The Electra News (Electra, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 2, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 21, 1926 Page: 1 of 20
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FOWLER IS ELECTED.
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The marriage of M. M. Love and
Mrs. Carrie Stewart took place at
James M. Kent is in Ranger for
a few weeks where the U. S. Tor-
pedo Company is doing extensive
work
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MRS. J. M. TANNER
NAMED HEAD OF
BAPTIST WOMEN
Electra, With Population of 10/000
Sends 1738. Students To
’ Sunday School Here.
ROTARY CLUB
PAYS HONOR TO
LOCAL TEACHERS
Oil Gossip
By MBS. N. D. COOPER
TOTTEN BROS.
FUNERAL HOME
OPENS THURSDAY
BAPTIST ASSOCIATION OF
COUNTY HOLDS MEETING
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NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
Citizens of E’.ectra and vicinity may have the Electra News delivered
to their homes or mail boxes for three months for 58 cents. Subscribe
now. This offer will be withdrawn October 5.
Billy
their
Mrs. Dan Moore, at 317
TROOP 1, BOY SCOUTS
HAS INTERESTING MEET
T. G. F. CLUB MEMBERS
LEAVE FOR COLLEGES
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gladly make this correction.
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Mrs. W. T. Wells and son
of Wichita Falls are visiting
mother,
West Garrison.
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on the Douglas farm.
well will offset the Patterson
2,300 feet north.
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COTTON SLOW
NEAR ELECTRA
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Buster Fowler was elected presi-
dent of the Kum-Join-Us Class at a
meeting Sunday. This class, held
each Sunday morning at the First
Christian church, is non-denomina-
tionai and is one of the most lively
church organizations in the city.
Miss Dixie Tuttle was elected vice-
president, Miss Er line McDanna'd
secretary and Kenneth Brush treas-
urer.
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Electra, with a population of ap-
proximately 10,000 inhabitants set a
record as a religious city, with the
number attending the nine Sunday
schools of the city reaching the
mark of 1738 Sunday. The Metho-
dist Sunday school leads with at-
tendance of 492; with the Baptist
second, with 480, and the others as
follows: Catholic, 200; Church of
Christ, 151; Christian church, 117;
Assembly of God, 83; Church of
God, 80; Nazarene, 75; and Presby-
terian 60. There not being any
Lutheran church in the city, the
majority of that faith attend Sunday
school in Vernon, Clara and Enter-
prise* with a large group going to
the Clara community church.
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W. A. Patterson Skids
Derrick For a
New Townsite Well
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foreman of the Texas Producing
Company, and Mrs. Love a promin-
ent worker m the Baptist chuich.
The rig has been skidded 300 feet
south and the crew will begin rig-
ging up for W. A. Watterson’s No. 3
well on the L. P. Douglas homestead
near the east line of the Electra
townsite. Their No. 2 well is now
on the swab and making 40 barrels
a day. No. 1, which was completed
one months oga is also making ap-
proximately 40 barrels a day also
from the sand found at 1070 feet.
The bringing in of new produc-
tion in a semi proven area in which
no well had been drilled in recent
years, will stimulate drilling activi-
ties tu the east of the newly develop-
ed lease.
John LeBus, local oil operator, has
made location to drill at once on
his 40 acre lease, which lies between
the Patterson and the Oktaha lease
LeBus No. 1
No.
Dale Oil and Refining Company
No.. i4, Burnett, two miles southeast
of Electra was completed Saturday
at I1&70 feet making sixty barrels
a day. This is the first new well
drilled on that least this year.
The rig is being moved to begin
drilling on No. 15 at once.
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22 'PERMITS FOR
WELLS GRANTED
The Sixteenth Annual session of
the Wichita County Baptist Associa-
tion was held at the First Baptist
church of Iowa Park, Sept. 15th to
17th. with the following officers
elected to serve the ensuing year;
Moderator, L. E. ‘Finney; Vice Mod-
erator, W. H. Townsend of Lamar
Avenue Church, Wichia Falls; Clerk,
J. C. Newman, Iowa Park; Treasurer
W. L. Robertson, Wichita Falls; Cor-
responding Secretary, W. E. Young,
Wichita Falls.
Rev. Newman, the clerk, is pastor
of the First Baptist of Iowa Park,
and during the past year was rated
as fifth highest in the southern Bap-
tist convention, in a contest in neat-
ness, accuracy and promptness in
getting out the Association minutes
and other work pertaining to the
Wichita County Baptists.
