Electra Star-News (Electra, Tex.), Vol. 70, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 12, 1978 Page: 2 of 12
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Commissioners
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Hon. Ray Farabee
30th Congressional District
Capital Station
Austin, Texas 78711
Hon. Charles Finnell
House of Representatives
Capitol Station
Austin, Texas 78711
(State and National; Loys D.
Barbour, Raymond Schroeder, and
Norman Roberts; Policy Develop-
ment, Rex Wells, Loys D. Barbour,
and W.B. Downing; Economic
Services, William Morton, Fred
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Representatives
Hon. Jack Hightower
13th Congressional District ofTexas
Cannon Office Bldg.
Washington, D.C.
Hon. John Tower
U.S.1 Senate
Old Senate Office Bldg.
Washington, D.C. 20510
Hon. Lloyd Bentsen
U.S. Senate
Old Senate Office Bldg.
Washington D.C. 20510
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DEAR EDITOR:
I think that the Senior Citzens
Center is one of the greatest things
for the aged people that ever
happened in Electra. We have
wonderful personel running it. You
can get your dinner for the small
sum of 75 cents. We have a
wonderful fellowship, have games
after lunch and singing everyday.
If you do not have transportation
they will pick you up.
Thanks to our personel and cook.
Also thanks to Mrs. Reynolds.
Sincerely,
E.I. Bruce
Burroughs Corporation for a new
computer to be used in billing and
payroll, replacing an out-dated
similar machine.
Commissioners were to meet in
regular session Tuesday night at
7:30 p.n\
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Apomtments
Fred E. Dwyer, president of the
Wichita County Farm Bureau,
announced his committee appoint-
ments for 1978 during the regular
board meeting, January 5th and
they included Electra Farmer Terry
McAlister. McAlister was again1
appointed to serve on the Young
Fanner, and Rancher.Cqminjttee.
Commissioners then adopted a
resolution commending the Electra
Volunteer Fire Department for their
service to Electra during the year
1977. The document reported that
local firemen had responded to 218
fires’during 1977 and as a result of
their efforts and had saved many
dollars and lives during the year.
In other action, Commissioners:
Commissioners were, briefed by. percent.. Total payments of taxes in
Mr. Moore on the codes‘arid then .. lieu; of taxes amounted to
told that .he would be ^calling*
businesses and _• industry. -He’must agree to before tapping the
encouraged any.*person who had ' line. The contract explains where
such property for either sale or rent the cost of the line lays, requires
to be in contact with Mrs. Swenson • the rural water user to maintain
so that she could complete the.data, their own lines from the tap,
sheets. . . explains that the water is only for”
President Jones then adjourned-. domestic use, and that the rural
the meeting with a prayer; - water user is subject to rationing
-just as-the City user is.
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being leased over a 20-year period
at a cost of $3,50 per year from John
Swanson who reported Thursday
that if an^airstrip was every built in
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class is six and maximum of 8. Wilf )V</U. do.na^e tbe c2.IpP^ete.^^'acre
meet from 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. in
the Agriculture Building classroom.
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PUBLICATION NUMBER 171340
Published even Thursday at 207 N. Waggoner, Electra,
Wichita County, Texas 76360. Telephone Number is 495-2149
and mailing address is P.O. Box 1192. Second class postage paid
at Electra, Texas. Electra Star entered Post Office at Electra,
Texas, April 2, 1921. Electra News on August 2, 1907. The
papers combined and entered the Post Office at Electra, Texas,
March 26, 1953. Subscription, $5.50 in Wichita and Wilbarger
Counties,' elsewhere it is $7.50 per year. Classified advertising
rates are 8 cents per word. Any erroneous reflection upon the
character, standing or reputation of any persons, firm, or
corporation which mat appear in the columns of this newspaper
will lie corrected upon being brought to the attention of the
publisher. .
Joe A. Thompson, Editor-Publisher
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Make’ checks payable & mail to : COMMUNITY EDUCATION
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•Electra, Texas 76360
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"Most people are
surprised to learn how
long it takes to build an
electric generating plant.
It takes about eight
years to locate and piir-
DR. AND MRS. Robert Baren-
berg of Raton, N.M., have
announced the birth of a daughter,
Katerine Grace Barenberg, Dec.
15th. Mrs. Barenberg is the former
Susan Humphreys, sister of
Electrans Phillip and Steve
Humphrey and Mike Humphrey of
Wichita Falls.
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Carl Flusche, Jack-Hesse, John
Swanson, and Marcus Ward., f
Mr. Jones then issued a word of
thanks to the City of Electra for
improvements made in dowiitown
parking since they cleared the
comer lot at Main and Cleveland.
He stated that several downtown
employes were taking advantage of
the parking lot and as a result their
. was much'more downtown parking
for customer convienence.
He rioted that the First Baptist
Church had held their first service
in their new church and also
informed the directors that a new
business, Williams Burger and
Bar-B-Q, at Bryan and U.S. Hwy.
24 would be opening for business
on Wednesday.
He informed Directors that
S6.092.34.
-Approved the second reading
on proposed rate increases for
guard lights in the city of Electra.
