The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex.), Vol. 82, No. 28, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 12, 1990 Page: 2 of 146

                                
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THE TULIA (Swisher County) HERALD
Bank Deposits Up, Loans Down
New meter connections reported by
the city of Tulia since last week: Gre-
gory Tucker, 327 N. E, 4th; Melvin
Johnson, 603 Palmer; Minerva Perales,
210 South Collins; Demctris Perkins,
303 North Gaines; Virginia Gonzales,
314 South Austin; Lynn Stark, 101
South Crosby; Eddie Reeves, 523 N. E.
3rd; Juan Gutierrez, 613 North Briscoe.
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Patients admitted to Swisher Memo-
rial Hospital since last Tuesday: Esther
Rodriguez, Martha J. Love.
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The following friends have expressed
their appreciation for the Tulia Herald
by having their names placed on its
mailing list: Terry Scroggins, Box 126,
Wayside, Texas; Cecil & Evans, 9 Terry
Drive, Tulia, Texas; Autry Lee Johnson,
1026 N. W. 11th, Tulia, Texas; Trent
Finck, Route 2 Box 161, Tulia, Texas;
Jack Ward, Box 1598, Fritch, Texas;
James Ward, Box 4086 HS, Ruidoso,
New Mexico; Danny Ward, 3604 39lh,
Lubbock, Texas; Cindi Dean, 81-861
Pasco Ciclo, Indio, California; Toni
Lcathcrwood, Route 3 Box 151-B,
Plainvicw, Texas; Ralph Skaggs, 110N.
E. 3rd, Tulia, Texas; Stephanie Sander-
son, P.O. Box 5034, College Station,
Texas; Earl Byrd, 5740 North 59th
Avenue No. 3 Apt. 1022, Glendale,
Arizona; Ray Adams, Box 832, Tulia,
Texas; F. E. Gray, 516 N. W. 2nd, Tulia,
Texas; Jana Dutton, 901 Amarillo
Street, Plainvicw, Texas.
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TULIA MARKETS
According to the state bank call on the
last day of June, Swisher bank deposits
were up over the same period of last year
and loans were down.
Most of the increase in bank deposits
was due to the opening of a Canyon bank
by Happy First State Bank. Loans were
down because the drought has slowed
the cattle business____not many people
wanting to buy cattle right now.
All four bankers said that although
some of this year’s good wheat crop
money has come in, most of it is still
with the county’s elevators.
Total bank deposits increased from
last year’s $99,403,126 to $ 104,423,751
and loans were down from $42,107,881
to $39,859,599.
INDIVIDUAL BANK REPORTS
FIRST NATIONAL.....deposits up
from $52,419,000 to $53,185,173 and
loans down from $18,883,000 to $15,
624,703.
FIRST STATE IN TULIA.....de-
posits down from $23,424,485 to
$22,494,532 and loans down from $16,
330,916 to $14,963,127.
KRESS NATIONAL......down in
deposits from $12,620,126 to
$12,253,921 and up in loans from
$3,270,965 to $3,968,651.
Happy First State ... .up in deposits
from $10,904,000 to $16,490,125 and
up in loans from $3,623,000 to
$5,303,118.
Tulia Banker Boyd Hodges
Accepts Position With
First State Bank - Happy
WHEAT
MILO
CORN
SOYBEANS
2.80
4.30
4.85
5.30
(As reported by Tulia Wheal Growers)
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Temperature extremes for the week
were 96 and 62. Weather is still hot and
dry.
7 City Manager
Applicants
Interviewed
Seven applicants for the city man-
ager position were interviewed
Tuesday night by the city council.
Three of these individuals are local
residents and the other four arc
from this area but not Tulians.
The successor to the retiring
Marshall Shelton will assume his
duties on Sept. 1. Shelton is to work
with the new city manager for 60
days until his retirement becomes
effective Nov. 1.
Boyd Hodges, vice president of First
State Bank in Tulia and an official of the
local bank for 6 1/2 years, has resigned
to accept the position of senior vice
president with First State Bank in
Happy.
The change became effective July 16.
