The Electra Star (Electra, Tex.), Vol. 31, No. 49, Ed. 1 Thursday, December 6, 1951 Page: 1 of 12
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Vol, No. 31 :: No. 49
Farewell Party
Honors Mr. and
Electra Cage
Season Opens
Give Blood for
Defense Jan. 2-3
Gov. Proclaims
December Seal
Sale Month
J. H. Wright
Services to be
Held Friday
host and hostess
Dan
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Mrs.
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counselors
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appointment
helped, which
community.
And above
Electra Band
Haskell Burton
guest during* the
Burton’s mother.
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Mrs. Frankie Jaca Is
Rebekah Chaplain
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Mr and Mrs.
have as their
weekend Mr.
Mrs. Nora Burton of
City.
Five Electrans on
All-District Team
Highway 25 North Electrans May
to be Widened
Football Banquet
to be Held
Monday Night
C. D. Bailey
Closing Out
His Business
, Pf c. Hugh Hudson
Receives Badge for
gave an
She also
Bowie here; tournament at Green-
ville. Dec. 14-15; Henrietta there
on Dec. 18; Nocona here Dec. 20.
Following the Christmas holi-
days the schedule will be as fol-
lows- Jan. 4, Nocona there; Jan. 8
at Bowie, Jan 11 at Olney; Jan 15
u at Seymour: Jan 18-19 tournament
at Burkburnett; Jan. 25, Quanah
here; Jan 29, Burkburnett there;
Feb. 1, Iowa Park here; Feb. 5 at
Seymour. Feb. 12, at Quanah; Feb-
ruary- 15, Burkburnett here; Feb-
ruary 19. Iowa Park there. All
games beginning with the Seymour
game on January 15 will be con-
ference games and both A and B
J earns will play
chens. Leslie Smith, Jerry Barker,
‘ Tim Rollins Jr. and Curtis Rollins.
The schedule is as follows: Dec-
• ^Howard Foster Station , .
j > Tlusche’s , Station . / -
i- < Ross .-Allen.' Station ' -v.
I; [^McLaughlin [GroceryI
1 ’'Mowery'. Bros'/?
I from your Tattler and start look- who
|ing for your treasure Friday Indian
i morning. The hunt starts as the (
store opens. Some numbers will be • ghest of the stars and Jim Thorpe
posted in the store windows and|at Carlisle, Pa., during the pre-
others within the store, so look
for them.
Corner Drug
Electra Appliance
Paul’s Bakery
Darter Furniture
Dunn Electric
Electra Furniture
Texas Hardware
Tarlton Drug
White Rose Cafe
Buddy Brown’s Auto Supply
Buck’s Leather Shop
Maud’s Cafe
Stevenson’s Variety
Electra Magnolia Service Sta.
. R & R Service s
Johnny Brown’s Texaco Serv.
;.,East- FrontMagnolia, Station,
Five Electra boys were selected
on the 2A-4 All-District football
team. Two Electra boys received
honorable mention. Quanah, who
won the district championship,
had six members on the team.
The coaches met at Electra
Monday.
and defensive lines and a 10-man
backfield. The teams were as fol-
lows:
Two New Men Named
on Housing Board
T. B. Gilbert and W. W. Oliver
have been named on the local Fed-
eral Housing*Board. They are re-
lie veing D. M. Robb and W. S
Brown, who asked to be replaced.
Vernon Young,
O. M. Waters,
John B. Nabors of Wichita
Falls, district engineer of /Texas
Highway Department, has in-
formed Electrons that an aprop-
riation has been made to complete
Highway 25 north from highway i
287 in Electra to somewhere west
of the cemetery with, a complete
new road and to widen the ex-
isting highway six feet from that
point to Pumpkin Center.
This project will be completed
in 1952 and after it is finished it
is hoped that eventually Red Riv-
er will be bridged on Highway 25.
two daugh-
of Duke,
of
A. J.
E. R.
Wright and Jesse L. Wright, both
of Los Angeles; six brothers. L. L.
Wright and E. R. Wright of Pow-
ell, Texas, N. E. Wright of Wich-
ita Falls, R. H. Wright of Morton,
Texas, Oran Wright of Los Angel-
es and J. W. Wright of Phoenix,
Ariz.; 14 grand-children and one
greatgrandchild.
Mrs. O. M. Givens of Electra was
recently appointed by the state ex-
ecutive committee of the Texas
as vice president of District III:
She is a member of the Midway
Home Demonstration Club. Having
been a member of this club for 26
years, she has served in every of-
fice. She recently completed a
term as county THDA chairman.
