The Electra News (Electra, Tex.), Vol. 39, No. 31, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 10, 1947 Page: 1 of 8
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ELECTRA, WICHITA COUNTY* TEXAS, THURSDAY, APRIL 10, T947
NUMBER 31
LIONS CLUB TO
ASSIST IN PROJECT
OR VET MEMORIAL LOCAL PHONES
Ma>er G. C. Harrison and Messrs
F. McSpadden and George Manley
resenting the Claude C. McDon-
Post, American Legion, were
at the noon luncheon, meeting
the Plectra Lions Club, Thursday,
fy t the White Rose Club room. May-
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Hnrnson spoke in behalf of co-
f^i^perai-on in sponsoring a series of
fM-Sf *8ingu games' at the Armory on
^:%North Main street to raise addition-
^ nl funds to build a Veteran’s Mem-
| orial Home. The club voted to as-
p sist in the project and Lions Johnny
jjfr Broun, T. B. Gilbert, and H. A.
|S Decker were named as committee for
j&,-' the organization.
g| * Vice president Johnny' Brown pre-
P sided over the opening exercises
and Lion Wallace Hoggatt who was
i responsible for the entertainment
|; features introduced Electra Star Ed-
ik itor W. C. Stewart who showed a
p remarkably fine collection of pict-
ures he had taken while on a vaca-
p tion trip to California and Canada
|ii during the summer of 1946.
|| Quests other than the Legion en-
I' voys were F. W. Work and Mr. Ben-
fv nett both of Wichita Falls.
ELECTRA WOMAN
MAKES TOUR WITH
TEXAS GEOLOGISTS
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Mrs. F. P. Hodge returned home
last week after a tour of the West
Coast with a party of Texas geolog-
ists and their wives. She accompan-
,ed her brother and sisterinlaw, Mr.
and Mrs. Carlton D. Speed Jr. of
Houston, boarding the special train
at Lubbock where a large group
from Texas Technological College
and points in West Texas also join-
ed the large delegation which origi-
nated in Houston. The Texans trav-
eling in style with a 24-coach two
section train made their first stop
at Grand Canyon and were welcomed
at San Bernadina and showered with
fruit and folwers. High lights of the
tour included visits to the MGM
Studio in Hollywood, dining on. the,
movie lot, meeting famous film stars*
seeing the latest shows and fabu-,
lous places as well as sites of hisr
toric interest.
The Electra woman not only se-'
cured autographs of many of the
notables but Red Skelton wrote “I
dood it” in her note book. Her vis-
it to the "Baby Smooks” broadcast-
ing was sparked with personal bi-
tterest in seeing and hearing 'Bruce
„ Hudson, ex-Electran, play his cornet.
D The convention held at the Biltmore
[EAciH°tel in Los Angeles drew some of
jr^~^*the world’s most, noted geologists
rau Pand they were feted to the limit,“of
IS Los Angeles magnificent hospitality.
|u- idea is given of the lavish spend-
ing in entertainment through the
gv;. presentation of corsages of two
v‘ ""white orchids each to all of the visit-
ing ladies on the occasion of a din-
ner-dance at the Biltmore. Mrs.
Hodges says California certainly ob-
serves the slogan, "Say It With
Flowers”.
The visit to San Francisco includ-
ed crossing the Golden Gate bridge,
a ride on the cable trolley, crossing
the ferry to Oakland, attending a
famous Chinatown theatre and see-
ing the place from which ".One Man’s
Family” is broadcasted. The return
trip featured a stop to see the "Royal
Gorge”. ,
Nor was the entire trip devoted
to sightseeing and thrills of meeting
famous people and seeing noted
places, Mrs. Hodge found the ses-
sions of the convention interesting.
Films depicting scientific discoveries
and uncovering the mysteries of a
million years in rocks, crevices and
formations kept the lectures from
becoming tedious to the uninitiated
in gee,logical lore.
SERVICE LIMITED
BUT NO STRIKE
D. M. Robb, manager .of the Elec-
tra Telephone Company, reported
Wednesday that service is being
maintained to Kamay and Harrold
and emergency calls to Wichita
Falls, but otherwise Electra is 'iso-
lated from the world so far as the
telephone cennections is concerned.
A nation-wide strike of telephone
company employes began at 6 A. M.
