The Hereford Brand (Hereford, Tex.), Vol. 68, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 5, 1969 Page: 1 of 22
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He became general r--------
of Texas Electric Cooperative*
In- in March 195*
The honoree has been dire<
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nexed to the City of Hereford
and toned "F." I.ight Indus
Inal The toning was accepted
by the councilmen and proceed-
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Texas Employmeat Comatisstoa
In Hereford and Hun additional
applications are sUlt being acc-
epted here for roa»lderatlon by
Ted swindle at TEC.
On the Community Act
Mag ie Triangle
The first wave of infantry and
-rmored troops crossed the cho |
ppy English channel (recorded 71 /f
weather in 30 M QVWlQ
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Weather
sanday 73
Munday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Moisture for month
Msis tart for year: M.S
of an addition to the local sew-
age treatment plant, handled sc ; yard for a total of M.N0 Streets
. io be seal coated in the wes
assistant city attorney tern section of Hereford are Mi
mosa Live Oak. Juniper. Hick
ory and a section of Plains
Ave.
a i n-
view. Texas bid M.17 per square
just off Country Club Drue in
J near the Mor
Diet bid M IS per
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YES”
Death Claims
Former Coach
A well known former h e ad
football coach and athletic dir-
ector at Hereford High School
died Monday al his home i n
Tehachapi. Calif
Robert L (Bobbyt Williams.
returned to the city after t h e
Hereford Council. Catnp Fire
Girls of America moved into
their new building in North
llM>, The Hereford Garden Cl
the day" the Ames"Trted'an inv7 “b p*“ns 10 •* °“*r «■"**"
clubs to cooperate in the effort
to beautify the little triangular
park
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•KI ‘HSISISO JTIIJ0B3IM
was sent back to a hospital in
England
After leaving the hospital. '
he said. I was shipped to Hol-
land and Belgium — and that
was the end of it."
“OPERATION OVERLORD"
History records that prepara
tions for the invasion of the
Normandy coast began early in
1M3, when the Allies set up a
planning staff undet Lt Gen
Frederick E Morgan of Great
Britain The invasion plan re
ceived the code name of "O-
peration Overlord "
President Franklin Roosevelt
and Prime Minister Winston Ch-
urchill selected Gen Dwight D
Eisenhower as supreme com-
mander of the Allied Expediti
onary Force Adolf Hitler had
.1 W Jap" Dickerson, Here
ford Volunteer Fin Department
Chief I is issued a reminder that
person-- interfernng with a fire
man's work at a fire or even
following a fire fighting vehicle
to the scene of a fire, art vio-
lating the law and will lie pro
secuted
The local fire departni e n t,
plagued recently by per* o n s
who wish to help fight a fire
stress that this is a violation of
the law and t an < am a fine of
up to 15 000 and a two year sen
fence Dejiending on the <■ i r
eumstances of the c ase, the un
authorised helping by citizens
< an be considered a nnsdemca
nor which carries a fine of
MOO or a felony which carries
the stiffer penalty of 35 000 and
a two year sentence
I nauthonzed me ol personnel
by a fire department can also
result tn the loss of insurance
by the fire deiMtriment Dicker-
son added He also pointed out
that if the situation ever arose,
the fire chief has the authority
to swear tn volunteers hut this
still does not give reason for
Mr WARNED. Page 1
Hereford Community Act i o n
Committee meeting, originally
scheduled tonight at the C o m-
munity Center has been post-
• poned
Mrs Rita Huckert. secretary
. of the group who is currently in
I the process of locating a center
I hen to aid the unemployed and
I under-employed tn the county.
" reported that the meeting is to
be rescheduled "possibly next
week by acting chairman Ro
land Barion
Barton is out of the city al this
time He is expected to return
Friday
Community Action Prog ram
has been described by area co-
ordinator Meade Michael as
central to the War on Poverty
with funding largely provided
through the Office of Economic
Opportunity However, he said
it is not a welfare program but
one to aid those who have a de-
sire to help themselves
Also expected to be discuss-
ed at their next meeting is the
employmeat of a bilingual coor-
dinator. Michael reported that
two appUcatloas for the posiUoa j
as he hung there
ly — and heard the church i
bells.) We then fought our way '
into Carentan north of Omaha
Beach. Walker said
But Walker was wounded He
in.
