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Millie Murff Crowned Miss Mackenzie
By MARY ANN SARCHET
Miss Millicent Murff,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Sam T. Murff of Tulia, a
senior in Tulia High School,
was presented as the 1976
Miss Mackenzie at the con-
clusion of the third annual
pageant in the Silverton
School Auditorium Saturday
night.
The 1976 Miss Mackenzie
has been in band five years
and has been selected for the
All Region Band two years.
She has been in choir three
years, in the All-Region
Choir three years, the All
Area Choir three years, anti
the All State Choir two
years. She was selected for
the All-Star Cast in last
year’s inter-scholastic league
One-Act Play contest. She
attended National Music
Camp at Interlochin and won
the Texas Federation of Mu-
sic Clubs Scholarship. She
attended Inspiration Point
Fine Arts Opera Colony. She
had been elected to the
Society of Distinguished
American High School Stu-
dents. Who's Who Among
American High School Stu-
dents, and was runner-up in
the 1 ions Club Queen Beauty
Contest. Her hobbies include
music and art
As Miss Mackenzie, she
was presented a bouquet,
her crown, a diamond neck-
lace and bracelet from the
sponsoring organization, the
L. O. A. Junior Study Club of
Silverton, and a S50 bond
from the City of Siverton.
She was sponsored in the
contest by the Pottery &
Indian Shop of Tulia.
First runner-up in the con-
test was Miss Robin Gay
Roberts, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs Johnny Roberts of Floy-
dada. A senior in Floydada
High School, she was spon-
sored by 1956 Junior Study
Club. She is the reigning
Miss Floyd County Fair.
Miss Roberts stated in her
entry that she has lived in
Floydada for six years, hav-
ing moved with her family
from Denver, Colorado. Mu-
sic is one of her full time
activities. She has played the
flute for seven years and the
piccolo four years. This year
she is president of the Floy-
dada High School Band. She
has been in Drama for two
years and has participated in
Bobcats Favored
To Claw Hornets
Harris Rating System
takes Dimmitt over Julia this
week bv seven points. Dim-
mit is listed 14th among the
state’s 211 Class A A schools.
Childress is 16th; lulia 49th;
Floydada 53rd: Lockney
70th; Idalou *'4th. Olton
113th; Abernathv 12drd; lit
tlefield 130th; Panhandle
154th. Frcnship I'sSth; Mule-
shoe lhlst ami Friona |u]st
Top ten AA teams in the
stale are Rockdale. ( olum
bus. Slaton. Pearsall. Bowie,
la Grange, Hondo, Mc-
Gregor. West and ( ameron
Yoe
Among the state's 208
Class A teams. Claude is
47th, Petersburg 51st, Hart
54th; Farwell 62nd; Vega
I04th; Hah C erm r 124th;
Kress 125th: Springlake-
I artIv I^Hth; Bovina P^th;
Ralls 167th
Harris picks Claude over
Kress by 13."’ points Top ten
Class A teams, according to
Harris, are Seagraves, Fast
Bernard. Alcdo, Falls City.
Holliday. Plains. Barbers
Hill. Wellington. Groveton
and Big Sandy. Memphis is
1 Ith.
lop ten Class B teams
among the state's 140 are
Gorman. Rochester. I vant.
D’Hanis. Groom. Era. An-
ton. Sudan. Meridian, and
Chilton. Wheeler is 11th.
In ( lass B. Harris lists
Motley County 16th; Am-
herst 21st; Lefors 23rd; Val-
iev 34th: Meadow 42nd; Sil-
verton 52nd; Lazbuddie 75th;
Whiteface 86th: McLean
H"th. Nazareth 93rd; Happy
44th
Harris rates Sudan 4.t.»
points better than Happy.
Whiteface is rated 2 I points
stronger than Nazareth. Hart
plays Class AA Friona
Frida v.
