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PAC* 1 FOl R
THE TULIA (Swisher County) HERALD
THURSDAY, MARCH 31, 1988
Tulia Merchants Offering 31 April Fool Prizes
Do you have an April 1 birthday?
Were you bom in 1900? Is your name
April1 Do you have some roller skates?
Can you spell the word "fool" with let-
ters of your name? Do you have a picture
of Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, Dale Evans
or Hopalong Cassidy?
These arc some of the requirements
that are necessary for you to cash in on
pool, and they might just spend some
money in Floydada while there.
Well.. .like I said, we must be patient.
. sometimes it take the "idea seeds” to
sprout and make the harvest.
Last w'cck when I was through
Floydada on my way to Haskell, 1 was
delighted to see the City of Floydada
working on the area near the swimming
pool. . . .they’re installing water, elec-
tricity and sewer hookups for the tour-
ists!
Oh ye of little faith... and patience!
HUSBANDS CAN RELATE TO
THIS: Just about the ume you’re in the
middle of tying your tic on a Sunday
morning, the wife backs up to you and
asks you to /ip up the zipper on back of
her dress.
Brusquely you’ll zip it up and down in
a moment of impatience. The zipper
might break or get stuck—and the wife
may have to change a dress at the last
minute.
It happened to a young couple one
morning while they were hurriedly get-
ting ready for work. They both went
their separate ways boiling mad. The
wife did a slow bum all dav thinking of
that broken zipper on her new dress.
Coming home that evening she
walked through the garage and saw her
husband under the car, fixing some-
thing, with his legs sticking out. The
moment of revenge had come!
She leaned over, grabbed his pants
zipper, and whipped it up and down. She
then walked into the kitchen where she
found her husband standing.
Sheepishly, she asked him who was
under their car and was told it was a
neighbor who had come over to help fix
the muffler.
The embarrassed wife asked her hus-
band to explain to the neighbor and they
returned to the garage. When they asked
him to come out from under the car he
failed to respond. When they dragged
him out he was unconscious and bleed-
ing from slamming his head into the
underside of the car when he got ziped
by surprise.
Patience, men, patience!
IF IT WERE NOT SO SAD, the
Governor’s veto of operating funds for
the state museum at Canyon would
almost be funny. First it’s unbelievable
that a Governor could pull such a stunt
and second, it’s unbelievable that he
would do this to this area of the state.
Supposedly, he's Republican, . . .
.Canyon and Amarillo are just plumb
full of Republicans.
The funny part of the situation is that
both Canyon and Amarillo voted for
Clements by a huge margin over incum-
bent Mark White... .they're surely not
getting "their votings worth.". . . they
31 great prizes offered by Tulia mer-
chants this Friday, April Fool's Day.
Details of the contest appear on the
back page of the first section of this
edition of The Herald.
Merchants who will be giving the
April Fool gifts include Shirley’s, Sun-
shine Place, Huxford Department Store,
Williams Furniture, J-Gee Department
must suffer the consequences of their
bad decision.
I TOOK A VERY UNPOPULAR
stand before the primary election, stal-
ing that stale judges should be appointed
instead of elected. I said the state's vot-
ers aren't smart enough to decide who
should be stale judges. A good example
is the fact that Swisher voters favored
Bill Kilgarlin over Carol Haberman
1192-728. Swisher voters several years
ago voted for Don Yarborough. . . .a
state judge that was indicted and con-
victed of several wrong doings.
Of course I think the state's voters
would have come nearer approving the
appointment of state judges if a definite
plan had been worked out, whereby they
could be voted out of office.. .say, after
a six year term.. .if they were not doing
a good job.
JEAN ROWELL WAS in my office
this week and we were talking about the
signs we've recently seen around other
towns, "adopt a mile of Texas highway."
I did a little research and there's a sign
west of Tulia on Highway 86. . .Town
and Country 4-H has adopted a two mile
stretch of the highway and plan to keep
its premises clean for a two year period.
Jean has a good idea.. .all of us here
in Tulia could adopt a block. . .be re-
sponsible for picking up unsightly ob-
jects. . .could help us enjoy a beautiful
city.
Competitive
There once was a small town
that only had two grocery stores.
The two stores sat directly across
the street from each other.
On one occasion a price war on
bread erupted between these two
rivals. One store advertised,
“Bread 25 cents a loaf.”
The other would counter with
one stating, “Bread 20 cents a
loaf.”
And so it went until one finally
advertised, “Bread one cent a
loaf!”
His competitor was determined
not to be outdone, but he was not
about to simply give bread away.
All night he tried to come up
with a solution. At sun-up he
made a huge sign to hang in his
window. It read, “Buy your gro-
ceries here and we will give you a
penny to buy your bread across
the street.”
