The Electra Star (Electra, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 46, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 24, 1952 Page: 1 of 6
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NEW GROCERY STORE OPENS
ON NORTH WAGGONER ST.
Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Boystun and
daughter, Ann of Wichita Falls
visited in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. J. L. LeBouf.
partment offical is in Electra
they can be mailed to Austin.
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Electra
Hospital Report
PATIENTS:
Douglas Duren
Joe Richard Youree
D. A. Williams
Mrs. H. R. Wilson
Miss Celine Irby
Mrs. J. H. Cooper
DISMISSALS PAST WEEK:
Billy Joe Taylor
H. B. Yarbrough, Harrold
N. E. Kilchriste
Mrs. Kate Wolf
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must be between
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graduates or
Singing Convention
in Addington, Okla.
Thro major Stamps Quartets
will present one and a half hours
concert at the High School Audi-
torium in Duncan, Okla., Saturday
April 26. They will remain over for
the Annual Singing Convention,
which will bo Sunday, April 27 at
10 a. m. This will be the 7th An-
nual Singing Convention to be at
the Addington High School audi-
torium in Addington, Okla. Dinner
will be served at noon. The public
is cordially invited.
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Electran
Receives Award
Cpl. Marvin V. Hudson received
a merit award for "his performance
of duty in the Best Radar Section.
He is of the “C” Btry, Fort Han-
cock, New Jersey. Before joining
the service his home was in Elec-
tra.
Anna Mao Myres, Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Wood and family and Mrs.
Wood’s mother returned April 20
after a ten day visit in New York.
They attended special Easter ser-
vices while there.
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week in Temple. C
night in Fort Worth
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visiting in South Texas. T'
a family reunion while
Guest Speaker Will be
at Nazarene Church
Rev. Elton Wood and wife will
be in the Saturday evening. Sun-
day morning and Sunday evening
services at the Nazarene Church
here. The Woods are from Beth-
any, Okla., where they will get
their degrees in the spring. After
they finish school they will leave
for the Cape Verde Islands as mis-
sionaries. They are two of the 43
Nazarene missionaries which will
go in to the field this year While
in the services here they will show
slides of the Cape Verde Islands.
Rev. Woods attended school here
and was a graduate of the Electra
High School in 1944 The public is
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Baptism Sunday
Night at Bible
Baptist Church
The Bible Baptist Church Reviv-
al will close Sunday night, April
27. The preaching is being done by
Rev E. E. Taylor, pastor and the
singing is under the leadership of
E L. Brazoal. of Borger.
There will be a baptism Sunday
evening when 12 will join the
church.
L arge crowds have been coming
to the services and a special invi-
tion is extended for the Sunday
services.
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The Electra FFA Chapter under
the direction of Wade Bailey and
general sponsorship of the Cham-
ber of Commerce staged its an-
nual project show on Monday,
April 21. Projects varying from
pens of rabbits to cows and calves
were placed on display. The judge
for the event was Jim Cato of Wi-
chita Falls. Those boys having
pigs as a project displayed sows
and litters from the stock of the
Chamber of Commerce girls given
The local U. S. Army and U. S.
Air Force recruiting station has
announced there is an increasing
need for qualified young women to
replace men in the many jobs so
that' men may be released for oth-
In order to qualify
young women
the ages of 18
be high school
able to pass an
equivalent test, single, no depen-
dents, and must be of high moral
character.
In the Women’s Army Corps and
women in the Air Force, women
work on an equal basis with men,
receiving like pay for like work,
enjoying equal privileges and ad-
vancement. It is a job opportunity
seldom equalled — high pay, tech- •
nical trailing and the opportunity
to serve ourbountry while building
af- worth while" "careert’Fof' "further
information, contact the U. S.
Army and U. S. Air Force recruit-
ing station located at Room 215
Federal Building, Wichita Falls,
Texas, phone 5976, Sgt. Irma L.
Jerde, WAC - WAF, Recruiter.
New Cars Bought
R. H. King, Ford sdn.
T. H. Wingo, Jr., po
W. F. O’Brien, Chev l
W. E. Williams, Buick
Electran Sells
Composition
“Dream Girl” is the title of a
song which has been sold by Mrs.
A. Z. Fowler to a Hollywood pub-
lishing company. Mrs. Fowler
wrote the words and the music,
and the company has informed her
that the song will be on the mar-
ket in the near future.
