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ELECTRA, TEXAS-, WICHITA COUNTY, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1954
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US Highway 287
Service Offered
Street Projects
EHS Band in
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Friday March 5
City Election
to be Held
Tues. April 6
Brisk Business
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VFW Head
Gives Awards to
Essay Winners
Mr. and Mrs. Rufus Childless
and Mrs. Ben F. Hart of Oljiey
visited in the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Hubert Hart and Mr. and
Mrs. Ed Hart in Elc.ctrg.. Sunday.
Boating Club Changes
Meeting Place
Members of the Electra Boating
club arc urged to note that the
new meeting place for the organi-
zation will be at the VFW Hall. A
regular meeting has been called
for March 1st by the commodore,
Cliff Waggoner. All members arc
urged to be present and to rcmem-
ber that the new place of meeting
will be at the VFW Hall.
Arles Vandiver
Enters ACC to Study
for Ministry
VIC Envoys go
to Tyler Saturday
D. P. Hooper, instructor of
vocational industrial classes
sponsor of the VIC Club in Elec-
tra High School will take a group
of his students to Tyler, Saturday,
to take part in District VIC meet-
ing. They will enter various con-
tests in metalshop work and weld-
ing.
Accounting and i not one boy or girl being injured
I and only a few kites demolished.
This year, I fully expect that even
the number of kites lost will be
reduced because it seems that
every year, oui’ boys and girls lis-
ten more carefully to our warnings
and co-operate better in making
kite flying safe.”
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Cpl. Emil Joe Kubicek who has
been stationed at Fort Bliss, El
Paso, with the US Army, has re-
ceived his discharge after three
years of military service. He is a
son of Mr. and Mrs. Ted Kubicek
who reside north of Electra. After
visiting his parents and other
relatives he has accepted employ-
ment in Wichita Falls.
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Suites Monday
for Roy Tabor
Rev. Loyd Lester, pastor of
First Baptist Church, officiated in (
funeral services held Monday (
afternoon, in the Totten Funeral (
Chapel for Roy. Tabor, age 62,-.who
died in his "sleep; Thursday night.
The James B. Totten and Son '
Funeral Home was in charge of
the arrangements. Burial was in
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The Electra High School
piece band will present a
concert, Friday night at 8 o’clock
in the high school auditorium,
under direction of Howard Smith,
their instructor. The concert will
be the band's contribution to ob-
servance of Public School Week
as well as a premier appearance
before the annual Spring Band
Contests and Music Festival to be
hold at Altus, Okla., on March 26.
Arc Welding
Course to be
Taught at EHS
The Vocational Metal Depart-
ment of the Electra High School
will offer a course in basic electric
Arcs welding beginning March 1.
J The cost of the 15 hour course is
\ five dollars. Eenrollment is open
Vtt/all adults in Electra who have
bad no previous arc welding ex-
perience. The first meeting of the
class will be Monday, 7 p. m. at
C of C Poultry
Projects for 1954
Gets Under Way
The initial work toward the 1954
North Texas Junior Poultry Show
has been started by the Chamber
of Commerce Agriculture Commit-
tee. Carl Fluschc is chairman of
the committee.
Applications for a unit of 50
baby chicks will be distributed to
school children between the ages
of 10 and 17 in the Harrold, Okla'-
union, Eagle Bend, and Electra
schools March 1st. All applications
will be returned to the Chamber
of Commerce office by March 13
and the Agriculture Committee
will select GO boys and girls who
will receive the chicks March 27.
Three thousand of the best
chickens that can be obtained have
already been ordered for the pro-
ject. The breeds that will be in-
cluded in the program this year
are: Hampshire Red, Buff Orph-
ington, White Rock, White Wyan-
dotte, and English White. Leghorn.
Each boy or girl w'ho receives
a unit of chicks will have an in-
dividual businessman as sponsor.
Each businessman who is a spon-
sor pays the cost of a unit of
chicks. Then the boys and girls
report on the progress of their
chickens each month to their spon-
sors.