• * *
A bank customer, writing to
ask for temporary financial assis-
tance, delighted the bank with his
final sentence: “If you can see
your way clear to giving me an
Store, Linda's Snack Bar, J & R
Trustworthy Hardware, Tulia Health
Mart, Dunn's TV & Appliance, Memory
Maker, Joe Bob's IGA, Pizza Hut, Ed
Harris Lumber, B & R Thriftway, Jerre's
Jewelry, First National Bank, Steak
House, First State Bank, Rainbow Flo-
ral, Sonic Drive In, That Special Occa-
sion and The Tulia Herald.
Extension Office
Gets New Pickup
In its meeting Monday the County
Commissioners Court accepted the bid
of Ron Clark Ford in Amarillo fora new
Extension Office pickup.
The bid price was $14,680.70.
In other business the CC visited with
Brian Borchardt and Delbert Devin.
They asked the County to enter into an
effort to improve the county's econom-
ics.
In other business the CC approved a
plan for the erection of signs on 1-27
promoting Swisher County. The signs
are a project of the Women's division of
The Chamber of Commerce.
The CC also approved overtime pay
for the sheriffs office and a charge of
$ 1,223.00 per month for computer soft-
ware and hardware for the County Tax
Assessor-Collector office.
Miss Tulia____
(Continued from Page One)
Tulia entrants also will be judged on
responses to questions asked at the
pageant.
Out-of-town judges will be present
and conduct preliminary judging begin-
ning at 6 p.m.
Conservation Use
Rule Changes
According to a report from County
ASCS manager Cobb Adams on Mon-
day, the conservation use program for
Swisher County will not factor down
(no cut in payment benefits).
The decision came from the state
office after Adams, the county ASCS
committee and Tulia businessmen made
the request.
Farmers will participate in the pro-
gram as it was originally designed when
they signed into the program.
overdraft, I shall be torever in
your debt.”
• * •
“You just can’t come in here
like this and ask for a raise,” the
boss said to one of his newest em-
ployees. “You must work your-
self up.”
“But, I did,” the employee re-
plied. “Look, I’m trembling in a
cold sweat all over.”
* • •
One reason a dog can be such a
comfort to you when you’re feel-
ing blue is that he doesn’t try to
find out why.
• * *
The older generation concludes
that there would be no problems
with children if they had to chop
wood to keep the TV set going.
* * *
Wild About Trivia
Americans are wild about triv-
ia. The Guinness Book of World
Records has become the all-time
copyrighted annual edition and
editions of The World Almanac
have sold out every year for the
past decade. Sales of Trivial Pur-
suit are fast approaching $1 bil-
lion.
No wonder. Who doesn’t find
it interesting to find out that:
—American families have
more dogs and cats than kids.
U.S. households are home to 49
million dogs and 42 million cats,
while there are only 31 million
children under age 18.
-Eighty-one percent of Amer-
ican parents spanked their chil-
dren during the past year. More
than 60 percent say they spank
their children at least once a
week.
—The average American
laughs 15 times a day.
—More than three times more
American men than women sleep
Prizes will be awarded on first come
basis and contest will continue only as
long as prizes remain. Each winner may
claim only one prize even though he or
she may have more than one item on the
prize qualification list.
The Tulia Herald will be final judge
of winners.
News Briefs
THE REPUBLICAN STATE
CONVENTION is June 9-11 in Hous-
ton. Michael (Mike) Martin is going
as Swisher delegate.
RUN-OFF ELECTION WEEK is
April 4-8... .just in case you won't be
able to vote on Tuesday, April 12.
Vote at the County Clerk's office.
TULIA BOOSTER CLUB will
have its annual Athletic Banquet
April 18, at the High School Cafete-
ria. Time 7:00 p.m. Tickets are $6.00
a person and can be purchased from a
Booster Club Member.
NOTICE all VFW members, the
Tulia Post will now open at 2:00 p.m.
each evening.
SUMMER PARKS & RECREA-
TION Director Happy Cole has ap-
pointed Darin King, Junior High
Coach, as the Little League coordina-
tor. Any questions regarding the
, city's summer recreational program
should be directed to Happy or Darin.
THE PROGRESSIVE STUDY
CLUB and the RSVP will be collect-
ing needed items for the M. D. Ander-
son Cancer Hospital, March 29, 30,
and 31 from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. at 222
W. Broadway.
FIRST ANNUAL Cultural Arts
Show will be Thursday, April 7, from
9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the courthouse
annex extension meeting room. There
will be a silent auction. The public is
invited.
SHAPE UP: Join the Exercise
Class at the Extension Meeting Room
each weekday from 5 p.m. 'til 6 p.m.
and chape up for Summer fun!