W. L. Robertson, banker, of Wich-
ita Falls, has been re-elected as
treasurer for the sixteenth time, hav-
ing served from the beginning of
the Wichita Baptist Association.
Twenty-two permits to drill were
issued during the week of Sept. 11.
to 19 at the office of J. L. Martin,
oil and gas supervisor of the State
Railroad Commission, for the Elec-
tra district.
The operators, lessors, and loca-
tion of the wells and the depth to
be drilled are as follows:
Cui um and Hamer, No. 1, W and
J. Bickley, abstract 598, J. F. Torrey
survey to be drilled 2000 feet.
Cullum and Hamer No. 4, Geo.
L. Woodard section 248, Waggoner
Colony lands, to depth 1000 feet.
C. P. Sheldon No. 1, H. C. Oben-
haus abstract 230, M. E. & P. R. R.
survey, depth 2000 feet.
J. A. Fisher No. 8, J. A. Fisher
fee section 24, block 5, Collins sur-
vey, shallow sands, 600 feet.
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ELECTRA, WICHITA COUNTY, TEXAS, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1926.
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DALE CO. GETS
NICE WELL AT
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Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Sandifer and
house guests visited Mrs. George
Long of Vernon, Friday.
Frederick, Ok’ahoma, at seven o’clock
Thursday evening. Rev. Haskins pas-
tor of the Baptist church of Fred-
erick performed the ceremony. The
couple were unattended. They will
make their home in Electra at 303
East Ida avenue.
Both MF and Mrs. Love are well
known in the city, Mr. Love being
foreman of the Texas Producing
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On Friday, September 17th, at the
women’s session of the Sixteenth
Annual Convention of the Wichita
County Baptist Association, held at
Iowa Park, Sept. 15, election of offi-
cers took place as follows: Mrs. J.
M. Tanner of Electra, president;
Mrs. A. A. Birdwell, Iowa Park, re-
cording secretary; Mrs. Fred Morris
Wichita Falls corresponding secre-
tary; Mrs. Brooks Robinson, Burk-
burnett, Young Peoples Leader; Mrs.
R. H. Hall, Wichita Falls, Benevo-
lence Leader; Mrs. T. G. Turner,
Wichita Falls, Educational Leader;
Mrs. C. L. McClung, Wichita Falls,
Mission Study chairman; Mrs. R.
L. Myrick, Wichita Falls, Mission
Chairman; Mrs. W. L. Cason, Elec-
tra, White Cross work; Mrs. L. E.
Finney, Burkburnett, Personal Ser-
vice Chairman; Mrs. M. W. Mc-
Ginnis, Wichita Falls, Publicity
Chairman; Mrs. I. A. Farris, Wich-
ita Falls, Historian. All local presi-
dents of the eleven organized W. M.
U’s of the county are the vice presi-
dents of the County Association.
During the three days’ meeting of
the County Association of the First
Baptist church, approximately one
thousand were in attendance each
day from the thirteen churches re-
presented.
Mrs. E. M. Francis of Electra and
other well known speakers spoke
during the three-days’ session, Mrs.
Francis took “Tithing” for her sub-
ject and addressed the assembly
Thursday morning in her usual
splendid style.
The question of the Wichita County
Baptist encampment was discussed,
under the leadership of Rev. E. M.
‘Francis. Committees were appoint-
ed, the exact time and place of the
encampment to be announced later.
However, the encampment will be
held near Iowa Park early next
summer.
Electrons other than Mrs. Francis
appearing on the program, were Mrs.
W. L. Cason and Mrs. J. M. Tanner.
There was an excel’ent attendance
from Electra each day.
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WOMEN’S WORK AT THE
FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH
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Named President of Kum-Join-Us
Class; Miss Tuttle Is Vice
President.
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That does not necessar-
ily mean Divine inspira-
tion. Consider little Chris-
tian Heinrich Heinecken,
w}io died in 1725, “before he
was five years of age?’ He
was able to converse plain-
ly at ten months. When
one year old, he knew by
heart the most important
parts of the Pentateuch.
At two years of age he had
mastered sacred history,
at three he was thoroughly
acquainted with history
and geography, ancient
and modern, sacred and
profane, and spoke French
and Latin. He devoted
hmself to religious study
in his fourth year, and to
church history. And this
is no “yarn” but historical
facts. Crowds flocked to
Lubeck to see him, and a
year before he died he was
taken to see the King of
Denmark at Copenhagen.
His death before the age
of five, should warn par-
ents not to drive talented
children.
BY MRS. D. COOPER.
Oil Editor* The News.
