The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex), Vol. 33, No. 8, Ed. 1, Thursday, February 19, 1942 Page: 1
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TAY DAY
S BOND DAY
Kress 1 tire and 1 tube O D
Parker Kress Texas 1 tire John
Lemmon Jr 2 tires
Tractor and Implement Tires and
Tubes
Ed Holloway Happy 2 tires
R T ODaniel Tulia 2 tubes F
A Blanton Tulia 1 tube B B
Burrow Tulia 1 tile and 1 tube
Geo Ludcman Plainview 2 tires
Obsolete Typo Tires and Tubes
F J Burgess Tulia 1 tube M
C Vineyard Kress 2 tires
+ County Officials
Attend Civilian
Defense Meeting
Representing the City of Tulia
S P Atchlcy attended a Civilian
Defense Meeting at Dallas Feb
13 Accompanying him as reprc
V sentatives of the county were Lee
f Ward from the sheriffs office
Q B Workman Judge James T
Hale T W Rucker and Henry
Evans J R Murray went to the
meeting for the City of Happy
Sheriff Hugh White attended a
Civilian Defenre Meeting for officers
only at Austin Feb 9
All plans for blackouts and
other defense measures have been
placed under the control of the
army instead of leaving the matter
to the decision of each town
as was done for awhile for this
plan proved unsuccessful
The Swisher County Junior
Livestock Show dates have been
set for March 6 and 7 to beheld
In Tulia In connection with
the show there will be held the
first sheep breeders show on the
Plains This is being done to encourage
the growing of sheep in
this territory and to show the
types of sheep that are doing the
best job All breeders are invited
to bring a show string of sheep
to this show The premiums will
be made up of money received
from entree fees and will be spent
for that purpose only
This the Junior livestock
yt year
j j how will have the greatest num
Vber of boys and animals competing
for the premiums offered as
there are about 80 head of Beef
calves 285 head of sheep and
about 95 head of hogs on feed
that will be shown by 4H and
B F A boys in the county
ML JaJL A JBL bmJ MkM JKL JL J9L MHL lul
County Land Use Planning
Committee To Have School
The Swisher County lnnd use
planning committee will hold itsj
annual school on the use of thej
land Feb 28 in the Dis
Defense Bond
on
trlct Coun Room This year the Jgg ReCh
school will bo held responsible
with the stressing of Food nnd
Feed for National War program
said Francis Burgess chairman of
committee This year we arc
bringing some of the most outstanding
authorities on the preparation
of the soil planting and
harvesting of feed and how to
utilize this feed to the best of
advantages to make more food
from livestock he stated
v
Appearing on this program will
be Don Jones of Lubbock Experiment
Station E L Madcr professor
of Agronomy of Texas
Technological College Professor
N C Fine of the Animal Husbandry
Department Texas Technological
College and T R Stanley
of The Bureau of Agricultural
Economics from Amarillo
The program will be of the ut
1 most interest to all the farmers
a in Swisher County and will bo of
special interest to all irrigation
farmers in regard to the problems
effecting irrigation said
John Palmore county agent and
secretary of county committee
Tire Rationing
Board Makes
4 Weekly Report
The following report of tires
and tubes issued on Feb 13 has
been released by the Swisher
County Rationing Board
Passenger Car and Light Truck
Tires and Tubes
4
None
Truck and Bus Tires and Tubes
R T ODanicl Tulia 1 tire
Travis Payne Vigo Park 2 tires
and 2 tubes Joe A H Bontkc
High Peak
Swisher County reached lw h
peak in Defense Bond buying during
the first half of February
with a total of 708305
This sum purchased at Tulia
Happy and Kress from Feb 1
15 brings the amount of defense
bonds sold in 1942 up to 20753
Judge James T Hale c imt
chairman icccivcd a letter tin
week from Frank Scofield state
administrator commending him
