The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex.), Vol. 73, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 5, 1981 Page: 1 of 19
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Hornets 5-0, Number 1 In District,
5th In State
By WENDELL TOOLEY
How sweet it is!. . . the Hornets
chilled Childress 52-51 here Friday
night before a standing room only crowd
and wound up first round play with a
perfect 5-0 record.
Abernathy is in second place with a
4-1 record and Childress dropped to
third place with a 3-2 record.
The Hornet-Bobcat game was a
thriller all the way. . . the Hornets led
IK-lh at the end of the first quarter.
30-27 at halftime and 41-37 at the end of
the third quarter.
With nine seconds left in the game it
was 52-50. Coach Ronnie Latham's
Hornets had a hard time keeping the
ball until the game was over. Fact is.
thev lost a long pass, committed a foul
and a Childress player (their football
quarterback) Barry Johnson could have
tied it up. However, Barry found the
basket on the first and missed the
second shot. Time out was called with
one second left, the play was a jump ball
and Walter Brown knocked the ball far
away enough to keep it out of scoring
and the game was over.
It was a hard, fast scrappy sort of
game, the Hornets made only 331/3 of
their free shots. 49% of their field
shots. The Hornet guards had some
problems in bringing the ball down
court without losing it before any shots
could be made.
James Wilterding and Walter tied
with eight rebounds each. Coach Lat-
ham praised the great defense play of
Wilterding
Walter scored 14. Anthony Davis 10.
to lead the Hornet scoring. Tulia is now
19-3 on the season and will be playing
Floydada here Friday night. At press
time it was not known how the Tulia
teams did at Idalou Tuesday night.
HORNETTES BEAT CHILDRESS
It was just a perfect night, as the
Hornettes set the pace in beating
Childress 59-48.
The Hornettes led all the way, 37-27
at halftime. 49-34 at the end of the third
quarter.
The w in placed the Hornettes third in
district (3-2) behind first place Aber-
nathy (5-0) and second place Lockney
(4-1).
Sherri Painter was the sparkplug that
kept the Hornettes in the lead and
Sherri was high point gal with 25 points.
Kristi Ewing played a good game
sinking 15 points, seven steals. 15
rebounds, and "best defensive player"
according to coach Twila Whitten.
Coach Whitten said it would be hard
to beat Abernathy and Childress the
second half as these games will be
played there.
JV GAMES
The JV Hornettes beat Lockney 43-38
last week with Cindy Watkins making
24 points and 16 rebounds. Janet Cosby-
made 13 points.
Then on Friday night the girls lost a
close one to Childress 59-52. Cindy-
made 24. Janet 14 points.
The JV boys beat Canyon 55-31 last
week with Mark Hill making 12 and Jim
Bernard nine points.
The boys really blasted Childress
76-31 Friday night. Hoby Smith scored
14 points. Jim 13 and Mark Willis II
FRESHMEN BOYS WIN
The Freshmen Hornets won a close
one. 50-49 last week over Floydada.
Rusty Hooper made 13. Their overall
record is 7-5 and 3-1 in district.
The Freshmen girls lost to Floydada
53-33.
JR. HIGH
The Jr. High roundballers had a
rough week, they lost three games with
Floydada. The seventh girls lost 31-26,
eighth girls lost 33-16, the seventh boys
lost 51-11.
DISTRICT 3-JA
Team
District
Season
ADfrnathy
5 0
24 2
Lockney
4 1
20 6
T u><«
3 2
12 9
Chri<jres$
3 2
19-7
ida'cu
14
II 10
Floydada
0-5
DISTRICT 3-3A
14 10
Team
District
Saason
Tuna
50
19 J
AOernathy
41
1712
Ch'idress
3 2
21-4
jF lovdada
14
8 13
Lockney
1-4
10 14
idaiou
14
10 10
Tulia Beats Idalou
HAPPINESS IS BEATING CHILDRESS and getting the Bobcat’s
Number 5 state ranking. (Staff photo)
□□□DDDiD
GRAND OPENING of B & R Thriftway is today (Thursday) and the
Wilfong Brothers feature two big pages of bargains in this edition of The
Herald The building is the former location of Shop Rite. (Staff Photo)
Who Will Be First Miss Tulia?
Who will reign as the first Miss
I ulia? Io find out be at the Tulia High
Sihool Auditorium at ”:00 on Feb. 5.
Mong with a Miss Julia, there will be a
little Miss Tulia. lunior Miss Tulia. and
a Senior Miss lulia crowned
The winner in each category will
receive 550 (Ml The first runners up in
each category will receive $10 (Ml.
