Electra Star-News (Electra, Tex.), Vol. 59, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 13, 1966 Page: 1 of 12
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DISTRICT RIDING WINNERS — Win-
ners and officials of the District 21 Riding
Association are shown in the above picture.
On the front row are Christy Bell displaying
her pee wee girls trophy and Tom Ancell
with his pee wee boys trophy, and on the
second row are Bill Fowler, junior boys win-
ner; Christy Eakin, junior girls winners, and
Wendolyn .Cornstubble, senior girls winner.
Pictured on the back row are Audrey Tib-
bets, secretary of the Burkburnett Club;
Mary Archer, district secretary; Ted Mil-
ler, district representative; Stanley Cornstub-
ble, senior boys and mens division winner;
J. A. Tibbets, district vice president, and
Carl Hayers, district president. District 21
includes riding clubs from Vernon, Burk-
burnett, Iowa Park, Dean and Electra.
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Construction is underway on the new Public Library.
Average cost per book, according to Miss Myrtle Russell, Librarian, is approximately $4-25.
The Electra Library Board
,fYour contributions are a deductible item.”
Harrold
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Cards are being distributed which will permit you to donate from one to twelve new books.
, Payment may be made in cash or by monthly drafts of $4.25 each. The Electra State Bank
has agreed to honor such drafts providing proper authorization is given them:
On your request each book given can be inscribed with your name as the donor or may
be as a memorial to any person of your choice.
It is our hope that the entire community will join in a concerted effort to provide the neces-
sary funds to replace these needed volumes.
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“Let’s Fill While We Build*’
Electra Tigers Will Begin District
2-AA Grid Play In Quanah Friday
Nine Electrons are expected
to be among those attending the
13th annual Industrial Develop-
ment Conference in San Ange-
lo on Friday, Oct. 14.
The Electrons will be repre-
senting the Electra Industrial
Foundation and the Chamber of
Commerce. Included in the
group are C. F. McSpadden, Ed
Nine Civic Leaders To Attend
Industrial Conference Friday
Hie roof collapse of the old building resulted in the loss of about 1300 books. Most of
these were of technical or reference type and must be replaced by purchase.
local Rod
announced
testimonials'* by representatives?
of industrial firms that have re-
cently located in West Texas.
At tiic noon luncheon these men
will tell why their firms select-
ed this area for their center of
operations and how other indus-
tries of a like nature can be in-
duced to locate in communities
of West Texas.
SEPTEMBER RAINFALL
Rainfall for Electra during
September measured 6.48 inch-
es. This is the heaviest rainfall
for this month during the last
30 years and ranks second since
the U. S. Weather Bureau was
established.
Sept. 1
Sept. 2
Sept. 9
Sept 10
Sept 11
Sept 15
Sept 16
Sept. 17
Sept. 27
Sept 30
District 2-A football will get
underway for the Electra Tig-
ers this week when they clash
with the Quanah Indians Fri-
day.
The game will be played in
Quanah at 7:30 p. m. All dis-
trict games will begin at the
earlier time.
Tiger fans are urged to be
on hand for this initial confer-
ence meeting and support the
Electra team.
Other district games on the
schedule include Olney at Ol-
ney on Oct. 21, Iowa Park here
on Oct. 28, Seymour at Sey-
mour on Nov. 4, and Wellington
here on Nov. 11.
The Tigers hosted the Seago-
ville Dragons here last Friday
Bloodmobile
Visit Set
For Friday
The Red River Regional
Bloodmobile quarterly visit to
Electra will be made Friday,
Oct. 14, with headquarters in
the First Methodist Church.
Donors may give blood at the
church basement between noon
and 6 p.m. Friday. Local re-
gistered nurses will assist the" “Labor”, “Financing”,
bloodmobile staff in receiving
the donations.
Members of the Ladies VFW
Auxiliary will register the. do-
nors, and serve refreshments
during the afternoon.
All area citizens are urged to
take advantage of this opportu-
nity to give blood which .could
save the life of someone. Offici-
als will appreciate all blood do-
nations.
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Mr. and Mrs. V. E. Tillery
visited Sunday with Mr. and
Mrs. H. C. Colbert in Abilene.
They report that both Mr. and
Mrs. Colbert are feeling better
after having undergone surgery
in the last few months. The Tll-
’erys also visited with Hugh Col-
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Texas has 6,031 oil producing
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night in their final non-confer-
encc game of the season.
