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Plectra, texas, wichita county, Thursday, may 20, 1954
Vol. No. 1 :: No. 35
Subscription: $2.50 per annum
that a total-'of 156 _
Junior High Grads
Thurs. Night
of recreation
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BILL JONES
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California, Pohlman
Welch,
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annually by the Farmer-Stockman
ranches and
oil
For information regarding spe-
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Dr. B. R. Collins
Program May 27
156 Buttons Sold
First Day Drive
Kid Recreation
To Report Fire !
DIAL
Scout Troop 40
Benefit Supper
More Rain Falls
Here Past Week
Mrs. R. G. Donnelly
Music Recitals
a talk and Mrs. Sam Kelly played
the piano accompaniment for songs
by junior girls.
reports. The next regular meeting
May 25, at the City Hall.
ing. clay modeling,
story telling are included in
morning activities.
Negro Baseball
Game Sunday
J. W. Wright announces that a
negro baseball game will be play-
ed here Sunday afternoon, begin-
ning at 2 p. m. Two strong teams
from Oklahoma will be the oppon-
ents The games are sponsored by
the fire department.
nstruction, geared to meet
teeds of today’s youth.
three year supply
hand in the City
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Mrs. Ralph Collins and children
Curtis, Carol and Jeanette, of Tip-
ton, Oklahoma, were guests of Mrs.
Collins’ uncle and aunt, Mr. and
Mrs. J. H. Coplin, Sunday after-
noon. Mrs. Collins will be remem-
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each age group.
Friday evening, June 4 the Bible
school will be climaxed with a
program given by the students who
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City Commission
Changes Date
on Meetings
The City Commission has chang-
• ed the time of the regular meetings
from Monday mornings to the sec-I
ond and fourth Tuesday nights of other firiends and former
each month, Mayor T. E. Shaw bors here last week.
here for San Marcos where their
daughter. Miss Dixie Park, is at-
tending San Marcos Baptist Aca-
demy.
Mrs. Rodney Smith and son,
David, and Mrs. James R. Fish
of Houston wore recent visitors in
the homes of Mrs. Smith’s par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Calyton will give the salutatory address at
and Mrs. Fish’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. James B. Totten. Mrs. Fish’s
young son had been visiting in the
Totten home and returned home
with his mother.
55 Seniors in Class
Graduating Friday
Four years of high school will
be concluded for members of the
1954 senior class of Electra High
School with the awarding of di-
plomas at the higri school gradua-
tion ceremony Friday night May
21.
' Eifty-five students are lifted-on
in the Company;
Frank Taj lor, Johnny
, Jackie
Dean
How
Bill Jones, son of Mr. and Mrs.
George Jones will give the vale-
dictory address and Tom Nash,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Kenraid Nash,
will be usedj.to
of a summer
~£lechva Star-Neivs
Mrs. R. G. Donnelly will present
her piano students in recitals at
the First Methodist Church. The
first group will be presented Mon-
day night, May 24 and the second
group on Friday night, May 28.
The nilhlir ic rnrdHIH »nv<»«d
Mrs. W. P. Lincoln is reported
to have suffered painful injury to
one of her fipgers which was
?aught in a car door and was sev-
erely mashed.
Pfc Jackie L. Truax
with US Marines
rail program
youngsters.
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E. E. Blakley, who resides seven
miles south of Harrold, reports
that one of the hardest rains he
ever witnessed fell in that vicinity
Monday afternoon. All tanks in
that vicinity overflowed and creeks
and branches were bank full.
Falls, who with Mrs. Collins, made
an extensive tour of Europe and
the Holy Land in 1953, will tell
of his visit to the Holy Land and
show pictures he made while there.
Thursday evening, May 27, at 8 hood Progress Contest, sponsored
p. m. at the First Baptist Church.
The public is cordially invited magazine, in co-operation with the
to attend the program which is Texas A&M College Extension Ser-
being sponsored by the Book of
Books Club of this city.
