The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex), Vol. 33, No. 6, Ed. 1, Thursday, February 5, 1942 Page: 1
This newspaper is part of the collection entitled: Tocker Foundation Grant and was provided to The Portal to Texas History by the Swisher County Library.
- Highlighting
- Highlighting On/Off
- Color:
- Adjust Image
- Rotate Left
- Rotate Right
- Brightness, Contrast, etc. (Experimental)
- Cropping Tool
- Download Sizes
- Preview all sizes/dimensions or...
- Download Thumbnail
- Download Small
- Download Medium
- Download Large
- High Resolution Files
- IIIF Image JSON
- IIIF Image URL
- Accessibility
- View Extracted Text
Extracted Text
The following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:
a
J
Volume 33
you out of compliance
The tulia herald
producing some of the
choicest orchestral organ
Continued on back page
Tulia Cemetery
Association Has
Board Election
The Tulia Cemetery Association
held its annual meeting Tuesday
afternoon in the district courtroom
for the purpose of choosing
tluee new board members whose
terms have expired
Reelected were Mrs M D
room In the courthouse in Tulia LaVelle E K Hultey and Mrs
beginning at 10 a rr it was announced
today by Tom Nichols
chairman of the Farm Debt Ad
lUstmentTenure Committee of the
Farm Security Administration
The landlords and tenants are
Continued on back page
Boy Scouts Observe
National Boy Scout
Week Feb 612
F P Engleman
Another meeting will be held
next month for the election of
oflicers
Beginning In March the association
hojKs that everybody will
be ready to turn in donations in
order to keep the beautification
project going forward and to payj
a caretaker A new caretaker who
is highly capable and efficient
will be chosen Hi s name will be
anhounccd soon
Highlight of the observance by
Tulia Boy Scouts of Boy Scout Colored RellglOUS
Week Feb 612 will be a district
Court of Honor to be held here1
n the district courtroom Thursday
night Feb 12 Atr that time
0 who passed their tests at the
ard of Review to be held here
tonight will be given badges and
awards Approximately 20 merit
badges will be given and 5 rank
advancements
s customary In the past the
Scouts will take over the
f > and county government for
onYr day during the week prob
ably Saturday when the boys do
not have to go to school The boys
will substitute for all county officers
and reign for a day
Tuesday of next week the Boy
Scouts will furnish the program
Kiwanis Luncheon
Movie To Be Shown
At Baptist Church
Dr A W Luce pastor of the
Central Christian Church at Colorado
Springs Colo and founder
of the Easter Sunrise Service In
the Garden of the Cods will show
colored movies of religious subjects
at the First Baptist Church
in Tulia Wednesday night at 730
oclock
Glimpses of Glory is the title
of his movie No admssion will
be charged but a silver offering
will be taken said Dr W H
Clark local pastor
Dr Luce is the arthur of Colorful
Colorado and Wandering in
Wonderland
Tulia Swisher County Texas February > 1112
Registrant
Must Give
Home Address
a registrar when o registrant who
has more than one place of residence
is making his choice as to
which he desires recorded as his
home address
It is the intent of the law and
the purpose of Selective Service
Regulations General Page pointed
out that each man be icgis
tercd at his home address and be
subject to call to fill quotas from
that Local Board That is a basic
principle of democracy procedure
and I expect every Selcqtivc Service
registrar in the State of Texas
to adhere stllctly to it
Registration cards to be used
The above poster in colors now being displayed all over the February ICth will contain a space
country announces Boy Scout Week with the sloKan Strong Forfor reRlstrnnt to al plllcc
America Boy Scouts everywhere In the nation have taken on and
> ldenee In the event that he
1of <
are assuming extra assignments from Uncle Sam to do their part In
j uu ki ft r
jUms defense of America Boys 12 years of age
r ijTouts and who wish to share In winning the
Good Turns should get In touch with the nearest
auls of America
be recorded and that Select
Local Proattce
Merchant Will
Buy Scrap Iron
Bring IN SCRAP IRON
Farmers and others In Swisher
iron are urged to bring it in and
sell it for National Defense Mus
