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Dallas, TX 75235
Hornets Begin Two-a-day Workouts
By WENDELL TOOLEY
The Tulia Hornets began
two-a-day workouts early
Monday morning and show-
ed a lot of "vim and vigor"
as they began learning plays
that hopefully w ill turn into a
lot of scores when they begin
play September 7 at Friona.
They'll receive their block-
ing pads Friday and work out
at 7:30 and 5:30 each day this
week. Coach Bill Martin said
about 55 boys turned out
Monday morning for varsity
and junior varsity teams. The
freshmen will begin practice
later in the week.
PHILLIPS GONE
Coach Martin was cer-
tainly unhappy about losing
big 255 pounder Dale Phil-
lips. who will be moving to
Hereford. "We don't know
for sure w ho will fill Phillip's
spot. . . possibly James
Avent." Coach Martin com-
mented in closing the con-
versation.
MEET THE HORNETS
NIGHT
Everyone is invited to the
Hornet stadium Tuesday
night at 7:30 for an informal
introduction of all high
school players. There will be
plenty of free homemade tc«.
cream and cake furnished by
the booster club.
SCRIMMAGE
On the evening of August
24 (Friday night a week) the
Hornets will scrimmage one
of the best A teams in the
area. Wellington, at Valley
High School stadium.
Then on August 31. they
will scrimmage powerhouse
Slaton Tigers here.
Football Tickets On Sale
Season Tickets for all the
1979 Tulia Hornets home
football games will go on sale
at the High School office
beginning this Monday Aug-
ust 13. The book of five
tickets for the five home
games will sell for $15.00.
This is $3.00 per game.
Beginning on the evening of
September 14. which is the
date of the first home game,
the reserved seat tickets will
sell for $3.50 per game.
Patrons who have bought
season tickets in past years
will have until Sept. 3 to
claim their same seats. After
that date, the tickets will be
sold on a first come first
serve basis.
Come out and back the
Hornets!
Direct any i iquiries to the
High School Principals office
at 995-2759.
BACKFIELD WORK OUT... Hornet running backs began practice with
the quarterback early Monday morning. . . and there was plenty of exercise
for everyone. Each Hornet has maintained a physical training program
through the summer months. (Staff Photo)
The Tuun Herald
★ ★ COVERING SWISHER COUNTY LIKE THE SUNSHINE ★ ★
VOL. 71, NO. 33 THURSDAY. AUGUST 16, 1979_THE TULIA (Swisher County) HERALD_SECTION ONE
41 Farmers Ok Gasohol Plant
Forty-one Swisher farmers
joined a planned cooperative
for this area of the state to
build a gasohol plant in a
meeting at the Willie Room
In Tulia Friday night.
Around 75 farmers, ran-
chers and businessmen at-
tended the meeting. Tulia
farmer Jim Owens intro-
duced Kenneth Spitzer of
Central, North Dakota, who
explained the plan for crea-
tion of the gasohol plant in
thia area.
Spitzer ia an executive of
Grain Products International
Incorporated and farms a
large acreage of wheat and
sunflowera.
His talk was proceeded by
Guy AusUn, a Muleshoe
farmer, who assured the
people present, “we’re
going to build a gasohol plant
in this area, and It will
certainly benefit the grain
farmer who wants a much
better price for his product.’’
Spitzer began his talk by
outlining the phases of crea-
tion of a gasohol plant.
Number one is a study of a
salable product and how
much profit there is in the
venture. Phase two is loca-
tion feasibility, which in-
cludes large grain production
and an abundance of water
for the plant.
Spitzer said the plant
would help solve Washing-
ton's "cheap food policy" for
the farmer's grain prices and
traced all the research that
has gone into gasohol plants
for many years. He told of
sessions with foreign plant
owners, availability and cost
of gasohol machinery. "Our
main effort is to get a decent
price for our grain and our
nation needs gasohol" Spit-
zer said
Spitzer outlined the advan-
tages of gasohol: cars run
better. 5% better miles per
gallon, 30% less exhaust
emission. He said the advice
of financial backers in Little-
rock. Arkansas was to "get
into the gasohol business
fast. . . and get into it big. He
said over $400 million was
available for financing gaso-
hol plants.