I he winners will be presented at the
C hamber ot Commerce Banquet on
February l»>th
Admission will be M.00 lor adults
and 50c tor students. Pre-school age
children will be admitted free. His
Image singers from Julia will provide
ihe entertainment throughout the con-
test.
Be sure to come to the contest and see
the prettiest girls in J ulia compete for
the title Miss Tuba" because they will
be representing you.
you.
The contest is sponsored by the
Women’s Div ision of the I ulia Chamber
ot ( omnierce
Ike Miami SIMM®
. hy Wendell Tooley
OI K (ONC.RATI I ATIONS to the
Hornets who came out of the first round
of basketball in the driver’s seat a
perfect 5-0 The Friday night victory
overt hildress was most gratitving. . a
most exciting game.
and the Hornettes also beat
( hildress.
We asked toolhall inaih Bill Martin
Mondav morning. ' would the two I ulia
basketball victories make up for the
football game loss to Childress?" He
replied, "maybe."
We know in the second round of play
iti.it Abernathv and C hildress will again
be the teams to beat We must plav both
on their home courts. I his means we’ll
need a big crowd of I ulia Ians traveling
to Abernathy and Childress to cheer the
team on.
So mark your calendars. it’s
\bernathv February 10 and Childress
February 17.
I \SI WEEK’S extensive report on
itie- Swisher Tax Appraisal district office
probable just touched the surface ot
wh.il the office is doing ami what it can
be once all taxing entities of the county
use its services for total tax work.
We gave the example of the Swisher
Memorial Hospital district paving to the
appraisal district tor that part of its tax
work and contracting with the county
tax assessor collector for the collection
ot the taxes.
Ii should be pointed out that although
the hospital district is paying two offices
tin its lax appraisal and collection, it is
slill iheaper than hiring a person to do
the work through an office in the
hospital.
Next vear. should the hospital board
decide to let the new appraisal office do
all the work . . it should be able to save
some tax collection money.
ONI Ol IIII IN I FRESJJNG things
about marriage is the name change that
comes to ihe bride during the cere-
mony .
It you’ll notice the marriage licence
column on page I. you'll be glad to see
that one bride has received a much
smaller last name.
Ibis bride goes from the name of
Melissa Piatcepsaengrat to Mrs. Wen-
dell Cifuentcs.
We can certainly tune in to the
groom's first name. . and it we knew
the couple personally, we'd probably
want to visit on a first name basis.
y\ | \ | II \|) I HE I NJOY MI N I ol
In .iimg our ihamber banquet speaker
l)r Charles Allen, we have read some of
his books aud we predict you’ll
icrtamlv cii|ov seeing and hearing him
Mondav night nl the annual chamber
ba nquet.
Bv the wav. it you need tickets, we
have plentv tor sale, right here at lh.
Herald
W ill! I WE RE HIGH ON BASKET
HAIL let’s see it we can find someone
who played basketball back when the
girls played basketball with the court
divided into three sections
We're old enough to remember when
girls used one divided court. . guards
plaved on one end. forwards on the
other
Gasoline prices have jumped six cents
a gallon here in Tulia since the
I‘resident declared oil price decontrol.
I hi- I‘resident said he was dropping
the oil price regulation so the oil
companies could make more money and
would spend more hunting new oil.
We thought the oil companies were
already making a lot of money. Here’s
the profit report for 1480
•Standard ol California said fourth-
quarter profits came to $615 million, or
$1 80 a share, on sales of $11 3 billion In
Ihe fourth quarter of 197!) profits totaled
$524 million, or $1 5J a share and sales
were $9 8 billion For 1980 Soeal s net in-
come rose to $2 4 billion, or $7 02 a
share, against $1 8 billion, or $5 22 a
vhare in 1979 Sales rose to $42 9 billion
from $31 9 billion
Soeal s return on shareholders equity
rose to 23 ii percent from 20 7 percent
and compared with Business Week maga-
zine s 15 4 percent all-industry average
lor the first nine months of 1980
•Shell said fourth-quarter profits to-
taled $4'»8 6 million, or $1 32 a share
against $331 2 million, or $1 07 a share, a
year before Quarterly sales rose to $5 1
billion from $4 3 billion It said 1980 net
income rose to $1 5 billion, or $4 99 a
share from $1 1 billion, or $3 66 a share,
in 1979 as sales climbed to $20 billion
from $14 5 billion
•Sun said fourth-quarter profits fell
to $29 6 million from $222 9 million in
1979 as sales rose to $4 1 billion from $3 2
billion Per-share earnings fell to 22 cents
from $1 87 In 1980. Sun s profits totaled
$722 8 million, or $5 92 a share, against
$699 9 million, or $5 89 a share, in 1979
Annual sales rose to $13 2 billion from
$10 8 billion
•Phillips said net income came to
$287 million, or $1 89 a share, in the
(Continued On Page Four)
The Tulia Herald
COVERING SWISHER COUNTY LIKE THE ' SUNSHINE
VOL. 73. NO. 6
THE TULIA (Swisher County) HERALD
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1981
School Board Attorney Rules Petition Invalid
In a special called meeting last
Wednesday morning. Tulia School
Board heard a report from its attorneys.
