The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 7, 1966 Page: 1 of 18
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NMY PKOPU NEVOt WMr
Quanah Parker's Daughter Doesn't Like 'TV Westerns'
nguishcd visitor in Tulia Mon- “Apache escorts covered their fac- she said, blushed a deep red from property taken from them. With her has turned out all right for all con- dians that are really terrible, she
day was the youngest daughter of es, but not the Commanchcs!’’ she embarrassment. good business sense, she has manag- oerned,” she said. asserted. “'Most of them were just
famed Quanah Parker, last of the 53 ki. ‘Mrs. Parker said four of Parker’s od to hold on to licr property. She Her favorite television show is Pey- made up by white people,
great Comanche chieftains who also n0,c^ IhM the events con- 21 children arc surviving, a full sis- has made two trips to Europe. ton Place. She said she really cn- "You know, in Comanche, there
eamn in 'ivv-, fr u ’, ceming her fattier included in the ter, a half - brother and a laa.ll sis- Mrs. Purdy said that had she been joyed western shows; however, she are no curse words. We have to
10 oxas lrorn ncr 001X10 ln symphonic drama could not possibly ter, and herself. able to select the time in which she seldom secs a complete one. use yours.
Oklahoma Sunday to sec “Texas”, have happened during the period in When she was younger, Mrs. Purdy lived, she would prefer this genera- “1 turn the set off before the end She commented that the Indians
the symphonic drama in Pioneer Am- which the other events transpired, said, she used to work with tier tion to the time of her famed father because my people never win in used only to steal from other tribes,
phfthcatre at Palo Duro State Park. obviously, she felt the feeble- clwrch, teaching Sunday school to and grandmother, Cynthia Ann Park- their balttlcs with the whites. . .they and that this was a kind of warfare
'Mrs Alien Pu-iter Pnntv 70 rj ncss l0c man portraying her fa- children who knew no English, only er. . .and she would rather be a always lose!” she said with convic- between tribes.
nu, if"j" Jg tber was exaggerated. Comanche. member of the next generation than tion. “But the white men steal even
when Ken fmie’nc fofuiT j-ij ’Following Sunday nights perform- A woman of culture, Mrs. Purdy this. She feels that Indian stories and from their own families," she said.
^ |q,, ' s arnor la,nor uica ance S|le throw lier arms around is well informed, well educated. A When questioned, she said she did shews are very inaccurate, do not Mrs. Purdy is proud of her fourth
Fnnr MiiiHrnn rm-.oin f iv, J- Gary Wyatt who played the part widow, she spends her time looking not feel that Uncle Sam had treat- portray the Indian as he was, and cousin, Tommy Stewart, who has an
c en remain irom uie 0f her fattier, greeting him with "Hi, after her property which was ac - ed her people fairly as he took their in. fact consistently deal with him important role in “Texas. She was
chief’s six marriages. He had the six Da{j,
wives all at tlie same time
L\lrs. Purdy was born in a tcpcc
at Cash, Okia.
“People are always asking me if
I wore shoes," she said. “Of course
I wore shoes. I wore moccasins.”
With a keen sense of humor she
joked about the production which
she termed a wonderful show. How-
ever, she noted several inaccuracies
in those parts of the show dealing
with her famed father. She observed
that Indian girls never beat the drum
as one did in "Texas”. Also, she
ndted, the Comanche escorts which
assisted Quanah Parker had their___
faces covered which “they never yQ^ 54 27
She estimated she was per- quired during the time Uncle Sam property, often without remuneration, unfairly. a guest in the Troy Stewart home
haps 50 years older than Wyatt who, was compensating the Indians for But she is not bitter. "Everything "I hear so many stories about In- while in Tulia.
COVERING SWISHER COUNTY LIKE
SUNSHINE ★ ★
The Tuna Herald
MRS. ALICE PARKER PURDY of Lawton, Okla., daugh-
ter of famed Comanche Indian Chief Quanah Parker, is shown
with her fifth cousin, Andy Stewart, 3, son of Mr. and Mrs,
Larry Stewart of Route 1, Tulia.
