The Hereford Brand (Hereford, Tex.), Vol. 64, No. 19, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 13, 1965 Page: 2 of 20
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Children 50c - Adults $1.00 - Ringside $1.50
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ENROLL NOW
PIONEER
Sorghum & Corn
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VIRGIL WALKER
4 Miles South and 1 Mile
East of Hereford
Phone 276-5353
You're Invited.
TO HEAR
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Dr. Bill Bennett
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Fertilizer Information
Meeting
Dr William F. Bennett
Agronomist
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Monday, May 17th
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at the Community Center
Hereford. Tokos
8:00 P.M.
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Qaestiaa aad Aarwer Period
WESTERN AMMONIA
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Sheaffer. Anson, or
Cross Pens and
Pencils
Engraved Free
Cowan Jewelry
EXCEL SORGHUMS
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PIONEER FERTILIZER — 258 7227
SUMMERFIELD FERTILIZER — 276 5266
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Utaigretoy — LaMer hsa
THE na aroT
BULL BARN'
8:45 P M.
serviced by this cooperative in SOS advance which started the 1
ISO used an average of M tai co-op here and the other* along ,•*
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WESTWAY FERTILIZER — 289 5580
Seed House Next To Western Wheel Inn
to avoid <on-
We don t want to come
assorts
We don't want to take
INSTRUCTOR IS CAROL SEYMOUR
OF TV AND RADIO
op in June
more than a few
which don t have electricity Oh
there may be a few holdout*
JT ENTAILS use of different
insula
Main Topic of Discussion Will Be
Nitrogen aad Phosphate
Th. Hereford trend Hereford Tote*. Thurvdoy M*V 11. 1
THE LOOT MAY RETVR*
ROCKFORD Bl * - Some-
one robbed Jones* Menace's
homing psgeon loft of II bird*
"■ they get loom they'll tad
their way beck home ' be eaid.
SUMMER CLASSES IN HEREFORD.
EXERCISE AND SELF IMPROVEMENT
FOR LADIES AND TEENS. ALSO BALLET.
MODERN DANCE. TAP. ACROBATIC
FOR EVERYONE.
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Co-Op Serves Customers
In Parts Of 5 Counties
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Friday, May 14th
Moin Event
TIM WOODS vc. QX ANDERSON
Plus One Other Match
COOPERATTAF*. along with
the REA (which. Forrest con
tend* is only the co-ops
er") have encountered
Thw « the home «* Me ®TO the Grote ate Hnaneeaie me Lt Me<»
ate ta-t. me Casaona ate ’••***«( tec*e> soots eno Aou'-s*
*eue» som ordering kqe< route. new* wove »Ow re user terne*
SSS <te> at* ar *m* Mnoossaronraac aswww.
FORREST SAYS the power
researcher* estimate demand*
will double every seven year*
FORREST A NS* EM > "As
far as I am concerned I don't
think this criticism is justified
The statements come from some,
one who either envies sue ess
or is just misinformed 1 think
sometimes that our areas of dis
agreement however are much
les* than the area* of agree
ment And if these accusation*
have been made locally they are
not justified and I don t think
they have been made
He cites what he feels are
local rebuttals'*
to the critics claims
— The cooperative here has
worked arm* ably with southwest
FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL
EM 4-0960 Fridoy from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
or FL 5-6919 in Amarillo.
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WHHE n AU STA1TK) — Bill Oo.g line
superintendent at the Deo4 Smith County
Electric Coope'ot've points ©v« the location
of the i firtt sub »♦©♦«©« It went
mt© operation m November o* ’938 The
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board doesn't believe
that we should branch off into
some of these other fields say*
Forrest amiably But we do be
iieve that there is still a need
for <-lectn< co-op* And we do
not believe that just because it
has been successful that you
should turn it over U> somebody
else **
Quality PriaUag at the Ink Spot
Leafing through. record* be share of criticism through the
note* that the IM farm homes year* Loons such as the FOO
of the more successful rural
electric cooperatives in the
country
Most of our growth now is
DORY FUNK
vs.