and his workers on last months
figures which he called exceedingly
good Present plans are to
bring Mr Scofield to Tulia sometime
in March to speak to the defense
committee and others interestedStore Stamp Plan
Nearly all of the stores now
have defense stamps for sale according
to C C Northcutt chairman
of this plan
A committee under the direction
of John Kellogg is working
hard to establish the salary allotment
plan in every business
firm in town
John H Adams
Enters 18 Hogs
In Stock Show
room this year for larger classi
fications Breeding classes have
been added for the1942 show F
I Dahlbcrg of College Station
again will be superintendent of
tlie swine department
Mrs McFarling Says
Get In Red Cross
Sewing Immediately
A final appeal is being made
by Mrs C W McFarling Red
Cross production chairman for
seamstresses and knitters to return
all garments and materials
immediately
These may be brought to Mrs
McFarlings home as the sewing
room will not be leopened until
a new shipment arrives
Life Of Christ
To Show Saturday
The film Life of Christ that
was to have shown at the Methodist
Church a week ago Saturday
night will be at the church Saturday
Feb 21 at a oclock p m
This picture is based on the
Passion Play which depicts the
life of Jesus from the Nativity
to the Association
No admission will be charged
but a free will offering will betaken
Everyone is invited
Sheep Breeders Invited To Enter
Animals In March Livestock Show
School Lunchroom
Sponsors Have
Profitable Meeting
Fifteen school lunchroom spon
Tulia Swisher County Texas February H 1912
Tulian Honored At PHSPA
to H A Bulukuhl in Kiess
Every person that lias any sort
of scrnp is urged by the War
Board to bring this material in
said Tom Bagley chairman of this
board The government needs this
Happy Wednesday and at Vigo
Park Thursday night The time
is 830 p m central war time
and the showings will be at the
jschoolhouse at each place said
John Palmore county agent
These shows will deal with the
producing of food and feed for
I the war program
be In sound
terest to every one in the family
The pictures shown will in
dude the
Proclamation
badges Star and Eagle badges
were awarded by John Kellogg 1 Parents Of Cubs
first class badges by George Jennings
and merit badges by Rex
Aycock
Those receiving awards were
as follows
Troop 03 Tulia Star Jim Jordan
merit badges Winford Car
hie Public Health Personal
Health Tommy Daniel Pathfind
ing First Aid to Animals Jim
my Jordan Farm Records and
CIiommi to preside over the rinlianille IIIrIi Sol I Ircv sMiriutioii for 101 Hid III are from
left to right John 1 limes llarter of CiUiyon treasu or Noiii Deen Hose of Hereford secretnr Porter
Hrooks or Dilhart vice president and Shannon III irk of Ill 111 president
Hartcr Is business miiiincrr of The Hades Tale Miss Hose Is assistant editor of The Whltefncr
HoundUp Hrooks Is sports tditor of the IllTime and Itlaek is editor of The Tulli Hornet
War Board Sets Friday And Saturday As Days
For Scrap Iron Drive In Swisher County
A scrap drive Tor Swisher County
including Kress Tulia and
I Happy has been set by the Swisher
County War Board for Fri
jday and Saturday Feb 20 and
21 This drive is for the pur
jpose of making available all
the scrap iron in the county fi > 1
war uses at the shortest length ol
time Tlie war boaitl has nindoj
John 11 Adams of Tulia has arrangements for scrap iron doali
entered 18 PolandChina hogs mcrs to be in Tulia Happy and
the Southwestern Exposition and Ki ess on those two days to pur
Fat Stock Show set for Mai eh chase the scrap iron bi ought in
13 22 in Foit Worth Scrnp lron miy 1k tnlaiIl lo
With a new 4G000 swine buildConway Kuykendal at the Happy
ing completed last year the swineWheat Groweis Co in Happy
department of the show will haveto Musick Produce in Tulia nnd
