The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex.), Vol. 69, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 25, 1977 Page: 1 of 30
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Cloud Seeding Soundly Defeated
POPULAR FEATURE of the Happy Days Celebration is always the beard
growing contest. Somebody said all the entries tied for "the ugliest!" Winning
plaques went to Mike Sims, "ugliest.” Lloyd Rahlfs, "most colorful." and Reuben
Garcia, "most unique.” (Photo by Jody White)
Swisher Counts joined
Randall and Hockley in over-
whelmingly opposing cloud
seeding in heavy voting here
Saturday.
In Swisher. Better Wea-
ther of Littlefield was defeat
ed 1.112 to 33 while Plains
Weather of Plains lew went
down tn defeat 1.8‘Th to 34.
Absentee soting opposed
the issues 138 to I and 128 to
1 Pets. 1 and 4 nixed the
issues 4'8 to 4 and 4’0 to 8;
Pets. 2 and 3 opposed wea
ther modification "01 to b
and "’01 to 6.
Pets, b and II (Kress)
opposed 214 to b and 213 to
b.
Clayton ville turned
thumbs down 85 to 2 Center
Plains, located in that portion
of Swisher where cloud seed-
ing is "most popular" nixed
the issue 2*) to 11 anil 2d to
II. Pet. 7 (Happvl turned
dow n both issues 252 to 0.
All of Swisher County ex-
cept those living in the Vigo
Park voting precinct were
eligible to vote.
V oters in Precinct 2 and 3
of Randall County turned
down issuance of any wea-
ther modification permits
with a combined vote of 123
against and one in favor.
Precinct 2. at Ralph Switch,
voted unanimously against
with bd casting ballots and
Pet 3. at Jowcll. voting 54
against and one in favor.
Hockley County voters also
said no to weather modifica-
tion with 4'8 casting nega
live ballots and 14 saving
ves Only four precincts were
voting in the election In Pet
32 at Levelland, 109 were
ae.iiiist and three in favor. At
W'hitharral. Pet 33. 122 were
against and five in favor. At
Pets. 44 and 4b, the final
counts were I'4 against and
four in favor and 73 against
and two tor hail suppression,
t. onibined vote cast Nalurdav
was '94 for cloud seeding
and 5.939 against
In an earlier election, the
first in Texas on weather
modification. Briscoe Countv
voters voiced their opposition
to the flights 430 to 3 Onlv
one precinct was eligible to
vote and bO per cent of the
eligible voters participated
Seven precincts in lamb
Countv favored the continu-
ation of the program with a
vote ol 388 to 261. heralding
the possibilitv that hail sup-
pression flights niav continue
over a portion of that county.
County-wide vote tor Lamb
totaled I,b48 against and '12
in favor of the programs of
the two cloud seeding com-
panies Precincts voting in
favor of the continuation of
cloud seeding included Ol
ton 106-94; Earth, 108 tt;
Pleasant Valley . 2b IField-
ton. 35-5; Hart Camp, lb-4;
Springlak* 12 IS Wait
Npringlake. 34 I', and North
Fieldton. 31-b
Since target area votes will
he considered as a whole bv
the lexas Water Develop-
ment Hoard before permits
are renewed tor Plains Wea
ther Improvement Associ-
ation ol Plainview and At
mospherics Inc. of Littlefield.
cloud seeding is considered
approved for a portion of
lamb County. Little if any of
Swisher. Hockley and Ran
dall counties lie within the
target area County-wide
vote in Lamb was I,b48
against and 7(2 in favor.
In operational areas where
elections were held, the re-
sults will become final as
soon as WDB members ap-
prove the outcome, accord-
ing to board general counsel
Bruce Bigelow. Planes will
be banned from seeding
clouds over any voting pre-
cinct in an operational area
w hich opposed cloud seeding
in the election.
Voters in Castro, Floyd
and Bailey counties were to
cast ballots on the same
issues lucsdav
"most unique.” (Photo by Jody White) B| H|
VL ® ® a h ¥ a if a © ii ir ® ®" THE TULI7I HERALD
B
ACK IN THE SUMMER of 1931 when ■
*the market price of wheat ranged from
VEVANS HAVE AN image throughout
■ the nation . . and it isn't good. Some, in
25c down to 18c a bushel, farmers were
receiving 36% of parity, an all-time low.