mop it © tchemotic dioprom of th© coop's
service ore© ©nd shows the location of
sub stations breaks regulators capacitors
and other equipment (Stoff Photo)
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await tours UHMbiy Naw the the way draw two per seat *
average is 512 In the last M terost - a rate private power
years the average monthly us- *ompanie» find imtatmgty low
age of large rural loads has m Cntscs say the REA-backed
creased SOS per cent operation* chief function — to
The Hereford facility - which electrify the farm - has been
pnmanlv serve. Deaf Smith »comj.lisbed They accuse «>me
Panner and Castro counties but cooperative* of being taxexempt
also has customer* m Oldham fat cats, of building tremen
and Currv counties - plans a <h«» resene* which they have
gradual conversion of it* one been known to invest in govern
phase line* to three phase Sim ment insured loans drawing high
pty. that mean* they are erect er interest rate* than their REA-
mg heavier line* to carry more supplied loans require of using
voltage and take it further the low interest loans to finance
transmission and generating fa
cihties to compete against pn
sate enterprise
But if something develops in our
(rural) area yes sir see think
we ought to vnt it ”
— THE CO-OP HAS not lost
sight of its original objective
bank says Forrest We will «ene
their any bonafide farm or ranch
home in th< area that we were
set up to sene for a minimum
of 12 50 But he retorts that
duesn ' limit the cooperative
from seeking the power con
tract* of large user* that are de-
veloping The law doesn t say
that the private power <om
pante* car take the cream off
the top and give the coopera-
tive* what is left he says
— Most of the local co-op * re
sene* must* Forrest have
beer, used to make advance pay
menu or. the REA loans (Fig-
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Today anther the REA nor
IWf Smith County EWctnc Co-
operative reflect* thoae lean
years
'•» T<H HAO told me JS
year* ago that we would have
•tactncity to that ranch ' mused
Leo Forrest loquanou* ex
school superintendent who man
ages the co-op here. "1 would
have said impossible '
But now the Deaf Smith co-
operative serves over 4 IM me
ten has total assets of nearly type* of transformer*
K million has repaid S3 1 mil ton breaker* and heavier con
tan of M 3 million m loan* from ductor* a* well a* wiring "It
REA (SI * nnltan at the pnnci will be a constant thing of keep
pal ahead of schedule! and mg up with the demand say*
rank* Forrest believes a* one Forrest
As the cooperative hat grown
it has modem tied equipment and
pnaedure* says Forrest In Jan
uary of IMS the honor system
vertical corxedes Forrett who of reporting meter reading* was
celebrate* 30 yean with the co- abandoned Two mer. now
“I don't know of check the Mattered 4 100 meter*
rural home* each month at the tame time m
specting every mile" of co-op
line Approved for one year the
There was one fellow m Par system probably will become «»nie spec if k
mer County that tat under that permanent suggest* Forrest
line for 17 years before he wired Per meter it is costing only
hi* house two or three year* about eight cent* more
Last year the co-op pun hated <‘rr- Publn Service Co both the
a 125 OOfi ng with a dog-leg supplier of its power and its
boom, that poke* 54 feet sky ' ompetitor Forrest say* Twice
ward Part of the versatile hy 'he co-of> ha* sold former rural
" drauhcly-operated boom u made lines subsequently taken into the
of fiber glass it can withstand c*t> to SWPS
■ frightening charges of eiectnci- flK'tt
■ ty The result Co-op linemen mto any town or city
I can now work amni hot wire* Forrest
■ with out an outage of power to anything away from anybody
■ customer* If* safer too says
I Gene George maintenance crew
chief
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MANAGER — Leo RgrroM bn*
-eoded the Ht'efo'd co op
for neoriy 20 yeor* (Stoff
Photo I
ures supplied by the REA Indi
cate that the Deaf Smith facility
it about 12 million ahead of the
average co-op repayment tched
ule > All of our money at
the present time will go either
to pre-payment Ui REA or to
capital credit refunds he says
Forrest jxunts out that the co-
op does have some emergen
cy" funds in saving* and loan
association* and government
bonds The Dec 31, 1M4 bal
ance sheet show* the*e invest-
ment* at more than a half mil-
lion ijoUar*
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