Thus .it became a game Ei-
senhower had to find the time
and place
The Allies assembled a force
of almost 3 million men. and
stored 13 million tons of arms,
munitions, and supplies in Bri-
tain for the great invasion The w
Allies had 5,Mg large ships. 4. i actual work for almost
000 smaller landing craft, and
more than 11,100 aircraft
Months before the invasion. A-
Hied bombers pounded the Nor
mandy coast and Calais (many
miles to the north where t h e
Germans were led to believe the
invasion attempt would take
place) to prevent the enemy
from building up their military
strength
The invasion had been set for 1
Along
Youth Employment Program
(YES) is “coming right along
here, according to Tons Em-
ployment Commission manager
l-ester Rape
Rape reported that thus tar
his office has received approxi-
mately gg applications from hi-
gh school and college students
under the age of 33.
These students are looking for
summer yard work, car wash
Ing and polishing, clean up, fen-
ce painting, farm wort, office
wort, domestic wort, deliveries,
baby sitting, and repair wort on
a parttime basis
“We have also gotten about 3
to ten Jobs orders for them this
wort, “ Rape said. “And 1 fool
like this will continue to increa
STILL GROWING -
Deen tagged as one
growing cities in the state Hereford
is still living up tn its name as more
businesses and industries are local
mg here In the top photo is the Taco
Rape has asked that all local
busmessmen and house wtvn
who might have Jebs of this co-
tagory to contact the TEC of-
fices at 304-377I
; *em csa certainly fill them."
. be prsmiosd.
veral zoning problems appoin 1
ted an • -*»- — 1
ami started proceedings for the
annexation of certain areas into
the Cit\ of Hereford
Four construction firms sub- I
muted bids for the addition to
the local sewage treatment plant
according to City Manager Dud-
ley Bayne They were. Foran
Construction Co . Amarillo. Ml.
•70 H B Jordan A Co.. Ama
rillo MS.107 Great Mount a i n
Construction Co Fort Stockton
Texas M0 748 and Wes-Tex
Construction Co.. Borger. 779.
347 The low bid submitted by
th«- Fort Stockton firm was ap-
proximately 35.000 higher than
the original estimates on the
work but was almost 310.000 lo-
wer than the next low bidder
Also accepted during the meet
ing was the low bid of Jake
Did Dirt h Paving Contractors
of Hereford for seal coat treat-
ment on a number of local
streets in the western section of
Hereford as well as two streets
D-Day Veterans Asked To|
Wesley Gully, an attorney
, with the law firm of Wither
spoon, Aikiu, Thomas and Lang-
ley. was appointed as assistant
city attorney during the session
The appointment was made at
the request of City Attorney-
Earnest Langley who pointed
out that the appointment would
not cost the city any money.TV
city keeps the Witherspoon firm
on retainer and the attorneys
are paid by the firm while the
city is chargod according to
the services rendered by the
firm This will allow Gulley to
legally represent the city in my
absence." Langley said, “and
he has already been doing t h e
----- ---1 a year ”
Gulley has had previous exper
ience with the City of Fort
Worth
The council also authorized
the city attorney to start con
demnation proceedings against
J R Shirley, a local land own
er . in order to open an allev ad-
jacent to the east side of South
Main All other property own
ers along the route have dedi
... cated property to the city for
June 5. but storms forced Ei- ',hc liu1»se of opening the alley
—*-------- except Shirley
In final action of the evening
the group authorized the Here
ford Garden Club to use the old
Camp Fire property at Main and
Park Ave. for the purpose of es-
tablishing an experimental gar
Rush To Attend
Boys State Meet
Santry Rush son of Dr and
Mr* ( E Rush 309 Law ton
will be amon-.- th- 59 Punh.mdl-
hirh school Juniors who will he
------ ....... in Austin
Temda located al 7th and McKin-
ley. which is expected to be in opera-
tion in the next feu weeks In the
bottom photo is the new Southwest
Feed Yards Inc located east of the
city limits —Staff Photos
He retired May 1 James Hull "pall'
of Colorado City then lw>cam> Forrest hasted reprexentativ
the new manager
Speaker for the dirinei is J R
Cobb general manager of Tex Parmer
Approximately 200 p < o p I e
throughout the Hereford
• in- expected to gather al
Deaf Smith County Bull It
tonight (or the appreciation dm
ner honoring Leo Forrest
Festivities are scheduled
begin at R p m
to
for the man
who retired as manager of t b e
l)< .if Smith Coun's Electro <
operative after 24 years of ser
vice whi< h has included a wide ln ”•** ,,e h,'ll><'d develop th-
incrcaM- in rural electrification ele< tnc co-ops in laiuisana
server here which included the system at U
fayette which is the largest in
the world
usiy recommended thM the re-
quest be rejected. However, th-
councilmen did approve a chan
ge of zoning on a plot of ground
approximately 3K' X 44?' loom
ed between Avenue E and F.