WUEHE iS conditions brought about by the uitr have
necessitated a nationwide drive to obtain anil uthor up all old
scrap iron to bo used for defense put poses and
11 HERE iS thr Swsher County Wat Hoard has set I liduy
and Saturday I ob 20 and 21 I > I2 iii days when the people
of tlw entiio county that hate any sort of scrap uon will bring
it into designated places in tin lilies of Tulia Happy anil
Kress whore it will be pun bused In snap uon denleis ami in Wilkin to answering moat of the
turn placed in the hands of the linted States government to questions he asked Graham rolat
be nsetl in the munufacluie of defense inateimis
TUEHEiOHE I Hay Jordan Mayo of Tulia Touts
pioclaim the petiod of I ob 20 and 21 l > 12 a time when the
public spirited people of Tulia u ill noil in collaboration with
the Swisher County War Hoard in collecting all setup iron
available in the City of Tulia for out uar effort and I further
proclaim and urge every man woman and child in the
City of Tulia to iimpolitic in the moiomont by gathering Up
material Your scrap to shoot at I around tlicit respective homes nnd placing it in
a Jap may mean the tinning of lutnds of the dealers in order to aid mir government in
the tide because the mote scrap meeting uhatovor demands mas be made upon it
Continued on back page f j JOHI t Msur
Merit And Class Badges Awarded At
District Boy Scout Court Of Honor
Drilling On Oil
Well Resumed Today
Approximately 1700 feet ol
eight inch casing i cached the
site of the Swisher County
wildcat well northeast of Tulia
last Thursday and men aie at
work getting ready to resume the
drilling of this test
Devore Slade and Gourley operators
of the test stopped drilling
operations several weeks ago at
4001 feet when a string of eight
inch casing was needed to corned
nnd drilling will be resumed
today
Free Picture Shows
Here Feb 23 To 26
Free moving pictures will be
shown by the Swisher County Extension
Service at Kress Monday
Sixty peisons attended the
trict Boy Scout Court of Honor
in the distncl courtiooin hint
Thin sdny night at which time
many awards weie made
Tho piogram opened with an
invocation by Rev P K Yai borough
Following this was the singing
of America Jed by Roy
Holtzclaw Scout Winfred Catlllo
led the pledge of allegiance to the
flag Mack Elliott scoutmaster
intioduced scouts paienU and
membeis of the court
After Donald Davis clerk of
the couit declaied the Court of
Honor duly opened Georgo Chil
dress chairman took charge and
called names of candidates and
tho badges they were to receive
Tenderfoot and second tlaht
night at Tuila Tuesday night at i Boys Honored
Cemetery Donations
Still Requested
Mnuh I is the beginning of the
new yeai for the Cemetery Anio
cintion The memberw ask that
every one turn in his donations
at that time no that there will ho
ait s i i r
sorsof Swisher and Castro CounDeftnse Dairying as it should Sco Agriculture Automoblllng 4H Club Boys Will
ties met at Hart last bt done P ° rk ° the farm salt
Friday after
noon Those attending from Swishof he earth junior cattlemen
er were Lee Nowlin Raymond and a sI0rt Picture on Winter
Wilson John Palmore Sybil GidI Wonderland
den Mrs Lottie Mae Ford and
Mrs Betty Crain county super1 Scout Paper Drive
visor of school lunches
iimi t > o i i
Wl11 Be
Saturday
Mrs Irene Beck assistant dis
trlct supervisor gave the group
some valuable Information on gar
dening and canning
Mrs Craln states that a weigh
ing experiment has been carried
out in Castro County whereby
each child was weighed at the
first of the school year and recently
Children who had been
eating in the lunchrooms had
gained three pounds whereas those
not eating there gained only two
In order to conserve tires gas
and time the Boy Scouts have
changed the date of their paper
drive from Feb 28 to coincide
with the scrapiron pickup on Saturday