Mrs. James E Totten, president
of the club which has for its pur-
pose the study of the scriptures,
extends an invitation to everybody
to hear Dr. Collins and see the re-
markable films which show life as
it is today in the land where
Christ was born.
Mrs. Dorma McIlwain reports
that she is expecting her father,
W. L, Tinnin, to arrive during the
week end from Los Angeles, Calif.,
for a visit with her and other
relatives in this area. Mr. Tinnin
i^^-;v.flflH|
a supervised play
school this summer.
Miss Chancellor,
homemaking teacher
High School.
Summer Play
School Starts
Karen Garrett, Bobby McCullough,
- Frank Vane, Alton Tennel, Char-
k. les Kelly, Weldon Barker, Ronnie
Richie and Charles Hallmark.
, Mary Helen Urban was valedic-
torian. Charles Kelly was salutat-
orian and Gayle Gillis gave the
class prophecy.
Supt. M. G. Wood presented the
diplomas.
Theo Yourep
Clint Caldwell
Mrs. Silas Marsh and baby boy,
I Larrj Frank
Mrs A. E. Propps
W. W. Morris.
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Tickets are now on sale by
members of Boy Scout Troop No.
40 to the chicken spaghetti supper
being given in the basement of the
First Methodist Church, Mon-
day night, May 24. Proceeds
from admission fees of $1.00 each
(all you can eat)
defray expenses
camp.
Herbert Beard
Harrold Eighth
Grade Graduates
The Harrold grammar school
graduation exercises were held
. Thursday night in the high school
•auditorium. Members of thhe class
were Dean Moller, Pat Kimbrew,
Emma Darland, Mary Helen Ur-
’ loan, Barbara Gooch, Gayle Gillis,
pri-BIWnrl f/M* nil mT'f-e' lUn nil,, I
to bo systematically served during
the week by the trash hauling
trucks so as to pick up all extra
trash, debris, grass and weeds. The
recent rains over which all the!
people of this area are rejoicing, !
have however brought new health
hazards The dense and lush
growth of weeds will prove breed-
ing places for mosquitoes and flies
as well as being unsightly. Every-
body is urged to cleanup their
premises, cut weeds, mow lawns,
repair and paint fences, gates and
trellises, thus beautifying their
homes as well as eliminating
health and fire hazards.
The trucks will start Monday,
May 31 in section No. 1 including
all of the city south of the rail-
road. The balance of the schedule
is as follows: Tuesday June 1,
section 2, north of the railroad,
east of Illinois street; Wednesday,
June 2, Section 3, between Illinois
and Wichita Streets; Thursday,
June 3, Section 4, West of Wichita
Streets; Friday, June 4, Section 5,
Woodruff Heights.
Patsy Propps, A. G Reis Jr,
" . Mary Lou
Seale,
Van Smith.
Southerland,
part amateur night,
Tuesday nights. City Park.
Art, all ages 1:30 to 3 p. m.
Tuesdays and Thursdays, Com-
munity building, Carter.
Each of the boys activities listed
for the 6 to 11 year age group will
be available under the schedule
for boys 12 to 16 years old. Ask for
the schedule at the Chamber of
Commerce office.
will be assisted by'
students enrolled in summer home-1
enrollment fee for (
|misson. Mayor T E. Shaw, the,was a recent visitor i
I Chamber of Commerce and other! of his parents. Mr. and Mrs. E. L lo1’. Joe j ___
icivic clubs are co-operating in a Truax in Bowie and joined them^Thompson, Sandra Tinnin,
The children will nninv n free1 Clly’widc cleanup campaign which1 and Mr. and Mrs. W II Sanders Walser. Richard Welch.
J 1 - j will start Monday morning. May'of Bowie in coming to Electra to Worley, Gloria Nell Wilborn,
'31 and continue through the week I visit Mr. and Mrs. ?* * 1v ’
Street Commissioner Jack Cargile ’ Anderson,
'eports that the department has Pfc. Truax, wno cmisivu m »•!«;■
arranged for all parts of the city Marines on January 13, this year, I.* ‘ ntt
I was bo- in KloctmlMOnClay frOm * Visit
and attended Electra schools prior,
to entering military service His — -
parents moved to Bowie some! ay W1th her brother and
Itor-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Emmett
Rogers in Wichita Falls and Mrs. I
Rogers accompanied her home.