This program is designed to aid
the youngsters by giving them
experience in caring for chickens
and keeping records, and at the
same time improve the breeds of
production chickens. A majority
of the hens exhibited at the poul-
try show every year goes into pro-
duction flocks.
W. F. Amonett
Funeral Held
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1st Baptist Church
. Rev. Loyd Lester, pastor of-
ficiated in funeral services held in
the First Baptist Church, Wednes-
day afternoon, for William Floyd
Amonett, ago 57, who died of a
heart attack at his home here,
early Tuesday. The James B. Tot-
ten and Son Funeral Home was in
charge of the arrangements. Inter-
ment was in Electra cemetery.
A native of Tennessee, the de-
ceased came to Texas with his
parents when about five years old.
He came to Electra several years
ago and until his health failed was
employed with the Waggoner Re-
finery. He was a deacon in the
First Baptist Church and a leader
in young people’s work.
He is survived by his wife; two
sons, Bruce and Crindon Amonett
of Electra; his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. A. Amonett of Floydada;
five brothers, Leo Amonett of
Petersburg, Posey Amonett of
Farmer, W. H. Amonett of Has-
kell, Thayne Amonett of Crowell
and Clyde Amonett of Snyder;
three sisters, Mrs. K. West of Mc-
Camey, Mrs. F. S. Stevens of
Floydada and Mrs. Earl Whitaker
of Beaumont; and one grandchild.
Paul Galloway
Seriously Hurt in
Auto Accident
Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Cross of
this city and Mr. and Mrs. E. L.,
Galloway of Wichita Falls were
called Thursday evening to Abil-
ene^to attend the bedside of Paul
R. Galloway, who was critically
injured in a traffic accident that
day.JThe j/ictim of the accident is
the'son of the Wichita Falls cou-
ple and soninlawrof Mr. and Mrs.
Cross? His wife, the former Louise
Cross, was reared in Electra. She
and her husband who were mar-
ried here some years ago moved
from Electra to Wichita Falls
where they resided until Sept.
1953 when they moved to Abilene
where he was engaged in an oil
field service business.
He was reported to be suffering
from broken legs, ribs and back,,
having literally been crushed be-
neath his own car which ran over
him after his car and an Abilene]
police car was involved in a col-
lision which therew Galloway from
his car against a fence. Both ma-
chines were said to have been de-
molished. The policeman driving
the car was slightly injured, re-
ports indicated. Galloway was tak-
en to Hendrick Memorial Hospital,
where he was said to be barely
hold his own Monday, and still
in serious condition. The injured
man is the father of three young
sons. Mr. and Mrs. Noble Stidham
accompanied Mrs. Cross.
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Egg custard, minus the sugar
and milk, hindered traffic on US
Highway 287, at a point about 6
miles east of Electra about 7 p.
m. Tuesday evening. The contri-
buting cause was a truck loaded
with eggs turned over on the
pavement, scattering the cargo of
hen fruit.
The negro driver of the machine
an employe of a Wichita Falls pro-
duce firm, told Deputy Sheriff B.
L. Hataway that a tire blew out
and caused the mishap. The driver
received only minor injuries, but
he was also smeared with eggs in
making his way out of the debris.
Passing motorists driving
through the area covered with
eggs soon had the spot so slippery
the Electra fire department was
obliged to take the emergency
tank-truck and wash the pave-
ment as a safety measure. Mem-
bers of the state highway patrol
investigated the mishap. Deputy
Sheriff Hataway and Electra po-
lice officers directed traffic at the
scene.
Hubert Stewart, retiring cub
pack master of Pack 45 for the
past three years and his wife, den
mother of the same length of time
were signally honored at the Dad-
Son Banquet, which was held at
the cafeteria of the First Ward
School Thursday night, Feb. 18,
at 7:30 p. m.
Stewart served as the master of
ceremonies for the formal ban-
quet which has become an annual
affair, given in honor of the boys
and their fathers; especially those
who have reached Boy Scout age.
