Electra Star-News (Electra, Tex.), Vol. 60, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 9, 1967 Page: 4 of 10
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Members of the Womens
Missionary Union of the First
Baptist Church met for a busi-
ness meeting and Royal Ser-
vice Program.
Mrs. J. L. Clayton, president,
conducted the meeting which
opened with group singing led
by Mrs. Lee Roy Reynolds and
accompanied by Mrs. Fred
Bridges.
The calendar of prayer was
read by'Mrs. W. G. Etheredge
who gave the theme of Women’s
Day of Prayer Around The
World, "Jesus Beloved Physi-
cian." Mrs. E. L. Everett led
in prayer.
Reports of committies were
given, and a $3500 goal set for
the Lottie Moon Christmas of-
fering.
Mrs. A. L. Holbrook present-
ed the Royal Service Program.
Theme was “Missionaries A-
mong Animists in the Carri-
bean." Parts on the program
were given by Mme D. C. Per-
kins, Fred Walton, Cliff Wag-
goner, and Ed Thiele.
Mrs. T. W. Dennis
closing’ prayer.- Some 35 ,mem-
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PEP WORKSHOP — W. G. Marquardt, vice president, op-
erations, Texas Electric Service Company, left and Harry Clark,
executive director, are shown with J. K. Dub Johnson, man-
jager of Texas Electric in Electra, ’center, during a two-day
Fort Worth workshop introducing the electric company’s Pro-
gram for Economic Progress. The PEP project is an expan-
sion of community and industrial activities conducted by Tex-
as Electric for more than 20 years. Clark spoke to the group
on "Opportunities for Economic Growth . and the Chal-
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Mr. and Mrs, Don Moore and
John Michael of Dallas.
Mrs. Atkins was presented a
number of lovely gifts includ-
ing a birthday cake, a dozen
red roses and a gardenia cor-
sgae.
The Chi Epsilon chapter of
Beta Sigma Phi held their re-
gular meeting recently in the
home of Mrs. Doug Stone,
Mrs. Woody Bryant led the
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String Popcorn .
Popcorn was' strung to feed
the birds when members of the
Kind Bludbirds met Nov. 6, in
the ; First Christian Chruch.
The members strung the pop-
corn and placed the strings in
the trees back of the church for
birds.
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Band Parents
Meeting Set
Monday, Nov. 13
A meeting of the Electra Band
Parent Club will be held Mon-
day, Nov. 13, in the high school
band hall, according to Mrs.
Lemuel Phillips, president.
Plans are to begin work on
the cake sale as soon as pos-
sible, she said.
The meeting will, begin at
7:30. All members are urged to
attend.
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Has Meeting Here,
Members of the Ladies Auxi-
liary, VFW, met Nov. 2, in the
hall on East Cleveland with the
president, Mrs. William Gum-
pert, presiding.
Mrs. Ethel Brown, acting cha-
plain, opened the meeting with-
prayer.
A report was given on the
district meeting held Oct. 29 in
Bowie. Attending from Electra
were Mr. and Mrs. William
Gumpert, Mr. and Mrs, W. K.
Isberto, Mrs. A. S.^ Lockett,
Mrs. Ethel Brown,' E. I. Bruce
and 'Charles Morrison.
Plans 'were made for a - cov-
ered dish Thanksgiving Supper
for the members and their fami-
lies on Nov. 16 at the VFW
Hall beginning at 6 p. m.
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Fire Bielies Are
Presented Badges
Members of the Electra Fire
Belles were presented miniature
Fire Department Auxiliary bad
ges during a meeting held Mon-
day, Nov. G, at the Fire Hall
The badges were presented
by members of the fire depart-
ment. Mrs. Roy Robb, presi-
dent, conducted the business
session which opened with
prayer- by Mrs. H. C. Greer,
•Plans were made for a Christ-
mas party to be held for
entire fire department.
In attendance were Mmes Roy
Robb, K. B. Coats, Fred Huff-/
stuttler, H. C. Bud Greer, Jer-
ry Hanks, Don Wright, Grdon
Shelley, Jay Mink and a guest,
Mrs. Ervan Watson.
Anna Rowe
Circle Has Meet
On Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving was featured in
the program presented in the
November meeting of the Pres-
byterian Anna Rwe Circle
when it met in the home f Mrs
Jesse Iwig on Monday afternoon
Nov. 6, at 2:30 .p.m.