ick Produce have announced this
worlds week tnnt tn < jy wil1 pay 700 cnsn
ton for scrap iron or 800
per ton in defense stamps
Old stoves tractors or any other
iron materials not in use are ac
ceptable
Tulia Officers
Arrest Drunken
Drivers Sunday
Sunday night Tulia officers arrested
two men for drunken driving
but released them on bond
They picked the offenders up
after receiving a call that the two
men were obstructing traffic at
the edge of town on the Arnarillo
highway
According to W W Stephenson
head of the rounty tire rationing
board Swisher Countys quota for
February is as follows
Passenger car and light truck
tires 0
Passenger car and light truck
tubes 7
Truck and bus tiros 30
Truck and bus tubes 52
The January quota was 18 passenger
car and light truck tires
and 15 tubes and GO truck and
bus tires and 50 tubes From this
quota the rationing board issued
the following number of tires and
tubes during the month of JanuaryPassenger car and light truck
tires Issued 10
Passenger car and light truck
tubes issued 4
Truck and bus tires issued 7
Truck and bus tubes Issued 0
Obsolete type tires issued 10
no assigned quota
Candidates Continue To Throw Hats
In CountyDistrict Political Ring
Workman Announces
a Selective Service registrant
nt the forthcoming February lrth For Commissioner
registration of men In the milipwf r > ivi o
tary sen ice age brocket of 20 to T rCCinct 1NO O
45 years old who has more than1
one place of residence may choose
whuh one lie wnnts recordiKl as I
Lis place of residence to designate
the lninl Hoard that always will
hie luriMhction over him Gene1
ril J Watt Page State Selective
Silie Director said today
General Page emphasised how1
ccr that no transient address
may
f confidence
> r m
ivo Service Regulations
bypncmR I1W m tins Ksln N
any
mteference or dictation
Q H Workman filed Ins announcement
with the Hemld this
week as a candidate for the office
of County Commissioner to
1recmct No 3 to succeed himself
subject to the action of the
Democratic Primary on July iS
His announcement t li i v <
tei sctvlng as yom i int i
missionei I dejno to rxptess mt
want to thank all of you foi vom
cooperation and in this imuiei
tion will say that without i >
advice counsel and Mippnit t
would have been impossible i > i
me to tender the type scmce > ou
could expect of a commissioner
The statement continued As
your commissionei 1 have tried
to handle your buMiics with
economy but at the same time
trying to give you tho best of
service I am asking your support
for another term and if you see
fit to elect me to the office I seek
I shall go forward giving you better
servlco in the future than In
the past by the knowledge I have
gained from past experience Again
thanking you for past support
and promising one audall a fair
and over who are not i re than one place he is ro t J oconom and eftlclcm
war by doing these q Hrcd to lis his own choice as l lHjntmnrHtrnilotf I dhtioa of the
office of the Boy place of residence
off U uh h wp IOoldlo
Swisher ACA Calls Attention
To Cane And Sudan Regulations
The Swisher County Agricultural
Conservation Association
through its chairman Tom Bag
Ky wish to call to your attention
the regulation of cane and sudan
on retired acreages The regulation
sudan grass cane or millet
harvested for grain or seed is soil
depleting
This means that If you have cut
your cane millet or sudan and
put in bundles and are now
threshing it for grain to feed or
rcsced another year or to sell
you are out of compliance and if
such is called to the attention of
the County Committee there is
nothing they can do but throw
Passion Play
Movie To Be At
Methodist Church
Many hundreds of Tulia people
will attend the Methodist Church
on Saturday night Feb 7 at
730 oclock to see the very beautiful
motion picture film of the
LIFE OF CHRIST and the
PASSION PLAY depicting the
story of Jesus from the Nativity
to the Ascension which is based
upon and patterned after the
worldfamous Freiburg and Obcr
At the present there are Federal ammcrgau Passion Plays of
Inspectors in the plains making
Inspections so dont be surprised
frYi you have a visitor in the near
future The County Committee is
taking this means of making this
available for public information
o that each producer will be informed