. Three received their Webelos
badge and scout entry certificate
at the banquet Thursday night
Joe B. McClure, son of Mr and
Mrs Bennie W. McClure earned
his award but was not present.
Luke “Butch” Stewart, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Hubert Stewart and
Gary Jones, son of Mr. and Mrs.
.Raymond Jones were present, and
are shown in the above picture
with Ray B. Dickey who present-
ed the awards. Herbert Beard,
scoutmaster for Troop 40, and into
which troop "Butch" has chosen
to go; and Jim Johnson, head
scouting executive from Wichita
Falls, who was the featured speak-
er, for the evening. He naturally
chose as his topic for discussion
“Scouting,” pointing out the many
advantages that scouting provides
in shaping the future of the grow-
ing boy.
The tables were decorated in
Cub Scout colors, blue and gold,
and liberty bells marked each
place, with inscribed program and
menu of the event, thus stressing
further the theme of the Cub
l girls
outlined by
John D. Crow, manager for Texas
Electric Service Company, in anti-
cipation of the opening of the
1954 kits flying season.
As explained by Mr. Crow, the
live safety rules in order of their
importance are: First, fly your
kite out in the open where it won’t
get caught in wires or trees. Sec-
ond, use only string made of cot-
ton, silk, linen, nylon or rayon.
Third, use only wood in your kite
frames. Fourth, fly kites only in
good' weather.' You don’t want to
get them rain soaked. And fifth,
if your kite should get caught in
electric wires, call Texas Electric
Service Company. They will send
someone to get it down for you.
"Local youngsters who fly kites
have been very careful in the past
about whore and when they flew
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Kite Flying
Time Calls for
Rules on Safety
Safety rules for boys and
who fly kites were
The City Commission in its reg-
ular session, Monday morning,
February 22, issued the formal
call for the annual municipal elec-
tion to be held on*April 6,..being
. . . the first Tuesday in the month of
and civic units- in* seeking X'prll. '
T. B. Gilbert was named as
judge of the election. Mesdames
Garnett Wright, I. K. Williams
and J. A. O'Pry and Miss Myrtle
Cooper were named as clerks for
the election.
Terms of office of Mayor T. E.
Shaw and two commissioners,
Gordon M. Douglas and Rupert
Gostnell, expire at this time.
The name of Mayor Shaw has
been filed for re-election but up
until Monday afternoon no names
had been filed to fill the other
vacancies. The deadline for filing
is Saturday, March 6.
Recent visitors in the home of
Miss Eula Rogers and at the bed-
side of Mrs. J. H. Rogers in the
Electra Convalescent home were
Mrs. Hayden Goodnight of Ama-
rillo, Mrs. Beulah Taylor and
daughter of Odessa and Mrs.
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Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Edwards
and Mesdames Melvin Pace and
Bill Mospr of Edwards Time Shop
attended the Style Show in Dal-
las, Sunday and observed fashion
trends for new merchandise for
the store here.
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According to some of the fellows
in E^ctra who,have been "fishing
for; Troop 44 'of7the Boy Scouts,”
the "crappie have uit bitin’— and
it’s time to;go to.the lake with-
the\trot lines.” , J
AlII this 'activity* at the nearby
lakes is to provide fish for the
benefit supper next Thursday,
March 4, from 6 to 8 o’clock p.
m., in the annex of the Presbyter-
ian Church. Tickets are selling
rapidly, according to Mrs. Paul
Rapp who is serving as co-chair-
man of the ticket committee with
Al Thompson.
New fishermen this week end
for Troop 44 are Ralph Pierce,
Jack Cargile and Ben Rippy, who
will donate their catch to the fish
supper. Mr. and Mrs. Earle Jones
and Mr. and Mrs. "Smokey” Tan-
ner were putting out their trot
lines Thursday and anticipating a
big haul. Mr. Jones has announced
that if anyone in the Electra area
is catching more fish than he
needs, the troop committee of
Troop 44, sponsored by the Pres-
byterian Church, will be happy to
accept the fish.
