The Electra News (Electra, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 10, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 12, 1931 Page: 1 of 8
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Many From Here
Attend Blaner Rites
Sunday At Wichita
Penalty Money To
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Pending Ruling
Programs Ready
For Good Will Fete
there Saturday.
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Brother of Local
Man Is Injured
Plans Made At
C. of C. Meeting
For Charity Drive
Burkburnett Gets
Next Intercity Meet
Odd Fellow Lodges
District Singers
Meet Sunday At
County Line
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Merchants Enjoy .
Good Trade Here:
: Times Are Better
of the distressed
were
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Revival Held At
Christian Church
Attracts Interest
1 Rev. and Mrs. Clark
daughter,
twelve, have arrived in
are duly esconced in the Methodist
North Waggoner st.
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Dimmit On Wildcat
Well For Magnolia
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The price of wheat went to 50
cents per. bushel during .-the latter
part of: the week but‘a drop {on,‘the -/‘A. in-
exchange Tuesday afternoon-••nV’tlte
price down to 47 cents hare, altlMHfh' ’A///
none wan sold'that, afternoon at that
price, Allen ; .Kemple/^
buyer,. reported.? r
Oate, are/alighty. up,/ bri^pac;. 15
cents per;buiheUpwHouBXqMit«^'Y^^
being, /U/canta. Bailey it \ -•
25’cents :-par. ,2 baabet.A^
Membership Drive
Launched By Lions
Club Thursday
‘Keep the Home Fires Burning*’
end ‘‘Till We Meet Again” were
sung as the opening numbers at the
regular noon luncheon meeting of the
Electra Dions Club, Thursday, at the
Armilda hotel. F. M. Baker offered
the invocation, and Jim Lile, Wichita
Falls Lion, was introduced as a vis-
itor. .
Dr. P, E. Fish was responsible for
the entertainment features, and he
presented Misses Ruth Smith and
.Lucy Cawlfield and Master Russell
’Ausin. Miss Smith gave some splen-
did violin selections, with Miss Cawl-
field playing the piano accompani-
ment. Young Mr. Austin gave h
patriotic reading.
Dr. R. R. Ramey, president, pre-
sided over the business session, dur-
ing which Sam Hill, chairman of the
committee named to make investi-
gations regarding the club giving
donations to the poor on Thanksgiv-
ing, reported that after due study
being given the matter it was" de-
cided that such a project will not
be feasible this year.
G. R._ Davidson, chairman of the
membership committee, announced
that a membership drive is being
launched and he distributed among
the members slips bearing names of
prospective nfembers and of - former
members whose reinstatements
be sought.
were Col. Ed C. Wilson, J. C. Mc-
Cracken and J. D. Garner, veterans
of the Civil War, lhe last of the
former wearers of the gray who
reside here.
iJ. C. Robertson of this city, was
in charge of the program at a
meeting of the-district singing con-
vention held Sunday afternoon at
County Line. A large crowd was
present, practically every communi-
ty in' West ’ Wichita and East Wil-
barger .-counties were represented.
Congregational ^singing was inter-
spersed - with*'quartettes, trios, duets
and sextets. -The next? 'district sing-
ing convention ’will' be ’held at-the
Assembly; '-of God church, in ‘Elec-
tra * oh/Sunday../ afternoon, Nov. 23.
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Mrs? .Grimes formerly lived here
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gaged ’in ‘ eangeliatic work, was paa-
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Report of five well developed cases
of diptheria in the city and one in
the nearby oil fields has caused a
Rev. /. C. .Coats, pastor, officiated
in funeral services held Saturday
' morning at the Church, of God for
‘ - 'Mrs. _ Pearl Johnson, age 22, whose
•X ’death early Friday morning followed
a lingering illness from tuberculosis.
■ Interment was in the old Electra
", . -cemetery. ‘ *
Deceased »had lived in Electra for
' ' the past five years. - Surviving rel-
- .stives' include her husband; John H.
.Johnson, ■* small; daughter, - Bessie
/ lorine;, her parents,7 Mr. . and Mrs.