as the proper thing not to
oo
If you are in doubt dont
tiire h or dehead sudan cane and
millet If in doubt come to the
local office see your County Com
mittce or Community Committee
Section of A A A Leston F Bain
or John Palmorc County Agricultural
Agent
FSA Announces
Farm Landlord
And Tenant Meet
Problems ot landlords and tcn
ants in Swisher County will be
discussed at a meeting to be held
on Feb 10 at the district court
Europe and which was actually
filmed in Europe the Holy Land
and Ekypt tit a tremendous cost
It is being brought here by the
National Bureau for Religious and
Educational Films
A complete and very appropriate
musical score Will be played
throughout the entire film
on special sound equipment re
In addition the icgistration card
will have spaco for recording a
mail address This may be the
same as thep lace of lesidonce or
it may be another address where
the registrant will lcceive his
mail more readily
A copy of Workmans formal
announcement will be found on
an inside page of this weeks
Herald
iJanuary Bond
Selective Service Regulations Q I c AmAiinf
also require each legistrant to OcllCO A11IUII111
describe the place of his residence > rV < Cl ORG Q
xyj >
so that its location may be do
termined from its description A
Registrant who lives on an R F
D route will be required to supplement
Ins mailing addiess by a
description of tho location of his
residence For this leason and
because some registrants may be
able to receive their mail mote
readily at an address other than
their place of residence the rcgis
Continucd on back page
Dm tug the last half of Janu
aiy from the lath to the Hist
amount of defense bonds and
stamps sold In Swisher county
was 005050 bringing the monthly
total up to 1300905 Although
this figure sounds like a consid
erable bit of bond
for short of the
Judge Russell Aslcs
To Be ReElected
For Another Term
nistrict Judge C I Russell of
Plainvlew this week msiied a formal
statement o the Ilqrald that
he would be a oandldato for reelection
to the office of Judgo of
the tilth Judicial District subject
to the action of the Democratic
Primary on July 2ft
His announcement vUich was
addiessed to the people of the
IHwV Judicial district read I mil
a caiidldate for rcufccilim to the
office ofMilstiict Jliilgo I do Mot
know of a moir lelevant Or u
stronger argument in belinlf of my
candidacy than tho record I have
made as Judge and upon such
iceoid 1 submit my ciiiululuy to
you
I im tiuly giateful foi yoiu
l consideration and support in the
past and enrnctly solicit you to
11 elect me us youi Distr ict Judge
Russell said
i A copy of Riivell s foiinal
statement will lie found on hi in
I side page > this weeks llniald
USDA Chairman
zSlu Says Conserve
the estimated monthly quota iRivrl C lc
As January is a light month In l It sUllO
most businesses it was to be
peeled that it would also be rath l ks l ftt >
1 hl 1 wri
< K n >
or a slump month for bond pur
W 1
chasing Months in the futuie per I
US0A Wm ur urod
omly
haps will bring up the sales ln
January so that the county quota
of 318000 may be reached by
the end of 1042
County Chairman James T Hale
urges all who possibly can buy
Filling
Cross
Slow
County having any pieces of scrap londs nnd stamps often and bonds
in larger denominations so that
this county may teach its goal
Of Red
Orders
Difficult
In answer to numerous questions
concerning future Red Cross
sewing and knitting Mrs C W
McFarllng local Red Cross Production
Chairman states that a
letter she received from the director
of Volunteer Special Services
says that not only ate they
having difficulty in filling orders
promptly but transportation Is
Swisher county farmers this week
Shipping between the United
States and India from which burlap
is imported almost exclusively
has been reduced bcnuso of
war in the Fai llast the chairman
pointed out
At the same time buying of
Inn lap has been t educed our umis
have Increased Hagloy said New
umS include the packaging of
foods for the army and navy
certain chemicals and other articles
as well as items shipped
abroad under the LendLeaso act
Approximately f0 percent of total
burlap impotts go Into rniinu
fartuie of bags and about thteo
fourths of all but lap bags are used
to package commodities which
farmers buy find sell About 150
