The Electra News (Electra, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 6, Ed. 1 Thursday, October 13, 1932 Page: 1 of 6
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NoJNews Here On
Oil Boost; Expect
Price to Reach $1.12
ELECTRA, TEXAS; THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1932
NUMBER G-
Although press dispatches report pyi - __
tihis week that some of. the majorjPUnc Rom in
companies in East Texas and Ok-i *11C JL/CgUIl
lahoma have posted new- prices of! F* A • .
Sa-SilT^SciSl 1'or Armistice Dav
crude oil, the Texas, Magnolia or1
Waggoner Refining company offices
here had 'received no news regard-
ing a boost in price on Wichita
county oil. The Sun, Humble, Em-
pire, Shell Petroleum and Consoli-
dated Oil Corporation were among
the major concerns posting new high
prices for other sections.
Celebration Here
Bank Deal Closed; j Electran Re-elected
New Owner Takes ji Head of Wichita-
Charge of Assets-! Archer W. M. U.
Burton Prince of Waxahachie and j Mesdames John -Brownlee, A. M.
Electra assumed charge of the as- j Rose, Charles P. Birkhead, W. W.
sets of the First State Bank of j Rivers, C. P. Bodine, Robertson,
Electra, Tuesday, the legal tech* j Gladys Crass and Ben W. Tipton
idealities in the * purchase of the. represented the Baptist church and
assets having been completed , W. M. U. of this city in the reg-
through the state banking commis-'j ular monthly worker’s council of
sion and the 89th district court! the Wichita-Archer Baptist Asso-
Thc bank closed in August, 1931, ciation held at Iowa Park, Tuesday,
aod the state banking department {An executive meeting of the asso-
_ has been in charge of collection of, ciational W. M. U. was held during
The Claude C. McDonald Post of!notes’ etc*» s*nce that time* A div:-Jthe meeting there, and Mrs. Brown-
the American Legion are making I dencl amountin£ to 17 1-2 per cent lee was re-elected president of the
preparations for a big programme j was paid depositors last spring, ami' body. Mrs. Rose was elected secre-
for November 11th. They will en~ I under tbe tcrms of purchase by Mr. | tary-treasurer.
deavor to get all local business ^ Pnnce» the depositors have been. Mrs. Brownlee was unanimously
, houses to close entirelv for the1 Prom^secl a dividend amounting to ’ re-elected president at the time uf
The recent cut in allowable Hjday and give over the entire dav' ^ 1*2 per cent with a possibility j the annual meeting of the associa-
East T^xas under proration orders jn celebration of the ending of the J oX another small payment being • tion held at the First Baptist church
sustained by the Texas Railroad World War on that date thirteen made at some future date. jhoic one month ago, but she asked
years ago. Plans are being mad- j Xt was annousced Wednesday that
for a parade in the morning, foi-1 E* H- Henderson, who has been rep-
lowed by memorial services at tho I *osentatlve of the state Banking^
mission, reported Wednesday that high school auditorium. A rodeo! C°nimission in the liquidation of-j meeting but the nominating com*
Texas oil production totaled 920,000 will be held in the afternoon at! f’ce here Xor sevcra^ months, luisjmittce reported that she had again
per day for the month of Septem- tjle ]ocai r0fjeo grounds. A vaud1- been cmPloycd by Mr. Prince to been selected. Electra W. M. U. has
Timers To Battle
With Henrietta
Wildcats Friday
Commission is given the credit for
the boost in price. ,
R. D. Parker, head of the com-
that she be relieved of the duties
of the bffice. The election was post-
poned until the workers council
state,"^effective Oa" limits proV^ sh°W 'viTbe
■Auction to 791,701 barrels per day.
It is understood that Wichita
district allowable will be reduced
] 1,000 barrels per day under the
new ruling. J. T. Elliott, oil and
gas supervisor for this district and
who maintains headquarters at Wich-
ita Falls, attended a meeting of of-
ficials at Austin during the week-
held that night which will feature
the American Legion band, local ar-
tists as well as the best vaude-
ville artists from Wichita Falls. A
small charge will be made for the
handle the office work. Sam Kell.v j been signally honored for several
of HiUTold has been employed, it j years in having one of its num-
was said, to handle outside collec- j ber chosen as president of the Wich-
tions. A committee composed of | ita-Archev Associational W. M. U.