He listed the stages of
creating a plant: form the
cooperative, consider feasibi-
lity studies, development.
(Continued On Page Twelve)
Happy Days Celebration
Begins Tonight +
By WENDELL TOOLEY
The north part of Swisher
county really "comes to life”
this week as Happy Days
Celebration begins in Happy.
Texas. The "blast off” be-
gins tonight with a western
dance at 9 p.m. in the Jaycee
Hall. Music will feature the
"Brush Fire" from Lubbock.
Registration for the big
rodeo begins today at 8 a.m.
and closes at 5 p.m. Anyone
wanting to enter the rodeo
should call 806-558-3421.
RODEO
The rodeo begins at 8 p.m.
each evening Friday and
Saturday and at 2 p.m.
Sunday.
The Western dances also
continue at 9 p.m. Friday and
Saturdav nights.
SATURDAY, THE BIG DAY
There'll be plenty of fun
and excitement all day Sat-
urday in Happy. The art
show-flea market will be
open from 9-5 at 102 Main
street and is sponsored by
the Happy Artist Studio.
The big parade takes off at
10 a.m. At II a.m. the kid
games begin. The Old
Timers barbecue begins at
11:30 with everyone 65 or
older getting a free dinner.
The barbecue for the general
public begins at 12 noon. Old
Timer awards will be given at
12:30.
The featured tobacco spit-
ting contest begins at I p.m.
and horse shoe pitching at
1:30. Admission is free to the
Little Britches rodeo at 3
p.m. There's the rodeo at 8
p.m. and the western dance
at 9 p.m.
Swim-A-Thon Scheduled
By Kidney Foundation
Back-To-School Registration Begins Next Week
^ SCHOOL BEGINS AVGUST 28 jf-
High School registration
will be held on three separate
dates this year. There will be
Prc-Registration on Thurs-
day. August 23 and Final
Registration on Friday. Aug-
ust 24th and Monday. Aug-
ust 27th. 1979.
Pre-Registration, Thurs-
day. August 23, 1979—1.
Pre-Registration will be held
in the High School Office at
the following time: 8:00 a.m.
— Seniors: 9:00 a.m. —
Juniors; 10:00 a.m. — Sop-
homores: 11:00 a.m.—Fresh-
men. 2. Students will pick up
a registration packet that will
include: Census card, in-
surance forms, locker and
lock information. Emergency
card, and free lunch and
reduced lunch information.
The student will take this
information home to be read
by both student and parents.
The census card, insurance
form and locker and lock
information must be filled
out and signed by parent or
guardian and brought back to
school on the day of the
student's Final Registration.
If this Information la not
completed the student will
not be allowed to register! 3.
Vhe SiBlTDia
,iBy Wendell Toole y
OUR BEST WISHES TO JOHN GAYLE
who takes over city management in Snyder.
A little sidelight to John's housing situation I
think is interesting. . . John really goes first
class when he selects a home.
Here in Tulia he has been living in the
home of Tulia's first mayor. . . W. G.
Conner.
John signed a contract to buy a home in
Snvder and later learned it was the home of
Syndcr's first mayor. The Snyder home was
built August 31. 1937, according to the
inscription in some concrete.
John's wife sorta liked that date,
because it is their wedding anniversary date.
. . but not the correct year.
WE MENTIONED A WEEK OR TWO
ago seeing the "Leaning tower of Pisa" out
toward Vigo. The C.B. antenna tower
belongs to Glenna and Don Crooks. They
report it has been leaning for some four
years. . . seems when it was put up a high
wind came along before the cement was dry.
KNOW THYSELF
A prosperous young Wall Street broker
met. fell in love with and was frequently
seen escorting about town a rising actress of
gentility and dignity. He wanted to marry
her. but being a cautious man he decided
that before proposing matrimony, he should
have a private investigating agency check
her background and present activities.
