Electra Star-News (Electra, Tex.), Vol. 72, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 19, 1978 Page: 1 of 14
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Number 11
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Thursday,
October 19,
1978
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reduce wasteful government
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DEFENSE TOUGHENS—After
being riddled the first half by a
surprising Jacksboro running at-
tack, the Electra Tiger Defense
put a halt to Jacksboro’s game in
the second half of play last Friday
at Electra Tiger Stadium. Shown
nt
to the board members by Bob
Meeks, Hospital Administrator.
He stated, “We feel the need of
this equipment in our Obstetrics
Department” he stated. The Dop-
pler costs approximately $500.00.
It will be this year’s gift to the
hospital by the auxiliary, if the
general membership approves this
recommendation .
According to Mrs. Jim Hefley,
Volunteer Service chairman,
Auxiliary members should be
included in Fire and or Disaster
Drills of the hospital personell.
She stated that this came from a
recommendation from Mrs. Carol
Coltey, Director of Nurses. She
felt that volunteers on duty should
be aware of their resjponsibilites,
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Electra Memorial Hospital
Trustees last Wednesday night
approved an 8.2 percent increase
on all hospital services effective
this past Sunday.
Rates for private rooms increa-
sed from $58 to $68. Semi-private
room rates increased from $58 to
$63 and the emergency room rate
will increase from $15 to $18.
Tax Assessor-Collector Harold
Marsh told the board that $307,
307.34 or 95.5 percent of the 1977
tax roll had been collected. He
stated that a total of $14,168.05
was remaining to be collected.
Marsh said that $10,083.61 of
1978 taxes had been collected
since the bills were mailed out
Oct. 1 Taxes for 1978 should total
S2"’H H47.82 if all arc collected.
The Executive Board of the
Electra Memorial Hospital Auxi-
liary met last Monday, October 9,
at 9:30 a.m. in the Board room of
the hospital.
Mrs. LaJune Lewis presided in
the absence of the president, Mrs.
A.D. Stansel. The board voted
unanimously to recommend to the
general membership that the
Auxiliary purchase a piece of
equipment called “The Doopier’
wnicn can monitor the fetal
heartbeat of the unborn baby. It
intensifies the fetal,heart tone, so
that physicians can monitor, the
unborn baby during tests while
labor is occurring as well as during
the regular pregnancy.
The machine was demonstrated
wry
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underneath the ball-carrier is
Wayne Cranford, No. 84. Mc-
Mahen and Ingram led all Electra
defenders with a number of
tackles during the 28-7 win over
Jacksboro. (Photo by Jerry Swan-
son]
been collected along with another
$2,767.27 in delinquent taxes from
past years.
Trustees then settled into a
general discussion of proposed
building or remodeling programs.
Primarily discussed at the Monday
night session were two proposals,
One, a 2.5 million dollar issued
which would include a new senior
high school along with installation
of an all-weather track at Electra
Junior High School, a new field
house and public restrooms at
Electra Tiger Stadium, remodeling
and air-conditioning of Electra
Junior High School and adding
grade six and remodeling of
Dinsmore to add grades four and
five and install library, nurses,
offices and teacher’s lounge, and
air conditioning. The other propo-
sal included the same remodeling
of Electra Junior High and Dins-
more leaving approximately $700,
000 to remodel Electra High
School, and purchase some addi-
tional land.
No action was taken during the
discussion and a proposed special
session was discussed for a later
date.
Mr. Snodgrass reported
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Dave Pilvelait, representative of
the National Associated
Businessmen, Inc., for voting to
above, a number of Tigers conver-
ge on a Jacksboro ball-carrier,
including: Dyke McMahen, No.
62; William Ingram, No. 67; Jesse
Jacobi, No. 39; Bradley Stroud,
No. 43; and making the tackle
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Henry Culpepper brought the
following clipping by the office last
week from one of Ann Landers’
columns. It has to do with
speeding and what W.O. New-
man, Commissioner of the Ken-
tucky Department of Public Safe-
ty, had to tell one irate speeding-
ticket recipient.
With Mrs. Lander's permission
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HIGHTOWER RECEIVES
AWARD--Congressman Jack
Hightower receives the “Watch-
dog of the Treasurv” award from
wlilSIi
ciHospital Executive Board4Agrees
“The Jacksboro Tigers came to
Electra last week bent on spoiling
the annual homecoming of the
Electra Tigers, but a staunch
defensive effort which allowed the
Purple and White Tigers only 40
total yards during the second half
of the play doused their upset
hopes as the Red and White Tigers
pushed their season record to 5-1
with four tough conference games
next on the schedule.
Electra was caught napping
early in the game when Jacksboro
took the opening kickoff at their
own 37-yard line and drove to the
Electra 24 yard line before Eric
. Dupree picked off a Blake Bowen
* pass at the 17.
Electra showed its stuff driving
on 12 plays using the running
talents of All-District Candidate
Harvey Jones and fleet-footed
Dupree and Johnny Miller! Jones
: picked up 47 yards on the drive
before Dupree dashed the final 22
yards to put Electra on top at 6-0
with 1:46 left in the first period.
Bruce Urban split the uprights on
the kick attempt to give Electra a
. 7-0 lead.
Jacksboro took the ensuing
kickoff and picked up two first
downs before the Electra Tigers
stopped a fake punt on fourth
down tot ake possession at the
. Jacksboro 47.