Lack of water for drxl ing opera-
tions is slowing up the work in
Sunshine Hill pool to some extent.
Surface tanks and small ponds have
been the source of supply. These
have been drained and lines are
being laid to other tanks further
away.
Activities In The Field.
R. R, Clark et al., No. 9, is feel-
ing for sand at 1840 feet.
No. 10 and No. 11 are shut down
fojr lack of water.
Underwood Drilling Company con-
tracting Clark and Campbell, No. A,
are drilling at 1340.
Clark and Campbell No. B, now
drilling at 800 feet.
Frank Baldwin is contracting
Clark and Campbell No. C, is now
drilling at 1200 feet.
Clark and Waggoner No. 3 is
corning sand around 1620.
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^P^i^ed^wice a Week
; Friday
This
youth is,
things, an excellent horse-
man, a good sportsman,
’ and was an infant prodigy.
He was carried each night
to a tent n his sleep. As
he dreamt, so his friends
say, “the Master” appear-
ed and gave him instruc-
tions. At the age of twelve
he wrote his book, “At the
Feet of the Master.”
Totten Brothers, Electra
furnishers and funeral directors, wilF
open their handsome new funera
honie on West Roosevelt avenue
Thursday. Extensive remode’ing ol
the building has been completed
and the building refurnished and
equipped throughout.
It is* one of the most attractive
homes in the city, and its furnish-
ings throughout represent the best
art of the interior decorator and
furnisher.
A cordial invitation has been ex-
tended to the public to visit the
home. *
Detailed information about the
home appears in an entire section
of this edition of the Electra News.
Only 70 bales of cotton have been
ginned at the four Electra £ins, two
of which are located in town and
two in the country. The cotton sit-
uation remains serious, from two
viewpoints. First the leaf worm has
practically cleared the cotton leaves
of the top crop, and in the last ten
days, it appears there will be no
late cotton, although the cotton is
opening slowly, but there is now a
call for cotton pickers at the local
gins.
The Electra Chamber of Commerce
and Agriculture has issued a call to
to agrcultural bureau 'department of
the chamber of comnierce at San
Antonio for a number of cotton
pickers to be sent to this section of
the country.
The cotton crop is below normal
but the oil boom at Sunshine Hill
and the laying of two large pipe lines
from Panhand’e to Wichita Falls
through Electra together with the
large feed crop now being harvested
makes labor problems serious. How-
ever a large number of cotton
pickers are seen on the highways
going through Electra, but farmers
and business men who have inter-
viewed them find them going farth-
er west.
The Rotary dinner given in honor
of the faculty and school board at
the Electra Country Club, Friday
night, proved to be the social event
of the week.
Covers were laid for one hundred
and fifty guests; the teacherb, school
board, Rotarians and Rotary Anns,
all responding with a quota as nearly
complete as possible.
The guests of honor assembled at
the High school and were conveyed
to the banquet in the cars of Rotar-
ians. *
Much of the success of the eve-
ning was due to the splendid feast
which was prepared by the ladies of
the Methodist church. The tables
and dining hall were beautifully
adorned with cut flowers and vines
and further artistically decorated in
Rotary colors.
President “Biir> Slaton presided
at the dinner. Rev. Louis Grafton
gave the invocation and also very
graciously introduced the guests.
Club singing of some of the old
“song favorites was led by Ed Barr,
accompanied by Mrs. W. L. Under-
wood at the piano. The Rotary
« carried out with talks
by two members. Ernest Brown,
and Bruce Frazier.
E. R. Brown Speaks.
Mr. Brown’s talk was replete with
sparkling wit and delicate humor,
responding to the subject, “Our
Guests, first in a vein of sympath-
etic drollery which later broadened
to a deep and serious appreciation of
the teacher’s “classification”—the
educator’s place of honor in the
scheme of things.
He illustrated his remarks by
stating that when he went to school
they didn’t seem to have pretty
teachers, and that he blamed this
fact with his having once been con-
ditioned in English history, his
teacher having worn an unreliable
wig that failed to harmonize with
her real hair, and being further
afflicted with a perennial and parti-
cularly “nosey” cold. He also a leged
a lack of “school spirit” between these
two features, the wig on at least
one -occasion having fallen off when
the nose’s owner sneezed.
Mr. Brown said that the teacher
is expected to reckon with the com-
munity, with the parents, with the
school board and the superintendent
—in addition to the pupils. As an
instance of the difficulty of recon-
ciling all these contacts and preserv-
ing harmony at the same time with
her own sense of the fitness, of
things, he related the tale of Mickey
McGuire who came to school un-
washed. He was sent home with a
note, and returned with the reply
from an irate parent: “Mickey ain't
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The Graham Oil Corporation,
operating on Burnett section 7, S.