TULIA, (Swisher County) TEXAS
790M
THURSDAY, JULY 7, 1M4
THREE SECTIONS
Horse Show
Is Friday
The Swasher County 4-H Horse
Show wid be held on Friday at the
Ocbb - Wheeler Arena, at 8 p.m.
This will be live Coun’ty Elimination
to dclerminc the ten 4-H members
from Swisher County who will enter
their horses in the District II 4-H
Horse show which will also be held
at the Cobb - Wheeler Arena on July
28. All 4-H dub members in 9wisher
County who are carrying a horse
project are eligible to enter.
Events scheduled lor the Horse
Show include- Halter & Performance
classes Halter classes will be avail-
able for all horses either Registered
or non-registerd. There will be two
classes for Registered Mares, Two _
classes for Grade Marcs, Two class- TUArY' of the First Baptist
es for Registered Geldings and two . —... • ._____*
classes for Grade Geldings The top ChutjCh of Tulia IS shown at
Registered Marc will show against left. At right is an exterior
the top Grade Mare for the Champ- view of the sanctuary with
ion Marc of the Show. The same will the new educational unit to
the left. (Nell Mays photo)
Dress Revue
Is Tuesday
REMODELED
SANC-
be true in the Gelding Classes.
Top Showmen will be selected from
each halter class and they will come
back and compete in the showman -
ship class from which the champ-
ion showman will be selected.
The performance class will include
Barrel Racing, Pole Bending, Rein-
ing and Western Pleasure. Four 4-H
members will .be limited, UKcnteciht,.
only two of the four Performance
events. Horses do not have to be
shown at halter in order to enter Per-
formance classes but the points earn-
ed in the halter classes wiH be coun't- For several years J. E. Dcon Pa*
ed in picking the horses to enter the 1798 o( the looal Veterans of For-
D'stnct show. Only one horse can • w has ^ funding sick-
be entered by each 4-H member and ^ including wheel
that horse be ridden by only that crutches, hospital beds, and
contestant. ' r
YFW Sickroom
Equipment
Rules Stated
First Baptist To Climax 75th. Anniversary
$450,000 Building Program With Service
The annual Swisher County 44
Dress Revue will be held Tuesday 'Patients in Swisher Memorial hos-
cvening. The revue will be held in pltal Tuesday were Mrs. Jack Love,
Fellowship Hall of the First Baptist Mrs- Tommy Childress and son, Mrs.
church and will begin at 8 o’clock. Maria Salas, Mrs. Ivan D. Strange,
Members of 4-H clubs with clothing Mrs. S. F Flores, Mrs. Marvin Car-
projeots will model garments they lile, Raymond Garza, Chester Bur -
have made. Divisions will be skirt nett, Mrs. Roy Wheeler, E. R. Part-
class, blouse class, Young Juniors, low, Burnell Dutton, Mrs. John Booth,
Older Juniors, and Seniors. Mrs. Julian Guzman, Mrs. S. C. Pur-
The highest scoring junior and high- dy, L. B. Gray, Tommy Perry, and
cst scoring senior will compete in Mrs. W. A. Boone,
the district 4-H Dress Revue at Lub- Dismissals since last week: Mrs.
bock August 2 Lee Bomar, Mrs. Carroll Garrison,
General Chairman for the Courtly £ac* G™ha?}' A[.l.1?ar , H.
Revue is Mrs. W. C. Weathcrred, Py?att. Mrs. \\ itlie Ridley, Mrs.
Kress 4-H Clothing leader. Enter - ^ ^a*
tainment will be furnished by Olay - ^ CSi°n’ MlS- Seltl(h
tonville, Happy and Vigo Park dub .j0?P Sp|j?lan’r.?V 7V I?arrc ’
members. Jorja Duke, Tulia 4 - H bright May. Mrs Dick Dickerson,
member and 18G4 state Dross Revue £r®nkw^,r“x AIrs‘ C§de *\lerc0,r’
winner, w i 1 1 be commentator of 1 lrs- Stephens Mrs. Juanita
,h„ Fuqua, Mrs Lewis Enriquez, Mrs.