2 Dolph Kennedy,- and two , brothers,
Richard arid./De» ■ Kennedy,;.,allof
’X^nvhom reside here.-;'".S'* '• "
Health Officials
Gives Warning On
Diptheria Danger
• . Visits In Electra'
Mrs. Dick Dugger of ' Henderson
was guest of her sister, Mrs. J. L.
Clayton, .and Mr. Clayton from Sun-
day until' Tuesday: vn.1. - ?
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ing machinery was sent from the
Magnolia ."warehouse here and the
crew is composed of Electra men, as
follows::. Wf C. Trainor, Delbert
Thornley, > Reneau and Meroney, it
was said.
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sister//Miss'*' Toby- Baird.
“Harp” Singers At
Church of Christ
Mr. and Mrs. L .D. Craig and
Miss Myrtle Cooper, members of the
program committee for the goodwill
fete to be given on Friday night,
Nov. 20, by the Knights of Pythias,
Pythian Sisters, Odd Fellow and Re-
bekah lodges -for, the benefit of the
orphans' homes sponsored by the or-
ganizations,- announce that the'var-
ragements are complete' and a num-
ber of copies of the, program will1
be mailed out this.’, week to mem-
bers of. the orders, in; nearby com-
munities.? f . * ‘ f i ,
Rev. Clark Russell
Occupies Pulpit
At M. E. Church
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rush this week for anti-toxin and
immunization serums. Dr. C. W.
Monroe and Superintendent Dinsmore
visited all the schools Monday and
advised that all contact cases be
withdrawn from school and every
child exposed to the disease be given
serum or kept at home until danger
of an epidemic has passed.
Five cases of diptheria and one
of scarlet fever are under quarantine
in the city and one case of diptheria
has been reported from a rural
community nearby, Dr. Monroe re-
ports.
The health officer and school of-
ficials are warning parents about
allowing^ children to play with cats,
dogs or "other pets which are known
to be disease carriers and to be
careful about allowing children to
attend public gatherings where they
are 'liable to come in contact with
persons afflicted with the disease.
Large numbers of children were
given serum Monday and Tuesday.
The available supply was quickly
exhausted but emergency orders sent
Monday night by local druggists
brought a new supply by noon Tues-
day.
In connection with the confusion
which has arisen over the state
and county delinquent tax collection
law passed during the last session
of the legislature in which penaty
and interest was omitted and which
was afterward declared unconstitu-
tional, Arthur C. Howard, county
tax collector, announced last week
that he has been authorized to
make regular reports on such col-
lections of delinquent taxes and to
collect such delinquency penalties
.and interest but to hold all such
deinquency and interest monies in
the local banks pending the final
ruling on the statute. If the recent
•emergency ruling of the legislature
stands, the money will be refunded was assigned to a Wichita
to the tax payer. church and he and his family moved
Mr. Howard said that this assured t’'
taxpayers that the penalty and in-
terest payments would be refunded
if the law is declared constitutional.
The attorney general’s office has
already advised the comptroller that
there was a serious question as to
the legality of the law which re-
mits penalties and interest on delin-
quent taxes.
Mr. Howard also called attention
•of the taxpayers to the new tax law
which provides that if half .of the
state and county taxes are paid by
midnight, Nov. 30, the other half
need 1 not be paid until midnight,
June 30, and will draw no penalty
•or interest during that period.
If half of the tax is not- paid by
Nov. 30, however, the entire amount
"becomes delinquent after midnight,
.Jan. 31.
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Rites Saturday At
-Church of God For
Mrs. Pearl Johnson
The revival meeting being held at
the First Christian church is con-
tinuing to attract an unusual amount
of interest. Monday evening Evan-
gelist James Wilburn
chart
God’s People.” A. large delegation
from the First Christian church at
Wichita Falls attended the meeting.
Mrs. R. E. Shepherd celebrated Wich-
ita Falls soloist, sang “The Beautiful
Gatden of Prayer.”
Mrs. Wilburn, the evangelist’s
wife, appears in solo numbers, and
one of the features of the services is
Rev. (Wilburn’s quotations of whole
chapters of the Bible.