CULTURAL ART SHOW: Put on
your creative thinking cap and whip
up something special for the first
Swisher County Cultural Arts Show
to be held Thursday, April 7th, in the
Swisher County Meeting Room. Both
crafts, handmade items, and foods
will have categories. Call the
Extension Office for more informa-
tion at 995-3726.
LEARN MORE ABOUT CLOTH-
ING: Beginning Wednesday, April
6th, the Extension Office is sponsor-
ing a weekly meeting at 4 p.m. on
clothing for 4-Hers or any interested
youth. Be sure to plan on attending
and increase your skills and knowl-
edge. Call the Etension Office for
more information.
HUNTER SAFETY CLASS to be
offered at Silverton, Briscoe County
Courthouse. Registration will be
April 4th, 7 to 8:30 p.m. Anyone 12
and older. The South door will be
open. Certified instructors, Virgil
and Gladys Kidwell.
in the nude—19 percent vs..6 per-
cent.
—The 10 most popular last
names in America, in order:
Smith, Johnson, Williams,
Irown, Jones, Miller, Davis,
Vilson, Anderson and Taylor.
• • *
“Shop at home, the job you
save may be your own.”
The words to the U.S. Presidential
song "Hail to the Chief" are from
Sir Walter Scott's The Lady of the
Lake
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By Wendell Tooley
TRUCK THAT crashed two Cediliw« and DPS car almost jumped over the
overpass guardrail. (Photo courtesy Tracy Cumby, Texas Highway Dept.)
Tulia Schools
Among The "Poor"
AUSTIN—More than three-fourths
of the 22 school districts in the six
counties of this area are poorer than
average and thus "stand to gain money
to educate their students," a new report
shows.
Those statistics hold up fairly well
across the state in Comptroller Bob
Bullock's study showing Texas' poor
schools "are not just in South Texas."
The question of districts' property tax
base is the key to a lawsuit many expect
will overturn the state's system of fi-
nancing its public schools.
Although many of the 67 poor dis-
tricts that brought the suit lie in South
Texas and although the Mexican-
American Legal Defense and Education
Fund provided most of the legal work in
pressing it, Bullock's study points out
that 205 of Texas’ 254 counties contain
one or more poor school districts.
"The problem of poor school districts
is not a South Texas issue; it pervades
the entire state,” said the report in "Fis-
cal Notes,” a publication of Bullock's
office. "And it's not going to vanish
overnight."
Bullock's study shows five of the six
Hale County school districts hold less
than the statewide average of $240,500
in property wealth per student enrolled.
Only Abernathy ISD, with $309,000 per
student, qualifies as a rich district Plain-
view ISD holds $107,000 per student
and is ranked 280th from the bottom in
the state.
The pattern is fairly similar in other
area counties. Two of four Floyd
County districts, five of six in Lamb
County, all three in Castro County, all
three in Swisher County and the lone
BriscoeCounty district all fall below the
statewide average. Nazareth ($68,000
per student) is the poorest in the area and
ranks 57th from the bottom on the state-
wide list Others among the poorest 10
percent in the state are Hart ($73,000)
and Tulia ($77,000).
Only one area district—Sudan, with
$1,058,000 per student—falls within
the richest 5 percent of the state's 1,062
districts. Bullock's office based all the
figures on the 1985-1986 school year.
Travis County District Judge Harley
Clark ruled the state's school finance
system unconstitutional in 1987 be-
cause of the vast differences in financial
resources between Texas' richest and
poorest school districts. The Third
Court of Appeals in Austin will hear the
slate's appeal of that decision early next
month.
Most state leaders, including Gov.
Bill Clements, expect the state will lose
the appeal even if it goes all the way to
the Texas Supreme Court. Efforts to
devise a plan that meets constitutional
muster could well dom natc the 1989
legislative session.
The 730 poor districts spend an
average of $2,976 per student to educate
the 1.8 million students enrolled there,
compared to the $4,268 the 332 wealthy
districts spend to educate each of their
1.1 million students. Control of local
property tax dollars, the report says, "is
the political hot potato" the Legislature
must juggle.
Boles Home ISD, which serves 205
students in Hunt County cast of Dallas,
is the poorest in the state with S18,500 in
property tax base per student. Santa
Gertrudis ISD on the King Ranch in
South Texas is the wealthiest, with
$12.3 million per student.
What A Stone
The recently widowed lady
with a new diamond ring ex-
plained how she got it: “He left
$1,000 for a casket and $5,(XX)
for a stone. This is the stone.”
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116 S. W. 2nd
(Formerly City Appliance Building)
Buy One Large Pizza For *7.95 And Get
2 Liter co*ke FREE
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