The Hereford Brand (Hereford, Tex.), Vol. 55, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 27, 1955 Page: 1 of 16
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WEATHER
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Hereford Texas, Thursday, January 27, 195^
55th Year — No 4
C-C Ticket Sales
Pass 500 Mark To
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Ga rtnen ts
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Record
Set New
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blaze occurred Mrs Millci was m
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PAY IS $4 PER DIEM
drop the Community Center tern-
Town
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ADAMS
Drought And Green Bugs Appear As
Major Hindrances To Wheat Crop
Tatum Exhibits In
Fort Worth Show
March Of Dimes
Drive Extended
To Golf Course
••cape, but saved only the night clothe* in
which they were dad. Top photo it looking
toward the front door, while lower photo wot
nod* from th* rear of th* location.
(Photo by Mrs W. >. Moor*, Brand Corr-
*spond*nt)
Sunday
Monday
T -w• wday
Wednevd-ty
Masi jet ■.Ice lor three commune ,
ties was .ought this week, when
TS residents of the northwest port -
of Deaf Smith County petitioned
Congressman Walter Ragers for
an rxtmlon on Rural Route Foul
cut of Hereford.
The cxtrntuon would run some 15
vftendini; W days on the island of
Jamaica The group included 5*
of the Griffin family where the
Miller-, were staying
WeMost Tatum left TU e s d a y
morning tor Fort Worth, accom-
panied by hi* Hereford 4-H calf
and County Agent Hugh Clearman.
where he wtu enter the calf to
the Junior Division of the Fort
Worth Fat Stock Show
Weldon to the eon ot Mr. and
Mr* Ellis Tatum of the Black
Community and has conoidenibie
experience m a 4-H exhibitor Hi*
stater. Mary, waa th* yutoag tody
who. to IMS. created quite a com-
motion by taking top henora wtth
her Shorthorn entry at the Texas
State Fair to Dalia*
Smith County
i< \witinu«-d
Stockholders of the Hereford
Housing project am again remind-
ed of the meeting Saturday after
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Golfers—«I1 agro. male and St-
male-ar* invited to play to the
March of Dime* Golf tournament
on Sunday. Jan. 30. If If* cold,
damp, windy, warm or otherwto*
"Juat bundle up aecnrdingiy and
come on out." Bud Pneey Here-
ford pro urged
"Let's contribute a* much mon-
ey aa poaaible to th* March of
Dimes tn help liek polio" Poeey
•aid
Hereford GoW llub'wuTbe Md’ril
day Sunday at the local crane
AU proceed* from the tournament
will g* to the March of Dintea.
A per*** may play a* many nine
hate round* a* he wishes aecoed-
to Ute March of Dime* for each
nine bote* played.
QoB baG prtaaa wtu ba award-
ed to St* tow art wtonor* of St*
tax roil It to their avowed intent
to me teat tete ia done wtth fair-
nee* aad impartiality to all.
"The toot time that mi equalize
tion program am* undertaken was
to IBM. when it was done by a
firm ot coaMthani* out of Start
Worth Hereford ha* grown con-
siderably Since than, however, and
the character of many area* of
thie City ha* changed. artth result
ant Imbalance to the tax roll*
"Staoe D* **mbar 1, of toot year.
ptoporty to tee Chy has boon re-
viewed aad Ste records at CUy
Md towatfM W to date.-nd* ooh
steed of getting back into the car
The car. ■ 1*19 Oldsmobile was
driven by Claude Morri* Hick*,
who was (barged in county court
with "*a*ault with a motor ve-
hicle." Hick* pied guiltv before
County Judge Hemer Hcnslee and
was fined 525 and coat* Tuesday
afternoon
Rudd to improving slowly but
•atiafactartly. according to the at-
tending physician; howe'er, he ia
•till on the critical list
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RUBBLE, TWISTED METAl ond th* »tone
foundation were all that was left of th* four
room E E. Miller home in the Daniel com-
munity Th* fir* broke out around 2:30
o’clock Monday morning ond, despite efforts
of neighbors, continued for three hours. Mr.
