The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex), Vol. 53, No. 30, Ed. 1, Thursday, July 27, 1961 Page: 1
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St Williams Church Plans
Open House On Anniversary
Texas Senator Is
One of Hosts to
Cadillac1 Smith
When William T Smith drove to
Washington in his brandnew Cadillac
to show how he spent his feed
grain payment he Mas honored at
lunch by a group of Republican Senators
Smith it develops doos not
depend upon farming for a livelihood
He operates several business
houses so he could well afford to
take his feed grain payment Intended
In spirit for bonafide farmers
who make their living from the soil
and Invest in an expensive motorcarThe Cadillac was pictured through
out the nation with Its sign roasting
Kennedy and Freeman for having
sponsored the fecdglaln program
but the list of Senators who liked
Smiths stunt was not reported
Here are the Senators who honored
Smith at lunch In the Old Sup
nunc Court Chamber Texas junior
Senator John Tower Kenneth Keat
ing New York Jacob K Javits
New York John J Williams Delaware
Henry Dworshak Idaho J
Caleb Hoggs Delaware Barry Gold
water Arizona Thomas Kuchel California
Alexander Wiley Wisconsin
Roman L Hruska Nebraska and
Styles Bridges New Hampshire
Last neck another Senator Paul
Douglas Illinois Democrat tried to
undo some of Smiths damage to the
farm program by calling a press
conference tor a group of bonafide
farmers from his state Little play
was given in the press on the meetIng
of Douglas and the five genuine
Illinois farmers who came to Washington
to protest the publicity given
Cadillac Smith
The farmers Paul Miller Russell
Miller no relation Pete McCune
Harmon Delta and Patrick Henry
rode into Washington In a 1959 Chevrolet
beating a sign that said
Were five Illinois farmers who
could not afford a Cadillac with our
I cdcral grain program production
payments However this paid some
current expenses
In observance of its 10th birthday
St Williams Catholic church wjll
hold open house Sunday afternoon
beginning at 3 oclock Tours through
the church Will be conducted Each
part of the church and Its proper
tics will be explained during the
tour A demonstration Mass will also
be held and each part will be explainedRefreshments will be served In
the basement of the church
The history oi Catholicism in Tulla
ocs back to 1911 when fivii families
met for the first Mass to ba otfered
here It was said In the homi of D
Heck by Father C J Bier At this
Imc Mass was offered once a month
In Happy and every three months
in this community
By 1922 Mass was being offered
monthly by Tather Justin Weber oS
Nazareth In the Ed Verhcy home at
the outskirts of Tulla The living
room became the St Paul chapel
and Mass was said with some eight
families In attendance
Although the time was set at 10 30
the priest would In bad weather
wait for the group to congregate On
the death of Mrs Ed Verhcy three
lots were deeded to the church and
arc still held
As the Nazareth parish grew
priests from Amarillo and Plainvlew
filled in Bishop Rudolph Gerken
first bishop of Amarillo said Mass
occasionally
From 1936 until 1951 services were
no longer held in Tulla Catholics
attended church In Happy
The first Catholic church in Tulla
was constructed in 1951 and dedicated
to St William Father Edward
Chrlstman had begun laying the
groundwork when he was transferred
so Father G A Boeckman pastor
of Holy Name Church Happy
who was supposed to be in semire
tirement took over the project Under
his direction the 29 families of
Tulla raised much of the money
contributed all possible labor and
the help of Interested nonCatholic
merchants and people of Tulla former
parishioners and personal
friends of Father Boeckman plus a
5000 donation by the Catholic Extension
Society built the church
The land three lots was donated
by Mr and Mrs Elmer Kleman
Digging of the basement and the
foundation was done free of charge
through the courtesy of the county
Continued on page 3
The
COUNTRY EDITOR
By H M BAGGARLY
BANK DEPOSITS has been the subject of many news stories In
the daily papers In recent days In Cdse youre interested hores
Iiow Tulia stacks up among some of the neighboring towns so far
ns bank deposits arc concerned
Tulia J983190017
Hereford 1111713131
Memphis 534891923
Pcrryton 1181121190
Dimmltt 5955 547 90