million yards of burlap were used
in sales or purchases by farmers
during 103010 the chairman said
To offset probable shortaue of
burlap effort are being made
to expand production of course
cotton fabrics as substitutes Heavy
slowed down on tbe delivery for tent8i unj0rin and
Continued on back page I < Continued on back page
Tire Rationing Board Announces
Swisher s Quota For This Month
+
Obsolete type tubes isnied B
no assigned quota
Tractor and Implement Tiros
issued 8 no assigned quota
Tractor andl rnplemcnt tubes issued
0 no assigned quota
Tires and tubes issued to the
following people
Passenger car and light truck
tires and tubes
J W Miller 2 tires and 2 tubes
W F Cook 1 tube T II Spon
holtz 1 tire Guy Davis 1 tire
Clifton Reed 2 tires I W Nu
zum 2 tires Ernest Eugene Buck
ner 1 tire C L Wcttfall 1 tire
and 1 tube
Truck and Bus Tires and Tubes
E R Hutto 1 tire W B Malone
1 tire George Grounds 2
tires Carl Lawson 2 Ores B R
Stark 1 tire
Tractor and Implement Tire
and Tubes
Warren E Knowjea 2 tires D
M Springer 2 tire Ft S Cope
1 tire A W Montgomery 2 tiros
Swisher County 1 tiro for road
maintainei
Obsolete Type Tires nnd Tubus
H C Schaeffer 2 tires It S
Francy 2 tires and 2 tubes C S
Dudley 2 tires II S Surguy 2
tires C S Evans 2 tires II G
Bowe 2 tires W H Pool 2 tires
I tube Joe Somsch 2 tires 2
tubes W A Bennett 2 tires 2
tubes P S Claiborne 1 tire 1
tube
The tire rationing board meets
every Friday In the old Jury room
of the courthouse In Tulia
Rainfall
J H ONcall Runs
Again For Position
Of County Attorney
J II iNVall announced hi J
diiultdniv fni irclritioft this week
to the office of County Attorney i
t > t Swisher County subject to thc
ait ion oi the Democratic Primarv i
I 1 t 11 v
i > VII
Im <
iiiiioiiMiemrnt whtih
noil ull nil inside pii
tlu wi eks Herald said 1 com
i imk iur supH > rt In the com
Julv prlmnry I thank you fm
upi ml For every kind woid
o Hum nil t Appreciate evci
miiv ion l nhull cei i
ii m ui many friendly n < ti
fi k nil amid povertv i
n wealth without
I hi
III
is poeitv
tali men lontmuctl Mv of
Yarborough Wins
Time Magazine
Quiz Contest
Rc I I Vat borough win au
nouuied us the wintiet In the
1 nnc MiKiiinc quu contest held
at the Kiwunis club last week
lie will nceiw fioin the magazine
inmpiiny n Jfi00 book with
tiifi nume cnguivcd In gold as a
ptle for the best grade on tho
qui
At Tuesdays mewling Roy Rogers
was honored as the first Tulia
Kiwnnlnii to enlist in tho U S
Anny Air Corps Dining the time
ln > is In the owned forces ho will
be an honorary member of Kl
wuuift mid will be privileged to
meet with Klwunls clubs whurevcr
he is located
Dr It V iMcCafclnnd was In
charge of the Klwunls program
and introduced George Jennings
who talked on Income tax
Jennings passed out Income tux
return blanks to each member of
the club and went into detail to
explain tho many schedules and
Items on the rotum He also gave
Illustration on a blnckboaid for
vat ions typex of businusties to
clarify points in his talk
Dut lug his talk Jennings answered
many questions which wero
asked by Kiwanis members about
tholr particular businesses
Members of the club wore high1
ly Intorosted in the educational
program on income tax which nt
this time was u fitting subject
that would appeal to most business
men
George Buchenau
Elected Officer A t
Hardware Meet
1 iforuf Hu < fifriiu i H < ttOtl
i vicepuident of the Iinhuullc
Hardware irul Implement Asso1
elation nt the close of the thirty1
third annual convention ut Ama
illlo last week
Other officers chosen were K P
Rossno of Hereford president
Clarence Thompson Canyon sci
rotniytre isuror and Sam Heri
gert of Pcrryton director
Liquor Board
Arrests Man With
16 Cases Whiskey
Members of the State Liquor
Control Board caught a liquor
peddler transporting 10 cases of
whiskey Tuesday evening about
0 oclock on the highway between
Tulia and Kress according to reports
from the Swisher County
sheriffs office
The man who said his name
was G W Wilson of Amarlllo
was fined 100 and costs His automobile
was taken away from him
to be sold
Number < 5
Farmers Must
Be Cautious
About Tires
Swisher county fiuniM l i e r >
that prevention of tire tiniible ii
J s miportnnt as iti cine I
m to W T Ilngley ihann m
county U9DA War Bonn I
Kornietn tin mini u the < > ifiv