Electra business men has been. Mrs. E. M. Francis served as presi-
smau cnarge will be made for tbe nametl to llc*f as an advisory board dent of the body for some time. v. «. a.
vaudeville show to raise funds for ,'M settling any mooted question re-1 Mrs. J. M. Tanner later served as j Totten led the assembly in a sing-
a small addition that the local post1 Fading the affairs of the closed head of the unit then was chosen j song. G J. Gilles and Dr. P. E. Fish
Lions-Rotarians
Will Sell Tickets
For Temple Game
Members of the Electra Lions
and Rotary clubs will engage in a
contest to see which organization
can sell the most tickets to the
football ganta which will be played
here between Electra Tigers and
Temple, Okla., high -school team on
Friday evening, Oct. 21. Plans for
the contest were begun at the noon
luncheon meeting of the Lions Club,
Thursday, at Armilda hotel. The
club selling the greater number of
tickets will he given a “feed” by
the losers. Every member of the
Lions Club will participate in the
campaign, which will be managed
by -J. P. Doherty, G. J. Gilles, T.
E; Shaw and Sam Hill.
E. E. Rogers presided over the
meeting. G. J. Gilles and H. T. S.
will add to their post building.- Ibank* !as district president, which place
It is the desire of the officer-; Dcfinte date on which dividend, she held for some time. Mrs.
, of the organization to have the en- • clieck» will be distributed has not, Brownlee has already served two
vnd and was quoted as offering a' tire c(ty take part in this celebra-1yet> been announced, but depos- J terms as president of the organi-
i ecommendation that the district al- Ljon alKj reqUest everyone to watch 'tors were assured in a meeting held zation, which is composed of worn*
lowable be set at 50,000 instead j the papers for future announce-1tb<? Ume the sale of t the assets J en’s missionary societies of Bap-
57,000, the amount allowed under, monts and outlines of the day’s * was pending that a dividend would be (list churches in Wichita and Archer
the ruling of the past three months. [ programme. declared as soon as possible after j counties.
The boost in price, if made ef- A11 menjbers of the .local post lhe proposed sale was effected. Ac- ---- . . . , m.
fectiveby major purchasers of Elec- ,,r0 ul.ge<1 to attend a meeting Fri-.“*e ^ »Ir Henderson checks Albert Byrd Heads Buchanan of Wichita Falls, a11'1 S
asw ss s,*sr*i5. aru? i e. h. s. orche.ua r's.-r w? str-jx
were responsible for the entertain-
ment features, and presented mem-
bers of the Electra high school
choral club in song numbers, with
Jack Rudy, Jr., playing the piano
accompaniment. Master Rudy is the
regular pianist for the choral club.
Visitors introduced were Mr.
Montgomery of Fort Worth; Lion, them.
The Electra Tigers were put
through a tough scrimmage, Tues-
day afternoon, in preparation for
the game Friday night against the
Henrietta high school team. Coach
W. W. Gibson announced that he
expects to allow a majority of his
second string men a chance for
action unless the Wildcats prove
more formidable than the average
Class B eleveii. The Wildcats de-
feated Bowie 18 to 7 in their last
Friday game, and may be ex-
pected to be a bit heady over their
victory, but the Tigers will be
warned to put up the stiffest fight
possible. Principal E. E. Rogers re-
ported Wednesday afternoon that
although this is examination wees
and the Tigers have had a strenous
time in playing two games during
the test period, he believes they
will all be eligible to enter the
fray with the wildcats.
The lineup for the first string
will be about the same as the one
which held bravely against the
Coyotes last Friday night. Electra
has little to fear as to their de-
fense but Coach Gibson is endeav-
oring to put the needed punch in
offensive play. Drills in fundamen-
tals, speed and teamwork are being
stressed in the effort to perfect a
machine which will yet have a
chance to take district honors, judg-
ing by the splendid performance
put up in the fight against the
Coyotes with the breaks against
Wichita county producers and foy-, .tjyo^.regular mecting^nights. -due.. to
alty holders. ^ i the football -games here, but will
Pipeline runs" for" '‘Wichita county. resume their regular meetings on
for the week, ending 'Saturday, Oct. j cacj, Friday night,
x, totaled 16,007 barrels a day. For j
a t0ta’ °f 8151 Burkburnett To
Be Host County
Wilbarger County
Two Projects Of
Electra P. T. A.