Families and friends of the 4-H, Slp'jf3 G°nza'es-
members are invited to attend the ^ ^ ^ ^ aar
The First Baptist Church of Tulia that cornerstone when the old build- 1450,000 building program that was now educational building that was
will climax its 75th anniversary'build- ing was recently demolished, will be started last year. The first phase built and equipped for $270,000 and
int program with dedication services placed in. a new wall of an cduca- of. this program was the building for building houses-19 departments,
Sunday morning, A cornerstone from tonal building at the close Of the the Mexican Mission ^ a a wA1 furnished kitchen and spac-
the original auditorium, constructed morning service. $d3,500 and it was dedicated last . -
. ^.in 1906, along with items taken from The church has just completed a August 22. Following this was a dining hall with recreational xa-
- ** “ « .... '* . - cUUics.
The final phase was the beautify-
ing of the sanctuary built in 1951,
The ten club members who will
the like, to individuals without cost.
.. , .,, .. „. The equipment was bought through
enter the District 4-H Horse Show ^ | { magazines and other fund
on July 28 wit, include the Champion = , adtivitks
Mare, the Dmmpion Gelding, die -p^is equipment has been useful to
fmd place Showmanship whiner The ^ 0? £ticnts.
other seven horses will be all a -
Plans Complete
For Celebration
Happy Baptists
Set Services
Of Dedication
4-H Dress Revue. 0 ... „ ,
Route, Kress, a boy,
Mr. and Mrs. Dick Dickerson, 315
N. El Paso, Tulia, a girl.
uMr. and Mrs. Luis Enriquez, Box
1518, Hart, a boy." .
'Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Childress, 7
Fannin Drive, Tulia, a boy.
Mr. and Mrs. Eulalio Gonzales, \
Route V, Tulia, a boy.
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Now meter connections rc
by -City _of Tulia. sinco last
Emily Young, 729 Gaines;
First Baptist church of Happy will Rodriguez, 425 S. Austin; Jerry Caldt
dedicate its new church plant Sun- cr, 317 Arthur; Tommy Cleveland/
remodeling of tlie educational build- day. Speakers at ttve dedicatory ser- 615 N. Briscoe; Albert Muise, 635 S.
ing built in 1948, and the paving of vice to be held at 2:30 p.m. include Floyd; A. C. George, Jr„ 216 N.
a large parking lot and alloy connect- Dr. T. A. Patterson of Dallas and Eastland; Julius Stevens, 523 N. Bow-
ed with tlie church buildings. Tlie Dr. Franklin E. Swanncr of Plain- 'ic.
cducationa, building built in 19-18 pro- view. Barrel Slack of Garland will it if It
vidcs eight departments, library, of- be music director for both the mom- Marriage licenses issued by the
fice suite, music room with now rdb- ing and afternoon services, according county clerk since last week: Levis
ing facilities and new off white robes to Rev. living E. Looney, pastor. Jackson Btindrant, Lubbock, and
for the chapel and adult choirs. 'Hie At 6 p.m Sunday, Rev. Brian of Mrs. Gwendolyn Tucker Pruett, Lub-
cost of the final phase was $126,500. Plainview wil, speak and aft 7 p.m. bock; Warren Paul Pieplow, Tulia,
The present pastor is C. N. Rue, die Rev. Bill Hogue of Odessa. and Donna Sharon Vise, Tulia.