--Authorized Mayor' Ray B.
Dickey Sr. to request park planning
assistance from the Texas Parks
and Wildlife Department.
--Approved minutes of the
previous Commission meeting as
well as a special commission
meeting held last Thursday.
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200years at the same location.
9!WI A pi-bhc service of this publication
gjy and The Advertising Council.
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no place like;
equipment, plan and
build a lignite-fueled
power plant, obtain ap-
provals from all regulatory
agencies, and then test
the plant's operation care-
fully. It takes even longer
for a nuclear-fueled plant
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State Authorities.
Trinity Engineering, who is
•, . -doing similar studies for the City of
Wichita Falk, was awarded the
cbnffacEitfi5?»^EHbrming the soil
»±'^^^^^^tests at a^red.feedrcoSt'since-they
are currently in this area.
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“If we decided today jive
needed another powier
plant, these kids would
be in college before
it could be ready.”
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for a nuclear-fueled plant TEsco^Pow^Dcpartment
Right now, because of the shortage and
high cost of natural gas, Texas Electric is build- -
ing new plants that run on lignite coal and one
which will use nuclear fuel.
These plants are h
very expensive. But we
must build them so Flor'l-rir'
that when the need is I-^CU IC \\-
there tomorrow, the elec- Services
tricity will be there too." Company
Electricity.You count on it today.
Wre woikingtokeep it that way.
J K. JOHNSON. Manager, Phone 2144
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Finnell Reports
. Traffic Survey ;
For Iowa Park
AUSTIN-State Representative
Charles Finnell of Holliday,. Texas
announced today that the State
Department of-Highways and
Public Transportation is expected
to begin a Traffic Engineering
Survey at lovya Park, Texas by
February 1, 1978.
Estimated expenditure of State
Funds will be $8,600.00 to be '
funded by the Texas Office of ’
Traffic Safety. Contract for the
work is to be approved in the near Electra City Commissioners met
future. * *n a specially called meeting
Representative Finnell’s interest'- • Thursday morning at City Hall for
the purpose of deciding upon a firm
to conduct soil tests for a proposed
■^of^He.UaCb.^ Chamber
speaker L.S. (Skip) Knedler. of. such \ codes .' for ; discussion. ... amounted to $87,488. 45 or 63.41
Tulsa, .Okla, has written an article.- c ' - ■ - ‘ -
for the Rotarian, an international Mr. Moore bn the codes‘arid then lieu- of taxes^ amounted
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re-published iri this week’s edition meetings of all local contracfoi-s’in
of the Electra • Star-News. He the near future to get their ideas
encourage.d each director - to read an(j views on the codes and report
thevarticle and to- attbrid, the back to'the Commission. Nd action
. . banquet set for Saturday, Jan. 21st was taken.
Brockreide, Georgia Eakin,, ,Bob 'at Dinsmore Cafeteria at 7:30 p.m. Jackie Walser appeared before
Meeks, Norma Graham,.-and Joey President-Elect Ed Hart Jr. then the Commission requesting a water
, . , ,1 reported that Chamber, .Manager—tap~on_Tlre-"nirar’water line which
retiring directors for their’ endea- • Margie Swenson was -compiling'7 brings water from wells north of
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weeks for final. contract negotia-:,;-
tions?;’^'
“C -" 1 . Commissioner.th'el^ijioved-into, , -Heard' statistical reports, from
■ ?1 ; .a lengthy- discussion on; building " City Manager BobIMoore as well as .
codes:'.for .the. cify..;bf‘Electra; a budget update. ' ■ . ■ <
< including-plumbing;and" electrical, ; -Received a tax office report
■ , City Manager ^Bob ' filoore. and from Rodney Sriiith, tax assessor-
$7million.
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A lot of people though^ •
it was a mistake.
“Seward’s folly,” they
called it.
Just a lot of ice and - .
igloos. --s*
But Alaska has yielded.
• furs, fish, forest products
times the purchase price'. '
And that purchase was
made possible when
Americans bought up a
government issue of sixs”
percent five-twenty " ~ ”*
bonds in 1865.
Today, Americans still;,
help their country grow by-
buying United States
Savings Bonds at banks or
through the Payroll
Savings Plan at work.
Seward knew what hri^J
was doing then.
Be in th?,kMW,
Buy United Spates Savings1 *
Bonds, t M.
Now E Bonds pay 6% interest wkea hcU
to maturity of 5 years the first
year). Interest is not subject to state.oT—
lout income taxes, and federal tax maybe
deferred nntil redemption.
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dpNTTNUED FROM PAGE .ONE ’ :;.5X 7 ‘ * rnmmwrTwn Funw ©anr-/amn,
I MEMBERS OF Hectr* Volun- ' i PpPnArP ?-
tler.Fite'.pepafftrient.were' electedbj - /> '• ■/y Vb:.,
JkringOieifirst business meeting of1!-A-; ■<. ..
group? last-’week.-'-Elected to- b..A • A'/ ’-vb- . '• .*■' X X’7
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(men; -Hartwell- Mmdermen, J lst - L - - B
Asistant Fire Cheif; Fred' r .a—
mifstutlei*, 2nd .Assistant Fire . ■ _. ...