«■ Highly Praised
. Tam, Da*A ! president of the Electra high school
X-'UES * (orchestra, which has been organiz-
- ! ed under supervision of Miss Ruth
Reports received here last week* Snjith# other officers are; Billy
indicate that Wilbarger county has Chaffee, vice president; Larry Raj,
iollowcd suit in reducing county j secretary; Ura Mae Richardson, iv-
NavI ! tax levics in kecpine with othf: porter,
meet. l e<»r counties which have already made, Tho personnel of the organism-
drastic reductions in the levy for,tion this season is as follows; Miss
the coming year. Wilbarger com- Leona Moore and W. P. Kreaps,
{proceeds from the presentation jf j them four successive games at home
. „ . n , , , , . A i» tho show “Skv Devils” snonsored i before invading foreign territory.
Albert Byrd has bean elected
Secretary Sam Hill read a letter | stadium will be their second con-
from C. W. Scheurer, president of j Lorence tilt on Saturday, October
the club, offering his resignation 29, against the Quanah Indians,
because of liis removal from this district favorites.
J Burkburnott will be host in 1933
• to the annual Wichita county inter-
scholastic league meet, the exact
| date for which will be set later,
but will possibly be held in April.
Plans were begun for the meet,
Two projects which were origi-j Saturday, in a special executive
nated within the Thompson Ward sessjon^ hdd^at the Juni01;. Colle;fle
school parent-teacher association
daring the past season were highly
praised during the all-day meeting
of the county council of parent-
teacher groups held at the Baptist
at Wichita Falls in connection with
the county teachers institute. Of-
ficers were elected as follows: But-
ler Westerfield, Burkburnett, direc-
tor general; Miss Wilma Davis,
Electra, declamation; Mrs. Milam
arz
iy gold tree with blue and gold
Bucahzeale, Valley View, extempore
speech; Miss Ida Lee Falls, Electra,
spelling; Miss Helen Van Deventer,
Valley View, essay writing; R. D.
Watkins, Fairview, athletics; E. U.
Stroud, Enterprise, arithmetic. Miss
Maurine McDonald, Iowa Park, mu-
sic memory. Miss Mildred Sher-
rod, Cashion, art memory; Mrs.
Ray Golden, Clara, story telling;
County Superintendent J. A. Hood,
director rural schcools.
County Line Club
To Have Exhibits
At County Fair
Haynes, George
leaves, carrying out the organiza-
tion’s chosen colors, blue and gold.
The miniature tree, once a com-
mon limb, glorified with gilt pam*
is mounted on a pedestal like a
Christmas tree. When a member
.loins the Thompson Ward Parent-
Teacher Association her name is
writen on a miniature leaf of gold,
lined with blue, and this leaf is
attached to the limb of the tree.
In other words the full wealth of
foliage depends upon the number
*>f members received during the
- ear.
The soap-making and quilt piecing
project, which has been cairied oil
hy block sponsors was another ot
the ideas which representatives of
v»ther organizations seized upon
“.lgerly as being practical and
worthwhile. The membership tree,
«. quilt made by members and sam-
ple of the soap made at the home
of Mrs. C. M. Harvey through ef-
forts of the organization were dis-
1 layed during the meeting.
T. W. Burkhalter
Heads Seniors
Organization of the senior class
for 1932-33 was completed at the
high school, Monday afternoon, and
officers were elected as follows.
Wilbur Presson, sponsor; T. W.
Burkhalter, president; Leonard Foy,
vice president; H. Y. Newsum, Jr.,
-ecretary-treasurer. A committee to
select class rings was named as
’ollows: Flora Thomas, Ozie Chesh-
fr, Jean Hodges, Griffith LanVbdin
<nd Arnold Klinkerman.