In the summer of 1977. those with
wheat for sale are being offered 40% of
parity!
s:
OME PEOPLE learn from their mis-
takes Others never. Take Plainview . for
example. . .
Jimmy Dean was far along in his
professional career before Plainview. his
hometown, ever woke up. He had given
Plainview. even Finney, considerable ex-
posure on national television. . . but
Plainview slept on.
It wasn't that the community was
deliberately ignoring or snubbing him. No
doubt it was (silently) proud of him But
because of civic neglect somew here, nobody
voiced any public recognition of his accom-
plishments in the music and entertainment
world.
U0HEN JIMMY'S own program made
its debut on the network, it was a gala
occasion for all involved.
On such occasions, congratulations
from the folks back home are much in order.
It isn't uncommon for an obscure fiddler in
the band to receive a telegram from his
hometown mayor. And it is not uncommon
for "John Doe Day" to be proclaimed for
even a member of the supporting cast, one
play ing a minor role.
And this occurred time and again on
Jimmy Dean's big night! But in the case of
Jimmy, Plainview slept through the whole
thing, neglecting >o accord Jimmy the
hometown recognition even a lowly member
of his band received.
^OMETIME LATER we chided Plainview
^Vfor its bad manners. We suggested that
if it didn't want to claim Jimmy Dean. Tulia
would be glad to claim him since he had
relatives here and had visited Tulia many
times. Jimmy telephoned his appreciation of
our remarks.
Plainview might have become defen-
sive, swelled up, and become stubborn
rather than acknowledge its boo boo. But.
fortunately, it didn't. Somebody got on the
ball, and ever since it has been very gracious
to Jimmy Dean. It went all out when Jimmy-
opened a sausage factory in Plainview . It
painted his name on a water tower!
PLAINVIEW HAS gotten Itself into
another jam. this time with its neigh-
bors. not only with Tulia and Silverton but
with other towns opposed to cloud seeding.
It isn't just an argument between two
neighbors or two equals, it's an argument
between merchant and customer!
And as any merchant knows, "the
customer is always right." It isn't a question
of w ho's to blame. It isn't a question of one's
misunderstood intentions. Any good mer-
chant knows that he can win an argument
but lose a customer, and he’s much more
interested in saving a customer than winning
an argument.
LAIN VIEW HAS a choice. It can
continue its defensive stance. It can bid
for sympathy because of its supposed
"mistreatment" by more than 1,000 resi-
dents of Swisher County who signed boycott
petitions. It can sulk and bemean area news
media It can even feel that it has won the
w ar inasmuch as some of its ow n citizens rise
in defense of their own. It can make its point
and lose a customer.
Or. as in the case of Jimmy Dean, it can
profit from its boo boo. It's up to Plainview.
A LL AMERICANS WHO have traveled
abroad can be divided into two groups
One group includes those who, by their
conduct, have been responsible for the
"ugly American" image; the other, those
who want to dig a hole and crawl into it to
hide their embarrassment as they note the
conduct of their fellow travelers
And what applies to Americans in
general applies doubly to Texans.
their arrogance and conceit, deliberately
strive to emulate the "professional Texan."
Some don their western regalia, talk loud,
brag, and in general display their ignorance,
crudeness. and their overbearing
personalities.
Others are more subtle. They may wear
business suits and have better polished
manners, but still they look down their noses
at the rest of the nation, the "Eastern
Establishment.” the Ivy League people.
New Yorkers, nudwestern yankees. Cali-
fornians. intellectuals.
The professional Texan, or his carica-
ture. imagines himself to excel in practically
everything he considers important He
envisions himself as being a little more
patriotic, more "American.” more “conser
vative," much more friendly than other
Americans. His norm is the white. Protes-
tant. conservative, rugged individualist.
And he often carries a gun which he
considers just a little higher than the law in
case anyone crosses him.
NE THING THIS person has never been
^0able to understand is w hy the rest of the
world doesn't think of him as he thinks of
himself, why others don't love, admire, and
envy him, sharing his self esteem, why
they don’t have a feeling of inferiority when
in his presence!
