The Electra News (Electra, Tex.), Vol. 25, No. 50, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 18, 1932 Page: 2 of 6
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THE ELECTRA NEWS
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; Anirost 2, 1907, at the postoffice at
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CLEARING OF CITY
HALL BLOCK IS
COMMUNITY BOOST
* If every citizen in Electra would
go by the block on which the City
Hall is located ..and take a look at
the wonderful trainsformation wrought
there through efforts of the Ameri-
can Legion and co-operation of
city officials, surely there would be
a hasty revolution in the outward
aspects of Electra. Weeds have been
cuij old debris has been moved;
an old shack, setting cat-a-cornered
to the world and an eyesore for
years, was moved over, and whether
it was improved or not, it was |>et
straight with the street. A new
bandstand has been erected. The
whole area has been leveled, and
BEHOLD, a beauty spot has been
created where only ugliness existed
before.
Busy men took time to direct the
work. Idle men were put to work
in clearing the1* place, and the result
is amazing. Even the loveliness of
a lone cottonwood tree, a monument
to the memory of some loving hand
which planted it, was revealed from
the sordid atmosphere. This tree
is now the background for the band-
stand and a sentinel of what was,
and what might be.
Dirt, squalor and unemployment
are a trio too often,, linked to-
gether with good reason. JFriks of-
ten can’t help being poor or unem-
ployed, but we never have seen any
use in their being dirty because
they were poor or unemployed.
Among Electra’s unfortunate peo-
ple who have received aid from the
charity bureau during, the past, two
years, a number', of them let
weeds grow unheeded about their
‘doors, and l£t the children go un-
washed, wearing torn clothes' with
buttons*'off. That, is common- tri-
flingness. If a. father, is. .unemploy-
ed, he. has time, , and if he/tried,'
could get hoes and rakes to clear
his doorway of weeds .arid trash. Tf
a, mother has no. workingman’s
meals to prepare, has no job out-
side her home and is - not totally
^paralyzed, there is no excuse for
children being dirty and no excuse
for their wearing unmended cloth-
ing, regardless of how old. Any
more fortunate neighbor would glad-
ly provide scraps for patching and
buttons to fasten garments. The
charity bureau provides soap along
with meat ‘and flour, and we favor
doubling up on soap if necessary.
All praise is due the other por-
tion of the applicants to the chari-
ty bureau whose clothes are clean,
whose doorways are clean, and a-
bout ‘ whose homes flowers and'
garden plants have been planted.
They are the folks who deserve our
every effort to help them in their
distress. They are the folks whose
homes will be first tp be rehabili-
tated as business conditions im-
prove.
We are heartily in favor of the
work test being applied in every
instance where folks apply for help
here. Like the teacher who was
supposed to have sent Johnny home
for a bath. We believe in looking
them over and “smelling” them,
and then looking over their homes.
Make them at least clean up their
houses and yards and themselves.
Just how much this would improve
living conditions here can be im-
agined by outstanding examples
charity workers have witnessed
here in recent years.
As to what co-operative effort in
city beautification could mean to
the town, the block back of the
city hall ,is a clear example.
A vote of thanks is due the
Legion and the city on the effec-
tiveness of this project.
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WICHITA MAN IS
WORTHY LEADER OP
G. O. P. FORCES
MHILORDERHOUSK^
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27, will have a foe worthy of the
strongest efforts of the party.
Mr. Bullington bears a high rep-
utation for honor and integrity in
his home town. His enemies, if he
Ifas any, can possibly say no worse
tacks on bootlegging only because
it serves their end, making the sa-
loon the base of supplies for the il-
licit end of the traffic. Neither
Hoover nor Franklin D. Roosevelt
have given any too much comfort
TRIBUTE TO A REAL
NEWSPAPER MAN
oc-
V In the tragic "'deaths Saturday,
an 'automobile ' accident'' which
eurred near. Tulia, of Henry<Ansley,
Amarillo' newspaperman/* the % state
W. ■D.'McFarlari^M^
Addressed
Here.
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Declaring that he was
■Amarnio newspaperman, * trie % suite vor of canceling the war /debts
has lost * a 'valuable citizen and the foreign nations and thatr^^alth^'ug^s^
newspaper profession, one
ablest’ men.
its he personally and
prohibitionist and had
' Mr, Ansley was the author of the ‘ a dry ticket, he will , abideZ/by^t^^
widely quoted article, “I Like „ the demands of the Demoeratic^plaj^
Depression,” and this* article, parts jn asking for a resubmission:fof^^*^|
of which; were used in- The News ig$h Amendment- to' the' people^^^J
some months ago, had been re- d. McFarlane, candidate
vised into book length and was just states Senator from this
off tha. press at the time .{of- the addressed a fair crowd of/Electr>ujig
fatal, mishap. s t citizens here Tuesay mbriiing^^/^M^
Mr Ansley’s humor, his optimism Mr McF ,ane/ who is ^om"G'r|f
and his love of humanity endeared ham Young county,
liim'to his acquaintances „ both per- ’
sonal and through., the medium of
than that he is a Republican, and to the wets despite the damp planks
that may not be the source of con- * embodied in the platforms of both
tempt it was once considered,, of Democrats and Republicans.