Miller ond his four children managed to
The Hereford Brand
Published Every Thursday Our Slogan ' More People—More Farms
hour*
Survivor* were hi* parent* Mr
and Mr* Keemeth Rudd two sla-
ters. Teresa and Suaan. paternal
grandparents, Mr and Mr* Paul
Lady Jurors Get Break
On Sleeping Quarters
Women Juror* now have the
name k-g tl statu* a* men juror*
held one service in the Spanish there still burns a spark of
rtwV.ilry In the hear * of Deaf
I Sm.-.h Courtly'• four c • m m to-
■Msiers
After dis--owing at length quar
I ter* fur women lurar* the com-
- misstoner* decided O.at women
' will be housed in the hot-1 during
such rare instances that June* are
required to remain overnight Men
door end of the program will pro-
bably ba completed about the end
of February, at which time tea
property recortto will be rnmptote
ly reviewed and all property val-
ues placed at IM teveto. Need-
toaa to say. taaaa an some pro-
petite* win go up while those an
other properties will decline
"At tee prseent time. h to net
known just what the atasste ap-
pratoal on any given property u*
bo. since a large number at tea-
tor* are being Matted toted du By
and will net be rotated to todhrUto-
al properttoa until tee Anal g
to tee atedy It la hepod tea*
at ApeB. and tert
wB^tean be aMejto^etolte
Work to approximately two-third* real property to the City Limit*
complete on tax equalisation pro- with the abjective of eliminating
gram now in progreea for the City extotlng toequitle* from the next
of Hereford, according to announce-
ments thto week Object of the
survey is to place all taxable pro-
perty <m IM* valuation level*
from which tax percentage* will
be u*ed to meet the city budget
Tax payer* will note *ny dlf
frrence In the valuation* when they
render their t*xe» and If not then,
when the board of equalization
meet*
the Chy Commission, to bring ac-
rompilehed by city employee*, and
to summarized a* follow, by City
Manager Cedi M****y:
"The Commtoaion to having Qty
Even the weather failed to pro-
vide enough variety- to furnish any
outstand.ng 'opic of conversation miles west of the present route !
this week Most me-> hunts an- tv ' ‘ ‘ *" *
porting a slight if-cline in bust-
neas IJ____
ahead of Januarv. 1951
City Tax Survey, First Since
1946, To Be Finished In April
Rotary Club members are also
thinking hhnsit the comine Junior
IJvestock Show The date ha«
been set fnr Fntlav and Saturday.
Feb IS-lt* Club committee* have
Mt yet been released.
•hip to Vega Lack of attention also
left the budding In poor condi-
tion after it reared functioning a*
elaaaronm*
Decision to sell the buildii* re-
cently led resident* of the Ford
area to protest the sale and. final-
ly, the purchase al the buikthw
by th* Cbmmimtaner* Court to
their aroular eeaaion hero tort
Monday The Vega dtetrtct approv-
ed the eato. chiefly to view of do-
nation* Involved In the orlgianal
CbmmtaBtonm did not go Into
details a* to the exact ue* of die
buDding. but It was generally un-
derstood that It wtU be used tar ■
community house and general
meeting place They also diecuee
ed pomlhie location of a county
road employee to that area to a
porttan of tee Itdldtag.
. .stftcralsw-
p-orran ot
The zone change wa* requested
by Lawrence McGee In behalf of
the local Church of Christ, and
concerns a tract approximately 3K
feet by 330 feet Location of the
site is at the intersection el Knight
Street and Plains Avenue in the
Welsh addition with the building
separated by an extremely long
block between the proposed etruc-
ture and north from the Parot-hia!
School, now under corwtruetton.
The petition cited that tee
Church of Christ wished to tuild
"a piece ot worship" and wa* *ub-
mined by the Board of Elder* of
the church No further details were
bated
Counties Other northern lountiee
Clearman atoo cited green bugs averaged from 1 to 5 greenbuge
per. linear foot, with the exception
of one field tn Mis re County and
one field tn Hansford County when-
10 to 10 green bugs per linear foot
wers found A heavier than aver-
age population wa* atoo found In
Gray County.
