The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex.), Vol. 80, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 8, 1988 Page: 2 of 33
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ON WITH THE AUCTION—Pat Kiser, planner for the giant senior citizens
antique auction in Amarillo this November, and Mike McQueen, head of the
Panhandle Commission on Aging, were guests at the Tulia senior citizens
center last Tuesday afternoon. Both are pleased w ith the number of antiques
and collectibles donated to Swisher County senior citizens. (Staff Photo).
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Country Editor
By Wendell Tooley
Continued from Page One
.each one would stand up and tell how
the Lord had blessed his or her life. And,
there were some who admitted they had
problems and asked the congregation to
remember them in their prayers.
We sorta had a testimonial meeting at
the Kiwanis luncheon Tuesday. Lyle
Robinson was doing the preaching. We
all threw in our two-bits worth about
what was good or bad about Tulia and
Swisher County. Lyle suggested we
send a committee to Amarillo and invite
T. Boone Pickens to move his headquar-
ters here since Amarillo docsn’tappreci-
atc him and Mesa's gigantic payroll.
We also discussed "ideas".. .all of us
need to work on ideas that might help
Tulia and Swisher County grow.
Fact is, 1 had an idea Tuesday morn-
ing. When 1 read that construction is
about to start on Amarillo's new prison,
I called Dan Byrd and suggested that
Roll-A-Cone bid on manufacturing the
iron bars for the new prison.
SEEMS LIKE every project I plan
costs about twice what I figured when I
was estimating the cost.
You lake these sky lights that we're
installing in the kitchen and livingroom.
It just turns out that where we decide to
put them couldn't be a worse location. .
.cost wise.
There’s an inch and quarter gas pipe
going right through the middle of the
living room sky lights. There are elec-
tric ity wires across three of the sky lights
and a phone line across two of them.
Well, when I was estimating the cost
I didn't figure I'd be paying both plumb-
ers and electricians to work on the proj-
ect.
That's probably the saddest story
you’ll hear today.
A YOUNG MAN from the old school
was asking the fathcrofhis girlfriend far
her hand in marriage. The father, also
from the old school, asked, "Can you
support a family?"
"I think I can," said the young man.
"May 1 ask how many is in her family?"
THE FOOTBALL GAME with
Canyon's Randall Raiders was a typical
first game.. .both teams were sorta nerv-
ous, both teams made mistakes..
It was good to watch our Hornets get
their confidence and come around,
improving almost every quarter of the
game.
At this point, our good coach, will
begin to help the team solve its prob-
lems. Coach Wilson is probably still
trying to make sure he has the right man
in each position.
It was great to win the season opener,
and I predict we’re gonna win a lot more
this season. GO HORNETS!
WE GET ALL SORTS OF PUBLIC-
ITY releases here at The Herald.. .and,
we'd need a 36 page edition each week to
gel them all in.. .and we would go broke
with that much free publicity and not
enough sustaining advertising.
This week I received a press release
from the Texas General Land Office
asking our people to join the "adopt a
beach program."
Now, just which one of our beautiful
sandy beaches around here should we
take on for adopuon?
There used to be a pretty nice beach
over on the south side of Mackenzie
Lake, but I think it is now covered with
water.
I understand our Gulf Coast beaches
are a mess, and that prompts the adopt-
a-bcach program. So, if you're down on
the coast playing on the beach, don't
leave a mess!
BACK !N THE 1950s. when I was
advertising manager of the Plainview
Daily Herald, I worked across the room
from Bob Hilbum in the news depart-
ment.
Many a day when 1 thought I was just
worn out, I would look across at Bob and
he'd still be sitting there pecking out
news stories while sitting in his wheel
chair.
Bob was editor Herb Hilbum's son
and was a little drawn up midget of a
man, crippled by rheumatoid arthritis
since his youth.
He was undoubtedly one of the most
cheerful fellows I ever knew. .. .espe-
cially, considering his intense suffering
ycar-aftcr-ycar.
Danny Andrews, Plainview Herald
managing editor, dedicated his column
to Bob's memory last week and the
occasion of 20 years since Bob died at
the age of 36.
No doubt many of you remember Bob
as he was well known in this area as an
outstanding reporter and good sports
writer.
Sign on a foot doctor's office: "You're
only two feet from happiness!"
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THE TULIA (Swisher County) HERALD THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1988
Swisher Fair Saturday
Continued from Page One
* A prize of $ 15 will be awarded by
the Swisher County Farm Bureau to the
club having the most points in all depart-
ments.
* Tulia Wheat Growers will award a
$ 10 savings certificate to the youth with
the best 10 heads of grain sorghum.
* Tule Creek and Lakeview Gins
will award a $20 savings certificate to
the youth with the best 20 open bolls of
cotton.
* Tulia Wheat Growers will award a
$ 10 savings certificate to the youth with
the best gallon of thrashed wheat.