A. M. G. survey three miles south-
east of Electra, missed pay at 1380
and have pulled casing to drill
deeper. They expect to drill to
1600 feet.
Virginia Oil Corporation No. 25
drilled to 1525, failed to get produc-
tion .and abandoned. The rotary rig
was moved to Sunshine Hill, where
Frank Baldwin one of the members
of the Virginia Corporation will con-
tract a well for Clark and Campbell.
Hal Hughes, Electra oil operator
drilling in Rock Crossing field has
two rigs running on contract wells
for the Milham Company. No. 4-A,
Waggoner, an outeredge well north-
east of proven area, is drilling at
2600 feet. The Milham No. 16, in
proven field is drilling at 2100.
W. A. Patterson, prominent Fort
Worth oil producer, was in Electra
Monday. He is elated over the
bringing in of his No. 2 well on the
Douglas lease east of Electra town-
site. Mr. Patterson created a stir
in oil circles in Wichita County by
opening up a* new pool in semi-wild-
cat or condemned area. He bought
a 40-acre lease adjoining the Electra
townsite, on which no well had been
drilled but the area around it had
been drilled up several years ago.
No well had been drilled in that
locality for 133 years. He now has
two good producers from a sand
found at 1070 feet. This, however,
is not his first venture in making
making condemned area into produc-
condemned * area into productive
leases. He bought a lease from J.
A. Fisher three miles east of Elec-
tra last year. The most striking
asset of the lease was three dry
holes. Patterson now has 4 produc-
ing wells on this lease.
B. M. Dickey and Son, oil field
teaming contractors, have been quite
busy during the past week. They
skidded a rotary rig for Dale Oil
and Refining Company moving 500
feet to a new location on the same
lease. They also moved a Star
machine for Paul George from the
Rio Bravo lease in the South Elec-
tra field to the John O’Niel lease.
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Almost half of the members of the
T. G. F. Club of Electra have left
or are leaving for college.
Marvin Wilcoxson and Clarence
Wear will attend Mai'ysville College,
Marrysville, Tenn.; Ray B. Dickey,
V.^M. L, Lexington, Va.; Owen Parr,
Columbia Mi itary Academy, Colum-
bia, Tenn.; Howard Harris, Texas
A. & M., College Station, Texas;
Elmer Langston and George Hawley,
Texas University, Austin, Texas;
Olen Sanderlin, Howard Payne,
Broonwood, Texas Tech., Lubbock,
Texas. These absent members of
T .G. F. will be greatly missed by
the members remaining in Electro
during the winter, but all are ex-
pected back next year.
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T .A. Pouncey of Plainview is the
guest of his sisters in Electra, this
week.
Stidham and Thrasher No. 2 is
drilling at 1600 feet. They are also
running low on water, are noW get-
ting supply piped two miles from
a tank south of Sunshine Hill.
The Bridwell and Heydrick No. 9,
a 156 foot offset to Stidham and
Thrasher No. 1, producer, are coring,
sand at 1866 feet.
Bridwell and Heydrick No. IQ, 200
feet southwest of Stidham and
Thrasher No. 1, is rigging up.
The Texas Company No. 6, 1000
feet northeast of the Clark discovery
well, and about the same distance
from Stidham and Thrasher producer
is coring to test an entirely new sand
found at 2020 feet. This well failed
to show the pay streak at the depth
of the Clark sand. If the new sand
makes a producer it will lift the
jinx off the area to the northeast of
the Clark pool.
It is erroneously stated in
Totten Bros, section of this issue
the Electra News that James G. B.
Totten was once a race horse jock-
ey-
This statement is untrue. Mr.
Totten was once a racer, but he
drove a motorcycle, and not a horse.
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Young Krishnamurti
from India has arrived
and comes to free us from
our “materialism.” He will
be as welcome as Hercules
in the Augean stables.
earnest, • sincere
among other
The Women’s Council of the First
Christian Church, of which Mrs.
Grace Jennings is president, had a
very interesting meeting yesterday.
Fourteen ladies attended, including
Mrs. B. R. Hutchins and Miss Edna
Gatcly, visitors from Fowlkes Sta-
tion.
This council meets at the churjch
every Monday at 3 p. m. Mrs.