Mrs. Givens has served two years
as chairman of the county council.
She is also an active member of
the Midway Baptist Church.
Mr. Bailey
has been in business in Electra
since Sept. 1, 1930 when he enter-
ed the service station business.
He entered his present business in
1941.
Mr. Bailey says ho has made
no future plans, but he is going
to take a rest. He does plan to do
some fishing and hunting. He and
his family will continue to reside
in Electret.
the stores in Electra. The names
of those merchant^ where the
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Band Parents
Say Thank You
Mrs. Joe Brown, president of the
Electra Band Parents Club, ex-
tends a “thank you’’ to each and
everyone who made the Indian
Festival a success. To each mother
cakes and
chicken for the spaghetti supper *
of which Mrs. H. L. Doores was
in charge,’ to all Electra motor
companies who furnished cars for
the parade which was under the
direction of Paul Rogers, the fire
department, police department,
and to May T. Leo Moore for
their co-operation. Thanks also to
Bluebird and Cub Scout groups
and their leaders, Mrs. Charles
Golden and her telephone commit-
tee. Mrs. George Jones, Mr. and
Mrs, Dick Keller for the ticket
sales. To Mrs. Jack Griffin, Mrs.
Clyde Cummings, Mrs. C. H. Kent
for their assistance at the drink
stands. To Mrs. T. H. Cogdell,
Mrs. Ted Miller, Mrs. Thrall Shel-
don, Mrs. Wayne Vaughn, and all
those who helped with the door
sales. To everyone who in qny way
included the entire
Mrs. H. E. Eggenberg has gone
to Portland, Oregon, to attend the
bedside of her daughter, Mrs.
Marvin Splawn, who is seriously
ill. Mrs. Splawn will be remem-
bered as the former Miss LaVerne
■ Eggenberg.
Bobby Myers, student at Texas
A & M at College Station, spent
the Thanksgiving holidays with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. W.
Myers.
below. If your number on the Tat-
tler corresponds with the number
in any of the stores, you will re-
ceive the prize that the store has
set up for you. The prizes are out-jan Indian ceremony,
standing this year. To name a few i Indian maidens
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Miss Hazel Sessums of Los
Angeles, Calif, spent the Thanks-
giving holidays with her parents,
Mr and Mrs John Sessums.
Donald Rogers
to' Have Jeep
Agency Here
bonald. Rogers, of Wicfiita Falls
has been awarded the Combat In-
fantryman Badge, a symbol of
close-quarter fighting with the
enemy, while serving with the
25th Infantry Division in Korea.
The badge, consisting of a
miniature replica of a Revolution-
ary War flintlock mounted on a
blue background and superimpos-
ed on a silver wreath, distinguish-
es the actual fighting men from
rear area and service troops.
Hudson is serving with Com-
pany I, 27 th Infantry Regiment.
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Offensive Line
E—Cromartie, Quanah
E—Turnbow, Burkburnett
T—Wilkerson, Quanah
T—Green, Quanah
G—Price, Electra
G—Flewharty, Seymour
C—Oliver, Burkburnett
Defensive Line
E—Hixon, Electra
E—Smith, Seymour
T—Doores, Electra
T—Chambers, Burkburnett
G—Hale, Burkburnett
G—Watson-, Iowa Park
Backfield
B—Fewin, Burkburnett
B—Weiss, Iowa Park
B—McCrary, Quanah
B—Williams. Quanah
B—Morris, Seymour
B—Golden, Electra
B—Downtain, Electra
B—Psenick, Seymour
B—Hqckaby, Iowa Park
B—MecHin, Quanah
Honorable mention: Ends—Wil-
son, Quanah; Burris, Iowa Park;
Tackles—Styles, Seymour; Adams,
Burkburnett; King, Electra.
Guards—Adams, Quanah; Ennis,
Quanah. Center—Jones, Quanah;
Wallace, Seymour. Backs— Foster
Electra; LeVega, Quanah; Renau,
Iowa Park; Kelly, Burkburnett;
Norman, Seymour.
occupied ' ijy.Bailey’s' Home and'
Auto j Supply.; MrJBaiiey<has' .an-
nounced 'he ’ pians?to vacate" the
building by-Dec? 15. ' '
Mr. Rogers will have the Willis
Jeep agency and also auto sup-
plies. He and his family will move
here in the near future.
Mrs. Frankie Jaco has been
serving as chaplain of the Electra
Rebekah lodge for the past term.
Mrs. Jaco transferred to the local
lodge from Plainville, Kansas a-
bout a year ago.