’ It took only eight plays for
Electra to push in their second
touchdown. This time Dupree did
the bulk of the footwork picking up
39 yards of the pass to give Electra
a 13-0 lead with 7:59 remaining in
1 the half. Urban missed on the
Side-winder JEddie >..Campbelk,bo-l.
oted the extra-point for a 28-7 "
Electra lead.
Electra threatned once more in
the final moments of the game,
however, the clock expired as
Quarterback Shawn Matthews
tried in vain to slip into the
endzone from the one yard line.
Jones was the leading rusher for
Electra with 119 yards on 17
carries. Weaver had 81 yards on 9
carries and Dupree had 74 yards
on 10 carries. Miller raced for 59
yards on six carries and Brad
Urban added 23 yards on three
carries. Matthews picked up 17
yards on two carries and Orlando
Monroe had one yard on two
carries. Fletcher was trapped one
time on a pass play for a 12 yard
loss.
Top defenders were All-State
Candidates Dyke McMahen and
William Ingram who had 15 and 13
tackles, respectively. Jesse Jacobi
had three tackles and seven
assists, Wayne Cranford had one
three tackles and eight assists,
Brad Klein had one tackle and
eight assists, as did Linebacker
Chuck Crow. Dupree recorded one
pass interception and Bruce Urban
recovered a fumble.
Electra will rest this week
because of an open date, but will
face the always dangerous Sey-
mour Panthers in two weeks in an
All-Important District 2-AA foot-
ball game.
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Electra Independent School
Trustees Monday night discussed
monthly financial reports, revie-
wed ticket receipts from six
Electra Tiger football games,
discussed a proposed building
program, and reviewed tax office
reports, all during their regular
monthly business session at the
Board of Education room at
Electra High School.
Trustees approved monthly bills
of $49660.42 and received the
athletic budget report indicating
$5,859.05 in receipts and $5,463.
71 in expenditures leaving a
balance of $519.65 in the operating
athletic Fund with monies still to
be transferred from the annual
operating budget of the depart-
ment.
Superintendent of Schools Wel-
don Snodgrass then reviewed the
monthly cafeteria report indicating
an average daily participating of
318 with 101 meals served free and
15 served at reduced rates. He
also reported that the average
daily participating in the breakfast
program stood at 145 during the
first month of operation.
Tax Assessor-Collector Rodney
Smith reported that $26,909.55 of
the 1978-79 school tax roll had
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-extra point-kick.
Electra was driving again late in
the second period when Jacks-
boro’s Bowen picked off a Fletcher
pass at the Electra 40-yard line.
Bowen led the Purpose and White
into the endzone with less than
one minute on the halftime clock to
tighten the race at 13-6. This kick
was good for a Electra Tiger 13-7
halftime lead.
Electra was stymied on its first
possession of the second half
Forced to punt for the first time,
the Tigers gave Jacksboro the ball
at the 22 yard line. Jacksboro
mounted their only drive of the
second half driving down to the
Electra 23-yard line. It appeared
almost “Shades of Wellington” as
Jacksboro drove down near pay-
dirt during the third period, much
like Wellington did two weeks ago.
But, it wasn’t to be the same as
the Electra Tigers pushed the
Jacksboro Tigers back to the
30-yard line where Jacksboro
turned it over on downs.
Taking over at the Jacksboro
34-yard line, Electra’s Johnny
Miller opened the drive with a
17-yard pickup. Jones then blasted
through for another 20^ yards.
Dupree went for six, before Miller
again picked away at the Jacks-
boro defense for a 24-yard gain.
Dupree ended the drive with a
two-yard plunge to give Electra a
19-7 lead. Fletcher found Tight
End Brad Klein open in the
endzone on the extra point attempt
to widen that lead to 21-7 with 1:26
left in the third stanza.
Electra’s final score came inthe
fourth period.Taking over at their
own 48-yard line, Jones blasted
through for 8 of his 119 yards
total rushing. Dupree added
another two yards before Sammie
Weaver picked up seven yards on
two successive carries.
Fletcher struck like lightning
when he found Klein with a pass
on a third down and long yardage
following a 15-yard infraction
against Electra. Klein made a
thrilling run breaking free from at
least three apparent tackles and
battled into the endzone all the
way from the Jacksboro 46-yard
line. The apparent TD was called
back, however, on a clipping
infraction at the 11. The 15-yarder
backed Electra to the 27-yard line
which was still good enough for a
first down. Weaver spurted throu-
gh for a 16-yard pickup on the next
play and then blasted to paydirt
from the 11 for a 27-7 Electra lead
with 7:44 left in the game.
as well as an call during any major
diseaster.
Membership chairman- Becky
Rodgers, reported a total of five
Life Members, 24 Associate
Members and 50 Active Members.
Volunteer service awards earned
will be presented Nov. 13 at the
semi-annual general membership
meeting. All members are urged
to be present. It will be held in the
Methodist Church Fellowship Hall
at 9:30 o’clock a.m. on Nov. 13.
Mrs. Theo Youree was named
chairman of the Decorating
Committee for the Christmas
Season. She will choose her
assistants. Their responsiblity will
be to provide a
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Thompson, Joe A. Electra Star-News (Electra, Tex.), Vol. 72, No. 11, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 19, 1978, newspaper, October 19, 1978; Electra, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1234052/m1/1/: accessed June 29, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Electra Public Library.