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Dallas, T'A 75235
Memorial Seeks Completion Funds
Thirty-two representatives
of wcmens clubs, civic
groups and other organiza-
tions in Swisher County met
Tuesday night for a ham-
burger supper and dis-
cussion of projects to raise
money for completing Swis-
her Memorial Building.
Members of the Swisher
Memorial Association Board
hosted the event in Swisher
Memorial Building.
Lyle Robinson, manager of
Swisher Electric Coopera-
tive gave the invocation. W.
V. Swinburn. Tulia mayor
and president of the Swisher
Memorial Association, wel-
comed guests who introduc-
ed themselves.
Swinburn read the letter
from the J. E. and L. E.
Mabce Foundation Inc. that
will grant the association the
final $200,000 for completing
the building, which was
opened to the public July 16,
1977. if the balance of the
$463,320 needed is raised by
June 30. 1979.
He also discussed plans of
McMurtry and Craig. Archi-
tects and Engineers of Lub-
bock. for additions to the
building which will include
Senior Citizens quarters.
Swisher Museum, and com-
pletion of the basement for
an assembly room with
stage. The architects esti-
mates for additions were
given.
Mrs. Paul Miller. Swisher
Memorial board member,
presented suggestions for
money-making projects,
which included giant garage
sale, bake sale, auction of
gifts from merchants,
bazaar, ice cream supper,
bridge tournament, bike
ride, western dance, alu-
minum cans for recycling,
celebrity concert, local artist
show, newspaper collection,
pie supper, bowling tourna-
ment. soft ball tournament,
craft show and sale, farm
equipment auction sale. 42
tournament, cake walk and
bingo games. During a ques-
tion and answer period. Mrs.
David Hulsey suggested a
rock or other music concert.
Present were Leila Petty.
representing Tulia Women's
Study Club; Faye Cox. Ti^ia
Garden Club; Gwyn Vaughn;
Agnes Swinburn; Mary
Thomas. American Legion
Auxiliary; Maurine Allison of
Happy. W. A. Jordan, Mrs.
Miller, Mrs. A. D. Parker.
Mrs. John Culwell. Mrs.
Lewis Redmon. all Swisher
Memorial board members;
Mrs. Rex Aycock, Sorosis
Study Club; Mrs. Robert
Gayler and Mrs. Marvin
Morton, both of Kress Study
Club; Mrs. Charles Daven-
port. Tulia Literary Arts
Club; Mrs. Hulsey, Beta
Sigma Phi and Tulia High
School Cheerleaders; Forrest
Mote. Tulia 4-H Club;
Gladys McAnelly, Elkins
Home Demonstration Club.
Mrs. Robert Bradley. Senior
Citizens; Betty Boydstun,
Retired Senior Volunteer
Program; J. W. Ervin, Tulia
Rotary Club; Ronnie George,
president of Tulia Chamber
of Commerce: Milton Simon,
Tulia Jaycees; Mrs. Jim Hill.
Progressive Study Club.
Mrs. Don George, bridge
club; James Race. Julia
Lions Club; Mrs J T Bjr
nett. Unity Study C luh: Kus
sell Webb. Tulia High School
Student Council; H. M
Baggarly, Tulia Herald
editor and publisher: Marie
Harris, representative of the
press: and Robinson. Swis
her Archives and Museum
Association.
W. V. SWINBURN, left, president of Swisher Memorial Association, discusses
floor plans of the project with Gwyn Vaughn, local business man, when civic and club
leaders met last week to discuss wavs to complete the project. More than $200,000
must be raised locally in order to qualify for a $200,000 gift from J. E. and L. E.
