The Electra News (Electra, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 13, 1933 Page: 1 of 6
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ELECTRA, TEXAS. THURSDAY, JULY 13, 1933
NUMBER 45
JElectra Golfers.
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Wichita Tourney
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£&. If there had been more first hon-
*ors to win in the Wichita Falls
&£* Junior Chamber of Commerce sec-
8j <md annual golf tournament, Elec-
Ip tra players would have brought them [
8? home Sunday. At least they dem-
H':' onstrated their taking ways by tak- ■
|r* ing the ■ championship trophy, with1
^ Jack PaTr modestly wearing the!
crown for the. ctuning year. James
Parr brought home the second flight |
trophy, and U. G. White the third ]
f light trophy. Hub Myers made the,
fourth man in the Electra team j
!/>' with the Parrs and White adding
up a score which won the team
campionship. I
{/, Jack' Parr’s superb, golf enabled
■j him to wrest the title from Orion
J Daniel, Wichita Falls, and James j
<£*• Dickson of Munday was runnerup
y while Daniel, erstvyhiile champ, was j
: one of three, tying for third place, j
.<'1 The other members of the trio were ’
■%{. Bobby1 Burns and Ed Fizer. j
. James Parr tied Howard Teeter
for honors in second flight, then *
p;’ beat him in a nine-hole playoff. [
Mr. White qualified with a §7 but
was able to improve his stroke as1
% the tourney progressed, turning in j
><‘card of 87-83 for the last 36 holes.
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Archer City four man team won.
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WE SUGGEST
| second honors, Grandfield team plac-
ing third and Knox City’s team
placing last.
L. B. Slaughter and Allen Keip-
pie were other entrants from the
Electra Country Club, both of these
players qualifying in third flight.
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Dr. Monroe Takes
Chair At Rotary
- * Meeting Friday
That the free water list be
suspended, except to those
reccommended by the local
R. F. C. Relief Committee,
and 4hat all connections be
metered and that tho ordi-
nances governing payments
be strictly enforced. This
suggestion will reir r, e forty
users, including the city com-
mission, the city * employes
and the city firemen. . The
latter should be paid, based
on one business meeting a
month and upon attendance
at fires. The active fireman
list should be reduced from
about thirty to about fifteen,
which would cover all who
actually fight fires in the
city. \
Electra City Charter
“Article 12, Section 2. The
rates charged for service by any
of satd public utility plants (the
municipal Mfater plant) shall be
just and equitable and that there
shall not be allowed any person,
firm or corporation, or to any
officer or employe of said city,
any service, FREE of CHARGE.”
£.
lectrans Help To
Draft State Code i
On Picture Shows
Wednesday Was the
Deadline Date On
Cotton Cut Pledges
A. L. Robb, precinct chairman,
has been working day and night
W. J. Sheldon and Mesdames
Marthe MeSpadden and Fred Powell
of this city went to Dallas, Mon-
day, to attend a meeting of Allied
Independent Theatre Owners and
Operators of Texas held at the Jef*
ferson hotel there. Mrs. MeSpadden
was honored in being chosen as
secretary at the meeting and she
served as one of a committee of
five chosen from the representative
body of about 75 persons from va-
rious parts of the state to draft
a code of fair trade practice for
moving picture theatres of the state
in connection with the national re-
covery act.
Some time was spent in discussing
problems confronting the business
and Col. II. A. Cole, Dallas, presi- *
dent; Reuben Frehls, Victoria; Mr.
Cluck, Belton; True Thompson, Dal-
las, and Mrs. MeSpadden of Electra
drafted a code which was forwarded
to A. F. Myers, Washington, D. C.,
general council for the industry. If
this code is adopted it will be put
in force immediatelly after approv-
al of the president of the United
States. It will be in effect two
years and sixty clays or until such
time as the economic conditions of
the nation are stabilized.
The code' calls for a maximum of
42 hours per 7-day week for all
persons employed in operating a
motion picture theatre and a mini-
mum wage of 30 cents per hour,
j Special dispensations were asked
I relative to regulations of wage to be
paid apprentices. This code, if the
law goes into effect, will bring
about an adjustment of hours for
operation of the picture shows here
and will probably mean that two
more persons would have to be em-
ployed by the Home Theatres com-
pany, the manager says.
