The Electra News (Electra, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 21, 1931 Page: 1 of 8
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Legion. Plans were -made- for • -the/ president, off'Che?vEl^£Lion*%lZ^''^
decoration'of the graves at a meet-, for the coming iyear.1'He\,twa8:.eidct-)y J
ing held .by. the post at headquai'- fed at the regular noon luncheon'*
ters, Friday night. The post voted, ‘meeting ‘of the club, Thursday, > at
to invite the National Guardsmen,<the 'Arinilda Hotel.' Other off«err7 >>
Boy Scouts and the Legion Auxiliary elected,* and who with Dr.- Ram*y?‘"*>r
to join them in paying , tribute to will be installed in office on June A?
departed war veterans, and it was 14', are'as follows: A. C. Rippy, fTrtt"
decided that all who will partici- ■-* .. . — — —■• — -
pate in the ceremonial will assemble
at the legion hall and form a
rade to the cemetery.
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.Mrs. Ira C. Cain
- To Occupy Pulpit
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Mrs. Ira C. Cain of Wichita Falls
wifi'? speak at the First’ Christian
church Sunday morning at the
eleven o’clock service, according to
announcement made Wednesday*.
Rev.. £C. C.- Klingman, pastor, will
go --pifcthat day to fJomanche t'o/de-
liv&g theU bacalaureate £ iermori£to
-the? h|gh/school; graduates-, of- that
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Singing At Midway
Church Sunday 2 p. m.
y TheElectra district singing: con-
vention will ..meet -.at^th^/Midwky.
Baptist .church, Sunday aftarnoon,
May-24, at two .o'clock,^members of ;
the arrangements . committee ’an-
nounced WedneadayA Plans are be-
ing /made for therWfehft* County
Singing Convention to/hold itr’qoar-
tiirly^ metting ^at *RockyV Point *, on
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him honors in one of the most
closely contested affairs in the his-
tory of the organization but showed
outstanding ability as an oratoi* in
the delivery of the speech before an
audience of several thousand peo-
uign X4*v*<, pie, it was said. Joe Witherspoon,
low seventh, • Wichita Falls, holder of the Thomas
third; Stella Mae Stacy, high sixth, Etheridge cup offered for the best
and home town speech in 1930, was wiu-
were ner aiso jn the 1931 event, and re-
| cipient of the S100 cash which ac-
of San Angelo placed second
Electra Youth Is
Winner Third Place
W.T. C. C. Contest
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Within seven days time, four for-
mer Electra high school athl.etes se?
...------ - . ( or tied records in four different col-
has been handled in various , jege conferences.
Saturday, May 9, af Fort Worth,
Dick Houser of T. C. U., set a new
Southwest Conference record in the
100-yard dash, with a time of 9.6
seconds, ]
set by Bracey of Rice.
Diplomas Giyeni^ajor Comg
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WJMrs. E. B. Holcomb, retiring pres- , A: '/'
ident,* presided over the bu»in«M
session of ~ the ’ Waggoner ?>Ward
Parent-Teacher Association, Thun- ■ ' >
day afternoon, in its final meeting
of the season. Mrs. Charlee F. Birk--
head presented a program, featuring
National Music Week. Mrs. H. A.ff
Decker gave a scripture lesson« on A "H;
which references to music were % I’;]
stressed, and Misses Ruth and Rub/
Watson sang uWhispering Hope.** '\‘r,A
Little Miss Dana Dale and Masters
Thomas Fillman and Joe Ed’ Elliott JA'
gave an amusing moving picture skit
“Little Black Sambo.” Mrs;' Hol- • A
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Thc Electra-Gibson Grove No.
1473, Woomen Circle, held an inter-
esting meeting Wednesday afternoon
< at the Odd Fellow halL A cordial
[ invitation was extended to members >
here to attend a 1
Wilson Grove No. 1487 at Wichita I
Miss Pauline Miller in two violin
solos; Sanderson Warden in trom-
bone solo, and Miss Thelma Moss
in vocal solos. Mrs. T. B, Williams
played the piano accompaniment for
song numbers by James Stockton and
Juanita Rogers.
vice president; Dr. P. E. Fish, sec<‘ c
ond, vice president; J.: N? Fuicherf; • -
pa- third vice president; Chris Scheurer,
secretary-treasurer; Otto M. Lam-
bert.’ tail twister; H. A. JDeckr.:;AY‘,
Eion\ tamer; W. L. Horn and Same'A^
Hill, new members of the board of-A^
directors.. f A’ ..5
. "Sniilcs/’ and “Let .the Rest of
the World Go By” were sung by tha
assembly/ ;and A. C. RippybfferedYpg
the invocation. Bart Magee; honor-'*^;A
ary member of .thej’club, .who rwiidai
L/ W.Y‘rh&-J*
guest^ foV the occasion, .and madahav
brief "talk. In lieu /of entertainments1
features,.the. candidate* were .tgifen A?,./
the floor for campaign 'speeches prat A
vidus to the counting Qf. ,thetbaUota -. <■
fdr;the, election of officers.