"The southern counties averag-
ed three to 10 grsen hug* per
linear foul A feu fields In Randall
and Deaf Smith Counties have
larger than average populatteea-
Heevtoat infevtaUan* were again
found in the two Irrigated field*
hi the Tulle aroe ot Swisher Coun-
ty and averaged approximately M
green bug* per linear toot
"The decrease of beneficial In-
sect* may give the green bug an
opportunity to Increase to damag-
ing aifeetattona L'nles* moisture
condition* improve. It to doubtful
that control measure* would ba
practical even though very heavy
infestations develop
Pol I Ta\ts Lig:
Onh ‘Mil Paid
Youth Critically Injured
In Fall From Car Fender
Lenoy Rudd JO. son of Mr and
Mr*. O A. Rudd, to in the Deal
Smith County Hospital when- hr
to being treated for a broken hip
and tog. atoo ixmlbic back injur
lee. a* the result of an accident
Saturday afteinorm around Ol
oclock The accident occurred
about one-fourth of a mile eaat of
the old POW road Rudd atoo suf-
fered abrasions over his body from
being dragged on the roadway
Rudd, who wa* nding on the
fender of for car, wa* thrown off
and the car ran over him before
the driver could stop He wa*
dragged about 100 feet on for road
The ear had stalled Rudd said
and he got out and worked on foe
motor until ho got It to running
He then climbed on the fender in-
forming » rectangle and coming
_ _ ______ ...___ back into Rnu’r 4 south of the
hut lifrot thin-w are Veh turning print Patron* on the pro-
posed extension pointed out that
many of them arc now required to
drive a* far a* 35 and 40 mile*
to haw adequate mail service.
Communities involved Include Wil
I cott Rippu« and Simms
“I hate rvq"e*ted the peat of-
flee department U* art an the
pr. psaal aad the merer I* aew
r
- -is/
< Back From
Revival Series
Ileld < >n .Jamaica
l>r R H Cavk former peetor
of the First Biptixt Church in
Hereford, returned tn HalHnoer rr-
■ enlly from Jamaica and Cuba
. where he efwidocted a reriess <rf
service*
Frhmd* n( i>r Cag!r said that
he wa* »en’ mto ’he area l.y the
Ballinger Chart h
bv th» Hcref.srol I < tub ThU
lAMBFii vb HI be made b> Cecil
Mtetery, Im*m <rlre-
ti4«n itHw year «bmb Hiadr by a
tepoM-Lil ruiixmtttee l ump***** d
rcprevntaliv ra fmm th» IJoae,
Rotary B A P W and
Mr and Mr* Ralph Smith and
Mr and Mni C O Wilkim re-
turned *luraday from a *hr>rt trip
to point* in California They viait-
••d in th** horn** of Mr and Mr*.
Bill Smitn at Holtanok and Mr.
and Mr* Billy Smith Jr . at Braw-
ley Mr* Bill Smith Jr . mi a daugh-
thc Year.'* wpo»wM»red annually l ter of the Wilk n*.
va t/ r a r 9 _ __ _
Blazing House In Night
riri jriniyR mw t j—l ~ ——
Rural Home Ravaged Bv Fire
Father, Four Children Flee From
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. sift jM
A Negro mlnstrol and pic supper
has been scheduled at Westway
Cammunitv house Saturday night.
Jan. It. Proceeds will benefW foe
Deaf Smith Chunty "March of
Dimes."
Tom Alderson retiring prr-ufont
ol (tie Chimber of C enmerce, wiT
present Ralph Hastings in.<xrung
pre.id.-n* who will, in turn, intro-
, diu-e other officers of foe orgaal-
I ,-ation
At rzsngements have also Itren
made to t jx-n joining 1 .ssrooma
tn the high y.-hooi to serve -s*
cloak ami ha’ rooms during the
tmnquet. Supt Geo L. iiraham
’ announred
1 .,<1 Im the annual tonpart will
feature prim.- roast w*rved by a
— *-• -------[ company out of
Fort Wurth. T> xas The n..-a! will
be served buffet style.
