The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex), Vol. 49, No. 5, Ed. 1, Thursday, January 30, 1958 Page: 1
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North Bfh Project Expected
To Begin Within 3045 Days
A contract for the construction of grading structures
base and surfacing on FarmtoMarket Road 1228 2398
Loop 77 FM 146 in Swisher county was awarded in Austin
last week Oscar L Crain District Highway Engineer at
Lubbock has announced
The firm of Cooper nnd Woodruff
Inc Amarlllo submitted the low
bid of 17478173 on the project
which runs from Armstrong County
lino south to FM Road 146 In Tulla
between US 87 and Maxwell Ave
and In Tulla from about 200 feet
north of N 1st Street north and cast
to Dallas Avenue a distance of 82
miles
Resident Engineer H C Weaver
of Plalnvlew will bo In charge of
the project for the Highway Depart
ment
Awarding of the contract opens
the way for actual construction on
tho project Cooper and Woodruff
Indicated Monday that both projects
would get underway In from 30 to
45 days and would bo conducted
simultaneously It was Indicated
that the entire 150 days would not
bo needed unless inclement weather
Interrupted Asphalt season In this
county begins April 15
The
COUNTRY EDITOR
By H M BAGGARLY
CRITICS of American education can make their best
LAYMAN to the cause not by assuming the role of trained
educators which they are not but by encouraging the home to hold up
its end of the educational process
These nonprofessional experts in educational techniques can
help by encouraging parents to keep their fannies at home when
they are tempted to rush up to school to accuse a teacher of persecuting
their undisciplined brats
They can help by pointing out to parents that it Is their responsibility
to make sure that Johnny does his homework and geta sufficient rest
at night instead of roaming the streets until three oclock in the morning
They can help by reminding parents that lessons come before
television
They can help by pointing out to parents the adverse effect of too
many cars and too much gasoline on the lives of public school students
They can help by persuading parents to refrain from telling school
officials that its none of your business If we want to take our children
shopping in Amarlllo on school days
They can help by urging parents to back up school teachers who
have the best Interests of their children at heart like they used to back
them up until a generation or so ago
They can help by refraining from bemeanlng the schools and teachers
In the presence of their children
COUNTRY EDITOR
BEST EDUCATIONAL system known to man will fall without
THE the cooperation of parents who have their children many more
hours a day than do the public schools And the poorest educational
system can accomplish wonders with parental support and cooperation
COUNTRY EDITOR
WAS A pleasure and an embarrassment to attend a banquet
IT honoring members of the Texas Companys seismograph crew
which has been stationed in Tulia since last August
Company officials were hosts at the banquet given Friday night at
McGraths in Plainview In recognition of nine accident free years just
completed by this crew
The pleasure came from meeting and mingling with some of the
most wholesome and genial persons we have met in a long time
The embarrassment came from the realization that we as individuals
and as a community have not gone out of our way to welcome
these people to our community
COUNTRY EDITOR
MISUNDERSTAND These people did not take the initiative
DONT giving us their impression of Tulla Rather we practically
coerced them into picturing us as others see us They were hesitant
to say anything unkind about the town but we were able to read between
the lines sufficiently to interpret what they were really thinking
COUNTRY EDITOR
ERE ARE SEVERAL of our conclusions drawn after an even
ing of visitation on a social level
1 Tullans arent especially unfriendly to newcomers But we dont
go out of our way to be friendly We asked one woman if she had
had any callers since coming to Tulla and she reacted as If we had asked
if she had had a visitor from Mars Several others said they had
never met their next door neighbors Still another said they would have
no social life at all in Tulla if their own group didnt get together on
occasions Apparently no one in town few at least had ever said
welcome by cither word or deed
2 Tullans want nothing short of the best for their own living
