Electra Star-News (Electra, Tex.), Vol. 72, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 16, 1978 Page: 1 of 14
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City Delays Action on Lone Star
NEWS OF YOUR
HOME TOWN”S1NCE 1907
Plectra
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Gas Rate Increase Request
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Art Show Set Saturday
Livestock
Trustees Lease Hospital Under
Operational Agreement
TOWN
By Joe Thompson
Show Entry
Deadline
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER, 16, 1978
ELECTRA, TEXAS 76360
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and picked up two first downs
moving out to their own 44-yard
line where the ball was lost on a
fumble with 8:20 left in the first
quarter. Childress took possession
and immediately showed why they
are rated in the top ten Class AA
schools with a 36-yard drive in
eight plays capping the drive with
a pass from Perry Mooren to Ricky
Sims with 5:31 left in the quarter.
Morren’s best was good for a 7-0
lead.
Electra was held on its next
possession and was forced to punt
at its own 17-yard line.
Childress took over at its own
47-yird line. Eight plays (after the
Bobcats had driven to the Tiger
nine yard line as the first stanza
expired. Outstanding defensive
play by William Ingram and Dyke
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another small egg or become a
music box. Some are cut into
lattice work beaded or glazed to
display a small beautiful doll with
the face made of a wheat seed.
Some eggs are cut with a
opening on the side of an egg to
display a scene inside or some that
open the hinged egg shell to see
the scene inside. These were not
just ordinary eggs, some called
rhea eggs as big as an ostrich egg
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The Electra Arts and Crafts
Club will sponsor a public Art
Show and Sale this Saturday, Nov.
18th in the downtown area of
Electra, according to reports
Tuesday. The show will begin at 9
a.m. Saturday and remain open to
the public at 5 p.m. The show will
be held inside in case of inclement
weather.
The fee for the show and sale is
$1 and should be paid to Barbara
Neff in advance of the Show and
Sale Saturday. No judging will be
held and the association will
conduct a bake sale booth at the
show.
A highlight of the Show and Sale
will be a drawing for a painting by
Jon Birdsong which has been on
display at the City of Electra and
more recently at Electra State
Bank and Trust Co. The watercolor
painting will be presented at a 4
p.m. drawing. The painting willbe
on display Saturday at the Asso-
ciation Bake Sale. The booth will
remain open until 3 p.m.
Activities of the association
have been varied in past week with
a recent presentation by Leona
Moore of Valley View on Eggery.
Mrs. Moore gave members and
guests a demonstration of marking
and cutting an egg. She explained
that eggs are cut oblong to make a
velvet lined jewelry box,’ around
the middle to open and display
medical coverage. Dr. Keith Scou-
gall will remain in the hospital
where he currently has a private
practice and the new operators are
expected to add additional physi-
cians to the staff, in the future.
The contract was signed Mon-
day afternoon between Hospital
Resources Management, Inc. and
Electra Hospital Trustees. The
three-year pact assures local resi-
dents of continued and expanded
hospital services and also lower
taxes as the management com-
pany assumes the operation lead
and responsibility for adding
additional physicians to the staff.
In other business at the meeting
last Wednesday night Trustees:
-Heard a report from Dr. Keith
Scougall who requested either a
New T.V. Guide Begins Nov. 30
T.V. Guide Service, newsrack
price of the Electra Star-News will
increase Nov. 30th from 15 cents
to 25 cents...still only a dime extra
for the most complete television
guide offered in this area. Sub-
scription price of the Electra
Star-News will increase on Jan 1,
1979 from S5.50 for subscription in
Wilbarger and Wichita Counties to
$6.50 per year. Out-of-county
subscriptions will increase from
$7.50 per year to $8.50 per year.
Local subscribers will save $6.50
per year over the cost of news-
stand nrices over a year’s time
In a major decision Wednesday
night at Electra Memorial Hospi-
tal. District Trustees agreed to
lease the operation of Electra
Memorial Hospital, for a three-
year period beginning Nov. 15th to
Hospital Resources Management,
Inc. of Dallas.
Terms of the contract call for a
three-year lease of facilities in-
cluding the immediate cash pur-
chase of all hospital supplies and
50 per cent of the profits over
$75,000 going to the hospital
district.