Rowwv*ttno« have also been
med.- through the Chamber of
Commerce for 25 Hereford real-
dents who plan tn attend the Fort
Worth IJveatock Exposition on
Feh B- "Hereford Dey" The
group include' a generous sprinkle
of Rider's Club member*
Schools, always e good topic are
creating considerable < o m m e n t
these day* The Citirer. Commit
tee. or-anixed with an eve to re
view of conditions and another
grade srtionl. will meet at 3 o'clock
this aftomonn Jan 27 In the Jim
Hill Hotel balltnom according tn |
Sldnex Filler
man All interested persons are tn
vited to attend. Fuller said
and a new grand- nild The Mill
11*0 have another son wt- .
t the Army and left for {
Friday before the fire
tr. unusual tv-ognttxwt last Thur-
day. when the Llano Estacado
Funeral Services
For Rudd Infant
committee chair- BRICK BUILDING SELLS FOR $10
Ford School Purchased By County;
May Be Turned Into Meeting Place
The F.ctd School house recently
became the property of Deaf Smith
County and will tn the future, af-
ford a meeting place far resident*
of foe area, according to present
plans
The building was acquired by
the county for the sum of 510. re-
prvscntlng a token bid which area
accepted by the Vera School dis-
trict In view rf foe fact that the
building war originally constrocted
In the area largely through dona-
9 mewoB ■was^MfAws swBBLs**
iKma wnn ftMlllllUBiny virn l.
TTsr school, located around 16
miles north of Hereford on High,
way 51. svaa constructed to IM at
a mat of around te.M more than
half of which woo rateed through
dtwsatkm* Later foe Ford com-
■towroa aaaBeuwsl
I TH SI MlKWl (11B1114 I njstvsHnte ITM
sw.*tbk Mw., ay -l j
wiui <nr anwAK uonrivi. ami
Church Of Christ
Asks For New Zone
On Knight Street
Discussion of re-zoning the area
north of the new- Parochial School
from District ' ™ -------- - ■
allowing erection of a Church of
Christ building will be Ihr chief
topic ot interest when the City of
' Hereford Zoning commuaion meet.<
on Monday. Feb 10. in the CWy
hall The meeting ha* been called
by J C. McCracken, chairman, for
• r*
enlisted in
camp on 1
Th< lire apparently started tr.
the buthioom ot the four room
stucco house
••I smelled smoke and went to
hsveatlgate,*’ Mr. Miller <skl
"When I opened the bathroom
du**r It was already rempleiel. ’
desire.I rd aad Use flame, shot
thrnsgh the real of the hawse "
The Miller* had only lived m
the community for alxxit a month
although they had worked in the I
Panhandle area for some time
The neighbor-- fought th" fire un [
til around 5 o'clock, but were un
able to save the house The fire
spread to the pasture around the Scout, in laibhoi-k tn 193n and has
house but the neighbors were able .
to stop the flames oefore much
damage was done
The Miller* have been staying
at th- Carl Griffin home since the
fire, but plan to move to the Glen
Allrod place thi* week They will
stay there until thru house is re
placed. Milter said
Early Monday morning found the
neighbors out taking up donation'
of money and clothing tor the
Milter*
Hy Wednesday afternoon ^Ixxil
(MBBad bem coUei ted. ates« wtth
clothing, bedding furniture and
ether household Item*
The Deaf Smith County Red
Cnosw outfitted the family with
groceries to supplement the stores
Three Rural Areas
Around Seek RFD Extension
ttBMler MMly.** Mr. Rnm tbU
week advtaed the Chamber at ,
('•mmeree. which ateo >tae4 ttor —
KHMtp la aa effort to get the as
trMafoa grantr<l
Route 4 is now fT miles in lenfth
and. if the request is jjnirted will
he extended to 107 miles in length
Distance between boxes a post
office regulation on route*, appear-
ed to be the probable complaint
on the part of the pool office.
