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;j THURSDAY, MARCH 25,1999
THE TULIA (Swisher County) HERALD
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#:iiw an eye on Texas
Outstanding women shape Texas history
Women have played an important role in Texas
history. Among them are:
Barbara Jordan, first African-American Texan to
sen/e in the U.S. House 1972-79, recipient of Medal
of Freedom award; Miriam A.“Ma” Ferguson, first
woman governor 1925-27 and 1933-35; Soncerla
Messiah-Jiles, African-American woman who
purchased the Houston Defender newspaper in
1981, tripled its circulation and made it one of the
leading papers in the Southwest;
Hattie Henenburg, Hortense Ward, and Ruth
Brazzil, first and only all-woman Texas Supreme
Court for 5 months in 1925; Jovita Gonzalez de
Mireles, first and only Mexican-American woman to
serve as president of the Texas Folklore Society
(1931-32); EmmaTennayuca Brooks, original
Tejana leader of the Texas Pecan Shell strike in
1939 over wages; Lucy Gonzales Parsons, native
of Waco, leader of the Chicago working class
movement, a writer, editor, orator and founder of the
Industrial Workers of the World; Adina de Zavala,
Savior of the Alamo helped save the Alamo
structure and charter member of the Texas State
Historical Association in 1892; Francisca Alvarez,
Angel of Goliad, a nurse at the 1836 Battle of
Goliad who saved many of Col. James W. Fannin s
men; Elisabet Ney, famous German Texas sculptor
whose statues of Stephen F. Austin and Sam
Houston appear in the Capitol; Jovita Idar, Tejana
who established a free kindergarten in San Antonio
in 1917, and supported educational opportunities for
women; Mildred Ella "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias,
leading money winner between 1949-1951 of Ladies
Professional Golf Association, and voted Woman
Athlete of the Half-Century in 1950; Claudia Taylor
“Lady Bird” Johnson, founder of the National
Wildflower Research Center in 1982, and recipient of
Medal of Freedom award; Kay Bailey Hutchison,
first woman U.S. Senator from Texas, 1993 to
present; Katherine Anne Porter, Pulitzer Prize
winning author known for her short stories about
Texas and her novel, Ship of Fools.
Barbara
Jordan
Ma
Ferguson
Jovita Gonzalez
de Mireles
SOURCES:
Carole Keeton
Rylandar, Texas
Comptroller of
Public Accounts; New
Handbook of Texas,
Black Texas Women,
and Women In Texas.
Illustrations by
Gilbert Conwoop.
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INTRODUCED INTO EUROPE.
LECEND HAS IT THAT, IN 129S,
MARCO POLO RETURNED TO
EUROPE WITH A PASTA RECIPE
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Memory Lane
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5 YEARS AGO
Physician Assistant Cynthia Ar-
cher joinsSwisherMcmorial Hospital
District medical staff. . .Sherry
Stephens Johnson recovers lostclass
ringafter20years.Itwaslostthefirst
day she wore it and found in an alley.
. Progressive Study Club Christmas
Card Fund will provide canopy for
Emergency Room entrance.. .Naz-
areth Swifts are state runner-up. .
.Seth McClellan, Kendra Martin and
Matt Martin are second place team in
novice class at penning competition
CAPITOL
COMMENT
U.S. SENATOR
KAY BAILEY HUTCHISON
More often than noL the federal government’s motto seems to be:
"What’s mine is mine, and what’s yours is mine." Acase in point is the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services bid to get its hands on money
the various states have won in lawsuits against the tobacco companies. Texas
alone will receive $17.3 billion in this tobacco settlemcnL
Uncle Sam has been eyeing those settlement funds. The federal
government is now claiming that the states "owe" HHS for the Medicaid
services it provides state residents. The cost of state Medicaid programs is
shared between the states and the federal government
Those claims are spurious. The states initiated the tobacco lawsuits,
beginning in 1989, and never received help of any kind from the federal
government in pursuing them. Only after the tobacco companies settled with
the states did the federal government announce it would attempt to seize a
portion of the proceeds.
The lawsuits upon which these settlements are based were initiated by
the states, on many different grounds, and the cases involved a wide variety
of issues beyond health-care costs.
