The Electra News (Electra, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 7, 1946 Page: 1 of 8
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A Constructive Newspaper *for a Constructive People
^THIRTY-EIGHTH YEAR
NUMBER 22
7, 1946
•3s
Taxes Paid Here
as
Plans for the aniversary fete in-
and
Jack Bickley, son of Mr. and
the
have
Cemetery Fence
each
&
two will serve the public under the
firm name of Drs. I-Jarbour & Hay-
Pfc. Floyd Hobson Jr., who recent-
ly returned to his home here for a
furlough visit with his parents, Mr.
DEDICATION OF MARKER FOR
SITE OF OLD CLAYCO No. 1
PLANNED FOR THAT DAY
Mr. and Mrs. William Ervi far.,
have received news that their son,
William Ervi Jr., EMlc, US Navy,
is enroute home from the Pacific.
that
of
Fall
war
Eo N. Patterson
Injured Saturday
Troop Gains
In Membership
j Heme at Vernon, to await the final
Survivors other than the par-
ents include a brother, Keith Max-
well, of Tolbert and several aunts
and uncles.
war.
that
sup-
done
also of Vernon, the
of the car in which
enroute to Wichita
cuts and bruises and
Deputy Sheriff
W. W.
coach of
football
athletics
, but he and
family will continue to reside
Electra for the present.
W. M. Edwards who operated
Time Shop here before the war will
re-open his shop under the r---
firm name in the building which Dr.
Hayley has occupied. Mr. and Mrs.
Edwards were employed at Sheppard
Field and later were transferred to
the Childress Army Air Field where
he repaired timepieces and serviced
delicate precision instruments used
in aircraft until the field was closed
there.
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Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Gilbert have
been called to Shffield, Pa., bcause
of the death of Mrs. Gilbert’s sister,
Mrs. J. C. Keller of that city. Mrs.
Keller’s funeral was held Sunday,
friends here were informed, and Mr.
and Mrs. Gilbert expect to remain
for about two weeks with relatives
over the opening exercises and the
business session during which Lion
Jesse Iwig presented service chev-
rons to Lion B. L. Stephenson who
served two years in the armed
forces..
A total of 1,286 poll tax receipts
Rvvere issued before midnight, Janu-
£|ary 31, at the sub-station * of the
^Wichita County Tax Collector, at
£tfre Chamber of Commerce, Mrs. W.
Skinner, deputy tax collector re-
’p’orted Monday. This number indi-
cates that the Electra precinct vot-
ing strength will be unusually heavy
£ for elections to be hold in 1946.
h Probably a number of poll tax cer-
f lificates were issued at the Wichita
"'Falls office, also it is pointed out
that veterans will be accorded a free
-.vote. Additional free voters include
^exemptions which are .granted dis-
cabled persons, those over 60 years
^old and those whose .21st birthdays
i'occured during the current election
ay ear.
, brother, Sgt. Robert Kay who is on
sick leave after liberation last
■ from a Japanese Prisoner of
| Camp in Japan.
Mrs. Vernon Young returned Sun-
day from Dallas where she had ac-
companied her husband to the Vet-
erans Hospital. She reports that
Mr. Young, an overseas veteran of
the European Theater combat op-
erations .will possibly undergo an
operation for brain tumor. He was
employed with the Shell Oil Com-
pany prior to entering military
service two and one-half years ago
and resumed duties with that com-
pany on his return from army duty.
Nearly 2,900,GOO Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts, and Senior Scouts
will mark the 36th anniversary of the Boy Scouts of America during
Boy Scout Week, Feb. Sth to 14th. The theme of the celebration is
“Scouts of the World—Building Together.” Members of the Move-
ment are helping brother Scouts throughout the world to reorganize.
Their “World Friendship Fund” of voluntary contributions ano
their “Shirts-Off-Our-Backs” project of donating Scout Uniform
parts and equipment, will assist Scouting overseas and help develop
understanding among the boys of the world. Above is the officia
poster marking the event.
i.
Kenneth A. Maxwell, 21, Vernon
automobile mechanic, son of Mr. and
Mrs. J. T. Maxwell of Tolbert, was
instantly killed about 11:30 o’clock
Saturday night, five miles west of
Electra, when his car overturned
after a rear tire had blown out. W.
A. Kaiser, 25,
other occupant
the two were
Falls, suffered
a dislocated knee.