"Boyd's leaving will certainly be a
loss to our bank because he has been a
vital part of our staff for the past 6 1/2
years. His departure will leave a void
with us," says Robert Wilson, president
of First State Bank in Tulia.
A native of Panhandle, Tex., Hodges
has been active in this community dur-
ing his association with First State
Bank. He has served as secretary of
Tulia Kiwanis Club, has twice been vice
president of the Tulia Chamber of
Commerce board of directors and has
twice headed the United Way campaign
in Tulia.
Hodges, his wife Chris and their son
Ryan will continue to make their home
in the Canyon area.
BOYD HODGES
Ccn    tennia l Re uni
McDowell Plumbing
Is Now Located In
T be Store
See Us For All Your Plumbing Needs!
995-4412
120 S. W. 2nd
Tulia, Texas
(Editor's note: An updated version
of this reunion and get-together
schedule will appear in the July 19
issue of The Herald. A representative
of each group planning a special func-
tion is asked to phone 995-3535 to
have that activity listed.)
* All Tulia school reunion: Ezra Jones
Cafeteria, Tulia High School, 4-6 p.m.
Saturday, July 21.
♦Class of 1929: 1929 reunion will
meet in Arminta Sunday School class-
room of First United Methodist Church
on Saturday, July 21, 1:30 p.m.; from 4
to 6 p.m. at Ezra Jones Cafeteria for all-
school reunion; 6:30 p.m. in the south-
east room of the Stcakhousc.
♦Classof 1935: 1935 reunion Friday
at 8:30 p.m. Class members will meet in
*
We take this means to express our
appreciation to our many friends and
customers for their loyal support.
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811 S. W. 2nd
995-4010
Tulia, Texas
the Willie Room of Swisher Electric
Cooperative for visiting. A‘catered din-
ner will be held at 6:30 p.m. Saturday in
Fellow Hall of First Baptist Church.
♦Class of 1936: Reunion of the Tulia
High School CLassof 1936 will be from
1-4 p.m. Saturday, July 21, in the library
room at Tulia Junior High School. (This
is the old physics lab room of the old
high school building.)
♦Class of 1937: The Class of 1937
will meet in the parlor of the First United
Methodist Church at 119 North Briscoe.
A continental breakfast will be available
beginning at 9:30 a m. Saturday, July
21, also snacks and beverages for later
on.
♦ 1940 graduating class: Friday, July
20, 7:30 p.m., backyard party at Corky
Workman's home; Saturday, July 21,
8:30 a.m., registration, Swisher Memo-
rial Building; 10:30 a.m. Centennial
parade; noon, barbecue in Conner Park;
2 p.m., Centennial memorial dedica-
tion, courthouse square; 4-6 p.m., all
graduates reunion, Ezra Jones Cafete-
ria; 7:30 p.m., banquet for 1940 class at
Ezra Jones Cafeteria.
♦Class of 1945: The Class of 1945
will observe its 45th anniversary on J uly
21 with members attending the public
barbecue in Conner Park at noon if they
desire to do so. All THS graduates are
invited to the reunion at the high school
cafeteria from 4 to 6 p.m. A dinner for
class members and their guests will be
held at the Highland Cafetorium at 6
p.m.
♦Classes of 1946-1950 gathering:
The Tulia High School graduating class
of 1948 invites the classes of 1946
through 1950 to a reception Friday eve-
ning, July 20, from 7:30 until 11 at First
United Methodist Church. "Come and
bring your memories and visit with oth-
ers who were in high school during your
days at THS," organizers say.
♦Class of 1947: Parlor of First United
Methodist Church will be the site Satur-
day, July 21, at 7 p.m. for a reunion of the
Class of 1947. Sandwiches, snacks and
visitation are on the agenda. For more
information call Joe Cowan, 995-4791.
♦Class of 1948: The THS Class of
1948 will meet at the First Methodist
Church, Saturday, July 21, at 7:00 for
dinner and program. For information
contact Nila Cowan at 995-4791 or Pat
Ferguson at 404-981-2668.
♦Class of 1950 will meet Friday, July
20, at 7:30 at First United Methodist
Fellowship Hall for the get together of
1946 through 1950 classes for visiting.