quarters but they refuse to equip their rental property with more than
minimum facilities An attitude seems to prevail that anything is good
enough for renters Little provision is made for families that want
modern comfortable living quarters but because of the nature of the
work dont want to buy or build Many of these people are having
to live in houses below the standard they would like And when
one is dissatisfied with his home he tends to become dissatisfied and
unhappy with a town
COUNTRY EDITOR
PEOPLE had many nice things to say about Canadian
THESE
where they lived for a number of months Apparently Canadian
rolled out the red carpet It seemed that within a short time they had
met almost everybody in town They especially complimented the
Canadian churches for their friendliness and interest In their welfare
One of the women mentioned teaching in a Daily Vacation Bible
school while in Canadian
Canadian had just lost its railroad people at the time the crew
moved in and it is understandable that 15 or more new families looked
good to the community but must a town have its back to the wall
before it decides to be friendly and cordial
COUNTRY EDITOR
20000 each month is spent in connection with the operation
ABOUT
ation of this crew which will live in Tulla for about two years
These people dont have to trade in Tulla Their money comes from
an outoftown concern they know few people here the future of Tulla
doesnt mean a thing to them since they own no property here They
all have cars which makes it easy to drive somewhere else for purchases
and recreation
With a little encouragement they could take root in Tulla They
could bo our friends and neighbors during the next two years We
always like a town If we like tho people But weve got to be
Introduced first and that is our responsibility not theirs
COUNTRY EDITOR
OF THE civic clubs entertain the public school teachers
SOME
each year welcoming them to the community These crew
members and their families will probably be among us longer than
most of the teachers
COUNTRY EDITOR
TALK MUCH about new industries which would bring more
WE
people to Tulia providing an extra payroll But the question
comes to mind if we as citizens are not Inclined to fulfill our responsibilities
to a little Industry could we be trusted to assume the
responsibility that would be ours if wo perchance got a big one
Wo are blaming no one more than oursclf for our neglect and thoughtlessness
in this instance Incidentally tho PanAmerican seismograph
crew also stationed in Tulia Is even larger than that of tho Texas
Company And with much interest being displayed in tho Palo Duro
basin it is likely that even more crews will bo moving hero within
tho next few months We may be having visitors in our town for a longtime
to come so wo need to learn how to treat outsiders
To help ease our conscience wo told Glonn Smith chief of the
Texas Company crow that wo would glvo a complimentary subscription
to this paper to each crow membor and this also goes for the Pan
American crew
COUNTRY EDITOR
OF THE crow members Indicated they had boon buying a
MANY oach week on the newsstands to react the ads as they
put it We are happy to note that they too knew that a towns newspaper
is a whos who of the towns leading merchants
That Is why an important merchant once told us that under no circumstances
would he fall to have the name of his business in every edition
of the papr in his own It was a daily paper and he didnt alwavs
Sea Tha COUNTRY EDITOR page 8
Tulla Assembly of God church
has announced plans for n complete
new church plant The congregation
has purchased 350 feet of land facing
Highway 86 In East Tulla The
property Is on the south side of the
highway cast of the J D Finch
residence Construction will begin
soon
Tho auditorium to be of masonery
construction will scat about 450 persons
and will contain approximately
7000 square feet
Eventual plans arc to build an
educational building and parsonage
The congregation plans to sell its
present property on South Austin
street according to the Rev D W
Calcote pastor
MRS CARL HOLLER
Mrs Carl Holler
Seeks County Office
Mrs Carl Holler wife of Carl
Holler is seeking the office of county
and district court subject to action
of the Democratic primary
July 26 1958 Mrs Holler has served
about four years in the offices of
the clerk and tax assessorcollector
She said that she feels this variety
of experience gives her an overall
picture of the work to be done in