Mabec Foundation Inc. It is hoped that each county organization will select a
money-making project to boost the fund between now and June 1, 1979. The Mabee
Foundation offer expires next June 30. (Herald photo)
The Tulizi Herald
★ h COVERING SWIS-HER COUNTY LIKE THE SUNSHINE ★ ★
VOL. 70. NO. 36
THE TULIA (Swisher County) HERALD
THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 7, 1978
TWO SECTIONS
VL (g®MTNB'2‘ limjWL Pioneer Boosts Cost Of Mackenzie Water
Service Charges Eyed, With, Without Grant
AARAH W EDDINGTON. Austin at
^Ptornev. former legislator, now a White
House aide, is the daughter of the Rev
DosIc Ragle who was pastor of the First
Mi :h«>dis! I hutch in C anson from 1956 until
|9«)
Al'SAN GURLEY MCBEE. now serving
aPin the lexas legislature from the 69ih
District, w as wife of the late Bob Gurles who
was raised at Happv. son of Mrs Sara
liurlcs and the late Jim Guriev
V«ll NEWSMEN from the New York
■ limes havr been having problems with
hi taw
Both knew w hat fhrv were getting inti-
and no doubt antivipated a brush with the
law
MOTH’CONSIDERED themselves fight
IVing for a principle and deliberated
insned the wrath o< government
One considered failure to defend his
.ase a versons threat not only to himself but
to freedom ot information, freedom of the
press
VHE OTHER apparently wauled to make
■ a point whuh had no particular sigtufi
can. r to Anieruan journalism, regardless of
the outcome
One judge, despite opposition from
perhaps UK per cent of all American
journalists including the editor of the New
Y vtek limes held the newsman in contempt
‘4 court and sentenced him to jail until he
relinquished his confidential notes to the
judge
the other judge asked the newsman to
apologize lo ihe .our! for violating the law
iNl NEWSMAN IIAS been languishing
'in an Amen.an jail rather than obes
whai he and most all journalists, considers
an illegal order.
I hi- other was given only a token
jtcnallv b\ a Russian judge who did not even
cancel 'he reporter's American press .re
dcnttals
I hink lhat one through
(Flease note cartoon on editorial page )
■■■E NEVER CE.ASE to be amazed at
Y^Wwhat comes «ui of California head
quarters of the nut fringe Almost everyone
who makes political, economic or religious
news out there is cither from the ultra left .»r
the ultra right
One of the rightwing nuts is a guv by
the name ot Howard I Ruff who publishes a
new sleller .ailed 'Huff 1 mu s' a.id also has
a svndkated television program in w hn h he
interviews his nulls friends mostly right
wing
Ml IF HAS BEEN predicting doomsday
HKevcr since wc first heard of him He or
some of his friends have been advovatmg
such things as storing huge quantities of
dehydrated toods in home basements in
preparation t.*r doomsday and investing >*ur
wealth in gold coins or bars lor the time
when all other wealth becomes worthless.
Also among his elan are (hose who
believe that there is no real gold in Fort
Knox 1 he gold was all removed bv the
Rockefellers and shipped to Russia! Ihal
whuh presently is stored at Fort Knox is
only imitation gold'
■ A TEST Gl'EST of Ruff on hi* television
Aiptograni was a guv who claims lo have
invented j gadget which dctcrmincv whet-
her or not a person is telling the truth
ii isn't like conventional lie detectors
I his gadget can he held in front of sour
.By H. M. BAGGARLY
television sel and glows red il the person
speaking, perhaps in New York, is lyingl
.Remember those 25c gadgets which used to
he advertised in magazines which enabled
you to sec through clothing?)
MITT WAS ALL ea^v as this ‘brain’’
explained his invention. and ob-
viouslv his first question was. "Does Jimmy
C after lie?’’
Needless to sav. Ruff hales Jimmy
( after
In all seriousness, this bird had
found'' that ( artcr does NOT tell the truth
All his •'born again'' utterances were
nothing more tlun a plov to win election He
professed wanting to vut expenses when
reallv he warned to increase expenses
What is ( artcr's true aim’" queried
Ruff
His real aim is to re distribute the
wealth. ’
■ ROM THIS, the subject went
■ 1
to the
Trilateral Commission on which Ruff is
an "authority. "
( artet was "personally groomed" by
ihr Irilaleral Commission for the Prcsi
denvv I he Roikefcllers and the heads of
major corporations are out to take over the
world and thev selected Jimmy A artcr to
help them out on ihis end’
f HFA KIEF ASKED about Richard
■ Nixon s irulhfulness beginning wiih the
Watergate era
Again, with all the seriousness and
piclv he could muster, the guest insisted
tha' Ktihard Nixon, one of the greatest of all
men was ii-llmg the truth, the whole truth
and nothing hut the truth
And the "rnergv crisis" is the invention
ot l arler as a means of accomplishing his
share the wealth goal
Figure that one out if vou can'
|MOW BKACF YOCRSELF for (he climax.