The Tuesday evening sermon was
“Can a Man Be Saved Outside the
Church,” and Wednesday evening’s
address was “Ashamed of Jesus
Christ.”
“The Way of the Transgressor”
will be the topic Thursday evening;
Friday evening, “The Meanest Man,"
and" Sunday’s schedule calls for a
sermon at the eleven o’clock hour on
"Glorifying the Name of God,” and
“The Three Crosses,” will be the
subject discussed at the evening
service.
The public^ is invited to ^attend
the services.
Work toward the opening of a new
Lank here to take over the assets
of the First State Bank which ar?
now in course of liquidation is pro-
gressing in satisfactory manner, ac-
cording to A. „T. McDannald, who
is one of the leaders in the project.
A lot of the detail work is’ already
•completed, Mr. McDannald says, and
some of the difficulties which they
have encountered in the organiza-
tion affairs have been settled in far
more satisfactory manner than had
been expected at first.
The §50,000 in stock and §12,500
-surplus fund needed for the new
institution was subscribed several
weeks ago by Electra citizens who
.Vrere depositors in the closed bank.
*This money was placed in escrow and
work of securing agreements to ac-
cept deductions and restricted with-
drawals from depositors having more
than $100 in the old bank was be-
gun when difficulties, which at that
time seemed insurmountable, arose.
This caused the shareholders and di-
rectors in ’the newly formed body
■to become so discouraged that they
.at one time decided to abandon the
•project. The gravity of the situa-
tion in the community in case the
bank assets were allowed to be liq-
uidated caused them, however, to
reca ido’’~and to renew their efforts
toward opening the bank.
Last Saturday was set as the date
on which the fate of the new bank
was to be decided and at that time
they agreed to continue their or-
ganization intact and to further unite
in efforts to put the proposiion
over. Their efforts are being re-
warded with bright prospects now
looming up for the dctual opening
of a .c? —-—
which will be operated oy locar peo
pie in a (^pnservative manner and
which will go far toward stabilizing j
business affairs here during the next
few months.
parsonage on
Rev. Russell is the new pastor of
the church here and comes to
Electra from Iowa Park. His daugh-
ter was enrolled in the seventh grade
at high school Monday.
The Rev. Russell occupied the pul-
pit at the church last Sunday morn-
ing and evening. His subject for
the morning sermon -vtfas “Faith ’
and that of the evening address
was “Conquering.”
He will preach regularly each
Sunday morning and evening and
extends a hearty invitation to every
member of the church to attend
and paricipate in the services.
Rev. C. L. Bounds, former pastor,
will be refunded was assigned to a Wichita Falls
D. Ray Smith, manager of the
Oil Well Supply company office
here, was called Tuesday to Duncan,
Oklahoma, to attend the bedside of
his brother, Leroy Smith, age 24,
who sustained painful injuries in an
automobile accident which occurred
between Duncan and Comanche Mon-
day night at 9:20 o’clock. The yoqng
man lost considerable blood from se-
vere lacerations, but is reported to
be resting as well as can be ex-
pected. The Electra man returned
home Wednesday night.
Hon. Cecil Story Is
Principal Speaker
Here Armistice Day
The thirteenth anniversary of the
signing of the' armistice in the
World -War was fittingly celebrated
here Wednesdays-withr/a parade and
program. Almost all stores, shops
, and offices wete., ..closed for the
. day, and the parade, which started
at the legion hall and ended at the
high school, was. led by the Bobby
Burns Band. Members of the Amer-
lean Legion, National Guardsmen,
, Civil 3Var veterans, city officials; the
, football squad and girls pep squad?
' ladies/auxiliary, to ,the American
[ Legion, .Boy Scouts and the Electra
Volunteer Fire' Department partici-
. pated in the ,parade.
C. P.._ Engelking was master of
, ceremonies /it the exercises at the ’
, high school^ auditorium which, were
[ opened. by>.the’!.singing/of “America”
led by.■ R*ss' : Ruby. K. Price.. Rev;
Clark:* Russell;'fpastor of the Meth-
odist church,-Voffered the invocation.