Some of the adjoining area i*
served on a twn-day Star Route
<nit of Vega and other portions to
the south are served by a Star
Route out of Friona Moat of the
reaidenta in the immediate area
under codidrration, however, are
forced to drive to Hereford or to
Friona In order to have adequate
mail service
U ith it* ket iales well pust th*-
mark at iu«m Wednesday, a
recoid 4ti*T'iLu*4 »* was forevaiit for
ihr awnuai Chamber of Commerce '
iNinqur' to ta» neid in th*- new
hi^h m >hm»I K>rnn.t»iiim Fridas
riglht, J tn 12. starting at 7 30 •
■ UM-k
A iiiBt-nunute vhsft wa* anruNin*
Satu<da> in order lo take < are
I <»f th** r.xceptkwial demand tor lit x
eta this year Bill I>mderman
manager, said
tarlety I*rugram
The annual event u.|| aiao fra- '
ture M’veiai oth»*r c hange* A var-
M‘t> pr<xram hrad’ines entertain-
ment tor the oct'.iKion. and will
be dire ted b> Harold lAtfVi. I
; Shamroi k prrsaient. who will ak
•o appeal a* prin« ipal speakrt
Orvir Nix will entertain with a i
comic routine followed by The
( nextliners.” an AmanBo qu.arlef
, tuHushed by .Mr I Minn Jas W
Wither spoon will introduce I Minn.
I who will act a* Master of Cere
monies during ’he emteitamment
features of the program Dinner
music *iU tie furni*he<i on an or
gan hy Mm Johnnie Simms
< Hiaen of tear
4Wither feature «f the annual
banquet will he pr«wentnth»n aad
lntr«kd«arttaa <»f ttw “f itisra ut
■ , w
' spin tai catering
in Deal Smith Cour
ng to Sheriff Ijnweii
r»»|»u’ led :»*<eipts
U.-dueMta' V-sers .till hav.
-y* tit who h to pay poll tn*
th. lle.itllltW -et on 1.10 1
a* a possible aenou* throet in this
■roe but strroeed the drought
the are* * most serious threat
Continued dry weather along
with high wrinris to February and
March, will wipe out * tot of wheat
in the north and east porttens of
the county." he said Clearman
also released the foltasvtag results
on a green bug survev conducted
by ratomologtets of Texaa AAM
College system
"Small grain insect surveys
made from Jan T to Jan. 14. to 1
20 Panhandle Counties indicate
that the green bug situation re-
mains about for same as reported
in the last Entomology News Cool-
er weather he* apparently destroy-
ed some of the besiefi- ial Ineects
as the predator ratio to now cot-
slderably fosn-r than previously
reported-
"Green bugs wenr found general-
ly over the Panhandle, however.
jurors will continue to inhabit the
dreary quarters of the court home
dormitory Tto.ro* atoo alka-a*.
rd uw o! the Untd flour rest room
lo women juror*, along with other
women sorter* on the third floor
When it came to money, thoug' .
the eommisatrewr* tossed chtvatey
out the window They discussed
raising jury salaries in detail, but
took no action Jurors, both mate
•nd female will continue to draw
54 per day for thnr wrvteoa.
