The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex), Vol. 38, No. 45, Ed. 1, Thursday, November 6, 1947 Page: 1
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THE EXCITEMENT which
IN
accompanied Friday afternoons
fh < the door of the McDonald
building which has been
housing our big press was left
wide open all night Halloween
night at that Saturday morning
we hoped to find that the pranksters
had discovered a way to
move a 7foot press through n
0foot door but the only evidence
of spooks observed was
oapsmcaied windows The
press has been moved as a re
stilt of much huffing and puffing
by John Lommons nnd his a s
sstants so the Hdald plant is
again under one roof in its own
building at 123 V Broadway
Incidentally whenever you have
something large to move such asa
mountain or a printing press
Johns your man Now go easy
on your bill John or youll get
a bill for that plug
HEAHING of the wave
AFTER
of vandalism in Amaiillo and
Lubbock we can appreciate more
than ever our Tulla yoith In
spite of our failure to provide
needed recreational facilities for
our youngsters in spite of the
delinquent homes fom which
some of them come we dont
bcllovc a more wholesome group
of kids can be found anywhere
But perhaps this is just one of
tlio blessings of living In a small
town such as Tulia perhaps this
Is one of the fruits of living in
a community unadorned by beer
parlors taverns and honky tonks
ISASTERS such as the fire
D
whiih wipd out two of out
local business Institutions last
week should bo sobering to all
of us Businessmen and homeowners
might do well to consider
their protection should fire or
tornado strike Insurance Is expensive
but so is rebuilding atones
own expense
The only spot of beauty in
Fridays dark picture was the
export picture made by an ob
scuro local photographer whom
we shall not advertise by mentioning
his name A stranger
might have thought Saturday
mornings Amarillo News was a
Tulia publication since for once
Tulla crowded Hereford off the
front page That edition carried
stories about our flying farmers
convention our gridiron victory
over Friona the accidental death
ot a former Tulian the fire
story and a fourcolumn picture
Any time an outoMowncr sees
or hears the name of our town
we profit by that publicity Some
say that in tho case of a town
there isnt such a thing as BAD
publicity We arc finding the
NewsGlobc boys to be very fair
and cooperative in publicizing
Tulia whenever they have the
opportunity Knowing some of
those characters as we do it Is
with hesitancy that we cast any
bouquets in their direction but
our philosophy is this One
catches more flies with honey
than with vinegar Seriously the
Amartllo paper is making a sin
ccro effort to serve all country
towns in its territory and wo
recommend that you cad it asa
sort of supplement to the Her
aid Since last weeks edition
we have been authorized to accept
a limited number of NEW
subscriptions to tho Amarillo
News Its first come first served
so hurry on down in you have
been wanting the Amarillo paper
seems to be under
control locally this week
including Sheriff White and Judge
Wallace so we have less about
which to write than usual
John Adams says the demand
for project pigs is greater now
than at any other time he can
recall Ho is receiving orders
from all over the state which he
cant fill It Is reported that
Charles Lee While goes to sleep
during church Members of
the Class of 41 will not be
surprised to know that C J
4 Vars STILL needs a haircut
Rev C G Scwell Is the new
owner of a good looking bird
dog Gilford Flowers Is
trying his luck with kodachrome
pictures Frankic England
is trying his luck Vernon
Andrus thought until recently
that the author of this column
was nn old manabout 00
If we last that long wo hope to
be able to hold our age as well
ns has Mr Joe Cantrcll
A diligent worker on the street
paving project has been John R
White New residents and
new Herald subscriber is J M
Conner Vigo route Ho and his
wlfo hall from Friona
Representative I B Holt was
just in to renew his subscription
Alpha Shofcr Spcnce student
nt a Washington college likes
to ski qnd she has found n
campus where she can not only
work on her major but get some
extracurricular hobbying dono
too
Flames Wipe Out 2 Local Oil Firms
IIEACHAM AND IlKACIIAM IMIOTC