She is al$o an active member of
i the Wesley Class of the First Met-
Bni
The Indian Festival sponsored
by the Band Parents Club was a
huge success. The high school
auditorium and balcony was filled
to capacity.
The Fort Sill Indian Club pre-
sented Oklahoma Indians
vFlusche’s-fStatioh'- ; ' •
; -/McLaughlin [Grocery ’
S.tar Cash Store
A & P Grocery
Fairmont Malt Shop
Marchant's Style Shop
Parr’s
Edwards Time Shop
City Cleaners
Smith Drug Store
Home Furniture
Courtesy Cleaners
Burr’s
B & C Auto
Auto Service
Wackers
Goldsmith Drug
x Perkins-Timberlake
Mode O’Day
E & B Paint and Paper
Clyde’s Market
North Main Grocery
Beauty Box
Scoggin’s Grocery
Modern Market
Fountain Grill
Ragsdale Furniture.
all, thanks to the
students and their
director, Howard Smith, and the
school faculty for their splendid
co-operation.
These Indian boys and girls have
traveled the Southwest and East-
ern States presenting their pro-
gram and their sponsor stated
that the hospitality and friendli-
ness shown here was the greatest
show anywhere. Thanks to every-
one who co-operated so splendidly.
auxiliary
having served as president. She is
also past president of the district
15 auxiliary. She is presently serv- 'rbeima Clarkson and Mrs. Laura
ing as assistant conductress of the
state auxiliary.
Mr. Brown, who has been as-
sociated with Perkins-Timberlake
for 19 years, has been manager of
the local store for 14 years. He
has also been active in civic af-
fairs including the Chamber of
Commerce and Rotary Club. He is
past district commander of*' dis-
trict 15 VFW, and is very • active
in fhe'local: post of Veterans1};of _____,__________7_________ --
^ Foreign Wars. ’ The!vBroW&s^have■■ Burl&pi??'and**seven ^JgfahdchH-
one son, Douglas, who resides in
Dallas. ' • ;
Lovely refreshments were serv-
ed to Messrs, and Mesdames Ollie.
Bradberry, Gilbert Kohl and Lin-
da, Joe King, Ed Bingham, Floyd
Rodgers, Dan Smith, Allen Yates
and John Scott,
Harold Wallace,
Mesdames Grace Carter, Joe Bo-
been, Velma Jo Ellis, Ed Thiele,
Estelle Fay, Sam Smalley, P. F.
Sorrells, Mae Trout, Earl Mill-i
hollon, Allen Claunch, Dewey*
Miller. Opal McKelvey, Dona Mc-i
Cully, Doug Williams, Tom Bailey,
Flora Stockton, / Toed Carter.
Floyd Todd, Mr. J. W. Milligan
and honorees Out-of-town guests
included Mr and Mrs. J. A. Stan-
ford, Mr. and Mrs. Julius Vita,
Mr. and Mrs Joe Harris and Mr.
and Mrs. Nae Stone, .all of Sey-
mour.
The Electra basketball team
opened their pre-conference sea-
J son Tuesday night at Vernon.
' Coach Noah Carter has 12 men on
his squad, six of whom are letter-
men' E^ene Golden, Jimmie Lig-
on, Jerry Rowe, Claude Bennett,
Tommy Downtain and Jack Byrd
The other candidates were re-
serves last year and are experienc-
ed players. They include Dick
Doores. Ellis Burt, Dwayne Hout- Combat Service
The annual football banquet
will be held on Monday, Dec. 16
at 8 p. m. at the Electra High
School gymnasium. It is sponsor-
ed by the Senior Class and Quar-
terback Club.
Wade Walker, assistant coach
at Texas Tech in Lubbock, will be
the guest speaker. He was two-
year all-American tackle at Okla-
homa University. He will show
the film of the Tulsa-Texas Tech
game. The score of the game was
Tulsa 21, Texas Tech, 14.
Several students have tickets on
sale for the banquet. They include
Jimmie Ligon, Bobby Franks,
Dick Doores, Joyce Broseh, Mary
Kay Bradley and Freddye La-
Borne. Tickets are also on sale at
Dickey & McGann, or contact
Buster Slack or Billy Ray Wright.
Willie McSpadden will be mas-
ter of ceremonies. Miss Marlene
Stewart will be crowned football
queen.
1 / ‘Or
Mr. and Mrs. Herschel Day and
children, Nicky and Toni, of Abil-
ene spent the week-end with rela-
tives here and attended a party
held for National Tank Company
employees Saturday night.