Day. Owen. Lyle. Voss Ac Owen
concerning a petition presented to the
board at its last meeting bv tax pavers
seeking an election to lower the school
lax rate.
The entire comment of the attorneys
is presented herewith for a complete
explanation of whv the petition was
ruled invalid:
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, on January 13. 1481, a
group of taxpayers in ihe district,
calling themselves "Citizens for lax
Relief" committee, presented to the
Board ot Trustees of the Tulia Indepen
deni Si bool Dislriil a petition asking fin
an election to determine whether or not
to reduee the established tax rate,
which said petition was in substantial
ihe same wording as can he found in
See. 2b.08 ol the Property lax Code of
the State of Texas enacted bv ihe
sixiv-sixth legislature, and.
WHEREAS, after considering said
petition, and after consulting with
counsel, the hoard is of the opinion that
the law upon which said petition
purportedly is based, is not yet effective
and will not become effective until
January 1. 1082. and.
WHEREAS, the Board of Jrustees
finds that, even if the law mentioned
above were effective, the petition is not
valid because it was submitted to the
Board of J rustees later than the sixtieth
dav after the date on which the board
adopted the tax rate for the current
year;
NOW THEREFORE. BE IT RE-
SOLVED by the Board of Trustees of the
1 ulia Independent School District as
follow S'
1 I In petition is invalid because
there is no law ai the present time
authorizing such a petition or requiring
the school hoard lo take any aition in
response to such petition;
2 Ihe petition, even if there was a
law at this time supporting or authoriz-
ing ihe same, w as not timely presented
Funeral Services For Anita Culwell
Anita Culwell. 25. died at 5 am
Friday in Northwest Jexas Hospital in
Amarillo of injuries suffered in a
one-car rollover Wednesday at 8 30
p.m The accident occurred on a county
dirt road I* 1: miles south of FM 1318
about 7 miles east of Tulia.
Officers said Mrs. Culwell's ear rolled
three times and she was thrown from
the vehicle Her daughter. Brandi. 4.
who was a passenger in the car wjv not
injured.
Services for Mrs. Culwell were at 2
p.m. Saturday in Central Church of
Christ with Weldon McKinney, minis-
ter. and assisted hy Charles Kikcr of
Colorado Springs, Colo., a brother-in
law of Mrs. C ulwell
Burial was in the Wayside Cemetery
under ihe direction of Wallace Funeral
Home.
Mrs. Culwell was born Anita Kay
Garrett on March 15. 1*455 in Tulia She
married Gene Culwell September 28.
|4’4 in Vigo Park Methodist C hurch.
She has lived in Swisher County all of
her life and was the president of the
Young Homemakers Club of I ulia.
Survivors are her husband; one
daughter. Brandi Kav Culwell and one
son. Dallas Dwain Culwell. both of the
home; her parents. Mr. and Mrs Dwain
Garrett of Chillicothe. Texas; one sister.
Kathy Culwell of Vigo Park; two
brothers, Tim Garrett of Tulia and Pat
Garrett of Abernathy; her maternal
Anita Culwell
grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. Crutch
Skipworth of Canyon; her maternal
great-grandmother. Mrs. Susie Skip-
worth of Julia; and paternal grand-
parents. Mr and Mrs. Floyd Garrett of
Kress.
Pallbearers were Ronald Mote. Brent
Mote. Charles Sturgess. Robert Slur
gess. Jerry Culwell and Greg Culwell.
to the board;
3. No election is required, and none
shall be called;
4. The petition, by its own wording,
would obviate the need for compliance
with the law. even if the law were
effective;
Chamber Banquet
Tickets Selling
J'he big event of the year, the annual
Chamber of Commerce banquet is just
ten days away and the tickets are
beginning to sell. . . locally and to
out-of-town buyers.
Featured speaker for the event is Dr.
Charles Allen Dr. Allen is pastor of the
largest Methodist church in the World.
First methodist in Houston. He is heard
bv thousands over TV, he is author of 31
books.
Another big feature of the evening is
the announcement of Tulia's Man and
Woman of the Year. The committee
making the selection met Monday
afternoon and there were many nomina-
tions.
Theme of ihe banquet is "I Love
Tulia". J'he time is 7 p.m. Monday
night. February 16. the price of Ihe
ticket is $10.00 and may be purchased at
the Chamber office or from a member of
the Chamber board.