Condltwr of some 250.000 acres populations were murh lighter to
of wheat still in Deaf Smith County the northern counties than to foe
depends greatly upon moisture southern counties Nn green bugs
which tab during the next 00 days were found In the fields inspected
aerarding to Onunty Agent Hugh in Dallam Hartlev and I ipseomh
Cle.srman this work
since been active in S<-out work
I While a member, he climbt-ii to
the rank of Eagle Scout highest Halltnger Oiur. h in
offered by the organization then I with the cyan -lislt-
addeil th. Silver-Gold palm< for ’he Southern Haptist Association
continued activities White in Lub- 1“ ~ -'c—•
hock, he also served as assistant
scout master and later a* neigh Haptist miniat-is who reported *
borhood committeeman dectotana. 70 conversions, and 2 771
In 1IMS Dr Adam, mined to professams during the eynngelis-
1 Hereford and continued his work | lie < ampatgn Dr Cagle worked
with the Boy Scouts, serving as I chiefly at Spanish Town and in
scout master and tn the past Old Harbor Bay churches He alae
three }.-an« aa Diet n t commit-- I
(Cot tinued on Pa*. 21 ..Town l» Sllenfl-u, I
_ — -o------- f Dr Cagta made the return trip ■
I inns Cloth Vi ill * "nd ,u,rUM ** n^tar
lalOTlh I.IUII Will p|lpt| duIip, „ Ballinger on
Delay Communily J,n “
Building Project
Hereford's proposed Community
Center, 'ponaoted by the Lions
Club as i iKwsiblc tnnil issue pro-
ject tor 1955 was temporarily put Graveside services were held
on the shelf this week following a Monday morning at 10 o’clock for
meeting at club directors. John Mt- heel Rudd infant son of
"In view ot the school needs of Mr and Mrs Kenneth Rudd Rev
the i-ommunity along with other S M Inmnam of the First Meth-
important and baste needs which odist Church conducted the serv
___1 appear eminent, our committee i ices
7* ro-w" rorommer-d--.! that the directors The inf.ini was bom at the Deaf
A o sme ,fc“ Smith C-ninty Hospital on Satur-
pornrily,' said W F flecker day. Jan 22. and lived about four
Lions chairman There were hun-
dreds of people who favor the
Conimuruty Center and who think
lhat it is a k-< d thing Ptescnt
circumstances arising from growth
of the town, however indicate that Rudd of Hereford and maternal
it may be wise to delay the pro- , grandparents. Mr and Mrs W A.
ject tem|<oraril> ” | Suns of (Jdess i
in 1*4. tbi final «<Hint wa* 2.407
h*< «*ipK. utii< h was al*<» *haf pi>
th** - fiinirr *htmn <ix an
' ail-’imt' ivrxini in 19&3
I ndeix primwis will tw
I come 21 jests «X agr during 1955
. fohnuki go to ihi? lax uftiei’ iM'toce
Jan 11 ind get an f\rrY»pt»on wiih-
i out < acoording to sharp woo | c
I fhn* thr\ will ’hen ton eligible
i to vote in an> ek*. tior. whi< h n»
I cur* ’>0 day* .thei then twcflty-
fiixt hir:h«i.iy during the «owing
year “Overv” also free vqto*
if they >»•< am»’ 40 year* •>< age la
fore Jan 1. 1*>4 thrae fieoph*
may ure ex< mptama by apply
»ng at the tax utfue before Jan 31
Hou ever they have genet/illy tirrn
voting without exemption* in l*raf ,
I Council nt Roy Scouts reeognutaMf ,
, Dr Milton C Adamic with the
• award of Silver Beaver
The aujird. based upon di*tin-
guithed «rrvice to hoyhned," was
one of three made by the Llano
tortnendo Council this year. th<
two others going to Fhimav and
Amarillo men The I leaf .Smith dis-
trict al*o won the annu.il attend-
ance banner with 51 present from
the area
Scouting award* are not rcu to
I>r Adam*, who joined the Hoy j
A 44-viaroM fattier «nd four
chiidt en tanging in age from «ix
tr 14 year*, managed to e«rape
with their lives a« they fled from
ttie fluming structure of their
home in the Daniel < ommunity 134
miir* nuithwext of Dawn, at 2 W
o'clock Monday morning Eveiy-
thing ebe the family owned ex-
cept the night clothe* they were
wearing wa* k»i in ’he fire
E F Miller, the father, wa* at
home with the children when the \(|;|t||tei |w \M;H*(l<k<l
blaze occurred Mr* Millci was in
Odessa with a married daughter Silver |{C3V<*F Al
Area Seoul Meet
The Deaf Smith district recejv
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