Monday, April 7. It was still in'ef-
fect Wednesday at noon.
The Electra Telephone Company
is an independent firm and its em-
ployees are not affected by the
union strike .order, it is said.
Haskell Woman
Speaks; P.-T.A.
Heads Installed
ELECTRA CHUCK WAGON GANG
GOES TO STORM STRICKEN AREA
Members of the Electra Chuck Wagon Gang, including Wag-
on Boss Cliff Brogdon, left at noon today, for Woodward, Okla-
homa, which was devastated by a terrible storm Wednesday
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night. They took with them their facilities to provide meals for
the storm sufferers and relief workers.
The distance from Electra to-Woodward is 200 miles and the
party expected to get there in time to serve supper, beginning at
5:00 o’CIock.
They were prepared, it was said, to provide meals for 2,000
people.
Pfc Lobby Callendar, son of Mr.
and Mrs Morgan Callendar of this
has gone to San Francisco,
Calif, after a furlough visit with his
parents The youth received train-
!£.- ing as an aviation mechanic at Kees-
ler Field Biloxi, Miss.
Mrs. T. R. Odell of Haskell, a vice
president of the Texas' Congress of
Parents and Teachers was the feat-
ured speaker at the Northside Ele-
mentary Parent-Teacher Association
Guest Day meeting Thursday after-
noon, April 3, at the First Christian
church. Mrs. Odell discussed the
subject, "Building Better Bodies” in
keeping with the Health program
featured during April. The speaker
is an authority on that particular
subject and her talk was well re-
ceived by her listeners. Mrs. John-
nie R. Brown, program chairman, in-
troduced the speaker.
Mrs. Turner T. Weatherall, retir-
ing president, presided over the open-
ing exercises. Mrs. Olen H. Smith
gave the invocation. The Gay Blue
Bird group, under the direction of
their guardian, Mrs. Paul Rogers, ap-
peared on program. The small girls
had made cuptowels for the First
Ward cafeteria, and they presented
them- to the school. The Mother
Singers, composed of mothers and
faculty members, gave lovely inter-
pretations of the selections, "Spring-
time”, and "Swing' Low, Sweet
Chariot”. Mrs. Paul Rogers was
the accompanist.
Mrs. J. L. Lancaster represented
the executive board in- presenting
Mrs. Weatherall with a past presi-
dent’s pin. In presenting the pin,
Mrs. Lancaster paid tribute to Mrs.
Weatherall for her outstanding work
as president of the unit. At the:
conclusion of her talk, she asked
Mrs. Odell to pin the award on the
recipient.
Mrs. J. L. Clayton served as in5-
stalling officer and administered the
obligation to the new slate of of-
ficers. Accepting the obligation
were Mesdames Charies T. Murphy,
president; Hadley McDaniel, first
vice president; W. S. Brown, second
vice president; J, T. Huey, third vice
president; Olen H. Smith, secretary;
O. C. Phillips, treasurer.
Mrs. Murphy announced the ap-
pointment of the following commit-
tees: program, Mrs. Hadley McDan-
iel; membership, Mrs. W; S. Brown;
budget and finance, Mesdames J. T.
Huey, F. J. Nunley, Ned Huguelet,
C. T. Hines; Founder’s Day, Mrs. J.
L. Lancaster; goals, Mrs. C. T.
Hines; magazine publications, Mrs.
Gordon Fillman; publicity, Mrs. C.
G. Downtain;' publicity record book,
Mrs. R. Keller, register, Mrs. T. W.
Burkhalter; visual education, Mrs. C.
T. Hines; hospitality, Mrs. Turner
T. Weatherall; camp fire, Mesdames
J. R. Brown, C. G. Downtain, How-
ard Jones and all Blue Bird leaders; over 100 signed that they were in-
radio, Mrs. Horack Aitch Miller; terested; but many of these have not
A total of 310 votes were east in
the Electra Independent School Dis-
trict election when three new mem-
bers of the board were chosen. The
new board members, leader's in the
field of eight candidates, are W. P.
Sheppard, Tim Rollins and L. P.
Francis. The trio will succeed L.
G. McLaughlin, E. V. rHaltom and
W. J. Sheldon whose terms expire
this month.
Mr. Sheppard who is local man-
ager of the Shamburger Lumber
Company branch store, led with 218
votes. Mr. Rollins, employe of a
major oil company here, was second
with 211 and L. P. Francis, presi-
dent and manager of the Oil City
Motor Company received 134 votes.