the office she seeks
She attended Midwestern university
at Wichita Falls and later served
in the traffic department of
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
both in Wichita Falls and at
Dallas
She is a Methodist a member of
the Eastern Star and a member of
the ladies golf auxiliary
She hopes to see each voter before
July 20 but if this is impossible
she is asking that this announcement
be considered as an invitation
for support
Mothers March
Is Monday Night
Tullans donated 62450 to the
March of Dimes during the tele
thon Saturday night and Sunday on
KVIITV Happy residents gave 138
The Mothers March will be held
In Tulla Monday night and the Business
Mens March in which merchants
are being contacted for
donations is now underway
Johnny Emmitt received a 500
diamond ring and a color television
set in a drawing during the telethon
Clyde Kilpatrick also won several
premiums
Farmers Union
Meeting Tonight
A meeting of the Farmers Union
will be held tonight Thursday in
the school cafeteria in Tulia Time
will be 730 according to Alva
Finck president All Farmers Union
members and others interested
in farm problems are urged to be
present and to make plans to attend
the farm meeting Friday in LubbockTexaco Crew
Wins Plaque
The Texas Companys seismograph
crew now stationed in Tulia
has been awarded a Safety plaque
for having completed nine years of
accidentfree service for the companyTho plaque was presented at
dinner Friday night at McGraths
at Plainview attended by company
officials from Midland and Ft
Worth members of the Tulia crew
and their wives and special guests
Including tho press
The crew moved to Tulia last Aug
ust and Is working in the Randall
Swisher county area Composed of
18 family heads it expects to be
stationed here for two years
Glen Smith is chief of tho Tulia
crew
Texaco personnel present were
Smith Henry Tyroch Douglas Mackenzie
Wayne Poole J W Elliott
Mr and Mrs Bill Clark A B
Clark Fred Fisher Lucian Johnson
R P Weeks Troy Ledbetter Blake
Hefley Mr and Mrs Deo Cook and
Mr and Mrs Ward Baker of the
Findley Drilling Co were present
and a guest Emma Stidham
Mrs B C Grigg received word
Tuesday morning that her brother
In law W G Booher of Chicago
is dead She and Joe left by train
Tuesday afternoon for Chicago to
attend funeral services Mr Booher
suffered a heart attack Tuesday
morning
STAY TUNED TO
1260 Kc 1000 Watts
BACK TO THE BIBLE BROADCAST
10 a m DA1LYEXCEPT SUNDAY
BILLY GRAHAMHour of Decision
Sundays 230 pm
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Street Bonds Sell
At Favorable Rate
Mulr Investment Co of San Antonio
was low bidder on City of
Tulias 150000 street improvement
bonds when the bids were opened
Tuesday night at a special council
meeting
The council was well pleased with
the low bid of 3G6242 per cent average
which reflected the best market
for selling bonds in several
months Six bids were received ranging
up to an average of 41253 percentThomas Enters Race
For Commissioner
Monroe Thomas 300 North Austin
has announced that he is a candidate
for Swisher County Commissioner
Precinct No 2 subject to
uction of the Democratic primary
in July
He has lived in Swisher County
for the past 36 years and has had
some 30 years experience in roadwork
for Swisher County and as
foreman for the Texas Highway Department
in Hall and Donley countiesThomas has pointed out that if
elected he intends to spend full
time in doing the job he is asking
for and makes no promises except
to make a good commissioner
take care of the roads and bridges
inform the taxpayers on how and
where their money is being spent
and be fair to all
Mr and Mrs F A Cherry left
Tuesday night for Lamar Mo to
attend funeral services for his sister
Mrs Agnes Bary who died
Tuesday Judge Cherry an announcer
for KTUE had planned to
leave the station Saturday but left
early due to the emergency He will
be making his home in Childress
after returning from Missouri
lstmi Rdnys
to
be removed
MRS JOYE AUTRY
Mrs Autry Seeks
Office of Clerk
Mrs Joye Autry wife of Harold
Autry is announcing her candidacy
for the office of county and district
clerk subject to action of the Democratic
primary
Mrs Autry was born at Olton and
is a 1948 graduate of Olton High
school She later attended Watsons
Business school in Plainview
The announced candidate has lived
in Tulia for 74 years six of
which have been spent with the
Ford agency She has one daughter
Kathy C years old
The Autrys are members of the