^Wlhc pun. h line It . a me out at the end of
tht guest appearance that this "inventor" of
the "truth machine" is RUNNING FOR
( OMiKI SS on the Republican ticket'
Strange things do come from l aliforma
in addition to orange juice and women
preachers
AilFOKNIA has Its nuts and Texaa has
its hvp.srites We don’t know an area of
the nation that is more economy minded,
mort anti big government, more dedicated
to local ami stale government as opposed to
the feds, than the |9th Congressional
Disiri. t. Iuhh.sk and surrounding area,
parlicularlv lo the south
let as wc recently pointed out. it was
luhh.sk whuh is the daddy of the 1-27
project whuh is needed ah.HJl like Dolly
Barton needs a j'air of falsies At least we
ian ihmk •>) niatn needs that deserve a
higher priority
MOW MANY TIMF.S have we heard from
■■ I uhh.sk lvj>e conservatives about the
need tor doing things for ourselves and not
Itsiking to Washington tor overs thing the
high com of sending lax money to Washing-
ton and then having it sent hack to us . Ihc
immorality of spending money we don’t
have ihc inflationary effect <4 printing
press money?
■ C'BBOCk IS NOW seeking to extend
■ll 27 from luhhisk to Korrvillc. some
3’0 miles away!
Bui the Luhbock paper laments.". . .
the ambitious project may die on the slate
level unless the federal government sweet-
ie ontinued On Page Four)
Pioneer Natural Gas Co.
which serses Tulia has boost-
ed its service charges ef-
fective Sepi S. ’ ost of these
charges, forn _rly $3.50.
have been hiked to $8 and
include setting meter, lurn-
ing on meter, adjusting cook-
ing range, calibrating cook-
ing range oven, adjusting
space heater, adjusting wall
heater, adjusting central
heating furnace, air con-
ditioning service where no
repair is required, adjusting
water heater, adjusting floor
furnaie. adjusting refngera
tor. miscellaneous adjust-
ments. sere u mg gas lights or
adjusting gas grills (does not
include parts), adjusting
Company-sold central heal
mg furnace, turning on a
meter which had been turned
off temporarily, reconnecting
a meter disconnected for
delinquent bill
On air conditioning service
w here repair and-or parts are
required. Repair parts are
charged at the manu-
facturer's recommended list
price; labor is charged for at
the rate of $14 per hour.
Minimum one hour i harge of
$14 a call
Servicing a central heating
furnance sold by company
where parts and-or labor is
required Repair parts arc
charged at the manufac-
turer's recommended list
price: labor is charged for at
the rate of $14 an hour.
Minimum one hour charge of
$14 per call
Any order worked after
normal work hours will be
charged to the customer at
I'j times the regular rate.
Air conditioning service will
be billed at $21 an h.>ur. all
other service will have a
i harge of $12 per item
worked
Estimated cost of develop-
ing Mackenzie Municipal
Water Authority and trans-
porting water to the four
tow ns inv olved. Tulia. Silver-
ton. Lockney and F'lovdada
has been made. Cost esti-
mates are as of August 1.
Based on the concept that
Borchardt
Delivers
New Milo
Edgar Borchardt who
farms cast of Tulia in the Red
Hill community delivered a
13.12(1 pound load of new
milo to Siar Gram August 30.
The gram tested 56 pounds
to the bushel and had 15%
moisture
Swisher Fair
Sept, 14-16
I he Swisher Count v Fair
will he held September 14-
15-16. A Tractor Pull will he
held Saturday. Sept 16. at
’00 p.m and Sunday be
ginning at I 00 p ni Also, a
country and western dance
will he conducted Saturday
night, beginning at 9 00 All
events are being sponsored
bv Swisher Counts Activities
Association
All entries in the tair must
be ihe.ked in on Thursday.
September 14. except flo-
wers baked goods and live-
stock. (Flowers and baked
goods come in on Friday bv
8:00 a nt and livestock must
be in place by 7.30 a m.
Saturday.)
All Swisher County resi-
dents are urged to enter their
products and crafts in the
fair For more information,
catalogs arc available at the
countv agents office and in
area businesses.
Divisions, (heir superin
(Continued On Page Nine)
the district will finance the
entire cost through the Texas
Water Development Board,
the treatment plant, treated
water storage and associated
costs including the pump
station would be $2,758,000.
Transmission Lines to Tulia
would cost $3,080,000: Floy-
dada-Lockney $5,130,000:
and Silverton, $735,000, a
tolal of $8,938,000. Average
annual principal and interest
requirements from 1980 until
2012 would be $354,144.
Based on 1977 estimated
assessed valuation of
$41.305.056. an additional
tax rale of $1.06 per $100
valuation would be neces-
sary. based on 50% of value.