Mrs. D. R. Preston, program
chairman, presented a story,
"The Year Thanksgiving Came
Early," by Rev. Carl Scovel,
and historical background
Thanksgiving.
Two poems,
and “Let Us Give Thanks",
were read by Mrs. Iwig. Mr.
N. M.2Baird closed the program
with prayer.
Mrs. Bill Robb, chairman,
opened the business session by
loading the Bchtitudes fom
the sixth chapter of the book of
Matthew. Mrs. Ed Hart read
the names of the missionaries
and led in prayer for them.
The Offering of the Least
Coin was received and dedicat-
ed by Mrs, D. R. Preston.
Plans were made for the
Thanksgiving Tea for all Pres-
byterian women in the church
on Monday evening, Nov. 20,
beginning at 7:30.
New officers were elected in-
cluding Mrs. Bill Robb, chair-
man; Mrs. N. M. Baird, vice
chairman, Mrs. Charles Hudson,
secretary; Mrs. W. P. Slaton,
treasurer; Mrs. D. R. Preston,
telephone, and Mrs. Jesse Iwig,
reporter.
A report on the recent meet-
ing of Brazos Presbyterial in
Wichita Falls was given by
Twig before the meeting was ad-
journed.
Lt. Ralph Briscoe, Texas High-
way Department Patrolman,
was the guest speaker for a
meeting of the South Electra
Home Demonstration Club held
Friday, Nov. 3, in the ‘home of
Mrs. Cliff Waggoner.
He discussed the new driver
license laws. Pamphlets on safe
driving were also distributed to
the members, Mrs. Marvin Wil-
lis, program chairman, intr-
duced the speaker.
Mrs. Hugh Lee, preident, con-
ducted the business session
which presented the program.
She welcomed the guests in-
cluding Mrs. Floyd Hart, Mrs.
Troy Blakley, Mrs. Bill Graves
and Lt. Briscoe.
The opening exercises were
conducted by Mrs. Eddie Rowe,
and roll call was answered by
each member with “the thing
I like best about the club year."
A committee composed of
Mmes A. L. Holbrook, D. A.
McDaniel and Eddie Rowe was
for the
An ample supply of hot wafer is a
that everyone can afford.
To meet ihe growing demand, created by famJy
growth, milkhouse requirements, and the addition of auto-
matic appliances, make certain your water heater is cf
sufficient size.
Choose the SAFETY and the ECONOMY of a flameless,
trouble-free, quick recovery electric wafer heater. The Ioyz
price pays, big dividends in comfort, convenience and
sanitation.
Mi'S. S. B. Marchant of Elect-
ra, her sister and husband, Mr.
and Mrs. Walter Kelly of Stan-
ton, a niece, Mrs. Patsy Odom
of Stanton and Mr. and Mrs.
Dale Kelly of Hereford, have
returned home recently from
an extended trip to the Ozark
Mountains and in Lousiana.
On the way home the group
stopped in Tyler to visit former
Electrons, Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Brush, where they were told of
his death. He was buried in
Tyler on Oct. 27. 5
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J' • first manuscripts disappeared
7 ,;in the course of time hundreds
of years ago. But before this
happened, hundreds of copies
were made of them. Many of
these have been preserved to
our own times. Scholars have
painstakingly examined and
studied these copies and have
through their comparative stud-
ies reproduced the Hebrew Old
Testament and the Greek New
Testament in the original lang-
uages.
Because of this, today a host
of "modem theologians" say
they cannot see how it is pos-
sible for the Church to possess
the Word of God now in its
truth and purity or to beieve
in the inspiration of our Bible
They say that the Word has
passed thrugh too many hands
4 miles North, V/2 East of‘Harrold, Texas
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Worship Service:
10:00 a.m.
.Honored With
Tea Shower Here
Miss Pat Holley, bride-elect
of Freddie Wilson, was named
honoree” of a tea shower Tues-
day evening, .Nov. 7, in the
lovely home of Mr. and Mrs.
J. C. Alexander.. .
Greeting the approximately
50 guests who called during
the evening ,were Mrs. Alexan-
der, the honoree and her mother
Mrs. Jess Clark, Mrs. Hershel
Wilson, mother of the prospect-
ive bridegroom, and Mrs. Asa
B. Wilson, grandmother of the
future bridegroom.