Adults may get their tickets for
one dollar, from Boy Scouts in
Troop 44, and from members of
the troop committee which in-
cludes Earle Jones, Bill Robb, Bob
Mowery, T. E. Nevill, Smokey
Tanner, J. D. Williams and two
new members, Paul Jones and
Paul Rapp. Approximately 200
tickets to the dinner have been
sold according to the tickket com-
mittee.
Scoutmaster of Troop 44 is Al
Thompson and his assistant is Bill
Leach,
At the March 4 dinner the menu
will include all of the fish anyone
can eat, baked potatoes, tartar
sauce, relishes and home made
dessert, plus coffee or soda pop.
Parents of 32 boys in the troop
are actively working for the suc-
cess of the dinner. Committees
have been named in advance and
the members of Troop 44 will wait
on tables and help in the kitchen.
Proceeds from the benefit will
defray expenses of camping equip-
ment for the boys so they may
have more over-night hikes and
campouts.
the h’ew.'-Electra cemetery with'
graveside rites under the auspices
of the American Legion and
Veterans of Foreign Wars.
■Pallbearers were G. C. Harri-
son, B. L. Stevenson, W. E. Lowry,
Sam Ward, M. C. Anderson and
Cecil Cowan.
The deceased, a native of Ev-
erett, Michigan, was a veteran of
World War One. He came to Elec-
tra about 17 years ago and was
engaged in furniture manufacture,
repair and upholstery business.
He was active in veteran’s affairs
and at the time of his death was
commander of the Claude C. Mc-
Donald Post, American Legion.
He was also a member of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars and
the Knights of Pythias.
He appeared in his usual health
health Thursday but was found
dead in his bed Friday morning
Justice of Peace J. R. Carter held
an inquest and rendered a verdict
of death from natural causes,
probably a heart attack.
The body was taken to the Tot-
ten Funeral Home where it lay in
state to await arrival of his son,
US Marine Pvt. Ralph Tabor, from
San Diego, California.
In addition to the son, a daugh-
ter, Mrs. Joan Long, wife of Air-
man 1-c Billy D. Long of Shep-
pard AFB, 'Wichita Falls, and a
granddaughter, Carol Sue Long,
survive.
Grade Schools
Prepare for
Special Week
Electra grade school teachers
and pupils are making extensive
preparation for the annual Visita-
tion Week, March 1-6, in connec-
tion with observance of National
Education Week. The students
arc especially interested in a sev-
en-event track meet. Thompson
and First Ward pupils will start
their contests at 4 p. m. March 6
on the Junior High School play-
ground.
Thompson is seeking vengeance
against First Ward because of
their defeat by the First Warders
in basketball and football. The
event will be the climax of the
week-long program in calling at-
tention of all the citizens of this
area to the school system.
Herbert Beard, physical educa-
tional director and J. C. Prid-
geon, junior high school coach,
will be assisted by several of the
parents of participants in the
meet.
The events will include shuttle
relay; ball throw; 50 yard dash;
broad jump; tug of war; mixed
tug of war and variety events.
It is rumored that Mr. Bigger-
staff, principal of Thompson
school will challenge Curtis Hol-
comb, First Ward principal, for a
mile race, in the event of Thomp-
son being defeated by First Ward
students. This contest should spur
the First Ward athletes to greater
effort.
Among newcomers to Electra
are Mr. and Mrs. N. Bearrow who
moved here from Iowa Park some
weeks ago to operate the Central
Hotel on West Bryan .Avenue.‘Mr.
Bearrow is an asphalt paving con-
tractor and will work in co-opera-
tion’ with the Chamber - of Com-
merce i
to extend that sort of work in
street improvements. Persons
wishing to have blocks of city
streets' improved are invited to
contact the Chamber of Com-
merce an'd help will-be given in
the matter of securing co-opera-
tion of property owners in having
the work done.
City officials have added more
than a score of clocks of streets
which have been graded, graveled
and otherwise improved during the
past six months but the all-weath-
er topping is put on at expense
of owners of adjacent property, it
is pointed out.