These settlements belong to the states and shouldbc used for thebenefit
of our states' residents-not to help a federal bureaucracy balance its books.
Federal Medicaid law entitles the federal government to a certain share
of funds that states recover in situations such as when a hospital is discovered
overcharging Medicaid for a particular health service, or when someone
receives care paid for by Medicaid when he or she is covered by private
insurance. The law was never intended to be used in situations such as the
tobacco litigation.
After learning of the administration's intentions, I introduced a bill to
stop the federal government from seizing these funds. My legislation is
written to ensure that every dollar obtained by the state stays with the state.
It enjoys the overwhelming support of state officials in Texas and elsewhere.
In fact, all 50 state governors support my legislation and the National
Governors Association has called it their number one federal priority.
Many states, Texas included, are using their settlements to achieve
responsible, health-conscious goals, and the administration's grab puts such
initiatives at risk. And individual Texas counties have a big stake in the
tobacco settlement funds. They are in line to receive more than $2 billion,
starting with a lump sum payment of $300 million this year. Many of our
counties are hard-pressed to fund and maintain their public hospitals. These
funds will help make sure that the health-care safety net for all Texans is
preserved.
The states didn't get help from Washington when they decided to pursue
the tobacco settlements. It's plain wrong for Washington to now claim 57
percent of Texas' $17 billion—robbing our counties and state health-care
programs. I will fight to stop that from happening.
10 YEARS AGO
Blayne Reed of Kress wins calf
scramble at Houston Livestock Show
and Rodeo. . .Sales tax returns up
60.32 percent here. . .Everett and
Leota Miller to mark 50th wedding
anniversary April2.. .Fred Boatright,
82 buried Saturday.. .Anthony Lynn
Culifcr, 14 months, dies Monday..
J. Brett Foster, 20, dies in traffic
accidenL. .David Campos, 37, dies
in one-vehicle roll over.. .Moisture
received from 2 inches of snow (first
snow of the year) measured .30 of an
inch. Temperature extremes for the
week were 86 and 14
15 YEARS AGO
Dennis Love new Swisher County
Activities Association president. .
.Temperature extremes for the week
were 85 and 25. . .Tulia sales tax
rebates up 12.35 percent. . .Ralph
Bates expands shoe store operation
to the Plainview area with the open-
ing of a new store in Plainview. .
.Thirty low-rent housing units under
construction in various areas ofTulia.
. .Tulia Chamber of Commerce to
sponsorFord Bros. Circus.. .Delbert
Devin elected president of STAND.
20 YEARS AGO
Tulia High School band earns
Sweepstakes honors at UILRegion I
Music Contest...'Wet, foggy weather
causes three major truck wrecks be-
tween Tulia and Kress.. .City Coun-
cil approves Housing Authority's
application for 75 dwelling units..
.Boating and camping permits raised
slightly at Mackenzie Lake.. .Mrs.
Hershel Thompson is third in State
Cow Belle cook-off.. .Steve Young,
12 places first in light weight Here-
ford division at Lubbock.
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Sunday 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
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STORE HOURS 7:30 - 5:30 WEEKDAYS
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24 HOUR PRONE SERVICE
105 W. Broadway 995-4670 Tula;
Pasquel and Eufemia Valdez has been selected to
be featured in the Tulia Herald’s newcomer series.
They moved to Tulia with their children Jonathan, 9,
and Simsy, 4. They had been in Plainview, where
Pasquel worked for Panhandle Compress.
Pasquel is foreman at Attcbury Grain in Tulia.
Eufemia has held managerial positions in the past, but
is enjoying being a housewife. Jonathan is in fourth
grade and likes his teacher. Simsy stays at home and
helps her mommy.
The family enjoys fishing, camping, and hiking,
exploring the territory on family outings. They arc
looking for a church home.
"Tulia is a nice, friendly little town. We really like
it here," Pasquel said.