A good place to study the professional
Texan is the Dallas-Ft. Worth International
Airport right after a Braniff or American
non-stop plane arrives from New York or
Washington. Note particularly those who
head for Lubbock and Amarillo connecting
flights.
VOR MANY YEARS the Texan juat
described had no little clout in Wash-
ington. thanks to Lyndon Johnson. Sam
Rayburn. Marvin Jones, Tom Connallv, and
others.
Johnson and Rayburn in particular did a
lot for Texas. . . but making friends for the
state wasn’t their greatest accomplishment!
For years other states sat on the
sidelines and watched as lucrative govern-
ment contracts went to Texas concerns, they
saw numerous military installations go to
Texas communities. And above all. they saw
Texas Oil get just about anything it wanted!
WHEN THE BOTTOM fell out. Sam
■ Ravburn died. Lyndon Johnson retired.
And the power shifted away from Texas!
And the rest of the country that had
long been pushed around by powerful
Texans reacted just like humans always
react.
Despite its power. Texas Oil has not
been able to rule Washington as it did for so
many years. And it's squealing like a stuck
P'«
ALAN ERWIN. Texas Public Utility
Commissioner, makes a valid obser-
vation.
The administration has advocated an
interconnect system between utilities so that
if electricity, for whatever reason, goes out
in one section of the country, another part
can provide back-up energy.
The facts are, the big utilities on the
East Coast, such as Consolidated Edison,
are already running short of power. Con Ed
has a generating capacity only four per cent
above its current peak load, meaning it
cannot create much more electricity than is
now being used on very hot or very cold
days, periods of maximum usage. This
means unavoidable blackouts from time to
time.
By comparison, most Texas utilities
have reserves generating capacities aver-
aging more than 150 per cent above current
peak-load requirements.
||NDER THE ADMINISTRATION'S plan.
U»hen New York has a black-out. power
could be borrowed from Texas or some other
place with plenty.
The proposal sounds good; however,
there is a catch to it. according to Erwin. The
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VOL. 69. NO. 34
THE TULIA (Swisher County) HERA1 D
THURSDAY. AUGUST 25. 1977
I WO SECTIONS
Landfill Construction Underway
An Austin district judge
Tuesday dismissed a suit
filed by two Tulia men
against the City of Tulia and
Department of Health Re
sources tn a dispute over the
location of a sanitary landfill
The suit, brought b\ Wylie
Bird and Buster Hall, was
dismissed bv gravis County
District Judge Charles Mat
thews after a finding that
Bird and Hall had failed lirst
to pursue the proper appeal
process with the landfill per-
mitting agency.
According to Assistant At
tornev General Paul Gose-
link. Matthews ruled that
appeals to administrative ac-
tions. such as the granting or
denial ol a permit tor a
sanitarv landfill, must follow
the dictates set out in the
state's Administrative Pro-
cedures Act.
According to City Manager
John Gayle. work has already
begun on preparation ot the
planned samtarv landfill on
land purchased from Mrs
Lucille Ford a few hundred
xarils south of the intersec-
tion ot Love and lull* lake
roads east of town. An
estimated 45 daxs will be
required lor completion of
the project
The 40-acre plot was ap
proved bv state health offii
uls earlier this year.
Exact location is near the
center of the acreage be-
tween SH Hn and I oxe Road
Selling price ot the land was
S600 an acre. According to
city officials, it will be en-
closed by a 15-foot fence and
will include two pits 20 feet
deep. 30 feel wide and 400
feet long, one running east-
west. the other north-south
Purpose ot the directions is
to prevent blowing papers
regardless ot the wind direc-
tion. The trash will be buried
daily.
A fulltime attendant will
be on hand to prevent anv
effort at salxage ot dumped
Tulia Team* Scrimmage Canyon High
With the regular season
fast approaching, the 1977
Hornet football teams had a
"taste" ot outside opposition
last Friday night when they
scrimmaged Canyon All
three high school teams
(freshman. J.V. and Varsity)
weni against the purple and
white Eagles.
The varsity teams ran a
total of 55 plays on offense
and 55 plays on defense.
After all was said and done.