who accepted the chill'd! in Sept, of Special services wilt follow each if
round horses picked on
number of points earned
ious cvcnl.s
ttxu jrasxstwr&s wSSrz
.cwb who ™ z.st&’k
in entering should come by .the Coun- pftals or convalescent homos for ob- ^ nerfermmros will sacklle wil.-be awarded for first place Donna VanderZee or Virginia Butler, which $210,000 has already been paid Booker Wednesday night; Rev. Jim 2nd, Tulia, Texas; St. William* Chur-
ty Agents office on July 7 and fill vious reasons. Patients in''these in- Tbroo big rodeo peifoimances will ' Pnil^r, Thu n.tia Hird, school bV individual contributions. Bro. Rue Dyer of Wichita. Kansas, Thursday ch, Box 71, Tulia, Texas; Donald
out their entry blanks. For further stitutions normally need the equip- h'gbhgh the cckbrat on. Pde H:^- in the■ Vc us wc; llS-lh^a^a. ^n'lpT^ihc nrocession Kids fet?ls thal ^ success ot this cffort niKhtl Hcv- Ja<* Jeeter, Clarksville, P. Owens, Box 297, Tulia, Texas.
.information contact the County Ag- Z w«f A carnival will Lrale on the aro Zit J to ride* Uieir bicwles. mo.^ ^,n®hJ.:. and R^-. Art Brcwcr’ ★
,cnts office. MMte'Muhimmt1 would belied"im of each performance to be held night- courthouse square all" next week. Th also Little Leaguers wfl. march. Khi- lot„. pivrra"'
Mew Swim Gasses SHS H " V' “ “ ™ ^ ™ ^ F^J
To Begin Soon
A carnival will operate on the arc invited to ride llieir bicycles, . ’.____
fees charged by the institutions, ac-
cording to the VFW.
Mack Mitctwll, swimming instruct-
or at Tulia Swimming pool, announces
that the second session of swimming
lessons will begin July II and run
through July 24.
There will be classes in Iirtcrmed-
No Injuries
In Bus Mishap
No one was injured Friday after -
Farm Bureau
Contest Friday
each division, $100, $50 and $25 for
top three floats in ach division. The
parade will assemble on Broadway
near the park and will rol, at 3 p.m.
A free barbecue lunch for okitim-
crs,. those 60 years old or older who
came to the county 40 years ago or
‘before arc invited. Hie lunch will be
, , served in the American Legion Hall
Eleven girls will compete for tlie, Saturday noon
£r2T“*ST~'* as, m rs ~ ,
micrcsi is siiuwn. , . part, Homemade ice dcam ana caxe win Several television program have
•He will teacn eight lessons lor W. , . , AJTt% cordine to Dr John Damron, super- ------a a -----h:— .u-
Interosted persons should go by the The tractor was driven by Mi.
pool and register before July 11. Gardner of Vigo and Pete Reyna mtendent.
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wide missions during the Lubbock, Saturday night. New residents welcomed by Tulia
Tlie plant is located at the went Welcoming Service since last week-
'the plant is located at the west e»»d Rev. and Mrs. Janies Carter 118
of Main St. in Happy. Cost o< the NW 5th, formerly Lockney. 'Rev.
plant is In excess of $200,000. Carter is pastor of'the First Method
Visitors are invited to the various ist church. He and his.wife, Juanita,
sendees. are the parents of two daughters)
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-JOW WOULD. IT FUEL to be sitting in a darkened
pi movie theatre, minding one’s own business, and
Have the President of the United States tap you on the
shoulder? . ,
One night a movie was showing at a Washington
theatre which President Kennedy especially Wanted to
see So he and a Secret Service man slipped off after
'dark in Jackie's Pontiac and went to sec the picture,
without being recognized. After his eyes adjusted
to the darkness, lie noted that Orville Freeman was
sitting directly in front of him. Tapping the_ startled
Secretary on the shoulder, he a*ked, “Is this where
you solve the prdblcms of agriculture?"
On another occasion, the President and Jackie at-
tended a Broadway show in New York. The cast was
so ill at case it turned out its most mediocre perform-
ance However, Kennedy set something of a record that
night. For the first time in the history of show business
every eye in the house( was trained on a man making
his way to the men’s room.
^KCSETARY McNAWARA, who was almost person-
5 ally responsible for developing the Fatoon, highly
successful Ford product, was at first reluctant to accept
a post in the Kennedy Cabinet.