George LeBus is captain of the
north side and Mrs. J. _T. Ligon of
the south side work,
ladies of the council meet at the
church every Thursday at 3 p. m.,
under the direction of Mrs. Jack
Dale.
Every first Monday in the month,
a missionary program is given by
the council, at the church, to which
the public is a'ways invited. The
older women sponsor it one month,
the younger women sponsor it the
next month; each group entertains
the other group alternately.
The council plans to hold markets
at least once a month. The first
one will be held next Saturday, Sept.
25th at the Gem Grocery.
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Sixty Boy Scouts of Troop No. 1,
with their Scoutmaster, Taylor Cash,
met Friday evening, opening the
meeting with a song. After a talk
by the Scoutmaster the boys played
a new game, “Break In,” which was
succeeded by the usual “stunts.”
Lieut. Ross Schleigh then talked to
the boys and presented them with
the Troop’s percentage of the money
from the sale of tickets to the
Legion picture, “The Unknown
Soldier,” recently shown at the
Grand Theatre. This netted ,the
troop $46.00. Then followed flag-
raising, drill practice, patrol meet-
ing, a lesson in artificial respiration
given by the Scoutmaster, roll call,
the usual business meeting and col-
lection of dues; The question of the
publication of a Boy Scout nevzs— pi-ogram was
paper then came up for discussion' •
and was carried, the sheet to be
gotten out by the Scoutmaster,
weekly on the High school mimeo-
graph. t
October second—which is Satur-
day—comes the Boy Scout big field
meet, when the troop will give an
exhibition in “fire by friction,” arch-
ery, pyramid building, string burn-
ing, wall scaling, and many other
scout tests, together with challenges,
ending with a sing-song.
At this meeting Scoutmaster Tay-
lor Cash selected Charles Kiingman
as senior patrol leader.
The meeting closed by singing
“Taps” and reciting the Scout oath.
The troop will meet again next Fri-
day night.
Grayco Oil Company, No. 14, J.
B. Evans survey, abstract 785, to
be drilled to 1520 feet.
Red River Oil Company No. 40,
B. A. Bywaters estate, S. P. R. R.
survey, old well to be re-drilled to
1945 feet.
Shelby Oil Company, No. 7, Bertha
Ramming, west Clara district, T. &
T. R. R. survey, depth 1700.
Humble Oil and Refining Com-
pany, No. 3, W. T. Waggoner, section
45, block 4, H. & T. C. R. R. sur-
vey, to be drilled to 2441. (This
well is in Rock Crossing area).
Ryan and Consolidated Petroleum
Corporation No. 84, George Nance,
S. O. Fowler sui^ey, Beaver creek
area, to be drilled to shallow sand
550 feet.
Ryan, and Consolidated Petroleum
Corporation, No. 84, George Nance,
S. O. Fowler, Beaver creek area, to
be drilled to 1850 feet.
P. J. White et al., No. 4, Sue
Mitchell, block 7, Patience Castleman
survey 10 miles southeast of Elec-
tra, to be drilled to 2000 feet.
Petroleum Investment Company
No. 10, W. T. Waggoner, abstract
445, Gibson survey, to be drilled
900 feet.
L. G. & S. Oil Company, No. 4,
Ferguson, B. N. Ferguson survey,
block 12r to be drilled 730 feet.
W. B. Omohondro, No. 9, D. D.
Pace, abstract No. 255 A, R. J.
Scott survey to be drilled 800 feet.
Wm. P. Oldom ,No. 10, Kemp and
Kempner, block 48, Wichita Valley
farm lands, to be drilled 800 feet.
Harry Jaffe No. 8, T. F. Mitchell,
Castleman survey, to be drilled 2000
feet.
Apple-Brandeberry, No. 1, Geo.
B. Ancell, section 10, block 7, H.
& T. C. R. R. survey to be drilled
2000 feet.
Phillips Petroleum Company, No.
7, Waggoner section 42, block 4, H.
& T. C. survey to be drilled 2600
feet.
Phil’ips Petroleum Company, No.
L-5, Waggoner, section 45, block 4,
H. & T. C. survey, to be drilled
2600 feet.
Phillips Petroleum Company No.
Q. Q. 13, Waggoner section 47, block
4, H & T. C. survey, to be drilled
2600 feet.
Phillips Petroleum Company, No.
D-12, Waggoner, section 43, b’oek
4, H. & T. C. survey, to be drilled
2500 feet.
Phillips Petroleum Company No.
D-13, Waggoner, section 42, block
4, H. & T. C. survey, to be drilled
2600 feet.
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