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COUNTY OFFICIALS, beginning new terms Jan. 1. took their oaths of office
Friday. County Attorney George J. Jennings Jr. administered the oaths. Pictured,
from left, are Nell Cosby, county and district clerk; Louie Bonds, county judge; W. C.
Weatherred. Pet. 4 Justice of the Peace; James Vineyard. Commissioner. Pet. 4;
Lucille Bates, county treasurer; Charles Zeeck, Commissioner, Pet. 2; and Sidney
Hooper, Pet. 1 Justice of the Peace. Beginning their first elective terms are Bonds,
Weatherred, Vineyard, and Zeeck. (Herald photo)
Road Contract Awarded
AUSTIN—A cnniracl tor
the reconstruction of a sec-
tion of Karin to Market Road
146 in Swisher County has
been awarded by the Slate
Highway and Public Trans-
portation Commission.
the section is located in
Tulia from KM 1318 north-
ward to the city limits, a
distance of O.h mile.
The work will provide a
24-fool-widc travel surface
with 8-foot shoulders.
Western Payers. Inc., of
Lubbock was the successful
biddi r at $305,325.50
Merlin Bennett of Plain-
view is the engineer in
charge- of the project, work-
ing under the direction of
Lubbock District Engineer
George Wall.
Wendell Tooley
• HI FOLKS!”. . . I'm Wendell Tooley.
your new editor-publisher. . . ready to go to
work for. . . and with the people of Tulia and
Swisher County.
Actually, my name was associated with
Tulia back in the |940's when I was in the
Army ski troops. Although my Army buddies
thought I was from Kress. Texas. I had
another buddy who worked in personnel.
One day when he w as going through our
records, he noted that I was drafted from
Tulia Texas. That evening he came back to
the barracks and tabbed me as "T-5 Tooley
Kront Tulia. Texas".
IT IS A RATHER AWESOME EX-
PERIENCE for me to take the chair formerly
occupied by H. M. Baggarlv and sit at his
desk and begin writing this column and
publishing this newspaper.
I'm slipping into the saddle formerly
occupied by one of the greatest political
writers in the United Slates and a man who
has written outstanding editorials for many,
many years. .The walls in (his office are
covered with his honors.
The saddle is cinched on a good reliable
horse. I've bought the horse, and although
the price was pretty high. I consider
purchase of the Tulia Herald a wise one. . .
and approach the new situation in life with a
lot of enthusiasm and expectation.
I PROBABLY WON'T BURDEN YOU
with a lot of the world's problems in this
column. I promise that the tone of the
writing will alwavs be "positive and optimis-
tic".
Pact is. I'll have to neglect column and
editorial writing for awhile. I must be out on
the street getting acquainted with the
businessmen, the residents, the farmers and
folk all over the county.
IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU KNOW
that this is not only our newspaper, but it’s
vour newspaper too. We want you to express
vour opinion, right along with ours, through
the "letters to the editor" columns. Krcc-
dom of the press is one of our great heritages
of ihe American Way of Life, and it's yours
for the taking in the Tulia Herald.
"Letters to the editor" arc one of the
best read pages in any newspaper. . . so your
letters are most welcome.
. . . and I'll make a deal with you. I'll
sign my name jo my editorial opinion if
you'll do the same.
WE LOOK FORWARD to visiting with
the leadership of Tulia and Swisher County.
We want to know what the goals and
problems are that the City Council. The
Commissioner's Court. The School Board
face in the new year. We want to work with
the group that seeks new industry for Tulia
and Swisher County.
No doubt the hospital, the museum, the
library, the churches and other institutions
ihat are necessary and important to com-
munity life have needs that we will want to
share with our readers.
Tulia has always been a good business
town and we want to work with our
merchants in helping them develop adver-
tising that will continue to bring the shopper
here week after week.
The deposit records of Tulia banks
indicate a good, stable, overall economy that
grows with each state bank call.
WE FEEL THAT WE KNOW the
agiiculturc economy of Swisher County.
Actually, it's very similar to Floyd County.
In 1077 Sw isher ranked eighth in the state in
gross farm income with a total of $110
million reported.
Floyd County ranked ninth with a total
ot $84 million reported.
These figures include all crops, live-
stock. and government payments.
In comparing the two counties it seems
lo nn- that Floyd County makes more cotton
and vegetable money. Swisher is strong in
cattle and grain money.
When you compare irrigated acres
Floyd had 211.000 planted acres in 1977.
Swisher had 214.000 acres.
We used to wonder how long the
underground irrigation water would be
available. Now. we are concerned about how
many acres we can afford to irrigate as the
cost of natural gas continues to climb.
WHEN I LIVED ON A FARM at Kress,
my father subscribed to Ihe Tulia Herald,
and when I got into the weekly newspaper
business I exchanged newspapers with H.