The club voted to hold^.the. annual;
cl«»n-upu«t Lion'» Club ^r^norUi;
of,the city, Thursday..afte.iMoon,:Ma/\ A
28,;at which time, every meihbar will•
be‘f;;_expected to‘. take* hoea^^.rakea
other implements needed?* to- elaar/ v
the ‘ grounds and put them in shapo^?/-:/
fdt? the summer. Lionesses will,;, ba
jhvite<jkvto. to rthe;>pirk? afUrJ:^
the^woirkand ; join, the^-man^ ££
in -..a s basket ', supper.
: 'F.'M. Raker, chairman of the
milk committee, gav'e'- a ‘‘‘aunimarjr?;^^.
, v.<. o^.^yvui ojToo v.w-, oti§ti>e~ work accomplished, ’thrpugh'.^/^
warded permanent possession of>the the\?wintei$by • means of thia'l philrX5y?::
—------:—< *'_x' gftthrophy sponsored by the club.JHei
,iiaid«'ihat 185,05 was spent .foremilk' -
Memorial services will be held at,
* the Electra’ cemetery‘‘on,- Decoration'
Day*; Saturday; May 30, by tW .
Claude C.r McDonald ’post, American A Dr. R. R.Raffley .will
Ylf ’ Srvs t.A-Bkas* 1 .JX C S.-'n A vas '» ' «
Thief Gets $200
Worth of Clothing
From Local Store
record 1.
feet, 7 1-4 inches,Aa conference
meet held at Fort Worth. Crass
made nine points to help his team
win the -championship. /
The next day," the T. I. A. A. con-
ference 'meet was held at Denton.
Henry Culpepper tied the .existing
record in the high hurdles, with the
time\of 15:2.
.. rT.o keep 'Up the good work done
by his - former teammates, Sylvan
Cloninger, • representing Howard
Payne College in,-the Texas Confer-
ence nfteeti held at Brownwood, FrL
„.<iay, broke his own record- set in
-1930 by/jclearing?xthe bar in the pole
12 feet. He |
time "oi the burglary, and -Mrs. j help ^’«zt«am win=.the championship
■” bookkeeper fat ’ the for-the .JTourth consecutive time/
Cloninger,-Culpepper, and Houser
were 'members of the team that won.
Ahad^not theestate/championship in trade,for
believed ^Elwstiwghiidigin/1927,. Crass was'-a
------ iuuf-ywJifwiliaU^ well u track
star2f«j* Eleetrx hith school. ’ -
Clohinger/ issaifthree'* letter man
in^fdbtball,' basket ' ball and track
at, ^Howard? Pay»e,";rinid is captain
of ithe /Yellow •Jackets" in football in
B.’ /Sdlliyan underwent a*
miQbr^bperatieay.at ;the>; focal hos-
comb officiated in installing officers
as. follows: Mrs, Leonard Gillum,
president; Mrs. Waiter Skinner, first -
vice president; Mrs. R, L. Edmond-
son, second vice president; Mrs, J.
Cliff Strawn, corresponding secre-
tary; Miss Grace Kibler, recording
secretary; Mrs. B. M. Dinsmore,
ttre*surer and reporter.
-Miss Beatrice* Caraway’s room,
was awarded first prize picture/ on'
the count of mothers present; Mias;
Ruth -Watson’s, room received, the..? //.
second prize picture. Each will keep “
them until the next’ meeting, which /:A;
^ns ( wilk-be in'September. A ‘
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v uy jjrauej, ui , moonshine were loaded on a truck I -•
The following Monday,^ Bill Crass | anj brought to Electra. All three/ -e • > -
Prices Reduced
For Summer School
Which Opens Monday
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The.'summer session of Electra
public'^ school begins next Monday
morning; May 25, E? E. Rogers, prin-
cipalsof /the high’ school.* announces.
