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FINDING’A NEW SENSE
OF VALUES
LESSON TEXT—Luke 12:19,-20; 18:24*30:
19:1-10.    ‘    •>    .    .•    " „v
MEMORY SELECTION—The kingdom of
God'is not meat and drink; but righteous-
ness, arid peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
—Romahs 14:17.
MEMORIAL DAY, A REMINDER
“In Flanders’ fields the poppies blow    »
Between the crosses, row on row
That marks our place: and in the sky
The larks still bravely singing fly
Scarce heard amidst the guns below.
We are the dead.    ^ _
Short days ago we lived, felfidawn, saw sunset glow,
In Flanders* fields.
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If ye break faith with us \yho die
We shall not sleep, though popples grow
In Flanders’ fields”. (Col. John McRae)
Substitute for Flanders Fields<the resting place of more
than three score young men from^Electra who lived and loved,
were loved and who died . . . whose broken bodies lie in England,
in Italy, in Belgium, France or Indian For some white^ crosses
mark resting places on Leyte,^ Okinawa, Saipan, or in New
Guniea or Guadalcanal nd some whose ashes mingle with alien
, soil in the Philippines or Japan. The gulls instead of larks wing
their way over the lashing waves which beat at the shores
where lie. the.-rusting hulls of..shipa*on once bloody... beachheads,
hope on graduation days short years ago whose tomb is ^ the
mighty expanse of the Pacific . . . out there, somewhere is at
least one whose last ray of sunshine gleamed upon the deck of
a submarine and went down with jihto the bottom of the sea.
We had reason to hope that Metnorial Day 1946 would be one
in which we might truly say in honor of those who died in free-
dom^ cause:
“Fear not that ye have died for'naught
The torch ye threw to us we caught
Ten million hands will hold it high
And freedom’s light shall never die”.
The scars of the terrific conflict cannot be eradicated in a
year or a generation. We must work with the same unity of pur-
pose we showed in winning victoryrto hold aloft the torch of
freedom and light the way to peace/and security.
Wandering and; Wondering.
By A. W* C.
If for a moment you doubt the generosity of Electra people-
even- in the face of the numerous demands on hearts and purses,
walk by the Armory and see the collection of cans of food for the
hungry people in Europe . . . Mrs. Steve Marchand announces that
the closing date has been rrioved up^to June 3, so if you have not
given a can or cans for the Emergency Food Collection take it to
your church or bring it to the Arphory . . . Mrs. L. H. Brown has
reason to be proud of the large, nftmber of new members added
to the Ladies Auxiliary to Gold Star- Post, Veterans of Foreign
Wars and of the splendid way the group came through in “feeding
the menfolks” Monday night . . iN'ow—she will be prouder still
If her group sets a new high recordrih the Buddy Poppy sale they
are promoting Friday and Saturday. Help them to help others
... Coach W. E. Weathers announces that the Swimming Pool will
be officially open to the public April7; 30 but the members of the
high school senior class will get the first swims during t'he after-
noon May 29 while the “E” Association gets to use the pool dur-
ing the evening. . .
Last week we earned in the.jvfeys the programs of the grad-
uation exercises but this w»\ek the paid political announcements
used so much space we have only enough room to call attention
to the fact that the Baccalaureate'Services will be held Sunday
night at the high school auditorium: the Waggoner Junior High
School graduation exercises will be held at the same place Wed-
nesday evening, May 29 and the Seniors of 1945 will get their
diplomas at the Commencement Exercises Thursday evening,
May 30. . . .
The Ex-cagers and the Future Basketeers will close the
spring training course with a basket ball game Friday night at 8
o'clock at the high school, Coach Weathers announces.
Whatever it takes to be a pace-setter in progressive towns,
Electra has it ... We mean we have the men or womn who will
go after what they want and show why they should be granted
their requests ... Capt. Steve Marchand will accompany Col. Floyd
Dean to Austin for a confernce, Suhday, on allocation of new un-
its of Texas National Guard . . . Cap’n of Company D will ask for
a company for Electra . . . medical, artillery or mechanized
cavalry. . .
Mesdames Lillian Stiile and Zulema Stroud and Miss Olive
Carter will attend the Annual Texas B&PW Convention at Ama-
rillo, Sunday . . . and his old home town will be mighty ( happy
if all attendance records are beaten in the annual Firemen’s As-
saciation Convention at Waco, when our own T. E. (Red) Lewis, j
president of the state organization will preside.