SPECIAL ADULT AWARDS
Three prizes in the amounts of $20,
$15 and $10 arc to be given to the adult
organizations whose members enter the
most blue ribbon articles. This will be
paid by the Swisher County Fair Asso-
ciation.
One overall award will be presented
in each of seven adult divisions and one
overall grand champion award is to be
given from the seven divisions. A silver
tray goes to the overall grand champion.
These seven divisions include: cloth-
ing, painting, photography, horticul-
ture, flowers, crafts, baking and can-
ning.
Ribbons for first, second and third
places will be given in the Adult Divi-
sion.
T. J. Seal of Box 44 in Happy became
the initial week's winner in The Herald
football contest for 1988.
Seal predicted that Tulia would beat
Randall High by 17 points—the Hornets
actually won 13-7—in the tie-breaker.
He missed the outcome of only four
games: Guymon over Littlefield, Amar-
illo Highland Park over Kress, Peters-
burg over Nazareth and Brownfield
over Muleshoc.
Claiming second place, also with four
misses, was Brenda Olivarez of 203
North Gaines in Tulia. She predicted a
28-point T ulia win in the tic-breaker and
missed these games: Idalou over
Floydada, Farwcll over Springlake-
Earth, Ralls over Lockncy and Guymon
over Littlefield.
Another Happy resident. Hazel
Cumby of Box 212,, was third place
finisher. She claimed the $5 on the basis
of the tic-breaker, picking Tulia by 21.
In addition to the Idalou-Floydada,
Guymon-Littlcficld and Petcrsburg-
Nazarcth contests, she also missed
Amarillo River Road over Friona and
Andrews over Frcnship.
Seal wins a $10 check and Ms. Oli-
varez receives $7.50.
MYSTERY MERCHANTS
All three winners picked First Na-
tional Bank in Tulia as the mystery
merchant sponsor. The actual Mystery
Merchants were Brown's Power &
Equipment and Grabbc-Simpson Mo-
tors.
Other contestants missing only five
games and their guess on the Mystery
Merchant were: Emily Hill of Tulia,
Sadlcr-Vaughn Agency; J. C. Gales of
Canyon, Shirley's; and Patricia Sims of
Happy, Shirley's.
Scores of other contestants and their
Mystery Merchant guesses were:
Six misses—David Cabe, First State
Bank; Jack Mickey, Grabbc-Simpson;
Billy Altman, Mid-Plains Rural Tele-
phone; Evelyn Rossi, Shirley's; Weldon
Mote, Young & Ellis, Inc.; Dolores
Rossi, Young & Ellis, Inc.; and Joe
Garza, Tulia Power & Light.
Seven misses—Henrietta Olivarez,
Shirley's; Ricky Rodriguez, Tulia
Power & Light; Billy O. Noble, Ed Har-
ris Lumber Co.; Judy Shipman, Happy,
Mid-Plains Rural Telephone; Scott
Sims, Canyon, Mid-Plains Rural Tele-
phone; Pat Noble; Ed Lacey, Pizza Hut;
Clint Edwards, Hereford, Reeves Insur-
ance Agency.
Eight misses—Boyd Milner, Ed Har-
ris Lumber Co.; Wanda Alexander,
Shirley’s; George White, Happy, First
National Bank; Biff Sturgcss, Grabbe-
Simpson Motors; Rex Borchardt, Farm
Bureau Insurance; Jackie W. Gunnels,
Joe Bob's Super Market; Sylvan Wright,
Happy, Pizza Hut; Josh Starnes, Pampa,
Ed Harris Lumber Co.
Nine misses—Bill Noble, Sonic
Drive-In; Terry Rossi, Ed Harris Lum-
ber Co.; E. N. Howell, Ed Harris Lum-
ber Co.; Martin Cruz, Joe Bob's Super
Market; Kcrmit Mitchell, First National
Bank; Tony Powell, Inman's Welding
Service; Mike Noble.
Ten misses—Kent Scroggins, Way-
side, Reeves Insurance Agency; Auden
Hcncra; Bertie Walters, Tulia Power &
Light; Paul Trevino Jr., B & R Thrift-
way; Willis Wood, Lavender & Sons.
Eleven misses—Dolores Hannah,
Sadlcr-Vaughn Agency; Frank Reeves,
Educational exhibits will be available
for viewing by fair-goers.
Community exhibits will contain
three of the following four items: wheat,
milo, cotton and com. Each exhibit must
have only 15 different kinds of agricul-
tural and horticultural products which
will be scored for a total of 600 points.
Classes for community exhibits arc to
included: com, small grains, grain sor-
ghum heads, sheaf grain, forage bundle,
baled hay, cotton, vegetables and fruit.
Eleven classes are scheduled in the
Senior Citizens Division. These in-
clude: clothing, canning, painting, pho-
tography, baking, woodworking, flow-
ers, quilts, knitted afghans, crocheted
afghans and other.