"After all.” he reminded himself. "I have
both a growing fortune and my reputation to
protect against a marital misadventure." In
due time the investigator’s report was sent
to the broker. It said. “The actress has an
unblemished past, a spotless reputation, and
her friends are of the best repute. The only
shadow is that currently she is often seen
around town in the company of a young
broker of dubious business practices and
principles.” (Copied)
AS WE COVERED THE gasohol meet-
ing here Friday night, we couldn't help but
feel the tension as our farmers made their
decisions about joining the gasohol plant
cooperative.
Actually, each farmer is risking $500
and as one farmer asked, "what about the
$8,000 note we're signing?. . . we could see
quite a bit of responsibility in making the
decision. Actually, the note is non-collateral
type and will be paid back by the profits of
the plant.
The purpose of the gasohol plant is
two-fold. . . to get the farmer a better price
for his grain and to help relieve this nation of
its energy problem.
We have a lot of respect for the farmers
who are entering into this plan for a gasohol
plant. We suppose our farmers, in order to
stay in the business have become pretty
“toughened" to all sorts of risks. . . and this
is one more they enter with FAITH THAT IT
WILL WORK OUT FOR THE GOOD OF
ALL.
WE WISH TULIA HAD a pipeline to
lake Mackenzie. If we did. we very possibly
could get the plant located here. However, it
will probably be located near Muleshoe
where there is a lot of water.
According to the facts presented at the
meeting, wheat is the best profit grain for a
gasohol plant. So, very logically, if Tulia had
the water supply, the plant would be located
here, where there is an abundance of wheat
crops.
POLICE CHIEF WELDON SMITH gave
a pretty logical answer Monday to my
question of "how come less drunks arrest-
ed" in his July police report.
Chief Smith figures that higher priced
whiskey and higher priced gasoline are
causing less people to drink and drive.
WE RAN OUT OF SPACE this week, so
watch for B. Pyeatt's trip to the Great Lakes
in Marie's column in next week's Herald.
TWO IMPORTANT REMINDERS:. . .
Happy Days Celebration in Happy, free ice
cream and cake Tuesday night for “Meet
The Hornets”.
NOW AND THEN THE LAW IS
FAIRLY ADMINISTERED. . . the Mont-
gomery. Alabama police are to be saluted for
arresting the Klu Klux Klanners who had no
parade permit and were carrying a small
arsenal of guns, clubs, knives.
FINALLY, NATIONAL NEWS EX-
POSES THE FARMER'S LOW PRICE
SITUATION. This week President Carter
called in the nation's top food merchandisers
and asked them "how come food prices are
increasing while farm prices are decreas-
ing?"
The food wheels said they disagreed
with the President's figures, but couldn't
come up with any statistics of their own.
All students new to Tulia
schools should report to the
High School office at the
appropriate pre-registration
time.
Final Registration, Friday,
August 24th—Monday, Aug-
ust 27, 1979.
1. Final registration will be
held in the Ezra Jones Cafe-
teria at the following times:
Friday, Aug. 24th—9:00-
12:00 a.m. — Seniors and
1:00-4:00 p.m.—Juniors.
Monday. Aug. 27th—1:00-
2:30 p.m. — Sophomores;
2:30-4:00 p.m.—Freshmen.
2. All students must bring
census cards, insurance
forms, and emergency cards
completely filled out and
signed by parent or guar-
dian. Also if you wish to rent
a lock, you may do so at this
time.
3. When census card, in-
surance form, and emer-
gency card have been turned
in, students will be issued a
locker and their class sche-
dule card. Students will be
allowed to pick the period for
each subject for which they
pre-registered. The class
schedule card should be fill-
ed in by and initialed by each
teacher in whose class the
student enrolls.
4.Students new to Tulia
school will report to the
counselors to complete their
final registration.
5. Class pictures will be
made for each student. They
will be made for Juniors.