Mr. Britt will return to Fort
Worth this week and expects to
spend most of the summer there.
through
Mondays through Fri-[
rent. |
Mr. and Mrs Wooten have
cleaned up the pool and the build-1
ings and will begin turning in the
water Thursday The pool was not
operated in 1953 on account of the
water shortage. Every effort will
be made to attract people from all
over this area to the pool and the
park which will be the site of a’
'“ Monday June 7
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Tom Nash; clarinet quar-
tet, Sara Carlisle, Frances Cooper,
Judith Mc-
Bill Jones;
; quartet, Truett Fillman,
they visited their son and daugn-[ Bobby Holman, Deryl Mowery,
awards,
gard. Mr. Thaggard, who complet-.Supt. W. G. Barber; presentation
ed a tour of duty with the US of class, Prin. M. J. Leonard; pres-
Navy last fall is operating the | entation diplomas,
meat department of a super-mar-
ket in Wellington. Mrs. Thaggard
is the former Yvonne Pitman of
this city.
Swimming Pool
Opens Saturday
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Wooten have
the contract to operate the Elec-
tra Municipal Swimming Pool and
refreshment booth there. They an-
nounce that the pool will be open-
ed about 9 a. m. Saturday, May
22. The hours of operation will be
determined according to need of
the patrons, Mrs. Wooten said.
Friberg-Cooper
T . D . ri i Community Gets
llS Statewide Honor
Friberg-Cooper community of
Wichita County received state-
wide recognition by winning first
place in District 3, and ninth place
in the state in Rural Neighbor-
is Scoutmaster
a committee
I to
_________ _______ of
the City Hall. Every lead will be whether or not they buy tickets
investigated, officers declared. |jn advance. Serving will start at
A Wichita Falls woman, former 6 p. m. and continue until all have
resident of this community, recent-1 been served.
ly visited the graves of her hus-1
band and two children in the1
northwest part of the old Electra
cemetery and found that the lamb
heads on the headstones of the
two babies, had been beaten or,
shot off, hopelessly ruining the
monuments. Neither can be re-
paired other than to buy new mar-
kers, the stunned and grief strick-
en widow reported
The visitor made a tour of the
cemetery and found that all tomb-
___________ ______ _______________stones with Iambs on them had
They will have bathing suits for (been defaced. She said she counted
a total of 18 such eases of vandal-
ism.
City Attorney John E. McKelvey i
says such acts constitute a felony!
offense and is subject to proseeu-1
tion as such under the state law 1
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Miss .Electra Entry
Blanks Available
Girls who wish to enter the Miss
Electra contest or persons who
wish to sponsor a girl have been
urged, by the Jaycee committee on
the pfogram to enter as soon as
possible.
Entry blanks are available at
thp .Chicken Shack; Texas Electric'
Service office and Ed Hart Chcv£
Eight Candidates
Take Rank Esquire
Knights of Pythias
Eight candidates who had al-
ready taken their rank of page,
were given the rank of esquire,
Monday night in the regular meet-
ing of the Knights of' Pythias
lodge. John Ratcliffe, chancellor
commander, presided over the op-
ening exercises Bryan Thomas,
master of works, directed the cere-
monial work. The group of new
members who on Monday night
May 24, will receive the rank of
knight includes Raymond Ballard,
Jimmy Evans, Dan Grier, H. C.