PRESIDENT S COOKIE JAR
A novelty event for the '88 fair will be
the President's Cookie Jar. The entry
"should be an attractive, clean, wide-
mouthed jar of approximately one gal-
lon capacity, decorated as desired. The
jar must be filled with fancy assorted
cookies of not less than nine varieties.
They should be a variety of colors."
Entrants must bring one of each kind
of cookie contained in the jar in a small
box, so the judges need not open the jar.
Prizes will be for first, second and third.
All cookie jars will be auctioned off at
the bake sale.
A bevy of classes are planned in the
Agriculture and Horticulture Division.
These are to include: com ears, small
R & R, Inc.; Frank Rossi, Grabbc-
Simpson Motors.
Twelve misses—Dan Altman (good
grief, Dan), Joe Bob's Super Market;
Scott Brockman, Nazareth, Workman
Machinery.-
NEXT CONTEST
A new contest appears in this issue of
The Herald. The top three winners will
again receive S10, S7.50 and $5, respec-
tively.
Contestants are reminded tocirclc the
winner in the tic-breaker and to circle
the firm they believe to be the Mystery
Merchant.
The first place finisher can claim an
extra $5 by correctly identifying the
mystery sponsor.
grain and seed, grain sorghum heads,
sheaf grain, vegetables, fruits, cotton,
forage bundles, sunflowers and baled
hay.
Both adult and youth baking classes
include various flavors of cakes and
cookies.
Classes in adult and youth clothing
are: infants, children's, women's, em-
broidery or cut work, baby quilt or
spread, full-size quilt or spread, acces-
sories, crochet and knitting.
Fruits, vegetables, pickles and rel-
ishes, jams and jellies arc canning cate-
gories for both adults and youth.
Another division which will create
interest is crafts and hobbies. Both adult
and youth classes arc scheduled.
FLOWER SHOW
One of the most colorful divisions
will be flowers. Entries will be placed in
one of the following categories: annu-
als; perennials; bulbs, tubers, etc.; pot
plants, roses, cacti and flower arrange-
ments.
Both color and black and white en-
tries will be classes in the adults and
youth photography show.
Cobb-Whcelcr-Mote Arena will be
the site of the Swisher County Little
Britches Rodeo at 3 p.m. Saturday.
Entry books open at 2 p.m. for the event
which is being held in conjunction with
the county fair.
Belt pins will be awarded to first place
finishers and ribbons go to other win-
ners. All-around champions in all three
age divisions arc to receive buckles.
There is a SI entry fee per event.
THREE AGE GROUPS
Events scheduled for the different age
Swisher County All-Around Cham-
pionship Roping unfolds Saturday at
Cobb-Whcelcr-Mote Arena. Ropers
must live or work in this county.
Books open at 6 p.m., ropers will be
introduced at 6:30 and competition is
scheduled for 7 p.m.
In the art division—with both adult
and youth classes—entries are to in-
clude oils, graphic arts, pastels, water
colors, rub outs and miniatures.
Breed divisions in the steer show are
to include: purebrced English breeds,
American and American crosses and
European and exotic crosses. Class size
is to be left to the discretion of the
superintendent.
Breeds established for the heifer seg-
ment of the Junior Livestock Show in-
clude: Angus, Chianina, Limousin,
Santa Gertrudes, Shorthorn, Simmcntal
and "any other breeds will be added if
needed."
Fine wool, fine wool cross, medium
wool, and medium wool cross and
Southdown and Shropshire arc sheep
breeds.
Grand and reserve champion animals
arc to be selected by judges.
Steers and lambs must be weighed in
by 10 o’clock Saturday morning. A
scales will be provided but lamb owners
must weigh their animals.
Persons with any questions about the
fair should contact the Extension office
in die Courthouse Annex.
groups:
Four years and under—Slick horse
race, boot scramble and calf under-
rating.
Five to nine years—Barrels, poles,
mailbox race, goat tying, calf under-
rating (horseback), boot scramble, calf
underrating (on foot).
Ten to 15 years—Barrels, poles,
mailbox race, goat tying, calf under-
rating (horseback), boot scramble, calf
underrating (on fool).
Ropers must head a steer, heel a steer
and rope a calf off the same horse.
A belt buckle goes to the champion
roper.
For more information, persons
should contact Matt Barbee, Karl Berry
or Larry Hendricks, all of Tulia.
You Are Invited To
The Fall
GOSPEL
MEETING
With James Lefan Temple, Texas
September 11 Through 14th
Sunday 10:20 a.m. & 6:00 p.m.
Monday Thru Wednesday 7:00 a.m. & 7:30 p.m.
Central Church Of
Christ
3rd & Donley
Tulia, Texas
T. J. Seal Of Happy First
Football Contest Winner
Little Britches Rodeo At 3
County All-Around Championship
Roping Scheduled Saturday Night
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