M. So. for many years I have been an avid
reader of the Herald.
Hopefully I can now place the names I
have been reading in The Herald with the
faces of the people of this town and county.
I NOTICE THE COUNTY FAT STOCK
SHOW is scheduled this month. The last one
I attended was w hen 1 was a student at Kress
High School. I remember showing a couple
of Hereford steers one year.
I got into ihe "Poland China hog
business" one year w hen I w rote an essay on
"Ihe Value Ol Ihe Cow. Sow and Chicken
On Ihe Farm" in a Sears \ Roebuck
contest. Mv reward was a free Poland China
gilt from the John Adams' farm south of
Julia.
Mv only obligation was to pay back a
gilt from ihe first litter of pigs, so Scars
could continue the program for some more
lucky youngsters.
I HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED a phone
vail welcome from Swisher Farm Bureau
Insurance man James Race. James is hardly
oui of Floyd County and one of my good
"tennis friends". If Tulia doesn't have a
tennis club. Janies and I will start one.
AND HERALD STAFFER BILLY
C OWAN just can't have any good luck at all.
. . this is his second time to have the
"opportunity" to help us put out a
newspaper. We were associated some 18
years ago in the Littlefield newspaper. Billy
and I will never forget Ihe night and day
production of a special edition "Industry
Makes Its Mark In Littlefield". . . some 150
pages. We published this edition while
continuing to publish the regular newspaper
twice weekly.
MAN!. . . you Tulia folk really have hard
winters. I drove in a snow storm up here
early Monday morning. . . from warm,
sunshiny southern Floyd County (not really).
However, driving through the snow in a
warm car certainly beats milking cows.
THE PHEASANT IS A BEAUTIFUL
BIRD. . . also plenty good eating. It also
seems to me he may be smarter than we
think. As I travelled to Tulia last Monday
morning (the day after the pheasant hunting
season closed) I saw three beautiful cocks by
the roadside just west of Rock Creek
Grocery.
The Tuun Herald
COVERING SWISHER COUNTY LIKE THE SUNSHINE ★
VOL. 71. NO. 1
THURSDAY. JANUARY 4. 1979
THE TULIA (Sw isher County) HERALD
SECTION
Census Redefines Size Hospital Administrator
Of Farm Classification
Indicted In Dimmitt
HOW MANY ACRES
CLASSIFY A PLOT OF
LAND AS A "FARM". . .
here in Swisher County, a
farmer savs. "1 farm a
section of land. . . or two
quarters. . . or three sec-
tions". Farming is big busi-
ness here, and many years
ago a farm family could make
a pretty gixid living off 160
acres of land.
It's a known fact that the
si/e of the American farm is
getting larger w hile the num-
ber of farmers is rapidly
decreasing. Perhaps as many
as 300.(XX) farms disappear-
ed this year, but for the lime
being the government can't
give a precise figure.
The disappearance in-
volves a new definition and
ihe method ihe Agriculture
Department uses to estimate
ihe number of farms.
In an annual report issued
last Thursday, department
officials estimated there will
be about 2.3J million farms
in the United States at the
beginning of 1979. down 1.7
percent from 2.37 million last
January I.
But those arc farms with
annual sales totaling at least
$1,000. That is a new defini-
tion USDA is using and one
that will be used when
Commerce's Bureau of Cen-
sus begins its farm census
next week.
For many years, both
agencies have defined a farm
as a unit of ten or more acres
that had annual sales of $50
or more. Under the old
definition a unit of less than
Man Jailed
Concerning
Death Of Wife
Raymond Sheeley. 68.
charged with murder in the
shooting death of his wife,
was in Swisher County jail
Monday in lieu of $25,000
bond.
The ease is expeeled lo be
presented to the Swisher
County grand jury in Feb-
ruary. a spokesman for the
sheriff's department said.
The shooting occurred in
the Sheeley home on the Ted
Lawson farm, southeast of
Kress, about 3:30 p.m. Wed-
nesday. Mrs. Nadine
Sheeley. 64. was shot in the
head by a .410 shotgun,
officers said.
Sheeley told officers the
shooting was accidental and
ihat he did not know a shell
was in the chamber of the
gun. Sheeley is employed on
the Lawson farm.
ten acres qualified if it sold at
least $250 worth of products
a year.
The depa.-'ment discon-
tinued the old definition in
estimating the number of
farms for this January I, so
there is uncertainty about
how many of the farms no
longer being counted dis-
appeared under Ihe book-
keeper's quill and how many
actually quit being farms
because they changed the
way they were run.
However, the report in-
cluded figures for both the
old and new definitions of a
farm for the past several
years.
Last January I. for exam-
ple. there were more than
2.67 million farms shown
under the old definition. If
the new $1.000 definition had
been in use at the lime the
number would have been
2.37 million.