Miss Donna Roe, sister of
the honoree, registered
guests. Displaying the
lovely gifts presented
couple were Mmme Pat Boyle,
John McKelvey and
Aderholt.
The tea table was covered
with white over orchid, em-
phasizing the chosen colors of
the honoree. Decorated tea
cookies, nuts and orchid punch
were seved by Misses Kathy
Kelley and Carol Alexander.
Silver and crystal appointment
further complimented the table
setting.
Sharing hostess duties for the
occasion were Mmes John Mc-
Kelvey, Robert Palmer, Carl
Burch, Larry Wood, H. C. Bud
Greer, S. B. Marchant, Pat
Boyle, O. A. Fox, A. M. Hale,
Odie Howard, Clint Renfro,
C. M. Aderholt, E. L. Spradlin,
Dan Barnett, Calvin May, Geor-
ge Trisler, J. C. Alexander, and
Misses Carol Alexander, Miche-
le McKelvey, Rose Mary Spears,
Cathy Wood and Kathy Kelley.
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to still be God’s Word. No one
really knows if the Bible
God’s infallible Word, we
told, because no one has
copy of the original. But this
is as ridiculus as saying that
because no one in this 20th ccn-_
tury has seen Christ that, wc
can not knw anything about.
Him.
But isn’t it more sensable to
believe that God, Who was in-
terested enough in His people
having His word, to inspire its^
authors to write it, would be
interested in keeping it the way 1
He wanted it, and that there
tore we can have faith that
our Bible today "is exactly what
God revealed to the Apostles,
Prophets, and Evangelists, be-
cause the same almighty God
Who inspired it has also prescrv
ed it?
This we believe! If you share
our belief, why not join us for
worship some Sunday soon?
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named to made plans
club Christmas party,
Mrs, Lee announced that the
next meeting will be held in
the home of Mrs. Rowe. Miss
Thelma Wiges, county home
demonstration agent, will pre-
sent the program.
Refreshments were served to
Mmes T. C. Adams, Ed Brown,
B. J. Gattis, A. L. Holbrook.
Hugh Lee, Jo Ann Mason, D.
C. Perkins, M. L. Pierce, Dan
Selman, Ed Thiele, Cliff Wag-
goner, Marvin Willis, Eddie
Rowe, Arnold Story and L. L. C.
Hayes.
tendance were Debra Britt,
Valerie * Barker, Mary Lynn
Felts," Melody Dovel, Donna
Gibson,. Millie Isbell, Thressa
Lynn, Cathy Moerbe, Debbie
Ponce, Marla Shirley, Sherry
Sweeney and Becky Wilkins.
Sponsors present were Mrs.
Wayne Sweeney and Mrs. Har-
old Barker.
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Mrs. Levis J. Atkins was hono-
red on her 78th birthday with
a dinner party at’ her home in
Vernon.
Hostesses were two daughters
Mrs. Bernice Pohlman of Elec-
tra and Miss Frances Atkins of
Vernon. Another ‘ daughter, Mrs.
Cecil W. Russum of Portage,
Ind., was unable to attend. Mrs.
Atkins received greetings from
her via telephone.
Dinner was served to Mr. and
Mrs. Mack Dunson, Mr. and Mrs.
Leonard Woodard and Kathy,
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Stevenson
and Gary Mark, and Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Thrash, all of Ver-
non; Mrs. Hilda Music,
Hilda Mae Pohlman, Mr, and
Mrs. Martin Southerland, Con-
nie, Sue, Terry and Laurie, and
Mr. and Mrs. Silas Marsh, Ke
vin, Brenda and Larry, all of.
School Cafeteria
Menus Announced
• Cafeteria menus for the week
of Nov 13, through Nov. 17.
Monday. Macaroni and chee
se, black eyed peas, buttered
com, tossed salad, hot rolls,
butter, raisin apple squares, and
milk.
Tueday. Seasoned dry beans
spinach, carrots, cole slaw,
com bread, butter, cookies and
milk.
Wednesday. Fried chicken,
gravy, creamed potatoes, green
beans, lettuce wedges, french
dressing, hot rolls, butter, fruit,
and milk.
Thursday. Meat pie with vege-
tables and biscuit topping, scal-
loped potatoes, lettuce-tomato
salad, hot biscuits, butter, pea-
nut butter brownies, and choco-
late milk.
Friday: Hamburgers, pork
and beans, potato chips, green
salad, cake squares and milk.