Miss Pi’ice and'Mr. Harvey Stan-
ford led *the' audience -' iii a spirited
singsong which featured songs whicii
were pop.ulap’.during the World War.
Misses Dori^ Owens i and Mina Cobb
sang two songs. . The' seventh grade
girls glee club- sang two songs} and
the high school' orchestra played se-
lections. /
Mr.‘ - Engelking introduced J. V.
Ballard, commandant of the Claude’
C..McDonad ‘post}’ American Legion,
the organization-\yhich sponsored the
parade and program. Ho “praised.
Mr. Ballard highly as an efficient
leader and announced that the mem-
bership had been greatly increased
during recent weeks. Mr. Ballard
spoken briefly.. Mrs. Geo. T. McGann
was. presented .‘as president of the
Legion * Auxiliary,; but she modestly
disclaimed the. honor of being presi-
dent but said she had served for
more than a year as president and
would be, succeeded in office soon,
by president-elect,* Mrs. C. P, Engcl-
hing. ‘ ,
Hon. Cecil Story .of Vernon was
the principal speaker of the day.
His address on the subject of” “Why1
the United States Entered the? Worlds
War” was one of the most master-
ful delivered here in many months.
Mr. Story held his hearers spell-
bound with graphic word pictures of
the eary settlement of our country
and the vicissitudes of our fore-
fathers in their fight for liberty and
advancement. He traced the ’causes
of various wars in which the United \
States has participated, and pre- •
sented a thrilling account of the
■morning of Nov. 11, 1918, when the.
Armistice was signed, thus ending
the bloody carnage in France in
which our nation had given of the
flower of its manhood in the might-
iest conflict the world had ever
known.'
He paid high tribute to those of
the nation’s heroes who gave their
peace, and Urged that we not forget
those who are among us who faced
pain, hunger, disease apd death foi‘
the preservation of our freedom.
Preceding Mr. Story’s address, at
exactly eleven o’clock the audience
stood in, silent prayer in tribute to
the momentous event of that hour
thirteen years ago when the glad
tidings of peace was flashed from
as
gFam "included special songs from (tribute was paid by various speakers
Messrs, and Mesdames W. E. Re-
neau and f Jacob Meroney and fam-
iies left? Saturday for Dimmit, where
the Magnolia Petroleum company
will put down a deep wildcat tent, organization of Sacred Harp Singers.
The operation is to be handled under _____ # r ___
supervision of the Pampa district ,
but a greater portion of the drill- Revival Meeting At
brought
sermon on “The Unity
Requien ipass
Blaner T'
church there.
Survivors include his widow, two
daughters, Mrs. Smith of this city
and Mrs. E. J. Simons, Bul’kburnett;
his mother, Mrs. Johanna Blaner,
a brother and sister who reside at
Yoakum.
Among those from this city at-
tending the rites beside Mr. and
Mrs. Smith were: Mr. and Mrs. W.
B. Vandergrift and daughter, Polly;
Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Smith; Mes-
dames Anna Cross, Clark Wilcoxson,
James E. Warden, W. C. P’Poo], John
Wolf, t>R. R. McClung; Mr. and
Mrs. E. S. Coats and children; Mr.
and Mrs. J. M. Hemby and others.
Reports on charity work were
heard at the regular noon luncheon
meeting of the boprd of directors
of Electra Chamber of Commerce,
Tuesday, at the Armilda hotel. It
was shown that §4,000 has been spent
during the past year in caring for
the needs of the distressed here
and plans were discussed relative
to putting on a community chest
drive here at an early date. Such
date was not set and President E. R
Brown, who presided over the meet-
ing, announced that appointment of
committees who will be responsible
for the drive will be made soon.
Copies of two referendums recent-
ly reccomended by the.U. S. Chamb-
er of Commerce were distributed
among the directors in attendance,
with instructions that the pamphlets
be studied with a view to voting
intelligently on the subjects in-
volved. i
“Business is better” was the gen-
eral concensus of opinion of Electra
merchants after having enjoyed an
unusually big day Saturday. The
town was crowded from mid-after-
noon until late in the evening, the
streets taking on a real old-time
boom day appearance. Almost with-
out exception merchants report hav-
ing run up a large sales record.
