Electra Star-News (Electra, Tex.), Vol. 74, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 30, 1980 Page: 1 of 22
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Volume 74 Number 12
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The Electra Arts& Crafts Asso-
ciation will sponsor an arts and
crafts sale in Electra December
6th from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m.,
according to club officials.
The sale will be held in down-
town Electra, out-of-doors if wea-
ther permits. Inclement weather
will force the sale inside of the
vacant building just east of the
Strawberry Patch on West Cleve-
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safe and fun time. Motorists
should use extreme caution and be
on the watch for running youn-
gsters. The City has proclaimed
Saturday, Nov. 1st as Halloween
Day so local residents can attend
the Electra Tiger Football game in
Jacksboro on Friday night.
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good shape at the Henrietta
14-yard line. Dupree blasted seven
yards to the Bearcat seven and
then Urban found Dupree open for
the scoring toss with 10:56 left in
the game. The extra point conver-
sion failed.
The Tigers had two more drive, s
before time elapsed driving once
to the Bearcat 35-yard line and
again to the Bearcat 30-yard line
before losing the ball on downs.
Henrietta opened the game with
a tough running attack driving
from their own 34-yard line to the
Tiger five yard line where Brad
Urbane-fell on-a—Be.areat ';fuml5re: '
Electra ran off four plays and
punted...the only offensive play of
the first quarter for Electra.
Sillemon took the ensuing Bearcat
kickoff and returned it 40-yards
only to lose it back to Henrie-
tta on a fumble. The Bearcats
elapsed the first quarter clock on
that drive and scored less than a
minute into the second period.
Henrietta’s next score came
following the recovery of a fumble
at the Tiger 34 yard line. The
Bearcats pushed in the score on
three plays with 5:41 left in the
first half.
With the exception of Sillemon’s
dazzling 54-yard tromp, the Tiger
offense was not anything to write
home about in the first half.
However, the second half was a
complete different story. Good
blocking by offensive linemen
Kurt Adams, and Oggie Carter led
to a super rushing game by
Dupree and the rest of the Tiger
backs. Fullback Bryan Weddle
was credited his excellent block-
ing.
Defensively, the Tigers were
tough once they made needed
adjustments in the second half.
The Tigers will face the Jacksbo-
ro Tigers in another key 9-AAA
game this Friday in Jacksboro.
Game time will be at 8 p.m.
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Urban, No. 10, is shown above as
he drops back to pass during last
week’s Tiger-Bearcat game in
Tiger Stadium. Other Tigers
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Quarterback Brad Urban failed on
the extra point attempt leaving the
halftime score at 21-6.
Electra made a key mistake in
the opening drive of the second
half. A fumble gave the Bearcats
possession at the Tiger 40-yard
line. Three plays later they went in
from 13 yards out to make it 28-6
with 10:84 left in the third period.
Electra’s first strong offensive
drive began on the next series of
plays. Beginning at the 26-yard
line Urban opened the drive with .a
nifty 32-yard pass to Richard
.Weaver^.Perry Dupree ..unleased
his speed oh this’ drive picking tip
25 yards of the total drive yardage.
Urban hit paydirt with a 12-yard
strike to Richard Weaver which
was obbled up into the air by the
Henrietta defense and Electra’s
Kenny Hobbs pulling it down in
the endzone. Again the two-point
conversion failed for a 28-12 score
with 7:13 left in the third quarter.
The next Henrietta drive was
stopped when Sillemon intercept-
ed a Bearcat pass at the Electra
30-yard line. Electra drove to the
Bearcat 18-yard line only to
fumble the ball back to Henrietta.
Electra stopped Henrietta on its
next possession and took over at
the Tiger 48-yard line. A pass
interference call put the Tigers in
been initiated by the many work-
ers in the drive. Persons not
contacted about giving should
contact Margie Swenson at the
Electra Chamber of Commerce,
Mr. Mobre or’Mr. Clark.
Drive officials and workers {ar£t,
conducting, weekly reporting' ses-
sions each Thursday mofninglat
the Electra Chamber of Commer-
ce. The United Way campaign
collects'donations for a humber'of
agencies and then disperses the
funds to each of those agencies
who in turn do not conduct other
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The Electra Police Departmerit Will
Sponsor It’s Annual
PANCAKE FEED
Nov. 8th From 6 a.m. to 6 P.M.