iilready me s 11 > iu otiou t ip
that lorcign i kept fioin
11nidi that tue w fice fi > u
gieae and oil i r iraighteni 1
stoud eipnpmeiii i i ked up i
i lelieve piessiiie ti < ie hidn >
uiti excess mil ht > nd tl i
i ui I ui tiren an painted ind
the In nil iiairinm laid
id tlflciites fm new tires m iy
i nil for tiactoi farm imple
mint noil tiinki used to haul
iiiin i imlmt liu > itly to marke
lti liv Hni hut explained tluy
nut hr ohtnltltid for trim
poitiiiK faun iiindiicU to ultimate
loiiiumrrs He also added that
tii > t loiild not ii purchnittl if
ut luio at all time luciii baid had alrendv
an open book of these v u me trilfl ftte mprisng th <
the judge M dally life is known total
to most of vmi and with im mma
conscience you aio fainlllar
Tho door of my office has at
all times been open to all alike
1 have not made fish of one and
fowl of another Information has
been your for tho nuking
this simply means farmers will
have to watt thuii bun along with
everybody else Ilngley said
Kitciippmg retiundlng and vulcanizing
tiles on Hiitomnhllci ind
farm Implements are other prc
cautionary measures fnrmet i may
While 1 want to see each voUt I follow In preventing tire trmbli
I fed that the ffrst duly of every Snro correct all pressure ui I
cltUcn is to our > uhtry and In to nf f uet fr f to
these Hying Mines all peisonai nn rrm iniplemnnts pciiHl
mallei should be subotdlnate for ressti sniM
Colititiuud im pu e lic made hi > chalimnn inI
Victory Loans For Production
Now Available Through FSA
l oo < l foi V h tin y Inin
> huh gifntfi number > of I
im nine mill intill farm opiiil
iniiv iiiimiic fooil mill feed pi
luitloli fm homo oiitiitniii
anil the miiiket rue mm i i
uhle thioiigh the r lirtn Sc < iin
Administration U S Dcputm
of AgllCUltllK
Announcement thut fund
Immediately available tun ti
applications for loans toe in i
received horn was made by Ibb
II Wells rural rehabilitation
pervlsor for the FSA In Sv i
County who rocfivml the
>
peid ahead orders from R <
ul Director Wilson towi n it
nllo Texas
Tho liberalized lending pi
does not affect pri nt FS i
rnwvis However present bi n
rs muy If the need Is i n <
obtuln loans to meet inn <
food goals for wnrtlmu mol
In addition to brlngluu > i > Ul
tlonal numbers of faun fmmlic
Into the thousand now hem
served in thli ntioii Farm Security
plarii lu blip prodmc
form cooperative to maiket th < <
product Thin in < iy tO done by
establishing j < n k up and dele pry
routes in tho itirnl aruai
Among purpose f > i whuh tlv
new Food for Vlctoy loan <
be made according to Well irr >
purchase of fud wed r
tools and renting equipment nnl
woikstock or power n cc my m
production enterprises pun lu <
of malarial for fencing imildtir
shelve for livestock iml epii
merit for production
Loans are uvullable i
prutlclpation In group owner 1
of workstock and powei i < u
merit purchase of cows hvn
calves pig other UvckIoi >
chickens
Farm wives will be m
n knowing that these f
Vk lory loons may be m
eligible itiral people for m
< I
i
haf of rnutfi oils iml ci <
ontinui tl on on k i i
Dr Booth Will
Talk On Bangs
Disease Friday
Di T 1 Booth Chief < i i
irian foi the livestoik s i
C onimissKjn of Texu i 1
present in a county wide meeting
being held by the > v
County Land Use Plunnuig f
rnittee for the purpose < a Ui
cussing bangs disease in cattlo
and any other cfimmon di ease
among cattle and swine
The Swisher County Lmd lTe
Planning Committee wishes to
urge every person interested in
bangs disease control to be present
at tills meeting to be he Ion
Friday fternoon Feb 0 t
230 p in In the district comt
room in Tulia said John Palmou
county agricultural agent and secretary
of committee
Upcoming Pages
Here’s what’s next.
Search Inside
This issue can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.
Tools / Downloads
Get a copy of this page or view the extracted text.
Citing and Sharing
Basic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.
Reference the current page of this Newspaper.
The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex), Vol. 33, No. 6, Ed. 1, Thursday, February 5, 1942, newspaper, February 5, 1942; Tulia, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth42723/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Swisher County Library.