The matter of zoning for pro-
tection was deemed necessarp -only
for cities. Unfair control of trade
This Precinct To
Ask $66,860 For
Graveling of Roads
Mrs. C. E. Pye Is
Installed Head
Rebekah Lodgi
Mrs. W. .E. Beck, district deputy,
was assisted, Friday evening, by a
staff composed of. Miss Myrtle Coop-
er, and Mesdames T. E. Bryan$, C.
P. Peterson and W. J. Brown in
installing offiicers who will serve
the Rebekah lodge for the next six
months. Officers installed were as
follows: Mrs. C. E. Pye, noble grand;
Mrs. Alth!? McDaniel, vice grand; \ Receipts
Mrs. Myrtle Holder, past grand; i Tax Collections:
Mrs. T. E. Bryant, R. S. N. G.; j. Current ______§23,568.23
m S; ^ Gaines’ L‘ S> N' G-;: Delinquent __ 12,619.55—§36,187.75 30 hours each per week on the
Mrs. W. E. Beck, financial secre-!Tax Penalties
tary; Miss Lovonia Cooper, R. S. | Occupation Tax
V. G.; Mrs. Janie Wittenbaeh, L. J Dog Tax
Statement of Receipts
and Disbursements
(Taken from the audit of the city
finances for the year ending June
30, 1933.)
Four road building projects will
be commenced soon if the federal
administrator of public works funds
approve the application for a loan
made’ by Judge John Marrs for the
Electra precinct. Commissioners
court adopted resolutions authoriz-
ing Judge Marrs to file the appli-
cation, Monday, and under the plan,
if approved, laborers will be given
S. V. G.; Mrs. A. C. Elliott, warden;
Mrs. E. E. Adkins, conductor; Mrs.
Arthur Holt, chaplain; Mrs. S. E.
La mm ore, inside guardian; Mrs. j WATER ACCOUNTS
Mary Mann, outside guardian; Mrs. CASH WATER SALES
Stella Moad, pianist.
• Mrs. Myrtle Holder, immediate
past grand, presented the incoming
noble grand a gift, expressing ap-
preciation for her support during
her term of office.-
Plans were made for a number
of the members of the order to at-
tend the quarterly meeting of the; Total Receipts
Wichita County Odd Fellow and Re- Balance
bekah Association on Wednesday
opening, July 12, at Iowa Park. ! TOTAL
The drill team held a practice ‘ Disbursements
session at the conclusion of the reg-1 Administrative Salaries
ular business of the evening. Police Salaries
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FINES _ .
Cemetery
Miscellaneous
j Meter Deposits
Line taps
Bad Accounts
Hunting Licenses
Loans Collected
Time Warrants
Rent .....
19.45 project, .the pay to be the same
110.82 as is prescribed by the new rulings
46.00 under the employment act. The a-
379.99 mount called for in the application
607.50 is §66,860.
240.19 The roal building jobs proposed
28,013.35 includes six miles connecting high-
358.35 way No. 25 with the Diversion Lake
1,135.00 road at the Wilbarger county line;
40.00 another stretch from highway 25
169.35 South of Electra to Wilbarger coun-
.27.50 ty line leading to improved roads
150.00 to Rock Crossing; three and one-
4,957.26 half miles of the old Beaver Creek
120.00 road to the new Electra-Rocky Point
- road; one mile stretch from the
on Hand 7-1-32
§72,56£.64 Electra-Burkburnett road to the Bar-
4, 285.9 j wise church and school. All of these
— connecting or lateral roads will be
Pioneer Family Of
Electra To Make
Home In Houston
Fireman Salaries
(Health Dept. Salaries
Salaries & Wages ____
Cemetery Salaries
_ . by operation of shows by major
Dr.^ C*_W- Monroe, new president, during the past week filling out producing concerns will be curbed
of the Rotary Club, assumed the cotton contracts and contacting
chair at the regular noon luncheon farmers whose estimates required w
meeting of the club, Friday, at the 1 adjustment. A total of* 216 contracts ’ unfair competition. Establishments
Armilda hotel. B. M. Dinsmore led $0 pioW Up cotton had been for- of additional shows in towns where
the assembly in singing “America,” | warded to Washington, Monday,
and also offeerd the-invocation. C. These called for destroying 5,175
P. Engelking and R. E. Scheurer acres and the county quota was
in the future and protection will be
given operators in small towns from
the demand is not justified by trade
territory will be prohibited.