Tickets Available Now
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No. 52, Mark Nelson and No. 33
Perry Dupree. The Tigers lost
28-18 and will face the Jacksboro
Tigers this week In Jacksboro.
[Don Dudley Photo]
Except on rare occasions, we
have steered clear of getting
involved in local elections. There
is, however, one local race which
I’m very concerned over and that
is for the office of Wichita County
Tax Assessor-Collector.
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concerns me so, is that we have a
good friend running for that post,
Miles Graham. Miles is well
known to Electra. He has served
the First Christian Church here
faithfully for several years as
pastor while working as Chief
Deputy to Wichita County Tax
Assessor-Collector Bill Carnes.
Miles has been virtually attacked
kby his opponent in the race for
"being a pastor of an Electra
Church. Why, I’ll never know. I
can’t see how Miles serving his
maker and fellow man as a church
pastor can possibly conflict with
duties in the tax office.
He preaches his sermons on
Sundays.....most tax men at least
take the Lord’s Day off. Miles fills
■|a very great need in the First
^Christian Church of Electra, the
Electra Ministerial Aliance and
the people of Electra.
From my experience with Miles,
he is extremely honest, a very
capable and efficient person in
carrying out his duties both as
pastor and as Chief Deputy of the
County Tax Office. His experience
as a pastor would also add one
-more characteristic which is im-
Pportantly needed in today’s poli-
cians and that is “fairness to all
concerned.”
I sincerely hope the people of
Electra will turn out and support
Miles Graham for Wichita County
Tax Assessor-Collector. It’s not
often times we get such good men
to seek elected offices. I hope that
we will latch onto him for Electra,
but most importantly Wichita
County needs him.
Miles has not returned the
attacks on his opponent even
though there are several areas he
could and rightly so. That’s the
kind of individual Miles Graham
is. He wants your vote for what he
is and what he can do. Mud
Slinging is not Miles’ style.
I think a wise vote this Tuesday,
Nov. 4th would be a vote for Miles
Graham and would encourage
local voters to do so.
TRICK OR TREAT -Spooks and
goblins like this young Electran
will fill Electra streets Saturday
night seeking oddies from friends
and neighbors as this community
observes Halloween one day late.
Residents are urged to watch out
for the youngsters, help them
along and see that everyone has a
Bloodmobile Sets Visit
Giving blood isn’t painful. In
fact, some people say the only
uncomfortable part is pulling off
the bandage. First, a medical
history is taken to make certain
that donating won’t harm the
donor or the recipient. Questions
concerning medical criteria should
be referred to your local Blood
Services Chairman; Mr. Billy Ray
Wright. The bloodmobile will be in
Electra November 12th from 2:15
p.m. until 6 p.m. The goal is 75
pints.
The actual donation takes only
6-8 minutes. If appointments are
made, and kept properly, the
entire procedure-including re-
freshments afterwards, can be
completed in approximately 45
minutes.
Indoor booths are limited and
will be reserved on a first-come,
first-served basis. Booths will rent
for $6 each. Persons wishing to
rent booths are asked to contact
Elisabeth Crow at 2502, Barbara
Neff at 2025 or 3093, Jimmie Flint
at 2255 after 5 p.m. or Shirley
Craighead at 3589.
The organization extends a cor-
dial invitation to the general public
to attend the sale.
shown in the picture are from left,
No. 72, Kurt Adams; No. 50 Glen
Branch, No. 62, Oggie Carter; No.
42 Bryan Weddle; No. 12, James
,SWemon; No. 80, Richard Weaver;
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SPONSORED BY
EEECTRACHAMBEROFCOMMERCE
Bearcats End Tigers’ Streak
There’s a lot of “ifs” in a game
like the one played in Tiger
Stadium last Friday night when
the Henrietta Bearcats dealt the
Electra Tigers a 28-18 District
9-AAA setback. “If’ there had
been one more quarter. “If’ the
Tigers hadn’t fumbled five times.