Thevprices bn' tuition have been
someWliat reduced and .the person-
nel >of /the faculty will, possibly de-
perid^on'/the number of pupils de-
siring^ijtbptake summer school work.
Arrangements will be made for
studehta'Aof the grammar grades to
take.^fpui/ or. more subjects if they
so daaire/ and thus complete a half
yeai&^work'/ofthe regular terjn.
Higii/school students may take three
subjects^
Tha/ichedule oh tuition is as fol-
lows: - $T8 for three subject* in'high
school/work; $14 for two subject*,
or ,^16/for. one subject. For the
gra<teB/\ aerate of $18 for four or
moro'jaabjecta; $14 for throe sub-
jectibX'or'iHO .for one or two »ub«
* ^TLmwo^Far VacaUoa Trip
MrA'and'.Mrs. W. C. Martin ami
daugMor/ jMe/ accompanied by little
Mio^B^^We^baran" left Tueeday
maHiiriig/iora’/two? weeks vacation
trip^fotteh '/erfll . include visits to
actaofoi^wieo>
weB/air.'ibrfof ’to«n ' of / otherpfloblh.
jfth, $15; Ila Collier, Abernathy,
FirstWardKT. Al
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Roberta {Woodmen Circle
^Meets Wednesday
I. O. O. F. Hall
Approximately $200 worth of mer-
chandise was taken from
store here Tuesday night by a thiet
■who is supposed to have entered by
crawling over a transom at the
front entrance and who, after help-
ing himself to two suits of mens
clothes and numerous other articles,
placed the loot in a; valuably suit-
case and unbarred the rear door to
.. '’-make a more dignified exit. Th-
. loss was discovered early Wednes-
. ‘* day morning, and 'although efforts
■were made- to. find finger ‘..T,- *
•which might afford a.clue as to the ----
//identity,-rof.tbe.^^ 12 feet 2, in.-
; ••//ieeiv mad^"-;-
'LMr. Austin washout of the city-at ^made\ nine points in the meet-.. to
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Sophia'i Myers, —-~
^/Tatore, said Wednesday'afternoon that
although a complete check-up bn the
^^ount/#/ propert^.takeir- " —
mader.i.eihploye»-there< L
•? J^thie.^ amount/to be^more?;than.' $200
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v-^TTa ^Attaad.r.Koaiper Program .
•• dur-
* .‘'-^i^^tlii/latter/part' -of/th«,?wek *for
VrKmnpen .’Military^ Ac*dmy,at/wfeich
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was made Tuesday. j Surviving relatives include
The 'Waggoner Ward, Thompson parents, three brothers and -two sis- ti.
Ward and First Ward pupils com- ters. The brothers are Clifford Al- J tYs’t ‘church, ^delivered
peted in making of posters designed ( exander of Henderson; Anthley andf
+rt oi„«v tvo chmdri in, Chester, at home; the sisters, Mrs.
:i“ Shirley of this city, and Pearl Alex-
ander, at home.
Russell Austin of this city won
third place and a cash award of
$25 in the “My Home Town” speak-
ing contest at the West Texas Cham-
ber of Commerce convention whicn
was held at Lubbock, Thursday, Fri-
day and Saturday. He not only
v Refreshments were served during .
the*■ social'hour to'eighty-threemem-
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Rainbow Trio Are '
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prmideut. Bfwttbd rter •- thbVwitiaf
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1 1OSterS*lLSSaVS Un ' * • Home Here Sunday
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TrAClP IrTElPCtra Rev‘ E< B Crump, pastor of/the
liaUU lll Lil^Ua Assembly of God church, -officiated
- ' ----j— ' in the funeral services ffeld at the
Judging was completed Monday family home in North Electra for
on the “Trade In Electra” poster, Miss' Foy Alexander,, age seventeen,
-and essay contest inaugurated by daughter of Mr. and .Mrs. B. F.
and Mabel Swofford.
The senior class play,
Comes Patricia,” was presented on
Monday night. Mrs.’ Jodie D. Smith
| was director of this, and although
the production was staged in splen-
did form, a dangerous looking storm
cloud coming up about eight o’clock,
cut the attendance so greatly that
it was decided to present the play
play again on Thursday evening.
