Electra Star-News (Electra, Tex.), Vol. 76, No. 32, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 24, 1983 Page: 5 of 16
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ACME BRICK
Bill Gann-Manager
TEXAS STAR AIRLINES
June Tregre-President
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Fri.— Fish Fry
Sat. & Sun.—Steaks
I plan to always
make my home in
Electra and Pm very
interested in the
future of Electra
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my future.
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Hmm 495-4200
KIVA ENN
tions to please even the most
discrimating guest, including:
game room, tennis, pool tables,
saunas, whirlpool, color TV and
much, much more!
Regardless of the length of your
stay, whether it’s for a weekend or
just for dinner and cocktails, you’ll
be sure to enjoy yourself MORE at
this beautiful, modem facility. The
management at KIVA INN wants
you to know that you’re always
welcome!
In compiling this 1983 Business
Review, we the authors, feel it is
indeed a pleasure to recommend
this fine motel and their great
“weekend holiday” package to
ALL of our readers!
Whether you’re planning to
build or remodel...build with face
brick for lasting beauty! In this
area, people have come to know
he name ACME BRICK for the
very finest in brick and ceramic
tile products. Located at 300
Rosewood in Wichita Falls, phone
767-2569, ACME BRICK offers
the highest quality products...that
last forever!
Contractors throughout this area
rely on ACME BRICK for their
masonry brick for construction,
nd for patios and sidewalks. They
always get exceptional quality and
service. The products are among
vehicles. Their selection is larger
so that you can be assured of
finding just what you want every
time!
The HILL TIRE COMPANY also
offers complete tire service for
their customers. Mounting, balan-
cing. tubes, repairs, and a host of
other conveniences are featured to
make the area’s complete tire
center.
The authors of this 1983 Bus-
iness Review suggest that you
check with HILL TIRE COMPANY
first when it comes to tires!
ELECTRA STAR-NEWS, THURSDAY MARCH 24, 1983 PAGE 5
ALL-DISTRICT SELECTIONS
diamond wedding and engage-
ment ring, sets and'also offers an
exclusive bridal registration ser-
vice to make gift-giving a lot
easier. Drop by today and discover
the beauty and value • of their
selection.
The writers of this 1983 Business
Review urge everyone to make
KRUGERS their first stop for
value and quality^
Beautiful furniture and one of
the region’s finest stocks of office
equipment and supplies. That’s
what you’ll find at SIMS OFFICE
SUPPLY in Wichita Falls at 816
rtvis, phone 322-3131.
This complete office supply
headquarters features the highest
quality furniture that’s as practical
as it is beautiful, and there’s
something that’s just right for
YOUR office! They also carry a
gigantic inventory of office equip-
ment. business machines, Includ-
the very best and the service...
well you just have to try it to
believe it! Outstanding examples
of ACME BRICK’s products can
be seen in many of the area’s finer
homes. These now include
ACME’S own circulators for fire-
places.
For the do-it-yourselfer, they
offer low prices on small lots; and
the courteous efficient personnel
will be more than happy to assist
you with your plans in any way
they can.
The editors of this 1983 Business
Review suggest that you check
with ACME BRICK whenever you
want build with the best!
Where can you get the finest
tires and save LOTS of money
doing it? In Wichita Falls, people
go to the HILL TIRE COMPANY at
3400 McNiel, phone 691-3946.
Here the selection is larger, the
service better and, because they
buy in volume, the prices are
much lower!
As your dealers for famous
Dayton tires, this reliable firm is in
the tire business to serve! And
they serve you with the best tires
at the area’s best prices. There are
tires for cars, trucks, tractors,
farm vehicles and recreational
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perfect proportions and, with the
additional transit mixing that they
feature, pours smooth and easy
and sets hard. No wonder leading
concrete finishers recommend
PITTS READY MIX OF BURK-
BURNETT.
No Business Review of the trade
leaders of this community would
be complete without prominent
mention of this outstanding firm,
and we. the compilers of this 1983
Business Review, give them our
unconditional recommendation.
NOON LUNCHEON—Roast Beef, Baked Ham
Chicken Fried Steak, Fried Chicken,
Vegetable & Salad, Monday thru Friday
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EVENING SPECIALS:
Wed.—Poor Boy Night, (Beans, talers,
cornbread, trimmings) $29B
I LIFELONG RESIDENT OF ELECTRA
GRADUATE OF ELECTRAWGH SCHOOL
ATTENDS VERNON REGIONAL JR. COLLEGE
MEMBER OF FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
MEMBER OF ELECTRA VOL. FIRE DEPT.