As a welcome to the community the newcomers
will receive a six month subscription to the Tulia
Herald, $10 worth of free cleaning at Shirley's, $5 off
their first prescription and a free meal for each member
of the family at Tulia Pharmacy, and a gift certificate
at the Sonic Drive-In. _,
WELCOME TO TULIA
Get Acquainted With
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"On your clothes we’U
put a blessing
And you’ll ft el it when
you’re dressing"
111 S. Austin 995-4110 Tulia,Text*
"Welcome" from
Swisher Electric
Cooperative, Inc.
(Offices In Tulia)
Welcome a nemcomer to Tulia
mith gour advertisement in
this space. Ph. 995-3535.
The Tulia Herald
Echandole el ojo a Texas
25 YEARS AGO
Royal Park, Inc. gives $1,000 to
local day care center.. .Mrs. Ruby Jo
Mills, 46, dies.. .Kim King, Kevin
Gerber named senior class favorites
at Nazareth. . .Mayor W. V. Swin-
bum to keynote convention of the
West Texas Chamber of Commerce.
30 YEARS AGO
John Niland of the Dallas Cow-
boys is speaker at Athletic BanqueL
. .William Jasper McCune dies. .
Rudolfo Alvarado, 34, is dead on
arrival atS wisher Memorial Hospital
afterreceiving an accidental electric
shock on the R. H. Moses farm north-
east ofTulia. . .4-H Food Show win-
ners are: Cathey Jo La
Roe, Happy: Carolyn Smith, Tulia;
Sandy Woods, Happy; and Debra
Currie, Happy.. Ralph Wheeler of
Edmondson elected president of
Swisher Electric Cooperative. .
.Melinda Watson wins Junior Spell-
ing Bee.
35 YEARS AGO
Mrs. Myrtle Nolte Goldman, 69,
dies at her home.. .Funeral held for
Barbara
Jordan
Tejanas distinguidas que han tenido un
papel importante en la historia deTejas
La mujer ha tenido un papel muy importante en la historia
de Tejas. Incluyendo los acontesimientos de:
Barbara Jordan, la primera Afroamericana Tejana
elejida a setvir en la C&mara Naciona! de
Representantes en los Estados Unidos, 1972-79.
Fue obsequiada con la Medaila de la Ubertad;
Miriam A.“Ma” Ferguson, la primera mujer elejida
gobemadora del estado, 1925-27 y 1933-35,
Sonceria Messiah-Jiles, la Afroamericana que
compr6 el peri6dkx> Houston Defender en 1981 y el
cual triplied la ventas, siendo un Kder en la regidn
suroeste; Hattie Henenburg, Hortense Ward, y Ruth
Brazzil, miembnos de la Corte Suprema de Tejas
constituido tinicamente de mujeres, sirvieron por
dneo meses en 1925; Jovita Gonzalez de Mireles,
primera y unica Mexicoamericana en ser presidente
de la Asodaci6n del Folklore de Tejas (1931-32);
EmmaTennayuca Brooks, la llder de la lucha para
aumentar los salarios de los trabajadores de nueces
y organizadora de una huelga; Lucy Gonzales
Parsons, de Waco, fue llder del movimiento Chicano
trabajador, escritora, editora, oradora y fundadora de
Industrial Workers of the World; Adina de Zavala,
conocida como “Salvadora del Alamo,” ayud6 a
preservar la estructura del Alamo, y fue miembro de la
Asociacton Historica Estatal en 1892; Francisca
Alvarez, nombrada “Angel de Goliad," fue enfermera
en la batalla de Goliad de 1836 y salv6 a muchos de
los combatientes del Coronel James W. Fannin;
Elisabet Ney, famosa escultora Tejana-Alemana,
sus esculturas de Stephen F. Austin y Sam Houston
se pueden apreciar en el Caprtolio, Jovita Idar,
Tejana que fundd un kindergarten gratuito en San
Antonio en 1917 y apoyo las oportunidades
educativas de las mujeres; Mildred Ella “Babe”
Didrikson Zaharias, Tejana que fue ganadora del
gran premio de La Asociacidn de Mujeres
Profesionales de Golf de 1949-1951 y acreditada
como “Atleta del Siglo Medio” en 1950; Claudia
Taylor “Lady Bird” Johnson, fundadora del Centro
de Investigadones Naciona] de la Fauna en 1982, y
acreditada con la Medaila de la Libertad; Kay Bailey
Hutchison, la primera Senadora del Congreso en los
Estados Unidos en representar a Tejas desde 1993 al
presente; Katherine Anne Porter, ganadora del
premio Pulitzer y conocida por sus cuentos acerca de
Tejas y la novela, Ship of Fools.