Mrs. Brush was in charge of the end, and C. R.
music for the commencement pro-1 T'-"
gram Wednesday night, and special
numbers were given by Miss Price*
and Mesdamos C. W. Coffey and
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choral club sang two of their most member of the tax department; Rio
popular numbers. The invocation p " - - -
was offered by Rev. C. C. Klingman, > Houston, tax department;
er was Roy Bedicheck, Austin, Texas netz, Bartlesville, Okla., tax de-
Intorscholastic league official. Miss I partment; Continental Oil and Re-
i Leona Parr delivered the valedictory i fining Company, C. J. Deegan, Tul-
I address, speaking feelingly of the'3a,;;tax department. • .
breaking of ties of companionship < x ' /
and close association of the four /
years high school. Miss p-« vxf’
Hastings gave* 'the—salutatory ad-^
drtess, and Superintendent B. M*. I
Dinsmore presented cliplomas to
twenty-nine boys and forty-five
girls.
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^Publis^d Thursday of
7 : Each Week ' .
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Regretting that it ^vil! be impos-
sible for him to attend the graduat-
ing exercises of Electra high school
but extending congratulations and
best wishes to-himself and and his
class, President Hoover graciously
responded to an invitation sent him
by* Leonard Curfman, member of the
Electra high school class of ,1931.
The invitation sent to John D.
Rockefeller brought one of Mr.
Rockefeller’s personal visiting cards
in. a, small enclosed envelope,
sent to Henry Ford has not as yet
brought* a response, Mr. Curfman
said Tuesday.
The..,letter from the White. House,
was''‘ written by Lawrence Richer,;
secretary to the president,’ and was
received here Monday,- as was Mr.
Rockefeller’s ; card. Mr. Curfman
mailed hi* invitations to the.' three
notables' on Thursday, May 14, *a-i
the gracious response from Presi-
dent Hoover -*nd . Mr. Rockefeller
wai moet gratifying to him »nd hi*
etaMmates.
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Spend Weekend In DaUaa
' Mr, and Mrs. J. L. Clayton spent
the' week-end in Dallas where they
attended , the Texas . Conventiein /of
yA'ali?
hers of “the -P.-T. A
tendent B. M. Dinsmore
splendid address on the suojecr, luncneon meeting, June e. t>. !}m, - (
“Training of the Child." Davidson,/H. T. S. Toiten,, and \F.
Miss Eva Williamson, head of the
speech arts department of the local
schools, presented a number of her
meeting of the* j pupils in a program, as follows:
reading, Joyce Elaine Copeland; di-
Officers Installed
and Program Given
Thompson P.-T. A.
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Officers who will serve the Thomp-
son Ward Parent-Teacher Associa-
tion for the coming year were in-
stalled at the final meeting oL the
organization, held Tuesday night' at
the school auditorium. Mrs. B. R?
Hutchins, retiring president, presid-
ed over the business session, 'and
Mrs. Jack Ligon officiated as in-
stalling officer. The new officers
are: Mrs. C. 'M. Harvey, president;
Mrs. J. G. B. Totten, first • vice
president; Mre. G. J. Gilles, second
vice president; Mrs. W. B. January,
secretary; Mrs. Jere B. Barnes,
treasurer; Mrs. R, E. Goodman/cor-
responding secretary; Mrs. O; ,M.
Lambert, financial secretary; „Mi&.
-W. M. Austin, historian/ / 7
Miss Vera Berry’s,,.fpom «was/a-
prize picture for scoring' highestjat*
tendance of mother's during the year.': .’if*1/1”*’' ^1^o,uo WBB ■P®nV':lQ’’t
Announcements weFe:’ made concern- fo^'undarnourished school'; cliiMrani7^/7
. J jH^^jP^lchopl^Health. Clinic Jeon- and • a total of 2,701 bottle* . had b*a® &
v J-jut?ted‘^dffHhg/^feispAat'*^^7^^^ ^oVid^jtam thia.v^ay..^,-
by local physicians, assisted by mem- V lb was * decided to; diapenaes.with^V’lU
hers of Yhe -P.-T. A., and Superin- /u“ “—1 ’—x_n_A«__ i--------*
made al ... , .
subject,* lunchOon meeting, June 4.
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24 Years of Service
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Head Hec&iSn/f
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the arisual installation banquet' and //
tore-iniitallYthCr dfficer*5/at a. regular ■
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Axtt ▼ O» X « W* AUVLCUjj .*<IU ♦
Ml;-Baker ''were named ar program
committee for that occasion. . ■
at the instance of 0. M. Stidham
numbers by Misses Ruby K. Price tendent Dinsmore. Frank discussion
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“Here experts wjth Electra citizens
■ W^dniesday^Niglifc
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The high school, auditorium • was.
baccalaureate service Sunday morn-
/ and the commencement exer-
cises Wednesday evening, which
ti*e marked the close, of the graduation
I program for the seniors of Electra
the high school class of 1931. Rev. W.