Miriam A. Ferguson should happen j The responsibility rightly belongs
to be the standard bearer for the to the people -and as the individual
Democratic party. ^ j so is the community. AS the
Wee extend congratulations to Mr. community unit goes so goes the
Bullington, and as citizens of Wich- state and nation. When we open
ita county, we modestly “take the our eyes to the fact, we will swing
bow” before the spotlight for hav-' ths pendulum back toward the ideals
ing provided two very able aspir- j of responsible citizenship. Until
ants to the post of chief executive we do, we may expect irresponsible
in one year. The time may come officials to be elected and lax en-
when Texas will elect a Republican
governor, and we certainly hope
that if and when this happens it
will be' such a man as Orville
Bullington.
forcement of all laws.
BOTH LEADERS PUT
RESPONSIBILITY ON
PEOPLE THEMSELVES
»Ninety-Two At
Bible Class Meet
In Orville Bullington of Wichita
Falls, the Republicans of Texas
have possibly put forth their strong-
est man for candidate for governor.
Wichita county may not occupy the
strategic position of being the cen-
ter of dense population once be-
lieved necessary to prove a politi-
cal stronghold, but for the past few
years we have been training some
fair politicians. Our fellow citizen,
Tom Hunter, made one of the most
surprising and spectacular bids for
nomination in the Democratic pri-
mary, and it may be expected that
Mr. Bullington will command atten-
tion enough that whoever is nomi-
nated by the Democrats on August
Declaring himself still opposed to
the open saloon and the evils at-
tending the liquor traffic in general,
President Hoover’s acceptance mes-
sage last week failed to please the
ardent drys and was equally as dis-
pleasing to the wets. He made a
frank statement on a question he
knew was uppermost and‘in calling
.attention to the evils of bootleg-
ging, speakeasies, and the lawless-
ness engendered by laxity of en-
forcement, he made it evident that
he was not seeking to mollify the
wets. His turning the responsibility
back to the people themselves thru
state enforcement organization is
nothing new and is the thing advo-
cated most strongly by leading
Democrats during the last decade.
While newspapers, both Republi-
can and Democrat, have declared
that he straddled the issue, we fai
to see that he has not met the
facts of the situation squarely in
the face of present conditions.
The saloon element welcomes at-
Ninety-two men were registered
in attendance at the Methodist
Men’s Bible Class, Sunday morn
ing. A. L. Williams, president, was
in charge of the opening exercises,
during which plans were made for
a get-together watermelon feast for
members and their families and
guests for Tuesday night. It was
decided to hold the affair in the
Waggoner pasture south of the city.
W. G. (Pat) Morrison, teacher,
gave a very interesting and in-
structive lesson on the Ten Com-
mandments, this being the second
consecutive lesson in which the
commandments were discussed sep-
aratively, and apt illustrations ap-
plied. ^
his writings. His death occurred as
he was returning from a tour of
fiie South Plains, speaking" in be-
half of Governor Ross Sterling. He
had voluntarily undertaken * this
service for his friend, the governor,
who with all Texas grieves, at his
passing.
The newspaper profession has: all
too few brilliant thinkers, clear
writers, and clean citizens embodied
in one person. Such a man* was
Henry Ansley. Keenly cognizant of
this fact, The News offers, sym-
pathy to the family of the bereaved
and condoles with the fraternity in
his passing.
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Miss Hall Thanks
Friends and Asks *
Support July 27
Elizabeth Hall, County Clerk, and
• candidate for re-election, wishes to
call the attention of the voters to
her candidacy, as follows: Owing
to the duties of the office, and the
short time between the primaries,
it has been impossible for me to
visit each individual voter, and
c j thank them for the support given
"' me in the first primary and solicit
their vote in the run-off primary,
I am taking this means of thanking
each individual for the large vote
given me on July 23rd, and earnest-
ly solicit your vote on August 27th.
I promise you that if you return
me to the office of County Clerk I
will continue the same economical,
courteous and efficient service I
have always given you. Be sure
and go to the polls on August 27th.
panied to Electra by a 'motprcad^^c
carrying banners and a band.^The3^}^
paraded here before Mr; McFaVlane^U^
who is conducting a whirlwind;-
through the district, spoke
corner of .West Cleveland and;/Nbrt}»/^'
Waggoner streets. He was/j^’eetertVf'0*
by a number of personal'''ffiends^iJ
and supporters during his brief, sta^h*/
in the city.
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“Some day, when my ship comes in, I’m
going to do that,” is an expression often heard
among your friends.
And the merchant who says, “when times
get good again, I’m going to advertise each
week,” has just about as much chance of be-
ing a business success as the person has of ac-
complishing his desired wishes “when his
ship comes in.
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Persistent advertising, week after week, is
the skipper that will always bring the ship in
to the business firm.
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