Mrs. W. F. Compton of San An
Kenneth Brush, formerly of this j gelo is visiting her mother, Mrs.
ty but who has been located in W. H. Delashaw, and family, this
*he Tyler area for more than a week. Mrs. Compton will be re-
vead was in Electra on business.! membered as Miss Beatrice Dela-
rhis week I shaw.
trumpets; Gaines Parker, Misses
Pauline Miller, Bonnie Lawrence,!
city to Tulsa, Okla. Dr. Ramey, T.
E. Shaw, G. R. Davidson and H. T.
S Totten were named as committee
to draft resolutions expressing ap-
preciation of the club for Lion
Schcurer’s work with the club here.
G. R. Davidson made a report on
Ura Mae Richardson, Mildred Wyatt, Hie meeting of representatives of
violins; B. F. Miller, saxophone;
Albert Byrd, baritone; Leon Byrd,
bass; Larry Ray, clarinet; Ruth
Harris, piano; Billy Chaffee, drums.
Group 29, District “E,” held here
last Thursday evening.
Mr. Buchanan announced that the
Wichita Falls Lions Club will be
host at an intercity meeting to be
held Tuesday evening, Nov. 1.
Electra C. of C*
Installs Booth At
Fair at Iowa Park
day, taking canned products and
handiwork of members of the Couu-
ty Line Home Demonstration club
to be exhibited at the county fair.
The ladies arranged the exhibits
in the County Line booth and will
take turns in assuming charge of
the booth during the fair, which
opened Wednesday and will close
Saturday night.
missioner’s court reduced the levy
from $1,25 to 80 cents on the $100
tax valuation. Salaries of county
officials have been reduced to about
the same level as the reductions
made in Wichita county, it was said.
Only one appropriation was raised
above that of this year, that was
for the maintainence of the county j # * 9
library at Vernon. The appropria-1 prost Tuesday
tion was reduced from $1400 *o rv \I n
$1200 for this year, but the allot- j Uoes IiO U<MTia.g€
ment for 1933 was raised to $1500. ‘ -
Wichita county’s tax rate has been' A brisk norther, which struck
set at 35 cents on $100 valuation (this vicinity Sunday night, was fol-
fov 1933; less than half the levy, lowed by a chili wind all day Moti-
on property in Wilbarger county, j day. Light frost was observed Tucs-
■■ ■ —■■■ i day morning but warm sunshine
T*»*v*a« rnmmnv {during the day dissipated the ef-
I exas ^ompany I fccts except to bring about a black-
Drilling At 760 I cuing of leaves on tender plants.
- \ No damage was done by the frost,
The Texas compay has one well j and it is considered to be an ad-
under way in the Electra field, No. (vantage to cotton, which is opening
406-A Waggoner, southwest of the fast this week,
city. A spudder machine is beingr *
used and a depth of 760 feet was ■ Mrs. S. F. Cooper, who has been
reported Tuesday. Texas Co., No. | ill at ber home on East Glisson
405-A, Waggoner, completed 10 days avenue for the past month, is still
ago at a total depth of 1165 feet confined to her bed a greater por- j Electra* and Parent-Teacher Associa-
was plugged and abandoned as dry 1 tion of the time. t{on £)ay arijC a iaVge number of
citizens from this city are expected
to participate in the activities.
Friday is Burkburnett and Amer-
ican Legion Day. Saturday will nc
Wichita County Day.
The Electra Chamber of Commerce
and Agriculture is maintaining n
booth at the Wichita County Fair,
which opened Wednesday. W R«
Skinner, president of the chamber,
was assisted by members of the
fair committee in arranging the
booth, which contains advertising of
Electra business houses and facili-
ties for a rest room. Visitors are
invited by means of a large ban-
ner to “Visit Electra.”
Today has been designated as
Weddlf,31lUndenvood fiul Mss Jewell ^AtVI 1 -Fl 11 rl 1 S T11 Ll-Ol f
Tidwell went ot Iowa Park, Tues-f A A V/X X
Tourney To Close
By Sunday Night
Bank Observes
Columbus Day
The Electra State Bank was clos-
ed all day Wednesday, Oct. 12, in
observance of Columbus Day.
Members of the Knights of Co-
lumbus chapter here sponsored a
dance in celebration of Columbus
Day, Tuesday evening, at the Post
Office hall.