Floydada 747222025
Canyon 562826321
Hank dcx > sits ordinarily denote the relative prosperity of comparable
communities
counut ioitoi
YOU LIVED in some foreign country received no correspon
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dence from home and your only contact with the United States
was the Amarillo paper Just what would be the image created In
your mind of the present national administration
After reading the columns and editorials the syndicated comments
the handling of news stories and the letters to the editor wouldnt
this just about be It Kennedy is weak indecisive vascillating unsure
wavering timid
The country has gone to the dogs Each new day the President
makes a new mistake Practically everybody is against Kennedy according
to tho letters to the editor We arc floundering around doing
nothing Kennedys administration Is far to tho left In philosophy and
practice There Is a tremendous swing throughout the nation toward
the far right Its a donothing administration
If we didnt have access to some of the more reliable source1
of Information even we might have the same Impression
COUNTI1T IDITOI
US LOOK beyond the Amarillo horizon Let us see how other
LET
people arc thinking
But first let us review some of the things you have read In
this radical periodical The Tulla Herald during the past year We
have termed Jack Kennedy a moderate a man seeking a middle
ofthc road philosophy We said he hovered within the safe middle
range of the political spectrum When lie was charged by the Amarillo
paper with being an Impetuous youth one likely to make hasty
haltbaked decisions decisions likely to Ignite a global conflict wc
said he was too smart not to go slow We propheclcd he would be
the type tb seek advice from the best sources available but In the
final analysis would make his own decisions
COUNUT IDITOI
GALLUP POLL last week made Its latest report on the administration
Let us sec what America thinks of the Kennedy
administration after six months in office Let us see who is more
In step with America Tlio Tulla Herald or the Amarillo Dally News
The political coiirsc charted by the Kennedy Administration appears
to be heading closer to tho middleoftheroad writes George Gallup
As the cw Administration took over last January the guess was
that President Kennedy would be more likely to steer to the left
rather than the center of the political road by following tho views
of labor and other liberal groups
In the halfyear since then however the percentage who feels
that ho will side more withthe left has decreased while the number
who look for a middleoftheroad policy has grown proportionately
One of the oddities of American politics Is the preference of
larpc numbers of bolh Rtpublicans and Democrats for a political
ihtluophy sumewhert between liberalism and conservatism The Amarillo
wx tell uj there has been a swing toward Goldwater and
the uhra ultra right
ThnNmhout tilt Truman Mftmheww snd thus far the Kennedy
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Residents Hear
Drc Gesswein
Services are continuing three times
a day at 6 CO a m 10 a m and
at 8 p m at Trinity Methodist
church where Dr Armin Gesswein
associate cvengellst with the Billy
Graham Evangelistic party and
prayer chairman for the Graham
crusade in Madison Square Garden
Is doing the preaching
Dr Gesswein IS making his second
visit to Texas Several years ago he
was he evangelist at a cltywlde
meeting In Mineral Wells in which
all Protestant churches of the town
took part
Df Gesswein is chairman of the
Southern California Prayer Fellowship
and is chairman of the SpirItual
Life Commission of the Natlo
nal Association of Evangelicals
A Kids Rally for children 3 11 will
be conducted Saturday morning at
10 Saturday night at 8 a Victorious
Christian Youth rally will be held
The Saturday night service will be
of equal interest to adults
Dr Gesswein has Just returned
from the Orient where he was associated
with Dr Bob Pierce in the
Tokyo Crusade It was here he met
Dr Sam Kamalesan of India well
known In Tulia who was soloist on
several occasions during the Crusade
which reached thousands of Japanese
The meeting will end Sunday
Sixty four prr cent of the total
land area of Idaho is public domain
MIMMIMM
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Golf Tourney