and6thryTesen?eafMv«thT Tciay-'^ at ,15f° “T, f'TLt'W. D. McFarlane To
ana iney piesemeu im.s. «j. ,. v.iu.% -, contracts completed early this
i ton, local speech arts teacher, m wee^ wni bring §57,502.50 to this j
a reading in which Rotarian Welch
Garter was given the part of the
groceryman of the story. Mrs. Clay-
ton also introduced -two talented
young pupils in readings. They were
Little Miss Georgia Jereleen Barnes
county. ‘The cash plan contracts a-;
mounted to §42,094.50' and the op-
tion plan called for §15,408 cash |
and a share in the government cot-
ton to be sold before Dec. 1.
Federal Inspector Price was sent
Speak In Electra On
Friday at 8:15 P. M.
and pelmer Eggcnberg. Albert Byrd^0 ^jg county Monday to check
contributed^ cornet solos with Mrs. t wor]^ done by local committee-
Y. B. Akin, club pianist, playing men an(j County Agent G. C. Mc-
the accompaniment. Frank S. Reid, Gowan.
Electran who is connected with the j
Texas Pipeline Company, made a
splendid talk on his recent trip to
the Century of Progress Exposition
•»t Chicago.
Visitors introduced included the
entertainers and George Baccus of
Magnolia Boosts
Crude To 75 Cents
Vernon; T. H. Miller of Pilot Point,
md Joe Kaufman of Dallas.
Bus To Make Trip
To Pythian Home
Members of the Knights of Pyth-
■is and Pythian Sisters lodge here
will be given the privilege of spend-
ng Sunday at the Pythian Home
»t Weatherford, making the trip at
« minimum cost by bus. Plans were
made Monday and Tuesday evc-
mngs at the respective meetings of(
tie order for a bus to leave the
K. of P. Hall, here at six o’clock
'unday morning. J. W. Mallone has
'■een named as chairman of the
• <mmittee on arrangements for the
' tip. Lunch will be served at the
Home by members of the Wcather-
t^rd lodge and officials at
Effective Friday morning, July
7, the Magnolia Petroleum company
posted a new price schedule on Elec-
tra cnide oil. The new rates called
for 43 cents for 25 gravity and
under, and a two-point differential
up to 40 gravity, which would bring
40 gravity and over to 75 cents per
barrel, H. F. Smith, pipeline super-
intendent, reported.
The Magnolia was still offering
75 cents for top this week while
some other major buyers were said
to have been paying only 52 cents
for 40 gravity and over.
Wheat 88c; Oats 38c;
40 Cars Are Shipped
Effective Wednesday afternoon
the wheat went up to 89 cents per
Home. The bus will return lo Elec-'.^us^lc^ highest price paid in
Issues of the hour, not only in
Washington but of the nation as a
whole will be discussed by Senator
W. D. McFarlane, Friday evening,
'from the American Legion band-
stand back of the City Hall, it
was announced here Monday. Mem-
bers of the local legion post made
arrangements during the week-end
to get ‘ Mr. McFarlane to come to
Electra and the public is urged to*
attend the meeting, which will be
held ini open air in order that all
who wishes may hear him.
J. V. Ballard is chairman of the
committee on aiTangements and Mr.
McFarlane is scheduled to start his
address at 8:15 p. m. The Texas
senator from this district has been
assailed from some sources for his
position on certain issues concern-
ing veteran’s administration affaivs
.and he will be given an opportunity
to express himself on this question
as well as oh other vital issues con-
nected with the New Deal.
C. of C. Makes Report
Mr. and Mrs. A. T. McDannald
and family left Sunday for Hous-
ton where they will possibly reside
in the future. Mr. McDannald, a
pioneer business man of this city,
member of the firm, Smith and
McDannald, and president of the
Electra State Bank, has been operat-
ing largely in South Texas for the
past two years and his firm has
leased an office suite in the Ester-
son building at Houston. The fam-
ily has taken a furnished house for
the summer and are therefore leav-
ing their beautiful home in Wood-
ruff Heights closed.