Saturday will meet at the southwest
comer of Conner Park at 11 a.m. for
registration. Tule Lake Country Club at
7 p.m. for dinner.
♦Class of 1955: The Class of 1955
will be having its 35th class reunion, on
Saturday evening, July 21, beginning at
6:30 — at the Court House Annex, 310
W. Broadway. Members of the classes
of '53, '54, '56, ’57 and '58, friends and
teachers arc invited to "drop by" for a
visit.
♦Class of 1959:1959 reunion agenda:
Meet at Conner Park for barbecue at
noon Saturday, July 21; all-school reun-
ion at high school cafeteria; about 7:30
or 8 meet at Jim and Emily Hill's home,
209 Comanche Trail. If you have a
question call Emily Hill, 995-4256, or
Marie Rucker, 995-4407 office or 995-
4583 home.
♦Classof 1961:1961 reunion agenda:
Meet at Conner Park at 12 noon July 21
for lunch; attend all-school reunion at
high school cafeteria at 4 p.m.; class
THURSDAY, JULY 12,1990
Volunteers Needed To
Assist At Youth Center
"We need a little of everything," says James Riddick, who has volun-
teered to oversee improvements being made at the youth center building,
formerly J & L Auto Supply, at 217 North Maxwell.
Volunteers—adults and youth—are needed to assist with various facets
of renovation, Riddick says. Anyone willing to help is asked to contact him
at the facility, which is immediately north of the fire station. Volunteer labor
can be used "any day."
Bathroom walls are receiving attention at present, and other interior
work is underway, Riddick explains.
He points out" I know what they (Youth Center Committee) want done,"
and he has blueprints available.
'GOLDEN WAVES OF WHEAT'
"Coronado died a broken and disap-
pointed man without riches," Lula Mar-
jorie Miller said in 1978 during a talk
about Spanish explorer-fortune hunter
Francisco Vasquez de Coronado, who is
believed to have camped in Tule Creek
while searching for the non-existent
seven cities of gold.
Mrs. Miller—member of the pioneer
Conner family, historian and one of the
most gracious ladies one could ever
hope to meet—was speaking at the time
in behalf of funding Swisher Memorial
Building.
After alluding to Coronado’s disap-
pointment at not finding gold, she
added: "But I suggest to you that we who
have lived here 30 or 40 years have
found the gold in the Llano Estacado-
Staked Plains. It may not look like
golden cities; it looks more like amber
waves of wheat and bronze rows of
maize; yellow cars of com and white
fields of cotton, and cattle on many hills
with ready markets nearby. Truly, we
have lived in the 'Golden Age of the
Golden Spread.'"
No one could have worded it as well!
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CHILL WILLS RODE
IN TULIA PARADE
Tom Mix, a "real, live movie star,"
visited in Tulia, Darlene (Townsend)
Landreth recalled in the Swisher
Flashback appearing in last week’s
Herald.
But Old Tom wasn't the only movie
star to come calling.
Lash LaRue stayed in Ila Marie Ro-
gers' home, Marie Rucker remembers.
She also recalls the day Chill Wills
and John Barrymore Jr. were in Tulia for
a parade in their honor. The pair were
starring in a movie being filmed in Palo
Duro Canyon.
A Plymouth convertible was used to
take Chill along the parade route. Judge
Rucker says.
IT'S A DONE DEAL!
It’s finished! After almost a year of
planning and over six months of effort,
supper at 6:30 at Catholic Hall, 500 S.
Bowie. Contact Penny Sturgess, 995-
3209 if you have a question.
♦Class of 1965: The Class of 1965
will meet for its 25th reunion on Friday,
July 20, at the Tule Lake Country Club
at 7 p.m. The group will also meet on the
south-central area of Conner Park on
Saturday for the barbecue. Following
the barbecue all are invited to an all-grad
reunion from 4-6 p.m. at the Ezra Jones
Cafeteria.
♦Class of 1974: Meet at 8:30 p.m.
Saturday, July 21, at Shelly Borchardt's
home, 202 Apache Trail.
