering man an imposing
figure physically...and he possessed one of
the ugliest, and at the same moment one of
the kindliest, faces I have ever known. His
features were on the same scale as his bodv.
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rugged and rangy, and his face was deeply
creased. He had penetrating blue eyes that
could, and often did. look right through
you...and a smile that was like the late
afternoon sun breaking through storm
clouds.
He had been a ranch hand on one of the
pioneer ranches in his own younger days,
and had been something of a hell-raiser,
according to local legend. Certainly he knew
how to handle hell raising when it got out of
hand, and such intimate knowledge must
have been born of experience.
Jake’s handling of juvenile cases was
impressive. He knew every kid in the
county on a first name basis, to begin
with...and he knew how to speak our
language. A juvenile who got temporarily
out of hand was likely to find himself quickly
in hand...specifically, in the big authorita-
tive hands of Jake Honea. Jake never ever
read kids ’’their rights”...but often read
them the "riot act”. And he took measures
appropriate to the occasion. Such mea-
sures” never involved booking or jailing,
and thev didn't involve cuffing people
around, either They sometimes involved a
belting, soundly administered over Jake's
knee, in the privacv of an alley...and in the
case of voung drunks, thev usually involved
a trip home, and to bed, and sometimes a
little "praver meeting' with the parents of
the voung offender.
The kids respected lake Honea . and
thev loved him and at election time thev
got out and campaigned for him lake was
unbeatable at elections his voung consti
tuents saw to that.
But it he was expert at handling small
troubles, he was also most capable at
handling the big ones when thev came his
wa.. too fhe earlv 1930s produced perhaps
more than its share of desperadoes it was
an era of bank robberies and heavily armed
bandits the time of Bonnie and (Jute. and
Dillinger. the Barker gang, and scores of
others One West I exas luminarv ot the time
was a character named "Perchmoutli''
Stanton, who had left a string of murders
and robberies in his trail and had finallv
been run to ground at an isolated farm house
near (Jmtaqut \ posse had I’erchmouth
surrounded, but the bandit was heavily
armed and no one was too anxious to
approach his lair
I hen lake Honea arrived on the scene
U a Ik mg slow I v. talking slow I v never brand
ishing a weapon, ho approac hod the house
alone keeping up a running conversation
with Stanton Perch. I'm coming in there."
lake was saving I ni coming in atter vou
I'm not going to shoot vou. but I'm going to
bring vou out of there
And bring him out he did bv the arm
No shots were fired, and lake Honea didn’t
even larrv a gun in with him The
killer desperado simple melted in the face of
that awesome authoritv He must have
known that his bullets would bounce
harnilesslv off lake Honea |ust as surelv as
Jake himself knew it
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VII.| -\rgus-( hampion: \t long long last
two f i deral agencies have begun to recog
ni/e that there reallv is an energy crisis
I he I fit rgv Rescan h anil Development
\tfministration anil thi National Aeronautics
and Space Administration are about to |oin
forces in some serious efforts to harness the
winds to generate electricity.
I RDA is to build a 1.500 kilowatt wind
turbine that will cost seven million dollars,
and at averagi winds ot |h miles |>er hour
produce enough energv eai h vear to supplv
more than s00 homes N \S\ will direct the
expet intent
The site for the experimental windmill
has not vet been determined I he device will
be l(M) feet high It will have two fiberglass
blade s that will span 200 feet and rotate at 30
to 40 revolutions per minuti at winds faster
than I I miles per hour.
II should have been obvious long, long
ago that windmills would not consume anv of
earth's resources, and that thev would not
pour anv jtoisons into the atmosphere.
It has been obvious to mam who have
drawn smiles of derision, the same kind of
smiles that must have creased faces when
mention was made of the likes ot ( olumhus.
Galileo, da Vino or the Wright brothers.
It will probable be said even todav that
even il these windmills do produce power it
will cost too mm h and at best could provide
only five or 10 percent of the nation's energy
needs.
If so. those who have wind generated
electricity available mav wear smiles of
contentment on the dav the last oil well runs
drv. perhaps a quarter century front now
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