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Want Ads Get. Results
7L
, By H. M. BAGGARLY
IOTICF ON IMF envelope in which
iHlydl ■ Morgan sends his renewal that
he is state representative ot District 13s' in
Missouri His address is Route 2. Nevada.
Missouri
The young farmer was an active
Farmers Union member when he lived here.
I F\T 1 IMF WF IIAVF a Presidential
It amp.nen w< suggi st that tin Demo
irats select an atheist for their Presidential
1 andidatc.
I he* select a ( atholu atul get hell from
the Hjptists
Ihev then select a Baptist jnd get hell
from bo h the ( atholics and the Baptists
And tin rest ot soviet v is filing up on the
"born again issue and doesn t know what
to do.
Perhaps with an atheist we v«»uUl at
least muni on the support ot the atheists
IA I) TIIF DEMOCRATS deliberately
I picked a candidate pteasmg to tin
Baptists, wc don’t know who would have
been mori logical than Jimmy ( arter. unless
it was Billv Graham
But what happens?
Dr W \ ( riswcll savs I think he’s
((. artcri mixed up in his moral values, and I
think the entire 18.000 member First Baptist
Church (Dallas) leels the same wav
Dr lerrv Sines ot Mobile. Ala . former
president of the pastors conference of the
Southern Baptist Convention, savs the
statement is "another instance of (Carter)
accommodating himself to Ins audience. A
U>t of us arc not convinced that Mr t arter is
trulv in the evangelical ( hnstian camp and
this lends to indicate to us that he isn’t
1F. APPRKCYATF (he remarks of Dr.
Herbert I Peterson of the I irst
Baptist ( linn h of Oak ( lift He said he
thought < arter "was |ust being more honest
than most other men. I doubt seriously
thal 1 .her red blooded Ann ruan men have
not done the same tiling
I hen there vv as the Rev < )lin t »rif fith of
Shadv Grove Baptist ( him h who said. ’ ’ I he
thing that reallv shocked me most was that
he would give an interview to this tvpe
magazine I really didn't think if lie’s the
person that I’ve been led to believe he is
religiously that he’d have time for Plavbov
It wasn’t in g hh! taste tor him to do that"!
(Mi. come 11 v. Some rather respectable
people even read I he lulia Herald.
V III.IA IIAS TURNED out some outsland-
■ mg musicians in recent years. At the
Kiwanis banquet last luesil.n night we were
made to realize how good the Otwell twins
reallv are. With their talent and gixx) bxiks.
they probablv could make the big time with
the proper promotion and a normal amount
of good breaks.
^feVER THE WEEKEND wc have been
^^en|OYing an album recorded bv Murrv
Vise. Jr., son of Mr and Mrs. Murry Vise of
Tulia. Murrv is minister of music at the First
Baptist Church of Big Spring. It’s a good
selection of newer songs, some In such
contemporaries as Gaither and Rambo. and
the accompaniment includes piano and
organ, guitar, rhythm guitar, bass and
drums. The album was recorded at Houston.
The album is a much appreciated gilt of
Feme Vise who autographed it "to H. M
Baggarly. . in appreciation for beginning
Murry Jr. in piano.” Murrv’s older sisters
also studied piano with us but they practiced
more! Sorry about that. Murrv
^^PPONENTS OF the amendment on the
^^Nov. 2 ballot which would double the
amount of water development bonds Jhc
state ean issue blast the proposal as
"nothing more than the first step tn
reinstating the lexas Water Plan" which
w.is narrow I v defeated several vears ago.
Opponents sav there is a need for water in
West lexas. but it ought to be solved by
private enterprise.
It the public wants to pav the added cost
of raising food and fiber where imported
water is financed bv private enterprise, fine'
Also, where farmers want freedom to
plant fence to fence with no government
restrictions of any kind, trusting onlv the law
ot supply arid demand to save them. (1 e. the
Ki piiblu an plan), then wc see no reason w hv
thev shouldn’t also finance their imported
w ater.