There are some tickets at The Tulia
Herald.
•
Rose Hill Seeks
Donations, Gifts
Annual meeting ol Tulia Cemetery
Association was held Monday night in
the conference room of the First
National Bank.
Pascal Hosch, trust officer of the First
National Bank, presented an analvsis of
trust of the association Book value of
assets as of Dee. 31. 1*480. was
$130,842.73.
Directors re-elected for a three-year
term were Pav Tidwell. John Brown,
and Porter Anderson. Holdover direc-
tors are Nora Ri-dmon. H M Baggarly.
Bayard Sadler. Ewell Grigg. Effie
Parker, anil Joe W V aughn.
Following adjournment of the mem-
bership meeting, the board of directors
met to organize lor the new year.
Officers re-elected were Sadler, presi
dent; Grigg. vice president; Parker,
secretary: anil Brown, treasurer. Also
present was Raymond Wallace, mana-
ger of Rose Hill Cemeterv.
Chief item of business concerned the
water well which is in need of major
repair. Pav mg repairs are also needed
as well as possible extensions to the
roadwav s
The directors earnestly solicit con-
tinued contributions to the cemetery,
major gifts as well as memorial gifts
honoring friends and loved ones. The
trust fund is not sufficiently large
enough to meet all the needs of the
association. J'he association employs
tw fulltime men. Maintenance expense
continues to increase at a faster rate
than income.
5. It would be detrimental to the best
interests of the school children within
the Julia Independent School District
for the Board of Trustees to accede to
Ihe demands of the petition and the
"Citizens for Tax Relief" committee.
The above foregoing resolution was
adopted a! a properly and legally called
and noticed meeting of the board upon
motion made by Sam Murff. seconded
by Jim Hill, with Norvell Breedlove.
Dale Swinburn. John N. Simpson, Jr..
Bill Daniel, and Don Stringer, voting for
and none, voting against, and was
ordered filed in the minutes of the
trustees of the district.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF. I. (hi
undersigned, the secretary of the Board
of Trustees, have hereunto set my hand
this 28ih dav of January. 1*481.
JOHN N SIMPSON JR
Secretary of ihe Board
News Briefs
< »M MoKI IIM1 ... deadline foi tin
. -• m.1| .i i tils Valentine page is liulai
llllltsd.il ....
NEXT WEEK IS NATIONAL VOCA-
TIONAL EDUCATION week. . . Wed
nesdav features out-of-town speaker*
and college representatives in higf
school gymnasium. More details next
week.
GUARANTEED WANT ADS begin
with this edition of The Herald. Place
your want ad and don’t pay until you get
results. . .
SECOND ANNUAL Ai.ion News
Open Golf Tournament scheduled at
Tule Lake Country Club May 2 and 3.
Write Box 2*42. Tulia, 79088 or phone
|806| 995-3400 to enter.
New meter connections reported by
the city of Tulia since last week: Gary A.
Anderson, ’05 S. Bowie: Joy Reeves.
319 N. Arthur; LaDonna Keeton. 800 N.
Male *4- Nik Chapa. 406 N. Austin:
Dick Gilstrap. 800 N. Hale #12: L P
Sanders. 411 E. Broadway; Lyndell
Davis. 300 S. Donlev; Santos Basaldua
Jr.. 704 N. El Paso.
Marriage licenses issued hy Swisher
county clerk since Iasi week Edhcr
Wendell Cifuentcs. J ulia, and Melissa
Prateepsaengrat. Julia
Patients admitted to Swisher Mem
orial Hospital since last Tuesday : Jeffrv
Mercer. Mrs. Paul Irlbeck. Bobhv
Kceter. Mrs. Novella Daniel. Mrs. Greg
Hill. Bill Sharp. Nancy Flores. Jerry
Millhotlau Gilberi W. Montgomery.
BORN TO:
Mr. and Mrs Paul Irlbeck Route 2
Box 107, Happy a girl, horn Jan. 28.
New subscribers to the Tulia Herald
since last week: Vernon Wilhelm. Route
2 Box 20. Happy. Jexas; B M. Latham.
306 Buffalo Trail. Tulia. Texas; Ruth
Dodson. Box 2214. Casper. Wyoming.
Kmi Love. 4101 W 45th #304, Amarillo.
Texas; Janies Scott, Box 365. Tulia.
Texas.
TULIA MARKETS
WHEAT
3.85
CORN
5.90
MILO
5.40
SOY Bl ANS
6.85
Temperature extremes for the week
were 73 anil 12.
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Tooley, Wendell. The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex.), Vol. 73, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 5, 1981, newspaper, February 5, 1981; Tulia, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth506844/m1/1/?q=scrappy: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Swisher County Library.