PLagued by fumbles the Tig-
ers were defeated 16-0 by the
visiting team who scored in the
2nd and 3rd quarters. The
Dragons second quarter touch-
down was made by Jerry Dan-
iels, and David Morris went
over for the extra points.
' Morris passed to Leon Allen
for 10 yards to score in the
third quarter for Seagoville.
Ricky Hawthorne was over for
the extra points.
The game Friday was1 the
first meeting for the Seago-
ville Dragons and the Electra
Tigers. Seagoville played class
AA champion Plano to a 7-0
game last year.
Texas produced 1,006,329,000
barrels of crude oil in 1965,
35 per cent of U. S.
teams. It is not necessary to be-
come a member of the club to
attend the meetings.
There are some 117 boys
participating in the school foot-
K ball program, and they are be-
ing represented by about 15 or
fei 20 persons at the Booster Cub
meetings. Parents who are truly
interested in what their boys
are doing should be among
thosq present for the meetings.
L NOTICE!
All subscribers to the Electra
Star-News will find the expir-
ation date of their subscrip-
tion next to their name on the
label under the new mailing
system of the newspaper, E. D.
Bingham, publisher, announced
today.
Subscribers are urged to
check the label for their re-
newing date as notice cards
will not be mailed as in the
past
Renewal subscriptions for the
■fc’tar-News are $2450 in Wich-
ita and Wilbarger counties, and
area.
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Mrs. Lula Smith of Pampa,
Mrs. D. K. Smith of Houston,
and Mrs. Janie Flippin of Elect-
ra visited in the home of Mr.
and Mrs. T. W. Dennis last
week.
Hart, J. K. (Dub) Johnson,
Herbie Adams,. Bob Holmes,
W. L. Hudson, H. A. Decker,
Walter Blevins and F. V. Bras-
field.
Nine how-to sessions are sche-
duled for the day long confer-
ence which is expected to have
representatives from every city
in the 132 county West Texas
area. The workshops will ex-
plore in depth the methods of
attracting, Celling, servicing
and maintaining the industrial
prospect. Experts in their fields
will moderate the- workshops
and will have a panel of other
specialists to answer questions
and develop ideas.
The conference will be held in
the San Angelo Coliseum begin-
ning at 9 a.m. Friday.
Among the subjects to be dis-
cussed are; “West Texas Pros-
pects”, “Industrial Team Con-
cept”, “Sites and Utilities”,
Tran-
sportation”, "Statistics and
Brochures” and several others.
These subjects will enable the
various community representa-
tives to have a better under-
standing of some of the pro-
blems as well as the advantages
of obtaining suitable industry
for their community, according
to a WTCC spokesman, Charles
E. Coombes, chairman of the
planning committee.
Agricultural industries and pe-
trochemical industries will be
analyzed to show why they are
adaptable for almost any com-
munity in West Texas. One of
Social Security
Representative
To Visit Electra
A representative of the Social
Security Administration will be
in Electra at the Chamber of
Commerce, Tuesday, October 18
1966, from 9:00 a.m. until 11:30
a.m.
You are invited to .meet with
the representative to file your
claim or to obtain information
or * assistance concerning Social
Security.;
Be‘sure to sign up for Medi-
care in one of the three months
before -you become 65 so pro-
tection will start with the mon-
th you roach G5.
Baptist Church
Revival Set
To Begin Sunday
The First Baptist Church
Electra will begin an eight-day
revival campaign at the morn-
ing worship hour Sunday, Oct.
16, it was announced tliis week.
Rev. William G. Etheredge,
pastor, will preach the first
service, and will turn his pulpit
over to Rev. Don Dyer, pastor
of the Plymouth Park Baptist
Chruch of Irving when he ar-
rives for the Sunday evening
service.
Rev. Dyer will conduct the
services through the Sunday
morning worship on Oct 23.
There will be two services
daily, Monday through Friday,
at 10 a.m. or 7:30 p.m. Fred M.
Bridges, minister of Music and
education of First Baptist
Church, Electra, will direct the
music, and his wife, church or-
ganist, will play for the meet-
ings.
The public is cordially invited
to attend every service. An ade-
quately staffed nursery will be
open for every service to care
for children one through three
years of age.