Other candidates and the number of
votes they received were Ted Price,
102; Robert Scott, 100; Fred Walton,
52; Barney Bedford, 41 and W. J.
Sheldon 35.
Write-ins included L. G. McLaugh-
lin, 28 and Jack Parr, 1 vote.
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Gayle Dean Lane, 8 year old son
of Mrs. Willie Lane, 304 East Ida
Avenue, sustained a painful cut
above the left eye, Saturday after-
noon between. 5:30 and 6 P. M. when
he was accidentally struck with a
glass jar while playing with other
boys at the B. L. Stevenson home
at 301 East Ida. He was rushed to
the office of Dr\ W, H. Ogden who
wasf obliged to take six stitches to
close,the wound. The youngster was
taken'"to the Electra Hospital -Where
he remained until Sunday afternoon.
He is confined to his room at the
family • home, but is recovering
nicely, despite suffering from shock
and loss of blood.
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Mrs. James H. Gibson of Level-
land spent the ,past week with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. A. Henning.
Her husband will join her here fora
weekend visit and she will return
home with him. A charter member
of the Electra Gold Star Chapter of
the Ladies Auxiliary to the Veterans
of Foreign Wars, Mrs. Gibson par-
ticipated in the installation of of-
ficers of the chapter, Monday even-
ing.
DEADLINE ON~
“TOWN HALL” DUES
ON APRIL 15
All citizens interested in
“Town Hall” are urged to call at
the Chamber of Commerce of-
fice and pay for their member-
ship at once.
To date 32 have paid for their
membership, according to chairman
H. A. Decker. On the petitions pass-
ed around through the various clubs
79 ARRESTS HERE
NTH OF MARCH
Members of the Electra police
force made a total of 79 arrests dur-
ing the month of March, according
to ,the records kept by Desk Serg-
eant Bascom Hatoway. He reports
a total of $975.00 collected in fines.
The charges filed were as follows:
intoxication 36, traffic law viola-
tions 12, wrong driving 7, violation
of city ordinance 1, disturbance 4,
gambling 3 and held for investiga-
tion 16.
The fire department answered five
alarms during the month. They were
as follows, 3 residence fires, 1 trash
fire within city limits, one call out-
side city.
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Veterans Service
Office Moved
study course, Mrs. R. C. Sacshe;
health, Mrs. Nielson; music, Mrs.
as yet paid for memberships.
The officers urge' you to join at
Paul Rogers, room mothers, Mrs. Ed cnce as memberships will close April
15. If wo do not Ijave required
number by then, your money will be
refunded and Electra will not have
Brown; Cub Pack No. 45, Charles H.
McGann.
A fellowship hour followed in the
annex. Refreshments were served a Town Hall”. The officers electe-
from, a beautifully appointed table. ] ed do not have lime to make a per-
The lace cloth was over pink andjsonai visit to solicit these member-
ships. Bo if you are interested,
please pay your dues today.
The office of the Veteran’s "Serv-
ice Officer yvhichjias-been located in
the ♦Armory was moved, Wednesday
April 2, to the Rogers Motor.
Company building at the corner of
North Main and East Cleveland,
Mrs. Bura Vanhoove* executive sec-
retary, announces.
Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Miller and
Mesdames Opal Colwell, Nell1 Coop-
er, F. E. Hobson, J. B. Rowland,
Ethel. :Brown, Floyd .Neff, Dona Mor-
ris aftd Grace Brown-*>of this city at-
tended a- special, meeting held by the
Vernon chapter, .of the Ladies Auxil-
iary/, of Veterans of -Foreign-’Wars,
Thursday evenings - Mrs.: Grace
Brown, retiring' president of- the
Electra chapter, and chairman of the
dstrict' membership committee, as-
sisted Mrs, W. C. Taylor of Wichita,
district president, in installation of
new officers of the Vernon chapter.
Misses Patsy Ballard, Mary Dean
Griffin, Una Scott and Jane Skin-
ner, students in Texas Technological
College at Lubbock spent the Easter
holdays in- their respective homes
here.
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Caldwell and
family of Graham were guests of
relatives in Electra Sunday.