fronting on 13th street .from A
Residential to B. Two-Family D-
weliings. This includes proper-
ty. belonging to Reese Lawson.
Mrs Julia Welty and a plot ow-
ned by Consumers Fuel Cooper
ative. Inc. The request wax
made in order that the property
can be sold to the Assembly of
God church for the purpose of
constructing a new church bui-
lding
Appoints Assistant City Attorney
City Accepts Low Bid On
Sewer Plant Improvements
In other business during the
evening the councilmt-n accc
pled a iietttion front Grow fr-
Coach Bobby Williams
Krazy Days This Weekend at Sugarland Mall
Shwp Specials In Taday'a Brand
o
Forrest became manager hen
June 15 1945 At that tim< th-
rc were only 490 miles of w in-
tn Deaf Smith. Castro and Par
rner counties operated by the
REC The wire mileage increa
w-d to 2 .100 under his leadership
which marked almost a half ,
ccntury tb involved with rural electri
ftcatlon in South America, prin
Chit- Last summer
<* *•
of the Chilean electrical cooper
atives for a tour of regional tn
stallations here, in Castro and
-----.- counties
Saturday-
Rush eles-ted as the I’, o y s
State n-|ir<-scntativc rec-nth
will participate in th- on- week
program sjionsored by the Am
crican Legion Department of
Texas The program is designed
to introduce the hoys to city
counts and state election proce
dures and alt other state office
liroccdures
Funds for the finum ing of the
trip were contributed bv i nrtous
businesses civic groups and in
dividual*
The event will be held mi l‘ ____
I ntverstty of Texas campus ami Borger P D with the U S Na
will conclude tb« latter iim-t of vy in Washington and Don nf
next week Odessa
appointed Field Marshal Karl
Gerd von Rundstedt as com-
mander in chief of the western
front The Germans built t h e
“Atlantic Wall,” fortificat ions
stretching from Norway to Spa.
area into the city. The counc i 1
turned down a request made by '
Mrs Mollie Jo Schofield howev 1
vestments, Inc , owners of t h c ' er. concerning a change of ton
Big Daddy Truck Stop east of < ing of the East 130' of the
Hereford asking that 4 29 acr 1 West 2M of South IM of Block
es of land along I' S Highway < 10. Welsh Addition Mrs Scho-
40 and Progressive Road be an ' field had asked that the proper- I
ty be rezoned from A Residen-
tial to D Restricted Retail She
had planned to establish a beau-
ty shop on the property The
zoning commission had previo
as the worst
years) under a cloudy, overcast
sky They waded ashore on a 30-
mile front at 0.30 a m on D
Day June I, 1044
IN HEREFORD
D-Day, which was officially I
announced in Hereford at about
4 45 a m Tuesday morning bv
the sounding of the fire siren,
was no occasion for celebration
here and was marked principal ,
ly by day-long attention to news
broadcasts and a prayerful hop-
»•* D-DAY, Page 3
In a busier than usual session f ■ " Co-
Monday night at city hall, the South Herefoid
Hereford City Commission ac man Church L... ...
cepted the low bid of Great Mo- square vard or a total of 34
untatn Construction Co of Fori 340 while the onlv other bidder
Stockton. Texas for construction High Plains Pavers of P 1
| The "longest day' began Ea
rher. German Field Marshal
Erwin Rommel had stated that ,
L‘oZ £ E^'pe;;"^;; <•
“it will be the longest day in
history."
