Electra Star-News (Electra, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 14, 1953 Page: 2 of 16
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LODEN’S STUDIO
— NO CASH DOWN AND 86
MONTHS TO PAY for any home
improvement. Paint it, paper it,
add a room, new* roof, garage, pew
loom or any improvements you
Meed. $500 worth of material and
laber carts only $15.87 monthly,
with other amount in proportion.
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Chamber of Commerce Man-
ager Leo Butler and' family spent
Mothsr Day with his parents at
Valley Mills.
Mrs,. Myrtle Streit and a friend
Miss Judy Daniels, of Kil’gc
visited Mrs. Strait’s parents
and Mrs. R. R. McClung, d
the weekend.
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They plan to "keep their team
together during the summer and
will be available for further ap-
pearances.
Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Ray
Dallas visited his mother,
Mary H. 'Ray, during the week-
end.
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'' /Lee Hbgle’ of .Tuscon, Arizona,
arrived this week^fof a visit'with,
relatives and"1 to look after his
business interests Here.
Dr. and Mrs. P; E. /Flih and
daughters, Francine and Suzanne
spent Mothers^ Day at Matador
with Dr. Fish’s mother, Mrs. I. F.
Fish and other relatives.
Community Church
Services Sunday
All t services are held in the
VFW Hall and as follows:
Sunday School .... 10:00 A. M.
Morning Message, 11:00 A. M.
7:30 P. M.
If you enjoy preaching from
the WORD which has been set .
up forever in the heaven, then
come out to these services.
Paul B. Haist, Pastor.
Wayne Ellis has returned to
duty at the Whidby Island Navy
base near Washington, D. C.\ aft-
er a visit with his„ parents, Mr.
and Mrs. H. C. Ellis.
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FOR COURTEOUS, PROMPT
AMBULANCE SERVICE
Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Berry of
Goldthwaite were visitors in the
home of Mr. Perry’s sister, Mrs.
J. A. Tice, during the past week.
Mr. and Mrs. Perry lived in Elec-
tra during the oil boom days.
JAMES B. TOTTEN
FUNERAL HOME
Phone 3898
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Varied Program
Presented at
Folk Festival
A large crowd was in attend-
ance recently when members of
.the Electra Music Club presented
their annual music program in
observance of National Music
week which is always observed
the first full week in May.
Mrs. Paul Rogers and Mrs.
Chas. Murphy served as the co-
chairmen for the Folk Festival;
planned under the direction of
Mrs. Ned Baird, president of the
club.
Appearing on the program were
Sheppard Morris, blind colored
soloist. He was presented in a
negro spiritual, so indicative of
his race; for encores he gave
"Trees” and "Summer Time"
from "Porgy and Bess”.
Gene Autry, guitarist of Ka-
may, was presented in a series
of western numbers. He was as-
assisted by Mr. FisMfer on the
violin.
Myrna Jo Brown, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Joe V. Brown gave
Indian dances, which she present-
ed in native costume. As an en-
core, she gave a twirling demon-J
stration in combination with a)
very .intricate dance step.
Mrs. Louis Holmes gave another
western number, self accompanied
on the guitar.
The concluding number
presented by the "Skirts
Shirts” under the direction
Mrs. Murphy, Appearing in the
William
Marsha
Brown, Ann McLaughlin, Charles
Baird, Stuart Smith, Noble Stid-
ham and Becky Talbot. Chas
William Murphy acts as the call-
er for the group. Presented were
a series of folk dances, “Heel and
Toe”, "Put Your Little Foot”,
"California Schottische”, and the
ever beautiful and graceful
"Black Hawk Waltz”. For an
encore, the popular and intricate
square dance "Texas Star”,
presented to be followed
"Take A Little Peek".
The team is beautifully costum-
ed in gray polka dotted dresses
over red petticoats and also crin-
oline petticoats for the girls and
the boys wear matching shirts,
jeans and red socks.
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every dealer know* it—
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It’* among the moot admired
automobile* around today—
thi* high-powered, high-styled
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a mighty profitable situation
for every "Rocket” owner!
It mean* that your Oldsmobile
will command top price a* a
trade-in . .. will get you top
deal on your next Oldsmobile.