Snapped during the early stages of Fridays fire this picture by Hans Hcacham local photographer shows the billowing cloud
of smoke which later leached a height of at least 3 i00 feel and extended far to the south as a result of the brisk north wind
Vol 38
The Tulia Herald
Tulia Swishnr County Texas Thursday November 6 1947
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What do you have in the wc
of JialfpintB
Former Tulian
Is Crash Victim
Funeral services for Sam
Tomlinson SJ year old former
Tulian were conducted Sunday
afternoon at the First Baptist
church Hev C G Sewell the
pastor was in charge of the
service Hurial was Monday in
Uano cemetery under the direction
of Wallace Funeral
Home of Tulia
Pallbearers were Sam Caraway
Newt Rcdmon Ewell Grigg Jas
T Halo Tom Bagley and Archie
Jordan
Mr Tomlinson Amarillo resident
since 1919 was killed when
the truck in which he was riding
struck a culvert near Canyon
Thursday morning He moved to
Swisher cpunty with his parents
tho late Mr and Mrs G F
Tomlinson in 1891 and lived
on their farm 8 miles west of
Tulla until he moved to Amarillo
At tho time of his death Mr
Tomlinson was employed by an
Amarillo furniture company He
and Byron Hunter another pm
ployce wore returning from Tul
la when the accident occurred
Mr Hunter received minor injuriesMr Tomlinson is survived by
a son Charles Tomlinson of
California two brothers Jim of
Tulla and G A of Amarillo and
three sisters Mrs Henry Hastings
Hereford Mrs Julia Rous
sor Plalnvlow and Mrs Maggie
Crain Altus Okla
No >
Hornets Swamp Friona 586
Bleacher Seats are Ready For
Olton Game Friday Night
After their decisive victory over the Friona Chieftain Friday
night on Younger Field Tulia Hornet are preparing for a
tussle with Olton here Friday night in another conference football
contest This marks the first year Tulia hjrjs met Olton in
conference play Tho game will begin a t730 o clock and it is
the hope of school officials that every one of the new bleacher
seats be filled Tickets are on sale at Tulia drug store
Last Friday nights final seoie
of Oil to 0 followed a wild spree
of touchdowns by the Hornets
Jackie Ramsey fleet Tulia halfback
made the first score for
the locals on the first play from
scrimmage on an offtackle play
which netted 81 yards and the
touchdown Ramsey converted
from placement
Sanderson scored again for
Tulia n few minutes later making
tho score 13 to 0 as Ramsey
missed the kick from placement
Tulia kicked off to Friona and
backed them deep into their own
territory forcing Friona to kick
on the fourth down and Gene
Sims rushed in to block the
punt which he recovered over
the goal line for the third Tulla
touchdown Ramsey converted
from placement
When Tulla took the ball over
again after Friona was forced
to punt Pete Stark dashed over
from tho 9yard line for a touchdown
after a series of fine plays
by Ramsey Sanderson Simpson
and Stark
Following Tulias fourth touchdown
a flock of reserves went
into tho game and Friona scored
a few minutes later on two pass
completions and n line plunge
from the four yard line by H
Wols
The Hornets led at halftime
by n score of 20 to C
With Tulla reserves playing
most of tho last half of the
ballgame they chalked up anoth
or 32 polntg as Ray Simpson
first string fullback scored from
tho four yard lino Ramsey again
converted from placement Sand
erson scored for Tulla a few
minutes later after n 47yard
dash by Ray Simpson which
carried to tho Friona 0yard
line Ramsey again converted
from placement
Ramsey scored from the one
yard lino on an offtackle play
Continued on back pago
THS to Observe
Education Week
The School are Your
Visit Tliein is the theme for
the for the 27th annual observance
of American Education
Week which is to be celebrated
by the Tulia public
schools November 10 M Emphasis
will be placed on visitationIn keeping with the theme for
tho entire nation tho local
schools are sticssing especially
the importance of having the
community visit the schools and
see first hand what is being
done within the classrooms according
to Superintendent Vance
Swinburn During the week of
visitation student receptionists
will be on duty In the corridors
to greet guests aUaoch period of
the day to show the guests to
tho rooms they wish to visit
Since 25 million children taught
by nearly a million teachers
are now in tho classrooms of