First Baptist church She is a member
of Epsilon Sigma Alpha sorority
She has had nine years experience
at bookkeeping and secretarial
work The family home is at
625 N Donley
Mrs Autry is using this means
of soliciting the vote and influence
of Swisher county voters whom she
plans to see personally between now
and July 26
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proposed
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TUtIA Swisher County TEXAS THURSDAY JANUARY 30 1958
Chamber Members Suggest Pr
Tulia Chamber of Commerce recently
mailed questionnaires to its
membership asking for suggestions
as to what activities the organization
should pursue during 1953 Purpose
of tho questionnaire is to enable
the chamber to put into action
a practical and complete program
of work for the coming year
Each member was asked to make
suggestions under the following four
categories
mcrcial 3
Ideas
1 Agriculture 2 Corn
Civic and 4 Other New
Among the answers and comments
received were these
AGRICULTURE
Encourage more diversification of
crops Encourage farmers to work
more and complain less
New farm plan to do away with
government support
More variety such as vegetables
truck farms
Promote the growing of a greater
variety of crops suitable for this
area such as potatoes onions lettuce
Adequate promotion in Lock
ney Hereford and other nearby
areas has worked wonders so there
Isnt any reason why it couldnt
work here as well
Continued On Page Eight
AN ENGINEERS sketch of the proposed al appraisers arrived is far less than that ask
underpass in Southwest Tulia is pictured ed by owners of the property Five of the
Cost of the project to the state is near a half several property holders last summer were
askinS almost 150000 for their
property
million dollars Thp city ana county are ro
E effor is bd made tQ compensate
quired to provide extra rightofway needed the property owners for their actual loss as
for the project The county acquired its part arrived at by the most comprehenscive ap
of the rightofway several months ago Pro praisal possible At the same time every ef
fessional appraisers have estimated that a fort is also being made to prevent the cit
fair value of the rightofway which must be izens of Tulia from having to pay more than
provided by the city is something less than the property is worth The Highway Depart
80000 The highway department will pay ment will participate at 50 per cent of what it
half the cost of the rightofway with the city considers a reasonable value for the property
paying the other half To finance the citys This is another reason why the city is making
half a 40000 bond issue has been called every effort to keep its figures in line with
for Feb 8 The figure at which the profession what the department considers reasonable
LAYOUT
TULIA UNDERPASS
Existing Underpass
Proposed Cnderpus
existing Culvert
to be lengthened
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lTni3 auction of
Detour fd to tuire
wwy traffic
until project j
comokitcd
Benrr of
DENTON Former Secretary cf
Agriculture Charley F Brannon
now general counselor for the National
Farmers Union in Denver
Colorado will address an allgroup
Farm Program Development Conference
at the Lubbock Municipal
Auditorium Friday January 31st
beginning at 930 a m
Alex Dickie jr Denton President
of the Texas Farmers Union which
originated the idea for the conference
said all producers of agriculture
commodities and all farm organization
in the state will be invited
to the conference
Other sponsors include Grain Sorghum
Producers Plains Cotton Gro
crs Texas Wheat Growers Texas
Milk Producers Federation Coop
Oil Mill Producers Grain Coop of
Amarillo and Cotton Marketing CoopThe primary purpose of the Conference
Dickie said will be to develop
a comprehensive Farm program
that would have the backing
of the producers of all agriculture
commodities
After a round of speeches during
G1LNN SMI 111 party c > k it tho Iixas
Company Seismic Party N 11 sUtioncJ
in Tulia accepts a safety pljqjo signifying
nirr > > iars of accident frec true fr > m
hts crew Pictured from left arc R P
Vuk i saf y i ifn of H
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Proposed Culvert I
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Ai4 irstnuUr I ho nwarJ v4j prr Minted
I riJav nifht at a banqurt h J at M > tituth s
the morning which also includes
address by Professor Troy Cauley
Department of Economics University