Greer, Son Pulliam. Jack Phipps,
Jarrell McLaughlin and Charles
Doshier
to 9 p. m„ Monday,
building, Beard and
Electra Junior High School 1
formed tricks of magic at the an-.°f <hat age group are invited to
nual Junior-Senior banquet of the'enrod them in
Harrold High School last week
Members nf the junior class were
hosts to the seniors and* the pro-
gram theme, “Hitch Your Wagon
to a Star” was carried out under
direction of the junior sponsor,
Mrs. Charles Eller Kenneth Urb-
an, junior class president, was
toastmaster. Carroll Lemon, sen-
Marvin A ,a’’d Young and Joe Youree
I
who enlisted in the!
January 13, this year,I
born and reared in Electra1 , - - ......
- - • ; daughter, Mrs. John Gibson
His'^am’^’ Fort Worth She spent
to Bowie some!^unday "dh her brother and sis-
months ago after having been em-
ployed with the Waggoner Refin
ery until it was closed down. He
is now employed at a Bowie Gaso-
line plant.
Mrs L. E Holmes and baby boy, i’ ,
I the First Word LouL Alan
Jun.- 7 through
Mrs
7710 annual summer play school
I will be held at
! School from
June 25. I
dajs. 9 a m to 11. 3() a. m. Miss
Virginia Chancellor announces.
The school is for children be-
vice.
Officers in the Friberg-Cooper
community organization for the
contest year were: Mrs. R. R. Kol-
ter, chairman and Mrs. Sam Spen-
cer, secretary.
The contest encourages rural
neighbors to pool their resources
and abilities to improve the com-
munity generally.
A total of 124 neighborhoods in --------- —c,-----
Texas entered the contest this | Boy Scouts and members of the
year from widely scattered parts police department will inspect the
of the state.
Vacation Bible
School May 24
Through June 4
Bible stories, games, handicrafts
and lively singing are being offer-
ed to all children and young peo-
ple from four years through high
school at the Electra' Cornmunity the senior class roll. The final pro-
Church. Daily Vacation Bible
School will be held Monday
through Friday, May 24 - June 4,
from 9:00 - 11:45 a. m.
The young people will be divid-
ed into four classes. Beginners,
Primary, Junior and Intermediate
Rainfall ranging from 2 to 4
inches drenched the Electra area
during the past week. Some dam-
age was infliccd on crops in the
lowlands and cotton will have to
be replanted, it was reported Wed-
nesday.
Late wheat and oats derived
some benefit from the extra mois-
ture but in general the early
fields did not need more rain af-
ter the drouth had been broken
earlier this month. The City Lake
went over the spillway and is at
flood stage. All stock tanks were
filled, providing ample water sup- Age of this city,
plies on farms,
leases.
An estimated
of water is on
Lake, Lake Electra and the Red
River reservoirs which supply the
City of Electra, its industries and
its rural patrons.
he Electra Junior High School
commencement exercises tonight
in the high school auditorium.
Other honor students whose
grade averages were above 90 are
Sara Carlisle, Truett Fillman,
Bobby Holman, Judy McBroom
and Cecilia Roessler.
The program detail is as fol-
lows: Invocation, Rev. Loyd Les-
ter; song, “My Creed,” Sth grade
ensemble; salutatory, “The Galway
bored as the former Miss Lucille (Piper,” “
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——------------ .Janice Holder and
Mr. and Mrs. Leo Koller spent Broom; valedictory,
the weekend in Wellington where I brass quartet, Truett
flnntr ct/mi nnrl rim icrrt-'
ter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Joo Thag-jBill More; presentation
gciiu. ATX4 . UIU55UIU, w
ed a tour of duty with the US ' “ '
Nnvv last fall is nnoratine the! nntatinn diplnrnns, school board
member Elwood Haynes; song,
“America” by 1954 graduating
class.