(fcif; Doug Lynn, Hose Company <* Commerce met Tuesday^ for a
Captain; Junior Lynri, Captainnoon. ^ncjieon and. business
ifgine.Company; Tommy McCal- sessIon at the Chamber of
el, Lieutennantof Hose Company;- £om“®r4c® C1“b -Room.^ltb
Patsy. Jones, Lieutenant of Engine- - Pr«id?nTt J°nes Presiding.
Cbmpany; Bill Barrett, three-year v N?r* J011®5 conducted a brief
t&m/on Pension Board; K.B. business session and welcomed
Cgats, three-year.term on equip-■> -men;new directors1 to the Board
nfnt committed-Bob Meek< Lauding Rusty Sargent, James
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^HOLLIDAY VISITORS in the
hftme. of Mr. and Mrs. Herman
Knight Sr. and Ke ven were Mrs.
Patsy Knight, Cindy, Kevin and
Kimberly of Altus; Mr. and ‘Mrs.
Bgl Erwin and Jason of Vernon;
N^. and - Mrs.* Mahaud Ghazal,
Jan’non and Ramsey of Benghazi,
L^iya, North Africa; and Ken
Knight of-Hughes Spring. Jason
Erwin, four-month old son of
M^.and Mrs.. Bill Erwin of Vernon
alto spent the week visiting with his
gnindparehts.
VISITING IN the home of Mr.
Mrs. Claude McIlroy of.plectra
recently were their children and
greridchildren. Visiting were Mr.
arid Mrs. Richard McIlroy, Shari
ar^l Scott of Carson City, Nevada;
Mr. and Mrs. Gene McIlroy,
Russell and, Patricia of Jolly; Mr.
arid Mrs. Ray McIlroy, Sam and
Laura Kay of Sinton; Mr. and Mrs.
Pill Freeman, Paula, Kay; Hope
ami Robert of Gunnison, Colorado;
Mr. and Mrs. Sam McIlroy,
Arigelia, Don and Joel of Plano,
Testas.
SOME INTERESTING NOTES
from the Electra Service Corpora-
tion. A coffee, in honor of
M^als-On-Wheels volunteers will
be£held January 31st at 10 a.m. at
thi home of Mrs. Dru Hart at 119
vdfey Drive. The Nortex Informa-
tion and Referral budget for 1978
wa& approved last week with the
local Service Corporation receiving
attinded-tiie budget hearing. The -Morton, and J.W. ToIe; Legislative X
new telephone reassurance pro-
gram was launched in early
December with six volunteers and
at|present six clients. Mrs. Dru
Hart has been appointed to a
special Task Force to the DHR’s
Aged, Blind and Disabled Legisla-
tive Appropriations.
in traffic safety dates back to his
election to the Texas House of
Representatives in 1966. He is. ‘ new landfill site as requested by
currently the ranking member of,
the House Transportation Comiriitr
tee.
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BEGINNING TOLE PAINTING-..
Teacher Pat Wheeler. Fee is $21,
plus materials. Six week course' ------ ----—j
beginning January 24th. Minimum -Electra^during his residency he
l^iridfill site to the City and return
any monies paid to that date.
x rmixxnw- Commissioners alsc/agreed upon
Teacher Pat Wheeler, Fee is $21 ”^leaSe^U^hase’lFeeiTent' with
plus materials. Tuesday from 7 p.m
to 9:30 p.m beginning March 6th.
Minimum of six and maximum of
eight in class will meet in the
Agriculture Building Classroom.
ART AND DRAWING-Teacher
Mary Lamb. Fee is $13 plus
materials. Monday, Jan. 30th from
7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. Class is six
weeks in length with a minimum of-
10 and a maximum of 15 students
Will meet in Room 205.
FURNITURE UPHOLSTERINGsr
Teacher R.T. Birchfield, Fee is $15*
plus materials. Monday evening
6:30 p.m to 9:30 p.m for six weeks.
Minimum class of 10. Will meet in
the Agriculture Building Clas-
sroom.
Defensive Driving-Texas High- ’
way Patrol instructor. Fee is $5.
Meets Feb. 13, 14, and 16th from 7
p.m. to 10 pirn. Minimum Class'is
25. Will meet in the Band Hall.
C-P-R taught by American Heart'
Association Instructor. Fee is $3.
Date to be announced later.
ADULT BASIC EDUCATION-,
Teacher Vi Hollingsworth, Instruc-
tion and textbooks free of charge.
Mondays and Wednesdays 7 p.m.
to 9 p.m. at 103 E Summit.
MICROWAVE COOKERY-To be
announced later.
Meeks, Norma Graham, , and Joe -
Holmes. He also recognized
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vors over the past three years. They\ - data sheets on commercial property; Electra. Commissioners adopted a
were Ruth Andrews, Bill Evans,?;' in Electra for use of .prospective., contract that all rural water users
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Thompson, Joe A. Electra Star-News (Electra, Tex.), Vol. 70, No. 24, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 12, 1978, newspaper, January 12, 1978; Electra, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1233534/m1/2/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Electra Public Library.