The Board had narrowed the
field of companies seeking a lease
on the local hospital to just two
such companies, the other being
Health Resources Management,
Inc. of Kentucky. Following mon-
ths of exhaustive investigation into
both organizations, last Wednes-
day the Board decided in favor of
the Dallas group.
The Dallas group is headed by
Dr. Dale Snyder and an associate
organization operates the Emer-
gency Room at Bethania Hospital
in Wichita Falls. No personnel
changes are expected and the
operation of the hospital will
remain as bcfoie with the cxcep
ti>" "1 i"ssihlc expansion of
The Electra Tigers were elimin-
ated from the District 2-AA race
last Friday night andXhe Childress
Bobcats assured themselves of
another playoff berth with a 28-0
loop win. The Bobcats used a
well-balanced attack between the
run and pass to sink the Tigers
who are now 6-3 for the season,
while Childress moved to 9-0 and
apparently headed for another run
for the state title.
Childress contained Electra
most of the night with Electra held
inside their own territory through-
out the game. The Tigers advan-
ced to their own 47-yard line on
one series, but'wasMield^deep in-’
their own territory without much
room to operate.
Electra’s best drive was on the
opening series of the night.
Electra received the Childress
kickoff at their own I8-yard line
BYF.F.A. REPORTER
The deadline for entering the
Electra Junior Livestock show is
December 1st at 4:00 p.m. All
entries must be complete and
returned to the Chamber of
Commerce office. Entry cards and
rules are available from the
chamber office.
On Saturday December 2nd all
lambs and swine must be taken
tothe FFA Barn on North Highway
25 to be ear tattooed. The times for
the tattooing will be from 8:00
a.m. til! 12:00 noon. Failure to
have an animal ear tattooed will
constitute an automatic forfitore of
the entry fee and elimination from
the livestock show.
The trophies awarded as a result
of the livestock show will soon be
on display at the Chamber of
Commerce office. The Haynes and
Shirley Drilling Company has been
generous enough to donate these
trophies which will be bigger and
better than last year. As a special
award this year. Goldsmith Drug-
store is donating trophy belt
buckles which will also be on
display at the Chamber office.
their papers on a Friday because
of no delivery by the Post Office on
Thursday.
Because of the earlier press
time next week, all news and
advertising will need t<> be turned
in by no later than 5 p.m. Monday
Items turned in later than next
week's deadline will be held until
the following week
McMahen ended the Bobcat drive
in the opening moments of the
second quarter at the five yardline
on downs. Electra moved to the
15-yard line but was forced to turn
the ball over on downs again.
This time Childress took over on
the Tiger 47-yard line and combi-
ned two key passing plays with
some expert running by Anderson
to open their lead to 14-0 with 6:26
remaining in the half.
Electra came back the second
half, again taking the opening
kickoff, and with the running
power of Fullback Harvey Jones
and Eric Dupree picked up a first
down and moved from their own
23-yard line to the 35-yard line
where they were forced to punt.
The Bobcats opened up a larger
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Electra Star-News Publisher Joe
Thompson has announced that
a new television guide will be
published on a weekly basis as a
part of the weekly newspaper,
beginning November 30th.
The new T.V. guide will include
all area channels as well as all
channels now received by Cable
T.V. customers and Home Box
Office subscribers. The guide will
be a one page pull-out section' to
the Electra Star-News and will list
televisions programs for the com-
ing week.
Because of the high cost of the
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SIGN HOSPITAL PACT—Carl Hayers, left, president of Electra
Memorial Hospital Board of Directors, looks on as Dr, Dale Snyder,
Chairman of the Board of Hospital Resources Management, Inc., signs a
three-year lease for the operation of Electra Memorial Hospital. Also
looking on is Ruth Andrews, local board secretary. The 3-year lease calls
for Dr. Snyder’s organization to purchase all inventory items of the
hospital and operate the local medical care facility for the next three
years. Snyder’s organization was one of two companies considered after
an exhaustive search and investigation of several such companies. An
affiliate organization currently operates the Emergency Room at
Bethania Hospital. The contract calls for Hospital Resources
Management, Inc., to take over operation of the hospital Nov. 15th. No
personnel changes or changes in current policies are expected. Board
President Hayers said Monday that the Trustee Board had searched a
number of organizations and felt that Hospital Resources Management
assured them of a continued and expanded medical care facility for the
local and area residents of Electra.