Those who will receive certifi-
cates of graduation to the senior
high school are:
Patsy Dillard, Barbara Roda-
walt, Norma Williams, Bobby Hol-
man, Cecilia Roessler, Truett Fill-
man, Judy McBroom, Sara Car-
lisle, Frances Cooper, Tom Nash,
I ' xOvitvLiuvu vu pdgej
row. Ona Moore Phipps. Ted Price.' ~
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Jack I ' s
Presley j /
Delores I- '
California, ^’“^an Southerland, Chori V •-
in the home Stroud. Shirley Talle.v. Alvin Tay- T
H Mrs. E. L ^r. Joe Frank Tadn,.
returned home
her
1 and
benediction and the band will play,
! “Recessional” by Rousseau. '
The class roll is as follows- Bar- j
bara Able, Ann Armstrong. Svlvia
Baird, Janet Barnes, Walter Bar--
wise. Mar> Lou Broderson. Carlos
Byars II, Gaylord Cato. John Cog-
dell. Jimmie Collier, Jan Cramer,
Joe Cubine. Gerald Culpepper,'
James Doorcs. Eugene Flusche,
Harold Gee, Jerry Glover, Doris
-Haynes. James Holbrook, Melba
Hustead, Owen Irby, Jerry Jan-
Ison. Joe Jefferson, Cecil Malcom, M
I Shirley Mann, Benny McHugh,
: Richard McIlroy, Dorothy Mcll-
w-ain, Patricia Mersiovsky. Karline
Mort ins, Rae Moore, M L. Mor-
A mistake was made in last
weeks Star-News. The story
should have said that if a girl who
is 17 wishes to enter she may
enter the contest if she will be 18
before Sept. 1. The contest is res-
tricted to unmarried girls between
18 and 28.
James Turner has been appoint-
ed chairman of the personality
tea which will be conducted Tues-
day afternoon, June 8, when con-
testants will wear formals and bo
j'udged for poise and personality.
lis Rollins,
Pfc Jackie L Truax, who is Schopf. Donald
| stationed at the US Marino base Sheppard,
The members nf the City Com- at Camp Pendleton.
the, was a recent visitor
Hospital News
Patients in the Electra Hospital
on May 18:
B. C. Haswell
Alvin M. Conway
Jimmie Lee Davis
Sam Ripley
Mrs. Wade Bailey
Mrs. T, B. Gilbert
Mrs. J F Cork and baby ghl,
Rose Marie
Mrs. H A Evans and babyr boy
»ary Lee.
Dismissals since last report:
Mrs R. T Rays
Mrs. J L. Rockman
C R. Stakley
Mrs W. H Burns
Miss Eula May R cers
Mrs J C Henderson
Gerald Akin
Mrs Donald R Har,ey and
baby boy, Ricky Don
T Fred Walton
making Thi < “ - - -
the three w’eeks will be $3 per
child
Anyone interested should con-
ior class president. Jo Ann Don- k’ct Miss Chancellor by telephone
ges. Jackie Moto. Lu Ellen Huff13542 or 2218.
and Angie Fowder took part on the!
program. Supt. W G Wood gavejand organized outdoor and indoor.
I play period each day. Fingerpaint-1
music and
the
| various areas and will call atten-
tion to any places that have been
Mr. and Mrs Dabney G. Park missed,
of Caracas, Venezuela, were *
guests of Dr. and Mrs. P. E. Fish, [cial problems call the city hall or.
Mr. and Mrs Joe Matthew’s and .the Chamber of Commerce.
neigh-
They left
gram will be'held at 8 p. m.
high school auditorium.
The class of 1954 graduates in
the year Texas celebrates the
100th anniversary of the founding
of its public school system.
Following the “Pomp and Chiv-
with competent Bible teachers forl alry” processional, the Rev. Jesse
Iw’ig will give the invocation.
Sandra Tinnin will be next on
the program with a piano solo,
“Concert Impromptu in D Flat”
will be awarded certificates, prizes 1 by Ernest H. Adams,
and special aw’ards on the basis of j The salutatory address will be
their completion of the goals set 1 given by Patsy Propps, who will
forth by their teachers. The par-, be graduated w’ith an average of
ents and friends in the Electra 95-625. Next a vocal ensemble will
community are invited to attend Prosent Hadyn’s “To Our Alma
he program at 8 p. m. June 4. ; Mater.”