Eisenhower told his forces
“You are about to embark upon
a great crusade
a half
senhower to postpone it one day
Paratroopers went ahead of
the invasion forces to cut rail
rood lines, blow up bridges, and
seize landing fields Gliders br
ought in men. Jeeps, light anil
lery. and small tanks Warships
fired 3M tons of shells per min ProPer’y w«« ,*cent|y
utc at the German coastal bat ' "* *"
teries
44. who lived in Hereford for
almost four years before bec-om
ing superintendent of Plem o ns
School in Hutchinson C o u nty
north of Borger, was stricken at
his home and was dead on am
val at a Tehachapi hospital An
autopsy has been ordered
Funeral services and burial
have been tentatively scheduled
tn Borger Saturday
Williams was born in Okl a-
horna and moved with his par
MMs to Sanford in 19M He gra
duat-d from Phillips High Scho
ol where he was a star athlete
He earned five letters at Te
xas Tech in football and his
first coaching assignment was
at Wellington He later return
ed to Phillips as an assistant
to the late II C "Chesty- Wat
ker for several years
He spent three year* in the
(oust Guard tn World War II
He came to Hereford April 1.
195# from Phillips and complct
••d the school term of INI when
he went to Plenums
He coached al Phillips again
just prior to moving to Caltfor
nia and had just recently ac
cepted a position with the Los
Angeles Public Schools' a t hie
tic department
Williams was one of five bro-
ther* who played football a t
Phillips undar Conch Walker
He is survived by his wife.
Barbara and daughters. Debbie.
Deanna and Dawna Lou all of
the family home, his father
Earl L of Panhandle, brothers,
th- Chi-ion of Panhandle. Jimmy of
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By EARL MOSELEY
Staff Writer
Friday is the 23th Anniversary
of The Longest Day" — the
D-Day invasion on the coast of
France on June 3. 1944. which
spelled the doom of Nazism and
the war in the European theat-
re which had begun in Septem-
ber 1939 when German troops
invaded Poland —and Dec 11,
1949. when Germany and Italy
declared war on the United Sta-
tes.
Hereford VFW and American
Legion posts were contacted in
an effort to locate local veterans
ol the D-Day invasion Only one
man could be located who had
beet, a participant —Chalma
L Walker of 518 Mabie a nicni
ber of both organizations
And Walker's situation was
somewhat unusual Instead of
coming in on a barge with thou
sands of other G I’s. he was
one of those who ;>arachuted
into France — and he did it sev-
en hours before the actual in-
vasion began
Walker had taken hi* bas i c
training in Georgia with the
101st Paratroopers at Camp To
ccoia with jump training al
Fort Benning
"I was put on maneuvers in
the southern states in jungle
warfare," he said But instead
of being shipped to the S o u t h
Pacific I was shipped to Eng-
land We landed at Liverpool in
1343. and when we first started
there ,we didn't know the Al
lies were making preparations
for the D-Day invasion
At the beginning, he said,
they made commando raids up
and down the French and Brlgi
um coasts
"Seven hour* before the ac-
tual invasion, we parachuted in-
fo St Mere Eglise (the place
where one fellow's parachute
was caught in a church steeple
and he hung there several hours,
saw many other men die
Dinner Tonight
Honors Forrest
Electric Cooperatives who
spoke here recently at the coop
erative's annual meeting
Cobb a nativi of Louisiana, is already been filed with the
.i pioneer in rural electrification
himself He received his degrees
in .c-r -ultural an-t i-lectrt- -I c
nglneering from I aui-uana Sta
te Cniietsity and became asw ”n me community Action
oated with rural electrtfn atian
in 193« He h<-Iped develop th. Thom''' Albracht. Frank Torres
Johnny Velasquez. Marcus lait
ham, Iziwell Sharp Rev Gerald
Mann. Mrs George Turrentine,
Father John Broderick, along
with Barton and Mrs. Huckert
Other board appointments are
manager expected. Michael reported
r--~ i Also stressed Is that all meet
mg. are open to the public
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