Mr. and Mrs. R. Y. Smith will
continue to make their home here,
although Mr. Smith is in charge of
operations at Conroe. Mrs. Smith
expects to join him there shortly
for a visit but will continue to
call her lovely residence at Sunny
Gardens home.
Mrs. Louise Williams, bookkeeper
for the firm and a partner in the
business, expects to move to Hous-
ton on removal of the office from
Electra to the new location in Hous-
ton. She will rent or sell her hand-
some home on West §ummit avenue.
Bryan Bilbrey Is
Injured Tuesday
Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Weaver re-
ceived word Tuesday night that their
son-in-law, Bryan Bilbrey, was se-
riously injured in an oil field mis-
hap near Walters, Okla., Tuesday
about noon. He and other employes
of the Shasta Oil company were
engaged in tearing down a rig when
he ran to escape being struck by a
falling sill. He tripped and fell into
a hole, striking his abdomen on a
sill in the hole. Some of ribs were
torn loose, Mrs. Bilbrey told her
parents by telephone, and beside the
internal injuries the spine was also
Total Salaries _________
Police expense __________
•Fire Dept, expense ______
Health Dept, expense _
Cemetery expense_______
Office Supplies & expense
Miscellaneous expense____
Repairs and Supplies _ _
Refunds and Adjustmenfs
Power and Lights ____
GAS, OIL & AUTO
EXPENSE __________
Chemicals . ._____ . _ . .
NEW CARS ___________
SALARY ADVANCES ..
Insurance & Interest ...
Equipment _______________
Library Expense .....
Time Warrants Paid
Time WaiTant Interest___
§70,848.41) graded and graveled providing au
all-weather highway if the relief
$ 3,572.50 fund application is approved by the
4,674.36 administrators.
1.217.50 Convict labor cannot be used on
1.048.50 projects financed by these relief
. 11,482.301 funds, but ex-service men with de-
575.00 pendents will be given preference
- in employment, it is said.
.§22,570.16 Commissioner H. H. Haynes has
321.70 been active in promoting the pro-
1,092.55 ject in order that employment may
483.34 be given men in Electra precinct.
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E. S. Coates Heads
5,714.67
1,540.31
4,241.30
2,697.16
1,012.89
621.50
1,030.00
Legion Post Here
For Coming Year
The annual election of officers
471.31 was held at the regular meeting
55.00 of the Claude C. McDonald Post,
1,090.89 American Legion, Friday evening.
18,164.98 Those elected were as follows: E.
2,313.78 S. Coates, commander; R. J. Burke,
Delinquent Bond Interest.- 1,353.00 vice commander; Charles H. Porter,
- adjutant; W. A. Potts, finance offi-
TOTAL _ ... §69,463.15 cer; Neal M. Sparks, liaison officer;
-! G. J. Gilles, chaplain; M. A. Erwin,
Balance on hand _ ____ 7,385.31 serg6ant-at-arms; Dr. R. E. Weller,
service officer. •
We will publish further items of
interest from the audit next week
with comments.
Lions Name Head
For Playground
_ .affected. He was taken in an am-
On Six Months Work! bulance to a hospital at Duncan for
treatment.
County Fair To Be
Held Sept. 20-23
a that evening.
Electra Golfers To
Meet Crowell Here
Sunday, July 16th
Electra golfers will be hosts at
?he Country Club links Sunday to
the Crowell Country Club team in
a match game which will be part
of the second half of the Texas-
Oklahoma Golf Association golf
race.
Frederick and Vernon will play
more than four years. Oats re-
main at 38 cents per bushel, and
barley is also apparently stationary
at 44 cents per bushel, the same
price as was offered last week.
Allen Kemple, member of the
Kemple and Myers Elevator com-
pany, said Thursday morning that
very little wheat is being sold at
present, farmers in general showing
A, disposition to wait for further
advances. W. H. Huggins, Fort
Worth and Denver agent, said Thurs-
day morning that 40 carloads of
wheat has been shipped to date
from the depot here. Less wheat
had been shipped at the same time
<»n that date with Frederick fav
ored to win the match. Electra and j last year, notwithstanding the fact
Vernon tied for boners iu their | that the total production this year
•veent match. is far below that of 1932.