Money, riches, possessions—that’s
what men are living and striving
for in our "day. It is going to seem
a. bit strange, but it will be very
salutary to stress ‘ once again the
eternal truth, best summarized by
our Lord Jesus when he said, “A
man’s ’ life consisteth not in the
abundance of the things which he
possesseth” (Luke 12:15).
I.    Don’t Depend on Riches (12:19,
20).
The rich man increased in selfish-
ness as he increased in wealth. He
began to feel secure because he had
laid up much goods. Now he be-
came proud and boastful. He
thought he saw years of comfort
and ease ahead. Evidently,he had
not read, or did not ‘believe, the
words of Scripture, “Boast not thy-
self of tomorrow; for thou knowest
not what a day may bring forth”
(Prov. 27:1;^ see also James 4:13-
17).
Well, can a man depend- on
riches? The answer is no. They
are here today and gone tomorrow.
Man himself is here today and 'gone
tomorrow. When he goes, he leaves
all that he has- unless he has invest-
ed it for God.. •
Money is like a broken reed. The
man who leans on it will not only
fall, but will pierce himself through
with many sorrows (I. Tim. 8:9, 10).
Don’t depend on riches—they will
miserably fail you in your hour of
need.
II.    Beware of the Snare of Riches
(18:24-27).
The rich young ruler had come
running to Jesus to seek eternal life,
but had turned away sorrowful
when he found that a man cannot
love money and love God at the
same time.
Jesus improved the opportunity to
point out that it is impossible for a
rich man to be saved, except as the
grace of God gets hold of him and
sets him free from dependence on
his wealth.
Apart from the grace of God, it
is so easy for a rich man or woman
to trust in riches, and to feel no
need of God.
Look again at I Timothy 6:9", 10
and you will see that even the de-
sire to be rich leads a man into a
temptation and a snare. The man
of God is warned to “flee these
things; and follow after righteous-
ness, godliness, faith, love, patience,
meekness,” and thus to be able to
“fight the good fight of faith” (I Tim.
6:11, 12).
We repeat that all this has a
strange • sound to modern ears, so
accustomed to the worldly philos-
ophy of trust in things and in dol-
lars. We need to warn our young
men and women about the awful
danger of loving money.
There is something infinitely bet-
ter than riches, and that is what we
find in our next point..
III.    Seek True Riches in Christ (18:
28-30).
Peter and the other disciples had
forsaken all the things'of the .world
to follow Christ, and now as he re-
minds the Lord of that fact, he -re-
ceives the 'assurance that there is
a higher level of riches and reward
for the loyal disciple.
God will never be in debt to any-
one. There is no sacrifice made
for his glory which- does not find -its
glorious recompense, and no bur-
den borne for his sake which does
not bring its rich reward.
All this is not *the result of some
kind of a “deal” with God. We do
not serve him because we expect a
reward, but the, assurance of the re-
ward is there to encourage and spur
us on in life and service for him.
The fact is, spiritual currency has
far higher value than the gold and
silver of this world.
IV.    Ask Christ to Deliver You
From Riches (19:1-10).
‘ Zacchaeus was a man well versed
in the devious ways of the extor-
tioner. He knew money, and how
to make it. But he was not , satis-
fied. He knew there was something
more worth while than riches. His
life was empty.
He sought Jesus. One look from
the Master and he knew that he
must lay his sinful heart open be-
fore him in confession. Salvation
came to Zacchaeus that day.
Here, then, is the way to be de-
livered from the snare of riches—
take Jesus Christ as your Saviour
and Lord. He may then entrust
riches to your care to use for him,
but he will deliver you from a
love for gold and from the folly of
putting your trust in it.
The person who lives for riches
is lost (v. 10), caught in a snare
(1 Tim. 8:9, 10), trusting in some-
thing that will fail him when most
needed (Luke 12*19, 20), and trust-
ing something which will keep him
from*-God (Luke, 18:24-27), unless
there is grace to flee from it and turn
j to God.
21 YEARS AGO
Thelma,, Waters -''was. valedictorian
and Mildred Bradley,' salutatorian of
the- 1925,; high* school' .graduating
class of .forty-iiyeJ students, the larg-
est' in 'the history’-'of .the1'school..,
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A mew -sand-‘at' 1860. feet.is; report-
ed in.a.well on the J. L...Powell-.farm
at Fowlkes."'- The test,, ih a shallow
pool whicli'-Has been producing sever-
al^ years from sands around’-550 to
S00 feet is :-said to be standing with
270 feet of oil. -
The contract- has been' let for- the
835,000 grandstand and. work is be-
ing rushed ..on the Waggoner Race
track where plans are being made"
for horse races July 3 to 7. Two
huge race horse barns are being
built and some of the most famous
of the ..Kentucky Derby horses will
be brought here for the meet.