Tulia had crossed the goal
line a total of 5 times to
Canyon's 4 The Hornets had
a total of 212 yards on
offense with 125 of this on
the ground and the other 87
through the air. Canyon
managed a total of 233 yards
offensively (76 through the
air and 157 on the ground).
Mark Buchanan picked up
31 yards on nine carries
followed by Randall Reeves
with 27 on 6 carries. Larry
McCaslin 25 yards on 6
carries. Monty Jones 24
Boosters’ Melon
Supper Thursday
The Hornet Booster Club
will honor old and new
members and members of
the 1977 Hornets tonight at 8
o'clock with a watermelon
supper at Younger Field.
Coaches and players will be
introduced, according to
Gene Pruitt, new president
of the Sinister Club.
Admission will be by Boos-
ter Club membership which
is $3 for an individual or $5
for a couple. Memberships
will be available at the gate.
Booster Club funds are
used to serve refreshments
to visiting teams, purchase
hurdles for track and basket-
ball equipment, to finance
the athletic banquet, and to
film the football games.
Pruitt urges good atten-
dance at Booster Club meet-
ings to be held each Tuesday
night at 8 o'clock during the
season. Films of Hornet foot-
ball games will be shown and
refreshments served at each
GENE PRUTT
meeting.
New officers of the Booster
Club, in addition to President
Pruitt, are A. G. House, vice
president, and Jo Ann
Daniel, secretary. Directors
are Hap Rogers. Shot Hut-
son. Ralph Bates. Roy
Flores, and Bill Daniel.
ATTENDING THE Oldtimers’ iuncheon Saturday at Happy were, from left.
Mrs. Flora Backus. 91. presented a plaque for being the oldest one present; Don
Foster, son of the late Mrs. Delia Foster, member of the pioneer Scott family of
Swisher County; Mrs. Curley Myers of Canyon, the former Vivian Gatten of Happy,
daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Gatten. one of Happy’s earliest families;
Doris Culton Singleton of Amarillo, daughter of the late Don Culton. pioneer Tulia
attorney before moving to Amarillo; Mrs. Sara Gurley of Happy, daughter of the late
Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Cook, pioneer Happy residents; Joe Fortenberry, perhaps
Happy's most noted athlete who w as a member of the winning basketball team in the
Olympics and member of the Sports Hall ot Fame; Carves Guest. Happy native, son
of the late Mr and Mrs. Sid Guest, longtime Happy residents; and Mrs. Bertie Culp,
daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. J B. Knox, pioneer Happy settlers.
(Photos by Jody White)
Hi nix A gate will be install
ed a! the intersection of Love
Road and (he north road
leading to Tule lake and a
second gati- at the site of the
landfill
Lhe landtill is financed
jointly hx the City of lulia
and Countx ol Swisher. A
road to the landfill troni l oxe
Road is now being opened
and will he paved.
I lie third and final site was
used after two previous sel-
ections were abandoned A
site on the lule lake section
owned hx the city, between
the golf course and shooting
yards on h lames, Joe
Padilla 13 x arils on 3 carries,
Ronnie Fox 9 card on I carry
and Don Burgess 4 yards on
10 carries.
Randall Reeves was the
leading receiver with a total
of '5 yards Ronnie Fox and
Don Burgess i onibined to
throw 10 times and comple-
ted four tor a total of 87
yards.
Jeff Wilks. David Gomex,
Alex Vaughn, and Craig
Breedlove led the defensive
unit for the Hornets. "For
this early in the year, we
played as aggressive as we
ever have" according to
C oach Bill Martin defensive
Coordinator.
l he Julia J.V. team scored
once as did the ( anvon J.V
Julia was able to move the
ball against the Eagles with
good plax execution and
good team blocking Canyon
scored on I long run. and
other than that one play the
Hornet defense contained
the Eagles.
In the Freshman scrim-
mage. Julia scored three
limes to C anvon's once. (>er
aid Bunton scored .twice and
Kevin Crooks scored once to
lead the offensive unit Out
standing defensive perform-
ances were turned in bv Dale
Phillips. Kox Fores and Flmo
Sorrells. "To have been play
mg the Canyon sophomores,
I thought we did an outstand-
ing job,” remarked Ronnie
Latham, freshman coach for
the Hornets.