Sales of turkeys have brought
large number of sizeable checks
to farmers in this area during the
past week and the turkey picking
plant has presented a busy scene
since the middle of the week. About
twenty-five men, women and child-
ren ‘ are being given employment in
and about the plant. The scalders
and picking room attendants are
paid by the day and the pickers
are paid by the fowl. This is putting
in circulation quite a bit of money.
All three of the Electra gins are
being kept busy but it is expected
that if the weather stays fair for
ten days the fields will be cleared
of staple. Wheat and winter oats
are growing fine and are already
providing pasturage for cattle and
work stock.
Oil prices are higher than for any
time within the past year and
siderale hope is held out that
will go higher within the next few
strong banking institution Things, are looking much
-- - b . .b . x. ^h^ttQri than at -any time this Fall.
MisszLeta?-Baird of this city; her
sister/-;Mijis^ Toby- Baird, member
of the" Fairview,; school faculty, ,and
Mrs, ’Clara<Lee -,Obenhaus ofthe
Fairview- ? community - spent Sunday
at .Anson'.
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About sevety-five members of the
order from Burkburnett, Wichita
Falls and Electra were in attendance
at an intercity meeting held at the
Electra I. O. O. F.. hall, Thursday
night.
Judge J. R. Hogle, Wichita Falls,
district deputy, was in charge of
the meeting and he made the open-
ing address. Judge P. A. Martin,
also of Wichita Falls, addressed the
assembly in behalf of the order,
stressing the importance of the inter-
city meetings as a means of mem-
bers getting better acquainted with
their fellow workers and thus pro-
moting fellowship.
Haskin Smith of Burkburnett ad-
dressed the assembly, and the Wich-
‘ ita Falls degree team put on a
splendid exhibition of ceremonial,
work, exemplifying the second de-
gree.
Hon. T .F. Hunter, Wichita Falls, | lives in an effort to win everlasting
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evening, and the Elliott Brothers Or-
chestra, a local musical organiza-
tion, provided music for the occa-
sion.
Refreshments were served during
the social hour, and it was decided
to hold the next intercity meeting at
Burkburnett on Friday night,
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A number of Electra people went
to Wichita Falls Sunday afternoon
attend the funeral rites held
the Sacred Heart church for
Rudolph Blaner, age 48, farmer, who
resided between Clara and Burk-
burnett. Deceased was the fathet’
of Mrs. A. .H. (Buzzy) Smith of
this city and was well known to
many people in this vicinity. His
death, Friday night at a Wichita
Falls hospital, was caused from in-
juries sustained in a fall from" n
pecan tree on Red River more than
two weeks ago.
Services were conducted by Rev.
Father F. J. Schiessi and burial
was in the Sacred Heart cemetery.
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Monday morning at
continent to continent. It was a
dramatic moment, made more sig-
nificant by the blowing of taps on
the bugle by Russell Austin; mem-
ber of the high school boys band
and bugler for the Boy Scouts.
Superintendent B. M. Dinsmore
spoke briefly and the program was
at a meeting ’of the ’ Sacred Harp concluded with a pep rally directed.
Singing Convention held at the Church by Coach Harvey Stanford, and Miss
of Christ here. Mr. Archer from Ethel Varnell.
Childress was in charge of the Among those occupying1 trig .stagq
congTegational sniging.. and.,,the pro-- -during-1 the " program and to whom
the Sacred Harp • book, popular more
than forty years ago.
W. P. Melton is leader and D. R.
Bethune secretary of the Electra
The Rev. Mrs. Casey Grimes of
Albany? Oklahoma, began a revival
meeting Sunday morning at the
Nazarene church on North Wilbarger
street and the public is cordially
inviteci to attend the services which
will begin. • each evening at 7:30
o’clock, it“ was announced Monday,
and herhusband, who’ is
Jz .’ tor of, th*.'church^her«.
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