OWNER OF B & J BOBTAIL TANK TRUCK
SERVICE
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Pol. Ad Paid for by Jeff Gee. Box 949. Electra. Texas. 76360
VIC AND JAMES
DECORATING CENTER
Helen & James Sorenson
Ing the Silver-Reed electronic and
memory typewriters, and office
supplies to help your business run
smoother and more efficiently.
SIMS OFFICE SUPPLY has one
more thing that they’d like you to
be aware of, and we’re talking
about SERVICEl You’ll enjoy
doing business with such a good
neighbor!
The writers of this 1983 Business
Review urge all of our business-
mcn/rcaders to consider the many
advantages of dealing with this
friendly firm.
HARVEY’S
LY RESTAURANT
Nancy Richard, Manager
meal and see if they can’t cook
your food just the way you ordered
it!
The reasonable prices are one
reason that so many families make
dining at HARVEY’S FAMILY
RESTAURANT a regular habit.
You can also get any item on the
menu prepared to go.
For fine food, fast service and
reasonable prices, the authors of
this 1983 Business Review take
pride in recommending this out-
standing cafe to all of our readers.
From short orders to complete
meals. HARVEY’S FAMILY
RESTAURANT at 805 West
.ighway in Wichita Falls, phone
592-4731. has long been regarded
as one of the local residents. This
fine cafe features a complete menu
with all of the traditional favorites
and daily specials. Serving break-
fast. lunch and dinner, this is one
restaurant where meals are served
hot, delicious and just the way you
'•ke them. Stop in today for a
.andwich. coffee or a complete
PITTS READY MIX
Quality comes in hundreds of
colors at the VIC AND JAMES
DECORATING CENTER. As your
Martin Senour Paint dealer, this
respected community member fea-
tures E/ERY LITTLE THING
you’ll need ,|p do a truly profes-
sional job of painting and decora-
ting your home!
Located at 3903 Wayne in
Wichita Falls, phone 692-6761,
this outstanding merchant offers
one of the area’s most complete
stocks of interior and exterior
paints, stains and varnishes.
There are painting accessories to
make the job go faster, and many
“OFFICE COFFEE SERVICE”
Hal West, Owner
Every Night—South of the Border Delights—
Mexican Food a Specialty
PITTS READY MIX OF BURK-
BURNETT in Burkburnett, con-
•niently located at 101 East
college, phone 569-0261, offers
vou prompt and dependable ser-
vice in ready-mixed concrete of the
highest quality.
With a fleet of radio-dispatched
trucks, they stand ready to serve
vou with fast delivery to your
construction site Whether you’re
pouring one yard or a large slab,
is is the place to call! The
concrete used is always mixed to
LB. Williams
Paint G Body Shop
BUCHANAN
STATIONERY COMPANY
Marylea Buchanan Huff & David Huff-Owners
TIONERY COMPANY has been a
cornerstone of the business com-
munity for many years. Their
honest and forthright business
practices have won them the
respect and admiration of their
customers, and even their compe-
titors. It’s the kind of quality that
stands, behind the name
BUCHANAN STATIONERY
COMPANY...your best bet for
A.B. Dick duplicating and copying
equipment.
The authors of this 1983 Bus-
iness Review are pleased to
endorse and recommend this fine
store to all of our readers.
No other beverage has won the
continuing acceptance that coffee
has throughout the history of the
western world. Today, you find
coffee in the majority of homes,
offices, factories, restaurants, mo-
tels...everywhere! However, find-
ing a good cup of coffee is
sometimes difficult. The “OFFICE
COFFEE SERVICE” can solve
that problem for ANY type of
business!
Located at 907 14th in Wichita
Falls, phone 767-4352, this com-
plete coffee service features fa-
mous and delicious Maryland
Club, Folgers or Maxwell House
coffee as well as the right coffee
brewer for your particular need.
They can equip your office,
HILL TIRE COMPANY
Allen King, Manager-Rick Thomas, Assist, Manager
In the field technological advan-
certainly avaiation must be on
top of the list. In its short, but
eventful history, flying is now
considered an everyday way of
life. Businessmen and private
individuals alike now enjoy the
expedience and pleasure bf flying
both1 on a business and recreation-
al basis.
t Iri Wichita Falls, when you want
k quick trip to Austin in just 2
hours, at the lowest available
fare...or to Ft. Worth, the airline
If you’re ready for a vacation, but
find that you don’t have the money
for an extended trip, then take a
“weekend holiday” instead at
KIVA INN at 401 Broad Street in
\Vichita Falls, phone 766-6000!