Ma
Ferguson
Jovita Gonzalez
de Mireles
FUENTES: Carole
Keeton Rytander,
Contralora de
Cuentas Publicas,
Ubro de Tejas,
Mujeres de Tejas
Afroamericanas, y la
Mujer en Tejas.
Ilustradones da
Gilbert Conwoop.
9-year-old Steve Buske, son of Mr.
andMrs. P. L. Buske, 14 miles east of
Kress, who was dragged to death by
a horse. He and a friend were playing
rodeo.. .Death claims John Ogbom,
66. . -Emmitt Tucker, 81, dies. .
.Congressman Walter Rogers to be
principal speaker at annual member-
ship meeting of Swisher Electric
Cooperative;. .Death claims Harry
Jordan,Tulia HighSchool'sfirstfoot-
ball coach.. .Happy to have "Miss
Swisher" elimination.. .Bill Ren tfro,
84, dies.
40 YEARS AGO
Gusler Products, Inc. of Amarillo
seeks Tulia location.. .Teddy Canuth
winner in Legion oratorical contest
. .Funeral held for Bo Cavet, 53..
.Gales Texaco Service opens in Tulia.
. .Betty Harman installed as Rain-
bow Worthy Advisor.
45 YEARS AGO
Chris Ward high point man of
champion eighth graders at
South Plains Junior Cage league tour-
ney. . .Mildred Hulsey elected secre-
tary of District 9, TSTA.. .Mrs. C.O.
Washington wins $500 given by
group ofTulia merchants.. .Swisher
men ordered for induction into army
are John Clay Kincaid, Bobby J.
King and Alphonse Carl Irlbeck.
50 YEARS AGO
Griffith Produce introduces new
Shurfine food line.. .Olin Culberson,
state railroad commissioner, speaker
at Tulia Firemen's banquet
55 YEARS AGO
Red Cross WarFund exceeds $230
goal.. .Knox Buchanan is prisoner of
Japs in Philippines. He is the son of
Mr. and Mrs. C.V. Buchanan of
Happy. . .Last rites held for Gilla
Boren McKee, 47. . J.N. Pitts, 86,
dies. . .FJL. Ebcling, telegraph op-
erator here, transferred to Happy. .
.George W. Shafer seriously
wounded in Italy.. .Final rites held
for MrsJ.D. Vaughn, 70. . .Ray
Adams of Center Plains shows re-
serve champ lamb at Amarillo.
60 YEARS AGO
E.L. Scurlock new manager of
Tulia Herald.. .Mrs. D.M.Ross dies
of pneumonia. . .Funeral held for
J.C.Ashcr, 85. . .Funeral held for
Mrs.D.J. Johnson, 77, mother of Mrs.
Charlie Sims. . .Henry Jones, 52,
buried Monday.. .Frances Dee bride
of Loy Pyeatt.
65 YEARS AGO
Angus Starnes,studentatSulRoss,
plays in college cage tourney at Kan-
sas City.. .C£.Duke and H.N. Garrett
tie for first in shooting match held by
Tulia Pistol and Rifle Club.
70 YEARS AGO
BobAnglin, C-C secretary, resigns.
. .Sheriff Moseley and Deputy
McDonald capture about 25 gallons
of mash in basement of home a few
miles northeast of Union Hill school.
. .Latest Brunswick record hits in-
clude "Blue Yodel No. 2" and "In the
Jailhouse Now" by Frank Marvin:
"Little Nell" and "The Old Village
Church" by McFarland and Gardner.
75 YEARS AGO
Wash C.Bangle and MrsEF. Ervin
called to Petersburg due to illness of
Mrs.S.A. Bangle.. .Happy to build
five stand cotton gin.. .Clifford Kell
and Bo Cavet who have been attend-
ing school and playing basketball at
Ben Sheeler arrive home.
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