Mrs. Fowler operates the Fowler
music studio. She has written
several books, plays and poems.
Ten. men from .the First .Chris-
,tian>£hurch attended ^Ehe^work-
shopCjbf the Christian/Mens Fel-
lowship of District 12 and 13 irv-
Riding and Roping Eledrans Attend
Club Rodeo Work Shop
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Honor Roll 5th six-week period
for Waggoner Junior High:
Duane Adams, Betty Barrow,
Jackie Broderson, Jeanie Brown,
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Merrill F. Unger, Th, D., Ph. D„
professor of Semitics and Old Tes-
tament of the Dallas Theological
Seminary, Dallas, ’ will be guest
speaker at the Electra Community
Church April 27 at 11 a. m. and
7:30 p. m. Following the morning
service there will be a covered
dish luncheon at the home of Rev.
Harry Hix. After the luncheon
there will be a round table discuss-
ion led by Dr. Unger. The public
is cordially invited to attend.
Dr. Unger has written two
books, “Biblical Demonology,” a
study of the spiritual forces behind
the present world unrest and
“Guide to the Old Testament” a
prize winner in Zondervan’s
Christian Textbook contest. Dr.
Unger was born in Balitmore, Md.,
in 1909, graduated with honors
from John Hopkins University —
taught in the Baltimore Poly —
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Technical Institute, Maryland —
was a student of Southern Baptist
Seminary, Louisville, and grad-
uated from the Missionary Train-
ing Institute, Nyack, N. Y. From
1934 to 1940 was a pastor in Buf-
falo, N. Y In 1940 he entered the
Dallas Theological Seminary, tak-
ing his Th M. degree and Th. D.
degree in 1945, both with magna
cum laudi. In 1945 entered the
Oriental Seminary of the School of
Higher Studies of the Faculty of
Philosophy, of the John Hopkins
University where he took the Ph.
D. degree in Biblical Archeology..
Taught in Gordon Divinity School,
Boston, and since 1948 has been
professor of Old Testament and
chairman of that department in
Dallas Theoglogical Seminary. He
is a regular contributor to various
Christian magazines such as the
Sunday School Times, Our Hope,
Eternity, The Evangelical Chris-
tion and etc. He is working on an-
other book.
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Carl Flusche, Olds sdn?
Mag Pet Co., Chev cpe.
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'Club Rodeo
Here Saturday
' J?he Electra Riding and Roping.
: Club RodecMyill be April 26; Sat-
urday, 8 thej Electra
Rdileo 'grounds.•"There "will be an
up<towh parade ai^6 p. m.
There will be a 510.00 jack pot
raping, bull dogging, ladies barrel
race, childrens barrel race, goat
sacking, cutting horse contest, old
cowboys break away, and clown
acts.
The admission will be adults 60
cents and children 30 cents. There
will be good entertainment and
everyone should come for a good
time.
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Banetha Car^v Glen^a^Cqope^
Francine Fish,:. Sandra' Francis,"
Dorothy Golden, Fern Graham,
Mary Hancock, Mary Hartman-
gruber, Virginia Hartmangruber,
Reba Sue Jack, Emma Jacobi, Rita
Jacobi, Sandra Jones, Louise Kar-
ney, Freddye LaBorne, Ann Mc-
Gann, Mary McLaughlin, Evelyn
Payton, Kay Phipps, Patsy Propps,
Jeraldine Raschke, Yvonne Rod-
gers, Mavis Rqjvell, Wanda Stapp,
Mary Lynn Stephens, Jane Ann
Stephens, Marlene Stewart, San-
dra Tinnin, Elsie Urban, Mary
Weisenfels, Gloria Wilburn, Ja-
nell Wooten, Claude Bennett,
James Bowery, Gaylord Cato,
Wayne Chambers, Johnny Cogdell,
Jimmy Collier, Dick Doores, Tom-
my Downtain, Lester Francis,
Bobby Franks, Eugene Golden,
Glen Harrell, Danny Harvey, Glen
Hixon, Dwaine Houtchens, Karl
Kuehn, Jimmie Ligon, Paul Rog-
ers, Winford Shelnutt, Presley
Sheppard, Arden Warner, Dean
Werley, Donald Williams, Bobby
Wright.