S. T. Low and Night Officer Ted
Miller investigated the accident.
Maxwell’s body was brought to the
J. B. Totten Funeral Home and
Justice of Peace J. A Carrington of
Vernon held an inquest in whicn the
verdict was “accidental death’’.
Mr. Kaiser was treated at the
Electra Hospital but was able to,
return to his home at Vernon, Sun-
day aftcrncon. Maxwell who was
born and roared in Hardeman
county % was buried at Vernon, Mon-'
day afternoon after funeral services ■
US Army. He was stationed in
New Guinea and the Philippines.
The youth who is well known here
was a barber with the 132nd Gen-
eral Hospital. He was awarded the
Asiatic-Pacific campaign medal with
one bronze star, Good Conduct Med-
al and World War Two Victory Med-
al. He received an honorable dis-
charge at the Camp Fannin Separa-
tion Center at Tyler and is now at
home at 902 NE 1st Street, Mineral
Wells.
Kjhe ;s reported to be able to receive
visitors.
Mrs. Ruth Conyers reports
although they are a bit short
their goal, she has hopes of closing
the - campaign- this week on raising
funds to build a new fence for the
Old Electra Cemetery. Several per-
sons who promised to mail checks
have apparently forgotten to do so.
She hopes that this will remind
them to get (their contribution in
this week.
Volunteer workers have render-
ed splendid service in the project
and Mrs. Conyers urges that all
workers and all donors help her com-
plete the task this week.
Mr?. M L. Sanderson, Telephone,
ELECTRA, WICHITA COUNTY, TEXAS, THURSDAY,
Tentative plans were begun Tues-
day at the noon luncheon meeting
of the board of directors of the
Electra Chamber of Commerce for a
huge celebration in com/hemoration
of the 35th anniversary of the April
Fool gusher which marked the real
beginning of the oil industry in
northwest Texas. The wildcat which
on April 1, 1911, sprayed oil over
the entire countryside to proclaim
the opening of one of the most im-
portant pools in the United States
was the Clayco No. 1, Woodruff-
Putnam on the quarter section in
which the Old Electra Cemetery is
located and less than one-half mile
northwest of the Cemetery. A marv-
elous producer it brought forth liquid
LET'S GO!
For a Bigger and
Better Electra
LET’S GO!
X f i
For a Bigger and
Better Electra.
New Coach
Here Tuesday
Superintendent Bob Lindsey Jr.,
announced Tuesday, that
Weathers, of Waco, new
the Electra high school
team and director of boy’s
had arrived and assumed duties as
of that morning. His first official
duty, as mentor of the Tiger basket-
ball team was that of directing the
team in a game with Quanah, Tues-
day evening.
John M. Garrison who resigned to
accept the job of backfield coach of
the Tulsa University football team
’concluded his duties here Friday.
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Realty Deals
And Moving Days
Boy Scout Troop No. 44 which
meets each Monday evening at 7:30
o!clock at the State Guard Armory
has had a remarkable growth in re-
cent months, it was reported Tues-
day. Begining with ten members
the troop now has 24 members,' 19
of which were present at the last
meeting. The group is under the
I leadership of Messrs. Friday Gra-
iham and James Renfroe, Scoutmast-
ers.
the 800
on North Main Street, from
D. Smith and expect to move
soon as work of remodel-
redecorating the place is
i Jack Bickley, son of Mr. and Mrs.
i P. G. Bickley of Mineral Wells, form-
■ erly of Electra, has arrived home
"SCOUTS OF THE WORLD
BUIUIHH TOGETHER"
at 107-B
his
in
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Mrs W. P. Kilpatrick of San Angelo
is guest of her brother, O. B. Con-
way and family this week and is al-
so visiting among old friends and
neighbors here.
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*Lions Hear Army
Nurse Tell Of
p ETO Experiences
Vernon Youth Is
Killed Near Here
When Car Overturns
1 vacated by the Rowe family. Mr. I
! and Mrs. Stephens have had temp- j
j orary quarters at the Commercial
: Hotel.
I Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Neff J r, have
bought a house
meantime they were
' apartment, Monday, where they can
J reside until they get possession of!