W. Rivers, pastor of the First Bap-
- . MLI ----1 the baccalaur-
eate sermon, and the seventy-four
members of the class, in cap i
gown, occupied the seats in front ’
of the stage. ri_...L___ /._ *__t.. _
/ulty and school board were seated I J; T. Gibson, school
on f '
local musician, played both the pro- was said to "have called the meeting
cessional and the recessional. She at ‘the instance of 0. M. Stidham,
also served as accompanist for vocal president of the board, and Superin-
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between the oil men and their tax
. , i respon-
sible for the progress of the schools,
it is hoped will ultimately lead ’.o
securing of a fair rendition of pro-
duction jn the district, but no def-
inite decision was reached during
tne; meeting here.
^Companies represented in the meet-
ing were Magnolia , Petroleum, with
H. T. Hodge, assistant superintend-
__.i « Stewart,- attorney,
Dallas; Texas Company: J. L. Mc-
Mahon,’ Wichita Falls, production
sujjerlntendent, and Frank Abbott,
w attorney, Houston; Gulf Production
Charles L. Bounds. The high school Company, A. L. < Ward, Houston,
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Bravo Oil Company, M. McDowell,
tt , department; Empire
and the principal out of town speak-1 Gas and Fuel Company, Jack Leh-
A Constructive New?pfijie^''for a Constructive People
, ./- ELECTRA, TEXAS-iiifeZKTHURSDAY/MAY 21, 19gl~~~
x Giyeri ^l®ajor Companies-
To Seniors Here / /Gonfer With School
■ W^dnOsday^Niglit S Officiate On Taxes
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/Representatives of all major oil
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oilj property in the Electra Inde-
P^Jgdent School District were in Elec-
Friday for a conference with
representatives of the Electra school
board relative to rendition of taxes
for the current year. The slump in
oilj production and the low price ob-
tained for oil has caused a revision
uv,v.u of schedules on rendition for special
and j school taxes in which the trustees
*; are seeking a more equitable rating,
Members of the fac-.it is said.
were seated J; T. Gibson, school tax assessor
the stage, and Mrs.. Paul Brush, and secretary of the tax committee,
cessional and the recessional. She
.. . announced that angel foodjnient; musical reading, Helen Du’n-
the others to face the music whe.iicake and ice cream , L :, ~ n a
the next meeting of the order, \ music jn the high school, presented
Creek, where a 75-gallon still was pt whjch time every member
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Losing track of the fugitives in |
. the fire undei* the pot and poured > ported and each junior was invited
out 500 gallons of mash. The still, to be at the hall at four o’clock
1 200 pounds of sugar, a quantity of I Wednesday, at which time they will
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pr guests at the circle meet-
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crowded to capacity' for both- the, producing companies
the Mercantile. Bureau of the Elec- Alexander. Her death Sunday morn-! jng
tra Chamber of Commerce several ing followed an illness of five weeks
weeks ago. Announcment as to the duration. Interment was in
x winners in the four Electra schools Electra cemetery.
x was made Tuesday. j Surviving rela
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Ward and First Ward pupils com- ters,
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to show why we should trade i
Electra. The high school pupils
•competed in essay writing, the es-
says to be on the subject, “Why
Trade In Electra.’’ First; prize in
each contest is $5 cash, and §3 and
^$2 respectively will be paid the win-
' Tiers of second and third places.
•G. R. Davidson is chairman of the
Mercantile Bureau, and W. M. Aus-
tin is chairman of the trade cam-
paign committee. E. V. Haltom and
Mr. Davidson were members of the
committee serving with Mr. Austin.
Miss Turner Lee Hendon was a-
•warded first place in the essay con-
test; Miss Pauline .Bogart, second,
and John Gibson, third. Honorable
mention in this division went to
*Glenn Johnson and Misses Hallie
•Green, Rita Stewart, Pearl Garner, composed the essay which accorded
Louise Golden, Fannie Belle Church, u-— i------ -- —
Agnes Brashear, Margaret Owens,
and B.ernice Hastings.