'Consisting of ALL the ingre-
dients for a real holiday vacation,
tflis fine motel has accommoda-
KRUGERS
Parker Square, phone 767-2511,
this reliable merchant features
jewelry 'of all types and the
prevalent mood is QUALITY! At
these fine shops, you’ll always
find diamonds, watches, pins and
other articles of jewelry with the
kind of value you can see.
Have a wedding in your future?
KRUGERS can help! They feature
the area’s finest selection of
Real quality and superior service
is what you’ll always find when
you shop BUCHANAN STA-
TIONERY COMPANY for all your
office supply needs. This well
known retail outlet is located at
816 Scott in Wichita Falls, phone
322-2146, and features one of the
area’s finest assortments of this
type of merchandise. Stop in
today, and look over the outstand-
ing selection of values available.
Featuring especially the A.B. Dick
line of copying and duplicating
equipment.
A community leader in every
respect. BUCHANAN STA-
team selections were: David Pruitt
of Stamford, Steve Gray of Wylie,
Kelsey Williams of Breckenridge,
Ron Allen of Wylie, John Hunt of
Clyde, Sammy Tunlinson of Mer-
kell, Toddy Pluckett of Wylie.
Other honorable mention selec-
tions were: Weldon Wilkerson and
Steve Lane of Clyde; Tommy
Howard of Stamford; Michael
McCoy of Merkell and Randy Reid
of Breckenridee.
G«t Your...... •
BUSINESS CARDS
■■Star-News
An up-to-date jeweler is indis-
pensable to every community of
.’tjiste and refinement. KRUGERS
'Iras long been established as the
Irea’s leading jeweler and one trip
’lb their well-stocked shops will
’show YOU why!
'■'With two convenient locations in
’Wichita Falls to serve you: 801
Indiana, phone 723-2781...and in
TIGERETTES
Three Electra Tigerettes and
Tigerette Coach Steve Balthrop
earned top district honors from
voting coaches of District 9-AAA
Basketball.
Named to first team, unan-
amous, honors were Paula Gaines,
Tammy Stephens and Monica
Johnson. Gaines was named the
“Mbst Valuable Player” for Dis-
trict 9-AAA and the Champion
Tigerettes. Also recognized was
Cathy Cranford who received
honorable mention.
Coach Balthrop was named
“Coach of the Year” for District
9-AAA as he led his Tigerettes
f 4'3
plant, restaurant, cafe or bar with
the type of coffee system that’s
just right for youl Coffee, cups and
other supplies are brought in for
you regularly so there’s never any
worry about running short.
“OFFICE COFFEE SERVICE”
also has hot chocolate and tea.
Phone 767-4352 for complete
information on how the “OFFICE
COFFEE SERVICE” coffee
system can work for youl
In compiling this 1983 Business
Review, we, the authors, would
like to make special note of
“OFFICE COFFEE SERVICE”
and commend them on their
“customer-minded” method of
operation.
to call is 1 EXAS STAR AIRLINES
at Meacham Field (just 12 minutes
north of downtown Ft. Worth). In
Wichita Falls, phone 723-1203.
They will soon expand their
service to Houston.
These courteous, qualified peo-
ple will arrange your reservation^
and ticketing quickly and efficient-
ly-
The composers of this 1983
Business Review strongly com-
mend the service-minded attitude
of TEXAS STAR AIRLINES.
little “gadgets” which speed
completion of your favorite decora-
tor projects.
Wallpaper? They also have a
large assortment of vinyls, textur-
ed fabrics and., exciting prints. f
There are decorator’s'-books with
thousands of ideas, and many
other items, which you’ll want to
incorporate into your own decora-
ting scheme. As the writers of this
1983 Business Review, we can say
with assurance that you’ll find
EVERYTHING you need in one
stop at the VIC AND JAMES
DECORATING CENTER!
Cagers Named to Honor Teams
into their first district champion-
ship since 1976.
TIGERS <
f
The Electra Tiger basketball
team placed all five starters on
District 9AAA’s honor teams
including three first teamers and
two honorable mention.
Earning first team honors were:
Seniors Glen Branch and Daryl
Trotter and Junior Wendell Jones.
Honorable mention players were
Lee Borton and Gary Whisenhunt.
Tommy Collins of Stamford and
Bobby Lilljedahl of Abilene Wylie
were named Most Valuable Play-
ers for District 9-AAA. Other first
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