Thus those figures would
indicate that somewhere
around 302.(XX) farms faded
Youth Warned
Of Show
Entry Deadline
"All 4-H'ers and FFA
members in Swisher County
must remember ihat the
entry deadline for the Swi-
sher County Livestock Show
js January 5th at 5:(X) p.m.,”
officials warned Monday.
"Please come to the V. oun-
tv Extension agents office in
ihe Courthouse if you are a
4-H'or and for those in
Vo-Ag please gel in touch
with your local Ag teacher,
whether it is Kress. Happy,
or Tulia."
from existenee in 1977 be
cause of the new definition.
According to the Census
Bureau, it will use the new
$I.(XX) definition when it
begins us farm census next
week but w ill also tabulate all
farms regardless ot sue
I he us, of the $1 .(XX)
definition has been debated
for vears in t ungross, among
federal agencies, and hv
(Continued On Page Three)
lire lo provide emergence
medical assistance to an
infant who died, a Castro
( ountv grand iiirv loduv
indicted the administrator ol
a hospital where the infant
w as taken.
( astro t onntv Dislrii t At
tornev Jimmy Davis said the
gland jurv returned the ( lass
l mis,I -nieanor indictment
.diet midnight lodav I he
West Ic.is probe began last
SPORTS
By RICK SUMMERS
THE HORNETS, as ex-
pected. made it to the finals
in the CapriM-k Holiday Tour-
nament. but had to come-
back to Tulia with the second
place trophy as a result of a
5’ to 55 loss in overtime to
i h, I agles from Lubbock
( hrisiiun High School. Julia,
the defending champions in
Division II. could never quite
get it all together, because of
frequent turnovers and fouls.
Fouls plaved a key part in the
gam, as luhho,k ( hristian
In ai a verv high percentage
from ihe tree shot line. I he
Hornets had over twice as
manv fouls as the Eagles,
THE TULIA Hornet* and
Hornettes kept very busy
during the holidays, by parti
cipating in the Slaton Invita-
tional Girls Tournament and
the Caprock Holiday Basket-
ball Tournament in Lubbock.
THE HORNETS opened
first round action in the
Slaton Jouinev on a winning
note bv beating the- Slaton
DIMMIfl Charging fail week .diet Isidro Vgumagas
said Ins I 1 month-old son
died aflei he was not ad-
mitted to Plains Memorial
I lospilal Dei 8.
Speaking through a police
interpreter. Aguinagas said
hospital administrators said
his son. Isidro Jr . could not
be admitted unless Aguina-
gas paid a deposit ot $4(X) or
S4NI I he child was seriously
ill w uh a respirators infection
and a high lever, according
lo Ins pin small.
Iiutiricd hospital aduiuus-
iratoi l.i, k Newsom said ihe
entire incident was a "mis-
mi,I, islanding," bin ill, hos-
pital did ihungc its ad-
mission policies to prevent a
re occurence.
" I hey tthe parents) wen-
told the hahv could ho ad-
mitted. bill ill, v didn't speak
I nglisli and I think ihat was
the cause ot the whole pro-
blem." Newsom said ai the
time.
"We has, instill, ted our
hospital personnel that m
, as, s mv ol, tug children they
be processed dneetlv lo ihe
nurses station prior lo anv
m, iiiioii ot an, financial re-
quirements." In said.
Dr B I) Murphy, who
originallv ordered the child
admitted to ill, hospital, said
ill, babv might have died
even with intensive ircal-
m,-in bin ill, la in il v should
have been ushered m qincklv
and adlllll led."
Co-Op To Elect Directors,
Announces Contest Deadline
The 39th Annual Meeting
of Swisher Electric Coopera-
tive will be held Saturday.
March 17.
In accordance with the
bylaws, a nominating com-
mittee will meet Jaituarv 19
at 10:30 a m. at the offices of
the cooperative to nominate
candidates for each of the
three director positions to be
filled on the board.
Members of the committee
are Simon Flores. Route V;
E. C. Widen. Star Rt..
Kress; Earl Cantwell. Route
1. Silverlon; J. P Bradley.
Route I: Bruce Fields. Route
2. Happy; Larry Nelson.
Route 1: Mellon McGehee.
Wayside; Roma Boggs.
Route 3. Kress; and J. L.
Bevill. Route S.
Directors whose terms will
expire arc D. J. Northcutl.
Silverlon: John Culwell.
Route V. anil laik Middle
ton. Route I.
All high xihool students ol
the area serviced bv Swisher
Electric Cooperative are re-
minded lo enter the speech
contest for the all-expense-
paid trip lo Washington. D.
C next summer.
Topic of the speech is
Whv a Rural Electric Coop
craiivc?" Jhursday. Jan. 18.
is the deadline tor submitting
entry forms and written
speech summaries.