' the house which will be moved on |
to their lot. Mr Neff recently “
’turned from the CBI theater of
'orations where he served with
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I.Lc. Nina Rusccll left Tuesday
afternoon fcr Odessa where she will
visit her sister, Mrs. Lawrence Bar-
row and family.
al/ in the
socking an
C. of C. Starts Plans April First Fete
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Texaco PBX :
Operator Ends
25 Years Service:
City To Celebrate
35th Anniversary
First Oil Cusher
E. N. Patterson who resides,
southwest of Electra suffered a
fractured skull when a heavy piece
of timber fell from the top of a der-
rick, Saturday while he was engag-
ed in work on a drilling rig near
Harrold. He was brought to the1
Electra Hospital for treatment and
is reported to be recovering. His
son, Weldon Patterson, who resides
in Calidornia, and three daughters,
Mesdames Gene Frazier and Leon
Sutherland and Miss Virginia Pat-
terson of Wichita Falls were called
'to his bedside
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It takes a person two years to
learn to talk and 50 years to learn
to keep his mouth shut.
Mr. _ and Mrs. Milton Henderson
have bought a house in
block
Jodie
there
ing and
, finished.
I Mrs. M. ,A. Bashara has sold her
home at 603 East Cleveland Ave-
nue to Mr. and Mrs Vines Vestal, gold over a period of more than 20
who expect to move there as soon years before it was finally abandon-
as Mrs. Bashara finds a suitable lo- ed.
! cation at Wichita Falls.
I Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Rowe who have elude the dedication of a suitable
been living in Miss Myrtle Cooper’s ' marker for^th.e site of the Mother
I tenant house at' 107 East 'Glisson 1 Well of the”Mother Pool of Wichita
i Avenue will move this week to the' County.
| house at 108 East Washington Ave-1 President L. G. McLaughlin pre-
| nue which is owned by Mrs. George sided over the meeting. Bob Lind-
Proctor. Mr. and Mrs. Pal Steph-' SGy jr., superintendent of Electra
ens who recently came to Electra! schoois, introduced W. E. Weath-
from Graham will^ move to the place jers> new coach of the Electra high
I school football team.
I C. C. Myers reported on the tick-
[et sales for the annual Chamber of
i Commerce banquet held last week.
,An explanation of the Veterans Ad-
1 ministration "On the job training
■ program for Veterans” was made.
W. A. Krohn, chairman of the Oil
Committee, presented a tentative
I plan for the oil aniversary cclebra-
! tion. The program would include a
Chuck Wagon Feed for the oil fra-
ternity of this area, the first post-
war affair in which the Chuck Wag-
on Gang will function since its act-
ivities were curtailed by the
Howard Doores made a motion
the program be enthusiastically
ported and that everything be
toward making it an outstanding
event.
Mr. Krohn appointed as his assist-
ants, H. A. Decker, D. M. Robb,
Charles Murphy, B. L. Stevenson,
T. Leo Moore and Max Griffin.
Mr. Lindsey called attention to
the fact that war veterans may se-
cure high school diplomas by opply-
jng credits earned in military train-
ing and service under four general
'plans set up through the State
Board of Education.
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Mrs. Erwin Horn of 722 North
Electra street returned to her home
I last week -after * having undergone
same | an operatTon in a Vernon Hpspital.
; Lt. Arrie Louise Golden an Elec-
itra nurse who went to France dur-,
■ing the Belgian Bulge and who serv-' ^e^ a^ First Baptist church inj
|,ed in field and base hospitals of the cdy. His parents came to(
American Armies through the'EIectra early Sunday morning and;
£ Spring, Summer and Fall of 1945 t-lio icmair.s were taken at noon,
|*was the featured speaker at the J Sunday, to the Henderson Funeral
Mioon luncheon meeting of the Elec- j E
fj^tra Lions Club, Thursday, in the ritcs-
AVhite Rose Club Room. - She was
^presented by Lion James Totten
|who saw service as a pharmacist
£mate and medical aid man with the
jUS Navy in the Pacific. Lt. Gold-
’-en who has received her discharge
; and is engaged in the practice of her
£ profession here told of some of her
^unusual experiences from the view-
I point of an army nurse as well as of
an American woman in a foreign
s land devastated by war.