With the 25th Infantry Division
in Korea.— Pfc. Hugh H. Hudson,
ember 7 return match with Ver- W. Washington street, Electra,
non; Dec 11 at Olney; Dec. 12, '
Funeral services will be held on
Friday at 11 a. m. at the Bible
Baptist Church for James Hil-
lery Wright, 78-year-old retired
farmer, who died late Wednesday
in a. Wichita Falls Hospital. |
Rev. E. E. Taylor, pastor, will' . C. D. Bailey of Bailey’s Home
officiate. Burial will be in Brink- and Auto Supply has leased his
man, Okla., under the direction of building and is selling his merch-
Owens & Brumley Funeral Homelandise and fixtures,
in Wichita Falls.
Mr. Wright was born July 28,
1873 in Washington County, Tex-
as. He lived in Electra 15 years
prior to his death.
Survivors include
ters, Mrs. Art Baar
Okla., and Mrs. John Lovell
Wichita Falls; three sons,
Wright of Duke, Okla.,
Band Parents
Starts Fri. Morn. {Indian Festival
The Treasure Hunt for lucky Biff Success
numbers in Electra starts Friday
morning Dec. 7 and will run
through Monday afternoon Dec.
10. The Tattler for this week
which was distributed Dec. 3 is
numbered at the top of the front
page. There will be numbers tak-
en from that group ^f numbers. sented Oklahoma Indians and
and placed on cards in many of Navajo songs and dances in nat-
ive costumes. Mrs. Joe Brown,
president of the Band Parents
numbers will be postfed are listed club> gave tbe invocation in Ind-
ian language and then
English interpretation.
presented Howard L. Smith, band
director, an Indian blanket during
Comanche
gave the Com-
there are bed spreads, doll houses, | anche prajrer song as the benedic-
auto service, tailor service and | ^on<
dishes.. There are many others
Take this copy of the firms that Bahe, a champion “hoop dancer,”
are participating and the number and LaRue Martin, Caddo Indian
was chosen all-American
princess at the Indian
Exposition of 1951. She was a
miere showing of Thorpe’s picture.
“All-American.”
Mrs. Howard Doores was in
charge of the spaghetti supper
held proceeding the program. The
Band Parents club received all
ticket sales. The Indian club
received no proceeds but the
Band Parents paid for their
bus trip. The money will be
used to buy high school band
jackets and junior high school
awards for eligible band students
and to pay for contest expenses.
Site of Junior
High Bldg, to be
Voted on Dec. 15
The school board met in special
session Tuesday afternoon at 1 p.
m. to consider a petition signed by
60 qualified voters and presented
to the board by a committee of
I
Electra citizens.
! The petition requested the
school board to order an election
. on Dec. 15, 1951, to determine the
1 site of the new junior high school
building.
The two sites under considera-
tion are the present location of
the Junior High School, in case it
is selected, the old building will
be disposed of and probably re-
moved from the site. The other
site is located on the west side of
Highway 25, south of the railroad
tracks, will be composed of ap-
proximately 12 acres, donated by
the Waggoner Estate, in case this
site is selected by the voters the
old building will be turned over
to the City of Electra for use as
they see fit.
The School Board accepted the
petition and ordered the election
to be held in the school tax office,
on Dec. 15, polls to open at 8
o’clock a. m. and to close at 7 p.
m. J. T. Ratcliff was appointed
election judge. Eligible voters are
patrons of the Electra Indepen-
dent School District who have re-
sided here for at least six months
and who have a valid poll tax.
Camp Fire Girls
to Have Camp
Letoli Reunion
Members of. the counselor-1n-
training unit at Camp Letoli/ resi-
dent camp of the Camp Fire Girls,
have announced plans to have a
Camp Reunion on Dec. 28 at the
YWCA in Wichita Falls from 2
to 5 o’clock.
This is the first such occasion
ever planned and it is hoped that
it will become an annual event.
Invitations have been sent to
campers and counselors for the
past five years and to staff mem-
bers for the same period of time.
However, it is pointed out thqt hodist Church,
anyone who has ever camped at
Letoli is cordially invited to at-
tend.
Games will be played, movies
shown, a sing song enjoyed and
refreshments served. Members of
the planning committee are tak-
ing care of the publicity, invita-
tions, food, program, etc
Girls who plan to attend are
asked to write or call the Camp
Fire office so that some idea of
the number expected can
known.
Citing the “invaluable work” of
the Texas Tuberculosis Associa-
tion in fighting tuberculosis, Gov.
Shivers made public today a for-
mal procolation calling for ‘TOO
per cent generous support” of the
1951 Christmas Seal Sale. The
campaign will be conducted by
the Tuberculosis Assocition from'
Nov. 10 to Christmas.