BRAND OPENING
COUNTRY CLUB
SET FOR APRIL 18
A tour of inspection by interested
committeeman from the Chamber of
Commerce and city officials, Tues-
day, revealed that work is complete
on the remodeling of the Electra
Country Club building. Some items
of furnishing are lacking but these
deficiences are being met by dona-
tions, it was announced. Any per-
son having living-room or lounge
furniture, extra chairs or other need-
ed items which they will give for
this civic project are asked to con-
tact officers of the club or Mayor
G. C. Harrison.
A total of 102 new members have
been secured under the new program
and officers have been elected, as
follows: Clifford Brogdon, president;
Paul Rogers, vice president; Wallace
Hoggatt, secretary; Elmer Langston
and Jack Parr, members of the ex-
ecutive board along with Mayor Har-
rison, who represents the City of
Electra.
Friday, April 18 has been set for
the grand opening of the clubhouse
when members of the club and their
families will be guests at a supper
at 7 o’clock. S. B. TMarchant is
chairman of the supper committee.
A dance, beginning at 9 P. M. for
members and guests will be under
direction of City Commissioner Ted
Price.
Chairman of standing committees
for the coming year have been chos-
en, as follows: L. G. McLaughlin,
House and Rules; C. L. (Pete) Sim-
mons, Greens; G. C. Harrison,
Grounds; Ted Price, entertainment;
Jarrell McLaughlin,' tournament'.’
C OF C MAPS BUNS
CITYWIDE CLEANUP
HERE APRIL 2E;26
.38 INCH RAINFALL
HERE FRIDAY NIGHT
Showers which' were followed by
high wind totaled .38 inch her? Fri-
day night. The moisture was bene-
ficial to crops and gardens but the
high winds which prevailed all. day
Saturday, offset the advantage to
some extent, farmers reported.
branched crystal holders. Blue sat-
in streamers across the table ended
in colonial bouquets. Pink sweetpeas
in a blue bowl completed the deco-
rative motif. Mesdames Murphy and
Weatherall alternated at the punch
bowl. Mesdames Lancaster, Down-
tain, Hines and Brown assisted in
serving the 50 members and guests.
Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Rogers spent
Easter with relatives in Oklahoma
City.
hospitaTnews
Patients in Hospital, Wednesday,
April 9:
Barbara Norman.
Yvonne Pittman .
Mrs. A. W. Davidson.
Mrs. J. B. Rogers, Boy, James
Allen—4-5-47.
Mrs. Ralph Cheyney, Girl, Suzan-
ne Maxine—4-2-47.
Mr. W. A. Williams.
Dismissed since Wednesday, April
2:
Mrs. B. L. Dunavjn.
Mrs. Doy Dority, Boy, Allen Wes-
ley—4-5-47.
Mrs. Margaret Greer.
Mr. J. A. Looney.
Gayle Lane.
Mrs. Anna Pierce, Burkburnett.
Mrs. H. L. Daugherty, Boy, Danny
Lee—4-2-47.
Mr. G. W. Whisnand.
Mrs. J. P. Davis, Boy, Joe P. Jr.,
-3-30-47.
Mrs. E. E. Howarton.
Rev. J.O. Jarrell
Rotary'Speaker
Philip Broadwell was responsible
for the program at the noon lunch-
eon meeting of the Electra Rotary
Club, Friday, at the White Rose
Club room. He introduced the Rev.
J. O. Jarrell, new pastor of the First
Presbyterian church who addressed
the assembly on the subject ’The
Definition of Man”.
President L. H. Brown presided
over the opening exercises. Visitors
for the occasion were George Man-
ley and Mayor Grover C. Harrison,
guests of Rotarians C. F. McSpad-
den. Mr. Harrison spoke in behalf
of the Veterans Memorial Home pro-
ject and asked the club to help by
sponsoring Bingo games April 19
to help raise additional funds.
' L. P. Francis, president; presided’
over the noon luncheon meeting of
the board of directors of the Chamb-
er of Commerce, Tuesday, at the
White Rose Club .room.
L. H. Brown, chairman of the
Mercantile Committee,-reported that
the Easter Egg hunt sponsored by
that group was a success.
W. E. Weathers spoke on plans
for the City-wide Cleanup Cam-
paign to be held- here April 21-26.