(Present city tax rate is 50c
per $100 al 100%).
Tultans could expect to pay
a minimum monthly rate of
$9 for the first 3.0(X) gallons
us*d $1.50 for the next 7.000
gallons; $1.25 for the next
10.OAK); and $1 for all over
20.000 gallons.
Based on the concept that
the district receives a grant
of $1.503.(MX) on the supply
phase and a grant of 50% of
construction cost on the
transmission phase and will
finance ihe balance through
the Texas Water Develop-
ment Board, the net cost of
the supply phase would be
only SI .255.000 and the total
cost of the transmission
phase would be $4,473,000. y
1 he average annual principal
and interest requirements for
the period 1980-2012 would
be $252.8’6 and the tax rate
would be 78c- per $100 valua-
tion.
This would necessitate
water rates in Tulia of $7 for
ihc first 3.(XX) gallons: $1 for
the next "’.000; NOc for the
next 10.(XX) and 6A)c for all
over 20.(XX) gallons.
WN
PICS
County Counts Fewer Students
lulu public school enroll
men! stood al 1645 Friday,
down from 16% at Ihe same
time last year High school
was 494. down from 514 a
scar ago Junior High was
292. down from 298; Hast
Ward was 360. down from
406 a scar ago; hill Highland
was 499. up from 4"78 last
year
Happv's total was 322. up
from 19’7's total of 310. This
was divided between high
school. 103: junior high. 59:
and elementary, )6().
Kress tolal was 555. down
from 595 a year ago. Kress
High and Junior High had a
total of 2b2 and 292 in ihe
elementary division.
Total county enrollment
stands at 2.522. compared
wnh 2.613 a year ago.
Hornets To Host Friona
Bx RICK SUMMERS
THE TULIA Hornets will
begin the 19?8 football sea-
son against the Chieftains
from Friona Friday at
Younger Field Kickoff lime
will be 8 (X) p m
The Chieftains game plan
will probably center around
Jeff Peak, their 224 lb.
fullback linebacker. Peak has
been shifted from the offen-
sive line to the fullback slot
this year to aid ihc offensive
backficld lhat w as hit hard by
graduation The Chieftains
will run from the tandem I
formation and line up defen-
sively in a basic 5-2 for-
mation.
Another Chieftain to w atch
ill be No. 40. Kevin Koth
man Kolhman will be play-
ing offensive end and line up
defensively at the linebacker
slot.
THE CHIEFTAINS aver-
age aboul IT) lbs. up front,
and with the exception of
Peak, the backficld is small.
The Chieftains arc small, but
arc quick and will definitely
come to play ball on Friday
night.
THE HORNETS have been
in deep preparation for the
upcoming tilt. The men have
had a vers good pre-season
topped off with good show-
ings in their scrimmages
wiih Fat-well and Slaton.
There is still a lot of work to
be done in certain areas, but
one ihing Hornet fans will
sec ihal they have not in
recent years will be a passing
attack.
KICKOFF will be mi 8:00
p.m. al Younger Field. Conte
out and support the 1978
version of the Julia Hornets.
’Mystery Sponsor' Guess Means Mon Cash In Grid Contest
[he ever popular Tulia
raid Football score guess
; contest begins its annual
\ this week with contest-
is competing for $22.50 in
,h each wetk. Winner will
live $10 with runner up
King $7.50. and second
tner up $5
1 he contest should be
usuallv interesting *h“
.,1 since the pepped up
Hornets are rated as having
an even break for district
honors
Again this year, a Mystery
Sponsor w ill be selri ted cac h
week Each entrant is asked
to go over the list of sponsors
and indicate on his entry his
guess as to ihe Mystery
Sponsor. If the first place
w inner happens also to guess
the correct Mystery Sponsor.
he will receive a $5 bonus
Sponsored by a group of
progressive Tulia merchants
and Hornet boosters, the
contest will feature 20 high
school, college and a pro
game each week Contest-
ants pick the actual score on
the two tic breakers and
check the winner on the other
games.
It ts pointed out that the tie
breakers are considered
ONLY in ihose instances
where there is a tic for first
place.
Contests are often so close
that at least the first and
occasionally the second tie-
breaker has to be used to
determine the winner.
As many members of the
family may enter as desire,
hut each member may sub-
mit only one entry.
Contest entries may be
mailed or brought to The
Herald by 5 p.m. Friday of
that week’s contest. If the
entry is mailed and received
after the deadline, it will be
considered provided it is
postmarked before the dead-
line.