A hearty invitation is extended 1 be sung by Shirley Tai- /"I . 1
o all children and young people Icy- Mary Broderson, Ann Arm- (jCt LzlDiOUlQS
if the Electra community to at-.str°ng, Joe Jefferson, Crindon ”
end these valuable classes of Bible Amonett, Owen Irby, Ted Price
the and they will be accompanied by
Cheri Stroud.
Sylv ia Baird, who has an aver-
age ji 9G.156, will deliver the vale-
dictory address. |
Following the presentation of!
diplomas Alvin Taylor will give the ‘
Harrold High
Junior Class
Honors Seniors
Herbert Board, head of the phy-
sical education department of the . tw'cen the ages of three and six
per-jyoai,s and all parents of children
j Cleanup Drive
™El"eu^May 31 Through
Sat. June 3
Leo Butler, manager of the
Chamber Df Commerce, reports.
sold and $156 turned in fcr the Kid
Recreation program in Electra this
summer. The drive will be con-
tinued through the week. The
white metal buttons with pin at-
tached is 1% inches in diameter
and painted white. They are letter-
ed in red, “I Support Kid Recrea-
tion.” Youngsters of the city are
selling them at $1 each or taking
any donation anyone wishes to
give toward supporting the vaca-
tion recreation program. Every
cent collected will be used to buy
playground equipment or para-
phernalio needed to provide health-
ful supervised play for children
and youth from 6 to 16 years old.
Herbert Beard and Noah Carter,
1 members of the faculty of the
junior high and high school res-
pectively, will be in charge of the
project. The program, except boys
baseball, will start June 7. Base-
ball practice will start one week
earlier in order that teams may be
organized by the opening day.
Schedules were distributed from
.the Chamber of Commerce office
: Tuesday. More arc available
any interested parties.
The program is outlined as fol-
ows. Activity, baseball for boys,
time 8 a m. to 9:30 a. m., age 8,
9, 10, 11, place junior high school,
Monday, Wednesday and Fridays
supervisor H. T. Board. Gymnas-
ium, boys age 8 to 11, time 10 to
11, time 10 to 11 a. m„ junior high
| Beard. Golf, all ages, 8 to 9 a. m.
I high school, Monday, Wednesday,
[Fridays, Carter.
Playground, age 8 to 11, time 8
to 9:30 a. m., junior high, Beard.
Swimming class for beginners,
j June 7, 9 to 10 a. m. Tuesday,
1 Wednesday and Fridays, city pool,
Carter.
| Art, ages 8 to 11, time 1:30 to 3
V p. m. Community Building, Tues-
day and Thursday, Carter.
Tennis, 5 to 6 p. m . junior high,
Monda.v, Wednesday and Thurs-
1 day. Beard. Square dancing. 7 p. m.
to 8 p. m. Monday in mmunity
•" building. Beard and Ca.t.-r.
Amateur night, all groups, 8 p.
kT’.v’J m- city park, Tuesday Beird and
• Carter.
yt Gym> a£es 6 and 7, 5 p. m to 6
P’ m” ^Ionday’ Wednesday, Thurs-
day, junior high. Beard.
enrollments in this group war-
fl rants, another swimming class
I will be held from 11 a. m. to
noon.
The girls activities follow about
HHBB the same regime. Beginning June
7, gym at junior high for girls, age
12, 13, 14, Tuesday, Thursday and
Fridays, Beard.
Playground, age 12-14, 8 to 9:30
a. m„ junior high, Monday, Wed-
nesday and Friday.
Square dancing, girls age 12 to
16 years, 8
Community
Carter.
All take
Officers Seek
Defacers of
Monuments Here
Mayor T. E. Shaw and Chief of
Police W. H. Sikes have announced
that every effort will be made to
find and punish the person or per-
sons who are guilty of defacing
.monuments and committing other
depredations in the Electra ceme-
tery. Any person having knowledge and Ray B. Dickey
regarding the guilty parties is urg- i chairman. Everybody is invited
ed to report such information to I attend the supper, regardless
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