A financial statement 'covering
the expenditures and receipts of the
Chamber of Commerce for the first
six months of the fiscal year was
read at the regular noon luncheon j -
meeting of the board of directors The date for the annual Wichita
of that body, Tuesday. A copy of j County Fair held at Iowa Park was
the statement will be mailed to s0£ ]ast week for September 20, 21,
Fifty-one members were in attend-
ance at the meeting and tentative
plans were discussed relative to se-
curing Senator W. D. McFarlane
to speak in Electra on Friday eve-
ning, July 14.
Mr, Coates is well known here.
He served overseas during the World
Baseball Team I ^ar> and has been active in civic
__ i and fraternal affairs during his res-
W. M. Austin was responsible for 'Jjenc® in. thjf city' succeeds R.
•the entertainment features at the D-. .Cunningham under whose ad-
noon meeting of the Lions Club, ion the post has earned
Thursday. He presented Mrs. F. C. °ut' successful projects
McClung and Miss Pauline Miller!the beneflt of the community,
in violin numbers, with Miss Velma
Moss at ,the piano, and also intro-
duced Miss Thelma Moss in vocal
solos, Miss Velma Moss playing the
piano accompaniment.
Dr. P. E. Fish, president, presided
over the business session, during
which L. G. McLaughliln was elect-
ed mana'ger of the Lions playground
baseball team, which will be or-
ganized to compete in inter-club
games.
B. L. Garlingtbn Is
Installed Head of
I. O. O. F. Lodge
each member this week, it was an-
nounced.
Start Wheat Cut
Drive This Week
22 and 23. Considerable interest is
being shown in arrangements for a
horse show to be an added attrac-
tion this year, and D. G. Gray of
this city has been named as chair-
man for this division.
On Bridge Road
Although it will be handled more Will Put Signs
slowly than has the cotton cutting
plan, the drive to reduce acreage
sown to wheat began officially Wed- -
nesday, July 12. A mass meeting W. M. Austin has been named by
of representatives from each com- J the Chamber of Commerce to have
munity was called for Wednesday j eight signs erected along the road
at the courthouse at Wichita Falls
to consider the initial steps to be
handled in retirement of wheat acre-
leading to the Elecfcra-Frederick Free
Bridge. These signs will simply give
directions for the convenience of
age to conform to the federal re- tourists and for local people using
District Deputy J. T. Martin and
his degree staff from Wichita Falls
installed officers for the Pinkerton
Lodge, I. O. O. F. here Thursday
evening. Officers installed were: B.
L Garlington, noble grand; Dick Complete* Quota
McDaniel, vice grand; W. P. Lewis, ^
R. S. N. G.; Will Aubrey, L. S. N. On Cotton Cut
G.; F. N. Adams, conductor; T. E.
All Heat Records
Broken Here Tuesday
All records for extended hot
spells and for new high mercury
i-eadings were broken this week.
The excessive warm spell has last-
ed three weeks with only two breaks
by local rains. The mercury has
hovered during the three weeks at
a maximum of 106 to 110 during
the day and 90 or above at night.
Tuesday the thermometer skyrocket-
ed to 114 with hot winds blowing
which literally parched vegetation
and caused intense suffering among
people, livestock and poultry. A
shower at. 2 p. m. Wednesday sent
the mercury down for a few min-
utes from 111 to 95 but within two*
hours was showing up at 104.
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covery act.
the road to the free bridge.
Bryant, chaplain; H. Hilgenfeld, in-
ner guard; F. L. Larrimore, outer
guard; Grady Bickley, R. S. S.;
Archie Bowden, L. S. S.; Joe Davis,,
R. S. V. G.; L. C. Rickey, L. S. V.
G.
Ice cream and cake were served
during the social hour which fol
lowed the business session.
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Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Cole and
little daughter left Saturday for
California for an extended vacation
trip.
Wichita county went over the top
jn its quota for cotton to be plowed
up under the federal recovery plan,
A. L. Robb, Electra precinct chair-
man, reported Thursday. Electra
farmers signed contracts calling for
destruction of 2500 acres. The coun-
ty total was 16,000, and the county
quota called for 15,300. if the plan
goes over farmers will rocive an
average of more than §10 per acre,
but they are warned not to destroy
a row of cotton until orders ar«j
received from Washington.
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