Feb 21
They expect to have three trucks
to carry their collections Residents
are urged to have all paper ready
to go separated and tied In bundles
and placed on the porch unless
bad weather prevents
and Fred Wyrick Bird Study
Troop 07 Dlmmitt second class
badges Edwin Byrnes Jcak Zieg
ler Joe Harrison and Meredith
Bob Auhurg
Attending from Haylakc vere
John Hayncs and three of his Boy
Scouts
Jim McConnell neighborhood
Continued on back page
End Drive Saturday
1 trche in the county will
heir evening serviced so
in nber of their congregw
i m ty attend tlie Important
in I tillfc
i ho American Legion tho
Innchen nnd the Defense Iloml
Committee homlwl by Judgu
Jimiei T Hale are sponsoring
the galhctlng
VV A Graham
Gives Kivvanis
Club Program
W A indium furnished an en
teitninlug nnd Intiieating pingriun
for tho Tulia Kiwanls Club when
they met Tuesday ut noon
Tho program theme wu bnm d
mi the life of Cleorge Washington
mid irahain Instead of talking on
the life of Washington naked
members of the club miostliin
pertaining to the life of tho first
ptmutant of the United States In
< < l many Intel eating facta of Wash
melons life
Swisher Registers
423 Men Monday
money with which to pay the p A rrrwl H I
ur
caretaker A competent caiutnkiT vrlCI LUiy
Iiiik been hired to begin woik
May 1
All new iieeg n < ihruba have
a fine tart and the cemetery In
general in in good shape It la
hoped that enough money will he
turned in to pay the caretuker to
keep it that way and improve it
more each month
II M
selection of the official nonga of
the United States Army Navy nnd
Maiinea to familiarize Kiwaniuna
with the patrotlc aongK Bnugnily
stated lie would furnish memheiB
of the club with typewrltlon coplea
of Die aotig woida In the near
fuluie ho that the songs could be
sung by the group at meeting
Rev P K Yarboroiigh chair
mnn of a committee to investigate
the iitlltude of KIwiinliiiiH no upon
aoiiiig tho Tulln Boy ScouLs le
ported that members favored the
movement
Thurwlay night the Tulia Ki
Swisher County registered 123
men Monday for selective military
service Tho nuinbor o men
with their places of registration
in Swisher County won Tulia 287
Happy fj Kress 01 Vigo inrk 11
J W Scott REA audiloi and
W l Scoates with Ihe operations
17
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Buy
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BONDS
STAMPS
Number S
Tulia Plans Blackout
Names Air Raid Wardens
Defense Mass
Meeting Set
For March 1 <
> meeting i luiiiu plinnett
i Mimh 1 nt 10
p m it tb Iullu High
I mi fni the pur
nspirlng Swisher County
n a purchase more Defense
Bond nnd Stamps
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Cut K A Simpson of
or Senator John E Smith
kmortnti will Ik the chief
Tubi i Ci ii in VfMi i r
griiii vn < i < et up imdri iir iv ii I
at a meeting ot eity ami my
officers and other eitien V t I iy
night hi the ir iciiti I i
Hull Accorvl iu iein >
Iullu mual be mlv bv V > > I
for trial blackout ho tm it
which will ho diet iTil u >
Army
C V Northcutt w I
air raid warden with tin i > i v >
ing naaUtanti
Block Wo l AMiiant u i In
Bill Ward
Helpers Jim Ford C s n > il
ley J W Kellogg flm M < n
noil
Blwk No 2A fi itJtU V ii i
O Mux ford
ltelpeisW II iirrett c < y
HHgga Rev P F Yubm > i i
Joo Chlldroaa
Block No n itant War I < n
Walter Tomhnsn
llilpets Hulieit Bradley I II
Turnoy Iu llivloi Ferett
Rice
Block N I Aaaiilimt War i ii
Oeorge Hipp
Holport Frank Sharnuk Arthur
Rliland T D Daniel Raymond
Self
Block No 0 AnUtant Wv lea
II K Iltirhour
llolpeia Mnralutll Vatujlin i I nt
Boll Uiyd llutlur Cutll fjnill
Illnck No II AMlatnut WnlU
11 N Cnnull
MelperM Kminltt lalln mi
Whltten W C Crowfeni y
Sony
Block No 7 Aaals n i
T J Robb
Itelpera Enrl HkIim
Ihitto Clyde Aduma < uIm <
Block No BA ni iin
J Vf Itutto
IIHpnv Bill Wnt en