“If” a couple of key penalties
hadn’t set the Tigers back. And
where “ifs” exist its always easy
. to make excuses, but the Electra
/Tigers, didn’t need to and didn’t
make any as they participated in
one. of the best high school football
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It’s'one thing to lose but much
worse to get beat. The Tigers lost,
but they were never beat as they
kept their hopes burning until the
final gun sounded.
SCORING
Electra’s first score came on a
54-yard scamper by James Sille-
mon with 4:48 left in the second
quarter. Henrietta had already
built a 21-0 lead, when the “Silver
Bullet” struck. He carried from
the 49 yard line and was trapped
for a three yard loss. Coach Wayne
Stone came right back with
Silleinon’s number and he prompt-
ly scampered wide and dashed
down the sidelines for the 54-yard
TD. A pass from Sillemon back to
When a pint of blood is donated,
fluid stored in the tissues returns
to the blood stream, red cell
production immediately speeds up
and normal blood volume is
restored within a few hours.
Through component blood
therapy, the pint of blood you give
serves more than one life-the
plasma may be transfused to a
burn victim; platelets may be
transfused to a leukemia patient
undergoing chemotherapy; red
cells could be given to a woman
after childbirth; and derivatives
produced from your donation
could be infused to a young boy
with hemophilia. If you’ve never
donated blood before, consider the
benefits. You can be a miracle
worker!
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include: Boy Scouts of America,
$1,000; Camp Fire Girls, ST,000;
American Red Cross, 51,000;
Mental Health Fund, $600; Salva-
tion Army, $600; S.W. Diabetic
Foundation, $500.
Using the slogan, “One Gift
Works Many Wonders” officials
and workers in this year’s cam-
paign has asked that local resi-
dents “Show you care......Give
your fair shared”
Drive Chairman Bob Moore
reported Monday that pledges are
coming in a rapid pace and a
door-to-door contact program has
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The Electra. 1980-81 United
Community-Service Fund is in full
Aing according to Drive Chair-
’ map.Bob Moore with a goal set at
$10,250. Electra United Fund
President, Billy Don Clark, has
reported that over 60% of this
year’s budget will remain in
Electra and a great portion of the
40% budget designated for outsi-
de1 Agencies will also directly
benefit Electra organizations and
ftstdents.
‘Local agencies benefiting from
the United Way Drive and their
budget amounts include: Electra
Welfare Fund, $500; Electra Boy
Scouts, $500; Electra Camp Fire
Girl?, $350; Chamber of Commer-
ce Canteen Fund for American
Red Cross Bloodmobile, $150;
Electra Library Fund, $600; Elect-
ra Little League Fund, $1,500; and
jliectra Meals-On-Wheels Pro-
gram, $2,000.
Budget totals to other agencies
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^^illiam .Pendergrass of 302 W.
Jda has been named winner of the
weekly Electra Star-News Football
• Contest with seven misses from
• ^he^ totd games. He will receive
’ ^ttfe^$iO first^place'prize.
,r.-'Swas a ten-way tie for the
,\’.second plaice prize of $2.50 with
. ?.-PM^-'Johiison of HO S. Crescent
winning' on the basis of his
j,tiebreaker score. Other entrants
. Vtiedjwith eight misses were Gary
‘Gibson, David Marsh, Jerry P.
^Johnson, Janice Gee, Kerry Shra-
\'def;’Odis Maney, .James Urban,
Gene Marsh, and Gary Whisen-
.tiunt.
5 Tied at nine misses were Jeff
,Goodwin, Dale Shelley, Debbie
aCooper, Fran Johnson, Hogye
^Hqgle, Kendall Hefley, Ronnie
.^Shrader, Shawn Matthews, Brad
'iUrban, Cecil Holley, Jim Gault,
JPaul Hayers, Lee Borton and
^Robert Dovel.
' The list of entries continued until
. Danny Slappy laid claim to absol-
ute last place with a total of 15
. incorrect guesses._______________
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Thompson, Joe A. Electra Star-News (Electra, Tex.), Vol. 74, No. 12, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 30, 1980, newspaper, October 30, 1980; Electra, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1233250/m1/1/: accessed June 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Electra Public Library.