Soph., and Freshmen on
Sept. 13. Seniors whose
names begin with A thru K
will have their pictures made
on August 24th and those
whose names begin with L
thru Z on August 25th in the
High School Auditorium. The
Dress code for the 1979-80
school year will be the same
as last year. Please dress
appropriately.
EASTWARD
REGISTRATION
Students in the first, se-
cond, < nd third grade will
register August 24 from 8:30-
3:00 in their selected home-
room. The classroll will be
posted outside each home-
room. Students that are new
to the Tulia ISD will register
in the hall by the nurse's
office. Second ant} third
grade students must bring
their book card and report
card from the previous year.
Students need to be accom-
panied by one of their pa-
rents when registering to
give information and to sign
the registration card.
TULIA JUNIOR HIGH
SCHOOL REGISTRATION
Registration will be Aug-
ust 24. 1979. for all Junior
High School students. Eighth
grade students will register
from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Seventh grade students will
register from 1:00 p.m. to
3:00 p.m. Students are to
report to their assigned
homerooms to register at the
scheduled time. The home-
room lists will be posted in
the foyer of the Junior High
School Building.
Students that have moved
to Tulia since last school year
are to pre-register August
21. 1979, at 1:30 p.m. in the
counselor's office. New stu-
dents must bring school re-
cords including immuniza-
tion records from the school
previously attended to pre-
register.
HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY
REGISTRATION
Highland Elementary Stu-
dents will register Friday,
August 24th from 8:30—
12:00 and 1:00—3:30 p.m.
Students whose last name
begins with A-L should come
in the a.m. and students
in the morning and students
whose names begins M-Z
should come in the after-
noon. A parent or guardian
should accompany their stu-
dent so the census card may
be signed.
Kindergarten students
must have a birth certificate
and immunization records to
complete enrollment. The
Kindergarten program will
be one-half day sessions—
morning 8:30—11:30 and af-
ternoon 12:30—3:30 p.m.
Eligible bus students have
priority to attend the morn-
ing sessions according to
State regulations. Kinder-
garten students who pre-
enrolled last spring should
report on Tuesday. August
28th.
A headstart program for
eligible 4 year old children is
also available. The child
must be 4 years old by
September 1 and parent
must meet certain income
guidelines.
Any student who is not
able to register on Friday,
August 24 may register on
Tuesday. August 28, which is
the first day of school.
Council Tables Bank
Depository Decision
In its meeting last Tuesday
night, the Tulia City Council
tabled decision on selection
of a bank depository for the
city. Bids were presented by
both Tulia banks. The deci-
sion will be made, according
to minutes of the meeting.
August 21.
In other business the coun-
cil voted to be included in the
newly formed Swisher Coun-
ty tax appraisal district ac-
cording to H. B. 621.
A motion was also ap-
proved to participate in the
court case to uphold the
constitutionality of the City
Sales Tax. This court case
was filed by U.S. Steel
Corporation. The Texas
Municipal League has asked
for a pro-rata contribution of
.0005 times the city’s 1978
sales tax receipts. The City of
Tulia's contribution is $59.60
($119,192 x .0005) The con-
tribution is for a fee to the
Texas City Attorneys Asso-
ciation. who the TML law-
yers will assist, and the law
firm of Fulbright & Jaworski,
who have also been retained.
All coUncilmen were pre
sent except Dr. Morri:
Webb.
MONDAY NIGHT
MEETING
In a special called meetinj
Monday night, the counci
again considered the banl
depository bids. Could mak<
no decision, rejected botf
bids, and agreed to create i
more specific bid sheet,
These bids will be opened in
a special meeting. August
27.
Red Cross Helps
Apartment
Fire Victims
The American Red Cross
Association appeared on the
Tulia scene shortly after the
July 4th fire that totaled the
Westwind apartments, and
has been working hard to put
people back on their feet.