America schools should impress
upon the public that since public
schools belong to the people
every citizen is a shareholder In
tho enterpriso of education
Highlight of the weeks observance
will be n program
Thursday night in tho high school
auditorium featuring several
educational numbers A playlet
will be presented by the ole
mentary school and tho grade
school chorus will sing Rev J L
Aldrldgo will be chairman of a
symposium composed of Mrs
Huso Braly Ellis Mills Mrs Wal
kcr B Jones and Henry Teubcl
Tho high schoo girls sextet and
tho n cappella choir will conclude
tho program
72 Blocks To
Be Paved
Tulias Lions club sponsoicd
street paving project is proceeding
on schedule with 72 blocks
ndcr ci nsttuction With the exception
of several scattered gaps
Mills Northwest Mings California
and Llano will be almost solid
between Broadway and First
street Hope of tilling most of
tho gaps on Missouri and Rice
streets has been abandoned
There will be 10i solid blocks of
pavement on Fourth street extending
frcm the high school
building westward Tho school
has installed cuibing along the
entire south side of the campus
and the pavement in this area
will run to the ctub
Last minute cooperators were
Mrs J G Womack D J Wheel
er V L New Earl Goodman
Nina Fuqua C B Stanaland A
S Miller II A Wallace R C
Jennings Norman McAnelly
Methodist church E L Garrison
Mrs A L Hawkins Georgo Jennings
Mrs A M Billlngton
Mrs R L Stringer Mrs W L
Pearson J C Box A J Harris
Harry Chenoweth Avis Thompson
Dr J J Meadows Mrs
Weisenburg W A Graham T
A HayhiUst Marshall Vaughn
J R Ward J C Cowan jr L
C McCoy N Anschutz T S
Hoyhuist A H Schulte Ed
Daniels M D Waddlll W W
Reagan C D Corley Mrs H
S Loftin Mrs Llndloy Mrs W
L Hodges Henry Evans J G
Burrows Dinwiddle Estate B
R Evans P I McCune Miss
Minnie Cooper Frank Jennings
Jess Jenkins Dr J Ed Crawford
Mrs W J Hardy W W
Stephenson George Hipp F M
illilliard Bob Ardis T M Little
John Mrs A M Shoemaker
Mrs Frank Gerdes Dennis
Zlmmcrmann J S Andrus R E
Lumpkins Fav Childress V E
Speer Loyd Hamilton R E
Tenpkln Mr Rosseau R L
Blankenshlp Alma Huckabe
Joe Childers Howard Stolten
burg J E Swopston Steve Noble
W M Dalluge Doylc Sotitcr
W A Doan J H Knowlcs D
A White Mack Hale J Ross
Noland J A BartleU Mack
Crawford Clyde Helms Henry
Tcubol W A Hlnklo and Wd
don Dye
Blazing Inferno Is
Costly Spectacle
Fire which leveled two westend oil companies
late Friday afternoon destroyed thousands
of dollars worth of petroleum products
and completely wiped out warehouses and
storage tanksbelonging to the Phillips Petroleum
Company and Bert Grig Oil CompanyThe blaze which oldtiiners termed the most spectacular in
tho hi tory of tho town was touched off when ga olinc was
being unloaded into a tank at the Cripg concern Tho tank
overflowed and apparently a defective switch on the pump
produced a spark which ignited the surplus oil and touched off
an inferno that raged unchecked through the concern The quick
thinking of Bert Grigg saved the transport which had unloaded
tho gasoline Grasping the situation he called to the driver to
get going Fortunately the motor of the transport started instantly
and the truck was saved Grigg received minor burns and
blisters
Fire spread rapidly through the J
tanks which buckled and collap
scd flinging sheets of blazing
gasoline toward the adjoining
Phillips tonks and warehouse
where a Burke Lines transport
from Amarillo was unloading
Flames almost immediately en
vcloped the tanks warehouse
transport and a large trailer
tank belonging to Barbour Bros
Members of the Tulia Fire Department
stood by for hours in
on effort to prevent the spread
of the flames to nearby grain
elevators and other oil establishmentsObservers agreed that a strong
wind might have caused the
entiro west end of town to
burn
All traffic on Highway 87 had
to be rerouted for several hours
William Kirk Hulscy flying
his private plrAic directly over
the caldron of flame said col
umiis of heated air pitched his
light cralri around like a fcath
er at nn altitude of 3500 feet
Billowing clouds of dense sooty
smoke brushed the wing Ups of
the plane he said and only flic
glint of flame could he distinguished
on the ground below
Although the sun was shining
brightly when the first explosion
occurred about 530 oclock the
clouds of black smoke within a
few minutes completely obllter