Electra Cits Commissioners tabled
a proposed rate increase request
by Lone Star Gas Co., accepted
bids on a new pickup to be used in
the Street Department, agreed to
lease the mineral rights at Electra
Country Club and another eight
acre tract near the Old City Lake,
leased a portion of city property
along Railroad Avenue, along with
other agenda items at their regular
Cits Commission Meeting Tues-
day night at City Hall.
Lone Star Gas Co.. Manager Bill
Fletcher appeared before the
Commission asking for a 12.76 per
cent increase in revenue. He told
Commissioners that a customer
using 8,000 MCF's of gas (used as
an average figure for each of the
12 months of the vear) wm>M •y—
approximatelv $2.36 more duriiig
winter months and about 36 cents
more during summer months.
Commissioners questioned
Fletcher on various areas of the
rate increase request and asked
that he return for the Nov. 28th
sessions with some examples of
actual gas usage for some local
homes.
Commissioners then rejected
bids on a 1979 pickup which had
been bid at the previous Commis-
sion meeting since an error in the
specificiations ,had been made..
Bids tor a new' 1979 half-ton
pickup were opened and O.Z. Lee
Motor Co., was low bidder with a
bid of $5,599.24.
Commissioners agreed to lease
mineral rights at the Electra
Country Club and on eight acres
near the old City Lake to Tom
Swanson of Electra who had
requested the lease. The lease
calls for Mr. Swanson to pay the
Citv of Electra $10 per acre per
year with a $1 delay rental clause
for the next three years plus other
considerations. Acreage leased
amounted to 70.4 acres at the golf
course and eight acres near the old
lake. The lease also calls for the
Commissioner's approval of any
drilling site at the golf course.
Commissioners Delmar Ballard
and Joe Holmes voted in favor of
the lease with Commissioner
Rusty Wilson abstaining.
Commissioners also agreed to
lease a portion of Railroad Avenue
Ivit'e north of the paved portion of
portable battery-powered isolate
or a possible adapter installed in
the Electra Ambulance where a
regular Isolet could be plugged
in. He cited the need of possible
transfer of pre-mature babies as
major reasons for the request.
-Were briefed on financial
reports by Administrator Bob
Meekts. and Tax Reports by Tax
Assessor-Collector Harrold Mar-
sh. Monthly statictics of opera-
tions for October were also
presented.
-Agreed to postpone final re-
view of the annual audit until the
audit report was completed in full.
-And agreed to tranfer monies
needed from tax fund to operation
fund to make the final payroll
before the hospital was leased.
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PHONE 495-2149
Railroad Avenue and South of the
right-of-way of the Fort Worth and
Denver Railway and being a tract
100 feet wide east and west in the
center of the block between
Wilbarger and Illinois Street to
Bill Hustead. The lease is a
10-year pact at $35 per year.
In other business at the session
Trustees:
-Appointed Rex Swafford to the
Board of Directors of the Electra
Housing Authority for the unex-
pired term of Paul Rapp who
resigned following over 15 years of
service to the Authority.
-Approved a resolution author-
izing publication of the intent to
enter into a cooperation agree-
ment with the Housing Authority
of the City of Electra.
-Approved an agreement be-
tween the City of Electra and
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Childress Blanks Tigers, 28-0
1 had kinda thought everything
imaginable that could happen to
this writer and his camera had
already happened. I mean, once
you forget to put film in the
camera, what is there left that
could go wrong?
Well as friend Charles Crow
would say. “Murphy's Law Strikes
Again.” Murphy's Law? That’s a
short way of saying “What can go
wrong will go wrong,"
Monday, Attorney Paul Hayers
called and informed this writer
that the contracts were being
signed by officers of the Electra
Mcmoriai Hospital District and
Officers of Hospital Resources
Management, Inc., in his office for
the operating lease of the Electra
Memorial Hospital.
Wow. front page news with a
timely news picture. I told Paul to
hold them at his office and I would
run home and get the trusty
camera and be right on up to his
office
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Star-News to Print Early
The Electra Star-Ntws will be
printed one day earlier next week,
according to Publisher Joe Thom-
pson, in order to have the week’s
edition to the readers on Wednes-
day morning prior to the Thanks-
giving Holliday which begins
Thursday
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Thompson, Joe A. Electra Star-News (Electra, Tex.), Vol. 72, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, November 16, 1978, newspaper, November 16, 1978; Electra, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1233551/m1/1/: accessed July 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Electra Public Library.