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JIMMY CAROLE PHOTO
nold, Oklaunion; Robert Mills, Ok-
launion; Woody Bryant, Electra;
Bill Chenault, Oklaunion; Bobby
Brown, Harrold; and Crickett Low.
The picture was taken during
the FFA Project show. There are
the boys .receiving Chamber of
Commerce gilts for the 1952-53
project. Each boy will return a gilt
from the litter produced by his
gift gilt this year in the 1953 pro-
ject show
Sheppard Air Force Base
house beginning at 1 p. m. Includ-
ed on the Sheppard flight line that
day will be the immense B-36
bomber with a tail section four
stories high: jet fighters and the
B-26, now being used in Korea;
B-29’s, the type of plane used to
carry the atom bomb to Japan;
the Billy Mitchell B-25; cargo
carrying aircraft and others.
John and Willie Mae Redd have
opened a new grocery store at 620 (Reserve District’s drive to interest
North Waggoner in the Burns
Store building. They moved here
from Sunray, Texas. They were in
the grocery business there. Mrs.
Redd was once of resident of Elec-
tra.
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Mrs. Welch Carter was called to
Denton due to the illness of hen
L. V. Abernathy, former county
attorney, Thursday, issued his for-
mal announcement as a candidate
for the office of Judge of the 89th
District Court. I
Abernathy who is 52 years old,
is a native of Texas, and has re-
sided in Wichita County since 1917.
He served as assistant county at-
torney from 1928-30. In 1930 he
was elected county attorney and
served two terms. In 1937 and 1938
he was assistant district attorney.
He is a veteran of both world I
wars. In the first war he enlisted
in the air service, which is now I
the U. S. Air Force. He was ap-
pointed a flying cadet and com-
pleted his training as a pilot at
March Field, California. In the sec-
ond war he was in the Corps of
Military Police, and was assigned
most of the time in the prisoner
of war branch. Immediately before
his discharge, he was in charge of
the Prisoner of War Camp at
Camp Wolters. Texas.
Abernathy is married and has
three children. He has practiced
law for more than 25 years in
Wichita Falls.
In making his formal announce-
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suspended by representatives of the
and should be
of considerable interest to all. The
public is cordially invited to at-
tend.
Ptiu S:
Mr. and Mrs. E. F. Z '
son of Dallas visited in t’
Of Mr Adams’ mother, Mrs.
Kilchriste.
May 17 is Armed Forces Recogn-
ition Day in Wichita Falls when
thousands are expected to partici-
pate in the special observance.
Lt. Gen. I. H. Edwards, com-
mander of Air University, Maxwell
Air Force Base, Alabama, will be
on hand to lead the parade at 10
a. m. through downtown streets,
and to speak at a luncheon. The
luncheon meeting is open to the
general public including any area
residents who wish to attend.
The parade will point up mili-
tary features—the army, air force,
navy and marines—in marching
and mechanized units, equipment
displays and floats.
Open house at the naval armory,
1823 Fifth, and at Sheppard Air
Force Base will begin immediately
following the luncheon. The base
training intsallations, equipment,
and most every type of aircraft
currently used by the U. S. Air
Force will be on display at the
Margaret Brown, Marsha Brown,
Myrna Brown, Sara Carlisle, il-
aine Cogdell, Frances CoopeL
-Patsy Dillard, Sue Downtain, Mark
ilyn Foster, Don Fraker, Charlene \
Garland, Jan Gilbert, Roy Hix,
Glenda Holbrook, Bobby Holman,
Barbara Huffstutler, Anita Hugu-
elet, Jerry Hustead, Bill Jones,
Mary George Jones, Jimmy Lem- \
ons, Reba McAlister, Ted Miller
Earllyn Millhollon, Bill More, Sue
Perry, Marta Va Rovell, Judy
Reynolds, Donna Richardson, Cec-
ilia Roessler, Vestal Shirley, Rebe-
kah Talbot, Sue Thompson, Gerald
Weisenfels, Glenda Wilson.
young men in pilot and observer
training.
Aviation cadet training is now
open to qualified airmen high
school graduates, Major Adams
said. Tiie previous two-year college
requirement, has been dropped.
Also the minimum age limit has
been lowered from 20 to 19 years.
While in training, cadets receive
food, uniforms, flight clothes,
equipment, housing, medical and
dental care, monthly allowances of
$105, and free $10,000 life insur-
ance policies.