All three teams will scrim
mage again in Tulia this
Friday night against Slaton.
The J.V and Freshmen will
starl at 6:00 p.m. followed by
the Varsity scrimmage al
about 7:30 p.m.
\
range, was abandoned after
massive protests from many
citizens A second site sever
al miles east of town was
then selected, but state heal
th officials would not approve
the location due to the com-
position of the land.
1 here will be no access to
the final selection from SH
St>
Lhe present landfill lo-
cated east on Love Road was
condemned bx stale officials
several vears ago. Deadline
for compliance passed this
spring and an extension was
granted. The iity recently
was notified that use of the
landfill would not be permit
ted after August 31.
VAN STOVAI.I.
Van Stovall
Named Judge
Dis’t Court
Van Stovall, a Plainview
attorney, has been appointed
judge of the newly-created
242nd State District Court.
lhe appointment was an-
Mourned bv Governor Dolph
Briscoe.
Stovall. 33. wav notified of
his appointment Wednesday
morning
It is effci live Sept I. when
the court will come into
existence, lhe court will hear
cases in the same counties as
the existing 64th District
Court —Hale, (astro and
Swisher.
A partner is the law firm of
Stovall and Stovall in Plain-
view, the new judge was
horn in Floydada and has
lived in Plainview for about
nine years.
He was assistant attorney
general for the state of Texas
in 196■’•68. Hale County at-
torney from 1969 until 1974
and has been in private
practice in Plainview since
1969
Stovall received a BBA
degree in 1964 from Sam
Houston State University and
an LIB degree in 1967 from
the University of Houston.
Stovall s appointment is
for a term to continue until
the next general election in
November I978. Al thai
time. Stovall told reporters,
he expects to run for a full
four-year term.
New meter connections re-
ported by the city of Tulia
since last week Hob Burns,
311 N Highway 87; Sibyl
Stone. Vilia Apartments, No.
14. Terry Russell. 611 N El
Paso; Clifford MiMurtrv.
(Hi N ( ullin.
•
Patients in Swisher Mem-
orial Hospital the past week
were; George Hipp, Mrs.
Irving MiJtmsry. Mrs
Annie Honey, Mrs. Losesa
Moreno. Melinda Moreno.
Mrs J I) Cook. Mrs. Iva
McCarty. Mrs. Wayne
Blount. C. L Helms. James
George, Mrs. J. H Wesley.
Earlene Aplin, Mrs Mary
Hamplcy. Cy Allen. Claude
Westfall. C. A Holt. C. D.
Oringdcrff. Mr and Mrs.
Rex Rodgers Mrs Paul Gar-
za. Mrs. Harlan Dtsmang.
Mrs. Waldo Galan
BORN TO:
Mr and Mrs. Paul Garza.
General Delivery. Vigo Rural
Station. Julia, a girl.
Mr. and Mrs. Harlan Dir-
mung. I02S N W |()th.
Tulia, a boy.
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New subscribers to The
J ulia Herald since last week
Linda Anderson. 360 Collins
Hall. Baylor University,
Waco. Texas; Tom Daven-
port. 712 N. Armstrong.
Tulia. Texas: Robin L. Car
file. Box 6820 ACU Station.
Abilene, Texas; Ly ndon Har-
din. 1012 N. W. Idh. Tulia.
Texas; William Barrett. Box
175. Tulia. Texas; Roxanne
Slurgess. Box 28263 . 5601
W J9th. Lubbock. Texas: H
S Wilkes Box 14. Happy,
11 xax Van Stox all I409
Itasca, Plainview. Texas;
Mrs Duane Lemons, 502I
Havload Center, Columbia.
Maryland.
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Temperature extremes for
the past week were 95 and
63. Rainfall measured 2.40
inches Total rainfall for the
month of August to date has
been 3.12 bringing the year's
total to 13.57 inches com-
pared with last year's 9.11
inches total at the same time.
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Baggarly, H. M. The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex.), Vol. 69, No. 34, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 25, 1977, newspaper, August 25, 1977; Tulia, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth506957/m1/1/?q=%22Business%2C+Economics+and+Finance+-+Journalism%22: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Swisher County Library.