C PF \KIN(i OF’ WATER, response to
vent ■ omments on cloud seeding have
been almost ml Apparently people just
don’t give a darn Looks like at least the
Mackenzie Water Authority would have a
little concern over the possibilitv that Tule
( reek might drv up as a result of cloud
seeding.
And speaking of Mackenzie, is it asking
loo milch if we suggest that all learn how to
spell the word which is likelv to be used
quite a lot from now on? It is spelled just like
the residential addition in South lulia. just
Itk- the Arnn officer spelled it Mackenzie.
Win 11 it appears in a news story, three out of
tour times it is misspelled. It’s NO I
Mackenzie. McKenzie or anything but
Mackenzie.
ALE PKOPI.F! who lake an interest
Ivm politics do so for the same reason
Some art reallv interested in promoting
good government anil in doing their part to
help make it work They realize the
importance of electing good men and women
to public office.
Perhaps they have seen the results of
bad government, government bought and
paid tor bv the railroads as was the case
during the first part of this century, oil and
gas in more recent times, and iney are
dedicated to the task of putting the
government back m the hands of the people.
MIIERI ARE SOME, however, who have
I less worthy motives in becoming invol-
ved m politics. I hey see politics as a source
of personal power, social prestige, patron-
age. Ihev have few if anv convictions about
the philosophv or ivcn the morality of the
candidate. Ihev sec him only as a man who
can. it elected, perform personal favors.
Thev are interested primarily in betting on
a winner. If thev are convinced he is a
winner, then they are willing to contribute
their dollars and time in exchange for
personal favors after the elecfion! Thev want
on lus bandwagon.
Sometimes these favors are in the form
ot patronage, business favors, appointment
of friends or relatives. Sometimes it’s the’
prestige that comes from hobnobbing with a
Senator. IVestdent or Governor, being
invited to then si vial functions.
s:
UCH PEOPLE care little about the
^politics of the candidate. It matters little
whether he is a Democrat or Republican.
I hev ean always cut the pattern to fit the
cloth.
No place do we see as many political
phonies as in the lexas Democratic Party.
Wc have always had a strong minority
of philosophical Democrats in Texas, per-
sons who thought like Thomas Jefferson and
other ideological Democrats. They put their
philosophy of government above the man of
the moment I hey were interested in what
thev could do for the party, and in what the
partv could do lor all men. not a favored few .
(Continued On Page Four)
a three-act. two-act and Di-
strict winning one-act play.
She read poetry in UIL
competition and won District
last year. She has played
basketball six years and has
run track three years. She is
a member of Student Council
?nd of the Annual Staff. She
has completed six years in
Girl Scouts and is an active
member of her church youth
group. She is an honor
student and plans to attend
Texas Tech University fol-
lowing her high school grad-
uation. Her hobbies are mu-
sic, drama, art and animals.
She was presented a bouquet
and a diamond necklace by
the L. O. A. Junior Study
Club.
Second runner-up was
Miss Lee Ann McMurtry,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Wayne McMurtry. A senior
in Silverton High School,
Miss McMurtry was the con-
test’s first runner-up last
year. She is a member of the
First Baptist Church of Sil-
verton and is the present
Lions Club Queen. She is the
1976 head cheerleader and a
member of the SHS Student
Council. She has been the
FFA Chapter Sweetheart and
was president of the Briscoe
County 4-H Horse Club. Her
hobbies and special interests
include barrel racing, play-
ing piano, cheerleading and
skiing. She was sponsored by
the Silverton Lions Club and
was presented a diamond
necklace and a bouquet by
the L. 0. A. Junior Study
Club.
Miss Colleen Hutsell,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F.