Begins Sunday
Tide Lake Golf Course lias announced
the beginning of its annual
tournament Sunday More than 80
entries have already been received
and at least 100 are anticipated Play
will continue through next week
H E Shrader and Mr and Mrs
Wayne Anderson and family of
Crawford spent last week visiting
In the home of Mrs Clara Bond and
Mr and Mrs James Lowe
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TULIA Swlther County TEXAS THURSDAY JULY 27 1961
Phillips To Coach
At Plainview
Bill Phillips of Tulia has accepted
the position of freshman football
coach at Plainview High school
Phillips coached at Tulia High school
from 1956 until 1959 when he Tesign
cd to accept a position at Hdrman
Toles Grain Co
He was high school girls basket
Mil coach Tor two years Before
oming to Tulia he coached six
years at Quail and one year at Can
vronA
A graduate T Hart High school
he received his di eree from West
Texas State Allege in 1950
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Survey Shows Swisher Residents
Turn To Stocks For Investments
Held Friday
Charles S Turner 8G died Wed
icsday night at his home 537 E
Jroadway He had been in falling
lealth
Mr Turner was born June 5 1875
it Centralia Mo He and Miss Ger
rude Harris were married Oct 18
1900 at Centralia They moved to
Tulia 18 years ago
Survivors Tnclude his wife two
sons B F Turner of Columbia Mo
and Charles S Turner of Oswego
NY two daughters Mrs Claude
Shelton of Tulli and Miss Mary Turner
of HartfordJ Conn seven grandchildren
and five great grandchildrenFuneral services were held Friday
morning at Wallace Funeral Chapel
The Rev Lewis Koerselman pastor
of the First Presbyterian church of
flciaied Burial was In Rose Hill
Revival To Begin
At Whitfield
The Whitfield Baptist Church begins
its summer revival Friday night
gins its summer revival Friday
night Services will continue through
Sunday August 6
Rev Bob Jackson paster of the
Caprs BaptlstvcHUttSti AWUm Wit
be preaching Gyie1 Johnson Wudisnt
at Wayland Baptist college will lead
the singing
Ivening services begin wth the
prayer service at S 00 p m and warship
service at 8 30 p m Morning
services will be each morning during
the week at 10 00 except oi Saturday
mornings
The public is cordially Invited to
attend these services
OLDFASHIONED SING
SUNDAY AT VIGO
An oldfashioned singing convention
will be held Sunday afternoon
from 2 to 4 at Vigo Park Commun
Ity church A basket lunch will be
served In the community building at
1 oclock The public is invited
Swisher county it appears has its
full quota of capitalists
The number of local reside la owning
stock in publiclyheld compora
tions adds up to 624 according to the
latest tabulation based on data gathered
iri 1959 and I960
This represents a considerable Increase
in the county s shareowning
population since 1956 when similar
surveys were made At that time
there were not more than 176 stockholders
locally
The findings represent breakdowns
that were made of national surveys
taken by the New York Stock Exchange
the University of Michigan
and others to discover who owns
American business
As of 1959 they show there were
U9 million people in the country
with money invested In common
stock Preliminary figures indicate
that the number is now close to 15
million
There is a considerable variation
throughout the United States in the
proportion of the population owning
toek The South Central States
which have been lowest in this respect
are now achieving the most
rapid increase
In the State of Texas approxlmat
ely 3 9 percent of the population are
stockholders the reports show
This compares with 3 3 percent in
the South Central States
The growing urge to own common
stock is attributed by G Keith Fun
ston president of the New York
Stock Exchnge to a higher level of
personal income to a rising stock
market and to a greater public uh
Wrstand ng of tbe inv estment pro
ess Added to this he says has
been the concern over Inflation
The studies show on a national
basis from what income groups the
shareowners come Almost half of
them are in households that have
Incomes of 5000 to 10000 Another
fourth roughly arc in the over
10 000 household bracket The remaining
25 percent are in households
with incomes not exceeding 5000
Among those who do own stock it
is found two out of five have shares
in only one corporation As to the