After the Quanah bout will follow
a practice bout with Frederick at
Frederick on Friday night, Nov. 4,
then a conference battle, Nov. 11
or 12, at Childress. Reserving their
toughest non-conference oponent for
the last game before the Turkey
Day tilt with Vernon at Vernon,
the team will battle with Breck-
enridge Buckaroos at Breekenridge
on Saturday, Nov. 19.
The pep squad will provide a
special stunt for Friday nights'
game here but there will be no
parade as was staged for the two
previous games played at night
here. The game will be called at
7:30 o'clock and it is expected that
a large crowd of Henrietta fans
will accompany the team here.
Night Games Prove
Financial Success
E. E. Rogers, principal of Elec-
tra high school, and secretary-treas-
urer of Electra high school athletic
association, announced Thursday
morning that after all expenses of
both the Matador-EIectra and the
Wichita Falls-Electra football games
were paid, it is found that profits
from the two games amounted to
$1,290.73.
A complete statement follows:
total gate receipts, Matador game,
$353.75; expense account, $163.80;
The fair is said to offer one of ne{; profit, $189.95.
the best displays of farm and gar -1 Total receipts of Wiehita-Electra
den truck as well as livestock even , game, $1,325.50; expense, $224.72;
shown in this section.
Match play was concluded in all. Kemple defeated Otto Lambert,
flights of the first round of the annual Jack LeBus drew Allen Kemple
Country Club Golf Association and Roy LeBus drew James Parr]
Tournament, Sunday, the qualifica- for the semi-finals,
tion rounds having been played on| Results in the second flight. II.
the previous Sunday, and during W. Myers defeated J. D. Bright;
the* week. The tourney will go into Ray B. Dickey defeated J. C.
the semi-finals during the week( Scheurer; T. T. Weatherall defeat-
with their conclusion set for nextied G. F. LeBus, Sr.; A. C. Hill de-
Sunday. ! feated Don Bright; G. R. Davidson
Allen Kemple, Otto Lambert and t defeated L. B. Slaughter; Joe C.
Jack LeBus compose the tourna-, Creager defeated S. B. Marchant.
ment committee and three flights j Results in third flight: Clyde
have concluded match play. The con- Cole defeated Joe Boudreaux; II.
solatien flight will be made up dur- j B. Landrum defeated W. B. Vail-
ing the week, Mr. Kemple said. idergrifl; Ray Smith defeated C. P.
Jack LeBus, who defeated John'Price; T. B. Gilbert defeated G. F.
Marriott one up on 19 holes, is j LeBus, Jr.
favored to win the championship Prizes are offered for champion-
flight. Other results in the first ship, runner-up, medalist and win-
flight were as follows; Roy LeBus nor and runner-up in each flight,
defeated U. G. White; James Parrj It is expected that the title bout
defeated Francis Awtrey; Allen will be played on October 23.
P.-T. A. To Observe
“Good Book Week”
First Ward-Waggoner P.-T. A.
urges all parents to be present at
to help ^observe SS^’okw'cek, 3879 ^0Ple'Mr- Rof:el's' rePort
Mrs. Wendell Douglas will talk shows. More than 300 wove admitted
net profit, $1,100.78.
The total cost of the floodlighting
system installed for night games
was $1, 222.62 over and above the la-
bor and material donated, Mr. Rog-
ers stated. The balance accruing
from the two games over and above
installing the lights is $68.11.
Those in charge of the gate at
the Friday night game checked in
on “Responsibiity of Home in Chil-
dren’s Reading.” Miss Eva William
free. These included members of
the two teams, pop squads, football
son will give' an example of good officials, members of the school
-story tolling. Miss Myrtle Russell hoard and their families, and repre-
win speak on “Reading Interest of, sentat.ves of the press.
Boys and Girls.” Miss Russell j -
served for some time as assistant (
in the Electra public library an 11 Word was received here this week
is well qualified to speak on this that Kermit Koorth, Electra high
subject. ! school graduate and former Tiger
Suitable lists of books for boy* star, is attending the New Mexico
asd girls will be given and ex- ( Normal College at Las Vegas, and
hibits of books for children will, is a member of the football team
be shown.
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