E. Hutsell of Silverton, was
(Continued On Page Two)
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MILLICENT MURFF, Tulia, the new Miss Mackenzie, is flanked by Robin
Roberts of Floydada, first runner-up. and Lee Ann McMurtry, Silverton, second
runner-up. (Briscoe County News photo)
The Tuun Herald
★ ★ COVERING SWISHER COUNTY LIKE THE SUNSHINE * ★
VOL. 68. NO. 40
THE TULIA (Swisher County) HERALD
THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 30. 1976
TWO SECTIONS
Hornets Face Powerful Dimmitt
By LYNDON HARDIN
The Dimmitt Bobcats,
ranked as high as 13th in the
state by some polls, will
match their high powered
offense against what has
been so far a stingy Tulia
Hornet defense Friday night
in Tulia. The Bobcats have a
lot of dangerous speed in the
backfield with Thompson
Mayberry a 9.6 sprinter as
Malcom, Breedlove,
Latham Are Winners
Bill Malcom. 222 NW 6th.
with three misses was first
place winner in last week's
Herald grid guessing con-
test Due to upsets, he
missed Ralls at Kress, Laz-
buddic at Happy and Baylor
at Illinois. He listed Earl
Cosbv Motor Co. as the
Mystery Merchant. Winning
Felts Wins *4,333
At Happy Roping
Arnold Felts ot Wood-
ward. Okla . with S4.333 was
top money winner of the
seventh annual Wesley-Sims
Memorial Roping held Satur-
dav and Sundav at Happy
Rodeo Arena Guv Allen of
Santa Anna, with S3.031 was
second high.
The event was sponsored
bv the Happy Rodeo Associa-
tion Attendance was large
and interest high, according
to observers. Most of the
performers will be in Post
next for a benefit roping.
In the first go-round
Saturday. Terry Phillips.
Iowa Park, was first in calf
roping with 10.04 seconds.
Tutt Garrett, of Portalcs, N.
M.. was second with 10.42;
Kenny Call. Oklahoma City,
third with 12.18; and Larrv
Cohorn. Las Cruces, N. M.,
fourth with 12.28.
In the second go-round;
Terry Phillips 1st, 11.32;
Junior Garrison. Duncan,
Okla.. 2nd. 11.00; W. C.
Sibley. Carlsbad, N. M . 3rd,
11.97; and Kennv Call. 4th.
12.86.
In the finals. Sam Brown.
Adrian. 1st. 40.71; Terry
(Continued On Page Ten)
NEW MODEL AUTOMOBILES will be shown in
Tulia this weekend by Tulia new ear dealers. Howard
Wright Chevrolet Olds will show its models Thursday
as will Earl Cosby Buiek-Pontiac. John Wilkerson
Ford Mereury will show new models Friday.
second place with four mis-
ses was Norvell Breedlove,
Box 157. He missed Silverton
at Springlake-Earth, Laz-
buddie at Happy, Baylor at
Illinois and WTSU at South-
ern Illinois. He listed Young
and Fills as the Mystery
Merchant.
Third place winner was
Gene Latham. Route V. with
four misses. Vega at Claude.
SMU at NTSl.'. Baylor at
Illinois, and WTSL at South-
ern Illinois. His Mystery
Merchant was Love Bros.
Oil
Others missing only four
games were Monty Malcom.
2216 WT Station. Canyon.
First National Bank; Terrv
Hale. 301 N. Hale. Love
Bros. Oil.; Charles Hatcher,
803 N. Donley. Farl Cosby
Motor G'o.
Miss'ng five were Mary
Harper. Box 576, Happy.
Gale's Texaco; J. Brett
Foster. Route S. First State
Bank; Gail Flow. 516 N. E.
2nd. Prairie Cattle and
Grain: Geneva Malone. Box
592. First State Bank; Billy
Hurt. 505 N. Gaines. Ed
Harris Lumber Co.; Sharon
Nichols. Box 611, Gale's
Texaco; Paul Lacey. 119 N.
W. 5th. Tulia Co-op Gin;
Elmer Laughter. 4213 Garv
Lane. Amarillo, Workman
Machinery; Rickey Harman.