♦1980 Class reunion: 10 year class
reunion. There are several classmates
that have not been located. If you have
not been contacted one way or the other,
please contact Barbara Hayhurst Duffy
at 995-3220 or 995-3270. AU class-
mates of the 1980 class are invited. We
will begin at 7 p.m. Friday July 20 at the
Old Catholic Church. And then again
Saturday at 2:00 p.m. at Circle Drive
Park (Travis & Circle Drive) for a
"Family" fun afternoon.
♦All-church reunion: First United
Methodist Church of Tulia will hold an
all-church reunion and covered dish
luncheon Sunday, July 22.
♦Houston community: Anyone and
everyone who has ever been connected
with the Houston community is re-
minded to meet for a get-together on
Swisher's 100th birthday celebration.
No formal meeting planned. Look for
the group at the noon barbecue at Con-
ner Park on the 21st.
♦Elkins School Reunion: The Red-
mon Room of Swisher Memorial Build-
ing will be the site Saturday, July 21, for
the Elkins School Reunion.
♦Union Hill Reunion: Union Hill
School and community will hold their
ninth annual reunion Saturday, July 21,
in the Snack Bar of the Tulia High
School Cafeteria from 2-5 p.m. "We
invited all our friends outside the com-
munity to drop by. Please pass this infor-
mation on to families and friends," ac-
cording to an organizer. "This is an in-
formal 'get-together.' See you there."
The Herald’s Swisher County Centen-
nial issue is a done deal.
It is our SINCERE WISH that you
and yours, truly enjoy the issue, read it
cover to cover and store it away for
future generations. Although we'll
admit to oversights, we won't attempt to
hide the fact that we're DOGGONE
PROUD of this issue and have been
anxious for it to reach you, our readers.
This Centennial issue is, from a per-
sonal viewpoint, a once-in-a-lifctime
opportunity. Call it a labor of love.
Wendell, Billy and Cliftcen have
created some of the most attractive
newspaper advertisements I have ever
seen, regardless of publication size.
Wendell has spent lots of time putting
together "Swisher Notables" and county
mayors and other data.
Only two Saturdays since Jan. 1—
plus no telling how many night hours—
Zoa and I have failed to work on articles
from yesteryear. She typeset them and I
wrote them. We also dug through stacks
and stacks of research material.
Beth has spent time both in the type-
setting and posting departments, and
Granny has had plenty of papers to stuff.
Four coaches helped out with last-
minute inserting, and Kristi stuffed
papers a couple of days.
Overall, it's been a team effort. One
hundred and 38 pages are a bunch for a
crew of this size. A personal thanks goes
to Wendell for allowing pages to be
printed sans revenue to accomodate
stories and pictures.
Really, however, the TEAM EF-
FORTgoes far beyond the folks who
labor within these four walls. The issue
would not have been possible without
MANY readers who brought in articles
and photos, helped out with information
and research, etc. It’s unreal how many
times certain friends walked that extra
mile or two to help.
This Centennial issue of The Tulia
Herald is dedicated to YOU and to
those hearty folks who walked this
land before our time!
3 Aspirants
For Trustee
The candidate count had reached
three by press time for the Tulia school
board vacancy which will be filled by an
Aug. 11 special election.
Robin Nelson and Danny Johnson are
the latest to place their names on the
ballot. Donald Adams had filed earlier.
The deadline was at 5 p.m. Wednes-
day, July 11.
The individual elected in August will
serve until the May 1993 election.
The death of longtime board presi-
dent Dennis Love created the void.
Transition
O. R. (Raymond) Wallace
O. R. (Raymond) Wallace, 85, of
Lubbock, owner and operator of Wal-
lace Funeral Home in Tulia from 1938
through 1969 and one of Tulia's best
known citizens during his residence
here, died at K):30 a.m. Tuesday, July
10,1990, at Hartman Health Care Cen-
ter in Bedford.
Memorial services will be at 11 a.m.
Friday in Wallace Funeral Home
Chapel in Tulia. The Rev. Charles
Davenport, pastor of First Baptist
Church, is to officiate.
Interment will be made in Rose Hill
Cemetery, under direction of Wallace
Funeral Home.
Survivors include one son, Jim Wal-
lace of Fort Worth; two brothers, Don
Wallace of Fort Worth and Dale Wal-
lace of Lubbock; and three grandchil-
dren.
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