Entertainment features included
[ vocal solos by Miss Sara Blanche ( Operator for the Texas Pipe Line I V"----------------------------—7 0 *1 O Ok
; Tipton with Miss Mary Ellen Tot-1 Company, was retired under the our national boil havers Upen
en at the piano. , Company plan, as of February I.1? 3
President C. C. Hayley presided ( Employed since June 1, 1921 in this!? DEFENDERS K Vprnnn IIfnCP
capacity, she has retired, knowing,1? Lt
that she has rendered faithful and
accomodating service to many, many
co-worker employes, and in token of
their appreciation of her many kind-
nesses, she was presented a Gruen1 and Mrs. F. E, Hobson after spend-
— -----0------- Wrisi Watch and a piec(? Qf luggage ing three months in the Philippine
WO BURGLARIES qj^ JunUciry 31, the last day of her Islands with the US Army, has re-
------ . . service with the company i enlisted for foreign service. The
The Lee Powell Service Station, Hpr fripndq wkh fnr wnnv'youth is enjoying a reunion with his
on East Front Avenue was burglar-
ized Friday night. Approximately
$15 in cash was taken by someone
wh'o pried up a window to affect
entrance.
Thirty dollars or more in nickles
were reported taken from the Red
Roof Cafe by burglars, Sunday night.
The juke box tills were robbed and
the cash register was opened by per-
sons who apparently took time to
eat and to drink a few bottles of
pop while they were there. Clyde
Leitner, manager, said the cafe was
closed Sunday evening at 5 p. m. and
the burglary took place between then
and Monday morning. Investigating
officers report that no arrests
been made in either ca/se.
I Near Close Drive
Her friends wish for her many' Youth is enjoying a reunion with his
f years of happiness and prosperity.
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Soil Conservation
Group Meeting
------- i eriy 01 iirieeuci, amveu uumc
The first Group Planning meet- from overseas service in the Pacific
ing in the Wichita-Wilbarger Soil | where he spent 19 months with the
Conservation District was held —
Tuesday morning at 10:00 o’clock
with the “Barwise Conservation
Group” in the home of Mr. and Mrs.
George Streit, eight miles north of
Electra.
Land owners who had made appli-
catidn to the District Board of Sup-
ervisors attended the meeting to dis-
cuss problems of erosion, to get ac-
quainted with Soil Conservation
Service Personnel and to organize a
procedure for planning coordinated
(^onservatiorfr Programs for
farm in the group.
Those attending the meeting were
, H. J. Flusche, Chairman of the Board
of Supervisors for the Wichita-Wil-
barger Soil Conservation District,
Arthur Payton, W. E. Palmer and
son, A. B. Jeffers and son, Allen
Krohn, Warren Hill, and Mr. and
Mrs. George Streit. !
Representing the Soil Conservation
Service were Olan Genn, Work Un-
it Conservationist, and George Nix-
on, Engineer from Vernon.
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Our taxes would be a lot higher
if we had to pay on the basis of what
we thought we were worth.
re-
op- i
the i
Mr. H. J. Flusche, Chairman of Army Air Force in keeping the sup-
the Board of Supervisors of the jy nnes open over the Burma Road.
Wichita-Wilbarger Soil Conservation ( a new floor is being laid and oth-
District, has announced the opening er improvements are being made in
'of a Soil Conservation office in the (the LeBus building at the corner of
City Hall at Vernon. 'North Main and West Bryan. A
The Soil Conservation Service has Buick Auto Agency will be estab-
been brought to the District by re- lished there soon, it is reported,
quest of the District Board. “They i Work is nearing completion on
are to assist us in our program of the Robb building at 113 North Main
conserving the soil and improving Street where G. J. Gillis is sched-
its productivity”, Mr. Flusche said, uled to open a new drug store.
He went on to say, “We are in a ’ Dr. C. C. Hayley, Optometrist, has
position for the first time since we formed a partnership with Dr. H. A. j
started this program to actually give -Harbour of Wichita Falls and the
farmers and ranchers assistance in
-soil conservation work. We are tak-
ing applications in groups of farms. Ee move his office equip.
Our first actual ‘on the ground ^ent from the building
planning’ will begin immediately”. North Waggoner,
Applications for assistance fromlfarn,lv w,n cnnt’
the District are taken by each of
the board members, County Agents
in both Wichita and Wilbarger
Counties, and the Soil Conservation
Service office in Vernon.
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The Electra News (Electra, Tex.), Vol. 38, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 7, 1946, newspaper, February 7, 1946; Electra, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1215432/m1/1/?q=wichita+falls: accessed June 12, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Electra Public Library.