average investor he holds 3 5 dif
fcrent stock issues Less than one
out of five has a diversified group
of holdings comprising seven or
more issues
A PACKED SANCTUARY was achieved Sunday morning
when members of the First Methodist church met for the
first time in their new building Bishop Paul V Galloway of
San Antonio preached He was assisted by Dr J E Shewbert
district superintendent and the Rev Robert T Metzger pas
ton Hundreds of townspeople filed through the new building
Sunday afternoon when open house was held Pictured are
several views of the sanctuary including the pulpit and altar
area The pUIpit and altar rails are of marble Also shown are
front and rear views of the sanctuary The tall stained glass
windows at the rear presents the theme Christ For All
Surrounding the image of Christ are the various groups of
the worlds population the working man the scholar the
business man the rich the poor all races AIsd shown is one
of the eight 3 window groups which portray events in the life
of Christ from His birth to His resurrection All lighting in the
sanctuary can be controlled from the pulpit Refrigerated air
conditioning and central heating are provided A new Allen
organ has been installed and a new grand piano has been purchased
The pews have foam rubber cushions
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Crag Urate At Teeli Again Protested
Perhaps we ordinary citizens
should be grateful when the wiser
attempt to shield us from the larsh
cr facts of life but shomehow or
another we doubt that there is ycry
much gratitude involved
Most of us feel rightly or wrongly
that we do a fair job of thinking
for ourselves and further that we
can stand up to the days problems
as well as the next fellow
Thus the recent effort of the Tex
bf
as Tech Board Directors to break
the word gently that integration of
the races has taken place at Texas
Tech is not likely to bring about
any paeans of praise from he public
which the College official attempted
> protect While the maj
Continued on Pago 5
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The TuLin Herald
VOL 53 NO 30
TWO SECTIONS
Patients in Swisher County hospital
Tuesday were Mrs Gilbert Pci rv
and son Pedro Brito Mrs B T
May Dr Gilbert Lindsev Farl M
chell Mrs J H Ward Buster Hin
ton Mrs Pearl Hearn Roger Burrow
Larry Bice
Dismissals since last report Robert
E Dickenson William Come 1
Mrs S F Flores Weldon Wilhelm
Shelley Borchardt Mrs Eugene
Hochstein Sue Neeley Mrs H H
Simmons Mrs Gilbert Perry Mr
Webb Tinner Georgia Gidden Mr
Kathenne Olson Beverley Vars M s
Charles Harmison George Thompson
III Fred Delacruz Patnua Old
den Mrs Kenneth Bilhngton Mr
J T Hale Johnny Taylor L nda
Kay Rogers A L McMurtrv Sobbj
Gerdes
Mr and Mrs Webb Tinner B
152 Tulia a boy
Mr and Mrs Kenneth Billing in
Route S Tulia a boy
Mr and Mrs J T Hale Box IW
Tulia a girl
Mr and Mrs Gilbert Perry 4J0 S
Bowie Tulla a boy
New meter connectirns Ysmael
Salas 503 S Floyd David Lee Hal
206 S El Paso Ray Sparza 314 S
Bowie BUI J Gunter 522 N Maxwell
C L Pollock 301 N im
strong M Clemmet 413 N Hali
Leando Velancea 409 E Broad va
CcnTe Equipment Co Tula
1961 Ford Bueal Lee Thompson
Happy 1961 Chevrolet Charlis V
Cole Tuha 1961 Ford I C Shrp
Tulla 1961 Chevrolet Sam Apple
on Tulia 1961 Studebaker Guy McDonald
Happy 1D61 Pontlac Ben
Tye Kress 1951 Ford James Kirby
Muslck Tuha 1961 Mercury
e
Marriage licenses were issued to
Ysabel Bastardo Sauclllo Tulia and
Ellsa Rodriquez Tulla Juan Garna
Ir Kress and Hinasia Torrca
Kress
Weather In Swisher county has
been Ideal the past week Good showers
fell over the county Friday night
with 1 15 falling in Tulia More than
three Inches were reported cast of
Tulia but only a half Inch was reported
three miles northwest Kadir
reported 2 22 inches Another 03 fell
Sunday night
Temperature extremes for tho
week
III Lo
Wednesday 92 68
Thursday 90 C5
Friday 75 5S
Saturday 81 CO
Sunday 88 63
Monday 87 62
Tuesday 86 62
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Baggarly, Herbert Milton. The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex), Vol. 53, No. 30, Ed. 1, Thursday, July 27, 1961, newspaper, July 27, 1961; Tulia, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth46363/m1/1/?q=%221961-07%22: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Swisher County Library.