Kipp Burnett manager of
(Continued On Page Twelve)
The Kidney Foundation of
the Texas Panhandle will
sponsor a "Swim-For-Life”
Swim-A-Thon on August 18,
at the Chamber of Commerce
"Swimming Hole”. Time
schedule to be announced by
Kipp Burnett of the Chamber
of Commerce.
Prizes will be awarded in
the following categories: 6
years old and under, 7 to 12
years old. 13 years old and
over.
In each category, a
"Swim-For-Life” T-Shirt will
be awarded to the one who
swims the most and for the
one who turns in the most
money. A Mark Spitz snorkel
and mask set will be given to
each person raising over
$25.00. Everyone who turns
in a kit will receive a "Wee-
pur'.
The Kidney Foundation of
the Texas Panhandle it
PASCAL HOSCH
Pascal Hosch
Joins First
National Bank
Pascal Hosch. assistant
trust officer with the First
Coleman National Bank since
1976, has accepted a position
as trust officer with First
National Bank of Tulia, effec-
tive August 20.
A native of Santa Anna
and graduate of Texas A&M,
Hosch has been active in
civic and church work in
Coleman. Currently he is
serving as president of the
Breeder-Feeder Association,
treasurer of the Coleman
Rodeo Association, treasurer
of First Christian Church,
member of the county horse
show committee, secretary of
the county livestock show
and a senior director of the
Junior Rodeo Association.
Hosch is married to the
former Joyce Thomas of
Acuff. They are the parents
of two children.
proud to announce that four
successful Kidney trans-
(Continued On Page Twelve)
New meter connections re-
ported by the city of Tulia
since last week: Sandra
Heck. 800 N. Hale #9; Phillip
Ramirez. 312 S. El Paso;
Albert Perez. 205 S. El Paso;
Joan Hilton. 431 S. Arm-
strong HI; Kirk Daniel. 909
Lynn.
•
Marriage licenses issued
by Swisher county clerk since
last week: Donald Ray
Adams. Tulia. and Roxanne
Sturgess. Tulia; Vernon Dar-
rell Morris. Tulia. and Teena
Wynelle Rainbolt. Summer-
field; Michael R. Schoenen-
berger. Happy, and Lisa D.
Foster. Happy.
•
Patients admitted to Swi-
sher Memorial Hospital since
last Tuesday: Mrs. Sharon
Poindexter, Frank Kiker,
Mrs. Gonzolo Reyna. Evan-
nah Walker, Mrs. Earl
Payne. Mrs. Rebecca Cruz.
Mrs. Manuel Galvan. Jr.
BORN TO:
Mr. and Mrs. Steve Poin-
dexter, 1116 Bluebell, Ama-
rillo. a boy.
Mr. and Mrs. Gonzolo
Reyna, 710 Galveston. Plain-
view, a girl.
•
New subscribers to The
Tulia Herald since last week:
Felix Mote, Route 2. Tulia.
Texas; Larry Coffman. Route
N Box 9, Tulia. Texas; J.
Craig Alexander, Route 4
Box 125, Seguin, Texas; C.
E. Stanaland. Box 94. Dal-
hart, Texas; Raymond Brad-
dock. Route 2 Box 31, Dim-
mitt, Texas; Dan Byrd. Route
2 Box 25, Tulia. Texas; Tulia
ISD, Office of the Superin-
tendent. 702 N. W. 8th.
Tulia. Texas; Kirk Mattie,
Box 169, Tulia. Texas; W. F.
Reed. Box 564. Kress, Tex-
as; M. A. Winblood, Box
145, Wayside, Texas; Wayne
Wilcox. Box 514, Happy.
Texas; Mrs. C. A. Dodson.
Box 112, Happy, Texas;
Mike Mauldin. Box 355.
Tulia. Texas; Midn Russell
Daniel 3/c, 2nd Co. U. S.
Naval Academy, Annapolis,
Maryland.
•
TULIA MARKETS
WHEAT 3.87
CORN 5.05
MILO 4.35
SOYBEANS 6.05
Temperature extremes for
the week were 91 and 53.
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