Scouts for the year "Forward with
Liberty.”
Mr. Stewart was presented with
a statue of a Cub Scout, engraved
with his name, date of service
and reading “In Appreciation,” by
Ray B. 'Dickey. High commenda-
tion and praise were noted in the
presentation ceremony. One out-
standing fact that from an almost
extinct pack, the organization has
grown to its present membership
to become the outstanding pack
of the Northwest District, com-
prising some 13 counties. Mrs.
Stewart was presented with an
electric coffee maker, in the name
of the den mothers, by Mrs. Jack
Davis, and also received high
praise for her work as a den mo-
ther for the last three years.
Dr. J. F. Ford succeeds Stewart
who is retiring but will retain the
the office as treasurer of the cubs.
New den mothers were intro-
duced and received their den mo-
ther pins. They are Mrs. Allan
Krohn and W. C. Richardson, who
will serve in the vacancy created
by Mrs. Stewart and Mrs. Comp-
ton and Mrs. W. L. Jennings who
will serve as den mothers for the
den of Mrs. Carl ten Brink and
Mrs. Arden Ray Douglas.
Presentation of the cub awards
concluded the program for the
evening and formal recognition of
the new cub master, Dr. Joyce
Ford, and his assistant Homer Fish
was made. Dr. Ford made the
presentation of the awards to the
70 boys who were present wi*h 70
fathers also in attendance. The
group repeated the cub scout
promise to conclude the banuct.
Mrs. Frank Bildstein, Elliott
community, mother of Mmes. Carl
Taylor, Howard Houtchens and
Doyle Gooch of ”Electra, has re-
entered the Vernon hospital for
treatment of a heart ailment. She
the “high school shop building. D. is reported to be resting fairly
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Winners in the recent Soil Con-
servation essay contest held ini
the Electra High School were pre-
sented cash awards, Tuesday
morning at 11 a. m. in an assem-
bly program, by the head of the
Electra Veterans of Foreign Wars,
J. W. Milligan. The VFW has
chosen to sponsor this contest an-
nually. Receiving first and second
in the Senior Class, *were Sylvia
Baird and Janet Barnes.
In the Junior Class Reba Skin-
ner and Jackie Walser received
the cash awards, which were $2.50
for first and $1.50 for second.
Sophomores, whdse themes were
declared winners were Marilyn
Foster and Jeanie Brown.
Freshmen receiving the cash
prizes for their efforts in this
unique contest wore Betty Barrow
and Mary George Jones.
The Star-News will try to carry
the* first place winning themes in
the near future.
Lester Paul Francis is one of
the 72 students in the University
of Texas who have been selected
by Radio House of the University
for possible casting in future
shows to be presented through the
radio and television studio and
workshop. The young man is ma-
joring in that line of work. He is
a son of Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Fran-
cis Sr. of No. 4 Wakefield Drive,
St. Louis.
Lester Francis graduated from
Electra High School with the class
of 1953. His father was engaged
in the automobile business in this
city prior to the family moving to
St. Louis.
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Arles Vandiver has entered Ab-
ilene Christian College, Abilene,
where he will start work on his
BD ejegree, toward becoming a
minister in the Church of Christ.
Arles is a 1953 graduate of the
Electra High School and on grad-
uation in June entered Draughans their kites,” Mr. Crow stated. "We
Business College where he has had a perfect record last year with
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Business Administration. I
In high school, he was selected
as Who’s Who in mechanical
drawing, was business manager of
the Junior Class, was a member of
the cast of the junior play and an
active mcmbei’ of the Choral Club
during his junior year. In his
senior year, he served as the presi-
dent of his speech class, was se-
lected as Who’s Who in speech,
was a member of the Student
Council, and also a member in the
cast of the senior play.
He has been an active member
in the Church of Christ, of which
he is a member, taking a leading
part in the activities of the young
people and serving as a leader for
the singing in the church.
He is a talented artist and many
in Electra have beautiful paintings
as proof of his talent.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
B. A. Vandiver of Electra.
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