When appeals to his patriotism worked and someone
told him there were legal ways to transfer his valuable
Ford stock so as to reclaim it when be left government
service, he said emphatically, "No! If I accept the posi-
tion I will sever all connections with concerns with
which I might have to do business as a representative
of government.” - ; ,
He is the first civilian who has refused to knuckle
under to professional militarists, and he has done the
sun? ®a
,By H. M. BAGGARLY
be served. been scheduled promoting tlie ccle-
Conteslants will bo judged on grace bration.
ind a one-minute snccCh on ”Whv 1 13011 raccs wiu l)c Sunday
am Glad My Family Belongs to Farm K®er Lalk JBid Grogc is cShman!
Bureau." Golden Spread Boat Racing club of
Mrs. II. T. Copeland is contest Amarillo will stage the races. Admis-
chairman. Sion will be $1 a car. Farrell Daven-
Girls vying for the honor are Beat- port, Amarillo, 1965 high point na-
rice Barbian, Linda Laurie, Kathy tional champion, will race with new
best job of any other Secretary of Defense or the old Barbour, Annette Hefley, Sandra and larger engines than he has used
Secretaries of War and Navy before the unification ot Sharp, Marcia Evans, Lona Rinc - hufore. There will also be new in-
thc services° It seems incredible that there are persons hart, Sandra Degge Nita Mi.ler, Don- boards and boats with stepped up
domandintr his ouster na Jean Fowler and Dianna Vaughn, power.
demanding nis ousier. - ■ Added attraction at the boat races
ME FOLLOWING INCIDENT is really too pci'- NON-SGHEDULED AIRLINES car- will be a 30 - minute ski show bc-
I sonal to be included in a column. . -but it ried an estimated 39.4 million pas- ginning at 1:30 p.m. Four local per-
" ..... .it *n seneers last year, reports the Fed- formers will be Bril and Mickte Gcor-
illustrates a point that needs to be illustrated gain Aviation Agency. Scheduled air- go, Donna Spear and Dale Southard,
and again, .. • . ~ i-----1-— TW- ...m ...uau:« i----f^i
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Three FFA Boys
Due Lone Star
Fanner Degrees
Three Tulia boys, Jim Elkins,Jo n
Jolene, 14, and Sandy, 15.
'Mr. and Mrs. Don Ovens, 315 N.
Maxwell, formerly of Tucson, Ari -
zona. Mr. Owens is studerit pastor
of the First Presbyterian church. Bar-
bara is an elementary school tenchl
er.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob McDonald, 419
N. Armstrong, formerly of Claren-
don. Bob is a salesman for Donneck-
er Oil Co. Bob and Beverly have a
son, Jeffery Allen, 2. They are Bap-
tists.
lines carried S4.6 million travelers. Dale will exhibit barefoot skiing.
Barnes, Wayne
Back From Peru
KEV. JAMES 4. DUDDY
if if
Rev. Duddy
New Tulia
Pastor
The First Christian church of
The Rev. Janies J. Duddy is new
pastor of St. William's Catholic chur-
ch In Tu,ia, succeeding the Rev. Bart ....____ ____________ _______
Bcsterci who lias been transfrred Tulia has moved its morning worship
to Dumas. hour on Surtdav from 11 a.m. to
A native of Ireland, tlie Rev. Mr. 8:30 a.m With summer heat and sum-
jungic Duddy was educated in Ireland and TOer activities, this change seemed
The last time Dr. Lynn McCarty, local optome-
trist until two years ago, .prescribed glasses for us,
he suggested tha't next time we consult a specialist.
Several weeks ago, an Amarillo eye specialist
prescribed - glasses which haven’t been satisfactory
due to ill-fitting frames. They simply didn't fit, and as
a result wouldn’t stay on place.