ated the sun and cast a pall over
tho entire town
Residents of Happy and Plain
view were able to see tho flames
which leaped into the air for
hundreds ot feet The smoke
cloud was plainly visible at CanyonThe ruins were still smoulder
ing Saturday afternoon
H E Barbour local Phillips
jobber reported the personal
loss of 2000 in automobile and
truck tires 30000 gallons of
gasoline and kerosene 0000
gallons of lube oil several washing
machines and kitchen ranges
and all his offico equipment and
records
Grigg estimated that his loss
Included 25000 gallons of gasoline
2000 gallons of keroserf
and some 5000 pounds of grease
and lubricants
Hardly had the last embers
ceased flickering when the Phillips
Petroleum Company an
noiinccd plans to rebuild begin
nlng Tuesday morning Grigg has
not announced his plans
Estimates of damage hover
around 50000
Insurance carried by the local
dealers was light
Barbour Bros who had offices
at the Phillips warehouse reported
that their loss would ex
cecd 4000 Beginning Saturday
Van and Ray Barbour were continuing
business using their car
for an office
Hulsey Heads Flying Farmers
Rev M Coad
Is New Minister
The First Christian church nil
he served by Hev Merwin Coad
two Sundays each month it wa
announced this week
Mr Coad is an outstanding
young minister in the ChUstian
church brotherhood Ho is
sincere and fluent speaker and
has held successful fulltime
pastorates at Graham and Odessa
according to church officials
He now serves Anson and Tul
la while doing postgraduate
work ot T C U
Mr Coad is especially interested
in young people and hopes
to holp organize a Young Mans
Sunday School class for those not
attending elsewhere Sundov
School begins at 10 a m morning
worship at 11 a m and evening
services are at 730 p m
Everyone is invited to com °
nnd hear this unusual younc
christian
VETERANS ANNOUNCE
ANNUAL ARMISTICE
UNIFORMED DANCE
The annual uniformed dance
of the Veterans of Forolgn Wars
will bo held Tuesday night at
Tule Lake Recreation Hall beginning
at 8 oclock Joe Deci
Rico announced Wednesday
STOKES TO CLOSE
FOI ARMISTICE
As recommended by the Cham
her of Commerce most Tuli
merchants who could ho contacted
Wednesday indicated their intentions
of closing their stores
Tuesday In observance of Armistice
day
Mr and Mrs O Huxford returned
Sunday from a three weeks
trip to points In Indiana Illinois
Michigan and Canada Miss Opal
Gillespy of Paris Illinois a niece
ci Mrs Huxford returned home
with them
V K Hulse local pilot and
owner of the Tulia irpoit
was named president of District
2 Texas FKmj Fanner
when the district convention
was held in Tulia last Sattir
dm Other officer named were
AIIoiili Ier IMiiiuviow vice
president and Manuel yre
Iluinviow seeretarvtreastirer
Despite the unfavorable flying
weather Saturday forty flym
farmers were registered H nry
Tcubol delivered the welcome
address in the absence of Judge
H A Wallace who was called
out of town Dr T C Root of
Texas Tech spoke during the
afternoon session A b rbecie
luncheon was served at the
American Legion Hall through
the courtesy of Tulia Liors and
Klwanians Swisher Chamber r
Commerce and the American
Legion
Representatives of Piper Ch
Beachcraft and NAvion pline
were on hand to domonstr t
their latest models to the flye s
Griffith to Present
The Yearling
The Griffith Theatre is plea c Ito
announce the showing o
MetroGoldynMaycrs prize pr
duction The Yearling beg
nlng at the Saturday night pr
view and continu ng thro ifi
Sunday Monday and Tuesday
A memorable picture of Florida
of 1870 in lush tehnlcol r
tho pioneering Baxters of Mar
jorlo Klnnon Rowlings PulzT
Prize novel are played by Grc
ory Peck Jane Wyman and
Claude Jarman jr According to
reviews the story of the simple
folk of northern Floridas scrub
country has been brought t6 full
glory on the screen aided by
technicolor and understanding di
rectlon
Every man woman and child
In the world should see The
Yoarlinf said Jimmy Fuller
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Miller, R. V.; Reynolds, Willis & Baggarly, H. M. The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex), Vol. 38, No. 45, Ed. 1, Thursday, November 6, 1947, newspaper, November 6, 1947; Tulia, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth42944/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Swisher County Library.