He outlined the project in which
members of the Electra Boys Club
will assist in the work and Presi-
dent Francis appointed W. P. Shep-
pard, L. H. Brown and F. V. Bras-
field to map the zones for Cleanup
Week. R. D. Cuningham, chair-
man of the Boys Club Committee
was present and spoke briefly.
Mayor G. C. Harrison and George
Manley, representing the American
Legion, were guests and Mr. Harris-
on asked co-operation of the Chamb-
er of Commerce in proposed bene-
fit Bingo games to raise additional
funds for the Veterans Memorial
Home.
The matter of salt water pollu-
tion of streams and lakes in this
area from oil fields was discussed
and Manager Wallace Hoggatt was
instructed to write a letter * to the
Texas Railroad Commission endors-
ing the work being done along pre-
vention of such pollution and pledg-
ing support of the Chamber of
Commerce.
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VFW AND AUXILIARY
INSTALL OFFICERS
MONDAY NIGHT '
Miss Mary Patricia McGann, Tex-
University co-ed, spent the Easter
holidays with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. R. A. McGann. A classmate,
Miss Elaine Jordan of Mason ac-
companied Miss McGann home and
was a visitor in the McGann home.
Other University of Texas students
who spent the holidays in their
homes here in eluded Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Steincamp of Kamay, Gilbert
Gilles, Henry Ogden, Zane Jones,
Duard Lewis and Glen Johnson.
Du§ird Lewis was accompanied by
Miss Florinc Davis of Austin who
was a guest n the home of his par-
ents, Mr. and Mrs. T. E, Lewis.
Ralph Knight To
Get Navy Wings
Midshipman Ralph C. Knight, 19,
USN, son of Mr. and Mrs. Johnnie
R. Knight of Electra, Texas, has
completed Navy primary flight in-
struction at the Naval Air Training
Bases, Corpus Christi, Texas, and
will soon enter a basic instrument
flight course in another step toward
winning his Navy wings.
John McKelvey, retiring command-
er and Mrs. Grace Brown, retiring
president functioned as installing of-
ficers in the induction of new of-
ficers of the Gold. Star Post and Lad-
ies Auxiliary of Veterans of For-
eign,' Wars,. Monday evening at the
Annoryr’on North Main street.
Officers of the post who were in-
stalled * included G. W. WhisnamL
commander; Jim Stockton, senior
vice commander; Oscar Keyes, jun-
ior vice commander; Jaqob Rein-
hardt. .Jr., quartermaster.
Officers 'inducted by the Auxiliary
were Mrs. Opal Houser, president;
Mrs. Nell Cooper, senior vice pres-
ident; Mrs; Jewell Browning, jun-
ior vice president; Mrs.. Lila Jo
Rowland, secretary-treasurer.
Other members of .the staff; Mre.
Ethel Brown, patriotic instructor;
Mrs. Olive Watson, conductress;
Mrs. Jewell Hobson, flag bearer;
Mesdames Della Hindman, Audie
Lee Miller and Dona Morris, color
bearers; Mrs. Preston Milhollon, 3
year trustee; Mrs. Nina Ward, 2 year
trustee and Mrs. Dona Morris* 1
year trustee.
The following new members were
accepted by ballot for the uxiliary;
Mesdames Pearl Barnett, Elizabeth
Hogle, Annie Lee Simmons and Jua-
nita Whisnand. Obligations of the
Order were given to Mesdames Bon-
nie Foy, Juanita Whisnand, Barbara
LeBouf, Dana Blum, Virginia Nunn,
Isa Lee Weaver, Helen Carroll, Mur-
iel Fisher, Susie Litton and Frances
White.
Delegates were elected by the
auxiliary to attend the 13th District
convention being held at Vernon on
May^ll and the State Department
Convention at Abilene on June 21.
They- are Mmes. Lila Jo Rowland.
Grace Brown and Nell Cooper with
Mmes. Olive Watson, Frances White
and Ethel Brown as alternates.
Mrs. Preston Milhollon spoke in
behalf of the chapter in presenting
Mrs. Grace Brown, retiring presi-
dent, a past-president’s pin.
Mr. and Mrs. D. R. Bradford of
Big Lake were apartment hunting
here Wednesday. Mr. Bedford is
employed with Prince Brothers
Drilling Company.
Mrs. Elizabeth Allen is having a
new foundation placed under her
residence at 500 North Waggoner
street.
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