In issuing his proclamation, the
Governor spoke of all “the excel-
lent tuberculosis-fighting projects
of the Association,” but singled
out the Association’s health edu-
cation programs for special com-
mendation.
“Working on a year-round basis
Tuberculosis Associa-
tion and its local affiliates make
every effort to get across to the
people facts about tuberculosis
which will help them protect
themselves aj^iinst disease,” the
governor pointed out.
“This is only one of the major
projects of the Association but it
is an example of how the Associa-
tion is helping to bring the disease
under control," said the governor.
“I appeal to all Texans to take an
active part in supporting the in-
valuable work of the Tuberculosis
Association by buying and using
Christmas Seals.”
Tuberculosis, a
disease, is a threat to the health,
lives and happiness of the people
of Texas.
The Texas Tuberculosis Associa-
tion and its 97 local affiliates aref
doing invaluable work in bringing
tuberculosis under control in' the
state.
The support of the Tuberculosis
Association is derived from, the . ..----
, sale ;of Christmas^ Seals ’ and this has leased ;the..building owned and
. sale is /the sole? annualrappeal of
| the .organization ? or any of its af-
L filiates? > ’ • ’ '■•- ■’
Mrs. O. M. Givens .
Named THL)A .
Dist.; Vice; Pres.
j^Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Brown, who
<are moving to Lubbock the last of
. '^December, were honored with a
farewell party Monday night
at the Veterans of Foreign Wars
Hall. Sharing
duties A?ere Mr. and Mrs.
Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Allen Yates,
Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Young,
and Mrs. Harold Wallace,
Earl Millhollon, Mrs. Dewey Mil-
ler, Mrs. Opal McKelvey,
Dona McCully, Mrs. Tom
and Mrs. Doug Williams
Mrs. Mary Eckelkamp present-
ed accordian selections during the
social hour
The'Veterans of Foreign Wars
posts and auxiliaries of district 15
presented Mr and Mrs. Brown;
with a lovely set of Community
Plate silverware as a farewell
and in observance of their
25th wedding anniversary. Mrs
Millhollon made the gift
presentation in behalf of the org-
anizations. Other gifts were also
presented.
Mrs. Brown has been very act-'^ast yjew Memorial Cemetery in
ive in the local VFW auxiliary | yernon
Survivors include his wife; four
daughters, Misses Florence and
Mrs. Cliff Deaton of Wichita
County Red Cross Chapter, has in-
tvited Electrans to give “Blood for
Defense” on Wednesday and
Thursday, Jan. 2 and 3. The mo-
bile blood unit will be set up at
the Boys’ Club in Wichita Falls.
It is hoped that 400 donors can
be registered in the two days. The
unit will be operating on Jan. 2
from 1 to 7 p. m. and on Jan. 3
from 9 to 11 a. m. and 12 to 4
p. m
Definite appointment times will
be given. Anyone interested in
contributing is asked to call A. L.
Williams, local Red Cross chair-
man at the Chamber of Commerce
office in Electra,
pledge and time you prefer
your appointment
notified of your
time.
The age limit for donors is 18 to
60 years of age. Persons between
the ages of 18 anil 21 must have
the consent of their parents in
writing. Blanks for this may be
secured from the county Red
Cross office.
You must wait four hours after
eating to give blood. Anyone who
has ever had yellow jaundice can-
not give blood.
The blood given in this “Blood
, for Defense” program is process-
ed and sent directly to Korea.
You are urged to give blood for
, defense.
ELECTRA, TEXAS, WICHITA COUNTY1, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1951
Mrs.
Bailey
i
; Clarkson Services
Held Tuesday
Funeral services were
Tuesday at 3 p m. at the James
B. Totten Funeral chapel for Joe
C. Clarkson, 55, who died early
Monday after a three-month ill-
j ness. He had been a resident of
Electra for 33 years.
■ Rev. E. E. Taylor, pastor of the
Bible Baptist Church, conducted
’the services. Burial was in the
Blakely, all of Electra, and Mrs.
I Lola Mae West of Sulphur
Springs; three sons, James Clark-
son of Iowa Park, Earl and Clar-
ence Clarkson of Electra; three
brothers, John Clarkson of Elec-
tra, George Clarkson of Vernon,
and Frank Clarkson of McKin-
ney; four sisters, Mrs. Opal Mil-
ler and Mrs. Susie Davis.of Ver-
non, Mrs.' Euli'^Jenkins [of . Lub-
bock, and'Mrs. Ruthie Martin-.of
dreh. ' '
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