The contest is made pos-
sible by Reeves Insurance
Agency . First National Bank
Workman Machinery
Wright Chevy-Olds. Ed Har
ns Lumber ( o., Gale's Texa
co Service, Love Bros. Oil
Tulia Auto Parts. Inman
Welding Service, Hornet
Drive In. El Matador, Little-
john Vaughn Agency. Tulia
Co-op Ciin. K & R Fertilizer
and Spraying. Ace Auto.
Mid Plains Telephone. Inc..
The Tulia Herald. George A;
Barnett. Inc..Ernie's Barbe
cue. Tulia and Nazareth.
Swisher Tire Co., Highway
Safety Service, and K Bob's
Steak House.
•
Keep the imagination
sane—that is one of the
truest conditions of com
mumon with heaven.
Nathaniel Hawthorne
New meter connections
reported by the city of Tulia
since last week: Cruz Alvar-
do. 800 N. El Paso #19; Vic
Durham, 413 S. Maxwell;
David Armontrout. 625 E.
Broadway.
•
Marriage licenses issued
by ihe county clerk since Iasi
week; Wilbert Mathew
Smith. Hereford and Ada
Louis Little. Tulia; Larry Don
Henson. Canyon, and Cyn-
thia Jo Cawthon. Tulia: Ped-
ro Hernandez Muniz. Plain-
view and Delia Cruz Basal-
dua. Tulia.
•
Patients admitted to Swi-
sher Memorial Hospital since
last Tuesday: Mrs. Waller
Fleming, O. W. Gardner.
Mrs. Estell Brvan, W. A.
Patzig. Mrs. Roman Rodri-
quez.
BORN TO:
Mr. and Mrs. Domingo
Garcia. Box 721, Tulia. twin
boys
Mr. and Mrs. Jim Coker.
720 S. Austin #15. Tulia. a
girl.
Mr. and Mrs. Guadalupe
Benevidez, 617 S Gaines.
Tulia. a boy.
Mr. and Mrs. Juan Gon-
zales. Gen. Del.. Wayside, a
girl.
Mr and Mrs. Hilario Lira.
Box 602. Tulia. a boy.
Mr. and Mrs. Jose Mar-
linez. 319 W. 4th. Tulia. a
boy.
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New subscribers to The
Tulia Herald since iast week
Roxanne Sturgess, Box
28263 L.C.C. W 19th. lub
bock. Texas; Robin Garble.
Box 6820. ACU Station. Abi-
lene. Texas; Van Latham.
Arbor Apt. 704 . 300 Cotton-
wood. Waco. Texas: Mr. and
Mrs. Billy Scurlock. 315 W.
Broadway, Tulia. Texas:
Debra Blankenship. Box
2837. W. T. Station, Canyon.
Texas: Jerri Sue Been. Box
2’94. Cousin Hall. Rm. 148.
Canyon. Texas; Lee Alan
Brewer, 78AX)-D.J.T. Luther
Dr . Ft. Worth, lexas. Millie
Murff. Oakvillage 1912 S 5th
St.. #160. Waco. Texas;
Odies Jackson. 27’S08 Fer-
guson Unit, Rt. 2 Box 20.
Midway. Texas. Sterling M
Rodgers. ’18 Doris Terreco,
Neptune. New Jersev: Lori
Jennings. Box 6%3. ACU
Station. Abilene. lexas.
Vickie Bates. ACU Station.
Box 7153. Abilene. Texas.
Samantha Simpson. Box
8’63 ASU. San Angelo, lex
as; Orvcta Persons. Box 553.
Tulia Texas: Mane Rucker.
204 Apache Tr.. Tulia. lex-
as. Ruth A Reitz. 56445 I I
Dorado Dr.. Yucca Valley,
Calif.; Julia Gairt'l. Gates
Hall #222. Texas lech, lub
bock. Texas: Rebecca
Reeves. Box 3294 I N M ,
Portales. New Mexico; ( elia
Reeves. Box ((><• vs | Sta
non. Canyon, lexas Pamela
Ann Hale, A C U Station.
Abilene. Texas; linda
Starnes. Box 28145. Lubbock
Christian College. Lubbock.
Texas.
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Baggarly, H. M. The Tulia Herald (Tulia, Tex.), Vol. 70, No. 36, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 7, 1978, newspaper, September 7, 1978; Tulia, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth506400/m1/1/: accessed June 13, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Swisher County Library.