5421 16th. Lubbock. Western
Auto: Kathx Cole. 408 N. W.
6th. FI Matador; E. N.
Howell. 44 Travis Road.
Howard Wright Chevrolet-
Olds; Gladys Young. Box
455. Kress. Love Bros. Oil;
Louis E. Berg. 608 N.
Arthur. Howard Wright
Chev rolet-Olds: Bettv Brv-
ant. 625 N. Donley. El Mata-
dor: D. M. Tucker. 309 N
Games. Love Bros. Oil; Keith
Davenport. 301 Buffalo Trail.
First National Bank; Billv
Hacklenian. 1003 Maple,
Dimmitt. Howard Wright
C hev rolet-Olds; Dewey Brv-
ant. 625 N. Donley, First
National Bank: Ruth Hackle-
man. 1003 Maple. Dimmitt.
Farl Cosby Motor Co.; Kv
Sherrod. Box A. Channing.
FT Matador.
Mystery Merchants were
Tulia Co-Op Gin and El
Matador Restaurant
the quarterback. Tuba's de-
fense has only given up one
TD this year (that one at
Friona last week), but they
have not reallv been tested in
comparison to what they
must stop Friday night Ol-
ton is the only team that has
managed to gain more than
200 yards against the defen-
sive unit, as the Hornets
moved to a 3-1 season record
defeating Friona last week
33-8. Dimmitt also brings a
3-1 season record into Friday
night’s contest, losing only to
Slaton.
The Hornet defense gave
up their first TD last week in
Friona. but they also forced
the Chiefs to cough up the
football 5 times, two of which
lead to third quarter TD's for
the Hornets.
It was nearly midway
through the second quarter
before the Hornets were able
to put the first six points on
the scoreboard. Larry Ander-
son reached "pay dirt” from
2 yards out with 7:25 left in
the second quarter, after
Gary Hutson had recovered a
Chieftain fumble on Tuba’s
own 43 yard line. Joe Garza
added the extra point to
make it 7-0.
Unable to move the ball in
their next possession. Friona
was forced to punt to the
Hornets, giving Tuba the
football at their ow n 45 yard
line. Even though the
Hornets suffered two 15 yard
penalties and had one TD
called back: they still
reached the end zone with
1 :()2 remaining in the half.
Don Burgess carried the final
four yards to give Tuba a
13-0 halftime lead.
Friona had first possession
of the ball to begin the
second half, but this lasted
Boxing Set
For Saturday
Golden Gloves boxing,
sponsored bv Tuba Kiwanis
Club, will get underway for
the new season Saturday
night at 8 o'clock at the
Guslcr Building on I'S 87
North, according to Adolfo
Pompa of the club.
Teams will be present
from Stinnett and Amarillo
and possibly from Lubbock
and Levdland.
Curtis Day. assisted bv
Rosa Ik) Gar/a. will be in
charge of the local boss.
The program, subsidized
bv the Kiwanis Club, is
designed to employ the ath-
letic skills of youngsters not
involved in other athletic
programs.
only a few seconds when
Alex Vaughn knocked the
ball loose from the carrier on
the opening kickoff. Jeft
Wilks recovered the fumble
(Continued On Page Two)
New meter connections re-
ported by the city of Tuba
since last week: John E.
McLaughlin. 25 Adair; Sue
Adams. 121 N. Games: Sam-
my Quintanella. N. W. 2nd \
S'7; Becky Harris. 403 S.
Austin: Marshell Cutright.
Jr.. 800 N. Hale. #17: Joe
Alexander. 21 Crockett Dr.;
Thomas Moreno. 200 S. Fan-
nin. Gilbert Cazarye. 323 N.
W. 4th; Johnny Agulilar. 412
N. Collin.
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Marriage licenses issued
by the county clerk since last
week: Kime Carter. Amarillo
and Peggy Lynn McGavock.
Happy.