Sincerely yours
Homecoming
To Be Saturday
The annual Harrold Home-
coming will be held Saturday,
Oct. 15 at the Harrold School.
Letters explaining the various
activities which will begin at
2 p. m. have been mailed to all
ex-students and teachers whose
addresses are available.
The Harrold Hornets
play their homecoming
on Friday, Oct. 14, hosting
Windthorst. Although the game
is not included in the home-
coming schedule, many ex-stu-
dents are expected to be on
hand to see the Hornets in ac-
tion. <
All ex-students and teachers
are invited to attend the home
coming activities. Those who
did not receive letters with
futhcr details may call 2047 for
further information.
School-Booster
Club Erect Flag
Pole At Stadium
The flag ->Je which\hTs‘,been
erected at the west end of Ti-
Football Stadium is the re-
sult of a joint project between
the school and the E'cctra Boos-
ter Club, it was announced dur-
ing a Booster Club meeting
Monday night.
Proceeding the Tiger-Dragon
grid game Friday night, a U.S.
flag was raised on the pole by
local boy scouts.
J. K. Dub Johnson conducted
the meeting Monday night in
the junior high school which
opened with a discussion of the
game between the Tigers and
the Seagoville Dragons. A film
of the game was not available.
It was also announced that
the Electra Junior High football
teams will host the Quanah
Junior High teams tonight in
Tiger Stadium beginning at 6
p.m.
This game will be filmed and
all junior high players and
their parents are invited to the
Booster Club meeting Monday
night, Oct. 17, 7:30, when the
film will be shown.
All parents who have sons
playing on either the junior
high or high school football
teams and all other interested
persons are encouraged to at-
tend the Booster Club meetings
and show their support of the
Filling Gift Bags
Christmas gifts for the majo-
rity-but not all-of the U. S.
servicemen in Viet Nam have
been assured, and Wichita Coun-
tians have been rfsked to help
reach the goal of a gift for
everyone.
Winston Wallander, chairman
of the county project and for-
mer Wichita Falls mayor, prais-
ed Electrons for their participa-
tion in the project this week.
Seventy-one bags have been
filled here toward the 750 quota
for the county, and other bags
are available at the Chamber of
Commerce office.
Grover Harrison,
Cross Chairman
that he will pick up additional
filled bags Friday at the cham-
ber for delivery to Wichita Fal>s
He expressed his appreciation
to everyone who had participa-
ted in preparing the bags.
The Red Cross, coordinator
of the drive, announced Wednes-
day that about 75 percent of the
gifts arc already on their way,
but a continued efort is needed
to get the remaining 25 percent.
With the bulk of the gifts al-
ready on their way, National
Red Cross leaders have announ-
ced that a little more time can
be allowed to get the final por-
tion in the mail. The deadlne
has been extended to Nov. 2.
The gift bags, filled with
small, personal items hard to
get in Viet Nam such as ball
point pens, pocket combs and
paperback books, -will be deli-
vered by the armed services,
even to the men in the jungles.
Wichita County has not yet
reached the halfway point in
their 750 bag quota. People who
would like to help can contact
the Red Cross in Wichita Falls
and pick up one or more bags
to fill and return.
Bags will be available at the
Chamber of Commerce here
until Friday.
Those who would like to do-
nate money to be used in buy-
ing the gift items can mail it
Santa Claus”, care of the
Red Cross, Fifth and Baylor,
Wichita Falls, Texas.
Industrial
Seminar Is
Scheduled
Plans for an Industrial Semi-
nar to be held hero were an-
nounced when members of the
board of directors of the Cham-
ber of Commerce met Tuesday
at noon.
The seminar is slated Oct.
24, Oct. 31, and Nov. 7, accord-
ing to a report by Ed Hart. He
also announced that several
Electrons will attend an Indust-
rial Conference in San Angelo
on Friday, Oct. 14.
Other business before the
group included setting the date
for the annual Christmas para-
de and C of C Banquet. The pa-
rade will be Saturday, Dec. 3,
with Santa Claus making his
first appearance of the yule sea-
son. Date for the banquet is
Jan. 13.
It was reported that work
would begin soon on the U.S.
287 highway project between
Electra and Oklaunion. The con-
tract has been awarded to an
Olney firm'.
W. M. Edwards, chairman of
the.retail trade committee, an-
nounced that this committee
would sponsor a cash prize give
away for the Electra merchants.