of Texas the conference will
be broken down that afternoon into
commodity groups with the producers
in each session working up a
program to suit their particular
needs
The conference then will reconvene
in a general session to map
an overall farm program acceptable
to the entire group
Selected to head the commodity
group discussions were R G Peeler
President Grain Sorghum Producers
Chairman of the Grain Sorghum
Group George Pfeiffenber
gcr Executive Vice President of
Plains Cotton Growers Chairman of
the Cotton Group Russell Hogge
President of Texas Wheat Growers
Chairman of the Wheat Group S
E Brown former president of United
L iv c s t o c k Producers Assn
Chairman of Livestock Group and
B E Staltings President Texas
Milk Producers Assoc Chairman of
the Dairy Group
Paving Assessment
Feature Explained
When property Is assessed for paving
purposes as was done on SouthEast
1st street in 1956 and on North
5th in 1953 the law requires certain
legal formalities which must be observed
There are no ways to avoid
these legal formalities
The procedure Is to assess all property
in the project then Immediately
release that which has already
paid its share of the cost The procedure
In no way clouds tho title
to property which has paid and has
no significance other than to comply
with tho law
In cases where the assessment is
not paid notice Is then served any
future purchaser of that property
that an assessment has been made
This is for the protection of the
future purchaser This is why a record
of the assessment must appear
en the abstract according to off
c als
Cooper Sells Out
Of Seven Items
In Herald Ad
II looper is another believer
n the efficacy of Herald adverti
last Mtwk his electric appliance
lore advertised 13 lte s In this
P per He sold eosnpleitly out ol
seven of the items and has only
one left of several others
At press time he said customers
tttrc still turning in the store and
ailing for items listed in last week sad5
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Work
JVnporcd Sm Sencr
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Simmons
Here Saturday
Edward Franklin Simmons 80
died early Thursday morning at his
home 705 N Hale He had arisen
and was sitting by the fire In tho
kitchen when ho was stricken
Mr Simmons was born Aug 13
1877 in Hunt county He came to
Swisher county from Briscoe county
in 1912 He farmed in the Red Hill
and Vigo Park communities
Survivors include his wife Lide
Simmons two sons O P Simmons
of Amarillo and W T Simmons
three daughters Mrs H F Sarchet
Mrs Cecil Simpson and Mrs Verla
Simpson all of Tulia two sisters
Mrs J D Marcom of Greenville
and Mrs O L Berry of Seagraves
22 grandchildren and 30 great grandchildrenHe was a member of Calvary Baptist
church where he served as caretakerFuneral services were held Saturday
afternoon at the First Baptist
church with the Rev Marshall Penn
pastor of Calvary Baptist church
officiating He was assisted by the
Rev W Neil Record and Rev Clint
Malone
Burial was in Rose Hill cemetery
under direction of Wallace Funeral
Home
C J LEAV1TT
Leavitt Seeks Office
Of Commissioner
C J Leavitt Route 2 Tulia has
authorized The Herald to announce
his candidacy for the office of Commissioner
Precinct 2 Swisher county
subject to action of the Democratic
primary In July
Mr Leavitt has lived In the Union
Hill community for the past 11
years Prior to that he lived in Randall
county 16 miles northwest of
Happy where he was born He was
an operator on the road working
for a Randall county commissioner
for about 10 years
The candidate Is married and has
three children all in school at Happy
They are Lloyd 17 David 8
and Peggy IS They are munjbera
of the Church of Christ In Tulla
Mr LmvIU says he feels capable
of making a good commissioner tad
that he would lute to have tat Job
H la asking that this annouaoMeeJ
serve as a solicitation of SeMflti
la event he is unable to sat al fee
voters of Precinct 1 between saw
tnul July M
TULIA BOOSTER CLUB
SETS MONDAY MEETING
Tulia Booster club will meet Monday
night Feb II Instead or lost
Monday according to B White
Members are asked to he
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Baggarly, Herbert Milton. The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex), Vol. 49, No. 5, Ed. 1, Thursday, January 30, 1958, newspaper, January 30, 1958; Tulia, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth46215/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Swisher County Library.