Upon graduation, they receive
commissions, their “wings,” uni-
form allowances, a 30-day leave
| with pay, and begin drawing sal-
aries starting at $415 a month.
Airmen have a choice of. the 13-
month pilot training course, 12
month single observes courses,
which trains them to be navigator-
bombardier-radar officers and the
six-month radai' observes course.
Armed Forces Recognition Day May 17th
Vernon Monday’night.
Following the Workshop, a ban-
quet was held. Featured speakers
were Lou Ackkers, Amarillo, and
Mark Rutherford of the Christian
Brotherhood, Indianapolis, Ind.
A total of 125 attended from the
two districts. Those from Eledtra
included Rev. Don Blake, Richard
Clark, Emmett Thomason, Olin
Braden, John Ratliff, J. M. Knight,
R. W. Barnett, Virgil Cole, Gus
Gragnani and N. S. Nelson.
Dan Grier is in the
General Hospital where
went an operation on one of his
eyes A piece of metal was lodged
in it. The results of the operation
are unknown as of Wednesday.
Driver’s License
Test to be Made
Here Soon
According to information from
the State. Highway Department
-there will be a drivers license
: check:, made' in Electra. , A road-
block will be set up and’ all who
do not have valied drivers licenses
will be given a ticket which will
call for a $15.00 fine. In a short
check made at Quanah a few days
ago ten were found to have no
drivers license.
It is an easy matter to have
licenses renewed now. There will
be an official at the city hall Tues-
day, May 6 to issue licenses, re-
new old ones and give tests. A
license of any date, no matter how
old may be renewed, They can be
renewed when the Highway De-
or
out annually. The project show
was formed in the National Guard
Armory. According to the judge,
Mr. Cato, the show was compar-
able and perhaps better than most
of those for this time of the year.
The breeding was all excellent and
any criticism could have been
pointed only to the feeding.
Pictured left to right: S. Clark
Boggs, Russell Wilson, Harrold;
Leander Reis, Electra; Bobby
Chenault. Oklaunion; Homer Ar-
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Electra Negro Given
10 Year Probation
Henry Eggins, 54-year-oId Elec-
tra Negro, drew a iv-yeai pi u5a<.-
ed term in the penitentiary Tues-
day after 30th District Judge Ar-
thur Tipps rejected a recommen-
dation of a five-year
sentence.
Eggins pleaded guilty to bur-
glarizing the Gulf Service Station
last March and taking $131 in
cash.
When Tipps heard that Eggins
had been employed by the station,
he pointed out that it was not
only a burglary but a violation of
trust and that a more severe pun-
ishment than a suspended sen-
tence was warranted.
L. H. Brown, Chry sdn.
O. R. Moore, Ford tdr. ’
Roy H. LeBus, Buick sdn.
W. J. Parks, Chev sdn.
Mrs. Jack N, Blair Plym cpe
Mrs. Fred Music, Chev tdr. ’
E. C. Darter, Dodge pck;
Clyde L. Bowery, Ford tdr.
Demonstration
at YMCA
April 29th at 7:30 p. m. in the
Memorial Hall of the YMCA, the
Midwestern Hospital Council and
the Hartford Accident and Indem-
nity Company are sponsoring a
demonstration of the dangers of
static sparks in hospitals. This
demonstration will be conducted
U. S.
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Mr and Mrs. Paul Elliot havtj
^ov<?d to Lubbock where Mr. EL
g° m business with his
brother.
Mrs. Tom powers, mother of
Bob Brownlee has been visiting in
the Brownlee home. She will leave
soon to visit in Taylor and Alvin,
Texas, before returning to Corpus
Christi, her home.
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Training Open to
H. S. Graduates
HQ, 3rd Air Reserve Dist., Aus-
tin — It .is possible for a basic air-
man to up his monthly pay from
$80 to $415 within a year in the
U. S. Air Force today.
“A 19-year-old youth with no
college education is not likelv io
find such an opportunity often,”
pointed out Major Wiley E. Ad-
orns. proipct officer for 3rd Air
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Stewart, W. C. The Electra Star (Electra, Tex.), Vol. 32, No. 46, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 24, 1952, newspaper, April 24, 1952; Electra, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1219205/m1/1/?q=music: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Electra Public Library.