Ihe speech contest anil
banquet will be served Feb.
I
lunior Varsilv bv the Score of
49 to 3” Lula Joiner led Tulia
with 13 points. I he Hor-
net les lost a heart breaker in
second round action to Dc
Sola on a last second slim at
the bu/./er Ihe final score
was Dc Sola t>3 lulu 61.
Ihe lulia ferns could not get
their offense going on ihe 3rd
dav ol .u tioii. as they lost to a
lough Wildcat squad from
Idaloll bv the score ot 19 lo
IT.
which no douhl led to their
2nd loss ot the year Russell
Webb, an all tournament
selection, led lulia with 25
points in ih, championship
game
THE HORNETS met the
I ahoka Bulldogs ill first
round a, lion, and disposed of
them quite easily with a "’2 lo
14 rout. Ihree placers hit in
double figures loi ihe Hor
nets. Paul Laeev led all
scorers with 20 points, fol-
lowed bv Russell Webb and
Eddie Hawthorne with II
points and It) points re-
spectively.
Second round action saw
the Hornets take on Slaton, a
team which they beat bv only
two points in the lulia tour-
ney. Unfortunately for Sla-
ton. i hi- score was a bit
different this time as Julia
took a 48 to 33 win over the
I igers. I h, Hornets were led
bv Paul Laeev with 16 points.
THE VARSITY and Junior
Varsity teams will parti, ipalc
in the Littlefield Junior Var-
sity I ournament which runs
January 4th. 5th and 6th.
Details on the first found
action are mil available at
ihis time. I he Varsity teams
will be at Friona F’riday
evening to take on the
Squaws and ( hiets. Tip-oft
time for the gnls game will
hi at 6:30 p.m.
THE 7ih, Hth, and 9th
graders will resume play on
Monday. January 8lh. a-
gainsl l.ockncv.
groffcNs
A STRONG COLD FRONT eased into Swisher County Saturday and by New Year's Day a good covering of
snow had almost stopped traffic on area highways. Many Tulia residents could care less because they were glued to
the TV football games. A few farmers were still "sweating out the cotton harvest.” (Staff Photo)
New mclcr connections re-
polled bv the cilv ot Tulia
sun, Iasi week: Henry
Amar. 617 N. Armstrong:
Max Biee. S. W 2nd and
Games. Carol Olwcll. 621-B
Armstrong. William I Mar
mi. 8IX) N. Hale *10: Lynn
Craw Lord. 816 N. El Paso;
John ( ass. H04 N. Donley;
Gilbert Vasqinv. 8(H) N.
Hale: Ira Smith, 215 N
Crosby
•
Marriage licenses issued
In ihe county clerk since last
week: Johnny Max Bice,
lulia. and Furcslcllu Car-
dona. I ulia: Richard Keith
Hi-lley. Houston, and Heha
Annette Lambert. Houston:
Floyd Ly tin Jennings, l ulia.
an,l Barbara Jewell Willis.
I it I i,i Boyd Vernici- Bing-
ham. Silverlon. and Lillie
Mae Met loud, Silverlon;
Kenneth Alien Reagan.
Lockncy . and I uslaiia Karen
Haggard. Plainvicw; John
Marlin Muvs Hyltm. Fort
Worth, and Roxanne Elatne
t hildress. I ulia.
•
Pali, tits admitted to Swi-
sh, t Memorial Hospital since
last lucsdav Michelle
George. Mrs. Gary Gardner.
John Liisih. Mrs. Billy J.
Willis. Mrs. Bernice Mc-
Pherson, Mrs. Jack Brooks.
B F C'rosbv. Glcndon
Sew, II. Mrs. Heriberlo Hino-
josa Jr.
BORN TO:
Mr. and Mrs, Gary Gard-
ner. Vigo Paik Station. Julia,
a boy.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Brooks.
Route I. J ulia, a girl.
•
New subscribers to The
Julia Herald since last week:
Mrs. .1 D. McKinney. 411 N.
Crosbv. Julia. Texas; Mrs.
Autry Ruland. Box 335. Fob
let I. Texas; Harry Edmonds.
Box 207. Happy. Texas; A.
A Bryant. 901 Lynn, Tulia.
Texas.
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TULIA MARKETS
WHEAT 2.97
CORN 3.75
MILO 4.30
SOYBEANS 6.05
•
Temperature extremes for
the week were 62 and -3.
Moisture received from the 3
in. snowfall measured .31 of
an inch. Total moisture re-
ceived during 1978 was 22.05
inches. Thirty and one hall
inches of snow fell during
|478. The lowest tempera-
ture recorded in |978 was
0— highest was 105.
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Tooley, Wendell. The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex.), Vol. 71, No. 1, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 4, 1979, newspaper, January 4, 1979; Tulia, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth506968/m1/1/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Swisher County Library.