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HELPED WIRE THE
Electra will entertain the. annual
district convention of the West Tex-
as Chamber of Commerce July 1.
COUNTY LINE CLUB
Mrs. S. G. Gardner was hostess on
May 6, to members of the County,
Line Home ’Demonstration -Culb.
Mrs. Ed Langford led the club pray-
er, motto and pledge. Mrs. Carl
Moeller, president, presided over the
business session. It was announced
that members of the South Electra
club will be, guests of the County
Line Club in the home of Mrs. Hen-
ry Jansen on June 3. Mrs,, R D.
Cunningham of Electra will give a
book review.
Mrs. H. PI. Haynes spoke on “Free
Libraries” and Mrs. Henry, Jansen
spoke on “The Life of Maggie Ber-
ry”. Mrs. J. W. Ford conducted the
recreation period during which Mrs.
Carl Moeller won the contest prize.
Mrs. T. H. Eckelcamp was named
hostess for May 20, when the county
agent will direct the program.
Present other than the above men-
tioned were Mesdames Fritz Bege-
man, C. M. Clynch, Paul Haynes,
Fred Hollis, Fred Huffstutler, C.
W. Moeller and Charley Reck, mem-
bers and Mrs. Raymond Jones, visit-
or.
The late Commodore Vandervilt
earned well over $100,000,000 after
he was seventy years of age,.by in-
creasing the extent of his railroads
from 120 to 10,000 miles.
Bupprmipy:
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BREAKFAST HONORING
BRIDE-ELECT
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Following the announcement
May 5, of the engagement and ap-
proaching marriage _ of Miss Betty
Jo Matthews and Lt. (jg) Ben \Valk-
er, the bride whose marriage took
place Friday evening, at the First
Baptist church, was the”recipient of
numerous social honors “including
parties and showers in Electra, Wich-
ita Falls and Archer City. The last
of the series of gay events was a
breakfast Wednesday morning, May
15, at the home of Mr and Mrs. M.
O. Turner of this city.
Mesdames Turner and C. P. Engel-
king were co-hostesses and the suite
was beautifully decorated with
spring flowers. The bride-elect
was presented a gift of crystal of
her chosen pattern.
Present were the honoree, her
mother, Mrs. Joe L. Matthews, Mes-
dames Allen Kemple, J. Russell Gil-
bert, Sam Mays, C. H. McGann, E.
HD CLUB GROUP
CANS CHICKEN
Mrs. Flora Stockton gave a splen^
did demonstration on canning chick4|
en at a meeting of the .Electra Homejp
Demonstration Committed- at the^
home of Mrs. Joe Humphries oniMayg
8. She gave detailedbinstructions. on^|
every step of the process of killing,
scalding, picking and preparing .the ^
fowl for processing, deftly Vremov- i
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L. Keltz and W. A. Krohn of Elec-
tra; Mrs. Jess Hancock of Okla^nion,
Mrs. Helen A. Young qf^rcher City
and Mrs. S. J. Atkin$. of .Woodward,
Oklahoma.    * -    -
ing the tendons, from, the legs; cut- c
ting meat from the~bones. ,T,    ^    |
Her finished , products, ’included t
the meat suitable for stews, *s_and- q
wiches, etc,, and rich broth. ,Mfs.|
Stockton said an older fowl, 2_ years N
old or more yields a' higher class|
product than younger ’fowls.. - *
Mrs; E. R. Graham gave- a tasty j
recipe for Frito pie. It was .annqunc-^
ed that a meeting will be ^held _ Mdy^
22 at the home of Mrs., J. L. LeBoiif^
when demonstrations will be-, -giyen^
by Mesdames R. W. Barnett, and,'J
W, Swindall.    - 4-
Mrs. H. A. Hixon was welcomed: as-';
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Wounded Fly Casters
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Mrs. Grace G. Lambdin left last
week for Houston where she will vis-
it her son. and daughterinlaw, Mr.
and Mrs. Griffith Lambdifl. Mr.
Lambdin, formerly a lieutenant in
the army, has resumed law practice
in Houston which was interrupted
by the war.
a new member.
Present were the above
and Mesdames R. W. Culpepper, J.;)
A. Holt, Jim Renfro,-L. W. Simmons';1
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