America’s enthusiasm for the
"Rocket” mean*—literally—
money in your pocket!
This great popularity is just one
more advantage of owning an
Oldsmobile—with its famous
"Rocket” Engine, Power Styl-
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Pipeline Crew
Stationed Here
A large number of men employ-
ed with the Walton Construction
.Company with headquarters in
Hobbs, New Mexico, moved into
Electra during last week. They
will make their headquarters here
while laying a line for the Con-
tinental Oil Company, according
to information secured Tuesday.
A number of the crew are room-
ing in the Frontier Hotel, while
others with families have secured
apartments in town.
'Ml Barbour in Austin. Fof sev-
eral hours there was a great deal
of concern over the whereabouts
of J. Walter Hammond, president
TFBF, who was^ to arrive in
Waco about the. time the twist-
er struck. It had been a habit
of his stop in the Christe Cafe;
for a cup of coffee when ini
Waco.. This cafe was totally de-
molished and the two partners
killed.
Late Monday night, Mr. Ham-
mond was located in Abilene. It
seems that it had rained Sunday
and was still cloudy, so he had
decided to wait over until Tues-
day before going to Waco. That
folks is fate.
Mrs. C. T. Murphy, member of
the staff of the Electra Star-
News, visited her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. R. Wilkes, in Fort
Worth, during the weekend. She
was guest soloist for the Sunday
morning service* at the Magnolia
Avenue Christian Church, in Ft.
Worth, which her parents attend.
Ennis Visitors
Here Sunday
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Cathcart,
managers of the Frontier Hotel,
had as guests for Mothers Day,
their daughter, Mrs. Mary Tom
Prigmore, superintendent of an
Ennis hospital, anda friend from
Ennis. Mrs. Cathcart returned
home with the visitors and after
a visit in Ennis will spend some
time with another daughter, Mrs.
Joe Wright and family of the
Alma community near Ennis. She
will also visit relatives in Corsi-
cana^before returning home.
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Farm Bureau
Rambler
By Mary Eckelcamp
The recent disaster that
two Texas towns steeped in death
destruction, and human misery
is inconceivable in the mind’s eye.
We can hardly imagine houses
crushed like match boxes, or five
story buildings made of steel and
brick crumbling as would a child’s
block house. Yet, this is the
story in all of its tragedy in
Waco and San Angelo.
As many of you know, the Te^-
as Farm Bureau Federation’s
state offices are located in Waco
at 117 S. 5th St., directly across
from the J. T. Dennis building.
Business was being handled as
usual at the end of a busy day,
and most of the staff employees
were getting ready to leave for
home. Another fifteen or twenty
minutes would have found them
on the streets.
Bill Hoover, Editor of the Tex-
as Agriculture was at the door
when the tornado struck. The
lock would not hold, so he held
it shut and ordered everyone else
away from the plate glass win-
dows. They soon came crashing
in from the flying brick in the
air. Besides the scare of their
lives all employees were safe, and
they learned later that so were
their homes.
The state office is a one story
structure, so if you can, try to
picture debris, brick and rubble
two stories high in front of it.
Monday night, office space was
cleared and a first-aid station
and temporary morgue were set
up in the building. Victim after
victim was brought in through a
narrow passageway through the
wreckage.
Tuesday morning, the narrow
path had been cleared to the size
of an alley, martial law is in ef-
fect in Waco, and all of the sur-
viving businesses have been ord-
ered boarded up until the law is
lifted.
No one is allowed in the strick-
en area but wrecking crews, chow
lines, etc.
We, of course* are thankful
that our TFBF friends were safe
and sound; to the less fortunate,
we send our sympathy. Any one
that wishes to make a donation
to help in thestricken area may
leave it at the Farm Bureau of-
fice, and we will see that it gets
to the proper authorities.
The brief account above was
given by Mrs. Creola McGill,
General office Manager of TFBF,
was relayed to this office from
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Stewart, W. C. Electra Star-News (Electra, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 8, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 14, 1953, newspaper, May 14, 1953; Electra, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1220036/m1/2/?q=negro: accessed July 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Electra Public Library.