In a city report, Mayor V. R.
Bob Webb related that work on
the Electra Public Library pro-
cct is underway, and that a
contract has been awarded for
repairs on the old city water
tower.
Reports also indicated that
water resources for the city
were greatly improved by the
recent rains.
A nominating committee was
named by Bob Holmes, cham-
ber president, to select candi-
dates for new directors, and
Supt. W. L. Hudson gave a re-
port on activities of the school
system before the meeting was
adjourned.
Texas produced 9 per cent
of world oil in 1965; 12 per
cent In 1960; 22 per cent in
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Anniversary ?
Program Set \ k
The Air Force as it is today",
has been featured during the'
Silver Anniversary celebration; _
of Sheppard’;; Air' Force Base, -,
which will be concluded with’an?,
open house - and day-long *'pro-
gram of activities Saturday,
Oct. 15.
Saturday will be the occasion
of two aerial demonstrations in
today’s aircraft One demon-
stration will be by the United
States Air Force’s official aeri-
al demonstration team, the
Thunderbirds, flying F-lOO’s and
the other by Bob Hoover, one
of America’s foremost demon-
strators of split-precision aerial
maneuvers. He will fly a P-51
Mustang.
Two of the distinctive and
popular units of the United'
States Air Force Pipe Band, a
most colorful and unique musi-
cal unit in the Armed Forces
today, and tlie Strolling Strings,
a versatile and distinctive group
of its kind in the world which
specialized in music with a
world-wide flavor.
The gates at SAFB will open
for the celebration at 12:30 p.m.
Location for the afternoon’s act-
ivities will be the Sheppard
Base Operations flight line. /
Maj. Gen. Edward H. Nigra,
Center commander, will give
the welcome address at 1:30 p.
m. followed by an address by
Lt. Gen. Sam Maddux, Air
Training Command commander,
a special guOst. A joint civilian
and military recepfion • will be."
held at 7 p.m. and'a formal mi-...
litary ball in a SAFB hangar is
to climax the day’s activities.
National ZIP
Code Week Set
By President
President Lyndon B. John-
son has proclaimed this week
as National ZIP Code Week
and asked that all Americans
demonstrate the spirit of
wholehearted co-operation that
is needed to make the ZIP
Code program an unqualified
success.
The Electra Post Office
through its rural, city and
star route carriers will be de-
livering to each residential de-
livery a card for you to list the
out of town most frequently
used addresses that you do
not have the ZIP CODE for.
After you have completed
Hating the street address and
cities (please do not put peo-
ple’s names with the address-
es) put your address in the
space provided for it and eith-
er bring the card to the local
post office or drop it in a mail
box.
The Electra Post Office will
add the correct ZIP Codes to
the addresses on the cards and
return them to you for your
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The Harrold Hornets began
district 6-B football play Friday
night with a 40-12 victory over
the Northside Indians in North-
side.
Curtis Green, Hornet tailback,
rushed for 28 yards and scored
five touchdowns for the Harrold
team, however the first touch-
down of the game was made by
Johnny Mack White of North-
side on a five yard run in the
first quarter. Tlie extra point
attempt failed.
In the second quarter Bennie
Reed, Hornet quarterback, pas-
sed 32 yards to Green for a
touchdown. Green fumbled on a
run for the two-point conversion,
however a teammate tackle Joe
Kohler, recovered the ball in
the end zone for the points.
Leading 8-6 at halftime, tlie
Hornets came back in the third
quarter to add 26 points to their
side of the scoreboard. Green'
ran up the middle 47 yards to
score with clearing blocks by
Kohler and Larry Hawkins. Tlie
extra point attempt failed.
Minutes later in ran the
same play for 51 yards and a
touchdown, and later in the
same period ran the play for
49 yards and another Hornet
tally. Both extra point attempts
were unsuccessful.
Northside also scored in the
third quarter when Wilson pas-
sed to White for 40 yards. Wil-
son s pass for extra points was
incomplete.
'Die Hornets added another 6
points in the third quarter when
Green was over from five yards
out. He also ran the extra
points. Bennie Reed passed 35
yards to his brother, John Reed,
for a Hornet score in the fourth
quarter. The pass for extra
points failed, giving the Hornets
a 40-12 victory.
VOLUME 59 - NUMBER 12
ELECTRA, TEXAS, WICHITA COUNTY, 76360
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1966
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