In another phnno of the progrnm Atchley Juck Blair H li
Baggarly lendeiod piano When the air rnid < > i i
Join Campaign
To Save Used
Postage Stamps
wurii flub will carry program I Sw
to the Union Hill School where
th
it will be to the
peaentod rem
MV u slmpf
dents of that oiiiinunity
Ayi oi I ininotuued
Rex
alurm sound nil helpei >
I > oi t lo their reapoctive
Wnrdona ot once
Tullns blackout nlaim
phone xyxtem has not b < n
e l out yet Details of tin
be aiinoiinied latei
J
fu lul limbs for wui 11 ip >
rli chlldiun
O lVIeel 1 Onilfht t ur the stamp a I
Washington were in the a HKA
property mehiding
Parents who are mten ted in offm tim wwk
reorganising a Boy Scout Cub
Pack for boys I 10 and II years
of age are asked to meet at tlie
office of the Wallace Funeral
Home Ihurfday night at 7 30
oclock
D H Boylcs who ha charge
of the cub scouteis dopes that
ookkoeplng Pgulhndl Dr Clark
ilile dyes will mjui I
dahoma City For C lh <
ihit the Panhamiia thla
c ii
opiritual restival Tue duy Thejcmperatuie d
J ruPdIy from a high ol 12 n
i s m
in nd Mrs W H Clark and jt Tuesday evening t
small
daughter Mozell left Friday
foi Oklahoma City to attend
a Spiritual Festival meeting at
February 21 1042 is the last the Kxehango Baptist Church
Community IJvestrxk barn where
they will bo weighed and each
club will be credited with his
amount of paper It will be carried
to Amarillo by Swisher
Creamery and cold
Miss Helen Smith a student in
WTSC at Canyon visited In the
homo of her parents Mr and Mrs
I L Smith Sunday
date for the Swisher county < lfl where ho will speak every night
Jackson Joe R Hastings Star < hoys to get in the magafor the following week be ming
and the following merit badges mes and newspaper that are to Sunday Feb 23
Chemistry Scholarship and Zoo > sold All newspapers and The Spiritual Festival has
logy
Troop02 Silvcrton Tenderfoot
Milton Clemmer Travis Ellis
and Elvin Norris second class
Blllie Ellis and Edwin Norris
Quitaque tenderfoot Jay Gar
min O R Starks Jr and Billle
gazinoH are to be brought to the only recently come into being
Mrs Clark m i
will play an organ
concert each evening before the
servlcos
Tho Exchange Baptist Church
has the second largest number of
young people at the regular cr
vicea of any Baptist church In the
United States From 400 to 500 attend
each service
Dr Clark will speak to tho Ministerial
Alliance meeting on Monday
evening
grew below aero by cml
1 1
I A new proceis for mn <
tlficiul logs ami urn > <
the use of u plastic m < i
the stamp pulp The ii k < >
j turn pa is extracted >
iMtmnpt are pulped Ho < < >
matter is not obtainable
other English source it ito
the Jiritlsli iove iihimi
proceed bolng used to i
beds uud other no < esit
childrens lioapital wunl
J El Deen has been pi
chairman of this activity <
er County so pleuso nn
camelled stamps to hu
Uhi off part of the enul
s
neaday morning
With restrictions again
ing weather forecaata i n eu
th instance weathermen y
allowed to warn farmer f
approaching cold wave
livestock could bo protected
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Temperature Makes Sudden Drop
To One Below Zero In Cold Snap
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Woodcarv1Unc r thlr bf > this
and will bo of inlJfje Love First Aid n
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famMK Athletics Animal Industry faming as a jnelrmriuiy tep to
Kdsel Lowe First Aid Safety re ular ting
Pathflndlng Public Health Jim
ushered In tlie cold spell with a
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The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex), Vol. 33, No. 8, Ed. 1, Thursday, February 19, 1942, newspaper, February 19, 1942; Tulia, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth42721/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Swisher County Library.