St. Paul Altar
Society Has Meet
A meeting of the St. Paul
Altar Society was held Wednes
day, Nov. 1, in the home of
Mrs. Roy Robb.
Plans for a turkey dinner to
be held on Nov. 5 were discus-
sed. Mrs. G. D, Hatfield con-
ducted the business session
which opened with prayer by
Rev. Reginald Kelly.
Refreshments were served to
Mmes C. S. Brooks, O. L. Bow-
den, G. R. Davidson, Eugene
Flusche, G. D. Hatfield, Ray-
mond Haynes, John V. Helzl-
souer, Leo Mengwasscr, Math
Weisenfels, Bill Splawn,
Hartmangruber, Robert McGann
Bill Moser and Earl Trousdale
by Mrs. Robb.
opening ritual and Mrs.
Hyde conducted the
meeting. A report on the
card was given by Mrs.
Sullivan in which she announc-
ed that the deadline for turning
in money and names is Nov 10.
Mrs. Jerry Cross called the
roll and read the minutes. A
treasurer report was given by
Mrs. Allen Dale Kemple.
Mrs. Hyde distributed mater-
ial from Jimmy Collier Studio
for pictures to be made of each,
member for newspaper and
other publicity stories.
Reservations were made for
the Nov. 18 Thanksgiving meal
at the Chamber of Commerce.
The closing ritual was led by
Mrs. Gary Lowe. A program
on "Art" was presented by Mrs.
Ed Rice.
Those attending the meeting
were Mmes Donnie Gilbert,
Bryant, Sullivan, Heavy Sar-
gent, Marvin Anderson, Rice,
Jerry Cross, Hyde, Lowe, Mar-
tin McCarty, Kemple and the
hostess, Mrs. Stone.
W. R. Gossage Dies
In California
W. R. Gossage, brother
Mrs. Clara Whirlow of Electra,
died in San Diego, Calif., on
Oct. 18, following an apparent
heart attack.
Funeral services ewere held
Monday, Oct. 23, in San Diego.
Other survivors include his
wife, one son, one grandson, two
brothers, H. L. Gossage of
Quanah and F. T. Gossage of
Washington D.C., and a sister,
Mrs. C. C. Stidham of Las
Cruces, N. M.
CASH ROWS
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By Music Club
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, Members of. the Electra Music
Club met ■ Mondy, Nov. 6, at
7:30 p.m. in the home-of Mrs.*
Ed Hart for a program of music
from France and' Italy. Mrs.
C. A. Mengwasser and Mrs.
A. C. Yates shared hostess dut-
ies with Mrs. Hart.
Tre president, Mrs. Earl Hem-
by, presided. Roll call and min-
utes were given, and the club
voted to help a Christmas pro-
Force
jcct at Sheppard Air
Base by supplying gift wrap-
• pings and ribbon. Plans
also made to prepare a Christ-
mas basket for a deserving
family.
Mrs. Dewey Dovel, program
chairman introduced the pro-
gram by giving the history of
La Scala, the great theater in
Milan, Tally, and also reviewed
I the life of several musicians.
Opening the program select-
ion was a vocal solo, "Great
Is God’s Love”, by Mrs Nor- _______ _
man Dyer. A piano solo, Valse Blectra; Mr Tom G.
Capricciette", by Francesco B.
DeLeone was played by Mrs.
Jim Fowler.
Mrs. Jack Hamilton sang "La
Vie en Rose" by Edith Piaf,
and Mmes Neil Davis and Carl
Davis presented a piano
"Idilio", by Lack.
The choir, directed by Mrs.
E. V. Haltom and accompanied
by Mrs, G, L. Beebe, sang
"Santa Lucia", a neopolitan
boat song by Gounod, and "Al-
owette" a French-Canadian folk
song by Lyn Murray. Group
singing of hymns closed the
program.
Refreshments plates empasi-
ing the autumn theme were serv-
ed to the above named and
Mmes E. L. Carter, G. B. Crow,
B. O. Enloe, S. B. Faulkner,
C. A. Grisham, S. B. Marchant,
J. B. Minton, Hershel Wilson,
Dale Wingrove, Jesse Iwig,
Harold Hart and-E. B. Crump.
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Electra Star-News (Electra, Tex.), Vol. 60, No. 22, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 9, 1967, newspaper, November 9, 1967; Electra, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1221398/m1/4/?q=%22%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Electra Public Library.