%AFE WENT BACK to the optical laboratory which
ff fitted the glasses and which is owned by the IQUITOS, Pent — Stepping back the Amazon River to tlie _ ___________t .... ______
eye specialist. The technician insisted there was noth- 'centuries into th? past, Texans tour- mission village of Aucayo. The Cana- came to the United States in 1959 expedient, says Alan Abraham, pas-
ing wrong with the glasses. ing endlessly - varied Peru Sunday dian Franciscan Mission is conduct- where he has served as assistant tor. Therefore, for the months of
■ We wanted better fitting frames, but he said the sailed up the broad Amazon River ed by Father Sevcrin Deshais, Ofm. pastor at Rowena and Dalhart, and July and August, worship will be lield
lenses would not fit any other frames. Our only into deep jungle country. and his siater. Mrs. Eva A. Green, for the past VA years has been pastor at 8:30 and Sunday school will follow
choice was to wear almost now frames that did not House Speaker Ben Barnes, and Barnes and Wayne visited with the at Spur where he also served Dick- immediately at 9 30.
fit or buy another pair for $65. State Representative Ralph Wayne of missionaries, nurses, and villagers, oris. Kent and half of Motley coun- '*We welcome everyone in Tulia to
Since we get new glasses every year, we were de- Plainview, made tlie cross country and then toured the jungle thatched tics. come and worship with us in the
termined to seek another solution to the problem, trip from Lima on the Pacific coast, hut village area. Aucayo villagers, He is director of Social Action for freshness ot the morning!” he con-
Knowing, that any optometrist can duplicate lenses, to Iquitos, deep-water port on the like most of those along the Ama- the Diocese of Amarillo. eluded.
■we decided to try one of the cut-ra'te, one price com- Amazon, at the invitation of Peru’s zon’s muddy banks, live in thatched He is beginning work at West Tex- ■<—
panies in Amarillo which does a great deal of tele- President, Frenaldo Bclaunde, in Be- huts built on stilts several feet off as State univarsity towards a Mas- What is tivc price of a child’s Kfe
vision advertising. We saw no reason why this bouse launde’s private plane. Immediate the ground. > ter of Arts degree in sociology. in the rapidly growing slums of the
couldn’t duplicate our glawes for the same price after arriving in Iquitos, the group The river boat, Ucayali, one of At Spur he was active in the Minis- under-developed w-orld? The BOG vac-
they. could teat a person’s eyes and deliver glasses, boarded the 145 foot Peruvian Navy lour operated by the Peruvian Navy terial association and in service club cine to protect 20 children from Tu-
(Continued on page 4) gunboat, the Ucayali, and headed up (Continued on page 4) activities. berculosis costs UNICEF 25c.
Vars. and Terry Whigliam will re- Bowie ^farmeriv^nf
cc'ive the Lone Star Farmer degree M works for'1 Hnitn
at the State FFA convention (to be C
held July 12 - July 15. They plan to L^nd
leave for Austin, July 11 and wiH Mr a'nd ’Mrs Kir *17
receive their awards in an official xr Arthur ' K, Im’ ^
ceremony on Thursday, July 14. To £1’ is emotav^d m
earn the Lone Star Farmer degree £JkS ^ . ?*a{e,
the boys must have productively in- K, They atlend thc Church o£
inglprotLCaSt 1500 ^ mOOCy mak' 0^lr’’a n d Mrs- Pilkington.
Last year's winner* of the degree J? okla^on^i
wore Doan Nowhwrtr Frwl Jfpflm/ *..* is & salesman for
'S’Srasf JTiras ! w
of 46 boys from Tulia to win the j^in S m Rillv ci aiv, in
award since the chapter wax cstab- ancj ->1 ^ ’ ’ y A la
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Weather during the past week has
been hot. Sunday and Monday pro-
duced the hottest weather of the
seas'on with the mercury around 100.
No rain has fallen. Harvest is al-
most complete.
First Christian
To Meet Earlier
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Baggarly, H. M. The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex.), Vol. 56, No. 27, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 7, 1966, newspaper, July 7, 1966; Tulia, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth636467/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Swisher County Library.