In the poster contest, the results
were as follows: Waggoner Ward-
David Andrews, high fourth, first;
Laurella Sims Brister, highr fifth,
second; R. C. Eaves, I
Royer Ward Gilbert, sixth,
Weldon Stanley, high fifth,
^iven honorable mention. (
Thompson Ward—Loraine F.ergu- companies first honors. Stanley Sut- j
-son, high fifth grade, first; Willie ton c.‘ A/.----
White, high sixth, second; Roy Lane, and was given a cash prize of $30.
low fifth, third; Eileen Kislewick, Forty-one contestants 'entered the
' high fourth, Chris Scheurer, low preliminary event, ten who had reg-
fifth, Dolly Brotherton, low seventh, Jstered faile'd to’ arrive in time for
Dorothy Pag.e, high fourth, MaryL-the event, ^-Other than the above-
Louise Ligon, low fourth, T. W. ’ named placing in the finals were
Warden, high second, and J. E. Wil* JEoni Simmons, Quanah, fourth prize,
liams, first grade, were given honr/^ooS^Elizabeth Lucas, Breckenridge,
orable mention. . CLfifth, $15; Ila Collier, Abernathy,
First Ward—A Reed, low first', $10.
first;/ G. M. Harrison, low second, Russell' has won honors in local
second; J. 0. Wolf, high third, third; and district declamation contests and
Mathal Atterberry, high second, A. js rated highly in literature work
Clifford, high first, Alice Jarman, ;n the local school. He is a son of ■
high third, Teddy‘Miles, first, ^Myr- and Mrs. W. M. Austin, and)
Dietz, second grade, were given essayist, he is proficient in music! failed to halt, but rather accelerated tjon#.,/[’}11.ee
honorable mention. t I and takes active part in Boy Scout the speed of^two_ young jiien in
The subject matter In the essays work.
was handled in a splendid way and, ■, ■ —------
the judges reported that althou^hip p
the first three place papers were (T OUT ILX-1 IgerS Det
particularly outstanding, the essays j **
were all well written and showed
the results of considerable training.
in thought and organization of ideas. |
The posters on exhibition at the,
•Chamber of Commerce are excellent!
and the subject matter, “Trade In (
Electra,” 1----------- . .
■ways, some of? them showing great
originality and'humor.
Trio Make Escape
In Raid On Still
South of Electra^ _ . ,
Xl 4 v.„_, . _.„4 , „ I ------- j Falls on Friday,'June 5th, and the I alogue, Louise Kidwell,. Lanetta
tie Ellen Mitchell, first, and O. J. beside his ability as a declaimer anil Fiv<? shots fired in their vicinity' assembly voted to accept the invita- Smulcer, Ralph and Roy .Hutchins;
. —j- <»;vnn . L t -------Ifnilnrl tn halt. hnt. rnthnr nrrolprntn/l 4;„„ . candidates Mrs Tom reading, Violet Elaine Wilsdn: com-
* a; Smith, and Misses Bertha Sims and i «dy sketch, Betty Joe McDannalff
foot race with Constable O. E. Whis-1 Jessie Gibson, will be initiated with and Billy Bradley; reading, “Silver
nand and Deputy Proctor McDonald, | the Wichita Falls class. . Mrs. Pearl* Rose,” Miss Ruby Mae Flippen; ihu-
Tuesday afternoon about eight miles Soniers, Wichita Falls, district man- si«al reading, Imogene Goodman,
south of Electra. A companion of j ager, was present and assisted in with her mother, Mrs. R. E. Goqd-
the fleeing men made his getaway • directing activities for the afternoon.! man» Paying the piano accompani-
in the only auto available, leaving. n was announced that angel food J ment; musical reading, Helen Du’n-
the others to face the music when I eake and jCe cream would be served | ham. Miss Ruth Smith, director'of
the officer^ arrived at a hideout in at ( ’ ’ ’ ' ’
a canyon on a tributary of Beaver ; on Wednesday nightr May 2, at 2:30
c._/., _ ?: _*/’/, 7
in operation. !
jLosing track of the fugitives in j b(. :7V4
the * brakes, the officers turned out, in the junior membership was
out 500 gallons of mash. The still, I
, a i
dash, with a time oi y.^> bran chops, etc., together with the be hone
breaking the record of 9.7. CqUipnient and four gallons of ing. ~
racey of Rice. , moonshine were loaded on a truck I -•
representing Amarillo Junior Col- of the mon found at thc locatiOn
lege, set a new Junior Confeience ^^gj^ raid was made were rec-
by putting the IG-lb. shot 42 0gnj2ed by officers, who will file
charges against them-, alleging man-
ufacture of intoxicants.
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The Electra News (Electra, Tex.), Vol. 24, No. 37, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 21, 1931, newspaper, May 21, 1931; Electra, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1221300/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Electra Public Library.