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Patients admitted to Swi-
sher Memorial Hospital since
last Tuesday : Kevin Grabbe.
Mrs. Grover Coffee. W. C".
Osborn. Mrs. Annie Badgett.
Wallace Stovall. Christina
Lopez. Ellishia Bay berry,
Mrs. John Perez. Mrs. How-
ard Sharp. Mrs. Teresa
Stone. Bill Green. Mrs. Jerry
Smith.
BORN TO:
Mr. and Mrs. John Perez,
216 N. Eastland. Tuba, a
boy.
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Smith,
413 N. F.. 4th. Tuba, a boy.
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New subscribers to The
Tuba Herald since last week:
Leslie Abernathy. MSC. Box
8415. College Station. Texas:
Midland College. 3600 N.
Garfield. Midland. Texas;
Mrs W. J. Richardson. Rt.
S. Tulia. Texas; E. C. Pvle,
718 N. Floyd. Tulia. Texas;
A. C. Davis. Rt. V. Tulia.
Texas: Craig Culwell. Rt V.
Box 77. Tulia. Texas: J W.
Bragg. 3534 Barclay. Ama-
rillo, Texas: David E. Harris.
2727 Virginia Circle. 3-211.
Amarillo. Texas: Charla Ki-
ker, ”304 Twin Crest. *206,
Austin. Texas; Melanie But-
ler. 11204 Woodmeadow,
Apt 103. Dallas. Texas;
Shirley Jackson. Box 46.
Kingsland. Texas; Bob Shef-
fy. 305 N. Arthur. Julia.
Texas; John Lowe. 22 Adair.
Tulia. Texas.
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Temperature extremes for
the week were 86 and 42.
Rainfall measured .89 inch,
according to John Ballcnger.
official weather observer.
Cif y Resists Ra Increase
City Manager John Gayle
and City Attorney. Burrell
Evans, attended a Monday
hearing on the Motion to
Intervene before the Public
Utilities Commission of Tex-
as in Austin in connection
with Continental Telephone
System’s rate increase re-
quest
On request, the Commis-
sion suspended any rate
increase for 120 days from
October Ih. H’p. The Com-
mission granted a motion to
intervene filed by the lexas
Municipal League for mem-
ber cities m the Continental
Telephone System. Several
cities, including Tulia, were
also granted the right to
intervene.
The Commission ruled that
one consolidated case is to be
presented for all cities in the
system on the over all rev-
enue requirements, and that
the cities in each "Rate
Group Bank”, according to
the number of telephones,
must present a consolidated
case for its respci live Band
Groups for the rate spread.
During the proceedings
the attorney for the Public
Utility Commission, John
Bell, stated that the five
million dollar requested in-
crease in revenue was exces-
sive.
A steering committee was
appointed by the cities on the
Continental Telephone Sys-
tem The cities chose Don
Butler. Attorney for Texas
Municipal League, to be lead
counsel for presenting the
case on the over all revenue
requirements, with Burrell
Evans, lulia Cm Attorney,
and Bill Minklev. Dumas
Gitv Attorney , to assist him.
Evans was chosen to he lead
counsel to represent the
cities in Band 5. which
includes Tulia. in presenting
its consolidated case for the
rate spread.
Bill McMorrics. J’ulia City
Engineer, w as chosen as rate
consultant for the cities in
presenting the case.
I he requested increase for
lulia would he an additional
revenue to the Company ot
522.000. 00 per month, or
5264.000. 00 per vear
The cities have until Octo-
ber 5 to file a request for
information trom Contin-
ental.
On October 12. the Coni
mission will hear any pro-
tests of Continental on the
request for information from
the cities.
A pretrial hearing on the
ease has been set for October
29 at 9 00 a m.
Attorney Evans said that
numerous complaints of pin»r
telephone service in lulia
have been reported. He re-
quests that these complaints
he written and given to him
before the* hearing.
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Mv wife ran off wuh mv
best tnend. I sure miss him.
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